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OUR CEXTEXNIAL.
If expositions are, as President Mc
Klnley called them, "milestones of
progress," then the Lewis and Clark
Centennial la its own excuse for being;
because It stands for one of three great
formative epochs In American history.
The three are the conquest of the At
lantic States, the conquest of the Mis
sissippi Basin, the conquest of the Pa
cific Coast Philadelphia and Chicago
have been the scene of celebrations con
nected "with discovery, colonization and
independence of the original Union; St.
Iiouis is commemorating the acquisition
of the Mississippi Basin, and it remains
for Portland to draw the world's atten
tion to the extension of the American
empire westward to the Pacific Ocean.
How It is proposed to do this work Is
well set out in the address of the Lewis
and Clark Centennial Commissioners,
printed in The Oregonlan this morning,
and also in other newspapers all over
the United States. All of them will not
print all of the address, but attention
will be universally drawn to the en
terprise and its significance.
The half million dollars which the lit
tle City of Portland has offered, di
rectly and Indirectly, to raise In the
form of stock subscriptions, is substan
tially assured. It is believed to be a
creditable and ample basis for the co
operation which the commissioners ask
from other far "Western states, terri
tories and British provinces, and from
the General Government. This prelim
inary undertaking of Portland seems
also to justify the choice of the com
missioners in eelecting Portland, as the
chief city along the Lewis and Clark
expedition's route, to be the site of the
celebration. Portland need not have
been the place, and had it failed In
proper appreciation of the enterprise,
should certainly not have been selected.
But as it has fulfilled the preliminary
financial conditions, we takeUt that its
selection as the Exposition's site will
tneet universal approval.
Why is it that celebrations seem
naturally to gather around fixed points
of secular recurrence? Perhaps no 'one
could fully explain it, but certain it is
that the mind Instinctively turns to
these anniversaries as fit occasions for
observing progress, and confidently
looks to them for special evidences of
change. Intrinsically, of course, there
is no more completeness of the old or
beginning of the new In 100 years than
in CS or 99; yet It is true that by cen
turies the modern world marks off Its
epochs with unfailing distinctness. The
nineteenth century is no more marked
In Its peculiar industrial activity than
the first century -was in- religious en-'
thusiasm or the sixteenth In letters and
exploration.
The reason for these real though ar
tificial divisions in human thought and
action is found in the simple fact that
knowledge and acceptance of them re
acts powerfully on th.e mind. Because
100 years are about to expire, we do
things. Just as London is now buying
gold in New York at a premium in
order to make a good end-year show
ing in its reserves. Out of the very
reminiscences of the end of the century
and forethought of the beginning of the
new, arise unusual impulses of Inven
tion, enterprise and Investment. And
In some unexplalnable way the recur
ring anniversaries always find material
arising for fit commemoration. Just
100 years from Lewis and Clark's jour
ney the Pacific Coast Is lifted up before
the eyes of the world as never before,
and the Orient is awaking as from a
long sleep. No fitter time could be
chosen for bringing to universal atten
tion the resources of this region, the
field that the East affords for "Western
capital and labor, the trans-Pacific ac
tivities just ready to spring into life.
All these things will impress them
scives on the intelligent thought and
enterprising genius of the Nation, In
connection with the address given this
rooming through the press. They -will
grow apace upon Its consciousness
throughout the four years ensuing; and
if no mistake is made in the conduct of
the affair here, the Centennial will be
one of the most noteworthy and mo
mentous events in American history.
The Chamber of Commerce has made
a new record for itself in turning a -deaf
ear to appeals for co-operation. If our
memory serves, the Chamber's approval
has been attainable while you wait for
any old thing, from a Cabinet Depart
ment of Commerce to Lubin's Insane
export bounty, lo, these many years.
San Francisco had every right to expect
that Portland -would hurriedly call a
few directors together and implore the
Government to give San Fcancisco a
monopoly of Philippine trade and shut
Portland out. The Chamber has de
clined to do this, and has even gone so
far as to embody its declination in lan
guage that can be comprehended. This
rebuff will be as unwelcome at San
Francisco as it Is unexpected and un
warranted by any previous display Of
backbone. Some explanation of the
mystery is certainly In order.
FREE TRADE POE CUBA.
General James H. "Wilson, an able sol
dier and experienced man of affairs,
who is personally familiar through resi
dence in Cuba and other Latin-American
tropical states with the subject of
tropical trade, recently delivered a very
Interesting address before the New
England Free Trade League. General
"Wilson hods that the time has come
when we should seek for a broader basis
than mere reciprocity with our neigh
bors; that we should agree to absolute
and reciprocal free trade In natural and
manufactured products between our
country and all its dependencies on the
one hand, and all the Immediately
neighboring countries on the other, un
der a uniform tariff to be agreed upon
by the parties to the arrangement, and
to be carried into effect as against all
other countries. Such a measure, he
believes, will be adopted by every North
American State and dependency. Its
immediate effect would be to unite the
countries acceding to it into a commer
cial union with an aggregate popula
tion of something like 110.000,000 of peo
ple, about 35,000,000 of whom, now living
outside the United States, would hence
forth sell their raw materials and nat
ural productions to us and buy most
of their manufactured goods and pro
visions from us.
Cuba Is the best country in the world
for the production of sugar and high
class tobacco. It Is General "Wilson's
opinion that the Cubans cannot hope
to survive and prosper unless we give
absolute and unrestricted free trade In
natural and manufactured products to
Cuba In exchange for the same privi
lege to be granted by them to us under
the protection of a common tariff as
against all other countries. This rad
ical measure was first proposed by Gen
eral "Wilson in his official reports to
the "War Department, but thus far It
has received no official consideration.
General "Wilson argues that under this
free trade measure wages In Cuba
would rise, the country would fill up
rapidly with Americans, the Spanish
peasantry -would pour In as laborers;
that with free trade in sugar and to
bacco "Cuba would be Indeed a cup of
gold." Of course, domestic sugar and
tobacco-growers would oppose such a
measure; but every laboring man, man
ufacturer and ''consumer of tropical
products would profit by cheaper sugar,
cigars and fruits, and by a wider mar
ket for our breadstuffs and manufac
tured products. The laborers and
planters of Cuba would surely spend
most of their surplus for goods, wares
and merchandise produced in the
United States.
General "Wilson forcibly pleads that
since we have assumed the obligation
of respecting Cuban autonomy and of
protecting her against foreign aggres
sion, there is no sound "reason why we
should not also contribute to her pros
perity and promote our own by the
substantial monopoly of her business
that would result from this enactment
of free trade. Such a measure, made
under a special treaty, could be limited
to a term of years or made terminable
on proper notice, ard could be modified
or ended, should It prove to be disad
vantageous. In the judgment of Gen
eral "Wilson, It would not be ten years
before the Cuban Republic would be
come afraid of the termination of this
temporary arrangement and would ask
for permanent admission Into the Union.
To the plea that this is a strictly free
trade measure, General "Wilson replies
that under the old doctrine of protec
tion all articles of necessity which
could not be produced in our own coun
try or -which could not be produced In
sufficient quantity should be admitted
free or under a comparatively low
duty, so that the placing of Cuban cane
sugar on the free list would be in ac
cordance with the practice and precept
of the Republican protectionists, and
would increase the business and pro
mote the best interests of the entire
country. No European nation can justly
claim "like circumstances and condi
tions," and therefore cannot fairly claim
like privileges for its "West Indian pos
sessions. General "Wilson holds that
the method of reciprocity urged in Mr.
McKinley's .Buffalo speech, while "It
may be well adapted to that end in
connection with European countries.
cioes not apply with tne same force toNLOdell. with the political Influence be-
countries lying within the tropics.
where the productions are so greatly
different from our own, for the Cuban
and other North American countries
under consideration He clearly within
our rightful theater of interest or influ
ence, and In direction of our true trade
expansion If not of our political expan
sion." General "Wilson evidently believes that
only by the grant of free trade for her
sugar and tobacco will Cuba ever be
persuaded to ask for annexation to the
United States, and he believes that with
its varied resources, developed and un
developed, Cuba Is worth more to us
than any other country in the world
except Canada. All of General "Wilson's
observations, by the way, apply with
added force to the Philippine Islands,
where we have not only trade activity
to desire, but also political loyalty to
cultivate. In no way can we do it so
effectively as by giving them liberal
trade privileges with our home ports.
HANNA AND FORAKlER.
There is nothing surprising in the
news that Hanna and Foraker are
likely to have an open political quar
rel. They are naturally antagonistic In
temperament, and In the old days of
warfare between the John Sherman
and Foraker factions both Hanna and
McKlnley were opposed to Foraker.
Foraker, up to his defeat for re-election
as Governor In 1SS9, had been brilliant
ly successful in Ohio politics. Beaten
for Governor In 1S83, he was elected to
that office in 1SS5 and re-elected in 1SS7.
If McKlnley had not been selected by
the Sherman faction as Ohio's candidate
for President In -189G, Foraker might
have had McKlnley as a competitor for
the United States Senate in January,
185C; but it was necessary to conciliate
thefriends of Forekor, so Foraker was
not opposed for the United States Sen
ate by the "Sherman" Republicans.
Foraker has made a prominent figure
in the Senate. He Is an able lawyer of
"Superior oratorical powers; and he gave
President McKinley's policy unflinching
and valuable support He could do
what Hanna could not do; he could
discuss all doubtful questions of legis
lation with, the learning and skill of a
well-trained kwvpr anrl pa . -u.-oll
equipped debater he was-held In high
esteem by President McKlnley.
Foraker saw clearly that McKinley's
renominatlon -was sure and his re-election
most probable, and he gave him
unwavering support Had McKlnley
lived to complete his term, it Is not
likely that there would have been any
serious estrangement between Foraker
and Hanna, for until McKinley's death
Foraker never considered Hanna any-;
thing more than a faithful political
body-servant of McKlnley. Had Mc
Klnley lived to complete his term, For
aker would have naturally expected
that McKlnley would commend him to
his Ohio Republican friends for politi
cal promotion, even as Jackson did Van
Buren when he decliried the suggestion
of a third term In 1836. But the death
of McKlnley naturally deranged the po
litical map of the Republican party in
Ohio, and Its harmonious readjustment
is not easily accomplished. Foraker
could well afford to make peace and
keep It with McKlnley, but he neither
loves nor fears Hanna, and to
strengthen himself Is probably quite
willing to help turn Hanna down when
he comes up for re-election, in Janu
ary, 1904. Foraker will be but 56 years
old next July, while Hanna will be 65
next September. All the advantages of
age, distinguished public service, su
perior talents for oratory and debate
lie with Foraker, who, on his own strik
ing personal merits and brilliant career
can afford to stand alcne, while Hanna
has lost heavily in prestige since Roose
velt occupied the "White House.
THE PASSING OF PLATT.
The Republican party in New York
State is threatened with Internal strife.
The new Collector of the Port has al
ways been a pronounced antl-PIatt
man, while Collector BIdwell Is Piatt's
most faithful and intimate political
friend. The decision to appoint Stran
ahan successor to BIdwell was reached
without consulting Piatt Governor
Odell, of New York, has announced his
determination to appoint Charles S.
Boyd, of New York, State Superintend
ent ofPublic "Works. This decision -was
reached without consulting Piatt. The
situation today In New York la one that
leaves Piatt In no reasonable doubt that
his funeral has been ordered, and that,
unless he wishes to furnish the corpse,
he will have to fight for his life. Gbv
eroor" Odell, Mayor Low, the Collector
of the Port the Superintendent of Pub
lic "Works, the State Controller, are all
close friends of the President, and are
all anti-Platt men. The new Appraiser
of the Port, the new Postmaster of
Brooklyn, are sure to be Roosevelt
rather than Piatt men. Postmaster Van
Cott of New York City, just "reap
pointed, if not an open partisan of the
President, is a "Piatt" gun effectually
spiked for the future. Secretary of "War
Root forced the appointment under
President McKlnley of Assistant Secre
tary of "War Sanger against the opposi
tion of Piatt The following of Piatt is
still strong among the "machine" Re
publicans, and it is reported that "the
boss"proposes to defeat the renomina
tlon of Governor Odell next year.
The first skirmish will be witnessed
at the meeting of December 19, when
a president of the Republican New
York county, committee is to be chosen.
If Piatt's factotum, Lemuel Ely Qulgg,
Is elected president of the local organi
zation, it will be an important victory
for Piatt, as It would enable him to
help the Democracy beat Odell next
year. Piatt's faction will, of course. In
clude BIdwell and all the displaced and,
disgruntled office-holders, and it Is quite
Jlkely that there will be an Internecine
war within the Republican party un
equaled for bitterness since the famous
battle between the stalwarts and half
breeds, to which Grover Cleveland owed
his election as Governor In 1SS2. The
battle in 1882 was between the "Blaine"
and "Arthur" Republicans. The stal
warts carried the convention and nomi
nated Arthur's Secretary of State, Fol
ger. for Governor, an able and upright
man, but he was slain at the polls by
the "halfbreed" Republicans, and Gro
ver Cleveland, to whom the Democratic
nomination was given In contempt af
ter It had been refused by men who
deemed it an invitation to defeat, was
elected.
.It Is reported that Edward M. Shep
ard -expects to be the Democratic nomi
nee next year against Odell, and counts
upon the threatened war between Odell
and Piatt as likely to give him .the vic
tory. But the situation, while similar
in superficial respects. Is not Identical.
In 1882 all "the Independents" voted for
Cleveland, while today all "the lnde-
pendents" could be counted upon for
hind him of the Administration, the
state administration and the govern
ment of Greater New York, Odell would
be likely to beat Shepard leading an
army that -will hardly have recovered
by next November from its recent terri
ble defeat Piatt Is nearly 70; Is in
broken health; he has no patronage to
deliver under Roosevelt; he will control
none under Odell. He has no open
quarrel with the President that invites
any popular sympathy In the party out
side of a few disappointed or hungry
office-seekers. He has only a year left
of his Senatorial term, and the chances
are that Roosevelt, Root, Odell- and
Low will completely supplant Pla'tt in
control of the party In the Ernpirfe State.
NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS.
A recent discussion In .a religious pa
per of the "Place and Influence of Rich
Men In the Church" recalls the familiar
story of Peter Cartwrlght and Andrew
Jackson. Peter Cartwright was cue of
the most forceful and fearless preachers
of the gospel, In the harsh interpreta
tion placed upon It by Jonathan Ed
wards and the theologians of his time,
known to the great Middle West. In the
earlier years of the past century. Sus
tained by the merciless courage of his
convictions, he hurled thunderbolts of
the accredited "wrath of Jehovah" at
awe-stricken sinners of a primitive
place and era, warning them that they
must expect no mercy in the future life
unless thoy accepted the "plan of salva
tion" as elaborated by the lawgivers of
theology. Denouncing sin and menac
ing impenitent sinners with the threat
of everlasting burnings upon one oc
casion, he was plucked by the coat and
told in a whisper that General Jackson
was among his hearers. Nothing
daunted, the bold preacher replied in
his most stentorian tones: "I don't care
for that; unless General Jackson re
pents he will go to hell like any other
sinner."
A saving grace of this stern, hard
belief was that "God is no respecter of
persons." That man's reEponsIblllty
lies not in his position nor In hi3 wealth,
but in his conformity to the law. In
this view a more enlightened Christian
ity shares by fixing the place and in
fluonrvo. rtf rich men in the church In
strict accord with those of other men.
If they are "there for the good that it
will do them In elevating the spiritual
aide of life, and for the good that they
can do to others by their comradeship,
their wealth will be of distinct advan
tage rather than a stumbling-block to
them nd the church. If they are sor
did, self-seeking men who seek churchly
affiliation as a shelter or cloak for moral
nakedness, the ejaculation of old Peter
Cartwrlght, modified to suit the
changed Interpretation of .the word
"hell," Is still applicable to their case.
An unusually Idiotic proposal of the
New York Pres3 Is that the whole num
ber of negroes of voting age In the sev
eral Southern States be taken from the
census, that the number of Republican
votes cast at the last election be sub
tracted, and that the remainder be,
taken as the number disfranchised. For
example, the male negroes of voting age
In Louisiana by the census were 147,
348; number of Republican votes cast,
2754; voters disfranchised, 145,634. How
absurd is this proposal is shown by the
New Orleans Times-Democrat which
says there are 25,000 or 30,000 negro
males in Louisiana qualified for suf
frage, and that such of them as did not
vote were voluntarily absent from the
polls. The assumption that all negroes
are Republicans and all whites Demo
crats Is also Involved In this calcula
tion. On the basis here suggested it is
estimated that the representation of
Alabama in the House of Representa
tives would be reduced from 9 to 5;
of Arkansas, from 6 to 4; of Florida,
from 2 to 1; of Georgia, 11 to 5; Louis
iana, 6 to 2; Mississippi, 7 to 2; South
Carolina, 7 to 2; Virginia, 10 to 8. In
the eight states named the reduction
would be from 58 to 30, or nearly one
half. On the basis of the 'actual num
ber disfranchised, the reduction would
be much less, but still very consider
able. The votes cf these states In the
Electoral College would, of course, be
reduced by the same number. The
work would be dangerous and unwise,
even from a Republican partisan point
of view.
Though Portland leads the Pacific
Northwest In the volume of Its bank
clearings, It is proper to call attention
to the fact that It is one of very few
cities In the West that conduct their
clearing-houses on the New York plan,
settling dally In cash and without arti
ficial devices for swelling totals. San
Francisco and Portland are the only
cities on the Pacific Coast that adhere to
this system; indeed, it Is believed they
are the only ones west of the Missis
sippi River whose statements are on
the same basis as that of New York.
These statements mean actual business
legitimately transacted, and when they
are large It means a large volume of
trade. Portland maintains a clearing
house to facilitate business, not as an
advertising incident of a boom town.
The decision of Judge George in re
gard to the money raised by taxation
for the free kindergartens resulted in
the gathering In, so to speak, of some
dozens of children Monday morning and
putting them in training for Christmas
songs. The utility of the kindergarten
was not Involved in the long detention
of this money by the School Board,
that having long ago been demon
strated. The legality of the transaction
only was In question, and this having
been settled in favor of the free kin
dergartens, the promoters of these
schools and the exponents of its under
lying purpose look forward to a pleas
ant, useful, although a brief, school
year among the little tots.
After the haggling and delay of many
weeks. It Is now said that the full ran
som demanded for the release of Miss
Stone must be paid before she will be
set free. Evidently her efforts to con
vert the mercenary disciples of Ma
homet who hold her In captivity have
been as fruitless of results as the dip
lomatic arts of Consul Dickinson. The
suggestion that the United States Gov
ernment pay the demand In full and
thus end a very perplexing situation
will hardly be adopted. Other questions
aside, the precedent that this course
would establish would be a menace to
the liberty of every American woman in
the missionary field in Turkey.
What the pioneers of Oregon and
their sons have wrought in 50 years;
how they followed the track of Lewis
and Clark to found a state conceived In
liberty; how they have turned a land
Into one of milk and honey, that before
nourished in misery only savage creat
ures; nil this will be signalized in the
1D05 Centennial. The circle of Old Oregon-Is
drawing closer year by year, but
the devotion of its founders, the tradi
tions of its growth, will keep forever.
Its outer form will change from genera
tion to generation; in its heart it will
always be the same.
The recent death In London of the old
est son of" Bret- Hnrte 13 not only a
severe blow to his family, but it re
cords a distinct loss to the world of
letters. A pleasing though not a force
ful writer, when his work is measured
by that of his father, Griswold Harte
had entered upon a promising career
and his death is deplored as that of a
man who dies before hie prime.
Tillamook County will have another
creamery In operation In the Spring.
The fame of Tillamook butter is as
sured, and the yearly Increasing output
demonstrates the value of Tillamook
lands for dairy purposes. It should
also emphasize the need of the long-talked-of,
frequently projected but still
unconstructed Tillamook railroad.
Dewey did not agree with the other
members of the court of Inquiry. And
It was also popular for Dewey to let
the public know about It as socn as
possible. He will never be caught in a
scrape again, trust him for that.
The Waiters Alliance will cot hurry
up Judge Sears for a decision. After
all, It is wiser to let Justice pursue the
even tenor of its way without preju
dice. Each of the large railroads In the
Northwest has had a wreck in the past
two weeks. It is therefore just as safe
to travel on one railroad as en another.
The Philippines are part of the United
States Jn a military sense, but in a
commercial sense well, that's different
We shall have the canal. The only
anomaly about It lsthat the Senate sur
rendered its prerogative so readily.
Venezuela and Chile will scon get to
fighting, and the war will be robbed of
half Its terrors.
CHINESE EXCLUSION LEGISLATION
"WASHINGTON, Dec IS. The special
committee of Pacific Senators and Repre
sentatives, -which has been, going over
Chinese exclusion legislation with a view
to securing united action, today completed
consideration of the lengthy bill prepared
by the Bureau of Immigration, and intro
duced in the House by Representative
Kahn. The committee made only a few
verbal changes In the measure. The com
mittee will now lay the results of Its delib
eration before all Congressmen from the
Pacific Coast, and the final plans to urge
the legislation to pass the Senate and
House will be made.
COMMERCE OF CUBA.
Import Have Decreased, Exports Ih
creaKed In Pant Fiscal Year.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. A compara
tive statement of the commerce of Cuba
for the fiscal years 1P01 and 1900, as sub
mitted by the division of Insular affairs.
War Department, today, shows that the
value of merchandise Imported during the
fiscal year 1S01 was $65,G50,141, as against
$71,681,187 for 1000, a decrease of 9.3 per
cent; and the- total value of merchandise
exported during 1S01 was $63,115,821, as
against I45.22S.S4G for 1900, an Increase of
39.5 per cent
Tho value of Imports of merchandise
from the several countries during the
fiscal year 1SQ1 was as follows: United
States, $2S,178.CS2, a decrease of 6 per cent;
United Kingdom, $9,20,949, a decrease of
22 per cent; Germany, 53,403.031, an Increase
of 29 per cent; France, J2,S22,S29, a de
crease of IS per cent; Spain, $9,534,034, a
decrease of 13 per cent; other countries,
$11,0SS,G35, a decrease of 4 per cent
Value of exports of merchandise. Into the
several countries respectively during the
fiscal year 1901 was as follows: United
Kingdom, $45,497,463, an increase of 31 per
cent; United Kingdom, $5,871,717, an in
crease of 34 per cent; Germany, $6,720,450,
an increase of 192 per cent; France, 51.402,
465, an Increase of 22 per cent; Spain, $579,
S02, a decrease of 29 per cent; other coun
tries, $3,044,TS9, an increase of 52 per cent
TREATY AGREED UPON.
Hay Concludes Negotiations for the
Danish "West Indies.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. As a result
of the negotiations that have been in
progress between Secretary Kay and Mr.
Brun, the Danish Minister, tho last ob
stacles of substance to tho preparation
of the treaty of cession whereby the Unit
ed States will become uossessed of the
Danish West Indian Islands have been
removed. It Is said that the points of dif
ference have been adjusted in a manner
to insure the acceptance of the treaty by
the United States Senate, and it la even
possible that the convention may be laid
before that body before the holiday re
cess. The decision of the Supreme Court
in the Insular cases ha3 made easier the
preparation of the treaty on satisfactory
lines.
President to Receive a. Memorial.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. John Foord.
secretary of the Asiatic Association, which
Is composed of about 250 firms doing busi
ness In the Far East, today arranged
with the President to receive a memo
rial from the association next Wednes
day. The association Is especially desir
ous that the door of Manchuria be kept
open to our textile fabrics, and to that
end wishes the Government to obtain
written pledges from Russia in case China
relinquishes that province. It also desires
the repeal of the war tax on tea, the es
tablishment of an international bank in
China, and private ownership of the pro
posed Pacific cable.
Tho delegation which will call on the
President Wednesday also appeared be
fore the Congressional committee on im
migration to argue In favor of a modifica
tion of the Chinese exclusion act whlcn
will permit Chinese merchants to come
Into this country with more freedom.
Xante of Mrs. Bonlne Restored.
WASHINGTON. Dec 16. The Civil Serv
ice Commission has decided to restore the
name of Mrs. Iola Ida Bonlne, who re
cently was acquitted of the murder of
James Seymour Ayres, Jr., to the roll of
eligiblcs for appointment to the civil
service. Just prior to the death of Ayres,
Mrs. Bonlne had successfully passed an
examination for skilled labor In the Gov
ernment printing office, but, pending the
result of the trial, her name was held up.
Trensury Statement.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 16. Today's state
ment of the Treasury balances show:
Available cash balances J170.823.S2S
Gold 115.0S7.S22
WOULD TAX SAMOANS 3IORE.
Recommendation of Native Govern
ors to the Government.
TUTUILA. Samoa, Dec. 3, via San Fran
cisco, Dec 16. At a meeting of the na
tive Governors and county chiefs it was
decided to increase the amount of native
taxation for the coming year, and a
recommendation has been made to the
Government to that effect.
At a general meeting of the people of
Tutulla, held on November 21. at Nuulli,
which was presided over by Lieutenant
J. L. Jayne, U. S. N., then command
ing the station, one division strongly urged
the adoption of the Constitution of the
United States in its entirety, and at the
same time asked that all other Soulh Sea
Islanders and Samoans from German Sa
moa be sent back to their homea. This
was etrenuously opposed by the stronger
eastern district, whose talking men ob
jected to shutting out the people of the
other districts.
At the same meeting the commanding
officer stated that he wanted the natives
of the towns to build their roads, and h
ordered the county chiefs to see that his
wishes In the matter were carried otit.
The sum of $25,000 has been appropriated
by the Government for grading, and sovne
of the natives alleged that this money
should be paid to them for roadmaking.
It was finally agreed that the people
should build their own roads, and trust In
getting aid from the Government for the
construction of the main roads, which are
badly needed. The natives of one district
are building a road, to be called the Mc
Klnley road, to Pago Pago.
Uriel Sebrec, U. S. N., arrived here on
the steamer Ventura on November 27, and
Immediately assumed command of the
United States steamer Abarenda, and the
office of Commandant of the station,
coupled with the Governorship of the Isl
ands. Ho succeeds Captain Tilley, who
sailed today for San Francisco. The lead
ing chiefs and officials assembled at Pago
Pago to welcome Captain Sebree. Great
regret was expressed by the natives and
officials at Captain Tilley's departure, and
Captain Sebree prcrmlsed to follow as
closely as possible tha policy Inaugurated
by Captain Tilley, whereupon, the natives,
spoken for by their chiefs, promised to
render all tho support they could to the
new Governor.
The prevalence of measles on board the'
Wisconsin caused much disappointment
among the people, aB the programme
which had been arranged In view of Ad
miral Casey's visit to the islands had to
be abandoned. Both the Wisconsin and
the Abarenda were quarantined for a time.
Before leaving Pago Pago, Admiral Casey
requestcd Judge E. W. Gurr to make a
report of the government of the Islands,
and the report supplemented with remarks
from his own personal observation will be
sent by Admiral Casey to Washington.
Scumanutafn, high chief of Apia, visited
Admiral Casey and his staff. He wore
the handsome gold watch presented to
him by the United States for his heroism
during the great hurricane of 1S99.
Ln-rr Applies to Indian Territory.
ARDMORE. I. T.. Dec 1L Judge Town
send, in the United States Court today,
directed that the intercourse laws passed
by Congress in 1832 were in effect In In
dian Territory. The decision means that
persons doing business in the territory
must pay tribal taxes, under penalty of
expulsion
LABOR AND CAPITAL CONFERENCE
NEW YORK, Dec. 16. Brought together
through the good offices of the National
Civic Federation, leading representatives
of labor and capital met here today to
discuss plans to minimize wage and In
dustrial disputes. Aiding them, with
counsel, were several prominent students
of economics and leading figures in tne
religious world, and the opening session
was notable for a number of striking ex
pressions and comments upon the prob
lem faced by the conference. The storm
in Eastern Pennsylvania prevented Sam
uel Gompcrs. John Mitchell. Theodore
Shaffer and other leading members of tho
American Federation of Labor from reach
ing New York In time for the meeting
today, but they will participate In the
session tomorrow.
Oscar Strauss, ex-Minister to Turkey,
who acted as chairman, announced that
it was planned to form a general execu
tive committee "with representation di
vided between capital, labor and the gen
eral public, and It was hoped It would
become a tribunal of peace where the
conflicting Interests might meet on equal
footing and settle their differences In a
spirit of conciliation and mutual tolera
tion. Senator M. A. Hanna, Charles M.
Schwab, president of tho United States
8teel Corporation;. Archbishop Ireland,
Bishop Potter, S. R. Calloway, president
of tho Locomotive Works; EL D. Durand,
secretary of the Industrial Commission;
Theodore Masburg, of Baltimore; W. H.
Pfahler. of Philadelphia; R. C. Kerins,
of St Louis; R. M. Easley, of the Na
tional Civic Federation; John Phillips, Na
tional Hatters' Union: James Ryan, of
the International Typographical Union,
and Marcus Marks president of the Na
tional Clothlngmakia' Association, were
among the men who attended the opening
meeting. Charles M. Schwab declared
that he was opposed to labor unions as
they were now constituted, and said that
they must fall! as the trusts had failed,
for seeking to limit the output and con
trol tho prices.
"I am here," he said, "with a mind
open to conviction, anxious to see the
other side of the shield, as Bishop Pot
ter has said; and ready to do that which
Is fair. It may be that this Is a, seltlsli
motive, but I realize that upon the'Vsace
ful adjustment of the difficulties that
exist between capital and labor depends
the future prosperity of the United States.
Tho decadence of trade in other coun
tries Is due to the hostility of labor
unions. I do not deny that capital has
been arbitrary and unfair. I am not op
posed to labor unions per so, but I am
against them as they are now constitut
ed. Labor unions will not succeed as
the trusts have not succeeded, on the
principle of limiting production. Consol
idation for economy's sake, fair wages,
purchasing in the cheapest market, and
in the selling of the best, arc the trade
principles that will stand. Tho labor
unions have become trusts. After all,
the fortunes and the prosperity of the
employer and employed are linked to
gether; they are the same, and the two
interests should stand together. I am
willing to come here and give you any
practical Ideas that I can, and I hope
the meeting will come to some good."
Senator Hanna expressed his approval
of the principle of organized labor, and
his speech drew apologies from John
Phillips and John J. Donnelly, two or
the labor delegates present, who con
fessed that they had held erroneous and
unjust views as to the attitude of the
Senator toward organized labor. Senator
Hanna related an experience he had with
coal miners In Ohio many years ago. and
said tho experience had made him an ad
vocate of unionism.
"I jaw then," he said, "and I believe
now, that labor and capital could be
brought together. I believe that the day
Is at hnnd for their peace, and I am
willing to give the best there is In me
while Ufa lasts to bring labor and cnpl
t .1 together. A settlement of tho ques
tion will do more for good government,
good morals and good social relations
than anything else we could accomplish.
To the end of all this I freely give
whatever service I can render to the
association."
Archbishop Ireland said that all Eu
rope looked to the Uiilted States to heal
tho broach between the two great inter
ests. As a minister of religion, as a
member of a church whose pontiff had
declared that the most Important duty
of tho church was to maintain peace be
tween labor and capital, he was present
to do his duty In a movement that made
for peace, harmony and brotherhood
among men. He believed, he said, that
the realization of what Americans owed to
one another as men and children of God
was needed to bring these opposed to
gether. He approved the Idea of creating
some channel for an exchange of Ideas
and the mutual flow of the feeling of
brotherhood.
John Phillips and John J. Donnelly, tho
latter of tho New York Bricklayers
Union, recorded their approval of the
principle of arbitration and conciliation,
and asserted that for years the hatters
nnd brlcklajers In New York had main
tained satisfactory relations with the
mon who employed them.
Mentation of Kino- Urged.
NEW YORK, Dec. 16. The directors
and managers of English banks and finan
cial companies here have wired to Lon
don to urge the mediation of King Ed
ward, who is the arbitrator of the bound
ary question, says the Buenos Ayres, Ar
gentina, correspondent of the Herald.
The Governor of Mendoza has sent word
that two Germans were detected making
surveys near Puente del Inca, It Is paid
that they are officers of the Chilean Army.
The govemnent has instructed the Gov
ernor to send them off to Chile or bring
them to Mendoza.
It Is reported that the Argentine Govern
ment Is endeavoring to purchase the North
German Lloyd steamship Kaiser AVHhelm
der Grosse.
There have been demonstrations In sup
port of the government throughout the
Argentine Republic
Nominated to RIshopr'ci.
ROME, Dec. 16. At the consistory held
this morning, the pope formally an
nounced, among others nominated to
bishoprics. Rev. John O'Connor, as bishop
of Newark. N. J., and the Rev. William
J. O'Connell, a3 bishop of Portland, Me.
The consistory was especially interesting,
as the pope. In an impassioned address,
denounced the suggested divorce laws for
Italy, and appealed to the Italians not to
allow such an evil to be introduced in
this country.
Died Front His Injuries.
SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 16. Willard S.
Haynes, a Chicago traveling man, who
was shot by Roy Kalghn, a 19-year-old
boy, while the two were conversing In
tho foyer of the Knutsford Hotel, about
three weoks ago, died from his injuries
today. The body will probably be shipped
to his old home in Bushnell, III., for In
terment. ICnighn has been confined in
jail since tho shooting.
Richard Crolcer nnel HI Party.
rr.KNCH LICK, Ind., Dec. 16. Richard
Crektr, of New York, and his party ar
rived here today. With Mr. Croker was
Mr. Murphy. David Gideon and Drs. Carr
and Crosby, of New York. At Lexington.
Ky.. they were the guests of Colonel
William S. Earr.es, master of Melbourne,
where two of Mr. Croker's horses are
being trained. Mr. Croker3 stay here Is
Indefinite.
IIobMon-Lcdlovr EnKnjfemcnt.
SPP.INGFIELD, O., Doc. 16. The en
gagement was announced today of Cap
tain Richmond P. Hobson and Miss Elea
nor Ludlow, of this cityi a niece of ex
Governor Bushnell. The wedding will
take place In February.
Lovr Takes Oath of OlHce am Mayor.
NEW YORK, Dec. IS. Scth Low took
tho oath of office as Mayor of Greater
New York In the Supreme Court today.
Mr. Low will assume office at noon, Jan
uary 1.
,N0TE AND COMMENT.
Schley's friends are going to defend him.
This Is the most jinkindeet cut of all.
General Funstca is going back to Kan
sas. Why?
Can any one suggest a remedy for a
cold in the head?
Up to date J. P. Morgan has made no
effort to harmonize Congress.
If Ireland starts a rebellion England will
begin to think the Boers were only playing
at war.
Christmas comes but once a year, but
that is no consolation to the head of the
house right now.
The mouth of a Walla Walla lady creat
ed much excitement by refusing to close.
But why the excitement?
The man who rocked the boat last Sum
mer Is now tempting young women to
skate with him on thin Ice.
Senators Hanna and Foraker have fall
en out It Is generally understood that It
Is the band wagon they have fallen out of.
Bryan cays he has been cured of the
Presidential fever, but so treacherous Is
the disease that a relapse may occur at
any time.
Agulnaldo has not yet carried out hl3
threat of appearing before Congress. But
with Tillman and Wellington there he Is
not missed.
Thomas W. Lawson has lost SG.OQO.COO m
the last five days. Juggling with copper
Is almost as expensive as building cup
challengers. .Any of tho mistletoe venders will tell
you that their heaviest customers belong
to the sex which presumably looks upon
mistletoe as a terrible bugbear.
A woman has proved a defaulter. She
had no reason to complain that she did
not have equal privileges with the men
bookkeepers who worked with her.
If thi3 sort of weather keeps up Santa
Claus will be found on Christmas eve sit
ting by a fire drinking hot scotch and
wearing mustard plasters on his feet.
A Springfield, Mass., bridal couple who
planned to outwit their tormentors recent
ly were victims of their own cleverness.
They went to the railroad station by sep
arate routes and It was also In their plan
to get Into separate cars. The bridegroom
comrortably located in the smoker and
the bride sought an Inconspicuous seat
in a passenger coach. The bride, howev
er, in her flurry, got the wrong train and.
unaware of her mistake, went on to Pltts
field, while the groom went unsuspectingly
north and arrived at Northampton.
Half a dozen weli-to-do Chicago women,
each a devoted slave of whist, have band
ed themselves Into a queer club. Once
every week, they meet at a downtown hair
dresser's and play what they call "sham
poo whist." A card-player Is likely tc
wonder how six persons can play whist,
but the shampoo article la not different
from the ordinary game. While four of
the women play the other two are going
through the shampoo or halr-drylng pro
cess. As yoon as one of them has had
her treasc3 dried sufficiently to be put up
she takes another's seat at the whist
table, and so the game is not interrupted
for an hour or two.
The Harvard Club of New York City has
determined to go on with the enlargement
of Its house, for the membera have $30.00C
contributed toward the JW.QQO required be
fore the building may be started. The aa
dition will be made on three city lots on
Forty-fifth street, nrcctly In the rear of
the present clubhouse property, which
have been bought by four members of the
club, and are offered at cost to the club
that is. for 121.GC0. The proposed building,
which has been designed by McKIm, Mead
& White, will cost 375,000. The member
ship of the club numbers 1600, and enlarge
ment Is necessary; there must be a larger
dining-room, and sleeping-rooms are to be
provided for out-of-town members.
For Greater Trade Expansion.
Brooklyn Eagle.
No commercial news of greater import
ance has come from Washington in a long
time than the report that the Federal Gov
ernment has made arrangements with the
Guaranty Trust Company, of New York,
for the establishment of branches at Hong
Kong and Shangnal through which all the
business of the United States will be dona
in the Orient The experience of the Gov
ernment In dealing with European finan
cial institutions In China during the
Philippine troubles convinced it that it
was an unwise policy to remain longer de
pendent on foreign financiers. So the ar
rangements with the Guaranty Trust Com
pany have been made. Of course the Gov
ernment docs not take stock in the insti
tution or anything of that kind. It has
simply agreed that it will direct that our
share of the Chinese indemnity, amounting
to $25,000,000, shall be paid to us through
thi3 institution, nnd that the Institution
will bo made the depository of the funds
used for the support of the Philippine es
tablishment Now, the experience of the Government
in its financial operations in the East has
been the experience of American business
men. Because of the clOi-er financial con
nections with Europe buyers in the East
have fourd It better to deal with Eurppe
-than with America. We have needed an
American bank in the Orient Just as we
need one in South America. We have al
ready established one in Cuba. And when
we have a network of such Institutions
extending wherever we trade the way will
be made smooth for that greater expan
sion of cur commerce, the beginnings of
which wo are now seeing.
PLUASAXTRIES OF FARAGIIAPHERS
Sad, but True. Mr5. Benham Who Invented
the cornet? Benham What difference does 'It
moke now? It's too late to make him sufler.
Brooklyn Life.
He It Is a pleasure to meet a woman who
has a sense of humor. She But, really, ono
doesn't need a cne of humor to laugh at the
things you say. Life.
Something 'n a Maine. "The clever name
that Biggfler adopted has proved a little gold
mine." "Yes. it's been a regular nom de plum
for him." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Caustic Minnlck I sent some verses to that
magazine, but I don't think tho editor read
them at all. Slnnlck Aht they were accepted,
were they? Philadelphia Pres".
-Very Powerful. Mr. 31nk& The paper says
a oisc flour mill out "West blew up yesterday.
Mrs. Blnks La sakes! I s'posc It's where thoy
make this new-fangled self-raising flour. New
York Weekly.
Scandal Spoiled. "D1J you hear that Mr.
Uppstreet was separated from her husband."
-Mercy, no! Toll me about It." "Well, they
were down town shopping together yesterday,
and they got separated In the crowd." Phila
delphia Evening- Bulletin.
Recently a public-school teccher wrote the
sentence. "Them boys are sliding down hill,"
and requested some one In the school to "cor
rect and why " One bright youngster held up
his band, and. on being- asked, said: "Correc
tionThose bo s are sliding down hill. Why
Because thoy can't slldo up." Tlt-Blts.
Feet. The clergyman did not altogether for
get -lie spirit of hr ztcrn old theology. "I am
a worm." ho protested. Intensely, "but I am
no centipede'" In these words did he And voice
for the thoughts that surged up in his breast.
as he contemplated the 34 pairs of carpet
clippers which the Christmas donation nar
had left. Puck.