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THE MOANING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1900. he r60mcm Entered at the Pestaffice at Portland. Oregon, as 8eeed-Iass matter. TELEPHONES. Editorial Rooms.... 106 I Business Offlca,...O07 REVISED SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By Mall postage prepaid), ia Advance Daily, with Sunday, per month.. (0 85 Daily, Sunday excepted, per 3 ear 7 CO Dally, with Sunday, per year 9 00 Sunday, per year ,.. 2 00 The Weekly, per year 1 M The Weekly. X month SO To City Subscribers Dally, per week, delivered. Sunday excepted.lac Dally, per week, delivered. Sundays lnoiudd.20c POSTAGE RATES. United State. Canada and Mexico: 10 to 16-page paper lc 16 to 32-page paper 2c Foreign rates doable. News or discussion Intended for publication In The Oregonlan nhotKd fee addressed invaria bly "Editor The Oregoalan," not to the name of any Individual. Letters relating; to advertli Inc. subscriptions or to any business matter should be addressed simply "The Oregonlan." Puget Sound Bureau Captain A. 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Coin Harvey congratulates Arkansas because it has no extremely rich peo ple, and he will make his home there. If Coin is right, then Oregon should be a happy state, because it has few wealthy people. However, even the most mordant Bryanltes in Oregon will not agree that we are better oft In our poverty. Too many of us know how development of our Industries is re tarded by Insufficiency of capital. "We reed capital to open Oriental markets. "We need it to build railroads. We need It In flax culture, in dairying, in sugar industries, in lumber enterprises, In Irrigation work, in coal development, in harbor improvement, and in extension cf every line of agriculture. "We need capital to experiment for the farmer -ho that he may know what crops are fit test and most remunerative. "We need wealth to beautify the state, to promote Its educational institutions and to en courage historical researches and works cf art "We need wealth here in Port land for parks, monuments, libraries, charitable Institutions, and many other worthy purposes. Oregon has its heroes and men of note, but no wealth to com memorate them. And yet, if we muBt believe Harvey, this absence of wealth Is a blessing. The success of the social, educational and athletic .features of the Y. M. C. A naturally suggests the use of it as a model in promoting some suoh lnstltu tion J"or young women. Bui while the Y. M. C. A. has been a natural growth or evolution, the T. "W. C. A. must labor under the disadvantage of being a machine made to order and offered to those as yet unfamiliar with its use. Another manifest danger lies in the possibility of the project's being viewed by its prospective beneficiaries as a wnrk of charity, fortunately, neither of these apparent obstacles is real. Experience has shown that the Y. "W. C. A. is practical, and the co-operatlou of influential persons is of precisely the same publkj-splrlted character long ex ercised successfully with the Y. M. C. A. Some basis of organization and sup port must be given these institutions until such time as they can become self-supporting. The many bright oung women of Portland, who have made earnest and self-sacrificing efforts heretofore to maintain similar undertakings which failed for lack of financial backing, have an opportunity here to co-operate with a soheme that offers to. realize their fondest hopes. It is their privilege and perhaps their duty to join in the work, apprehend ing the disinterested servloe rendered in its true light. The telegraph does not inform us as to all the grounds upon which the "Jag cure" law of Minnesota is declared In valid by the courts. The specious plea Is raised that it is class legislation, and such it certainly Is, for all classes of citizens except "drunks" are obviously excluded from Its provisions. But the weightier consideration of "consent of tho governed" seems not to have had the attention which is Us due. If no man is good enough to govern another without that other's consent a propo sition enthusiastically indorsed by thir teen electoral votes of the North out cf some MO how can we defend the Imposition of sobriety by injection upon men who prefer to remain drunk? "What would become of "liberty" and "consent," If a man deciding to be a drunkard is turned over by the state to an inebriate asylum and deprived cf his limitless appetite for alcohol? "Jag cures" at public expense, more over, would establish a precedent that might get us into, eventual embar rassments. If a man is to be cured of the drink habit by state or county funds, why may not young women de mand an asylum and an appropriation for redemption from the chewing gum habit? The man that whistles ''Just One Girl" in compulsory hearing of in nocent passers-by; the young woman Whose willow-basket habit has become a constitutional Infirmity, chronic grumblers and confirmed prohibition ists, might each and all demand of the Legislature release from their enslave ment. All these things we snail have when the party of the people gets in power. At present however, we shall continue to recognize a measurable de cree of Individual responsibility. The sagacity of railroad policy that ependa millions in betterments against the day of competition is exemplified by no railroad more strikingly than by the Baltimore & Ohio. "This im portant property," remarks the New York Financial Chronicle, "is now in strong condition physically, financially and in every way." Then It goes on to tell the reason why. One of the most impressive features of the reorganiza tion plan of the Baltimore & Ohio at the time of Its financial difficulties was the proposal for betterments involving the outlay of a prodigious amount of money. The road waa plunged into a receiver's hands, and had need to hus band Its'lncome carefully; and yet itwas firmly resolved that eventual solvency would require enormous expenditure for Improvements in roadbed and roll ing stock, so that It could compete with its rivals in the future. The success of this policy is as noteworthy as in the similar case of "the Northern Pacific. As compared with the preceding year, the current annual report shows an In crease of gross earnings of $6,485,305, or almost 23 per cent; in the net J5.737.845, or over 86 per cent. Including the Balti more & Ohio Southwestern, the system earned In the past year 52,540,230 in ex cess of interest charges and 4 per cent dividends on both common and pre ferred stock. The road has been en abled to make this showing because qf enlargement of Its capacity through betterments and purchases. Otherwise, it would have been unable to compete with Its aggressive rivals. The re markable success of the Baltimore & Ohio's enterprising policy affords a striking Illustration of the "Wise Man's observation: "There is that scattereth and yet increaseth; there is that wlth holdeth and yet tendeth to poverty." . POPULAR RULE IN GER3IANY. The mild tone of the Emperor of Germany in his address to the Reichs tag will surprise those who have been taught to believe by Bryan in his re cent campaign speeches that the Em peror of Germany is a kind of military monster, the incarnation of absolutism, like the Czar of Russia. On the con trary, the government of Germany is not only constitutional In form, like that of Great Britain, but every male Inhab itant of the requisite age, not disquali fied by crime or by being actually in service under the colors, possesses the right to vote at the German Parlia mentary elections. This gift of univer sal suffrage was the work of Bismarck, by whom this popular right of suffrage was recognized and Imbedded in the organic law of the empire. Thirty-five years ago Bismarck was an aggres sive champion of absolutism, an (J per suaded Emperor "William I, then King of Prussia, sorely against his will, to violate the Prussian Constitution to organise an army adequate to the over throw of Austria, without any author ity from the Prussian Parliament To Bismarck, the author of oppressive antl-soclallst laws, the Socialists owe their strength In the German Reichstag today, for it was Blsmarok who, In forming the German imperial system, insisted that the Reichstag should be chosen by universal suffrage. To Bismarck Germany is Indebted not only for national unity, but for that universal , manhood suffrage which makes the German Reichstag the real government of Germany, the holder of its purse and sword in peace and war, as the House of Commons is of Great Britain. The King of Prussia thirty -five years ago dared to raise soldiers and levy taxes in defiance of the Prus sian Parliament, but the Emperor of Germany cannot do in Germany today what the Prussian King did in Prussia in 1863-66. It would not be safe for the King of Prussia today to break the sol emn pledge made by his grandfather to Prussia In 1866 after Sadowa, that he never again would violate the constitu tion of bis country, and it would be im possible for the Emperor of Germany successfully to defy the will of the peo ple of Germany, even If he dared to make the experiment of suddenly en larging his army for his own purposes by Imperial decree, for the Emperor of Germany, even If backed by the Fed eral Senate, would be as powerless to raise troops without the consent of the Reichstag as Queen Victoria, backed by the House of Lords, would be to defy the House of Commons. The Reichstag holds the purse strings, and without sinews of war there can be no soldiers. The German Federal Senate by Itself can impose no contributions. If the Reichstag refuses at any time to pass the army bill in any form, the Emperor has no resource but to re nounce his project or to dissolve the popular assembly and appeal to the electors. Whenever the people of Ger many feel that their Emperor is taking counsel of his ambition and his mili tary temper, rather than of his discre tion as a statesman, they can curb him by refusing to vote the money and sup plies necessary to his designs. So there need be no fear that Emperor "William will ever Involve Germany in a ruin ously expensive war with China. As a matter of patriotism, If the members of the Reichstag sincerely believed that the great fabric of national unity were really in danger of war with France and Russia, they would Instantly vote millions without stint for defense. But the Germans are too prudent and eco nomical a people to waste many mil lions over a distant war with China. Emperor "William will be sustained In his present efforts to punish the murderers of the German Ambassador at Pekin', to collect exemplary pecuni ary Indemnity, and to establish a re sponsible government in China; but Emperor William would not be sus tained If his avowed or suspected pur pose was to obtain the partition of the Mongolian Empire and the annexation of one or more of its provinces by Ger many. Emperor William sometimes talks like a very headstrong man, but he soon cools down, because he knpws that he Is the ruler of a very conserva tive and prudent people, who have no notion to be saddled with an Intermina ble, costly war with China. FRUITLESS PRESIDENTIAL AMBI TIONS. Henry Clay suffered his nrst defeat In 1824, when he and Andrew Jackson were beaten by John Quiney Adams Twenty years later Clay reappeared as a candidate and suffered his sec ond and final defeat at the hands of James K. Polk. Thereafter he firured no more as a Presidential possibility. One defeat disposed of Daniel Webster, and one sufficed to end. the Presidential dreams of Blaine, though both men struggled long- for the nomination at the hands of their parties. Spokane Spokesman Review. The above Is not quite correct In the popular election of 1S24 Jackson re ceived 155.S72 votes, Adams 106,321 votes, Clay 46,687, and Crawford 44,282 votes. Jackson obtained 99 electoral votes, Ad ams 84, Clay 37 and- Crawford 41. While Jackson had obtained a plurality both in the popular and electoral vote, there was no election by the people, so the House was obliged to choose between Jackson, Adams and Crawford. As only three names could go before the House, Henry Clay cannot be said to have been beaten by Adams, for he was not voted for by the House. Clay. turned the votes that would have been his to eleot Adams over Jackson, whom be both disliked and distrusted. Clay had been Speaker of the House, was a far more popular man than Adams with the House, and, had he been a candidate. Clay rather than Adams would have beaten Jackson. Clay re appeared as a candidate next in 1832, when he was the- candidate of the op position to the re-election of Andrew Jackson, which was fourteen years be fore his final defeat In 1844. Daniel Webster was never the Na tional candidate of his united party for President In 1836 the opponents of Van Buren were unable to unite upon any one candidate, but William Henry Harrison was the favorite candidate of the Whigs Of the electoral votes cast, Harrison received 73, Delaware, Indi ana, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio and Vermont voting for Harrison, while Webster obtained only the elec toral vote of his own state, Massachu setts. Connecticut and Rhode Island, that had voted for Clay in 1832, refused to vote for Webster in 1836. So far as the Whig party had any National can didate In 1836, it was General Harrison, not Webster, who was put In the field only by his own state and received no electoral votes outside of it Mr. Blaine's defeat In 1884 was hot the cause of Blaine's retirement in 1888, for it is a notorious historical fact that Blaine peremptorily refused the offer of the nomination byv the Republican Na tional Convention of 1888. His telegram from Scotland refusing the nomination was dictated by the knowledge that he had then become a victim to the fatal disease that ended his life a little more than four years later CALAMITOUS IGNORANCE. Under the title of "An American Commoner" has been Issued the life of Richard P. Bland, with an introduc tion by William Jennings Bryan. Bryan could well afford to contribute to this post-mortem panegyric of Bland, for had It not been for his own eloquent fustian concerning the "cross pf gold and the crown of thorns," Bland would have been nominated by the Democracy at Chicago in 1896. Richard P. Bland was a man of very insignificant intel lectual ability, and very small reading. He was a man of rigid pecuniary hon esty in all his public and private rela tions, and It was this quality that gave him his strongest hold upon his Mis souri constituency. But, despite his personal honesty, Mr. Bland was a man of most calamitous Ignorance. He was so destitute of economical education that he was an easy victim of the free silver craze, and lived and died under the delusion that the rich, through the demonetization of silver, had gained a control over the prices of commodities through which they ground down the poor. At the extra session of 1893 he opposed the repeal of the Sherman law because he never could get the bee out of his bonnet that law can regulate prices through the standard of value. For twenty years this very honest but very dull and ignorant man supported enthusiastically the cause of dishonest money. If the honest but ignorant men among the sponsors of the free-silver delusion had been persons of any knowledge of the subject upon which they presumed to pronounce their dogmatic opinions, they would not have remained long wedded to their wooden-headed Idols, for English financial history only needs to be studied to convince' any intelligent reader that the flat-money visionaries and socialists of the Populist party have always been threshing very old straw. There were Populists ad nau seam more than 200 years ago, who thought it the divine right of Kings and Parliaments to declare a dime to be worth a dollar, for on October 20, 1690, when the British Parliament met In the midst of the worst commercial and financial crisis England had ever known, it was generally expected that "a law would be enacted that a nine pence should be a shilling." But Par liament, on the contrary, passed with out division a resolution that "the standard of money should not be al tered in fineness, weight or denomina tion." As long ago as 1682 keen think ers, like William Petty, exposed the fallacies of the financial quacks of that day, who thought "to solve the eco nomical and monetary troubles of the nation by creating worthless (fiat) money." There has never been lack of persons to contend there Is not money enough In the country, and that the want of money is the cause of hard times. Poor, Ignorant Richard P. Bland did not seem to be aware that In the agitation of his philosophy of flat silver he was only threshing old straw that was musty as long ago as the middle of the seven teenth century. The ablest English thinkers of that day" whipped all the dust out of It more than 250 years ago, and proved It did hot contain a single kernel of wheat, and It was tossed out of doors and trampled under foot by men of brains, sanity, candor and Intel ligence. This rotten old English stub ble was solemnly threshed anew in the United States by a clump of ignorant quacks and palmed off upon the debtor, the embarrassed farmer and planter, as bright, fresh, new American wheat, sown, grown, ripened and garnered on American soil, an original and admira ble native product, as Indispensable to our existence and as nutritious as the bread-fruit tree is to the islanders of Polynesia. These Populist financial fallacies were all punctured more than 200 years ago by the sharp, unerring pen of an Eng lish merchant. Sir Dudley North; and If poof Richard Bland had been a reading man he might have been a blessing, not a bane, to his day and generation. He could not have done any harm In English politics, because the currency question there Is no more made a question of party politics than Is the question of the best scientific treatment of the bubonic plague. Ex perts settle questions of currency and finance In Great Britain, and on the Continent, but mere Jawsmlths ex pound it in America, who with equal title of fitness might assume to upset the legal rulings of John Marshall by dogmatic dissent resting on their , In spired Ignorance for defense. Barring the loss of tolls upon the coal which they carry to market the great anthracite companies lost little by the Idle period through which they were compelle'd to pass by the recent strike. Here and there there was a lapse into something of inactivity, but in the main the time was utilized in making such repairs as their roads needed, and in other preparatory work that would en able them to handle the enormous ship ments which were certain to follow the settlement of the strike. The month of November, the closing of the coal corporations fiscal year, is likely to show a coal output the, heaviest for any month within recent years. Comment ing upon this phase of the subject, the Pottsville Chronicle says: "The min ers will indeed have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Steady work, good times, and, best-of all, fair wages, will bring this about" This Is the tone of all newspaper comment in the an thracite regions. In view of the fact that at the time of resumption of work in the mines the market was practi cally depleted of coal, with cold weather Just at hand, there Is not likely to be an Idle day for any able-bodied, willing miner in any of those regions in November, nor any except the holi days in December. . THE LIPESAVING SERVICE. S. L. Kimball, whose name has come to stand for the organized effort known as the Hfesavlng service of the United States, makes the usual interesting showing of the work performed by this service in his annual report to the Sec retary of the Treasury. It may well be believed that the statistics of this report are conned with greater atten tion to detail than those of many larger and more pretentious departments of the Government service. The reason of this is not far to seek. Linked closely with the humanities is the statement that relief was given during the year covered to 364 vessels in distress, and that of 2655 persons in peril of the sea through this distress,- 2607 were brought safely to land. And when It is stated further that 673 persons received hospi tality at the Hfesavlng stations, to whom in the aggregate 1447 days' relief was afforded, something of the real work of the sturdy men who battle with the surf to saVe human life is un derstood. Perhaps the most striking statement of the report, beyond that which tells of life "plucked from the dread sweep of the down-streaming seas" is that told In the words: "Investigations made Into the details of every shipwreck In volving loss of life, and Into the conduct of the Hfesavlng crews, show that no life was lost through the lack of prompt and faithful efforts on the part of the Hfesavlng men." The cost to the Gov ernment for this service Is relatively small. Indeed, Hfesavlng is the one un derpaid vocation in the Governmental service. General Superintendent Kim ball makes note of this In concluding his report, and urges strongly upon Congress the Justice and necessity of Increasing the pay of these faithful, in trepid, poorly paid servants of the Gov ernment The total value of the prop erty, Including vessels and cargo, Im periled by disaster was $9,470,190. Of this sum, $7,234,690 was saved. The cost of maintaining the service for the year was $1,735,936. The great discrep ancy between these sums shows the large advantage of the service to- the seagoing interests of the Nation, while the statistics that tell of life saved and hospitalities extended to the ship wrecked make a presentment in behalf of humanity that appeals to the best that is in human nature. The National Irrigation Association is laboring diligently to push the irri gation contention forward as the great est and most important matter now be fore the country. The association will meet in ninth annual session in Chi cago next week, this being the first session of the congress held In any city cast of the Missouri River. The special effort at this meeting will be to enlist the business men of Chicago in the subject on the basis of increased devel opment as auxiliary to increased trade. Lectures on forestry and irrigation have been prepared with great care by experts, and profusely illustrated pam phlets will be presented at the evening sessions to audiences that, it is hoped, will fill the great Auditorium Theater. There Ib reason to believe that a grow ing and substantial interest in the question of Irrigation as applied to the semi-arid lands of the Rocky Mountain States will result from its presentment on a practical basis, to the enterpris ing business men of the Middle West. Self-interest, properly enlisted, may be depended upon to dig ditches and build great storage reservoirs, Just as it has tunneled mountains and built and equipped railroads. Mrs. Bryan, while looking forward to becoming mistress of the White House, with the confidence that the good wife feels In her husband's Judg ment, busied herself like the energetic and capable woman that she is in plans for refurnishing the Executive Mansion and ordering her own domestic affairs within it. While everybody will sym pathize with an excellent and most worthy woman In her disappointment, she can congratulate herself in having escaped a vast amount of worry which is the sure penalty of prominence and position. The new census will show an acces sion to population within the ten years covered of about 10,000,000 by birth and of 4,000,000 by immigration. It appears by this that the American birth-rate, so long a source of anxiety to statisti cians, moralists and political econo mists, is all right The great need of the country ib the proper bringing up of the ubiquitous and greatly in evi dence AmerlcaTn boy and girl. How sincerely Paris regrets the Dreyfus scandal may be Judged from the avidity with which it snaps up promise of another like it -Few things are too sacred to serve for a Parisian holiday. Free silver was the primary cause of Democratic defeat That burden t was loaded upon the party by the single vote of Hawaii as punishment for anti expansiom All that glitters In the form of Chi nese Indemnity Is not gold. The" cus toms must pay It, and that means a tax on European and American Im ports. . Prosperity has come to be measured In four-year relays. Is it the fault of politics that encourage prosperity or of politics, that menace It? .Aguinaldo preserves an exasperatlng ly dignified silence on the election re sult He must have seen them, for he who runs may read. Bryanlte success is never more than four years ahead. Variant Vlerm of Politics. New York Times. "Moorfleld Storey's Independent run In the Eleventh Congressional District," says the Springfield Republican, "was creditable, all things considered. He stood for principle in a hopeless fight, and re ceived 2743 votes. Lawyer Powers, the winner, sot 21,058, and Baker, the Demo crat 10.3S7." How characteristic that 1st First there is "creditable, all things con- sidered," which sounds more than fairly well, and yet means nothing at all, or else an utter absurdity. Mr. Storey, like every other candidate, attracted all the votes he could, and the chief "thing" to be "considered," so far as we know. Is that he attracted votes ridiculously few as compared with either his Republican or his Democratic rival for Congress. Then look at the calm assumption that to stand for principle in a hopeless fight is necessarily an admirable act There are false principles as wall as true ones, and the world Is so constructed, fortu nately, that fights for the latter are rare ly or never hopeless, "all things consid ered." Only his fight is really hopeless who attempts the Impossible, and to do that Is folly, not virtue. Then how irri tating is the Republican's other assump tion that only antl-lmperlallsts run for office when they expect to be defeated. For many a "machine politician, even 07 the very lewdest sort, there are both Joy and profit in the mere running for office, and It Is only failure to get nomination that condemns them to oblivion and work In Mr. Bryan's opinion political defeat proves that a young man 'amounts to something," and perhaps he thinks that two defeats are proof of genius. Mr. Storey had his run for his money, or his trouble, whichever It was, and even If he did enter the race with no hope of elec tion presumably he had hopes of some thing else, and presumably he thinks he achieved his object CLEVELAND AND BRYAW. The Grand Old Man Has Come Into His Own as a Leader. New York Evening Post Besides his posturing too openly as a demagogue, besides his being far too "lavish of his presence," and Jesting with too much ease Jn public, Mr. Bryan failed on account of the Impression he gave of being an Unstable man of too little bal last He was a fertile, audacious, mas-, terful, tireless campaigner, but. when all was said, was he the man to direct the storm which he was trying to raise? The social passions he so rashly appealed to If they were once to break their bounds, would they not sweep htm away with everything else? It was not alone his wild and whirling words. It was the total effect of filghtlness produced by his bearing, which made men ponder and hesitate and turn away. They concluded, often with real regret that he was not one of those "continent, persisting. Im movable" persons whom Emerson de scribed as marked out "for the blessing of the world" "men who have In the gravity of their nature a quality which answers to the flywheel In a mill, which distributes the motion equably over all the wheels and hinders it from falling un equally 'and suddenly In destructive shocks." Mr. Bryan could not persuade the people that he was a "safe" man; and nobody whom the mass of the voters did not believe to be "safe" has ever been elected President, angle for hearts as skilfully as he might The safeguard of a strong and grave character is more essential In the leader of the radical wing of a democracy than in the chief of the conservative party. Mr. Gladstone often proposed a policy of upheaval. He was the champion of change. Yet, though he was throughout his career assailed as an innovator and destroyer, the poise and weight of his character were such that the English democracy knew Itself safe in his hands. It takes the big and rugged natures to utter radical sentiments without frighten ing people. Mr. Cleveland was accused In 1892 of being an anarchist. Some things which he said about the Homestead strike were comparable, so far as mere lan guage goes, with Mr. Bryan's reckless ut terances. But there was this difference. In the first, place, Mr. Cleveland spoke of an abuse distinctly remedlablo by legis lation, and did not harp on mere social discontent. More Important than this, he was a man of demonstrated strength of character and steadiness of purpose, and people kpew that he would stand like a rock against surging passion. He was the sure. If s6mewhat heavy-footed, man whom the people defer to; before his type, the showy, erratic man always goes down when It comes to close grips In the" large electoral contest Mr. Cleveland has, very gratlfyingly, come to his own as a leader of democ racy, Just at the moment of the complete eclipse of his revller an'd would-be suc cessor. A swifter reversal of contem porary Judgment was never known. Re publicans have had the frankness to ac knowledge the Immense and heroic serv ices of the man Into whose labors they themselves have so easily entered. Demo crats, after following false lights for seven years, are looklpg back regretfully to that steady beacon by which they sailed successfully for a decade. Mr. Cleveland's vindication has, in short, come in his own lifetime: and that Is a happiness which Is the lot of few public servants fallen on troublous times. And In his present enviable position, secure in the confidence and esteem of his fellow-countrymen, enjoying a foretaste In life of the verdict of history upon him after he Is gone, we see what It really Is to be a leader 'In a democraoy. In him all demagogues should read the great lesson which, with all their smirking and smartness, they never seem able to learn the lesson of "the obedient sphere By bravery's simple gravitation drawn." DREW ON THE SULTAN Plan ot a Yonng Indianapolis! Man for Increasing Hla Bank Acconnt. Indianapolis Press. C. Newell Lodge has Just received a let ter addressed to him that girdled the globe. It was sent from Indianapolis, January 13 last', at 10 A. M., by Cass Connaway, and was addressed to Tabriz, Persia. This city is in the heart of Per sia, and every ounce of mall matter reaching lfgoea in oh the backs of cam els. Of course Mr. Lodge was not at Tabriz, and, as the upper left hand cor ner of the envelope contains the direc tion, "In five days forward to Kyoto, Japan," It was sent on its Journey. After its arrival there It was duly advertised by the Japanese postal authorities, but as Mr. Lodge was busy practicing law at Indianapolis, he did n.ot call for it. so- the letter was forwarded to the United States via the Pacific Mail steamer, and finally reaehed the dead letter office. Yes terday Mr. Connaway sent Mr. Lodge an other letter. It was addressed to Bang kok, Slam, In care of King Chulalong hons. Some months ago a number of young men were lounging around a club and the conversation turned on Mr. Lodge's let ter, which was then making Its weary Journey around the world. One young man said, half Jokingly: "I think I will make a sight draft on the Sultan of Turkey." The Idea was so original that he was urged to make the experiment, an.d accordingly the next morning he drew a sight draft payable to himself, and sent it forward through a local bank. In due time he received word that the draft had been paid and that his bank account had been Increased to the ex tent of $25. It Is thought that the Min ister of Finance or the Chancellor of the Exchequer, or whatever official has charge of His Sultanlc Majesty's finances, thought it an, easier plan to pay the draft than make the matter a subject of dip lomatic correspondence. The Indianapolis man that made the draft feels that Euro pean and Asiatic rulers are such easy game that he is thinking of drawing on the Shah of Persia. Another Way to Treat Them. Salt Lake Tribune. The Oregonlan does not prescribe a good remedy for Missouri's idiosyncrasies. The best thing, we should say, would be to vote tho money needed and for all sur rounding states to send exhibits, to go there in force and by their exhibits to show the mossyb&cks down in the back coun ties of Missouri how they are falling be hind the great procession ot the Nation and rouse In their boys and girls, if not the old people, the determination to shake off what is crude and harsh in their be liefs, and become- real Americana, because the native brain of Missouri Is as bright as any other brain. But the taint of slavery Is still in the habits and thoughts ot the people. Away back thoy learned to despise very many things, and many of them still hug those delusions, sat isfied with them, ahd comforting them selves with the belief that they are the real thing, which a stalwart people ought to cling to. They can only be educated out of that ana when there Is a chance to supply that education. It ought to be cheerfully extended. That they voted for Mr. Bryan is no matter; that was their privilege; that privilege Is the salvation of our country. That they had a riot In June last is one of the penalties that they have to pay for certain obtuse kinks In their brains. But they are a great strong race and the whole Western world can never repay the debt which It owes to the Pike County pioneer, who, with a team of oxen, a melancholy cow or two behind the wagon, and the wagon loaded with bacon and beans and white-haired children, planted tho stakes ot civiliza tion all over the West and when neces sary, like the bull on the railroad track. Was always ready to make a great fight for the right of way. The world owes Missouri more than Missouri owes the world, and our recommendation would be to Join heartily In the exposition In St Louis, and by the object lessons that are presented, show to the average Mlssou rlans that the world on the outside Is working on all lines toward a htgher lite, and that they must join the procession at once If they, too, would win. QUESTIONS FROM MR. HAMMOND. He Would Like to Know as to the Effect of "Common Point" Rates. PORTLAND, Nov. 16. (To the Editor.) The editorials contained In this morn ing's Oregonlan misrepresent my attitude towards Improvements for the Columbia River. These editorial b allow the Infer ence that I am opposed to deopenlng the channel of the Columbia River from Portland to the sea. This Is incorrect On the contrary, I favor the deepening of this channel, and, furthermore, the open ing of a channel, apd Improvement there of, from Lewlston to the sea. I cannot permit this Inference to go unchallenged, nor can I understand where there Is any thing In my contention which justifies The Oregonlan in drawing Buch a con clusion, unless my argument in "favor of the extension of common rates to the mouth of the river permits the editor to Imply that there must be an obstruction to navigation to Justify the extension of these rates. The Southern Pacific. Northern Pacific, Santa Fc and Oregon Railway & Naviga tion Company have all extended common rates on lumber to the coast of Califor nia; and also all parts of tho coast of Washington, Including Shoalwater Bay, which is within six miles of the mouth of the Columbia River, enjoy the benefit of common rates. The substance of my several letters is set forth in questions directed to the management of the O. R. A N. Co., be ginning as follows: Would It not be to tho Interest of Oregon generally, and to the western portion particu larly, if common rates bo extended to the mouth of the'Columbla River? etc., etc. To these questions I wish to add the following: Is Mr. Mellen unfriendly to the Interests of this state when he extends common rates to the mouth of the Columbia River against the protests of tho O. R. & N. Co? We should feel strongly Inclined to ask The Oregonlan to answer these questions had It not placed Itself on record In for mer editions. Recent Issues, however, seemingly Indicate that The Oregonlan Is changing front, and Is no longer sup porting the extension of common rates to the mouth of the Columbia River, as It did in 1S94. It has been the boast of Thb Oregonlan that It represented the people of the whole Stats of Oregon, regardless of locality. Has It descended from thir proud position since making Its conten tion in favor of common rates in 1894 and 1895? 'A B. HAMMOND. DRIFT TO REFOR3I. Southern States Show Us How to Elect United States Senators. Kansas City Star. In its election Tuesday North Carolina chose F. M. Simmons to be Its Senator to succeed Marion, Butler, the Populist chairman. The Legislature must finally elect Mr. Simmons, but its action will be a mere formality. The state has prac tically gotten around the Constitutional provision and has cnosen its Senator by direct vote of the people. The result has been attained through state primaries or dered by the Democratic state conven tion last April. It was not legalized by the Legislature, and its choice Is simply "recommended" to the General Assembly In January. Other Southern States have occasional ly pursued the same course. Thus, the re-election of Senator Berry, of Arkan sas, over ex-Governor Jones was insured by county primaries last Spring. In April, Alabama Democrats voted In coun ty primaries to send Senator Morgan back to Washington in preference to Governor Johnston. The usual method, when the candidates and issues are well defined, has been to make the nomina tion of a member of the Legislature the occasion of a fight between the opposing Senatorial candidates. This has been the case to a large extent in the Baker-Burton fight for the Kansas Senatorshlp. Last year In Iowa the Republican ma chine made a pledge to vote for Senator Gear the price of the nomination to the Legislature in many districts. The same method was used In the Hanna-McKlsson fight In Ohio threo years ago, and Quay has developed it in Pennsylvania. The objection to this procedure Is that It Is a faulty way to secure an expres sion from the members of the party, and that It tends to mix the Senatorial issue with that of state government This was probably unforseen by the founders of the Republic, and it has proved un fortunate In practice. It would be better to elect the Legislature on its own mer its. The primary system of North Caro lina is an attempt to. choose Senators by popular vote. So long as the Senate re fuses to allow a Constitutional amend ment on this Subject to be submitted to the states It would seem that the North Carolina method Is a fairly successful way to secure tho benefits of such measure. No Superiority on Finance. Salem Statesman. Colorado's big vote for Sliver shows that women are at least as much sub ject as men. to financial delusions. The Confession. S. E. Kiser in Chicago Tlmes-Hcrald. "Where Peter guarded heaven's gate A woman came, one day, And meekly knocked and meekly said: "Oh, let me In, I pray!" And many a fairer ono than she The good old saint had sighed to sea Forever turned away. "And why," he asked, "should I unbar The gate to let you In? Is there upon your heart no sear, And did you never sin? Nay. look me fairly in the face And hurry up and plead your case I'm waiting come begin l" "Ah. yes! I must confess I sinned. The one without repllsd: "To keejpfrom paining others I . Well, often, sir I lied! But pray do hot condemn me yet, I hare some virtues I would set Up on the other side! "I didn't hate my husband's folks, Nor run them down," said she; ' "I let htm love his mother, and Be kind to her. and he Could talk to other women who "Were yojng and blithe and comely, too, Without offending me. s "I never made him wait A dismal hour or two; When he and I agreed to meet I got there! And I threw No slurs sor ever tried to; taint The names of pure-'' "Ah,n 'said the saint, "Come la, you angel, your NOrB AND COftMENrif '., The way to the Senate in Montana la paved with gold bricks. If you have Christmas presents to' buy prepara to buy them now. The Russian police are to limit the ap plause In the theaters of that country. That will shut Dick Mansfield out-' of Russia. The authorities in Australia are dls-. cussing the proposition to attach smoking-rooms to the sohoola of that youthtut commonwealth. They are getting up a new Dreyfus case In .Franee. The reputation of Kentuoky Justice has evidently excited the jealousy of the French judges. Mr. Bryan has his good points. He was not mean enough to accept that of fer of a 110,000 editorship In Denver, but the paper took long chances. Tammany has offered Bryan a job de fending Its crooked precinct captains. He- would be more likely to take it if said captains had done him any good. The examplo of Maryland has shown the Republicans that they have only to lose the support of a Senator to gala that of the state from wfiloh he halls. The press censorship has been removed, at Manila, but since all the objectionable dispatches have been written In the New Tork offices of the yellow Journals tho removal will not do the Army a great deal of harm. Among the disappointments of the New York City election to the Republicans was the election of Oliver Belmont to Congress In the Murray Hill DIstriot ana the polling of the German-American vote In Brooklyn almost unanimously for Bryan. General Barry, who has been with Gen eral Chaffee's army In China, pays the Japanese a high tribute in saying of their military development: "The Japanese Army Is as near perfection In administra tion. Instruction and general efficiency as anything I have seen." The following unique claim Is posted on a mine in the Grand Encampment, in Wyoming: "We found It. and we claim It by the rt:ht of founding It. It's ouVn. It's 750 feet In every direction except southwest and northeast, and there Is 300 feet on each side of this wrltln. It's called the Bay Horse, and we claim even the spurs, and we don't want nobody Jumping on this Bay Horse that's what's these trees Is around here for, and we've got the same piece of rop that we had down in old Missouri." Vermont proposes to bestow an unusual honor upon Captain C. E. Clark, United States Navy, who brought the battle-ship Oregon from the Pacific to the Atlantic during the Spanish-American War, and who Ib a loyal son of the state. A reso lution has been unanimously adopted by tho Legislature asking Captain Clark to sit for a portrait to be placed with a suitable inscription in tho state capitol, "in commemoration of his distinguished servlco to his country In command ot the Oregon, and as a token of abiding affec tion and admiration of the people of his native state." Some months ago a number of jJublla spirited citizens of Berkeley, Cal., offered to pay ltno the town treasury the $1800 received annually from liquor licenses. On this condition a prohibition ordi nance was adopted, and the saloons re ceived notice that they might have three months in which to wind up their business. At the expiration of that time the $450 necessary for the first quar terly payment was rateed. but It was held in hand to await the attitude of the town authorities toward the prohib ited traffic. That attitude was one of 'Indifference, as muoh liquor was sold as before, ana the citizens' committed refused to pay tne money. Jones, a Methodist, of Gentryvllle, Mo., a few years ago bet a two-months-old calf against a colt owned by Smlh, a Baptist, of the same town, that tho prophet Jonah was a Methodist The bet was finally decided In favor of- Smith on the ground that Jonah was immersed. The same two men made another curious wager before the election. If Dockery received a majority of 80,000 or less Smith agreed to become 'a member of the Meth odist church for one year; If Dockery'a majority ran anywhere from 50,000 to 70, 000, Jones was to become a Baptist for one year. If the majority was over 70, 000 all bets were to be off. In the con tract they agreed not only to attend tho other church In case the bet ''Was! lost but to go through all the ceremonies ne cessary to join. Jones agreed, on be coming a Baptist to be Immersed, and Smith agreed to be sprinkled when the baptismal rite was performed. PLEASANTRIES OP PARAORAPHERS The Eternal Feminine. "It Is you women who make all the trouble In life." "Tes, and who make life worth the trouble." Life. A Reaction. -"My husband always eats ex travagant lunches down town." "How do you know?" "The minute ho gets homo In tho evening he begins trying to diet the family." Chicago Record. Brown (slapping total stranger on back) Hullo, old man, haven't seen you for an ago. Don't you remember me 7 Stranger I don't remember your face, but your manner's vrr familiar. Punch. Cheap Religion. Mrs. Jones The true dis ciples of Confucius go to church twtee every day. Mrs. Smith Well, they can afford to. They have coins In China worth only one tenth of a cent! Puck. The Double Negative. Tess He's the most persistent man. When he proposed I said, "No a thousand times not" less I should think that would be enough to settle him. Tess But he wouldn't. He said that meant too affinaa tlves. Philadelphia Press. Splitting the Difference. Book' Reviewer I don't know Just what to say about this new Action writer. Magazine Editor Well, good ness, don't come to mo for help! Say he re minds you a little ot Gertrude Atherton and a little of George Eliot Indianapolis Journal. Proved. "It Jes' goes to show," said Mr. Erastus Pinky, ruefully, "it Jes' goes to show." "What are you all talKlri aboutT" "Do 'lec tion. It's de fus' tlmo I ever voted. De man ho offered me .two dpllahs an' I toek it My uncle has beetfroo a lot o' campaigns, an' ha made Mm gib up tire. It Jcs' gees to show dat dar aln no chance any mo' foh de young man In polities." Washington Star. ' In the Metropolis. Lloyd Mifflin. I Ilka not with the City's human stream, To be rushed onward, nor to hear the groan Of restless, hurrying masses, avarice-blown Along the streets, with trade their only theme; How can the sylvan poet dream Amid the raging Babel round htm thrown Canons of brick paved with reverberate stono. The whirl of traffle, and the shriek of steamt But oh. far off from all the neUe Of these. To pace the shores that to the soil betong, In realms exclusive past the thought of care? By the lose foam ot aanetuary seas ( To hear drift en, in deaths of uniet air, The phantom caravels of deathless Song.