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3?HE MORNIKG- OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1900. its rganxcm. Entered at the Postofflee at Portland, Oregon, as second-class matter. TELEPHONES. Editorial Booms ICC i Business Office.. .6C7 BEVZSED SUBSCRIPTION KATES. By Mall (postage prepaid), In Advance Daily, -with Sunday, per moitfb S S5 Dally, Sunday excepted, per year SO Dal.y, with Sunday, per ear D 00 Sunday, per ear 2 00 The Weekly, per year 1 50 The, "Weekly, 3 months 30 To City Subscribers Dally, per week. del ored, Sundays excepted.l5e Dally, per week, delivered, Sundas lncluded.20e POSTAGE RATES. United States, Canada and Mexico: 10 to IC-page paper.... lc IS to 22-page paper .........2c Foreign rates double. News or discussion intended for publication In The Oregonian should be addressed invaria bly "Editor The Oregonian." not to the name of any individual. Letters relating to advertis ing, subscriptions or to any business matter should be addressed simply "The Ortgon'an " The Oregonian dors not buy poems or stories from Individuals, and cannot undertake to re turn any manuscripts sent to it without solici tation. No stamps should be inclosed for this purpose. Pugt Sound Bureau Captain A. Thompson, office at 1111 Pacific a enue, Tacoma. Box 055, Tacoma Postofflee. Eastern Business Office The Tribune build ing, New Tork City: "The Rookery." Chicago; the S. C Bockwlth special agency, New Tork. For sale in San TranclFco by J. K. Cooper, 743 Market street, near the Palace Hotel; Gold smith Bros.. '2M Sutter street; F. W. Pitts. 1008 Market street; Foster & Orear, Ferry News stand. For sale in Los Angeles by IJ. F. Gardner, 259 So. Spring street, and OlHer &. Haines, 100 So Spring street. For sale In Chicago by the P. O. News Co., 217 Dearborn street. Fcr sale In Omaha by II. C Shears, 105 X. Sixteenth street, and Barkalow Bros., 1812 Farnam street. For sale in Salt Lake by the Salt Lake News Co . 77 W. Second South -treet. For sal in New Orleans by Ernest & Co , 115 Royal street. On file jn "Washington. D. C. with A. W. Dunn. COO 14 th N. IV. Tor sale In Denver. Colo., by Hamilton & Kendrlck, 000-912 Seventh street. TODAY'S WEATHER Partly cloudy, with occasional rain; probably folloned by fair dur ing afternoon, utterly winds. PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 5 The Fifty-sixth Congress doesi not commend itself to the sober judgment of the country In Its frantic efforts to put the subsidy bill In advance of needed legislation. " This action Is a blot on an otherwise commendable pro gramme of expedition. Committee meetings prior to opening of the ses sion have put a number of meritorious measures in an advanced stage toward enactment, so that the outlook promises unusually well for a short session. But the passion for the subsidy tends to be smirch this good record, not only with the suspicion of jobbery, but with the manifest ascendency p partisan poll tics. All the pretenses "hitherto main tained for this subsidy scheme have failed In the eye of the discerning. Os tensible parallels with European meth ods are shown to be false. The ship yards do not need a subsidy, they are crowded with -orders. The shipowners do not need it they are making for tunes as It is. Europe buys ships here cheaper than at home. Our excellence with river and, lake construction and with war&hlps demonstrates the folly of the pretense that we cannot com pete with the foreigner. Armor-plate, Iron and steel, wood and coal, we get cheaper than Europe gets them. In vestigation has shown that no part of the money proposed to be taken from the Treasury will accrue in the most indirect manner to the producers of our exportable products. The only excuse is the political Idea to enact the sub sidy and then claim credit for the. re vival in shipping already under way. It is a very shallow trick, which will deceive no one. The very first thing the party offers upon its return to power Is a stpp that will put It on the defensive in 1902 and 1904. The sub sidy to rich shipbuilders and shipown ers belongs to a class of legislation not now in favor with the people and cer tain to be in greater disfavor as tlm goes on. One of the hard crosses the Republican party will have to carry In 1904 Is the charge that It stands for special privileges to favored classes. Apparently, its leaders are Impatient to make the evidence of its guilt as con spicuous and unimpeachable as possi ble. "We invite the attention of the St. Louis Republic and such papers as have jjlned In protest against what The Orcgonlan said about the antag onism of Missouri's vote and the St. Louis exposition, to the fact that they 'have perverted The Oregonlan's posi tion In the matter and reproduced only isolated extracts that gave an unfair Impression of what The Oregonian said. "We undertook to say that a logical application of Missouri's vote, and a strict -verdict xf justice, would estop her from asking for aid for a celebra tion in honor of the Louisiana purchase. The answer made to this is that it is partisanship run mad. The answer is not enough. Let the St. Louis Repub lic show, if it can, that Missouri 'has the right to expect prosperity when she votes for the silver basis; that she has the right to expect peace and order when she supports the Kansas City platform's demand for free riot; thai she has the right to celebrate the Lou isiana purchase when she denounces expansion without the "consent of the governed." Missouri votes for free sil ver, but she knows that free silver would ruin her business and her expo sition. She calls upon us to rejoice in the expansion that took her Into the Union, but she denounces as criminal aggression the same kind of expansion that takes the Philippine Islands Into the Union. She will expect the Presi dent and the Army to preserve peace if she has a riot like that of Chicago in 1894, and yet she denounces President Cleveland's act in that year as "gov ernment by Injunction." The question is whether this can be defended as consistent The Oregonian Is In favor of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. It has noticed it favorably many times, it expects to notice it favorably again. But It will do this In full apprehension of the fact that Missouri has done all she cari in a political way to make her exposition impossible. Has she done this, or not? Numbers of people have worked and prayed for the Nicaragua Canal so long that they are tired and are fain to seek rest and recreation by coming out against it Other numbers in the Pa cific States are coming out against it " the result of exertions directly or Indirectly made by the transcontinental railroads. This leaves a few who must be regarded as '.sincere in their newly developed opposition to this dream of 400 years. The idea is now put forth in the Northern Pacific City of Tacoma, and sanctioned by the Chamber of Commerce there, that the Nicaragua Canal must be fought because it would injure the Pacific Coast more than it would help. The fear is expressed that our manufactures would suffer, inas much as the canal will put the Atlan tic Coast in a position to supply the Orient with products we should other wise make here and ship directly across the ocean. "We have no doubt that rail road influence is back of this agitation. Tet on its merits the objection will not stand. If we can't compete here In di rect access to Asiatic markets against the long haul through the Nicaragua Canal, we deserve to be beaten. It has always been known that the canal will shorten the sail from New York to Hong Kong; but this benefit to the At lantic Coast does not interfere with our own benefits in quicker access to Europe and our Eastern. markets for lumber, wool, salmon, etc It has been all but demonstrated that the canal would be such a boon to this Coast that the resultant boom would send the country forward by leaps and bounds, and help the transcontinental railroads more than. It would Injure them. These things, moreover, are really aside from the question. Every rail road has been built over the protest of some farmer whose land It crossed; and the Nicaragua Canal Is a project of such world-wide importance that it Is not going to be stopped by some dis gruntled private interest. The world of commerce has looked forward to this great enterprise with settled determi nation ever since the early navigators proved the isthmus to be continuous. Its justification is greater and its need more imperative than that of the Suez Canal, and as it will lay tribute upon the commerce of all mankind, so all mankind is Interested In Its construc tion. By pretending we were going to do the work ourselves, we have so for prevented others from building It; but his Is a dog-in-the-manger course of action that cannot much longer he pursued. The Panama Canal is going forward. American railroads cannot stop that. If we do n6t soon Inaugu rate the Nicaragua enterprise, 1 will be undertaken by private enterprise under the sanction of Costa Rica and Nicaragua, with consent wrung per force from Great Britain and the United States. It Is too late in the day for Tacoma to begin agitating against the Nicaragua Canal. It might as well tackle the gold standard. THE MAKERS OP OREGON. The story told In yesterday's issue of the growth of The Oregonian from its birth in 1850 until its present stalwart maturity was very interesting because it included a vivid picture of Oregon and Portland of that day, painted by men who helped make the history whose record they have written. The story reads like a romance when we re member that it Includes but fifty years of life of a community that In 1850 had but 600 Inhabitants and today has 100, 000, and further remember that Port land has had transcontinental commu nication with the Atlantic seaboard and Middle West only thirty years and was not in telegraphic communication with San Francisco arid the East un til 1864. Oregon may be said to have been an isolated civilization until 1870; and the history of The Oregonlan's struggle and success Is the history of the struggle and success 6t Portland. The thought that naturally comes to the reader, who -was not an Oregon pioneer, is one of admiration for the energy and enterprise of the men who peopled Oregon from 1640 to 1860. The frantic flight to California can be un derstood, for the gold fever prevailed from 1848 to 1855, but the Journey to Oregon was not only difficult, but dan gerous. The intelligent men who came to Oregon and Portland in the late '40s and early 50s by overland Journey from the Middle West must harve been men of deliberate, serious purpose to do their level best by honest hard work and grow up with the country. It was not the gambler's passion of a fever ish goldseeker. It was not a passion for wild life In a new country. It was the inception of honest, intelligent, pur poseful men, who were willing to make their upward way by the old-fashioned methods of industry, economy, sobriety and hard work. They were willing to grow -up with the country and take their chance, determined not to lose their chance by any personal lack of vigilance and devotion to business. The singular thing is that so many men of this admirable cast of mind and body should have selected Oregon as their home at that early day. From 1850 to 1855 ihere were plenty of inviting opportunities In the great states of the Middle West. Chicago had cot yet won its supremacy as the great city of the West, while Minne apolis and St. Paul were mere villages. There was ample attraction for men of purpose to settle In the great states ol the Middle West, and since this was so, why did men of mechanical skill, of professional learning, prefer to cros3 the continent by a difficult, slow and dangerous Journey and settle in Ore gon? It was not ignorance; it was not adventure; it was not a passion for a new country, with Its plenitude of "big game," for the men who made The Ore gonian and who made Portland were not men of this type. They were men of Intelligence, of aptitude in their call ings, men of economy, sobriety, energy and purposeful Industry, and yet these men took a long and difficult Journey to reach a "promised land," which to the cold eye of business did not look more promising than the land they left behind them. It Is possible that it was the report of the climate; the perennial verdure, the majestic mountain peaks, the short, mild Winter, the long, cool Summer, but It is not probable, for men of business purpose and quality do not consider climate and scenery and wild game as matters of any consequence when they pick out their future empire and survey their future home. Whatever the explanation may be, it is certain that the early population of Oregon from 1S50 to I860 was of most excellent quality. It founded a state and a mother of, states. Of course, there -was a certain ultimate overflow from California of men who, arriving in California too late to be In the first "swim," following the gold excitement, finally worked their way to Oregon, but these were comparatively few. The bulk of the brains and bodily energy that made Portland and Oregon came here deliberately and planted so deeply that they were certain to take root and bear fruit. In contrast -with the rapid growth of Oregon, or at least its rapid growth in enterprise of spirit, compared with the old states.of the Atlantic sea board, it Is worth while to note the fact that when The Oregonian was first is sued. In 1850, w.hen Oregon had but 13, 000 people, the State of Vermont, admit ted fn 1791, had In 1S50, with 314.000 peo ple, no dally paper, and did not have a better daily in 1861 than Oregon had at that time with only 53,000 people. These historical reminiscences will form the best material for the full so cial and political history of the state. The history of the growth of The Ore gonian is the history of the growth of the State of Oregon and Portland. Its fifty years of life have Included the most inspiring and eventful period of our Nation's history. The Oregonian began in December, 1850, on tho heels of the great compromise measures of 1850. It covered the Kansas-Nebraska struggle, the Civil War and reconstruc tion, the fight over free silver, the de bate over imperialism. Its fifty years are those of the greatest possible dis tinction in the life of the Nation. Within this period The Oregonian has done its work and won its way, and is neither afraid nor ashamed to look back on its performance. UPON A SETTLED BASIS. Mining excitement is dylnff away, leaving the gold mines of Alaska to stand upon their own merits. All es timates agree that, upon this basis, th'ey will make an excellent showing in the course of a few years. The whoop and hurrah have died away. Men who trod each other's heels in the frantic en deavor to be first at Klondike or Atlln, Cook Inlet or Nome, have dropped out of the ranks of goldseekers discomfited, or have rushed off In another direction in the pursuit of a vain hope the hope to find a place where riches can be had for the taking. Remaining upon the ground, or coming south to spend the Winter with the purpose of return ing In the Spring, are those who went thither with a definite purpose in view and who worked intelligently toward Its fulfillment. Alaska Is a land of gold. That is to say, gold abounds in Its mountains, along its river beds and in Its beach sands. Of that there Is no question. The belief that it can be gathered by a barehanded multitude each man to the extent of his wildest desires has asmuch foundation in fact today as it bad when the stampede ofi 1897" began. The fiction of "the poor man's opportunity" a most absurd ore when located within the Arctic circle has been dispelled by cold reality. In Its place there is the reason able prospect that men who have means to open and work these frozen gold fields, with plenty of en ergy and endurance to back It, and who are willing to devote two, threeor five years to the work, will be fully re warded for their persistent endeavor. The rush to the Klondike and the stampede to Nome have become matters of history. Each furnished a chapter to the record of mining excitement that was unique in its way. In a sense each chapter represented a tragedy, the elements of which were failure, disap pointment, suffering and death. It is well that they are closed, so far as new incidents go. The details of the story as outlined in this record will never be told. In the very nature of things, they cannot he, since the 11ns that could best voice them are dumb. But gold mining in Alaska, of which the Winter rush to the Klondike and the Spring exodus to Nome were excit ing preludes, will go on and on, the out put of gold increasing: as the years go by. Such a statement as this tempts no man to abandon his workshop or leave his plow in the furrow in order that he may go to Alaska in search of gold. It does not attract the floating popu lation or excite the cupidity of the un reasoning mercenary. But to the prac tical mining man, the enterprising busi ness man, it appeals as a fact of which he will take advantage to his profit. HIDDEN FOES. TO HUMAX'LIFE. Professor Koch, the great bacteriolo gist. In pursuit of his science, Is con stantly adding to the already long list of classified germs that menace, under mine and prey upon human life. It seems. Indeed, that he and his fellbw scientists are on the verge of the dis covery of a conspiracy that pervades all nature, the fell purpose of which Is to wipe man off the face of the earth. The latest link In the chain of evidence that supports a belief IrKthis diabolical scheme Is traced In the announcement cf Professor Koch that the gnat, that Infinitesimal little pest which hereto fore has been foUght off merely as a passing annoyance. Is a potent factor In this business. He tells us that gnat bites Introduce Into the human blood disease-breeding germs that develop there and await occasion to breed sick ness and produce death. The insignifi cance of this newly discovered enemy xs really an insignia of his power, since he is deemed unworthy of attention, be yond a casual or Impatient slap of the hand. But recently, It will be remembered, the busy bacteriologist discovered and declared the baleful power of the mos quito in disseminating malaria; the equally baleful efficiency of the omni present housefly, in carrying contagion of many kinds, and the part that cats, poodles and other domestic pets play in the conspiracy against man. Indeed, the list might be enlarged to take in a multitude of animals great and small, almost all of which, In one way or an other, is a promoter of sickness and death. Not only is this true as regards the animal kingdom, but even in the vegetable world the enemies of man lurk, ready to work his extinction. New dangers are being constantly discov ered that array luscious fruits, succu lent vegetables and even the perfume of flowers as the enemies of human life. Armed only with the belief rn the survival of the fittest, man goes forth alone to do battle against his pro claimed enemies in nature, and is deemed successful In his endeavor if he can but manage to elude the forces organized to prey upon him for three score of a possible four-score years. Supplementing this ghastly array of alleged dangers from the environment of all created things comes the consol ing reflection that, since man got al6ng as well before the scientists made these discoveries as he does now that 'the secrets of the enmity of nature are laid bare, perhaps it would be as well for him to take counsel of and rely upon his common sense for protection, leaving scientists to enjoy themselves In their quest for hidden foes" to human life. If to live means to wage unremit tinir warfare against practically all other created things, one might be jus tified In deciding that the game is not worth the candle. Contemporaneous with the recent ap pearance of ex-Senator John L. Wilson at Washington City his name was "mentioned" for a Cabinet position as a reward for his potent fidelity to the Republican cause, leading to the o'vjer whelmlng McKinley victory in Wash ington. Mr. Wilson In the Cabinet would be a spectacle calculated to de light his large and admiring constitu ency in his own state. Why did Wash ington go Republican, if it wasn't to give Wilson a leg-up into some rich snap? Apropos of this same matter the wholesale esteem In which Mr. Wilson is held will be much enhanced when the state which he carries In his pocket for delivery when needed to Hanna and McKinley reads his convincing expla nation of the causes for Mr. Frlnk's de feat. He is quoted as saying, in an In terview in the Washington Post: "Washington Is permanently in the Repub lican column. "We kniw before the election that the Democratic claims there were abso lutely childish, and that nothing could preent a bir McKinley majority. Our candidate lor Governor, to be sure, was defeated, buf that was due tb several peculiar causes. Mr. Frlnk had served a number of years in the Legisla ture, and the farmers believed that he wa against them In the agitation for lower rail road rates. The brewers were likewise opposed to him because of supposed antagonism to some of their Interests. And then some people thought ho was allied with ex-Governor Mc Graw, all of which detracted from bis strength with the people at the polls. This Is really exquisite. Now let us hear from McGraw. The remarkable advance in Standard Oil stock will, It may be supposed, In vite new attention to the necessity of doing something with the monopolies. No one has a right to complain If an Individual or a corporation gets rich by legitimate Industry and superior intelli gence, and sound economy in business methods. Every one may complain when success of this kind Is achieved by the procurement of favors In legis lation, undue advantage In discrimina tive freight tariffs, the exclusive con trol of natural supplies, and the crush ing out of competition by Improper methods. The time must come when the people will attend to the trusts; and the Standard Oil Company seems to be hastening on that time. The fine art of delay will again be practiced by the Senate towards the Nicaragua Canal bill. Here Is a meas ure that almost the whole country fa vors, and few oppose. Yet by indirec tion, procrastination and legislative ob struction of various kinds in Congress the bill has been put off from session to session and from year to year, until at times the long fight seems all but hopeless. The ship subsidy bill, which takes money out of the pocket of the producer and puts it in the pocket of the shipowner, has the right of way in the Senate. The Nicaragua bill, which embodies a project to keep money in the pocket of the producer, and add something to It, Is to be sidetracked. We observe that a Seattle contempo rary continues to complain that more of the County of Kins had not been an nexed, so as to make Seattle as large as Portland. Since the annexation of Alaska for census purposes failed to do all that was expected, and the ex pansion at the town.lhroughout the ad jacent country see'ms to be impractica ble, why not try the unusual device of getting more population in Seattle? Rural mall delivery is causing con cern to the merchants of country towns. Farmers do not need td go t6 the post office every day or so, as before, and consequently their purchases are less ened. When the system was introduced nobody could say too much in Its favor, but already enough of the salve has been used to show the fly In It. We have not yet at hand the full official retnrns from all the states, but we know that McKInley's popular vote exceeds by about 200.Q0O his plurality in 1896. This Is quite a good showing for McKinley, and a better one for the country. The Portland gateway Is open and always will be open for those yho want to pay the difference between rail and water charges. Nobody yet has heard that the gate way is closed except a Yakima correspondent In yesterday's paper. We have another reason for thanks giving. Bryan won't write a letter to Congress. How long it would take us to read one from him when McKInley's Is a week in length we shall have to leave to expert mathematicians. The notoriety that Papa Zimmer man's daughter is getting, of course outweighs both Duke and duchy. It serves her better even than the 'stage could do. Among other penalties Imposed on the country by New York's tolerance of Tammany is Sulzer. MODERN FATALITY OF WAR, Science Hns Lessened Its Dangers, Not Increased Them. Kansas City Star. Surgeon-General Sternberg has issued a statement containing some interesting facts on the comparative fatality of gunshot wounds in the Civil War and in the recent fighting in Cuba and the Phil ippines. Of the 4919 men injured by bul lets last year and the year before, 5S6 were killed. This was a ratio of one killed for every 7.4 wounded. In the Civil War. on both sides, 11.2SS were re ported killed to 507,911 wounded. The ratio was only a little more than half as large as at present. Furthermore, of the wounded who came under the care of surgeons, In the Civil War. 14.3 per cent died; in the recent fighting only 6 per cent of the wonnds proved fatal. There are two reasons tor the lessened mortality. The old-fashioned rifle bullet was much larger than the one now In use, and the science of surgery has developed greatly. The Civil War was fought with Springfield rifles, with a caliber of .5S-lnch. The diameter of the Krag-Jorgensen is only a trifle more than half as large. The Springfield bullet Inflicted a much larger and more jagged wound than the Krag, which often leaves hardly a trace of its path. But the Improvement in surgical methods must receive Its due credit. Am putation is far rarer than formerly, and the aseptic treatment o: wounds has worked a revolution. For example, dur ing the Civil War nearly half of the cases of fracture of the thigh bone were treated at once by amputation of the leg. In only 7 per cent of such cases during the last tvro years has the loss of the leg been "found necessary. It Was once the fashion to predict that the progress of science and invention would do away with war. Weapons and explosives would become so effective, it was thousht.. that no nation would dare subject its armies to certain annihila tion. At present there is nothing to jus tify such a belief. Human Ingenuity has proved as effective for defense as for attack. The long-range magazine rifles and the machine guns prove no more deadly than the old muzzle-loaders and clumsy cannon of the Napoleonic wars. Strategists met the new weapons by simply changing the formation of their "forces. A modern army no lonjrer at tacks In mass formation. There are no more thrilling cavalry charges, and thick smoke no longer hangs over the Held. Now tho line of battle is extended for miles. The soldier creeps over the ground almost alone. A spectator would hardly know that anything out of the ordinary was going on. The modern methods are less deadly than the old. Contrary to prophecy, progress In science so far has lessened the dangers of war. DRYAN LOSSES IN THE SOUTH. Nearly n. Quarter of a Million Less Voted Thnn In 1800. Chicago Times-Herald. That the South has fallen away won derfully from Bryan and Bryanlsm is proved conclusively by the returns on the popular vote which the Record has secured. We select the Southern States from the full table, using the compari son for the years 1896 and 1900, as fol lows: Popular voto, 1900. Popular vote. 1S96. STATES. Alabama Arkansas Delaware Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Mississippi Missouri North Carollra.. South Carolina . Tennessee Texas Virginia West Virginia... 94.G41; 81.142 131.236 110,103 13,556 28,007 81.700 13.434 32,73rt 94.232 2SS.0S9 217.S90 49.592 K.lliJ 122.23S 104.735 51,314 63.SS0 314. 138, 231.913 301, 1363.657 ,222jl74.4SS ,2S1 53.795 .773J16S,376 3. 110. 47,232 125.288 155,OMteGO.0OdlS7, lit, 119, is,in 3GS 154.703 SS.67i ,368 94,480 Party estimates. It will be observed that, of the 16 states, only four Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland and West Virginia give an in creased vote for Bryan, and that these four are the Independent ones which broke awav from the 'T)fTrin(rnMr rnlnmn four years ago. In spite of the gains for -Bryan, nowever. Delaware, Maryland and West Virginia show Republican plu ralities again, the last named a largely Increased one, and, though Kentucky Is lost to McKinley, his vote has Increased there by nearly 10.000. If there is any in dication of a Democratic rally in the fig ures, it must be treated, not as a pecu liar Southern phenomenon, but like the decrease of the great McKinley plurali ties in some of the Northern States, where many Democrats who had deserted In 1S95 seized an opportunity to get back within the old party lines. The truly marvelous exhibition Is that which is mndfi by the remaining 12 states. Though they have Increased In popula tion, some of them rapidly, and though their electoral vote3 will be cast for Bryan the popular vote for him has de creased In every Instance, the loss from 1SS6 to 1S00 being as follows: Alabama SC.595 Arkansas 28,951 Florida 4,729 Georgia 12,532 Louisiana 27,583 Mississippi .. 12.566 North Carolina. 16.736 South Carolina. 11 KAff Tennessee 43,'OSS iexas no, 434 Virginia 8,532 Missouri 11.754 Total 225,076 In some of tho states there was a hejivy shrinkage of Bryan pluralities, the Republicans- holding .their own or gain ing, while in others an Important feat ure of the last election was the extraor dinary diminution in the total vote. .This Is particularly noticeable not only In North Carolina, the state of the dis franchised negro; but even to a greater degree in Tennessee and Texas. Texas, whose population has Increased more than 36 per cent during the decade, cast only 415,000 vojgg. this Fall, as against 537,954 four years ago. In Tennessee the figures are: 1900, 236,103; 1SS6. 317.149. In both states, however, the Democrats were the larger losers, while in Texas their loss was more than half the tremendous plurality of 1896. It Is an Inevitable, conclusion that the South, which had so much to- do with forcing free sliver on the Democratic convention of 1S96, is now sick of sil ver, and that It Is not favorably affect ed by the appeal against imperialism. Tn no section not even on the Pacific Coast do the merchants and public men expect more from the recent additions to our territory, and there Is no doubt that If the race question were out of politics the solid South would disinte grate gradually, while under the inspi ration of new Issues it might even come together again as a unit for expansion. m , The Philadelphia Address. Brooklyn Eagle. The address has that seriousness, breadth, personal repression and candid acknowledgment and declaration which command not only assent but approval, not only respectqbut confidence. Mr. Mc Kinley has greatly enlarged his charac ter and wisdom, or the measurement of him by thoughtful men has been en larged, aB the reception, of this speech proves. Thdse who have resented the minor estimate of his statesmanship and patriotism, tn which many indulged who reluctantly supported him and took credit to themselves for doing so, are sufflclently vlndicated and can willingly leave the latter to the educational and uplifting Influence of this address. Tho speech is more than a pledge to the country. It Is a notice to the present Congress and to the Congress-elect. It announces the scope and the limit of legislation. In it speaks not only the Executive, a mas ter politician, but one whose assent Is required to all laws to be passed and whose dissent to bills, sent to him for his consideration, equals a two-thirds vote of both houses. The deterior ation -of other second terms will be avoid ed, if a man who has been slow to make and sure to keep pledges adheres to that habit for the next four years. The Re publican party has heard from the Re publican President. He regards his re election as more a National than a party act and his obligations as more a moral and National than as a partisan bond. Whether as an acknowledgment or as an Interpretation or as a notice or as a promise, the speech Is of the highest pos sible value. Hoke Smith's Ambition. Philadelphia Inquirer. It Is pleasant to read that the Hon. Hoke SImth has again come to life and is to be found in business at the old At lanta stand. It is also pleasant to be told that the Hon. Hoke is thor oughly In favor of reorganizing the Dem pcratc party upon the "old lines." To be exact, there Is not much Democratic party left to reorganize; but If enough of It can be found to again whip It into shape, the "old lines" might run Mr. Smith back to a Cabinet Job, and that, possibly. Is what he has in mind. Brooklyn's Water Supply. Philadelphia Ledger. The question involved in the dispute over the water supply of Brooklyn Is one which has disturbed other communities, especially In districts dependent upon ir rigation, and Is one that must be set tled by supreme authority, before very long, because it Is growing more urgent every year. In the Brooklyn case the water supply of the city is obtained largely from wells, and these wells drain private property to its detriment. A de cision has been rendered by the State Court of Appeals, that the city must stop using these wells; but this will deprive the community of a large part of its water supply, and what shall be done, not only to prevent the suffering of the people from a water famine, but also to prevent the outbreak of an epidemic, which is always to be anticipated from the conditions thus Induced? The ques tion of the greatest good to the greatest number is involved, and needs to be set tled quickly and finally. WISDOM OF ATHLETICS. Useful la Their Place, They Are a Bad Lot "When Overdone. Chicago Journal. With the end of the football season, which cornea with Thanksgiving day. will disappear the spirit of criticism that has lately arisen upon the practice of athletics In American colleges. Football, the most violent, as well as the most popular, of all field gomes, has awakened more protest than the rest combined. It Will always have enemies, because of the serious, sometimes fatal, accidents to which It leads, but it will preserve Its popularity, because of the opportunities Represents for the display of strength and courage. It is a game that appeals to the animal in mankind. That alone is suf ficient reason why It will remain an es tablished institution of the times. Football shelved, therefore, for another year, the learned treatises in the medical journals upon the follies of overtraining may also fly into desuetude. Is it too much to hope? There Is nothing that amUses a healthy amateur athlete, one Bound In wind and etout of limb, quite so much as an Intimation from a sapient medical source that he Is endangering his life by the exercise of the strength that Is his joy and pride. He is told, pos sibly, that the race, the steeplechase, the hurling of the heavy weights, ate imperil ing the action of his heart. The warning comes, like as not. from a pasty-faced savant whom the strong youth could bend across his knee and break in two if he chose. That is very likely one of the reasons why it Is so generally disregarded. Athletics, like any other good thing, may be overdone. If made a passion, In stead of a pastime, they may prove detri mental. A youth who makes the devel opment of his body a life-study, to the sacrifice of his mental growth, is not popular in college or elsewhere; for the chances are he will develop into a pro fessional. There is, nevertheless, no braver ambition of youth than to possess a clean, strong body to excel In the healthy, ardent sports of men. You never saw a sound, strong boy, able to box, fence, race, and play football, who was dishonest. You never knew a straight limbed steeplechaser, straining .to his last ounce of courage for the honor of his col lege and class, who lied or cheated or stole. Athletics breed sincerity. For that reason, If for no other, the clean cut fellows who practice them can afford to take the risks. In the Olympian games of old there was no talk of shattered constitutions, of hazarded failure of heart. The win ner of the wreath would not have cared, anyway, if his heart had stopped beating the moment after he had been crowned with the trophy. Men were created to strive, wrestle, to show square fight in a square cause. Field sports make a fine beginning of life's battle. Indulged in with discretion, they are half a boy's edu tatlon. Weak hearts are made by fear, not by effort. Hear the old fellows cheer the young ones In the arena and believe It. That Is why the croakers who depre cate athletics will never have a respect ful audience. That Is why the strenuous games of tho track and gridiron will flour ish. That Is why beauty, sympathetic and a-flutter, will ever pay tribute of sigh and adoration to the noble bruises of brawn, Tho wisdom of athletics lies in the athlete's knowledge of his own limit of endurance. Most have the knowledge and few abuse It. Popular Vote for President. Chicago Record. While it is not possible &t this time to give the exact official totals on the pop ular vote for President at the recent elec tion, it is believed that the vote as shown by the completed official returns will vary but a few thousands at -most from the totals given in the following: table: Popular vote. 1900. Popular vote, 1S96. STATES. Alabafna , Arkansas , California , Colorado Connecticut ..... Delaware , Florida Georgia ....'....., Idaho Illinois , Indiana Iowa , Kansas i.. Kentucky Louisiana , Maine Maryland , Massachusetts .. Michigan Minnesota , Mississippi Missouri , Montana Nebraska , Nevada , New Hampshire, New Jersey ..... New York North Carolina., North Dakota ., Ohio , Oregon , Pennsylvania ... Rhode Island .. South Carolina , 53,582 94.641 64.737 131,226 110,103 44.70W S1.142 37,5ia 17,500 13,600 146,170143,373 92,834 122,405 26.271 161.063 103.572 74.10V 1S.SS6 110.2S5 16,804 56,740 13,424 32,736 94,232 23,192 465,613 305,753 223,741 172,854 22.45 7,499 35,035 27.247 28.077 81,700 29.417 11.283 60,091 6.324 597.9G5 501,9751 607,130 S3S.063 307,818 3OT.5M 323,754 289,293 159,349 209,466 187.8S1 227.132 162.038 235.0891 218,171,217,890 12,358i 49.592 Z3.Un 77,175 80.465 34.6S8 48. 671 40.316 136.1S51 239.495 122.23S 13G.9S9il04.735 156.5071 230,000 111,403 278,9761 105,711 334.000 2H.OS2 236.714 183.915 193;501I139.626 6,o7tt 01,314 351.913 5,130 63.8S0 314,093 301,940 363.667 24.750 38,500 114,013 6.347 10,494 42,537 121.3SS 103.054015,999 3,849 1.938 8.377 54.7 35,489 57,444 21.650 221.707 164.S0S221,367i 133.675 &a,310 676.167 819.83S 551,396 133.0S1 174.4SS S.56 20,5001 26.335J 474,882 o25,991 2O.0S6 534.915 477,497 45.526 33.3S5 45,779 46.662 712,556 424,232 19,812 47.232 723.300 j 433,228 33,754 3.521 36,4371 14.459 S.2S1 68,798 41.225 South Dakota.... 66,000 35,0001 4L042 Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington .. West Virginia, Wisconsin Wyoming 110.81' 1Z.ZSS 148.773 168,376 155,000 260.0001 44-.900 167,52q3;0,434 47,100 13,491 51.127 64,607 10.637 42.568 12.S49, 117.151146,177 67.300 44.7571 135,368 39,153 105.368 154.709 51.646 94.480 165,523 10,655 119,708 98,667 265,293 159.2S1 268.135 14,5661 10.4S5 10.0731 Party estimates. Total popular vole, 1900 McKinley 7.238,514 ryan 6,360,795 McKInley's plurality , Total popular vote 1S96 McKinley ." Bryan . 877,718 .7,107,304 .6,533,030 McKInley's plurality 574,224 The vote cast for Presidential candi dates of three of the minor parties in those states where the official count has been made Is shown In the following table: ,, , Woolley. Barker. Debs. Alabama 2,610 Arkansas ...: 684 991 329 Connecticut 1,617 L957 Delaware 537 57 lorida 2,299 603 1,090 vjcuifciu. i(3S1 4,64 Illinois iKs j 9672 Indiana 13,718 1,433 2,374 Iowa 9,503 613 259 Kansas 9,700 1,500 3,500 Maryland 4,574 L292 Massachusetts 4,462 316 7,901 Michigan g,O0O 2,000 5,000 Mississippi i,$44 Missouri 5,963 4,244 6,123 Nebraska 3.6SS 1,108 S20 New Hampshire L271 790 New Jersey 7.1S3 669 4,609 North Carolina 91 830 North Dakota 6S5 Ohio 30,491 251 4,835 Oregon 2,636 275 1.494 Pennsylvania 27.S0S 638 4,831 Rhode Island ........ 1,529 1,423 South Dakota 3,000 1.000 1,000 Texas 500 26,000 3,000 Vermont 371 367 Virginia 2,167 Washington 2,272 839 1.963 Wisconsin 10.0S4 ' 631 7,054 Totals ......157,090 64,813 73,407 ' NOTE AND COMMENT Have you kept your resolution to read the President's message? Fortunately, Bryan was defeated after the Christmas magazines went to press. Lord Roberts Is calling for more men. He can have Agulnaldo If he wants him. Croker certainly has done a good deal toward purifying New Yo:k. He has left the place. The Czar Is now able to sit up! and the Powers in China will probably find that he isalso able to take notice. It is reported that Russell Sage was cheated out of $50 the other day by a plumber. The report, however, Is not verified. It is possible that the enthusiastic re .ceptlon of Kruger by the French did not tend to encourage Emperor William to receive him. Mary Ellen Lease wants a divorce from her husband. That Is the reward a man gets for staying at home and looking after the 'children. Sarah Bernhardt says the American man does not know how to make love. Sarah should have visited this country before she became passe. Under the headline, "Bounce the Blab bers," a Cedar Rapids papr makes vig orous protest against the chatterers who disturb theater and lecture audiences. It offers a reward of $5 to the first usher who will "go after such Idiots in tho proper manner," and refers to one of them as having a mouth that "would be a profitable enterprise if turned into a windmill." The Boston Medical and Surgical Jour nal says that a Boston physician was re cently called to a family which he found In such destitute circumstances that he gave, in addition to his prescription, a 15 bill. Happening In the next day ho dlscoverde that his gift had been thus spent: Three dollars to the priest, which, of course, was all right, and $2 to get another doctor. Emperor William's kindness of heart is well known and recently at the parade at Stettin he gave proof of It to a former sergeant of his, under whom he had served when he was Crown Prince. He recognized the veteran standing among the crowd of spectators and summoned him. For some minutes he chatted pleas antly with the man, and then dispatched an orderly to bring a horse for his for mer sergeant that the latter might be able to ride about and see the Teview at his ease. Since William D. Howells became a New Yorker he has frequently been a guest at speechmaklng dinners, but on very few of these occaaslons has he been persuaded to say anything himself, and when he has spoken he read his speech. Very few of the well-known after-dinner speechmakers trust to the Inspiration of the moment for the substance of their remarks. Mr. Howells, however, never commits his speech to memory. He reads it, with no attempt at oratorical effects, and usually with the air of a man who has a distasteful task. In a recent Issue of the Pacific Monthly the statement Is made that the first wedddlng in Wasco County was In 1S53. This is not history. Rev. J W. Miller of the East Side says that he performed the marriage ceremony In Wasco County as early as 1S52. The wedding was a primitive affair and was performed in a tent about three miles from where The Dalles now stands. The contracting par ties were La Bu Cle Lar, a Frenchman, and Miss Thompson. At mat time the surroundings were very different from what they now are. There were no bridesmaids or best men or wedding feasts, but it was a wedding neverthe less. The recent New York Horse Show was an excellent place to study men's fash- llons, gossips an observer who was pres ent. The fashionable leaders were all there, and the clothes they had on were the right things to have on. In over coats the3e men wore Raglans, very long,, very loose, very broad at the shoulders, falling in fold3 that were not without a certain grace. In sack coats they wore a garment which went In at the waist and sprung a little, wltfl a Kind of skirt effect, over the hips. The trousers at the hips were very -wide; they tightened at the bottom, suggesting in their cut slightly the queer trousers which the Frenchman wears. Shoes were broad and heavy, with extended soles; gloves were very heavy and soft; canes wer of all kinds. The feature of moa's dress seemed to be a certain careless looseness or bagginess. This was to be noted not merely in the Raglan coat or In th Eng lish trousers, but even in the frock coat. PLEASANTRIES OP PAUAGIIAPHERS Fussy How Is it you couldn't keep the secret I told you7 Mrs. Fussy Why couldn't you keep it yourself? Tlt-Blts. Prudent. The Hauchty Little Girl Ma don't like me -to 'sociate wit everybody. The, Sar castic Boy She's dead rlrhtl If you put on slch luirs wit everybody, somebody'll biff yer in de Jaw. Puck. Mistress Tou say you are well recommend ed? Maid Indeed, ma'am; I have 39 excellent references. Mistress And how long have you been In domestic service? Maid Two years, ma'am. Glasgow Evening Times. Couldn't Rely on Him. "He's a most unreli able man," she asserted. "Why do you say that?" asked her dearest friend. "He a3ked mo to marry him. and I said, 'No,' and the mean thins never asked me again." Chicago Evening Peat. When Love Comes. John Vance Cheney In November Century. Hast seen tho morn with first light 'twlxt his lids. And, at the playing of the katydids, Tho day turn nlghtward, HOftly on and on Slip by, yet none dare say that he was goneT Hast seen the dream-shapes, pale with, Winter yet. Warming woodspaces for the violet? Hast heard the Spring aong xn the wild March air. When all the world's a lover listening there; The lay the little wood-bird long did keep Only, at last, to sing it In his sleep? Hast heard the brook, where heavy shadows are. Bubble new sweet up to the evening star? Not yet thou knowest beauty, melody; They wait the day Love comes and speaks to thee. May It Be So With. Yon. Westminster Budget. "The luster of the rain is over all" A. silver arras on the ancient wall Of England; while o'er read and leafy lane A shimmering vesture lies, and clothes the ' plain, All .ralnbow-cirdled as the raindrops fall. And where the sea meets land la heard the call Of gull or curlew, like the fretful brawl Of sea nymphs who have sought and sought In vain The luster of the rain. When thou art saddest, may this faxe befall That o'er thy new-dead Joys, for funeral pall. May rest the veil of hope; a new refrain Like echoing bird-cries come across the main That thee with tender beauty may enthrall The luster of the rain.