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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!
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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.