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PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY, NOV. C.
A LESSON IN POLITICAL DUTY.
No local election, -within recent years,
hasten awaited by the country -with
bo much Interest as that of yesterday
ki the City of New York. The result
phows that a fine civic spirit exists In
the Amerioan metropolis.
It Is a blow to machine politics, to
little, cheap and mercenary men and
politics. It is an inspiration for men
everywhere who have a high-minded
view of civic duty. It affords encour
agement to those who trust the sound
sense of the people to do the right thing
at the right time.
It is clear that the people of the
United States are making steady prog
ress in the right conception of their
civic duty. They are becoming less and
less disposed to tolerate sordid and mer
cenary politics.
The suggestion to Oregon Is that it
discard and reject little and cheap poli
tics, and the little and cheap men to
whom the larger and higher purposes of
politics are unknown.
The result in New York comes like
a mistral, to clear the political atmos
phere of the country. ' Oregon needs It,
too. Shall we not catch the inspira
tion, to put a check upon small, tricky,
mercenary, self-seeking, cheap-little
politics and mere machine politics? Is
It not high time?
ANGLOMANIAG AMERICANS.
The Duke of Manchester, who is now
trying to settle his debts in the English
courts of bankruptcy, is the latest titled
English rake to marry an American
heiress. He is a rake by hereditary
right as well as Inclination, for his re
cent predecessors In the dukedom be
longed to that class of English noble
men who are rescued from oblivion
chiefly by their Infamy. His Immedi
ate predecessor In the title married an
American heiress in 1875, and deserted
ber for a mistress In three years with
whom he had lived openly-for five
years. In 1S80 he went through bank
ruptcy, owing $3,000,000. When he be
came Duke, In 1890, his mistress sued
him for money loaned him, and for his
board and lodging for several years.
Then his health broke down under his
Incessant dissipation and he died mis
erably. His American wife, who had
E'l these years bean compelled to shift
for herself and live on her father's
money given as her wedding dowry, be
came Duchess of Manchester, this title
and her three children being all she
had to console herself for the loss of
one of tHe most Contemptible creatures
that ever disgraced a coronet One of
these children is the present Duke,
who has followed faithfully. If not re
ligiously, thUB far In the vicious foot
steps of his infamous father. He has
Imitated his father's moral, his in
decency and his extravagance. He is
now repeating his father's experience
before the court of bankruptcy, and,
like him, he has married an American
heiress, who married him presumably
for his title, and because of his "hered
itary vices and his Impecuniosity.
No sympathy need be wasted upon
American -women who make such Car
riages because of any suffering or dis
grace that becomes theirs when their
titled husbands treat them a littlebet
ter than they do their dogs, but not
nearly so well as they do a horse or a
mistress. This American woman has
married a man whose father had led a
most disgusting life, both before and
after marriage. She has married the
present Duke of Mariohester, ichowing
that he always has led as shameful a
life as did his shameless father. In
other words, she gave herself In her
youth and beauty to 'a man who has
been celebrated lor nothing but the
most disgusting excesses; by a course
of vice that made him a case of moral
death to a decent woman. This fe
male Anglomanlac knew that this dis
solute Duke was the son of a most dis
solute father, a drunkard, a roue, a
gambler, who borrowed of everybody
and paid nobody a titled dead beat and
debauchee. And yet this American
woman of good family, of liberal edu
cation and presumably of refined asso
ciations and tender nurture, accepted
this creature for a husband, who was
morally tmflt to become a father of chil
dren, for the sake of his title and his
expectations. She sold herself to this
maa because she knows that If she
outlives him ,she can queen it as Duch
ess of Manchester. For this coronet she
is willing to marry a man who ought
to be a most, repulsive husband. It
took the drunken father of her dissolute
lord about Sixteen years to kill himself.
Perhaps the present Duke of Manches
ted will not be so unconscionably Ion?
& time dying- and lifting the mortgage
of & miserable marriage from his wife's
neck
Aas rule, these American women pay
arly for their coronets. JI they have
I tiBfclisjtfsi fcf iffiff 'a
any money, their dissolute lords soon
spend lt;.ancL if'they have no money In
hand, their lord soon tires of them and
obtains another mistress. This marry
ing a depraved young Englishman or
Frenchman solely for the sake of his
title Is as immoral as it would be to
become the wife of a depraved Ameri
can solely for the sake of his money.
There is no difference morally between
the legal sale ojC a woman for the tar
nlBhed plume of a title and the illegal
sale of a woman for cash In hand. The
male American Anglomanlac Is con
temptible enough, but the female An
glomanlac, who marries a very Cad
man with full knowledge of hlk vices,
for the sake of his title, Is a spectacle
to make even fallen angels weep.
ITS INDIRECT BENEFITS.
Fortunately there are some persens
In the world gifted with powers
of vision, beyond the end of their noses.
Such do not insist on measuring the
earning capacity of an enterprise by
the same standard used in measuring
the money put Into it A railroad has
been known to run Its dining-car ser
vice at a loss, yet in that way it has
attracted transcontinental travel from
a rival that clung to cheerless and
time-consuming eating-houses along the
road. When the New York Tribune,
brought one of Tennyson's poems
across the Atlantic by cable, It didn't
sell enough extra papers to pay the
tolls; but it established the Tribune
in many minds as a paper worth hav
ing for its news-gathering enterprise.
Money, time and anxious thought
are going prodigally into the Lewis and
Clark Centennial, to be held at Port
land In 1905. There are doubtless some
contributors who will estimate the cele
bration a failure unless the receipts
from varloup sources reimburse the
subscribers as well as pay all the
bills. With this exposition, however, we
shall buy some things that are not to
be computed In dollars and cents. Pre
ceding and during the exhibition there
will be a boom and many will get rich.
Afterward there will be an inevitable
collapse and many will go broke. At
Buffalo they had bad luck and bad
management, and it is asy to say we
needn't have these things here. But In
some degree or other we are certain to
have them. Mistakes will be made, for
men are but human In Oregon as else
where. Baa luck will swoop down upon
occasions of Its own finding, for fate
Is capricious, East or West
Portland's Indirect and momentous
benefit from the centennial Is its ser
vice In bringing our people together
with the enthusiasm of a common pur
pose. The town is big enough to have
cliques, political, social, commercial,
and It Is not yet big enough to have
outgrown them. It has never had the
fight for life the Northern Pacific's hos
tility forced upon Seattle, and on the
other hand It has not reached the met
ropolitan dimensions and consciousness
of a Chicago or a San Francisco. Some
supreme effort or danger Is needed to
cut out these disastrous enmities' and
to burn away the barriers of petty
rivalries. This work is going to be
done, apparently, by the Lewis and
Clark Centennial. Never before have
our people been so united and spirited
In a common undertaking. They are
about to learn the lesson, apparently,
that in union is strength, and that the
Interests of each are promoted in the
success 'of all.
Another boon already manifest and
certain to grow In significance and
value, Is an extension of this spirit of
co-operation over the entire Pacific
Northwest What this section, so full
of promise and resources, so barren in
population and achievement, ne.eds more
than anything else is for the diversion
Into co-operative channels of this vast
store of energy now employed in rival
strife. It is a humiliating fact that the
net result of all this prodlgouB conflict
between Portland, Seattle and Tacoma
is practically nothing. Noise and fury
accomplish nothing. Lectures and
scolding and recrimination accomplish
nothing. They complain at Seattle and
Tacoma because the O. B, & N. doesn't
run Its trains to Puget Sound, but the
complaint is useless and Ineffectual.
We complain at Portland because Pu
get Sound fills her trans-Pacific steam
ships with Oregon produce; but the
complaint Is useless. Seattle rejoices
when a vessel Is delayed In the Colum
bia River; but ere the shout has died
away a worse disaster, perhaps, over
takes a ship at Puget Sound. They oan
show you in Seattle that Portland Is
going down, or in Portland that Seattle
Is enjoying only a temporary boom.
All these demonstrations come to noth
ing. They are a sad waste of steam and
temper. If the force behind them had
only been expended in some construct
ive effort to get people out to the Coast
and strengthen the Coast's standing in
commercial and political circles at ,the
East, the results would have been In
finitely better for bvoth Oregon and
Washington.
The, generous and spirited response
accorded the Lewis and Clark 'Centen
nial in all sections of the Pacific North
west augurs a bettervand brighter day.
Rivalry there will be, but It ought to
be decent and not idiotic. Competition
there must be, but it should take a
back seat for union, when the occasion
demands union. Portland may natural
ly expect to be the chief beneficiary
of the Centennial's boom, as It will be
the chief contributor to its expense and
the chief sufferer from the fading after
math. But the whole region west of
the Missouri River will also be greatly
benefited, and in measure apportioned
to the efforts of the Individual" sections.
Here is the lcng-deslred opportunity to
bring this rich and fertile region to
the world's attention; and it, Is cause
fof general satisfaction that the oppor-.
tunity is so universally apprehended.
The benefits vof each In the celebratldn
will be just what each contributor
makes It
ItEVTVAL IN FAST HORSES.
The breeding and development of fast
horses has for many, years been a very
Important Industry iin this state, and
in that portion of Washington and
Idaho that is tributary to Portland.
The prominence and value of this Indus
try Is such that the leasing of Irving
ton track In this city by a couple -of
wealthy horse-breeders for a long term
of years Is of special Interest, Despite
the advent of the bicycle, the automo
bile and other similar means of loco
motion, the horseless age Is about as
far in the future jas it -as when Ben
Hur delighted the ancients with harness
racing of a high degree. The Oregon,
horse has won laurels for the state, and
fame and money for his owners, on
most of the prominent-racetrack be
tween the Atlantic and the Pacific
There is something In the life-giving
air, water and -grass of the Webfoot
State that imparts to the animal quall-
lties of srit and endurance that are
.jbl - !. - . A,kt:yaW,V,A.. uL,x
lacking in the horses bred, in less-favored
localities. ,Whether on theparlor
tracks of the grand circuit or 'on tfie
rough courses of the country fairs in
the West, horses bred in this c6untry
have always shown a do-or-dle spirit
that has made them prime favorites,
with all lovers of fine horses.
The lntrodudction in the past few
years of new lines of Blood, ito the
harness horse families of the state has
resulted In producing more high-grade
animals than were ever In the state be
fore, and it Is of the utmost importance
that these coming wonders have every
facility for development, which alone;
adds to their value. There Is an erro
neous belief in certain quarters that
fas.t horses are bred for racing purposes
alone. This belief has been the means
of withholding support from breeders'
meetings, the primary reason for
which was the development of speed
in green horses in order that they might
be given a commercial value In keeping
with their breeding. Thousands of the
fastest harness horses in the couritry
are owned and driven by men who
never use them for racing purposes, but
keep them exclusively for the pleasure
they afford in keeping ahead of com
mon roadsters. It Is Impossible to bring
out the; speed in a horse, no matter how
good his breeding1 may be, without a
course of training and racing; and
many an animal which, if properly de
veloped In speed, would.be worth thou
sands, lives his life out in obscurity
through lack of opportunity to show
what he can do. This feature of the
business Is well illustrated in the case
of Rarus, Ryland T. and a number of
other sensational performers of their
time, whose merits were unknown for
years, until chance opportunity led
them to a racetrack, where their mar
velous latent speed was brought to
light
One of the lessees of Irvington track
Is a prominent breeder of horses In this
state, and the other Is engaged in the
same business ib California. Both have
the confidence of others engaged In the
business, and it Is in their power to
.give Portland some high-class racing,
which would draw old-time crowds and
at the same time offer breeders an op-1
portunlty for developing and giving an
Increased commercial value to the large
number of well-bred horses which are
now owned in the Northwest If the
proposed race meetings next season are
conducted "on the square," and run for
the benefit of the public, and not for
the pool-box, an interest will be awak
ened in the "sport of Kings" -which will
be reflected In box-office receipts suffi
cient to pay purses that cannot help
but attract large entries of both green
and seasoned animals.
A DISHONEST IDLER.
Mr. John Jinks, of New York City,
the son of a rich grocer who left about
a million of dollars, would not pay a
debt of $550 for which a creditor had
obtained judgment against him, and
the creditor, after waiting seven years,
applied for an Injunction on the exe
cutors of the Jinks estate forbidding
them to pay John his lull income until
"he paid that debt Mr- Jinks answers
with his affidavit, in which he says that
he has been brought up in idleness,
has never acquired any business hab
its, has never been in any business,
but lived for many years prior to his
father's death on a liberal. allowance.
He married an actress, by whom he has
one child, 7 years old. His friends are
all persons of wealth and high social
standing, and he is compelled to spend
money entertaining the many friends
who entertain himself and wife. . He
has absolutely no income except $6000
a year, which he receives from his
father's estate, "and this sum he de
clares is barely sufficient to support him
and his family.
This Mr. Jinks is a psychological
curiosity. He complacently says that
he cannot pay a debt of $550 with in
terest because his style of living eats
up entirely an annual income of $6000.
He does not seem to feel any moral ob
ligation to lower his style of living in
order to pay this honest debt. He
does not seem willing to drop his clubs
to stop entertaining and being enter
tained; to reduce his social expenses or
seek any employment in order to pay
what he owes. An honest, honorable
man with a wife and one child could
live well In a respectable suburban
town on $3000 a year. There are hun
dreds of educated, cultivated fam
ilies who live- near New York on even
less than this sum. There are far bet
ter men than Mr. Jinks, men who have
known as much luxury and refinement
as Ke was surrounded by In his youth,'
who would rather be an honest, hard-
working billposter than be Buch a dis
honest idler as he is content to be. This
fellow in substance says: "I never
earned anything; I do not intend to
earn anything and, although I haye an
Income of $6000 a year, I do not think. It
necessary to be honest, because I can
not give up my club, my dinner parties;
I must dress myself and wife so that
we can continue to meet people of high
social standing." And yet this con
temptible Jfellow boasts that his social
circle Is composed exclusively of per
sons of "high standing."
There is something -dreadful in this
confession of deliberate dishonesty
coupled with Its complacent justifica
tion. Here is a man. boasting of his
high social environment, who is so lit
tle of a man among men that he can
tiot afford to lower the scale of his so-
clal expenditure a hair to pay his hon-
est debts, or, In other word3, that,
rather than lose even transiently his
social standing, he proposes that his
creditors should continue vainly to
whistle for their money, as they have
for the last ten years. What kind of a
social circle must it be where a man
who makes such affidavit qould con
tinue to be held In high regard? What
kind of teaching did this Jinks have
when a hoy that he could possibly have
grown to manhood and "not feel-any
humiliation in his present situation?
He has inherited his father's money to
the extent of $6000 .a year, and on this
money he supports the attitude of an
absolutely inert, indolent, Incompetent
snob, utterly destitute of every-day
honesty, muoh less manly honor. Be
cause he has. $6000 a year and Is indo
lent and incompetent, he has not be
come an aggressive criminal. He la
only a passively dishonest fellow, but
his dishonesty Is so large a part qf his
natural endowments that If he had been
obliged to work for a living, he would,
despite his education, have become a
criminal. He would not have Tieen en
ergetic or intellectual enough .to be a
high-grade criminal; he would have
been a sneakthief of some sort, -a
picker up of unconsidered trifles, a cut
pursc among drunken cyprians, Ja rob-'
ber of hat racks and coatrooms, a
.shover of counterfeit currency. So
much inborn, ingrained dishonesty and
indolence, heir to nothing but the prod-
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ki j&i?S-
uct of his own exertions, would have (
been sure to have directly or Indirectly '
picKea pockets for a living.
As we have said, this Jinks Is a, psy
chological puzzle from the hereditary
point of view. His indolence, his in
competence, are understandable. The.
criminal lolly of his father in never
putting his boy to business", as the
Goulds, Astors and Vanderbllts do with
their sons, is responsible for the boy's
Indolence and incompetence, but will
not account for his cold-blooded, com
placent dishonesty. His father, an able
man of business, never taught his son
dishonesty, never wop his way to a
million as a grocer by refusing to pay
an honest debt en the plea that he was
not willing to live within his means.
If every rich man's son were an Incor
rigible idler and incompetent dude, like
Jlnks.the third generation wmld be
sure to enlarge thejranks of criminals
and paupers, " . "
The coming January promises to be
very gay at the National capital. In
augurated by the usual Newf Year's
reception, which will be a very exten
sive lunctlonv; there will be a round of
official dinners and receptions through
out the entlre month. Dinner will be
served to the Cabinet, the diplomatic
corps, and the SupremeN Court A for
mal reception "will be given to each of
these, and there will also be a Congres
sional reception. The festivities of the
month will close with the regulation
Army and Navy reception. For the
first time since Mrs. Cleveland vacated
the social throne the President's wife
will be able to fulfill all social duties
'connected with the official life of the
White House. While feeling the most
profpund sympathy for Mrs. McXlnley
In her retirement and sorrow, her
weakness was a handicap upon social
life which It was impossible to over
come. The change from her gentle In
validism to the perfect health and vigor
of Mrs. Roosevelt will be marked. To
'say that it will be enjoyed will be
.'merely to accredit society people of
Washington as, ordinary human beings
who, while they regard the Ills of life
with pity, enjoy its activities im
mensely. A sad expression is given to the con
troversies between officers of the Army-
and the Navy arising out of -the Spanish-American
War, by the fact that all
of the men prominent In them as prin
cipals are near, or have already passed,
the age of retirement from active serv
ice. General Miles, so boldly and coarse
ly arraigned rby General Alger, ex-Sec-
retary of War, and himself an old man.
In his book recently published, for un
soldlerly conduct, will be retired Au
gust 8, 1903; Rear-Admiral Schley,
stung by animadversions upon his
bravery into a demand for a court of
inquiry, was retired October 9 of this
year. Rear-Admiral Sampson has al
ready been relieved at his own request
because of constitutional break-down
incident to the annoyance and bitter
disappointment resulting from the mis
chance of his absence from the battle
of Santiago, and willbe formally re
tired February 9, 1902. The picture
thus presented Is a humiliating one, and
it would be pitiful except that pity is
an emotion In which we do not care to
indulge when contemplating our mili
tary and naval heroes, even In their dls-.
appointment and distress.
Miss Stone was captured by outlaws
who rob Turkish subjects as well as
foreigners. Daniel Webster always held
that greater protection cannot be de
manded for the subject of a foreign
power than the United States affords to
Its own citizens under similar condi
tions. "Our Government, moreover has
steadily refused to consider Itself bolind
to pay Indemnities on account of foreign
subjects who have been lynched in one
of the states of the Union. Such pay
ments that have been made, as in case
of the subjects of Italy lynched in Lou
isjana and of (Jjhina in Wyoming, have
been explicitly conceded as an act of
International courtesy, and nothing
more. If our Government should, In
case Miss Stcne was ransomed from
outlaws, demand an indemnity from
Turkey, the Sultan could fairly ask
how he could be held responsible for an
abduction by brigands when the United
States Government refuses to admit Its
financial obligations in cases, of foreign
subjects lynched by American citizens
whp are not brigands.
The silk dress, once the treasured
prize of a lifetime, even among women
well to do, is now worn by the thrifty
Wives or the thrifty masses upon all
suitable occasions. It costs no more
than did the cherished "alpaca"" of a
former generation, and is a much more
common possession than was a dress of
the latter fabric fifty or even twenty
five' years ago. The silk Industry of
the United States has grown enormous
ly to supply the demand, showing an
increase of 59 per cent since 1890, while
the value of silk products shows an in-
crease of 23 per cent within the same
period. Taken in connection with the
fact "that a period of great industrial
and financial depression was included
in the decade covered, this showing Is
remarkable4
Miss Helen Gould seems to have In
herited much of the financial ability
of her father, and with It, from some
source, a spirit of broad and practical
philanthropy. Her appoinbnent as one
of the women commissioners of the
I Louisiana Purchase Exposition is a lit
ting tribute to her ability to manage
large financial Interests without parsi
mony and yet with wise economy. The
interests of the exposition, so far as
they come within her sphere of action,
will he wisely conserved, and her name
and indorsement will give weight to the
decisions of the body of which she is a
member. Her appointment Is notan
empty or fulsome compliment to her
sex or her wealth, but a tribute to her
financial ability and practical common
t sense
The silver craze having passed, the
States of Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado,
Wyoming; Montana, Idaho Nevada and
Washington will take indeed most of
them already have taken their places
in the Republican column again; and
they will keep It. The craze was one
of the strangest, if not positively the
most extraordinary, ever witnessed In
our politics. It was alike strange as
a! monumental-economic .fallacy and a
curious psychological phantasy. It was
certain to spenij itself, but the end came
sooner than might have been supposed.
Ohio holds firmly to the Republican
party. Sympathy for McKinley, desire
to httnor his memory, purpose to uphold
and caffy foiward the policies with
'which his name w&3 associated, were
powerful .motives for .bringing out to
the polls those who had been voting for
jhlm. in former elections.
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EP0NYMOUS HEROES. t
Minneapolis Tribune. '
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Tho proposal to change the name of
the Philippine Islands to the McKinley
Islapds, comes two or three centuries too
late. The age of eponymous heroes name
giving founders, conquerors or discover
ersIs past, except with the Arctic
circles and perhaps within ..the interior
of Africa. In the primitive stages of Ar
yan civilization, the common source of
geographical names was thtf name of
heroes or demigods, when Olympus itself
was not drawn on for god-parents. When
there was no historical trace of a name
giver, the lively Imagination of tha
Greeks and Latins created a mythical
founder. The Hellenes were the son3 of
a legendary Hellen, as Alexandria was
the city of the real Macedonian king,
and modern historical criticism regards
the Romulqs of the literal legend as no
more real than tho frankly mythical
I talus.
The same process of, name-giving went
on among the so-called barbaric peoples,
.many of whoso geographical names sur
vive in modern Europe. The imaginative
Celts were fond of "personal names like
the Greeks, but the practical Teutons In
clined more to racial or descriptive de
signation. Franco is. tho dountry of the
Franks, or free tribes. Austria Is the
eastern kingdom, and Lombardy the
country of the long beards. By the time
America was discovered, the Known
world was pretty well named" and the oc
cupation of the eponymous hero was
nearly gone. The new world opened a
field for him as broad and rich as the
Mediterranean of the primitive Greeks,
the golden Celtic age o( the Arthurian
legions or the Teutonic forests in the
time of tho NIebelung story.
There waata perfect riot of name giv
ing In the 16th century, and it is curious
to note how closely It followed tho primi
tive rule. Most of tho important Ameri
can names are personal. Native names
remain, in many places for natural ob
jects, like mountains and rivers, but
most of the early civil dlvlslona took Eu
ropean names, and the majority of these
were personal. Names of French and
English kings persist in many American
states, and those of explorers are com
memorated, all the way from Hudson's
Bay to Magellan Straits. It seems, a plty
that the greatest of explorers should.be
obscurely immortalized only by the name
of the unimportant Drake's Bay on the
coast of California. It was. In this period
that tho name of tho King of Spain was
gjven'-Ho tha Phlllpplno Islands.
"'Eariy- names given in thiB natural way
are apt to. stick, In spite of efforts of
now proprietors to change them for po
litical reasons. Such attempt.usually re
sults in the double names so vexing in
geographical study. Were It to be made
in tho Philippines, they would be known
for at least a century as the "McKinley
or Philippine Islands." The United
States has tried to chango few of the
original names of Its acquired territory,
preferring to retain the historical flavor
they contain. Alaska is an exception,
but that territory had no real name be
fore Its cession by Russia. It Is hardly
likely that, on reflection, the proposal
to give new names to the Philippine
Islands will get serious attention. It
would be like calling Louisiana Jefferson,
Florida Monroe or Texas Polk.
A GREATER PERIL.
Minneapolis Tribune.
Tho Senatorial Investigation of the
charges against Major Helstand, of the
American Army, promises to' throw light
on a greater peril to success and stabil
ity of American rule In the Philippines
than native insurrection or savage mas
sacre. It is alleged that Major Helstand
used his official power and influence in
ald of a commercial . enterprise in which
he and other Army officers were inter
ested. The charges are made by an of
ficer who seems to have been a disap
pointed member of the same combina
tion, but doubtless the inquiry will be im
partial and the evidence trustworthy.
The Phlllpplno Islands aro full of op
portunities for private profit gained
through commercial enterprises, to which
official influence Is very helpful. Army
officers are constantly under the great
est temptation to make money out of their
positions. Comparatively few of them
have yielded, and cases that have come
to light have been severely punished. No
case, however, has been so extensive In
Its possibilities and so far-reaching in its
effects as that now under investigation.
The company in which Hel3tand and
other officers were interested wqs formed
to buy and ship hemp from the Southern
porta of the Island of Luzon, and perhaps
to manufacture this for sale in the Isl
ands or after exnort Specific details are
1 wanting. Hemp-growlns. however, is one
of the great industries of the island, xne
product there practically commands the
world's market, so much so that when
shipment was stopped by the blockade of
the ports, the rope-making industry of
Europe and America was almost para
lyzed. It Is doubtful If so complete a
natural monopoly of Important produc
tion exists anywhere, now that American
oil fields are rivaled by those In Russia.
During the insurrection and blockade,
smuggling of hemp was enormously
profitable and the Insurrection derived
large financial support from smugglers
whose interest it was to maintain the
high prices caused by the blockade. The
opposing interest, consisting of all hemp
consumers the world over, brought strong
pressure on the War Department and
General Otis to raiso the blockade, and
this was finally done by the expedition,
that occupied the southern provinces and
opened the hemp ports. This restored
"natural conditions of trade in great meas-
ure. Extraordinary illegal prouts stopped
and the price of hemp returned to nearly
its natural level.
It Is not yet clear where this Helstand
enterprise came In: whether It had to
do with smuggling out hemp through of
ficial pull during the blockade, or with
giving official support to an Improper
monopoly of trading opportunity In which
officers were Interested afterwards. Doubt
less this' will come out in the evidence.
Very large personal interest Is .given to
the Inquiry by the early appearance of
well-known names, military as well as
civil, among those likely to be implicated.
f "
The Arjnmient of Tar and Feathers.
"Walla. Walla Statesman.'
J. M. Hagerty, of Palmer Mountain
mining camp, went to Spokane and put up
$50 with the Spokane Review as a chal
lenge to Palmer Mountain mining men
to get an expert and prove there was
anything like tho "prospect"' of mines
there that they Wero claiming. Then he
went homo and 100 people or more of
Loomls tarred and feathered him. It was
not only a brutal affair. It was absolutely
senseless. It didn't prove "Hagerty to be
wrong In condemning the Palmer Moun
tain boom methods, but, on the con
trary, has given a good many people the
idea that he was right Palmer Mountain
stock will not advance any as a result of
the mob's action.
Race Pxejndf.ce Is Natural.
Indianapolis Sentinel. .
When races are mixed quarrels that
arise over matters that are entirely per
sonal, or at least are not connected with
race questions, drift naturally and rapid
ly into race questions. All men sympa
thize naturally with their own race, and,
In a controversy, develop prejudlco against
another race. It Is just as natural as
family or National sympathy and preju
dice. Told In Few Words.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
It la suggested that Schley having told
his story it would be only fair to let
Sampson tell his. No objection in the
world, but really Sampson's story -has
already been told; briefly, it 13 true, but
there was not much In hl3 performance
to malf a story of. He simply was not
I -there. '
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PORTLAND EXPOSITION Iff 1905.
Tacoma Evening Nejcs.
The president of the Tacoma Chamber
of Commerce and Hoard of Trade has
given a hearty indorsement to the Lewis
and Clark Centennial to be celebrated by
a Pacific Coast exposition at Portland In
1905, to Col5nel Parkor, of Walla Walla,
chairman of the honorary board of
Washington commissioners for the expo
sition. The indorsement Is nothing mort
than an expression of approval of the
purposes of the exposition and an offer 6t
assistance in behalf of tho leading com
mercial body of Tacoma, but it ought not
to bo regarded a5 a perfunctory declara
tion, but rather as a specific promise or
hearty co-operation in making the first
great Pacific Coast exoosition a complete
triumph.
There Is a disposition In some quarters
to regard the exposition business as some
what overdone. The Paris exhibition or
1800 has been followed In 1901 by the Glas
gow Industrial frxhlbition and the Pan
American Exposition. The Louisiana Pur
chaso Exposition at St. Louis in ltC3 will
be the greatest world's fair over held, sur
passing the Columbian exposition of 1&03
and tho Paris Exposition Of 1900. The
glory of minor exhibitions whloh are to be
held at Portland and Charleston and other
points will perhaps be dimmed by this
greatest effort of the kind at St. Louis,
but that fact in no way militates aginst
tho holding of the Portland '""Exposition.
As a matter of fact expositions are won
derfully potent educational .agonolos, and
demonstrations of the world's progress,
and there can hardly be too many of
them.
The State of Washington is at that for
mative stage of development when every
opportunity to exhibit Its resources, and
draw attention to its climatic, agricultur
al, Industrial and commercial advantages
must be seized and utilized by Its citizens.
A great exposition at Portland will draw
hundreds of thousands of visitors to the
Pacific .Coast. Tno fact that the exposi
tion is across the line In tho chief city ot
Oregon will In no wise prejudice the inter
ests of .Washington. On tho contrary,
Washington will derive .her full share ot
the benefits from the exhibition by sim
ply utilizing It, and the people of mis
state at the same time will avoid the em
barrassments and burdens of management
which will devolve upon the Portland or
ganizers. As to the Lewis and Clark Centennial
and Pacific Coast Exposition of 1905 Wash
ington should take time by the forelock.
The Legislature d 1903 should appropriate
money among other things for a Wash
ington Building, and this should be made
one of the chief attractions of the expo
sition. Tacoma should make early prepa
rations for a conspicuous part In the
Portland Exposition and an exhibit wnlcn
will bo both creditable and advantageous.
Tho campaign In thl3 state which colonel
Parker, of Walla Walla, has Inaugurated
ought to be prosccutd with vigor, by ac
tion when the times comes, a& well as by
cheering assurances at the present time.
THE MIND OP GUITEAU.
Tho mind of the Assassin Czolgosz be
longed to a type not well balanced not
unlike that of tho assassin of President
Garfield, yet with differences. Dr. J. M.
Buckley, an expert In the matter of men
tal disorders and Insanity, who was called
on to examine Guiteau to determine his
sanity or the lack of it, in an inter
esting article in the Century Magazine, for
"November, states that, after a protracted
Interview with Guiteau, he classed him
as "responsible insane." Says Dr. Buck
ley: Ordinary Juries are llablo to balieve. and
counsel and a certain class of heavlly-pald
medical experts try to make jurios believe,
that if a" man be in any degree insane, he
should bo held irresponsible, before the law.
Henco are set free many criminals who wete
never thought Insane till thuy needed that de
fense, and who, after their acquittal, never
exhibit e. sign of Insanity.
I propounded to Guiteau a series of ques
tions which, wjth few exceptions, were such
as he had not answered before. They related
to his. mental and moral experiences while con
templating his objections to the courso of Gar
field toward himself, to the rise of the lflea
that he must remove him," to his shrinking
from it at. first or otherwise, and to what
would have been hla opinion If President Gar
field had recovered. Many o them Involved
sharp discriminations, and were such as would
have puzzled a typical monomaniac or ptra
nolnc. He answered tho questions, made no
reply that required explanation, used no super
fluous words, did not ask for a repetition of
any question, nor employ a word In an Im
proper sense; but occasionally he contradicted
the record of his own courso and his own tes
timony, Ho gave no Indication of being, or
ever having been, irresponsibly Insane. Hla
conversation and bearing were unlike those of
any Irresponsibly insane man with whom I
havo conversed. They resembled those of a
man who had committed a crime, and arter
doing so had made himself believe tha he
could not help It. His motives were obvious.
Ho desired office; disappointed in the quest, ho
felt revengeful, and tho Idea occurred to him
to kill the President and put tho "Stalwarts"
in power. When it first rose It was like tha
Idea of forgery, murder or suicide. By turning
away he could have cast it out and resisted
its fascination, but as ho 'voluntarily dwelt
upon it. its proportions grew.
The thought that he had b?en subject to "a
pressure of tho Deity" came upon hlra in this
way. Most criminals aro fatalists. Tho chief
difficulty Is to convlneo them of guilt. Guiteau
had all his life been familiar with theology;
his mind was imbued with Biblical phrases.
With an lnactlvo conscience, vainly stimulated
by the excitement which his deed caused, the
peculiarities of treatment to which he was
subjected, it was natural that he should per
vert Biblical analogies and saji that "God
commanded it." This naturalized his act In
his own view, and left him free from remorse.
That he expressed It In theological language no
more proves that he could not help It than If,
Uko an ordinary criminal, he had said: "I
could not help it; I had to do It."
Tha root questions in his case were: Did he
know that it was a crlma? Had he the power
to refrain from doing it? Theaa. I believe,
could be answered only In the affirmative by
one unwedded to a theory.
A Deft Thrniit.
New York Evening Post.
We are glad to know that there is to be
an edition de luxe of the Life of Richard
Croker. His name has become the very
synonym of elegant and refined taste, and
no one better deserves commemoration in
the luxury of the printer's and binder's
art. Wo had nearly written "book-maker's
art," but that would have a certain
ambiguity as applied to an English sports
man. And somohow one almost suspects
that the publisher's announcement Is us
ing words In a double sense when It speaks
of the "broad-margined" paper on which
the Croker biography is to bo nrlnted.
All Tammany margins are narrow, which
is the reason so many of the speculators
of tho Hall get caught In WaU- street.
But why does the enterprising publisher
appeal to "Mr. Croker's friends and al
lies" to cqme forward and subscribe Ji6
each for a copy of this edition? The
books should be put Into the hands of the
police; who should force the push-cart
peddlers to buy them, just as they have
to buy tickets for n. Sullivan chowder par
ty or a Foley excursion. It scorns to us
that a great chance to make a record sale
bas been lost The gains of authors and
publlbhers alike would leap up like Cro
ker's Income If they could only tako citi
zens by the throat and make them buy
their immortal works.
Tally One for Booker.
Kansas City Journal.
Nearly all the country editors are tak
ing a fall out of Will White for writing
a etory'for his paper telling what he
had to cat when he dined with President
Roosevelt The hottest one handed to him
probably came from the Marshall County
(Kan.) News. It follows: "William Al
len White took dinner at the "White House
and went away and blowed about It. He
told everybody what ho got to eat (and
published the bill of fare in the news
papers. Booker T. Washington took din
ner at the White House and went away
and kept silent while other people did the
talking. No court of Inquiry is needed to
decide which guest acted the part of
a gentleman."
XQTE AJfD COMMENT
Colloge presidents will nOw'proceed to do
things to politics.
We arc- aaaln in danger of anepWemlc
of chrj'sajuh'emltls.
. f 1,
It looks as If Admiral Schley had won
another famous victory.
Low will get three, pheers, but tho tiger
will not be forthcoming. ' '
Perhaps It would pay Croker to take a
courso In Columbia University.
The different men who nominated Low
were nearly enough to elect him.
General Buller is either a Dreyfus or a
Scblay, he isn't quite sure which.
The squire 6f Wantago can now sympa
thize with the sage of Lincoln, Neb.
The New York Shcpfierd needs another
bnd, as per Senator Cogswell's story.
The sh'ancos are that considerable red
fire was burned in the White House last
night
Perhaps In a hundred or two years Phil
adelphia will follow suit and do a little,
purifying.
Tammany will have to be content for a
time, at least, with a second mortgage on
New York
t Our old friend Precipitation Deficiency
is making his annual visit a little longer
than usual.
If there Is hope for Now York, tho
chances ot othor allies begin to grow
da'zzlingly brilliant.
Croktfr has found that the.tabsent treat,
raont igm't successful in the case of Fa
ther Knickerbocker.
The parrot crop Is short this year, but
there seem to be enough cats to console
desolate spinsterhood.
Ernest Seton-Thompscn has changed his
name. Has that Colorado arrest mado
him feel the need of an alias?
In some parts of Peru hen's eggs aro
used as ourrency. People there can hava
little reason to refuse to shell out.
Again the knell of death rings out
Full tragically and solemn,
Again the casualties fill up
The dally football column.
It Is noticed that no Southern v office
holder has yet refused to serve under a
Prosldent who would break bread with a
"cullud pusson."
Santos-Dumont is talking of taking a
balloon voyage across the Atlantic. M.
Dumont evidently desires to become bet
ter acquainted with M. Foolklller.
No, gentle reader, It was not J. P. Mor
gan who made the Louisiana purchase. In
justice to him, however. It may be Kild
that he was not present when the sale
was held.
Oh, Croker, Blchard Croker, as & sailing high
you go,
Through the air you'll hear them oak you,
"Croker, how Is that for Low?"
You will hear the tiger meaouwlng with a wild
and woeful wall.
For old Father Knickerbocker has been dancing
on his tall;
And you'll learn that pretty shortly you xnuat
lay aside your crown.
And must make your preparations to go 'way
baek and sit down.
Oh, Croker, Blchard Croker, you may wonder
at their gall.
But the people thought they'd stop the gam
before you got It all.
They'stood for you for years and years, but
when yeu got too gay
To live in old Manhattan, you threw your pull
away.
And now you see your glory and your princely
. draw-down pass,
And find that you have landed in the Waldorf-
Astor class.
Oh, Croker, Richard. Croker, when again you'ra
in the game.
Just remember that the public will be robbed
and still be tamo:
"When they know a. fellow citizen Is getting all
the stuff
They'll calmly hand yon all they've got and
never lwller " 'nongh."
But you must stay at home to rob; the peopla
never can
Hndure the thought of digging to a bloody
Englishman. ,
PLEASANTRIES OP PARAGRAPHER3
"Polytheism Is the natural religion of unciv
ilized people." "Yes; as soon as people become
civilised they mostly have no god but Mam
mon." Life.
If a pretty girl has, indeed, no brains, it
simply goes to show that Nature isn't giving
brains to such as can't possibly uso these in
their business. Puck.
To Be Expected. "How forbidding that boat
looks," exclaimed Mrs. Taddells. "You are
looking at the stern sheets," explained Mr.
Taddells Detroit Free Press.
Shocking. "Mrs. Scadds made a vulgar and
ostentatious display of wealth yesterday," said
Mrs. Darley to her husabnd. "In what Way?"
"She gave a potato luncheon." Judge.
"It strikes me," said the attorney, "you're
entirely too partial to the other side." "No,
sir." orled the Magistrate: "I want you to
understand that I am neither partial nor Im
partial!" Philadelphia Record.
Poet I was pleased to seo my poem In your
paper.' Is there any money Editor Oh, no;
we sha'n't charge you anything this time. It
Is your first offence, you know. If. however.
It 1b repeated, we cannot let you off again so
easily Boston Transcript.
Good-Night. Mr. Borem I wonder If there's
any truth. In the old aying. "Absence makes
the heart grow fonder"? Miss Pepprey (sup
pressing a yawn) Well. I believe I could like
soma people very much more If they'd only go
away. Philadelphia, Press.
One of tho latest apocryphal stories on tho
yacht race li that about tho lady who, oa
hearing that the Shamrock was beaten on time
allowance, said It was "horrid of the Amer
icans to take advantage of the difference be
tween their time and ours." Glasgow Evening
Times.
He Shines by Contrast. 'If you had worked
hard during the Summer, as I did, you would
not be obliged to beg now," said the ant cold
ly. "Very true," replied the grasshopper, "but
If I were nt lazy you would never be able
to acquire suoh a reputation for Industry."
Judge.
11
Aster Town.
Danske Dandridge In the Independent.
The fairy asters toss beneath -
A mild and misty sky; ;
The woods, that near their glorious death.
King with the bluejay's cry,
And here and there tho dogwoods blaza
To light the feet through forest ways.
The couriers from the tupeloes
Bide fast, their time Is brief;
They mount each restive breeze, tfcatjblows
In pomp of searlet leaf.
With tidings that the trees send down
To warn the folk of Aster Town.
Fair folk! that face the morning skies.
After a night of froat.
With beautiful and friendly eyes.
Although their cauee Is lost.
Pull well they know that they must" go
From Aster Town ere fall of snow.
Tho sun has set; ttie starry sky
Awaits the lovely sight;
It Is a fairy company
That rises through the night. t 4
Tbey kiss their hacda. and laughing down.
They cry farewell to Aster Town. a
Caesar's Courtship,
Baltimore American.
A noble young Roman named Caesar
Once called on a m&ld trlsd to sqaexar
But the girl. With a blush.
Said the Latin for "Tush I ,
You horrid young thins 1 Let me baeasarl