THE .31QRNING UREGONIAN, MONPAY, JAOTARY .13, 1902.
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Philippines, but we'do not follow their
recommendations. "Colonialism" has
begun, and If the House programme is
not balked la the Senate or at the
White House, we shall have no cause
for complafnt If the result Is the com
mon resort of dependencies when their
petitions for relief from oppression are
"spurned with contempt from the foot
of the throne."
PORTLAND, MONDAY, JANUARY 13.
WHERE TO DRAty THE LINE.
On general principles, the House an
tagonists of the permanent Census Bu
reau are to be condemned. All the
world knows that the spasmodic cen
sus Is a thing of shreds and patches,
slow of action and precarious In con
clusions. Everybody whose opinion Is
worth having has long desired to see
a permanent bureau established which
might record the Nation's Inhabitants
and progress In a scientific and serv
iceable manrer. It Js disconcerting,
therefore, to see this common-sense re
form at once dashed to the ground be
cause the all-pcrvadiag voice of the
spoilsman demands that his particular
personal property In the form of cen
sus patronage shall not be Impaired. If
the Government will agree to keep his
men in, it can have a permanent
bureau as well as. a temporary one the
more permanent, in fact, the better. It
is a matter of indifference to the Con
gressman how the census gets on, or
whether there Js any census at all or
not, but It Is of the last importance
that his men bp pished.
"We must cry pause, however, at the
proposea extension of this spirit of
reform to the realm of Alaska land
ofilces. Major Lacey, of the Sixth Iowa
District, has introduced a bill reduc
ing the number of Alaska land offices
from three to one, on the ground that
one can do the work and save so many
salaries. He goes eo far as to say he
regards it as "np longer necessary to
antbropy. ilr. Hill's, career in this
world has been characterized by accu
mulation of wealth. When the money
and credit he uses cease to return profit,
Mr. Hill will no't manipulate' railroads.
When he pretends that this Is not bis.
basic rule of action, he is simply ridicu
lous. All this may be said without dis
paragement of Mr. Hill as a great busi
ness organizer and railroad mannger.
He discredits his. own common sense by
these disingenuous lucubrations on his
noble and self-sacrificing efforts to pro-
Itect the people at the expense of his
pocket to protect them against men or
his own kind.
THE PIONEER NO MOSSBAOIC.
We are hearing a good deal these days
about the pioneer spirit, and much In
a tone which Implies that the thing
thus named Is an Injurs; and a re
proach, a thing to be cast ff In tfe
interest of self-respect and progress.
What, let us ask Bsr.lous.ly, Is or was
this pioneer spirit, that It should bear
so evil a character among a genera
tion but once removed from those who
created it and gave it to this country
of Oregon as an endowment? The
question Is worth considering. uncC pos
sibly In seeking an answer It may be
found that there has grown up ameng
us some confusion of Ideas concerning
things which 1'ls nn Injustice and al
most an Impiety to conceive carelessly
or falsely.
First, who was the pioneer, and what
manner of men was be? Regarded
typically, he was an American so 03
BlmUated to the soil as practically to
hav forgotten and lost his Old World
traditions end motives He was at once
the earliest and the most perfect prod
uct of. r.aUve American conditions ths
country has ever known or ever will
know. The Atlantic cplonlsts never lost
the sense of Old. World relationship and
progress proceeds In 00 suck hurried or
wholesale fashion; and, though "the new
man" Is much In evidence jus now,
and though his tribe and. bis vogue, we
are glad to believe, are destined to a
mighty Increase among us, let nobody
Imagine that be Is going by any sleight
of hand to recast, reinsplre and reorganize-
the life and habit of the coun
try. The Oregonlan character for genera
tions to come. If not, Indeed, for all
time, will hark back to the pioneer; and
tho'ugh time and circumstance may
modify and remold it, there must al
ways bo In It some reflection of the
thing, some color of the spirit out of
which it has grown. And this Is well.
We need, a new outfit of industrial
purposes, with training and discipline
In new arts, but "w'e could 111 afford,
even for the sake of a grea.t mqterjal
progress, to abandon the tradition, to
cast1 off the spirit of the brave and
strong ne.n who founded the country.
NEW YEAR'S OREGONIAN.
"" Canyon City- Xews.
Any praiseworthy effort, any noble
achievement or remarkable feat deserves
not only our slleqt admlraUjsB. but also
our unstinted praise and 'spontaneous ap
plause. It Js this sentiment which impels,
us, to say a few words about iFe- peerless,
edition Issued by The "Morning Oregonlan,
on the first day of the New Year". We
deem Jt a preposterous, task to even at
tempt to give a summary of the contents,
of the superb edition. One must see it
in order to appreciate such masterly, meri
torious journalism. TSufBce It to say. how
ever, that it contains- 64 pages, gives an,
exhaustive account of the history, devel
opment and present conditio, not ohly,
of Oregon, but of the whole Pacific "North
west; reviews tho mining condition, cattle
raising, agriculture, lumbering, shipping,
wholesale trade, and, in fact, is a verit
able encyclopedia on all important sqb
jects relating to the States of Oregbn,
Idaho and Washington.
And all this is narrated with such con
summate skill and' such surpassing por
snlcultv as" to excite the admiration of
The Oregoniap insists on Improvement f'JiJSS
of the channel at the mouth of. the Co
lumbia River as the first and mo3t nec
essary duty of the General Government
to the people of the Columbia re
gion. There are no detentions or dan
gers In tbj& river abpvi Astoria compar
able with those at the Columbia bar.
Portland, the chief shipping porto the
Columbia Basin, wants a Channel at
the mouth of the river first "of all things
Portland Can ship by ylver or rail, to or
from Astoria. But first of all thta,gs U
wants and must have a. deeper channel
between Astoria- and the sea. Astoria
Is but a river port; it is no more K sea
port than Portland Is; there is mora
illustrated, replenished with valuable sta
tisllcs and enriched with maps ab'out the.
"The -Village Parson" rcturiL to, Cr
dray's lasl nisht after an abgence of a
yjfcjr, and Judsng from the" reception it
was accorded from a hous that fllkd the
theater, there UT truth in the proverb,
that absence-' maEes the heart'grow fond
er. Th.e applause began at the firgt in
timation' on the part 61t tiie wife of the
persecuted parson that stie" was an hon
est Woman and would, have none ot the
1 Villain, and l continued with scarcely an
interruption all through the, long anu
weary separation of the good, man and
hjs wife, through the scene at tha pdrk
where tjjpy arc nearly reunited, through
the biting poverty tmd bitter woo which
is the lot of both, a.nd to the triumphant
finish. The play Is crowded asTfutt of
ear iqteret as. it wilt hold, but tture. Is
room far comedy here and there, and the
audience wfs as. prodigal of its laughter
as it was of its applause.
The company which Is presenting the
I play this, year s if anything sjtrongr
tnan teat of last season. Howard Lange
looks and ac3 like a minister, and makes
a great deal out of the name part, his
work In the later icts, when, he Is being
hunted by officers of the law. being par.
Uculnrly good. Sam C Miller as Feltx
Gordon,, the UiaIn. succeeded in elieltlng
most Important IocaUtleson 'the Pacific J se,vcral energetic hisses from tho gallery
Coast. Truly, It was a monumental un- s everj mwuie ue uu me w
dcr taking, and the acumen, expertnesjy ; m- fwua ansa couu vv-. "'""
and
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Inventiveness d splayed In the ac- " v,,,. ,.,..., ... x,u
ii.t.A..Y r w .r.,j.. .!.., t, ,i ' don. J. Norval Smith Is equal t
r"?"r5"l u "V V"HHi K "'"-1 'nnlromrntonf AM?Tl,ftm Tn
ay, without any fear of contradiction, 1 ;"vTr Ils h1 AX'7
I l'i- IS iX qUUU 1UIS. vji-uh--j ,
US S
that The Oregonlan Is a prince among the
journals of the West.
The publishers of The Oregonlan have,
by their pluck and Ingenuity, served thq
State of Oregon in a most substantial
I manner, and wo niay rest assured that
such a, beneficent act .ul not fail to elicit
thjo keenest satisfaction, as wall as the
highest' unconstrained encomium. If the
eastern people coum dc nrougnt to re.a
tu imuiu A B W1aum..., i..i . , h . rnlp,mpnf nf six- nlchts
and two matinees at tho Marquam Grand
social dependence; and In these later
provide" offices for political favorites In, days cosmopolitanism, tncluaing ac
BEET SUGAR AND COLONIAL FREE
DOM. Fxom $4 to $4 50 per ton is the rate
realized by growers of the sugar beet.
It may be somewhat higher In a few
' Jo'callties, but that Is ab'out the rate In
-the districts of the beet-sugar esteb
ilshments in Eastern Oregon and East
ern Washington. The average produc
tion of beets should be not less than
ten tons per acre, but it requires good
land and inJeJligeni labor to get that
average result Our growers, we think,
thus far have obtained not much more
than six or spven tons, but it Is believed
that experience will double this output
tPields well cultivated have yielded as
high as fifteen tons, and in a few in
stances more. An average of eight tons
to the acre, at $4, would jleld $32 per
acre; and the question is what profit
can be had from this yield.
It will be wholly a matter of experi
ence; but, of course, the bee't-sugar peo
ple, both the growers of the beets and
the manufacturers of beet sugar,, are
-,-- opposed to the free admission of sugars
irom uuoa and from the Philippine
Islands. Cuba is a foreign country,
and there is no probability that sugar
from Cuba will be admitted Into "the
United States free of duty. But the
Philippines are under the sovereignty
of the United States; and to the ulti
mate admission of their products free
into the United States there is but one
alternative, and that is renunciation o,f
tfce sovereignty of the islands.
We cannot hold these islands and
deny them advantages of open trde
with the United States. Men who think
of it would do well to study Burke's
great speeches on "American Taxation"
and .on "Conciliation With America."
We shall not be able to hold the Phil
ippines through the policy by which
Qreat Britain, unmindful of Burke's
warnings, lost America.
INCIPIENT COLONIALISM.
"The patriotism of Harvard was at
tested on many fields of the Civil War
and in the war with Spain. Boston does
cot always loolc at things as the rest
of the country looks at them, but its
instincts are sound. Sound also are the
instincts of the young men who go
down to Cambridge to school from
every state and territory in the land.
It is cot a wholly negligible thing,
therefore, that when Mr. Bryan talks to
Harvard students on "colonialism" they
pay him the unusual honor of remain
ing in the hall to the end, of his long
address, and frequently cheer him to
the echo.
Mr. Bryan has found It profitable to
assume that our government of the
Spanish islands is to be oppressive. It
Was his cue to charge the Administra
tion with the unjust and. burdensome
treatment that constitutes "colonial
ism" as It has its being under France
and Germany, or as it had its being
under George IIL His assumption was
gratuitous, for our Administration ob
viously can only be judged by its fruits.
Because Parliament oppressed the
American colonies, because bad Govern
ors were sent out to India, did not afford
sufficient evidence upon which to frame
an indictment of the Fifty-seventh Con
gress or the Governors that should be
sent out from Washington.
Since the elections of 1898 and 1900,
however, evidence has been accumu
lating. We know now something about
what the Spanish islands have to ex
pect Cuba is belnjj forwarded In
preparations for her promised independ
ence. Porto Rico is unprecedentedly
prosperous, with acceptable administra
tors and tariff equality with the step
mother country. In the Philippines we
have had the burden of an Insurrection
on our hands a task from which we
could not shrink, since even the "anti
imperlallst" members of the Supreme
Court have ruled that the Philippines
are domestic territory, and our military
activity there is not a war of conquest
But in one important respect evidence
Is being manufactured by Congress for
Mr. Bryan's use. The tariff bill that
has passed the House of Representatives
is a first and a distinct step in "colo
nialism." It offers, while we are hold
ing the Philippines by force of arms, to
deny them access to our markets on
any other terms than those exacted
from aliens. To export duties already
In existence, and by us actually in
creased, Congress adds the full Dingley
tariff schedules on all Philippine goods
seeking admission to our home ports.
This is colonialism of true Georgian
style, this Is discrimination which is put
to shame by the treatment given its
colonies by monarchic Great Britain.
We sent out good Governors to the
this way." Reform is all very well for
the country at large, bu.t when it at
tacks a branch of appointments al
most exclusively apportioned among the
Oregon delegation, it Is time to protest
How can you expect us tp rustle up
"the boys" on primary and election
day, Mr. Lacey if you are going to
shut off the supply of offices? Keep
this thing up long enough, and there
will be no expectant crowd about to
see the pie cut or the plum tree shaken,
and maybe no pie to cujt or tree to
shake. No man who loves his country
could wish to see a reduction ii the
list of offices at the disposal of the
Oregon delegation, however much he
might fayor reform as a meat:s of en
ticing votes to the party ticket As
Mr. Lacey's name does not appear
among the advocates of a permanent
Census Bureau, we suggest to the Ore
gon delegatjon that ft place an. Alaska
land office at his disposal and get him
to withdraw his bill.
ARE THE PJEOPLE FOOLS f '
President James J. Hill's explanation
to North Dakota farmers of the circum
stances that gave rise to the consolida
tion of railroad interests represented by
the Northern Securities Company seems
based largely on the assumption that
the people are fools. He puts himself
before them In the attitude of a philan
thropist He says all those mighty ef
forts of his, that have now culminated
In the great railroad "trust," had as
their objective the saH'atlon of the peo
ple of the Northwestern States. Other
bold, bad railroad magnates had de
signs upon traffic lines reaching Into his
sacied Northwest country, and Mr. Hill
went-deep into his. pocket to defeat those
evil designs and protect the dear people.
Perish the thought that his own busi
ness Interests were uppermost in his
mind! Has he not seen the country
expand and prosper since he began rail
roading In the hard-wheat region? Has
he not for two years been advertising
the magnitude of the aquatic leviathans
with which he will some day transmog
rify the carrying trade of the Pacific?
Does not, indeed, the only approved
route across the continent He through
his scnith city of the unsalted seas, di
vine Duluth, and hjs queen city of Ori
ental departure, saline Seattle? This
being true, how could Mr. Hill refrain
from leading all the world to that one
safe, serviceable, remunerative and al
together Jovely highway of commerce?
President Hill is a hard-headed") far
seeing man of action, but he is not an
adroit talker. He doesn't chase rain
bows; he is no dreamy altruist He
succeeds In business because he under
stands and puts In practice methods
for the most part rational and sound.
His railroads have been built without,
subsidies, at reasonable cost, and they
make money for the men who hold their,
stock and securities. Mr. Hill's efforts,
have been directed to making his rail
roads pay, and he has been 'successful
to a marked degree. He has made them
pay by keeping expenses down and
keeping rates up. Thero Is no evidence,
that he contemplated reversal of this
hard-fisted business policy, and was
about to double the pay of emploj'es I
and halve the charges to shippers.
When Mr. Hill's eleemosynary propen
sities become developed to this point, wo
shall see how long the millions of hia
SO-year-old friends will support him.
The less cost of Mr. Hill's railroads
should enable him to carry freight for
less money than is exacted by his com
petitors. This would be a good thing
for the people along his lines. It would
open the country to occupation by set
tlers, who would vastly Increase its pro
ductiveness, and this would give larger
tonnage to the railroad. But his charges
have not been less than those of his
competitors. The melons behind Mr.
Hill support him because of the larg
returns he 1b able to get them on their.
Investment and their loyalty to him is
measured by the size of the profit he
pays them. And the money he pays;
them is taken from the people of these;
Northwestern States," which he says
he has been trying to preserve, protect
and defend against the ravages of bar
barian invaders from the south. He.
seemingly thinks it would be truly
frightful to subject the country to the
unholy competition of those other men,
who would not use Mr. Hill's, railroads
or steamships or ports. But It is alto
gether commendable for him to reach
out Into the territory of the others and
divert their patronage to his lines. Only
unreasoning selfishness could object to
this beneficent course.
"When Mr. Hill ceases preaching that
he is in business for sweet charity's
sake, and that those who do not readily
fall in with his plans" are destroyers'of
commerce, perverters of truth and di
verters of traffic, he will command more
respect among thoughtful business men.
He is in business for the same reason
that other men are for money and
power. This is not saying that his
business methods have been or will be
unjustly oppressive or ruinous, as busi
ness goes, But business it is, not phli-
auafntance with the wide world and a
certain conformity to its judgments
with assimilation of Us fashions and
manners. Is universal. It was not so
with the American plopeer He did not,
in truth, cut loose from all that came
before hla generation, for he carried Into
the wilderness his religion, a certain
rough-and-ready Intellectual culture
and the fixed habits of civilized charac
ter; but he had small connection and
even less regard for what was epart
from native conditions and life. The
marks of hla independence are many.
For example, the pioneer held fast to
his religion, but he modified at will the
established" forms of worship and the
sectarian organizations of his time, as
the Cumberland and Campbelllte soci
eties bear curious witness. Likewise,
hia speech, his clothing, the furniture
of his house, his common occupations,
his social practices all marked his sep
aration from the outer world and illus
trated the self-dependence an.d resource
fulness of his life and character.
And. verily, the life of the pioneer
called for and gave oonstant exercise
to high qualities. There was courage
in the man who pushed his way Into
the wilderness, fearless of its dangers
and careless of its privations. There
was an amazing Independence in the
man who left the support and. protec
tion of an established social order to
hew out his own. career in the wikl3r
And there was hardihood In him; for, as
it has been eloquently said, "only the
brave adventured, and only the strong
endured." And, withal, there was in
the American pioneer such fortitude as
no race but his has ever displayed
without the stimulus of heroic inclte
mtit, or apart f ron. the hopes of reward
or applause.
Such was the American pioneer, and
his achievements were In keeping with
hjs character. He first gained from
the savage and held for civilization
and for his country the great regkm of
Kentucky and Tennessee this under
conditions of hazard and stress the like
of which the modern world has never
seen elsewhere. Established In this out
post at the period of our Revolution,
the pioneer, under pioneer leadership,
moved forward upon the then British
country north of the Ohio River, and
as a result of a military campaign
without parallel In history won for the
new flag and for the American system
the vast country which lies between
the Ohio, the lakes, the Mississippi, and
the Alleghany Mountains. At a later
time It was the pioneer who, through
the pressure he brought for an outlet to
the sea, created a situation which re
sulted In the addition of the Louisiana
country .to our National territories.
So much for the character of the pio
neer and his general achievements prior
to his connection with this special coun
try of ours. It Is scarcely necessary to
add the familiar story of hla. march to
Oregon, of the singular combination of
high motives which inspired him, of the.
courage and, fortitude which marked
his coming and his early life here.
Only let us acknowledge, that the be
ginnings of all that we have and all
that we are came through the purpose
and the energy of the pioneer. It was
he who laid out the first roads, who
first bridged our streams, organized
civil government and set the wheels
of a primitive Industry In motion here.
Was there ever a generation of men
which did its work better, or In the
doing of It displayed finer traits of char
acter? Are thos.e who so loudly lament
the pioneer spirit doing for their day
and generation better work, or are thej
exhibiting higher or worthier qualities?
We think not; and, hopefully as we look
to tile future, there appears no prosr
pect of a time when. Oregon wtlljiold a
truer or better race of men, estimated
in relation to Its times, than the race
of- the pioneer.
Those who deride the pioneer spirit
have. It would seem, small conception
ot what the pioneer spirit really was.
The pioneer was no rock-ribbed con
servative, no reactionary, no mossback.
no block in the way of progress; in
truth, the very spirit of innovation
and progress was In him- His whole
record, as (t may be traced from the
"wilderness road" to the Paclfio Ocean,
Is a record of restless energy and of per
sistent courage In new ventures, of un
ceasing progress. His tradition, like
the character out of which it grew.. Is a
noble one; and we- should be heedless,
truly, to cast it oft or to wish to do so.
What Oregon needs Is not to throw
over the spirit of, the pioneer, but to
revive It, fit It to newer times and make
It our own.
And, In truth, nobody need imagine
that our domestio tradition Is to be
thrust aside or lost New times are
upon vb, and new conditions are creat
ing new alms and habits. Change from
the fashion and the social temper of
old Oregon lg plainly begun; its mani
festations are all abovrx us; but there
will be no hasty revolution here. It
Is not the way of a whole people to
turn in a day from "old dispositions and
mbtlvcs to new, and from long-fixed
ways of doing things. The world's
depth of water between Astoria and I and sentiments about Oregon would up
Portland than there 13 hfow Astoria j dergo a radical cnange to tne great ana
1 . . m 11nnll-fe VfiHrfl tF IVti Al St. A WiaiA4 1
at low ac, ana tne vnqrnces aa
uuiuv ablui ih. ur ut Lft ecu Asiuim, om
the sear River transport beweenrPprt
land and Astoria Is. and foreyervwi
bs cheaper than rail transport; so. tie
river between Pqrtlahd and Astoria 1
not the problem at all. The problem
la the Columbia bar, Thedepth there
at low water Is but nineteen, feet. The re
iMs no concealing It Silence, is uselesF.
Rivals know It Shipowners know it,
If they who talk for Xstorfa. would cease,
to worry about tha river chann, up to
Portland and Join Portland in the ef
fort necessary to make a channel for
entrance and, exit at the mouth ot th?-
nver. tcey woum aa spraetnmg to tn.e;
purpose.
Hanna ad, ForaKer a.rf. , ,f- n
Ohio, Spoorjer and Quarles In Wj3m$ln,
Cullom and Mason In Illinois, Fairbanks
and Beverldge In Indiana, Mitchell and
Simon In Oregon. These interminable
conflicts between Senatorial machines
are lamentable, and may all bQ. ascribed
to a fundamental defect In our forn ot
government If there were only offices
enough to go around among all, peace
would be speedily enthroned. Can't' we
get more offices or reduce the ranks of
the aspirants?
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer Is edi
torially In great doubt whether It la
Wise to limit Philippine trade to Amer
ican vessels. This Is proof conclusive
t,hat Mr. Hill's prospective absorption of
available trans-Pacific ships Is still
pending. The Post-Intelligencer's able
dnd disinterested vlews on transporta
tion matters are almost as convincing
and Illuminative as. are those o M..
Sam Elmore's Astorlan on the salmon
problem".
We may get, a lower tariff rate with
the Philippines, just for a litthi sop to
keep "protection" Inviolate. If. we can
find a consistent principle In "protec
tion," It Is worth while, since principles
endure forever. In this case the endur
ing principle is much the same aa that
of the ship subsidy. If you forget it,
ask the trusts and the bosses.
In a sketch in The Oregonlan ot yes
terday the names of two noted military
men, Harney and Kearney, were jum
bled together, and the result was "Philip
Harney." It may be unnecessary to say
that both, officers, Philip Kearney and
William S. Harney, were In mind when
the sketch was written; but it Is as well
to make the explanation.
These long and propitiatory reports
and proipises from Great Northern, Bal
timore & Ohio and Union Pacific are
useful signs of tho times. They show
the anxiety of our magnates to stand
well with their subjects. Community
of Interest finds Itself less omnipotent
with human nature than with securities.
Senator Hanna announces that he fa
vors the Panama Canal. But no one
should suppose that he does actually
favor it, or favor auy canal, Support
of Panama at this time Is the way to
Obstruct Nicaragua and to prevent or
Indefinitely postpone any canaL
' President Schurman, of Cornell Uni
versity, and the president of the first
Philippine Commission, declares f.or free
trade with the Philippines, from which
It Is an easy Inference .that President
Schurman is not heavily interested in
l either sugar or tobacco.
The San Franolsco Call (Spreckels)
has the hardihood to demand protection
for sugar against Philippine imports, on.
high moral grounds. It Is not surpris
ing where the Call stands, but It is
surprising it hasn't the decency to es
chew hypocrisy.
lasting benefit . qt the whole American
people.
pur complements to The Oregonlan I
:ggy that bright reliable journal prosper
ifi fame' and" In wealth until It attains
the pinnacle of" success, are the sincere
wishes of tho editors of this journal.
Cofax Gazette.
As usual, the. New Tear's number of
Thft Orcgonla.n 13 a king ot its kind. It
consists o$ fci pages, full to the hrlm of
valuable historical, descriptive and sta
tistical Information concerning Oregon,
andfso much oCWashtngton and Idaho as
lie within the valley of the Columbia
River, aty onc a. part of "old Oregon,"
the. mother of Northwestern. States. The
paper opens, with thft 3tory ot the Lewis
and Clark expedition across the continent
a century ago, and A succeeding pages
the reader Is brought to the- present day.
The Oregonlan never. does anything by
halves, and its reputation I sustained In
this edition.
Chahalls B,ee-Nugget
The .OtegohUn pulaliled a 64-page New
Year 4dition that "wefsa hummer. It cov
ered the "Sta teTof Oregon and tributary
territory n "Washington and Idaho, giv
ing careful rlte-ups of every county.
There "la an article on Lewis County, and
I Wft picture In the center of the pase de
voted to hops represents a Lewis county,
Washington, hopyard scene. The Lewis
and Clark expedition, the lumbering and
F shipping business, mining and other big
enterprises of the Northwest are treated
at length in the paper. This Is the most
ably edited special edition ot dny news
paper ever issued in the Northwest.
Ashland Tidings.
The Oregonlan annual ,ls$ued New
Year's morning. Is fully equal to and $t
some respects surpassed Us special editions
of past years. Its H pages are, crammed
with matter full of live Interest to the
people of the state, as well as to thou
sands of Eastern people who are looking
westward for homes. A feature, which
gives the edUlon peculiar historic Inter
est i-s the graphic and comprehensive ar
ticle upon the effect of the Lewis and
Cark expedition upon the westward ex
pansion of the United States., t is 9. very
timely article.
Forest Grove Times,
The New Year's numbor of Tho Orego
nlan was Immense. It consisted ot 64
pages, packed trom urst to last witn in
formation concerning Oregon and the
great Northwest Thq whole range of
knowledge concerning this vast rcglpn
seems to be covered by this number, leav
ing nothing to be dcsred on the part of
any one wanting information in regard to
the history, geogiaphy. climate, produc
tions or statistics. It is a wonder In newspaper-making,
and adds one more to the
many laurels The Oregonlan has won dur
ing its career.
Heppner Gazette.
The mammoth annual number of The Or
egonlan contains 64 pages, and Is replete
with accurate information from every
county In Oregon. In- fact the' entire
Northwest Is covered, showing the re
sources and advantages offered for the
Investment of capital, and the induce
ments to homeseckers. A wide circula
tion of this paper la the East will cer
tainly bring a great many people to the
West
Woodburn Independent
The Morning Oregonlan isucd a New
Year's edition of 64 pages, and treated
of the resources of this grand and rich
state in an exhaustive manner. It is very
readable and Illustrated to an extromely
tnteresting degree. A copy of this issue
will be highly prized by any ono in tho
East deliberating upon the advisability ot
moving to Oregon, and will assuredly
solve the problem to his satisfaction.
Lebanon Criterion.
The New Year's number ot The Ore
gonlan wa3 an Immense affair. It con
tained 64 page3 of Interesting reading
about Oregon and her resources. Port
land received special attention, as also
did tho coming Lewis and Clark Centen
nial. There 13 nothing that is better to
send to your friends in the East than a
Jew Year's number jof The Oregonlan.
V . it XQT& AXDb COMMENT: ,
The 1DCG falc is rapidly, becoming tangible.
Camcgla m.us.t ?Pt his. pheckjbooks by
:Iie grors.
Meanwhile Uje placid cow; Is quietly, hopp
ing. a fearQlebs, i&p. jenc
Fortunately nobody Is empowered to
legislate against an open "Winter.
Senator Quay say he will not resign.
Hq'tajEi marehah'is, rlally' necessary."
MosJl of the, newly made pugilistic
matches will have no strike about tfiem.
Tfte fqajtoajl, season is, at an end, and
barbers are again doing an average" busi
ness. Alfred Austin is surely going to push
the sale ofhis poems in the American
market
Trainer Croker, has Ipft the Tammany
menagerle, but the tiger will still bear
watching.
Editor Bryan was accorded a reception
nt Harvard that Candidate Bryan found
it impossible to get
In spite of all the war clouds over South
America, there docsa't appear to, be any
prqbpect of a rain of law.
Palma thinks afflce-hqldlng in Cuba Is
eajy'r but wait tUl he gets to appointing
janitors in the public buildings.
Colorado has been obliged to call an
extra session of the Legislature. Perhaps
this is Judgment on the state for its suf
frage law.
JT. P. Morgan's new grandchild possesses
cdy, "The Geisha, will be the opening an QUtnt of clothes worth $3000. but it Is
hllh Th!t pntnMv ornrprl nn Inmrnse tri- t . - . . .
not on recora mat it cnes any lees ire-
court Is a funny German woman. Jos
ephine MacMahon is clever a the chfid,
and the remainder pf tho company is up
to requirements. The play is weil mqunt
ed. It will run all the week.
"Te Pel!.la" Ttjulsht.
Pollard's Australian 4uvcml0 Opera
Company of GO youngsters is on Us first
American tour of the United States and
Theater tonight The pretty musical com-
bill. This comedy scored an Immense tri
umph in Lopdpn. Australia and South
Africa, where it has bc.cn produced. The
story of "The Geisha" is as fpllqws;
The first act takes place in the
cqurtyard of the teahouse of Ten
Thousand Joys. The officers of H. M.
S. "Turtle have been visitors to this
spot, and flirted with the geishas.
Lieutenant Fairfax has been the mp.s,t
serious offender, and has become enam
ored of O Mimosa San, the chief geisha.
He is engaged to. Molly Scamore. The
Marquis Imarl, -Chief ot Police and Gov
ernor of the province, has also fallen in
love with O Mimosa San, and in order
to gain her affections, soils out Wun III,
te proprietor of the teahouse. MoHy.
who has disguised herself as a geisha,
is also sold to the Marquis, who bids her
In at a very low price-
The second act takes place In the pal
ace garden, where the Marquis gives a
chrysnnthemum fete in honor of his ap
proaching marriage to O Rolll FolM San,
otherwise Molly. The Marquis,' designs
are frustrated bv O Mimosa San. dis
guised as a fortune teller, and Juliette
Dlamont. a French girl, who loves him
for his position. She takps Molly's place
as the bride; thus Mimosa wins her lover
Katana, the Captain of the Guard: Molly
her Reginald, and Juliette the Marquis.
XellJ Co,ljany Co.ming:.
Charles Astor Farmer, manager for
James Neill and the Nelll 'company, ar
rived in this city yesterday from Cali
fornia. Since it was last here the Nelll
company has visited Honolulu and will
return there again next season. Mr. Nelll
Is now making a special tour, presenting
Glyd,e Fitch's war play of "Barbara
Friotchie" only, which broke all records
for "big financial receipts last Summer In
San Francisco. It will be presented in
Portland January 20, 21 and 22.
A ME3RB IDEALIST,
If reciprocity with the Philippines
would destroy the open-door policy In
China, that settles it Even if protec
tion and the open door are Irreconcil
able, let us pretend that their harmony
la, heavenly.
Secretary W'hwn pronounces Pennsyl
vania and Connecticut tobacco the
equal of thq best Cuban article. Com
t mon charity compels the conclusion that
Uncle James doesn't smoke.
The star-eyed goddess. Is. avenged.
Colonel Wattcrspn has lived to see a
gohi-standara man chosen by Kentucky
Democrats for the United States Sen
ate. V
The blame for the collision of the
Walla Walla and the Max lies with a
law of physics. Two bodies cannot, oc
cupy thesame space at the same time.
It's a joke, a huge joke, that row in
the Port of Portland Commission, and
it's too bad that the Interests of the city
will have to stand for it.
British subjects have almost stopped
enlisting fortho Boer War. Evidently
they belleve'wlth their statesmen that
the war is ended.
Game laws, Jet us not forget, arc
meant to protect game not that It may
live, but that we may kill it.
Vale Gasette.
The Portland Oregonlan has again put
out a most excellent annual number, con
sisting of 64 pa?es of well-written matter
descriptive of Oregon and its resources.
Tho Oregonlan has, perhaps, dono more
than all other publications combined to
acquaint the people of the United States
with tho resources of the Pacific North
west ' Yakima Herald.
The Portland Orcgonian's annual sou
venir number is the. most elaborate and
comprehensive of all the specials issued
by the different papera of the Northwest
this Winter. It has gathered information
from all parts of Washington and Ore
gon, and gives it to its readers in Its usual
elaborate style. The number Is well worth
preserving for future reference.
Port Orfprd Tribune.
The Orcgonian's New Yeaj edition is
teeming with valuable information for the
homes'eeker. the miner and the manufac
turer. No more valuable present could be
sent to friends in the East, and Jts price,
including postage, 3 but 3 cents. Ip con
tains a write-up of every county in the
state.
Davenport Times.
The Oregonlan got 'out a special edition
last week of about Qt pages, devoted most
ly to Oregon and "Washington. It is a
mammoth affair, and for the Eastern
' reader furnishes valuable information;
but for home consumption well, it is too
big.
t
Hall (fettle Should ExdIrIh.
Atlanta Journal.
Hall Cainc says he Is Indebted to the
BJole fof much of h!3 literary success.
There are people who will regard this as
sertion as rank blasphemy.
"Vl;ose Theories llnve No Pusiiiblc
Ilattm tq Facts."
?roidence Journal.
Senator Hoar is the Jeremiah of the
"antl-lmperiaUst." and, like hl3 proto
type, he, speaks in season and out ot sea
sont thpugh there be no one to hear. His
latest address on tho subject was deliv
ered, before the Young Men's Catholic
Assbcla'tion1 of Boston. He called atten
tion to the harmonious relations between
the United Stgtes and Japan, and ex
pressed the conviction that If the Fili
pinos had been treated like the Japanese
they would be our cordial friends today.
They would be, he said, "listening to our
counsel and Informing themselves by our
example. Their schools and universities
would be filled with youth stuJjlng our
language and history, fitting themselves
to learn the great and noble story of the
men who builded this Republic. We
should already have made of tuem a
brave, honorable and noble people, look
ing upon the present with satisfaction
and upon the future with hope."
This Is a pleasing picture and the triv
ial" circumstance that it Is purely imag
inative does not make it less pleasing.
Yet tho fact remains that the Filipinos
are not the Japanese, but a very different
people, aqd that the relations we had
wRh 'them were wholly unlike those we
had with their neighbors from the very
od'tset japan was remote from the West
ern world. It is true, when Commodore
Terry rediscovered it; but it hag an old
civilization and a settled government, and
its; people, were eager, as the event
showed, to embrace, new Ideas. The Phil
ippines, qp the other hand, came into our
possession by conquest, under conditions
that forbade, the repognition ot their in
d,cpend.cncc. Jt would have been a shirk
ing 'of duty, a crime against civilization,
even, o lqae the Filipinos to themselves.
It Is l(lc to pTacg upon Amorjcan shoul
ders the responsibility for their political
Incapacity, "If. says Senator Hoar,
"f hey arc exhibiting he traits which be
long to'woakness and subjectlpn. It Is we
who are Jargoly responsible. If the Fili
pinos bo treacherous, It Is we that have
made him treacherous; If he ha cruel. It
Is we that have made him cruel; If he be
sayqge, it is we that hae dashed the
cup of liberty and civilization from his
lips."
The. notion that a people who resist
good government caro for "liberty and
civilization" could only occur to one whose
enthusiasm for an idea hau run away
with him. In the same speech Senator
Hoar had a word for the Boer,?, no less
than for Aguinaldo languishing "in pris
on," comparing them by inference with
tfeo men 0 Thermopylae and Marathon
and with the PJlgrira Fathers. This Is
all ycry well for a prophet of "antl-im-perlallsm,"
bu.t It is no statesmanship
worthy of th.e senior Senator from Massachusetts.
quently than any other baby.
Perhaps King Edward will be able to
pull off a very fair sort of a coronation,
even if his cousin of Germany won't con
descend to come over and act as the star.
attractipp.
Kipling is not taking anjr more chances
on "Lest Wo Forget" He has given his
countrymen a few pointers with an In
timation that they will be excellent things
to remember.
Oscar Straus, of New York, ex
Mlnlster to Turkey, called" on Secretary
Hay and left a Christmas, present with
which Mr. Hay was Relighted. It was a
copy -of Oliver Goldsmith's "Life of
Shakespeare," an early and rare edition,
but it had a greater value than its liter
ary rarity In having come from the library
ot George Washington. Washington q
personal bookplate, the familiar arms of
his family, on which the American flag
was modeled, adorns the inside of the
cover, and the signature of the first Presi
dent appears, on the title page a. clearly,
as; It It had been written yesterday in
stead of more than 100 years ago. The
print is excellent and the binding fine.
As tamers and keepers of animals, dark
men never succeed. Visits to zoos and to
menageries show them to be Invariably
fair fellows, with yellow 07 brown hair
and with blue eyes. 'Thus at the Zoo
logical Garden in New York thce Is not
a keeper who Is dark. John McMullen, of
the lion-house, has light hair, a yellow
mustache and violet orbs. Lover, of the
wolyes and foxes, Is still more markedly
blond, and In the antejope-houe, the
snr.kehouFc and the small mammal-house
light colors still prevail. One ot the
most pronounced blonds at the zoo was
John Thompson, who is now In Honolulu
making cast- ot fishes for a museum there.
Thompson was one of the most success
ful keepers the zoo has ever had. Not
only snakes and turtles (his speclaltj),
but lions, foxes, wolyes, 4eec and many
other animals toqk to him naturally, and
he was never scratched or bitten.
Ir a Multitude There Is Danger.
Vale Gazette. , """
From present indications Eastern Ore
gon win again havp to be content with
out a prominent candidate on the next
Republican state ticket The. only" gentle
men from this part Of the state who
have announced their Inteqtiqn to bo can
didates Def0rc the' next state convention
are Judge Lowell ard W. J. Furnish,
both of Pendleton, who have both an
nounced their candidacy for Governor.
It Is unfortunate for Eastern Oregon jha't
these gentlemen, both from the sranc
town, should announce themselves both
for the same office, a3 about the only
purpose the candidacy of each will serve
will be to kill off the other. And, unless
the unforseen happens. Governor Gccr
will be renominated without any very
serious opposition. Eastern Oregon Is cer
tainly entitled to 'some recognition, and
If the "cow counties" could unite on Will
iamson of PrincYillc for Secretary of
State, or Young, of Baker County, for
State Printer, or Miller, of Ontario, fpr
Attorney-General, we would be almost
sure of success. And there Is no gpjd
reason why Eastern Oregon should' not
ask for and receive all of these places
on, the ticket as we have about two-thlrdff
the area and one-third the population of
the entire state?
"Washingtonlans have been surprised a
numher ot times during the holidays by
seeing the Rdosevelt boys, and especially.
Theodore, making their way about the
White House grounds, and even intq he
street, without either hat or cap. Thco- r
dore recently surprised the White House
attaches by going out during one of the
coldest days without hat, overcoat or
gloves. Kermlt Roosevelt seldom wears
hs hat, unless going lntq the street, not
thinking it worth "hile to protect hi?
head while about the grounds. Archibald
haa the same abhorrence of a head cov
ering, and President Roosevelt never puts
on his hat when escorting; Mrs. Rooseyclt
or others to the carriage, or bids good
bye to friends on the pdrch. A friend of
the Roosevelt family who has frequently
visitcd them at Oyster Bay says If Is an
pld custom that still crops out, for In
that part of"?few York and across the
fine In Massachusetts neither men nor
women bother themselves with hats either
Summer or Winter. It Is juet an Oyster
Bay habit, he says. ,
Neutrality TowartJ Boer ad Bripn.
New Yoiic Triune
Two Boer meetings call upon the Pres
ident to present the further shipment of
supplies from this country to the Brit
ish army In South Africa, the Imputation
apparently being that such shipments
were in violation of established princi
ples ot neutrality. Ifsuch be the meaning
of the resolution we. must regard it as
quite mistaken. Upon no ground is the
peaceful commerce of this country to be
restricted or Interfered with merely be
cause a war exists in some foreign land.
That principle v was established by
Thomas Jefferson a century ago, and hae
been consistently maintained ever since
Citizens of the UnitcdxStates have a per
fect right to sell horsqs and mules and
rifles and cartridges to whomsoever they,
please, be it Brltqn or Boer. If Kitchener
is short of horees he can get them here.
If Botha is short of ammunition he can
get it here. But in each case the pur
chaser; must lake his goods across the
hfgh seas at his own rlsfc.
.
ELEAS4STKIES PF PARAGRAP1JERS.
"r.a thla !nentlon teat -will, aa you say,
throw jrqxconi In llie shade,' what Is it?" "X
wireless rfano, for use Ir flat-houses "Life. "
Alaa! Firt Man She fa a most lovabljj
woman. Secopd Man Jsn't she7 "Jua'j the.
ynd that you never fall In love with. Detrol
Free Press.
Sneaking, of the responsibilities that richea
hrius. no" sooner hae oar wealthy class e
leafr.d to pronounce "chef" with confidence
than chauffeurs" Tiegln to'come In. TPuck.
"W"ell Bcsun. "IIa e jou made any progress
with jpur ne,w noel?" asked his friend. "Oh,
yes," said" the hustling, young author. "I'si
selected d name and a press arent." Brooklyn
Lire. "" " "
Papa Tommy, if you had a little more spunk
ou would stand better In jour class. iow da
you know what epunk Is? Tommy Yes, sir.
It's the past particle of spank. Chicago News.
Alice J beUc Maud's fiance fays that what
be most ad&lrcs In her is her marked lnde
pendence of judgment. Irenes-Tea. She was
the oply girl in her sqt who would accept him.
larlem Life.
An mateur Photographer's Mljtake. "She
was rather inclined to accept kjm, till he took
a picture of her. That was. too much, so she
said "No." " "I see. 'He developed tne wrong
nsgathe." Pnlladclphla Evening Bulletin.
Hanson Ttcr.c wa$ a time I couldn't abide
Pus'lclgh; but I declare. "If, he bapp't become
really "agreeable ot late. Toster You "don't
mean it Hanson Yes; he hasn't called at my
I place for a month or two. Boston Transcript.