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PORTLAND. SATURDAY, AUGUST 2S.
INDEMNITY, SECTRITY, HUT NO
VEXGEAKCE.
The allies are? now In Pekin, and the
deliveraace of the Legations has been
accomplished. Upon any theory we
may formulate the action of the Chi
nese Government In this affair has been
unaccountable. Plainly, It has not en
deavored to control the situation, but
Jias sympathized with and encouraged
the mob. Indemnity must be had for
this unexampled insult and outrage,
and security ugainst repetition of It;
but how to proceed will be a puzzle,
end the allies whose forces have gone
to Pekin are not likely to agree. Ger
"many has a deeper grievance than any
of the other powers, for her Minister
"was murdered, and it may be difficult
to satisfy the demands of her govern
ment, Frederick W. Seward, who was As
sistant Secretary of State from 18G1 to
18C9, and again from 1E77 to 18S1, has
writen a letter to the New York Trib
une, on this situation, which is worth
attention. He thinks the course of our
"own Government in these affairs has
been very judicious, and he pays a high
compliment to Secretary Hay. Mr.
Seward insists that the Chinese Gov
ernment must pay Indemnity for the
recent outrages, and must give security
for future good behavior, through
Jroper adjustments to modern civiliza
tion. But there must be no spoliation
of China; no policy of vengeance.
"Like other nations," writes Mr. Sew
ard, "the Chinese have their active
elements and their Inert ones, their
good men and their bad ones, their wise
men and their fools, their peaceable
families and their lawless criminals.
Hundreds of them are zealous believers
n modern progress. Their more en
lightened scholars and sagacious states
men are doing their hest today to save
their country from disintegration and
their government from the conse
quences of Its own blind and stupid
folly."
The London Spectator takes up the
theme in the same liberal and generous
spirit. Punishment, not revenge. It
says, should be the policy' of the allies;
and the punishment must not fall in
discriminately on the people. It Is the
dynasty, supported by a faction, that
Jias committed this crime. The Spec
tator says: "The allies ought, upon en
tering Pekin, to execute the authors ol
"She tragedy, whatever their rank, and
to refuse absolutely to make peace with
a Manchu on the throne; but they
ought also to avoid promiscuous slaugh
ter, except upon the battle-field. If
they do not, they will destroy their
own coherence, for Englishmen and
Americans remain Christians, and
svuse a Hiular hatred more dangerous
than many lost battles. The caution
is the more necessary because Conti
nental, as well as Japanese, Generals
are apt to believe that in Asia the most
effective weapon is terror, and that if
mobs shh? only soldiers killed they do
not feel the necessary emotion. It Is
forgotten that terror has two results."
KISIO?,- AND THE UNIT RULE.
A sieaker congratulated the late Ta
coma Republican convention that It did
not have to appoint a steering commit
tee to find out what its name would be,
and to divide up the offices with sev
eral allies. "We simply distribute the
Spoils among ourselves," he said. Not
long since Orator Towne delivered a
eulogy upon the Populist party for its
iiigh patriotism and rare unselfishness
In selecting as its candidate for Presi
dent and Vice-President a Democrat
and a Silver-Republican. Thus it ap
pears that there are two views of fu
sion, and the motives and methods by
which it is brought about.
There is morally no essential differ
ence in the practices which obtain with
the several political parties of Wash
ington, so far as the nomination of can
didates is concerned. But there is a
difference in degree. With the one It
is merely a question of combination
and exchange; with the other there is
deliberate bargain and sale of men and
measures. For example, at a fusion
convention at Ellensburg one party
agreed to Indorse the revolutionary the
ory of the single tax. if its ally would
surrender a nomination for Supreme
Judge. No such spectacle of accommo
dation of principle to opportunity was
ever witnessed among Republicans.
They may. be strong or mild, loud or
soft, on any prominent issue, as may
BtH-m expedient; but they would scarce
ly sacrifice utterly a vital tenet of party
fakh, and profess to accept another
of entirely different complexionr repu
diating ail their former teachings and
stultifying a Jong and honorable record,
in the interest of some person's selfish
ambition.
The Republicans of "Washington make
a near approach to the Democratic
doctrine of the unit rule by their habit
iof sending solid delegations to a con
tention. Instructed to vote as one man
on all questions. Geographical condi
tions in Washington make control of its
rohtics difficult and complex; and it is
generally deemed much more important
that this or that city or county domi
nate party affairs against this or that
rival city or county than that nomina
tions be made on merit alone, without
;particular reference to locality. As
Hong as there are three or four com
munities in the state of nearly equal
size, and of Intense commercial rivalry,
no other rule of action Is likely to
obtain.
In practice, the unit rule may accom
plish much, for a candidate or a local
ity; in theory and in reality it is a
denial of the purpose and competency
of the individual to discharge his func
tion as a delegate properly and hon
estly. It is an interesting commentary
on the practical phase of politics in our
neighboring state that during the late
campaign one prominent newspaper
openly advocated the alienation from
a county convention of the power to
name delegates to the state convention,
placing the power in the hands of the
chairman, cr of a special committee.
This Is tantamount to a declaration
that the convention could not be trusted
and that the delegate must not be per
mitted to do that which his constituents
sent him to do. It may be that he
should not be, but it is seldom that
he has so bluntly been told so.
The Republican National Convention
of 18S0, In the great Grant-Blaine con
troversy, established the principle that
any delegate has the right to cast his
vota as he sees fit, and that he cannot
be coerced by a majority into surrender
of that privilege. The unit rule there
fore obtains in Republican conventions
only when every member of a delega
tion acquiesces. It is based on consent
only. He may withdraw his consent at
any time. -If in so doing h'e breaks
faith, that Is his own affair.
THE BRYAN-AGUINALDO PROTEC
TORATE. A sound statement on the Philippine
situation is made by the Cincinnati
"Volksblatt, one of the representative
German newspapers of the country. It
remarks that "party exigencies have
necessitated some watchword, to in
fluence the masses, and 'imperialism'
was chosen to offset free, coinage; the
facts, however, utterly contradict the
impeachment contained in the slogan
which is so unreflectingly repeated
and believed." From this the Volks
blatt proceeds to say that the so-called
paramount issue therefore is a ficti
tious one. The sum of the matter is
this: "Mr. McKlnley wishes to uphold
the sovereignty of the United States in
the Philippines. Mr: Bryan wishes to
uphold a protectorate. This is a dis
tinction without a difference. Both ne
cessitate the protection of the Islands
against any aggressor. by the whole
military and naval force of the United
States. But, whereas, under the sov
ereignty of the United States we have
the assurance of a civilized and. disci
plined government, certain to avoid col
lision with foreign countries, we should,
under a government of untutored and
undisciplined Filipinos, be compelled
to keep our arms in constant readiness
to protect the Filipinos against the ef
fects of their follies. We should find
ourselves involved in wars with foreign
countries before we were aware of it."
This is plain and sound. A protecto
rate is "militarism" and "imperialism."
It would compel us) to keep an army
and navy In the Philippine Islands, if
not for defense against the Intrusion
of other nations, beyond question to
help the Tagals rule the other tribes,
both In Luzon and throughout the
widely separated islands of the group.
This, Indeed, is just what Aguinaldo
and his "government" demanded. They
wanted to play at government and take
the profits of It, and assign to the
United States the duty of preventing
foreign intervention on one hand and
of assisting in subjugation of the anti
Taai tribes on the other.
We think the people of the United
States will not want the Bryan-Aguin-aldo
protectorate over .the Philippine
Islands.
THE HOT SPELL AT THE EAST.
The story of the awful heat that pre
vailed in all the great cities of the At
lantic Coast on Saturday, August 11,
ought to be read by those of our peo
ple who do not fully appreciate that In
the comparatively cool days and nights
of our Summer we have something to
be very grateful for. On August 11 the
maximum temperature in New Tork
City was 95 1 degrees in the shade. At
8 o'clock at night the official thermom
eter marked 88 degrees, and at Wash
ington and Philadelphia at the same
hour in the evening the mercury re
corded 100 degrees. It was not only the
hottest August 11 on the books of the
official meteorologists, but it was the
hottest day of the Summer. At Atlan
tic City, with the ocean at the front
door, the mercury climbed to 9S de
grees. At Coney Island and Rockaway
Beach there was small relief for the
"afflicted population of New York Clty
for the wind was off shore and brought
little coolness to the sufferers. Thou
sands slept on fire escapes and roofs
rather than go without sleep in the
breathless ovens of the tenements. At
the city hospitals there was great dis
tress from the heat. Babies suffered so
terribly that poor mothers betnjed to
have their children sent to Randall's
Island to be kept during the hot spell,
and many of these were accommo
dated. The death list was compara
tively small, owing to the fact that the
laborers had their usual Saturday half
holiday, and fortunately the percentage
of humidity was not high; otherwise
there would have been many more
deaths from the heat than the twenty
that were recorded.
In Boston and all the cities of New
England the same record of terrible
heat was recorded on August 11, which
was the fourth day of nearly a week
of fearfully hot weather. New York
City is by no means the hottest city of
the Atlantio Coast, for the record of
some of the small inland towns of Ver
mont and New Hampshire not seldom
shows higher figures for the mercury
than the Borough of Manhattan, as
was the case in the heated term of 1896
and in 1897. The most terrible thing
about this heated term on the North
Atlantic Coast is that It lasts almost
Until October. It is not unusual in Bos
ton to see the mercury touch 97 in the
shade as late as the last week of Sep
tember, and mark SS degrees at 11 P.
M. There is no escape from this terri
ble heat of August east of the Rocky
Mountains. The great cities of the Mid
dle West, Chicago, St. Louis, Milwau
kee, Cleveland, Detroit, Cincinnati, are
all hot enough In August and the first
half of September to make the. depart
ing sufferer murmur as Byron did when
he left Malta:
Adieu, sirocco, sun and sweat.
In North and South Dakota and Mon
tana there Is no lack of scorching
weather in Summer. In the great hot
spell that prevailed in these states last
month the mercury reached 100 In the
shade at Miles City, in Montana, and
105 at Rapid City. S. D., while at Wil
Hston, N. D., It rose to 104. These fig
ures are reached sometimes In Eastern
Oregon, but in Western Oregon and
Washington they are unknown. Dur
ing the present Summer our mercury
has reached 90 degrees in the shade but
one day, and there were two days when
it marked 89 in the- shade. These were
our three hottest days, and On these
days the mornings were cool and the
nights delightful. After August 15 a
hot day is unknown in Western Oregon
and Washington; that is, our warm
weather is over when the hottest weath
er Is at Its height on the Atlantic
Coast and in the Middle West
How much bright, cool, comfortable
j Summer weather, such as prevails In
Western Oregon and Washington, adds
to human health and happiness cannot
be overestimated.' To all persons of
nervous Irritability of temperament, a
hot Summer, such as prevails at the
East and in the Middle West, must be
a killjoy and a calamity. Their Uvea
would be much more comfortable and
cheerful in the Summer climate of
Western Oregon or Washington; their
days would be longer in the land; their
nights would be full of sleep, and their
waking hours a delightful memory of
outdoor enjoyment.
NO FIXE SENSE OF HUMOR.
Colonel Bryan does not propose to at
tend the annual meeting of the G. A.
R, at Chicago, to which Mr. McKlnley,
as an old soldier and as President, was
naturally invited. The reason given for
the non-attendance of Colonel Bryan
is that he wiBhes to relieve President
McKinleyfrom possible embarrassment.
There is no reason why the President
should feel embarrassed by the pres
ence of Bryan; but there would seem
to be some reason why Bryan should
feel embarrassed before the G. A. R.
Bryan holds no official post. He waa
too young to fight in the Civil War, and
his address of acceptance Is devoted to
the denunciation of militarism. Why
should such a man be wanted at a re
union of old soldiers? Inviting the
frantic evangelist of the gospel of anti
milltarism to attend a soldiers' reunion
is like Inviting the devil to a banquet
and askihg him to drink holy Water.
Furthermore, why should Bryan wish
to address the G. A. R composed as it
is of men who sought to force upon
the Southern people a government with
out their consent? The restoration of
the Union by bayonets was a victory
achieved in violation of the corner-stone
of Bryan's platform, for the G. A. R.
are the survivors of an army of over
two millions of men who Imposed upon
the South a government without their
consent.
If Brs'an had any large sense of hu
mor; if he did not always in hsls iron
clad egotism take himself seriously, he
would stay away from, the G. A. R. not.
to save McKlnley from embarrassment
but to save himself from the sensatibn
which comes to a fish out of water.
His public speech and action recall the
criticism of the publisher who said that
Pridcaux's "Connection Between the Old
and New Testament" was too dry and
ought "to be enlivened with a little
humor." Bryan is guilty only of the
unconscious humor that attends the fel
low who raises a laugh when he sus-.
tains a shock to his fundamental prin
ciples by falling on the ice. If Bryan
had any sense of humor, he could not
have, pronounced his solemn Indictment
of imperialism the other day at In
dianapolis with a straight face, when
he remembered that the proceedings of
his followers in the Southern States
in disfranchising the negro are in vio
latlon of "the consent cf the governed"
principle of the Declaration of Inde
pendence, for which he expresses such
solemn reverence. The Southern States',
dominated by Bryan's party, have dis
franchised the negro citizens in denial
of "the consent of the governed" and
in violation of the Constitutional
amendment; and yet Bryan does not
denounce the outrage. These .negroes
have enjoyed the suffrage for thirty
years, under the Constitution, are
now deprived of It, and are gov
erned without their consent. This has
not been done because of their illiter
acy, but solely because of their color,
for white illiteracy is not excluded.
And Bryan is silent, although the Bry
anite platform declares that "to impose
upon any people a government of force
is to substitute the methods of imperi
alism for those of a republic," and un
der this definition the disfranchisement
of negroes In viojation of the Constitu
tion is "Imperialism."
It Is gratifying to see that an earnest
effort is being made to Increase the effi
ciency of the Indian schools. There is
room for the hope that proper educa
tion may smooth the way for the rap
idly declining race and get from It
something that a utilitarian world may
use. As to what is proper education
for the Indian youth, there is great
variety of opinion and probably always
will be. It is reasonable to suppose
that instruction In the use of the plow
and hoe, the jackplane and the monkey-wrench,
will appeal stronger to the
aboriginal mind and will yield better
results for civilization than instruction
in the finer arts and sciences, or even
the common literary attainments.
However, the teaching of agriculture
and the mechanic arts requires skill.
Indian schools, like insane hospitals,
have too often been asylums for politi
cal workers, the very helplessness of
the charges offering a safe refuge for
persons who might not be tolerated
elsewhere in the public serviee. The
disposition to grade up the teaching
forces, which has been brought out in
the Institute just closed at Chemawa,
augurs well for the future of the In
dian. The Chemawa school has known
the evils of the political "teacher,"
though it has shown great Improvement
in the past few years. When all Indian
schools shall be organized and con
ducted for the sole purpose of convert
ing the wild Indian into a useful, social
factor in the world, the results will be
more beneficial than they have been
thus far. It Is certainly late enough to
begin rational treatment of the Indian.
The German vote at the West is de
pended upon by the Democrats to elect
Bryan. The following table shfcws the
German-American population In nine
Western States, and the probable popu
lation and vote now:
German populat'n.
States. 1S0O. 1000.
Ohio C72.444 807,000
Probable
vote.
101,400
04,200
102.400
70.000
150.000
60,800
33.200
30.000
- 24.S00
Indiana 23S.1S5
Illinois S01.574
Michigan .......210,757
Wisconsin 020,030
Minnesota 27S.0C3
Nebraska. 103.675
Kansas 103.222
Kentucky 124.C5S
rci.ooo
002,000
380,000
751.000
334,000
108.000
150,000
134,000
Bryan carried only two of these states
In 1896, Kansas and Nebraska,' but the
solid German-American vote can doubt
less give the other seven states to him
and elect-him In 1900, but there is not
the slightest prospect that he will be
able to secure this solid German-American
vote. The editor of the Abend
Post, of Chicago, independent, and the
most widely circulated German news
paper in America, declares that he has
not been able to detect any ground
j swell either way; that there was no
I proof that the Administration was com
mitted to "imperialism"; that the course
lii China went far to disprove that
claim. The Republican editor of the
Chicago Staats Zeitung believes that
the great majority "Of the German
Americans will vote for McKlnley. This
view is supported by all the leading
German-Americans of Illinois, Ii
Bryan cannot mislead the German
Americans in Illinois, he cannot do it
elsewhere.
Growth of life assurance is one of
the most remarkabe of the develop
ments of our 'tlhie. A recent review
shows that while the largest life com
pany in the country thirty years ago
had 531,000,000 of assets, and twenty
seven companies had a little over 5145,
000,000, today there are ten companies
each holding more assets than the larg
est had thirty years ago, and two com
panies have more than the whole had
then. During thirty years premiums to
the amount of 53,250,000,000 have been
paid in, while Interest and other In
come of over 5900,000,000 bring the total
up to 54,137,000,000. Payments to policy-holders
during thirty years have
amounted to $2,139,437,029, an average ol
over $70,000,000. The review shows that
the net assets on January 1, 1900, were
$1,406,718,091, an Increase of more than.
$1,250,000,000 In the last thirty years.
Adding the amount paid policy-holders
to the assets there Is a total of $3,400,
886,329, or $171,112,011 more than the
amount paid in premiums. "In other
words, for each $100 paid by policy
holders in premiums, the companies
have returned to the members, and hold
for their protection, $105 30, thus pay
ing all expenses out of the interest and
saving $171,000,000 besides.
C. P. Huntington was a very able
man of business, a rich man, who in
private life did not recall the practical
philanthropy of Stephen Glrard, Peter
Cooper, Gerrit Smith, General Jamea
A. Wadsworth, Amos Lawrence, H. B.
Clafiin, Henry L. Pierce. He was of
the cold-blooded type of millionaires
represented by Cornelius Vartderbllt,
Russell Sage, Jay Gould and A. T.
Stewart. The death of one of his lobby
agents, Colton, a number of years ago,
furnished the press ttith a large variety
of interesting revelations concerning
the methods employed by Huntington
to Influence legislation in his favor.
His business morality was Identical
with that of Oakes Ames, who bluntly
told the Congressional committee of in
vestigation Into the Credit Moblller
scandal that to protect his railway In
terests he had not hesitated virtually
to bribe any member of either house
of Congress whose vote and voice were
of present or prospective value.
Bryan quotes from Lincoln t a 'great
deal. But he was brought up 'to detest
Lincoln. His father was an intense
pro-slavery Democrat, an ardent sym
pathizer with secession, an extreme
type of tho class known In those days
as "copperheads," and a fierce oppo
nent of Lincoln, from the beginning to
the end of the great emancipator's po
litical career. It was this training that
made William J. Bryan a Democrat.
It is Impudence now In him to pretend
to admiration of Lincoln, and rever
ence for his principles. The home of
the Bryans was but a short distance
from that of Lincoln, In Illinois.
After all, China isn't formidable. It
was feared modern weapons might
make her so. But a force of 15,000
American, European and Japanese
troops has gone through a difficult
country a distance of 100 miles and
taken the capital of an "empire" of 300,
000,000. Another proof that it is not the
number of m'en, but the quality of men.
A single American or European army
corps could go anywhere in China. It
would be easy to get "consent of the
governed" in a country like that. It
will be had in the Philippines as soon
as the dream of a Bryan-Agulnaldo pro
tectorate shall be over.
Reports of violations of the game
laws are more numerous than they
have been for a number of years. II
the violations are so common, It Is
doubtless possible to get legal evidence
of them, and the annual crop of expla
natldns In cpuft may soon be expected.
Probably not since the days of the Pe
quod War has the custom of taking the
gun afield prevailed among the farm
ers to a greater extent than it does
this year in the Willamette Valley. And
we have no reports that the Indians
are particularly threatening these dog
days.
"You can't secure title to a people by
force or purchase," says Statesman
Bryan. No, but you can secure title to
the country they live In, and if they
don't like it they can sell out and leave;
Just as the men of the Hudson's Bay
Company skurrled out of Oregon after
the treaty of 1846 secured the country
to the United States.
Seven hundred speeches are to be
made in Maine In the state campaign
by orators of National reputation. In
the list we do not find Thomas B. Reed,
but we do find our own John Barrett
and Lee Falrchlld.
The false priests in the anti-imperialistic
temple at Indianapolis gave the
Bryan admirers a bad scare. But they
seem to have been rocking the boat
just for fun.
Senator Wellington continues to In
dorse Bryan. The Senator's sober sec
ond thought is an unusually long time
coming.
BRYAN A GREENBACKER.
Editor Goodwin Convinced That Sil
ver la Secondary WitU Him.
Salt Lake Tribune.
We thought four years ago that Mr.
Bryan was a thorough silver man. Under
the developments of this year we be
lieve that silver with him has always
been a secondary consideration; that
when explored to the depths he is a
greenbacker. We think this will be made
still more clear when he gives his for
mal acceptance of the Sioux Falls plat
form. That platform renews the pledge that
tho agitation shall never cease until "the
Lincoln greenbacks shall be restored, the
bonds all paid off and all corporation
money forever retired." If this means
anything, it means that the presses shall
bo started and enough irredeemable
paper Issued to do the above work. In
the same strain the Kansas City plat
form demands "tho retirement of the
National bank notes as fast as Govern
ment paper or silver certificates can b
substituted for tnem."
Our own thought i3 that the Cincin
nati platform Is the most honorable,
which demands "a scientific and abso
lute paper money, based upon the entire
wealth and population of the Nation,
not redeemable in any specific commod
ity, but made a full legal tender for all
debts and public dues, and issued by
the Government only, without the Inter
vention of banks and In sufficient quan
tity to meet the demands of commerce."
Tho above Js In accord with the
Weaver platform of 1S92, "which Mr. Bryan
indorsed, and the money plank of which
"reads as follows:
"Wo demand a National currency, safe,
sound and flexible, Issued by the general
Government only; a full legal tender for
all debts, public and private, and that
"without the use of banking corporations,"
etc. Further, the demand was for "the
full and unlimited coinage of silver and
gold," and "that the amount of circu
lating medium be speedily Increased to
not less than $50 per capita."
This last Mr. Bryan supported General
Weaver on. General Weaver has not
changed his sentiments since, but he is
this year supporting Mr. Bryan with all
his strength. Is it not clear that, after
all, silver has always been a secondary
matter with Mr. Bryan? We commend
this matter to every scrub who rants
about "traitors" to silver.
IS BR.YATOS3I IMPOTENT!
Can It Not Injnre the Flnnnces ot
, the Country?
New York Tribune.
One of the chief arguments of the
Democrats in this part of the country
in favor of voting the Bryonlte ticket
is that its success would In no way in
jure the finances and credit of the Na
tion. The President himself cannot, they
say, alter the monetary standard nor
order the fiee coinage of silver. And
even If a Bryanlte House of Representa
tives should be elected this Fall, the
Republicans have and will surely keep
control of the Senate, and will thus pre
vent any free' silver legislation. More
over, some go as far as to aay tho money
question has been settled beyond the
power of even a Bryanlte majority In
both Houses of Congress to disturb it.
"Wherefore, vote for Bryan and rebuke
McKinley!
The last part of the argument Is a pal
pable falsehood. The money question
has not been Irrevocably settled. The
gold standard has not been Confirmed by
Constitutional amendment, but merely
by act of Congress. It could at any
time be unsettled and abolished in the
Bame way. With Mr. Bryan in the
White House and a Bryanlte majority
in each branch of Congress the financial
policy of the Nation could be reversed
and free coinage of silver at 16 to 1 be
ordered In five minutes. And Unless Mr.
Bryan and his followers are wanton
falsifiers, that Is what wbuld be done.
BUt there is, they say, no "danger ot
such Bryanlte control of Congress. If
there is not, it is simply because there
Is no danger of Mr. Bryan's election to
tho 'Presidency, which latter Is a ques
tion upon which there are differences of
expert opinion. But of this we may be
assured, that If Mr. Bryan should be
elected there would be the greatest dan
ger of Just such a catastrophe as we
have described. If he i3 elected Presi
dent, It is so probable as to be practi
cally Certain that he will command a
Bryanlte majority In the House of Repre
sentatives. Io one, we suppose, will dis
pute that. It is about equally probable
that he will carry the legislative tickets
In enough states to give him a majority
in the Senate two years hence, when the
new Senators shall have been chosen.
Tho review of the Senatorial situation
which wo published the other day amply
demonstrated that.
Let there be no mistake and no illusions
upon the subject. The success of Mr.
Bryan means the success of the free sil
ver party in Congress, and the success
of the whole dishonest, repudiationlst,
anarchist programme adopted at Chicago
four years ago and re-adopted at Kansas
City this year. That is what every man
will vote for who votes for Mr. Bryan.
But If this specious and dishonest ar
gument of the Democrats were true,
what a party it would be to appeal for
support on the ground that its hnnds
were so tied that it could do no harm!
One More Question.
Lewlston (Me.) Journal..
An Auburn lady tells us this story of
the child who asks questions: He had
been at It all day. From when the birds
Sang In the July morning to the hour
when It became chilly under the awn
ing, it had been, "papa this and papa
that; papa, what makes the birds fly J
What bird cah fly the farthest? Who
taught 'em? Why? Where doeB the
grass go In Winter? Who puffed the
clouds?" until every muscle in his fath
er's tongue; ached. Finally he could
stand It no longer. In relating it to an
other, he said: "Finally I rebelled. I
was Blck and tired, and I said to my
self that duty to my offspring did not
require me to answer any more ques
tions, and I wouldn't do It. I put him
to bed. He hated to go; for he had
more questions that he wanted to ask.
I was relentless, however, and I told him
that I would not answer another ques
tion: no, not one. He went to bed
tearfully and I sat downUo rest. Sud
denly my heart smote me. Poor little
chap. He couldn't help It; ne was so
curious, and as I thought all this my
heart softened, and I stole up to his
bedside. He was awake. 'Hello, papa,'
said he. 'Hello,' said I. '1 have come
up to see you, son. You have been a
good boy not to cry and you can ask
me one more question, and only one.
A look of delight Swept over his face,
and quick as a flash, as though the
whole desire of life were centered in this
bit of knowledge, he said: 'Papa, how
far can a cat splt7 "
Paramount Handle for Any Old Isflue
Congressman Cushman's speech at Tacoma.
"The Democrats always have a' para
mount Issue. I remember watching my
mother at the ironing board. She had
"three Irons, and but one handle. Every
time an iron got cold she attached the
handle to a hot one. That's the way
with the Democrats. They have a para
mount handler ta attach to a burning
Issue until it becomes as cold as the
feet of the lee trust They have a para
mount issue this time, and they call It
Imperialism. Sixteen to 1 is out of it."
a
BXnltnm in Pnrvo.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Republican candidate for Governor
of Minnesota, a steamboat captain, has
boiled down the Democratic platform,
and presents this as the residuum: "Pull
down the flag. Rip the credit of the
country up the back. Get a bugaboo and
call it imperialism. Then stuff the people
full of chaff." The Minnesota people are
warranted In entertaining high hopes of
their next Governor as a vigorous and
truthful condenser.
The Sure Road.
Indianapolis Journal.
It has been evident for two years that
the Insurrection In the Philippines was
kept alive by the hope of Democratic
success in tho United States. There is
not much of it left, but what there is
is kept alive by this hope. The re-election
of McKinley will cause its complete
and final collapse. The surest road to
stable government In the Philippines is
the defeat of Mr. Bryan.
Not to Be Clnnsed.
New York Sun.
It Is hopeless to try to classify Mr.
Adams, but we are almost sure that we
have been wrong In describing him as
an anti-expansionist. He would like to
be one, for expansion Is popular, but he
cannot give up common sense. He Is an
Adams. And he scorns to agree entirely
with anybody else. The Erving Wir.slow
coterie must look upon him as a lost
bouL
Professional Wit.
Harper's Bazaar.
"I've a great mind to report you," ex
claimed the lady, furious at being carried
a block too far, through her not signaling
in time.
"If she's got a great mind," confided tho
conductor pleasantly to tho young man
sitting diagonally so that a fifth, passen
ger would not get into that seat, "she
must 'a' sot It on a transfer,"
CENSUS PADDING AS AN ART.
Tacoma Newspaper Professes to Tell
liovr ser.ttie uiu it.
It was fully expected that the census
war between Seattle and Tacoma would
furnish mighty Interesting reading; and
the promise Is being literally fulfilled.
It is to be observed, however, that the.
Seattle newspapers devote little or no
space to defense of their census figures
and exposition ot the truth; but their
grievance lies solely in the exasperating
fact that Tacoma has disputed the re
turns. For example, the Post-Intelllgen.-cer
administers to tho people of the
neighboring city this gentle rebuke:
There is less anser than pity for Tacoma,
even tn this crownlns bit of Infamy. It Is a
disreputable act, the act of a child or a mad
man, or a blackguard, to take revenge for fail
ure by assailing tho good name ot your suc
cessful competitor. For the dastardly attempt
to injure the fame of Seattle, for the reflec
tion upon the probity and honor ot our people,
no apology can ever answer and no punishment
-irould be adequate. It Is best avenged by the
contempt with which the nubile will view the
performance, and the swiftness and certainty
with which it will be sot down to Its true
cause. It Is a. disgraceful exit to make, but
people choose queer modes of leaving life. Her
dying kick was all that was needed to telt
the country the story of Tacoma's decline, de
generacy and disappearance from the race.
A suggestion may be ventured that
there are many traces of anger, and
few of pity, in the foregoing; at least
so It appears to an entirely Impartial
and disinterested outsider.
The Tacoma News has up to this time
not permitted its temper to bo ruffled
by the language of the Seattle contem
poraries, but professes to tell "How
Seattle was Caught," In course ot an
article discussing the difficulty. It says
among other things:
The census scandal at Seattle, which has
plunged the trlfty enumerators of that city
Into a peck ot trouble, was first brought to the
attention of the authorities at Washington by
the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce. The Se
attle papers, shortly after the rolls were sup
posed to have been closed, boasted of a popu
lation of about $3,000 within tho city limits.
The figures were So enormously in excess ot
the number believed to be reasonable that a
Isrgo-slzed mouao was sniffed and an Investiga
tion begun.
It has since developed that tvhen tl was dis
covered that the census roll contained only
about 00,000 names, word was sent down the
line to add more names. Names of people who
had left the city many months before were
enrolled: at soma of the hotels guests were
handed slips by employes Of the house, who re
quested that they be filled out and returned tb
the hotel office. These slips, it Is charged.
Were collected by the enumerators and tran
scribed onto the official rolls. Enumerators
Who protested against this kind of work were
forced into line by Influential cltl2en3 and poli
ticians. In one Instance, more alleged persons
were enrolled In two down-town blocks than
could have been crowded Into tho buildings In
a standing position.
The object In view by the Seattle manipula
tors Is clear. It Is primarily a political Job,
for, with her census roll Increased by 23,000,
Seattle precincts would have a much larger
representation In the State Legislature. Tho
city would al6o have the advantage of a
higher class rating at Washington, and would
derive lncroased advantages In the Federal
service In tho city. Countless minor advan
tages to which the city would not be entitled
would accrue.
The Seattle Times, after its initial
great outpouring of wrath, seems to
have settled down to a sober view o
the situation, and to be disposed to argue
the question of population on its merits.
This interesting statement is made by
the Times:
There are a great many means by which
cities may be compared and among them the
"postal business" performed by Uncle Sam
Wmself In any two cities. Of course, the
actual registration under the same law where
like conditions prevail the number of school
children enrolled the amount of money ap
propriated by the state to the various counties
for School attendance are all reliable guides
to conclusions as to population.
The Times then proceeds to show that
the postal business of Seattle Is greatly
in excess of Tacoma's, and thinks that
"It would be a good thing to send Di
rector Merriam a few statistics of this
character for mental digestion."
Excellent advice surely. And for the
purpose of helping out the good cause,
and seeing that the right triumphs, The
Oregonlan submits a few official statis
tics, which It. trusts will be useful to
tho much-maligned Seattle census en
gineers. The postal business sale of
stamps, envelopes, and postal cards
of Portland and the three Washington
cities for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1900, was as follows:
Portland f. 209.723
Seattle 1(57'ii
Spokane 01,873
Tacoma, 63,1)23
The City of Portland is Introduced in
these figures not at all for the purpose
of instituting invidious comparisons, but
as a guarantee of good faith, and to
afford the aspiring Washington cities
a safe and reliable guide a beacon light
from which they may take their bear
ings, and ascertain where they are at.
It may be Instructive, too, to print the
official figures as to school children and
registration, in accordance with the sug
gestion of the Seattle paper. For the
year 1900 the official returns show the
following children of school age: Port
land, 20.4S3; Seattle, 14,507. The registra,
tlon for tho respective Spring- elections
In- 1900 was: Portland, 16,300; Seattle,
10,910.
Whatever Portland's population is
found to be, it is made certain by this
method of calculation that Seattle's pop
ulation is in the neighborhood of 70 per
cent thereof. If Portland, for example,
has . 95,000, Seattle has 66,500. Having
now an accurate basis to work upon,
the Seattle and Tacoma people may soon
be able to advise Director Merriam and
each other whether their figures are
padded.
As stated before, this vexatious con
troversy is not, in Its present stage, any
of Portland's affair. But it will not
deny that It is Interested. Meanwhile
It is in the same happy Indifference to
the issue as the unconcern felt by the
wifo who watched with approving eye
the struggle between her husband and
the bear.
MEN AND W03IEN.
Senator Heltfeld, of Idaho, used to be a
cowboy In ICansas, and has always been more
or less engaged in stockralsing.
Kev. Dr. Mark Trafton. a. former Congress
man, and one of the best-known Methodist
clergyman In this country, celebrated recently
his 90th birthday at West Somervllle, Mass.
Among the British civil list pensions awarded
last year were f200 to Alfred Austin "as poet
laureate," and the same amount to John Sims
Reeves, "in consideration of his eminence as
a singer and his straitened financial circum
stances." The Emperor of Japan is about to display In
his galleries with high honors a. portrait of the
late Walter Q. Gresham, Secretary of State
under President Cleveland. This tribute comes
as a recognition of Mr. Gresbam's services In
carrying through the treaty between Japan and
this country.
Lieutenant-Colonel C. A. Coolldge, who has
been assigned to the command ot the Ninth
United States Infantry, now in China, vice
Colonel Llscurn. who was killed In action at
Tien Tsln. ha3 been an ofllcer for 36 year3 In
the Seventh Infantry. He served In the Civil
War, In various wars with the Indians and In
the war with paln. Upon his return from
Cuba, he was assigned with the Seventh at
Fort Brady, was later transferred to Fort
Sheridan, and was then sent to the Philip
pines, where h Joined the Ninth.
NOTE AND COMMENT.
Tho Sultan of Turkey is carrying on a
If he wished the white man to take up
his burden.
The grandfather clause Is more effec
tive In eliminating the negro vote than
the old-fashioned shotgun.
Lord Roberts, it Is reported, will not
only be made a Duke, but the title will
be accompanied by a money grant of $SCO
C00. This is the season when the Easterrf
producer ot fiction turns his talents to
writing advertisements' for Summer re
sorts and makes the business pay.
Timothy Woodruff denies that he isf
a candidate for Governor of New York
and says his position Is similar to that:
he occupied at Philadelphia. That Is,
he Is In the hands of his friends and
they prefer another man.
It Is reported that N. H. French, ot
Frultland. Marion County, who has been
doctoring about a year for stomach trou
ble, was recently examined by means o
the X-ray, when it was found that ha
was suffering from a fractured hip. JEta
Will change bis treatment. ,
It looks now as If New York's perma-
nent navy arch may never be built. Na
Contributions of any account have been;
received since last Aprn. and the wholes
matter is practically at a standstill. Tho
original intention was to raise 51,000,000.
This has been cut to JCOO.COO. and It is
doubtful if even so much will bo sub
scribed. For the last three months thero
has not been enough cash subscribed to
pay office rent for the committee. The
amount of the subscription to date la
5197,750 12 in cash and pledges, with su
groat deal more in pledges than in cash-
Wheat Is the top Item for Kansas this
year, putting $90,000,000 to the credit side.
Next comes the livestock, cattle and
hogs, sold and to be sold for slaughter'
within tho current 12 months, adding;
$75,000,000. The third place is taken by
the corn crop, already sufficiently ad
vanced to warrant an estimate ot $80,
000.000. Fourth place belongs to the hay
crop, at $21,000,000. Then Is placed tho
sheep, dairy and poultry class, at 513,
CCO.OOO. Odds and ends, like sorghums,
at $9,000,000; oats, at $3,000,000; fruit at
$3,000,000. potatoes at JS.COO.OOO, millet and
Hungarian at $3,000,000. flax at $3.OOO;0OO.
and so on through the list, making Sha
grand total of 52SO.167.O0O.
"The Confederate Veterans, In their an
nual convention at Louisville, declared!
that the war of 1S61-GG should bo known,
as the 'war between the states,' " says'
the Mobile Register. "This Is the name
that Alexander H. Stephens favored, and
It Is the one generally used by the peoplo
of the South In speaking of that war.
the Northern people calling It the Re
bellion. Strange Is It that neither name la
a correct definition of the event. AIR
know that there was no rebellion. States
that had sovereignty could not be guilty
of rebellion. Neither was it a war be
tween the states, but actually a war be
tween two Governments made up of
states. Some writers call It a civil warr
yet It was not a war between citizens la
their civil capacity, but, as before said,
a war between regularly organized gov
ernments. There Is. In fact, no concise
way of naming the conflict, hence these
misnomers. Possibly the best title would!
be the simple one of calling it by the.
years ot its beginning and close namely,
the War of 1SC1-65."
PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAFHEBS
Awful. "These Boxers must be terrible peo
ple." "Yes. They couldn't act mueh worse IE
they were trying to civilize another country"
Life.
An Anomaly. Eva You can't make a bit oC
an Impression on that young Marsh. May E
know It. It's stranse. too. for he's so soft.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Touched. The Pastor Don't you think I
touched them rather deeply this morning? The
Deacon I don't know. I haven't counted up
yet. Indianapolis Press.
And now a silly literary Journal ' comes for
ward and volunteers the Information that Kip
ling gets ?.1 per word for his work. And tho
uninitiated believe It. Atlanta Constitution.
Necessary Correction. "I am told. Colonel,,
that the antl-GoeLelltes In your state are work
ing secretly, and there Is further trouble brew
ing." "No, sahl Distilling, sah." Chicago
Tribune.
Oversight. "What are you looking so glum-,
about. Bonis? The reviewers all praised your
last book, didn't thy?" "Yes, but not one Of
them said it was a 'story of Intense human In
terest.' "Chicago Tribune.
A Masterpiece. "Confidentially." said tho
statesman, "I wrote that plank In the plat
form." "I congratulate you." said his friend,
heartily. "I read It over three times, and I'm
blest If It commits the party to anything!"
Puck.
A Double Elow. "Yes, wvhad,qultje,A Wow
out at out house early hlg morning. Pe
culiar time for It." "Yea. The new hired girt
blew out the sa in tho bos stove, and th
gas blew out the side of the kltchen."-Cleve-
land Plalndealer.
Dance of the Drnpon.
Folger McKlnsey In Baltimore News.
The balefires lit his yellow eyes.
His flaming nostrils spread.
Above the city's ancient walls
He reared his horrid head;
His leaping tongue, through gory lips.
Shot out through fang3 of white
The Dragon of the East went forth
To Death's wild dance last night!
Scaled -with the lies of ancient power.
Clawed with the -hate of years.
Beaked with the Asiatic dower
Of crime-corroded years:
Dragging his form above the dead
That marked his murderous way, r
He danced the awful tune that rings
Through cycles of Cathayl
Gleaming and glaring, huge and worn.
The lanterns Ut his path
Down the long lanes of dead that lay
Under his stroke of wrath.
Flerco. with the wine of blood debauched,
Drunk for the season's kill.
The earth beneath his hoof-beat brok
Into a thunder thrill t
Play up. tho heathen tunes ot death!
Play up, the Dragon'3 dance!
The alien peoples In his path
Shall wither at his glance!
Sweep ot his mighty tall and swing
Ot Jaws that feed on gore
But hark! along the Tien Tsln wall
That cannon-throated roar!
On to the dance the allies rush.
Till dance shall turn to dread.
And the ensaffroned demon stretch
His length beside the dead!
Beat the bright music of the brave
That rush to seat his fate.
Whose bleared eyes tremble at the light
That breaks around his gate!
Whose talons quiver In distress.
Whose huge lips bite the dust.
Whose century-cinctured scales fall off
Before the swordsman's thrust;
Whose Dance of Death U nearly o'er,
Whose pathway shall be swept
Of women and of babes, foul slain
Where'er his hoofs have stept!
Out of the night he makes his own.
Out of the dance he weaves
Around the suppliant form that kneels
Neath his huge fangs and grieves,
NaUons shall mold the higher good,
Pierce with their contrite ray
The yellow shadow of thy life
T2uu Dragoa of Cathayl