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ing to southerly and Increasing in force to
brisk and probably high.
PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY, FED. 20
From twenty-six to twenty-eight Re
publicans doubtless "would vote for Mr.
Mitchell. .Not all of these, however,
would select him for the Senator, if the
choice -were left to them; but they -will
"stay -with their friends." About one
half the number prefer him to anybody
else, and their course In the voting has
been a "play" for him, from the first.
It is only through the assistance of
Democratic members that they can
hope to elect him, and since so many as
eighteen or twenty will be needed, it
"will be a hard matter to get them.
The effort may possibly succeed, but it
appears exceedingly doubtful. Thirty
two Republicans a majority of all are
pledged to adherence to Mr. Corbett.
All that onKnsay about the contest,
therefore, IsgM: either Mr. Corbett "will
be elected, oFfar. Mitchell -will be elect
ed, or it will be a tie-up and no elec
tion. This is the present aspect of the
contest. All other factors appear to
have been eliminated. The voting for
McBride, for Williams and for Her
mann has been merely perfunctory. The
veiled figure In the background, like the
ghost in "Hamlet," seen from the first
through the fog and mist, must soon
become more distinct or disappear alto
gether. We hope to hear no protest from any
fair-minded man against the proposed
delivery of the Portland police and Are
departments to the Democrats. Provid
ed they are good men, why shouldn't
Democrats be appointed on this board?
The result of June last was a Demo
cratic victory. A dissatisfied faction of
Republicans united with the Democrats
to beat the Republican Legislative
ticket They were successful, and of
course they expect the spoils. Now,
what justice would there be In demand
ing that the Democrats shall forego
their portion of the prize? They con
tributed the bulk of the vote, theirs is
the bulk of the booty. This organiza
tion of Democrats and disgruntled Re
publicans was indorsed at the polls by
the voters of Portland, and now we
urge them to take their medicine with
out a murmur. What right has any
man who supported the Citizens ticket
to object to the award of the political
plunder thus made available to the ele
ments that secured it, in their right
ful proportion? On the whole, we should
say, the control of the police and fire
departments Is not an excessive reward
for the Democrats to claim. If Repub
licans were wanted in control, there
was the Republican ticket
That good old Shakespearean phrase,
to "outherod Herod," has never had
an object for more accurate bestowal
than the performances of the anti-Si
mon aggregation now representing
Multnomah County at Salem. It has
been charged in times past against
Mr. Simon that he mixed up the Sena
torial question with local legislation.
He did this, he was guilty, and he had
no defense; but he never mixed the two
things up so Intimately and shamelessly
as has been- done at this session. He
was charged with funny business In his
charters. It was true; he did it, and he
had no defense; but he never manipu
lated1 charter provisions to the brazen
and underhanded extent now prevail
ing at Salem. His critics have outdone
him on every count of political trickery
and chicanery. The fact is that Mr.
Simon's merits as a lawmaker have
waited all these years for their demon
stration at the hands of his enemies.
He never played horse with the vital
interests of this city and port, and just
that his enemies are now doing. This
discovery will explain to many why Mr.
Simon, who is not a great statesman or
profound thinker, was In demand here
for service of the substantial interests
of Portland. He knew what they needed
and he did it. He has been displaced
by persons whose legislative capacity
and high-minded statesmanship cut a
very poor figure in comparison with the
man they ousted.
The intense solicitude of Senator Mc
Bride for the Interests of Oregon and
the commercial ascendency of the port
of Portland seem to have been unable
to prevail against other motives that
have had access to his judgment, so
that the enormous concessions Oregon
was to get from the Senate in the river
and harbor bill are conspicuous by their
absence, while Senator Turner, who was
on hand, bore away some desirable
prizes for Washington. This is bad for
our state, but it does not afford ade
quate basis for severe censure of Mr.
McBride. What he did has been done
before by other men, notably by Sena
tor Dolph, and very likely will be done
again. It would have been more to
Mr. McBrlde's credit, and probably it
would have been to Mr. Dolph's advan
tage, if this running off to look after
re-election had been foregone for the
service undertaken and paid for. But it
would have been a great deal to expect
of the ordinary man. Self-preservation
Is a consideration of great potency with
the best of us. Meanwhile, it would be
well if we could remove the cause. If
Oregon's Legislature met in Septem
ber, for example, as It used to do, our
Senators could get back to Washing
ton at critical times, and the health of
persons obliged to spend six weeks at
Salem would be better. Another effect
ive remedy would be election of Sena
tors by popular vote.
It is noteworthy that the righteous
Indignation with which Clatsop County
views the use of fishwheels appears,
over in Washington, as directed at both
wheels and traps. The Washington
campaign is the more honest, therefore,
for the silence in Oregon on the subject
of traps is dishonestly assumed for
the tactical purpose of concentrating
all efforts on the wheels. So long as
the gillnetters and their demagogue at
torneys attacked both wheels and traps,
their purpose was so obvious that Leg
islatures repudiated them. Therefore
fhey proceed by a flank movement
Having annihilated the wheels and con
fiscated the 5300,000 or so Invested In
them, they hope to turn with decimat
ing fire upon the traps two years from
now. As for the professed sympathy
for the poor fish, it Is the hollowest of
mockeries, and the charge that salmon
are any deader when killed with a
wheel than with a club has been effect
ually refuted, not only by the late Mr.
McGuire, but by the United States Fish
Commission itself. This recrudescence
of war on fishing gear is surprising, in
view of the cessation of the demagogic
demands that used to disfigure all our
state party platforms. Its explanation
seems to be in the temporary array of
trapmen against their former allies. If
they are shortsighted enough to imag
ine the gillnetters will, spare them the
more for this present aid, their unde
ceiving will be Inevitable and cruel.
They will find they have destroyed the
only ally they ever could enlist suc
cessfully in self-protection.
SOWN IN FOLLY; HEAPED IN IlIOT.
Mrs. Carrie Nation is variously
termed by her admirers a "Joan of
Arc" and a "John Brown." By any
other name this poor old monomaniac
would smell just as sweet Joan of
Arc was finally burned as a witch, and
John Brown was finally hanged as a
land pirate. Our age Is too enlightened
to afford any just hope that Kansas,
which does not hesitate to burn a negro
at the stake, will burn Mrs. Nation as
"a witch" or hang her as a land pirate.
Nevertheless, her infatuated admirers
and silly sympathizers builded better
than they knew when they compared
Mrs. Nation to John Brown. She is of
the Brown type of folk, who quote Bible
texts in defense of their violation of the
laws of the land. John Brown decided
for himself that because he deemed
slavery wrong he would commit murder
and theft against slaveholders, despite
the fact that under the Government of
the United States slavery was legalized
and slaves were as much property as
cattle. So John Brown, in Missouri, did
not hesitate to "run off" a slaveholder's
negroes and horses, to "line up" and
shoot to death in cold blood a number of
Missouri "border ruffians" whom he
had taken prisoner, 6r to Invade Vir
ginia, seize the United States Arsenal
at Harper's Ferry and shoot dead the
Mayor and several other citizens who
sought to recapture it. He was a mono
maniac, an anarchist. He recognized
obedience to no law except the law of
his peculiar personal conscience, illu
minated by his private interpretaticn of
the Old Testament Of- course, no hu
man government of society would be
possible. If such creatures as John
Brown were permitted to range to and
fro without restraint or punishment
Mrs. Nation belongs to the same tribe
of Infatuates as John Brown. She has
decided that because the prohibitory
liquor law Is not enforced in Kansas
she will, by riotous assault, destroy the
property of all violators of the law.
Clothed with no legal powers, she Is a
rioter. Because the law was violated
Mrs. Nation has proceeded to violate
law by breaking the peace and by In
citing others to break the peace. To
justify her action on the plea of the
non-enforcement of the law is absurd,
for that plea can be argued for every
resort to mob violence. When the
"people," that is, the mob, are not
satisfied with administration of the law,
are displeased with the verdict, or are
afraid the verdict will not please them.
The moment that this plea Is recognized
there is an end of all preservation of
order. The real trouble in Kansas is
that laws have been enacted which the
machinery of justice is not competent
to enforce in many communities where
there is no public opinion behind it
Grand juries will not indict and petit
juries will not convict. Witnesses will
not testify or will perjure themselves.
Maine Is another case In point It has
constitutional prohibition, just as has
Kansas, but Maine has no Mrs. Nation.
Maine Is not neurotic enough to burn
negroes at the stake In the presence of
women and school children. If It were.
It would be quite likely to tolerate a
Mrs. Nation and her hatchet There Is
constitutional prohibition in Maine, and
in Bangor today there are plenty of
"open bars"; the liquor-sellers are fined
twice a year, and are unmolested the
rest of the year. With the exception of
Portland, the leading towns and cities
of Maine all permit liquor saloons to
flourish openly. A practical license sys
tem prevails in shape of fines levied
twice a year en the saloons.
Neither in Maine nor Kansas has pro
hibition stopped the open sale of liquor,
and comparison of the statistics of
Kansas with those of Nebraska and
Minnesota appears to prove that prohi
bition during its twenty years of life
in Kansas has not lessened crime or
increased the health or added to the
material welfare of the people. The
following figures of crime are taken
from the census of 1890:
States. Murder. Rape. Arson. Total.
Kansas 10? -41 118 320
Nebraska 09 10 53 138
Minnesota 02 20 73 1C3
Mrs. Nation's raid on the liquor sa
loons in the large cities of Kansas
proves that the attempt to prohibit the
sale of liquor has failed. In the cities
of both Maine and Kansas the law is
a dead letter and the liquor traffic freer
than under high license. The prohibi
tionists cast only 20S.O00 votes for
Woolley for President after boasting
that they would poll 500,000; they failed
to poll votes enough in any state to
J have changed the result, even if their
entire strength had been cast in favor
of the minority party. The average
prohibitionist is an incarnation of self
sufficiency, self-righteousness and self
glorification, lineal descendants of the
Puritan political levelers of Cromwell's
day, whom John Morley describes as
"Intractable, narrow, dogmatic, prag
matic; clever hands at syllogism, lib
eral in uncharitable Imputation and
malicious construction, honest In their
rather questionable way, animated by
a Pharisaic love of self-applause, which
is in truth not any more meritorious
nor any less unsafe than vain love of
the world's applause; without a trace
of the Instinct for government or a
grain of practical common sense." Your
prohibitionist always has an attack of
mental rickets which keep him
Shuffling with superfluous legs
A blindfold minuet over addled eggs.
INGRATITUDE TO A STATESMAN.
Every lover of fair play will regret
to see the contumely heaped upon Mr.
Walter (alias Jack) Matthews, for his
efficient labors in making a charter for
the Multnomah delegation. The un
adorned truth Is that Mr. Matthews, in
point of intellectual acumen, polished
address and legislative ability, stands
head and shoulders above the nominal
members of the delegation. His part in
Multnomah County politics has been
arduous and comprehensive, running
the whole gamut from the brain
work of drafting platforms and
framing legislation down to the use of
his trusty right arm in rustling an ob
jectionable chairman off the stage at a
county convention.
But his labors are most gracelessly
requited. The nominal statesmen get
him to do the work and then disown
him. This time their charter was a
mess and they called him in. Always
equal to any emergency, and fortified
with decision and resources which put
the "delegation" to the blush, he assem
bled a force of stenographers and
jerked that Jumbled charter Into shape
In less time than It takes to tell It
Well, what Is his reward? Why, the
statesmen disown him. "What!" they
shriek In well-simulated Indignation;
"Jack Matthews making the charter?
No, Indeed! What do you take us for?"
In the name of common honesty. Is It
not about time that justice was done
to the brains and muscle, nerve and in
dustry, of Mr. Matthews' party? If
anybody Is to have the capita! prize,
who Is better entitled to It? We re
spectfully submit that there is not a
man Jack of the Federal brigade who
can pack a state convention, handle a
primary fight outline a party policy or
frame a charter to compare with Wal
ter Matthews. Why, then, Is he put off
with an assistant postmastershlp when
he should be Sheriff or at least Mayor?
Nay, why should he stop short of high
est honors? If his record for official
trustworthiness Isn't equal to Ike's for
Collector of the Port, and If he can't
make as good a speech In the United
States Senate as McBride, we miss our
guess.
The day may come when Mr.
Matthews will get tired of doing all
his party's work and then being In
dignantly disowned by the statesmen
he has made. When he does, look out
for trouble. There ought to be honor
even among the Federal brigade.
AX EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS.
It Is reported that President McKln
ley will call an extra session of Con
gress. He cannot well do otherwise In
justice to himself and the country. An
extra session is the price the country
has to pay for the filibustering of Pet
tigrew. Teller, Allen and their associ
ate anti-expansionists in the Senate.
Through the efforts of these men the
Army bill was outrageously delayed
at vast cost to the country. The failure
to pass this bill has made it impossi
ble to recruit men enough to supply
promptly the places of those soldiers
whose time of service expires by July 1
of this year, and this must greatly re
tard the speedy pacification of the
islands. There is urgent call for im
mediate legislation to develop the re
sources of the Philippines and to extend
civil government to them. The Spooner
amendment, now reported as an amend
ment to the Army appropriation bill,
Is still denied enactment, despite the
fact that it is substantially identical
with the similar measure which the
eighth Congress enacted in the case of
Louisiana Territory, and with that en
acted by the sixteenth Congress in th
case of Florida Territory.
The action of the Demo-Populist ob
structionists has been most malignant..
They have denounced the President's
policy without stint, and yet they have
refused his prayer for action on the
part of Congress, both In the matter of
the Philippines and Cuba. They will
not allow Congress to enact any policy
for the President to enforce; they will
not endow the President with the pow
ers granted by the Spooner amendment.
They will not give the President the
means necessary to do his full duty
efficiently, nor allow Congress to frame
a policy for his guidance. The malig
nant purpose of these obstructionists
has been to make the confusion caused
by their hostility two years ago be
come "confusion worse confounded."
The President, therefore, in calling an
extra session, will be safely within
sound statesmanship and good politics.
He fairly says that it is not just that
he should continue to bear the full bur
den of a severe responsibility which
Congress should have promptly as
sumed and taken off his shoulders. He
has a right to say to Congress, "Either
frame a policy concerning the Philip
pines and Cuba for my guidance, or else
empower me with full discretion to
act and furnish me with all that is
necessary to enforce the authority of
the United States until you are ready
to enact a policy." The anti-expansionists
will not suffer the President
or Congress "to make a spoon," but
Insist themselves on "spoiling the
horn."
There has been nothing equal in ma
lignity to the action of the anti-expansionists
in the Senate since the Admin
istration of President Hayes (1877-81),
when the obstructionists in the House
practically tried to starve the Adminis
tration into submission by fastening
"riders" to the appropriation bills so as
to prevent the wheels of the Executive
Government from moving. There was
some excuse for this conduct at that
time, for it followed close upon the seat
ing of a President through an electoral
commission, when there was great po
litical bitterness felt and expressed be
tween the parties. The situation today
affords no ground for excuse; the Phil
ippines ars ours beyond remedy,
save retreat or recession. No sane man
of intelligence believes that it would
be either wise or decent on our part
to withdraw from the islands to" allow
them to become a breeding nest of Ma
lay pirates or to be appropriated by one
of the great powers of Europe. The
islands are ours for the future, and
it Is our duty to make the best of
them. To make the best of them
promptly, Congress should answer the
urgent call on part of the Philippine
Commission, approved by the President,
for immediate legislation.
The population of the State Insane
Asylum at Salem has reached high
water mark, 1200 inmates being there
at present under treatment The ex
pense incident to the care of this large
number of unfortunates Is at best enor
mous. Every Item looking to Increased
cost of maintenance should be care
fully scrutinized by the Legislature
not In a grudging, parsimonious spirit,
but to the end that the other and larger
class of unfortunates, the taxpayers,
may receive the consideration due to
their struggling condition. Efforts to
keep down the per capita expense of the
institution should be toward the reduc
tion of salaries and the scanning of the
pay-roll, to the end that useless officials
may be dropped rather than toward a
pinching economy in the quality and
variety of the food furnished. It Is,
perhaps, too much to expect that Asy
lum matters will be ordered on a hu
manely economical basis, since it in
volves a realization of the futile hope
of theorists that the Insane Asylum
management will yet be "taken out of
politics."
The pretense of the partisans of Ad
miral Schley that Admiral Sampson
had no part in the victory over Cerve
ra's squadron and is entitled to no
credit for it because he was not pres
ent when the battle began is absurd.
General Grant gets full credit for the
first day's fight at Shiloh, despite the
fact that he was absent when the bat
tle opened at daylight, and did not
arrive until 10 A. M. If the enemy had
won the day at Shiloh, Grant, not
Sherman, would have been charged
with the responsibility. If Cervera's
squadron had escaped, Sampson would
have had to bear the responsibility.
If Sheridan had not finally won at
Cedar Creek, he could not have es
caped the responsibility by saying that
he was not present when the battle
began. Sampson placed all the ships
In position, and the battle was fought
according to his orders. Every Captain
fought his ship Independently, with
out any orders from Schley, who
fought only his own ship.
Oregon's increase of population be
tween 1S90 and 1900 was from 313,767
to 413,536, or 31.S per cent. The average
Increase In the counties through which
the O. R. & N. passes was 64.2 per cent
Eastern Oregon Is increasing In popula
tion faster than Western Oregon, and
the great advance In those counties Is
largely attributable to the policy of the
railroad In promoting the Industrial de
velopment of the region, In experiment
ing with new crops and discovering and
exploiting natural resources. Sugar
factories, lumber mills, creameries,
frultdrlers, stamp mills, coal measures,
brome grass, Hungarian hops, peanuts
all things that promise to help the
country have the active interest and
support of the O. R. & N. in Its terri
tory. This incident of railroading Is
growing in Importance, and the results
are apparent In census figures, Indus
trial statistics and the prosperity of
the state.
Anxiety in England for the troops In
South Africa is divided between the
danger of a surprise by the Boers and
the onslaught of the bubonic plague.
Official returns to the War Office In re
gard to this latter menace are not given
to the public. Still, It Is not doubted
that the plague has broken out In the
British field forces under Kitchener, and
that many deaths reported as due to
enteric fever are the result of the more
dreaded disease. Facing this new foe,
London's view of the war In Africa Is
more gloomy than at any time since
just prior to the relief of Ladysmlth,
nearly a year ago. Happy "Victoria, to
have gone quietly through nature's open
door out of this trouble; unfortunate
Edward, to have succeeded to It as part
of an otherwise goodly but still suffi
ciently perplexing heritage!
Advices from Winfield, Kan., state
that the situation there can best be
likened to the old days when Indians
ran wild on the borders and raids were
expected from them at any time. It 13
further said that saloon men in that
town are preparing for action, and that
the temperance element has purchased
at least BOO shotguns and revolvers in
order to be ready for "what may hap
pen." Thus does state prohibition of
the liquor traffic soothe the troubled
breast of the populace and Insure law
and order.
The Oregonlan sent another man to
Salem yesterday. In addition to the
three already there, to try to find out
what Is going on with reference
to the charter and other measures of
vital concern to the people of Portland.
Never before has It been so impossible
to ascertain what the Multnomah dele
gation is doing and proposing to do
with the substantial Interests of this
community. -
If the Legislature is going to destroy
fixed fishing gear, It should appropriate
no money for the salmon Industry. If
it sinks the question to an espousal of
one side In this discreditable fight be
tween rival private concerns. It should
at once abandon the pretense of con
serving the public good.
The 1905 exposition will need an ap
propriation from Congress, such as St
Louis has just received. The appropri
ation will need a Senator of large cali
ber and ability. The Senator will need
several years of prestige for his pur
pose. Therefore Oregon needs a Sena
tor elected right away.
McBride was not at Washington and
Oregon appropriations were cut down.
But these two coincidences are not
necessarily corollaries of each other,
since perhaps his absence did not make
any difference.
Legislators scarce think about the
Governor's veto power, because he is
not wont to use it. But he may use
It, and that to good purpose.
Carnegie's sale of steel holdings
makes it plainer than ever that he
has no intention of dying a' poor man.
Mark Hanna doubtless will take care
of such a faithful henchman as McBride.
GARDEN OF EDEN IN LUZON.
New York Times.
The announcement comes from Dr. D.
F. Becker, of the United States Geologi
cal Survey, who went with our troops to
the Philippines, that the original Garden
of Eden was located somewhere in that
archipelago, probably on Luzon. It ap
pears from a study of the geological for
mation of the Philippine Archipelago that
somewhere in the Tertiary period these
Islands were In the midst of a vast area
of swamps and shallow seas on the edge
of the great Mediterranean Lake, which
extended westward to the Atlantic Ocean.
Then a good many things happened which
it would be difficult to mention in chrono
logical order. The earth, as the geolo
gists say. "humped Itself," and as the re
sult the bottom of the sea changed places
with the top. Among other parts of the
sea bottom, what are now the Philippines
were lifted and became a part of the Con
tinent of Asia. This gave the animals
and plants a chance to colonize them, of
which thoy availed themselves with char
acteristic enterprise. Subsequently there
were considerable subsidences of land oc
cupying what la now the site of the China
Sea. which cut oft from the mainland the
migratory animals and plants which could
not swim. Then began a period of vol
canic activity, which disturbed things
seriously and made it very uncomfort
able for the animals and plants afore
said. Thero Is no evidence, we are told, of
any connection between, the Philippines
and the mainland since the Tertiary peri
od. As Islands, therefore, they are re
spectably old old enough, some people
think, to be entitled to autonomy; but
that bu nothing to do with the matter.
Regrets have aiflo been expressed by peo
ple who think they could Improve upon
the economy of nature if the chance was
offered them, that the Tagal survived
the Silurians, since he would be more
interesting aa a fossil than as a potential
citizen of the American Republic. How
ever, there were ever those who would
have things different from what they are,
and it is to be feared that they will
outlive all other species. It is not clear to
the unscientific mind, perhaps, what the
geological vicissitudes of the Philippines
have to do with the Garden, of Eden, but
evidently they have a great deal deal to
do with It. Perhaps it ia the fossils In
the post-Tertiary formations. The late
Professor Marsh, of Yale, Is said to have
been the first to reach the conclusion that
the original home of man was In the Phil
ippines, or very near them, and that,
the Wild Man of Borneo was the un
doubted representative of the elder branch
of the human family. Professor Marsh's
conviction rested on. the evidence of the
Borneo fossils, which Include the missing
link connecting man and the ape. Some
people with an undue development of
family pride think this no great compli
ment to Adam and Eve, who must have
stood at least one remove nearer the ape
than even the immediate ancestors of the
Borneo man, who has developed Into the
Tagal of, today. Dr. Becker's theory Id
not, therefore, strikingly original, but it
derives especial value from the fact that
it has been verified on the spot. Dean
Hall, of the University of Minnesota, a
geologist of National reputation. Is so
well convinced that Dr. Becker has put
his finger, so to speak, on the very spot
where the Garden of Eden must have
been. If It was anywhere, that he waxes
eloquent and proclaims that, "In. bring
ing under our flag the original Garden
of Eden, we shall secure a treasure be
yond financial or political valuation."
It Is a solemn but Immensely comfort
ing thousht that the whirligig of time
has landed in our lap, as one might say,
the Midway Plaisance of the primitive
world, where Adam and Eve wandered
arm in arm, naming species and sampling
fruits. Like many things which find
lodgment In one's lap upon occasion timid
kitten and bumptious babies, for example
It needs a good deal of holding to keep
it there; but It Is to be hoped that in
time It will become habituated to our
embraces, and at least endure them pa
tiently, without fruitless and discomfort
ing wiggling. Whether we shall ever
recognize the original Garden and be able
to fence It In as n National park Is, we
fear, doubtful. Since Adam's eviction it
has been a good deal neglected, and most
likely It has become so overgrown that
its metes and bounds will never be ac
curately determined. This Is too bad. To
constitute It a "treasure beyond financial
or political valuation" we should at least
be able to run a trolley line to It and
have a chance for a speculation In adja
cent building lots. AVe fear the profes
sional mind does not take a quite prac
tical view of what constitutes a treasure
beyond valuation in the real estate line.
Foi Mr. Corbett.
The Roseburg Plalndealer, which has
favored Mr. Hermann for the Senate, In
deed has actively supported him. In its
issue of this week comes to the support
of Mr. Corbett, In remarks which follow:
Mr. McBride, finding that Is was Impossible
to develop sulllcient strength In the Legisla
ture to insure his re-election, very honorably
withdrew from the race, and ex-Senator Mitch
ell, in casting about tor votes. flnd3 himself
short of the required number necessary to
elect. Mr. Hermann's friends and supporters
find him In about the same position as was
Senator McBride prior to his withdrawal. Mr.
Corbett from the very first has received the
majority vote, making him really the logical
candidate, and his supporters, being- in tho
majority, naturally do not feel deposed to for
cake him for a minority candidate, and their
position in this regard Is no doubt a Just and
honorable one. Hence, from the above facta.
It appears the duty of tho minority to submit
to the choice of the majority and elect Mr.
Corbett United States Senator, and thus avoid
crippling the Interests of our state In the
United States Senate by the failure to elect a
Senator during the present session. "While Mr.
Corbett may not be a universal favorite for
this high office, there Is no questioning hla
ability. Integrity. Influence and Interest in the
welfare of the state and the Pacific Coast, and
his capacity to secure much-needed and valu
able legislation for the Pacific Coast States,
and Oregon in particular. His sound and well
known views on all public questions affecting
the treat Northwest makes him a safe, con
servative and very acceptable candidate for
tbe highest ofllce within the gift of our state.
A View of Cuban Affair.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
At the beginning of the War with Spain
the United States declared Its purpose
to compel Spain to withdraw from the
Island of Cuba and leave It free and in
dependent. As usual In the case of war,
the field enlarged, and the purposes of
this Government were necessarily modi
fied. At tho close of the war Spain
was not willing to surrender her sov
ereignty In Cuba to the Cuban revolu
tionists, but she was willing to surrender
It to the United States.
In doing so the Spanish plenipotentiaries
Insisted on pledges as to air the Inhabi
tants of Cuba, white as well as colored,
Spaniards as well as Cubans, and In the
treaty of Paris the United States gave
the pledge. In the same treaty she se
cured not only the relinquishment of
Spanish authority In Cuba, but possession
of Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands.
The status of Cuba, Porto Rico, and the
Philippines was not fixed by any prelim
inary declaration of Intention, but by the
formal pledge of the treaty signed and
ratified after the war.
To EHcapc Conscription In France.
Notes and Queries.
The Magistrates of Moissac are engaged
In Investigating cases of voluntary muti
lation practiced by a band of quacks and
sharpers in the district of Quercy on
young conscripts. By means of a band
ago these quacks produced anchylosis of
the toes, causing infirmities that neces
sitated the discharge of the young hien,
or at any rate their transfer to the aux
iliary services. Each of theso operations
brought the operator a fee of from 1000
to 1600 francs.
POETRY ABOUT VICTORIA.
Kansas City Star.
The life of a Queen Is an attractive
subject for poets. There Is little to be said
of a modern King. He has no knights
of the round table, he wields no sword
excallbur, nothing of the romance of an
Arthur or a Richard the Lion Hearted
pertains to him. It was natural that
Victoria should have been the subject of
much verse. Perhaps the poem to her
most widely known Is the one written by"
Tennyson In 1S51, shortly after his ap
pointment as poet laureate. This familiar
stanza expresses the hope that her peo
ple will say of her:
Her court was pure, her life serene;
Ood gave her peace; her land reposed;
A thousand claims to reverence closed
In her as Mother, Wife, and Queen.
One of the earliest poems to the Queen
was written by Elizabeth Barrett Brown
ing 64 years ago, at her accession to the
throne. Victoria was proclaimed Queen on
Juno 21, 1837, at St. James's Palace, with
great pomp. The ceremony proved a se
vere ordeal for the young girl. Crowds
lined the whole route to the palace, and
the Queen was greeted with such cheers
that by the time she reached St. James's
she was trembling with emotion. She ap
peared at a window In the courtyard of
the palace dressed In deep mourning,
with a white tippet, white cuffs and a
border of white lace under her small
black bonnet Everybody noticed how
pale she was. The Garter Klng-at-Arma
made his proclamation according to the
quaint old forms. In the presence of the
Lord Mayor of London and Sheriffs, the
great officers of state and a body of her
alds. When his concluding words were
followed by a blare of trumpets and the
acclamations of a loyal throng, the
Queen's fortitude for a moment forsook
her. It was In reference to this Incident
that Mrs. Browning wrote her lines about
the child Queen who "wept to wear a
crown";
She saw no purple shine.
For tears had dimmed her eyes;
She only knew her childhood's flowers
Were happier pageantries.
And while the heralds played their part.
For million shouts to drown
"God save the Queen" from hill to mart.
She heard, through all, her beating heart;
And turned and wept;
She wept to wear a crown. '
God save thee, weeping Quen,
Thou shalt be well beloved!
The tyrant's scepter cannot move
As those pure tears have moved.
The nature In thine eyes we see.
Which tyrants cannot own.
The love that guardeth liberties;
Great blessing on the nation lies
Whose sovereign wept.
Yes, wept to wear a crown.
Another notable poem of the earlier part
of the reign was written by Thackeray.
It was a May Day ode and was printed
In the London Times for April 30, 1S51.
At this time Victoria was 32 years old.
Two of the stanzas run:
Behold her In her royal place;
A gentle lady and the hand
That sways the scepter of this land
How frail and weak!
Soft Is the voice and fair the face;
She breathes amen to prayer and hymn.
No wonder that her eyes are dim.
And pale her cheek.
This moment round her empire's shores
Tho wlnd3 of Austral Winter sweep.
And thousands He In midnight sleep
At rest today.
O! awful Is that crown of yours.
Queen of innumerable realms,
Sitting beneath the budding elms
Of Ensllsh May!
On June 20. 1SS7, Victoria celebrated the
50th anniversary of her accession. The
day was observed In London with much
pomp. The Queen went in state to West
minster Abbey, surrounded by a brilliant
escort. Among them were the Crown
Prince Frederick, afterward Emperor of
Germany, and his son, Emperor William.
In a letter to the nation she said that
the kind reception given her at this
time had touched her deeply. The jubilee
was the occasion of a poem by Tennyson
which began:
Fifty times the rose has flowered and faded.
Fifty times the golden harvest fallen
Since our Queen assumed the globe, the scep
ter. She beloved ior a kindliness
Rare In fable or history.
Queen, and Empress of India.
Crown'd so long with a diadem
Never worn by a worthier.
Now with prosperous auguries
Comes at last to the bounteous
Crowning year of her Jubilee.
Of an entirely different sort is the rough
verse of Rudyard Kipling, called "Sons of
the Widow." written at about the same
time. It is intended to express the feeling
of Tommy Atkins towards his sovereign.
The Queen is reported to have been
pleased by Its unconventlonallty. The
soldier says:
"Ave you eard o the Widow at Windsor,
With a heary gold crown on 'er head?
She 'as ships on the foam she 'as millions at
'orne,
An' she pays us poor beggars In red.
Walk wide o the Widow at Windsor,
For 'alf o creation she owns;
We 'ave bousht 'er the same with tho sword
an' the flame.
An we salted It down with our bones.
(Poor beggars! It's blue with our bones.)
Hands ofT o' the sons of the Widow.
Hands off o' the goods In 'er shop.
For the Kings must come down an' the Em
perors frown
When the Widow at Windsor says "Stop!"
Alfred Austin, the present laureate,
wrote the ode for the diamond Jubilee
four years ago, but It was not particular
ly striking. More effective was his
birthday anniversary poem of 1S99 in
which he said:
Long may the Indian Summer of your days
Yet linger In the land you love so well;
And long may we. who no less love you,
dwell
In the reposeful radiance of your gaze,
A golden sunset seen through Autumn's sil
very haze.
The last illness of the Queen was so
short that her death came with a shock
to her people. It had been expected that
she would live for years. The rejoicings
of the diamond jubilee were still fresh
In mind when Albert Edward telegraphed
from the Isle of Wight that the end had
come. The next day a long ode by the
poet laureate appeared In the London
Times, beginning: "Dead! And the world
feels widowed!" The poem Is a review of
the reign. After telling of her happy mar
riage and the death of her husband, it
goes on:
And lonr and late this happy season wore.
This mellow, gracious Autumn of her days.
This sweet, grave Indian Summer, till wo
grew
To deem it limitless and half forgot
Mortality's decree. And now there falls
A sudden sadness on our lives, and we
Can only bow disconsolate head3 and weep.
And look out from our lonely hearths and see
The homeless drifting of the Winter mist.
And hear the requiem of the Winter wind.
There Is some respectable poetry In
this collection, but there is hardly a
stanza that will live of Its own merit. It
Is a striking fact that the most cultured
poets of Great Britain could not write a
line about their sovereign. Queen of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire
land, Defender of the Faith and Empress
of India, that compares with a score of
stanzas that the Scotch plowman Rob
ert Burns, wrote to the Highland lassies
who caught his fancy.
It "Wns a Poser.
Chicago Chronicle.
Decidedly pertinent and pointed was tho
question of the Individual who interrupted
Mrs. Nation's Wlllard Hall oration last
Wednesday. "Will you temperance peo
ple pay the taxes when you shut up all
the saloons?" Mrs. Nation side-stepped
the question, as well she might For it
Is quite clear that if the saloons ari
"smashed" the revenue from licenses will
cease. Who will supply the deficiency?
Certainly It will not be the prominent
citizen with "reform" tendencies. His
reluctance to pay even his present taxes
Is well known. Where will tho money
come from when Sister Nation & Co. have
pulverized the rum power? The question
Is worth considering.
NOTE AND COMMENT
The Morrison-street bridge must have
been born with a horseshoe in its mouth.
The accident to the Almond Branch be
longs under the heading of current events.
Mrs. Nation seems to be taking her
place with the poor, the war In the Trans
vaal and hope.
J. Pierpont Morgan is having a cash reg
ister built which takes cognizance of no
sum under $1,000,000.
Another man Is going to voyage across
the Atlantic In an open boat. The fool
klller Is looking hopefully expectant again.
Carnegie advises young men to fall in
love with ladies 30 years older than them
selves. Are there any such still unmar
ried? Cuba's proximity to the South exposes
her to the danger of having her franchise
restricted, even after she Is granted her
Independence.
Pingree eays he will run for Governor
again unless certain reforms are inaugu
rated. The prospects for the reforms
seem to be bright.
The New York Journal Is getting slow.
Here It Is two weeks since Quoen Wll
helmlna was married, and it has not yet
printed the list of the wedding presents.
Carnegie's abject fear of dying rich 13
well Illustrated by his taking only 522,000,
000 for his" steel plant. He might have
got another million If he had chosen to
hold out
The Almond Branch, which wrecked tho
steamer Vulcan and a span of the Morrison-street
bridge, yesterday, was loaded
with a lumber cargo at Pennoyer's mllL
Were the Iniquitous gold standard not
blasting the country, the mill would not
be working, and the damage of yesterday
would not have been wrought The Gov
ernor, who Is gifted with Apollonian
prophecy, foretold the havoc of the gold
standard, and has lived to see it. Was
the loading of the ship at the Governor's
mill a greater crime against silver than
that of '73?
J. Peripont Morgan has made a great
many successes out of the men under him,
notes Victor Smith. Phil Armour had a
similar way with him. He, like Morgan,
would not pay a salary of less than 51000
a year to a clerk in his office. One day a
young chap applied for a clerkship, backed
up with most excellent letters from per
sonal acquaintances of the packer. "Well,
sir. how little do you want for your ser
vices?" said Phil. "You must understand
that times are hard. We are killing only
S.000,000 hogs and 5,000,000 beeves a year."
The youngster thought It over, then said:
"Mr. Armour, I wouldn't be here If I
didn't know times are hard, and I'll be
easy on you. I'll set In at S10 a week
it you'll agree to increase my wages 51
for every 100,000 beeves that you don't
kill under 5,000,000 and 51 for every 200.000
hogs ou don't kill under 8,000,000." With
his little, shrewd eyes Phil looked clear
through him, then said abruptly: "As a
rule I dislike precocious youngsters. They
don't last But I'll let you start In at
525 a week, without conditions. I do It,
too. with some fear that in a few years
you will own the business."
PLEASANTRIES OF PAIIAGKAFHEIIS
He Looked It. Fond Father Now, when I
was a boy I didn't have the advantages you
have. Smart Offspring And you look it, too,
guv'nor. Ohio State Journal.
In This Age of Combines. "How do you
think Mr. Simpson proposed?" "I'll never
guess." "He nsked me if I fell favorably dis
posed to a unification of interests." Chicago
Record.
Mosher Gargel say3 he ha lota of acquaint
ances, but hardly any -friends. Tilbury I
should suppose that the more acquaintance a
man like Gargel had the fewer would be hla
friends. Boston Transcript.
Xot He. "I must confess I'm rather super
stitious." "Well. I'm not. I wouldn't be that
way." "You wouldn't eh?" "No, it's a suro
sign that you're going to have bad luck when
you begin to get superstitious." Philadelphia
Press.
Infantile Pessimism. Aunt Emma Well.
Mary. I haven't seen you for a long time. I
hear that you have a little sister at your
house. I suppose she crjes sometimes. Little
Mary Cries? Well, I should say she does!
Why. I never saw any one that appeared to
look on the dark side of things as she does!
Puck.
Maurice Thompson's Poem on Abra
ham Lincoln.
Meseems I feel his presence. Is he dead?
Death Is a word. He lives and grander grows.
At Gettysburg he bows his bleeding head.
He spreads his arms whero Chlckamauga
flows.
As If to clasp old soldiers to his breast.
Of South or North, no matter wi.lch they be,
Not thinking of what uniform they wore
His heart the palimpsest.
P.ecord on record of humanity.
Where love is first and last forevermore.
His humor, born of virile opulence.
Stung like a pungent sap or wild fruit zest,
And satisfied a universal sense
Of manliness, the strongest and the best;
A soft Kentucky strain was In his voice.
And the Ohio's deeper boom was there.
With some wild accents of old Wabash days.
And winds of Illinois;
And when ho spoke he took up unawares,
With his high courage and unselfish ways.
He was the North, the South, the East, tho
West,
The thrall, the master, all of us in one;
There was no section that he held the best;
His love shone as impartial as the sun;
And so revenge appealed to him In vain.
He smiled at It as a thing forlorn.
And gently put It from him, rose and stood
A moment's space In pain.
Remembering the prairies and the corn
And the glad voices of the field and wood.
Annealed In white-hot fire, he bore the test
Of every strain temptation could invent
Hard points of slander, shivered on hl3 breast,
Fell at his foot, and envy's blades were bent
In his bare hands and lightly cast aside;
He would not wear a shield; no selfish aim
Guided one thought of all those trying- hoiw
No breath of pride.
No pompous striving tor the pose of fame
Weakened one stroke of all his noble powers.
Recessional.
. Rudyard Kipling.
God of our fathers, known of old
Lord of our far-flung battle-line
Beneath Whose awful Hand we hold
Dominion ovir palm and pine
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet.
Lest we forget lest we forget!
The tumult and the shouting dies
The Captains and the Kings depart;
Still stands Thine ancient Sacrifice,
An humble and a contrite heart.
Lord God of Hosts, be with U3 yet.
Lest we forget lest we forget!
Far-called our navies melt away
On dune and headlands slnk3 the flre-
ix. all our pomp of yesterday
Is one with Nineveh and Tyre!
Judge of the Nations, spare us yet.
Lost we forget lest we forget!
If drunk with .light of power, we loose
Wild tongues that have not Thee In awe
Such boasting as the Gentiles uso
Or lesser breeds without the Law
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet.
Lest we forget lest we forget!
For heathen heart that puts her trust
In reeking tube and Iron shard
All valiant dust that builds on dust.
And guarding calls not Thee to guard
For frantic boast and foolish word,
Thy mercy on Thy People, Lord I
Amen.