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PORTLAND, SATURDAY, NOV. 30.
THE SUGAR PROBLEM.
It Is jiot probable that the sugar trust
Will be able to Induce Congress to put
raw sugar from Cuba on the free list
and retain a protective duty on the re
fined article. It is said, indeed, that
the t
onre
trust would like to have the duty-
refined sugar advanced, go as to rule
out competition from Europe. With the
raw product from Cuba free, th,e trust,
even without Increased duty on the re
fined article, would make, a great deal
of money. It could undersell the beet
product of the United States which
wouldn't be bad for the consumer, but
would create an absolute monopoly.
There is little consumption of ' raw or
unrefined sugar, and the scheme of the
trust would give it full control of the
American market. Then, when beet
production should be stifled, the trust
could make arbitrary prices.
Qur Treasury needs revenue, and
sugar is among the readiest of its re
sources. Our own sugar product is as
yet but a very small part of our an
nual consumption. A great deal of rev
enue can be had from raw sugar; but
the object of the trust is to control the
Cuban raw output, received free of,
duty, and to establish a tariff virtually
prohibitory on the refined product. The
several consequences of this proposal
may readily be foreseen. Production of
sugar in our own country would be
checked; revenue would be lost, because
the tariff on the refined would keep
that product out, and a complete trust
monopoly would soon" be established
throughout the "United States.
But Cuba begs us to let her sugar
latp fche United States free of duty;
fQr this, she says, would give wonderful
stimulation to her Industry and set her
on' the high road to prosperity. Cuba,
however, insists on remaining independ
ent of the United States; and it Is not
our duty to look to her advantage, but
to our own. What we have to decide
Is whether it would be, on the whole,
good for ourselves, or not, to allow free
entry of Cuban products Into our mar
kets. This presents a problem of ex
ceeding Intricacy, and the work of our
sugar trust tends to make It more in
tricate still. "We must consider the
needs of our Treasury, the state of our
own industry, what advantages we
should gain, through reciprocity or free
exchange, and how far we should play
into the hands of the growing monopoly
that evidently is prepared to control
Cuban production.
If Havemeyer on one side and Oxnard
on the other could be Induced to let
the subject of legislation alone, or
what would be more effective if offi
cials of the Government and members
of Congress would refuse to allow them
to direct or control legislation, and per
emptorily turn them down, there would
be a chance for the Interests of the
millions "of our peqple in whose name
the laws are drawn. It is scandalous
that Congress should continue to listen
year after year to those who shame
lessly endeavor to force their selfish
views and interests Into public legis
lation. HOW WE. PROTECT FOREIGNERS.
The tariff law of the United States
levies a duty of 15 per cent ad valorem
on hides, and it requires some 300,000,
000 pounds of imported hides annually
to eke out our home supply. But In
training the tariff schedule, due account
.Was taken of the circumstances of those
who impqrt hides, tan tljem and ship
thorn abroad in the form of leather. So
it was provided that those who had
paid duties on hides should get back
the duties when they export the leather.
In a perfectly natural way this ar
rangement Inures to the benefit of the
foreign manufacturer. The American
manufacturers of boots and shoes, sad
dles, harness, purses, trunks and valises
'and other articles into which leather
enters as a factor, are obliged to pay
for their leather plus the duty; whereas
the tanners- can sell the leather to for
eign manufacturers at its natural price,
without the addition of the duty. The
French or German cr British manufac
turer gets for S5 cents the leather for
which the American manufacturer must
pay $1, though In practiae this differ
ence is said to be reduced by friction
to 10 per cent or less. Therefore, while
we export some $20,000,000 in leather
each year, we export but $8,000,000 in
manufactures of leather.
This case is on ' all fours with the
Continental situation concerning sugar,
under which government bounties sim
ply serve the purpose of helping Eng
land to cheap sugar. In each case the
domestic consumer is paying taxes for
the benefit and protection of foreign
ers. The remedy, of course, would be to
abolish the duty on hides, Inasmuch as
the sole beneficiary under it is the
packing-house-oomblnation, and a skill-
i ul appeal is before us, prepared by and
In the interest of the shoe manufactur
ers. But the objection Jo granting their
request is that the shoe men say noth-
,ing- about -the duty they are enjoying
on their own product. It is not an ab
stractive proposal to make the hide men
compete under froe hides, the while
granting- to the shoe men protected
shoes.
There is a just and simple way to
settle this problem. The beef combine
can compete with free hides, and the
.leather men will be satisfied. The shoe
men can 'compete with free shoes, if
they have free hides, and the consumer
will be benefited. Despite the complaint
of the shoe men against the duty on
hides, they are now exporting heavily
of boots and shoes abroad (54,000,000 an
nually), while we Import practically
none at all. Give the shoe men free
hides, and give the people free shoes.
That Is the straightforward and common-sense
way out of the difficulty.
This is the real solution of many per
plexing tariff problems. Injustice as well
as impediments to trade could be de
stroyed at one stroke by putting sugar,
for example, whether raw or refined,
upon a revenue basis. So In metals.
The manufacturers want free raw ma
terials. Let them have free raw ma
terials and let the customers have free
implements and raila This is not a
recipe of universal application. No in
dustry must be destroyed, but protec
tion, where its need is outgrown should
be withdrawn. And this is true of
nearly all the products controlled by
the great trusts. In these cases the
American consumer is taxed to provide
the foreign consumer with cheap goods.
The tariff serves only to protect the for
eigner. A STRANGE STORY.
. - The lodging-house "landlady" who
turned the murderers of young Mor
row over to the police seems to have
earned the good will of numerous
citizens. Hardly a day passes but The
Orogonian receives letters from ad
mirers of Mrs. Whitlock's courage,
promptness and fidelity. They dwell
with approval on her conduct, they be
speak for her the $500 reward, and at
least one has suggested that her picture
would look quite a9 appropriate in the
paper as did those of the murderers.
With these suggestions The Oregonian
has no quarrel, though it cannot print
anonymous communications. A vain
effort was, Indeed, made to obtain the
good woman's picture for publication.
As to the reward, that is not in The
Oregonian's keeping. The County Court
will doubtless do its duty in the mat
ter, possibly there are other claimants
with relative grounds, and the money
is the people's, to be paid out according
to law and not from mere generous im
pulses. Nor Ehould we be too greatly sur
prised that the correct clew in the Mor
row case came from a "landlady."
The women who follow her vocation
are good souls, as a rule, in whom their
calling has bred civility as well as
keenness. Though their lodger' is
usually a bird of passage, their quick
eyes have learned to read character like
an open book. Many a deserving un
fortunate has been cheered on his way
with kind words, and more substantial
aid, many a sermon in morality has
been preached by their stern looks at
devotees of vice, many a country girl
has had a friendly arm thrown round
her in the hour of danger. No small
part of their service to the community
lies in detection of crooks, under pres
sure from the police department, which,
operating through fear of punishment
rather than hope of reward, reaches
out also to pawnshops and saloons as
well as to the inmates of disorderly,
houses, who in terror will violate their
professional eecretlveness. The crooks
who robbed a number of houses in the
northwest part of town last year were
turned over to the police by a lodging
housekeeper at Third and Pine.
Altogether, Mrs. Whitlock's nervy
performance makes one episode in as
strange a story as was ever witten in
Portland's criminal annals. The sensa
tion of the first news of the murder; the
tragedy of the victim's home and that
of his fiancee; the Jealousy theory and
the detention of the unfortunate young
woman's other admirers, together with
widespread distrust of her ingenuous
ness; the lodging-house Incidents, the
vicissitudes of pursuit, the strange ar
rest, the double confession, the absorb
ing story of criminal careers told by the
criminals, their frantic efforts each- to
save himself by accusing the other, and
the sensational plea of guilty all make
up a wonderful record of criminal life
one that might serve for a Dickens to
tell and an Irving to play.
No story ever pointed its own moral
,more clearly or forcibly. The confes
sions of this brace "of youthful scoun
drels set forth the crooked path in most
faithful lines. They hated work and
coveted easy ways to live. Ah, but how
hard at last! Beating their way from
town to town in hourly peril of death;
spending in a night of debauchery the
ill-gotten gains of the night before; half
the time gorged to worse than repletion
and for the rest almost starved; pawn
ing the deadly instrument of their craft
for a cheap bed In a'friendless lodging
house; shunned by all honest men and
tormented with suspicion, even among
themselves these Ishmaels and Esaus
of mankind set before the youth who
read their story a more impressive
warning against evil ways than ever
scribe wrote down or pulpit .thundered
forth. How bitter the lot chosen by
these men now repenting in tears be
hind prison bars, compared with that
of the tired but honest worklngman
who comes home at night to well
earned repose and loving faces round
the cottage fire!
W. E. Curtis, correspondent of the
Chicago" Times-Herald, writes that the
City of Berlin, the capital of Prussia,
and the City of Chicago, are about the
same size. The cost of running Berlin
each year is about $18,572,000, while the
cost of running Chicago is $32,400,000.
Berlin spends $1,456,000 a year on a
police force of 5S30 men, and Chicago
spends $3,314,000 on a force of 2816 men.
Berlin never borrowed a dollar for cur
rent expenses; It spends a third more
on street-cleaning than Chicago, and
taxes its people only slightly more than
Chicago, the tax receipts being about
$13,500,000 in one case and $12,200,000 In
the, other. Yet Berlin has a much
larger revenue, for it operates two gas
establishments, which yield a net in
come of $5,000,000 a year, and its annual
receipts from gas plants, water works,
electric light plants, public markets,
lands, street railroads and royalties on
franchises amount to $15,350,000, while
the annual receipts of Chicago from
similar resources is but $4,000,000. Ber
lin -is the most economically managed
city in the world, while Chicago is most
j .extravagantly managed. Berlin is a
very beautiful city, while Chicago is
both malodorous and ugly. This is all
true of "Chicago and Berlin, and doubt
less even Boston would suffer by com
parison with Glasgow, Birmingham or
Brussels in the matter of economic mu
nicipal government. Of course, much
of the extravagant government, of Chi
cago is due to maladministration,' but
it is Impossible under our institutions
to reproduce the same kind of munici
pal government that has made Berlin,
Birmingham and Glasgow three of the
best-governed cities in the world. The
public opinion that rules today in our
great-cities would liave to be completely
changed before the people would be
both willing and anxious to. elect a
municipal government that could be
trusted to make a Berlin of Chicago in
thrifty management and beautiful en
vironment. ,
" THE ARMY IX GOOD HANDS.
The best Secretary of War before the
Civil War was Jefferson Davis; the best
Secretary of War since the Civil War is
Secretary Root. If Congress enacts his
recommendations, so that the National
Guard shall be armed, equipped and
drilled exactly1 .as is our regular Army,
and liberal appropriations are made to
aid the states in keeping the slate
guard In a condition of reasonable effi
ciency, all that is practicably valuable
will be accomplished in making the Na
tional Guard a respectable reserve in
event of war, foreign or domestic. The
Government now furnishes regular
Army officers who annually Inspect the
state troops, and regular Army officers
to every college that desires a military
instructor. It affords ample opportunity
to every officer of the National Guard
to obtain desirable instruction and
knowledge as to the care, discipline and
drilling of troops. Beyond this it Is not
worth while to go if we could, for It is
sufficient to put the Government into
close relation with the officers of the
National Guard of natural military
taste and aptitude. It cannot be ex,
pected that men In civil life can spare
much time for service in the state mi
litia, and only those of natural military
taste and .-aptitude will be zealous in
the acquirement of professional knowl
edge and skill. For such men the op
portunities for knowledge are amply
sufficient to make them desirable Army
officers in event of a great war.
The Government can easily keep a
record of militia officers of good sol
dierly repute, and of all men who have
already shown military efficiency end
promise in the volunteer service. Thia
done, we, should be fairly well prepared
for swift assemblage and organization
in event of a great National emergency.
All tour soldiers, militia or regular,
would use the same arms and be in
structed In the same tactics, and all our
civilians of military promise, taste and
aptitude would be known to the Gov
ernment by Its records. The regular
Army has been enlarged, so that we
may count on an excellent permanent
force of the very best quality about
70,000 strong; a force not large enough
to afford any just cause of reproach
from the enemies of militarism, but
ample enough to discharge our National
responsibilities and afford a nucleus of
trained soldiers to leaven the vast lump
of raw levies. We do not expect any
serious war; we certainly do not desire
it, but a Nation of 75,000,000, rich, -with
an enormous line of seacoast studded
with great cities full of spoil, must,
while courting peace, always make
preparation in peace against possible
war, for a very rich nation without
decent military and naval defense In
vites attack, even as an opulent argosy
invites pursuit and assault by a pirate
ship.
To this extent and only to this
extent do President Roosevelt and
Secretary Root urge the creation
and maintenance of an Army and
Navy of respectable size and of the
highest possible efficiency. To this end
both the President and the Secretary of
War seek to infuse increased esprit de
corps into the Army. To this end the
Secretary has sought to break up the
old ring of military mossbacks, at
Washington; to this end the President
and the Secretary of War recognize
ability and progresslveness in the
younger officers of the Army, Irrespect
ive of rank. Last Spring, the Secretary
promoted Chaffee, MacArthur and
Wheaton to be Major-Generals, jump
ing them over General Wade,
who was tlielr senior In rank,
and he promoted Captain 'Frank
lin Bell to be Brigadier-General, and in
line with this policy is the recent pro
motion of Captain Crozier, of the Ord
nance Department, to be Chief of Ord
nance, vice General Buffington, retired.
The President shows his sympathy with
Secretary Root's reform policy by an
nouncing that the use of social and po
litical influence in securing Army and
Navy appointments will not be toler
ated. The Secretary of War and the
President are agreea in the belief that
Napoleon was right when he said that
the secret of creating a good Army and
keeping It good Is to make every pri
vate soldier feel that' "there is a Mar
shal's baton in his knapsack."
So long as such men as President
Roosevelt and Secretary Root preside
over the administration of military af
fairs we shall have a good Army, but
after them, what? The melancholy re
flection is that the moment the Demo
cratic party gets control of the Govern
ment and Congress all this excellent
work of military reform will be undone.
The Army will be reduced on the fa
miliar demagogue cry of economy or
"the growth of militarism." The rem
nants of the old staff "ring"; all the dis
gruntled officers who think they. have
'been oversloughed; all the Congressmen
who have been denied personal ap
pointments, will join hands to reduce
the Army in numbers and to break
down the Inflexible rule of. promotion
by merit rather than through political
influence and social "pull." President
Roosevelt and Secretary Root will suc
ceed in the next three years in reform
ing the Army and making it the finest
' Army of its numbers on the planet,' but
the moment the Democracy gets into
power the demagogues and the spoils
men will undo all this excellent work
at the first opportunity. The chief con
solation is that in the three years that
will elapse before this policy of" Army
reform can be suspended the highest
ranks in the Army will have been filled
with its very best material. Its Colo
nels, Lieutenant-Colonels and Majbrs
will be composed of good stuff. The
military "mossbacks" will be chiefiy'on
the retired list.
In our Civil War the French Army
crushed all organized resistance in Mex
ico with ease, and In 18G4 and 1865 Gen
eral Bazaine's 70,000 French soldiers had
only guerrillas to contend with. The
Mexicans under Juarez'' managed to
hold out until the remonstrance of our
Government compelled the Emperor of
France to recall his troops. The resist
ance of Juarez in 1S65 was made effect
ive through the fact that General Sher
idan covertly supplied him with arms
and ammunition; that Is, he placed
arms and ammunition at convenient
spots along the Rio Grande and then
tipped the wink to the friends of Juarez
to come over and "remove" them to
Mexico in the night without his knowl
edge, but not without his silent ap
proval. At least General Sheridan inti
mates in his "Memoirs" that he thus
permitted arms to be smuggled over to
Mexico while he was looking the other
way.
It seems that Representative Hull, of
Iowa, chairman of the House committee
on military affairs, at Manila recently
swelled and swaggered around in pom
pous style. He accused Army officers
at treating him discourteously, because
they didn't prostrate themselves before
him, and he attacked the Manila Amer
ican for having made sport of his ex
hibition of bighead and forhaving said
that he was in the islands in behalf of
a lumber and development company
In which he had an Interest. Yet this
last statement Hull admitted was true.
We have now the Manila American of
October 22, which contains this rejoin
der: The fact is that Mr. Hull was here wholly
in his owyi Interests, and "bummed" his pas
sago over and back on a Government transport.
With his scandalous behavior at tho inaugu
ration ceremonies, on July 4, which he carried
to such length that he was threatened with
removal; his subsequent ailnlno vituperation
of those In authority, on the streets and in
public resorts, and his leaving the islands in a
tremendous 'huff' with threats that they (the
authorities) would learn ito recognize his value
In Congress, wo for the moment have nothing
to do. They are all facts readily provable by
the very best men in Manila, but we will be
charitable enough to say that the Iowan may
have been overcome with tho fragrant ozone of
the Gem City of the Orient. But when Mr.
Hull attributes anything the American has said
concerning him to inspiration at the hands of
English business men of Manila, he is not only
a liar, but a cowardly assailant of the reputa
tion of honest men.
The report of the lifesavlng service
for the current year shows the smallest
loss of life from vessels suffering disas
ter on our coast line since the general
extension of the service. After reciting
in detail the work of the lifesavlng de
partment, the general superintendent
again calls attention to the inadequate
salaries paid to district superintendents,'
who, considering the arduous nature of
their duties, he asserts are the poorest
paid officers under the Government. It
is not unlikely that relief is justly de
manded here, and should long ago 'have
been granted. The skill required for
the discharge of the duties of this posi
tion is acquired in battling with storms
at great risk of life, and Its value
should be recognized on the pay-roll.
Mro. Lola Ida Bonlne may convince
the jury that she 6hot James S. Ayres
in self-defense. It will be more diffi
cult, however, to prove to the satis
faction of men and women generally,
who are possessed of an ordinary
knowledge of human nature and a mod
icum of common sense, that there was
no breach of" propriety in her visit to
the young man's room at an unseemly
hour' of the night. Her trial has aroused
thus far very little public interest, her
confession having forestalled general
sympathy. A woman's struggle for her
honor should begin with absolute re
fusal to compromise herself. The rest
would be a simple matter, involving no
complications whatever, either of mur
der or of disgrace. -
Mllwaukie, at one time the competitor
of Portland for the honor of the me
tropolis of Oregon and the Pacific
Northwest, is now dn municipal throes,
so to speak, A rural village of wide
expanse of acreage and some 234 Inhab
itants, it is struggling mightily with
the question of incorporaticn. It may
be suggested In a friendly and disin
terested way that a handful of people
will find street-making through large
tracts of land somewhat costly. The
village exchequer is very likely to suffer
collapse, when called upon to support
municipal honors.
Every hausfrau in Holland was, it
was said, engaged In. making a pair of
breeches for the hoped-for heir to the
throne, when the quarrel of the Queen
and Prince Consort resulted so disas
trously. Prince Henry must be a very
stolid" Dutchman, indeed, if he feel3 no
pangs of conscience over the disappoint
ment that his unregulated life and
surly temper have inflicted upon the
nation that honored him as the husband
of their young Queen.
Socialistic doctrines never seem quite
so illogical as when they are preached
with murder and outlawry as text and
justification. Far-fetched, shallow,
strained with each presentment; the
wonder grows that ordinarily self-respecting
persons are found to voice
them. Individual responsibility not
social leniency or the myth called "so
cial equality" is the panacea for un
thrlft, destitution and lawlessness.
The final report of the receiver of the
Portland Savings Bank is printed to
day. The Oregonian could write an ar
ticle, but it will forbear. What It
would say has been burnt into the pub
lic consciousness long since.' And as
there must be an end of every xlrama of
human life, let this one end now.
In her marriage vow? Queen Wilhel
mlna promised to obey Prince Henry,
as wife, but not as Queen. The twain
have had a quarrel and the Prince has
run away In high dudgeon. It is evi
dent that Wilhelnrina is Queen most
of the time.
George W. Davis' success goes to
show that a public official may steal
with impunity If he will but keep the
secret long enough.
Marion County fruitgrowers have
formed a combination of Interests. The
wickedness of the plow trust may pos
sibly be condoned.
The Boer War has lasted long enough
to prove that when a, British General
regrets to report he truly means it.
"Mr. Dooley" Dunne has been buying
property in Everett. Mr. Dunne is cer
tainly a great humorist.
Turkey is about to reorganize its sys
tem of taxation, necessitated by a new
system of paying debts.
Queen Wilhelmlna evidently took
Prince Henry to husband, for worse
rather than for better.
Mr. Nation, gets his divorce. And yet
some people say divorces are socially
and morally wronjr.
THE FAIR IS ASSURED.
Baker City Republican.
Portland has set a worthy pace in sub
scribing the $300,000 necessary to get the
Lewis and Clark Centcnna under way.
According to the dispatches, the first day
the committee went forth the necessary
sum was secured. That is the enter
prise that means nuccess. When a peo
ple stand together with such unanimity,
and demonstrate such willingness to act,
anything they attempt is possible with
in the range of physical achievement.
If the State of Oregon Is animated as
Portland, a fair is possible.
But Portland has not done all yet.
She has not performed more than a
small share of the duty that will be
incumbent upon her in case this great
enterprise goes forward, on the scale
its promoters intended. Subscribing
the $300,000 asked is the beginning, a
worthy and commendable 'beginning
which we take Indicates o spirit to do
whatever is necessary, but that act
alone must not be confounded with thj
ultimate ends of the effort. This sum
wll give tangible shape, furnish a
nucleus for work, oil the joints of the
great Inert mass till motion is possible.
When the leviathan rises In Its mighti
ness, till the world beholds its im
mense portions, Portland has other work
to perform. Then it will become neces
sary to strain every energy till success
in the broadest and deepest sense Is at
tained. In these supreme efforts, the'
slate must bear a grievous load, in due
proportion to what Portland has under
taken, considering the relative advan
tages. Portland's bounty has given the work
a stimulus that is positively refreshing.
When one city opens its purse in such
manner, in a moment, what may be ex
pected of the state when a careful can
vass has been made? What may be ex
pected of the Northwest when Oregon
takes hold with such vigor, what of the
Nation when the life of this remote cor
ner is manifested? Oregon has shown
what she can do when necessary. Her
resources, her generosity to her sons and
the surplus of her wealth exceeds belief
of those who gauge by the tame pace
of life often beheld in business.
It Is proper that Portland should do
the handsome work of pouring forth fr6m
her riches a generous portion, because
Portland will profit largest by the fair.
Stockholders of the Buffalo Pan-American
Exposition lose, but that city has
reaped a harvest of wealth that recom
penses far In excess of its largest possible
outlay. So, should the Lewis and Clark
Centennial prove unprofitable to the
stockholders or people holding bonds, it
will be of Immense advantage to Port
land. Because of thi3 it Is expected
that Portland will share a heavy portion
of the burden.
But Portland cannot do alone. A duty
has been Imposed upon the entire state.
Every village, township and farm is
obliged to meet the demands of the state
on an enterprise Involving her prestige
and tending to prove of such inestimable
benefit. It was believed that the state
would be enriched by a flow of desirable
settlers, as a result of the great fair,
and in the promotion of this end, every
man Is boimd to lend his best endeavor.
Should the remainder of the state now
prove weaker than Portland in sup
porting the fair, a just charge can be
laid to the doors of tho rural districts
that will be felt in years to come when
ever general co-operation for any enter
prise is demanded.
Money Makes the Fair Go.
Pendleton East Oregonian.
Portland is now securing subscriptions
for the Lewis and Clark Centennial Ex
position, and it is gratifying to the re
mainder of the state to witness the en
thusiasm with which the matter is taken
hold of Apparently, Portland proposes
to make a record for herself and to raise
that $300,000 so suddenly that theworld;
will wonder at It But, It is right that
thl3 should occur. If Portland do not her
duty, Oregon in general will not do her's.
Just now the fate of the Exposition is
to bo determined and it is being de
termined by the committeemen who are
canvassing in Portland and tho people
to whom they go.
Portland In United.
k Vancouver Independent.
The $300,000 capital stock for the Lewis
and Clark Centennial to be held in Port
land In 1903 has practically been raised,
and the mammoth enterprise Is now
fairly launched. The citizens of Port
land have shown a unison of action In
working for thia enterprise that signal
izes success. All have been liberal sub
scribing stock, H. W. Corbett leading
the list with $30,000. The fair will be an
important item for advertising and set
tling the Northwest, and should receive
liberal support from this section of tho
United States.
The Tent of Portland's Energy.
Roseburg Plaindealer.
The soliciting committee for the Lewis
and Clark Exposition practically ' raised
Portland's $300,000 subsidy or stock re
quired in one day, the early part of the
week. It was a splendid work accom
plished by a patriotic people.
IRELAND HAS ADVANCED.
From a speech delivered at Baltimore
the other day by John E. Redmond, the
noted Irish politician, we may judge that
conditions have so greatly Improved in
Ireland within recent years that there are
how few evils to complain of that govern
ment has caused or government can cure.
There would seem, indeed, but little re
maining material for political agitators
to work upon. Look at 'these remarkable
statements:
The whole face of Ireland has changed since
Parnell started the movement. Since 1885 the
mas3 of the Irish people have been free to
vote in the ballot boxes and as large a per
centage of our adult population vote as here,
where you have manhood suffrage.
A revolution has been effected In the land
system. When Parnell started the farmers
woreIn a condition of absolute serfdom and
all enterprise and industry were killed. Par
nell's movement swept away onco and for all
tho right of capricious eviction. It rooted
these tenants securely In their homesteads,
and today no landlord can raise the rent of
a tenant or evict a tenant. Who can deny
that that one achievement has advanced the
cause of Ireland toward its ultlmato triumph
more than any act or set of acts In the last
100 years?
.Twenty years ago the Irish farmer lived in
a miserable hovel; today the. land Is studded
with decent, clean, comfortable houses, the
homes of the agricultural laborers. The op
pressive grand Jury system has been swept
away, and we have County Councils, elected
by the people themselves, with absolute Juris
diction over local taxes and their expendi
ture. The whole system of education in Ire
land has undergone a change, owing to the
constitutional movement, in the last 0 years.
Before that Irish history, poetry and the lan
guage were banished from the schools, and the
little Irish boy or girl was taught to look
down upon his or her own people. Now, at
last, It in fashionable In Ireland to be Irish.
The people are better educated, better fed, bet
ter clothed and better housed than ever before.
They possess the franchise and have power In
local affairs.
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PARTISAN PRAYERS.
New York Times.
General Ballington Booth, of the Volun
teers of America, told a story, at the an
nual meeting of his organization last week
of a Methodist prayer meeting held on
the East Side during the Mayoralty cam
paign. In the midst of a prayer, he re
lated, one pious brother said:
"O Lord, we pray thee that the Demo
cratic party may hang together in the
coming election."
"Amen! answer prayer. Lord," put in a
Republican who was near.
"But I do not mean It, as the Republican
brother means it, Lord. I pray that we
may hang together in concord and ac
cord," continued the Democrat.
"Amen, Lord." again said the Republi
can. "Anv 'cord, so lone as they hangl"
AMUSEMENTS.
Thomas Jefferson, a young actor who
bears a remarkable likeness in face and
Iflgure to his distinguished father, pleased
a gooa-sizca House at the Marquam lat
night by his playing of "Rip Van Win
kle." It wrmlrl nrnhnWv rvwiiifrn pnxitr
C .....u M.U.& k.UW J'ULOaiJU Ujf WlOUTS
Jefferson himself to create much of an
impression In this part, which has been
made so famous, and the fact that the
younger Jefferson kept the house -in a
good .humor all the time he was on the
stage is greatly In hl3 favor.
In the earlier scenes ho was something
deficient In humor, but from the time
Rip awoke to find himself a doddering
old man, his work was unusually good,
so good, in fact, that it could be im
proved upon by few actors beside his
father. In. almost everything he has
copied the elder Jefferson, and his copy
is surprisingly accurate. His comedy,
and there is a great deal of line comedy
in thetplay, is easy and natural, and now
and then It verges on the borderland of
pathos, a result which can only be
achieved by an artist. Mr. Jefferson
was obliged to respond to frequent cur
tain calls, and there can be no doubt
that as far as the house was concerned
his performance was entirely acceptable.
The support was not all it might have
been, but there were a few exceptions
and the play as a whole is worth seeing.
MATIXEES TODAY.
Attractive Bills at the Three Local
Plnyhonses.
The matinee at the Marquam this after
noon will be "Rip Van Winkle," with
Thomas Jefferson in the part made famous
by hJg father. No reservations will b
made. Those first to come will get the
best scats. The occasion Is to be a spe
cial one for ladies and children.
"The Lion's Heart," tho strong melo
drama which ha3 been drawing crowded
houses at Cordray's all the week, will be
given there this afternoon. The play Is
one of great strength, is elaborately
mounted, and will undoubtedly crowd the
house this afternoon and at the last per
formance this evening.
The Wllbur-Klrwin Opora Company,
which so successfully opened the Baker
Thursday, will give "Said Pasha" this
afternoon and tonight. Specialties are
given between the acts, making a con
tinuous performance.
ffrPnllTC f ril 4Vn nncDAaBn v TacavYv
COMING ATTRACTIONS.
"A Wise Woman" nt Cordrny's.
Manager Cordray has announced the ap
pearance In this city at his theater for the
week commencing Sunday of Wilfred
ClaVke's delightful comedy. "A Wise
Woman." The comedy Is being used to
exploit one of America's dainty comedi
ennes. Miss Marie Lamour. and it la
said that she has created the most favor
able Impression wherever she has been
seen this season for her finely developed
gifts as an actress and for the beauty she is
sajd to possess. The comedy is not only
admirably-suited for the purpose of show
ing Miss Lamour's qualifications as a
comedienne, but is snld to be one of tho
Jollicst and brightest efforts of its kind
recently brought before the public. At
the Strand Theater, London, J.he com
edy ran for an entire season. Asupport
ing company of competent players, indu
ing Frederic Murphy, who will be recalled
us a prominent member of the Julia Mar
lowe company, are in the cast.
"La Mnscotte" at the Baker.
At the Baker Theater at the mat
inee Sunday afternoon and evening,
and until Thursday night the
Wilber-KIrwin Opera Company will
present the Jolly "La Mascotte," which
Is one of the best mirth-provoking operas
on the stage. All the members of the
company have in it good opportunities,
particularly Miss Klrwln and Mr. Kohnle.
It will be succeeded by "Fra DIavolo."
The Sunday matinee is a special feature
at the Baker and Is proving a great suc
cess. ' "Shore Acres."
The sale of seats opejied yesterday
morning for James A. Heme's "Shore
Acros," which comes to the Marquam
GranU Theater next Monday. Tuesday and
Wednesday nights. This play of James A.
Heme Is one of the most popular ever
produced on the English-speaking stage,
and bids fair to outlive any other native
work. The present season is its tenth,
and it promises to be as successful finan
cially and artistically as any previous
one.
SCARED BY CARTOONS.
Boston Transcript.
It Is most fortunate that some of the
papers in Havana have printed a correct
likeness of the new President. Had It not
been for a proper correction of those fear
ful and blood-curdling cartoons which have
been printed In the Cuban as well as the
American press, Cuba would have been in
danger of losing some of her citizens. Cu
bans had so frequently viewed that awful
cartoon of Roosevelt that they had begun
to believe that he was a man with a belt
of Colt's pistols and a bowie-knife clinched
between his teeth. That is not the kind
of a man to win the respect of the Cu
ban people. They looked upon him as a
fighter and nothing else. They were at
first inclined to believe that he would
start a row forthwith, and that it would
be necessary for all Cubans and Span
lards to buckle on their fighting Imple
ments. But the last pictures which have been
published have had a reassuring effect:
"Why, that fellow don't look like a bad
man," remarked one of the citizens from
San Jose de las Lagas, as he was shown
a good likeness of the new President.
"We wero under the Impression at home
that he was a regular fighting whirlwind,
and that his first break would be to clean
Cuba from the Colorado reefs to Cape
Mayal. Where can I get some of those
pictures of the new President? I want
to display them around San Jose." Now
that the new President has outlined his
policy the Cuban people are beginning to
have confidence in him, and are not so
frequently experiencing that nightmare
which tho cartoons of Roosevelt have in
spired. An Era of Political Sanity.
New York Sun.
The Thanksgiving proclamation of
Governor Geer, of Oregon, In enumer
ating the reasons for National thanks
giving, lays stress on one especially.
It is the circumstance that "at no time
within 15 years has party feeling been
less bitter, or our country so harmonious
in matters concerning its domestic wel
fare," as It Is this first year of the twen
tieth century.
Wc observe striking evidences of this
better state of feeling In the newspapers
of all parts of the Union. The discus
sion of questions of politics Is now pro
ceeding almost universally without ran
cor, but with reasonable calmness. Of
course, party spirit remains, and It ought
to remain, but It expresses Itself no long
er In controversial Violence and In an
abusive tone toward political opponents.
When the session of tho Fifty-seventh
Congress opens next month the American
people of every part of the Union and of
every party will be in a temper to give
to Its measures cool and judicial con
sideration; and on its side, therefore,
there must be a like absence of narrow
ness of partisanship in the discussion
and decision of the questions. National
and International, which will come up
before It. Never in coir history has
there assembled a Congress so sure of
just and reasonable treatment on its
merits strictly. Tho prevailing feeling
throughout the Union is less of preju
dice and more of desire to form sound
Judgment on arguments yet to be pre
sented than at any past time.
Congress, accordingly, will have an
unexampled Incentive and opportunity
to distinguish itself as a wise leader of
American political thought and cori
viction and to prolong the period of po
litical roposs and sanity In which this
Republic now Is.
X0TE AND COMMENT.
The San Francisco highbinder war promts
ises to be better than ah exclusion act.1
Just how a condensed willic trust cx-l
pects to get water in Its stock la harij
to understand.
A pull is deemed necaseary by a gooij
many naval officers, but Admiral SchUyl
has managed to struggle fairly well wl fl
out one.
A Syracuse boy Is sid to have a br&r-
that ticks like a watch. He la orc cfl
those Sunday school boys who are a
ways full of good worli.
Don't ever ciear yor threat or sneczo
Unless you would be teM
By HVcry man with whom you meet
Ten ways to cur that eeld.
The Bulgarian brigands keep themselves!
before the public with such persL:U".iJ
that we are lad to believe they intend to I
star in cemic opera next season.
It Is fortunate that circuses do not ccmr(
in December. The small boys would all!
be writing letters to Santa Claus to renij
them, elephants for Chrietaras presents
Joseph Jefferson suggests that th;
United States should have two Prc---1
dents. Good idea. One of them cou!J b-
kept busy sitting down on office-seeker::.
British railways are said to be in ncc i
of money. This probably means that tlry
wm ail be harmonized by Mr. Morn
soon as he has time to get a buyer or
there.
A negress has juet died in South Amer
ica who lived to be 1 years old. S: c
must have been on of the soubrettcs
who were such familiar figures in tr::
'coon shows.
The Salvation Army is floating an i"
sua of $150,000 of bonds to proviic hom"s
for the worthy poor. The bonds are rc
cured by colonization lands of the army in
Ohio, Colorado and California, valued at
$250,000. On file arc applications from mrc
than 1000 families anxious to leave tKc
city and settle on farming land. Airnr
subscribers to the bond? are Senator Ha"..
na, Washington E. Connor and Benjamin
F. Tracy, of New York.
Sir Richard Xewdlgate manage! tol
serve Charles I. Cromwell and the succccJ-j
ing Kings. His papers contain much oil
an antiquarian Interest. Thus Sir Rirtnral
describes the heroic but unsuccessful
treatment be followed in the cac of 111-!
ness:
Tuesday, 11th (July. 196). Took fourl
quarts of Postet Drink. ... At 4 af-1
ternoon eat boiled loin of mutton, then!
drank burnt wine, yet continued unvrcll.
For the first time on record the Vier.'-aS
university has elected as its rector Orl
the year a teacher of English langu-X,-!
and literature namely. Hofrath Prof e so:
Jakob Schipper. The new rector's inaug
ural address was largely devoted to a
comparison between ancient and mad r.i
culture, and he came to the c-nclz.c
that the lion's share in the aohlcvc-K.:r
of modern culture belongs to th? Anri-
Saxon race. The English language- bc'r
now spoken by 12.000.WO people, he urg-I
that English and -German or Fren.hj
should take the place of Latin and Grckj
in education, except for special purpoa
An Army officer, back from thrt Philip-1
pines, tells the following story of a cal
low young officer, whose mistakes are a
frequent source of amusement to h's
comrades: Early in his military experi
ence the Lieutenant was awakened cr
night by the sentry who passed by his
tent calling out the hour and vouchsafing
the information, "all's well." The outh
turned over and settled down tolar.olhcr
nap. but the next hour was awakened
again by the .unwelcome call. When this
had been repeated the third time ha
decided to endure it no longer, and go
ing to the door of his tent, called out:
"Look hero, It's very kind of you to tell
me the time, but I have a watch here tyf
my bed, so please spare yourself further
trouble."
A man who is a sportsman from fln'i
tip to finger tip, a man who would rat..crj
be In a sneak box from daybreak to r.:
waiting for a shot at a duck han spcr 1
an evening at Delmonlco's, called up
man who thinks he knows It all, ar.ll
aokori "Where can I find ducks''" The I
know-it-all man suggested several rlarc-.
"They're no gooej' said tho sportsmar
"I've been to all those places ana r.cvc:
got a duck." "Well," know-lt-all replica:
"have you been to the market?" Thrill
ended the dialogue, but when the nrnl
met the next day the sportsman was an
gry and declined to take something orl
tell the caliber of his new gun .which, be
friends say, doesn't shoot straight. Final
ly the know-it-all said, "Well, I've to: "I
you -all I know." "And that's d n Httr
grunted the sportsman, as he started fori
home unmollified and morose. The morall
of this, suggests the teller of the story, .s:
Never refer a dead game sport to deail
game.
Threo Philadelphia men discussed in aj
cafe the sums of money which raw
brokers will advance on articles of a -J
narel." "The rates are low." one of th
said. "You'll get. aa a rule, 52 on a 5")
overcoat." The second man nod Jed hi -J
head In assent, but the third said: "O -.1
you fellows aren't wise. With tact y
can sret a pood deal more than you clal-1.
Why I bet that I coukl get ?2 on my c M
lar now." It was an ordinary, turncowr.
linen collar, but the speaker was knorr
to be a practical joker, and his hearc
hesitated about accepting the bet. Flr.a'-j
ly they took it. It was in the?e term3: ?3J
against ?5 that Blank cannot get ;2 on r.sj
collar." Blunk then took the col'ar c -
unfolded it. called for pen and ink, a: ij
wrote on the linen: "Philadelphia, N -I
vpmber 20. 1001. The United States Tn.
Company: Pay to the order of John Jar
s? Henrv Blank. The couar was r.i
a check. It was taken to the trust cc -I
pany. which duly cashed it. Thus B'.j. i
won his bet.
Perils of the Pavement
Dodging apple boxes,
Stumbltne en a eraf.
Stepping onto pumpkins.
Blest me, this to great!
Ducking under awning.
Melons at my feet
Dangerous oecupatkw.
Walking on the street
Turn to sec a pretty girl.
Keeping on my way.
Smash into a blackboard
"Luncheon for totay."
Bushing home to dinner.
Shunning merehRmn;.
Ran into a showcase
Of handkerchiefs and tics.
Cellars yawn bafere me
Like an open grave;
In spite of myriad bike-racks,
I try my neck to save.
Turning, twletlng, dodging,
StumMtttg. falling down;
Am I w a high old time
Or in a eeuntry town?
Portland. Nov. 23. Mare Pedestrian.