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B THE. MOTlNItfG OREGONIAfc "TUESDAY, ' JULY 24,' 190U Its reaomcm Catered at the Postoiso at Portland, Oregon, as eeccnd-clasi matter. TELEPHONES. Editorial Rooms... .168 Business Office.. ..C6T REVISED SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By Mall (postage prepaid), in Advance Dally, with Sunday, per month $0 SS Da!, Sunday excepted, per year.... .... 7 60 Dal.., with Sunda. per year 8 00 Sunday, perjear 2 00 The Weekly, per year 1 5 The "Weekly 8 months - H To City Subscribers Sally, per week, delivered. Sundays excepted.loo Daily, per week, delivered, Sundays lneluded.200 POSTAGE RATES. United Stater. Canada and Mexico: 10 to 10-page paper i IS to 32-page paper So Foreign rates double. New or discussion Intended for publication in The Oregonian should be addressed Invariably 'Editor The Oregonian," not to the name of ncy Individual. letters relating to advertising, subscriptions or to any business matter should fce addwsed simply "The Oregonian." The Oregonian does not buy poems or stories Irom lrdlvldunls, and cannot undertake to re turn any manuscripts sent to it without solicita tion. No stamps should be Inclosed for this purpose. Puget Sound Bureau Captain A. Thompson, oaice at 1111 PaclOc aenue, Tacoma. Box 055, Tacoma Tostofllce. Eastern Business OfHce The Tribune bulM 1ns. New York City; "The Rookery." Chicago; the S, C Beckwlth special agency. New York. For sale In San Francisco by J. K. Cooper. 7B Market rtreet. near 'lie Palace hotel, and at Goldsmith Bros.. 23G Sutter strert. For sale in Chicago by the P. O. News Co., 217 Dearborn street TOD AT S WEATHER. Partly cloudy and continued cool; couthweet winds. PORTLAND, TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1000 INADEQUATE MEANS TO AX IMPOS SIBLE END. According to the Kansas City school of statesmanship, the crying need of the country today, In a financial way, is a "bimetallic price-level." "What is a "bimetallic price-level," why do we need it, and how are we going to get it? A bimetallic price-level is manifestly such a coinage ratio between gold and silver as will remain constant under all circumstances. It is such a ratio as will be unaffected by the closure or opening of Indian, Chinese or Mexican mints to silver, by scrambles of Euro pean treasuries for gold, by Klondike or South African gold discoveries, by development of mining machinery and reduction processes, "by panics with their contraction or active business with its swollen demands. All this is to be arranged by act of Congress. Gold shall be worth so much, no less and no more. In the United States. Silver shall be worth so much, no less and no more, in the United States. Whatever the ups and downs of gold and silver in Lombard street, at St. Petersburg, at Calcutta, on the bourse of Berlin or Paris, so much gold shall be worth just exactly so much silver, in the United States, no less and no more. This is obviously an undertaking of im pressive magnitude. Yet it is neces sary. We have the Kansas City school's word for it But, if the question is not Imperti nent, whence does this acute necessity arise? In 1896, we were informed. The exigency involved not only formal atonement for the crime of '73, but cor rection of the enormous appreciation of gold, the fall In prices of commodities, the Increase of debt among the people, the prostration of industry, the impov erishment of the people, and, In general, overthrow of a system which "has locked fast the prosperity of an indus trial people in the paralysis of hard times." These untoward circumstances are not in evidence now, for the Bry- anites themselves are citing prosperity as an evidence of the correctness of their demands for "more money." Con sequently, we are left In doubt as to the nature of the miseries which Impel us to fly to a "bimetallic price-level." We can only conclude that a change from present conditions is necessary, though the exact nature of our extremity is withheld from us for prudential or humanitarian reasons. It cannot be denied, however, that numbers of our people, having fresh in mind the diffi culties of 1893-7, will incline to bear the financial ills we have rather than fly to others that might be involved in a "bl metalic price-level," or in the frantic and poseibly vain and disastrous ef forts of the Kansas City school to achieve it As to one step in the contemplated programme, we are advised. As a pre liminary move to the "bimetallic price level," it is proposed to enact immedi ately "the free and unlimited coinage of gold and sliver at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1." Of this it is neces sary to say but little, and that little very pointe&J yCtTJhe universal experi ence shows that under free coinage each metal takes its bullion value and ; keeps it It Is inevitable in the nature of the case. The history of every free coinage nation under the sun supports It. Why, then, do the Kansas City economists continue to put forth free coinage as the creator of a stable ratio between the metals? Mentally, they are content to submit their dictum in defiance of all facts, or else morally they don't care. In either case they are unfit to be given control of the Gov ernment And they won't get it MAGNANIMITY DESERVING NOTICE. How human beings can have the In tellectual effrontery and moral turpl- ; tude to persist in living and doing busi ness outside of Clatsop County, Oregon, Is an anomaly that unremittingly har rows the Astoria mind. That other communities should continue to manu facture lumber, ship grain and carry on i the business of existence generally, ! stubbornly blind to. the fact that only in Astoria is enterprise of any sort legitimate, presents a problem that baf fles inquiry and exhausts indignation. In yesterday's issue of The Oregonian , noted navigator and philanthropist of Clatsop and Tillamook Counties casts this Astoria perplexity in a fresh mold. Mr. Elmore confronts the salmon problem, and every way he turns It it presents to him only one face shut everybody off from fishing except the people at the mouth of the river. The Columbia River is overfished. Depletion of the salmon runs is exag gerated, of course, and for a manifest purpose, but still It is true that the Co lumbia River is overfished. The United States Fish Commission has told us these many years that fishing should be strictly confined to the months of May, June and July. But Instead of complying with, a three months season, we keep open a nine months season. Mr Elmore knows this, and he com plains of overfishing. But what is" the conclusion his logical powers draw from the premises? Simply that some way must be found to keep the wheels from working. So with other aspects of the question. Artificial propagation Is a failure now, lie says, though he Ignores the catch of marked salmon, but would succeed If only we stop the wheels. It is Impos sible now to enforce the law against fishing in the Clackamas. The only remedy for that also is to stop the wheels. The cannons have always dom inated the Legislature, to his chagrin, apparently, but if the wheels could be stopped, this, supposedly, would end. The climax of Mr. Elmore's mag nanimity is reached in his willingness to see all the wheels moved down to tidewater, where there is no current to operate them. There Is one simple, honest effective and Just plan to fill the Columbia River with salmon. That Is to close the river absolutely to all fishermen alike from August 1 to May 1, and keep up the hatcheries. But because the plan Is so Just effective, honest and simple is Just why it never can be adopted except over the indignant protests of our Clat sop County philosophers and philan thropists. They want the salmon pro tected from everybody else, so that they can fall upon them with the more fatal and unerring extermination. Let us have reform in this matter, hut let its operations not apply to our nets or our canneries. How would It suit Mr. Elmore to limit all fishing to wheels and seines and traps, with a proviso that all glllnet ters who were so disposed could drift at will in the rapids through the dalles and over the cascades? PETTIGREW'S LATEST. Let us admit at the outset that the pronunciamento received by Pettigrew from General Alejandrlno may be a forgery gotten up by some unworthy Imperialist It is so damaging to the cause it purports to champion that one would fain believe no antl, native or foreign, could seriously offer it in evi dence. General Alejandrlno says he said to Dewey in April, 1898: "VW are very grateful for this generous man ifestation of the great 'American people, and being made through an Admiral of their navy, we value It more than a written contract. Of course he could not have said any such thing, because Dewey was not an Admiral then, and because no such col loquial arrangement could possibly have the value of a written contract Alejandrlno also says he said to Dewey In April, 1S98, that the Filipinos had been fighting for their Independ ence. The record is otherwise. They had been fighting to punish the friars and resist official spoliation. They had no thought of independence,, the best evidence goes to show, until after the battle of Manila Bay. General Alejandrlno also says that Dewey promised "Independence and freedom, as we have proclaimed to the world at large." This evidently refers to the Teller declaration of Congress, which was not passed until after the al leged Interview with Dewey took place. The Filipino statesmen saw Dewey, they say, In April, 1898, "when the rup ture of hostilities became Imminent" The moment that Congress passed the conference report directing the use of the Army and Navy to restore order In Cuba, that moment hostilities ceased to be "Imminent" and became existent The Ink was hardly dry on President McKlnley's signature to the declara tion when Polo was bundled out of Washington and Woodford out of Madrid, troops were on the move at every Army post in the Union, and Sampson's fleet was weighing anchor for Havana Bay. If the call was made when hostilities were "imminent," it was before Congress had pledged inde pendence to Cuba. Another Interesting remark accred ited to Dewey is the dictum that the "Constitution prevents territorial ex pansion outside of America." Could anything be more puerile than this ridiculous attempt to put Into Dewey's mouth in April, 189S, a stock phrase Invented long after by the antls? Then the tout ensemble. Here is a plain, blunt, old sea-dog, who has said explicitly that he knows nothing but his trade, made to pose as sponsor for the American Government as an In terpreter of the Constitution, pledging this Nation to a "humanitarian" cam paign and prating of the Union's rich ness and Its "sparsely Inhabited" terri tories. It is very coarse work In In vention. The effort of the antis is to prove that Dewey is one of the most monu mental liars on record. Maybe he is, but It is incumbent on them to show his motive and the inherent probability of his falseness, or else to substantiate it with specific testimony. On both counts their failure is signal. Such cooked-up evidence as the Alejandrlno document would clear the accused in any court of law. As for Dewey's char acter as two yeara of searching scrutiny has revealed It he is the very antithe sis of the liar. He Is ingenuous to a fault He tells the truth impulslvoly when he ought to keep still. He Is too frank for his own good. If he had the guile attributed to him by the antis, the duplicity by which they seek to clothe him suitably for their own ranks, he never would have said when he came home that he was too Ignorant of poli tics to be President or afterward that he would run, but didn't know yet which party he would be nominated by. One shrinks from the idea that the anti-Imperialists are crazy, but how else can you account for Pettlgrew's putting out this Alejandrlno document as an Impeachment of Dewey's verac ity? The conditions of famine in India are, as said in a sermon delivered in one of our city pulpits Sunday evening,' "beyond the comprehension of ihe American people." The details as fur nished from time to time in supjKirt of the plea for aid for these myriads of starving creatures, are shocking even to the most ordinary sensibilities. The fact that this famine oovers a vast area peopled by more than 60,000,000 human beings, many of whom are already emaciated to mere skeletons and dead to all other feelings than that of gnaw ing hunger, renders the task of reliev ing them even for a single day one of such magnitude as to appall charity and unnerve the hands of benevolence. The object in reciting these horrors is, of course, to prompt people to give gen erously of their substance for the relief of these starving millions. Much has been accomplished in this way, but the task seems to be an Interminable one, since promise of crops in the stricken district has again been blighted by drought It Is Inhuman to allow these people to starve, but perhaps the ex treme of Inhumanity Is in the result of the best endeavors of benevolence, which serve but to keep thousands of these people alive without In any de gree abating their misery. The hor rors of death by starvation can hardly he held to he mitigated by prolonging the process with now and then a mouth ful of food. JUSTICE FOR CHINA. Outcry against China is natural, and to some extent justifiable; but the ver dict of history will be made tip calmly from all the facts, exculpatory as well as damning. Some things forgotten In heat will be remembered upon reflec tion. If the Chinese Government Is a participant active or passive, in the Boxer outrages, civilization will hold her to strict account But the fact is not yet proven. It may prove false. If the Boxers have temporarily , over powered the Chinese authorities, the occurrence is one that has precedents enough in Western civilization, notably in the Insurrection of the commune of Paris in 1871, when a de facto Insur gent government was transiently able to rule the city against the authority of the de Jure government Oa that occasion the insurgents began by seiz ing cannon, arms and ammunition. Their military basis was the National Guard, but their ranks were soon swelled by thousands of Freuch regu lars, who left their colors and deserted with their arms to the enemy. General Lecomte and General Thomas were taken prisoners, insulted and maltreat ed by the mob, and a few days later were shot in cold blood by a file of sol diers. The insurgents captured an in trenched camp on the heights of Mont martre, took possession of the Place. Vendome and the Hotel de Vllle, and by the 19th of March, 1871, the Com mune was in military possession of Paris and all Its forts, with the excep tion of Mont Valerlen. The government sent a flag of truce to the insurgents on April 2, but Its bearer was seized and shot The government sent an army of 150,000 men against the 90,000 of the 'insurgents. From April 3 to May 24 there was terrible fighting. The In surgents, maddened by defeat burned the Tulleries, the Palais Royal and the Hotel de Vllle. The government troops in their fury shot down th captured Insurgents, men and women, without mercy. The Insurgents in their turn shot to death the venerable Archbishop of Paris, and a number of other promi nent persons, who had been held as hostages. General Galllfet, lote Minis ter of War, ordered every insurgent prisoner shot whose powdar-blnckened fingers showed that he had been firing from the barricades. The Insurgents forced prisoners to man the barricades, and then shot them down In cold blood. It was not until Sunday afternoon, May 29, that Marshal MacMahon announced that the civil war was over. The dead covered half the streets of Paris; the hospitals were crowded with the wounded. The horrors of this Insurrec tion, which lasted from March IS to May 28, had not been equaled since the massacre of St Bartholomew In the sixteenth century. Now, if Mr. Washburne. the Amer ican Minister to Paris, and ther other resident foreign Ministers, had been massacred In Paris by the Commun ists, we certainly could not have held the Versailles Government responsible, because It did its best to put down the Commune, although Its efforts to sup press the insurrection were not cruwned with success until three months of fac tional rule had almost destroyed Paris. The hostile action of a mob furnishes no cause for war, unless we know that the government connives with the mob or refuses to punish the guilty. No facts have yet reached us which war rant suspicion of complicity on part of the Chinese Government with the atro cities lately committed. There Is no more reason for holding the de jure government of China today responsible for the acts of the de facto government of Prince Tuan at Pekln than there would have been for holding the de Jure government of France In 1871 responsi ble for the de facto government of Paris by the Commune. The de Jure govern ment of China is still recognised as the supreme authority In Southern and Central China, and until we know that the de jure government at Pekln has authorized the outrages upon foreign ers and accepts responsibility for them, we have no more cause for war than If a piratical Chinese junk preyed upon American commerce and murdered the crews-of captured American merchant men. We have, nevertheless, done all that it was possible to do under the circum stances, even if we had been stupid enough to declare war. Under our treaties with China we are within our rights in sending over 11,000 American soldiers as our contingent of the army of 80,000 men that early in August will march on Pekln, to rescue the de jure government from the clutch of rebellion if it has been faithful to its duty, or to replace It by an efficient native admin istration if It has been faithless. No matter what the truth may be, our Government has adopted a line of pol icy that is absolutely sound. It Is within Its treaty rights In pverythlng that it has done thus far, and will be within its treaty rights when our little army of 10,000 Americans sets forth for Pekln. There Is war In China, but we are not at war with China, any more than an attack upon a great fleet of Chinese pirates would be war with China. We are seeking for the restora tlon of peace under a government that will be strong enough to protect Ameri can citizens and preserve commercial rights now guaranteed by treaty, and this protection we are affording without a declaration of war. Editor Oswald Ottendorfer, of the New Tork Staats Zeitung, the lead ing German newspaper of the United States, always Democratic, but steadily opposing the purposes of the Bryanlzed Democratic party, says he will not accept Bryan, no matter what professions the Nebraska Populist may make. In an interview published In the New York World of July 18 he says that, while he will not support McKInley, he unquestionably Will oppose BryanlBm. The Kansas City platform, he says, settles hl3 atti tude toward Bryan, as it does that of most German-American Voters. Imperi alism, according to Mr. Ottendorfer, will take some years to become a fixed American policy, even if its advocates should dare to go far in adopting It which he doubts. With free sllverlsm, however, It is different That Is the avowed policy of the Bryanltes, and German voters will not support It They are a thrifty people, and insist upon a dollar having a definite value. The Board of Trade of Oregon City Is proceeding In an Intelligent tnannzr to make known the superior rf-sources and advantages of Clackamas County for the benefit of Intending hymesekers and Investors. A pamphlet Is being compiled with this end in view, 10,000 copies of which will be printed for s?n- eral distribution. Clackamas County possesses varied resources and natural advantages unsurpassed by any other section of the state. In farming, fruit or -grazing lands, timber resources and manufacturing facilities, this county presents excellent opportunities 16 in dustry and enterprise. It has a wide area, a pioneer history of which its peo ple are Justly proud, and future pros pects which, with true hospltaUy, men of capital and men of industry aro In vited to come in and develop and share. Commenting upon the local prosperity and thrift everywhere apparent In and aiound Oregon City, last Spring, a vis itor from Portland was answered by the brief statement, "Everybody hos work." Here was- opportunity joined to Inclination, and backed (as attested by whirring spindles, thumping looms and the buzz of machinery In pulp mills and electric power works) by capital and enterprise, the whole proclaiming prosperity of a type that grows because It cannot stand still. The Oregonian Is not going to say much about politics now. This Is not the season. But it will have something to say, when the time comes for It Its remarks will go, at the proper time, against nonsense, silliness, feather headedness. But this is the harvest season In the country and the vacation season In the town. One part of our people are at work. Another part of them are dreaming or spooning, either along the beaches or in the apple or chards and country lanes "The mur murous haunt of flies on Summer eves." Here is a line from Keats which. If you take in its subtle sense, will tell you why it is no time to talk the seri ous part of politics now. The town Is In dreamland, the country Is In work land; and yet If you suppose that either In town or country our young people are not thinking the same thoughts and whispering the same sentiments that were familiar of old, you will make a great mistake. The Butte Miner, in an endeavor to make the Silver Republicans of Mon tana happy over the turn-down of Charles A. Towne at Kansas City, tells them that he "would, for Instance, have more Influence as a member on the floor of the House of Representatives than as presiding officer of the Senate," and that "from the standpoint of political usefulness he was fortunate in not be ing nominated." It says further: Mr. Towne Is a younc man exceedingly young to be Vice-President of the United States and the position Is one that would seem to hold little temptation to a person who has not pretty much rounded out his political career. The attempt to palliate the new De mocracy's bad faith with its "allies," on the ground that the Boy Orator of the Unsalted Seas Is "too young" for the tall to the kite of the Boy Orator of the Platitudes, might be effective were It not for the fact that Towne is older than Bryan. A boy of 8 years sllppod from his perilous perch on a log boom of the Alblna sawmill, Sunday afternoon, dis appeared under the logs, and ws drowned. A little chap of about his own age accompanied him, but, of course, could render no assistance. The story Is an old one, though the date and name are new features. As long as boys of tender years are permitted to play On log booms and among wharf piles, drownings will occasionally occur, and this will probably be as long as there are boys. The wonder is that such casualties are relatively so Infre quent "Boys must take their chances," we say, recognizing 'n thl3 scml-consol-lng reflection the fact that any one of them Is likely at any time nto pay with his life the forfeit of an unlucky throw. "The attempt of the Democratic plat form to mislead thoughtful people by declaring that other Issues will be made In the campaign more prominent than the 16-to-l heresy, is too silly ro ac complish much harm," says ex-Govar-nor Thomas M. Waller, of New London, Conn. Lest there should be a doum as to his attitude, he says further: "I was a Democrat and a bolter in 1896, and as the situation has not changed, I am a Democrat and a bolter still." This Is a sample of Gold Democratic talk that seems to have escaped National Com mitteeman Miller's sllver-mouuied gog gles. We print today a very full report of the speech delivered last Tuesday at St Paul by Governor Roosevelt The Associated Press report was too meager to do it Justice. On this page of The Oregonian we reprint from the New York World an estimate of this speech. While dissenting from Roose velt's view, as to "Imperialism," the World calls the speech a very able one. "A Vote-Getting Speech" Is the head line of Its editorial article. The superintendent of the dairy de partment of the Oregon Agricultural College has arranged to make a tour of all the creameries In the state. He proposes to study their methods and en vironment and give the results of his tour In the form of a bulletin, to be Issued next Winter. It will doubtless prove to be a paper of practical assist ance to the dairy interest "Is this to be a republic or an em pire?" The question Is dinned In our ears every" day. There has been noth ing of the same kind, or quite so im pressive, since the old alarm, "Do you want your daughter to marry a nlgT ger?" The army worm has appeared in Northwestern Nebraska; 'and the Bry anltes are renewing their outcry against "militarism." "A vote for Bryan means the white feather and the white flag," remarks the Wallowa News, truthfully and 'epl grammatlcally. A World War Possible. Baltimore Sun. If Europe cannot settle the Chinese problem without war among the powers our civilization is but a sham and pretense. If the butchery at Pekln Is as horrible as rumor represents it to be all the na tions of the world should loyally and un selfishly co-operate to make such an atro city impossible in the future. But In order to do this It will not be necessary to con vert a crusade nominally in behalf of humanity into a sordid, land-grabbing, marauding expedition. China should be assisted to establish order and to main tain a government which will protect the lives of foreigners and give equal com mercial opportunities to all the world. But if the powers attempt to dismember the empire If each Is animated by a cold, calculating, sordid spirit which seeks ad vantage at the expense of the other pow ersthe result may be a world war com pared with which the massacre at Pekln would be a mro bagatelle. If the nations cannot solve the Chinese problem without fiylnf at each other's throats It Is difficult to see wherein oar civilization Is superior to that of China. The Chinese are slaughtering foreigners because of racial, religious and political differences- If the "Christian nations" of Europe, in order to make the Chinaman behave himself, take his land from him. appropriate his property and then, after the theft Is com mitted, go to war with each other because tho division of stolen goods is not satis factory, they wil prove themselves no better than tho Chinese. The cynic who said that aI civilization Is merely a ven eer will then ba fully vindicated, while the Chinaman who has surrounded him self with a wall in order that he may exclude what he considers an inferior civ ilization should not be censured too se verely for his excluslveness. THIS IS VERT READABLE. Dae Recognition of the Man Who Adores the Classics. New York Commercial Advertiser. Mr. Augustine Blrroll. in the current number of the CornhllL has a word to say about admiring by tradition. "If, after giving a classic a fair chance, you really cannot abide him, or remain her metically sealed against his charm. It Is, perhaps, wisest to fay nothing about it though if you do pluck up heart of grace and hit him a rap over his classical costard it will not hurt him, and it may do you good." That advice is badly needed over here. There Is a suspicious unanimity in what some of our writers say about a classic. If a classic were traveling incognito among us you may be sure he would have a different kind of re ception. In some quarters. It would be a huge coincidence x if people felt for the classics that Identical regard. They are under an odd sort of compulsion In the matter, and by nature are by no means so terribly alike. Nature never uses a mimeograph. When a dozen men exprcaB their appreciation of a great writer in exactly the same terms you may always know that 11 of them are lying. A fine work of art never makes precisely the same impression on any two minds.. The average appreclator of Shakespeare Is monotonous because ho Is insincere or scared. There is something that without his knowing It always whips him into line. It Is conventionality that has done for him. Any other view is impious, and flouts at the whole scheme of creation. Lurking under these liturgies there Is often a fine and healthy hatred of the classics. Some of the Shakespearian scholars loathe tho bard. If they would only out with it "hit him a rap over his classical costard," as Mr. Blrrell says. For hatred can never hurt a classic, and the deadliest weapon used against him Is the average guidebook to his charms. While the world has moved along, com mentators seem to be about where they were when Pope wrote that they left the sense their learning to display and some explained the meaning quite away. At least that type Is still very common, as any one who reads Shakespearlana, or recollects certain editions of his school Virgil, will testify. It is a pity some one does not collect Instances. The parasitic literature that has grown up around Goethe must be a gold mine to a Ger man scholar with a sense of humor. Some one cites the following from that source: The commentator was wrestling with Goethe's poem of Der Fischer. He was the kind of commentator who never gives a meaning up. The reference to the death glow of the fish (Todesgluth) puz zled him, but he worked until he had made It out Death glow, said he, was doubtless an allusion to the post mortem experience of the fish. The glow of the fish in the frying pan was what the poet meant The Investigator could not hope to find many instances as good as this In our literature. Our scholars live too much In the world. But there will be enough to make It worth his while. We waste much fury on those who honestly admire the wrong thing and are too easy on those who dishonestly admire the right "Far better." says Mr. Blr rell, "to admire Miss Gabble goose's nov els than pretend to admire Miss Aus ten's' It Is a gentle plea for freedom and for not placing your mind on file. It leaves you a comfortable corner where you may be as barbarous as you like. For the true Philistine Is the professor of terrapin with plain boiled ham tastes. He Is sure to be found out, and In the meanwhile what a life of it he has had, with that big burden of other people's tastes. If one may not take his ease with his book, where may he take it? A man like Mr. Blrrell to preach the gospel of case In llteratary matters would do a world of good over here. Stevenson and Ills History. It Is related that among the throng that hastened to the Nebraska capital to look upon Mr. Stevenson when he went there a few days ago to call on Bryan, was Mr. E. M. Jenkins, a former member of the State Legislature. Mr. Jenkins ex plained his visit with the remark that he had always wanted to see the man who had prosecuted his father for bring ing a negro Into tho State of Illinois, and he then told this Interesting story: During the war Lieutenant Philip Jenkins, a Woodford County man, was taken 111 and had to he sent home. He was unable to take caro of himself, and a young negro was ;ent along to attend to him. When he reached home a certain element made a big fuai. They found a law on the statute books making It a crlmo to bring a negro Into the state, and under this statuto they had Lieutenant Jenkins arrested. Adlal Stevenson was then practicing law In the county, and volunteered to prosecute the soldier. The trial came on and the jury dis agreed. When the time came for the case to come up a second time Lieutenant Jenkins was back with his regiment fighting, and the Judge threw the case out of court. Stevenson was among the worst of the old "copperheads." Roosevelt's St. Pnul Speech. New York World, Dem July 18. Governor Roosevelt's speech at St Paul, published In the World this morning, will bo a surprise even to his admirers. It Is a model of self-restraint of clear and forcible statement and, in part, of argu ment His dissection of Democratic weak nesses. National and local, Is particularly adroit And It Is unanswerable. What can be said in defense of Croker and the Van Wycks as viewed in their doings at home and In Kansas City? What in defense of the fantastic and menacing 16 to 1 folly in tho National platform? As for his remarks upon imperialism, every Democrat should read them with care. They present the other side and there Is another side, the side that will give thou sands of voters who may not wholly as sent to It ease of conscience in voting against the counterfeit-money craze. Everything' Upside Dorm In China. St Louis Republic China Is the land where everything Is upside down. Thus In Canton the women act as sailors and boatmen, while the men are employed as chambermaids, laun dresses and seamstresses. In salutation the Chinaman shakes his own hand In stead of that of his visitor. As a mark of respect he puts his hat on Instead of taking it off. Their signboards are per- fiendlcular instead of horizontal. In read ng Chinese print it is necessary to begin at the right-hand side at the bottom and read to the left and up. The Philosophy of Perspiration. New York World. "There are many troubles which you cannot euro by the Bible and tho hymn book," n!d Henry Ward Beecher, "but which you enn cure by a good perspira tion and a breath of fresh air." There Is a large paradox In the phil osophy of perspiration. The hotter the healthy human body becomes the more freely it perspires, and yet the more freely It perspires, the cooler It grows. Many persons try to keep cool by avoiding all unnecessary exercise and lounging in the shade- That Is entirely unphllosophlcal. Perspiration. Instead of being a symptom of suffering from the heat is a sign of relief therefrom. And It may be accepted by all persons in nor mal health that moderate exercise, suffi cient to Induce a liberal moistening of the skin, is the best specific that can be prescribed for their dally use in hot weather. None suffer more torture on a sultry day than those who make it their special effort to avoid perspiring. No United China. Nineteenth Century Review. It Is because there Is no such thing as "China" that the military caste of the Manchus, comparatively infinitesimal in numbers, have been able to impose their rule upon the enormous masses In China. Thus it is unwise to predicate anything of China as a whole, or to believe that what suits one part will necessarily suit another. Over the heterogeneous and conflicting masses of China there has never been any effective central control, and what control there has been has steadily grown weaker. The "vermllllon pencil" makes a faint mark In tho south, while In the southwest and extreme northwest It has little but an academic influence, and on tho Thibetan borders none at all. "Re-' spect this!" appended to every imperial rescript in the Pekln Gazette Is as far from actuality as the "Oyez" of the usher with us, or the challenge of the Queen's champion at the coronation. There Is, therefore, not the slightest possibility ol the establishment by Chinese authority of a national arm, or navy, or civil ser vice. And the corruption which is the fatal curse of Chlni is directly due to the fact that there Is not and cannot be any central authority to exercise control over local officials, or, In the absence of this, to pay them. The Chinese people, In the language of physics, Is a mechanical mix ture, and not a chemical compound, and thereforo It Is Irresponsive to the action of any single regent and incapable of exhibiting any common property. An Anchor to Windward. Providence Journal. Although Mr. Bryan's friends declare that the rumor of his Interest In the Nebraska Senatorship Is foolish so far as it Indicates any intention on his part to enter the race for the position, there is no need to discredit It. He has been long enough In politics to know that the chances of his election to the Presidency are not of the best, and what is more natural than to cast an anchor to wind ward? He is said to be keeping an eye on the Legislative contests In Nebraska, and It Is by no means impossible that we shall eventually see him occupying a seat on the floor of the Senate cham ber at Washington. There would be little difficulty in "keeping his head above water" if he were a member of the upper house of Congress, and the next Presidential campaign might see him come up smiling as an aspirant for the chief magistracy a third time. Retrlbntlve Justice. Chicago Evening Journal, Ind. The anti-imperialists who are organiz ing a new party because they can't vote for Mr. McKInley and won't vote for Mr. Bryan, think of nominating Admiral Dowey for President. Good Idea. Admiral Dewey could say he knew more about this Issue than any body else, because he made It If It hadn't been for him there would be no such thing sa Imperialism or antl-lm-periallsm Why not this ticket: For President, GEORGE DEWEY. For Vice-President, W. R. SHAFTER- Platform: The hair of the dog will cure the bite. Roosevelt's St. PanL Speech. t Brooklyn Eagle, Ind. Dem. Mr. Roosevelt's speech at St Paul was a very able one. It will be found on the seventh page of today's Eagle and It should be read by every voter, especially by those who think of supporting Mr. Bryan and the Democratic platform in this campaign. A National responsibility has broadened, sobered and strengthened Mr. Roosevelt's consideration of public questions. The character of the man has always shown In what he has said. But his capacity will not be estimated aright until this very able speech Is carefully studied. To Sell Goods. San Francisco Chronicle. Whatever settlement may ultimately be made it must never be forgotten that if the West had let China alone China would never have molested the West The trouble has grown out of forcing "trea ties" at the point of the bayonet upon an unwilling people. The object of the whole business has been to sell goods. The pre tense of any other motive Is utter hum bug. The Ninth. Infantry. Philadelphia Press. The Ninth Infantry has repeated at Tien Tsln the valor It showed at Cba pultepec and "San Juan Hill. No man fell In Its ranks, from Colonel Ltscum down, but was doing his share to advance civil ization, to avenge the defenseless and teach the world that the flag and Its troops are never far distant when savage massacre sweeps away American citizens. MEN AND WOMEN. The King of Portugal will soon go to England on a brief visit to the Queen. His grandfather (the King Consort Ferdinand) was a first cousin of the Queen and of Prince Albert. According to London Truth, Count Laddorf, who is spoken of as successor to Count Mou ravlcff of Russia, never goes into society, and hardly has any friends. He lives in apart ments at the Russian Foreign OfTlce. Sir J. Gordon Sprigg. the new Premier and Treasurer of Cape Town, as born at Ips wich. England, and 1? the son of a Baptist .minister. As In the case of Cecil Rhodes, lit health was the original causa of his going to South Africa. In 1858. It Is proposed to erect a monument In Sl monstown. South Africa, In memory of Miss Mary KIngslcy, nho died of fever while en gaged "in nursing Boer prisoners. The Dutch residents at the Cape are subscribing to the fund which Is being raised. The Rajah of Kauprthala, the Sikh chief who Is about to revisit London, la -very popular with Englishmen. He Is an athlete and a war rior, and his territory In the Punjab brings him 10,000 a year. His house stood true to the Queen during the mutiny. The prize offered for the accepted design for the gateway of Denver's City Park was won by a 10-year-old boy of that city. Hart Wood, from a dozen well-known architects of long ex perience and training, though young Wood has been studjlng only a year and a half. At her own request maQe before death tho funeral services over the body of Mrs. John D. Haskell were held under the trees In the orchard at the home place In Abilene, Kan. There she had played with her children, she said., and from there she wished to be carrried to the grave. The Maccdonlnn Cry From the Coast. H. F. Rodney. Where the waves are caracoling 8horeward from tho sapphire sea, With their gleaming hues cajoling Mortals where we cannot be; While our Summer harness cumbers Us and keeps us In a stew. Do not ask In mournful numbers, "Is it hot enough for your For examples are abundant Men weraldlled for less than that. Cease from verbiage so redundant. Hold no converse through your hat Fresh the breeze that charms your outlnar, Tet no breezes ever blow- Half so fresh as you when shouting "Is It hot enough for you?" Hoppy clams at high tide? rare rot! When, your grip's packed for tho coast. Cursing like a sailor's parrot Wretched clams prepare to roast We abandoned In this burg 11 Make it warm for you chaps, too, , When you shout where rlckeys gurgle,, ,. "Is It hot enough for your "i- NOTE AND- COMMENT. , When In doubt, discredit the news front China. If you see it in the dispatches from China, it isn't so. Governor Roosevelt Is perfectly willing that the Democrats make expansion the paramount lssue. Why not send Sampson and Schley over to China and see once and for all which lsvthe better man? Senator Jones will probably have hard work this Summer keeping "Cyclone" Davie out of doubtful states. Webster Davis told some pretty tall war stories, but he is not In It with the Chinese Superintendent of Telegraphs. The Hon. W. S. Taylor disapproves of the Kentucky system of government without the consent of the Governor. Tho Republicans believe in expansion, and the result of the November election will show that the policy has been em ployed in expanding the party. It,may be just as well to remind Mr. Bryan that the Hawaiian delegate cast the vote that decided the 16-to-l plank. Where would 16 to 1 be' if it were not foa expansion? You see him strolling onitha beach Behind a long cigar. He glances down at you until You wonder who you are; He's clad In patent leather skates, And wears a Roosevelt lid. Beneath a rainbow colored vest His manly breast Is hid. The Summer girls troop In his wake A half a hundred strong:; You hear them say. "Oh, ain't he sweetr , Whene'er he walks along. There's always something doing when He hits the shining sand. And stalks along beneath tho sun. Intent on getting tanned. There's picnic parties every day, They never leave him out. And when the girls get up a hop He's sure to be about. You wonder If his father Is A bloated millionaire, Or whether he Just came from Noma And made a sack up there; You think perhaps his uncle died And left him scads of dough; You hear that he's a Vandergould, And wonder If It's so. And when you Journey back to towa His status there you seek. And learn that he's an office boy And draws down five a week. The news arriving from Nome Is of t character to indicate that the result ii to bo much the same as that in a num- ber of mining excitements in the North, and the return of ragged, half-starved, and "dead-broke" gold-seekers in thou- sands may be looked for about the timet tho short "Summer" season at Noma draws to an end. Many argonauts will never return, and many who succeed la getting back will be ruined in health as well as in pocket Old residents of this Coast can remember a number of such disastrous rushes. The Frazer River ex citement, which commenced in 1S58, was one of the greatest and most disastrous, and extended its sufferings and losses over some three or four years. Slnco that,time there have been rushes to the tikeena River and Stickeen and the Koote nai, Smelkameen and Peace Rivers, all of which proved disastrous to the great majority of "excursionists." Klondike was not so bad as some of the others, j-but Nome, the latest and farthest north of all, is likely to turn out as bad as the worst of them. There aro many men now residents of Portland and vicinity who remember all the above-mentioned "excitements," and some who took part In one or more of them, and who man aged to get back, hungry and almost naked. These persons aro not joining in mining rushes now. They are too old foe one reason, and have had experiencq which answers for all other reasons. PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHERSi Grounded "Lightning rods seem to be out of date." "Yes, the business was run Into the ground long ago." Philadelphia Evening Bul letin. No Doubt of It Teacher In the sentence, "Patrick beat John with his flst3," what is Patrick? Bright Boy He's Irish. Philadelphia Press. She I read that book going over last year, but I remember almost nothing about It. Ho Well, one retains so little oa steamers. Harper's Bazar. Nations and Individuals. Tho call of ex- alted duty holds a relation to National affairs analogous to that held by the earnest solici tations of his many friends to the affairs of the Individual. Detroit Journal. "There ought to be a law against selling: guns to barbarians," said the earnest boarder. "There is." said tho Savage Bachelor. "It is a violation of the law in this country to sell firearms either to Indians or small boys." . Indianapolis Press. The Tenth Muse. "Who Is this person?"' asked one of the tuneful nine. "She claims to be a relative of ours, but I don't know her." "Poor thing." said the sister Muse. "She's suffering from a hallucination. Slie presides over magazine poetry and sho thinks she's a Muse!"; Puck. One of tho First. "Yes, he is one of our first citizens." "Ho doesn't look It I should Judgo from his appearance that he Is a very ordinary person." "He Is, so far as that's concerned, but his name 1b Abner Aarons, and It's mighty seldom that anybody comes befors him in the directory." Chicago Tlmes-Her-atd. Rather Pleased. "So," said Senator Sorghum thoughtfully, "that vituperative critic said I was liable to be a politician out of a Job'" "That was his remark. You see, he was a little angry, and" "Oh, there la no occasion to apologize. I kind of like it You see, I have been accused of being in so many Jobs that It's a relief to be mentioned as being out of one." Washington Star. Smith and Pocahontas. John Smith, a fighter to the core. Of wondrous pith and power, Lled In Virginia long before "First Families" were In flower. He fought the aborigines ' With P,urltanlc ardor, v And killed 'em with so much of ease He only fought the harder. At last the Captain came to grief. And hope looked very thin for him, For he was captured by a chief , Who had It strictly in for him. Sold this old chieftain. Powhatan. "I'll pluck your lights and llver And gouge your eyes out. haughty raaat And Clng you In the river." So he proceeded thus to do. And wreak his ruthless slaughter. When In between the warring two There rushed the chieftain's daughter. "Let up1." she shrieked at Powhatan, "Should bloody murder vaunt U3? This Is a very lovely mant" Cried dusky Pocahontas. "He shall be mine!" the maiden crie- "One hair you shall not bother!" And threw herself at Smlthle's side. Defying thus her father. , "Oh, very well," eald Powhatan, v "Since jou admire the villain. I'll spare this wicked Englishman, Though he deserves a killln'." Sa Smlthle saved his precious head, And 'mid dellzht and laughter He and the Injun girl vero wed. And happy lived thereafter. Now all the Smiths Dick. Harry, Too . With eager rapture want us Ta think they are descended from The lovely Pocohontas. " St. Louis Pcst-DIspatc3