Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, April 23, 1901, Image 6

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Newspaper Page Text'THE MOBNTNtt OttEGONTAN, TUESDAY, 'APRIL 23, 1901. Entered at the Postofflce at Portland, Oregon, , as second-class matter. TELEPHONES. Editorial "Rooms. ICC 1 Business Office.. .007 HEyiSED SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By Mall "(ixstace prepaid). In Advance Daily, -wth Sunday, per month.. .........$ So Daily. Sunday excepted, per jear.. ........ 7 50 Daily, vh Sundaj, per jear 9 GO Sunday. iper year j.... 2 00 The Weekly, per Sea ...:..V:i...... 1 SO The "Weekly, months 50 To Citf Subscrlbera Dally, per week, delivered, Sundaj s excepted.lSc T)ally, per week, delered, Sundaj s lncluded.20c POSTAGE RATES. "Cnlted States, Canada and Mexico: 10 to 30-page paper... ............. ..........lc 30 to 32-page paper.. .................... ....lie 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." The Oregonlan does not,buy poems or stories Irom individuals, and cannot undertake to re turn anymanii8cript sent to It without olIcl tatlon. Yo stamps should bo Inclosed tfor this purpose Puget "Sound Bureau Captain A. Thompson, ofllce at Jill Pacific a enue, Tacoma. Box 955, Tacoma Postotllce. Eastern Business Ofllce 47, 48, 49 and 59 Tribune building, JCew Tork City; 409 "The Hookery," Chicago, the S C Beckwlth special agency, Eastern representative. For sale In San Francisco by J. K. Cooper. 740 Market street, near the Palace Hotel; Gold smith Bros., 230 Sutter street; F. "IV. Pitts. 1008 Market street; Foster & Orear. Ferry news stand. For sale, in Los "Angeles, by B. -F. Gardner. 259 So. Sprjng street, andveji-aine 103 6o. Spring-street. , V..,., For sale in Chicago by the P. 0. Kews -Co., 217 Dearborn street. For Bale in Omaha by H. C Shears, 105 N. Sixteenth- .street, and Barkalow Bros., 1012 Farnam street. , Tor sale in Salt Lake by the Salt X.akc New s Co., 77 W. Second South street. On file in Washington, D. C, with A. W. Dunn, 500 14th N. W. For sale in' Dejiyer.Cold, Jby Hamilton & Kendrick, 9003)12 Seenlh-5rtreet. TODAY'-S WEATHCB. Occasional showers; southwesterly -winds. PORTLAND, TUESDAY, APRIL 23. ' THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IX THE SOUTH. General disfranchisement of the ne groes of the Southern States produces conditions that suggest to Republicans the feasibility of an attempt all along the line to divide the "white vote "with the Democrats. So long as the negroes, voted the grgat mass of - them, would vote the Republican'tlcket; and this in turn kept the -whites massed in the Democratic party. But now, through the action of the Democratic party, the negroes, in most of the states where they are numerous, have been deprived of the "suffrage that is to say, the suf frage has been hedged about with diffi culties too great for the negroes to pver come. So the negro question "will be less tense In politics. But.it "will not pass at once; for It "will require a long time to overcome the force of preju dice and habit, among a large class of the "White voters. It was for the reason that the Re publicans Intend to appeal to the whites of the South, that no countenance was given to the proposal made In Congress to cut down the power of the Southern States in the House of Representatives and in the Electoral College. Other wise that proposal would have been pushed hard, and -probably carried1 through. It " was .believed that the chance was fair for division of the whites of the Southern -'States, on new issues. Moreover, it would not be pos sible for the Republicans to do anything towards restoration of the elective fran chise to the negroes, even if such at tempt were made. The Republicans in Congress therefore resolved to recognize unalter&hlevcontiitions and'to act in ac cord with &ien The Administration, it is said, isv now taking action in conformity with this policy. The .New Tork Herald's report from "Washington says that appoint ments recently made by the President In Southern States are looked upon as significant of a purpose to cut loose from the old order of things In the South, and to put the Republican party there as fast as possible on a white man's basis. John G. Capers has lately been appointed United States District Attorney or 'South -Carolina, ' against the recommendation of the old Republi can machined and W. G. Chaffee, .Post master at Aiken, in that state, over a Republican worker recommended by the Republican National Committeeman of South Carolina. Capers and Chaffee are GoldDempcrats and were appoint ed chiefly"upon the recommendation of Senator McLaurin, who has announced his purpose of acting with the Repub licans hereafter. "Prominent Gold DemocrAts?ltt tefer the South," says the Herald, "refused to support Mr. Bryan in 1896 and 1900, and gradually drifted away from the old-line Demo cratic moorings. Added to this element Is a younger generation, with new ideas and new ambitions In politics, who have become indirectly associated with the Republican Administration." Commenting on this state of facts, the Louisvrtle Courier-Journal Temarks: "It is not to be doubted that the Re publicans look to these elements as the nucleus of a real Republican party in the South, though -McLaurin counts more on the sentiment for expansion and industrial development than upon the obsolete financial issue. It is be cause the Republicans hope jto found a party among the reputable and repre sentative white.ypt;er6.ofAhe South that they look with such -equanimity on the" abridgment of the Illiterate black vote, feeling sure that -with the elimination of the fear of negro supremacy the whites Wjill divide on current economic and political issues." The Courier Journal says frankly that it "would be idle to cpntend that these expectations are "baseless. But It would depend largely on what course the Democratic party may pursue hereafter. "It can-' not retain Its present adherents," says the Courier-Journal, "by clinging to dead Issues; by existing only as 'a party of opposition; by allowing the Republi cans to 'appropriate its own principles In their attitude to current affairs, and then blindly opposing those principles because 'jthe Republicans have stolen them." , The difficulty of contending success fully with the bubonic plague is as great in Hong Kong as in Bombay. Conditions of overcrowding and filth are slmilarln these cities, "and the Ig norance and superstition of the classes upon whom the disease gorges yet is never filled is so great that sanitary science is "baffled in all attempts to stamp it out. It is thus that, notwith standing" the most strenuous efforts on the part of medical and sanitary scien tists to check the plague in Hong Kong, Its ravages continue, with Indications that they will be greater the coming Summer than for many years past We have here the old story of suffering, disease and death due to filth and igno rance, the sickening details of which have been recited at Intervals through out the ages, and of which death Is the only merciful feature. In the mean time, while this disease grows by what It feeds upon in its vicinity, it is a ver itable stowaway of commerce, and the utmost vigilance at both ends of the line is required to shut out, dislodge or arrest it, as the case may be. The desire to "clean up" in advance of the arrival of our expected visitors next month shows proper pride and self-respect, but It is a matter of much great er importance that we keep so clean that an unbidden guest from the Orient, In the form of this justly dreaded dis ease, -ill find, if it steals a passage to this port and effects a landing, no con genial quarters in which to lodge. This is more than a matter of pride; it is a question of public safety and sanitary honor. TARIFFS NOT PREfCIPLES. In the controversy that Is raging over the Russian high-tariff answer to the Dingley high-tariff sugar duties, the truth lies with neither extreme of con troversy. Russia's employment of duties to protect her home productions does not prove the correctness of our own tariff system on the one hand, nor does our manifest need of tariff reform dem onstrate, on the other hand, that Rus sia' is in error in resorting to high tar iffs. Practical statesmanship must find a middle ground. There are in politics no fixed political principles of uniform and unchanging application. There Is no philosophy of -tariff taxation pertinent to all times and places. Protection is not as many Re publicans profess, nor is free trade, as many Democrats and students believe, a principle of action or an ideal for realization. Each Is simply a means to 'a specific end, and while either may be at a given time a safe working hypothe sis, neither Is ever a guiding rule to be sought for its own sake. The effect-of a high tariff or of a low tariff that is protective in purpose and result may be disastrous or It may be beneficent. Fifty-six years ago a tax on foodstuffs entering the United King dom would have benefited its agricul tural classes in raising the price of certain of their crops, but It would have been a burden on the working classes generally and repressive on manufactures, so the corn laws were repealed. On the other hand, there have been times in the history of the United States when tariffs undoubtedly served the" purpose of building up home factories that could not otherwise have survived. This was at the expense of the whole body of consumers of Iron and steel, for example, or of woolens; but it was worth while in the long run to pay the cost of establishing these great Industries. The danger is, as we see clearly enough now, that this pro cess will be kept up long after it has passed the stage of usefulness; and that these once infant industries, now grown 'strong and defiant, decline to forego the benefaction they have so long en joyed, and through legislation compel the home consumer to pay a relatively high price for his purchases,, In order, that the factories may sell at a less price abroad. The effect of this pro cess is equivalent to the"bestowal of a bounty upon home producers, to enable them to export with profit. There is no difference, so far as the masses are concerned, between export bounties on the German plan or tariffs on steel rails on the American plan. In Russia we have a sort of connecting-link between, these two superficially different but fundamentally identical devices. Russia specifically maintains higher prices for certain manufactured products at home, in order that their makers may be able to hold export trade with lower prices. This is a dis guised but efficient form of protection, as real as Dingley rates with us or bounties on" sugar with the Germans. But because export bounties operate to supply England with cheap sugar at the expense of Continental taxpayers, and because our tariffs are drawn up by sugar and steel trusts, is not proof positive that Russia's protective policy is not good for her. To build up'manu factures at the expense of the home consumer Is a legitimate object of de sire on the part of a people in a back ward state of industrial development. ,The difference is likely to be that when Russian manufacturers can stand alone' they will not have the power at St. Petersburg our protected trusts have at "Washington. HISTORY FALSIFIED. The wrath of the anti-annexationists over the capture of -Aguinaldo, "the Bolivar of the Philippines," took the form of pretending to believe that the action of Funston was contrary to the methods of modern civilized warfare, and in support of this view it was as serted that when a company of Confed erate soldiers dashed into Cumberland, Md., in the Winter of 1865, they captured Major-General George Crook and Gen eral B. P. Kelly, taking them from their beds at a hotel. A Leavenworth corre spondent of the Chicago Times-Herald recited these facts in the Chicago Times-Herald with the following com ment: When General Robert E. Lee heard of It he ordered the prisoners sent back to our lines, saying he did not approve t)f this st le of war fare. He did not consider it honorable. Per haps General Lee nas wrong in his notion of military honor. Of course, every intelligent soldier knew this story was a falsehood, for Brigadier-General E. W. Stoughton had been captured in bed by Colonel John S. Mosby at Fairfax Courthouse, March 8, 1S63, and quickly conveyed by his captors to the camp of General Fitz hugh Lee. Mosby and his men were able to surprise General Stoughton be cause they wore our uniforms and pre tended to be members of the Fifth New York Cavalry. General Lee did not or der the release of General Stoughton, and of course he did not order the re lease of so valuable a prisoner as Major General George Crook, captured in the same way two years later. General Crook was released on parole after a brief season of captivity simply be cause he was to be exchanged for the Confederate Major-General Trimble, a distinguished graduate of West Point. General Grant made special exertions" to secure the prompt exchange of General Crook, as he desired to use his valuable services as a cavalry division com mander in the Spring campaign of March, 1865. These are the facts as to the capture and release of General Crook. He was not sent back-to our lines by General Lee because he dlsap- I proved of .the. method of his capture as dishonorable. He was paroled and promptly exchanged for one of the ablest and most distinguished Major Generals of Lee's army, then a prisoner in ourhands. It is a curious fact that so absurd an assertion should be made and w.idely circulated by the anti-annexationists as that which Imputes to General Lee the repudiation of the capture of General Crook. And yet this historical false hood was not more absurd than the original denunciation of Funston's ex ploit. Military usage and military pre cedents are all against this assumption, but the Outlook deemed it necessary to procure the opinion of Professor Theo dore S. Woolsey, of Tale College, as to the practice of civilized warfare. Pro fessor Woolsey answered that, even if the United States was waging war with a civilized power, General Funston would not be properly criticised for em ploying forged letters. The truth Is, the practice of modern warfare forbids the murdering of prisoners or poisoning wells or giving up a city to such sack and rapine as Magdeburg suffered at the hands of Tilly when he could help it, or Badajoz at the hands of Welling ton, when he probably couldn't help it. To play the part of a spy Is not prohib ited per se by modern codes of war, but its practice of course places the spy out side of the pale of protection as a prlsr oner of war if he failed. A soldier caught within the enemy's lines In the enemy's uniform Is subject to the fate of a spy. Those who have read Feni more Cooper's novel of "The Spy" will remember that George Washington is represented as treating Harvey Birch with the highest respect and sympathy, and he intended to promote Sergeant Champe, who deserted to the enemy, en tered their service, took the oath and wore the uniform in order to kidnap Benedict Arnold. THE ARMY SCANDAL. Whether the frauds In the Commis sary Department at Manila prove to be great or small, it is clear that they grow out of the practice of making large political influence the only quali fication necessary for military appoint ment. The Army became so badly de moralized under Alger and Corbin that the administration of Secretary Root still suffers from the evil consequences of the acts of his predecessors. ' On the outbreak of the war with Spain the vol unteer staff departments were filled up with hundreds of men appointed with out examination, chiefly for political reasons. The testimony of professional soldiers and inspecting officers in the embalmed beef Inquiry was unanimous that most of these political appoint ments were wholly incompetent, and some of them are now doing time in Federal penitentiaries or awaiting trial for malfeasance In office. Captain James C. Reed, of the Manila Commis sary Department, who is to be put on trial, is one of these men who was ap pointed through political pull in 1898 without examination as to fitness or merit or proof of previous character and reliability. Despite the fact thattthe administra tion of the Army was disgraced by seri ous scandals in 1S9S and 1899, the new administration has made up its recently published list of eighty-five Paymas ters, Quartermasters and Commissaries appointed' to the regular Army largely from the same men who were appointed to the volunteers under Alger. They were admitted to the volunteers without examination of any kind, and now they have been commissioned in the regu lars without any test as to fitness. They were originally appointed because of their political influence, and they owe their commissions In the regular Army to the same cause. This' Captain James C. Reed would 'have been on this list had it not been for the, fact that the news of the frauds at Manila appeared to implicate him with his subordinates. In the entire list of eighty-five Pay masters, Commissaries and Quarter 'masters appointed to the regular Army, there are only five regular officers. As a" matter of simple justice, the list ..should, have been largely made up of. young West Point graduates who had served faithfully in Cuba, the Philip-' pines or China, and been more or less permanently disabled for campaign ser vice in the line through wounds or dis ease. Colonel Charles A. Woodruff, U. S. A., Chief Commissary at Ma nila, owed his original appointment in the Commissary Department to his rec ord for remarkable gallantry in battle with the Nez Perce Indians, and in the old Army before the Civil War it was customary when there was a vacancy in the staff department to appoint a line officer of excellent record for cour age and conduct on the field of battle. Thus the outbreak of the Civil War found Longstrejet, because of his bril liant record in the war with Mexico, a Paymaster, and Hancock a Quarter master, and David Hunter, a Pay master. A gallant officer, unfitted by wounds or disease, for the hardships of a campaign, would be entirely ade quate to tlje work of a Paymaster, Quartermaster or Commissaryp and could earn full pay either until his health became fully restored or he was obliged to ask for retirement. Eight of these new regular officers are vet erans of the Civil War, and are cer tain to go upon the retired list within three or four years at the most. It is humiliating to look at the Army Register and note the number of unfit appointments that havebeen made from civil life to the Pay Department since the outbreak of the war with Spain In 1898. Paymaster Charles Newbold, who was made Major and Paymaster from civil life in 1899, did not lead a storm ing column as Longstreet did at Molino del'Rey; he was only the Presidential milkman. Paymaster Jerome B. Wat rous. appointed Major and Paymaster in 1898, did not have the record of wounds and valor, that Hancock had when he was made a Quartermaster; he was nothing but a broken-down edi tor near the age of retirement. These appointments are bad enough, but a more conspicuous illustration of the same evil tendency is the advancement of Generals Frederick D. Grant and Leonard Wood to Brigadier-Generalships in the regular Army. - It is true that excellent officers, like Generals Chaffee, "MacArthur, Wheaton, Schwan, Bates, Hall, have been pro moted, but the fact that both the con spicuously fit and the conspicuously unfit have received the same reward must be demoralizing to the Army, since it implies that honors such as Chaffee and Wheaton won by long, faithful and gallant soldierly service can be obtained much more quickly by means of social and political influence and newspaper puffery. Of course, such a thing as professional pride cannot long remain in an army where young officers see an able politician in uni form, like Corbin, a Major-General; be hold a recent Assistant Surgeon become a Brigadier-General, and a man of such versatile inefficiency as Fred Grant ele vated to the same rank solely because he is the son of his father. General Grant Is coming home. He was always General Debility in brains and force of character at West Point, as Minister to Austria, as a man of business, as Police Commissioner of New York City, and as a politician, and yet he is a Brigadier General in the regular Army. PORTLAND'S MARITIME GROWTH. An SOOO-ton 'steamship is lying in Portland harbor at the present time, discharging a cargo of freight from the far East, preparatory to loading a full outward cargo of Oregon products for the ports from which she came. This vessel, the pioneer ship of a line estab lished to 'run in connection with the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Com pany, steamed over the 100-mile course between Astoria and Portland in a little over eight hours, and, despite her great length and ponderous beam, found it unnecessary to slow down to ease her way around any of the bends in the river. The arrival of the Indravelli In Portland harbor marks an epoch in the commercial history of the city and state. The old Beaver, the pioneer in steam navigation on the Pacific Coast, made her first trip up the Columbia drawing about twelve feet of water. She was under sail at that time, and was sixteen days from Astoria to Fort "Vancouver. Her log contains frequent mention of points where she "tailed on the sands" which had' been drifting into the chan nels of the river for countless thousands of years, and the hardy mariners who steered the pioneer craft undoubtedly thought she was "too big for the river." Nearly fifteen years after the arrival of the Beaver the steamship Caroline came into the river, followed a few weeks later by the Goldhunter, -the latter being a Portland steamship, owned by men who had faith In the future of this city as a seapprt The Goldhunter's net registered tonnage was nearly one-sixth as large as that of tlie Indravelli, but ohe could not carry more than' one-tenth the cargo that can be stowed on the mammoth freighter now in port. The successors of the Goldhunter gradually sluiced out a kind of a chan nel, which a quarter of a century ago ,admitted of the passage up and down the river with only moderate delays of vesselB of a carrying capacity of from 1500 to 2000 tons, the latter being a big cargo In time the Government came to the rescue of the navigators, and be gan digging out the river, and there has since been a steady Improvement in the channel and a corresponding increase in the size of the steamers visiting the port. The Portland & Asiatic Steamship Company may have perhaps discounted the future to a certain extent in secur ing such mammoth steamers as the In dravelli, Indrapura and Knight Com panion. These steamers have double the carrying capacity of the Canadian Pacific's' big Oriental liners, which have for years been the best steamers plying between the Orient and North Pacific ports, but by the time4 the three years' charter of the vessels' expires the de mands pf the port will undoubtedly re quire even greater steamers. If the new Port ofrPortland Commission makes as good a showing In the coming three years as was made by the retiring com mission in the same length of time, ther.e will be plenty of water between this port and Astoria for vessels of 5000 tons' greater capacity than the record breaking carrier that Is now here. Portland at last has a permanent Ori ental steamship line, and Its business is handled by larger carriers than are em ployed on any other line on the Pacific Coast north of San Francisco. It has long been apparent that the champions of Mrs. Maybrick In the United States have Injured her pros pects for release from Aylesbury prison by their ill-tempered and always 111 'tlmed zeal. This fact is further made manifest by the Statement of Henry White, secretary of the United States Embassy at London, ?who says plainly: "The worst thing that can happen for Mrs. Maybrick Is the resumption of the agitation of her case in this country." The championship of her unfortunate countrywoman's cause by the late Miss Abigail Dodge (Gail Hamilton), though sincere and energetic, was detrimental rather than otherwise to the prisoner's cause, arousing as it did by its very earnestness the bulldog nature of Eng lish "jurisprudence. British law arro gates to itself infallibility of judgment and inflexibility of purpose. To hope to prevail against its decrees by the, American method of agitation is at once futile and foolish. , Since the re lease of Mrs. Maybrick cannot by any' possibility be accomplished through assaults upon the alleged Injustice of the rulings of -the court by" which she was condemned, ft 'is clearly the part of wisdom to forego such procedure, at least until her freedom has been se cured. Mr. White evidently believes she has been unjustly condemned, and, of course, that she is unjustly held, but he is diplomatic enough not to seek her release by bold arraignment of British justice, which In self-defense would' then array its power against his plea. Americans, prone -to allow their zeal to outrun their judgment, will do well to take Mr. White's advice In this mat ter. The death of Mrs. Martha A., wife of William Barlow, closes a record of hos pitality and usefulness that extended over many years of the pioneer era. Prior to the last three or four years, during which Mrs. Barlow had been for the most part an invalid, she was well and widely known. She had been a fa miliar presence at neighborhood gather ings, fairs and other social and indus trial occasions, for many years, carry ing always a genial, hospitable atmos phere, typical of her Southern birth and early pioneer surroundings. She will be kindly remembered by a large circle of friends who knew and loved her In her prime. The funeral and Interment will take place at Oregon City today. With ships like the Indravelli coming to Portland, there is no excuse for farther support of Puget Sound lines hy Portland exporters or importers. Lack of loyalty in this matter Is a matter of public concern, and may be made a proper object of public inquiry. Another move has been made in the McDaniel case. It is the filing of a brief which will facilitate matters' by giving the other side 20 days in which to reply. I Claire Fitch was murdered July 19. 1899. THE LATE LEGISLATURE. A Statement That Specially Concerns Certain Members From Linn. ALBANY, Or., April 22. (To the Editor.) My attention has been called to some communications and editorials as pub lished in some of the newspapers of thl3 state, calling In question the Integrity of some of the members of the late Legisla ture. It looks very much as though this course was being adopted for the purpose of screening the men whose course In said Legislature was questionable. The men who did nqt yield to temptation and were true to their political organization have been criticised more severely than those members who were recreant to their trust and untrue to the political party who elected them. The all-absorbing question of the late Legislature, and that which was paramount to every other question was the election of a United States Sen ator. Under fair and honest party discipline every man that was In opposition to the Republican party in the June election last was or should have been retired from the Senatorial contest, owing to the fact that the Legislature was Republican in poll tics. A short time after balloting for the election for a United States Senator had commenced in the late Legislature, Mr. Corbett had received the number of votes which entitled him to a caucus nomina tion from the Republican members of said Legislature, and under all party rules he was entitled to be elected to the United States Senate by the votes of the Repub lican members. The election of Mr. Corbett was sought and claimed as a matter of right from the party that Mr. Corbett was a member of. This was honorable and right, and all the Corbett men asked of the oppo sition to the Republican party was to keep out of the then political contest and let the Republican members of the Legis lature settle the Senatorial election as they had a right to do, without any Inter ference by ,men elected In opposition to the dominant party. There wae no act on the part of Mr. Corbett or his friends or supporters that came to light or was even hinted at, so far as my knowledge goes, that would In any way compromise the honor or the success of the Republican party of this state. It was plain to be seen from the "beginning that Mr. Corbett had but one rival or opponent In the Sen atorial race, which fact was well known early In the session. It was also well understood that Mr. McBride's candidacy was being pushed by the opposition to Mr. Corbett for the purpose of putting up a combine that would defeat Mr. Corbett, McBrlde and all opposing candidates. Tho pretended friends of McBrlde were steer ing from the beginning, and" all the time In the direction of the election of John H. Mitchell. An organization was effected and en tered into by the men who were secretly supporting Mr. Mitchell, but pretending to be supporting Mr. McBrlde. that after its organization largely controlled legis lation and' appropriations which were then pending before the Legislature. Said legislation and appropriations did not, un der all circumstances, stand upon their merits, but were voted down or passed In accordance with who was asking for the legislation or appropriation, and they .were as a' rule supported, whether such legisla tion or appropriation was right or wrong, providing the parties asking for the pas sage of said measure or measures or the appropriation were In line with the "com bine," and were numbered among those that could be relied upon to support Mr. Mitchell for the Senate. The word went out from Mitchell's head quarters that they were "fixed to do busi ness," and members of the Legislature were invited to call, and some of the men who did call were told that If they wanted money. It was there for them, providing they would assist In the election of Mr. Mitchell to the Senate. It looked as though the Mitchell men were willing to enter Into any kind of deal or pas any 'kind of a law that would have a tendency to weaken the Republican party, providing they could secure In return assistance In the election of Mr. Mitchell to the Senate. No blame, I think, could be attached to members elected upon a citizens' ticket In Republican counties who had received tho support of Mr. Mitchell for support ing Mr. Mitchell in return for the Senate. A different rule would prevail in coun ties where the opposition to the Republ icans were in the majority, and where the Republican ticket had been unsuccess ful at the last election, as was the case In Linn and some other counties. Men elected to the Legislature upon a ticket in opposition to the Republican party had no right to sell themselves, neither did they have the right to betray their con stituency. Such perfidy and rascality ought to receive the condemnation of. all honest people. There were elected to the last Legisla ture In Linn County men upon a ticket In opposition to the Republican party who voted for Mr. Mitchell, and tho same men a few days prior to said time were anx ious to vote for Mr. Corbett, providing arrangements could be made that would be satisfactory to them. It is charitable, however, to suppose that those members forgot the Issues of the late campaign, and if they did, why was it when meas ures were pending and upon their final passage in the House that they had promised to support in the late campaign, that they would and did absent them selves from the House, as was done by G. B. Montague, when the bill called the mortgage tax law bill was put upon its final passage in the House? Was this a part of the deal when they went back on their constituency and abandoned the party that elected them to the Legisla ture? The so-called reform forces and papers In Oregon claim that they are opposed to corruption in politics. On the strength of those claims and after the adjournment of the last Legislature I prepared a let ter , to be published In the People's Press In Albany, and I handed said letter to the editor of said paper for publica tion, and in that letter I asked the fol lowing question, viz.: "Wouldn't It be well for you, through the columns of your paper, to Inquire Into the terms of the deal by which we In Linn County lost two of our men In the last Legislature, and' why It was that they got over into the Republican camp, and got to voting for a Republican for the United States Senate?" I then, In said letter, made the following offer: "If you have any trouble In ascertain ing the financial portion of said deal, and if you will cann on me for the desired lnformatlon.I will assist you so that you can ferret out the full facts concerning said transaction, setting forth In full the names of the contracting parties and the amount of money paid for the votes of those two renegades from tho two old political parties." I failed to secure the publication of the above statement In said paper, and the editor thereof refused on the ground that the Inquiry called In question the integ rity of the members who had voted for Mr. Mitchell. Comment on this kind of reform politics is not necessary. J. J. WHITNEY. I - , Not Worth While. New York Tribune. China is one of the few powers which were represented at the Peace Congress at The Hague, but which have not yet signed the arbitration treaty which was the outcome of that memorable gath ering. Perhaps she thinks that In pres ent circumstances it really Is not worth while to waste the ink. Better Off as They Are. i Baltimore American. Woman suffrage is reported as mak ing little progress In Great Britain, on account of the apathy of the fair sex to its political rights. It may be that the gentler half of humanity are un willing to exchange absolute despotism for mere influence AMUSEMENTS. The reputation of La Loie Fuller is equal to a great deal, but it staggered under the task Imposed upon tz at the Marquam, last night- that of persuading a large audience that they were being agreeably entertained by a pick-up company of very ordinary specialty people. Taking out the two spectacular dances, which are a good deal of the same old thing, and the clever specialty of Ada Lewis, the evening was one dreary waste of indifferent singing and flat comedy sketches. One Edward Adame, who would possibly be the direct cause of a "rough house" If he attempted to sing In a concert hall, rendered a pa thetic ballad, entitled "The Moth and the Flame," which so delighted him that he cheerfully responded to two Imaginary en cores, and came gaily tripping on the stage later In the programme, to sing a coon song, which was also a source of much apparent pleasure to him. There Is a re freshing quality In Mr. Adams' nerve that compels admiration, and the unflinching fashion In which he faced the suspicious ly sibilant sounds from the gallery showed him to be a young man of great courage. Mr. Charles Arthur and Miss Ida Ban ning were the principals in a brace of al. leged comedy sketches which probably had some meaning, but which were rather foggy to the audience, who saw the cur tain descend on them without being quite clear as to what they were all about. It may be that this density on the part of the audience was due to a lack of appre ciation of true humor. MIso Isabel Dawson gave an Imitation of Mrs. Flske in "Tess," which, however, was not of a character to inspire Mrs. Flske with any lively fear that Miss Daw eon will drive her from the stage. The lady also reappeared several times, which. In view of the fact that she came entire ly of her own volition, shows her nature to be verv generous and kindly. Harry Braham gave a specialty entitled "Masks and Faces," In which he did a number of fairly good Imitations, and accomplished some feats in change of costume which were Interesting. Ada Lewis' specialty, "The Tough Girl," was wholly good, and the manner In which she was received left no .doubt that there was abundant opportunity for good work to shine. Miss Fuller's dancing, or rather her pos ing, Is much the same as formerly. She has added a few new effects, and has en larged her powers of festooning countless yards of drapery about her. The light effects were really beautiful, and when It Is remembered that Miss Fuller was the originator of this form of dance, all praise should be accorded her. The same bill will be given tonight. "More Tljnn Queen." The sale of seats will open this morn ing at 10 o'clock for Blanche Walsh at "the Marquam Grand, where she appears Thursday, Friday, Saturday matinee at 2:15, and evening, April 25, 2S and 27. Miss Walsh, who, by sheer merit and very moderate luck, has secured for her self unquestioned recognition as one ot the few really good actresses on the English-speaking stage, comes to the Mar quam Grand. April 25, 26 and 27. Always personally "attractive, Miss Walsh has, during the past few years, developed her artistic capabilities In a manner that can only be described as wonderful. Local play-goers have not forgotten the tri umphs she achieved hero last year In rep ertoire, and now that she Is to be seen In a sumptuous and costly production of "More Than Queen," she will be assured of a good hearing to begin with, and those who best understand her capabilities will have confidence in her, ability to deepen the excellent Impression she has already made upon Chicago play-goers. Praise for Miss Denn. PORTLAND, April 22. (To the Editor.) I read with much interest, in this morn ing's issue, your most worthy criticism of the Nelll Company, In their splendid production of "UnderaTwc Flags." .This, however, Is coupled with a taint of disap pointment when I note that no mention Is made of Miss Dean and her superb work in "A Bachelor's Romance." Ad mitting, of course, that no opportunity Is given Miss Chapman here, as in the for mer play, yet you will agree with me that "A Bachelor's Romance" Is far more true to nature, and much more artistic, or, I might say, successful as a play, than the former. "Under Two Flags," as compared with the "Romance," Is certain ly a disappointment, after the book has been read. What a beautiful lesson we have in this little "Romance"! How It simulates and gives a new vision of the purity of life. Yes; It Is like finding the Lily of Yarrow. And, surely, the success of this play, which is, without doubt, tho best in the Nelll repertoire. Is largely due to the most artistic work of Miss Dean. Very respectfully, A SUBSCRIBER. Success of Mnrtinelll's Mission. New York Mall and Express. Monslgnor Martlnelll's creation as a cardinal Increase the Importance of the papal delegation In the United States, but there Is a possibility that It may foreshadow Cardinal Martlnelll's with drawal from the delegation and his re turn to Rome. Cardinal Satolll, his pre decessor, was rewarded similarly for a service which was neither so long nor apparently altogether so successful as Cardinal Martlnelll's. The present apos tolic delegate Is a man of marked tact and discretion, whose Influence In this country has been constructive and con ciliatory so far as his own church is con cerned, and hns afforded no ground for criticism on the part of those of other folds. Work of Tradncers. New York Evening Sun. The attempt to discredit General Wood In Havana Is Inspired by a certain clique that doesn't find him pliable. There Is reason to believe that it Is not in tho business of political Intrigue for Its health. Among the people General Wood Is as much esteemed and respected as at any period of his administration. He Is still the most popular man In Cuba. He Never Would Be Missed. Kansas City Journal. "What would the world have done if Pierpont Morgan had never been born?" exclaims -a contemporary. It would have continued to revolve on Its axis Just as it Is doing now, and as It will keep right on doing If Mr. Morgan should happen to fall off or It. The world, we believe, got along fairly well by Itself up to the time Mor gan took charge of It. ii Flowers. Frank L. Stanton In Atlanta Constitution. I. Not like you gave them! They are withering now,' But something lingers of rememberod grace A touch, a tone the beauty of your face. And walf3 of dark locks clustering o'er your brow. II. 'Fore heaven, 'tis something in this world of strife, To And this color coming from the clod! To know there is one woman in this life Who knows a violet is the breath of God. III. Who reaps rare roses from dim vales of rest. From all the terror of the world apart. And while the red thorn bruises her dear breast, Hlde3 it within the cloisters of her heart. TV. dive me the violet's and the lilies white; The lilies, with their languor, still and deep! Give me the dews that make the daisies white. Give me the poppie3 that are .fain of Sleep. Give me tho dreams! . . . And let me think the skies Arched In great blue, or darkening from above. In all their gloom in ail their mysteries Hold no name dearer than the name of Love' NOTE AND COMMENT. Better set your burglar alarms and load your guns. Good morning, how much did they rob you of last night? The modern Frankenstein Is the medical student whj cultivates plague bacilli. The torture of Aguinaldo continues. He will be forced to move on the first of May. The man who eats cucumbers la the; most pitiable victim of green goods on record. Now that King Edward's salary lsi raised, perhaps he can put up a little of the money for that war loan. John Barrett has got another job. There are still a few left, however, and John Is only about 34 years old. If the Duchess of Gainsborough were only alive now what an Inducement she would have to go on the stage. The manifesto has not led any of the Bostonlans to swear allegiance, but they are a slow lot up there, anyway. If Andrew Carnegie continues to give away his money he Is likely to, be caught and clapped Into the British Museum. Jim JefTrles says that he eats a good many prunes. That he Is so little swelled up Is a sad commentary on his absti nence from cold water. The Viceroy of Canton has undertaken to kill off 3000 robbers. If hi3 labors shall prove successful he can find a large field for his talents In some of the cities which are in need of municipal reform. In tho Spring the oily butter warns you that it's time for ice. In the Spring damp small potatoes make a swift advance in price. In the Spring good food is hopeless to all men of modest means, , In the Spring It costs a fortune to equip tha house with screens. "Some of these political bosses acquire singular appetites," said an old wheel horse. "Think of a man like Senator Quay making a meal off boiled cabbage and champagne. I went up to his house one night and found him at dinner. Ho sent for me to come into the dining room. The Senator was helping himself liberally from a large dish of corned beef and cabbage, which he was washing down with champagne. It struck me as one ot the queerest combinations I had ever seen." "A woman came In here the other day," said a glove salesman In a department store, "and wanted to buy a left' glove to replace one she had lost; and hers was not the only request of the kind I have ha. I believe women loso their left gloves more often because they wear their rings on their left hands and whenever they find It necessary to re move a glove they take It off the hand that Is adorned, and then absent-mindedly drop It or lay It down somewhere and forget It, Instead ot clasping It to the wrist of Its fellow." The government of Bengal hns devoted the sum of 50,000 rupees to bo expanded In research work having for Its end the assistance of India Indigo planters In the Improvement of their Industry, says a London newspaper. The natural Indigo Industry Is threatened with extinction by the products declared to be superior of German chemistry. .After innumera ble attempts a synthetic Indigo has been produced, and has been rapidly displacing the vegetable product of the Indian plan ters, who find themselves unable to com pete, either In price or quality, with tho superior dye of the German laboratories. Several Eastern Insurance men were talking recently about new wrinkles In their business. "I firmly believe," said one, "that Insurance against being burled alive would pay. It Is surprising how many people have a dread that suspended animation may be mistaken for death. I know a woman who has actually mado her husband promise that If he survives her he will stick a hat pin through her heart before she Is burled, to make suro that no spark of life remains. In certain, parts of Europe they have what are known as mortuary houses, where the dead are taken and subjected to various tests to make sure that death is abso lutely certain. I believe there 13 a bill providing for a similar course now before the Massachusetts Legislature. If such a mortuary building Is established, multi tudes of people would gladly pay, say 5100. to be Insured In a company that would guarantee to make the necessary tests before burial or cremation." "But suppose the alleged corpse should come to life under the treatment?" asked a lis tener. "In that case." said the man who had previously spoken, "It ought to ba worth something to the company." . t blfK PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHEItS Admiration. "I suppose you admire strictly legitimate actors more than any other kind." "I do." answered Mr. &tormlngton Barnes; "for their courage." Washington Star. "Wholly Obliterated Anxiety. "As you get older do you notice that your memory weak ens a trifle now and then?" "A trifle? Hunt I've got so that I don't even remember that I wanted to remember something." Chicago Record-Herald. Maid It je plaze. ma'am, Mr. Dudelelgh Is at the teleDhone an' wants to spake wid you. Mrs. Bloomer That awfully swell Mr. Dude lelgh! Jane, Just hol'd the wire till I put on my newest teagown. That man notices every thing Tit-Bits. Hard Case. De Kanter Doctor wanted ma to stop drinking between meals. Soakiey And are you golnff to do it? De Kanter Well, I offered to compromise. Told him I'd be willing to stop drinking between drinks. Philadelphia Press. "I shall soon be your new mamma." said a governess to her little ccharge. "I am going to marry your father. Freddy, dear. I wender If you are glad?" "Hurrahi" exclaimed Fred- dy. "that's simply a splendid idea. Who thought ot It first, you or father?" Tit-Bits. Discovered. "Ordered your breakfast yet. nir?" asked the affable waiter. "No, I haven't." said the guest. "I've been looking for' some one to take my order. You may bring me two soft-boiled eggs and a piece of apple pie." "Yes, sir; how were things In Boston when you left, sir?" Philadelphia Press. The Future of the Famous. Baltimore American. How fade the glories of the great! How dims the hero's fame! How sink and die the shout and cry. The plaudit and acclaim! Our Dewey had a month orso. While Hobson's day was brief. And Funston must keep raising dust Or he will come to grief. Tho hero bows his bravest bow. But ere he lifts hla head Some other wight leaps Into sight. And all his fame is dead. Full soon the shouting dies away. And scorn gives place to praise The Carrie Nation verdict is: "Ten dollars or ten days." What boots the deed of daring, then? Where is a ray of hope? Each hero's name goes down to fame In tea or fancy soap. But, wait a hundred years or soK And then they'll have a chance. They'll dare and do the pages through In history-romance.