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PORTLAND, THURSDAY, FEU. 14.
Many tender people cannot reconcile
themselves to expansion, because it
sacrifices so many young men. They
cannot endure the sight of youth cut
off In Us flower. This sympathy Is
commendable, but it is not broad
minded. It Is proper in a sense, but it
does not comprehend the general pur
poses of progress and mankind. These
kind-hearted folk are wont to contract
the broad ethnical purpose to the nar
row scope of the individual, instead of
to widen the function of the indi
vidual to the broad purpose of the
race. They exalt the individual to the
importance of the nation, and do not
estimate him at his true worth as a
unit. The race progresses at the ex
pense of its members. It does so in
the ant-hill, in the hive, and it does
bo In human kind. Yet our sympathetic
friends cannot look upon this sacrifice
of young men with composure, and
see In It the objective ends of the
species. In their abhorrence and un
reason they refuse to believe that this
earthly plan, which is all-wise or It
would not be, conspires for advance
ment of the race and subjugation of
the individual. Thus egoism comes to
oppose expansion and war, although
war and expansion have been potent
factors In progress. Unconsciously we
each Imagine ourselves the focus of
the cosmic process. "With esoteric pre
sumption we each think of ourselves
as the climax of history and progress.
Only by conscious effort, by humbling
our native self-assertion, do we see the
folly of our conceit. "We differ from
the savage in that we can cast the
light of reason upon our existence and
behold truly our insignificant relation
to the universe and our fellow men.
Those of us who deplore the sad loss
of young manhood and do not see its
compensation, do not abstract our
selves from egoism. Our conscious
ness was given us for a purpose. "We
should use It to cast about and get a
truer perspective.
Secretary Gage seems suddenly to
have changed his mind on the subject
of countervailing duty on Russian su
gar, for the last heard from him was a
determination to forbear a decision un
til he had an opinion from the Attorney-General.
No opinion has been ren
dered, and Mr. Gage's motives for a
change of plan can only be surmised.
One could wish that the hurried de
cision had been in accord with some
ether influence than the clamor of the
sugar trust. However, the matter is a
judicial one, and can be rushed to a
court decision, a result In every way to
be desired. The Dlngley law, upon
which the decision is based, is explicit
ly designed to cover such evasions as
Russia has adopted. Countervailing
duties are to be levied "whenever any
country, dependency or colony shall
pay or bestow, directly or indirectly,
any bounty or grant. . . . whether
the same shall be Imported directly
from the country of production or oth
erwise, and whether such article or mer
chandise is Imported in the same condi
tion as when exported from the coun
try of production or has been changed
in condition by manufacture or other
wise," etc The fact appears to be that
Russia makes such terms with her su
gar factories that they export at about
SS per cent, of the home price. Hence
the countervailing duty here on Russian
sugar. This whole subject Is covered
In the reciprocity treaty already nego
tiated with Russia by the indefatigable
Mr. Kasson, and awaits only the ac
tion of our high and mighty Senators,
too busy with politics to attend to busi
ness. That treaty provides, among oth
er things, that in return for certain
concessions to American Imports into
Russian ports, the countervailing duty
will be foregone. If the Senate should
by any cahnce hear that fresh reasons
exist for prompt action on the Russian
treaty, all hope of its ratification must
be abandoned.
It is perhaps desirable, on the whole,
that Mr. Laurier should Inform his
countrymen of the Alaska boundary,
its status and destiny, inasmuch as his
utterances, though he knows little or
nothing about what will be done and
cannot safely tell the truth If he did,
will tend to appease Canadian clamor
and make the people of the Dominion
think they are to be taken seriously In
the matter of the boundary. As a mat
ter of fact, however, the "Washington
correspondent of the Chicago Record
says that the report of the joint com
mittee which surveyed the "temporary"
boundary line between Alaska and Brit
ish Columbia has completed its task,
and copies of the report have been filed
in Washington, London and Ottawa. It
is added that the commission was unan
imous, that the accuracy of the survey
Is not likely to bo questioned, and "it
probably will stand indefinitely, as nei
ther government has good reason to
be dissatisfied." This Is doutbless true.
From the first announcement of this
"temporary" arrangement, from the
State Department's explanation of the
terms of the agreement Before they
were published, there bas been strong
ground for suspecting that the United
States and England intended this sur
vey to be permanent, but called it tem
porary to save the feelings of Canada.
Under the agreement and by this sur
vey the United States gets about nine
tenths of all it ever olalmed. Canada
will not be satisfied, but the temporary
agreement has got to stand till both
governments can agree on a permanent
definition of the boundary. The United
States has no motive for reopening the
matter, and Great Britain may be qui,te
satisfied that the Canadian claims are
not well supported. King Edward will
have something to say about the Alaska
boundary, and he Is not likely to have
his friendship for the United States dis
turbed in behalf of an impossible con
tention of an expensive part of his empire.
Industrial discussion in the Scotch
papers is uncovering a profoundly op
erating cause of the gloom that seems
to overhang the British iron and steel
trades. Among the disadvantages of
the British manufacturers in their com
petition with the United States and
Germany especial stress is laid upon
the efforts of the labor organizations
to keep down the amount of produc
tion. The Edinburgh Evening News
says of the Americans that they have,
"above all, the strenuous efforts of the
workmen to Increase the output. How
Is It to be expected that our workmen,
trained to regard restriction of output
as -their sheet anchor, can suddenly be
made to understand that it Is a fatal
heresy?" A correspondent of the Glas
gow Herald tells Its readers that in one
American engineering company one
man works six lathes, at another one
man superintends eight automatic ma
chines, in another one man works si
multaneously a planing machine, a
drilling machine and a shaping ma
chine, another tends two cutting-oft
machines, another works five special
lathes, one man will look after 10 turret-head
automatic machines at once,
and in a screw factory one man is run
ning 18 machines. This sort of thing
the British workman will not consent
to lest there should not be enough work
to go around, and he Is already begin
ning to take a vacation because the
work that would a few years ago have
gone to the shop where he is employed
is now going to American shops. It has
evidently not occurred to the British
workingman that his Interests require
the greatest possible activity of Brit
ish factories, which will sell abroad
their surplus product for what they can.
get, and thus hold their foreign mar
kets. All of which teaches that all the
blind labor leaders are not on one side
of the Atlantic.
IT IS SERIOUS BUSINESS.
National independence for Cuba is in
compatible with just regard for the In
terests of the United States. Tet we
are pledged to assure independence to
Cuba, and we must keep our word. The
troubles of the hereafter we must meet
as they arise. Some say we should de
mand control by the United States of
the foreign policy of Cuba and of for
eign treaties made by the Cuban Gov
ernment. But we cannot do this, for
we have given our pledge to Cuba that
she shall be an independent and sover
eign nation She is framing her consti
tution on this basis. If we keep the
letter of our covenant we shall scuttle
out of Cuba without any guarantees
whatever. The Cubans, or that por
tion of them in political control, expect
us to go. If we do not go we shall soon
see them assume a threatening attitude,
and even rise In arms against us. If
we go, we shall have lost all guarantees
and Cuba, left to do what she will as a
sovereign state, may form engagements
with other nations and discriminate
against ours, as she may think best for
her own interests. Tet we are bound
to withdraw from Cuba and leave the
results to chance, fate and time.
"When General "Wood tells the makers
of the Cuban constitution that they
must guarantee the United States
against unreasonable tariff duties and
discriminations; that they must permit
the maintenance of coaling depots and
naval supply and repair stations in con
venient harbors; that they must guar
antee protection of the credit of the
island and prevention of unnecessary
and unjust debts; that they must give
assurance that they will avoid foreign
entanglements and will protect the for
eign population within their borders
and respect their rights of property
when he tells them these things he Is
assuming a right on the part of the
United States to dictate the constitution
of Cuba. Tet here we are confronted
by the pledge that our demagogues In
Congress made at the beginning of the
war with Spain.
Let no one be mistaken about this
business, for it is serious business, and
it Is going to give us a great deal of
trouble.
POLITICS ATTACKING BUSINESS.
The record of the Port of Portland
Commission, as shown in the improved
condition of the Columbia and Willam
ette Rivers, Is an excellent one. Its
work the past two years has been well
done. Nine-tenths of the traffic carried
between Portland and the sea consist
of wheat, flour and lumber, hence It
Is eminently proper that the members
of the commission should be men vital
ly Interested in the two greatest indus
tries of the Columbia Basin. Men rep
resenting these Interests have been
serving the board. They are heavy
taxpayers and men of unquestioned
standing in the community. In their
conduct of the affairs of the Port of
Portland Commission politics has had
no part, and it Is accordingly somewhat
surprising to learn that one of the most
valuable members of the commission
has been omitted from the new board
because he was identified with a polit
ical faction which opposed the election
of the majority of the delegation No
objection would be raised if this mem
ber was replaced on the board by a
man having property and business in
terests equally as important as the
member who is crowded out.
The work of the Port of Portland tor
the past few years showed such satis
factory results that a burden was lifted
from Columbia River shipping by repeal
of the compulsory pilot law. Much of
the credit for the defeat of this graft
on commerce is due to the efforts of
the menfber of the commission who Is
to be deposed because his political
views are not in accord with, those of
the delegation from this county. His
place on the board Is slated for one of
the men most actively engaged in try
ing to force compulsory pilotage again
on the port A substitution of this
kind will not improve the working qual
ities of the commission. As it now
stands the organization is working in
harmony and doing all that it was ap
pointed to do. Any change at a critical
time In the growth of our marine traffic
Is bound to be attended with danger of
impairment of the commission's effi
ciency. Portland Is in need of a dry
dock, but It Is not at all necessary to
make the drydock measure a vehicle
on which Inexperienced men can ride
Into power, supplanting those whose
business interests are identical with
the best interest of the port. The ma
jority of the. Multnomah delegation, and
for that matter the majority of their
constituents are in favor of the drydock,
and it would seem that it could be pro
vided without removing from office a
set of representative business men of
the city. If they must be legislated
out of office, care should be taken that
their places are filled with men of equal
responsibility and with equally great
interests at stake.
In turning out Messrs. Flanders, Wil
liams and Brown, and incidentally
forcing the retirement of Mr. Wilcox
and Mr. Ladd, the manipulators of the
new Port of Portland bill have assumed
a grave responsibility. The work of
these men speaks for itself. Politics
should have no place in a matter of
such vital importance as the improve
ment of the channel from Portland to
the sea. Men of the Wilcox caliber
have no time or inclination to engage
in petty politics, and the port Is a loser
when their aid is rejected in matters
of such great public concern.
OUR CHRISTIAN EXAMPLE.
The Federated Trades of Astoria pro
pose to boycott the Astoria & Colum
bia River Railroad because it employs
Japanese as laborers. The objections
to the Japs are not stated, so we are
thrown upon conjecture. It might be,
for one thing, that these Japs are sad
broilers and spend their earnings mak
ing night hideous along the Barbary
Coast, or on the other hand that they
avoid excesses and save their money.
Perhaps they smash the freight con
signed to the Federated Trades and so
are objectionable for their destructive
awkwardness. Another reason might
be that they are unprofitable servants
for the railroad company, which seems
not to know its own business and needs
this artificial stimulus to prudence. Tet,
as none of these things is alleged, we
are more inclined to regard the offense
of the Japs to He in the fact that they
are human beings, not white In color
and not affiliated with the Federated
Trades. Doubtless, they would be re
fused admission if they craved. It, so the
fundamental and unmitigated and un
atonable crime of these workingmen
consists in their accident of birth. It
is an unworthy ground of persecution.
Let us suggest to these boycotters
that whatever is to be done with these
laborers, whether mobbed or starved,
they are here. They are here, moreover,
In consonance with law and treaty, as
citizens of a friendly power, whose aid
we were glad enough to accept on the
march to Pekin, to which we are glad
to sell our wares, and toward which we
assume the attitude of Christian guide,
philosopher and friend. If an Asiatic
is to be mobbed or starved in the United
States, what shall be done with an
American in China? If our trades
unions are to declare war on Japs and
Chinese in the United States, then let
China and Japan close their doors upon
American wares. Let the $434,000,000 of
merchandise sent across the Pacific the
past three years be turned back upon
our own ports to congest markets and
stop manufactures, and then see how
organized labor will like that.
When we go over to Asia, we must
be respectfully treated. For every mis
sionary that is bundled out of house and
home, we must throw a few hundred
coolies into the Amoor. If they demur
to trade with us, fleets shall riddle
their ports and allied armies pillage
their temples and sacred tombs. But If
they come over here, oh! how different!
They must bdy our goods and furnish
employment to our labor at the can
non's mouth; but when they are .here
they are "foreign devils," to be hated
and anathematized. We will boycott
anybody who gives them work, we will
teach our boys to maltreat them as
they go innocently about their tasks,
we will attack their camps by night
and visit upon them every ignominy.
Then we complain at their slowness In
appreciating the Christian religion.
Civilization has waited patiently these
thousands of years for Astoria to dem
onstrate the boycott in all its simple
beauty, yet grand and gloomy magnifi
cence. It has already boycotted the
O. R. & N. and all who do business
with It. Now' it boycotts the Astoria
& Columbia River Railroad and all who
do business with it. The consummation
cannot be far off. When it has boy
cotted everybody and everything trying
to do business with it, and Is securely
bottled and corked from the outside
world, its citizens can swap jackknlves
with each other to their hearts' content
In uninterrupted peace and splendor.
THE JACOBITE SUCCESSION.
A notice declaring Edward VII a
usurper and Mary IV the rightful
Queen was posted on the gates of St.
James Palace and at the Guild Hall on
the night Queen Victoria died. It. was
the work of a member of the Jacobite
League. The Grand Duchess Maria
Theresa of Austria-Este, who is mar
ried to Prince Louis of Bavaria, is the
excellent woman referred to as Queen
Mary IV of England. If the succes
sion to the throne had not been changed
by the acts of settlement of 1689 and
1702, this Princess might be Queen, as
she Is lineally descended from Hen
rietta, Duchess of Orleans, who was
the daughter of Charles I. As it Is,
she is neither de jure nor de facto
Queen of Great Britain and Ireland.
The male line of James the Second
ended in Cardinal Tork, his grandson,
who died in 1S07. His grandson, Charles
Edward, the Pretender, who was de
feated at Culloden in the Jacobite Re
bellion of 1745, died leaving no legiti
mate children In 1788. The female line
of James the Second ended with Queen
Anne, who died In 1714 leaving no chil
dren, although she had been the mother
of seventeen. It was the strong desire
of Queen Anne, despite the fact that
the act of 1702 gave the succession to
Electress Sophia of Hanover, the grand
daughter of James the First, by the
exclusion of a Catholic from the Eng
lish throne, that she should be suc
ceeded by her brother, known by the
Jacobites as James the Third, and In
France as the Chevalier St. George.
The conspiracy to secure this succes
sion of the son of James n included
a number of very influential English
men. Among them were the famous
statesman, St John, Dean Swift and
Francis Atterbury. The conspirators
Intended to get rid of the Act of Set
tlement by having the son of James n
renounce Rome. Henry TV of France
had abjured Catholicism and made his
peace with Rome to secure the peace
ful possession of the crown of France,
and James III could afford to abjure
his faith to obtain the English coronet.
It is probable that the conspiracy
would have succeeded had It not been
for the sudden death of Queen Anne,
which caught the conspirators unpre
pared for action. A few prominent
Whig noblemen of the Protestant fatth,
like the Duke of Argyle, acted with
great promptness and courage in at
once calling a Royal Council and pro
claiming the Elector of Hanover King
of Great Britain, under the title of
George I. Had the Queen's life been
prolonged another year, the conspiracy
would doubtless have been crowned
with success, for nobody wanted the
German Prince for a monarch. The
son of James II was a gallant soldier
and a man of polished manners. Had
he consented to become a Protestant,
Queen Anne could have probably se
cured for him the crown.
The Jacobite succession, If it rested
on blood, does not lack representatives
among the English nobility today, for
the Dukes of Queensberry, Grafton,
Richmond and St. Albans are each de
scended from illegitimate sons of
Charles II by his mistresses, Lucy
Walters, Barbara Vllliers, Louise de
Queraudilles and Nell Gwynne. The
royal marriage act of 1772 forbade the
marriage of any English-born descend-,
ant of George II without the King's
consent, and after that age without
the consent of Parliament.
Society can have just as many wards
as it is willing to support. It can have
just as many parasites as It Is willing
to feed. It can devote just as much
of Its substance to philanthropy as is
the measure of Its charity, and none
of that substance so appropriated will
be left over. The recipients of poor
relief absorb all that is given them,
which In the long run does not relieve
their distress. Public charity Is pre
carious because it hazards the resources
of society and bestows them upon the
non-producing indigent. Poor relief
should be a private enterprise, because
then utmost discrimination Is em
ployed. We are well enough acquainted
with the extent to which England was
Impoverished by its poor laws In the
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
The proposed law for care of homeless
children In Oregon has a worthy but Ill
advised motive, and therefore Is a pre
carious measure. If passed, it will open
the way to Infinite abuse.
The Oregon Legislature is asked to
set up the office of Dairy and Food
Commissioner who shall "pro'tect" us
from short-weight butter and adulter
ated food. The only ideal "protection"
is gumption, and for every citizen to
have it. Has it come to such an Im
potent pass that the Government must
inspect every mouthful a citizen eats?
Next we shall need an Inspector of
nursing bottles and of false teeth. But
who will examine the food of our many
inspectors? If the Legislature sees fit
to create a food Inspector, the burden
should not be loaded on taxpayers, but
on those who, without gumption,
must have the luxury. But it may be
suggested that, whenever citizens can
not pick out what is good to eat, they
should stop eating, and whenever they
cannot scratch their backs without the
aid of a Government official, they
should deny themselves the pleasure of
scratching.
"Our delegation" in the Legislature
need not spend much time in trying to
build up a political machine in Mult
nomah County for County Judge Cake
by passing House bill No. 76, to em
power County Judge Cake to remove
the road supervisors now in office and
appoint others, for the constitution,
article iv, section 23, provides:
The Legislative Assembly shall not pass spe
cial or local laws In any of the following
enumerated cases:
That is to say:
Sub. 7, for laying, opening, and working on
highways, and for the election or appointment
of supervisors.
It is a favorite modern notion that
our forefathers knew little about gov
ernment. But they foresaw all com
ing "gangs."
It is a wide gap between the early
patriots of the Republic and the Ore
gon Legislature. The very Idea of
sending congratulations to Kings and
Queens! Tet the Oregon Legislature
has felicitated the Queen of Holland.
But perhaps we should be thankful
because that Is harmless legislation.
Even in levity, however, our solons
should do the business right. It may
do to extol Wilhelmina's beauty, but
true virtue in a woman cringes from
any testimonial.
The woman suffrage amendment has
been voted down at Salem, not be
cause legislators oppose woman suf
frage, however, but because the state
rejected the change only last June.
If Indians demand the "natural, In
alienable right" 'to kill game in de
fiance of the white man's law, they
should demand the right to do so only
with bow and arrow.
We seem to be getting along very
comfortably under the empire. Few of
the millions of people who were coerced
Into voting for It appear to have noticed
the change.
The Island of Panay Is said to be
"pacified." Inasmuch as we have no
advices to the contrary, we have no
authority for believing It
Carnegie despises the Navy. Tet
much of his wealth came from armor
plate. He is a traitor to the agents
that made him.
Maybe, if the Idaho Legislature visit
Salem, both states will enjoy a whole
some respite from legislative ills.
If you want to go to Buffalo next
Summer, prepare to get a soft job on
the Oregon exhibit committee.
Mrs. Nation has gained a smashing
reputation as a woman who does a
smashing business. '
If the Boers are going to light to the
end, the British should not be so eager
for the end.
ENLARGEMENT OF THE VATICAN.
Pope's Residence to Have One Thou
sand -Roonis More.
Rome Future pilgrims to Rome will be
interested to learn that alterations for
their benefit are in prospect.
Up to the present the Vatican enjoys the
distinction of being the largest palace on
earth. It contains 11,000 rooms. Before
very long, however, It will receive another
addition to Its bulk, which will bring up
the number of rooms to 12.000.
The pope has decided to erect three
new buildings. One, containing S00 rooms,
will be used to house the pilgrims coming
to Rome, while the other two, which will
be much smaller, will be added to the
Vatican museum.
In one of the new buildings will be
placed all the artistic offerings which Leo
XIII has received during his pontificate.
They amount to more than 3000 objects
and will shortly be added to the artistic
treasures of the Vatican.
This same new structure will contain
most of the great treasures of the Vati
can. Among these is a magnificent golden
chalice of exquisite workmanship, in
crusted with jewels of great value, which
was given by Cardinal York when he was
appointed archprlest of the basilica of St.
Peter's. When Rome was pillaged by the
French in 1798 this valuable piece of plate
was fortunately overlooked and it re
mains to this day as a relic of the youth
of 22, who, recognizing the utter hope
lessness of the Stuart cause, devoted him
self to the celibate life of a prince of
the church.
There is a general housecleanlng going
on in the Vatican.
The famous Borgia apartments are be
ing converted into a musaum of renais
sance art. No more fitting frame for the
various" objects which exhibit the strange
ly, preternaturally awakened art seneo
of this time could be found than these
rooms, in which the early master of
decorative art, Plnturicchio, blended tints
and arranged designs with an effect so
magic that it must be seen to bo compre
hended. A beginning for this museum has al
ready been made and curiously wrought
and inlaid shrines, bits of bronze and
sculpture, majolica, Luca della Robb'.a
waro and the like are as yet sparsely dis
posed in corners and against the some
what bare walls of the rooms.
No idea Is, of course, given of the
splendor and luxury which obtained here
when Alexander VI, who was famed for
his love of luxurious jjisplay, inhabited
the place. The Sala del Papi is hung
with beautiful arazzi, all after old de
signs, representing tho story of Prokris
and Cephalos, and pieces of ancient artil
lery, armor, curious for its historical
memories, flags, banners and the like are
exhibited there.
Marshall's Mind "Wns Creative.
Kansas City Star.
Justice Marshall's method of reasoning
Is shown In his decision upholding the
authority of Congress to incorporate tho
Bank of the United States. "Although
among the enumerated powers of govern
ment," he said, "we do not find the word
bank or incorporation, we find the great
powers to lay and collect taxes, to bor
row money, to regulate commerce, to de
clare and conduct a war and to raise
and support armies and navies. The pow
er being given, it is to the interest of the
nation to facilitate its execution. Through
out this vast Republic, from St. Croix
to tho Gulf of Mexico, from the Atlan
tic to the Pacific, revenue is to be col
lected and expended, armies are to be
marched and supported. Is that con
sruction of the Constitution to be pre
ferred which would render these oper
ations difficult, hazardous and expensive?
Can we adopt that construction, unless
the words Imperiously require it, which
would impute to the founders of that In
strument, when granting these powers for
the public good, the intention of Imped
ing their exercise by withholding the
choice of means?" As a matter of pure
law he might have given the opposite
decision. His theory of government was
at the bottom of his ruling.
Marshall was not learned in the history
of Jurisprudence. He frequently ended a
decision by saying: "These seem to me
to be the conclusions to which we are
conducted by the reason and spirit of
the law. Brother Story will furnish the
authorities." His mind was of the cre
ative order. It is one thing to follow
precedents extending back for years; it
is another and far more difficult matter
to build up from its foundations a system
of Constitutional law which shall com
mend Itself to future generations as a
logical and consistent whole. Marshall
was one of the few men in the history
of the world who have had this ability.
Mexico's Opportunity.
New York Journal of Commerce.
It is not Incredible that the statesmen
of Mexico should be seriously considering
the adoption of the gold standard, though
there are against the change the two con
siderations that the country produces
much silver and very little gold, and that
the decline of silver has been checked.
Mexico has experienced, though perhaps
in a less degree, the losses and commer
cial disturbances Incident to a declining
monetary unit, the increase of the specu
lative element in business, increased
foreign obligations, unusual profits for a
time on capital, and a good deal of suffer
ing by the recipients of wages and sala
ries. But for the present that experience
is over, and silver Is comparatively
steady. The advantages our silverltes
supposed a country would receive from a
decrease in the value of money was whol
ly illusory, and many of the Mexicans
understand this and the country is blessed
with some very intelligent and far-sighted
statesmen. It is not Impossible that they
should deem the present period of com
parative steadiness on the part of silver
a convenient one for getting the country's
currency upon a common basis with that
of practically all the rest of the commer
cial world.
University "Progxess."
Chicago Chronicle.
Newman's deflnlition of university, "a
center of Intellectual activity," Is grow
ing obsolete.
President Eliot, of Harvard, has just
announced that the dental college, the
veterinary college and the once proudly
boasted medical college of that institu
tion are to be consolidated under a single
head. Now we know why corn-cuttera
call themselves "professor," and why
manicures expect soon to wear cap and
gown.
President Eliot finds that students are
more and more inclined to neglect clas
sics, mathematics and physics for stud
ies "leading to more utility in the actual
activities of modern life." Which is eu
phemistic for hurry up and get money
with your university degree.
At the rate higher learning, once so
called, is turning Into mere "filthy lucre,"
the day cannot be a century off when the
lovers of learning as a purely Intellectual
and moral attainment will have to choose
the seclusion of their homes. The univer
sities will have gone over bag and bag
gage to utilitarianism.
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Hon. H. W. Corbett.
Fossil Journal.
There is perhaps no man in Oregon
more conspicuous in the affairs of fin
ance, commerce, Industry and the state
than is the Hon. Henry W. Corbett ex
United States Senator and candidate of
the Republican majority of the State Leg
islature for re-election. Mr. Corbett's
life is so inseparably interwoven with
the growth of Oregon that no history of
the state can be complete without as
cording to him prominent and illustrious
mention. Mr. Corbett has been one of the
builders of Oregon. There Is not a pub
lic enterprise to which Mr. Corbett has
not given substantial aid. His generos
ity also has gladdened many a heart
Of charitable impulses, public spirltedness
and progressive ideas, Mr. Corbett has
been an invaluable mainstay to the City
of Portland. Few have done as much
for the city; none more.
DECIDEDLY CLEVER.
Anti-Imp crlnllst Acumen "Worthy of
a Better Cause.
New York Evening Post.
With the most earnest desire to please
everybody, especially the imperialists, tho
Evening Post has not been able to do so
in the Cuban controversy. Yet our sole
offending is, they themeselves being wit
nesses, that we say the right thing at the
wrong ime. When Congress rushed the
President off his feet and Into war with
Spain we pointed out that an excitable
public assembly was 111 chosen to pass on
such momentous questions. Nonsense,
cried the imperialists; the action- of Con
gress Is cool and deliberate, being none
other than the mature and firm decision
of a mighty people. Less than three years
have passed, and these same imperialists
are asking indignantly if they are to be
bound by "hysterical resolutions passed
by a wild, excited and unreasoning Con
gress." We maintained that Congress
was swayed by hysteria, but that we
should be bound by its action if the
President let the excited body have its
head. Now those who at the time yelled
themselves into ' a fury, declaring that
Congress was calm and wise, speak of it
as a pack of maniacs by whoso pledge to
Cuba it would be madness for the county
to feel Itself bound. The only difference
is that the Evening Post perceived both
the hysteria and the binding nature of the
resulting obligation at tho wrong time
wrong, that is, for Imperialistic purposes.
Another illustration of our entire in
ability to win the approval of imperial
ists, try as we will, is to be seen in the
matter of recognizing the Cuban republic.
A mythical, peripatetic Cuban republic
they were all wild to recognize any time
from 3S96 to 1S9S. Its famed capital, Cu
bltas, does not now figure In our own
United States census of Cuba, though this
covers the very smallest towns and
aldeas. The Cuban, republic of those days
was an entity up a tree, or ona mule's
back; we had scruples unpatriotic, of
course about recognizing it. The Impe
rialists would have recognized it out of
hand, though they could not even see It.
Well, now we have an actual Cuban re
public In the making, certified to by our
own military Governor as the product of
a people "now ready to proceed to the
establishment of a general government
which shall assume and exercise sover
eignty, jurisdiction and control over the
Island." One would have expected tho
imperialists to fall over each other with
enthusiasm in recognizing such a Cuban
republic. But no; they begin to mutter
strange suspicions about a "mob in Ha
vana," about, the "good Cubans," the
"real Cubans," not wanting a republic,
and so on. 'Arty one can see how Impossi
ble It is to please such Inconstant minds.
"We fear that we shall have to give up
trying. It is an awful thing to be con
scious of their displeasure; but we com
fort ourselves by reflecting that, every
thing by starts and nothing long as thej
are, we may soon expect to be lauded to
the skies for the same things that now
win us their condemnation.
"Jnstlce" in Kentucky.
Boston Herald, Ind.
The statement of one of the counsel
for the defense In the trial of Henry E.
Youtsey, who was on Tuesday sentenced
to imprisonment for life as a. principal
In the assassination of Governor Goebel,
is an Impressive one. Youtsey himself,
after sentence was pronounced, declared
his innocence, and that he had been con
victed through "base and infamous sub
ornation of perjury." To this by Itself
no great Importance would attach. But
when his counsel makes a public state
ment that, of the 123 persons summoned
as possible jurors in the case, 124 were
Goebel Democrats, and the 12 who actu
ally served all belong to the Goebel fac
tion of the Democratic party, there is cer
tainly an appearance of unfair partisan
ship, seeming like a determination to
convict. Scarcely anywhere In Kentucky
are the citizens so unequally divided in
their political attachments that a fairly
drawn panel could be so one-sided. Nor
do we believe it just to suppose that
Republicans or antl-Goebel Democrats
would not render as conscientious and
righteous a verdict in the trial of a case
of this nature as the partisan jury who
sat in the box. The counsel further In
timates that much of the evidence wa3
perjured, although he acquits the Judge
and the commonwealth's attorney of
knowledge of the fact. Convictions ob
tained under such circumstances do not
redound to the honor of justice. Remem
bering what manner of man Goebel was.
It is impossible to presume that his fol
lowers are the only honest men in the
state.
The Kansas Uproar.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The fact that many men desire alco
holic stimulants causes the saloon to ex
ist, even in violation of prohibitory laws.
If those who do not wish to drink were
licensed to smash saloons, would this
appetite be suppressed? Illinois officers
of the law have power summarily to de
stroy any gambling device. Yet men con
tinue to play games of chance. Would
the licensing of private citizens to destroy
gambling devices lessen the prevalence
of the gaming instinct? Few so believe.
Civilization differs from savagery chief
ly in this: Instead of permitting the
individual to Interpret and enforce the
laws, It requires him to delegate that
task to his chosen representatives. The
proposed Kansas statute seems distinctly
a return to savage methods. It virtually
authorizes the complaining witness to be
Judge, Jury and Sheriff. The courts may
sustain it as a proper extension of the
police power, but It will have the fatal
defect of all legislative attempts to make
crimes of acts which many men do not
regard as even sins.
To say that men cannot be made moral
by act of Legislature is like a red flag to
a bull with the extreme prohibitionists.
Yet It Is fundamental truth. Legislation
may regulate and restrain appetites whose
indulgence is held immoral, but it cannot
suppress them. That Is why prohibitory
liquor laws are never completely suc
cessful. Some day Kansas and other
prohibition states will realize these facts
and return to common-sense methods of
dealing with the liquor traffic.
Henry W. Corbett.
Baker Republican. t
Since so much has been written about
Mr. Corbett, wo will say that on the
score of energy It may be doubted If he is
behind any man In Oregon. But in the
skill In which that energy Is applied and
directed, he is the peer of any man In the
state. On the great political questions of
the day he makes his analysis scientifical
ly and carefully, always leaving out the
study of some fancy, and even the fads
which are so prevalent in these days.
There is always a sound basic principle
upon which he found3 his conclusions.
He has none of that strange conservatism
too often found in the pessimist nor the
qualifications which are found in the
spendthrift The highly balanced poise of
his judgment are qualifications which go
to make up a safe yet effective legislator.
He is honest, Just and upright. These
qualifications recommend themselves to
the people, and why such a man is not at
once elected our Senator is hard to under
stand. And lie Must Have Money.
(Topeka State Journal.)
If Mrs, Nation should undertake to
smash the distilleries she would en
counter serious trouble. They are the
source of a large portion of Uncle Sam's
Income.
No Cats' Paws.
Albany Democrat
The- play now Is to secure new votes.
Depend upon it they will not come from
the Democratic side of the house. They
have been tried and found compact
NOTE AND .COMMENT.
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Good morning; are you still a darkhorsa
for Senator?
There are yet a. few seats left .fa tho
United States Senate. Come early and
avoid the rush. '
Paris dressmakers are on a. strike. l The
American woman can now wear old
clothes without apologies. I
Oregon counties are much liko England.
Whonever a mine Is discovered in tone,
another wants to annex it
Perhaps if the "reins of government"
In China could bo dispensod with, much
of the trouble would evanesce.
No change In the Senatorial situation Is
in sight. Of course, any potential chango
is kept completely out of sight'
How does It happen that the jlumblng
business has not yet attracted tie atten
tion of Mr. J. Plorpont Morgan?,
The peanut butchers on the Erie Rail
road have been abolished. Who wll shapa
the literary taste of tho public new?
Down In Kentucky they are wSiderlng
why the citizens of New York .are so
much alarmed about a threatened water
famine. i
Governor Nash will pull off a" finish
fight on his own account if Jeffries and
Ruhlin insist on that 20-round boxing
match.
Ll Hung Chang has been passing tho
death sentence on a number of men al
ready deceased. He probably fears that
they have as many lives as Agulnsldo.
After a most exciting canvass ot tho
Electoral vote. Congress has made tho
startling discovery that McKlnuy and
Roosevelt were elected In November.
Ladles down In WlnfleW, Kansas, still are
smashing bevel plate,
And full ruefully tho liquor men the wifckago
contemplate: t
Although Mrs. Carrie Nation has departci from
the state,
Her ax goes cleaving on.
Isn't it nearly time for the antls topass
a resolution of sympathy with the. Manila
merchants who have been caught selling
arms and ammunition to the Filipinos?
Maine shipbuilders are developing tho
schooner rig to such an extent that they
are putting together a vessel of that typo
with no less than seven masts. Big six
masted ships, rigged in schooner 'fashion,
have proved to be remarkably ocanomical
and successful In carrying huge cargoes
of coal and other heavy stuff, and how a
step onward to seven masts is oh foot
The new giant of its class will have a
keel length of 336 feet, a breadth k 54, a
depth of hold of 32, and a tonnage oj about
4000. This Is a rarely Interesting .move
ment In the construction of sailing Vessels,
How much further is it to go? Will the
seven-master. If satisfactory, be fojowed
by an eight-master, and possibly a 10
masted schooner, In a score of years or
less? It may even be that the middle of
the century will welcome a sailing iyvia
than with a dozen masts of the schooner
rig. Yankee Inventiveness and erkrgy
take long looks ahead.
It ain't no use o talkln', a. feller don't tel
right.
When all the sky Is clear an' blue, an no a
cloud's In stent; i
When weather acts like that, of course a lltlia
while 'twill do.
But It don't do your-health no good when.lt
lasts a week or two;
The dry air fevers up your blood, an' ffils
your J'lnts with pain.
An' nothln' does you good except a stlddy sjell
o' rain. '
I know they call that mossback talk, an pb-
My always will,
But Jes' the same, that's how you feel.) up
here in ole Yamhill; ;
Clear weather's good fur harvest time, an' we
can use the sun . t
A little while in every year, but its work sbn
Is done.
An' we don't care If six months goes, before
it shines again,
All we're partlc'lar about's a stlddy spell b'
rain. '
You talk about your beamln skies an glowlr
sun at night,
Thoy never at their best was half as beautlfia
a sight
As when the trees Is bendln down to get ths
shlnin' drops
An' In the fields they're fallln on an' blesslif
all tho crops.
While grass Is springln up knee deep alotntf
the wlndln lane,
An' everything's rejoleln In a stlddy spell tf
rain.
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PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHERS
The Kansas Meaning. "What does W. C. T,
U. stand for In Kansas?" "Wreckage, Carv
nage. Turmoil, Upheaval." Ohio State Jour
nal. "The Rev. Mr. Meeklngs Is a good fellow,
Isn't ho?" "Yes. They say he Is not only i
fine golf player, but a fairly good clergyman."
Life.
His Method. "Does that young man next
door to you play his trombone by ear or br
note?" "Neither. By brute foree." Chlcag
Times-Herald.
"I hope you will be lenient with me, your
Lordship," said the thief, as he stood up to b
sentenced; "I have a good many dependent
on me for their support." "Children?" asket
the Judge. "No, police detectives." Tlt-Blts.
They Don't Speak Now. Ida I want to hav
some pictures taken. Can you recommend &
photographer? Ada Flashem! I've heard that
he has a way of making the homeliest peopls
look absolutely handsome. Philadelphia BuU
letin.
Second Thought. "It cannot be," sighed th
maid. "I respect you highly, Mr. Hunniwell,
but wo are Incompatible." "Well, I suppoaa
It cannot be helped," the young man replied,
pocketing his chagrin and looking about for
his hat. "But It defeats all my cherished
hopes. I had planned a house In which X
fondly imagined we might be happy. It wis
to have had a pantry twice as large as tfce
ordinary size, with a roomy closet In which,
to stow away the new cooking utensils and
things that a woman naturally buys when &
peddler comes along." "Stay, Harry," sb
said falterlngly. "Perhaps I have been too
hasty. Give me a day or two to think It
over. It Is not Impossible that that "
Chicago Tribune.
The Apple Barrel.
Edwin L. Sabln In New LIpplncott.
It stood In the cellar low and dim,
"Where the cobwebs swept and swayed,
Holding the store from bough and limb
At the feet of Autumn laid.
And oft, when the days were short and drear
And the north wind shrieked and roared,
We children sought In the corner, here.
And drew on the toothsome hoard.
For thus through the long, long Winter-time,
It answered our every call
With wine of the Summer's golden prime
Sealed by the hand of Fall.
The best there was of the earth and air.
Of rain and sun and breeze.
Changed to a pippin sweet and rare
By the art of the faithful trees.
A wonderful barrel was this, had we
Its message but rightly heard.
Filled with the tales of wind and bee.
Of cricket and moth and bird;
Rife with the bliss of the fragrant June
When skies were soft and blue'; r
Thronged with the dreams of a harvest moon
O'er fields drenched deep with "dew.
Oh, homely barrel, I'd fain essay,
Your marvelous skill again;
Take me back to the past, t pray",
As wllllngUy now as then
Back to the tender morns and eves.
The noontides warm and still.
Tho fleecy clouds and the spangled leaves
Of the orchard over the hill.