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PORTLAND, THURSDAY, DEC. 5.
OUR. FRIENDLESS WARDS.
Fathered, but orphans; wards, but
without friends this is the prospect
that seems to confront the people of
the Philippines, so lately freed from
Spain, so hardly delivered from the op
pression of murderous Tagal taskmas
ters. Hardly had the news of the Su
preme Court's act of justice toward the
Philippines grown cold before Senator
Lodge rose in his seat and offered a bill
to clap the duty back on Philippine
imports not S5 per cent, as was vonch-j
safed Porto Rico In lieu of our "plain
duty," but the full Dingley rates. These
our wards are to receive at our ports
the same treatment accorded foreign
countries. In another article on this
page we have set out the legal status
of this matter as we understand it, but
something shouid be said If possible to
enlist the sentiment of the Nation on
behalf of Philippine trade.
Who will be the friends of these new
wards of the Nation? Secretary Root
stood up for Porto Rico, but he seems
to .have no word for the-Filipinos. Sen
ator Lodge doubtless has taken counsel
at the White House. The Republican
organization in both House and Senate
will probably be committed to the bill.
There are Democrats from Eastern
States who wanted trade with Porto
Rico alaed, but who are not concerned
to help the Interests of the Pacific
Coast There are Southern Democrats
who enjoyed the prospect of free trade
with. Porto Rico, so near their own
ports, but who will have no such con
cern for the trade of Manila with San
Francisco, Portland and Seattle. The
Porto Rico injustice was perpetrated not
so much for Its own sake as for its
precedent in the Philippines. The pro
tected trusts that forced President Mc
KInley and Secretary Root to abandon
their recommendation of "justice and
morality" will be twice as eager now to
compass the rape of the Philippines. It
is a sorry prospect.
The future of the Philippines depends
largely upon the -feeling their people
have for the stepmother -country. If
they are happy and -contented, all will
be well. If they smart under real or
fancied wrongs, sedition and revolt will
be their frequent resort. They may be
our Australia or they may be our Ire
land. The only way we can cement
them to the Union in bonds of true af
fection is with deeds. Promises And
fine speeches will count for nothing if
we set the seal of discrimination upon
the product of their hands. Oppressive
duties have led to wars before and
since the American Revolution. The
Boston tea party might be duplicated
any time in Manila harbor, for every
thing coming into or out of Manila
harbor must pay duties on an equality
with foreign shipments. Luzon must
pay the same duty on its tobacco that
Sumatra pays; while Porto Rico's
comes in free, and sugar from Russia
and Germany will get the same con
cessions we accord our Philippine plan
tations. The Pacific Coast, of course, will suffer
by this Lodge bill, if it becomes law,
as it doubtless will. But it seems un
gracious to refer to the .welfare of our
own prosperous people at all, in contem
plation of the infinitely more, serious
situation of the islanders. Over, there
they are jubilant. The news of the
Supreme Court's decision set their bells
a-ringlng and all hearts rejoicing. At
last, they said, the American Nation
has fulfilled Its continuous promises of
economic justice and generosity. It
will be a sad awaking. They do not de
serve It This country is great and rich
enough to be fair to its islands of the
distant sea. It is powerful enough to
yield a petty exaction of this kind
rather than enforce it If this Lodge
bill becomes a-'law, it will work mis
chief; and it will not be surprising if
it fails to provoke bitter resentment
through the very menace of Its intro
duction. There appeared before -a Justice of
the Peace in Cleveland, 0., recently, a
poor man who admitted that he had
stolemsome brass from the Standard Oil
Company, whereupon the "Justice of the
Peace discharged the thief with this
benediction:
This Is a case of retributive 'justice. Tht,
Standard OH Company .steals from the poor
people, and here Is a case where a poor mau
steals from the company. It Is a case of get.
ting back at the company for Its robbery of
the poor.
Here is the same kind of reasoning
which lies back of all pleas In abate
ment for the crimes of anarchists.
Debs thought the '.Industrial system"
was responsible for anarchist assassins,
and some of Portland's "advanced think
ers say that our present "social system"
Is responsible for the existence of the
miscreants who murdered young: Morrow.
PHILIPPINE TARIFF STATUS.
At length it seems possible to extract
something dimly bordering on Informa
tion from the Washington dispatches
concerning the United States Supreme
Court's decision in the fourteen dia
mond rings case. Probably no one has
any ambition to assimilate the logical
processes of Justice Brown, unique and
Inscrutable as thev anncar to thA non-
"professlonal eye, but all will desire
only, but desire strongly, to find out
what he means. Let us get what the
umpire says, and then go m with the
game.
It appears, then, that this decision es
tablishes free trade for Imports from the
Philippine Islands to United States
ports, regardless of the Spooner law or
any legislation of the War and Treas
ury Departments that has come into
existence subsequent to the status un
der which the diamond rings case was
brought We may dismiss at once, ac
cordingly, all thought of such compli
cations, aa .the. Foraker act interjected
into the insular cases decided In May.
What was law on May 1, 1900, there
fore, when Thomas H. Keefe, a Chi
cago customs officer, seized Emll J.
Pepke's fourteen diamond rings, brought
with him from Manila, Is law today.
But this Is not to say It will always
be the law. There is now no duty on
Imports Into the United States from
Philippine ports, and the duties already
collected, estimated in Washington at
51.000,000 and in Manila at $7,000,000,
must, be refunded. But If Congress
should pass a law en Philippine imports
like the Foraker law on Porto Rlcan
Imports, can we expect anything else
than sustention of the law by the Su
preme Court? Probably we should not
be too sure of this, for you can tell
what the Supreme Court will do with
Its own precedents Just the same way
that Erastus told whether a water
melon was ripe wait till. It Is cut open.
In view of the fact however, that
the battle for trans-Pacific trade is one
of the people against certain protected
trusts and Atlantic Coast maritime in
terests, it is exceedinglygratlfylng that
this decision lends so "powerful an ad
vantage to the cause, of commerce.
With the Supreme Court so firm for
Philippine amalgamation, and with free
trade with Porto Rico a legislative pre
cedent the fight to cripple the trade of
our Asiatic possessions should be an
uphill one. Some interests" ought to be
enlisted on behalf of free trade, as an
offset to those that will clamor for
duties. The San Francisco Chronicle,
for example, has been howling vigor
ously for free trade with the Philippines
because, we assume, that the Mr.
Spreckels, owner of the Call, would
thereby be Jilt in his sugar interests.
And so some of our disinterested and
patriotic trusts that want cheap raw
materials might be expected to enroll
themselves against the equally patri
otic and disinterested trusts that con
trol raw materials. If Oxnard Is against
us, Havemeyer might be for us, etc.
It Is almost past belief that the bill of
Lodge In the Senate and the programme
discussed at yesterday's Cabinet meet
ing can go through Congress without
serious opposition. If it does, it will be
because the Pacific Coast Is without the
Influence it ought to have in Washing
ton. Another important effect of this de
cision, as official Washington seems to
understand It, Is that Philippine ports
will become part of the coast line of the
United States and therefore foreign ves
sels cannot ply between Philippine ports
and United States ports. It will require
a Treasury order to put this practice
into effect, but that may be expected
soon. A Republican Congress Is pretty
certain not to interfere with so pro
tective and prohibitive a policy. If
there are no American ships to bring
hemp hither from Manila, It can He
there and rot Hong Kong will con
tinue to handle the British carrying
trade across the Pacific
THE LAW AXD AXARCIIY.
The President In his message urges
upon Congress rigorous legislation
against anarchists, whose purpose shall
be to keep them out of the country, to
deport them when discovered. He
would make the crime of an anarchist
an offense against the law of nations,
like piracy, and have It so declared by
treaties among all civilized powers.
.Congress doubtless will enact a new
statute providing that any murderous
assault upon the President or any In
dividual In the line of Presidential suc
cession be made punishable with death,
for it Is not sound public policy that an
attempt to .assassinate the President
should be treated as would an assault
on any one else, subject to no special
penalties. The Federal statute-book to
day provides no special criminal law
applicable to an attack ori the Presi
dent, and this omission should be cor
rected. Congress doubtless will amend
the existing law on Immigration so as
to secure the exclusion of anarchists
and their deportation when discovered.
It Is further proposed that the assem
blage of anarchists and the preaching
of their doctrines should be made felo
nies. Any anarchist speech, any an
archist publication and any anarchist
meeting or society which as a ques
tion of fact directly or indirectly in
cites to violence or urges any criminal
act Is, now subject to punishment as a
misdemeanor at common law.
It is proposed that the offense, now a
misdemeanor, should be made a felony
and the penalty proportionately In
creased. Federal and state legislation
enacted on this subject would suppress
anarchist meetings and speeches, but of
course it could not reach mere opinion
or those adroit guarded utterances
which, Incendiary in their intention and
Influence, no general statute can reach.
Tou can punish a man for anarchistic
acts, but you cannot punish him for an
academic belief in the tenets of an
archism, The extension of the common
law doctrine in regard to all acts and
speeches Which incite .to crime contem
plated by special legislation against an
archy is within the authority of Con
gress; the difficulty In framing such
statutes lies in defining the crime and
specifying the offense without trench
ing on legitimate popular rights. But
when all these proposed statutes against
anarchists have become part of the
body of our Federal and state law, it
Is doubtful whether much additional
safety for our rulers against the as
saults of assassins has been obtained.
The anarchists who aTe already
"blacklisted" in Europe could be ex
cluded. The anarchists "blacklisted" In
-America could be deported, but the as
sassin of President McKInley did not
belong to elthenclass. He belonged to
the most dangerous class of all, the un
suspected, unrecognized anarchists; the I
RHnt hrnnfllnp' millpr enrf fVinf nw not I
known as anarchist orators or editors,
but in whose minds the seed of an
archism sinks, takes deep root and
grows luxuriantly until It finally bears
fruit In crime.
What law can reach, these creatures,
whose names are not even on the list
of suspects? They can read, and, even
if they could not read, they could Im
bibe anarchistic Ideas through their
ears. Given a man whose mind is a
natural soli for the seed of anarchism
and it would be absolutely impossible
to prevent him becoming an anarchist
in faith, but the world might never
know that he entertained this faith
until he attempted to put it into prac
tice by some terrible deed of murder.
Out of this terrible class of unsuspected
anarchists always come creatures Jlke
the assassin of President McKInley. To
creatures like Herr Most and Emma
Goldman, who are already "blacklist
ed," anarchism has come to be little
more than "stage property." The
courts In New York treat Most with
contempt and Chicago permits the pub
lication of "Free Solcety," formerly the
"Firebrand," despite the fact that it
openly declares that it is the exponent
of "anarchist-communism," and lauds
the memory of Parsons, Spies, Engel,
Fischer and LIngg, executed as murder
ers November 11, 1SS7, as that of Tnar
tyrs In a holy cause. This wretched
paper Is a very repulsive sheet, but
probably the authorities would find It
difficult to suppress It legally If they
would, and It would be hardly worth
while If they could, for the creature
that could be made into an anarchist
assassin by reading It la already hope
lessly lost to the roll of sane citizens.
If such papers were suppressed, they
would flourish in secret, even as low
liquor dealers do In prohibition states.
Beyond the enactment of the Federal
statutes we have described and the en
actment of the same extension of the
common law In regard to all acts and
speeches which Incite to crime, nothing
can be done to safeguard our rulers
from anarchist assassins. In France,
where the law against anarchists is
most severe, the editor and manager of
the Llbertaire, of Paris, was sent to jail
for publishing an article which included
the following:
Must tho seed of heroes remain sterllo? Have
the sublime Louvel and Caserio no heirs? Are
the killers of Kings all dead, those who de
clared, like Jerome Olglasl, the executor of
Galeas Sforza, that a painful death created an
eternal renown?
Louvel was the assassin of the Duke
of BerrI, and Caserio murdered Presi
dent Caroot The severe laws of France
did not prevent the publication of this
stupid stuff, which is worse than, any
thing ever published In America. It is
not this tribe of open, blatant degen
erates, these "blacklisted" anarchists,
that are to be dreaded. It Is the tribe
of unsuspected anarchists, who never
openly pose as evangelists or orators;
these native-born and bred degenerates
who give no warning of their presence
or their Intention to do murder until
they have done It; these are the an
archists to be dreaded, for they are
never denounced as anarchists until
they have become unexpectedly assas
sins. Such minds are native soil for
the seeds of anarchism, and no law
can prevent this soil being seeded for
crime.
MAKING DOG EAT DOG.
The enlistment of natives, armed with
bolos and spears, to fight the Insurgents
in Samar, Is a revival on the part of
our American officers of the methods
that were adopted' in this country by
the whites against the Indians from
the first settlement of New England
and New York down to our latest war
with the Indiana The Puritans hired
the Mohegans to help them exterminate
the Pequots and the Narragansetts.
The English used the Iroquois to fight
the Hurons in Canada. At a later date,
after the Revolution, the Americans
always enlisted friendly Indians to help
fight Indians who were the hereditary
foes of these Indian scoAts. Tl)e hered
itary feuds between the Pawnees and
the Sioux and between the Chlppewas
and the Sioux led both of these enemies
of the Sioux to enlist as Indian scouts.
The Crows were also glad to be em
ployed against the Blackfcet
General Crook succeeded in his war
against the Apaches of Arizona and
New Mexico largely through his ability
In using bands of friendly Indians as
scouts to trail down the hostlles. Some
of these scouts were used in the Modoc
War. This policy of making "dog eat
dog" is as old as the discovery of Amer
ica, for Cortez used the Tlascalans as
native allies against the Aztecs when
he conquered Mexico, and the British
in their conquest of India pursued the
same policy, a policy that bore excel
lent fruit in the great Indian mutiny
of 1857, when the native allies of the
British in the Punjaub and in Nepaul,
by refusing to join In the revolt saved
India to England. The same policy was
used to break down the strength of the
old Highland clan9, whose hereditary
feuds were so bitter that their exist
ence lost Charles Edward the battle of
Cullodec
In the great English Revolution of
1611 the Highland clans In Scotland
were divided in their allegiance more
through clan feuds than through relig
ion. It is an old trick, and probably
will be practiced a great deal In the
exploitation of Africa. The whites will
obtain black allies to destroy any na
tive tribes that prove obstructive", for
without this advantage of native allies
the occupation of barbarian countries Is
always slow and difficult The great
est obstacle to the partition of China is
that it has been really an empire for
thousands of years, which India never
was in a complete sense. If China had
been divided up Into various tribes of
antagonistic religious faith, its history
In Its vicissitudes would have resembled
that of India, where rival races and
faiths have been made to eat each
other. The salvation of China has been
that it has been an Imperial unit, not
a congregation of hostile states and
peoples.
The Nicaragua Canal seems now sure
to be constructed. The report of the
Canal Commission settles the choice of
the route. When this canal Is once
built It will be possible to ship freight
from New York to San Francisco, to
Portland and Puget Sound ports, on
freight steamers at rates with which no
railroad can compete. And when that
day comes the country may expect a
movement on the part of the leading
railroads to unload them en the Gov
ernment at figures far In excess of their
real earning capacity or of the cost of
replacing them. If the Nicaragua' Ca
nal cannot be defeated, we may expect
sooner or later a movement to unload
the great transcontinental railways
upon" the Government Men In both
parties will be found urging the wisdom
of Government ownership of the railroads.
President Roosevelt's action in placing
the system of rural free delivery In the
Postofilce Department, Including the
carriers as well as the clerks at Wash
ington, under the civil service rules, and
his extension of the classified service
in the Indian Bureau, are excellent
strokes in behalf of civil service re
form. The change affecting the Indian
agents had been asked for by the Indian
Commissioner and the Indian Rights
Association without avail until Mr.
Roosevelt's accession to power. The ex
tension of merit rules over the rural
free delivery service covers already
some 6000 persons, and Is most Im
portant as this branch of the postofilce
service Is sure to grow rapidly In the
future. President Roosevelt has acted
with timely sagacity in placing It be
yond the reach of the spoilsmen.
Japan has today over 50,000,000 'of
people. Its revenue Is about $138,000,000.
Its national debt now stands at $259,
3S2.000, airaccumulated since 1S70. In
1S72 there were only eighteen miles of
railway In the whole empire, but In
1899 there were 3635 miles open to
traffic, in 1870 Japan had but thirty
five steam vessels and eleven sailing
vessels. Last year she had 1221 steam
vessels with a total tonnage of 315,168,
and of sailing vessels 3S22, with a total
tonnage of 269,032, or a total number of
vessels of 4543 and a tennage of 584,200.
In the matter of manufactures, espe
cially those connected with cotton, Jap
anese goods are to be found in all the
great markets of the far East Japan
has a formidable army and. a powerful
navy, and Is conceded to be one of the
great powers of the world.
General Chaffee recommends that
Agulnaldo be brought to this country.
This suggestion is a good one, for it is
exactly in line with the policy we
adopted in the case of Geronlmo, the
famous Apache outlaw, and with the
policy of the British Government which
keeps Arabl Pasha In Ceylon and does
not permit the lineal descendant of
Runjeet Singh, the famous Sikh chief
tain, to live in India. France, also,
made Abdel Kader live as an exile in
Damascus. Agulnaldo ought to be re
moved so far from the Philippines that
he cannot exercise any incendiary in
fluence. He is a murderous miscreant
whose life Is justly forfeit by his fa
mous plot to "kill all the whites in Ma
nila, and to force him to live In exile
would be a small punishment for his
perfidy.
Vancouver, Wash., has Ju3t voted to
sell Its electric light plant The plant
was established with high expectations
In the way of reform and economy. It
cost the city so much to run It that It
was soon glad to lease it to private
hands In order to get the city lighted,
and now It is fain to get out of the
whole thing. Here, then. Is another
trusting community made the victim of
misplaced confidence In municipal own
ership as It Is known and practiced by
all cities that are made and managed
by college professors.
Senator Turner, of Washington, Is
very much concerned over the organiza
tion and proposed operations of the
Northern Securities Company. If the
great railroad trust is able to establish
Its monopoly In Washington, It will be
because the lawyers are able to drive a
railroad train through the state consti
tution. Inasmuch as Senator Turner
had more to do with the framing of
the Washington constitution than any
other person,, possibly he will have a
few explanations to make In the next
campaign.
It Is somewhat startling to find that
the Oregon and Washington Republi
cans In Congress commend the mes
sage enthusiastically to a man. It Is
strong, fearless, masterful, forcible, fair,
valuable. Important, comprehensive,
broad, liberal, excellent and even cred
itable. If these do not bring appoint
ments, what will? One would have
supposed, unless the gentlemen- had
spoken, that they would hold the mes
sage up to scorn. It's a brave world,
my masters.
The Oregonlan has repeatedly said
that unless the monopolistic trusts can
be restrained In some way they will
drive us to Government monopoly.
Whereupon the Eugene Guard finds
that The Oregonlan Is moved to "rap
turously embrace Government control
and ownership of railroads." Raptur
ous embracing Is not exactly In The
Oregonlan's line, but when It absolutely
needs to do any, It will try to find some
thing more attractive than collectivism.
In the forefront of the Evangelical
Association that has just refused to ad
mit the Rev. Mr. Hoyt are the Revs.
Cllne and Starr, whose strenuous ex
periences before ministerial bodies must
peculiarly fit them for passing on cases
of this kind. Mr. Hoyt, by the way,
having familiarized himself with the
"evangelical" type he Is up against, de
clines with thanks. This may be as
well, all round. .
There was organized at Anderson, S.
C, at the time of the assassination of
President McKInley, an order for the
suppression of anarchy. Nevertheless,
a lynching recently took place at An
derson In which some 200 men partici
pated, including doubtless a number of
this order for the suppression of an
archy. The new regiment that Canada will
send to South Africa will consist of
four squadrons of mounted riflemen, 600
in all. The Canadian Government fur
nishes the horses, the arms and equip
ment complete, even to the tents, so
that when the force lands In South Af
rica it will ibe ready to take, the field.
The Berlin bourse tpok a fit at Presi
dent Roosevelt's proposals to bar out
Europe's anarchists, illiterates and
starvelings. Steamship companies'
shares fell precipitately. This does not
in itself give a very high character to
the Atlantic Immigrant lines' much
lauded passenger traffic
The Pan-American delegates all but
came to blows over the discussion of
universal peace. Thus truth continues
to be 'funnier than comic opera.
Portland's JVeiv Consciousness.
Arlington Record.
An active and concerted canvass is be
ing made in Portland for the $200,000, Port
land's estimated share of the Lewl3 and
Clark Exposition fund. From the reports,
there is no doubt about getting the
amount subscribed. Portland Is waking
up to its ma Importance.
' THEORIES OF SPECULATION.
Wall Street Journal.
We have received the following: "1
am told that In 45 weeks out of 52, stocks
can be. bought cheaper on Monday than
on any other day In the week. Is this
so, and If so, why? Is there a recognized
low day or high day, and what day is It?"
It Is a tolerably complete answer to say
that If Monday were ' uniformly the low
day of the week It would soon cease to be,
because everybody would buy on Monday,
and it would become high day Instead of
low. Theories of this kind and dream
book reasoning are common with specu
lators, who look upon the market as lull
of mysterious mechanism Instead of being
chiefly an attempt to discount expected
changes in values. All sorts of events are
twisted into reasons for or against buy
ing stocks. Some of them stand for a
time the teat of trial, but then mys
teriously, go wrong.
The- reason why such theories exist, why
for a time they seem to be sound, and
why they inevitably go wrong. Is that
they form parts of the genera law of
chances. The foundation of this law
is that events equally liable to happen
tend to equality in occurrence. If 1000
black balls and 1000 white one3 were put
In a bag, a person drawing therefrom
would, In a large number of drawings,
take out just as many black ones as
whlto ones.
It is equally true that there would be
times when, he would draw a considerable
number of black balls without drawing
any white ones, and then enough white
ones to restore the balance. A sufficient
number of tests would permit the con
struction of a table, showing the probabil
ities in favor of drawing any number
of either color consecutively.
This In some degree has a bearing upon
the number of strong days or weak days
which may occur in the market Many
other influences enter into the case, but
such Influences over considerable periods
of time neutralize each other and are
Interwoven into the general law of the re
currence of events equally liable to hap
pen. In a bull market, Monday might bo ex
pected to be rather stronger than other
days, because it might be supposed to get
tho accumulation of orders over Sunday.
On the other hand, Saturday might be
considered as unfavorably affected by the
market being open only two hours Instead
of five hours. It Is doubtful, however, if
these modifications .would have in the
long run much influence. Examination
over a time long enough to allow the va
rious combinations to repeat themselves
would show that each of the days In. the
week was about equal to every other in
the point of being high day or low day.
It would also appear that each day had
runs of being either high or low. There
might be a dozen weeks In which Monday
would be low day. If this occurred. It
could be accepted that within a short
time Monday would cease to be low day,
and some other day would take Its turn
In bringing up the average. Tills fact Is
what produces theories like that which
has Interested our correspondent Some
body has observed a run of low Mondays
and has been Inclined to think they
might be a permanent factor In trading.
They were simply Illustrations of the
working of the general 4aw and the les
son to be drawn from them Is not ex
pectation -of continuance, but certainty
of change.
There is only one unchanging rule In
speculation. That is the certainty that
values determine prices In the long run,
and that the fundamental effort on the
part of everybody who tries to make
markets Is to foresee values and to make
money by adjusting prices thereto.
In "bringing this about there Is often
manipulation against values. The large
operator who believes that a stock Is
going a few months hence to be worth
a good deal more than tho present price
has to acquire a line of that stock in
order to make money. He may make the
price weak to Induce others to sell him
stock. It Is difficult to tell at the start
whether manipulation Is In the direction
of values or against them, but It usually
becomes clear within a short time. Ho
when prices are up and a large operator
wishes to sell, he makes the market look
strongest when he knows that an ad
vance has been carried too far. This Is
a matter for Individual study and opin
ion. Fortunately values, especially of
railroad stocks, can be determined much
more accurately than heretofore, and this
puts the outsider In a better position, as.
while his view of value may differ from
that of other people, he can, at least, act
on his own opinion.
Theories of trading are of little use,
because of the difficulty of applying the
law under which they act. It Is simpler
and safer to trade In one of two ways:
Either be sure of knowing the value of
the stock held and stand upon It as an
Investor, or trade blindly on news or
tendencies or sentiment with a two-point
stop order for protection. Each has its
advantages and its disadvantages, but
either method will be likely to give bet
ter results than any system of fortune
telling.
Let TJ Hot FlKht Each Other.
Wallowa News.
As a whole, the people of Oregon lack
In state loyalty. Not that we do not
at heart love our great medal-winning
state, but our neighbors California and
Wasrjngton with less of which to boast,
by sheer zeal are attracting the East with
in their borders. Orcgonlans should talk
Oregon and write Oregon and believe In
Oregon. Wehave the best climate, the
grandest mountains, valleys the most fer
tile and landscapes the most picturesque
that the blue sky hangs over anywhere.
Our silvery lakes; our snow-crested crags
nature's inimitable masonry need only
to be talked of and praised as they de
serve and oversrwdowed with fitting le
gend, to make them rivals of Yoscmlte
and the Garden of the Gods.
Nothing will be gained by one part of
tho state lighting every other section.
Should our neighbor counties suddenly
gain great wealth we would profit there
by. If our metropolis were doubled in size
we would have reason" for rejoicing. The
Chamber of Commerce, of Portland, shows
its wisdom In planning to develop the
stats at large, knowing that It will till
the coffers of Portland. Briefly. Its plan
Is; Against railroad discrimination; for
development of Oregon; for Nicaragua
Canal; for promotion of export trade; for
a deeper Columbia channel; for an open
river to the Inland Empire, and for 200.
000 people lifPortland in 1305.
Gccr Has Studied It.
New York Journal of Commerce.
The Governor of Oregon recognizes that
It may be easier to limit rates than to
prevent consolidations. This show3 that
he has diligently studied modern railway
development and the conditions of rail
way competition. Tho substance of con
solidation cannot be prevented, even ff the
form of consolidation can be defeated. But
the railways are still common carriers, and
tho Legislatures and Congress are still
able to protect the public from any actual
damage or wrong committed by such cor
porations. Equal to the Occasion.
Albany Democrat
The enterprise of Portland has been put
to test this week In a striking manner,
wnen It raised over $200,000 In a few days
for a great centennial exposition in 1SW5.
It was equal to the occasion and showed
a spirit of enterprise that was striking.
It Is timely, too, .for with the strides that
Seattle has been making it is high time
for Portland to come to the front with an
enterprise that shall attract theattentlon
of the entire country.
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Selection of Committeemen.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. Senator Alli
son today named 10 committeemen in con
nection with the resolution passed yester
day to select the Republican members of
the Senate committees. They are: Piatt
of Connecticut McMillan, Proctor, Per
kins, Nelson, Warren, Fairbanks, Kean
and McComas.
BRITISH VIEW OF MONROEISM.
LONDON,. Dec. 4. President Roosevelt's
message to Congress holds the first place
In the afternoon newspapers here today.
The comment on it, however, differs lit
tle from that of the morning papers.
Strong general approval of the pronounce
ment which, as the St James's Gazette
says, "strikes notes of conscious strength,
and assured success," Is the pervading
tone of the editorials.
"Tho spirited declaration for Monroe
Ism will cause a flutter in Europe," says
the Westminster Gazette, which contin
ues: "If the Kaiser is really of the opin
ion, as alleged, that 'the American peril
is the question of the future for Europe,
ho will find confirmation In the messag'e.
He will envy Secretary Gage's surplus of
13,000,000, available for building ironclads
or other purposes, for the American doc
trine, backed by American, surplus, means
that many European ambitions In South
America are foredoomed to fall. We do
not doubt that' It is the policy of this
country. If called oa to make a choice,
to stand by the United States' In defense
of the doctrine. We are also an. Amer
ican power, and it was we who first sug
gested the Idea."
After noting that South America, the
only outlet for the surplus population of
Europe, is largely In the possession of
the corrupt Spanish, over whom the
United States throws its aegis without
guaranteeing good government the West
minster Gazette concludes: "It Is not easy
to affirm this in the Interests of man
kind, and when the United States, after
warning Europe not to enter America,
proceeds itself to step out from the
American Continent, even a theoretical
defense Is difficult. The situation has the
germs of an immense controversy in the
future"
AUSTRIAN COMMENT OX MESSAGE.
Papers "Unanimous Only In Praising
References to Anarchists.
VIENNA, Dec. 4. Discussing President
Roosevelt's message to Congress, the
Austrian papers are unanimous in prais
ing the references to anarchists, but oa
other points they are not quite so lauda
tory. The Fremdenblatt comments on the
peaceful tone of the message, remarking
that President Roosevelt evidently will
not allow himself to be carried away by
senseless chauvinists.
The Ncuste Welner Tageblatt dwells
upon Its "Imperialistic character," and
adds: "There lives In America a spirit
as an 'appendant to the Monroe Doc
trine formula of Europe for the American,
and this formula, although clad In the
most peaceful phrases, pervades the mes
sage." The Deutsche Vollcsblatf declares that
the policy enunciated must expand Amer
ican production, and, therefore, "measures
for the protection of Austrian production
are required by the dictates of self-preservation.".
The Austrian "Volks Zeltung believes
that the strength of the message lies in
tho moderation of its tone, adding: "It
speaks In tho language of a strong man
who knows he requires no sonorous words
to be heard."
The Neue Welner Journal, also dealing
with the power of the message, recom
mends Its close study, so as to "find
means at the proper time of spoiling his
game."
Treatment of the Anarchists.
NEW YORK, Dec. 4. No portion of the
President's message Is more cordially ap
proved of in England than that referring
to the question of the treatment of an
archists, says the London correspondent
of the Tribune. It is considered exceed
ingly gratifying that President Roosevelt
should not be afraid to make proposals,
which on the surface arc open to the crit
icism that they are subversive of personal
liberty In the matter of opinion.
In refcrenco to the proposal that man
kind should bind Itself together to make
anarchy, like piracy, a crime against the
law of nations, it is pointed out that the
difficulty is to deflno what anarchy con
sists of. and to Obtain trustworthy evi
dence against those holding such a doc
trine before they commit overt acts which
would render them amenable to ordinary
criminal law.
Approved by Paris Figaro.
PARIS, Dec. 4. The Figaro, comment
ing editorially on President Roosevelt 3
message, says it has a clearness and
frankness rarely found in such documents.
The paper dwells approvingly on the Pres
ident's proposals against anarchists.
Most of tho other morning papers also
contain appreciative comment on tho
President's message. The Gaulois .says:
"It is simple and substantial. What
strikes one most Is the moderate and
conciliatory terms In which the message
is conceived and the design to outlaw an
archists will certainly find an echo In
Europe."
The Journal sums up President Roose
velt's policy as moderate imperialism, re
strained by protection, prudence and fore
thought Applied to Venezuela Dispute.
BERLIN, Dec 4. The officials of the
Foreign Office here made a special ap
plication of President Roosevelt's defini
tion of the Monroe Doctrine to Ger
man's dispute with Venezuela. A For
eign Office official Intimated that while
a friendly adjustment of Germany's
claims la still expected, a forcible settle
ment might become Germany's duty at
no distant date. Such a settlement. If
necessary, would not Infringe on the
President's policy nor offend the United
States In the least The official also
said that tho President's Immigration
views were not of special Interest to Ger
many now because the emigration to
America Is Inconsiderable.
Pan-American Delegates Impressed.
MEXICO CITY. Dec. 4. The opinion of
the Spanish-American delegates to the
Pan-American conference with respect to
President Roosevelt's message Is highly
favorable. Its spirit of justice and the tone
of friendliness in Its allusion to Latin
American republics are warmly praised.
Notwithstanding. It Is acknowledged that
the part dealing in reciprocity does not
give very much encouragement for the
work of the conference under that head.
In Mexican Government circles the rec
ommendations of the President to refund
the amount actually paid out by the
United States to the Well and Abra claim
ants has created the best impression.
Mexican Comment.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 4. President
Roosevelt's message has been very favor
ably received In government and business
circles. The general comment Is that his
declaration In favor of Cuban Independ
ence and a free-trade policy with the Isl
and will greatly strengthen American
prestige all over Latin America. He his
completely disarmed the critical press of
one of its principal arguments against
the Washington Government.
Father CroTircy's Trouhles.
CHICAGO, Dec. 4. Notwithstanding the
fact that Father Jeremiah J. Crowley
has appclogized. to Cardinal Martinelll
for anything unseemly In his conduct as
a Catholic priest, he will not be allowed
to worship for some time Jn the Cathed
ral of the Holy Name. Today, when in
junction proceedings to prevent his enter
ing the Cathedral were called up in Judge
Tuley's court It was expected that the
case would be dismissed at the request
of the fchurch. Neither Father Crowley
nor his representative was present, and
Attorney A. T. Moran said that Arch
bishop Feehan had not instructed him to
withdraw the petition for injunction. The
court continued the case Indefinitely, but
stipulated that the deposed rrlest was still
under his oath not to worship In this
parish.
Forhldilen to Drink "Vino."
WASHINGTON, Dec 4. Brigadier-General
Bell has Issued an order to the sol
diers in Northern Luzon forbidding them,
under pain- of severe punishment by court
martial, to drink the native "vino" spir
its, which has been found to produce In
sanity and incite to crime.
KOfE AND COMMENT.
Congress can now act accordingly.
The quick or the dead Miss Stone.
A Sign of WlnterCOAL $14 A TON.
Everything comes to him who waits,
also to him who eats mince pie.
A Sriving storm usually operates with
free rains.
What will the Sultan do when he crosses
the divide and there Is the d-v-1 to pay?
The only smoko nuisance In this part
of the country is the altitudlnous price of
good cisara.
The beetlt'3 that are eating a stone
church in MIddleton, O., are evidently not
afraid of solid food.
Perhaps it was the spirit of the times
that led the President to do a little side
stepping In the message.
Terrible Terry and the Terrible Turk
have convinced us that there Isn't such
a lot In a name after all.
It is now up to some youthful satistician
to calculate how much the message would
be worth at magazine rates.
Now Is the time to point with prid to
tho Treasury surplus. No telling what
will, happen to it in the next few months.
The allied poets of tho Santlam are
threatening to send in another contribu
tion. Due warning will be given, how
ever. Every cloud has a silver lining, but the
present Imperfect state of flying machines
does not justify the organization of any
aerial mining companies.
The Isthmian Railway Is the onlyjlne
In tho world that can advertise a rido
from ocean to 'ocean with the scenery
composed of red-handed war all the way.
On Saturday he spread his tall, a gobbler great
anU fine;
On Sunday he wa3 present when the family
came to dine;
On Monday he was served up, cold. In many a
tempting slice;
On Tuesday he was salad, with a dash of oil
and splec;
On "Wednesday ho was sandwiches; on Thurs
day he was ground.
And made his farewell bow as hash when Fri
day came around.
Prima Donna Calve's father, a hale and
hearty peasant, nearly 0 years old, re
sides in the south of France. He is Im
mensely proud of his famous daughter.
Pointing to the rose trees In his garden,
he said to a visitor: "Look at these. Most
of them are cavercd with blooms, but
here is one treo which has borne only one
rose. It has spent all Its strength In pro
ducing one perfect blossom. That is the
history of my daughter and her ances
tors. She Is the supreme flower of 10-3 for
gotten generations."
Ewing Mifflin, of Philadelphia, has
among his Interesting collection of auto
graphs a letter written by the wife of
Benjamin Franklin to one of hi3 ances
tors. The letter deals with homely top
ics, and Is delightfully misspelt. Tea
kettle appears In It disguised as "tekltle."
Mrs. Franklin's letters, indeed, were al
ways quaint. When her husband, in 1765,
was In Europe, she wrote him a detailed
description of their house, saying, among
other things: "In the room downstairs the
chairs are plain horsehair, and are ad
mired by all. In the parlor is a Scotch
carpet, which has had much fault found
with it. Your timepiece stands In one
corner, which is, I am told, all wrong;
but I say we shall have all these as they
should be when you come home. In the
room for our friends we have the Earl
of Bute hung up, and a glass. May I de
sire you to remember drinking glasses?"
A Parisian matron of weath and position
saw In a park one day a young servant
girl seated on a bench with a half-dressed
baby on her knee. The girl was crying
helplessly. In response to the matron's
questions she made the naive confession
that she had been spending the previous
hour in fruitless efforts to arrange the
infant's attire, and after hopelessly strug
gling with the mysteries of swaddling
clothes, had give up the attempt. How
was she to face the anxious mother, her
mistress, with the child In this undressed
state? Despair at the thought had driven
her to tears. Between the sobs she ex
plained that she had that morning accept
ed a situation as nursery maid without
ever having held a baby in her arms be
fore. The kind-hearted lady dressed the
hapless infant and determined there and
then to start a school for servant girls.
The institution Is now a flourishing con
cern, and the lady who founded It has had
the satisfaction of turning out several
hundred domestic servants, fully equipped
for tho efficient discharge of their duties
in the various branches.
Praise Is Dae to All.
Eugene Register.
Credit Is due to Hon. II. W. Corbett for
taking SIO.OOO stock In the Lewis and
Clark Centennial, but, after all. his 0,003
13 no greater, according to his wealth,
than the lesser sums given by other Port
land citizens who are just as enterprising
and enthusiastic as Is the venerable capi
talist. More than that, If the fair Is a
financial success Mr. Corbett has a chance
to get his SJO.tW back.
Hlght Yoa Are, Xclghbor.
Eugene Register.
Portland raised JSOO.OCO'for the Lewis and
Clark Centennial in three days. My, but
their Thanksgiving turkey must have
tasted good.
PLEASAXTItlES OK PAItAGUAPHERS
1:30 A. M. Dlmpleton I was detained at tho
oSlce- Mre. DlmpUtoa Was it worth seeing?v
Life.
His Experience. First Sandwich Man Do
they pay you much? Second Sandwich Man
No. There ain't much money in these literary
Jobs! ruck.
Curious Daughter. "Will you get wings
when you go to heaven?" asked little Elsie of
her father, who Is bald-headed. "Yes, dear,"
he replied. "And will thoy put feathers o&
your head, too, papa?" she persisted. Ohlr.
State Journal.
Different Now. Frantic Voice (at telephone)
Have you forwarded that consignment of
Thanksgiving turkeys to New Haven yet? The
Other Voice Not yoL Frantic Voice Then
countermand the order! Send them to Boston!
Cnlcago Tribune.
Realistic Mamma For goodness sake, Elsie,
why are you shouting In that disgraceful
fashion? Why can't ou be quiet like Willie?
Els It Ho has to be quiet the way we're play-Ir-g.
He's papa coming home late, and I'm
you. Ehlladelphla Press.
Great Discover!. Harold Well. Percy, did
you find gasoline a good remedy for chapped
hands? Percy Splendid! Not only did It cure
the cnapness, but every one in ballroom de
tected tho smell and thought I owned an auto
mobile. Chicago News.
Polite Sarcasm. Mr. Tightflst I'm always
willing to help a deserving unfortunate. Here
Is 2 cents; now don't spend It tor drink. Tramp
Certainly not. If I don't buy a ticket to
Florida I'll surely purchase a set of Winter
flannels. Chelsea (Mass.) Gazette.
Suspense. "Been hunting, today?' "Tes,"
said the amateur, with the wild, apprehensive
look in his eye. "Have you shot anything?"
"I don't know yet. I'm waiting for the rest
of the party to get Into camp, so that we can
call the roll." Washington Star.