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w'" f&jwi mum&,-ujgm t ' " THE flrORNItfQ OREGONIAN, -MONDAY,' JANTTAftY 7, 1901 oPite i&v8Qonxmu Catered at the Po&tofflce at Pe-tland, Oregon, as second-class matter. TELEPHONES. Editorial Ilooma.....lG8 1 Business Office. ..6C7 REVISED SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By Mall (postage prepaid). In Advance Daily, with Sunday, per month S3 Dally, Eund excepted, per jear. SO Dally, -with Sunday, per jear g W Sunday, per year 2 00 The Weekly. r?r joar 52 The Weekly. S months., M To City Subscribers . Dally, per week, delivered. Sundays excepted 154 Dally. per week, delivered. Sundays lncluded.20c POSTAGE RATES. United States. Canada and Mexico: X0 to 16-page paper............ .........lo IS tc 82-page paper -e Foreign rates double. Xews or discussion Intended for publication la The Oregonian should be addressed lnrarla bly "Editor The Oregonian." not to the name of any Individual. Letters relating to ad erlis- Ing. subscriptions or to any business matter should be addressed simply "The Oregonian." The Oregonian does not buy poems or stories from individuals, and cannot undertake to re turn any manucrlpts sent to it without solici tation. No stamps should be inolostd for this purpose. Puget Sound Bureau Captnin A. Thompson, efflce at 1111 Pacific avenue, Tacoma. Box 055, Tacoma Postofflee. Eastern Business omce The Tribune build ing. New Tork City; "The Rookery." Chicago; the 8. C. Beckwlth special agency. New York. Tor sale in San Franolsco by . K. Cooper. 74 G Market street, near the Palace Hotel; Gold smith Bros. 23C Sutter street; F. W. Pitts, 100S Market street; Foster & Orear. Terry News stand Tor sale in Los Angeles by B. F. Gardner. 59 So Spring street, and Oliver & Haines. 100 So Spring street. For sale in Chloago by the P. O. News Co., 217 Dearborn street. Tor sale In Omaha by H. .C Shears, 103 N. Sixteenth street, and Barkalow Bros.. 1012 Farnam street For sale In Salt Lake by the Salt Lake News Co 77 W. Second Foteth street Tor sale In New Orleans by Ernest & Co, 115 Royal street. On file In Washington. D. C, with A. W. Dunn. 500 14th N. W. For sale In Denver. Colo., by Hamilton & Kentirick. 1HK1-912 Seventh street. TODAYS WEATHKR Rain; winds mostly southerly. rORTLAM), MONDAY, JANUARY 7 Though Jefferson doubted whether Constitutional power existed for acqui sition, of the Louisiana Territory, he "went ahead, nevertheless," and acquired it. Immediately there arose debate whether Congress, in its legislation for the new territory was bound by the limitations of the Constitution, as In legislation for the Union. Those who wanted to "put the Administration in a hole" insisted that it was so bound. They made an argument with which that recently offered by ex-President Harrison, In relation to legislation for Porto Rico and the Philippines, is a close parallel. But it was answered on the part of the Administration that Congress was not bound, in Its legisla tion for the new territory, by the lim itations "written In the Constitution; that the Constitution was made for the states of the Union, not for outlying territory; that the acquisition of terri tory was but an exercise of the sover eign power of the United States, and Congress might enact such legislation as it chose for regulation and govern ment of such territory. The legislation deemed necessary for the Louisiana Territory was enacted in accord with these principles, and it was approved by President Jefferson. The Oregonlan believes that the recent legislation for Porto Rico was a mistake; and It will be a greater mistake If we refuse the Philippines free commercial Intercourse with the United States. But the histor ical precedents would allow It. Indeed we have contlr ually enacted legislation for the territories that could not be enacted for the states of the Union. But we shall ailenate our new posses sions If we do not deal with them in a liberal spirit, and especially If we try to put them under disadvantages In commercial Intercourse with ourselves. It seems to be reasonably clear that the upper regions of the Columbia ba sin are now reaping the harvest of their long-continued apathy toward the project of an open river. The efforts of Oregon men in Congress for improve ment of the obstructions above the Cascades have been so peculiar to them and so unsupported by other states that the work has come to be looked upon as a pure gratuity to the people of Ore gon, If not Indeed of Portland alone. This Is a gross misconception, and It does not help matters that Congres sional news, even in the columns of The Oregonian, have lent color to It. A recent dispatch credited to Washing ton $130,008 and to Oregon something oer $2,000,000 In the river and harbor bill. Ignoring the fact that modt of the $2,0W 000 was not for the exclusive ben efit of Oregon at all. but for the w hole Columbia basin. Of course, the real beneficiaries of a canal at the dalles are the producers and consumers above Celllo in three states. The prospective beneficiaries have never realized this, unth some energetic men at Lewiston took the matter up. Before another rier and harbor bill is passed, we are likely to see a change for the better in this matter. A reduction in transporta tion rates between Portland and the interior will be of comparatively little advantage to Portland, because freight rates on products to tidewater and commodities to the interior will be du plicated by the Great Northern and Northern Pacific to Puget Sound. All the people of the Inland Empire will get more for their wheat and buy gro ceries more cheaply whether they trade at Portland, Seattle or Tacoma. There is not a man, woman and child In these three states but would be benefited by the opening of the Columbia River, and it Is discreditable that we have pro fessed statesmen who continue to stand In its way. A great outcry Is going up against prolongation of the war In the Philip pines, from the very men who are re sponsible for It the "anti-imperialists." Eery day that carnage lasts there, every interruption of peace and order, ecry case of death or illness or cap ture, only add to the burden of respon sibility these misguided sentimentalists are piling up on their own shoulders. If It could have been understood In the Summer of 18S8 that the United States would promptly enforce its sovereignty and authority In the Philippines, and it adequate measures could have been summarily taken to that end, just as was done w Cuba and Porto Rico, we should have had no Insurrection. But a movement was early set on foot in this country to delay, and, if possible, frustrate the accession of the United States. It not only instigated Aguinal do, but it scared President McKlnley and paralyzed Congress. All that has happened since is the legitimate fruit of that miserable work. The difference between Porto Rico and Luzon is that in the once case our sovereignty was taken as a matter of course here at home, and In the other It Was not. AH that has stood between peace and or der, liberty and self-government In the Philippines is the obstruction raised and fostered In the United States. It was expected to die out after the election, and to some extent did die out. But the expectation of Its complete extinguishment and a corresponding collapse of Its allied forces in Luzon was based upon the hypothesis that the obstructionists were reasoning beings, capable of ap prehending a popular verdict and ac quiescing in it. This was a mistake. Nothfng can safely be predicted of the theorist, bound to a false Idea. But those who have built up the Philippine Insurrection are estopped from com plaining at Its unpleasantness or its duration. They are merely passing Judgment on their own work. The blacker the picture anti-imperialism draws of the situation In the Philip pines, the more damning the indictment of its judgment and its patriotism. Discussion of the moral progress of the nineteenth century agrees that one of the most noteworthy advances has been along the line of temperance, espe cially in the United States. And it is a significant commentary on this prog ress that it has gone on simultaneously with discredit upon and popular impa tience with the small political party that seeks reformation through law. Decrease of intemperance In the last half of the century has been due to the public opinion of decent society and In fluential business circles. The decent social forces say "we do not decide for you that you must not use alcohol, but we serve notice on you that if you are guilty of intemperance We shall treat you as unfit and unwelcome company." No young man desires to become a so cial outcast because he is deemed vul gar company through his Intemperance, and no young man desires to stand In his own light by depreciating the value of his Industrial service through exces sive use of stimulants. Of course, there are other influences which in individual cases serve to make men temperate, but in a large sense what is called the opinion of Intelligent society and the opinion of influential business circles have greatly reduced the intemperate use of alcohol In America, Good socie ty says: "If you are Intemperate we don't desire your company," and busi ness says: "If you are intemperate we don't wish to employ you." The forces of fashion appeal lo the personal van ity, pride and self-esteem of the young man, while the forces of business ap peal to his self-Interest. How little pro hibition has to do with the Individual sobriety of the community may be gathered from the fact that in prohibi tion states, where theoretically saloons should be scarce, we find more low dives than we do in high-license states. Of all the great civilizations of the world, the United States is the most abstemious, whether" in the use of wine, beer or spirits. STANDING IN ITS OWN LIGHT. The Oregonian has more than once deplored the fact that the ruling polit ical forces at the South seem to be sat urated with sectionalism to such a de gree that they find too little room in their hearts for the broader spirit of na tionality which is sure henceforth to rule this country. The Oregonian has deplored the fact that leading journals at the South take pride in asserting that "we are a peculiar people, wno have hitherto flocked by ourselves," which is not a good reason, however, for the South to continue to flock by itself, regardless of the resistless spirit of na tionality that is sure to become more and more supreme over the mossbacked sectionalism. The answer of the evan gelists of sectionalism at the South is to invoke the fetich of "negro domi nation," "negro supremacy," as wildly as It did when under the carpet-bag governments that were the first fruits of reconstruction the negro vote was responsible for the creation of an in tolerable political situation. This situ ation was of brief duration, for since in 1877 there has been no "bayonet rule" at the South, the negro has been so completely disfranchised that there has been no such thing as any danger of negro domination, near or remote. In any state of the South. Now The Ore gonian has not quarreled with the South over its disfranchisement of the negro; it has only expressed its disgust that when all danger, near or remote, of negro domination had been extin guished, the South should not only per sist in being the life and soul of Popu lism and dishonest money, and all else that is Implied In Bryanlsm for the past twenty years, but should exhibit a present determination to continue to flock by itself and cast a solid sec tional vote, not for the political and in dustrial Interests of the South, but sim ply In the provincial spirit of finding out What the North wanted and then casting its vote in a solid lump against It The South not only Is "a peculiar people," but expects to remain "a pe culiar people", that is, it means to edu cate its growing generation to section alism by filling its schools with his tories of the Civil War so absolutely false as to the facts that they deserve to be ranked with Aguinaldo's procla mations to his army, when he had one. The past attitude of the South in Its support of Populism and dishonest money has not been In line with the viws or actions of the majority of the great military and civil leaders of the Confederacy, it has been assumed In spite of the counsels of such men as Lamar, Joe Johnston, Buckner, Hamp ton, Butler, Longstreet, Wheeler and Fitzhugh Lee. General Fitzhugh Lee. in his speech befoie the New England Society, of St. Louis, on the 22d ult.. among other things said: The South did not think that the Central Go eminent had the right to opprcssan state. You of the North had the idea that the lndl tldual state was subject to the Central Gov ernment at all times You were willing to fight for that principle and, if memory seres me correctly you won it. The forefathers were rfrald to tackle that question They were un certain whether It could be passed Thej did not wish to scare the states, so left the ques tion undecld. And it grew until a black cloud loomed up in the sky and the sword was called ob to decide finally that question which the forefathers failed to settle. We stood by that final decision of the sword, and hate no other desire than to make our states as bril liant, blazing Jewels in the crown which binds the brow of the American people and which means union foreer. Fitzhugh Lee here states the attitude of the Soutl and argument for it exact ly as The Oregonian has more than once stated it in its antagonism toward those who opposed the election of Gen eral Robert E. Lee to a place in the New York "Hall of Fame." As long ago as the death of Jefferson Davis The Oregonian pointed out that the able men of the North and South had come to take a larger view 6f the great "Civil "War than at the end of that great con flict; they had come to perceive that Jefferson Davis did hot sow the seed from which sprang the fatal plant of secession and disunion, whose blood-red blossoms began to unfold with the mag ical suddenness of a century plant in 1861. It was seen at last that Jefferson Davis was but the child, the creature, of the volcanic struggle that burst forth in the fire and smoke of civil war, not Its creator. Contests so tremen dous have no single author. They grow; they are not lifted into life by a single hand. The strong men of the North and the South were able to take this philosophic view of the Civil War fifteen years ago, and it Is held and expressed today by the best lights of the South. Unfortunately, the surviving strong men of the Southern Confederacy, like Fitzhugh Lee, "Wheeler, Hampton, But ler and Longstreet, no longer guide It3 politics or Inspire its press, for if they did the South would not be the victim today of a false and vicious historical education, would not be pluming Itself upon being "a peculiar people," whose destiny was to flock by itself through the solidarity of its sectionalism. The Oregonian has expressed its regret that the narratives, statements and reflec tions of the great soldiers attd states men of the Confederacy, like Long street, Joe Johnston, Beauregard and Stephens, who have recited the facts of the geat struggle in which they participated, have not been consulted and respected In the preparation of Southern school histories. The Civil "War was an enormous event; at the distance of thirty-five years from its close It is time the South in wisdom and decency gave its children the facts as related by the responsible actors on both sides, rather than the prejudices, ignorance and superficial understand ing of petty Bourbons and cankered pedagogues of both sexes. A MILITARY SURPRISE. The astonishment and chagrin caused in England by recent successive triumphs of the Boers against the Brit ish arms have not been abated in the least by the explanation that these vic tories have been won because of Brit ish "mistakes." It is clear that some of England's most renowned warriors have been outgeneraled. A few thou sand men accustomed to arms, horse manship and a hardy, outdoor life, have not only held the flower of the English Army In South Africa at bay, but, through the Intrepidity and un scheduled military tactics of their lead ers, they have inflicted severe reverses upon the Britons. Appreciation of marksmanship went up during our war with Spain, says the St. Louis Globe Democrat, and the Boers have sent It still higher. This Is proven in the mor tality list of the British Army, which is comparatively one of the heaviest scores in modern warfare. It repre sents a total up to December of 3018 killed In battle and 13,886 wounded; dead from disease or wounds, 7786; sick In hospitals in South Africa, 11,927; sick and wounded returned to England, 35, 548. It Is evident that strait-laced Brit ish military methods have much to do with this ghastly score. British officers are not educated in the science, If Buch It may be called, of guerrilla warfare. and while their solid platoons are In vulnerable to the Boer onset, they have been unable to score a decided and lasting victory against Irregular troops, trained in irregular methods of fight ing. It is not enough that General Col vllle, who allowed a strong regiment, strongly intrenched, to be surprised and some of its best battalions cap tured, with their guns, Is required to resign his commission. The advisabil ity of placing Colonial officers who have been trained in the rough school of ir regular warfare In charge of the Brit ish forces seems to have been demon strated as a necessity by recent events. The rapldy shifting forces of Dewct are not to be reckoned with by the accept ed military tactics of the British Army. They will be brought to final reckon ing in time, but not until their own methods of active, vigilant, mounted warfare are brought to bear against them. The Importance of the cavalry arm of the service and of marksman ship has been demonstrated by the rough riders and sharpshooters of which the Boer Army is composed. The demand of England's army of occupa tion from the first has been for mount ed troops a demand that has not yet been met. APPItEHENSIONS OP TROUBLE. Apprehensions of financial disaster in England and Germany seem to grow more definite and acute. The fact is that periods of depression are largely psychological processes, arising partly out of material developments, but also out of the well-grounded conviction that panics are bound to recur. Given a general apprehension of trouble suffi cient to raise discount rates sharply and set In motion forced liquidation, and the panic Is already well inaugu rated. History attests no fact more unmistakably than the certainty of financial difficulties. In the first decade of the last century, the Napoleonic wars and the embargo act forced our Atlantic seaboard states from com merce to manufacturing. The War of 1812 increased this piessure, so that from 1S00 to 1816 was a period of ex traordinary manufacturing develop ment, during which no panic 6r period of 'general depression can be traced aside from the hardships and losses In separable from such a transition in the business of the country. A paper money collapse came in 1818, a panic followed, and the depre slon was felt as late as 1824. The period from 1S24 to 1837 may be described as a pe riod, of renewed and general prosperity, and up to within a few days of the Inauguration of Van Buren, President, March 4, 1837, not a cloud was seen on the commercial sky. Like the first panic of 1818, the panic of 1837 was preceded by a similar crash in England. The storm broke in New York City about April 1, 1837, and by the 8th of the month panic was extend ing rapidly all over the country. The country did not recover fully from this panic until 1842. From that time until 1857, a period which included the stim ulus of the Mexican War and the dis covery of gold in California in 1848, the country enjoyed as striking a degree of prosperity as had been obtained from 1824 to 1837. The panic of 1S57 began in August with the failure of the Ohto Life & Trust Company for $7,000,000. and speedily became general. In Octo ber, the banks In all the great Cities New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore suspended specie payment. Full re- covery from that panic did not come until 1SG1. The great paper money In flation of the Civil War and the great expansion of Industry after It carried us along on the high tide of prosperity until it broke, in September, 1873, to be followed by five years of the hardest times known in this country within the century with the exception of the four or five years following 1837. Recovery began in 1879 and extended to 1893, which was followed by four years of depression. England has had panics about once in 10 years, while the United States has experienced them at longer Intervals. The panics of 1818, 1837, 1S57, and 1873-78 have been international, and so was the panic of 1893, which was really the tail end of the Baring Lon don storm of 1S90-91, intensified In this country by our silver policy. The average longevity of American periods of prosperity Is nearer 20 years than 10. Panics have come in our coun try under high tariff and low tariff, un der paper money inflations and under expansion due to gold discoveries. They have come when foreign trade has been favorable and when it was unfavorable. They come, as a rule, when least expected, as In 1857, when the business feeling was one of un bounded confidence In the solidity, ex tent and endurance of the conditions of prosperity. Panics, however, have In variably attended times of great specu lation and investment of capital in new enterprises. British speculation in Africa and British Coumbia may bring trouble to Investors, but it is hardly on lrge enough a scale to cause panics of any considerable magnitude. The socialistic- passion for leveling, for abolishing differences among men, created by talents, opportunity or prop erty, Is the Inspiration of the Bryan lzed Democratic party. The controlling desire is to upset the existing system of our social, industrial and political life, and to make the active and ener getic forces pf the country carry the shiftless, thriftless, Indolent and Ineffi cient members of the social and polit ical body. Robert Lowe, celebrated In English economic history, a politician among financiers and -a financier among politicians, a man who had given much thought to modern .social ahd economic conditions, was not far wrong when he said: "The causes of wealth are two, industry and thrift; the causes of pov erty are two, idleness and waste." That was a generalization so true that the exceptions to it may be admitted as proofs of the rule. There Is one well-governed city in the United States. It is the City of Wash ington. The people of the city have nothing to do with the government; but the city continues to thrive under this ''un-American system," andrthere is no proposal to change it, whether Repub licans or Democrats control the Na tional Administration. The city Is gov erned by three Commissioners, who are appointed by the President, two from civil life and one from the Army. Peo ple and press appear to be entirely satisfied with the Government, and this anomalous system ot administra tion for the capital of a Nation whose every other city elects its chief officials appears to be established as a perma nent thing. It is something to think on that the best-governed city in the United States excludes popular suf frage. , The Torrens system of land regis tration in Massachusetts stands the test of appeal to highest courts, as for merly it stood the same test in Illinois. The Supreme Court of the United States declines to interfere, on the ground that it has no jurisdiction. In both Illinois and Massachusetts It Is optional with land-owners whether they shall avail themselves of the provisions of the law In the registration of their holdings;, but It is proposed In other state3 to make such registration com pulsory, and so fix an absolute place of beginning for all land titles. It Is prob able that an effort will be made in the Legislature of Oregon to bring land titles and transfers in this state under the system. At the end of a short article on Dr. Marcus Whitman, printed yesterday, through inadvertence on part of writer or compositor, The Oregonian was made to say that though "Whitman's courage was supreme, his courage was small." It was intended to say that though his courage was supreme his discretion was small. His Winter ride was an enterprise that had the quality of foolhardiness. It was only by the merest chance that he got through. And the murder of himself and family by the Indians was due to his Want of discernment and discretion In dealing with them. Dr. Whitman was a man of courage, but not of wisdom. In another column Rev. Mr. Snyder writes of the number of gambling houses in Portland. His Information may not be exact in every case any one man's Information is not likely to be but the object of his letter is laud able, and Its statements are of public concern. Citizens should know the facts about these thlngst and the best meaning officials are made none too cautious by close scrutiny. The ardent Oregon Populist who went ,to South Africa eulogizing the Boers and came back extolling the English may know how it feels to be accused of having been bought with British gold. The British Were exasperated because they could not find the Boers. Now they are more exasperated because they did. They wanted only one good whack at the Boers. Now they want another. Let ub have a speech on the appor tionment bill from some Pacific Coast member, showing up the injustice of Washington's proposed representation. If Roberts meant that the war was over for him, maybe he was right. Let us hope that last was Agulnal ido's ninth life. Public Sentiment and Subsidy. Indianapolis News. Opposition to the ship-subsidy bill is now so strong and widely diffused that it hardly seems possible that Congress Will dare to pass It. All over the country the people are protesting against the sub sidy bill. Republicans and Democrats alike are Using their Influence to defeat It. Stanch Republican newspapers are warning the party leaders against the effort now making to commit the party to the principle embodied In the bill. The more the measure Is considered the clear er does it appear that it is almost wholly In the Interest of fast passenger steamers with slifrht- careo .eaDaclty. and that a large part of the money would go to the wealthy owners of shld that are already In existence- and being run at a profit. . . . In a recent discussion of the bill In the New York Evening lost. It was shown that the International Navigation Company, which owns the American Llrie- would draw a subsidy of about $2,500,000 a year, or $30000,000 in 20 years. . . . It seems almost incredible that any representatives of the people could be brought to vote for such a bill. It is wholly In the Interest of a special Class, and that a small and wealthy class. . Our Indiana Representatives in Congress will be enthusiastically sustained if they contribute to the defeat of the measure. YAMHILL AGAINST THE WORLD. A McMlnnvllle Roy Rises to Fame as a Practical Dietitian. Chicago Inter Ocean. The case of Reuben Hill Thompson, a graduate of McMlnnvllle College, Oregon, now a senior In Harvard University, de serves the notice of Dr. Harper, Dr. Shep pard, Dr. Van Wyck, Dr. Hamltng and all other students of dietetics. He is said to have lived for more than a year on 15 cents a day and to have liked It. His bill of fare for one week is: Twenty-one orders of potatoes (two to the order), S4 cents; 21 orders of bread (two slices to the order), 21 cents; total for the week, $103. This is refined simplicity. There are none of the complications here that have done so much toward arousing unfavor able criticism against the regimen sug gested by the leading dietitians who have thus far introduced system. Potatoes and bread are substances as tangible as they are nutritious. With these for a founda tion, Reuben Hill Thompson could suffer from none of the annoyances that enter into a complicated menu. Hash, for Instance, is in Itself a simple compound, but Its preparation requires, btsldes meat, fresh or cured, a quantity of potatoes, a complement of onions, a fla voring of spices, and pepper and Salt. Moreover, it is not every student who Is gifted with the patience required for chopping the meat, or with the knowledge demanded for giving the dish its legiti mate consistency and piquancy. Oatmeal ih all its forms requires the attention which gradually and insidiously trans forms the frugal eater Into the epicure. Sawdust has its merits, but to be thor oughly enjoyed, it should be mixed with bran and the white of egg, carefully watched while cooking, and taken only in great moderation. Excelsior, pine Cones and even hay have their good qualities in diet, yet no one of them can be recommended Conscientiously as a staple diet for a working student, and particularly for a student like Reu ben Hill Thompson, who says he does not think the consumption of rich foods Is conducive to bralh work, ahd who assUres an Interested and anxious public that he Is hungry only for knowledge. The advantages of a potato and bread diet are so manifest that It Is scarcely worth white to point them out. If wo ex cept salt, no accessories of any kind are required. The potatoes may be served in a variety of ways. If in a hurry in the morning, when he Is hungry for knowl edge, Mr. Thompson can eat them raw, with or without their jackets. Cut thin ahd inserted between his two slices of bread, they will furnish him, while dress ing, very palatable sandwiches. If he be possessed of a lively fancy there is no reason why he should not imagine him self breakfasting on cold apple fritters. When he feels Jlke withdrawing his mind from his studies, Mr. Thompson can serve the potatoes boiled, rpasted, baked or mashed. He can serve them as Sara toga chips or on tho half shell. He can serve them plain or with water, as he chooses. He has tho two slices of bread always on hand, and the knowledge that he can vary the potatoes with tbem must give him courage as well as strength in his dally diet. If he desired to Indulge In luxuries, he might now and then make a potato ball, or, by reducing the bread to dough, try his hand at a potato pie, but from his own statements It la plain that he is above such mere pleasures of the table, and that all he cares for is just enough to keep him alive from one meal to the next. , The cost is a trifling high In comparison with the Hamllng system, but still, as be fore remarked, Reuben Hill Thompson's plan recommends itself. The six potatoes and the six slices ot bread which he re quires dally can easily be carried around with him, and If he saunters abroad be tween class recitations to obtain needed recreation, he has the advantage of being able at any time to be his own picnic. Good News From Lncon. New York Commercial Advertiser. The news which comes from the Philip pines this morning In a special cable dis patch to the Sun from Manila will cast a deep gloom over the holiday spirits of the anti-Imperialist contingent. "The new year," says the correspondent, "will find the Philippines approaching peace. Central Luzon Is practically subdued, the roads are open, and the Inhabitants pros perous." Favorable reports come from other sections also, Great numbers of Insurgents are being taken prisoners whose "wholesale retention is the se verest kind of a blow to the insurgent cause, eliminating hero worship and pre venting re-enllstment." The capture of so many prisoners is "undoubtedly due to spreading Influence of the elections and General MacArthur's proclamation," and "undoubtedly the bottom of the Insurrec tion Is dropping out." Finally, what could be more disheartening to a sanguine anti imperialist than this general view of tho situation: The residents, experiencing relief from insur gent terrorism and reaping the benefits of American institutions, are now refusing to make their customary contributions to the reb els. Tho Manila leaders and backers of the Insurrection are beginning: to feel the Justice and realise the honest Intentions, of the Phil ippine Commission, and are deserting the sink ing cause. The new Federal party Is enroll ing the brainiest and most loyal Filipinos, in cluding a large number of ex-civil officials and ex-mllltary officers. The prospects are bright for a healthy combination of old fac tions working in behalf of peace. An Estimate, and Its Opposite. Medford Enquirer. It makes a person who is acquainted with Senator George McBfide "very tired" to read such gush as the following from the Albany Herald: Senator George W. MeBride has served his term of six years in the Senate with credit to the state and himself. Modest and unassum ing, he lias not advertised his goings ahd comings as many less qualified Men are wont to do. but he has none the less secured for his constituents ail that one more noisy but less adroit could have secured tor them. The truth of the matter Is, George Mc Bride is a little, narrow, contracted, pea nut politician, with no more brains than the average siwash. In his six years as United States Senator he has not accom plished anything whatever for the good of Oregon. While In a political sense It Is none of our business whom the Republi cans elect nor have we any particular man In view still we do think the Repub lican party in Oregon has several hun dred more capable men than little George McBrlde, and It is their duty as progres sive citizens to name that man for United States Senator who will bring to our state the greatest amount of prestige. But, for the Lord's sake, give MeBride a rest! i - ' H i The Tide of Time. Baltimore Sun. How many persons of all the millions living in 1801 are alive today? Very few, indeed, are the men and women who saw the nineteenth century begin and who wit nessed its end at 12 o'clock last night. They linger on the stage of life, solitary and scattered survivors of an innumerable army ot human beings who In the hun dred years Just completed made their en trances, played their great or little parts and then made their inevitable exits! It Is practically a new world of people as well as Of progress upon which the twentieth century dawns. Time has covered as with a flodd those who formed the inhabitants j of tho earth when the nineteenth century came in, and the vast majority of them barely hold a place in the rdemorlea even of their descendants. But few of the in fants ot today will see the close ot the present Century, comparatlvelyfew of the young men and women of 21 will accom pany It as far as 1950, and before it has accomplished two-thirds ot its journey the globe will be occupied by our chil dren's children. All of which reflections, trite as they are, emphasize the transitory character of human life, and suggest the familiar exclamation: "How soon we are forgot when we are dead." Most of us would prefer to take the more cheerful view held by the Ettrick Shepherd, as presented in one of the con versations with Christopher North In the Noctees Ambroslanae. "What, if we were dead?" asks the Shepherd. "The world would go on without us," answers North. "Ave." savs the SheDherd. "but never sae weel again. The very Earth will feel a dlrl at her heart and pause for a moment on her axis." A poetic fiction, perhaps, as regards the world In general, but in most cases a real truth in poetic phrase as regards the circle of our home and friends, narrow as that may be. For them the world never goes on "sae weel again," and "the verra Earth" seems to the survivors to "feel a dlrl at her heart and pause for a moment on her axis" in tender sympathy. But. at all events, each man and woman who has done well his Of her part has the comfort of feel ing that even if the world does go on without them, they have contributed in their day ahd generation to its upbuilding and Improvement. The practical question for all of us is not where we will be In 2001? but What shall we do In 1901 to make the world better and brighter today and for the people who will inhabit this little globe a hundred years from now? m CASE OF HOLE-IJf-THE DAY. Mast Have Been "Sot a Citizen Yet Under Oar Jurisdiction. New York Sun. The Hartford Times appears to regard the following passage from the fourteenth amendment to the United States Consti tution as absolutely conclusive on the question of citizenship: All persons born or naturalised In tho United Slates, and subject to the Jurisdiction thereof, are citlsens of the (United States, and of tho state whertin they reside). The bracketed clause our esteemed con temporary falls to quote, yet It Is some what illuminative of the meaning of "United States," as used just above It. This Is the part of the fourteenth amendment referred to by Justice Harlan the other day when he asked one of tho counsel before the Supreme Court wheth er it is in the power of the President and the Senate, as the treaty-making power, to overrule the fourteenth amendment. The trouble with the Hartford Times' Interpretation we do not say Mr. Justice Harlan's Interpretation of the language of the fourteenth amendment, apparently. Is that it understands that amendment to say: All persons born or naturalised in the United States, or subjedt to the Jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States, etc. If the word were "or" instead of "and," the Case would indeed be plain. Every Porto Rlcan, every Filipino, every sub ject of the Sultan of Jolo, every Indian on our own reservations, every Thllngit and Kuskwogmiut in Alaska, being sub ject to the jurisdiction of the United States, would be a citizen of the United States. But that la not what the fourteenth amendment provides. It provides that citlzensip shall belong to all persons born or naturalized In the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof: that is to say, to all persons corn or natural ized wlthlh the United States and still subject to Its Jurisdiction. The purpose of the "and" is obvious. If the word were "or" Instead of "and," a person born or naturalized in the United States would be a citizen of the United States even after ho had renounced his, allegiance and be come the citizen or subject of another na tion. From among scores of similar prow Blons In the Indian appropriation bill re ported the other day to the House ot Representatives, we take this item as a specimen: For ninth of ten Installments of annuity, last series to be paid t6 Chief Hole-ln-the-Day or his heirs, per third article of treaty of Au gust 2, 1517. and fifth article of treaty of March 10. 18(17, one thousand dollars. Was Hole-In-the-Day a citizen of the United States when the Government of the United States entered into treaty rela tions with him in 1847, and again in 18S7? Did he become a citizen of the United States when, in 1868, the fourteenth amendment was declared by joint resolu tion of Congress to be a part of the Con stitution of the United States? Yet he was at that time subject to the jurisdic tion of the United States as he is today, If Hole-ln-the-Day has not gone to the happy hunting grounds. Clear Concise and Effective. Sumpter American. The majestic old Oregonian starts the state off right, .as it enters the 20th cen tury. The New Year's edition of that paper consists of 36 pages, which fairly bulge out with commercial and historical data. Commerce, industrial enterprises, the railroads and Steamships and steam boats, agriculture and horticulture under their various divergent heads, cattle and sheepralslng, the dairying business; and, in fact, everything pertaining to the de velopment of tho state, is treated in a clear, concise, Intelligent and exhaustive manner. This promises to be the most effective Issue In its results for good to Oregon The Oregonian has ever printed. Tho public mind Is now ripe for Oregon data, and the New Year's Oregonian will be gobbled up in short order. Able, bat Not Sincere. Chicago Journal, i Only one thing was lacking to Ignatius Donnelly, who died yesterday. That thing was Intellectual sincerity; and if he had possessed it he would have placed his name high In literature's temple of fame. The man who wrote "Atlantis" and that wonderfully Ingenious attack oh the glacial hypothesis, "Ragnarock," could have contributed much that would have been of real Value and permanent interest to the world's supply of great books If he had actually believed In any thing. But Donnelly Is already forgotten or remembered merely as a literary con juror whose tricks, though clever, Were avowedly Illusions. The Constant Lover. London Punch. 0 Mary, 1 remember yet The blissful moment when we met, E&ch trundled in a bassinette, By nursemaids each attended; Tou came, you saw, you conquered. 1 Your slave remained till, passing by, The laugnlng Madge I chanced to spy, Adn then your reign was ended. The laughing Madge I did adore For full six months, then fell before The yes ot sad Anita. She was my senior by a score Of maiden years, or hapiy mote. But what of that? So sweet a Divinity ne'er blessed the ways Of mortal men. I loved to gaze Upon her eyes and sing her praise. Until I chanced to meet a Still fairer star. More radiant far, I mean my Mar guerita. The golden ringlets that she shook Seemed meant for soft caresses; 1 worshiped them, until 1 took A turn for ebon tresses. Then raveh Kate was my delight. Who walks In beauty like the nlgbtj She ruled me tilt I caught a sight Of auburn Angelina, , For whom my passion still increased I loved her for a month at least, In short. Until 1 mot with WH-helrolna. NOTE AND COMMENT. Wanted A substitute for fin-de-sleclo. Address Reporter, anywhere. The cold wave was a little late, but It was worso late than never. If you don't like the weather you can move into some other century. Pettigrew Is obstructing business in. the Senate, but the obstruction will soon be removed. These stories about salt being a life savor will be taken with a grain of the same medicine. It 1b fortunate that Lord Roberts left & few report-wlth-regret forms for Kitch ener to fill out Just think what a wonder John L. Sullivan would have been if he had had a West Point tralnlngl General MacArthur held a New Year! reception at Manila. Aguinaldo's death explains why he wasn't there. The project to corner lard has been abandoned, and the great American in stitution known as pie la no longer threatened. Cleveland Is showing that, although ha was long silent, he had opinion, because he is a Democrat. The only prodigy in the party is Dave Hill. Edwin Markham is writing a poem on the dead century. He probably holds the masters, lords and rulers in all lands responsible for Its demise. Now that it has been shown that salt causes the heart to beat, tho fond lover will be prone to treat the object of his affections to Holland herring. A learned philologist undertakes to give the etymology of the word "kidnap." He says the original was "kldnab" and tho kidnaper was one who nabbed the, kid. Learning Is a great matter. One of our Senators says that it Ore gon's Interests should demand it he would return to Washington immediately. Of course, Oregon and Its Interests at Wash ington are so insignificant that they get along just as well without attention. If politics were less Important Oregon inter ests mlsht not have such a krw valua tion. In Curry County a postmistress refuses to surrender her office to a newly appoint ed postmaster, and flaunts, "What Is he going to do about it7" He certainly is up against a pretty hard thing, and has com miserations of many sympathizers. All tho land and water forces of the United States can hardly avail against one wom an's obduracy who has set her mind. Congressman Roberts, in connection with his work as a committeeman, re cently discovered a forgotten room In tho Capitol, back of statuary hall. It was full of old books, and during the Civil War was used as a hospital. An old stove and some cleft wood were found, jUst as they were left over 30 years ago. A sol dier's coat, full of dust and moth eaten, hung on the gas jet. The air was stifling, and the lock on the door had almost rusted off. Shipments of wheat from Argentina this cereal year aggregate 74,000,000 bushels, agairst 63,670,000 bushels durlnz the pre vious year. The correspondent of tho London Times finds it probable tha,t a surplus of 7.)0O.COO bushels will be left for export during the coming year, and the more conservative estimates place the exportable supply at 60,000.000. This 13 a Competition to be taken Into account by the grain-producing interests of tho United States. At the recent banquet of the New Eng land Society of St. Louis, General Fitz hugh Lee, the guest Of honor, said in the course of his response to the toast, "The Army and Navy": "I remember that when John Wesley went to the gates of heaven and asked If there were any Methodists there, St. Peter answered no. Ho asked If there were any Presbyterians ho Any Baptists no. But as he waited and asked questions a grand chorus came from over the ramparts 'Christians, and the gate swung open. So we are Ameri can citizens, dwelling together in Joy and peace and unity."- Representative Jones, of Virginia, tells this story on his father: Directly after the war, Jones senior was sent to the State Senate. An old slave who had be longed to him was also elected to tha Senate. The two drew adjoining seats. Senator Jones was very courteous, and In addressing his former slave always called him Senator. The old negro stood it for some time and finally said: "Massa Will iam, I don't like dis Senator business. Kaln't I come down to yo' house and visit that cook of yourn? I Euhtlnly would like permission to visit yo kitchen." Tha request was granted, and while Senator Jones was In his library the other Sen ator was down In the kitchen visiting the cook. Every one of the bond3 of the great Carnegie Steel Company and thore ara 1160,000,000 worth of them bears a fine steel engraving of Carnegie. The coupon clippers of coming generations will have a chance to gaze on nis smiling ince at perceptible Intervals, and they are rea sonably sure to call him blessed. Tho entire lssile of $160,000,000 Is divided Into series, a group of 2000 of the denomina tion of $20,000 each for the very rich, another group of 4000 of a denomination of $10,000 each for those a little less so, still another group of 8000 of a denomina tion of $5000 for those who are moder ately rich, and finally a group of 40,000 of a denomination of $1000 each for the little fellows. PLEASANTRIES OF PAItAGRAPIIERS Girls! airls!! Miriam Jack Dusnap tried to kiss me five times last night. Melicent In deed? "What Interrupted him? Puck. Husband Don't you think it was very ex travagant of you to buy all those things? "Wife But I didn't buy thm; I had tham charged. Philadelphia Record. Her Practical Mind "But why have you broken your engagement?" they OBked. "Why Shouldn't I?" she replied "Christmas is past, and my next birthday is fully sir months away." Chicago Evening Post. A Cruel Cut. The Saucy Soubrette (in the "Centlnuaua'O When do you go ont The Irish Comedian Right afttsr the trained donkeys. The Saucy Soubrette Heavens! It's a wonder the sta;e manager doesn't try and break the monotony more than he does. Brooklyn Life. "Mornln .paper, sir?" sang out the news boy "One penny, sir." "Here's three-pence, boy," replied the facetious customer. "Keep the twopence, buy a cake ot soap with it. and. glvo your face a washing." The newsboy handed back the money with great dignity. "Keep the change yourself, sir," he said, "and use It to buy a book on etiquette, sit!" Tit Bits. Unalloyed bliss. "Aren't you going to wear that necktie I gave you oft Christmas V la quired Mr Meekton's wife. "Of course I am, Henrietta. I was saving It Up. I'm going to wear that red necktie and mr Nile-green imok-lng-jacket, and purple-and-yeliow socks, ana smoke one of those birthday cigars you gave me, all ttt once." Washington Star. lll"'A'-i -s.Biirfttt.