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THE MORNING OKEGOyiAN, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1901. xs rg0masi Entered at the Postofllce at Portland, Oregon. as second-class matter. TELEPHONES. Editorial Booms IOC Business Office. ..OCT REVISED SUBSCRIPTION" RATES. By Mall (postage prepaid). In Advance Dally, with Sunday, per month $ S3 Pally, Sunday excepted, per year T 00 Pally, with Sunday, per year 0 00 Sunday, per year 2 00 The Weekly, per 3-ear 1 50 The Weekly, 3 month? 50 To City Subscribers Daily, per week, delivered, Sundays excepted.ISc Daliy, per week, delivered, Sundays lncluded.20o POSTAGE RATES. United States, Canada and Mexico: 10 to lC-page paper .......... .,....lc 10 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 aalo in New Orleans by Ernest & Co., 115 Royal street. On file la Washington, J. C. with A. W. Dunn, COO 14th N. W. For sale in Denver, Colo., by Hamilton & Kendrick. 000-912 Seventh street. T'"DATS WEATHER Cloudy and threaten ing, with probably occasional showers; winds mostly southerly. 1 PORTLAXD, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23. Now at length, we may suppose, it begins to dawn on the minds of the three or four men who supposed last Spring they were "the party" In Mult nomah, that some errors were commit ted though entreaty, remonstrance, expostulation and argument were then alike unheeded. They thought they had "a dead cinch." They had, indeed. And they "worked" it. The final re sults, foreseen by intelligent judgment from the first, are now apparent, we may suppose, even to themselves. Look pleasant, gentlemen. At least you can have the satisfaction of see ing admiration of your achievements dancing in the eyes of your opponents, who now will proceed to subsection of the cheese. The great trusts of the country, which have the favor and support of the so-called protective tariff, mav well L -fear he effect or result of an appeal to public opinion on their system and its methods. Their argument for con tinuance of "protection." is based on its alleged benefit to the workers -of the c juntry. But the workers are the bulk of the consumers, -and a large part of them are now employed in making cheaper goods for foreigners than for themselves. Americans are required to pay more than a fair profit on what they consume in. order that the manu facturers may sell the excess of pro duction at cost, or less than cost, to foreigners. Thus also great show is made of increasing the export trade. The pretense that it is profitable for American workingmen to pay a large part of the cost of feeding and clothing foreign competitors is one of the hum bugs by which the protected Interests are fattened. Of similar quality is the argument for the ship subsidy bill. No doubt the people of the United States would be glad to change the method of electing Senators, if they cculd get at it; but It is next to impos sible. Much would be gained by tak ing this power out of the hands of the Legislature and giving it to the peo ple, but the obstacles are almost in superable. To begin with, two-thirds of the members of the two Houses of Congress would have to consent to the amendment, and then a vote of three-fourths of the states, acting through their Legislatures, would be necessary to ratify it. Nothing less than continued and persistent effort on the part of the people would secure it The Senate never has been favor able to the suggestion doubtless be cause many Senators feel instinctively that it would end their careers; and until two-thirds of the Senators can be brought to vote for it the proposal cannot even get a start. Were the Sen ators all elected at one time, as the Representatives are, it could be effect ed; but since they are elected at differ ent times there Is no way to bring the whole force of public opinion to bear en the Senate at once. Yet the abuses cf the present system are the greatest witnessed in any of the operations of our Government. Hon. George C. Brownell, Senator from Clackamas, is great on "eloquent tributes" to distinguished men. In put ting Mr. Mitchell In nomination on Sat urday night, he said: "Mr. Mitchell is ripe in genius, intellect and integrity. He is Oregon's first love. He Is a prince cf men, grand citizen, man of loving personality, intellect and forpe, fit to stand with the great leaders of the Re publican party, like Oliver P. Morton and James G. Blaine." This was fine, and we doubt whether it ever was sur passed by Mr. Brownell more than once, and that was when he put Joseph Simon in nomination for Senator In October, 189S. Mr. Brownell then spoke to this effect: "It falls to my lot, and I discharge the duty .joyfully, to nomi nate Joseph Simon, the little giant of Oregon, for the United States Senate. In character, In power of achievement, in subtlety and force of Intellect, his merits transcend all eulogy of mine. He owes the eminence he has reached to no accidents of fortune, but to those surpassing qualities of mind and heart that draw all men unto him; to his genius for Industry and to his fidelity to the whole people as well as to the great party that delights to honor him. I present him- to this assembly as the incomparable candidate for the United States Senate; I present him in the name of a state proud of her illustrious son; I present him as her noblest specimen and, product of Anglo Saxon citizenship." Mr. Brownell could scarcely have been expected to reach this height In presenting the name of Mr. Mitchell, for one can't always pay gold and sometimes must use silver or some other substitute; but Mr. Brown ell, nevertheless, in this latest effort, has done exceedingly well. OREGON'S TORREXS LAW. Among the acts of the Oregon Legis lature little noticed, but of great polit ical moment, is the act establishing the Torrens system of land registra tion. This Australian device has had an uphill fight in countries where ef fort has been made to transplant it. Once it was tried in Great Britain and abandoned as costly, ineffective and perilous. In this country It has en countered the resourceful opposition of title and abstract companies, whose business it menaces, with the result that most of the laws passed on the subject have been pronounced uncon stitutional by the courts. At last, how ever, two states Illinois and Massa chusetts have succeeded In framing Torrens laws that would stand the test, and the Massachusetts act has the fur ther Indorsement of an Ineffectual ap peal to the United States Supreme Court on a writ of error. This Oregon act, unless such accounts of it as have been given to the press are erroheous, Is apt to meet with ob stacles in its enforcement. It is cus tomary to provide a considerable force of officials to do the work now done by the abstract companies; but this new law merely assigns the duty to the Recorder of Conveyances, without pro vision for extra help. In Massachu setts, for example, the Torrens ma chinery comprises two Judges and a Land Recorder created for the pur pose, and examiners of titles In every county. Another point covered by the Massachusetts law is the matter of damages. Of course, If the state fur nishes a landholder a certificate of title which turns out to be Imperfectly drawn up by the Recorder, and under which he loses his land, he will look to the state to reimburse him. In Mas sachusetts, every certificate issued, re quires, in addition to the fees for re cording, a fixed sum, which goes Into an insurance fund, "to reimburse per sons deprived through no fault of their own of land or of any interest therein after the original registration of the land." The Oregon law must be regarded, on the whole, as a mere beginning, which will give us sufficient experience for perfecting a system of land registry adequate to supersede in time the cum bersome, expensive and uncertain method now in vogue. There are a number of reasons for expecting only a limited use of its provisions. Law yers generally need not be expected to favor it Others will be restrained by conservatism. Those who are accus tomed to have their titles guaranteed by responsible companies will hesitate to abandon that method for one they know little or n&thing about It is no ticeable, moreover, that no record can be made of land before the fee simple is recorded, and this will shut out a considerable volume of business allowed elsewhere. It Is not certain, either, that the remuneration allowed the Re corder is sufficient to encourage him to be early prepared and at any time confident to do his part of the work. There are some curious clauses against traditionary rights, such as adverse possession, equity Interests, etc, that may prove awkward, If put to the test In the main, however, the aim to pro tect the landholder without necessary recourse to the courts has been kept steadily In view, and the Inducement to perfect title to real estate is very great. THE OUTLOOK FOR SPAIX. The present King of Spain, who will be 15 years of age in May next, is so feeble that If he lives to be a reigning monarch, he will probably not long survive his accession. His elder sis ter, the Princess of Asturias, has just been married to the Bourbon Prince Charles, son of the Count of Caserta, an old-time Carlist leader and a pre tender to the throne of the Kingdom of Naples, In event of the death of the young King Alfonso XIII, his sis ter, the Princess of Asturias, would succeed to the throne. The marriage is a bid on part of the Queen for the support of the political forces repre sented by the church and the Carlist party. This marriage is, of course, odious to the republican, liberal and in dustrial elements. The Queen Regent is an Austrian by birth and education, and is unpopular, while her young son is so much of a weakling that he is viewed with utter contempt by the pop ulace. Since the war with the United States Spain's domestic affairs have not im proved. The loss of Cuba and Porto Rico was a severe industrial blow to the artisans, merchants and mill oper ators of Spain. The promises of finan cial reform made by Premier Silvela at the close of the war have not been kept and taxes are as oppressive as ever. More than a year ago disturb ances broke out In Barcelona, and there were street fights In Valencia and riots in Madrid. The hotbed of republican disaffection to the government in Spain is Catalonia, a province which has always been more French than Spanish in its political sympathies. The situation in Spain is full of prom ise of revolutionary outbreak In the near future. It is said that the army Is Infected with republican ideas; that General Weyler, its only hero. Is a re publican rather than a monarchist, and is at present the most powerful man in Spain. The army believes that Cuba would not have been lost if Weyler had been kept in command and allowed to defend the island against the United States. Weyler could, doubtless, upset the monarchy, as did General Prim some forty years ago, and there Is little doubt that the death of the young King of Spain would precipitate a revolution tomorrow. The progressive party in Spain would not submit to the accession of the Princess of Astu rias, married to a representative of the Carlist and the clerical party. An over turn in Spain is sure to happen within a few years, and may take place any day. Twenty-seven years ago. In Fobrua ry, 1S74, a temperance crusade began at Hillsboro, 0.,-a small town, about 65 miles from Cincinnati. Some of the women of this town undertook by pray er and song to induce the liquor dealers to abandon their business and sign a pledge not to resume the sale of ardent spirits, and to destroy their stock of liquor, fixtures, etc. From .Ohio this temperance crusade spread to Indiana, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa and Kansas. There were praying bands of singing temperance crusaders la nearly every town, and In some of the large cities. The movement made some little stir in New York and In New England, but after several months of life this temperance agitation died of creeping paralysis. No new temperance legislation was adopted in Ohio or Iowa. Michigan, which had been a prohibition state at the time of the crusade and for many years previously, adopted in 187C an amendment to the state constitution abrogating the pro hibition clause and allowing the grant ing of saloon licenses. There was no permanent gain from the temperance crusade of 1874. DIRECT PRIMARIES BETRAYED. The direct primary law passed by the Legislature is a fraud on its face. The plank In the Citizens platform was merely to get In on. The reason for this betrayal of a popular reform Is, of course, that the outs who got In ex pect next time to be the Ins. The ma chine is dead, long live the machlnel The Mitchell party knows that when it comes to make up its ticket for the elec tion of 1902, direct primary nomina tions would only be an Impediment in the way of Its purposes. When they have decided who is to be Senator In Simon's place, and Governor, and Mayor and Sheriff, and so on all down the line, it would be a matter of grave peril to turn this whole thing over to the rank and file to disarrange. Hence, we have a direct primary law that doesn't enact direct primaries. This result is reached with consider able skill and care. In the first place, the law as mandatory applies only to Multnomah County, thus laying the foundation for its failure in the courts, as special local legislation. In the oth er counties, the method is optional with the county committees of the parties. Fancy a county central committee vol untarily abandoning Its prerogative of framing a slate, with or without con sultation with the Portland boss! A further precaution to make the law harmless is the proviso that nomina tions may be made by petition and by individual electors, as formerly. This will enable any party machine to se lect Its men-and get them on the ballot as the regular party nominees. All that has been done before would be mere child's play, and that is, of course, the object of the law. But the only thing really enacted for these direct primaries to do Is to select delegate to the county and. titnte convention! This Is the purest Id iocy and an insult to the intelligence of the state. The object is, of course, to enable the party machine to select Its delegates, and then Impose its will upon the delegates In the conventions, precisely as Is done today. What was wanted, what was planned and talked about and yawped from the stump by these reformers was the opportunity for the sovereign people to choose their candidates first and then choose be tween them at the general election. What's the result? Why, the result is that a year from this Spring we shall have a set of Simon delegates and a set of Mitchell delegates, and the Repub lican can go to the primaries and choose between them, and the machine will do the rest It would have been more to the credit of the reformers if they had refrained from offering this gold brick to the people In the name of reform. Whose intelligence did they estimate low enough to be deceived by It? Mistaken judgment is as fatal to safety in navigation as lack of skill. This fact has been demonstrated In our harbor by the attempt to steer through the draw of Morrison street bridge a large and (in close quar ters) an unwieldy vessel In tow of a weak tug and In utter defiance of a swollen river and a five-mile current. That the vessels, were skillfully han dled by the men In charge may be ad mitted, but the attempt to move the big ship under the circumstances was without excuse in ordinary judgment of such matters. A much more disas trous, and, of course, not in any way a comparable, example of nautical skill rendered powerless by lack of nautical Judgment, was witnessed In the wreck of the steamship Rio de Janeiro at the entrance of Golden Gate harbor. Pru dence was subordinated to impatience, and the loss of the ship and many lives. Including that of as gallant and brave a captain as ever trod the quarter deck of a vessel, was the result In the minor. Instance cited, the pilot Is re ported to have said that he moved the big ship from her moorings contrary to his Judgment; but that his refusal to move her would have been charged against him as timidity or lack of skill; in the greater disaster the captain In ordering the vessel to proceed In a dense fog Is thought to have been ac tuated by an Impatience at the delay to which his vessel had already been subjected on the voyage, and an anxi ety to reach port In the first case the Judgment of the responsible officer was overruled by a fear of criticism, which, if not childish, was scarcely manly; in the last, the Judgment of an experi enced navigator was subordinated to a fear of being criticised for not having reached port at the earliest possible hour. The consequences of the lapse of judgment in the first Instance are likely to be far-reaching In animadver sions, annoyance and expense; in the last they were appallingly disastrous to life and property. The lesson h that It Is unsafe In such matters to divorce skill from Judgment ; Among recent deaths Is that of Sir Francis Cook, a wealthy Englishman, who married Tennessee Claflin,3 the sis ter of the famous Victoria Woodhull. Some thirty years ago Victoria Wood hull and her sister, Tennessee Claflln, were famous evangelists in New York City of "free love" and stlrplculture. Mrs. Woodhull was an interesting speaker In the lecture-room, and her sister. Miss Claflln, was a woman of superior mental" ability and handsome presence. The "testimony in the Beecher trial left an Impression that the great Brooklyn preacher and Mrs. Woodhull were not strangers, and that Mrs. Woodhull recognized that Beecher was at heart in agreement with her views. About 1875 the sisters went -to London, where Mrs. Woodhull married a wealthy English banker, the late Sir John Biddulph-Martln, and her sister in 1855 married Sir Francis Cook. Mrs. Woodhull is now Lady Martin, a very wealthy widow, for her husband willed her all his property, and Tennessee Claflln is Lady Cook. Thirty years ago these women, as the editors and propri etors of "Woodhull & Claflin's Week ly," were a butt for all the press of the country.. Today they-are members of a social circle of excellent quality In London, for both Sir John Biddulph Martln and Sir Francis Cook were men of unblemished moral character and solid business standing. Itlooks as If China were bent uponher own destruction. Under the practically Insane rule of the Empress Dowager thajt nation Is dallying with fate In a way that makes the world shiver In view of the awful consequences. No nation, when It comes to that, may want to assume the tutelage of China in ways of Western civilization, but all nations are determined that their com mercial rights and privileges shall be guaranteed under the protection of a peace that may not with impunity be broken by order or with the connivance of the Chinese Government Oriental pigheadedness will not prevail against the just demands of the powers, in tended to Insure their representatives from a repetition of the horrors of last Summer In Pekln. Whether the ruling power in China will realize this until too late to prevent an onslaught of the allied forces under Von Waldersee seems doubtful. It Is unwise to tem porize with unreasoning people of any race, age or name; In this view it is the height of folly to pursue a waver ing policy with the Chinese. The de mands of Justice have been made; they should be and will be rigidly enforced. Otherwise the nations must submit to the ideas embodied In the building of the great wall of China centuries ago, and all Idea of Oriental commerce must be abandoned. " According to the estimates of General Greely, in command of the Army Signal Corps, at least 23,000 miles of new ca ble were laid during the past year. Great Britain, among other stupendous matters that occupied her time and heavily taxed her resources, laid the most of It, Including a line from Eng land, via the Spanish Coast and St Helena, to the Cape of Good Hope, and also an additional line to the West Indies. In conjunction with Germany, Great Britain has also laid about 1500 miles of cable on the China coast dur ing the .past four or five months. The exigencies of national life under the expansion Impulse, render cables a necessity, not merely a speaking dis tance luxury. In this view, the United States Government expects, within the next six months, to complete the sys tem now well under way, by which all the principal Islands of the Philippine Archipelago will be conected by cable with Manila. Within the past year 500 miles were laid In the Philippines and 120 In Alaska, the latter connecting St Michaels and Safety Harbor, near Nome. While this showing Is insig nificant as compared with the cable laying of Great Britain, it as nearly meets our necessities, perhaps, as does the greater cable mileage noted meet those of the world-wide Britain. The Servians, though a fierce people, are also childish. Utterly, and for good cause, detesting King Milan, they heard of his death without regret, but upon the neglect of his son, King Alexander, to shed tears over the demise of his worthless, disreputable parent, the pop ulace of Belgrade found cause for dead ly offense, and as a reproof to the King howled furiously around his pal ace on the evening of the deserted ex monarch's funeral, pelting it heartily with stones. Death evidently wiped out all old Bcores against Milan, and his one-time subjects would fain have had him entombed in Servian soil, while the King, his son, as in duty bound, pumped up a few tears for the funeral occasion. Childish fury is quickly spent; hence, with the breaking of a few windows In the palace at Belgrade, and, perhaps, the breaking of a few heads by the mob, the indignation of these people will subside, and King Alexander will again become the re cipient of servile homage. We have today a presentation of the sum of the legislation for the City of Portland and County of Multnomah. Much Is claimed for it, on the score of economy and reform. How far those claims are to be justified will begin to appear after the experience of a year or two. Meantime, It Is not to be questioned that the members from Multnomah were actuated by a desire to serve the public Interests, taking care also not to forget their purpose and natural desire to "get even" with their political adversaries. Why shouldn't one form of riot In Kansas breed another? Yet some good people encourage riot and extol Mrs. Nation as a feminine Messiah. .Vio lence and anarchy are prolific breeders of their own kind. And a common wealth such as Kansas, which has had abundant experience with anarchy, does not know Its consequences. America has ordered England to re ply by March 4 to the canal treaty amendments. Salisbury probably by this time ismsed to American presump tion, and if so he will obey orders good naturedly. There are those who seem to think that clouds and darkness are round about the political future of Joseph Simon. But there Is many a turn, many a result, which, if not victory, is yet revenge. From the list of members of the Joint Assembly who voted for Mr. Mitchell on the final ballot, as printed yester day, the name of Senator Hunt of Multnomah was accidentally .omitted. Although Christianity, temporarily, at least, is a failure in China, our worthy religionists do not take kindly to Minister Wu's offer of something just as good. It is proposed to revive the grade of Vlce-Admiral for Sampson and Schley. The measure should be amended so as not to revive the controversy. The alarming situation in China Is just this: Chinese are in greater dan ger of Christians than Christians of Chinese. Since the Duke of York' is King Ed ward's heir, It is supposed he will in herit the whole outfit Boer war and all. AMERICAN STATESMANSHIP. Chicago Record. The following dialogue is not an ab stract from a farce played at some vaudeville theater, but is a verbatim re port of a debate in the Senate of the United States on February 7, 1901. copied from pages 2315 and 2316 of the Con gressional Record of that date: The Presiding Ofllcer The Senator from South Carolina must address the chair and get permission before interrupting another Senator. Mr. Tillman I beg the chair's pardon. I am a little oft tonight The Presiding Officer Pardon Is extend ed to the Senator from South Carolina. Mr. Tillman Mr. President The Presiding Officer Does the Senator from Tennessee yield to the Senator from South Carolina? Mr. Turley I do, with the greatest pleasure. Mr. Tillman I will state, with the per mission of the Senator from Tennessee, that I am simply worked to death. Get ting up at 7 o'clock, getting a hurried breakfast and endeavoring to look after my daily mail and get up here by 10, to attend committee meetings and trying to prepare appropriation bills I am on sub committees on two or three little bills that we have, Involving several million dollars, and we are Investigating and try ing, qb honest men, to see that no such steals as this go through I confess that, with that labor and then the attention In the Senate from 1 or 2 o'clock until 6 and then coming here from 8 until 11, I am a little off. But I am near enough on to the handle to fight this thing for another month. During ono of my absences from the chamber some Sen ator, I do not now recall who, charged that we on this side were so Ignorant that we are Incapable of discussing this question Intelligently, and that our ar guments were mere repetitions, so to speak, of some literature sent In here by some supposititious or actually exist ing reform club somewhere, or a free trade club, or some other club. I do not know whether that Is true or not, but If the Senator who charged Ignorance on our part will come in here and look at the interrogation points that are being pushed at him. It looks like he would answer somethtng. Mr. Chandler'"-- tre?Ident The Presiding Ofllcer Does the Senator from Tennessee yield to the Senator from New Hampshire? Mr. Turley I yield to the Senator from New Hampshire. Mr. Chandler T do not remember who mado that charge. I understand really the evidence of all the facts which the Senator from Tennessee Is now stating and Is about to state Is contained In some public document, published by somebody, handed to the Senator from South Caro lina, by him loaned to the Senator from Arkansas, and by the Senator from Ar kansas conveniently lost. , Mr. Jones of Arkansas I think that Is a good deal like most of the information of the Senator from New Hampshire. The Presiding Ofllcer Does the Senator from Tennessee yield to the Senator from Arkansas? Mr. Turley Yes, sir; I yield. Mr. Jones of Arkansas The Senator from Tennessee, I believe, yields to me. Mr. Turley I have yielded to the Sen ator from Arkansas: I will yield to anj other Senator. Mr. Jones of Arkansas I want to say the statement madf just now by the Senator from New Hampshire Is about as accurate as the statements he usually makes, and has no foundation whatever. Mr. Chandler Will the Senator, to give point to his speech, kindly produce the wonderful paper which the Senator from South Carolina read and thinks said ?2. 700,000, and loaned to the Senator, and which the Senator has lost? I should like him to produce It Mr. Tillman Mr. President, during the long and pleasant service on the naval committee which I have had with the Sen ator from New Hampshire, I think that he himself will bear me out in saying hq has never yet caught me In any such In fernally mean, lot dodge as that. Mr. Chandler Mr. President, the Sen ator from South Carolina frightened me yesterday, and now Mr. Spooner Mr. President The Presiding Officer Does the Senator from New Hampshire yield to the Sena otr from Wisconsin? Mr. Chandler Certainly. Mr. Pettlgrew I should like to make an Inquiry of the chair. I understood the Sen ator from Tennessee had the floor. Mr. Turley I yield to both senators. The Presiding Ofllcer In answer to the Inquiry of. the Senator from South Da kota, the chair will state that the Sen ator from Tennessee yielded to the Sen ator from New Hampshire. Mr. Turley Yes, sir; that Is right The Presiding Ofllcer In the midst of the remarks of the Senator from New Hampshire the Senator from Wisconsin addressed the chair, and then the Sen ator from New Hampshire yielded to the Senator from Wisconsin, and the Senator from Wisconsin now has the floor. Mr. Chandler Which the Senator from Tennessee permits. Mr. Spooner The chair Is certainly ac curate. Mr. Pettlgrew I should like to ask the Senator from Wisconsin to yield to me. Mr. Turley I yield to the Senator from South Dakota also. The Presiding Ofllcer Does the Senator from Wisconsin yield to the Senator from South Dakota? Mr. Spooner I yield. Mr. Pettlgrew Mr. President Mr. Chandler Allow me to say a word. Mr. Pettlgrew I yield to the Senator from New Hampshire. The Presiding Ofllcer The Senator from Wisconsin has the floor. Mr. Chandler The Senator from Wis consin yielded to the Senator from South Dakota and he yields to me. Mr. Pettlgrew I yield to the Senator from New Hampshire. The Presiding Ofllcer The Senator from Wisconsin has the floor. Mr. Chandler I only wanted to say The Presiding Ofllcer The Senator from Wisconsin has the floor. Mr. Spooner I wish to say Mr. Chandler I wish to say, in all kind ness to the Senator from South Car olina The Presiding Ofllcer The Senator from Wisconsin has the floor. Mr. Spooner I want to appeal to the Senator from New Hampshire not to fili buster against this bill. Mr. Chandler Are those all the remarks the Senator from Wisconsin has to sub mit to the Senate? Mr. Spooner At this time. Mr. Chandler It Is the most agreeable and shortest speeah I ever heard from the Senator from Wisconsin. I wish to say to my friend, the Senator from South Carolina, that I did not doubt that he received the letter from the Secretary of the Navy; I did not doubt that he handed it to the Senator from Arkan sas; I cannot doubt that the Senator from Arkansas lost it because it Is not here. I do think It should be allowed to me, If the Senator from South Carolina will permit me, to doubt the accuracy of bis recollection of the figures. Is that offen sive to the Senator? Mr. Tillman Nothing that the Senator from New Hampshire says in that bland manner of his could be offensive. Mr. Jones, of Arakansas I now rise to a point of order. The Presiding Officer The Senator from Arkansas will state his point of order. Mr. Jones of Arkansas The Senator from South Carolina did not address the chair before answering. The Presiding Officer The point of order is well taken. Mr. Tillman Mr. President The Presiding Officer Does the Senator from New Hsunpshlre yJM to the Sena tor from South Carolina? Mr. Chandler I do not. The Presiding Officer Tho Senator from New Hampshire refuses to yield to the Senator from South Carolina. The Sen ator from New Hampshire will proceed. Mr. Chandler I have finished my re marks. (Laughter.). DEADLOCKS OYER SENA.T0RSHIPS New York Evening Post. It Is now well toward the end of Feb ruary, and yet no fewer than four Legis laturesIn Delaware, Nebraska, Mon tana and Oregon which met early In January, are still balloting fruitlessly, day after day, in the attempt to elect United States Senators. In Delaware and Ne braska both of the Senatorial seats are Involved, so that the entire representation of two states in the upper branch of Congress Is at stake. Such spectacles are undoubtedly produc ing a decided effect upon public sentiment throughout the country regarding a change in the way of electing Senators. Formerly the choice of a Legislature was made, as a rule, without any delay, the dominant party deciding In a caucus whom It would support, and then promptly elect ing him. But during the last quarter of a century, and especially in the past 10 years, there has been a growing difficulty In reaching an agreement, with the re sult that weeks often pass before any candidate secures a majority, and that more and more frequently the session ex pires before a choice Is reached. Most states restrict the sitting of the Legisla ture to a certain number of days gener ally CO and most states also have only biennial sessions, so that unsettled ques tions go over for two years. When the change from Legislative to popular elections of United States Sen ators "was first seriously considered, the discussion was largely academic. There was a great deal of theorizing as to whether a better type of man was likely to be secured through the nomination of a candidate by the state convention of the party which should carry the election than through his choice by the legislators of that party. All of this discussion, how ever, was predicated upon the supposi tion that a Senator would be elected as readily and surely In the one way as In the other. But we are fast reaching a situation in which there is no certainty whatever that a Legislature which should name a Senator will agree upon anybody, and In which a state may be deprived of representation In the upper branch of Congress for years. Both the state and the Nation suffer from this tendency to deadlocks. The primary object of having a Legislature Is or ought to be to make laws for the commonwealth. The choice of a United States Senator should be a mere Incident to the main business of the body. But it Is coming to be the rule to make the Sen atorial matter the Important one during the campaign in which the members of a Legislature are chosen, and then to let this same question dominate all other Issues during the session until an elec tion Is reached. The result Is that the In terests of the state, which its law makers are chosen to look after, aVe neglected for weeks. There has even been one case in Oregon, four years ago where the con troversy over a Senatorship prevented any organization of the Legislature, and the session expired without action of any sort by the law makers. Two years ago the Legislatures of Penn sylvania, Delaware, Utah and California balloted for Senator without result until their terms expired, and one seat from each of those states was vacant in the following Congress. Nebraska narrowly escaped the same fate, the Republican majority being so badly split that It was seven weeks after balloting began before a choice was reached. The Oregon Legis lature has been for weeks past In one of those snarls which have become cus tomary In that state. The Montana Leg islature last month promptly filled ope seat by the choice of Clark, but has not been able to dispose of the other. In Nebraska the early death of the Repub lican who was finally elected In 1S99, left a vacancy which has been temorarlly filled by the Populist Governor's appoint ment of Allen, while the approaching ex piration of Thurston's term devolves the choice of two Senators upon the present body. This Is controlled by the Repub licans, but they have so far been unable to agree who shall have the two places. Delaware still has the one seat vacant which Addlcks would not let anybody else have when ho could not get It two years ago. while the term of the Demo crat who holds the other Is expiring, and thus this Legislature also should choose two Senators. But Addlcks again insists that nobody shall be elected unless he can have one of the places, and so far he has prevented any choice. It seems not Impossible that he may succeed, to the extent this time of leaving the state with out any representative In the Senate. The theoretical argument for changing the manner of electing Senators, so that they may be chosen by popular vote, as Governors are, might not produce much effect upon a people who are supposed to be so practical as ours. But the concrete argument, now so often Illustrated, that the old system frequently wrecks the ses sion of a Legislature, and not seldom re sults In no choice at all, must impress the public Tho object of any method of election Is to elect. A vote at the polls does elect, and In the case of a United States Senator It would end the business as summarily as It does In the case of a Governor. It Is this consideration which, more than anything else, Is causing peo ple to look with growing favor upon the proposition to amend the Constitution to this end. PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPIIERS Different "What a hideous hat Hilda has onl" "Why. that's the latest style." "Oh! Isn't it sweet!" Philadelphia Evening Bulle tin. He What did your mother say about our engagement? She Oh. she said it is all right eo long as there is nothing serious. Harper's Bazar. Budge Is your uncle a coin collector? Fudge Oh, he isn't particular. When he can't get bills he is willing to put up with coin. Boston Transcript. High Art in Arabesques. "Oh, Mabel, where did you get such a lovely .braiding pattern for your Jacket?" "I copied It from my brass bedstead." Detroit Free Press. Her Dread. Dr. Howls But surely, you don't fear death, beinir so sure of heaven? Mrs. Beacon Hill, of Boston But Just think of leaving Bcrton forever! Puck. A Reason. She I want you to promise to do what I ak before I tell you what It is. Papa But why not tell me what It Is first? "Oh, 1 I did you wouldn't do It." Brooklyn Life. Three different waiters at a hotel asked a prim, precise little man at dinner If he would have soup. A little annoyed, he said to the last waiter who asked the question: "Is It compulsory?" "No, sir." said the waiter; "I 'think it's mock turtle." Tit-Bits. Mistress (to cook) Now. Bridget. I'm going to give a Christmas party. I sincerely hop you will make yourself generally useful. Bridget (much flattered) Shure, mum, Ol'll do my bct; but (confidentially) Oi'm so sorry Ol can't dance, mum. Glasgow Evening Times. A Provider. "Is your new husband much of a provider, Mallndy?" "He des ain't nothln' else, he ain't. He gwine to git some new kyahpets fo' de house, providin he git de money; he gwine to git de money, pro vidin he go to work; he go to work, providin hit suits him. I never see sich a providin man In all my days. Indianapolis Pre3. Time FIIeM. Richard Le Galllenne. On drives the road another mile! and still Time's horses gallop down tho lessening hill. Oh, why such haste, with nothing at the end! Fain are we all. grim driver, to descend And stretch with lingering feet the little way That yet Is ours O stop thy horses, pray! Tet, sister, dear, it we Indeed had grace To win from Time one lasting halting-place. Which out of all life's valleys would we choose. And, choosing which with willingness would lose? Would we as children ba content to stay, Because the children are as birds all day; Or would we still as youngling lovers kiss. Fearing the ardors of the greater bliss. The maid be still a maid and never know Why mothers love their little blossoms so Or can the mother be content her bud Shall never open out of babyhood? Ah, yes. Time flies because we fain would fly. It Is such ardent souls as you and I, Greedy of living, give his wings to him And now we grumblo that bo uses them! NOTE AND COMMENT Mr. Clohessy Is again thlnkng how 'chief would sound before his mine. The Nicaragua canal will bo duj a3 soon as J. Plerpont Morgan has tine to buy it The former members of the Pennoyer police and fire departments are all lined up at the trough. While they were offering Judge Cake the crown, Hon. P. L. Willis slid in and carried It away This Is the Chinese New Tear, but the Empire hasn't yet made. any resolutions worth mentioning. When the town is open -' The grafters all will sing, "Isn't It a perfeot snap This triumph of the ring?" Lieutenant Drum, the latest hero of tho Philippine war, is not, as might be ex pected, a tattooed man. A golf club has been started in Porto P.Ico. Thus new links connect the Httlo Island with Its big protector. With Pat Crowe located and the Kan sas joints dislocated, considerable Inter est still centers In the Middle West. The next time Cuba cries "Wolf! wolf!" this country will merely wink the other eye, and proceed to look after its own sheep. Since Homer Davenport returned to Ore gon, It has been really wonderful how many scratchers Imagine themselves ge niuses. A Spanish battle;hln broke down while going to Victoria's funeral. And yet there are those who say the battle of Santiago was a big fight. The most lamentable thing about the adjourned Oregon Legislature Is that no notice was taken of the death of King Milan of Servla. In the light of scientific discovery, ad journment of the Legislature without a bounty on mosquito scalps was nothing short of criminal. These are indeed parlous times. Tho Legislature has scarcely adjourned when the news comes that an extra session of Congress will be held. A class at West Point has graduated. Since hazing Is abolished, this Is the last output of soldiers and gentlemen the academy will produce. As Judge Thomas O'Day says he has but one candidate for Senator, and that Is himself, he evidently viewed the re turns with distinct disappointment. Kruger is reported sick unto death. Eternity's peace commissioners may be the only ones he will meet, and the Hague Is as good a place as any to prepare for them. A man wants $10,000 from the Southern Pacific for ejectment from a train. But a man whose honor Is so cheap as that deserves to be put off a train on general principles. It Is said fewer students aro in hide bound Presbyterian seminaries than In those of liberal teaching. We are coming to learn that a creed must be fashioned to flt a religious idea, not necessarily a. religious truth, and that a dogma must change Its style to the Inconstant mode of vacillating zeal. Evidently we have not yet arrived at truth, for truth Is supposed to be constant and everlasting. CUBA'S REAL FRIE.VDS. Obligations From Wlilcu the United Stntes Cannot Escape. Chicago Inter-Ocean. There are two parties In Congress on tho Cuban question a noisy minority, made up of those who assume that they are tho real and only friends of the Cu bans, and a reticent, lethargic majority, made up of those who take a common sense view of the situation. The mem bers of the minority, who are doing the greater part of tho talking, hold that In Its relations to us of an Independent sovereign nation Cuba must have tho right to frame and adopt a constitution acceptable to Its own people, over whose decision the United States has not, and never can have, tho power of veto. In other words, it is assumed that Cuba 13 already a sovereign power. The truth Is that Cuba is not In any sense an Independent and sovereign na tion. It has not at this tlmo a single attribute of sovereignty. The condition now prevailing In Cuba, the government now in existence, Is the outcome of a Joint resolution of Congress, and of war between tho United States and Spain. The Cubans are simply a people under tho military control of the power that Intervened In their favor against Spain. Thero Is no sovereignty in Cuba now ex cept that exercised by the military power of the United States. The constitutional convention now in session In Havana Is tho result of an election ordered by the military Gover nor of Cuba. The people were instruct ed, under prescribed conditions, to tnko the first steps toward nationality. Tho supersensitive gentlemen who aro pos ing as the only friends of Cuba In this country seem to regard the conditions outlined in the military Governor's proc lamation as of no Importance. They stand apart and say: "Let the people of Cuba do what they please. It Is none of our business. It Is not our affair. If they want to cut each other's throats, let them do It. If they want to Ignore all their obligations to the United States, let them do It If they want to Inaugu rate the kind of government that pre vails in San Domingo, that Is their priv ilege. If they want to enter into busi ness or other arrangements with Germany or England, that Is their business, not ours. If the constitution that they adopt leads to anarchy or to another revolu tion, or to a civil war as bloody as that of 1S9S, we cannot help It." It is clear to every man of common sense that Congressmen or others who advance such arguments are the friends neither of Cuba nor of the United States. They are simply of the worst school of Indlfferentlsts. and are the worst enemies of Cuba In this country. On the other hand, those who stand by the President m his determination to call an extra session of Congress are the real friends of Cuba, because they propose to take measures to prevent a recurrence of the troubles of 1S9S. They do not propose to deny Independence to Cuba, but. hold ing that the United States Is a party to any plan for independence, they Insist that certain conditions shall be complied with, and that the constitution adopted by the Cuban convention shall be ap proved by Congress. If the work assigned to the conven tion Is properly performed, the consti tution will take cognizance of the ne cessity for friendly relations with tho United States, and will invite the sup port of Congress In establishing a new state or republic, but even If the consti tution Is satisfactory in every particu lar It must have the seal of approval from. Congress. We must have from the very beginning a clear and definite pol icy toward Cuba under the new consti tution, and those who Insist that Con gress shall act at once on the question are the real friends of Cuba.