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News or discussion Intended for publication in The Oregonian should be addressed Invaria bly "Editor The Oregonian," not to the nama of any IndU idual Letters relating; to advertis 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 manuscripts sent to It without solici tation No stamps should be Inclosed for this purpose. Puget Sound Bureau Captain A. Thompson, office at 1111 Pacific aienue. Tacoma. Box 053, Tacoma Postfllce. Eastern Business Office The Tribune build ing. New York City: "The Rookery," Chicago; the S C Beckwith special agency. New York. For sale In San Francisco by J IC Cooper, 740 Market street, near the Palace Hotel; Gold smith Bros , 296 Sutter street; F. W. Pitts, 1003 Market street. Foster &. Orear, Ferry News stand. For sale In Los Angeles by B. F. Gardner, 250 So. Spring street, and Oliver &. Haines, 106 So. Spring street. For sale In Chtaaco by the P. O. News Co , 217 Dearborn street. For sale In Omaha by H. C. Shears. 105 N. Sixteenth street, and Barkalow Bros., 1C12 Farnam street For sale In Salt Lake by the Salt Lake News Co 77 W Second South street. For sale In New Orleans by Ernest & Co., 115 Royal street. On file in Washington D. C. with A. W. Dunn. 500 lh N W. For sale In Demer, Colo, by Hamilton & Kendrlck. 008 912 Seventh street. TODAY'S WEATHEPw-Raln; slightly warm er; brisk to high southerly winds POUTLAM), FRIDAY, JAAHARY XI. It Is slowly dawning upon this com munity how grave was the betrayal of its welfare made by Assessor Greenleaf when he reduced valuations here for the purpose of putting the Simon char ter and Its framers In a hole. Another chapter In that nasty mess was un fulded in the report of the Taxpayers' League. The city's Interest, a fixed charge, is practically to be defaulted upon because the levy, adequate on the accustomed valuation, is made inade quate by a reduced valuation. The other penalties of Mr. Greenleaf's ac ti n are the enmity of the whole state and the crippling of all the municipal departments. It Is a common remark that Portland, considering the. taxes it pays, presents a discreditable showing as to streets, lights, police and fire equipment. There is truth In this crit icism. To make a satisfactory show ing it will be necessary to raise more taxes. Now, heavy taxes are not the basis of complaint here. The basis of ccmplalnt is th'e inequity of our taxes. ZJerchants will not object to taxes on their business, provided those taxes tomport fairly with taxes on real es tate. "We shall undertake to say that the merchants of Portland will pay axes on their stocks and licenses on their occupations without a murmur, provided that real estate is proportion ately taxed. But all our trouble springs from the fact that real estate valiia ons were cut down. The remedy for the city's troubles Is in a restoration of the old $40,000,000 valuation. Then the charter's levy will be adequate, ex cept that authority should be given for transfer of funds under certain, limited c ndltlonr. Justice Brown got very near the heart of the self-extending Constitution problem when he asked Mr. Coudert If there was not an intermediate state through which acquired territory r asses, after It has ceased to be a for eign country and before it becomes a part cf the United States. Mr. Coudert admitted there is, but he gave a lame raply. That condition lasts, he said, only until the treaty of cession takes effect. Now the well-attested fact is that so far as the revenue- clauses of the Constitution are concerned, the treaty of cession never has transferred the acquisition from being a foreign country to the status of a part of the iUrJn. Mr. Coudert cites the case of Flerrlng vs Page. In that case the Su- Vne Court, speaking of Tampico. ex- ilcltly avers: The department. In no Instance that we art vare of since the establishment of the Go- nircntbas eer recognized a place In a newly. acquired country as a domestic port, from wh h the coaMJnr trade might be carried on. until it hntlbccn previously mode so by CoiiKresn. The case of Cross vs. Harrison shows hat the Constitution was not extended proprio vlgore, to California, but by cpeclal act of the Military Governor, the Supreme Court holding that duties paid under protest by claimants were lawfull collected, until Congress leg islated for the new territory. "If the revenue Irws extended over California, eo Instant"," says Halleck, interpreting the tplnlcn. "on the ratification of the treatj by which that territory was ac qu'red, these duties were unlawfully" collected. The claim of the plaintiffs was distinctly repudiated by the Su preme Court.' The vote o the United States Senate to abolish the Army canteen was In de fiance of the testlmopy of the vast ma jority of the veteran officers of the Army, Including that of Army chap lains who have seen the beneficent Influence of the canteen in the Philip pines, and against the judgment of Secretary of "War Root, who asked for its continuance because he was satis fled, as had been his predecessors. Sec retaries Endlcott, Proctor and Alger, that the canteen had promoted tem perance, good order and -discipline. Among those voting to retain the can teen were Senators Spooner, Caffery, Hawley, Cockrell, Mallory, Morgan, Pettus, Sewell, Shoup, all soldiers of the Civil "War, as were Senators Vest and Proctor, who would have voted to retain the canteen had they been pres ent. The Populist and antl-expanslon Democrats all voted to kill the canteen from a desire to make the Army serv ice as unpopular as possible. These antl-expanslon votes, with the votes of the prohibition Senators from Maine ind New Hampshire, and those from states having a comparatively large prohibition vote, like Iowa, Georgia and New York, robbed the Army of the can teen. Reason and facts were in favor cf its retention, but the Senators re membered that It would cost them so ( votes to defeat the canteen, while they might win some votes for the future by voting with the prohibitionists. To Tfote down the canteen was a bit of moral demagogy for a Congress that was thrown into a panic when Repre sentative Fitzgerald, of Massachusetts, tried to offer a resolution banishing the Congressional "canteen" from the Cap itol. The average politician never cares What happens so long as it doesn't hap pen to him. The men who voted to retain the canteen are among the ablest, most temperate, most upright and Independent members of the Sen ate. The soldiers, deprived of rational opportunity for drink in moderation, under restraining Influence, will now drink to excess of the vilest poisons, outside the gates. They will always find It there BUT AX INTERREGNUM. In Its report on the finances of the City of Portland the committee of the Taxpayers' League considered various sources and estimates of the city's In come for the current year. It pro nounced against the occupation tax, though this tax, as it seems to The Ore gonian, is as fair a way of raising a portion of the city's" revenue as any; and it added this statement: The receipts from fines from gamblers la not Included, and we think rightly, as it Is per fectly manifest that the present arrangement respecting these fines will not continue much longer, and It seems to us as business men that it Is, to put It mildly, a very uncertain source of Income to run a city government on, not considering other Questions Involved In this method of raisin; revenue which perslst ontly force themselves on one's mind and con science. The Oregonian agrees with the com mittee that these fines cannot be de pended on as a source of continuous public revenue, to the extent now yielded. Indeed no calculation can be based on revenues from this source; for as soon as the present policy shall be changed, which will be done soon, in order to take the subject off "the mind and conscience" of good citizens, the private "graft" will be resumed. There may, Indeed, be a partial inter ruption of gambling for a little time, but It will soon be going again, and political bosses and others will again be dividing among themselves from 540,000 to $60,000 a 'year, paid by "the games" for "protection." Surely there has been experience enough on this subject during twenty years and more, so that no one need have any doubt about it. This sort of corruption Is Inseparable from our system. It Is part of the price we pay for the blessings of general suffrage and popular government. Of course, we shall not bo disloyal to pop ular gqvernnient, nor renounce the "rights of man," because these evils are Inseparable from the system. But If Portland were governed by a com mission appointed by some authority far above it far removed from local Influence, a strong hand could be held over all Its affairs. Governed by men of Integrity, with rigor and vigor, men beyond the reach of suffrage and the play of political parties for advantage over each other, Portland could be freed from evils that press on the mind and conscience of good citizens. But Portland cannot be so governed. "Were It not merely foolish and silly, It would be treason to democracy to pro pose It. But we cannot have the blessi lngs of popular government, based on equal and general suffrage, without having some evils, or at least disadvan tages, with them. Laws against crime are well en forced in our cities; laws against vice cannot be enforced very far. A moral wave may Indeed pass over a city, giv ing vice some trouble for a while; but the pressure is never sustained very long. Absorption of men In business; influence of party; connection of many in one way or another with Interests that find "business" in an "open" town; resentment on the part of these and many more against improper interfer ence, as they regard It, with their per sonal rights, together with natural hu man opposition to a close and rigorous reglme these are among the condi tions that soon produce relaxation of the pressure on the one hand or tend to overpome it on the other. There is no occasion whatever for citizens to deceive themselves about this present matter. There has been experience enough. Very soon after the city shall cease to fine the gamblers and turn the fines Into the public treas ury the private graft will be re-estab lished, and gambling will go on as be fore. But The Oregonian Is perfectly aware that "the present arrangement," as this committee calls It, will not be continued long. It will be blown away by reform; and the old traffic will soon be In full swing again. The present In terruption of it Is really an unexpected experience. It Is but a brief Interreg num. IN TILDEN'S STEPS. Governor Odell, of New Tork, Is an able man, of mature age, large legis lative experience, an astute, hardhead ed man of business. He Is able not only to point out opportunities for ex tensive retrenchment In the govern ment of New York State, but he Is able to set forth the effective measures necessary for legislative reform of ex travagance. He sees his opportunity to become a reform Governor In fact, as was Samuel J. Tllden, Instead of being a reform Governor by mouth, as was Governor Roosevelt. Roosevelt was an honest man of ardent purpose, but he Is neither a well-trained lawyer nor an able man of business. He wasted a great deal of steam; his boiler leaked at the joints; he disappointed the earnest reformers, whether lawyers or men of business, by his incapacity to proceed from eloquent exhortation to effective, well-planned execution. He had courage to the point of Ill-considered rashness, but his ability was not equal to his Intentions, and it is but simple truth to say that Governor Roosevelt retired from the executive chair with less reputation than he brought to It Courage without self-restraint, and ambition and energy without sound understanding and discretion, do not make a statesman, however adequate they may be to a soldier that leads a headlong charge on a battery. Gover nor Odell sees that Roosevelt was not the practical reform Governor that New York needed, so he proposes to play Tilden rather than Roosevelt. Like Tllden, Odell Is a man of few words. He does not seek to play the orator, but, like Tilden, he Is a very clear thinker and an admirable writer of what we might call fine legal prose. He knows what he is talking about; he is concise, forcible, convincing. His opportunity Is great. Piatt Is getting! to be an old man: he is In his 68th year: his health is not vigorous. Depew is In his 67th year, and is not a dangerous political competitor as a leader of "re form" politics In the Empire State. The probability is that Governor Odell intends to play the part of Tll den as a. "reform" Governor, hoping to obtain the real leadership of his party in New York State. And the chances are that he will succeed. The campaign to upset Tammany will prob ably be successful next November, and If so, Governor Odell will necessarily be In a position to help consummate the legislation that will be necessary to realize the fruits of victory. He Is an ablo man; he sees his opportunity and shows that he sees It by his prompt Independence of action or suggestion from Senator Piatt. CONFUSION IN MORALS, The women In Kansas and Illinois who have entered liquor saloonB and demolished plate-glass mirrors and bar fixtures deserve all the punishment that Is provided by law for persons of either sex who destroy property or com mit acts of violence without legal au thority. The young women of Ster ling, 111., who horsewhipped the saloon keepers on the plea that liquor had been sold to their brothers who are minors would better apply their "black snake" whip to the backs of their brothers. If saloon-keepers violate the terms of their license by selling to mi nors, they are liable to the loss of their licenses on proper representation to the authorities. It is nothing but a confu sion in morals which treats with lenience people who destroy property and commit acts of violence on the plea that they do not approve of a man's business and Justify their illegal as sault upon it by appealing to what is termed the higher law of personal con science in matters of religious faith and morals. This kind of reasoning can be made to justify the most frightful crimes against the law of the land. A mob can plead Its personal standard of religious faith and morals as reason why It should murder a Mormon evan gelist, or wrest a negro from the hands of the law and roast him to death over a slow fire. The other day a Judge' of the Su perior Court of Boston showed this con fusion of moral sense by refusing to sentence to Imprisonment a young woman convicted of crime, but placed her on probation for a year. She had been tried for throwing vitriol in the face of a man and destroying his eye sight. The woman had been seduced by the man, but he had grown tired of her and had abandoned her. In her rage the young woman sought the man out In the Boston public library and threw the liquid In his f.ce which dis figured and blinded hm for life. The law provides penalties for men who be tray women, but the law does not pro vide that a man who betrays a woman shall have his eyes Rut out and be dis abled for life. The law provides for such a crime as the young woman com mitted in the spirit of revenge a long term of Imprisonment. The jury did their duty in convicting her, but the Judge refused to do his duty because of his sympathy for the defendant, and his lack of sympathy for the person whose eyes had been burned out. The man had committed a grave wrong upon the woman, and yet it is fairly open to belief that a woman who could take so bitter a revenge was probably a person of the sort described In the llhes, "Hell hath no such fury as a woman scorned." A woman "betrayed" Is not synony mous with a woman outraged; for she Is to a certain degree a partlceps crlm Inls In the accomplishment of her own ruin. The wrong she suffered was only possible through her own consent, and a woman who could from revenge burn a man's eyes out for abandonment probably suffered more from jealousy than from outraged moral feeling. Such an Indian temper would Indicate that in her "betrayal" the world has not lost a woman who was ever fit for a wife and mother. So much Intense ma lignity implies more capacity for vin dictive jealousy than for any higher quality of womanhood. She was clearly more devil than angel before as well as after her betrayal. She was of the quality of Cleopatra or Gulnare; the kind of women that do not peak and pine because of unrequited love, but get fat and saucy" on gratified revenge. The Oregonian acknowledges with gratification the receipt of a congratu latory and appreciative letter from Mr. Prince Greene, general secretary-treasurer of the International Union of Tex tile Workers, Phoenix, Ala. Mr. Greene says: In behalf of the International Union of Tex tile Workers, It Is my pleasure to extend to ou our most hearty thanks for the great bene fits our organization has derived from your pa per and other labor publications during the past year. "We fully realise the fact that the labor or ganizations of the different trades throughout the country are vastly benefited by the labor press, and that the labor papers are not patro nized by members of labor organizations as they should be. Wishing your publication the prosperity it desert es, and yourself a happy New Year, I am. It Is a pleasure to learn that The Ore gonlan's sedulous efforts on behalf of organized labor have reached the at tention of Mr. Greene, and we can as sure him that his desire to see The Oregqnlan and other labor papers bet ter patronized Is reciprocated at this office. In the future as In the past The Oregonian will work for labor's right both to go to work and to quit, to be protected from Interference and to re ceive Its wages in full-value money. The Chemawa American, of the In dian Training School, has published a New Year's edition which reflects the progress the native race has attained under generous and enlightened guid ance of education. The issue is very creditably compiled! and neatly pub lished, and would be a credit to High School or academy students. All per sons who are solicitous for the evolu tion of the Indian will find In the pub lication much that will meet their hopes. The school is interestingly de scribed. Its work Is. clearly outlined, and the-whole Is flavored with zeal and optimism. The awakening of a new consciousness in the Indian mind, the substitution for torpor and despair, of industry and hope, these are the grand results philanthropy has worked. Whether the ends have been worth the means, look to this publication, the Index of a new life regenerated In a few brief years from artless barbarism. The articles are written succinctly and with a. facility of English that morei fortunate white brothers well might envy. The Government is transform ing an inveterate nature into a respon sive, plastic character, such as is use ful to mankind and belongs, to good citizenship. The editors of the Ameri can believe that the Indian has Just begun to work his destiny, and make this plea for him: "The up-to-date young Indian who is educated, industri ous and self-supporting. Is a fit subject for citizenship, and w feel that others should $iot be denied the privilege of reaching the same plane. There may be no hope for the present generation, but there is for the future. Education, industrial and literary. Is a. silent but mighty fofoa that has never yet failed in Its mission. Exterminate the Indian, If you will, but preserve the man." As a region without railroad connec tion with the rest of the world, but full of promise for profitable business, the Oregon Coast region has few existing parallels. Products of farm, field, or chard, dairy, mine, forest and fishery are already great In quantity, and some df them unsurpassed for richness of quality. That whole Coast region ought to be In close touch with Port land by railroads. This is an additional reason for the construction by Port land or under Portland auspices of the proposed line to the Nehalem coal fields. Thence It could readily be ex tended down the Coast to the Califor nia line, or beyond. It may make a great deal of difference to Portland what the railroad connection Is that Is first made with Tillamook, Lincoln, Coos and Western Douglas and Lane Counties. If that connection Is with Portland, the center of business for the Columbia Basin will be fixed here for all time, and the West Coast trade se cured. Otherwise this Coast trade may be divided between San Francisco and Astoria. Plenty of money can be had In the East for such an enterprise, if responsible men here will take H up and present it. Rev. J. E. Snyder Is doing good work in connection with the Presbyterian mission, 6n Third street, In this city. His work is intended for those whom the church, as conducted on higher lev els of society and civilization, cannot draw; hence )s taken to them. In such work the old revival methods, based upon the doctrine of the atonement, are pursued, and the results may be held to Justify the appeal td the emotions rather than the reason of the. people whom the services attraat A report of progress In enlisting the attention and feelings qf these mission audiences is an indication of individual moral up lifting which, teven if temporary, the city may well congratulate itself upon, since in direct proportion to its scope it speaks for the lessening of the lower vices and baser crimes that fester in the purlieus of the North End. The Emperor of China is said to know more about Christianity than the Kaiser does about Confucianism. Since the Emperor studied Christian ity from a distance, it Is easy to see how he was deceived. If he needed any encouragement In the recent Chinese outrages, abstract Christianity guaran teed him Immunity from vengeance cr retaliation. In this poor way did his acquaintance with the precepts of the religion and his Ignorance of the relig ion Itself serve him. Doubtless what surprises him the most Is that the slgr pal Christian of the world", the Kaiser, wanted vengeance the most. Th poor, deluded Chinese has ample reaao.i to discredit either Christians or Christian ity, the former as falsely true, the lat ter as truly false, Lord Roberts has not been extrava gantly rewarded for his success. Sir Colin Campbell, for his suppression of the Indian Mutiny of 1857-58, was raised to the peerage as Lord Clyde, and the East India Company gave him a pen sion of $10,000 a year. For the victory of Salamanca, Wellington was made a Marquis and voted a 51,000,000 estate, and In 1814 was made a Duke and voted $2,500,000. Wellington was made a Vis count for his first Peninsular campaign and given an annuity of $10,000 a year. For his naval vlqtory of the Nile, Nel son was made a Baron and given a pen sion of $10,000 a year. Bryan says: I do not take as personal the eulogtesoffered to me this evening, but rather to my connec tion with the Democratic party. He does not need to boast of his con-, noctlon with the Democratic party. As to "personal," suph Is his egoism, he must do his very best to abstract his personality from the party. He always says he Is not the party when he un consciously means the opposite. It Id only a habit he has. His most cruel apprehension, is that the party will get along without him. Many who have not studied law have studied reading. Many who do not know medicine know good writing. Many who are not familiar with theol ogy are familiar with arithmetic. Therefore many citizens, who have not specialized on law, medicine or the ology can judge reading, writing and arithmetic And a commission which has been educated in the three ele ments of knowledge an,d has practical sense besides can make an Intelligent selection of text-books. Multnomah County has raised its as sessment 51,000,000. Other counties which are-distlngulshed ior their equity and jiptltude to Imitate Multnomah, will now change the note of their music,' The, Queen of Holland may be a sen sible' y"bung woman, but she Is just as big a fool as her sex when It comes to choosing a husband. If Bryan ever made a speech without talklngr about himself first and princi ples afterward, it has not been re corded. Unfortunately, neither the Boers nor the British know whem they get the worsfof it. It fs 'a popular misconception that railroads give free, tickets to Leglslat- Chinese Situation In a Nutshell. New York Mall ana Express. Whether the settlement fcegun at Pekin will be. even temporarily effective will be jseen.Vnen, with the bulk of the foreign troops withdrawn and the imperial family re-established in the capital, foreign mis sions undertake to resume their work and .foreign traders flock back to the dis turbed rdlstricts. It may then be found that the authority of the dynasty is not powerful enough to preserve order, and that the hatred of the foreigners is stronger than the fear of his vengeance. Should that result appear, the era of eventualities for China would be at hand. That such an outcome Is even a possi bility of the .near future must.be credited in equal part to the vacillating policy and Imbecile ferocity of the Manchu leaders, to the wanton brutality of "punitive expe ditions" that exceed the horrors of the "Port Arthur massacre" without having its provocation, and to the overreaching course of the Ministers, The Western World and China Itself are each In the position of hoping for better results than their acts give them the right to expect. "CHORUS" IN SHAKESPEARE. And Some Other Evidences That He Knew HI Business. Chicago. Journal. The fact that Richard Mansfield, in his forthcoming production of "Henry. V.," has not suppressed the character of Cho rus, which Shakespeare -inherited from the Greeks and used in several of his plays. maKes it worth while to recall that Cho rus, in Shakespeare, as In Euripides, Is not a collective entity, but a person In "Henry V,," where Chorus appears under the name of Rumor, he makes himself heard between the acts with a narration of the events that are occurring during the lapses in the visible progress of the ac tion. Chorus was not an uncommon per sonage formerly, but the office of this charaoter, If so It may be called, grad ually dwindled to the recitation of & pro logue and an epilogue, wnloh were finally given to players in the action, and Cho rus at last waaentlrely without occupa tion. There aro only four appearances of Chorus In Shapkeapeare In "A Winter's Tale," before Act IV., Chorus cornea on In the person of Father Time, who accounts for the lapse of years since last the cur tain fell. Chorus, without any other char act eristic designation, appears after the first act of "Romeo and Juliet," in the text, though rarely in the modern-acted versions. In "Pericles" there are lines for Gower as Chorus before each of the acts, besides an epilogue. It Is only In "Pericles" and "Henry V," that Chorus appears after each act. In "Henry V," the earliest edition dis closes no Chorus. The superb lines, among the finest In all Shakespeare, are found first in the folio of 1623, just 13 years after the first production of "Hen ry V." There the determination is Rumor as Chorus. That was Shakespeare's in vention. In the many notable presenta tions of "King Henry V." since the Cho rus has, as It were, played many a part. Two of the most notable innovations were Macready'a idea In his production to have Chorus appear In the guise of Time. On that occasion the great Gorge Van denhoff was Chorus. When Charles Keah made the celebrated revival at the Prin cess, he Introduced Chorus as Clio, the Muse of History. Mrs. Charles Kean the renowned Ellen Tree) was Chorus. Manrtteld and Sothern are right In the fashion In their revivals of Shakespearean plays. Here is even Sarah Bernhardt, a Frenchwoman, playing "Hamlet," and over in London Lewis Waller Is making a great production of "Henry V," In Irv ing' Lyceum, Waller also talks of pre senting "Corlolanus" before long. At the Comedy Theater In London F. R. Benson la about to produce "The Merry Wives of Windsor," with himself In the part of Dr. Calus, In which he has already estab lished a repute tlon. Thin Is the same Ben son who leased the Ljceum last Spring and produced "Hamlet" In mil. The perform ance began at 2 o'clock In the 4fternoon and continued until 5, when a rtcess for dinner was taken until 8. At that hoUr the play was resumed and was not fin ished until after 1L It was voted tp be a great bore. Probably no Shakespear ean play was ever before produced in Us entirety, and probably none will ever be so produced agan. The Indefatigable Beerbohm Tree is talking of reviving "Twelfth Night" at Her Majesty's The ater In London when the popularity of Stephen Phillips' "Herod" shows signs of falling, Of course, he will take the part of MalvoUo, and it Is expected that the American" ectress, Maud Jeffries, will play Viola. What a wonderful thing It Is that so many hundred years after the death of the man who wrote the Shakespeare plays they are still able to Interest and appeal to men and women of all ranks In life. And how pitiable and ehildlsh la Julia Marlowe's reported Joy that she does not have to appear In Shakespeare any more, pow that she has the Inestimable privi lege of Impersonatng the characters of Charles Major and Clyde Fitch. Evi dently the actress forgets that If It had not been for Shakespeare's Juliet, and Viola and Rosalind she would never have reached the position she now ooouplea In the public esteem. PORTLAND'S NEW SHERIFF. The Rev. Mr. Pennon Enforcing Pro hibition Snco Also "Dry." New York Evening Post. PORTLAND, Me., Jan. t.-The new broom of Sheriff Pearspn, the clergyman who assumed that office with prayer at the beginning of the year. Is sweeping clean. His deputies know that he Is In earnest in his purpose to enforce the prohibition law, and are acting according ly. The liquor-dealers know It, too, and for the first time In a decade Portland Is a "dry" town. Not even In the drug stores can liquor be purchased. Several rumsellers have notified the deputies that they haye abandoned the business, and will .hereafter conduct lunch rooms with "soft" drinks. These protesting dealers will be watched Just as closely as the others. Thus far only a few seizures have been made, as the liquor-dealers are taking no chancesr The example of Sheriff Pearson may Stimulate activity elsewhere In the state In the enforcement of the law. In York County the pow Sheriff, Newell T. Fogg, visited every reputed saloon, gambling den, and disorderly house In Saco, and ordered the proprietors to abandon the business, under threat of prosecution for another day's continuance The prohibi tion law ha6 been a dead letter Jn Saco, but the Sheriff's warning was heeded by all, aid Saco Is also "dry." Like warn ings are to be given by the Sheriff In Blddeford. Glimpse at Australia. Philadelphia Record, A picturesque British writer has de scribed the recent Issues of Australian dallies and other publications as resem bling bumpers overflowing with the cham pagne of lmpertallBmr-the exciting cause of the phenomenon having been, the ap proaching celebration of Australian feder ation, as an accomplished fact The reali zation of the fact seems to have converted the whole antipodean continent into a vast vat, seething over with patriotic ferment The inauguration at Sydney, N. S. W., of Lord Hopetoun, the first Governor-General of the United Common wealth of Australia, on New Year's day, was seized as the occasion for demonstra tions of unprecedented fervor not only at the temporary federal capital, but through out the land. What the Australians will do when the Duke and Duchess of York shall arrive and pay their promised visit to the new commonwealth Is beyond the conception of persons blessed only with average power of imagination. t The Honors to Roberts. Cincinnati Enquirer. We believe that the world will agree that Lord Roberts fairly earned the deco ration and elevation In the peerage which he yesterday received. President Kruger himself said of Lord Roberts that he was the only one of the'Engllsh commanders who had hM to his word to him, and while his prejudice with respect to the others may have carried him farther than the strict line of truth, tfte compHment which he implied in his allusion to Rob erts stands. It was the latter who took command of the British troops and stemmed the tide of defeat which was flowing against Her Majesty's troops, and it was ha who directed the subsequent movements toward the conditions which prevail today. There is not much reason to doubt that other honors will be be stowed upon some of those still at the front but, however that may be, those given to General Roberts were wbrthTTy bestowed. FON WITH THE CONSTITUTION. New York Times. "Now, in studying the questions whelh- er the new possjitons are part of the United States, and their free, civilised in habitants citizens of the United States," writes ex-President Harrison in his article In the North American Review, "the Con stitution should naturally be examined first." The ex-President's examlnatlonot the Constitution has given him a new title to fame. In the view of the antl- lmperlallsts he Is at once raised to the J first place among expounders of that in strument and those who used to speak of him with anything but respect in the days when he was President now exalt his name. Although not hitherto known as a hu morist, Mr. Harrison has conceived the Idea that he can best set forth his opin ions by turning the Constitution upside down and asking people to see how funny It lookr In that unusual position. Bur lesque and travesty seem to him to be the most effective means of making his meaning- clear. Mr. Harrison, pursuing familiar tactics, auumes the right to state his adversa ry's position, always a great convenience In controversy, for you can thus make the fellow odious for things he never dreamed of asserting and set up doctrines Intrinsically ridiculous, and therefore most easily open to your attack. Of the three views of the Constitution which may be offered, he attributes to the sup porters of our present policy In the Phil ippines the third and last, and, of course, the worst which he thus presents: That the government we exercise In th'e ter ritories Is not a, CoaatltuUonal government but an absolute government, and that all or any of the things prohibited by the Constitution as to the state".' in the Interests of liberty. Jus tic and equality, may be done in the terri tories; that as to the territories, we eure under no restraint save tuch as our own interests or our own Benevolence may Impose. Nobody in the Administration or in Its behalf has ever propounded this doctrine of the Constitution, but as It is an Inte gral part of Mr. Harrison's travesty, we must let (t pass, and see what he will do next He proceeds; "Within thfe States, It Is agreed that the pow ers of the several departments of the National Government are severely restrained. "We read that Congress shall have power, and again that Congress shall not have power. But neither these, grants nor these Inhibitions have. It la said, any relation to the territories. Against the laws enacted by the Congress, or the acts done by the Executive, there Is no appeal, on behalf of the people of the territories, to any written Constitution, or Bill of Rights, or L charter of liberty. We offer them only this highly consolatory thought: A nation of free Americans can be trusted to deal benevolently with you. ... As to the States, the legislative power of Congress is "all legisla tive. powers herein granted." (Article I, see tlon 1 ) At to the territories. It Is said to be all legislative power all' that any Parliament ever had or ever claimed to have, and as much more as we may claim far there can he no excess of pretension where the power is absolute. No law relating to the territories, passed by tiongress, can, it Is said, be de clared by the Supreme Court to be Inopera tive, though every seatlon of It should contra vene, a prpvl'lpfi of the Constitution. Now comes the fun. Having preparea the way by Imputing to the Administra tion and Its supporters views they never held, Mr. Harrison proceeds to "outline u possible law," to draw up such a bill as Cqngress might pass for the government pf the Philippines. His Idea of a Consti tutional argument on the basis of comlo opera may be understood from his own analysis of his "possible law": Bection 1. Suspends permanently the writ of habeas corpus In Forto Rico, Sec. 2. Declares an attainder against all Forto Klcans who have displayed the Spanish flag since- the treaty of peace. Sec. 3. Grants to the native Mayors of Ponce and San Juan the titles of Lord Dukes of Forto Kico, with appropriate crests. Sec 4. Any Forto Rican who shall speak disrespectfully of the Congress shall P deemed guilty of treason. One witness shall be suffi cient to prove the offense, and on conviction the offender shall haye his tongue cut out, n4 the conviction shall work corrupUon of blood. Sec 0. Th9 Presbyterian Church shall be the Established Church of the Island, and no one shall be permitted to worship God after any other form. And so on, until the Bill of Rights Is all reversed, hung .up by the heels to split the sides of anti-Imperialism. It Is tremen dously funny, of course. It Is also novel, coming from a great Constitutional law yer. We may add our expression of doubt whether It would convince the minds of the Judges of the Supreme Court Of course, If Congress has full powere. It may with equal ease do Just the other thing from that outlined In Mr. Harri son's "possible law," Congress, being the judge of the admission of states, may im mediately admit each of the Philippine Islands, Guam, and Perto Rico, as a state, ft may invite them to choose Legislatures, elect United States Senators, send Repre sentatives to Congress, and establish fully I organized state governments with full- neogea executive, legislative ana juaicitu departments. If Congress can take ever thlng away. It can also give everything. Has this phantom ever troubled the dreams of ex-President Harrison? He Is shocked at the awful prospect that the Rill of Rights may be annulled according to his travesty. Is his "possible law" any more probable than a law creating a dozen or a score of new island estates In a bunch? Is not the new state phantom distinctly less absurd, less wildly Improb able, than his phantom? Yet it has never occurred to him to shiver with dread of the nearer danger a pretty good proof that his shivering at the other Is a man ifestation of a curable nervous excite ment, which has been communicated to him from the excessively septic literature of antl-lmperiallam. The polloy of the Administration finds abundant support In theories of the Constitution many times put forth by the Supreme Court The present question Is before that tribunal. It may decide for the Administration; It may decide against it It Is Just as welt to refrain from being shocked and to re frain from travesties of the Constitution until the decision is .handed down. What wjll the victims of the shock do if the court decides that Congress has the power to determine the political status of th new possessions? , " i i s PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHERS After t FJay. "How naturally the leading man died n the fifth act." "Tea.'he did that part so well that It was a pity be didn't do it In the first." Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. "Wearing. "Tour wife has such a terribly tired ook, old manl" ."Tes, tomorrow night It will be her turn to entertain the Don't Worry Club, to which she belongs." Detroit Journal. School Was All Right. Mrs. Von Blumer My children have been to school now two terms, and have made scarcely any progress. Mrs. Wltherby How sad. And It' such a good school, too Detroit Free Press. He Accepted. Merchant They tell me you're a good salesman. How would like to come to us? Salesman I'll be glad to if you'll give me what I want. Merchant I couldn't think of giving you that but 111 give you what you expect Philadelphia Press. Symptoms of Decadence. Uncle Judson Hi ram says that when he was at New Tork lost week a couple of bunco fellers tried to work him, but that they didn't get & cent Uncle Jededloh H'mph! I tell you that. In spite of air she can do, New Tork is slowly losing her financial supremacy Puck. Smith I suppose Dobber regards himself the greatest artist that ever handled the Jbrush. Jones Tou do Dobber an Injustice. He never presumed to regard himself in any such light Why, I have heard him soy, very modestly, that he was a Second Rophael. Isn't that ad mitting that Raphael was a sreater painter than he? Boston Transcript. ' Not the Real Thing. "Bah ' exclaimed the Prospective Purchaser to the Expectant Book dealer. Being asked lot an explanation of his ejaculation, he said: "Tou call this book a 'Collection of Portraits of One Hundred Au thors.' Whyt on'y three 4a the bench have their heads resting on their right hands, with a roll of manuscript In the left." Baltimore America NOTE AND CQiJMENT. Anyway, If Pat Crowe ventures around here now, we can track, him. The Boos inquiry is crowding the Boer Wsy In tb race for Immortality. The Chinese situation Is so threatening that some one must have It well in hand. The present weather festival has taught us that the man who cuts no ice does not shovel any snow. j There has been another lynching In In diana, and the Southern press Is corre spondingly jubilant This visitation merely Bhows that when we growl about the rain we dpn't know when we are well off. Wouldn't the enlisted men In the Army like to get a chance to cut off the Sen ate's supply of liquor? Wouldn't they, though! As nothing more has been heard of LI Hung Chang being paralyzed. It may be taken for granted thit-he swore off on New Year's day. Queen Wllhelmlna's fiance refuses to be comforted because he cannot; have an an nuity of JSO.000. It would seem that un easy Itches the hand that is about to grasp the scepter. Sixto Lopez aaya that there are others who can take Agulnaldo's place. Possi bly, but If recent reports about Agulnal do's demise are true, very few Filipinos could be persuaded to take it There was a man in our town, And he was wondrous wise; He cleared his sidewalks all from snow. Before the sun did rise. And then the snow came tolling down. With all its might and main. Upon the walks he thus had cleared. And covered them again. And when that man returned that night He said. "A fool I am," Preceded by an adjective Which sounded much like " ." About the coolest thieves on record did a Job of work in Philadelphia a few days ago. Early In the morning, while hun dreds of people were going to work, hilf a dozen men arrayed as mechanics ap peared In front of a Turkish bath estab lishment in Walnut street, and with chls. -els, hammers and wrenches took down the handsome bronze ornaments and ra 1 Ing which ornamented the place. Then they calmly walked away with their plun der. One of the most wonderful fish stories of the century Is told In the New York Press by Dr. Ralph Smith, a noted sur geon of Jacksonville. While In bathing In surf about up to his waist over en the East Coast a big shark swam between his legs, forcing him to a sitting posturo and swimming out to sea with its bur den astride. The sensation nearly cost the doctor his hair and whiskers. He de clares he was on the shark's back fully half a minute. When the monster got In deep water he slid off. No, Evadne, the Italian lady In "Car men" Is not angry because her lover has treated the American lady to tamiles. Her language would Indicate as much, but she Is really trying to shake the gentle man in the military uniform for the other gentleman who is following the profes sion of bullfighting. Neither Is she talk ing about bananas. If you will study the English libretto of the opera you will not make mistakes, and will be able to talk about her effective Interpretation of her lines just as If you understood Dago, Qhl for the breath of the meltln chlnook. That sweeps over hill and plain. That loosens the grasp of the lee on the brook. And sets It to singing again. Oh I for a glimpse of the bright blue sky And a ray from the genial sun. Tq drive the clouds from his realm, on high. And to set when the day is done In a brlht-hued bed of gold and red. With Its edges fringed with blue. While the pallid clouds that float o'erhead Are dyed with the rose's hue. Oht that the earth might lay aside Her mantle cold and white. That gleams like diamonds for and wide, 'Neath the glaring electric light But keenest of all of old Winter's woes. An laden with deepest grief. , Is the swollen end of the deep-red nose. So, oh for & handksrchltti After the first census the number of Representatives was 105. It Increased to 213 after the census of 1820. The census of 1830 carried It up to 240. The apportion ment of 1843 cut down he membership to 223. The number to Increased at every subsequent apportionment after 1870, when the number is 293, After 18S0, the number of Representatives was fixed at 325, and after 1890 at 356, and since then there has been the addition of one member on account of the admission of Utah. The membership of he House of Commons Is 670. The number of Deputies In the German Reichstag is 397. Tho French Chamber of Deputies hag a mem bership of 684. The number of Deputies In the Italian Parliament is 508. The membership of the Austrian Relchsrath Is 425 and the Hungarian House of Repre sentatives has 453. e The Great Dead of 1O0O. J, R. Rathom in Chicago Times-Herald. Launched once more with Its hope and cheer. But, ere the dull wheel grinds again, Let us pause a moment and note the men That have gone away with the dead old year. As fall the leaves In the Autumn drear So fall our noblest one by one, Each with his task on earth well dona , To rest forever where skies ore clear. . What shade Is thlsT Oh. grand old facet Watch as h goes with modest pride To greet a brother of his race, In battle hou? his country's pride. To him no less Columbia's love Full measured, and a grand renown Speed with him to the land above And SHERMAN passes to his crown. And one that follows close behind He, too, has won the glad acclaim. Qn glory's heights his deeds we find And eyes grow moist to hear his name. That self-same mercy as he gave Poor Spaniards, as they fought and flew Be showered upon him In the grave JACK PHILIP, sailor, brave and true. Another, hedged about by war, Stands in the grim parade, and see The laurel wreath, the tell-tale scar; He gave his life for liberty, PIET JOUBERT, gone to sleep where grows No hatred and where battles cease. Loved even by relentless foes, . Hunted and weary; rest In peace. Look I Far from sound of shot and shea Dwelt this one. Men ars In his debt. - The flowers knew his presence well. The bluebell and. the. violet A mind that kept with earnest care The well of English undented " Such was JOHN RUSKIN; hear his prayer; "God moke me as a little child." An old, old man, bowed down by years, Next follows In the mind's review, Whose magic brush brought worlds to tears And woke to life the scenes he drW. Not soon forgotten, one whose art Showed Christ before grim Pilate stand. MUNKACST'S touch no more may start The glowing scenes beenath his hand. And so they die the plodding soul Steeprd dully In Its dally round, . The warrior with the laurel crowned. The genius that bar reached his goat , jigsiaiMaliiy - riMetiitisyaiiiiffiT j .... iAnAaaii hJfaMS&fa&L&-Jmi&t