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LABOR. AIYD TARIFF.
The rhetorical skill and abounding
literary resources -enjoyed by Mr. Ed
ward Atkinson served him "well in the
testimony be last week submitted to the
Industrial Commission on the relation
cf high wages to Industrial ascendency.
Sir. Atkinson has been, right -on some
things, like the gold standard; he has
been visionary on others, like the econ
omy of diet, and he has been mischiev
ously perverse on others, like, the ques
tion of abandoning the Philippines. Sis
View of the earning power of highly
paid mechanics has been abundantly
established by practical operators and
acute students. Knowing, therefore,
that his position is soun'd, we may
enjoy to the full his admirable array of
Its strength.
It was one of the clever sayings of
Daniel Webster, that ''we can't afford to
do ourselves what foreign paupers can
do so well for us referring to the im
portation of goods that are landed here
more cheaply than we can make them.
This characterization of wares we can
import with profit has narrowed its ap
plication with the passing years, for
the Introduction of labor-saving ma
chinery has gradually deprived Euro
pean and Asiatic cheap labor of its ad
vantage In industrial competition. Mr.
Atkinson reminds us that the earnings
of the fellaheen of Egypt and the ryots
of India are not one-fourth the earn
ings of the laborers In our cotton fields,
hardly one-tenth, including Russia,
those of the laborers in our wheat fields;
yet our cotton and our wheat constitute
the chief supply of the -world. "We are
now exporting cotton 'and cotton fab
rics, corn, .cordage, wheat and flour,
provisions, machinery and metallic
products of everykind; clocks, watches
and miscellaneous articles. If the rate
of wages goverrfed" the cost of labor In j
the product, not one dollar's worth of
these goods could leave our shores.
Why Is it"? In simple phrase, it is
because our hlghiy-paid labor turns out
so many more wares than the foreign
pauper labor that the actual wages cost
per piece ,1s less with us than with
them. Or. in Mr. Atkinson's effective
and oracular way of putting It, "if one
desires today to .find the place where
the labor cost 4s lowest in any given
unit of product to which modern inven
tion and mechanism have been applied,
he may find it hy tracing the rate of
wages to that country, section or place
where the earnings of the workman
during any consecutive perlpd of five or
ten years have been the steadiest and
at the highest rates earned in that spe
cific art, because at s"uch point the best
mechanism and the most skillful work
men will have been assembled."
Mr. Atkinson's testimony is further
cf value in Its dlsoussion of remedies
for the exceptions to our Industrial
eminence. tn.sc,me articles, we are out
classed, and he gives the reascras. Silk
manufacture seems, to stand In a class
by itself asiinvolvlng too much hand
work for our taa'chlne competition to
become available. "We fair short in bal
ing cotton and packing wool, because
we do these things In a slovenly and
dishonest manner, and his remedy for
this suggests itself. More momentous
Is his argument.fpr Iree rawT materials.
He sets up the broad principle that
we are at a disadvantage only lJn .those
few arts which canri'bt, be cejiaucted
successfully jpigut-an jwtaxed supply 4
of materialsoJJXorelgn -origin wmch are
necessary inOiB process of our domes
tic industry." The trouble with us,
where we have trouble, is, he says,
that the rawv-materlals we need to im
port "are now so -heavily taxed by du
ties upon Imports that they are at this
time In an adverse and unprofitable
condition.' -Mr. Atkinson's rule is
doubtless sound in theory, but we shall
probably be safe In construing It with
the same practical limitations that are
necessary to be observed in every de
partment of tariff discussion. It is to
be hoped, that Mr. Atkinson's argument
will do useful service In arousing the
Republican party to the need of tariff
reform.
about the 11.000-tan Glenroy, of the Tacoma
Oriental line. "Figures never lie," but the
users of them do enough of it to make up the
deficiency.
It will probably strike the visiting
Ohioans, who are searching for Infor
mation regarding the Columbia River,
as strange that a Columbia River paper
would be obliged to print Tacoma fig
ures regarding Columbia River steam
ships. The Tacoma News printed the
above figures with the deliberate in
tention of misrepresenting the compar
ative tonnage of the Glenroy and In
drapura. The Astorian reprinted the
figures through Ignorance and stupidity,
aided and abetted by a feverish desire
to get In a whack at Portland and the
Columbia River at a time when we were
entertaining guests who would never
suspect the motive for the publication
of such a piece of misrepresentation.
When The Oregonian is in search of
facts regarding the size of steamships
frequenting the waters of ,the North
west. It does not refer to the Tacoma
papers, but instead to Lloyd's Register,
an authority known and recognized
wnerever steamsnips run. The As
torian has access to the same author
ity, and had it referred to Lloyd's be
fore printing the nasty little fling at
Portland's new line to the Orient, it
would have found the dimensions of the
largest steamers of the two lines as fol
lows: Gross Under deck Net
tons. tons. tons.
Indrapura 4S90 4521 3152
Glenroy 4900 4476 3141
The Oregonian has this "to say about
the 11,000-ton Glenroy, of the Tacoma
Orlental line": She Is smaller in net
tonnage .and under-deck capacity than
the 8000-ton steamers of the Portland
Asiatic line. These steamers can carry
In weight and measurement over 10,000
tons, but are usually called 8000-ton
steamers on account of their dead
weight capacity. It may be a matter of
news to the Tacoma News and the As
toria Knocker that some of the steam
ships which the Tacoma papers are
classing as regular Oriental liners were
yesterday offering for wheat-loading In
Portland. The Astorian stands con
victed of either gross Ignorance or of
willful misrepresentation, and "It will
be interesting to note" which one of
the charges it will admit.
AX ASTORIA GEM.
The Astprlan, desiring -to present the
Columbia River and its commerce in
the best posible light, prints the follow
ing in its editorial columns:
According to the Tacoma Evening News, that
city has within. "one as many ships regularly
engaged in the Oriental trade as all other
ports on the Pacific Coast combined. If the
comparison be based upon tonnage, the show
ing of Tacoma is still more remarkable. The
News' estimate of the tonnage of Its vessels is
123,400, and of tne essels sailing between all
other Pacific CfcaSt pint -md nS Orient DS.774.
In tn8ilng'nnsrESSn1ate'tt'5Sgarertlie- tannage
of the IndrapurA .and Indravelll at 3152 tons
each, while the Glen boats.' which -call from
Tacoma. arejejven asiiaali:g a capacity of
from 5000 d fiJC0 tons, As The Oregonian
Elves the turj&s. or the' former as SO00 tons; It
will be interesting to note what it has to say
THAT LOST $31,000.
It has now been three months since a
Legislative Investigating committee re
ported a defalcation of $31,000 in the
management of the school funds under
the administration of George W. Davis
as clerk, and not a step has been taken
toward the recovery of any part of this
large sum. Why this Inaction and how
long it will continue, are questions
that are uppermost in the minds of
the people. The Oregonian, entertain
ing as it does the highest regard for
the integrity and ability of the state
officials whose duty It is to care for the
state's Interests, has waited long and
patiently for the commencement of pro
ceedings for the recovery of the money
which was stolen from the school funds
In 1891 So far as concerns the prose
cution of those who are involved per
sonally or financially In the defalca
tion, The Oregonian has no Interest
other than that which Is , shared by
every citizen, taxpayer, parent and
public school pupil In the State of Ore
gon. What It has had or may have to
say on the subject is offered solely
with a desire to promote fidelity to
public trusts and protection to public
funds; and to this end It proposes to
state plainly the situation as it now
seems to exist
George W. Davis was elected Clerk
of the School Land Board when that
board was composed of Governor Pen
noyer, Secretary of State McBride and
State Treasurer Metschan. That board
Is charged by the constitution with the
management of the school funds, and
it is as much the duty of these officials
to perform this work as It Is their duty
to perform any other work connected
with their offices. They were author
ized to employ a clerk who was subject
to their orders, and who could be dis
charged by them at any time. They
were empowered to fix the amount of
his bond at any sum not less than $5000.
They fixed his bond at the minimum
amount, and failed to require him to
obey that portion of the law which di
rects him to make immediate payment
to the State Treasurer of all moneys
collected by him. The result was a
defalcation of $31,000, for which the
state has only $5000 security, so far as
the clerk is concerned. Whether the
state has recourse updn the members
of the board Is a question that is not
settled, but ought to be. The official
terms of Pennoyer, McBride and
Metschan expired at the close of 1894,
and Davis held office six months there
after under the board composed of Gov
ernor lxrd, faecretary ivincald and
Treasurer Metschan. The defalcation
was not discovered until February 20,
when the Legislative committee report
ed a full statement of the facts to the
Legislature. On the following day the
Legislature adopted Senate concurrent
resolution No. 23, directing Attorney
General Blackburn to continue the in
vestigation, and authorizing him' to
employ clerical aid for that purpose.
An appropriation of $1000 was made to
cover the expenses of the Attorney
General's investigation. The resolution
also contained the following instruc
tion to Judge Blackburn:
That the said Attorney-General Is Instructed,
In case any mismanagement or misappropria
tion 'of the state funds be discovered to exist,
to prosecute the wrong-doer or wrong-doers to
the full extent of the law, and In all ways use
his best efforts In the protection of the inter
ests of the State of Oregon as aforesaid.
Instead of Immediately beginning the
work of completing the examination of
the books of George W. Davis, where
a defalcation had been discovered, the
clerks were put at work on the books
of Napoleon Davis, whose term of office
began so long ago that any malfeas
ance in office would be outlawed, both
civilly and criminally. After the ex
piration of three months and the ex
penditure of nearly $1000, nothing new
was developed concerning the defalca
tion, and nothing has been done to re
cover the money. Had some safe-
blower broken into the State Land Of
fice and robbed its vault of $31,000, it Is
safe to say that no three months would
have elapsed after the discovery of the
crime without some steps being taken
for the arrest and conviction of the
criminal. Is one kind of robbery less
culpable than another? Can friendship
or political associations shield a man
from prosecution for crimes the com
mission of which is tacitly admitted?
But Attorney-General Blackburn is
not alone charged with the duty of re
covering the money due the school
funds. The present board, composed
of Governor Geer, Secretary of
State Dunbar and Treasurer Moore,
is the custodian of the state's
interests in this behalf, and If
there Is any money due the school
tunds from any source it Is the plain
duty of those officials to order the com
mencement of proceedings- to recover
the same. It Is not enough to say that
the Legislature placed this duty upon
the Attorney-General. The constitution
placed the duty of managing the school
funds upon the State Land Board, and
it Is now patent, to every one that" there
are $31,000 of school funds which the
board is not managing, but should be.
The last Legislature passed an act
making it the duty of the Attorney
General, "when requested by any state
board," to appear, prosecute or defend
any action, suit or proceeding in any
court in which the state Is a party or
Is Interested. The State Land Board
has the power to require the Attorney
General to begin a suit against the old
board and against Davis and his bonds
men. If the Attorney-General refuses
to comply with the instructions given
him in the Legislative resolution, let
the board direct the commencement of
a suit, and thus perform its duty.
The Attorney-General and the present
State Land Board may be of the opin
ion that Pennoyer, Metschan and Mc
Bride are not liable for the default of
their clerk. Then let them say so. But
the people of this state believe these
gentlemen are liable, and that the state
can recover -from them. The questions
Involved are few. and can be readily
decided, with but little expense. Let
the board begin a suit, whatever its
own opinion may be, and let the Su
preme Court say whether state officials
can escape responsibility Imposed upon
them by the constitution. The money
used in examining the books of Napo
leon Davis would have paid the ex
penses of a suit against Pennoyer,
Metschan and McBride. So far as
moral obligation is concerned, the duty
of the old board to make good the
shortage is beyond question. The board
allowed Davis to retain large sums of
money for periods extending during his
own pleasure. His books were not ex
perted by the board, and no one in
quired whether all the funds had been
accounted for. More than that, State
Treasurer Metschan. the only member
of the board who served during the sub
sequent administration, used every ef
fort to have Davis retained as clerk
under the new board, and stood out for
him from January until July, voting for
him when Lord and Kincald united in
voting for General Odell. Since
Metschan occupied a position as State
Treasurer which gave him a good op
portunity to learn of -any shortage, and
by reason of his holding over until
Davis went out of office had every
chance to learn of the false entries In
the books, he, at least, can have no ex
cuse for falling to see that Davis did
his duty. But whatever the liability
of the old board, let some action be
taken toward the enforcement of Davis'
bond. The state's chances of recovery
are not Increased by delay. If no ac
tion is to be taken, if official bonds
mean nothing, let the board say so, in
order that the people may know where
their Interests stand.
Though the Legislature directed the
Attorney-General to prosecute Davis to
the full extent of the law, that official,
announces that he will leave criminal
proceedings to District Attorney Hart,
of the third judicial district. The Dis
trict Attorney has no evidence regard
ing the commission of the crime. Attorney-General
Blackburn has spent
nearly $1000 collecting evidence, and
should be in possession of all the facts
necessary to prove a charge if a wrong
exists. The Oregonian believes that the
duty of bringing offenders to justice
and of recovering money due the state
should not be shifted from one official
to another, for what is everybody's
business is nobody's business. Let this
unexplained delay cease, and let state
officials perform their duties or resign
their offices.
AN UNDESERVED STIGMA.
The death 6f General Fitz John Por
ter recalls the fact that in December,
18S2, General Grant, in a long article
contributed to the North American Re
view, declared that General Porter in.
his judgment was bearing the burden
of "an undeserved stigma" in his being
cashiered from the Army in January,
1863. having been convicted of diso
bedience of orders August 29, 1862, the
day of the battle of Groveton. Up to
the date of his expulsion from the
Army, Fitz John Porter was the ablest
all-around soldier in the Army of the
Potomac that accompanied McClellan to
the Peninsula in the campaign of 1862.
General Porter was born In New Hamp
shire, and came of the famous Porter
family, so distinguished in the annals
of American naval warfare. He was
graduated from West Point In 1845
number eight in a class of forty-one
members, which Included Generals
William F. Smith, Thomas J. Wood,
Charles P. Stone, John P. Hatch, Gor
don Granger and David A Russell, of
the Union Army. The Confederate
General Whiting, who commanded one
of Jackson's divisions against Porter
at Gaines' Mill, and was mortally
wounded at Fort Fisher, and General
Barnard E. Bee. who fell at the head
of a Georgia brigade at first Bull Run,
were also among Porter's classmates.
In the Mexican War Porter was bre
vetted for distinguished gallantry at
Molino del Rey. Chapultepec and at the
Belen gate, where he was wounded. At
the outset of the war he stood so high
that he was at once made Colonel of
the Fifteenth Infantry, one of the new
regular regiments, and was appointed
Brigadier-General of "Volunteers in
May, 1861. On the organization of the
Fifth Army Corps, during the Penin
sular campaign, Porter, who had hith
erto been commander of the so-called
"regular" division, was placed at the
head of It, and on the arrival of Mc
Call's division, known as the "Pennsyl
vania Reserves," it was added to Por
ter's command, which included all the.
troops on the left bank of the Chlcka
homlny, the Federal right wing. The
Pennsylvania Reserves, under Gen
eral George B. McCall, held the extreme
Federal right at Mechanicsville, along
the east bank of Beaver Dam Creek,
but five miles from Richmond.
This position was assaulted June 26,
1862, by A P. Hill's division of Lee's
army, and disastrously repulsed, with
the loss of 2000 men out of a force of
lO.OOp. By order of General McClellan
General Porter withdrew, McCall's di
vision the next morning 16 the position
of Gaines' Mill, about four miles east
of Beaver Dam Creek, where the Fifth
Corps would be within supporting dis
tance of the main army across the
river, while it would act as a rearguard
of the movement to the James, the
avowed purpose of McClellan being to
stand off "Stonewall ' Jackson, ap-
proaching with his corps from the Shen
andoah Valley to co-operate with Lee's f
assault from his lines before Richmond,
with Porter's Fifth Corps, until he had
safely retired his heavy guns and made
th$ line of his. retreat secure. Jackson
did nbt'reach Beaver Dam'Creek In
turn on the 26th to save Hill from re-;
pulse, but on the morning of the 27th of
June crossed the creek and moved for
ward to Join Lee. Relying on the ar
rival of Jackson, Hill early in the after
noon assaulted Porter's left and center,
but was hadly repulsed. Longstreet
came to Hill's assistance at 4 P. M,
and about the same hour Jackson, with
his four divisions, attacked Porter's
right." Lee's 60,000 troops were thus en-1
gaged in a determined effort to drive
Porter's 35,000 from their position.
While Porter, with 35,000 men, stood off
the assault of 60,000, General McCIel
lan's left wing, 50,000 strong, on the
right bank' of the Chlckahominy, did
nothing to .relieve Porter until 4 P. M.,
when only two brigades of Slocum's di
vision of Franklin's Sixth Corps ar
rived. Two brigades of ttie Second
Corps came up too -late to affect the
fortunes of the day. The lines of Por
ter were not forced until 7 P. M., when
he had lost nearly 7000 men killed and
wounded, and made so stiff a resist
ance that "Stonewall'' Jackson refused
to believe that only Porter's corps was
engaged on the Union side, and In his
report refers to the superior numbers
of the Federals.
To General Porter was due the disas
trous, repulse suffered- by General Lee
July 1. 1862, at Malvern Hill. Porter
selected the position, posted the artil
lery which commanded Its slope, placed
the Union Infantry- ln position, was .In
supreme command during the whole
day, and personally led a charge upon
the enemy. In Pope's campaign Porter
did not obey an order to attack the
enemy August 29, 1862, because by the
time the order reached him he found
his further advanqe opposed by Long
street's whole corps of 30,000 men,
which had already joined '"Stonewall"
Jackson. In the battle of August 30 it
was due to the skill and gallantry of
General Porter and his corps that the
defeat did not become a total rout, for
it was Porter that reinforced the Penn
sylvania Reserves and enabled them to
hold the Henry House hill and ridge
against the victorious Confederates. At
Antletam Porter commanded the center
of the Army, 30,000 strong, ' He was
placed on trial before, a court-martial
November 27, 1862, charged with disobe
dience of orders August 29, 1862. He
made an able and eloquent defense,
but was convicted January 21, 1863, and
cashiered fromt the Army. General
Porter in vain appealed for a reversal
of the decision until President Hayes
granted a court of inquiry composed
of Generals Schofield, Getty and Terry,
who, on the testimony of General Long
street, who commanded the forces op
posed to Porter's corps on the day that
f he did not executehe order to attack,
completely exonerated General Porter
from all blame and recommended his
restoration to his rank of Colonel in
the regular Army.
This board of inquiry held that when
an Important order for attack requires
from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. for transmis
sion, the corps commander who is pres
ent on tne distant field must act in
accordance with the changed circum
stances before him. The order was
given him by Pope on the theory that
an attack by Porter would strike Jack
son before Longstreet could join him,
but by the time the order reached Por
ter Longstreet's whole corps had al-.
ready joined Jackson, and Porter's at
tack without support would have been
madness. A bill for the relief of Gen
eral Porter frpm his military and civil
disabilities ws .introduced in Congress,
but was refus'ed passage in the Senate
chiefly through the bitter opposition of
General John A. Logan; who delivered
a speech against it in June, 1880. Even
with the powerful Influence of General
Grant In his favqr. Porter was not able
to secure the passage of a relief bill in
1882. Finally, in Cleveland's first term,
a bill was passed restoring Porter to his
old rank of Colonel and placing him on
the retired list of the Army in 1886,
and twenty-three years after Its inflic
tion this great wrong to a very able
and gallant soldier was imperfectly
righted by Congress.
growth cannot climb treesHhe half-dollars
that inean sudcess to the' new
league will- jingle merrily over the
plank shelf at the entrance to the
grounds.
Every American who admires a true
sportsman, who would rather lose
fairly than win by a "fluke," and, who
places gritty determination at its proper
value, will Join in a feeling of deepest
sympathy for Sir Thomas Lipton, the
only man who ever lost the America's
cup without grumbling, and the only
man who could have lifted It without
also lifting a deal of hard feeling on
this side of the water. Llpton's square,
open race for the cup two years ago
won for him thousands of friends in
America, and not one of them but has
felt keenly disappointed to know that
his second cup challenger has fallen
short of the hopes of her game builder.
The calamity of yesterday seems to put
an end to the prospect of this Sum
mer's race, but, after all, the carrying
away of a mainmast, with Its wilder
ness of gear, is not an accident which
is beyond repair, and those who have
seen Lipton rise superior to other ob
stacles are inclined to believe that he
will not find this one insurmountable.
And it is possible that the Installation
of a new mast, with perhaps a change
of the sail plan, may make the second
Shamrock yet more speedy and trans
form her Into an opponent well worthy
of the smart successor to the Columbia.
The "Ayres mystery," so-called, in
Washington, D. C, has been solved.
It does not seem to be much of a mys
tery, after all. The principals were the
young man Ayres, a clerk in the Census
Bureau, 20 years old, and his "friend,"
a married woman of 32. Incidents were
a quarrel between the two. a reconcili
ation, her visit to his room at an un
seemly hour of the night on pretense
that he was sick and called her: her
descent to her own room by means of
the fire escape, and the finding of his.
body pierced with pistol shots in his
room a short time after. No mystery
at all in all of this. It Is simply the
rehearsal of an old chapter in human
wickedness, passion and folly, with new
names to catch the attention of the
public. An illustration so old that It is
new, of the lesson of unfaithfulness
and wantonness, the sequel of which
is death and dishonor, the latter un
fortunately involving more than the
principal figures In the presentment.
THE MANILA COMMISSARY FRAUDS
MANILA, May 22. The correspondent of
the Associated Press learns that the fol
lowing approved sentences will be soon
promulgated: Captain Frederick J. Bar
rows, Thirtieth Volunteer Infantry, ex
Depot Quartermaster of the Department
of Southern Luzon, who was charged with
embezzlement and selling Government
property," to be dishonorably discharged
and to undergo five years' Imprisonment;
Lieutenant Frederick Boyer. Thirty-ninth
Infantry, ex-Depot Commissary at Ca
tamba, on Bay Lake, on similar charges,
to he dishonorably discharged and to un
dergo a year's Imprisonment. Both Bar
rows and Boyer will eventually .be re
moved to Leavenworth prison, Kan.
The Philippine Commission has passed
the weather bureau act, and has also
voted a loan of $2500 for each province to
help pay the expenses until the land taxes
are available. The commission has Im
posed a registration tax of one peso an
nually on all males over 18 years, except
ing soldiers. Non-payment of the tax
disqualifies from voting and involves a
penally of 100 pesos, which can be en
forced by the sale of the delinquent's
goods and chattels.
Assigned to ToTvnles's Place.
WASHINGTON, May 22. Lieutenant
John J. Klapp has been detached from
the Wompatuck and assigned to the Nau
tical School at Manila, taking the place
of Lieutenant Richard H. Townley, or
dered to appear before the court-martial
for alleged complicity in commissary
frauds. -
General Corbln'a Trip.
WASHINGTON, May 22. Major-General
Henry C. Corbln, Adjutant-General or
the Army, will sail for the Philippines
on the transport Hancock, which will
leave San Francisco June 25. He intends
to make a general Inspection of the mili
tary conditions in the Islands.
It seems that President Andrew John
son, while "swinging around the circle,"
crossed over to Canadian soil while at
Niagara. This was early In September,
1866. when Mr. Johnson, accompanied
by Secretary Seward, General Grant
and others, was journeying westward
by way of Albany and, Buffalo. The
party while at Niagara was met by
Canadian offldlals and invited to visit
them on the other sjde. This was re
fused, but later President Johnson and
the others, the newspaper accounts of
the day have it, crossed over to Table
Rock by way of the suspension bridge,
and that placed them under British
Jurisdiction for the time being. .It is
said also that General Grant while
President was again driven across' to
the Canada side while on a visit to the
falls, but immediately turned back. No
constitutional provision and no law or
written regulation were .violated by
either Johnson or Grant. General Grant
had occasion to look carefully Into the
matter when the House in 1876 adopted
a resolution questioning the President's
right to transact public business while
away from Washington during consid
erable periods of time. In his reply
President Grant said, among other
things:
His (the President's) civil powers are no
more limited or capable of limitation, as to
the" place where they shall be exercised, than
are those which he might, be required to dis
charge In his capacity of Commander-in-Chief
of the Army and Navy, which latter powers. It
is evident, he might be called upon to exercise
possibly even without 'the limits of the United
States.
The "Servian situation," so-called, Is
a combination of the absurd and the
pathetic. Since the world Is not able to
enter into the feelings of a King and
Queen distracted in their desire for an
heir, but unable to compass it, it were
better if it were shut out from a knowl
edge of their disappointment. One of
the most ludicrous and at the same
time most sympathetic of the side chap
ters in history is that which discloses
the vain longings, pretenses and sham
expectations of Queen Mary of England
for motherhood. Shuddering at the
possibilities in human cruelty that the
fulfillment of this desire might have
produced, a certain measure of sym
pathy yet goes out for this unhappy
Queen, defrauded of her dearest wish
and held In contempt by her husband
and the nobles of her realm because it
was not fulfilled. The "Servian situa
tion" recalls this and similar incidents
In history at which the "poor' man's
blessing" mocks while it pities.
"WANT NO INTERFERENCE.
Alabama Democrats Propoie to Deal
With Necrro Qnestfon Themselves.
MONTGOMERY. Ala.. May 22. The ;
constitutional convention today elected
John B. Knox, of Calhoun, president. In
accepting the gavel. Mr. Knox said the
white men of the North would not sub
mit to negro rule any more than would
those of the South.
"This Is our problem," he said,, "and
we should be left to deal with It with
our own sense of responsibility and rec
ognized relations In the conduct of rov
ernment. We do not hear of any threat
ened outside Interference with any North
ern states in efforts to provide for purity
of government and there should be none
with us. It has not been so much the
elevation of the black man as It has
been the humiliation of the white men
that has characterized the conduct of the
past, but much of it has been mollified
by the statesmanlike and wise conserva
tive course of the present Chief Execu
tive or the United States, who Is President
of the whole country and not merely of
one section. We may differ with him po
litically, but we must confess that by the
policy he has pursued he ha3 been en
abled to bring about a united country."
.VOTE AND COMMENT- &
What might not that scorn have, been if
it hadn't rained?
Portland has a team" that can. play
ball if it has to swim to do It
She's hoodooed. Sir Thomas; better
build another If you need' the cup.
The divinity that doth hedge- a' King got
in some very pretty work yesterday after
noon. .
Perhaps Lipton better build a thlfd
Shamrock. It is said that there'si luck
In odd numbers.
The Duke of Cornwall had better, be
around home if papa insists on taking
such long chances.
Never mind. Eddy, you are not half as
much of a Jonah as your little nephew,!
Willie Hohenzollern.
Every time a Northern Pacific train.'
gets into St. Paul, It finds it has; changed,
owners a. few dozen times during tha
run. ,
The Czar will be able to see nothing
thrilling in the experience of hls cousin
of England. He has narrower escapes at
home every day of his life.
Judging from the way the vas (Jeep
treated King Edward, the seaat havo
transferred their allegiance from Brit
annia to Hon. J. P. Morgan, of the-Unlted
States.
Tlie report that Jules Verne has been
engaged in writing a book for a year
seems to indicate that It was soma
other man who sent out the news from
Shanghai. &
The correspondents who were on the
Shamrock when the mainmast was carriel
away will soon be as numerous as the.
honorable company who stood on the)
bridge with Dewey. .
I? Bryan really wants to make Tho
Commoner interesting, he ought to, lay ,
by his pen a while and allow Pro Bono- .,
Publicum and Constant Reader a chanc?
to get their copy in. v
9
Which I wish to observe,
And I'm willing to bet. , l
That for four-storied nervo .
In the dodging of debt
The heathen Chinee Is the smoothest, ,.
Not to say quite the hottest, thins yet.
King Edward is to be an admlra.1 in the f
British navy. As he is not an applicant- .
for a similar position in the American, n
navy. Admiral Sampson will not be able f
to question his lack of social grace.
Perhaps the most Interesting newspa
per enterprise in America today is the
transformation of the Philadelphia
Times from a typographical freak into
a newspaper. Mr. Ochs has brought to
the Quaker City some old-fashioned no
tions about what a newspaper should
be, and Is putting them into execution
with promptness and skill. Some of
them have been approved of experience
with the New York Times, which the
new Philadelphia Times is adapting
closely to its environment No pictures
are run, the news is condensed, ex
purgated and neatly printed In compact
rather than displayed shape, and the
general tone of the paper is high and
clean. Along these lines the New York
Times has made a noteworthy success,
and this abundantly "justifies Mr. Ochs
In his Philadelphia undertaking. All
of which shows that legitimate newspa
pers are coming" in and yellow journal
ism is going out.
Iowa Prohlbltlonlnts.
DES MOINES, la.. May 22. When the
Prohibition state convention convened to
day Rev. W. L. Farrls, of Cherokee, was
chosen permanent chairman. Resolutions
commending Congress for passing the
anlt-canteen law, demanding the over
throw of the liquor traffic, favoring equal
suffrage, denouncing the mulct law and
demanding the observance of Sunday law,
were passed. A. U. Coa,tes, of Perry, was
nominated on the first ballot for Gover
nor: A. W. Ray, of Acton, for Lieutenant-Governor.
A warm contest occurred over the In
troduction of -a resolution Indorsing Mr?.
Carrie Nation, but it was finally adopted.
Denver Democrats Unseated.
, DENVER, May 22. The Board of Alder
men tonight unseated Theodore McGuIre
and Adolph Selbold. .Democrats, and
seated John D. Ross and Andrew Horan.
Republicans, after a Jong trial. Fraud
on the part of the Democrats was alleged.
The board now stands 12 Republicans and
four Democrats, with one contest, yet to
be heard.
Ask for a Recount.
TOPEKA, Kan.. May 22. The attorneys
for Albert Parker, contestor for Mayor of
Topeka, today filed quo warranto pro
ceedings in the Supreme Court, asking
that a commission be appointed to recount
the votes.
Again the baseball "fan" has lifted
his head In Portland, -and this time his
"rooting" promises to awaken an in
terest in the National game that will bring
about the same revival here that has
been" aroused In other cities of the
Northwest The size, -the enthusiasm
and the good nature of the crowd that
attended yesterday's game 'rvere rem
iniscent of the days when the old Salem
used to steam up to Clinton & McCoy's
grounds, her decks black with eager
lovers of the game; and, although the
rains descended and the floods came
to such an extent that the ball was
soggy and lop-sided, and the base-runners
had to dive when they slid to first
base, the crowd sat patiently waiting
for the clouds to roll by, and left at
the end of 4 innings without a single
protest. The games thus far played
have shown that the league is a most
creditable organization, and that Port
land has every reason to be proud of
L the -players who represent her. There
is no doubt that if the weather is only
moderately open, tlie games of the sea
son will become events of much import
ance, and the spirit that causes the
small boy to sit three hours tied in a
knot around the lower limbs of a tree
will awaken in the bosoms of his elders
where, after all, it has only lain dor
mantand as the children of .larger
Certain students at West Point Mili
tary Academy have long needed disci
pline. They appear at last to have
gotten It. It may now be hoped that
undeserved sympathy and persistent
favoritism will ndt Interfere to keep
these young bullies out of the academy,
the first principles of the code of which
they haVe violated first by their un
manly and unmilitary conduct, and. sec
ond by their insubordination. It is un
wise to temporize with lawlessness
wherever It Is found, and particularly
hazardous to do so In an institution
which, above all others, is supposed to
exact cheerful obedience to orders and
foster a spirit of justice and manly
self-control in those who partake of its
benefits. Superintendent Mills, perhaps,
as well as some of the cadets, has
learned a salutary lesson.
There Will be 'a corner-stone in the
new Federal building at Salem sev
eral, in fact but not the specially cut
and carve,d piece of masonry that ivas'
to have been placed with imposing cere
monies had President McKlnley's visit
materialized. It is gratifying to reflect
that the structure will not lose any
thing, either In beauty or durability, by
"this omlsdlon, and, since the disap
pointment of the multitude that ex
pected to witness the ceremonies of lay
ing this stone has already abated, the
matter may be regarded as a closed in
cident that leaves in Its passing nothing
to be desired.
NEW ORDNANCE SYNDICATE.
Co'hipnny to Compete "Wltlx tlie
Anglo-American Combination.
NEW YORK, May 22. The Herald will
say tomorrbw: , ,
"An American ordnance and navy arma
ment syndicate is forming, which will
consist of the Driggs-Seabury Gun & Am
munition Company, of Derby, Conn., and
the American Ordnance Company, con
trolled by Charles Flint, of this city. This
proposed new company, It is stated, will
not be identified with the Cramp-Vlckers-Bethlehem
Company, and It Is the inten
tion of Its management to operate the
company in direct competition with the
long-projected Anglo-American gun and
shipbuilding combination.
"It was learned yesterday, In connec
tion with the consolidation of the Cramps
and the VickersMaxim Companies, and
the purchase of the controlling interest
In the Bethlehem Steel Company, that the
gun and ordnance department of the Eng
lish concern, and not the complete plant
would be bought.
The University of Oregon vanquished
the University of Washington in de
bate and athletics. The young men
from swift-moving Seattle were really
"nice" fellows, but not speedy enough
for steady old Oregon. The press and
many rash enthusiasts of the Queenly
City boasted of the prowess of the
northern collegians. Since they en
joyed "the pleasure of winning before
hand and the Oregon students enjoy it
now, things are evidently evened up.
Arapanoes Determined to Dance.
WASHINGTON, May 22. The Interior
Department today received by mall a com
munication from Indian Agent NIckerson,
of the Shoshone" agency, Wyoming, re
porting that a faction of the Arapahoes
in the agency are Idle, restless and de
fiant; that the agent Is powerless to pre
vent them holding a sun dance In defiance
of his orders, and asking the War Depart
ment for the assistance of the troops at
Fort Washakie, Wyo., to sustain the
agent. Acting Secretary Ryan later sent
a request to the War Department to have
the troops at Fort Washakie, Wyo., as
sist the agent at the Shoshone reservation
In meeting any emergency in connection
with the threat of the Arapahoes.
The canteen has been abolished at
Port Ethan Allen, Vermont, which Is
nominally a copper-bottomed prohibi
tion state. Nevertheless the soldiers, at
this Army post, without a canteen in a
state without a licensed saloon, manage
to get very drunk on payday.
A Utah trackwalker lay down to sleep
on his beat Sunday, and was promptly
run over by a train and killed. A more
clever adaptation of means to end
Tvould be hard to devise.
Snb-Prefcctnre at Tla J&ann.
LOS ANGELES, Cat, May 22. The re
port that the seat of government of Lower
California is to be removed from Ensen
ada to Tia Juana is officially denied by
the Mexican Consul at this place. "Consul
Andrade says there Is no intention to
transfer the capital to Tia Juana, but
the Mexican authorities have decided to
establish a sub-prefecture there, and
T3enor Andrade has Just completed nego
tiations for a large tract of land on which
public buildings are to be erected. The
action of the state authorities will add
greatly to the Importance of Tia Juana,
and is of Interest to Americans, as the
town is just across the international
boundary.
Police Justice John J. Mahoney, xf Chi- '
cago, gave good reproduction of tho
judgment of Solomon not long ago. Two
Germans had each other arrested on the
charge of stealing a fine dachshund, which v
they both claimed. "That dog is miner
said one. "I wouldn't take $100 for him."
"He's mine," "said the other. "I think
more of that dog than I do of one of my
children."
"One of you Is mistaken," said, the
I Judge. "I cannot decide this matter. ,l
will settle by letting a policeman take
the dog out and shoot him."
"All right," said one of the claimants, '
waving his fist In the face of the other
man. "Just so you don't get him."
"No, don't kill the dog." shouted the
other man. "He's too nice a dog to "ba
ruthlessly shot. Let the other man,havq
him: only I hoDe. your honor, thrit -you
will make a stipulation that he'-treats'tilm.
fight." , ;,
"The dog is youra" said the judge to
the second man. "Take him home with
you."
After Rudyard Kipling had spent a day
or two in Buffalo in the '803, he thus de
scribed it: "Buffalo is a large village 'qC
2S0.CC0 Inhabitants, situated on the sea
shore which is falsely called Lake Erie.
. . . Once clear of the main business
streets, you launch upon miles and miles
of asphalted roads running between cot
tages and cut-stone residences of those
who have money and peace. ... When
you have seen the outside of a. few hun
dred thousand of these homes and the in
side of a few score, you begin to under
stand why the American does not. take a
deep jnterest In what they call 'politics,
and why he is so vaguely and generally
proud of the country that enables him to
be so comfortable. How can the owner of
a dainty chalet,, with smoked oak furni
ture, imitation Venetian tapestry curtains,,
hot and cold water laid on. a bed of gera
niums and hollyhocks, a baby crawljng
down the veranda and a self-acting, twlr
lywhlrly hose gently hissing over tha
graro, in the balmy dusk of an August
evening how can such a man despair of
the Republic?"
t
PLEASANTRIES OF PABAGHAPHERS
Molly My little sister cot measles. Jlm
mle Oh! So has mine. Molly Well. I'lL bet
you my little sister's sot more measles tha
yours has. Tlt-Blts.
Procress. "How is you perBressln' in yoh.'
Shakspere Club?' asked Mr. Erastus Plnkley.
"Beautiful," ans'wercd Miss Miami Brown. "C
shoty Is settin dls white folks' dialect down
fine." Washington Star. v
Keen Obsenwtlon. Pearl I don't believe tha
Van de Courtneys keep any servants. Ruby ,
Why do you think so? Pearl Because you,"
never see any broken bric-a-brac in their ash
box. Chicago News.
Mean. Tess When I met May today I had
my new gown on. Natumlly, I expected her
to say something about it. but she pretended
not to notice It. Jess Yes. she's an awfully
tender-hearted girl. Philadelphia Preas.
Killed in Train Yards.
MANKATO, Minn.. May 22 James M.
Shoemaker, one of Mankato's prominent
citizens, was killed by the cars in the
Omaha yards today. He was Mayor of
Mankato when the 3S Indians were hanged
here under General Sibley.
Richest Negrro in the Sontb.
HOPKINSVTLLE, Ky., May 22. Peter
Postell, probably the richest negro In the
South, died suddenly of heart disease to
day. After the war Postell opened a gro
cery, in which he accumulated a fortune
estimated at ?S00,CCQ.
The Boy "Who Keeps the Bats.
Bide Dudley In St- Joseph News.
Just see him stride from bench to plata
The boy who keeps the bats.
With truly a majestic gait.
The boy who keeps the bats.
His clothes are old, his feet are hare.
His face unwashed, unkempt his hair.
He's still In pride a millionaire
The boy who keeps the bats.
A most Important man Is he.
The boy who keeps the bats.
Possessed of great activity.
The boy who keeps the bats. t
He knows each player by his name.
His age. his weight, from whence he came,"
And Just how long, he's played the game '
The boy who kefeps the bats.
He'll lug ten sticks and laugh with gle
The boy who keeps the bats.
"De gang" regards with. Jealousy
The boy who keeps the bats.
Although he's not employed for pay.
He "gets inside to zee 'em Flay."
Which beats his former knot-hole way ,
The boy who keeps the bats.
He knows each player's stick, you bet.
The boy who keeps the bats.
'Twould break his heart should he forget,i
The boy who keeps the batsl .
Whene'er a ball is knocked tway.
He throws them one with which to play.
He's there for business ev'ry day ,
The boy who keeps the bats.
He yells when worthy work Is done.
The boy who keefs the bats,
He "hollers" after ev'ry run.
The boy who keeps the .bats.
He's overjoyed at victory.
And tells the other kids how "we"
Won out as easy as could be
- 1118 boy who keeps tho bats. m