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PORTLAND, TUESDAY, MARCH 12.
"What is the moving force behind
these repeated failures of the river and
harbor bill? Those intelligent observ
ers must be few who accept at their
face value the pious excuses of virtu
ous economy with which the present
bill's defeat is explained. Congress has
the same disinterested concern for the
rivers and harbors which it manifests
60 touchingly upon occasion for the Nic
aragua Canal, and the welfare of the
Army and the protection of the Treas
ury against the pension ring. When
these precious pretenders say they can't
stomach river and harbor Improve
ments because they are unworthy and
dishonest uses of Government money,
they are simply lying. There may be a
few undeserving objects in the bill;
but they could easily be apprehended
and cast out. As a whole, the projects
have been recommended by United
States Engineers, and run the gauntlet
of severe scrutiny. The manifest deter
mination is to prevent Government ex
ertions upon our waterways. Why is
it? Well, who is interested in defeat of
waterway Improvements? Nobody, ob
viously, but these great railway cor
porations, to whose powerful lobbies
Congress, apparently, can deny noth
ing. These stupendous aggregations of
capital which Ignore all laws aimed at
restraint ot trade, which escape taxa
tion themselves and with their coal and
steel alliances levy taxes upon the peo
ple In the form of protective tariffs
where shall we look for resources to
withstand them If the lawmaking power
itself fails us? Where shall we find
men Independent enough to resist the
railroad demand that waterways shall
go unimproved, plants go to destruc
tion through neglect, and the producers
left at the mercy of railroad "harmon
izations" and "community of inter
ests"? Shall we have to go outside of
the Republican party?
Recrudescence of painful and almost
unseemly rivalry Is observable between
Seattle and Tacoma. At Tacoma a re
cent victory in the matter of Govern
ment business is universally regarded
as setting the seal of oblivion upon
Seattle, and at Seattle the edict has
gone forth that whatever it costs to
keep Tacoma from doing business must
be resolutely contributed by the busi
ness men Interested. The one thing
that seems never to have occurred to
the alert and resolute dwellers in the
rival Puget Sound cities is that the two
may continue to exist on the map and
in the hearts of their countrymen, Just
as they do today. The path to glory
for Seattle leads only by way of Ta
coma's ruin, and the Tacoman dream of
greatness consists simply of getting Se
attle's trade away. These two irresist
ible movements upon immdvable ob
jects are more likely than anything
else to .neutralize themselves, and
equally vain, no doubt, Is their common
vision of rising on the ruins of Port
land's greatness. The fact is that busi
ness is increasing everywhere on the
Pacific Coast. San Francisco is pros
pering, Portland Is prospering, Seattle
is prospering, Tacoma is prospering,
Spokane is prospering, Los Angeles is
prospering. Disconcerting as this may
-seem to those whose idea of progress
consists of pulling some other fellow
down, it is the plainest fact to the ob
servant traveler. Doubtless this error
is held at Portland, though certainly
in a less degree, because conditions are
better understood. It suits the conven
ience of some Portland exporters, for
example, to have docks on Puget Sound
for handling the small percentage of
their grain and flour they wish to ship
from Puget Sound. This does not mean
that they are going to transfer all their
belongings thither, fondly as the vision
is cherished over there. Because Ta
coma holds its grain trade need not
cause spasms of rage and grief at Se
attle, and because Seattle holds Its
Alaska trade does not necessarily in
volve the decline of Portland or Ta
coma. New York is a great city; but
numbers of people still make shift to
do business at Philadelphia, Boston and
Baltimore.
The trouble with those who so loudly
bewail the failure of Congress to give
the Administration a free hand In the
Philippines Is their point of view. They
look upon the islands as a possession
to be worked for what it will yield us,
whereas our duty in the matter, even
avowed in terms, is to administer them
for the benefit of their Inhabitants.
The Intellectual Judgment and moral
sense of the country have followed the
President in his contention that the
Philippines have become our responsi
ble care, not to be left the derelict of
the deep; but If he is to proceed upon
the theory that purchase and conquest
have given us the right to do with them
as we selfishly will, then and there he
and the people part company; then and
there his party loses the confidence of
the country and the way is paved not
only for the return of the Democrats to
power in all departments of the Govern
ment, but for abandonment of the
islands themselves. The Democrats
were victorious in 1892 on the tariff
issue, and they imagined they could
take the country with them for debased
currency. The error was no greater
than the Republican party will make If
It fancies it can Interpret a verdict for
expansion in the terms of real Imperi
alism or colonialism. Tou can depend
upon as loud a popular voice in this
country for Justice to the Filipinos and
Porto Ricans as was heard last No
vember for expansion. An effort to ex
ploit the Philippines for our syndicates
and protected corporations will raise
up a protest more spontaneous and
spirited than any that has marked our
politics since the Civil War, with the
possible exception of Bryan's raid upon
the gold standard. The country has
simply borne with McKInley and
Hanna, the trusts and the giant pro
tected industries. It will no longer
bear with them once they leave the
path of Justice to the dependencies for
service to schemes of spoliation. Sena
tor Hoar's amendment, so complajned
of now, may prove the salvation of his
party.
One important and two or three
minor morals are to be drawn from
yesterday's election, which puts a
woman In Portland's School Board for
the first time. When a set of men
imagine that they are the whole thing,
to use an inelegant but expressive
phrase, they are not likely to go long
undeceived. The school machine, with
which Mr. Warren has been Identified,
has simply shared the fate of the Simon
machine last June, and of a similar ag
gregation of Republicans in Seattle.
Another thing that cut down Mr. War
ren's vote is his inability or disinclina
tion to help a lot of aspirants who so-
licited his aid to positions of various
sorts in the gift of the board. The
enemies that a man can make in this
way, if he goes about it industriously
for the space of five years, are formida
ble In numbers, and tireless in agita
tion. Mr. Warren's disappointed clients
were all out at the polls yesterday, and
voted early If not often. Another lesson
to be learned is that whoever would
be elected must get the most votes.
The active campaign in Mrs. Sitton's
behalf has borne fruit of a kind most
gratifying to its promoters, and en
couraging, as it doubtless was expected
to be, for further efforts along similar
lines. If a woman can be School Di
rector, why can't she be Mayor, or
Governor, etc? But of this, nothing
now. The thing In hand Is that Mrs.
Sltton Is elected, and The Oregonlan
tenders congratulations. We shall not
say what kind of a School Director she
will make, for we don't know. Mean
while, every good citizen hopes for the
best, and relies with confidence upon
her proved qualities In society and af
fairs. Now let there be an end of swear
words at board meetings.
IRELAND'S KATE FIXED BY ENG
LAND. John Daly. Mayor of Limerick, one of
the principal cities of Ireland, in his
speech at New York City on Sunday
last, said that the reason that the Irish
people do not rise today in rebellion is
because they have no arms and be
cause the standing garrison is too
strong. He added that the rising gen
eration In Ireland is ripe for rebellion;
that he "would be glad to see London
burned and England laid waste by war;
that there was hope for Ireland be
cause the French Government was stor
ing up coal so much In excess of its
present wants that it inspired the sus
picion that the French were getting
ready to make it warm for England, In
which event "England's difficulty would
be Ireland's opportunity," to use a fa
vorite phrase of the latter-day Clan-na-Gael.
Nothing could more forcibly
illustrate the Ignorance and stupidity
of the Clan-na-Gael faction of Irish agi
tators than the fact that such a blath
erskite speech should be seriously ut
tered and warmly applauded. This man
Daly avows himself a rebel who would
rise in arms tomorrow against English
rule if he had any arms and men
enough to overpower the army of oc
cupation. He avows his belief that Ire
land will soon have a chance to obtain
Independence through a French inva
sion, when the Clan-na-Gael faction of
Irish agitators would welcome the in
vader and help overpower the English
oppressor.
This lunatic forecast of the future is
seriously made by a man of Intelli
gence enough to be Mayor of one of the
most important cities of Ireland. The
best proof that Ireland is a land of con
siderable political freedom Is the fact
that a man entertaining and avowing
these sentiments could be elected to a
dignified office, and feels perfectly safe
to utter rebellious talk and avow trea
sonable Intentions in language that
would cause his arrest In any other
country save Great Britain as a politi
cal Incendiary and seditlonlst. The
Mayor of a leading city In the United
States who went abroad and pro
claimed himself a rebel in Intent, who
would be a rebel in fact at the first op
portunity, would not find any political
friends on his return and would be
treated with marked contempt and sus
picion the rest of his days by men of all
parties. But this portentous speech of
this Irish Invincible In New York City
will only contribute to. the gayety of
the Intelligent population of the United
Kingdom, who will only laugh at It as
the familiar voice of the old-time cheer
ful Irish idiot, full of sound and fury,
signifying nothing. The English rulers
of Ireland hold this type of Irish agi
tators neither in fear nor in respect.
The agitation for home rule for Ireland
Is legitimate, and has been prosecuted
within constitutional lines by able
Irishmen from, the days of Grattan and
Flood to those of 'Gladstone and Par
nell. The independence of Ireland Is a pro
ject that never was advocated by Grat
tan, by O'Connell or even by Parnell.
It Is a geographical necessity that
Great Britain should rule Ireland or be
ruled by Ireland. All that the great
agitators we have named demanded for
Ireland was a Just government, and.
In so far as Great Britain did not gov
ern Ireland with Justice, she was open
to criticism and demand for political
reform. This was the extent of the In
dictment of Great Britain's rule of Ire
land by O'Connell, Parnell and Glad
stone. All this birthright of nations
to lands is nonsense. A nation keeps
Its land and freedom until it loses it by
folly, by disunion or by the stalwart
might of another race whose hand is
stronger and Its sword more keen. The
law of nature Is with man as It is with
animals, the survival of the strongest,
and If the descendants of the English
conquerors of Ireland govern its people
righteously, It Is no conclusive indict
ment of their title to say It was won at
the point of the sword! The troubles
of Ireland In the past were something
due to the vicious government of Great
Britain and something to the congested
population or the country and the lack
of diversified agriculture. In 1841 the
32,000 square miles of Ireland had a
population of over 8,000,000, and In this
area are Included considerable tracts
of country worthless for agriculture.
The seacoast counties of Connaught
have much worthless land, and lack of
diversified agriculture made matters
worse when the potato famine came, lit
1S45-4G. Today Ireland has about 4,700,
000 people. The public schools are re
formed, the land-tenure legislation, the
disestablishment of the Irish Church,
are great and genuine governmental re
forms since 1868.
English mlsgovernment of Ireland
from 1798 to 1868 Is a mere sentimental
grievance which it Is as absurd for the
Irish Invinclbles and Irreconcllables of
today to continue to recite and wrangle
about as it would be for Booker Wash
ington unceasingly to remind the white
people of the United States that his
race was -unjustly held in servitude by
our Government from 17S9 to 1865. It
is true, and it is pity that It Is true,
but to dwell upon the fact with sense
less iteration is to look backward, when
both parties to the great wrong, the
whites that were masters and the
blacks that were slaves, should look
forward and lend a hand to each other
to reoalr something of the ruin that
was made. The specter of French in
vasion will never materialize. France
Is In no condition to do any more than
defend her own borders. What she
could not do in 1797 she certainly can
not do today. The only hope for Ire
land is to continue to agitate for home
rule within constitutional lines. The
welfare of Ireland is bound up in the
welfare of Great Britain. If Great
Britain's military and naval power
were broken tomorrow by any hostile
power of Continental Europe, Ireland
would inevitably become part of the
general wreck. The Irish tall would
go with the English hide.
A JUST ESTIMATE.
Concerning a matter of which there
is a wide knowledge but little con
scientious effort to correct, and which
is spoken of to a greater or less extent
at the time of year In which annual
school elections are held, and then lost
to sight for months, the Christian Reg
ister, of Boston, of recent date, says:
"Taking them together, throughout the
United States there Is no body of men
and women more high-minded, unself
ish and virtuous than the teachers in
our public schools. But no one who has
any practical knowledge of the ways of
politicians, some book publishers and
other persons who have axes to grind,
Is Ignorant of the fact that the work
of the teachers in our public schools
is made unnecessarily hard. They are
hampered at every step by rules, by
political schemes, by money-making de
vices, by the folly of cranks and the
still worse folly, of scientific and philan
thropic fanatics."
These, as before said, are facts
known of all men. .The" public schools
of America ought to be 'devoted to the
essential things In morals and In educa
tion. Divested of rules that cripple
rather than advance the Interests of
pupils, and of methods that hamper
rather than assist t teachers In their
work, they would become a power for
good that is Implied In their Institution
and looked for in their maintenance.
Run into narrow grooves by the fanat
ical and the self-seeking, the public
schools may easily become (who shall
say that they have not often become?)
antagonistic in effect to free govern
ment, free education, free thought to
everything which is peculiar to the In
stitutions of a republic. In the esti
mate of the Journal above quoted, "It
Is a community favored above most
others, In which It Is possible for a
teacher to devote himself solely to the
highest Interests of his pupils without
let or hindrance from those who ask,
'What is there in it for me and my
friends?' "
These statements involve questions
that are at all times of moment to the
community. Yet It is plain that If the
public schools are to remain, that which
is somewhat vaguely termed "the palla
dium of our liberties," and continue to
Justify the fond estimate that they
are "the hope of the Republic," they
must sooner or later, by fair and intel
ligent means, be rescued from the con
ditions Into which they have fallen, and
be restored to the simple basis upon
which they were founded I. e., the pro
motion of good citizenship through pro
viding, at public expense, the "essen
tial things In learning and good mor
als." RUSSIA'S SINCERITY.
It Is exceedingly difficult to make sm
of the merits olt the controversy .over
Russia's purposes In Manchuria and her
attitude towards American trade. Mer
chants in business there are certain that
Russian control is inimical to us, yet
against this view stands the unanswer
able fact that we are already selling
Russia considerable quantities of goods
which she needs tc buy as badly as we
need to sell. As to the Manchurian epi
sode. It obviously suits English and
German purposes to charge Russia with
bad faith; yet we must bear in mind
all the time that Russia has already
exercised considerable recognized influ
ence in Manchuria, and that anything
involving war would be to her very
serious embarrassment. An Interesting
presentation of the Russian side of the
case Is contributed by Thomas F. Mil
lard in the current number of Scribner's
Magazine. Mr. Millard says that while
Russia's supremacy In Manchuria Is
already an established fact it is di
rectly due to that supremacy that the
trade of the United States in Manchuria
has increased 500 per cent. Russia has
policed Manchuria, has made commerce
less precarious, and "as neither we nor
any of the other powers are prepared to
furnish the 75,000 troops necessary to
police the great province, we should
rather thank Russia for doing it than
blame her." Russia has not given any
evidence of bad faith in regard to the
"open door," to which she is now
pledged. It Is highly improbable that
there has been any cession of the Prov
ince of Manchuria to Russia beyond the
railway concessions that were granted
and in operation before the Boxer out
break. Russia has already pledged her
self to refrain from further dismem
berment of the Middle Kingdom, and
the acquisition of Manchuria would
make certain the dismemberment ot
the middle and southern provinces of
China. Russia Is 4oo shrewd to break
her compact with her allies; for she has
nothing to gain and everything to lose
by bad faith. All she wants In "Man
churia she had before the war broke
out, in shape of railway concessions
and a seaport.
Of course, Russia protects her rail
way concessions by soldiers; she did
that before the war. To violate her
compact with the allies would mean
war at no distant date with Japan. It
would be dangerous policy for the
Manchu Emperor to surrender Man
churia. It would be apt to excite a
tremendous patriotic Uprising In Middle
and Southern China, which more than
comprise two-thirds of the empire's
population, and the revolt which hith
erto has been "onfined to a few north
ern provinces would embrace all China,
The unanimous resistance of China to
dismemberment vould exhaust the re
sources of the powers of Europe; that
Is, such resources as they could afford
to spare for such a tremendously costly
conflict Russia is more deeply Inter
ested than any other "country In Europe
In preventing the partition of China,
for what Russia wants Is peace, which
will permit the revival and extension of
her trade. A long, tedious war would
destroy China's purchasing power, and
Russia from the first, after the rescue
of the legations at Pekln, promptly put
up both hands for peace. She proposed
early withdrawal, withdrew most of
her own troops; Japan and the United
States followed her example. Russia
begged England and Germany to get
out also. Russia did her full duty to
crush the outbreak in Northern China,
and then she wanted peace because
she wanted a revival of trade. Russia
does not want the general war that her
bad faith would surely precipitate, and
it Is incredible that Russia has taken
any step in regard to Manchuria that
would force England and Germany
either to compel Russia's submission or
tempt them to Indemnify themselves by
the occupation of the great provinces of
the Yangtse Klang region. War Rus
sia does not want, but peace and the
preservation of China, but war and the'
partition of China would follow the ac
quisition of Manchuria by bad faith.
This is Mr. Millard's argument, and
it is worth consideration. Merchants
actually engaged in business with Asia
ought certainly to know what they are
talking about, but the average mer
chant's conceptions of diplomacy are
about as accurate as the average dip
lomat's ideas of business.
The inadequacy of the bonds required
of the Clerk of the School Land Board
at Salem $5000 has been made pain
fully apparent by the shortage in the
accounts of ex-Clerk Davis. The bond
of the defaulting Clerk is a good and
substantial one as far as it goes, but It
provides possibility for the recovery of
less than one-sixth of the shortage al
ready discovered In his accounts. This
Is very far from a protective bond, and
shows a carelessness, not to say reck
lessness, in guarding the public moneys
from the always possible peculation of
dishonest officials, against which con
tingency an' official bond Is required.
Whal with insufficient bonds, careless
or Incompetent supervision of accounts
(which amounts to malfeasance in of
fice), "a clerk expert n making false en
tries and a costly examination of the
records to find out how much money
has really been stolen, and If possi
ble what was done with it, the steal
from the state school fund lately dis
covered Is likely to be In excess of the
$31,000 that a cursory examination of
the Clerk's books by a legislative com
mittee first disclosed. The business
methods shown by this shortage would
disgrace the management of any con
cern the receipts and disbursements of
which aggregated a thousand dollars a
year. It represents .the politico-business
methods of chronic office-holders, the
like of which is seen nowhere else
under the sun except in the manage
ment of public business.
Judge Hamilton,) of the Circuit Court
of the Southern Oregon District, may
be commended for a recent opinion pre
ceding the sentence of Lou Radabaugh,
who had been convicted of an attempt
to commit a criminal assault upon his
step-sister, a girl of 13 years. The
youth was recommended by the Jury to
the extreme mercy o'f the court, but
His Honor very properly held that
Radabaugh should have been a pro
tector rather than an assailant of the
girl, and gave him four years In the
Penitentiary. The lesson should not be
lost upon those who seek to excuse, on
the score of youth, crimes of the baser
sort, that would disgrace and condemn
to severe penalty men long steeped In
vice and crime.
Count Leo Tolstoi has been excom
municated by the Holy Synod of the
Greek Church, his pronounced views
upon social questions and his cham
pionship of certain reforms for the
amelioration of the condition of the
masses being obnoxious to that grave
and reverend body. It- may be pre
sumed from the announcement of the
Holy Synod in this" connection that the
"grief and horror of the orthodox
world" will be assuaged by this procla
mation of the apostasy and setting
apart of the great novelist and re
former. The assaults of the Democrats who
style themselves "Citizens" may have
the effect of uniting Republicans In
Multnomah County. In Republican
schism Is their only hope of success at
the polls. They certainly do not forget
by what chain of circumstances they
succeeded last election, and the wiser
of them will perhaps make sure they
can repeat the concatenation next time
before devoting themselves to a policy
that will have a tendency to collect and
cement together the Republican fac
tlons. Poor old LI is said to be nearing
the end of his long and eventful career.
China will be bereft of her greatest
statesman when he dies, though, for
that matter, age and circumstance
some time since bereft the empire of
the wisdom and decision that formerly
characterized his services. A nation Is,
indeed, In hard straits when but one
man stands between it and the unwis
dom of its rulers and the unreason of
Its masses.
Dewefmay well be likened to "Pad
dy's flea." As often as the British put
their finger on him he Is not there.
VIEWS OF THE CHARTER VETO.
The big combination in Portland that
was to give Mitchell the Spnatorshlp and
the Democrats some small Portland of
fices was discreditable to everybody con-'
cerned. It is just the kind of politics the
people should oppose. Those -who get left
get a dose that serves them right. Nev
ertheless, it was small politics that In
duced the Governor to veto the charter
bill, and It places all concerned In about
the same class. Albany Democrat.
There are republicans and "Mitchell
Republicans" and Democrats and "Mitch
ell Democrats" in Oregon, but the plain
Republicans and Democrats don't cut
much figure In electing state officers. Leg
islatures and Senators. The "Mitchell
Republicans" get all of these, with the
Federal offices. Government contracts and
patronage, ship subsidies and the like,
thrown in for good measure. The "Mitch
ell Democrats" set their pay In "futures."
"bunco tickets" and "gold bricks." The
plain Republicans and Democrats get the
"haw! haw!" Eugene Journal.
Governor Geer has exercised his veto
power but once, but he made good use
of It when he did. He killed the Portland
charter bill dead as a mackerel, and he
kept the Democrats from gaining control
of that city. It is probable that the Dem
ocrats who were a party to the Mitchell
deal feel somewhat out of humor at the
Governor; and a few Republicans who
cannot deliver their gcods may be con
scientious enough to threaten the Govern
or with political oblivion, but such talk
can amount to nothing. The Democrats
have simply been the monkey. Pendleton
Tribune.
Governor Geer has vetoed the new char
ter bill for Portland, arousing great in
dignation and blasting the hopes of the
"citizen" members of the Legislature from
Multnomah County who voted for Mitchell
for Senator. Their chagrin Is really amus
ing to people outside of Portland, as
well as to the anti-Mitchell people there.
It only makes more plain the alleged deal
whereby a few men who pose as Demo
crats were to get fat Jobs In Portland
fire and police departments in return for
delivering enough Democratic votes to
Mitchell in the Legislature to secure his
election. These dupes carried out their
part of the shameful barter and are now
In the condition of the man who bought
a bogus gold brick. For their befrayal
of the honest Democratic voters to whom
they owed their Legislative positions,
this loss of the Legislative pie Is no more
than they really deserve for their treach
ry. Roseburg Review.
Those Multnomah Democrats who sold
their birthrights for a mess of pottage
and then failed to receive their pay know
how it feel3 to be the victims of a bunco
game. They cast their political principles
aside and voted for Mitchell with the
hope of controlling the police and fire de
nartments of Portland for a few months,
but the Governor stepped in with his
little veto and prevented the delivery of
the goods to the party of the second part.
The result Is only a Just retribution for
their political perfidy. Had they voted
for Mitchell on the sole plea that the state
was badly in need of his services in the
United States Senate some people might
have excused them, but so long as it
was simply a dirty political barter every
fair-minded man in the state will be
glad that the deal was knocked out. To
the credit of the members from this and
Wallowa County be it said that they re
fused to have any connection with the
infamous plot, and voted for a candidate
for Senator who represented their own
political views. Had they done otherwise,
however, they would be entirely undeserv
ing of any further support or considera
tion at the hands of their party. Elgin
Recorder.
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A Xevr Beer Terror.
London Express.
The discovery of Professor TunnlcllfTe
and Dr. Rosenbaum of very strong evi
dence that the recent epidemic of beer
poisoning was not due wholly to the
presence of arsenic In brewing sugars has
been followed by the definite announce
ment that the presence of the highly dan
gerous poison known as selenium has
been detected in non-arsenical brewing
sugars and in beer. Sir Cuthbert Qull
ter, M. P.. commenting on this new ele
ment of danger, declares that it seriously
affects the argument that the recent epi
demic was entirely due to the "acciden
tal presence" of arsenic. It does more
than this,, however, says Sir Cuthbert.
because it shows how valueless are the
precautions at present in force for the
proteotlon of the consumer of beer, since
none of the authorities even suggested
the presence of this new poison. More
over, It cannot be dealt with by the Royal
Commission, the terms of reference ex
cluding investigation in any other direc
tion than that of arsenic.
"Wo have now proof," he adds, "of two
malignant poisons with varying pharma
cological action having been discovered
In beer, and one may well dread lest oth
er terrors are yet to be revealed."
Mr. William Thomson, F. I. C. told the
Society of Arts many things about arse
nic In beer, apropos of the Manchester
poisoning. In one sample of glucose Mr.
Thomson found upward of one grain of
arsenic per pound. In malt and the coke
used for drying It he also found arsenic
In dangerous quantities. Out of 220 sam
ples ot beer examined by the chemist only
21 were free from arsenic. Two contained
five-eighths of a grain, two one-half and
one-third of a grain. American glucoses,
according to Mr. Thomson, are free from
the poison.
Presidential Grammar.
New York Evening Post.
Opinions will differ about the good
taste of the President's inaugural ad
dress. Even the Tribune finds In it
"self-laudation," though It gallantly
adds that this could not have been "in
tended." But unless we are to have a
new standard of "President's English,"
we hope that Mr. McKInley will strike
out of his speech, before It gets into final
and official publication, such an uncouth
barbarism as "four years ago we stood
on the brink of war without the people
knowing it." The President, as his
speeches uniformly show, has never mas
tered the distinction between shall and
will. We suppose the dead hand of one
of his Scotch ancestors Is too heavy upon
him whenever he uses those auxiliaries.
So it is no surprise to find him saying,
"We will be consoled." "Do you think
you'll ever know the difference between
shall and will?" one of Barrle's young
Scotchmen Is roughly asked by the
London editor. "I am afraid I never
will," was the meek reply. But this
conclusion of shall and will, should and
would. Is already complained of In Eng
land as a linguistic note of British Im
perialism. The Australian, so largely
of Scotch and Irish extraction, gayly set
English grammar at defiance In that re
spect. It may be that we, too. In our
heady Imperialism, are to "change all
that" in regard to grammar as well as
to custom, law, and Constitution.
Electrical Printing: a Success.
London Express.
The process of electrical printing is stat
ed to have emerged from the experimental
to the practical stage, though whether it
will prove a mere scientific curiosity or
a substantial addition to the Industrial
arts It Is at present difficult to say. The
Inventor Is a Mr. Frlere Greene, who has
filed several patents covering his inven
tion. The process is simply an adapta
tion of ordinary web printing from a ste
reotype cylinder, but requires no printing
Ink. The paper Is chemically treated dur
ing Its manufacture, and In printing a
continuous electric current renders the
cylinder a negative pole, and the type
faces appear on the paper In any color de
sired. The work Is said to be as rapid as
on an ordinary Hoe machine, but its ad
vantages. If any, over the normal pro
cedure have not been defined with any
precision up to the present.
NAMES FOR 1905 FAIR.
That the world has diverse tastes and
many of them. Is Indicated again by the
wide preference of titles for the 1905 ex
position. It becomes more and more
evident thar the task of selecting a name
Is no small one Perhaps, when this shall
have been achieved, the work of organ
izing the jenterprlse will be as nothing In
comparison. It Is hoped that by print
ing these suggestions, public sentiment
may unite upon a form and a general
character for the title. It is not possible
that any agrement may come of such di
vergent preference, but still, n public
understanding is expected upon the ques
tion, whether the exposition shall be of
a local or Northwst, or of a general char
actor. The primal question to be agreed
upon, as indicated by the spirit of the
contributions, is whether the fair shall
take In the Pacific and the Orient, or the
Lewis and Clark Northwest, or both. It
appears useless to try to choose a name
until this point Is settled.
Among the latest suggestions Is that
of George H. Hlmes. He proposes:
LEWIS & CLARK PAN-PACIFIC EXPOSI
TION. He says: "Without question, the names
of the rioted explorers should be prom
inent, and the Idea that all the countries
laved by the water of the Pacific Is fully
sot forth by the words 'Pan-Pacific'
This title makes up well in printing by
placing 'Lewis & Clark' in one line and
Pan-Pacific Exposition, In another. Un
derneath this would naturally follow the
date and location, and following would
be an explanatory subtitle. The centen
nial idea would be suggested by the use
of the figures '1S05-1905, above the main
title."
In favor of
THE COLUMBIA RIVER EXPOSITION,
B. J. Hoadley has the following to say:
"The title means all there Is In 'Lewis
and Clark.' the explorers who came from
the 'gates of the Rocky Mountains.' by
way of the Jefferson and Snake Rivers to
the Columbia. The river drains a mighty
empire, and is the natural way from the
North Rockies to the Pacific.
"The word 'Pacific' Is admirable, but It
takes in too much, as the fair must come
mainly from the North Pacific Coast. Of
course. California, having other products
than 'yarns,' with which the world Is
familiar will be at our fair, but Califor
nia Is not in the lead of this movement.
The. Columbia River Is known by all peo
ple who have heard of St. Lawrence, .Mis
sissippi and Amazon. Columbia Is a word
that delights the ear. From the Colum
bia one can go to all parts of the Orient."
By C. K. Harbaugh
UNITED NORTHWEST CENTENNIAL.
By W. L. Starr
LEWIS & CLARK CENTENNIAL EXPOSI
TION. By J. Zeek
PACIFIC STATES EXPOSITION.
By W. W. Baker
COLUMBIA WEST SHORE CENTENNIAL
EXPOSITION.
By F. G. Young
AMERICAN PAN-CONTINENTAL AND PA
CIFIC EXPOSITION.
By Samuel Collyer
PACIFIC NORTHWEST PATHFINDERS
EXPOSITION. OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL PATHFIND
ERS' EXPOSITION.
By Frank S. Farquhar, North Yakima
OREGON JUBILEE,
By W. J. Clarke, Gervals, Or.
PACIFIC NORTHWEST CENTENNIAL.
By Ella A. Hogan
COLUMBIA CENTENNIAL AND GRAND
PACIFIC EXPOSITION.
By D. Herrlck. Walla Walla
FAR WEST AND ORIENTAL EXPOSITION.
By Mrs. L. S. Wilson
NORTHWEST PIONEER EXPOSITION.
Other suggestions
OREGON-ORIENTAL UNIVERSAL FAIR.
ORIENT-OCCIDENT EXPOSITION.
PACIFIC FAIR.
CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION OF THE PA
CIFIC. OREGON'S LEWIS AND CLARK CENTEN
NIAL. LEWIS-CLARK'S ORIENT-PACIFIC NOR-
WESTER.
COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION.
NORTHWEST EXPOSITION.
EXPOSITION OF NORTHWEST EMPIRE.
ORIENT-AMERICAN EXPOSITION.
OREGON.
CCI DENTAL FAIR,
RIENTAL.
LEWIS AND CLARK CENTENNIAL.
The Twentieth Century Girl.
Denver Post.
She's snappy and smart as the hottest red
pepper,
In grace with the angels she's closely al
lied. In lightness no queen of, the turf can outstep
her
Or hold up a head with, more beautiful pride.
Her umlle but reflects the bright spirit within
her.
Her Up has a proud "don't-you-Jolly-me"
curl.
And. be she a saint or an Innocent sinner.
There's none like the twentieth century girl.
Her laugh flows as sweet as the ripple of
streamlets.
Her song would the ear of an angel en
trance. Her eyes are so soft that they seem little
dreamlets.
A challenge to love In their every glance.
She seems the real acme of female perfec
tion. In beauty's great diadem she Is the pearl;
There's scarcely a flaw that demands a cor
rection Observed In the twentieth century girl.
In shop or boudoir. In the parlor or kitchen.
She shines with the light of American grace.
She's all we could ask In her figure, and rich
In
Dame Fortune's best dower, her beauty of
face.
Her modesty sometimes seems tardy In action
When dancing In gayety's maddening whirl.
And then her 'cute boldness seems but an at
traction Quite fitting the twentieth century girl.
She has a quick tongue and a ripe brain to
feed It,
Discusses all questions from science to sport;
You offer advice and she's ready to heed It,
Provided 'tis of an agreeable sort.
In satire she gives her opponent no quarter.
In love all her words have a syrupy purl.
In spat or In quarrels no fabled old Tartar
Could silence the twentieth century girl.
Without her this earth would be but as the
setting
Of gold with the beautiful gem torn away.
Its men-folk but growling old animals, fret
ting In solitude's gloom for a twinkle of day.
Then here's a hurrah for the sparkling young
Jewel!
Mid all ot earth's treasures the daintiest
pearl
She sweetens her cup she's the salt In life's
gruel.
The peerless, chic twentieth century girl.
A Sonjr to the Sunshine.
Atlanta Constitution.
Here's a song for the sunshine and let It fall
free!
Let It ripple on rivers, and light the broad sea!
For It whispers to meadows where blossoms
shall be:
Here's a song to thte sunshine, my dearie!
Here's a song to the. sunshine! We need It
along
The desolate ways where the lilies would
throng;
Life's Just half a sigh but the sunshine's a
song:
Here's a song to the sunshine, my dearie!
Here's a song to the sunshine! the hill and
the plain.
Smile sweet where the green turf Is rimmed
of the rain;
Here's a song to the sunshine the light's out
again!
Here's a soar to the sunshine, my dearie!
NOTE AND COMMENT.
The advance agent of prosperity is now
traveling with the show.
Li Hung Chang is dying again, but it is
hoped that It will not prove fatal.
Concerning the fair If you have names;
to name, prepare-to name them now.
Cuba Is just about the age to think sh
can get along better without a chaperon.
Being disappointed in the outcome of her
row with the United States, Russia is go
ing to take It out of Japan.
If Carnegie is really worried about dying
rich, he might lay himself liable to a
few breach-of-promlse suits.
The Duchess of Westminster has noth
ing In her wardrobe as expensive as the
last suit her husband has acquired.
The Delaware deadlock has come nearer
to attaining Immortality than anything
else we can think of excepting Agulnaldo.
Admiral Sampson Is probably noting
with satisfaction the diminution in the
namber of paragraphs in which he fig
ures. Some one ought to say to 'he manager
of the Fairbanks Presidential boom:
"Don't fire till you see the whites of their
eyes." ,
Even the distinguished cartoonist of' the
New York Journal was unable to get a
sketch of the octopus during the inaugural
parade.
Lack of space excludes much matter con
cerning the rise of worklngmen's wages
from the columns of the Lincoln Com
moner. Before returning to Washington the
Senators will do well to become thorough
ly familiar with the meaning of the word
strenuous.
The abolition of the- canteen has al
ready led to a serious riot caused by the
soldiers drinking cheap whisky. Thus
the majority of the promoters of the
measure the whisky dealers are reaping
the reward of their efforts.
Since last May the tallest skyscraper in
New York has been under construction at
the corner of Broad street and Exchange
Place. It Is an office building. 23 stories
high, covers 27,000 square feet, and will
cost J3.COO.000. Ten thousand tons of steel
have gone into the framework, which
rests upon 100 lines of columns, each
based on a separate steel caisson sunk
to bedrock. Tenants are to move in by
May 1.
Ed Alvey, a prominent Kentucky gam
bler, has been convicted and sentenced to
two years In the Frankfort penitentiary. .
Ex-Conressman Owens, "the coolest man,
who ever sat in a Kentucky poker game,"
was retained by the Social Purity League
to prosecute Alvey. One lawyer remarked
when the verdict was brought In: "When
a man serves a sentence for gambling In
Kentucky we will quit drinking whisky
and burn up the stock farms."
Apropos of the agreement entered into
by the American Publishers Association
to stop the practice of cutting the prices
of books, the following Mark Twain story
Is being passed around: The humorist
went into a book store and asked the
price of a book. The clerk furnished him
with the desired Information, whereupon
Twain inquired If there was any discount
allowed to publishers. This cut the. pricc.
down 50 per cent. Then the clerk was.
asked if there was anything allowed off
for authors. The authors discount was
50 per cent likewise. The humorist final
ly vouchsafed the information that he was
a particular friend of the proprietor of
tho establishment, and this secured him a
reduction of 23 per tent. Twain took the
book and asked how much the damage f
was. "As near as I can calculate." re
plied the clerk, "we owe you the book and
about 37 cents. Call again."
TUlumoolt's Sore Need.
In view of the rapid growth of Tillamook,
and for the best Interests of the city, some ac
tion should be taken looking to the purchase
of a hearse. We doubt If there Is a town In
the United States of the pretensions of Tilla
mook to being a live and up-to-aato place
where the feelings ot the people are so little
considered In this matter as here. These ve
hicles are sometimes owned by the undertaker,
and sometimes by the liveryman, and In some
cases the people combine and purchase one
when no Individual will. Tillamook Herald.
We've got a. live community dow3i here around
the bay.
An' try to keep a-marchln' with the progress
of today.
There ain't no railroad down here.yet. but one
has got to come;
An' when It does the world'U know that we're
progressln" some.
But still, with all our enterprise, the town has
one bad curse,
For, though we hate to tell It out, we haven't
got no hearsel
The other towns around the state that ain't
got half the go r
An snap an' ginger that we have, but Just is
dead an' slow.
They're better fixed In this respect than wo
arc. an we must
Get us a hearse that beats them all clear out
o sight, or but.
It's bad as beln' half a mile behind the world ;
or worse
To be a live, progressive town that hasn't got.
no hearse.
We do not want no common cart for our de- .
parted friends.
Wo want a hearse with plumes on top, an
glass at both the ends.
With glldln on the sides of It, an easy spring
inside
So that our loved ones won't get jarred oi
Jolted when they ride.
We'll have to hustle 'round the town an trj
an' raise a purse.
For this here town o Tillamook can't be with
out a, hearse.
PLEASANTRIES OF PAHAGItAPHEIU
Doctor Why have you deducted a quarter
from my bill? Patient That Is for the Btx
cigars you broke when you thumped my chest.
Philadelphia Record.
His Only Way Out. "What did you propose
to her for. anyhow?" "Well. I couldn't think
of anything else to say. and the silence was
becoming appalling." Chicago Tribune.
His Reason. Miss Romanz Which do you
like best. Mr. Hardhead, long poems or short
ones? Mr Hardhead The long ones. Mlsa
Romanz Really? Mr. Hardhead Y-es. They
don't run so much chance of being published.
Philadelphia Press.
The teacher asked the class wherein lay the .
difference in meaning between the words "suf
ficient" and "enough." " 'Sufficient,' " an- .
swered Tommy, "Is when mother thinks lt"a ,
tlm to stop eating pudding; 'enough Is when
I think It is." Tit-Bits.
Strategy. "Dear." said young Mrs. Jellus.
"I thought you ought to know; there's a mar
ried man who Is violently In love with me."
"What?", he cried. "Who Is he?" "If I tell
you will you give me those earrings I want
ed" "Yes. Who Is Itr" "You." Phlladel- ,
phla Press.
Astute. "Ah's got man rabbit's foot erlong.
Miss Johnslng," said the astute Mr. Jackson,
"so whatevah yo does'll be- lucky foh mo!
Does yo' cept me o does yo 'fuse me?" And
of course no self-respecting maiden would let
It pass that a man was In luck to be refused
by her. Detroit Journal.
Expensive. "The work of legislating for
this Nation, and for all the states of the great
Union, Is very expensive," said Mr. Darley,
"Yes, the frames must come high," added
Mre. Darloy. "The frames?" "Yes, every bill
Is framed, as you will see by the newspaper
reports." Detroit Free Press.