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THE MOBNING OKEGOjXE&X, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1900. He rsgomcm Entered at the Postoffice at Portland. Oregon, as second-class matter. TELEPHONES. Editorial Bourns.... ICO 1 Business Office.. OCT REVISED SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Br Mall (postage prepaid). In Advance Dallr. with Rimrtai nor tnnnlh .SO S3 Daily. Sunday excepted, per year... ? 6? I Sally, with Sunday, per year g j Sunday, per j ear 2 00 The Weekly, per year 1 52 The "Weekly, 3 months " To City Subscribers Sally, per wk. delivered, Sondars excepted 13e Sally, per week, delivered. Sundas lncluded.203 POSTAGE RATES. United States. Canada and Mexico: 10 to lG-page paper ...lc IS to 22-page paper 2o Foreign rates double. News or discussion Intended for publication Jn The Oregonlan should be addressed Invaria bly "Editor The Oregonlan." not to the namo of any Individual. Letters relating to advertis ing, subscriptions or to any business matter should bo addressed simply ''The Oregonlan." The Oregonlan does not buy poems or stories Srom Individuals, and cannot undertake to re turn any manuscripts sent to It without solici tation. No stamps should be inclosed for thfs purpose. Puget Sound Bureau Captain A. Thompson, bflce at Illl Pacific avenue. Tacoma. Box 835, Tacoma Poctofflce. Eastern Business Ofll Tho Tribune bulid tng, New Tork City; "The Rookery," Chicago; the S. C Becknith special agency. New Tork. For sal In San Trancisco by J. K. Cooper. T40 Market street, near the Palace Hotel; Golfl cmith Bros.. 220 Sutter street: F. TV. rttts. 100S Market street; Foster & Orear, Ferry Hews stand. For sale In Los Angeles by B. F. Gardner. SS9 So. Spring street, and Oliver & Haines, 106 6o. Spring street. For sale In Chicago by the P. O. News Co., 17 Dearborn street. For sale lp Omaha by H. C Shears. 105 N. Sixteenth street, and Barkalonr Bros., 1612 Sfcrnam street. For rale In Salt Lake by the Salt Lake News Co , 77 W. Second South street. Tor sale In New Orleans by Ernest & Co., 115 Royal street. On file In Washington. D. C. with A- TV. Sunn, 60S Hth N. TV. For sale in Denver, Colo, by Hamilton & Kendrlck. 000-012 Seventh street. V . . TODATS WEVTHER. Partly cloudy, with frobably occasional rain; cooler; fresh west erly winds. Portland, Saturday, dec. i, xooo. A generation of youth trained up to Set something for nothing may be ex pected, as likely as anything else, to break down the roof of a glass factory end burn to death in the seething caul drons below. This is the most obvious lesson of the San Francisco horror. The football game was for those who could pay to see It, not for those who could steal the sight by clambering upon neighboring structures. The accident may stimulate the police officers to greater activity in their plain duty on such occasions, but it should also im press society with a sense of responsi bility for the standards of morality and the principles of sociology that threaten to send us in another generation a body politic of low conscientiousness and very faint discernment between right and wrong. There is too much sympa thy In educated ranks for the popular notion that the world owes every man on enjoyable living, and he need not be particular as to his methods of collect ing the debt Nobody has ever allayed the suspi cion that the salary laws of six and eight years ago were manipulated in the Interests of the very county offi cials it was primarily designed to reach. If the effort had been specific ally made to make the change from fees to salary as obnoxious as possible, the work could hardly have been done more skillfully than it was. In forbid ding the Sheriff, for example, to plun der the state and county at will, we Went to the equally mischievous ex treme of saddling his pay upon the county wth no recourse for the county upon litigants. Fees should be paid as before, but they should go into the treasury instead of the Sheriffs pocket, litigation, as Judge "Williams contem plates, will some day be free to all, Including not only court and service fees, but support of lawyers and wit nesses. But the descent to universal pauperism must be made by 6low de grees, decently and In order. Let us not crush the taxpayer all at once, lest the golden ep-gs cease with the instant Bacrlffce of the goose. .Let us reduce him gradually to a state pf inertia. So we shall enjoy his labors longer, and by Blow torture inflict the penalty he has Incurred by earning and saving. "We have several times called atten tion to the progress made- in the last four years by railroads in the silver producing areas that were convinced in 1896 of certain ruin in event of the gold standard's perpetuation. There is no more striking instance of this progress than the case of the Rio Grande West ern, concerning whloh this week's New ITork Financial Chronicle remarks that its annual report shows "as striking a record of expansion in traffic and reve nues as any road In the country." In detail the showing is equally lmpres Blve, whether we regard the tonnage movement of freight or the flow of pas senger travel attracted in the more prosperous times to this magnificent scenic route. Tons moved four years ago were 727,000, the past year 1,631,000. Passengers carried four years ago were 262.000, this year 440,000. In five years the traffic in both departments has doubled. "The lines of the Rio Grande "Western," says the Chronicle, "as 15 known, are located in Utah, a silver mining state, but the depression in that industry has not served to check the company's prosperity. The outcome shows what intelligent management can do for a road in the United States nlnning through a good territory and not exclusively dependsnt upon one class of traffic, either locally or in movement of through traffic." Without entering Into the merits of the argument over Christian Science, BO-cal)ed, one phenomenon connected with Its appearance in the public press constantly enchains the attention of the observer. This is, that all criti cisms and animadversions upon the sect are found, oti dispassionate inves tigation by its devotees, to be Inven tions, not only devoid of truth, but in spired of malice. Any reporter, no matter wbo, can go to the trial of a "healer," report It as his training teaches him to do, and his work, when it Is done, will be found altogether biased and inaccurate. Other trials he can report fairly, but if Christian Sci ence is concerned he is all at pnee transformed Into a being Incapable of seeing things as they occur, or of treat ing them in a fair-minded spirit. It is ' so with discussion. Editorial mention of Christian Science Ig invariably In accurate and unfair. Independent Jour nalism manages fairly well wltft other topics on this It is Intellectually In competent and morally oblique. Go and get the history of a case from the doctors that treated It, and If Chris tian Science Is concerned, the doctors all lie. If there is anything censurable in the doings of Christian Scientists or imperfect in their reasoning', the fault lies invariably -with the observer and the critic. Christian Science is what ever is unassailable and immaculate. If you strike anything else, "why, that Is not Christian Science at all; you don't know -what you are talking about. Let us not attempt to explain this phenomenon, let us merely recog nize it and wonder, making sure of only one thing, that if it is in any -way discreditable to Christian Science, it has no existence. BUVAX ORGAX OX THE SOUTH. In another column we reproduce a remarkable expression of Democratic opinion found in the editorial columns of the Chicago Chronicle, a paper that has consistently supported the Demo cratic party and candidates, through evil and good report. Now that the election is over, the Chronicle feels like saying bluntly what It thinks. It Is Incensed with the South, condemns Southern Democrats and Republicans alike, and approves the proposal to cut down the Congressional representation of Southern States. It Is unjust, the Chronicle thinks, that white men of the South should exert greater power in National affairs than an equal number of white men at the North. Therefore, If the Republicans reduce Southern rep resentation in correspondence with the suppression of the black vote, nobody can complain. While a great deal the Chronicle says is true, we cannot follow Its conclusions. The course of the South in declaring for rotten money, repudiation, riot and isolation, when it hopes and expects sound and honorable policies from the Administration it has tried to destroy, cannot be visited with terms of too se vere condensation. But in its suppres sion of the illiterate and Impecunious colored vote, the South is entitled to sympathy .Under similar circumstances Northern communities would do the same. The legacy of the Incompetent negro vote is? due to the North as well as the South. The North gave the negro the ballot before he -was fit for it, and it comes with poor grace from us tp embarrass and censure the effort of the South to correct that mistake. To reduce Southern representation would be to punish the South for some thing it can hardly avoid doing. As well as unjust, it would be Impolitic. The unpardonable sin of the South is not in protecting Itself from negro domination, but in its idiotic and inde fensible pretense that it can only sup press the negro vote by casting its elec toral vote against every National pol icy that stands for the South's ad vancement. On this head, every one of the Chronicle's thrusts goes straight home. When Southern men who be lieved in honest money and enforce ment of law left the Middle West and the East to Join hands with Populism, they not only stultified themselves, but inflicted grave wrong upon Northern Democrats, who will Justly cherish such resentment as the Chronicle voices. The educated men of the South, American to the core, untouched by Old World anarchism and New Eng land sentlmentallsm, should have Known in 1S6 and in 1900 that to sac wIAia Vv-l-i-tt-i1 a s narf firtlllA fOOTllfr "U 1" : " ww-. - only in disaster. The harvest is of their own sowing. They can bring their party back to right principles. Their duty is to themselves and to the Democrats of the North they have driven from the party. TUB WORK BEFORE CONGRESS. The short session of the Fifty-sixth Congress will begin on Monday next. Between Monday, December 3, and Monday, March 4, Inauguration day, there are only thirteen weeks, and omit ting Sundays, holidays and the cus tomary Christmas recess only about seventy working days. In this brief period the regular appropriation bills will have to be disposed of and the very large amount of unfinished "busi ness from the last session. In addition to the passage of the appropriation, bills and other routine measures, the work of the session will comprise the con sideration of the Army reorganization bill, the war revenue reduction bill, the ship subsidy bill, the Hay-Pauncefote canal treaty, the reapportionment bill, the Hepburn Nicaragua Canal bill and the Spooner resolution giving the Pres ident full power in the Philippines un til the insurrection shall have ceased and a permanent form of government be established. The principal contests of the session are likely to be over the apportionment bHl, the shipping bill and the proposed reorganization of the Army. There Is difference of opinion as to whether the reapportionment bill should Include a provision for cutting down the representation of the South, what the amount of the war revenue reduction ought to be, how large an Army ought to be provided, and whether the Nicaragua Canal should be passed before or after the Hay-Pauncefote treaty Is ratified by the Senate and a contract made between this Govern ment and those of Costa Rica and Nic aragua under the terms of which the United States shall become absolute owner of the canal when built. The canal bill is on the calendar as a spe cial order for December 10, but it may be withheld until the ratification of the treaty and making of the contract re ferred to, but there is small doubt that the bill will be passed before adjourn ment. The Spooner bill, giving the President civil power until Congress shall haye information upon which tQ act, Just what Jefferson was given with reference to Louisiana, will prob ably be adopted. It is not likely that the reapportionment bill will cut down the representation in the Southern Slates on account of the suppression of the negro vote, ana it is not likely there will be any considerable Increase in the number of Representatives Some Republican leaders believe the House is even now too large, and favor fixing 209,000 of population as the mini mum number of people entitled to a Representative. That would leave the House as it npw stands. General FJtz-John Porter, United States Army, retired, has written to Mayor Mclntlre, of Portsmouth, N. H., asking that the city do nothing towards carrying into effect the will of the late R. H. "Eddy to have an equestrian statue of the General erected in that cltj' until after his (Porter's) decease, and asking that the statue, when erect ed, shall bp placed in Haven Park, a 1 portion of which embraces the site ot General Porters birthplace, the old Llvermcre mansion, The General's -wishes will, it is said, be respected. General Porter was graduated from West Point in 1845, and, with the ex ception of General William B. Frank lin is Ihe only survivor of the corps commanders pf the Army of the Poto mac when it was commanded by Gen eral George B. McClellan. General Por ter was an able and brilliant soldier. Had McClellan fought his whole army with the energy, courage and skill dis played by General Porter at Gaines' Mill and Malvern Hill, he wpuld never have been compelled to retreat to-the James River. . KRUCER'S VAIX PLEA. The cry of Kruger that Great Britain is treating the armed Boers, that per sist in waging guerrilla warfare in the Orange Free State and in the Trans vaal, with undue military severity is without foundation. The truth is that Great Britain has erred on the side of moderation instead of severity. Had Lord. Roberts fought as a barbarian in South Africa, as Kruger charges, there would be no guerrilla fighting today, and probably Kruger would be a pris oner in Ceylon and his money confis cated. Lord Roberts is an exceedingly humane commander, and his treatment of the Boers was humane and gener ous to the point of Impolicy. The land owning Boers today nearly all favor peace, and those new In arms are al most entirely composed of the riffraff of the disorganized Boer armies. The burned homesteads belong to these guerrillas or to those Boers who have taken the oath and have then acted ab spies and confederates of the Boer guerrillas who destroy the railways, cut the telegraph lines and attack sup ply trains. The British commander has at last been driven to resort to the same meas ures that General Sheridan, with the approval of General Grant, resorted to In September and October, 1864, In the Shenandoah Valley. The army ot Gen eral Early had been a constant menace to the security of the Baltimore & Ohio Hallway. General Sheridan, after his victories of Opequan and Fisher's Hill, marched through the valley and con verted it from a rich feeding ground fpr the Confederate army into a desert. He burned the mills and barns, carried off all the supplies that were of service to his Army, burned all the tannerjss, and wherever he found a farmhouse known to belong to Confederates which had given Bhelter to the enemy, he burned it He swept the valley so clean of livestock, grain, etc., that he wrote Grant on his return from his sec ond pursuit of Early, after the battle of Cedar Creek, that a crow could not get a living off the country through whiph he had passed with his Army. Grant was an exceedingly humane man, and he would not have sanc tioned these proceedings on the part of Sheridan except on the ground that as long as the enemy could feed an army in the fertile Shenandoah Valley Early would be a disturbing force against the security of the most im portant railway communications of the Union Army. General Sherman, in his march through the Carolinas, was scarcely less severe In his military destructlve ness than General Sheridan. When General Sherman started from Atlanta for Savannah, he destroyed every building that could be of any possible 4rvlllfnl.nmv f I..I ...-. I"" " w "' -" """ t, uuC allowing the people time for removal. General Moltke resorted to far moie severe measures In suppressing the guerrilla tactics of the bands of French franc-tireurs for six months after Se dan than those employed by Grant, Sheridan and Sherman In crushing the South the last year of our Civil War. The tactics of Moltke, Sheridan and Sherman were the same employed by the first Napoleon In the Tyrol. When Andreas Hofer after surrender broke his promise and rose In insurrection, Napoleon hunted him down and shot him by drum-head court-martial. What the Boers need is to be taught that war is war, and by no qther means than military severity can the permanent peace of South Africa be secured. The Boer is not a legitimate soldier, but he Is the most formidable guerrilla in the world, from his mobil ity, his marksmanship, his knowledge of the country; and the spies and con federates of both sexes he finds in every Boer town or farmstead. There Is only one mode of procedure that will pacify a country swept by a native born and bred guerrilla force of the sort commandeefby Dewet, and that Is to make the districts which afford them shelter, supplies and spies as utterly uninhabitable as Sheridan made the Shenandoah Valley. There is nothing surprising In the success of this guer rilla warfares the same condition would have followed our Civil War had any Confederate General of consequence, like Lee or Johnston, been willing to replace legitimate military resistance with guerrilla warfare in the mountains of Virginia, Georgia, Kentucky, Ten nessee and the Carolinas. Organized as mounted riflemen, the contumacious Confederates who resorted to guerrilla warfare could have disturbed the peace of the South for at least a year after every considerable town had been oc cupied by the Federal troops, after every seaport was in our hands, every arsenal and gun factory had been cap tured. Neither Lee. nor1 Johnston re sorted to guerrilla warfare, because, as soldiers of humanity and brains, they knew that such warfare could not pos sibly do any good, and was certain o lead to acts of military severity and hardship on both sides, without any compensation for Its cruelty to the South. General Dewet and his men will ultimately degenerate Into mere military marauders, and will be given the alternative to disperse or be shot as outlaws on capture. During the Harrison Administration the Democrats voted -almost solidly for free silver "to put the Republicans In a hole." Among the Democrats who voted for a free-silver bill were such gold-standard men as Hampton, Gor man and Payne, only three Democrats, Gray, McPherson and Wilson, refusing to vote for ''free silver," and the Plumb amendment for free and unlimited coin age -was agreed to by a yote of 43 to 24.. The majority Included 28 Demo crats and 15 Republicans, while the mi nority was composed of three Demo prats and twenty-one Republicans. When President Harrison heard of this desertion of conspicuous sound-money Democrats to "free silver," he -satd to a close personal friend: Tho DemocraUc party -will rue this day's work. These men are sowing the -wind, and Ihey trill reap the whirlwind. Dp la the Sen ate It Is a pretty play of politics, but out In the country this trll. not be understood. These .supposed leaders of their party are casting their votes for tree silver, and their following trill think that It Is a good fhing; they -will have trouble an their hands 'before they get through. This prediction has been sustained by the great Democratic defeats of 1SS6 and 1900. The statement of Attorney-General Blackburn that "the reading of the Bi ble and the repeating of the Lord's Prayer In the public schools have noth ing in them of a sectarian nature"; that "all sects or religious denominations rely upon the Bible as authority for their special and particular beliefs and doctrines," It, not correct. The Bible read in our public schools is ''the" Bl ble only tp Protestants; it Is only "a" Bible to the Catholic; it is only "a" Bible to the Jew. The Protestant Bi ble does not lnplude all the canonical books that are found in the Douay or Roman Catholic Bible; the Protestant Bible includes the New Testament, Which is not included at all In the Jew ish Bible, the Old Testament. SIhce the Protestant Bible is only f,the" Bi ble to the Protestants and Is only "a" BJble to the Roman Catholics and Jews, it is clearly a sectarian book. The Boerd of Education of Philadel phia Is displacing the present historic names of schoolhouses In that city for those of local favorites. For example, the Twenty-fifth Ward has a school named after General WUliam Tecum seh Sherman, but the Sherman school is hereafter to be known as the Thomas J. Powers school. The city has schools named after Generals McClellan, Meade and Hancock, after Presidents Lincoln, Garfield, Washington, Jefferson, John Qulncy Adams and Arthur; after Ed win M. Stanton, A. Gr. Curtln, James G. Blaine, Thaddeus Stevens, Franklin, Webster, and there Is considerable ap prehension that the present Board of Education Will obliterate these Illustri ous pames from the sphqolhouses to make room for that of a deceased ward boss. , As a finale to the long haul in the papers, it would be pertinent to prove that if the O. R. & N. did own the Astoria Railroad, cost of transporta tion to Astoria would be less than by water. Such a demonstration in dy namics would be valued also by the O. R. & N., and would pull the load ot argument clear through the mooted common point. v Kruger alleges barbarism on the part of the British. He himself Is Immune from such an Impugnment. Fact Is, he Is the most highly civilized patriot without a country of modern times. No wonder the subtle Gaul makes an ado over him. If he will come to the United States he will discover unique Ideals of patriotism. The latest effort of the Iconoclast is to un-hero Funston with the declara tion that three others swam the Mar Ilao River Just as bravely. It Is not clear that this fact detracts from the charm of the feat or that we are under necessity of removing the Idol from its niche. The howl of each county against its neighbor is Inspired not merely by a .selfish desirp for the other to bear Its (Proportionate assessment, but also by n altruistic desire for the other to bear Its disproportionate assessment. Lawyers are prone to view the cost of litigation from their own, a business point of view. The complex question would be simpler of solution If their interests were ancillary to those of the litigant. When we are distributing political boons we may as well remember that the'integrlty of the dollar Is due to the .Republican party, but not to several gentlemen who would be Senator. It has been settled to the satisfaction of everybody that Castellane married Anna Gould fpr love, all right enough; however, not for love of herself, but for what she was made of. The one difficulty about the 1B02 ex position was getting It started. Now that this feat has been accomplished, it will be a good thing to push the pro ject along. Instead of spreading over a lot of paramounts like the Platte, next elec tion, if Democrats will make a con fluence on one, they will cut a deeper channel. In well-regulated cities heavy traffic is prohibited on the best streets. A hint has been offered several times for protection of Sixth street, but It never took. Too many are hustling for prosper ity to leave1 any over for the man who doesn't hustle. Captain Clark's Hard Laolc New Tork Times. Friends of Captain C. El Clark, late ot the Oregon, have been loud In their pro testations over the treatment that officer ha,s received since he made his ever mem orable voyage around the Horn, and there seems to be no doubt, as a matter of fact, that, thanks to our absurd system of reward by promotion. Captain Clark's, rank Is now relatively several numbers lower, Instead of several numbers higher, than It would be if there had been no war with Spain. Despite his great achieve ment, the favors of promotion were with held from him, and the gratitude of the Nation to more fortunate officers was ex pressed In part at his expense. This is a rpal hardship, but the Captain has en dured It In silence, wisely refusing tbe always undignified pose of a man with a grievance. There Is, for instance, no trace ot an effort to win sympathy in the letter which Captain Clark has Just sent to the Governor of Vermont, thanking the Legislature of that state for placing tho Captain's portrait In the capltol build ing. After expressing deep appreciation of this signal honor from his own people, the Captain wrote: "Perhaps the best way for me to acknowledge the obligation I am under to that people and its distin guished representatives is to refer to the noble ship and company they have so greatly honored through me. When we left the other ship on the coast of Brazil and pushed ahead at full speed I believed that the We3t Indies would be the scene of a decisive conflict, and therefore that the risk of an encounter with the. Span ish fleet should be Incurred, notwithstand ing warnings given of Its superiority. These were moments when the responsi bilities assumed weighed heavily, but I was Inspired by thoughts of the march of the Sixth Corps to-"Gettysburg, under the lamented Sedgwick, whose order was, Put the Vermonters at the head and tell the rest to keep up,' and by the mem ory of Warner'a Green Mountain boys hurrying to save the day at Bennington, that first 'high-water mark of the effort against the Nation's life, for there began the series of strokes that ended at Sara toga. It should be classed with Gettys burg among the decisive battles of the world." This shows plainly enough that Captain Clark does not underrate what he did, but it also shows that he thinks more of earning honors than of getting them. AMERICAN CONSULS XS TUBKET. Real Grievances r Oars, Over WkicH FrtiejtQe Is VlrtHe. New Tork Journal of Commerce. The right of "the United States to ap point Consuls In Turkey ress upn the provision in the treaty ef 1S that "tho United States may appoint their qltlzens to be Consuls or Ytce-Copsuls at the com mercial places in the dominions of the Sublime Porte where it shall be found needful to superintend the affairs of com merce. These Consuls or Vice-Consuls shall be furnished with berate or fir mans." In pursuit of this provision the United States has appointed a Consul at Harfoot. The Turkish Gqvemment refuses tp grant his exequatur, or, In Turkish, his "berat" or "firman, on the ground that there is no commerce at that point, and the dispatches also state that tho same objection Is made to an Ameri can Consul at Erzroora. The position of the Tuiklsh Govern ment is absolutely indefensible. Erz room is an Important commercial center, and all tha European nations have- Con suls or Consuls-General there. Harfoot is a' large city, and It is absurd to pretend that a large city is not a commercial point. If the Turkish Government means that the United States does not have com merce with those cities It is entjrely ir relevant. The treaty does not provide that the commerce shall be in existence before a Consul Is appointed. It is not an uncommon thing for a Consul to be appointed In order tp develop a trade. As the Turkish Government has Just granted an exequatur for a British Consul at Har foot It has deprived itself of every excuse for refusing an exequatur to an American ConsuL The treaty shows plainly enough that the Turkish Government has no discre tion. In the matter. The United States majrappolnt the Consuls, and these ''shall be furnished with berats or firmans." It is not optional with the Turkish Govern ment whether this cpuntry shall have a Consul in Harfoot; Its only right is t re fuse recognition to a person objectionable to It; It may object to the Consul; It has no right to object to the consulate. The United States has been trifled with Jn this matter for two or three years. It is more ierious than the indemnity for American property destroyed In 1S94-SS. In that matter the responsibility of the Turkish Government Is a matter of evi dence, and Its measure a matter of nego tiation. In regard to consulates we have explicit treaty rjght. The treaty does not limit us In trie number of consulates, cr their locations. We have the right to appoint them In our own discretion, and the Turkish Government is bound by treaty to grant them recognition, pro vided only that It has the right every government must have of refusing to do business with any person who Is offensive tq it. We have had repeated trouble at Con stantinople over the admission of mer chandise from this country. Flour has been rejected for false and absurd rea sons. Pork has been excluded. The American Minister has been obliged to go to the Sublime Porte to get a permit for the landing of American flour, though the Consul-General ought to have been able to settle the matter with the cus toms authorities. Our trade with Turkey is growing; it has ajready attracted the envious attention of certain European nations. Under some influence which may bo suspected, but not disclosed, Turkey Is trying to see how far she can go with us. If she can refuse to pay the indemnity, if she can prevent the estab lishment pf American consulates, she can maintain her proposition that American flour has a deficiency of gluten and American pork an excess of triohlnae. Austria-Hungary collected an Indemnity by sending a warship to Merslna and threatening to bombard the town If the money were not paid In 24 hours. As long" as our Government Is Indisposed to use force making a show of It Is Ineffective. The vlblt of the Kentucky to Smyrna merely makes us ridiculous. The United States has got to Insist upon exequaturs for Its Consuls at Erzroom and Harfoot or see Americans driven out of the coun try, and our trade with the Levant stopped. Thonsrnis on Ship Subsidies. Chicago Journal. The subsidy shipping bill, which Is op posed by some of the ablest Republicans In Congress, Is likely to be shelved for a year, and very good Judges are pf the opinion that no one need go into mourning on that account. The very fact that Amer ican shipbuilding is looking up without assistance is a good argument why the Government need give away no money, for the present at least, as premiums for the construction of ships. Steamers and sail ing ships are being constructed on the seaboard and along the Great Lakes. They are being built lor business purposes. There is a profit in them when built. Their owners might accept a government dona tion for their enterprise If It were.offered them, but there Is no need at present for any such charity. There Is a suspicion that owners ot useless and obsolete old tubs are the warmest friends of the ship ping subsidy bill, and another, perhaps even more strongly grounded, that tho United States Supreme Court might de clare the bill unconstitutional, even If Congress should go to the trouble to adopt it. Tke Duty of Democracy. St. Louis Republic. Under the leadership of a reunited and reorganized Democracy, the resistance of the American people to the ominous en croachments upon popular rights made by the unduly privileged trust monopolies will bo continued with Increased vigor and a certain confidence ot the final vic tory of the people over the combines. It remains for the Democratic National or ganization to put Itself in effective shape "for tho performance of Its duty to the peo ple of this country. Its strongest and safest men, those Inspiring the fullest confidence on the part of thoughtful Americans, must be placed in control of the party. In behalf pf legitimate busi ness interests and of ' the individual as opposed to that eyjl of monopoly which threatens all legitimate enterprise, the trusts must be fought to a finish. The South la Tired. Boston Advertiser. From many sections of the South there Js coming an audible murmur of political discontent. Hundreds of thousands of Southern voters believe that the solid South has been for many years blunder ingly led by managing politicians of no great ability. Altgeld, Jones, Towne, Cro ker and Stone carried the vote of the solid South for Bryan, but they carried little more. The South fs restlvo under such leaders. It has reason to be. It has resorted to meanness and dishonesty In politics, In order to prevent Republican viptorles In many Southern districts. A good many white men in the South are heartily ashamed of alien' conduct. Some thing will be heard from them, too, when any attempt Is made to reorganise the Democratic party. His EaariRs; Ursa. St. -Paul PioneerPress. Long after "Pinafore," "The Pirates of Penzance" and "Tha Mlkado'? shall have found "the oblivion of the back number," the name of their anther, Eir Arthur Sul livan, will be recalled by the lender mel ody of "The Lost Chord." Telling pf some forgotten or unfulfilled aspiration, the lines find an echo In every sensitive soul: X bav-aeught, but X seek It vainly. That one lost chord divine. That came from 'the soul of tha organ. And enter' d Into mlns. It raajr be that Death's bright angel Will speak In that chord again; It may be that only in heaven Z snail hear that grand asms. PLAIN DUTY OF REPUBLICANS. Chicago Chronicle, Dem. Considerable apprehension Is said to ex ist Ip some of the Southern States oyer the prospect that the Republicans In Congress, will soon take steps to reduce the representation ot those states which hay suppressed tho nearo vote. Northern Democrats will find it difficult to sympathize with these fears or to marvel at the proposition which gives rise to them. When the Democrats of the South Joined hands with the Popu lists of the far West to make war upon the substantial business Interests of the North and East they took their political lives in their hands. They knew then as well they know now that it was to the Democracy of the great states north ot the Ohio and east of the Mississippi that they must look for assistance in prevent ing not only this species of legislation, but something which they will view with even less favor, tho probable enactment of another National law. In helping to fasten upon the Democratic party the ob jectionable Ideas of the Populists they took from Northern Democrats the power to resist these favorite Republican meas ures, and if they now find themselves menaced by loss of representation by force bills and by stringent election laws they have tjnly themselves to blame for the fact. In the matter of the reduction of repre sentation in Congress as a result of the suppression of tho negro yote In nine or ten Southern States, It Is not easy to un derstand what else can be expected. In three states the policy has been adopted deliberately as a matter of law. In the others it is no less deliberately pursued as a matter of intimidation and force. Under tho circumstances It Is better for the country and better for the two great political parties, it not for the people of the states In question, that their repre sentation in Congress and as a conse quence their representation in National conventions and in the Electoral Colleges shall be reduced to correspond with the reduced number of voters. The second article of the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution proyides for this condition of affairs very clearly. as follows: Representatives shall be apportioned among the several .states according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each state, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice President of the United States, Repre sentatives in Congress, the executive and Judicial officers of a state, or the mem bers of the Legislature thereof, is de nied to any of the male inhabitants of such state being 21 years of age and citi zens of the United States., or in -any way abridged, except for participation in re bellion qr other crime, "the basis of rep resentation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens 21 years of age in such state. The Congress which meet3 next month is Republican in both branches, and It will be succeeded by one having even larger majorities. It will be clearly with in the power, as It evidently will be within the will and pleasure 'of one or the other of these Congresses, to clean up the political situation ri the extreme South In a manner which will exert a wholesome influence upon the entire coun try. The white men of the South have re moved the colored man from politics, state and National, except that In Con gress, In the Electoral Colleges and In the party conventions they continue to vote for him. If there were wisdom and pa triotism in their leadership, if they were good Democrats or good Republicans this Inequality might be winked at, but they are not. Their performances in recent Democratic National conventions have been simply disgraceful. They have abandoned their natural allies of the Norfh and East and taken up with the mongrel Populists of the far West. They have no principles. They hate "niggers" at home. When they are abroad they consort naturally with political elements more ignorant and more vicious than the negroes over were. They are a bad lot. In Republican National conventions the delegations from the black belt are gen erally for sale. They come In the custody of the bosses who pay their fare, and have the honor of being watched keenly untll their purchased votes are delivered to the man who has arranged for them. They also are a bad lot. It Is a scandalous -thing that under an apportionment covering a black popula tion numerically equal and In some cases superior to that of the whites, the latter, through the suppression of the black vote, should be able to wield In Congress, in the Electoral Colleges and ln the National conventions a power more than twice as great as that exerted by a similar num ber of white men elsewhere. The evil was endured for a time because the diffi culties of the situation wre appreciated and the leadership of the whites was wise and conservative. Now that this leader ship has fallen to the lowest possible level no good reason exists for further delay In applying the obvious remedy. It is to be hoped that the Republicans In Congress will have tho courage of their convictions and that they will pro ceed without delay to cut down the rep resentation of every Southern State n which negroes are not permitted to vote. The remedy is a constitutional one, and It will appeal to every good citizen-, irre spective of party. It should haVe been applied long ago. Northern Democrats are not very nu merous in Congress, for one reason, be causp the so-called Democrats of these Southern States have made It practically impossible for a Northern Democrat to be elected to any office, but the few who are there will act wisely if they offer no resistance to the speedy execution of the Republican programme In this matter. Na Exoauc for Robbery Novr. Indianapolis News It is time that we were beginning to un derstand that a business which cannot support itself had better not be under taken. This is a rich country, with an abundance of capital seeking Investment, and there ought to be no difficulty in se curing financial support for any promis ing enterprise. Our industrial and com mercial development Is In no way de pendent on public charity. Even on the protective theory, as originally under stood, there Is now no Justification for the voting of public taxes for the further ance of private industries. Holding; Eanlc Director to Account Dubuque Herald. Under the Scotch law the directors of banks are held to the most strict ac countability. They are not only .held re sponsible for losses, but n case f de falcation of an employe they may be im prisoned. This tends to enforce caution and watchfulness over officers and clerks and renders impossible the enormous stealage of which we have recently had such elaborate accounts. The Scqtch law has had a good effect and since it be came operative there have been no de falcations of bank officers. NOri AND COUMEICT. Bernhardt appears to be good for half a dozen or more farewell tours in this country. vi The Chinese situation continues to look like one of the hieroglyphics in use in that country. It will be noticed that with all Bryan's confidence, he didn't loso any money bet ting on the electron. The Sultan Is to be permitted to Inspect the Kentucky. He will be a sadder and a wiser man when he has done so. Lieutenant-Colonel Russell Harrison. Is to be dropped from the Army. General Miles recommended that he remain. People who have money laid up for rainy days cannot complain of lack of opportunity to spend it here in Oregon. A New Tork heiress has refused to cross the ocean to marry a German bar on. This does not seem to be even a baron victory. There Is considerable discussion as to the name of the new defender of tiro Amerlca'3 cup, but the name of the chal lenger Is settled. It is Dennis. This affair with the Sultan gives tho correspondents a chance to the rare and curious word "irade" oft the shelf, dust it and display It to the admiring public Tho first Indans ever admitted as pub lic school pupils In New Tork City are two who entered last week. They are Beulah and Bessie Dark Cloud. Beulah Is 16 years old, and has attended school lp Montreal. Bessie, the typical Indian child of the Sierras, restTess, quick and gracious, entered the kindergarten grade. Dark Cloud, the father of the children, has been a model for prominent artists, including Remington and Deming. Tho mother, a woman ot much beauty, is a full-blood Abenekl, and her husband Is of the same tribe, and a well-educated In dian, who, during the Summer, "lectures" for medicine companies. Mayor Rowe was present at the foot ball game on Thanksgiving day. It was the first game of the kind he had ever seen pjayed. When asked what he thought of It he expressed great admiration for the vigor and energy displayed, and the fearless and reckless manner In which thp players threw one another Into the big mud puddle In the center of the field, and the evident enjoyment with which they rolled around In the mud. He said he was "once In the pork packing busi ness, but had to sell out on account of the difficulty In finding men who could and would tackle hogs and hold them to be stuck. He says that If he could en gage the services of some of the men he saw playing football he would go Into the packing business again, for he knows that no hog could withstand being tackled by them, and a muddy corral would be just the kind of arena In which they could best display their talents and strength. When merchants announce that they will present several thousand copies of a piece of popular sheet music or several thousand dolls to persons visiting their stores, crowds of women throng these stores to secure these articles, and many men make cutting remar&s about the eagerness of the women to get something for nothing. It has now been demon strated that the men are just as eager to take advantage ot a free distribution, of things as the women are. A well-known liquor dealer advertised that he would give away pint bottles of wine as samples of his goods yesterday. He had some 1500 bottles prepared and stamped, but hardly imagined that he would have call ers for more than 1000 of them. His place was thronged earjy yesterday morning, and although he rejected applications from hundreds of hobos, he had passed out 2100 bottles of the wine before 10:30 o'clock. It was then necessary to call a halt In order to get more bottles ready, and several hundred more were put up. Until the supply of revenue stamps on hand was exhausted. The fresh supply of bottles was disposed of In short order, and from the number of -visitors who kept pouring in it was evident that many hundreds of bottles more could have been gotten rid of if more stamps could have been obtained. It may ba remarked that there was not a woman among the ap plicants. Of course, the men will say that a bottlo of wine was something bet ter worth golng.after than music or dolls, but this cuts no figure in the case. PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHERS Eady (engaging a new cook) n you sure you don't keep company with a policeman? "Tes, I do, ma'am; but he's a very small eater." Tlt-Blts. Clara Evidently Mr. Bweetser Is .end over heels In love with yon. Edltti. Edith Non sense! Clara Oh, but It's a fact. He actually said he delighted to hear you stngr Boston Transcript. At the Clothes-Horse Show. Her Best Friend I suppose May will have a row with tho Judges If she doesn't get a prize. Her Nezt Best Wo; she'll havq It with her tailor. She says she left It all to him. Puck. As She Remembered Him. Mr. Skimmer horn (a3 the participants In the debate became personal) I was a thundering1 fool when I asked yon to marry me I Mrs. Sklromerhorn Well, you looked it. dear. Chicago Tribune. Unsympathetic ?Tou haven't much sym pathy for the request rrom your employes for shorter hours?" "Not much." answered Mr. Cumrox. "It goes to show that men don't know when they ara well off. If they had been Invited around to rousjcales. and dragged through Europe by Mrs. C and the girls, like I have, may be they'd appreciate the privilege of staying n a nice, comfortable, business like office, nine or ten hours a day."-Wa3h-lngton Star, j Jfovembpr Picture. James Berry BenseL Dry leaves across the roadway blown. And cornstalks In the brown fields strewn; A few dull yellow blooms that stand As sentinels at either band, And barren sticks of sedgy broom. Where two or three late locusts boom. Chill winds sweep down the mountain wa The skies are leaden-like and gray; A squirrel on ap old stone wall Takes easy cognizance of all; The vane upon -a distant tower Twists, turns a hundred ways an hour; And on the beach tha waves roll In -With sulen roar and stubborn din. The dead vine rattles and the breeze Goes moaning through tho swaying tress. A stiff blast steadies yonder vane. And from the east the driving- rain Comes dashing- on the window pane. November. William Cullen Bryant. Tet one smile more, departing, distant sun. One mellow smile through the soft, vapory air. Ere, o'er the frozen earth, the leud winds run. Or snows are sifted o'er the meadows bare. One smile on the brown hills and naked trees, And the dark rocks whose Summer wreaths are cast. And the blue sentlaa flower, that, la Jha breeze Nods lonely, of her beauteous race tho last. Tet a few sunny days. In which the bee Shall murmur by the hedge that skirts tha way. The crlckst upon the russet lea. And man delights to linger In the rsjr. Tet one rich smile, and we will try to beae The piercing Winter frost, and winds, ana darkened air.