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Newspaper Page TextTHE MOKNING OHEGONIAN, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY, 22, 1901. te regomcm, Entered at the Postofllce at Portland, Oregon, as second-class matter. TELEPHONES. Editorial Rooms ICC Business ORlce...CC7 RE-VISED SUBSCRIPTION' RATES. By Mall (postage prepaid). In Advance . Dally, with Sunday, per month $ 83 Dally, Sunday excepted, per year 7 50 Daily, with Sunday, per year 0 00 Sunday, per year 2 00 The Weekly, per year 1 50 Tho Weekly. 3 months 50 To City Subscribers Dally, per week, delivered. Sundays exccpted.lOc Dally, per week, delivered. Sundays included.20c POSTAGE RATES. "United States, Canada and Mexico: 10 to IG-page paper lc IC to 32-page paper . ...2c Foreign rates double. News or discussion Intended for publication In The Oregonlan should be addressed Invaria bly "Editor The Oregonlan." not to the name of any Individual. Letters relating to advertis ing, subscriptions or to any business matter should be addressed simply "The Oregonlan." 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For sale In New Orleans by Ernest & Co.. 115 Royal street. On fllo in Washington, D. C., with A. W. Dunn, 500 14th N. W. For sale In Denver, Colo., by Hamilton & Kendrick. 000-912 Seventh street. TODAY'S WEATHER.-CIoudy and threat ening, with occasional showers; winds shifting to southerly. rORTLAXD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22. A Senator ought to be elected. The state needs the service. Never so much as now. Interests of Oregon at Wash ington cry aloud for the attention that an energetic addition to our representa tive force would give us. Mr. Corbett, as a man of business, would supply this want. A considerable majority of all the Republicans of the two houses 34 out of C3 are voting for him, while 29 are voting for all others. If party usage and the will of the majority are to count for anything, Mr. Corbett should be elected. But the strongest argument of all is that there should be a Senator; and, inasmuch as the majority have declared for Mr. Corbett, It is only reasonable that they should expect his election and insist upon it. The present is a critical time in the affairs of Oregon. In the work of the next two years lies much of the hope of the future. Our development, our com merce, our affairs, never needed atten tion and support as now. It is a time when personal feeling and factional contention should give way. The -state can't afford the setback that failure to elect a Senator at this time would give it. Mr. Dresser, in his statement yester day, dwelt much on "Mr. Corbetfs ob jectionable methods," as affording rea son why he should not vote for him. He didn't undertake to say what those objectionable methods are or were. If Mr. Dresser were a man of character, he would talk plainly, on a matter like this. He would not hide behind vague, general and meaningless terms. He would not deal in cowardly insin uation. That is the refuge of a false or uncandid man. Mr. Dres ser's "explanation" resolves itself into a statement that he cannot or will not carry out his pledge to support Mr. Corbett, because he doesn't like cer tain persons who are supporting him. On this doctrine every kind of co-operation among men would be impossible. Rational men who are striving for ends or objects are glad to have the co operation of others in those objects, though they may not like those others at all as Individuals. No one supposes this to be Mr. Dresser's real reason. He has personal objects. If his osten sible reason for not supporting Mr. Cor bett is because certain others do sup port him, the real reason, lying behind that, is his fear that these others will in some way step between him and the objects he had in view when he pledged Mr. Corbett his support. Mr. Dresser wanted something and hoped to get It through Mr. Corbett. But he is afraid an Influence lias come in that will cut him out. All this is carried by his statement, as plainly as words can carry it. Mr. Dresser is like other Turks, who "bear no brother near the throne." Only it Is surprising that he should have been so malapert as to reveal it. A trading and trafficking politician like Mr. Dresser, posing on the purity of his motives, is not an im pressive moral spectacle. Every member of the Oregon Legis lature who votes for the orphan bill, except the one or two original promot ers of it, will live to see the day when he will regret his action bitterly. The amendment proposing that no portion of the funds thus appropriated shall be used by sectarian schools was spirit edly rejected, and in that rejection the ecclesiastical sources of the measure are revealed with the utmost clearness. Five years ago now the man who would have stood up in the Oregon Legisla ture and defended gifts of state money to sectarian schools would almost have been mobbed, so intense was the unrea soning A. P. A. sentiment of the hour. Yet such is the fickleness of public sen timent that today it is impossible to get a respectful hearing for objection to this bill on the ground of Its sec tarian origin and purposes. One ex treme in this matter Is as false and dangerous as the other, and those who vote for this bill In the House this morning will so discover. Representative Lentz is down on the Army because it is directed by a Re publican Administration. This is well enough, perhaps, if rage is not carried too far; "but it seems that Mr. Lentz carries it too far. He finds it necessary to traduce the Army in the aggregate and in detail. It is not enough for him to censure its orders, or the work in Which it is engaged. He must go on to characterize the men themselves as cut-throats, libertines, stranglers and graveyard ghouls. This is the very ec stasy of uncontrolled partisanship. Mr. Lenta should know that the American soldier is a very fair average of our citizenship at home, and that he is much the same in Luzon as he is in Ohio. Oregon has some soldier boys in the Philippines, and they are good boys. Those that have returned prove to be good citizens as ever, and those that fell are praised by their commanders and associates as of good habits and sterling traits. A man should not tra duce his fellow-citizens, or malign his country's Army unless circumstances absolutely compel it, and then, if he is the right sort of a man, he will not gloat over it as if the bearing of his country's flag was to him an unpardon able offense. The letter of the Con gressman's utterances is condemned by their spirit. OX THE RIGHT TRACK. Much attention has been given to a speech delivered in the House of Rep resentatives some days ago by Mr. Bab cock, of "Wisconsin. Coming from a Republican Representative, it was re garded as having no little significance. Mr. Babcock spoke of the vast combina tion of Iron, steel and tin Interests, re cently effected, saying that conditions had greatly changed since the days of earlier protective legislation, and it was now time to change the policy. Pro ceeding, he said: It Is certainly wisdom on the part of Con gress to afford such relief as It Is able to do by the repeal of tariff laws affecting schedules where monster organizations have been organ ized to regulate competition, schedules which practically produce little revenue, but which are sufficiently high to prevent the Importa tion of foreign materials or manufactures. Leading Eastern journals report that men Interested in the billion-dollar steel combination make the frank ac kuowledgment that they fear public sentiment, possible legislative action and the prying methods of industrial commissions. It is not clear, however, what general legislation could be en acted that would meet the requirements of the case, without working Injury In other ways and creating bad prece dents; but it is clear that the protective tariff ought to be cut off In toto. And It will be. The trusts are "working" the American market for all It Is worth, and are selling cheaper abroad than at home. Then cut off the tariff. There is many a voice to that effect. Ex-Attorney-General Miller, a member of the Cabinet of President Harrison, recently said at Chicago: The bad feature in the protection of such trusts Is their treatment of the home market. Thay are so strong and vigorous in tholr bat tle for a share of the world's trade that they can go abroad into the markets of Europe and the Orient and underbid foreign manufac tures. This is where the Injustice comes in. and It is due entirely to the tariff that pro hibits foreign manufacturers from entering our market. This state of affairs Is very fa vorable for the home manufacturer, but de cidedly unfavorable to the home consumer. All of the trusts probably could not be reached through the repeal of the protective tariff, but the majority could, and It Is tho belief of many that the repeal of the Dlngley tariff law on at least a number of articles would go a long way to solve the trust question. Here Is a question that must be dealt with, an Issue that must be met. If the Republican party do not act it will be beaten overwhelmingly, the first time the subject shall come fairly before the country. The present Congress cannot act, but the next one should. The scheme of the protected trusts Is to oppress the American consumer on the one hand and to fight the foreign manufacturer on the other. This gives the foreigner cheaper goods than we get at home, at the expense of the American consumer. It Is a menace also to the foreign manufacturer. They well understand it. The London Stand ard, in the course of a special article on the American steel trust, admits that "it Is a serious menace to British in dustry," but thinks that "American users of steel goods will also be squeezed to the last cent short of dam age to the trade. It remains to be seen," continues the Standard, "whether the American people will much longer tolerate a fiscal policy which renders such a combination possible." It may be taken for certain they will not. A FLESII-AXD-MLOOD FIGURE. The day is gone, never to return, when the figure of a wooden Washing ton, painted in rancid oil colors by the pietlstic Weems, was accepted as a genuine historical portrait. Washing ton's progenitors did not rank among the great landowners of Virginia. They belonged to the minor gentry. He was born higher than Patrick Henry, who belonged to the poor white class, but lower than the Randolphs and the Lees. It was the marriage of Washington with the wealthy widow Custls that made him the richest man In the colo nies. Physically, Washington was a stalwart man over six feet in height, but he was not an ideal of manly beauty. His feet were abnormally large, his face was disfigured by the smallpox, his teeth were defective and he had weak lungs. To the last he had wine upon his table. He drank rum and molasses before breakfast, but he strongly advised his nephew to refrain from drink. He denounced gambling, but to the last of his life purchased lottery tickets. He cursed General Lee roundly at Monmouth and a few lapses of this sort may be found in his early letters, but in his later writings no stronger phrase than "would to God" escapes his pen. Washington found it difficult to live under the same roof with a mother-in-law, and his own mother was a se vere trial to him in more than one particular. A slaveholder from neces sity, he abhorred the Institution and manumitted his slaves by his will. It has been charged against Washington by his detractors, such as Thomas Car lyle, that he only escaped discovery as a comparatively commonplace person by keeping his mouth shut. This judg ment, viewed in the light of the histori cal testimony of his contemporaries, is a very stupid sneer. John Marshall, who was very near to Washington in the closeness of personal friendship and political confidence, bears, witness In his correspondence that Washington was by nature a very imperious, pas sionate, impulsive man, whose warm temper was held in rein in public by his fine conscience dominated by his powerful will. Of the greatness of Washington's statesmanship, there is ample proof. That he was a masterful man Is Indicated by his ability to use both Hamilton and Jefferson. He kept them in his service as long as they were needed, weighed their worth accu rately, used them for what they were worth, and was never suspected for a moment to be subordinate to their ln- fluence. Jefferson persisted in regard ing Washington as a great man. He did not think he was a Talleyrand In diplomacy, a Napoleon in war, a Ham ilton In finance; but he had what none of these men had, wisdom. A "Virgin Ian and a slaveholder, no instance can be cited in which sectional feelings disturbed his impartiality. He was al ways something more than a Virgifllan and a Southerner, and he has always belonged to America and the Nation. His birthday is a legal holiday in every state. To Washington we owe the Federal Union, which succeeded the incorrigible weakness of the Government estab lished under the Articles of Confedera tion. He began his appeal at the close of the war In his circular letter to the Governors of Ihe states, and repeated it in his last address to the Army, when he declared that unless "the powers of the Union were Increased, the honor, dignity and justice of the Nation would be lost forever." In this work to se cure a better central government Wash ington had the aid and co-operation of Hamilton and Madison; but their per sonal weight was then small by com parison, and it is safe to say that but for Washington's zealous and persist ent efforts during four years the con vention which framed the Constitution never would have met. He was unani mously chosen to preside over that body, and on the single occasion when he addressed the convention his pro posal was Immediately and unanimous ly adopted. Hamilton left the conven tion in complete discouragement, but Washington remained at his post when agreement seemed a hopeless prospect. But for Washington's personal Influ ence, the Federal Constitution would never have been framed; but for Wash ington's personal Influence, the Consti tution would have been rejected by Vir ginia; and if Virginia had stood aloof, the experiment would never have been tried, and the whole history of this con tinent would have been changed. Had any man of less personal influence than Washington started the machinery of our Government, it Is probable that our ship of state would have been in trouble in Its first voyage. Had our first Pres ident been a radical Federalist, like. Hamilton, the antl-Federallsts, led by Patrick Henry In Virginia and Sam Adams in New England, would have soon had a mutiny on shipboard, and if an ardent anti-Federalist had com manded the ship, It might have gone upon the rocks. Even with Washing ton at the helm, there was an Insur rection in Western Pennsylvania against the whisky tax. Washington, like Lincoln, had great capacity for growth. He was placed at the head of the American Armies, not because he was a trained soldier, for his previous military service never extended beyond his experience as a volunteer aid on the staff of General Braddock, but because he was the fore most citizen of Virginia In wealth and social consequence, and was also a man In the prime of life, who had ex hibited military tastes and personal hardihood In his youth. His capacity for growth made the Washington who was outgeneraled in his first battle of Long Island the final victor at York town. His capacity for growth was shown In his statesmanship which ap proved the Jay treaty and refused as sistance to France. It was Abraham Lincoln, our later Washington, that said: Washington is the mightiest name on earth. Long since mightiest In the cause of civil lib erty; still mightiest In moral reformation. On that name no eulogy Is expected. It cannot be. To add brightness to the sun or glory to the name of "Washington is alike Impossible. Let none attempt it. In solemn awe pronounce the name, and In Its naked deathless splendor leaving It shining on. IS IT NOT ENOUGH? All this haggling by the powers with China as to which of the Princes shall be strangled and which beheaded goes far to revolt one against the whole bloodthirsty proceeding. Is it not pos sible that In our desire for vengeance we have overestimated the necessity of terrifying example? Is the heathen mind, bright enough about most things, too dense to comprehend the difference between justice and revenge, or to be Impressed with other demonstrations than garrotte and guillotine? China's fault, let us grant, is griev ous, but grievously hath China an swered It. For every Christian slain the blood of ten, perhaps scores, has been extorted. Her tombs have been pillaged, her temples demolished, her sacred relics of art, literature and re ligion have been carried off by vandal hands and sold to ornament the mu seums of all Christendom. Ten thou sand of harmless coolies were flung Into the Amoor by brutal Cossacks, and un counted Innocent women and children were butchered to make a German hol iday. This, It is explained, Is necessary as an example, and thus has Christian ity's scroll been unrolled for a thousand years. In China we have neither the excuse that served the Crusaders in their wars for the sepulcher of Christ nor the fears of disloyalty that sup ported the death-dealing Inquisition of Spain. We are in China not upon In vitation, but upon our own instance. Is the best example we have for its per plexed and badgered millions the clamor for revenge that blood can alone appease? The people that sat In darkness have seen a great light. Its first glimmer was in the opium war, and its rays have brightened as one power after another has seized ports and levied in demnities and avenged outrages a thousand-fold, and now its full blaze appears In the solemn declaration of our Christian potentates that Prince Chwang shall be strangled, Yu Hslen shall be decapitated, Chao Shu Chiao and Ylng Nien shall be permitted to strangle themselves, while Chi Hslen and Hsu Chlng Wu shall in humane generosity and Christian forbearance be beheaded publicly in Pekln. Other wise, Waldersee proposes to take up the march again, until the outraged and suffering masses upon whom the Con tinental soldiers wreak their unbridled passions shall from weariness and heartsickness cry enough. It Is to the eternal glory of President McKlnley's Administration that It de clines longer to be a party to this un lovely programme, and we venture to hope that the decision will be profitable for selfish as well as for altruistic ends. Certainly If we want to do the Chinese good and raise them from lower to higher levels of living and thinking, the sword Is as well put back In Its scabbard. Nor is It clear how either the power or desire to buy is to be pro moted by killing part of the popula tion and beggaring the rest. China must be opened to trade and enlight ened ideas. But surely the process may go on simultaneously with Christen dom's retention of its own self-respect and peace of mind! There appears to have been no foun dation for the report of Mrs. Maybrlck's immediate pardon by King Edward at least, none that is stronger or more conclusive than the ardent desire of many Americans that her freedom be at once restored. The bulldog quality of British justice, or as Mrs. May brick's friends declare her treatment to be of British stubbornness, on the bench and off of it, finds conspicuous ex ample in this case. Very many believe her to be entirely innocent of the crime for which she Is suffering Imprisonment that of poisoning her husband. The late Abigail Dodge (Gail Hamilton) was one of the most ardent defenders of her convicted countrywoman, and several years ago reviewed exhaustively the testimony and rulings upon which Mrs. Maybrlck was committed to prison for life, proving conclusively to many minds that such conviction was un warranted and her sentence monstrous ly unjust. Others still think the testi mony of her guilt conclusive, but are of the opinion that she has been suffi ciently punished, while others still, af ter the Irrelevant manner of a certain class of so-called reasoners, think that, even if she did not poison her husband and was entirely innocent of any con nivance at his death, she deserves to be punished as the law has directed for selling herself in marriage to an old English roue, who was totally without attractions of person or character, his sole recommendation to her favor be ing of a financial nature. Queen Vic toria, as is well known, was stubbornly uncharitable toward women who sought to escape In any way from the misery of Ill-judged marriage. It was enough for her that the smell of fire was upon Mrs. Maybrlck's garments. She never could be brought to Interest herself in the case of the convicted woman. It is said that the subject was a forbidden, one In her presence. The Prince of Wales, on the contrary, was tolerant of the matter and disposed to sympathize with the alleged criminal on grounds both of mercy and justice. To this fact, If it is a fact, is due, no doubt, the re port that the American woman was to be the immediate recipient of pardon from King Edward. The relative leni ency with which a man in authority or position regards the misfortunes or moral delinquencies of woman would be strikingly illustrated by the pardon of Mrs. Maybrlck by order of the King, in view of the late Queen's attitude toward her. Something should be done to reform present methods of disposing of Gov ernment land. The pleasing fiction that it is the policy of the Government to give landless citizens the benefits of the public domain has been outgrown. However commendable the purpose of the law may be, the practice so far loses sight of the theory of the law that the whole system has come to be largely a jest and a scandal. If the let ter and spirit of the statutes were ob served all would be well. But the lax practice opens the door wide to abuses, and it Is not too much to say that most of the land that passes from the Gov ernment these days Inures to the bene fit of capitalists and corporations that are amply able to pay for what they receive. Doubtless a much better en forcement of the law could be had If there were not so many Influential men Interested In the continuance of present methods. A few examples made of officials or entrymen who vio late the law or permit Its violation, a few convictions for perjury or sub ornation of perjury, would be whole some in clearing much of the rank abuse from our land system. There seems to be some progress toward the humanities In Spain. Bull fighting, the typical national sport, has been condemned by every civilized peo ple under the sun, but through all It has remained dear to the Spanish heart and through its abounding popularity was supposed to be one of the most Im pregnable of the Institutions of the country. It Is surprising, therefore, that at a recent mass meeting held In Barcelona resolutions were passed con demning the national sport as brutaliz ing, and calling upon the government to abolish it. While the matter has gone no farther, and may be halted where It Is for some time, at least. It fore shadows the coming of a less cruel era for a people who throughout history have reveled in cruelty and spared neither man nor beast In the gratifica tion of their ruling passion. It appears that the specific purpose of the bill prohibiting grade crossings Is to prevent the Oregon City & South ern from crossing the tracks of the Southern Pacific between Oregon City and Canemah. It is asserted that the plan is to make two such grade cross ings in the half-mile of track thus de scribed. The most casual reflection will show the imminent danger and inevi table delay that would result from such crossings, especially In the narrow gorge made, by the Willamette River at that point. In another column ap pears a full explanation of the proceed ing, which certainly calls for most seri ous consideration. It Is one thing (and not an easy one) for a youth to get an appointment to the United States Military Academy and another to have "a head for fig ures" that will keep him there, unless hazed out. At the recent examinations at West Point twenty cadets were found deficient In mathematics and dis charged. The Youth's Companion, al ways ready with wholesome sugges tions, calls the attention of these dis appointed ones to the fact that in "Greater West Point, otherwise known as the world at large, many reputable and useful citizens are poor mathema ticians." It is an awful disappointment to the Bryan forces in Congress that hazing at West Point can't be punished by abolition of the academy. In that way they hoped to destroy the efficacy of the Army. Their patriotism Is tire less, and quite as unique. They say Mr. Dresser does not regard the contract as a binding one, be cause no consideration was named In it. We have to conclude that Kansas is not a prohibition state. When Filipinos lay down their arms they run much faster. THE CAT IN THE SUBSIDY MEAL-TUB Louisville Courier-Journal. A study of the ship subsidy bill striking ly reveals that it was drawn for the benefit chicflv of the four steamers of the International Company, which are far behind the best modern steamships and are already receiving two-thirds of the mall subsidy provided by the nets of 1S91 and 1S22, though carrying only about one-fourth the malls. These steamers are 20-knot ships, claim ing to be 21 knots, while the pending act offers no premium for speed above 21 knots. It Is provided by the act of 1891, under which the contracts between the United States and the International Company ex ist that "no steamship so employed and so paid for carrying the United States mails shall receive any other bounty or subsidy from the Treasury of the United States," But section 17 of the pending act pro vides: That all vessels under contract pursuant to this act shall carry malls of the United States free of charge for the whole distance for which compensation shall be earned . . . but the owner or owners of any vessel or ves sels of the United States now under contract to carry malls of the United States may apply to the Postmaster-General to ba re leased from such contract; and on such ap plication the Postmaster-General shall there upon cause such contract to be terminated and cancelled. This Is clearly intended to release the company from Its contracts made In con sideration of the big subsidy already re ceived by it. which contracts do not ex pire until 1D05. Under these contracts the company Is obligated to employ a crew, one-half of which must be American citizens, while the pending act reduces this to one fourth and abolishes the requirement al together if the stated proportion of an American crew "canndt be reasonably ob tained." The pending bill further largely re leases the company from Its present con tract to train American boys as seamen and petty officers. It also relieves them from the most definite conditions under which Its vessels can now bo converted to the use of the United States in time of war. It was provided by the act of 1892 that as to the British-built sblps of this com pany no further Inspection should be re quired as a condition of registry. Once registered, these steamers would, how ever, become subject to future require ments of American vessels. But it is now proposed to insert this provision as one item of a statutory contract, under which new foreign-built vessels for 20 years would draw subsidy from the United States Treasury. Until that term had ex pired the Government would be bound by this provision and could not lns!st upon such additional requirements as might meanwhile be made of American vessels. We have already noted how the speed requirement in the pending measure Is meant to fit the International vessels. A similar care was bestowed on the drawing of the tonnage clause, which pro vides that to obtain the highest subsidy a vessel must register over 10,000 tons. Observe that the registered 10,000 tons steam vessels of the United States June 30, 1000, were confined to four ships of the International Company the Paris, 10.66S; the New York. 10,674; the St. Paul, 11.629. and the St. Louis, 11,629, no other steamer of American registry being over 6000 gross tons. Again, there Is a provision for the pay ment of a subsidy for each entry of a ves sel "not exceeding IS entries in any 12 consecutive months." Why thus limit the voyages of a vessel? Is not the answer to be found in the fact that 15 trips are the average which the International's vessels can make, the bill thus shutting out pos sible competition of modern ships of high-, er sDeed? DISAPPROVES OF MRS. NATION. Cardinal Gibbons Dock Not Think Her Methods Arc Proper. "The best place to preach temperance is in the family," said Cardinal Gibbons, at Baltimore, in expressing disap proval of the temperance crusade being made in Kansas by Mrs. Carrie Nation. "Nothing In any case, in my opinion, can warrant Mrs. Nation and her followers in taking the law Into their own hands and wrecking the property of saloon-keepers." The Cardinal believes moderate and oc casional use of alcoholic liquors is not to be condemned, and that In regulating Its sale licenses should be made very high, great caro should be exercised in their Issuance and the Imposition of heavy fines for violations by saloon-keepers of the conditions on which the licenses are granted. "Similar measures have been adopted with results In the State of Maryland," added the Cardinal. Thirty-three Lost Cities. New York Tribune. The closing years of the 19th century were marked with many notable achieve ments in archaeology. On the site of an cient Ilium, on the plains of Persia, and in the mystery haunted valley of the Nile reverent hands unveiled the long-hidden secrets of the past and added a wondrous illumination to our knowledge of the very dawn of history. In such work it is grati fying to record that American bounty and enterprise and scholarship played a most honorable part, this youngest of the world's great nations being foremost in making acquaintance with the relics of the oldest. Today, in an elaborately illus trated article elsewhere In this paper, we take pleasure In setting forth the work which Americans have done, or have made It possible to do. In a long-neglected re gion of exceptional interest. Forty years ago the Marquis de Vogue discovered In that part of Syria lying back of Antioch traces of an ancient civiliza tion of a high order. Ho was able, how ever, to gain only a peep Into the mar velous volume written In mighty monu ments amid the desert eands. It was left for American enterprise In the last two years of the century fully to unfold the ample pages for tho amazement and In struction of the world. The article which we print to day gives In brief outline the results of the work. No less than 33 long forgotten cities have been discovered and identified, some of them with architec tural remains of surpassing grandeur and of exceptional Interest as expositions of the civilization and the social order that there prevailed. The admirable workman ship of ancient times and the climatic conditions of those desert uplands have served to keep these cities from decay, so that they stand there today substan tially as they were 1200 years ago; and the camera today lays before us scenes upon which Zenobla may have looked and across which Belisarius may have swept In triumph. The story is one that re flects high credit upon the American explorers who did the work, and upon the four Americans, whose names are yet modestly withheld, whose generous boun ty supplied the means through which alone the doing of the work was possi ble. Political Dishonesty. Providence Journal. Nobody doubts that If there were to be a Presidential election within the next few months the subsidy bill would be sent to the rear. What shall be thought of party managers who will lend them selves to the active support of such an abominable measure because they think the American people will forget about it before the opening of the next National campaign? Slake It a National Reform. Louisville Courier-Journal. There Is a bill before the New York Legislature to prevent the printing of newspapers In small type. Why not amend it to prevent the running of Legislatures with small statesmen? SALOONS IN MANILA. St Paul Pioneer Press. A great many well-meaning persons have been scandalized at the reiterated reports of the extension of the liquor traffic In the Philippines since the Amer ican occupation. The general trust worthiness of these reports was well illus trated some months ago In a statement which appeared In a prominent prohibi tion journal in which It was asserted that a certain enormous number of gallons of whisky had been exported to Manila. The quantity was startling enougn Tor all good purposes, but some doubt as to the accuracy of the statement arose, when Investigations showed that the quantity named was not only more than had ever been exported to all the countries of the world, including the Philippines, but. as we now recollect it, more than the total annual capacity of all the distilleries of the country. It also turned out. as might have been expected, that there has been the same sort of exaggeration in regard to the number of saloons in Manila. Though the true facts have been stated before, the last report of the Taft commission calls attention to what really has been done. So far from increasing the liquor traffic, the American authorities have been responsible for diminishing it. bring ing it under control and eliminating some of its worst features. When the United States first took charge of Manila there were 4000 native wine shops in the city, all of which sold the poisonous native "vino" besides other distillations. Today there ara only 400 of these shops. Amer ican saloons, selling the ordinary Ameri can drinks, from beer to whisky, sprang up as soon as they could be established, and last February reached a maximum of 223. Since that time they have been re duced to S8. In a city the size of Manila with its large 'wlne-drinklng population, both native and Spanish, to say nothing of the not-too-abstemlous soldiers, 4SS saloons Is a comparatively small number. There are many cities in the United States that have more saloons In propor tion to the population. How much far ther they can be reduced is a practical problem of government, on which no one not thoroughly familiar with the situation in Manila is capable of passing judgment. But that the Taft commission will go as far In restricting the traffic as it can is assured by the personnel of the commis sion. Election of Senators by Popular Vote. Chicago Tribune. The Illinois and Wisconsin Legislatures have asked Congress to submit to the states a constitutional amendment pro viding for the election of Senators by popular vote. The present method of elec tion has not worked badly In these states. Under It men have been elected who have, as a rule, enjoyed the ful respect and confidence of their constituents and who would have found It as easy to get a nom ination in a convention as in a caucus. Legislative deadlocks have not happened often. Yet there Is a strong sentiment among the people of the states in favor of a change In the method of, choosing Senators. This being the case, how much stronger should that sentiment be in Ore gon, Montana, Nebraska and Delaware, whose Legislatures have for weeks been vainly endeavoring to choose Senators. If the last two Legislatures do not arrive at a conclusion in a few weeks neither Delaware nor Nebraska will bo repre sented In the Senate when Congress shall meet In special session to consider the Cuban question. That will not please the citizens of the states in question. They will regret that they were not permitted to select at the polls last November the men whom they wished to have represent them In the Senate. Two causes are working together to create in the public mind the belief that the present method of electelng Senators must be abandoned. One of them is the greater frequency of legislative snarls and tangles, which leave states unrepresented. The other and more potent cause is the growing conviction that better men. who will not look on themselves as far removed from and not answerable to the people, will be sent to Washington when Senators are chosen by the people at first hand and not, as now, at second hand. Retort of ailnlster Wu. New York Journal of Commerce. As interest In Minister Wu's refusal to dine at tho same table with General Otis for excluding Chinese from the Philip pines has not entirely subsided it is worth while to observe some statements made by Mr. T. W. Noyes. editor of the Wash ington Star, in letters to his paper which have been printed by the Senate as a pub lic document. Mr. Noyes recalls the pro test of Minister Wu at the time of Gen eral Otis' action that "under the admin istration of the archipelago by Spain Chl ese were allowed freely to enter and de part from the islands." To which Mr. Noyes retorts that In 1G03 the Chinese were goaded to revolt and then massa cred, 24,000 being killed or taken captive. In 1G39 the Chinese revolted against rob bery and oppression, and an edict was is sued ordering all Chinese In the province to be killed. In 1660 there was another rising and massacre. In lno all mon Chrlatlan Chinese were expelled from the Philippines. In 1763 the Chinese co-operated with the British, who took Manila, and about 6000 Chinese in the provinces were murdered. In 1E20 there was a gen eral massacre of Chinese and other for eigners In Manila. Mr. Noyes sums it up by saying that "they were allowed 'to freely enter a place whore they were bated despised. Insulted, burdened with heavy taxes, robbed through ofilclal ex tortions, goaded to discontent and then slaughtered." Vassar Girls' Poetry. New York Sun. "I felt rather nervous when I went with a chum to call on some Vassar girls," said the young man from Wall street, "and bow do you suppose they entertained us? Well, they took us up to a place they call Sunset HilL and thera we all sat down and admired the view. Finally one of them suggested that we take turns reciting poetry- That certainly knocked us fellows all of a heap. They don't keep any copies of Browning or Tennyson or Shelley down In our office. Before we recovered enough to protest against that kind of a game the first girl started off. And what do you think she gave us? Little Johnnie killed his sister. A thine a brother should not do. Cried his mother, "Now you'll catch it. You've spoiled your father's brand new hatchet. "And when she got through the next girl gave us: Little "WllUa in the best of poshes Fell in the fire and was burned to ashes; By and by the room grew chlly. But no one liked to poke up Willie. "Now what do you think of that for col lege girls? And that evening when we went In to dinner " he began. But the others had heard about the one man and the 600 girls before, so the young man from Wall street was silenced. Many Share This Thonfrht. The following Is Professor Huxley's definition of a church given In his "Life and Letters": "A place in which, week by week, services should be devoted, not to the Iteration of abstract propositions In theology, but to the setting before men's minds of an Ideal of true, just and pure living; a place In which those who are weary of the burden of daily cares should find a moment's rest In the co(T templation of the higher life which Is possible for all, though attained by so few; a place In which the man of strife and business should have time to think how small, after all, are the rewards he cov ets, compared with peace and charity." From Our Own Omar. Chicago Times-Herald. The little lie that yesterday was told Today we find expanded sevenfold A lie la like th ever-growing ball That 'round and 'round the snowy lawn Is rolled. NOTE AND COMMENT Why don't the Kansas people bury the hatchet? John J. Lentz will do all he can to keep Congress from missing Pettigrew. General Kitchener has again got ahead of Dewet but it was a narrow escape. Mr. Hanna has discovered that there's many a slip 'twixt the trust and tho ship. By far the most popular instrument used in the concert of the powers is the loot. The object of the average Legislator seems to be to make two offices where but one was before. Even the diligent Mr. Atkinson has not discovered the name of the goldsmith who Is building the crown. Hon. G. W. Aguinaldo is due to como out of his cave today and celebrate tha birth of his distinguished predecessor. Why doesn't it occur to Jeffries and Ruhlln to take that fight down to Kan sas? Anything goes there. If March comes in like a Hon in Wash ington, it will likely be a dead month. Colonel Roosevelt may mistake it for the real thing. Miss Helen Johnson has organized a society of young women in Binghamton, N. Y., the members of which agree not to speak during Lent or go shopping or mix with the world. They have arranged upon a set of signals by which they may communicate with each other, and tho code is nearly as extensive as that of any of the secret societies. For commun ication with those outside the charmed circle, the members during the 40 days of their penance will carry pad3 and pencils. There yet remain in London of the old taverns seven Adam and Eves, five Noah's Arks and, naturally, connected with that, as many Olive Branches. There are two Jacob's Wells, one Job's Castle and ono Samson's Castle. Oldest of all, but none the least appropriate, is a Simon tho Tanner, in Long Lane, Bermondsey, the seat of the tanning industry in South London. Among those marked for de struction, too, one notes the sign of tno Two Spies, a reference, of course, to thoso advance Israelites who returned from the Promised Land with their burden of grapes. They are telling this story in Washing ton about Senator Jones, of Arkansas, chairman of the Democratic National committee, who is a member of the Hu mane Society und wears a badge that entitles him to Investigate the condition of any animal that appears to be Ill treated. A day or two ago, as ho come down from the Capitol, he Inspected a team that was standing by the curb. "Here, you!" shouted the driver, "what are you doing there feeling about that horse's neck?" "I am an officer of the Humane So ciety," replied Senator Jones, mildly, "and I want to see if this collar fits thi3 horse." "Well," snarled the driver, "if that col lar en't fit that horse any better than your collar fits you, you just run along and get a cop and have me arrested. PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHERS He Protests. "You must learn to behava yourself at table." "But we ain't got boo hoo! any comp'nyl" Puck. He Didn't Stay. "Tommy, run up and tell your sister I'm here, will you?" "Aw, what's the use? She knows it. 'cause when she sees you comln' r hear her say, 'Dear me, thera cornea that empty-headed dude again.' "Phil adelphia Evening Bulletin. Easy. "Ah! yes." sighed the love-lorn youth, "I'm passionately In love with Miss Van FIckel. I wonder if I will ever succeed in winnlns her affections?" "Why not?" re plied his cousin Helen. "I know at least half a dosen other men who have." Philadelphia, Tress. Not Enough Men. "Say!" cried the first longshoreman, "ain't ye got any better sense than to be smokln' while we're hamllin' these kegs of powder? Don't ye know there was an explosion last week that Mowed up a dosen men?" "Faith." replied CassMy. "that cud never happen here." "Why not?" "Bekase. there's only two av us workin here." Phila delphia Press. Mrs. Jones You man to say that you and your husband never have any quarrels? Mrs. Brown That's Just what I mean to say. Mrs. Jones But don't you ver get Into an argu ment? Mrs. Brown Never. You see. when we are alone at home my husband talks nothing but politics, and I talk nothing but the servant-girl question; so in that way wo never come to a disagreement. Boston Tran script. Hostess (at a New Year's rarty) And does your mother allow you to have two pieces of pie when you are at home, Willie? WllUa (who has asked for the second piece) No, ma'am. Hostess Well, do you think sho would like you to have two pieces here? Wil lie (confidently) Oh! she wouldn't care. This isn't her pie. you know. Tlt-Blts. Valuable Dog. The actress gave a vicious yank at the pug dog's chain. "Come along, you miserable animated sausage!" sha snapped. "Why don't you sell the beast If you hate him so?" asked her husband, shifting the heavy satchel from his right hand to tha" left. "How," asked the lady, "am I to have any rows with hotel clerks and railway con ductors if I sell him?" Indianapolis Press. To Keep True Lent. Robert Herrick. Is thi3 a fabt to keep The. larder leana And cleane From fat of veales and sheep? Is It to quit the dish Of flesh, yet still To fill The platter high with fish? Is it to fast an houre Or rag'd to go Or ehow A downcast look and sowre? No; 'tis a fast to dole Thy sheaf of wheat And meat Unto the hungry soule. It Is to fast from strife. From old debate And hate; To circumcise thy Ufo. To shew a heart grief-rent; To starve thy sin. Not bin; And that's to keep true Lent. A Song of Praise. Frank L. Stanton in Christian Endeavor World. Earth seemed a lonely dwelling place; Singing, when Sorrow found him, "This world Is not a friend to grace," When grace was all around him! Grace in the violets at his feet, Grace In the love of children sweet. Grace where he heard the home hearts beat. Where heavenly blessings crowned him. God's light on his uplifted face. Yet evermore a-slghing. With rose sweet miracles of grace On every pathway lying! Grace where the light seemed lost In night That whispered of a morning bright When Love should kiss tho dark to light All beautiful undying! O world of loveliness and grace! Though still by tempests riven. How kind, how fair a dwcling place This side the rest of heaven! Grace on thine every pathway shed, Grace where our griefs aro comforted, Grace where tha green graves htde our dead. And grace to be forgiven! S.