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:. 10 the yro-RNrs-G OKEGONIAN, FKIDAY. MARCH 15, 1901. A FILIPINO'S PLEA Arddress by Sixto Lopez at Philadelphia. NATIVES ASK FOR LIBERTY He Declares the Islanders Have a Right of Independence, and Are Fit for Self-Govern- ment. PHILAIEL,PHIA. March 14.-Senor Eix to Jjopez, the native Filipino, now visiting the United States, last night addressed a xnass meeting of citizens of Philadelphia, ihavlng been Invited by a score of well known citizens, mostly Republicans, prom lnent among these latter were Judge Ash man and ex-District Attorney Graham The Invitation requested Senor Lopez "to explain the desires of your countrymen." This ha Is peculiarly fitted to do, having been secretary to Agonclllo and the dele gation which came to Washington before the outbreak of hostlltles. His address may, therefore, be considered as authori tative. The meeting was held In New Century HalL The address follows: The question of importance to the people of both America and the Philippines Is not whether certain things were done which many persons think ought not to have been done. It Is not whether cer tain promises were made, or alliances en tered Into. These questions are interest ing and Important, but they relate to the past The question of vital Interest has to do with fehe present and the fu tureIt Is the question of Philippine In dependence. There are two aspects In which this question can be viewed, that of right, and that of fitness. Have the Filipinos a Tight to Independence? Are they fit for independent self-government? An affirm ative answer to either or both of these questions will settle those of subsidiary intrest to which I have briefly referred. Are the Filipinos fit for Independence? fWho -has a right to be the Judge? That ' is a question to which there Is but one answer, namely: The Filipinos them selves. Let it once be established as a precedent that America or any other nation has the right to judge of another people's fitness for Independence, and not only will the fundamental principles of human liberty be uprooted, but every "weak and struggling- nation will be placed at the mercy of the powerful and despotic. Sad England the right to judge of the American colonists' fitness for Indepen dence? Has Russia the right to judge of Poland's or Flnnland's or Bulgaria's fit ness for Independence? Has England the right to judge of India's or Egypt's fit ness for independence? I do not believe tfoat there is a man in this audience, or in -the whole of America, who will give an affirmative reply to these questions. Then I beg, on behalf of the Filipinos, to add one more question: Has America the right to judge of the Filipinos' fitness for Independence? You cannot answer the former question and escape the latter. You may try to evade It; you may seek to arouse passion In order to blind the reason, and stifle conscience; you may appeal to a false conception of patriotism as to the "hauling down of the flag"; you may attempt to dazzle the mind with glowing pictures of the richness of the acquisition, and the spoils to be gained; you may talk of "benevolence"; of "des tiny"; of "Providence." of "world pow er." or of anything else in the heavens above or the earth beneath, but you can not deny, without also denying your own principles, that the Filipinos, like the Americans, are, and of right ought to be, the sole judges of their own fitness for Independence. But there are many excellent men and women In this world who do not realize the necessity and importance of adhering to those guiding principles which have been evolved from thousands of years of human experience. They prefer to treat each case Individually, regardless of the fact that the principles of human lib erty are as binding upon man as the De calogue It&elf. I believe that the com mandment: "Thou shalt not steal," Is applicable to all cases In all circum stances. And the man who begins to In quire whether In some circumstances It may not be right to steal. Is treading upon dangerous moral ground. Similar ly, when one begins to inquire whether a fundamental principle of human liberty may be set aside for reasons of expedi ence. It Is well to remind such an one that It Is better to follow ascertained laws of right, since individual judgment, swayed by passion and prejudice. Is liable to err. Nevertheless, whilst reaffirming the principle and its application to all peo ples, it may be proper and profitable to show that the Filipinos are fit for in dependent self-government. Then and Xow Change In Policy and Opinion. Prior to the conflict with America, the Filipinos were regarded as patriots; now they are stigmatized as traitors, notwith standing the fact that they never owed nor owned allegiance to America. Once they were regarded as humane, "Invari ably so," according to Admiral Dewey; now they are said to be cruel, blood thirsty. Inhuman the "analogues of Box ers and Apaches." Their treatment of Spanish prisoners was said by General "Whlttler to be "worthy the praise of all the world": now they are described as torturers of the living and mutilators of the dead. Prior to the outbreak of hos tilities, the Filipinos were described by Admiral Dewey "as far superior In their intelligence, and more capable of self-government than the natives of Cuba"; now they are being shot because they are said to be incapable of that self government which the Cubans were promised. Examples of this remarkable change of opinion might be multiplied, but I have given sufficient to show how pas sion and prejudice warp the judgment. So much depends upon the color of the spectacles worn. An angel of purity and snowy whiteness may appear to be tainted with blood, if viewed through crimson glasses. The question naturally suggests itself: Have the Filipinos changed since the conflict with America, or has Amer ica changed Its policy and attitude since the time when those former favorable opinions were expressed? There are many who believe that the change In policy is sufficient to acc6unt for the change of opinion. On the other hand, I am con vinced that the Filipinos have not changed. They were humane In dealing with the Spaniards, not only In peace, but also during the war. The degree of edu cation and the number of educated men and women have not diminished. Their knowledge of the principles of govern ment, and their practical experience of self-government for a period of six months have not made them less capable than are the Cubans. Now, I realize that It would be of no advantage to me, any more than to an opponent, to misrepresent the true con dition of affairs: that is a fact upon which even General Otis might well ponder. Nothing whatever can be gained by false hood or misrepresentation. But being a Filipino myself. I claim to know some thing about the Filipinos. I therefore purpose. In response to your kind Invita tion, to tell you the truth, as I know It, about our country and people. Early History and Civllirntion. At that period when the Normans were Invading Britain, and bringing to Celt and Saxon new institutions and a greater de gree of social refinement, the Moors were migrating to the Philippines, taking with them their science and arts. Long prior to the Spanish occupation, the degree of civilization and culture to which the Fil ipino had attained was remarkable, and was regarded by many as superior to that of Mexico. Peru or Japan. Their form of government was similar to European feudalism, and was as good in practice as were those of European countries at the same period. Education was farther ad vanced, and was more general than In any country In the world at the time. Tho people had a written language, Moorish In character, which was taught In almost every village school, and "there were very few," says Dr. de Morga, the first Span ish Governor-General, "who could not write well and correctly." The religion of the people was similar to that of Zor oaster. "When Christianity was being in troduced into the islands, it was found that there were words In the language of the Filipinos capable of expressing all the higher spiritual phases and doctrines of the Christian religion. The industries of the country at that time were extensive. Most of the arts of peace and domestic life were flourishing. There were factories for the weaving of delicate silks and other textile fabrics. Father St. Augustine mentions that the making, of cotton stockings for exporta tion was then a large and flourishing In dustry. The secret of the manufacture of gunpowder was known to the Filipinos from an early period. They had powder and ammunition factories; and there were brass and iron foundries in Bulacan, Pan gaslnan, Ilocos and Manila. When some of the European armies were assaulting city walls with the battering-ram, the Filipinos were making double-barreled re volving cannon, or "lantacas," as they 7ere called, many of which were after wards exported to Spain and South Amer ica. The Filipinos are not strange and un known creatures, of whom spectacled pro fessors need to write ponderous volumes. I will tell you who and what the Filipinos really are. They are the same as any other civilized. Christian community. They have their educated and their Ignorant, their wise and their foolish, their good and their bad. Like every other people In this world, there are those who are kind and gentle and refined, and others who lack these qualities. It Is, no doubt, true that during this war some Irresponsible Filipinos have been guilty of acts of cruelty. It Is said that some such Filipinos buried alive one of the Maccabebe scouts who had tortured Filipino prisoners of war. I do not know whether that is true; I hope It is not. But in any case. It should no more be taken as a gauge of Filipino cnarater, gener ally, than the burning alive of a negro should be taken as a cauge o'f Amerlcn character generally. Burying alive Is no more characteristic of the Filipino than burning alive Is characteristic of Amer icans. The charge of atrocities has been common to every war within known his tory. I belelve that there Is a substra tum of truth In these charges, but I be lieve also that they are much exaggerated. Yet these isolated cases have been made the basis of a general charge against our people of cruelty and savagery. "My own province of Batangas will serve as an example of the educational con ditions obtaining throughout the whole archipelago, with the exception of Central Mindanao and Sulu Islands. Batangas, with a population of over 300,000, had 44S teachers, or one teacher to each GOO In habitants. Of these only 62 were provid ed by the Spanish authorities, and these. It should be remembered, were paid out of revenues collected from the Filipinos. The remaining 42C were supported entire ly by voluntary contribution. These teachers confine their attention almost exclusively to elementary education, and each teacher gives Instruction to prob ably twice as many children as do the teachers In Europe or America. This, In a measure, accounts for the very high percentage of literacy in the Philippines. The number of those who can read and write has been estimated by various au thorities at from 70 to 90 per cent of the entire population. My own opinion is that between 70 and SO per cent of the peo ple can read and write. This compares very favorably with the 5S per cent of Italians, 31 per cent of Russians, and, ac cording to the census of 18S7, the 2S& per cent of Spaniards who can read and write. The percentage in the Philippines Is high er than in any European country, with the exception of Germany, France and Switzerland. It is higher even than In some of the states In America, and very much hlcher than In any of the South American States. This result is largely due to the fact that the Filipinos learn to read and write much more quickly than the children of other countries. Thus, Fray Santiago Paya, ex-Provincial of the Dominican Order, and president of the Royal University, of Santo Thomas one of the most bitter opponents of the Fili pinos had to admit, in his evidence be fore the Schurman commission, that "the Filipinos have a wonderful faculty of learning to read and write. In Europe," he continues, "it takes children five or six years to read and write; here they learn it with extraordinary facility. . . . As a matter of fact, considering the state of advancement of this country, education In this country is very far advanced, both in the primary grades and in the uni versity grades." Higher Education. The record In higher education Is also creditable. There was a university In Ma nila several years before the Pilgrim Fathers landed on Plymouth Rock. This university was founded by a Filipino lady a wealthy land-owner In BInang. In the Province of Laguna. One of the condi tions of the bequest was that all stu dents, whether Spaniards or Filipinos, who were unable to pay were to be ac cepted as resident students without fee of any kind. This was characteristic of Fili pinos In all educational matters; they never forget the deserving poor. It was equally characteristic of the Spaniards that as soon as their benefactress died they entirely Ignored this condition inso far as it related to Filipinos, only Spanish students being admitted free. In addition to this college, which Is now the Royal University of Santo Thomas, there are In Manila the College of San Juan de Letran. the Ateneo Munlslpal (Je&uit College), the Nautical College, the .Medical College, the Pharmaceutical Col lege, the College for the Instruction of Nurses In Obstetrics, and the Seminary of San Carlos. All of these colleges are af filiated with the Royal University, and there are also about 35 private colleges not so affiliated, but which teach the uni versity course up to the third or fourth year. There are on an annual avorage about 20,000 students In Manila. There are also two training colleges, one for male and one for female teachers. And there are five large colleges for women and girls, some of which have as many as 500 students each. It must not, however, be thought that university education is confined to the city of Manila. In other parts of the ar chipelago there are the Colleges of VIgan (South Ilocos): Nueva Caceres (South Camarlnes); Cebu (Island of Cebu); Jaro (Island of Panay); and Gulnobatan (Al bay). all of which a.re affiliated with the Royal University. In addition to these there are, as In the case of Manila, Innu merable colleges and collegiate schools throughout the archipelago, in which the university course Is taught up to the third or fourth year. Now I wish to tell you and I do so with very great pride that the funds for the foundation and maintenance of every one of these colleges have been provided exclusively by the Filipinos themselves. This Is also true of 95 per cent of the ele mentary schools. It Is therefore not to be wondered at, as the Schurman Commis sion admits In Its report, that "a sys tem of free schools for the people has been an Important element In every Philippine programme of reforms," whilst General MacArthur, In his recent report, says: "This almost universal aspiration for education should appeal strongly to American sympathy." You will observe that thus far I have been endeavoring to show that the Fili pinos are fit for Independent self-government. But I cannot allow this or any other opportunity to pass without reaf firming, on behalf of my countrymen, their right to Independence. For we Fili pinos "believe these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; . . . that to secure these rights governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers," not from foreign nations or by conquest or purchase, but "from the consent of the governed." These -are truths which apply not merely to some men, or to white men; not solely to Anglo-Saxon or to European, but to all men. They are truths from which you cannot depart without denying your own prin ciples and doing Injury to the progress of liberty and civilization. The man who undertakes to write a constitution and to frame laws for a foreign people with out their consent, or against it, places a crown upon his own head. The divine right of Kings, except In so far as it comes from the divine right of the peo ple, is a myth which became 111 and feeble In 1776, and which Is now endeavoring to recruit Its shattered health In Germany and Russia. Liberty Itself Is the divine right. Liberty, according to that sublime Mosaic allegory, was conferred upon our first parents. That liberty Implied tho SIXTO power to do wrong. If the Eternal had been no wiser than some men, he would have made Adam and Eve and the hu man race In the form of a machine and ruled them by some such method as it Is proposed to rule the Filipinos. But God, in his wisdom, knew that moral strength can come only by personal en deavor, that wisdom is bought with ex perience often bitter, and that virtue it self is born of trial and suffering. So, too, if the Filipinos are to succeed, if they are to become a free and Independent nation, they must be free to stumble, and to gain their experience, their strength and their wisdom as all men and nations have gained them. The process of national nursing and spoon-feeding has always been, and al ways will be. a failure. God has trusted man with freedom to work out his "own salvation. But petty Kings and poten tates have always feared to trust the people with the exercise of the divine right of liberty. Yet this great Nation has stood before the world for more than 100 years, a mighty testimony to the truth that the best government Is that which derives Its just powers from the consent of the governed. Will you depart from this world-inspiring position for the sake of a few islands In the Orient? Will you write the fathers of your Nation down as Utopian theorists for the sake of obtaining lands which you and your descendants may never set foot upon? Will you de part from that noble mission as the greatest apostle and exponent of liberty, the sustalner of the charter of human rights which made Kings and Princes tremble, and which changed the destiny of a world, in order to obtain the worth less remnant of possessions which Euro pean greed has by chance overlooked? I cannot understand how any Ameri can who justly prides himself upon his country's greatest achievements and upon the principles by which It Is sustained how such an American can walk through Independence Hall and read that charter of human liberty, the greatest ever penned, and then throw In his lot and his Influence with those who are vain ly seeking to subjugate by force of arms a people who are intelligent enough to desire independence and brave enough to fight for It. For a Filipino who did not prize liberty above everything else In the world would not stand up to fight against this mighty Nation, with Its Illimitable wealth and power. Now, that Is the position of the Fili pinos as I understand It, though briefly, and I fear Inadequately, stated. I have complied to the best of my ability with the generous Invitation which the citi zens of Philadelphia have given me. But my mission in this country Is not only to tell the truth about the Philippines, but, as I have frequently stated, to ob tain peace. I should therefore be glad if you will permit me to state what I conceive to be the way out of this pres ent difficulty. It may be summed up In one phrase do unto us as you desired that George III should do unto you. Be great enough to determine to do right, no matter what may be thought or said by other nations who are too busy doing wrong to ever regard It as dignified to do right. Admit that the Filininos have the same rights which you yourselves enjoy. Admit that there have been mutual mis understandings. If wrong has been done, admit that also, and rectify It, It Is nobler to admit a wrong than to persist In It. Had Congress declared Intentions with regard to the Philippines, conform able with Philippine independence, the clash of arms would have been hoard no more, and strife would have ceased be tween two peoples who ougit never to have been other than friends. Let the Filipinos re-establish the government which they had Instituted with Jhc con sent of the governed; take whatever means are necessary to protect your In terests, and to discharge your Interna tional obligations. You will then be sur prised, though perhaps It will not be a surprise to some, to find that all your fears about anarchy and disunity and failure will have proved to be ground less. Another example will have been given to Kings, showing that the people may be trusted to govern themselves, and we shall be able to look up at Old Glory knowing that It Is the symbol ot liberty liberty not only to this people, but to all mankind. Hood's Sarsaparllla cures rheumatism, dyspepsia and catarrh, because they are blood diseases. EVIDENCE OF UNION Seen in Adjustment of Van-couver-Kalama Fight. WASHINGTON & OREGON WINS Great Northern and Probably the Union Pacific Recognized in the Deal The Road to Be Bnllt This Year Award of $11,000. VANCOUVER, Wash., March 14. At the opening of court this morning Judge Miller decided against the Columbia Val ley Railroad Company In its Intervention in the proceeding of the Washington & LOPEZ. Oregon Railroad Company to condemn the right of way of the Portland & Puget Sound Railroad between Vancouver and Lewis River. This Is the part of the grade lying within Clark County. That part between Lewis River, and Kalama Is in precisely the same legal situation In Cow litz County, so the Columbia Vajley peo ple accepted the decision for that part of the controversy also, In order to avoid the necessity for going to Kalama merely to mark time and arrive at the same re sult. There was no appearance on the part of the Portland & Puget Sound Com pany and the defeat of the intervention of the Columbia Valley Company left the Washington & Oregon people (previously supposed to have Northern Pacific affili ations) In undisputed possession of the field. Manager Rice and Attorney Gule were on hand to Improve their opportu nity and proceed with the condemnation. A jury of 12 men was Impaneled to fix the value of the right of way in ques tion. Half a dozen witnesses testified, naming sums between JSOOO and $12,000 as their respective estimates of the value of the 174 miles of right of way 100 feet wide. The jury deliberated half an hour and agreed upon 511,000 as the sum to be paid the Portland & Puget Sound Com pany by the AVashlngton & Oregon. Manager Rice, at the conclusion of the proceedings, said his company expected to go forward with construction of the line next week Immediately after the close of the proceedings In Cowlitz County, next Monday. He hoped to have the road finished within a year, Including a bridge across the Columbia at this point. Of the J11.000 to be paid the Portland & Puget Sound Company for right of way In this county, 55430 will go Into the coun ty treasury In liquidation of delinquent taxes. , evidence of Combination. The first practical evidence in the Northwest of the combination of trans continental railroad Interests Is afforded In the harmonious adjustment of the struggle for a track on the north bank of the Columbia between Vancouver and Kalama. This matter has been arranged In New York, and there will be no fight. Not only this, but assurance Is given also that the road will be built this year. It will hardly "be practicable to bridge the Columbia this year, for It Is understood that the right of the Portland & Puget Sound to build the bridge lapsed long ago and Congress has not given new authori zation to any one. As Congress will not meet again before December, manifestly it will be impossible to bridge the Co lumbia this year. As to what trains will use the new track, and on what terms, nothing has yet been made public The Washington & Oregon Company Is as much In the dark as anybody else as to these Inside ar rangements, which have been attended to by the financial powers in New York. The withdrawal of the Portland & Puget Sound Company from the controversy is taken as an Indication that the- Great Northern influence has been recognized In the adjustment. Whether the Columbia Valley has also been taken care of Is not ascertainable here. President Gerllnger says he has certain plans In mind, but the course to be pursued with reference to the right of way beyond the Colum bia will not be determined for a day or two. LINES NOT TO BE MERGED. Union and Centrnl Pacific to Re main Separate Mexican Ronte. SAN FRANCISCO. March 14. Charles M. Hays, president of the Southern Pacific Company, who has Just returned from the East, said In an Interview: "I do not think the Union and Central Pacifies are to be merged. As to the Southern Pacific closing the Ogden gate way to all lines save the Union Pacific, the rumor Is all bosh." He added that while the Union Pacific will have a voice in the Southern Pacific affairs, the company's relations with its other connections will continue undis turbed. Mr. Hays said that Governor Torres, of Sonora, whom he met in Mexico, wants the Southern Pacific to build an exten sion southwest to Mazatlan, an Important Pacific port of Mexico, so that the line may be used as a military highway by the Mexican Government. In the opinion of 'Mr. Hays, such a road may be con structed by the Southern Pacific The company Is figuring on a branch line 110 miles long in Sonora to tap some valuable coal beds. Docks are to be built at Guay mas, the terminal of the Sonora branch of the Southern Pacific, on the Gulf of Cali fornia. When completed, Mr. Hays says the Pacific Mall's Central American busi ness will go east and to Europe via Guay mas, Benson and El Paso, instead of through this port. This route will be shorter and avoid mountainous lines. E. Dickinson, general manager of the Union Pacific Road, will leave here today In a special train for a tour of Inspection over the Coast division of the Southern Pacific. FREIGHT FOR FEBRUARY. Gain Over 3 Per Cent in Year Pieces of BagRage Handled. The number of loaded freight cars handled In Portland last month Is 10.322, or 318 more than In February, 1900. The number handled here In the past four months, compared with the record for the same months a year previously. Is as follows: 1SS9-00. 1900-01. Gain. November 13,303 13.S04 501 December 10.2S3 13,909 3,626 January 10.53S 11,710 1,172 February 10,004 10,322 318 January 21,810 24,378 2,567 The number of pieces of baggage hand led at the railway stations In Portland the first two months of the year, com pared with last year. Is as follows: 1S00. 190L Gain. February 23,103 22,922 181 Loos These figures Include all the freight cars and rail baggage received and all tho freight cars and rail baggage for warded from Portland in the months stated. They are made up from the re port of the Northern Pacific Terminal Company for business at the Union sta tion and In the terminal yards on the west side of the river; from the O. R. & N. business In Alblna, and Southern Pa cific business on the East Side, and at the Jefferson-street station. No trolley line traffic or shipments by water are In cluded In the figures quoted. The absence of wheat shipments from the Willamette Valley, and the slow movement from the Inland Empire served to reduce the number of cars handled in Portland last month, and the same cause Is operating to keep figures down for this month. There Is unprecedented ac tivity In shipments of timber to Cali fornia, but much of this freight origin ates at points south of Portland and does not show in the business transacted here. Railway EnKineerlng- Association. CHICAGO, March 14. At the forenoon session of the Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association, which is holding its annual convention here, the following officers were elected: President, G. W. Klttredge, chief en gineer of the Big Four; vice-presidents. Hunter McDonald, Nashville, Tenn.; A, W. Sullivan, Chicago; treasurer, W. S. Dawiey, Chicago; secretary, I. C. Frltch, Chicago. Debate on committee reports consumed most of the time of the morning session. One of the Most Important subjects con sidered was that of signs, fences and crossings, the reports being presented by Chairman Bontscou, of Kansas City. Matters relating to the safety of high way surface crossings were considered In this connection and It was recom mended that no radical changes In meth ods be made. G. A. R. Rates Not Yet Fixed. CHICAGO, March 14. Chairman E. E. McLeod, of the Western Passenger As sociation said today that no action was taken at yesterday's meeting on rates to the G. A. R, encampment, as the vet erans have not yet been assured that Cleveland will put up the required guar antee fund. The roads were unable to reach an agreement on Navy business. The party rate question was also left un decided, a3 one of the roads refused re fused to restrict party rates on theatrical companies. New Southern Railway Purchase. NEW ORLEANS, March 14. It Is learned here on what Is considered au thority that the Southern Railway has bought the New Orleans & Western Rail way and the Port Chalmette terminals. The reputed purchasers, F. J. Llsman & Co.. supposed to be representing a syn dicate of bondholders, are said to be really representing the Southern Railway. Large Dividend for St. Panl. NEW YORK, March 14. The directors of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad have declared a semi-annual div idend of 3 per cent, compared with 2& for the last semi-annual period. Railroad Notes. Traffic Manager Campbell and General Passenger Agent Craig, of the O. R. & N., spent the past two days at Long Beach, Incidentally running over for a call at Clatsop Beach. It Is understood that the differences be tween the O. R. & N. Co. and the City of La Grande, Involving the closing of a street, to give more room for depot pur poses, has been satisfactorily adjusted. THREE REASONS. Why Nicaragua Canal "Was Not Pro vided For. BAKER CITY; March 12. (To the Edi tor.) It occurs to me that there are as many as three reasons why our Isthmian canal proposition is turned down for the present, as follows: 1. Why should the American and Eng lish or European Investor open the gate for us to build a canal, when they are such large holders of our railroad securi ties? 2. Why should we expect the people of the Eastern seaboard to favor a project HEART DISEASE. Some Facta Regarding: the Rapid In crease of Heart Trouble. Heart trouble, at least among the Americans, Is certainly increasing, and while this may be largely due to the excitement and worry of American busi ness life, It Is more often the result of weak stomachs, of poor digestion. Real organic disease Is Incurable; but not one case In a hundred of heart trouble Is organic The close relation between heart trou ble and poor digestion Is because both organs are controlled by the same great nerves, the sympathetic and pneumo gastric In another way, also, the heart Is af fected by the form of poor digestion, which causes gas and fermentation from half-digested food. There Is a feeling of oppression and heaviness In the chest caused by pressure of the distended stomach on the heart and lungs, inter fering with their action; hence arises pal pitation and short breath. Poor digestion also poisons the blood, making It thin and watery, which Irri tates and weakens the heart. The most sensible treatment for heart trouble Is to Improve the digestion and to Insure the prompt assimilation of food. This can be done by the regular use after meals of some safe, pleasant and effective digestive preparation, like Stu art's Dyspepsia Tablets, which may be found at most drug stores, and which contain valuable, harmless digestive ele ments in a pleasant, convenient form. t Is safe to say that the regular per sistent use of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets at m'eal time will cure any form or stom ach trouble except cancer of the stom ach. Full sized package of these tablets sold by druggists at 50 cents. Little book on stomach troubles mailed free. Ad dress F. A. Stuart Company, Marshall. Mich. that would send the Western coast for ward on such strides ot progress and de velopment, so detrimental to these inter ests, as viewed by them at present? 3. Why should the present Republican Administration want to change canal con ditions at present? They will want an Issue for 1904, and won't the party that makes that one of its Issues and places it before the American people get to the front? I think It will be the Republican party, as it is a party of progress. Poli tics must be properly adjusted to meet the requirements of the occasion. A, B. BOWMAN. PERSONAL MENTION. John Leary, a well-known capitalist of Seattle, and wife, Tho are on their way to the Carlsbad Springs, Germany, were In the city yesterday, and purchased tickets to New York over the O. R. & N. line. NEW YORK. March 14. Northwestern people registered at New York hotels to day as follows: From Portland Captain C. G. Graves, at the Astor; R. Blsbee, at the Malbor ough; Mrs. L. Lewis, at the Continental. From Seattle F. Richter, at the Alber marle; A. Lelwer. at the Imperial; A Hanson, at the Imperial. WASHINGTON, March 14. E. C. Gllt ner secretary to Senator McBrlde, and his'slster left for their home at Salem to day. AfeAAj After He Comes he has a h ard enough time. Every thing; that the expectant mother can do to help her child she should do. 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