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10 f HC JrOBNiyO- OKEGONlAy,, .tfrESftAX DECEMBER 25, 1900. HE GOT TEN YEARS "Gentlemanly" Burglar's Big Christmas Gift. SCOTT THINKS IT TOO LARGE Tkree Policemen Discharged Lost July Brlx.gr Snlt In the Courts for Xlelnutatemcnt Resolutions for Frederick: L. Keennn. "W. "tV. Scott, the young: man who com mitted so many burglaries -within the past year, was sentenced to 10 years In the penitentiary by Judge George yesterday morning Scott pleided guilty to an in formation charging him with larceny from the dwelling-bouse of A. W. Oco bock, and also to a charge of larceny from-the residence of Mr. Colllnson. He received four years on one charge and six years on the; other. When asked if he had anything to say why sentence should not be pronounced upon him. Scott answered in the negative, but, after be ing returned to his coll In the county Jail he protested that he had received too much of a Christmas present. The opinion of Chief HcLauchlan on the contrary is thit Scott got oft easily, considering the number of his crimes. In pronouncing sentence. Judge Gcprge said lie had taken Into consideration the other crimes commlted by the prisoner, the fact that he pleaded guilty, and the recom mendation of the District Attorney. Scott appears to be about 33 years of age. Leniency wis extended to him because he made a. full confession, returned as much of the stolen property as he could, and saved the authorities as much trouble as possible. , "WANT TO DE REINSTATED. Three PoJIcemen, Discharged - Lnst Jnly, Appeal to the Courts. Three more of the policemen who were discharged by the Police Commissioners on' July 1 last have filed petitions in the Btate Circuit Court asking for writs of review of the action of the Police Board In removing them. They were: Moses P. Waller, P. Murray and W. O. StltL They are represented by John P. Logan, as attorney. The petitions filed are all alike, and state that the petitioners were not removed for any of the causes pro vided in the city charter, towlt, ineffi ciency, misconduct, insubordination, or violation of any law. They allege that they were dropped from the force by the Board of Police Commissioners, It being stated as a reason that the department did not have sufficient funds to keep them. The petitioners aver that their removal was not made in good faith, in asmuch as H. A. Parker. E. W. Cole. J. M Harkleroad and Charles DuBois were afterwards reinstated and John F. Kerrigan, Frank J. Snow and O. P. Church were appointed as new members of the force. The petitioners assert that the funds of the police department have not been increased since they were dis charged, and that they should be rein stated. The principal point In the case Is that under the civil service rules of the police department the Commission ers had no authority to remove them. Charles Venable filed a similar petition several weeks ago. The cases will come up for hearing at the January term of court. In Memory of F. L. Keennn. Members of the Multnomah Bar gath ered in the courtroom of department No. 1 yesterday afternoon as a mark of re spect to the memory of Frederick L. Keenan. deceased. There was a good at tendance. The committee on resolutions, consisting of Charles J. Scnnabel. E. B. Watson. Guy G. Willis. A. T. Lewis and 1. A McN'ary, submitted the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted: "Whereas. On the 13th day of Decem ber. 1000. Frederick L. Keenan, a member of the bar of this court, died in the City of Portland, after an illness of several months; and "Whereas, The attorneys of this city desire to express their appreciation of his sterling vorth as a lawyer and as a man. and their loss suffered by his untimely death; therefore be it "Resolved, That In the death of Mr. Keenan the bar mourns the loss of one of its mo3t talented and promising mem bers, a lawyer of ability and honor, a good citizen and an honest man; and "Resolved, That we extend our deepest sympathy to the widow and child of our deceased brother; be it further "Resolved. That a copy of these resolu tions be spread upon the records of this court, by order of the Judges thereof, and that the United States Circuit Court for the Dltrlct of Oregon be requested to make a like order: and. further, that a copy of these resolutions b transmit ted to the widow of the deceased." Conrt Note. The suit of-jCJtiarles T. Hale vs. Nellie Hale: has been set for trial January 21. Annie A. Breck. administratrix of the estate of John M. Breck, deceased, yes terday filed her final report, showing $1790 receipts and $1441 balance on hand. EmmH Savoy has filed suit against Louis Savoy for a divorce, and to be re stored to her maiden name. Jaeger. They wire married at Livingstone. Mont., In February IKK), and she avers that he de serted her In the month or July of the same year The motion of J M. Hodson for the re turn of 51200. being part of the money obtained from him by George Dixon, on the deed-torgcry transaction, was with drawn yesterday and a new motion was tiled. Dixon's attorneys objected to the motion on the ground that when it "was tiled the money was not In the hands of the Clerk of the Circuit Court, and Judge George therefore had no Jurisdiction. The matter will come up nxt term. This mone was taken from Dixon by the po lice at the time of his arrest. EAST SIDE AFFAIRS. City & Snbnrbnn Will Bnllil the Car "Shopa Branch "Within a Year. Assurances are given by the manage ment 'of the City & Suburban Railway Company that the Brooklyn street rail way will be built next Summer, and that the cars will be running from East Har rison street and Grand avenue over the route to Hood street, at the north en trance of the Southern Pacific carshops, before this time next year. The work of construction, of course, will not be com menced till next Summer, as it does not pay to build a railway when the weather is bad. Owing to the fact that a con siderable portion of the route, that be tween Grand avenue and Mllwaukle street. Is over unimproved streets, there will be considerable grading, and the work will be expensive. It Is estimated that the cost of Iron and construction will be about J14.0W. exclusive of the rolling stock for that branch. After making the. curve at the Intersection of Powell and Mllwaukle streets, there is a straight course to East Twenty-first, and a curve In the direction of the carshops. The profepect of getting a street-car next year has already resulted In starting work on five new cottages In Brooklyn, and quit? a building boom will be experienced In that part of the city. Snnnyalde Want n Policeman. The residents of Sunnyside are ver anxious that 6. police officer be stationed In that district A petition has been placed In the hands of the Police Commissioners, signed by the following citizens! Yates & Raymond, H. F. Twites. Joseph King, Charles Maute. William Kaysef. E-. Camp bell. George MQ.UU, Q. Wt Newbury, & R. Scheppel T. L. Jones, E4 Kraner. a. Vaughn, Jack W. Fowler. James McKIn lcy. Toll Thompson, J. H. Dixon, J. F Gell. J. Stevlson, J. C. McCoy, K4 C. Co rell. O M. Bennett, B. J. Johcs, B. J. Depennlng, A. S. Walker, Ti P. Wood, E. C. Minor. T. B. Kemp, Joseph Schleffer. W. S. Llbby. H. M. Arthur, H. J. Foster. J. F. Worth. Dr. J. A. Petit, d. dreed. William SteaQman. ThOmaS Evans ana others. The Commissioners will give the petition consideration. They would like to place a policeman at Sunnyside and several other points, but, owing to lack of funds, have not been able to do so. Whether they will be able to grant this request will depend on the amount of the appropriation given the department. The youngsters at SunnyElde need regulating. These xar.ge In ages from 16 upward, aria seem without parental restraint Apricot Tree in ttlbdtn. In the yard of Dr. Oeofge Wlgg, of Irvington. Is an apricot tree In full bloom. The tree Is ft beauty, and attracts tniich attention. The weather has been sb mild that it seems to have Concluded that Spring had come and It was time to get down to business. An Eastern man from the land of blizzards saw the tree yester day, and said it was the most Wonderful thing he had ever seen. "Why If I told my people that ah apricot tree out In Oregon was In bloom the day before ChristmaB," he said, "they wou:d doubt my sanity. I suppose there will be ripe apricots on that tree by March." Dr. W!gg thinks If he could shelter the trse it certainly would mature apricots by Spring, any way. East Side Xotcn. Professor M. L. Pratt, principal of the Williams avenue school. Is confined t6 bis home, on Union avenue, with severe ill ness. I. Zelgler. a carpenter, was bad ly bruised by the falling of a scaffold on a cottage on the corner of Williams ave nue and Shaver street SRturdav evening. There were three men on the scaffold, but Zelgler was the only one Injured. Judge and Mrs. R. F. Ayers, living at 795 East Main street, were agreeably sur prised, Saturday evening, by the arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Howell from Kan. sas City. Mrs. Howell was formerly Ml-s Mary Ayers. and was married to Mr. Mowell a year ago. They will spend the holidays In Portland. WE HAVE BIG SHIPS. Xow We Hunt WorJc Together for an Open River. Portland merchants have for many, many months been urgentlv pushing for a line of large steamers between that port and the Orient. The old line, oper ated at the instance of the O. R. & N., they claimed, was not adequate for the business. The steamers were too small, and many cargoes had to be sent to the Sound for shipment. Now It Is up to Portland, says a Baker City paper. A few days ago Traffic Manager Camp bell, of the O. R. & N., contracted Tor three of the largest steamers on the Pa cific Ocean, and has put them in service between Oregon and China, und-r the management of his own corps of efficient and high-priced agents on both sides of the big .pond. The old line wi'l continue in operation under the management of the Graham. The new ships of the O. R. & N. will be able to handle all the business of Oregon and a large share of the through traffic between Asia and the At lantic seaboard. Whether the venture is successful or not largely rests with the people of Portland, and incidentally with the Inland Empire. The Sound is a hard competitor, and has two big railroads pull ing for business and its large steamers, as against Oregon's one road and hereto fore smaller ocean steamers. Now it can be different. The O. R. & N. down-grade line to Portland can more than meet the rail competition. The steamer part of It Is up to the people. Already the largest sailing vessels enter the port of Portland; with steamers drawing 10 feet more of the water It will be different. The work of deepening the Columbia River bar, com menced a short time ago. must be con tinued, or the larger vessels will be shut out of the Columbia ports. Then the work of deepening the channel of the river to Portland must also be continued If It Is desired to Increase the shipping business of Oregon, and cheaper transpor tation by the use of larger vessels. It remains for the people of Oregon to see to It that their Representatives In Congress obtain the necessary appropria tions for these purposes. "An open river to the sea" should be the Incessant song of every business man and farmer In the Inland Empire, and all Portland should join In the cry- Here the people are only Interested In getting their products aboard ocean ships. It matters not to them whether they pav U to Portland or $4 per ton to Astoria to meet the ship. The Incessant and childish twaddle of As torlans for what they call common-point rates and the removal of the port of Oregon to Astoria Is but the silly effer vescence of schoolboys who want to sell their high and high-priced town lots on a hoped-for boom. Every business man who has done any shipping knows that if ships could or would make less charter rates on exports from Astoria than from Port land the business would have gone to Astoria long ago. This Is not the ques tion before the people of Oregon. The cowboy on the range knows that water Is cheaper than 'rail transportation, and the farther inland ocean vessels can come the cheaper will be the rail freight to the vessels. Open the river to the sea and Improc the Columbia bar Is the war-cry that alone will keep Oregon's port In the front rank against all competitors will the people do It? In Eastern Oregon they are beginning to think what they will do at the polls next time and how they will Instruct their Representatives to vote for United States Senator. NULL AFTER NOVEMBER 30. Answer to Correspondent's (in ca tion as to Cordwood Contract. RUTHBURG. Idaho, Dec. 4. (To the Editor.) 1. Would not a contract for three cords of wood to be delivered dur ing the Fall or Autumn, 1900, be null after November 30, thereby releasing the party who was to receive the wood? The op posing party asserts that the contract would be In legal force until December 2. Please give me the rule for measur ing cordwood In the log. Respectfully, W. G. LOONEr. 1. The Autumn or Fall of the year Is in America popularly considered to comprise the months of September, October and November. Astronomically. It begins tn this zone at the autumnal equinox, about September 22, and ends at the Winter sol stice, about December 22. In the southern hemisphere Autumn corresponds with our Spring. It is probable that the courts would hold that a "contract to dellvei wood in the Fall would be null after .'o vember 30. It has been decided by a Vir ginia court that a contract to deliver fruit trees In the Fall was not fulfilled when they were delivered November SO, because it was understood that they were to be delivered In time to be planted in the Fall and after the planting season was over they were of no value to the purchaser. 2. Ascertain the solid cubic contents of the logsjjy multiplying the circumference by one-fourth of the diameter, and the result by the length. This will give the number of cubic feet in the Jogs, and theii the number of cords can be ascertained. Add about one-third for the spaces be tween the Btlcka of cordwood. VIEWS OF AN ALARMIST f St J6do ees SAnger ix A StaadixcJ AitaiV4 Shudder at a Fancied Tendency To ward Sentiment of "Onr Conn try, Right or Wrong." PORTLAND, Or., flee, iL(f 6 the Edi tor.) "Our country, In her Intercourse with foreign nations may she always be in the right; But our country, right or wrong." This Is not a maxlril, for the core 6t that is trdth. This motto is specious In wording, corrupting and atrocious in serl tlment, savage in spirit. It repudiates divine as well as International law. As to the latter Chancellor Kent says: "By it. every state, in its relations with other states, is bound to conduct Itself with Justice, good faith and benevo lence." By other writers it Is called "the In ternal law of nations, because it ia obli gatory upon them in point of conscience. Further Mr. Kent declares: "We ought to separate the science of public law from that Of ethics, nor en courage the dangerous suggestion, that governments are not strictly bound by the obligations of truth. Justice and hu manity, In relation to other powers, as they are In the management of their own local concerns." He says: "The most refined states among the ancients seemed to have no conception of the moral obligations of Justice and humanity between nations, and there was no such thins in existence as international law. They regarded strangers and ene mies as nearly synonymous, .and con sidered foreign persons and property as lawful prize. Their laws of war and peace were barbarous and deplorable. In the most enlightened aces of the Grecian republic piracy was1 regarded as an hon orable employment." This motto was fit for that age, but not for one under the golden rule. To those who Approve of "Our country, right or wrong," a reading of Kent's first and second lectures may bring en lightenment on this point. How does it dovetail with the words of the Declaration of Independence? "We, therefore, the representatives of the United States of America, in general Congress assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the World for the rec titude of our Intentions!" Point out the "rectitude" of intention In that vicious sentiment! King George Was justly charged In It with setting against Us "the merciless Indian savasea. whose known rule of war fare Is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes, and conditions," but ac cording to this motto he was right, and every officer and man of his armies who followed his commands. We find In the preamble to our Consti tution that our purpose was to "establish justice." Docs "Our country, right or wrong," accord with that Intent? "Who of sound mind, who believes In doing unto others as he wculd be done by, can ap prove of It? Would It not Justify every merciless act of Cortcz and Pizarro, down to the latest cruelties on the Cubans and Filipinos by their Spanish tyrants 7 The man who sincerely adopts It as a rule of action muet be afflicted with a" pronounced moral squint, political color blindness, that no teacher of ethics can. improve, nor operation of strabotomy straighten. It is a motto that no length of time can make a safe precedent or render honorable. Although It was coined In the early days of our republic. It was not of the mint of Its founders: no signer of the Declaration of Independence or framcr of the Constitution could have uttered this argot, thieves' Latin. There Is only one safe, patriotic rule and that is broad enough to defend your country when she is right and condemn her when she Is wrong. If it be wrong to join a man In a private enterprise that Is unjust, then it Is wrong to support one's country In a like cause. If It be right for the individual to repair a wrong, retrace his steps. It Is surely right in an entire nation to do so. A fair dealing that ends at the nation's border, an honesty that stops at one's threshold, is but that which "lures the pirate and corrupts the friend." A true patriot's hand penned this: Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a Nation! Then conquer we must, when our cause It is Just. And this be our motto: "In God is our trust." The mind that coined "Our country, right or wrong." neverjenned this: Flag of the free heart's hope and home By angels' hands to valor given. Thy stars have lit the welkin dome. And all thy hues were born In Heaven! In the first there is nothing angelic In Its Inspiration or aught heavenly In Its qualities. "Our country" has been Whlttler's theme, too, but there arc no false notes in his music Listen.: Great without seeking to be great By fraud or conquest rich In sold. But richer In the arss estate Of virtue which thy children hold. That spurious motto justifies every wrong from the time of Adam to the out rage on the Boers. Dr. Johnson words It thusf For sold, his sword, the hireling' ruffian draws. On September 13, 114, Key, a prisoner of war, on a British vessel, -shells burst ing around him, wrote the "Star-Spangled Banner"; April, 1816, Decatur, another Marylander, gave the toast at Norfolk, Va., "Our country, right or wrong," worthy of the buccaneer. Inspired by the spirit of wine rn a desire for carriage, who revelled In bloodshed. Brave to rashness, he courted danger, despised the wholesome air of peace, for whom hu man life had no value, and his own soul no worth, for how did he die? At the hands of a co-murderer, on the duellist's field at Bladensburg, by the pistol of Com modore Barrow, whom he also left for dead. He died at heart a murderer, and his soul went to his Maker under justification neither from divine nor hu man law. Decatur's life, the manner In which he met his death, showed he and the In dian were alike In instinct, tigerish In disposition, unfitted for Christian or civilized life. v Attnclc on . Mr. Cnnkln'x Letter. Tou recently published a. letter from Mr. G. E. Caukln to a friend In the East, which you said was an able discussion of the campaign Just closed; that the article is worthy of grave consideration by any of our citizens who entertain the Idea, that our Government has adopted a policy which Is not American In Its broadest sense. It docs deserve grave consideration, as it comes from one who has passed the limit of three score years and ten, a vet eran of the Civil War. He ha reached an age which, either from maturity of his mental powers, ought to make him a safe counselor, or, from their decay, a very dangerous adviser. That he is an unfit guide is proved by his words: "Of one thing you may feel assured beyond the shadow of a doubt, and that is that on no foot of territory where 'Old Glory' has been raised by orders of our Government, will It ever be hauled down by Ameri can hands." But this challenges atten tion, the adoption of Decatur's motto: "Ours will be the old motto: 'Our coun try! may she always be right, but right or wrong, our country!' " Now, If the citations and the reason ing In the present article be founded on good reason that of the citations can not be questioned then Mr. Caukln be ing wrong In choosing an unpatriotic rule to argue from. It may be assumed that his arguments are erronc-Ous. It may be that he took part In many of the great battles of the late unpleasant ness In his youth, which lias lent to his later recdllectlons sd satigtiihe & hue, that like the ch6urlher in th iriysterie, he sees red only; as did DecatUr, His handling df the trust, "militarism." "imperialism. Declaration Of Independ ence, and the Constltutldn, proves to be the adoption of fiiher men's Views Spiced by a b6!ster6us asSerllVe style flf His own. He assures us the "Declaration" el In dependence was d Sagnincent pfdduc tlon for that time and under then ex istlng conditions", this settles' the falfe of that Instrument per Ciukiti. Still there are others to be heard frOnli As he has thus summarily" wiped out that "sacred declaration," declared, the "mudsills'' df oiif political structure rot ten, what does lie replace thern With? "Ouf country right Or wrdngt" by which he shows himself i poor mechanic. This Is a fit displacement, ffom the Decatur mott6, df the; Qeclaratl6n of the rights of man. that respects the' rights of all. by one that Observes the tights of fidHe. Mr. Caukln must haVS written it Ufidef a delirium of pseudd datrldtisrll, induced by mem6ry of perils oft land, like Decatur's on the rising main. As the Declaration and GddStitulon sh6w plainly theif irafriers had constant-' ly in view the ten c6rtlrnandfflantB and golden rule. Mr. Caukin's attack, if suc cessful, would leave Us without moral chart Or political compass, except that giveh by Decatur. He very complacently declares: "The Constitution of Our fathers was also a wonderful Instrument!" He places it in the past tense also in the rubbish" heap. He says: "Sixteen arriehdmfertt? have been added to that safired instrument, and more are ImperillVely ceiled far." (One Is enough, "Our country, rtehtef wrong.") Notice he liEes the WOrd "sacred" derisively. By and by, there are only la of these, atld who suggested them?" The Constitution wis adopted by the convention September 1?, 1?S7, the first 10 amendments were proposed by Con gress at its first session in 1TE9, the 11th in 1734. ahd the l2th in i03. The fram ers of the Constitution wefe still living and cVidehtiy were active in urging these amendments. Who were they? Whose patriotic minds made these amendments? Prominent among them Washington, Gil man. King, Roger Sherman, Hamilton, LivingstoR, Ffhrtklin, the two Morrises, Dickinson, Carroll, Madison, Blount, the Pinckney's and Baldwin. What did the framers of the Declara tion set forth in It as fundamental? That "to which tho laws of Nature and Na ture's God entitle them": "that all men are created equal; that they are en dowed by their Creator with cjrtain In alienable rights: that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happi ness." Yet, Mr. Caukln declares these truths to be fallacious; would repeal the laws of Nature and Nature's God! That what Is "self-evident" to the world is mere nonsense to him I These amend ments are In harmony with the Constitu tion. One amendment, forced on the states by his party, the 15th. is an admitted failure has proved to be eo hurtful to good government that prominent men of that party declare K ought not to have been added, and its foremost journals take a decided stand against it on logical grounds. Tho Oregonlan, December 1, says: "In Its suppression of the Illiterate and impe cunious negro vote the South Is entitled to sympathy. Under similar circum stances Northern communities would do the same," but your property qualifica tion therein Is very questionable. Where Liberty Shrlekn. As the Declaration of Independence and Constitution arc In the morgue, political cadavers, docs expansionist Caukln pro pose to run the Government under sus pension of the rules? "Let him take who has the power; let him hold who can." This Is truly Imperialistic, though. His handling of the trusts, "militarism," and "Imperialism" appears to be but a re statement of other men's views, with a boisterous, assertive style of his own, the latter Induced by the plucking of feath ers from the tall of the Democratic rooster. As to the prosperity arising from the Republican party's creation, the trusts. Bill Nye's stump speaker, on the Glorious Fourth, humorously and aptly describes It thus! "Why are we today a free peo ple, with a big surplus In the Treasury that nobody can get at? Why are our re sources so great that ithey almost equal our liabilities? Why Is everything done to make It pleasant for the rich man, and every Inducement held out for the poor man to accumulate more and more pov erty?" Mr. Caukln. either through Ignorance or dupllcty, argues wrongly on the dangers of "militarism" when he says, to offset those perils: "At the close of our Civil War there were nearly 1.GCO.0GO Union soldiers In arms, and in addition the whole Con federate Army. European statesmen warned us that the greatest danger await ed our Institutions when those armies should be disbanded." It is not a disbanded army of volun teers that threatens a people's liberties, for these are citizens with a country, homes, wives and children to defend: it Is a standing army of regulars, who, on entering It, renounce citizenship, without country, homes and fireside. Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not reason why,. Theirs but to do and die. These are hirelings, without civic vir tue or Impulse. But Mr. Caukln tells us there is no danger from a standing army with one soldier only to each 1000 Inhabi tants! That Is mere assertion. To quote authorities of today would be folly, however sound their views, but this one should receive consideration of a time and design that frees him from charge of partisanship. "A body of 10,000 or 15,000 guards will strike terror into the most numerous pop ulace that ever crowded the streets of an Immense capital. The Pretorlan bands, whose licentious fury was the first symp tom and cause of the decline of the Ro man empire, scarcely amounted to the last-mentioned number." (Gibbon, vol. 1, ch. 5, p. 156.) What would these have done with firearms, Gatllng guns, Krag Jorgenscns, and Army CoKs? Recently a Colonel of the Second Ore gon, in Portland, was enthused over an improvement In the Gatllng gun. using his words: "It would be so much better for street work!" Setting aside the dangers to our lib erties, are we in any financial danger from the cost of our Army and Navy? "It has been calculated," Gibbon tells us In the "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire." vol. 1, ch. 5. p. 155, "by the ablest politicians, that no state, without being soon exhausted, can maintain above the hundredth part of Its members in arms and Idleness." This was written more than a century ago, when the sol diers' cost In pay, arms and equipment was as one to 10 under ours smooth-bora muskets, 10-pound field guns; the navy, wooden vessels, under sails, with primi tive cannon. Under this comparison, can -we not Justly say that the cost of our Army 16 10 times as great as that of Gib bons' day? In the war with Spain (Representative Glllett In the House, December 17. 1300), we had 200,000 volunteers and regulars, and we have now 100,000, with 35.000 to be enlisted under the reorganization bill. Consider the Immense cost of our Iron clads already built, and those under con tract, transports and armaments for coast defense is not the cost of these alarm ing: add this Item for the next year. SH5,000,000 for pensions, with no hope of reduction, but a surety of Increase for years to come. In the past 35 years this people has paid for pensions J2,$12,327.8 SI, and we still have ?S93,529 on the list. In .cost, are we not beyond the danger line drawn by Gibbon? Can we bear this burden and strain with the bonded debt of our Civil. War added to It? How far can a nation extend Its limits safely? "The first seven centuries (of the Roman empire) was filled with a rapid succession of triumphs; but It was re served for Augustus to relinquish the am bitious design of subduing the whole earth, and to introduce a spirit of modera tion into the public councils. On the death of that Emperor, his testament was pub licly read In the Senate. He bequeathed, as a valuable legacy to his successor, the advice of confining the empire within those limits which Nature seemed to have placed as Its permanent bulwarks and boundaries: On the west the Atlantic Ocean: the Rhine and Danube on the north; the Euphrates on the East, and towards the south the sandy deserts of Arabia and Africa." Gibbon, vol 1, ch. 1, pp. M5. A look at these boundaries will show in area the Roman Empire was much less than ours before we were seized with the "ambitious design of subduing the whole earth"; and our limits then were better defined, as we had the Atlantic on the east, the Gulf of Mexico on the south, the Pacific on the west, the St. Lawrence and the Great Lakes on the north, with the snow line defining the remainder of the northern boundary. We learn from Gibbon again (same vol UmO and chapter, page 51,). that three of Augustus' successors "persisted In the design of maintaining the dignity of the empire, without attempting to enlarge Its limits. By every honorable expedient they invited the friendship of the barbar ians; and endeavored to convince man kind that the Roman power, raised above the temptation of conquest, was actuated by the love of order and Justice," and with what result? "The Roman name was revered among the most. remote na tions of the earth." F. D. JODON. LIGHT OR "CONSENT." Hlllauoro's Philosopher Scintillate on Sundry Questions. HILL8BORO, Dec. 22.-(To the Editor.) Several of us would like to know what means all this talk about letting the 'n habltants of the Philippine Islands pat. tlclpate In American citizenship. Is there any reuson to believe that all want to b. citizens, and If there Is. Is there any rea son to believe that they all would com pl with the laws of that territory, or un der an enabling act by Congress be capa ble of forming a territorial government? Foreigners arc taxed by state govern ments for the protection of life and prop erty, and still they cannot vote. Citizens Of the Un!cd States are denied the privi lege Of voting In some states, while they are allowed to vote In others, notablv the negro, though even subject to military duty, while people are not allowed i vote In school meetings In Oregon who may vote at county and state elections. Ihe right to vote seems to be a fra-.i-chlse subject" to the laws of states and territories. A desire to participate In government rests. It seems, upon tw? things. First, does a man want to vote, and. second, can he vote under the laws of the state or territory In which he re sides? The right to vote Is subject to conditions by the Federal Government and to the laws of every state and terri tory. Some conditions are hard and oth ers are easy. What Is there In this vot ing business In the Philippines that Is not dead easy? We take newspapers from all parts of that country, and In this business you seem to have slipped a cog. And here Is something else we want to know. If the Constitution will permit these Islands to be held as crown lands, to be ruled by McKlnley and Congress, why will rot the Constitution permit them to be held as plain American territory to belong to the people, and not Congress? What is this great menace to the Re Dub'ic by people who are subject to us. but not qualified American voters? Did the Sultan decide that the Constitution did nut follow the flag on the battleship Kentucky, and therefore refuse to pay up, and did McKlnley agree with him, and is It not true that the Renuhlicans are In power not by merit, but hecause the olh ei side Is eternally trying to raise hell with the devil? R. CAVE. PERSONAL MENTION. J. Phelan. a merchant of Junction Ctty, Is at the St. Charles. E. F. Day. a Heppner sheepralser. reg istered at the Perkins last evening. H. McCormack. a Minnesota timber man. Is registered at the St. Charles. P. S. Davidson, a Hood River lumber man, registered at the Imperial yester day. A. Andrews, ex-Sheriff of Morrow County, Is spending his Christmas at the Perkins. , Dr. J. M. Keene. a prominent Jackson County dentist, registered at the Imperial from Medford. S. A. Kozer, of the Secretary of State's office, is at the Imperial from Salem, with his wife. W. H. Harder, city passenger agent ot the O. R. & N. at Seattle, is in Portland to spend Christmas. Rev. E. B. Lockhard. pastor of the Epis copal church at La Fayette, registered at th St. Charles yesterday. C. F. Van de Water. O. R. & N. city passenger agent at Walla Walla, Is In Portland for tho Christmas festival. Mrs. M. C Bowles, of Portland, will spend holiday week with her daughter, Mrs. C. N. Johnson, at Forest Grove. John Wicks, a logger of Stella, and J. B. Yeon, In the same business at Cath lamet, are registered at the St. Charles. J. Blxen. formerly examiner In the Pay master's office, Washington. D. C. has been transferred to the Chief Paymas ter's (Major J. B. Houston) office. De partment of the Columbia. In this city. Sam Thall, manager of "A Stranger In a Strange Land" Company, Is at the Portland. When he first began coming to Portland he was advance agent; after wards business manager, but now he is proprietor of his own show and very pros perousa fact which all of his Portland friends will be glad to hear. NEW YORK. DecT23.-Cal Hellig. of Portland, registered at . the Hoffman House today, and B. C. Kingsbury, of Spokane, Is at the Fifth-Avenue Hotel. i Accident on Astoria Road. ASTORIA, Dec. 24. There was an acci dent on the Astoria & Columbia Klver Railroad this morning, within the city limits, as the Seaside train was coming In. An empty box-car had. In some way, got on the main track from a siding, and as It was on a curve the engineer did not see it In time to 'stop the train be fore tho car was struck. The only dam age done was to the pilot and lamp of engine and the truck of the box-car was loosened from Its fastenings. The passen gers on the train were shaken up, but nono of them was Injured. OUND SLEEP Comes from a sweet stomach, purs blood, tronjr nerve and hearty health. The surest way to acquire these Is by an honest use of this famous medicine, Hostettcr's Stomach Bitters. For 50 years It has never failed to cure stomach disorders, beginning with constipation and ending With kidney or liver trouble. 8eo that a, private revenue stamp coTars the neck f the bottle. 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Dr. Piercer's Pellets cure heart-burn. GRATEFUL COMFORTING Distinguished Everywhere for Delicacy of Flavor. Superiority In Quality. Grateful and Comforting to the Nervous or Dyspeptic. Nutritive Qualities Unr.lvalled. Your Grccsr and Storeleepsr sell It. In Halt-Pound Tins only. Prepared br JAKES EPPS & CO., Ltd.. Homceopathic Chemists, London, England. BREAKFAST SUPPER for the only Sterilized V egetable r at m the "world Soda Biscuits are wonderfully light when made with. "K-Nut" India Refining Co. Philadelphia, Pa. ';j.i.u.j3ai-t9 gA'.jjaj Two friends in emergencies ies. ihe Doctor and Relieves Dandruff Immediately and causes tiilck, glossy hair to sup plank tho former thin, brittle growth. Nowl3ros Hepptefdo performs iti trork on tho principle, "Dcstro7 the canae, yon remoTO tho effect," and consequently It reaches and. i-1' off tho erer-Dusy mlcrobo -rrhich la rccponsiblo for all ocalp dis eases. It thns inntes dnnrirnff and falling hair Impossible, and promotes a luxuriant growth of hair that soon becomcathopridoof tho owner. Even. onbaldBpot3 it soon produces hair as thick and luxuriant aa anyono could wish for. One bottle vm corrtneo tht It Is tha caJyluirrcitcrtrtiit retlir restores. For Sale by aH FlnlCUzs Drag Stores. l? iv-A "" -??1' v 'ri.?yHi is it any tefg&&L i that she k!;fee41gI&J often grows pale Xg)k3it,l and thin and kfeFsi develops a tend- Pg ency to "weak r:'SkMiii lungs." When- jr! ever there is gTj f fJ''iOlSl nam in breath- fe-Ss- JpWSfl jy7ii trs!? S3 1 I Ask Toar Grocer $ "Ko-Nnt" PSJEE MALT I Blumctuer-Franlc i3 Vv 1 fi Distributers. ag -',3 mmmmmmmmmmmm THE PALATIAL OSEGOil BUB il 1 IB Not a dark offlce in the linlldlncp nbsolately fireproof; electric lights. and artemnn rrater perfect aunlta tlon and thorough ventilation. Ele T-atora ran day and night. Booms. A1NSLTE. DR. GEORGE. Physician. ...603-609 ANDERSON'. GUSTAV. 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B..i Osteopath 403-409 SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.50& STUART DELL. Attorney-at-Law 617-015 STOLTE. DR. CHAS. E.. Dentist 704-705 SURGEON OF THE -S. P. RY. AND N. P. TERMINAL CO T03" STROWBRIDGE. THOMAS H.. Executiva KnciM Art. 'Mutual Life of New York..-400 SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE 201 TUCKER, DR. GEO. F., Dentist 610-611 U. S. WEATHER BUREAU 907-00S-9O9-01 U. S. LIGHTHOUSE ENGINEERS. 13TH DIST.; Captain W. C Langfltl. Corps ot Engineers. U. S. A "" U S. ENGINEER OFFICE. RIVER AND" HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS: Captain W. C Langfltt. Corps of Engineers. U. S. A..S10 WATERMAN. C. H.. Cashier Mutual I4f of New York WILSON. DR. EDWARD N.. Physician and Surgeon 304-30o WILSON. DR. GEO. F.. Phys. & Surg..700-707 WILSON. DR. HOLT C. Phys. & Surg-507-603 WOOD. DR. W. L.. Physician 412-413-414 WILLAMETTE VALLEY TELEPH. CO.. ..613 A few more elegant offices may b had by applying to Portland Trnsri Company ct Oregon, lOO Tnlrd at. or tj The rent cleric in the building. iMIiiuiihiita