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PORTLAND, TIimSDAY, NOV. 0, 1000
A very moderate acquaintance with
human nature suffices to make it clear
that the real offender In the West Point
hazing episode is the injudicious re
porter. The Booz boy fell so far be
hind in mathematics that his marks
were below the required point. So he
resigned and gave out the story of his
maltreatment by hazing. "What, alas,
Is more common than some such re
source as this? "Who has not met the
fond parent whose ingenuity always
comes to the rescue In cases of this
kind? What boy or girl ever failed in
deportment or scholarship but the fault
was directly chargeable to Incompe
tent teachers? "What revolutions in
family opinion of a school's adminis
tration, or of a teacher's capability and
character take place in the twinkling
of an eye, once the pet child comes
home with a reprimand or a low mark?
It is obviously the part of enlightened
journalism to suffer such excuses to
slumber in oblivion. In the Booz case
the inevitable appears in the official
denial from the academy and the con
sequent humiliation of the complainant
family. All of which might have been
foreseen and avoided. The fault, of
course, is the reporter's. Public policy
forbids aspersion of the parental pro
gramme. It Is a man's high duty, as
Colonel Watterson has it in his lecture
on "Money and Morals," to champion
his own red-headed little brats as the
Incarnation of all goodness and grace.
There is, apparently, a good deal of
humbug in the oft-repeated cry, not
wholly a stranger to The Oregonian's
columns, that to .replace a Senator by
a new one is "for the state to lose val
uable committee places. Notice, for ex
ample, this exhibit In the case of Dolll
ver succeeding Gear (deceased), of
Iowa:
GEAR'S COMMIT
TEES. Pacific railroads
Agricultural and for
estry
Education and labor
Interstate commerce
Postoffices and post
roads DOLLIVER'S COM
MITTEES. Pacific railroads
Agriculture and fores
try
Education and labor
(Interstate commerce
Postoffices and post-
roads
Improvement of the
Mississippi
I Mississippi
The other case this session is that of
Vermont. And here the showing is
substantially the same as in the case
of Iowa. Thus:
ROSS' COMMITTEES
Civil service
Engrossed bills
Territories
DILLINGHAM'S COM
MITTEES.
Civil service
Engrossed bills
Transportation routes)
Territories
Transportation routes
to the seaboard
Additional accommoda
tions to the library
to the seaboard
Additional accommoda
tions to the library
(Indian annr&Driations
The new Senator gets one more com
mittee place than his predecessor en
joyed. The gang of young hoodlums and
night prowlers that has infested the
central section of the East Side for
some months, committing depredations
upon property at various times In a
spirit of pure wantonness, is, it is said,
to be broken up by police authority.
It is clearly time that slack parental
authority, or, to put it more in accord
ance with the facts, utter lack of par
ental authority, so far as these pre
daceous victims are concerned, were
supplemented by a type of restraint
that restrains. The community Is hor
rified, and justly so, when an inoffen
sive old couple are killed in a lonely
place by a shot fired through the" win
dow of their home. That we have In a
thickly settled residence portion of our
city young reprobates who are training
tor cowardly, sneaking, murderous
deeds equally reprehensible, is attested
In the crashing of a rock through the
window of a dwelling in this city into
the very midst of the family circle, a
few evenings ago. That the missile
was thrown in pure wantonness and
utterly reckless of consequences can
not be doubted. That It was thrown by
a boy, one of a notorious gang that has
long been organized for mischief, is
equally certain. If parents will not
stop such doings. It Is clear that the
police must. And when it comes to this
no man's prominence in political, busi
ness or social circles should prevent his
name from being spread before the
public as a most derelict parent and
consequently a citizen who is recreant
to his first and highest duty to the
state the duty of bringing up his sons'
with a proper regard for law and re
spect for the rights of others.
But we are told that some of these
young vandals belong to our best fami
lies. Well, who are our best famyies?
Do the best families train their children
to run the streets at night, to defy
parental control, to make night hideous
and destroy property? Do the best
families permit their children to make
daily and nightly companions of chil
dren of our worst families, -who teach
them the ribald language of the slums,
the art of smoking cigarettes and a
habit of alcoholism? It is to be allowed
that families of high pretensions do
this, but if we have been accustomed
to call them our best families, we must
revise our category. The best families
are those whose children, a generation
hence, will be the reliance of the state
and the salvation of society. These
will not have spent their youth in Idle
ness by day and wanton mischief by
night. They will have learned in youth
to work, to be respectful and to obey.
The boy who has his own way is an em
bryonic anarchist. The worst families
are they wherein neglect of precept and
example are making jailbirds. The
best families are they wherein charac
ters are forming that must preserve the
society of tomorrow through order, dis
cipline and righteousness. History tells
us that, according to this standard, the
best families are as often in the homes
of the poor as In the mansions of the
rich. There are no children of the best
families In this gang of hoodlums. The
clothes they wear, the Saxony on their
floors, the canvases on their walls, the
father's name, the mother's social emi
nence these do not determine the
measure of their goodness. The fami
lies they belong to are our worst.
The celebration planned for Portland
in 1902 by the committees hitherto at
work was primarily conceived as an in
dustrial and commercial project, and
this might somewhat Impede adoption
of the excellent suggestion made by
Mr. Li. B. Cox, that the occasion be
turned into an historical celebration of
the Lewis and Clark expedition. The
difficulty hera would be only one of
harmonizing local predilections and
plans, for there Is obviously no reason
why the historical object-lesson and the
business enterprise should not be fused
Into harmonious whole. Such was the
case at Philadelphia in 1876, at Chicago
in 1892, and such is planned at St
Louis in commemoration of the Louis
iana purchase. It would be difficult to
overestimate the significance of the
work done by the expedition of Lewis
and Clark. Not as forcibly dramatic
as Captain Gray's discovery of the Co
lumbia or the Whitman massacre, it
was nevertheless profoundly effective
as a steadily operating influence upon
National development Nothing could
better fix attention upon it or upon the
local history of which it is an import
ant epoch than such a celebration aB
trade and manufacturing enterprise Is
wont to make of historical expositions.
To give the Portland enterprise an his
torical significance would also be to en
list the co-operation of persons whose
influence and assistance may well be
desired. We hope Mr. Cox's suggestion
can be acted upon.
Mr. Bogue's Interview, printed yes
terday, is Interesting as showing the
consuming Interest in and desire for
the Nicaragua Canal that can exist In
one who is not only a railroad man,
through and through, but also a citizen
abreast of the times. It would not be
surprising to find that much of the rail
road sentiment of the country is at bot
tom In sympathy with the canal pro
ject Mr Huntington was nominally
against It, and he was the one supreme,
dominant and effective figure of the op
position now, since he Is gone, crum
bling away. But Mr. Huntington's real
views on the subject are unwritten, and
we shall undertake to say that.hls Im
pressions were largely formed from In
terviews with blackmailing members of
Congress who professed to him a desire
to save his railroads from the certain
loss this dangerous canal project had
In store for them. Let us give the rail
road men credit for some public spirit
as well as a prudent desire to hold
their jobs. Doubtless If the truth were
known a great part of the reputed rail
road opposition to improvement of the
Upper Columbia consists of pure leg
end. Certain it Is that the O. R. & N.
has given the Government considera
ble willing aid both at the cascades and
at the dalles. Mr. Charles Francis Ad
ams has long been an active promoter
of the river's improvement, and per
haps the fact that an O. R. & N. di
rector offered the motion that recently
committed the Portland Chamber of
Commerce to the Celilo enterprise has
significance more reassuring than sinis
ter. The O. R. & N. might lose some
thing by the Columbia's opening, but
It Is certain it would also gain a great
deal.
SUCCESSFUL INVASION IMPOSSIBLE.
General Mercier's assertion that
France could Invade England with ease
will not endure critical examination. It
is true that some twenty years ago
Lord Wolseley, in the British Parlia
ment, said that the south coast of Eng
land was so destitute of fortified de
fensos that It would not be difficult for
France to land an army; bat what was
once a possible danger of French inva
sion is no longer dreaded by the Eng
lish people, who know that while
France might land a corps. It would
be sure of destruction, because the im
provement in the range of modern re
peating rifles has completely revolu
tionized warfare.
England Is an old country, full of
hedges, orchards and lanes. Such a
country, defended by a million of brave
men who were sharpshooters, could not
possibly be successfully invaded. With
arms and ammunition inexhaustible,
England would be Impregnable, defend
ed simply by her volunteers who were
armed with repeating rifles and were
sharpshooters. These volunteers would
not need any more drill or discipline
than the Boers of South Africa. Dr.
Conan Doyle says that out of the 40,
000,000 of Great Britain a very large
army of brave marksmen could be
easily assembled, and agalnBt such an
army no force that any power in Eu
rope could land would make any prog
ress. This is true of England and still truer
of America. Out of our 75,000,000 people
It would be easy to assemble 500,000
men who would be marksmen. No for
eign power could hope successfully to
Invade the United States, for we are
better off than England In this respect,
that we have ample supplies of food,
while England Imports all her food
stuffs, and in event of any temporary
blockade of her ports might be brought
to some inconvenience. Of course, ex
cept In event of disaster to her channel
fleet English ports would be In no
danger of blockade, but if unexpected
disaster befell her navy, England would
be worse off than we should If our
Navy were beaten in battle.
The Boer War has demonstrated that
an army of volunteers, who are brave
men and marksmen, can, with repeat
ing modern rifles, give successful battle
behind defenses to disciplined soldiers
making frontal attacks. Under these
circumstances, the successful invasion
of a country like England or the United
States, Inhabited by many millions of
brave, intelligent people, would be im
possible. England could put at a pinch
3,000,000 of volunteers into the field,
placing them behind hedges, in or
chards and all kinds of defenses. What
could an invading army of 100,000 men
do against such a swarm of splendidly
armed volunteers? The United States
could put 5,000,000 of volunteers into
the field in an emergency. Invasion of
either Great Britain or the United
States is a practical absurdity under
the changed conditions of modern re
peating rifles and quick-firing cannon.
POLITICAL SATIRISTS.
That brilliant political satirist,
known best as Mr. Dooley, lies sick
of typhoid fever In Chicago. If there
were any apprehension of a fatal ter
mination of his case, the American peo
ple would be as full of affectionate
anxiety for Mr. Dunne's restoration to
health as they were when Rudyard
Kipling was believed to be hopelessly
ill of pneumonia in New York City.
"Mr. Dooley" Is very dear to thou
sands of Americans of all parties, of
both sexes and all conditions of life.
He is the truest political satirist known
to our literature, because he is the only
one that has not been a partisan. In tho
early days of the Republic we had no
legitimate political satirists. We had
a swarm of brutal political black
guards, but no man who rose above low
Invective and partisan vulgarity Into
the domain of legitimate satire. Seba
Smith, the author of the "Major Jack
Downing" letters, made quite a sensa
tion in his day by his satire of Presi
dent Jackson, but they have no rank
In permanent political literature, and
are not marked by any superior powers
of wit and humor.
The most brilliant of American politi
cal satirists was James Russell Lowell,
but his Yankee dialect poems are par
tisan satires. Those written before the
war are full of blasting ridicule of the
pro-slavery leaders, North and South,
while those written during the war are
devoted to excoriation of the copper
head Democracy and denunciation of
Jefferson Da-vis. These satires have
permanent literary value, and yet they
are the work of a bitter partisan. In
his "Fable for Critics," Lowell proved
that he possessed the power of the true
satirist, for In this poem he laughs
merrily at the whole literary guild of
America, tweaks the noses of his
friends or his foes with equal impar
tiality, mingles praise with blame,
cuffs with caresses. But thls quality
Lowell does not exhibit In his political
satire, which, as we have said, is In
tensely partisan.
Artemas Ward was a true satlrlBt,
but he had not depth and power enough
to make a trenchant political satirist
He was without partisanship, but his
touch was too light his laugh was too
gentle, to make a strong impression
upon his time. A man who on the heels
of a terrible Civil War could smilingly
say that "It would have been money
in the pockets of Jeff Davis had he
never been born" was too gentle a sat
irist for his day and generation. New
hall, who satirized McClellan In his
"Mackerel Brigade," was a man of de
cided talents, but of partisan quality.
and so was that powerful political sat
irist. Petroleum V. Nasby (D. R. Locke),
who blasted President Andrew Johnson
with ridicule. The native vigor of
Locke and the trenchant quality of his
satire attracted the attention and ob
tained the warm praise of such men as
Emerson and Holmes. With the end
of the battle over reconstruction, the
public lost Interest in the Nasby let
ters from "Confederate X Roads," and
Locke Anally found himself without an
audience. An able, rough-ground polit
ical satirist he was, however, a parti
san, and when the issue which first
gave him his opportunity was settled
his vocation was gone.
With the outbreak of our Spanish
War, that charming political satirist
"Mr. Dooley," appeared and was
quickly recognized as a political satirist
of rare quality, because he was not a
partisan. Even as Aristophanes, the
great genius of the ancient Greek com
edy, ridiculed everybody, sparing
neither Socrates nor the Sophists,
neither Pericles nor Alclblades, neither
statesmen nor demagogues, so "Mr.
Dooley" has spared nobody. He has
laughed at both Bryan and McKlnley;
has made a "holy show" of both Alger
and General Miles; has ridden very
rough-shod over "Teddy" Roosevelt;
has satirized the policy of the powers
in China with a sharpness that must
have captivated LI Hung Chang; has
written a description of the Dreyfus
trial that must have diverted both the
friends and the foes of the accused.
Mr. "Dooley" is our best political sat
irist in this, that he is a true satirist,
who cannot be a political partisan any
more than a man can be a true artist
who refuses to paint any portraits of
persons who are not of his religious or
political faith, of his social rank or
quality.
Nothing that Is human is foreign to
Mr. Dunne's satire. He does not spare
the foibles of his own countrymen any
more than Shakespeare spares the
vices and vanities of the people of Eng
land in his plays; he does not spare
Populism, free silver or any form of
Bryanlsm; he does not spare "the stren
uous life" of Roosevelt; and so impar
tially does he hit every head that
comes within the sweep of the shllla
lah of his satire that it would be
difficult to determine his politics from
reading his writings. He shoots at
folly wherever he finds it he nails in
justice on the cross of public ignominy;
he uses his wit as a free lance; he is
a knight errant who Impales fools and
knaves on his spear; he is a boon com
panion to all men of good will who are
disposed to be merciful when mercy
does not wreck justice. If the prayers
of his fellow-countrymen of all par
ties are of any avail, Mr. "Dooley" will
obtain speedy restoration to full health,
for beyond any other American he has
contributed greatly to the recent gayety
of nations.
The Important part of the Secretary
of War's report is that which relates
to the war In the Philippines, for the
suppression of which the larger part of
the Army, present or future. Is re
quired. The situation in the Philip
pines resembles that which confronts
the British military authorities in the
South African Republics. In the Phil
ippines all open resistance to our arms
has terminated, but we are confronted
with vexatious guerrilla warfare, which
it will take time and patience to sup
press. The shortest way to suppression
is to shoot the guerrilla leaders when
captured and Identified as murderers of
natives who are friendly to the United
States. Our problem in the Philippines
Is not so difficult to solve as that pre
sented to Great Britain in South Africa.
Legitimate warfare there has ceased,
but roving bands of Boer riders go to
and fro, cutting railways, destroying
supplies, etc Compared with the Tagal
rebels, the Boer riders are far superior
In intelligence, skillful marksmanship
and respect for civilized warfare. The
Tagals are practically brigands, while
the Boers are Irreconcilable insurgents.
The Boers are mounted men, are of
white stock, and from their superior
intelligence are likely to offer a far
more prolonged resistance than are the
Tagals, who, since the election, have
suffered considerably from defections In
their ranks and extensive surrenders.
The assumption of male characters by
women Is nothing new; Its latest illus
tration Is the assumption of the part of
the youthful Duke of Relchstadt, the
sickly son of Napoleon, by Sarah Bern
hardt In modern times the finest
women who have adorned the stage
have played male characters and worn
masculine attire. Charlotte Cushman
played Romeo, Hamlet and Cardinal
Wolsey. Olive and Celia Logan played
male characters, and Anna Dickinson
played Hamlet In "As You Like It,"
the famous part of Rosalind requires
male attire, and so does that of Viola
In "Twelfth Night" and that of Julia
In "Two Gentlemen of Verona." Portia
wears male attire for a time In the
"Merchant of Venice," and Imogen, the
delicate and lovely Imogen, wears
man's attire In "Cymbeline." Ellen
Tree, a famous English actress, who
married Charles Kean, played male
characters, Including Ion and Hamlet.
Peg Wofflngton, a famous actress of
Irish birth and blood, acted the part of
Sir Harry Wlldalr. On the other hand.
In the Greek and Roman drama, and
even as late as the time of Shakespeare,
female parts on the stage were present
ed by boyB. Cleopatra is made by
Shakespeare "to say:
Tho quick comedians extemporally will stage us.
And I shall see some squeaking Cleopatra boy
my greatness.
The Oregonlan appreciates the resolu
tions congratulatory upon its semi
centennial offered by the Portland
Chamber of Commerce, and It" does so
the more heartily because the paper's
duty has often seemed to it antagonis
tic to the desires of the Chamber. In
the midst of antagonistic interests, pri
vate, railroad, and of local corporations".
The Oregonlan has endeavored to pur
sue the straight path of truth and jus
tice, print the news and tell the truth.
It has taken occasion to censure more
than one act of the Chamber of Com
merce, and it has not hesitated to call
attention to such acts of corporations
or individuals here that seemed to In
volve danger to the city's Interests.
The Chamber's resolution, therefore,
leads it to think that this course, In
the long run, appeals to the sober Judg
ment, even of those who may have
been adversely affected at the time.
The aim shall be hereafter, as hereto
fore, to show up the truth about what
Is going on here and elsewhere, and to
hold the paper's columns open to every
enterprise that promises to benefit this
community.
A notable feature .of the November
death list of this city Is the relative
number of the aged who finished their
work and passed on within that month.
Of the entire number 79 there were 14
between 60 and 70 years of age,
11 between 7C and SO, and 5 between
SO and 100 years a total of 20 who may
be said to have completed the purpose
of life before being called upon to lay
ts burden down. Death at old age rep
resents a decree of nature at which no
man should protest, since it Is but the
fulfillment of the law.
Mrs. Lease has deserted her husband
the same way she deserted Democracy
last Summer, and wants a divorce.
Doubtless one of her complaints will be
that she has been providing the notori
ety of the family long enough. If Mr.
Mary Elizabeth is not all done up by
this most unklndest cut of all, he ought
to be. The poor man, we suppose, will
apply for restoration of his maiden
name.
The French owners of the partially
completed Panama Canal are doing
their best to prevent the choice of the
Nicaragua routel The French company
opposes the Nicaragua route, not be
cause it expects to sell us the Panama
Canal, but to prevent the United States
from constructing any canal, so that
the French company could raise an
other loan to complete its own work.
In raising its estimate of the canal's
cost the Nicaragua commission has
given the opposition food for thought
If the canal we needed two years, ago
would cost $133,000,000 and the canal we
need today will cost $200,000,000, how
much would the canal cost we should
need a few years hence? Better take It
at this figure, Mr. Objector, or we shall
raise the price to $300,000,000.
The German Baron who telegraphed
a rich New York girl that the cere
mony must take place across the water
because he was too busy to come to
America was taken at his word by the
girl, and she refused to go. If a man
can't leave his creditors ven for two
weeks. It's a sure case of being hard up.
The Vpsslsche Zeltung says Presi
dent McKlnley is a high protectionist
Now will It kindly cite its document
ary evidence, derived from state papers
of the past two years?
Keep the Columbia River open and
raise things.
Ashes Very Comfortable.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
In the opinion of many this day ought
not to be. They do not urge the aboli
tion of it In so many words, but It is
clear from what they do say that there
Is nothing left to be thankful for. So
why keep keep the day? Baal-worshipers,
such as we. poor, spindling offshoots
of a once noble race the sight of us
rioting, full of sin and turkey, on the
eve of retribution, disturbs them very
much. Call It Shame Day, as they ad
vised last year, oi Scourge Day, or the
Devil's Own Day something to com
memorate what we have been up to or
show the sort of people we are. For
see what a state we are In. We are
holding on to the Philippines and the
trusts are holding on to us. Prosperity,
too. has clutched us. and all the virtues
that thrive on adversity are now dead.
So is the spirit of democracy; for. as a
writer said recently, there was more Of
It In the court of Louts XTV. than there
is in the rich, ruling bourgeoise of the
United States today. We have tern up
the Constitution, spat upon the Declara
tion, violated the tombs of the fathers,
and have now but the two motives, lust
of conquest greed of gold. Art and lit
erature have long since sold out Educa
tion Is the plaything of rich widows who
banish all teachers who speak the truth.
All nature, as some one expressed it Is
really governed by a clique. But that 13
going too far. It Is Just because this is
not so that we still have a right to be
thankful, doomed though we are. Air
and sunshine may still be had without
a "pull," and "there are several other
small matters left out In this philosophy.
The ashes of this republic are still warm.
THOUGHTS ON BRYAN.
His Recent Mngaslne Article Xot Al
together to His Credit.
New York Times.
The poverty of Mr. W. J. Bryan's Intel
lectual resources and the complete help
lessness of the man are exhibited In his
North American Review article on his
defeat There is not a living Idea In the
article or In his head. He painfully and
gloomily rakes over the ash-heap where
the fires of conflict lately blazed up, and
perceiving here and there -the dull glow
of an ember not quite extinct, he tries to
blow it Into life again.
Free silver militarism, imperialism,
the trusts those are the only public ques
tions that seem to him to be alive. The
election settled nothing. The Republicans
won because Jiey had the most money
and because the country was prosperous.
"When prosperity fails, the gold stand
ard will lose its charm," says Mr. Bryan.
There, at least, is one clear conception.
He Is calamity's candidate, and the only
hope for him or his principles Is adver
sity and ruin. Prosperity must fail to
enable him to succeed.
He perceives that he gained In the great
cities and lost In the country and the
small towns. In his cross of gold speech
he declared thpt It was the country dis
tricts, the farming communities, that had
made this Nation. The country was the
home of virtue -ind wisdom. In the sober
sense and morality of the rural popula
tion we should find our protection against
the greed and unrighteousness Of the
great cities. But It was in the haunts
of Mammon tnat he made his gains this
year, while the country people of whom
he had so high an opinion turned against
him even more generally than in 1896.
This ought to alarm Mr. Bryan and lead
him td re-examine his positions. We
doubt whether he ever discover that in
this city he was the dupe and instrument
of Richard Croker's selfish purposes. The
Tammany leader made an energetic cam
paign and exploited Bryan -vigorously, not
because of his interest In Bryan's can
didacy, but because a big Bryan vote
meant also ft big vote for the Tammany
candidates for Congress and the Legis
lature. The Bryan breeze brought his
ships into port
Mr. Bryan also says "the past Is profit
able only for Instruction." He is evident
ly not a profit-taker. The campaign
taught him nothing, his defeat has not
opened his eyes to the real attitude or.
the country toward. He gives no Intima
tion that he Intends to try It again. He
will be ready, of course. If he is called.
We presume he will try to 'get himself
called. But If he will read the comments
of the Democratic press of the South, the
will be forced to conclude that he has haa
only part of the country where the vote
could give him any reason to hope, he
his day.
What Americans Learn Abroad.
Westminster Review.
It Is estimated that not less than 100,000
Americans visit the Old World In tho
course of every 12 months. This body of
people Is drawn, as a rule, from the most
Influential class In the United States. So
general Is the habit of making the foreign
tour that It Is the exception to find among
Americans of even moderate means one
who has not been abroad at some time
In his life. Fifty years ago It was the
exception to find, even among the wealth
iest citizens, one who had traveled in
Europe.
The more cosmopolitan spirit observed
In the United States in the last three dec
ades Is largely due to the Influence ot
thlB foreign travel, which, by bringing
so many of the American people in pe
sonal touch with foreign nations, has re
moved many prejudices which had their
origin in mere provincialism. Wherever
the American has gone In Europe he has
seen clearly that It Is with Britain alone
that his own country has much In com
mon, whether in social or moral senti
ments, political principles or fundamental
laws. The tie of kinship seems closer
after a visit to that land than It ever
did before; a war with its people a more
fratricidal strife; and continued bad feel
ing toward them a crime against the en
tire Anglo-Saxon race, whose Interests,
after all, the American traveler observes
more and more plainly the further he
wanders, are practically Identical all over
the face of the globe.
'i
Thirteen Electoral Votes.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
There is Immense significance in the
light vote In the South. Almost the only
states that supported Bryan did it with
spiritless, almost sulky, Indifference. This
vote proves all that has been said of the
essentially sound state of the dominant
public feeling in the South on economic
questions, and of Its strong inclination to
join the West In cordial If not rather ex
travagant support of the expansion Idea.
All of Mr. Bryan's policies are repellant
tc the new Industrial South. It desires
foundation of sound money for Its ex
panding business, access to new markets
for Its expanding Industries, the protec
tion of the law and the courts for Its In
creasing rights of property, and the most
effective organization of labor and capital
for the development 'of Its great re
sourcs. Every cry of Bryan's campaign
was a word of offense to the new South.
It gave answer by holding Its nose while
it voted for him. The real truth Is, it
didn't vote for him at all. It voted on
that eternal "nigger" question. The only
straight Bryan votes this year were 13
from four sliver mine states in the West
Lord Kitchener's Rebalce.
London Daily Telegraph.
A certain yeomanry commander while
on parade rated his men In unmeas
ured terms. Nothing was right that the
troopers did. They sat their horses wrong,
they moved unlike machinery, etc, and
were "no better than a d n rabble,"
"a lot of gutter snipes," etc. "That,"
said Lord Kitchener, who came up, "la
not the way to address men. They are
not a d n rabble, but soldiers, and to
be spoken to as such. No troops can bo
trained In that fashion, and the com
mander who does not respect his men is
unable to lead them." The whole force,
we are told, heard the observation, and
the men were as decorously elated as the
yeomanry officer was obviously crest
fallen. Iretral Shreds
Notes and Queries.
The law does not recognize orthography,
and will proceed against Frank Phillips
or against Phrangk Fyllypse with perfect
composure. Some facetious persons, in
stead of writing "I owe you," saw fit to
express the obligation by the three let
ters "I O XT," and this has now become
the set form. A piece of paper bearing
the words. "I O TJ" 50 pounds, written
and signed by the debtor and addressed
to the creditor, is admissible In evidence
without a stamp, as being merely a slm
plo acknowledgement of the debt; but If
the document read "I O TJ 50 pounds, to be
paid on the 2Sth Inst," it vould be worth
less unless it bore an ad valorem stamp.
Against Vlce-Protectora.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
The movement headed by Bishop Potter
In New York is not a "crusade against
vice," as it Is commonly miscalled. It Is
directed against the vice-protecting New
York police and Its direct and imme
diate object is the reformation of' tho
police force. The Police Commissioners
understand this perfectly and are conduct
ing themselves accordingly.
UNJUST ASSESSMENTS.
The Salem Statesman gives the follow
ing presentation ot the assessment of the
state, as returned by the counties and as
equalized, and of Multnomah County and
a's equalized by the State Board:
Returned
by counties. Equalized.
ISO $140,691,272 $150.399.;u&
1S95 150.101.431 144.445,428
1800 133.762,122 143.176,071
This shows that la 1S94 tho assessment of
tho whole state was raised by the board be
tween $8,000,000 and $4,000,000; that for 1605 it
was lowered nearly $6,000,000, and that for 1806
it was raised again $0,500,000. Now, how about
Multnomah County for those years? Here la
the comparison;
Returned
by counties. Equalised.
1S94 $49,845,103 $53,700,327
1S05 65.S.J5.950 52.025.S72
1SOO 43,452.130 01.410,105
This shows a raise by the Board of Equaliza
tion In 1804; & decrease in 1S05 of nearly
$4,000,000. and a raise In 1806 of nearly
$3,000,000. The last year ts that of which com
plaint la made, but a glance at the figures will
show that no Injustice was wrought by tha
State Board. In 1805. the county returned 1U
valuation at $53,S35,950, and the board reduced
It to $52,025,872. Now. by what system ot
honest reasoning can any man claim that the
valuation of Multnomah County went down
from $53,S33,05O In 1805 to $43,452,130 the next
year. a fall ot $12,383,820, when the balance of
the state fell off only $4,000,000 altogether?
And the State Board that year In raising Mult
nomah County did not put within over $4,000,
000 as high as the county authorities returned
It the previous year.
Wo know a good deal about the workings of
the old State Board of Equalization. It was
not perfect at all. but it has received a great
many curses It did not deserve. The majority
of its, members were honest and meant to be
fair and square, and there was no disposition
to "cinch Multnomah County" except as they
discovered, or thought they discovered, a sys
tematic attempt In Portland to cinch the bal
ance of the state.
In reply to the foregoing It may be said
In way of explanation, for a correct un
derstanding of the matter, that in ISM
boom prices were on, speculation was
rampant, the assessment was about 15 per
cent too high, and yet the equalization
board raised Multnomah's assessment
$3,753,111 (whereas outside city property
dropped to one-half the assessed value),
and the board lowered tho total assess
ment of the balance of the state $157,111.
In 1SS5 the Assessor stated there was no
use reducing assessment, as the board
would put It up, arbitrarily, so he made it
$S5,835750. This assessment was so out
rageous, compared with the entire bal
ance of the state of only $94,327.4S1, that
the board reduced Multnomah County to
$52,025,872 and reduced the rest of the
state to $92,419,554. Was that equitable?
In 1S96 the total assessment of the
state was $133,762,122. It was raised $9,414.
849, making $143,176,971. While Multnomah
County was raised from $43,452,130 to $51,
416,195, which was an increase of $7,964,005,
against an Increased assessment for the
balance of the state of only $1,450,784.
The Statesman asks: "By what honest
reasoning can any man claim, that the
valuation of Multnomah County went
down from $55,835,950 in 1S95 to $43,452,130 in
1896?" The answer Is that large and nu
merous additions of vacant lots and
blocks from which no income la derived
decreased in that time to less than one
half from the boom prices.
How is It that valuations outside of
Multnomah County have decreased from
$96,845,167 In 1894 to $90,309,992 in 1S95, where
there has been no special boom In farm
land, consequently no perceptible depre
ciation? Portland only asks equity and
justice. The assessment In 1E95, being un
fair, was made for the purpose of raising
a large revenue for city purposes.
The Boers at the End of the War.
London Spectator.
People always argue as though the Boer
at the end of the war would be exactly
the same hard, arrogant, bumptious per
son that he was at the beginning. In
reality he will be a very different person.
Out of the not very large male popula
tion In the two republics when the war
began, nearly 20,000 will have passed
through a British military prison, and
many of these will have visited Ceylon or
St Helena an educational process of no
small value. A large number of others
will have sought a voluntary exile In
German or Portuguese territory, or even
In distant parts of the Cape and Rhode
sia. Others, again, have been killed In
battle, or died of wounds or disease.
There is yet another section of the Boer
population to be considered the men who
were never really antl-Brltlsh, though
compelled to fight us, and who will now
be quite satisfied to remain within the
British Empire. In other words, when
the war is finished the number of really
hostile and irreconcilable Boer3 will be
found to be very much less than at the
beginning of the war. In fact, the Boer
In the Transvaal, whatever he may be in
the Cape Colony and the Orange River
Colony, will not be a very formidable fac
tor. He will not, of course, be a quantity
to be neglected as the vast material lm
migration rises, and as the vast material
resources of the region are developed, he
will gradually lose his Importance. While
the remnant of Irreconcilable Boers are
raiding up and down the country they
look very formidable, and are as difficult
to count as the Irishman's moving pig.
but when they cease from guerrilla war
fare their relative unimportance In the
population will be realized.
Merited Tribute to Spooner.
New York Evening Post
A rumor has been going the rounds of
the press to the effect that Senator
Spooner, of Wisconsin, whose term ex
pires In 1903, would not be a candidate for
re-election, although In all human prob
ability the Republican party would be
both able and willing to return him. It
would be a serious misfortune to the
country If Mr Spooner should retire. He
holds a commanding position, both in the
Senate and in the forum of public opin
ion. His influence Is of the high and use
ful type which reminds us of the elder
days of tho Republic. He Is still In the
prime of life, and he owes service to the
country In proportion to his ability to
render It Nobody In public life Is so
capable of attacking the Philippine prob
lem and solving it In accordance with the
principles of justice as Senator Spooner.
He has the confidence of the Republican
party as a man of practical sagacity, and
of the antl-Imperlallsts as a man of hu
mane feeling and honest purpose. Fortu
nately, he will be In the Senate two years
longer In any event within which time It
is to bs hoped that the Philippine ques
tion will be settled, and settled rightly.
Whether It be so or not, the country
needs Mr. Spooner's continued service In
the place which he fills with such con
spicuous fidelity to public interests.
Mr. Hoyt's Incisive Clanse.
Chicago Journal.
In the will of the late Charles Hoyt
the playwright, occurs the following
coldly incisive clause:
la making this, my will, at the present time
I have no relatives nearer than cousins to be
considered by me, and my cousins and distant
relatives have never shown by any act any de
sire for my friendship or good-will; hence I have
deemed It more consistent with fair dealing
and Justice to dispose of any property to those
who during my life have been my well-wishers,
anid to such charities as In my Judgment
are most fitting.
By his many acts of generosity during
his life, and by. the several kindnesses
shown in his will to persons that, as he
had expressed it, had been "good to him,"
the testator showed that he was not de
void of gentleness or kindness of heart
He simply discovered that he was not
popular with his relatives while he lived
and did not desire to enrich them by bis
death. It takes but a slight acquaintance
with the New England character to ap
preciate, under the circumstances, the
sincerity of the relatives' remorse.
NOTE AND COMMENT.
We now begin to suspect that there
really Is a Mr. Lease.
As this Is the last month of the Nine
teenth Century but let us not precipitate)
another discussion.
What with mince pie and football tha
medical profession is enjoying a share)
of the general prosperity.
McKInley's turkey weighed SO pounds
A distinguished citizen of Nebraska
doesn't like turkey, anyhow.
Now New York Is clamoring about tha
badness of her water supply, but it is
merely jealousy ot Chicago.
The Czar Is now able to eat the win
jelly and plum preserves that Queen Vic
toria and the Empress of Germany have)
sent in.
Jerry Simpson has moved to Missouri.
It begins to look as If the state would
land In the Republican column In another
four years.
If Hanna had never written poetry, ha
might get to be President But we have
troubles enough with Aguinaldo, and an
Alfred Austin would just about fix ua
plenty.
Mrs. Lull of Massachusetts Is going to
Texas to restore a confederate flag cap
tured by her husband. If the members
of the G. A. R. happen to run, across
her she Is likely to prove tho Lull bo
fore the storm.
Bishop Potter tells or a woman who
lately went Into a store in New York and
had hex eyes caught by a familiar legend
In the place, which wc find on sale every
where. "God Bless Our Home." "Yes,"
she said. In humble piety, "I should liko
that I should like to put It up in my
little home, and to have my husband and
my children see It" And then, her mind
following the thread of family love, it
shot away over the path whither her
husband had gone in the morning to hl3
task downtown; and, turning to the shop
man, she said: "I wonder If you have
any other texts and legends like this?
I wonder If you could let me have one,
I think John, perhaps, would like to
have, that had on It the words, 'God
Bless Our Office'?" The shopman looked
at her for a moment and, without a
shadow of sarcasm in his voice, said:
"Madam, Isn't that rather a largo
order'"
Three prominent officers of tho Salva
tion 'Army have broken the rules of th
army by going Into business, and when
ordered by Commander Booth-Tucker to
"farewell" at once, they have refused.
The men are "Col." William J. Brewer,
editor of the War Cry, "Col." William
Evans, commanding the Pacific Coast di
vision, and "Bralgadler" William Hal
pin, who goes from place to place. Their
offense Is trafflklng In mining stock.
"Col." Evans started the enterprise of
the Great Republic Mining Company ot
Seattle, which Is in his division; presently
"Col." Brewer was made New York man
ager, and taking offices In the big St.
Paul building, he Issued a prospectus.
This was all unbeknown to Commander
Booth-Tucker, or to any one at the Army
headquarters, and was found out by an
accident Brewer had gone campaign
ing for the prohibitionists, by permis
sion, and a member of that party, not
finding him at his mining offices, called
for him at Army headquarters, and just
let the cat out of the bag.
In the Sibley Congressional District in
Pennsylvania they are having some trou
ble over one of the numerous bets made
on the result of the election. It appears
that among the bets was one for $8,000 be
tween somq parties In Bradford and
others In Franklin. A MeKean County
man of wealth and connected with a bank
volunteered to hold the stakes, and they
were placed In his hands. After the
election he turned over to the winners
only a part of the money, keeping 25 per
cent, or $2,0C0, of the amount as com
mission. According to a Franklin news
paper the friends of the gentleman thero
still believe that he intends to return the
money, and his action is explained In thl3
way, that he Is not aware of the source
from which the bets came, and that
when he understands the true situation
the remaining $2,000 will be sent down
at once. If the Pennsylvania laws wero
enforced with regard to wagers on
election It would go still harder with
those who made the bet. They would
not only lose the $2,000 which the stake
holder has retained, but all they put
up and three times more.
PLEASANTRIES OF PAItAGRAPHERS
Mrs. "Wlldway (vivaciously) The late Mr.
Mellow was cremated, you know. Mrs. Stara
(absent-mlndedly)-Oh! ah, yes; what did sha
wear? Boston Transcript.
A Comfortinr Thought- "They say turkeys
will be scarce this Thanksgiving." "Then It's
a lucky thing that this is the year we are in
vited out." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Unkind Insinuation. "Mr. Homewood pro
posd to me last night" said Miss Northsida
to her dearest girl friend. Miss Manchester.
"He lost an election bet, I suppose," was tho
latter's comment. Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
Wide Open. Brlggs Well, old man, how is
that Authors' Club of your getting on? Griggs
First rate. We have made a rule that no one
can belong to it unless he has written a book.
"Is that' so? I had an Idea that It was an ex
clusive affair." Life.
At a Boston Muslcale. Mrs. Beacon-Streeto
(during Miss Skreeche's vocal solo) Do you
enjoy Howells. Mr. Porkham? Mr. Porkham
(from Chicago) You bet I don't! And It
thero's another verse to that song. I'm going
to get out. Brooklyn Life.
Highly Improbable. Dr. Qutzz (school com
mitteeman) Young man! Have you been at
school today? Boy (proudly)-Hully Gee! Wot
a question! D' yer fink I got dese two red
squirrels an a yeller hammer fer standing at
do head o me class? Well, hardly! Puck.
The Honse on the Moor.
Robert Louis Stevenson.
A naked house, a naked moor,
A shivering pool before tho door.
A garden bare of flowers and fruit
And poplars at the garden foot;
Such Is the place that I live In,
Bleak without and bare within.
Yet shall your ragged moor receive
Tha Incomparable pomp ot eve.
And the cold glories of the dawn
Behind your shivering trees be .drawn;
And when the wind from place to place
Doth the unmoored cloud-galleons chase,
Tour garden gloom and gleam again.
With leaping sun, with glancing rain.
Here shall the wizard moon ascend
The heavens. In the crimson end
Of day's declining splendor; here
The army of the stars appear.
The neighbor hollows, dry or wet
Spring shall with tender flowers beset,.
And oft the -morning muser see
Larks rising from the broomy lea;
And every fairy wheel and thread
Of cobweb dew-bedlamonded.
When daisies go, shall Winter time
Silver the simple grass with rime;
Autumnal frosts enchant the pool
And make the cart-ruts beautiful;
And when snow-bright the moor expant
How shall your children clap their hands!
To make this earth, our hermitage,
A cheerful and a changeful page,
God's bright and Intricate device
Of days and seasons doth suffice.