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PORTLAXD, FRIDAY, JUXE 13, 1002.
THE FAULT IX THE SYSTEM.
A Salem paper says this, and there
seems to be something in it:
One good result should come from the tragedy
at the state prison bettor pay for such service.
Forty dollars a month is too small pay for a
Job that is liable to cost a roan his llfo any
day.
True, In a way; and yet not true. In
Its application, to the system we find
in vogue. Forty dollars a month will
not obtain high Intelligence in any call
ing. Yet why should men press and
throng and crowd to get these posi
tions? Plainly, It is not a high order of
intelligence and efficiency that seeks
them. The man who can't get on in
any independent calling wants such
place, at forty dollars a month. Had
there been high Intelligence and effi
ciency, this tragedy could not have oc
curred. But would advance of the pay bring
la a higher order of Intelligence and
efficiency? As Hamlet says, "That
would be scanned." Under our system
these .places' go by political or party
favor. The fitness of the man, his ca
pacity for the place, is not considered,
or is little considered. It Is scarcely a
factor. He was a "political worker," in
his precinct. It is very questionable
whether higher wages would bring in
higher talents; for the selection is made
on a system that has no .regard, or
very little regard, for capability.
The "job" Is little likely to cost a
man hi9 life if he and his fellows are
men of quick and keen intelligence,
watchful of every sign of plot, discon
tent and sedition; men, of prevision,
who cut off from the prisoners all
chance of conspiracy among them, or of
communication with the outer world.
But men of these powers of mind are
men wbo wouldn't "like the job"; they
are not likely to have a "political pull";
and, moreover, the are men who would
be thought harsh, hard, unfeeling and
tyrannical. They wouldn't be "good
fellows'' at alL So, on the whole,. the
present ss'stem must continue. It
wouldn't be Improved by raising the
ray. Even now there are ten, or one
hundred, applicants for the "Job,"
here there is room for one.
Oursystem makes one politician suc
ceed another, in control and direction of
these affairs; and the successor gets
no knowledge or experience from the
man who has preceded him, because
there is no study of the business, and
nothing is done on an Intelligent or
consistent plan. Nor is there likely to
be aiiy improvement These places are
disposed of as the prizes of politics.
Prom the superintendent down, men are
willing to take small pay, because the
duty is regarded as merely perfunctory,
and the competition for the places is
extreme. "We need not look for any Im
provement of the system; higher pay
would not Improve it
PHILIPPIXE FACTS.
The Glasgow Herald Is one of the
most Important of British newspapers
outside of London. It Is interesting to
note what view such a journal takes of
our position in the Philippines. It
makes the sweeplpg statement, which
history abundantly sustains, that "no
region In the Old "World or in the New
which has been under the blighting In
fluence of centuries -of Spanish coloniza
tion, or sway has ever thriven, and it
may be regarded as certain that the
history of the Philippine Republic, as
soon as it is left to manage Itself, will
be a replica of that of the South and
Central American Republics." From
this it argues that the United States
could not be justified in casting off the
responsibilities it has assumed, simply
because thus far it has encountered dlf
flcultlea There are grave doubts
whether It would redound to the Na
tional repute of the United States to
abandon the islands now, and leave
them to become a prey to the anarchy
and civil war that would certainly fol
low the removal of United States power
and protection. It admits that, whether
it was wise for the United States to as
sume this responsibility in the first
place is another question; but, now that
the United States has assumed this
charge, it should bear it.
It is admitted that we did not go there
for conquest We went simply to strike
a blow at Spain, with which country
we were at war. Our fleet under Dewey
Tas In such position that this was the
natural and even necessary thing to do.
Had there been no fleet of ours on the
Asiatic station, we thould doubtless
hae kept out of the Philippines, but
Dewey was at Hong Kong and had to
leave there, and he could do nothing
q - than strike Manila. After he had
eTtP.rd the harbor and destroyed the
Spanish fleet he could do nothing more
without the co-operation of land forces,
and it was necessary to rush troops to
help him. "We received the surrender of
the Spaniards, and with it responsibili
ties which it never has been possible
to put off. We stay, therefore, and
shall stay. Such Is the Philippine situ
ation. Yet we shall expect from the
Democratic party of the country, a
party of negation and obstruction, per
sistent and Incessant demand that we
shall retire from the islands and "grant
them their Independence." The Indiana
Democrats, in their platform the other
day, repeated the demand almost in the
words of the platform of the Democrats
of Oregon. This party always has some
fatuous proposal. It is "scuttle," now.
MUTUALLY DESTRUCTIVE CRITI
CISM. You can find out from President
Schwab, of the steel trust the pitiful
worthlessness of the railway merger.
To this pregnant topic he recently ad
dressed himself. He held up to scorn
those trusts which seek to succeed by
the acquisition of all rival establish
ments and the elimination of competi
tion. They were altogether on the
wrong tack, he sad. They were fore
doomed to failure. The good old laws
of supply and demand, survival of the
fittest, etc, would get in their work.
It was ridiculous to combat them.
It was not to be expected that so
active and belligerent a personality as
Mr. J. J. Hill would Ignore this pointed
reflection of Mr. Schwab's, or fail to
come back with his best article of rep
artee. Nor has he, but In his latest ut
terance concerning the trusts he paid
his respects to the new form of indus
trial corporation as those combinations
created "not for the purpose of manu
facturing any public commodity, in the
flrst place, but for the purpose of sell
ing sheaves of printed securities, which
represent nothing more than good will
and prospective profits to the promot
ers." Between Mr. Schwab and Mr. Hill we
have the trust fleld pretty well covered,
adversely, from high authority. The
steel trust has acquired a number of
Independent concerns, but It makes no
professions, and on the other hand of
fers frequent and strenuous denials, of
monopoly of steel production. About 65
per cent Is the highest proportion of
raw materials or finished output It will
lay claim to. "With the railway merg-"
ers, the elimination of competitive lines
through purchase has been a distinct
form of activity, but such over-capitalization
as Mr. Hill attacks they have
in the main avoided. Railroads have
not been free from it, and it is perhaps
destined to flourish for a time upon the
sea; but it Is the Industrial combina
tions that have carried this business of
manufacturing securities Instead of
commodities to Its greatest extent, and
to an extent not entirely consistent with
the interests of the general business
community.
. This overcapitalization of Industrials,
to which Mr. Hill refers, is regarded by
expert authorities as their Irremedia
ble weak point, and the magazines
fairly teem with cogent reasoning and
impressive exhibits to that purpose. A
recent computation of the securities of a
score of industrials showed that what
purported on their face to be worth
nearly $1,250,000,000 were not worth
$500,000,000 according to the quotations
of the market It is impossible to say
how much loss is represented here;
many of these securities were floated
at much below their face. But there
have been very considerable losses In
the shrinkage of these securities which
represent pure inflation, and there must
be much greater losses when there
comes a period of bad husiness.
The pertinence and force of Mr. Hill's
arraignment of the Industrial trusts
cannot be gainsaid. But Is no't Mr.
Schwab's prediction of the failure of
the railway trusts equally entitled to
confidence? There is no ground for
questioning the full determination of
the various railroad groups to stifle
competition In their own eacred pre
serves, nor of the depressing effect their
success exerts upon rate reduction and
competitive tracklaylng. But when an
ambitious statesman undertakes the as
sertion that "the trusts have come to
stay," may the assertion not be par
ried with the declarations of Messra
Hill and Schwab concerning the two
principal forms of combinations? The
railway trusts have not come to stay
if they only build up such fierce com
petition between groups that from the
bitterness of the struggle owners are
fain to escape to the od regime. The
industrial trusts have not come to
stay. If in the wreck of liquidation of
overcapitalized securities they drag
down the whole stock market through
sympathy and bankrupt the very buy
ers upon whom their dependence for
flotation hangs. In view of the dangers
they court through these various forms
of weakness, every trust stands at all
times on the verge of a precipice. How
long it has come to stay Is problem
atical. THAT FLATTERIXG UXCTIOX.
The assumption of Mr. Geer that the
vote that was thrown for him is a
measure of the desire of the people of
Oregon to have him elected to the Sen
ate shows how a man may flatter him
self. Much of the vote for him was me
chanically or Inadvertently cast, or
marked. There was no other name
designated "Republican," yet he was no
nominee of the Republican party. His
name was entered on the ticket, in
technical compliance with the law, but
by no means in conformity with Its
spirit and purpose. Many party men,
finding no other "Republican" name on
the ballot, voted for him, under an Im
pression that it was a contest between
him and Wood; and some thought they
had to vote for one or for the other.
Not a few Democrats, moreover, voted
for Geer for farce or mischief. The Re
publican convention made no nomina
tion of Senator. It omitted to do so for
the simple reason that it wished to
avoid the party division and acrimoni
ous contest that certainly would have
followed, with probable loss of the Leg
islature. Then Mr. Geer's friends, after his fail
ure to receive the nomination for Gov
ernor for another term, and concluding
to make use of him as a ''miscellaneous
candidate," adopted this expedient of
getting his name on the ticket for
the Senate, and a bunch of vot
ers, in a few counties, who were
asked to sign the petition, com
plied, as is common when names are
asked for on the principle that It is
less trouble to set down one's name
than to refuse and give reasons for It
But the law was not made for a con
dition of this kind. The provision for
nominations by petition was inserted
for the purpose of allowing Independent
nominations to be made, and the name
of Mr. Geer had no rightful place on
the ticket as the Republican candi
date, for there was none. It was mis
leading, and it will get scant 'recogni
tion or none by the representatives of
the party, or by the party or people at
large.
The Oregonlan does rjot Indeed pre
tend to speak for members of the Legis
lature, but it hears tHey are speaking
for themselvea It Is cool assumption
on the part of those who got up the
petition for Mr. Geer to claim that he
is preferred for Senator over all other
Republicans of Oregon since he has a
large vote and others have none. Is
there nobody, then, among the Repub
licans of Oregon who wants ,Mr. Ful
ton? Has no other candidate, actual
or possible, a friend or supporter? There
Is Mr. Simon. He has been seeking re
election. Is no Republican for him?
Has Mr. Geer the solid support of the
Republicans of Oregon, over all other
men? It Is ridiculous, and The Orego
nlan believes the Legislature will treat
it so.
THE "XORTH EXD."
Every time anything discreditable
happens In that portion of Portland
bounded by Pine and Gllsan, Fifth and
the river, some very good people and
otherwise clearheaded fall into a fit of
despondency and grief over the alleged
Injustice done to certain exemplary
communities of the north side by the
familiar designation "The North End."
As everybody knows, the "North End"
Is synonymous with "Whltechapel," the
"Bad Lands" and other phrases that
have been coined or Imported from
other places to fill a real or supposed
need. But it is objected that "The
North End" carries an attainder of
Iniquity, which is not deserved by the
respectable residents of the northern
part of town.
Now, It la possible that the ''North
End" as a geographical term may In
time be eliminated from our local vo
cabulary, but it is going 4o be exceed
ingly difficult to bring such a consum
mation about through appeals to the
sense of Justice. Doubtless there- are.
very many most excellent people in the
"East Side" districts of London and
New York, and the "Sonth-of-Market"
region of San Francisco, but terms of
this kind, established through long
usage, are apt to lose their significance,
if at all, very slowly. It Is useless to
plead that the terms are geographically
Inexact, for customs of this kind are
not based upon scientific Investigation,
lor moral principles. The "North'
School" long survived the Inaccuracy
of its title. Though two schools had
been created north of It It was still
the North School until Director George
H. Durham bethought him of the op
portunity thus to honor Dr. Atkinson.
All Alblna Is doubtless part of the East
Side, though the ferry lands west of
the postofflce and St Johns Is west of
the Washington County line. We have
South Portland and Southern Portland,
arbitrary but unquestioned.
Familiar forms of local nomenclature
are often legacies of former life and
surroundings which the present genera
tion could never be persuaded to lose,
and In which are bound up a multi
tude of tlch historic memories. In Lon
don there is no ditch today at Hounds
ditch, no hill at Ludgate Hill. In New
York the wall has long since disap
peared from Wall street, the boweries
from the Bowery, all batteries from
the Batters', and from Murray Hill all
elevation. From Market street In San
Francisco all markets have long since
disappeared, and on Market street In
Portland no market ever was. The
geese have gone from Goose Hollow and
Couch Lake Is level with Its surround
ing banks.
The "North End," therefore, may be
east west or south in geographical ac
curacy, but it is still the North End, be
cause everybody calls It so. As for Its
unsavory reputation, that has been hon
estly earned, as much as London's
Whltechapel and New York's almost
forgotten Five Points. The vfay to res
cue localities from the bad names that
cling to them is to reform the neighbor
hood. When vice and crime are ban
ished from their present haunts, the
North End may become a term of dig
nity and honor such as Irvlngton or
Nob Hill, or even King's Heights, might
envy. The complaint ultimately lies
against the evil-doers who have
stamped their license and unlovellness
upon the part of town where they con
gregate, and also upon the easy-going
owners of the evil resorts, some of
whom have pews in the finest and most
exclusive of our churchea Everything
below Washington street might with
propriety be designated the North Side,
leaving the North End to bear its bur
den of odium alone, though If we cut iJ
off at Savler street, for example, a big
portion of the city on both banks of the
river would still be north of it Nobody
ever makes the mistake of supposing
that the North End runs west of Sixth.
QUAY THE WHOLE THIXG.
Senator Quay has won a victory in
Pennsylvania by the nomination of
Judge Pennypacker for Governor. But
It was not in any proper sense a strug
gle between decent politics and the rep
rehensible Quay ring. Elkin had long
been one of the most servile and un
scrupulous instruments of the Quay ma
chine. So obnoxious had he become in
that service that when he entered the
field for the Gubernatorial nomination
there went up from, all parts of the
state a cry against him that told plainly'
how dangerous It would be to nominate
him. Then Quay appeared to abandon
his tool. Elkln refused to retire, how
ever, and made his campaign, assisted
by Governor Stone and other members
of the state administration that were In
the Quay camp. Elkln lost the nomina
tion to Judge Pennypacker, a cousin of
Quay and a man who reveres his cousin
and has done valiant service for him.
The circumstances of the campaign
point to Senator Quay as the manager
of both candidates for the Gubernator
ial nomination. In this way he occu
pied the whole fleld and prevented any
effective opposition to his plans. Pen
nypacker was In all ways preferable to
Elkln, but he was notoriously loyal to
the Quay machine and distasteful to all
who did not belong to that faction of
the party. Pennypacker is a more ar
tistic political worker than Elkln, and
for that reason suits Quay's purposes
better, for It Is not Quay's, purpose
needlessly to alienate voters. So Quay
used Elkln as the bogle to scare sup
port to Pennypacker, leaving small
part for the real anti-Quay men to play.
And the loose election laws and apa
thetic public spirit of Pennsylvania
leave It open to the machine to put his
man into office.
The Oregonlan hastily Included Keble
among the eminent clergymen of the
English church who followed Cardinal
Newman over to Rome. Keble. author
of "The Christian Year," was professor
of poetry at Oxford In 1S31, and was
Newman's most intimate friend. Car
dinal Newman writes: "On Sunday
July 14, 1S33, Keble preached, a sermon
in the university pulpit on 'National
Apostasy I have ever considered and
kept the day as the start of the relig
ious movement of 1833." Stimulated by
this sermon of Keble's, Newman began
the movement In Oxford to revive lilgh
church principles and the ancient patris
tic theology. In this sermon Keble up
held the claim of the church to heaven
ly origin and divine prerogative, not to
be ruled as a mere creature of the state.
The series of sermons published were
entitled "Tracts for the Times," and
out of this came the name "the tractar
ian movement." Newman held Keble
to be the primary author of the move
merit, but Newman became Its genuine
leader. Keble wrote four of these
"Tract No. 90," which put all Protest
tant England against Its author, was
defended by Keble, who had seen the
tract before it was published and ap
proved of It Newman's going over to
Rome in 1845 was to Keble a public
and a private sorrow. Keble and Pussy
remained In the church, the representa
tives of ultra high church prlnclplea
They were both of them with Newman
entirely In his views, save that they
did not agree with hjm in his conclu
sion that there was no longer any log
ical room for him in the Anglican
church. Newman had an austere con
science and a relentlessly logical Intel
lect, and he therefore went over to
Rome. His decision was one that men
of the Keble and Pusey quality of mind
and temper would naturally hesitate
to follow. They believed the Anglican
church could be reformed and restored
to its ancient form and spirit by work
ing from within. Newman did not
share their confidence, and took .refuge
in Rome.
Definite orders for construction of the
Snake River Railroad to Lewis ton are
welcome. That project has too long
lain dormant The line ought to have
been built three years ago, When the
O. R. & N. and the Northern Pacific
were racing for the trade of the Clear
water Valley. Down the river was so
manifestly the route -for the commerce
of that valley that the delay in con
struction was a source of surprise to all
the business Interests affected. It did
not seem possible that the traffic of the
Clearwater Basin could continue to
climb perilous canyons and mountain
chains when an easy route was at hand.
But the work so bravely begun was
permitted to lag and finally was
stopped altogether, and we have en
dured three years of traffic diversion
from that part of the great Columbia
Basin. In this time trade lines have to
a large extent become established, but
It lo not to be assilmed that they will
remain In the old channels when better
ones shall be opened. Trade will not
climb the mountains when It has the
alternative of a water-level grade.
Slpw as this enterprise has been. It will
do much to develop the countrj'. It will
be an Important agency in correcting
commercial routes and putting business
where It can be handled to best advan
tage. This is why news of definite offi
cial action is welcome; and there re
mains n. doubt that energetic handling
will do the rest for the railroad and
for the people who produce and ship
commodities.
The Shah of Persia, with a suite of
forty persons, has reached Paris en
route to London for the coronation.
His Persian Majesty visited Queen Vic
toria at one time with a numerous suite
and tvas quartered In Buckingham Pal
ace for ten days or more. After his
departure the apartments that he occu
pied had literally to be turned lnsidg
out, the furniture burned and the walls
repainted and redecorated. This visit
recalls an account given by Wllhelmlna,
a sister of Frederick the Great, of a
visit to His Prussian Majesty Frederick
William I, of Peter 'the Great, Emperor
r of Russia, and the Empress Catherine,
about the year 1730. With a numerous
retinue the Imperial couple occupied the
villa of "Monbljon," on the outskirts of
Berlin, for two days. When they de
parted, according to WHhelmlna's
'statement, "the. Queen rushed at once
to Monbljon, which she found In a state
resembling that of the fall of Jerusa
lem." She added: "I never saw such a
sight Everything was destroyed, so
that the Queen was obliged to rebuild
the whole house." The revenues of the
crown will probably not be drawn upon
to the extent required to rebuild the
palace occupied by the Persian mon
arch and hlg suite during the corona
tion festivities, but if King Edward re
call? the occasion of the former visit
of the Shah and is Judicious, he will
not lodge the Persians in newly reno
vated Buckingham Palace.
Colonel Arthur Lynch, who fought
with the Boers In' South Africa, and
who in November last was elected to
represent Galway in the House of Com
mons, was recently arrested on his ar
rival in England, and It is said will be
tried for high treason. He doubtless
will be convicted, but England has not
inflicted the death penalty for treason
for many years. Thlstlewood was exe
cuted for hlgn treason In 1827. but since
that date no executions for treason have
taken place in England. Some CanaT
dian rebels were executed In 1837 In
Montreal and In Upper Canada. Mea
gher and O'Brien and Mitchel were sen
tenced to death for high treason dur
ing the Irish Insurrection of 1848, but
the sentence was commuted to depor
tation to Tasmania. Colonel Lynch will,
If convicted, probably suffer political
disfranchisement, and perhaps depor
tation. .
At Spokane, Wash., the leading news
paper, the Spokesman-Review, criticised
a public official, accusing him of mis
conduct la office. The official sued, for
libel; the cewspaper supported its al
legations and proved them true. Nev
ertheless the jury found for the plaintiff
In the sum of $1000. The court, how
ever, promptly set aside the verdict as
contrary to law, evidence and right
holding that the truth in such a matter
Is a complete defense, and that a ver
dict against a newspaper for publish
ing the truth about the public or official
conduct or misconduct of a public offi
cer was unjust, contrary to the public
Interests, and could not be sustained.
Unless thet officers of the law are will
ing to Incur' some risk and danger It Is
not likely they will ever catch or kill
the escaped convicts and murderers.
How would It do to call In the troops
and offer a reward of $3000 to $3000 for
Tracy and Merrill alive or dead?
MORE LIBERAL VIEWS OF SUNDAY
It marks a long advance toward the ac
ceptance by religious people of reasonable
Ideas regarding the observance of Sun
day when such an article as that on "The
Civil Sabbath" in the last Iotuo of the
Boston Congregationaliar can be published
by a journal -with the Puritan traditions
which It has Inherited and the conserva
tive tendencies which characterize It The
editor asks, "What Sabbath legislation
ought Christians to seek?" and answers
that they should, first, unite with wage
earning classes to secure the enactment
of all reasonable laws necessary to pro
tect them from compulsory labor; and,
second, "should support such Sabbath
legislation as will secure the most health
ful use of the day for all classes." ihe
Important thing here Is, of course, how
Inclusive a religious Journal will consider
that expression "most healthful." The
Congregationalist regards the Ideal Sab
bath as the one which secures physical
rest, mental recreation and spiritual re
newal, and it would have Christians make
all possible efforts to enable even the poor
est to realize this ideal, so far as possible.
But It recognizes that men cannot be
compelled to go to church, and that all
which can be done Is to maintain attrac
tive houses of worship, and then let the
masses come or not as they choose.
This Is where the Congregationalist of
even a generation ago would have stopped,
but In 1902 It goes a great deal further.
"We 'shall surely encourage," It says,
"such use of public libraries, picture gal
leries, and museums as we make of our
own libraries and art treasures on Sun
day." The public park It calls "the peo
ple's garden," and it asks a question
which even the fanatical Sabbatarian
would find It hard to answer when it adds,
"Who can look without pleasure on men
who rarely see their families together dur
ing the working days, with wife and chil
dren around them in the midst of growing
things of nature on a Summer after
noon' Nor does it stop here. "Music
such as is appropriate In the home." It
goes on, "adds to their happiness, and the
public spirit that provides it is akin to
his who had compassion on the multi
tude." To provide all that the people
need "for a useful Sabbath," especially in
crowded cities, requires that many should
labor, and such labor this religious Journal
considers in the public Interest When
one reflects that within a dozen years
fanatics have been opposing the opening
of museums and the giving of park con
certs on the ground that -either would
prove "the entering wedge for the Con
tinental Sunday," we can realize what
progress has "been made when such liberal
views as we have quoted are expressed by
a religious Journal of the Congregation
alisms standing.
Some of Spooner' Points.
United States Senator Spooner, In his
great speech In support of the passage
of the Philippines bill, among other things
paid that there was no people, in the
sense of the Declaration of Independence,
e"xcept a nation of those who could estab
lish a nation, and that there could be no
nation except that made up of a people
who could create a nation fit .to be recog
nized by the Governments of the world.
Discussing the proper construction of the
words "consent of the governed" in the
Declaration of Independence, Mr. Spooner
traced the Civil War to the different
meanings attached to those words In the
North and In the South, and said: "If
the South had had the strength, the
money and the men. It would have carried
into practical success those words as the
South understood them. We preserved the
Union because we had men enough and
money enough to whip this construction
of the Declaration of Independence out of
you good people." If the Indians had not
been driven back; If this maxim of the
Declaration of Independence about which
so much Is. said had been pursued, we
would have had no United States; this
country would still have been Inhabited
by savages.
This Is exactly the view that The Ore
gonlan has maintained regarding the Dec
laration of Independence, and "the con
sent of the governed" from the outset of
our Filipino war.
Senator Spooner gave Senator Hoar a
home thrust when, referring to Mr. Hoar's
voting the Republican ticket at the last
election, he exclaimed: "If I thought that
my party was engaged in unrighteousness:
if I thought It was engaged in a policy of
dishonor; If I thought that my party was
going to trample on human rights and to
destroy the aspirations for Independence
of a liberty-loving people so help me God,
I would vote against my party, not with
it"
Tariff Revision Inevitable.
The Washington corespondent of the
Chicago Tribune (Rep.) quotes Represen
tative Crumpacker, of Indiana, as fol
lows: "There is a general demand for
tariff revision on protection lines. The
purpose of protection Is to stimulate
competition among home Industries and
to give the American workmen protection
against the cheaper labor of Europe. When
protection goes beyond this It Is wrong,
and has a disastrous effect economically.
There should be a revision of the .tariff
on the lines Indicated, and it should have
been done at this session of Congress.
It Is too Important a matter to be done
hurriedly, and as the next session Is a
short one and much Important business
must be done, the tariff question will npt
be touched. In my judgment, until the
next Congress. I notice that many state
conventions have declared for tariff re
vision, and It Is clear to the ordinary mind
that this should be done when It is pos
sible for American manufacturers to sell
their goods abroad cheaper than they do
in this country. This is true of the iron
industry. The shipbuilder who has the
contract for constructing the 20,000-ton
freighters for President Hill, the railroad
magnate, said recently it was possible
for him to go abroad, purchase American
Iron products, bring them Into this coun
trj, pay the tariff on them, defray the ex
penses of transporting these goods across
the ocean, and then secure them cheaper
than the same goods can be purchased In
this countrj'- This is an unanswerable
argument why there should be a revision
of the tariff."
Governor Geer's '-Reffrets.
Lebanon Criterion.
The following letter has been sent by
Governor Geer to George E. Chamber
lain: Tou will please accept my congratulations
upon your election to the- offlce of Governor of
Oregon. I regret very much that circum
stances made the election of a Democratic
Governor possible, biit since It was so. I wish
to assure you that there la no man In your par
ty to whom I would surrender the offlce with
more pleasure than yourself.
So Governor Geer has his regrets, but he
does not regret the election of Chamber
lain; he rather gloats over the fact. He
regrets "that circumstances made tho
election of a Democratic Governor pos
sible," or In other words, ho regrets that
he was not renominated for the office him
self. The Republican party has suffered
much In Oregon this year at the hands
6f men whom it has honored and kept In
office, but who, when they were to be
kept no longer at the public crib, were
ready to turn traitor to their frlend3.
But there are a few men In Oregon who
will never be United States Senator, nor
anything else, for that matter.
Directing Him.
Puck.
Parched Drummer (In Kansas hamlet)
Where can I get a drink In this confound
ed Prohibition town?
Tavern Landlord Come out on the
porch. Now, do you see, half way up the
street on the right-hand side, a weather
beaten, one-story bulldln', with a whappy
jawCd hltchln'-post In front of It?
Drummer Yes!
Tavern Landlord Well, that's about the
only place In town where you can't get a
drink If you've got the price; nobody lives
there!
IT aiAKES THEM MAD.
Hartford Times.
As was to be expected-, the result of the
Oregon election is promptly proclaimed
to Indicate that the people of tho United
States favor the everlasting retention of
the Philippines. The Governorship result
is of no Importance, says the New York
Sun, and It adds:
The sire of the pluralities for the rest of the
state ticket and for the candidates for Congress
Indicates no reaction on the Pacific Coast
against the Administration and Republican
policy In National affairs. This should encour
age the managers of the campaign. In all the
districts of the November states. The Issue of
Stay or Scuttle was clearly denned In the
Oregon contest. Oregon emphatically answers
Stay, and contributes the first elected members
of the Republican majority In the Fifty-eighth
House.
It is a fact that Republican voters of
Oregon were assured before the election
by their newspapers that a Democratic
vlctorj- would be a serious blow to the
business interests , of the Pacific Coast.
Tho following Is from the leading Re
publican newspaper of the state of the
date of May 29:
Oregon is a Pacific State. Her relations to
Pacific commerce. la the new and larger op
portunities of the time, give her voice an Im
portance far greater than the political strength
of the state would seem to warrant. Therefore,
if Oregon shall announce her Indifference to
the opportunities of Pacific commerce; If she
shall declare her willingness to throw away
our position In the Orient; If she shall tell the
country to abandon the Philippine Islands, give
up the effort to extend our Influence over the
Pacific and bring its trades under our domin
ion If Oregon, a Pacific State, shall announce
this as hec decision, the ""fast must be expected
fo accept It.
Of course If 'Oregon could have elected
the regular Republican candidate for Gov
ernor, the result would have looked a lit
tle better from a party point of view. But
with no diminution of the Republican ma
jorities for members of Congress, It may
be argued that Oregon says, "Hold on to
the Philippines." We admit that this
election result means just that, and it
also means "never mind the wishes or the
hope3 of the people of the Philippines."
In the Senate at Washington yesterday
Mr. Spooner's colleague, Mr. Quarles, de
nounced as "damnable" the suggestion
that the object of the pending bill was to
turn over the Philippines to the exploita
tion of carpet-baggers, scoundrels and
scalawags. Every decent American, he
said, would -hide his face In shame If that
were true, but It was not Uncle Sam is
'merely going Into the biggest kind of a
real estate operation, and expects to make
a lot of money out of It That Is all. The
people of Oregon are In favor of making
money, and the man who talks about
principles or moral Ideas when there Is
a chance to make money is given to un
derstand In that part of the country that
he had better go far back and sit down.
OTHER COMMENT OX ELECTION.
"Antl-Imperiallst" Abuse Resented.
Troy Times.
The election In Oregon was anticipated
with much Interest by the political lead
ers of this country, as it was expected
to be an indication of the attitude of
the country toward National measures and
a forecast of the Congressional elections
Which are to ensue. The result "Is emi
nently satisfactory. Oregon elected only
two Congressmen, but both of them are
Republicans. The Governor-elect al
though there was a factional revolt
against him, and although the Democratic
candidate was a strong nominee Is a Re
publican. Portland elects a Republican
Mayor, Hon. George H. Williams, a man
of distinction, who Is a native of New
Lebanon, Columbia County, in this state,
and who was Attorney-General In the
Cabinet of President Grant.
This sweeping Republican victory, con
tinuing the prestige of the election of 1900,
when the state gave a majority for Mc
Klnley, shows what the people think of
the attitude of the United States toward
Its statesmen and military commanders In
the Philippines, and the wisdom and
safety of the policies In general that have
been established and maintained by the
Republican party.
If there was any apprehension concern
ing the result of the Congressional elec
tions, Oregon has done Its part toward
removing nervousness and reassuring the
confidence which will result In general
Republican success. The people are with
the Administration ang the Army, and
wIH take the opportunity at the Fall elec
tions to resent, as Oregon has done, the
shameful abuse which Democratic lead
ers in the 'Senate and In the House of
Representatives have showered upon those
who are doing their country's work.
"Scuttle" Emphatically- Rebuked.
Pittsburg Gazette.
Oregon stands by the Republican Ad
ministration and declares in favor of the
American policy In the Philippine Islands.
The Oregon Democrats stood for the scut
tle theory, and the Republican platform
supported the policy of McKlnley and
Roosevelt The two Republican candidates
for Congress are re-elected, Mr. Tongue,
of the First District receiving an Increased
majority. Both" houses of the Legislature
have Republican majorities, insuring a
Republican successor to Senator Simon.
The state ticket Is Republican by some
thing like 10.000 majority, all the candi
dates having been elected but the one for
Governor. The Democratic nominee Is
successful by a small majority. The
choice of Chamberlain for Governor was
the result of factional trouble In the Re
publican ranks. There was a personal
fight among the Republican leaders, and
this hostility afforded the opposition a
chance to win the Governorship. The
combatants did not permit their anlmoslty
to extend farther down the ticket, how
ever. The Republican candidate for Gov
ernor was sacrificed, but every other can
didate was elected. That this should be
the result under tho circumstances, and
that th6 Republican candidates for Con
gress should do so well in an off year is
a satisfactory indication that the people
are not going to rebuke the American
Philippine policy at the polls next Au
tumn. Very Seldom, "Mr. Antl.
Springfield Republican.
Two months ago the Republican lead
ers at Washington were admltedly appre
hensive that the Congressional elections
would go against them. They are now
confident that they have the opposition
already beaten. It is thought that the
Democratic exposures of atrocities In the
Philippines will react against that party
among the people as an "attack on the
Army," and there are Democrats of the
Gorman stripe who think so, too. Then
the Oregon elections have greatly stimu
lated Republican confidence, being regard
ed a3 significant of public feeling gener
ally respecting the imperialist policy. Still
it needs to be mentioned that Oregon has
heretofore failed frequently to set the
pace politically for the rest of the coun
trj'. Every Rose Has l(i Thorn.
Colorado Springs Gazette.
The latest returns from Oregon indicate
that the Republicans have elected their
candidate for Governor by a majority so
small as to make it equivalent to a de
feat, except so far as the mere fact of
the election Is concerned.
As for the rest of the ticket Including
the two Congressmen, the Republicans
were successful by majorities that left
no doubt as to the sentiments of the vot
ers of that state in rogard to party mat
ters generally.
The voters of Oregon have Indorsed ex
pansion, protection and the rest of the
Republican platform, but they have given
the leaders of the party a sharp reminder
of the unwisdom of expecting party loy
alty to se'eure the election of unpopular
candidates.
This Was Clearly "Foreseen.
St. Paul Globe.
A pronounced reduction of the normal
Republican majority is a Democratic vic
toryand that is what happened In Oregon-
A corresponding reduction through
out the country will give the Democrats
control of the next Congress which Is a
fact affording much comfort to Democrats.
NOTE ANIV COMMENT.
A stern chase Is a lopg one. ' ,
Will we have to Import Funston to cap
ture those outlaws for us?
Senator Hanna has not yet announced
the names of the men he will have In his
cabinet
The Summer girl Is fast approaching
the time when she will stop spending two
hours a day keeping the tan off her face.
E. H. Harriman is merging railroads
just as If he was not at all alarmed that
flying machines would drive him out of
the business.
Senator Quay manages to foreclose his
mortgage on Pennsylvania periodically,
bid In the -state, dispose of It, and take
another mortgage.
The people of Tacoma fear an eruption
of Mount Tacoma. An enemy of the city
suggests that it has been dead so long It
is time It was burled.
A St Louis man was arrested for play
ing poker on a fishing trip. He should
have remembered that the fish are the
proper objects to be caught on such an
excursion.
Stories regarding the editorial "we" are
always springing up. A recent one con
cerns an editor, who thus described a
fight In a car in which he took' part: "We
entered Into conversation with Mr. C. He
made mention of the difficulty between
us, and we gave our version of the affair.
He then called us a liar, and we struck
him. He struck back at us and wo
clinched. In the scramble which followed
we got Into the aisle and we got him down
and were giving him what he deserved,
when the conductor and some of the pas
sengers came up and Interfered. Then wo
were parted."
While Bret Harto was editor of the
Overland Monthly In San Francisco there
was a rather severe earthquake shock.
The correspondents of Eastorn papers
were requested to "draw It mild" for fear
of driving away, newcomers, but the
notification failed to reach Harte, who
wrote an amusing skit by way of editorial
In his magazine. It gave such dire of
fense that when his name afterward came
up for election to a chair in the State
University he lost the vote and support
of the most Influential trustee, the bank
er, William C. Ralston.
A Philadelphia story-teller has just re
turned from an up-country trip In Penn
sylvania In search of trout. On a road
side fence he encountered a couple of
queer signs and made verbatim copies of
them. The first was as follows:
o o
: NOTICE. :
: Bate For Sail 15c. A BOXE. :
Not far away was this one:
o o
: NOTICE No FisHlng Or TRESSP. :
: ASSING :
: WITH OUT PERMIT. FROM . :
WILLIAM counterman
: OR HIS FAMILY. ADMISSION 50c :
: A. A. PEACE PAY AT THE :
: . HOUSE. :
The remarkable rise of Professor S. P.
Brooks, of Texas, from section hand to
college president forms an Interesting
illustration of how Americans sometimes
develop. Professor Brooks was recently
selected president of Baylor University at
Waco. Professor Brooks Is now about 45
years old. Leas than 20 years ago he was
a member of the section gang on the San
ta Fo Railroad, earning 63 cents a day
with his spade. At the end of the year's
service for the Santa Fe he had saved
enough to pay his expenses for one year
In Baylor University, which he entered.
His disposition and habits, his evident
determination to make the most of every
opportunity, attracted the attention of
President R. C Burleson, the founder of
Baylor in the days when Texas was a re
public, and who remained at the- head of
tho school until it had grown to be the
chief sectarian Institution of learning In
the Southwest. After graduating at Bay
lor University, Professor Brooks was a
member of the faculty until two yeara
ago, when he entered Harvard to take a
post-graduate course. He will take charge
of the institution at the end of the present
term.
American Engines for Europe.
New York Sun.
Twenty-four new locomotives built at
the Charkoff works for the Central Rus
sian Railway have been condemned as
practically useless, and the Government
Railways Advisory Board has recommend
ed a return to the practice of purchasing
locomotives abroad, as was always done
until recently.
The contract for the Charkoff locomo
tives called for a sjjeed limit of 50 miles
an hour. The most that the engines
turnedljout could do was 18 miles.
The imported American locomotives, on
the other hand, have never failed to ful
fill the speed requirements, and the Bald
win Locomotive Works alone has shipped
419 engines to Russia, including all types.
PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHERS
Never put off till tomorrow what you can get
some one else to do today. Ohio Stato Journal.
The Only Explanation. "She ran Into my
arms once In a dark hallway." "The hallway
must have been dark." Chicago Evening Post.
"And was my present a surprise to your sis
ter, Johnny?" "You bet! She said she never
suspected you'd give her anything so cheap."
Tit-Bits.
Remus To say MIstah Johnslng am Indus
trious? Sam Yeas. sah. Why. he spent two
whole days tryln to set his wife a Job. Chi
cago Daily News.
An Improvement. "Want to buy a second
hand 'auto that's only been used a week?"
"Good as new?" "Better everything breakable
about It has broke!" Puck.
Hope. "Yes, papa. Jack says he expects his
income will be doubled next year." "That's
good. 'Some day he may make enough to sup
port himself." Detroit Free Press.
"Take" the Whole Girl Timid Suitor I -wish
to ask for your daughter's hand, sir. Father
You might as well take the entire daughter,
young man. Ohio State Journal.
Clergyman (lately come to parish) Your
neighbor Smith says my sermons are rubbish.
Farmer Ah, ye needn't mind Mm, sir; 'e's
merely a mouthpiece for other folks. TJt-Blts.
Mrs. Smith I'll have a glass of orange phos
phate, please. Courteous SalesmanYes, lady;
will you have It sent? Mrs. Smith No, I won't
trouble you. I'll take it with me. Boston
Transcript
To Prevent Mistakes. Employer (to new
offlce boy) George, If anybody should ask you,
I'll be back In half an hour. New Offlce Boy
(running after him) Mr. Jacobs, how soon'U
you be back If nobody asks me? Chicago Trib
une. A Fast Crowd. "Of course, you read about
that horse breaking the record. Goodness! I
don't see how a horse could be so fast." "Oh.
I don't know. Look at the class of people It
has to associate with at the race tracks."
Philadelphia Press.