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OREGON FOR HOMESEEKERS.
Oregon, the oldest Pacific Coast ter
ritory of the United States, stands with
a larger proportion of its area untakea
than any other Pacific Coast state. And
yet It offers a greater range of Indus
trial possibilities, perhaps, than any
other state In the Union. Oregon has
not been "boomed." "What has been
accomplished In the line of develop
ment has been without excitement.
This has contributed somewhat to the
reputation of the state for ultra-conservatism.
It has also contributed to the
present fact that Oregon's business and
industrial life are on solid foundation
and In prosperous condition today. Ore
gon has not discounted its future, and
it is therefore ready for a rapid ad
vance. It does not have to wait for
repairs.
Homeseekers find an attractive field
in Oregon. They find here a variety of
climatic tnd Industrial conditions.
There are not, of course, fine farms
cr valuable timber lands in accessible
localities waiting for entry at the
United States Land Offices. The choice
lands in choice locations have all been
taken. But the extension of transpor
tation lines will make valuable the
lands now deemed so inaccessible as
to be comparatively worthless, and ir
rigation facilities now projected will
bring the arid or semi-arid tracts up to
the highest standard of farming utility.
"We have plenty of room for farmers
of energy and intelligence, for dairy
men, for fruitgrowers and for other
capable and industrious citizens. Such
people may turn Oregon's advantages
to their profit. However, ready-made
fortunes are not to be picked up in Ore
gon without an effort, nor is it desirable
that they should be.
In this Issup of The Oregonian may
he found much Information of special
value to homeseekers unacquainted
with the Pacific Slope. It Is not an ex
haustive presentment of Oregon's natu
ral and acquired advantages, not a re
port of her productions and her com
merce. It is rather a view of some of
the points of Interest to homeseekers
who are actuated by the laudable mo
tive to have the best homes possible
for themselves and their families amid
surroundings and conditions that pro
mote the best citizenship. In order that
the statements may be entirely within
bounds and command attention and re
spect abroad, they are for the most part
made by officials who have to do with
the special matters of which they write.
Every one is entitled to full faith and
credit. They show Oregon to be a
great state, with climate and lands
that any able-bodied, intelligent citi
zen may turn to his comfort and profit
ANTI-CIGARETTE LEAGUES.
The proposal for anti-cigarette
leagues in the public schools is one
that should, and doubtless will, meet
the iodojcsement of parents and of the
public generally. The idea of throwing
boys tinon their honor, after first ex
plaining to them the reasons for a re
quirement of this kind, is one that can
not be too strongly commended, and it
is believed that it cannot be pushed
in the direction indicated without great
and permanent advantage. The work
will be much more effective with boys
of the grammar grades than with those
in the High School, for the very obvi
ous reason that it is easier to forestall
a habit of any kind, and especially one
so seductive as the cigarette habit, than
to break a habit once formed.
The fact that cigarette smoking is
sapping the physical vitality and weak
enintr the mental and moral force of
the boys of the present generation is
known to all thoughtful persons. Of
course, there are boys who do not
smoke: who have resisted the tempta
tion as constantly presented by those
who do. in deference to the wishes of
their parents. But it is not too much
to say that these are in the minority
after the sixth or seventh grade in the
public schools has been passed. There
is no reflection upon the public schools
in this statement. It is merely to say
that in his own estimation the average
boy is ""old enough to smoke" by the
time he reaches the grades named, and
his comrades, many of whom, perhaps,
have begur much younger, strengthen
him in the belief that it is manly to
smoke and not at all dishonorable to
conceal his newly acquired habit from
his "home folks." Upon these points
the ordinary boy a creature of ego
and impulse needs to be defended
against himself.
The proposed anti-cigarette league
may prove valuable in providing such
defense, or in strengthening that which
home training provides. It is at least
worthy of earnest, judicious trial, its
promoters remembering that the great
danger to success lies in the tendency
evolved irom the very nature of the
case to allow zeai to outrun judgment
in pushing the crusade against the pet
vice of "Young America, the Mighty."
LIGHT ON THE CONSTITUTION.
It has been the commendable idea of
the authors of "The Government of the
American People" to put results
of modern historical scholarship in
suitable form fcr the information of
young minds. In several important re
spects they have succeeded not only in
that aim, but also in getting broad facts
now but little understood before the
general reader, upon whose attention
their work is most earnestly urged.
Especially happy Is the treatment
given to the Constitution of the United
States. In most minds the conception
of this historical document is still that
of Gladstone "the most remarkable
production ever struck off at a given
time by the brain and purpose of man."
But the Constitution was not "struck
off." It was, as this book points out,
not a creation, but a growth. The
founders got their fdeas from experi
ence, under the Confederation, under
the New England Confederation, and
Indirectly from European practice, both
In England and on the Continent. It
has proceeded from progressive history,
therefore, "as much as the British con
stitution."" It is refreshing and gratifying to come
upon discussion of the growth of the
Constitution through the years since its
adoption growth through amendment,
construction in the courts and popular
usage and especially upon the phrase
"The , unwritten Constitution" with
which readers of these columns have
been familiar for many years. Thus
the original Constitution contemplated,
if it did not recognize, not only seces
sion, but slavery. It took the election
of Presidents out of the hands of the
people and put it in the hands of an
Ideal body of "electors." The four
teenth amendment prohibits disfran
chisement of negroes and prescribes
penalties for the offense. All these
things have been set aside or overcome
by the unwritten Constitution built up
by popular growth. Soon, maybe, we
shall be electing Senators by popular
vote, just as now we elect Presidents,
just as the Union has become inde
structible, just as our boundaries are
extended upon occasion, just as we for-
PWd Presidents a third term. Upon the
broad view of the unwritten Constitu
tion, the book Is so felicitous that we
shall quote one passage of some length:
The real life of the Constitution Is In Its un
written parts, in the construction placed upon
its provisions by the courts and by Congress,
and In the construction which the will of the
people and the political necessities of a grow
ing Nation have made inevitable. ... It is
the unwritten part that enables our Constitu
tion to reflect accurately the changing life of
the people. . . . The possibility of an un
written Constitution Is due to the doctrine of
implied powers. Jefferson said that Chief
Justice Marshall and the Supreme Court were
making a new Constitution by means of the
Implied powers of the Constitution. He was
right. ... A Constitution Is not an end in
itself, but a means to an end; and that end Is
the security of life, liberty and property, and
the opportunity of each Individual, as a part
of society, to develop his powers to the fullest.
It must conform to the expanding needs that
new conditions bring, or be thrust aside as
were the Articles of Confederation.
The authors of this important and
serviceable work, which Is published by
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston, are
President Strong, of the University of
Oregon, and Professor Schafer, of the
department of history of the same in
stitution. In the edition we have seen,
some sixty pages are devoted to the
State of Oregon. Not only on account
of its local historical value, but also
because of its enlightening discussions
of our National and local governments
in all their bearings, we commend it to
the attention of every thoughtful citi
zen. THE PRICE OP WHEAT.
Now that the wheatgrowers of the
Pacific Northwest have a record-breaking
crop pretty well under cover, their
greatest concern is in regard to prices.
The present season does not differ much
from its predecessors so far as1 a lack
of unanimity of opinion en the future
course of the market is concerned.
Every argument that is presented by
the bulls in the trade is countered by
a seemingly plausible statement from
the bears. If it were not for this dif
ference of opinion, even a horse trade
would be effected with difficulties. The
farmers of the Pacific Northwest, hav
ing a large surplus of wheat to sell,
are naturally inclined to regard the
cereal as too cheap at present quota
tions. In support of this belief, a num
ber of bullish factors can be cited.
There is unquestionably a large short
age in the German crop, Russia is famine-stricken
in some districts, and the
French crop is not all that can be de
sired. The bears, when confronted with this
testimony, respond with the statement
that the American crop is so much
above the average that there will be
an exportable surplus over and above
all normal requirements sufficient to
meet the usual shortage abroad. This
argument is sound in a measure, but
the present excellent financial condi
tion of the American farmer must be
reckoned with. If the latter decides
that wheat at present prices is below
a parity with other commodities, and
indulges in a little speculation by hold
ing his wheat, advanced prices will be
necessary in order to make up the defi
cit, unless substitutes or wheat sup
plies are obtainable from some other
quarter. The course of the market a
year ago, if taken as a criterion for
that of the current season, offers but
little comfort for the believers in high
prices. Last year the drouth In the
Middle "West cut out over 100,000,000
bushels of wheat, and the Argentine
crop came in on top of this shortage
with at least 50,000,000 bushels less
wheat than it turned off the preceding
season. On the first wave of excite
ment which followed the news of the
crops burning up in Minnesota and the
Dakotas there was a sharp advance,
which in a few days ran prices up
IS cents per bushel. An analysis of
this sudden strength in the market
proved it to be more sentimental than
statistical, for the big shortage was
net seriously felt except In the Imme
diate locality where it was the most
pronounced. The result was that wheat
dropped back to about where it started,
and even the direst reports from the
Argentine a few weeks later could not
start it from the rut in which It set
tled. This year America and Canada have
a surplus, generally conceded to be suf
ficient to meet the shortages so far
reported from Europe, and long be
fore all of this wheat will be needed
the Argentine will be in the market.
This latter country,, in fact, may be
said to hold the key to the situation.
Her crop will come on the market just
at a time when the early movement
from this country shows signs of slack
ening. Europe has demonstrated her
ability to shake out enough early offer
ings for ail immediate demands, and
as the Argentine always sells regard
less of prices, a good crop in that coun
try would obviate the necessity of any
advance on" the American holdings.
The strike in San Francisco will un
doubtedly have a bad effect on the Pa
cific Coast wheat market later in the
season. July, August and September
are heavy shipping months for San
Francisco, and had it not been for the
strike at least 5,000,000 bushels of Cali
fornia grain, which is still on the
docks, would now be afloat.
This grain will hang over the mar
ket, and as it goes forward now will
not reach the European market until
steam cargoes from the Argentine are
arriving off coast. In fact, the heavi
est shipments from Oregon, "Washing
ton, California and the Argentine will
all reach the foreign consumer about
the same time. Against this array of
bearishness, as previously stated, is the
possibility that the American farmer
will not sell freely. The situation is
certainly a perplexing one, and the old
est operators show an unusual degree
of hesitancy about assuming any fur
ther obligations until conditions are
more clearly defined.
VIOLATIONS OP BANKING LAW.
When the Seventh National Bank of
New York City failed last Summer The
Oregonian shared the gederal opinion of
banking experts that no criminal pro
cedure would lie against the offending
officers of the bank. This conclusion is
not yet put in deadly peril, but it is
called in question by the indictment
that has been found against the presi
dent and receiving teller of the bank
for infraction of the National banking
law. As the New York Evening Post
now recalls, at the time when the Sev
enth National failed there was a pretty
general exclamation that all the banks
-which did a stock exchange business
were constantly doing the same things
that the Seventh National was accused
of namely, overcertifying the checks of
customers and lending more than one
tenth of their capital to one person or
firm. Both these acts are prohibited by
law, and it cannot be said that the pro
hibitions are without good reason.
Now, the National banking law pro
vides as follows as to restrictions on
loans:
The total liabilities to any association, of
any person, or of any company, corporation, or
firm for money borrowed, including in the
liabilities of a company or firm the liabilities
of the several members thereof, shall at no
time exceed one-tenth part of the amount of
the capital stock of such association actually
paid in. But the discount of bills of exchange
drawn In good faith against actually existing
values, and the discount of commercial or busi
ness paper actually owned by the person nego
tiating the same shall not be considered as
money borrowed.
This provision is notoriously contra
vened by every large bank in the coun
try. Business on present lines is prac
tically impossible without it. Equally
general is said to be the habit of over
certification. National banks in finan
cial centers are accustomed to certify
the checks of brokers before entering a
corresponding credit on the books of
the bank. The law forbids this in ex
press terms. In a well-considered ar
ticle on this subject, to which we fully
assent, the newspaper already quoted
takes the ground that these laws should
either be enforced or repealed. If John
Doe has bills of exchange or commer
cial paper liona fide for $1,000,000, a bank
may discount the whole sum for him,
regardless of the amount of its own
capital, provided it keeps a cash re
serve proportionate to its liabilities, and
after doing so it may lend to John Doe,
in the ordinary way, a sum equal to
one-tenth of its capital. The hardship
of this provision is said to arise from
the fact that it does not include stocks
and bonds, as well as bills of exchange
and commercial paper. Stocks and
bonds are said to be often better secur
ity than bills and promissory notes;
therefore why discriminate against
them? "The failure of the Seventh Na
tional," says the Post, "would seem to
be a pretty good answer to this query.
Stocks and bonds are of various kinds.
Those of the railroad that Marquand &
Co. were carrying and that the Seventh
National took as collateral were exact
ly the sort that Congress had in mind
when the law was framed."
Recent events are certain to empha
size in the popular mind the necessity
for less disregard of law. Defiance of
laws and a disposition to do what seems
right and necessary, regardless of them,
Is a refined form of anarchy that needs
rebuke, however high In station or
powerful In resources the perpetrators
may be. This is the spirit in which
these prosecutions should be conducted,
and in which amendment of the Na
tional bank act should be approached.
A pertinent answer to the misgivings
of anti-imperialism on trans-Pacific
trade is supplied by the determination
of Mr, John W. Mackay and associates
to build a submarine cable from some
point in California to Hawaii and the
Philippines, and thence to Japan and
China. The proposal is in every way
more desirable, also, than the two pro
jects that were before the last session
of Congress. One of these was the
Sherman measure, which contemplated
a private monopoly, binding the Gov
ernment to pay as an-annual subsidy to
the corporation constructing the cable
the sum of $300,000 a year for twenty
years a total of $6,000,000. The other
was a bill by John B. Corliss, of Detroit,
providing for the construction, owner
ship and operation of the cable by the
Government of the United States. The
principal argument offered In behalf
of the Corliss bill was the fact that the
bulk of the business over the cable for a
great many years to come would be
Government business, and that the Gov
ernment had already paid out vast
sums for messages of the War Depart
ment to the Philippines. These cable
tolls to the Army officials at Manila
had aggregated $325,000 in one year,
while the cost of commercial cable com
munications to Japan by way of Europe
was estimated at $500,000 a year. Gov
ernment control of the cable was also
urged -as a naval and military neces
sity. It was also pointed out that Great
Britain had attained her commercial
supremacy on the seas by the construc
tion and ownership of cables to all por
tions of her vast possessions. Mr. Mac
kay's corporation, however, promises to
lay the cable without any subsidy, and
expects to be carrying" dispatches to
and from Manila by the beginning of
1904. The distance will be shortened by
about one-half, and the rates will be
30 to 60 per cent less than now. So we
see that subsidies are not needed for
cables any more than for ships. Some
body may yet undertake to build the
Nicaragua Canal without Government
aid.
Business circles generally are disposed
to rejoice at the defeat of the Ne
braska anti-trust law in the Federal
Courts. This law not only aimed to
prevent Industrial combines, but also
prohibited insurance companies from
forming any compact for the transac
tion of business, or from entering into
an agreement respecting rates. How
ever, it exempted from its provisions
all assemblies of laboring men and
others seeking to combine for the pur
pose of enforcing their demands. Suit
was brought by the state in 1897 against
certain insurance companies for viola
tion of the anti-trust law, and a tem
porary injunction was granted the com
panies restraining the state from en
forcing the law. When it reached the
Federal Court it did not take the Judge
very long to declare the law unconsti
tutional, not only because it was class
legislation, but because its anti-compact
feature involved the constitutional
rights of the parties to make contracts.
The decision of Judge McPherson, of
the Federal Court, is regarded as a final
death blow to state legislation of this
character on trusts, following as it dees
several decisions of like import by state
Supreme Courts. Several states, not
ably Illinois, Missouri and Texas, mani
fest a disposition to retreat from the
extreme legislation which has driven
business corporations from them into
other states. Between this extreme and
the opposite one of laxity exemplified
in New Jersey the' trust legislation of
the future, so far as states are con
cerned, must be framed.
One of the most singular changes in
international politics and trade is the
substitution of German for English in
fluence in Turkey. Forty or fifty years
ago it was England that was maintain
ing the Ottoman Empire as a "buffer
state"; earlier than that it was Eng
landj supported by France, which pro
tected the Sultan Mahmoud against the
insurrection of Mehemet AH and his sen
Ibrahim. Now 'the question is asked
whether Germany will protect the ''in
tegrity of the Ottoman Empire" against
supposed Slavonic machinations; it was
to Germany that the Sultan turned,
and turned in vain, for support in his
present controversy with France. It
seems to be generally understood that
England would not fight another Cri
mean War. One reason alleged for this
is that the power of the people is much
greater than it used to be, and that
the people are opposed to war, or do
not understand international politics.
The fact of the South African War
throws some doubt upon the efficacy of
this theory. It is also suggested that
Turkey is no longer on the road to
India; that that lies through Egypt, and
England has Egypt. But with Russia
in Constantinople and a Russian fleet
in the Mediterranean Sea, the Suez
route would not be beyond danger. For
a generation a Euphrates Valley Rail
road was an English dream; it never
became an English reality, and now the
concession for it is in German hands.
The first race between the yachts con
firms the general expectation of close
work. The Minneapolis Tribune points
out that there have been very few really
close races In the twenty-four contests
for the America's cup that have taken
place in the last fifty years. It is a fact
most persons have forgotten that only
one heat out of the three usually sailed
ever has been won by a British yacht.
Curiously enough, that was when the
American Columbia, obliged to sail in a
crippled condition, was defeated by the
British Livonia in 1871. Barring acci
dents, there have been only two really
close contests that between the Puri
tan and Genesta in 1885, and that be
tween the Vigilant and Valkyrie in
1893. All of the heats in these races
were won by less than two minutes'
time. Most of the other races have been
won by the American yachts by leads
so long as to diminish the interest on
both sides to discourage any hope of
later success not built on a foundation
of stolid British determination. The
Shamrock I was beaten by the Co
lumbia last year by a distance of a
mile or more in two heats, the Co
lumbia sailing the third alone on ac
count of an accident to the Shamrock.
'Indications are that this year's trials
are to be far more spirited, and this is
well. Good sport is the least we can
hope for in the way of consolation for
the vanquished.
The Oregonlan desires to offer a word
of commendation of the management of
the Pan-American Exposition at Buf
falo and encouragement of those who
have formed plans to attend it. The
dread tragedy of three weeks ago has
put a damper on an enterprise whose
managers were in no way to blame for
the catastrophe. Their conduct under
the circumstances and subsequently has
been unexceptionable. It is unfortunate
that they must now be made to suffer
for what was in no way their fault, but
It is reported that since the burial of
the President the attendance at the ex
position has continued to fall off, until
It now amounts to almost nothing. This
is much to be regretted. There is no
reason why people who had planned to
visit the exposition should not do so.
Certainly such a visit would mean no
disrespect to the memory of President
McKinley, who has made the exposition
historic, not only by his death, but by
the great speech he delivered on the day
previous to his assassination, and which
in the light of what has followed its de
livery reads like a great farewell ad
dress. From every standpoint and in
every way Buffalo and its exposition
deserve the support of the people.
While the result of. Saturday's yacht
race causes Americans to speak with
increased respect of the Shamrock,
there is every reason to be proud of the
doughty survivor of the races of 1898,
and to approve heartily of the choice of.
the judges who selected her to defend
the cup. There are still two more races
to win, but first blood is a powerful
incentive, and Columbia stock should
be just as high today as it was after
her long lead on her rival Thursday.
With a successor to Mr. Boosevelt at
Albany even more unmanageable than
Mr. Roosevelt himself, and with that
strenuous gentleman in the Presiden
tial chair, and Low nominated for
Mayor, it does not look as if Senator
Piatt knew all there is to know about
shelving troublesome politicians.
Colleges which are jealous of the
reputation' of West Point have found In
the cane rush just as fatal an entertain
ment as the administering of tabasco
J sauce cocktails,
MAJESTY OF LAW.
San Fnanclsco Bulletin.
No court in Christendom has given to
history a finer example of the majesty
of law than that which tried Leon
Czolgosz at "Buffalo for the murder of
President McKinley. -All the elements
of a great historical drama were pres
ent in the trial. The prisoner was
charged with the murder of the Presi
dent of the United States. To the moral
atrocity of the crime as charged was
added the fact that the man who fell
under the assassin's hand was enshrined
in the hearts of the people. His long
public carrer had been marked by noble
acts. He had risen to his high place step
by step, and each trust he had accepted
had been faithfully executed. His pri
vate life afforded no provocation for an
act of piivate vengeance. The method
of the assassination showed premeditation.
The assassin approached his victim with
outstretched hand. The weapon of death
was skillfully concealed in the other
hand. He was so calm, so sane, so
perfectly master .of himself, that the
officers appointed to protect the Presi
dent frcm such men as ho saw nothing
In his manner to warn them, of the
purpose of the assassin. Under these
circumstances Colzgosz was rescued
from the violent hands that were in the
madness of the moment laid upon him,
and conducted to a place of safety. "When
the time came for his trial he was given
every means of defense the law and
enlightened public sentiment allow. He
was not even presumed to be guilty un
til the law had examined into all the
facts of the case and so declared him.
The Judge of the court appointed for
his defense eminent counsel, who accept
ed the duty Imposed upon them and saw
that the accused was given the benefit
of every provision of law that might
mitigate the character of the crime.
The trial occupied two days. It was as
thorough and as definite in the matter
of proof as if it had been spread over
two moriths. Every point was made in
extenuation of guilt that could be made
without resort to legal technicalities. In
the courtroom, in which the accusell had
no friends, he was secure from even
the impertinence of spectators. When
the jury announced its verdict a hush
fell upon the audience. There was no
manifestation of exultation, simply the
sigh of satisfaction that no urilooked-for
diversion in the course of justice had
arisen. It thus happened that a Presi
dent's death furnished the occasion for
a demonstration of the majesty of law
that will constitute an example not only
for our own people, but for the people
of all civilized nations. A greater provo
cation for violence could not be con
ceived, nor a moro calm and resolute
administration of justice be imagined.
Judge White seemed the personification
of the spirit of Justice, his horror at the
enormity of the crime being eliminated
from the proceedings he directed by a
high sense of the duty devolve upon
him. Let us hope that this exhibition
of the majesty of the law will create a
new standard of court procedure in this
country.
Who Bore the Brunt of the Strike f
', Chicago Record-Herald.
According to Pittsburg estimates the
loss in wages of the men Idle by reason
of the Amalgamated Association strike
was at least $10,000,000. That this esti
mate cannot be far astray is demonstrat
ed by the fact that the average number
of men idle during the period of the
strike was 50,000. If the average pay
was only $2 a day the total wage roll
for that number of men for two and a
half months would be over JV.OOO.CCO.
Of the large total on a strike those
members of the Amalgamated Associa
tion numbered only about 9000. The re
mainder were forced Into voluntary idle
ness by the action of the leaders of the
Amalgamated Association.
As to the cost of the strike against the
corporation against which it was aimed
a dispatch from New York says that
there was no appreciable diminution of
the income of the "United States Steel
Corporation becauseof the recent strike.
The net earnings "for the quarter to end
September 30 will be fully equal to those
for the preceding quarter. The smaller
output from the mills affected was fully
offset by that of other mills.
It must not be Inferred from these
statements that the strikers and their
families were the only losers by their
unprofitable action. Business and em
ployment all over the country has been
unsettled and delayed wherever the
products of the steel mills were , re
quired in other undertakings and indus
tries. But after all the loss has fallen heavi
est on wage-earners, where it has been
direct, and will not be offset by in
creased wages.
As to the Remedy.
Boston Advertiser.
The question as to the remedy against
the anarchist terrorists who are morally
responsible for the President's death is
not to be settled off-hand. Neither Is It
to be dismissed with the statement that
no remedy is possible. Either course
would be unworthy of the dignity of this
Republic. That there is a line that can
be drawn between free speech and un
licensed speech Is certain. It may re
quire a constitutional amendment or pos
sibly concurrent legislation in the several
states, to bring about what the people de
mand. There should be a full and free
discussion of the matter, undoubtedly.
When public sentiment has crystallized
unmistakably in support of some effectual
remedy, it will be adopted. The grief
which the whole country is showing to
day is no merely temporary sentiment.
It will bear fruit of some kind towards
the prevention of further anarchist out
breaks. Not a Question for Partisanship.
New York World.
Ex-President Cleveland, in his admir
able remarks to the Princeton faculty and
students on the death of President Mc
Kinley, said one thing that should re
ceive unanimous assent. The question of
dealing with anarchy must be met, he
said, "boldly and resolutely," but "it is
not a thing that we can safely leave to
be dealt with by party or partisanship."
There is room, of course, for differences
of opinion among ,good citizens as to
what measures will be best calculated ef
fectively to repress the anarchist proga
ganda of murder and violence. But,
whatever these differences may be, they
must be discussed and settled, not on
party lines, but on principles as broad
as those on which all our institutions
rest, and to which all Americans, without
distinction of party, subscribe. And those
principles are all to be found in the Con
stitution. For Its Own Conntry. v
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The London Spectator expresses the
opinion that "President Roosevelt Is
neither for nor against England, but
merely for his own country." The Spec
tator is no doubt right. That Is the
kind of man Roosevelt has heretofore
shown himself to be, and It Is the only
kind that ought to be President.
The Lady Teller.
Chicago Record-Herald.
lOno of tho Chicago banks has employed
lady tellers, and hereafter people who deposit
or draw out money will find, instead of beard
ed men at the windows, .polite young women,
who, the cashier says, are better fitted nat
urally for the work than their brothers are.
News Item.)
Tho lady feller's come to tell,
She tells with all her might
' All through the busy days when men
Pile dollars In the safes, and then
Goes home to tell, at night.
Tho lady teller proudly tell3
Her friends who never tell.
And. having heard, they hurry out
To let the neighbors know about
Tho telling of tho bolle.
Long may the lady teller tell I
Oh, It Is only fair
That she should tell, you must" agree,
Since telling Is her specialty,
As all the world's aware.
AMUSEMENTS.
"A Female Drummer," which opened a
week's engagement to the usual packed
house at Cordray's last night, proved to
be the best musical comedy which has
been seen at the theater since "The Tele
phone Girl." Staged with those familiar
pictures of modern-life which are so ef
fective as scenery, presented by a com
pany which made up in numbers what
it lacked in voices, and given with a
swing and life that kept the audience al
ways unprepared for what would come
next. It was not surprising that it made
the hit it did. Johnstone Bennett is the
one member of the cast who stands out
prominently, but Tony Williams Is also
present, and they two make up for any
amount of mediocrity which may be scat
tered about among the remainder of the
cast.
The play carries no unwieldly burden
of plot. The first installment is deliv
ered in a private office of Silk
& Smooth, department store pro
prietors, and the girl porters and floor
walkers who saunter through in the
morning sing songs, do dances, and poke
the proprietors in the ribs in a fashion
that affords the house all the enjoyment
it can conveniently express. Mr. Wil
liams, as Smooth the senior partner.
does some exceedingly clever character
work, and Miss Bennett, who makes a
triumphal entry with a princely retinue,
and proceeds to sell goods and deal out
cigars, wins the favor of the house the
moment she arrives.
In the second act the scene changes to
the interior of the department store, with
girls lined up behind counters full of rib
bons and goods, and customers thronging
through to make purchases. An elevator
that is as natural as possible is a ma
terial assistance in making exits and
entrances. Miss Bennett shines In the
second act in the roles of saleslady, baby
and again as the female drummer. In all
of which she carries off all the honors
she finds lying around loose. Charlotte
Scott and Harry Ladcll, as the cashgirl
and Buttons, the store messenger, do sev
eral things in this act that wins them
applause, and Miss Graham, as Mrs.
Smooth, the jealous wife of the head
or the 'house, has considerable to do.
In the third act, which consists of a
blow-out, given by the salesladies, the
Imperial Quartet, composed of four darK
ies who really know how to sing, gives
an effective specialty. David De Wolfe,
who rather overdoes the part of the floor
walker, sings "The Swellest Thing In
Town" In a style that 13 his redemption.
Mart Reagan gives a monologue composed
of four or five new "gags," Mr. Williams
sings a parody or two, and Miss Charlotte
Scott and Harry Ladell do a clever sons
and dance specialty.
The comedy is elaborately mounted, each
scene being a surprise in Its turn, and
many mechanical effects adding much to
the humor of the situations. The cos
tumes are new and bright, "and the sing
ing, while not brilliant, is better than
that of many comic opera choruses.
"The Female Drummer" will be
attraction all the week.
the
COMING ATTRACTIONS.
Scnbrooke at the Marqunm.
Mr. Thomas Q. Seabrooke, who will
appear Friday and Saturday nights with
a matinee Saturday October 4 and 5 at
the Marquam Grand Theater in Sydney
Rosenfeld's comic romatic play, "A Mod
ern Crusoe," has surrounded himselr
with an excellent supporting company.
Among Its principal members are: Miss Is
abelle Evesson, Mrs. Mary Myers, Eliza
beth Stewart, Helen Gladstone, Lynn
Pratt, Leighton Leigh, G. A. Ltnderman.
S. P. Hicks. C. Harry Robertson and
Arthur Magill. The sale of seats will
open Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock.
Paris, After the Commnnc.
Century.
A man standing at the corner of a street
heard two officers talking of tho bravery
of the troops. "Yes," said the loiterer,
"if your men had fought like that against
the Prussians, all this would not have
happened." The officer pulled out his pis
tol and shot him. "Our army has behaved
heroically," said M. Thiers. "We execute
with the law and by the law." "Where's
your boasted liberty?" I asked of a friend,
a Frenchman. Taking off his shoe, he
searched the inside of it very minutely,
and then said, "It has been there for the
last two months, but I think It is lost
now,"
The method of formal execution by
young ' cigarette-smoking Colonels, as
above indicated, was the usual kind of
execution. The honor of a firing party
was reserved for a few persons of dis
tinction, such as Milliere, who had re
signed a seat as Deputy forA Paris in the
National Assembly to become a member
of the Commune. He was placed in front
of the Pantheon, and with arm raised,
cried. "Vive le peuple!" There was a roll
of musketry, a murmur, and he was dead.
As I was walking away from the sad
spectacle I met Mr. Holt White, of the
Pall Mall Gazette, who said to me, "I am
sorry I am too late. I wanted to see
Milliere. People say he looks so much
like Jesus Christ." We then witnessed a
sight that made us both shudder. Up to
the previous day the fight had been going
on beneath a glorious sun and a cloud
less sky. I was astonished to find how
few traces of the carnage were to be seen
in the streets. The reason was that the
sunshine had dried the blood and it had
become covered with a concealing layer
of fine dust. Now, however, there had
been showers of rain, and the effect was
as if the very stones of the streets were
bleeding afresh. Near the Pantheon, at a
spot where several men had been shot,
blood was trickling in sluggish streams to
the gutter. Soldiers, fatigued with the
day's massacre, reposed on the Wet pave
ment, using It also as a dining table. Wo
saw them eating raw meat, which they
were too- fatigued to remove from the
streams of blood that trickled about it a
sorry banquet for M. Thiers' "heroes!"
To detail what I saw during the rest of
the fighting would bo to repeat in effect
what is above written. Everywhere In the
streets dead bodies were lying about.
There were no wounded, for the troops
gave no quarter. In every direction the
work of death and destruction went on;
the human brute unchained, the Imbe
cile wrath, the mad fury of man devour
ing his brother man.
The part of the city In possession of the
conquerers, however, was safe, though
not comfortable to walk In. Scattered
brains, -limbs, bodies and blood formed a
ghastly spectacle.
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His Own Logical Snccessor.
New York World.
With every member of McKlnley's Cab
inet pledged to stay in his place to the
end of Roosevelt's accidental term, It Is
obvious that the prime cause which pre
vented Arthur's nomination for President
in 1SS4 cannot possibly operate against
Roosevelt In 1904, if by that time he shall
have decided, as in all human probabil
ity he will, to be considered as a candi
date. There will be no member of Mc
Klnley's Cabinet to pose then, as Blaine
did In 1SS4, as the heir and legatee of the
murdered President.
Mr. Bnsrmnn.
Washington Star.
Oh, Mlstah Busyman, hustlln foh de train.
Goln' down to office an a-comln home again;
Eatln In a hurry while ybh mln Is full o"
doubt.
Buying bran' new glasses case yoh eyes Is
wearln' out.
Never stop foh slngln case you' a got so much
to do
JDeed, Mlstah Busyman, l's glad I Isn't you.
t
"Sou's gettln' all de money an' you's puttln'
it away
But I knows you's gwlnter help me when I
gets clean broke some day.
You saya l's mightly lazy, an' a lot o" other
thlng3,
But you wish you'd, time to listen when I
touch de banjo strings.
I takes my hat off to you jes" as p'llte as I
v kin be
But I bet dar Is occasions when you wishes
you was me.
NOTE AND COMMENT.
Td the weather clerk. Encore.
The country Is
obituary poets.
unexpectedly rich in
We may as well admit that Portland
has seen better streets.
Nothing like the close of the State Fair
to clear up the weather.
It begins to look as if the Columbia,
was sailing in. her own class.
Why not try to forget Czolgosz, and
thus rob him of the only consolation h
has left?
Perhaps the Czar refused to go to Parta
because he gets enough of the strenuotra
life at home.
It Is just as well to take In your gate.
Some hoodlums seem to think that Hallo
een lasts all the month.
Never was a parting guest sped more
effectually than Prince Chun, lately en
tertained by the Emperor of Germany.,
Admiral Schley's present behavior un
der fire shows that Maclay did not know
much about the proper use of the word
caitiff.
The mothers of the country are wait
ing with bated breath to learn what braad
of soothing syrup will be used in tho
White House.
The Duke and Duchess of York, having
tasted frontier life at Calgary, ought to
make a side trip down to Wolfville, and
see the real thing.
Such a healthy city as Portland does
not offer many inducements to doctors
ordinarily, but we are now approaching
the football season.
"A cat of our acquaintance was run
over by an eight-wheeled locomotive, aud
we are alarmed lest it stray under the
office chair and get killed," says a,
bunchgrass -exchange.
Now that ocean steamships are com
municating with one another at a dis
tance of 60 miles, it might be worth
while to wait a few days fordevelopmer.t3
before spending money on any more sub
marine cables. '
"I couldn't go to Sara Wilkins funeral,"'
wrote Mrs. Haskins to her husband in
tho far-off Nome country. Uncle Will
iam was to come up and get me, but he
got took sick like he always does, and
so I hadn't no one to go with. I wasn't
so particular about its being a funral.
but I was anxious to go, for I did want
to look on Sara's face Just ones when
she wasn't chawing gum."
Tho prisoners in the county jnil at
Lawrence, Kan., made the following
statement the other day In a local pa
per: "We understand that some of the citi
zens of this city think we are anarchists,
which is a gross mistake, and also an. in
justice. While some have acknowledged
to wrongdoing and others are held wait
ing the actions of the courtr their mis
demeanors neither make them outlaws
nor anarchists. Our loyalty to the Gov
ernment i3 equal to that of the most re
spected citizen. Anarchists say do away
with the law. Do away with the law and
the ultimatum Is barbarism. No one
wants that, though they be hardened
criminals. Politically we are about. xer
Iy divided. It Is not the assassination, of
McKinley, a Republicans It la the assass
ination of the Chief Executive of tho
greatest, grandest and most glorious Na
tion on the face of God's footstool. The
crime and what It portends is too great
to realize.
"These are the sentiments of the
"INMATES
"Of the County Jail of Douglas Coun
ty. Kan."
In his autobiography. "A Sailor's Log,"
Rcar-Admlral Robley D. Evans relates a
strange Instance of premonition which a
fellow sailor had the night before the at
tack on .Port Fisher, in January, 1S6. Ho
says: "We had on board the Powhatan
a fine young seaman named Flanalgan,
who came from Philadelphia. On tho
night of January 14 he came to my room
with a small box In his hand and said
to me: , 'Mr. Evans, will you be kind
enough to take charge of this box for
me it has some little trinkets in It aad
give It to my sister in Philadelphia?' I
asked him why he did not deliver It him
self, to which he replied: 'I am going
ashore with you tomorrow and will be
killed. I told him how many bullets it
required to kill a man In action and. In
other ways tried to shake his coavic
tions. but it was no use he stuck to it.
He showed no nervousness over it, but
seemed to regard It as a matter of course.
I took the box, and, after making a. proper
memorandum, put It away among my
things. On the afternoon of the next day,
when we were charging the fort, and Jast
as we came under fire, at about 800 yards.
I saw Flannigan reel out to one side and
drop, the first man hit, with a bullet
through his heart. I stepped quickly to
his side and asked If he were badly
hurt. The only reply was a smile as he
looked up Into my face and rolled over
dead. The box was delivered as he re
quested, and I afterwards assisted in
getting a pension for his sister."
'
PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHEIXS
Badness. "Oh, mamma." cried Tammy,
"Willie's pulling the pussy's tall'." "He's a.
very bad boy to do that." oald mamma. "Yes,
and he's selfish, too; 'cos ho won't let me pull
It at all." Philadelphia Press.
An Avenue of Escape. "I'm thinking: se
riously of resuming business." "I thought you
had retired permanently." "I thought so, too,
but I need some excuse for not attending my
wife's afternoon teas." Brooklyn Life.
He was obviously anxious, and she seemed
almost willing. "I must refer you to pa&a,"
said she, with a. becoming blush, "before giv
ing you a final answer." "But 1 am perfeetly
willing to take you without any reference."
said he, magnanimously. Tlt-Blts.
The Name That Appealed. Golf Export-So
you received an accidental blow In the faco
with a golf club, eh? What were you hit with
brassle, cleek. mashle, lofter, or putter? Golf
Novice I ain't sure which, but I think by tho
way my nose felt when 1 was struck that it
must have been a mashy all right." Judge.
A Saucy Query. Miss Passay When I
watched the dear old soldiers pass by I thought
how splendid It must have been to have had
the privilege of living right here In the mWst
of the excitine times of the great Civil War.
Johnnie Fresh Then you were abroad durin?
the war, were you. Miss Passay? Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Rules and Exceptions. "Politeness Is never
wasted." remarked the man of Chesterfleklten
manners. "Well, mlstar," answered the rough
ly clad, weather-beaten person, "that may be
true In your part o town. But If you was In
the canal-boat business you'd know that there
ain't any use whatever of sayln 'please' to a
mule." Washington Star.
He Would Enjoy It. "Did your father used
to whip you when you were a boy?" askd the
youngster who had been chastised. "Dkt her"
repeated the old gentleman, reflectively. "In
those days parents were made of sterner stuff,
and he used to whale me with a, strap.' Tho
boy's eyes brightened instantly. "Golly!" ho
cried. "I'd like to see him do It now I" Chl-
cago Post,