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PORTLAND, FRIDAY, SEPT. It), 1002.
AX OREGON LYNCHING.
It has been so long since a lynching
took place in Oregon that within recent
years the assertion has been frequent
that the history of the state is free from
the disgrace of such episodes. "While
this is not strictly correct, the self
respect and orderly habit of our people
are such that the law has almost with
out exception been permitted to take its
course. Coos County, In particular, the
scene of yesterday's outbreak, nae pun
ished its offenders with exemplary
promptness and rigor.
The certainty that the negro wretch
would have' met condign punishment In
due process of law is chiefly pertinent,
however, in stamping the weak and
foolish deed of mob law as unnecessary
as well as lawless. No such outbreak
of lynch law should be suffered to pass
without severest reprobation, for the
eradication of lawlessness from Its life
Is one of the things most to be desired
by any community. Especially in a new
and ambitious region like Coos Bay, the
effect of an occurrence like that re
ported from Marshfleld can only be .to
militate against both capital and set
tlement. "Who does not know that the
horrors of Southern lynchlngs hang like
a pall over the industrial development
of "the black belt"?
Honesty impels, however, the cogni
zance of extenuating circumstances.
This outbreak was conducted, if there
are degrees in crime, with quiet and
decorum that contrast favorably with
similar affairs elsewhere. There was
no display of infuriated attacks upon
other negroes, no disgraceful melee and
scramble at the conclusion of the scene.
The crime was one of those unspeak
able vile offenses for which no legal
punishment seems adequate, and the
execution of the lawless verdict was
done with a grim and quiet determina
tion which reduces the disorderly influ
ences of the outbreak to a minimum
and carries with unequivocal meaning
its message of swift vengeance to oth
ers who may be called on to face a
like temptation.
The reflective will draw an indirect
lesson from the episode, which may
temper somewhat the bitterness with
which Southern problems are apt to be
viewed in the North. The victim of this
Marshfleld lynching and his crime Itself
are legacies of, the Importation of Vir
ginia negroes into Southwestern Oregon
some years ago to take the place of
striking miners. The experiment was
not justified by its results, which In
clude this negro's crime and punish
ment, for the Imported blacks were
gradually displaced by -the former em
ployes when the difficulty between op
erators and workmen passed.
Probably not to exceed 100 negroes re
main in the employ of the coal mines
of that region, which have a combined
force, above and below ground, of per
haps 1000 men. The hundreds of ne
groes remain in the vicinity, and yes
terday's occurrence Indicates that they
are a menace to order and contentment
"We can see here how vitally the com
munity at large Is concerned In matters
which private concerns are apt to re
gard as their exclusive business. "We
can also sea how great the temptation
to the employment of lynch law
must be in a region where a large por
tion of the population consists of brutal
and Ignorant blacks, and where sparse
ly settled rural communities live in con
stant fear of assaults and irremediable
dishonor to the women they love and
have sworn to protect.
"We would not do injustice to any one
In so serious a matter, but It seems to
us that this lynching, as well as others
in Northern States, may be In some
measure indirectly attributed to the in
crease of Southern lynchlngs and to the
considerable body of public opinion that
has been enlisted in their defense. Law
lessness can breed only lawlessness.
Lynching is more certain to breed crime
than order. So long as lynching is up
held on any grounds, it will not only
prevail, but it will increase". No crime,
however revolting, justifies resort to
mob law, whether in Oregon or South
Carolina. There is a blot upon the his
tory of Coos County that can never be
erased and, can only be dimmed by
greater circumspection from now' on.
Oregon will be in next year's table of
lynchlngs, whence it has long been
proudly absent, and from the Southern
papers we shall hear admonitions that
the Pacific Coast is estopped from con
demning Southern lynchlngs.
The Portland National bank state
ment shows a gratifying increase of
business in the past year. Every Item
except capital is materially greater than
last year. Deposits have Increased
52,296,107 10, or nearly 25 per cent Cash
in the banks is only $895,323 64 greater,
indicating that most of the money Is out
at work, as it should be. However, of
the additional money the banks have
out. only $619,790 8 is in loans and dis
counts, while S8S7.604 58 is in bonds and
stocks. This may be taken as an Indi
cation that there is comparatively little
local demand for money in mercantile
or industrial pursuits. Continuance of
this condition Is likely to crowd money
into development of natural resources
as the only alternative of unproductive
idleness.
A HERO OF GETTYSBURG.
The last New York Legislature ap
propriated $12,500 for the transportation
to Gettysburg, Pa., of fifty survivors of
each of the New York regiments be
longing to the Twelfth and Twentieth
Army Corps in the war for the Union
to attend the dedication of the eques
trian statue of Major-General Henry "W.
Slocum, which will take place today on
the Gettysburg -battle-field. Governor
Odell and- staff will be present, and the
family and military comrades of Gen
eral Slocum. General Slocum was a
native of New York who was graduated
from "West Point In 1852. ranking No. 7
in a class of forty-three members, which
Included Generals D. S. Stanley, George
Crook, A. V. Kautz and Alexander Mc
Cook. He resigned from the Army In
1856, became a lawyer In Syracuse and
was elected a member of the State Leg
islature as a Democrat At the out
break of the war he was appqinted
Colonel of the Twenty-seventh New
York Regiment, and fought it so gal
lantly at first Bull Run that he was
made Brigadier-General of Volunteers
in August, 1SGL
In the Peninsula campaign of 1862
General Slocum commanded a division
at Gaines' Mills and at White Oak Swamp,
and was promoted to a Major-General
of Volunteers In July, 1862. He won
further distinction at second Bull Run,
South Mountain and Antietam, and was
promoted to the command of the
Twelfth Corps, which he led at Fred
ericksburg and Chancellorsville. 'At
Gettysburg General Slocum commanded
the right wing o our Army. Under
General Hooker he joined the Army of
the Cumberland after Chickamaujra, in
November, 1863. and August, 1864, was
appointed to the command of the Twen-
tietn Army Corp3, which was the
first of General Sherman's troops to en
ter Atlanta after Its evacuation. When
Sherman moved from Atlanta on Sa
vannah, General Slocum commanded
the left wing, and In the march from
Savannah to Goldsboro, N. C, received
the whole brunt of General Joe John
ston's brilliant surprise of Sherman's
Army at Bentonvllle, N. C, March 19,
1865. General Slocum, with the Four
teenth and Twentieth Corps, stood off
Johnston until dark; then he sent a
young Lieutenant named Foraker to
ride through the enemy's lines and tell
Sherman, who was with the right wing,
composed of the Fifteenth and Seven
teenth Corps, of his danger. Young
Foraker, who was only 18 years of age,
got through, and Sherman started to
Slocum's relief, and General Slocum, In
his account of this last battle of Sher
man's Army, said he was glad to say
that "Lieutenant Foraker," who volun
teered for this daring service, had since
been Governor of Ohio. Since Slocum's
death he has become United States Sen
ator. After the war General Slocum re
turned to the Democratic party and was
three times ejected to Congress, from
Brooklyn, X' Y., but he was always a ,
broad-minded, intensely patriotic man;'
he fought the Tammany Ting in the
state, fought the' McLaughlin ring In
Brooklyn municipal politics. He was a
very pure, high-minded citizen, who,
whether in peace or war, always placed
his country before party. He denounced
the pension Vol! as unduly large, and
said that if he were Pension Commis
sioner and given authority to purge the
roll of illegitimate persons, he had no
doubt that the annual appropriations
for pensions could be reduced to at least
$100,000,000, and probably $75,000,000. He
was an able writer and lecturer on the
military operations of the war, of which
he had special knowledge, and he al
ways held that Hancock was the real
hero of Gettysburg, and said that Meade
wanted to retreat the night of the sec
ond day, but was outvoted by his coun
cil of war. In which General Slocum
supported General Hancock's view that
the Army should stay and flgbt it out.
General Slocum saved Sherman's Army
at Bentonvllle. N. C, for Joe Johnston
had completely outgeneraled Sherman
and struck one of his wings with his
whole army. Nothing but Slocum's
stout and skillful resistance saved him
until Sherman came to his relief.
Slocum served in every battle .of the
Army of the Potomac from Bull Run to
Gettysburg, inclusive, where, next to Han
cock the victory was due to Slocum's
care of our right wing. Transferred to
the "West, General Slocum commanded
the left wing of Sherman's Army on the
march to the sea, and through the Caro
llnas, commanding not less than 30,000
men, when he was but 36 years old. It
Is fitting that New York should erect
a statue to Slocum, for he was the most
distinguished soldier in the Army of the
Union who was born and bred in the
Empire State.
FRENCH GASCONADE.
The recent speech of M. Pelletan, the
French Minister of Marine, at a ban
quet In Tunis, Is of no sort of serious
consequence. Either the Frenchman
had too much wine in or he Is a polit
ical crank whose utterances will be
promptly disavowed by the French
Government M. Pelletan has In turn
used offensive language to Italy, Ger
many and Great Britain. General An
dre, the French Minister of "War, was
gully of a similar indiscretion at a ban
quet a few weeks ago. The German
press calls the French Minister's utter
ances "a champagne speech," and that
is probably what It was. Emperor
"William of Germany has more than
once at a banquet made speeches
equally foolish. The English press also
laughs at the Frenchman's speech.
There Is not the slightest prospect, near
or remote, of any trouble between
France and any of the great powers of
Europe. All France desires Is to be let
alone. It Is true there Is a Jingo party
in France which has been trying to stir
up feeling against England for some
years past because of the Fashoda In
cident, and England's conduct during
the Boer "War, but without success.
The French Government knows that
England has twenty-nine first-class battle-ships
against seventeen for France
and Russia combined; Knows that Eng
land has forty-one first-class cruisers
built and building against thirteen for
France and fifteen for Russia. A war
between France and Great Britain
could not possibly be undertaken suc
cessfully by the former power, even
when backed by Russia. Within thirty
days after a declaration of war England
would attack the French fleet In the
Mediterranean and in the English Chan
nel with double the French naval force
and defeat 'It. Then would follow the
blockade of every Important seaport of
France, which would soon bring France
to terms. France -does not want any
war with Great Britain, and when M.
Pelletan Is sober he knows It There Is
nothing remarkably in theact that at a
convivial banquet his tongue escaped
from his best control. There is not a
nation In the world that has not had
to apologize for the loose talk of gov
ernment officials at political banquets.
Frederick the Great became involved
in war with France because he made
wicked Jokes at a banquet about Mad
ame de Pompadour, the mistress of
Louis XV. The reckless talk of the
young officers of the King's household
troops at a banquet at wllch Marie
Antoinette and the King were present
Increased the flame of popular insurrec
tion in the first year of the French Rev
olution. Lord George Germain drank
too much wine at a banquet and forgot
to send Sir William Howe a peremptory
order to make a junction with Burgoyne
sure by having his troops at Albany
by the time Burgoyne reached Tlcon
deroga. Even Webster sometimes said
things at public banquets and even in
formal political speeches which could
only be explained upon the ground that
when the wine is in the wit is out.
This Is the only explanation of some
of Emperor William's speeches. It Is
the explanation of much of Andrew
Johnson's discreditable talk. Europe
will only laugh at M. Pelletan and bid
him beware of talking politics when the
bottle Is passing rapidly to and fro.
All men feel arrogant or opulent or
pugnacious when they drink too much,
and Frenchmen are no exception to
the rule. .
HENDERSON DISCREDITED.
The signed statement of Chairman Al
brook, of Speaker Henderson's district,
wired to The Oregonian and printed
yesterday, tends' to put the Speaker's
withdrawal In much less favorable light
than he appeared from his own unsup
ported assertions. Observe that Mr.
Albrook is himself most conservative
on the subject -of tariff revision, loyal
to protection and very doubtful about
the potency of tariff reductions In their
bearing on the trusta If this is the way
Chairman Albrook talked to the
Speaker, his utterances fall far short of
Justifying Mr. Henderson's characteriza
tion of them as free trade.
Little weight is to be attached to the
editorial rage of thick-and-thln party
organs, like the New York Sun and
Philadelphia Press, which feel impelled
to resent anything that can menace
party success. But the accumulating
evidence that the Speaker was more or
less disingenuous In his announcements
cannot o lightly be set aside. The op
position to him among the Republicans
of his district, though ominous, seems
not so much based upon his tariff views
as upon other complaints; and disaffec
tion with his administration In the
House had apparently reached propor
tions sufficiently portentous to Justify
apprehension. Another aspect of the
affair he will have difficulty in smooth
ing over Is the embarrassment heaped
upon Secretary Shaw, with whom the
Speaker has been closely affiliated and
whom President Roosevelt has called
Into the Cabinet
They are all In error, however, who
fancy they see In the shock thus Indi
rectly administered to the no-revision
wing of the party a sign of evil omen.
The place for tariff discussion and tariff
action Is the Republican party, and
none are so Inimical to its welfare as
those who seek to stifle all agitation
of the subject and to cram down the
people's throats the falsehood that there
Is no difference of opinion among Re
publicans on the tariff question. The
only hope for the party's continuance In
power lies in the prospect that discus
sion will make clear the right way to
revise the tariff and control the trusts.
In the light of open day let these probr
lems be considered and the remedies ap
plied. Only so can the party retain the
confidence of the masses. Deceit and
hugger-mugger lead only to defeat
THE VACATION HABIT.
The Summer excursion season came
to a close on the first of September.
Passenger agents of all lines agree that
it was the most active season in the
history of railroads. From Eastern cit
ies the travel to the seashore was far
in excess of that of any previous year,
and the patronage of the short-haul
trips was so large that It was Impossible
to provide adequate accommodations
for it And all this in spite of' the fact
that the Summer was remarkably cool,
a condition that has a tendency to dis
courage traveling for pleasure. We
have, however, the fact upon undis
puted authority that more people left
home for longer or shorter Journeys be
tween the first of May and' the first of
September of the present year than ever
before In the annals of a flitting genera
tion. The causes are not far to seek.
In the flrst place, the abounding pros
perity of the country, extending to in
dividuals, gave them money for good
clothes and traveling expensea Wage
earners not only had money for the
necessaries of life, but they found them
selves with a surplus that admitted of
a "lay off." Whether or not they were
wise In taking one, the future will de
termine. One, thing Is certain, they had
their "trip" and generally enjoyed it,
and it is not improbable that the mem
ory of It may be a solace when "hard
times" again supervene and the wage
scale is lowered to meet the changed
conditlona
Closely following prosperity as a fac
tor In excursion activities is the growth
of the vacation habit The "go fever"
is actively contagious, and under cer
tain conditions becomes epidemic. Until
within relatively recent years the Sum
mer vacation, with Its attendant jour
ney, long or short, was taken by com
paratively few. Conditions have been
reversed, and the stay-at-home Is now
the exception. Modern facilities for
traveling have contributed to the
growth of the vacation habit, and, in
deed, have rendered Its phenomenal
growth possible. Properly Indulged, this
habit Is restful, by making the subject
tired in another direction; healthful
through Its means of taking the
thoughts of the ailing Individual away
from himself and centering it upon
other things, and enjoyable In the sense
that everybody enjoys doing what
everybody else does. Wi.th these counts
in Its favor .and prosperity behind It,
the vacation habit Is likely to continue
to expand, regardless of the fact that
unduly indulged, it depletes the family
savings and caters to a spirit of unrest
under the name of rest
The poultry exhibited at the State
Fair Is a credit to the exhibitors and
to the state. No branch of rural Indus
try In Oregon has shown mo're marked
Improvement In recent years than has
poultry-raising. While,' judging from
late exhibits, there is little room for fur
ther Improvement In breeds, there Is
room and demand for the extension of
the poultry Industry In the Willamette
Valley. The high price of eggs and
chickens in our market at present, and
the fact that our Thanksgiving and
Christmas supplies in both of these lines
will be largely snipped in from other
states, furnish sufficient proof of the
correctness of this statement. It Is a
matter of pride that flne fowls can be
and are produced in Oregon. It would
be gratifying to be assured that there
are enough of these to meet the de
mands of the home market. If this ex
hibit teaches anything beyond the fact
that there are some enthusiastic poultry
breeders In the state, It Is that we
should bb done with candled eggs from
Iowa and gaunt fowls from California,
In the opinion of American and Brit
ish experts, ,the infantry syetem of the
German Army is Impracticable In ac
tion. To the dismay of the Emperor,
his guests at the late maneuvers at
Templehof field and at Frankfort-on-the-Oder,
who were Invited to criticise
the system, were unanimous In the ex
pression that it is a primitive organiza
tion which would tumble together like
a house of cards under a galling fire of
long-distance artillery and other weap
ons of modern warfare. The drill of
the German Infantry Is severe and Its
movements are perfect. In compact or
ganization there Is nothing else like It
In the world. With short-range guns
It was practically Invincible, but with
artillery that annihilates distance and
rifles with a range of 4000 yards it In
vites destruction. At least, this Is the
opinion of Generals Corbin, Wood and
Young, who witnessed the late maneu
vers as the Emperor's guests, and of
Generals Hamilton ,and French, of the
British Army, who' were there in like
capacity. General Young, who is fresh
from the Philippines, and General
French, who was In SMith Africa, have
had experience In modern warfare
which has taught them that compact
ness in the movement of troops on the
battle-field can but result in wholesale
carnage and defeat The hints given
the Kaiser are timely, and will doubtless
be acted upon, since he is one of those
who believe profoundly that a. nation's
life depends upon the Invincibility of Its
army.
Judge Charles B. Storrs recently killed
his friend. Major Charles A. Smylle", on
an Adirondack lake, mistaking him for
a deer, and Herbert Short, of Cleveland,
N. Y., was shot and mortally wounded
by his companion, who mistook him for
a deer. These accidents are without
excuse. No man has any right to shoot
at "big game" In the woods until he is
absolutely certain as to what he Is
shooting at. It is true that under this
rule some "big game" might escape, but
there would be sufficient compensation
In the fact that no human creature had
been potted. A long list of "big game"
slain would be small consolation for kill
ing a fellow creature in reckless anxi
ety to secure it. The wonder is that
such accidents should seem to be far
more numerous in old states, like Maine
and New York, than they are in new
states, like Oregon. Possibly some of
these Eastern sportsmen deliberately In
tend to pot some of their offensive near
relations or unwelcome friends, and re
sort to the pretense that they mistook
them for "big game.". .William Rufus,
King of England, was killed accident
ally by one of his friends while hunting,
but the friend fled the country, as it
was not safe in those days to kill a
King, even unwittingly.
The young Queen of the Netherlands
Is back to her post of duty, having to
all appearances recovered entirely from
the Illness that so recently threatened
her life. Wllhelmina is of sturdy Dutch
fiber, and may yet triumph over the
marital mistake that within the flrst
year after It was made so nearly ended
her life and reign. Her husband, 'the
stolid and brutal Prince Henry, has
probably been brought under some de
gree of control by the Queen-mother
and the States-General, and she, having
outlived her romance, will no doubt be
able to pass on, unvexed by his neg
lect, to a serene old age. Such a les
son the lesson of indifference to what
at one time promised to be great happi
nessonce learned Is never unlearned.
It Is not likely, therefore, that the
brutal neglect, Indecent excesses and
gross extravagance of the Prince Con
sort will ever again have the power to
menace the life of the Queen of Holland.
She will take these things more ration
ally after this, and no doubt In due time
gladden the hearts of her loyal subjects
by presenting them with an heir to the
throne, perhaps a large family of them,
as did her revered kinswoman, Victoria
of England.
Mother Nature, contrary to her wont,
has supplied the needs of her children
In Labrador and Newfoundland this
season abundantly. According to re
ports, the fishermen have had this year
the' biggest catch of cod and haddock
taken on . those weather-beaten coasts
for forty years. In some places It has
been Impossible to care for the catch,
so fast wa3 the haul. With an abun
dance of the "fruit of the sea" In store,
these hardy folk face Winter cheerfully.
Sympathy Is wasted upon them under
such circumstances, since they would
not exchange conditions and surround
ings with any other people on earth.
The tribal government of Indian Terr
rltory will expire by limitation in 1906.
A meeting of the chiefs and governors
of the five civilized tribes will be held
at South McAlester on the 25th of the
present month to formulate a plan for
bringing their territory into the Union
when the time comes, without the polit
ical handicap of a Junction with Okla
homa. There are evidently some poli
ticians among these chiefs, to whom
the possibilities of the United States
$enatorship are alluring.
The late W. Si Strattcn, the million
aire mineowner of Cripple Creek, was
In 1895 an enthusiastic supporter of
Bryan. He, however, lived to see the
fallacy of the free-silver contention, and
four years later threw his influence and
drew his campaign check in favor of
McKlnlgy. He believed Implicitly in
Colorado, and was liberal in his public
benefactions. He left no children, and
It Is supposed that, the larger part of
his Immense fortune has been devised
to, the state
The feeling in the City of Mexico
for the adoption of the gold standard
Is srrid to be growing apace, and the
Mexican Herald says: "The country
looks to President Diaz and Finance,
Minister LImantour for safe piloting
.out of the region of monetary reefs and
shoals, and will not be disappointed.
When the government acts it will be
with wisdom and energy."
SPIRIT OF THE NORTHWEST PRESS
Protection Needed for Range Flocks.
Welser Signal.
The two-mile limit law in Idaho Is at
least peaceful, and Is far more satisfac
tory than the Oregon system. In the lat
ter state flocks have been mercilessly
slaughtered by armed men. Oregon needs
some kind of a law to stop that.
Posters Don't Do the "Work.
Seattle Times.
One of the Chicago theaters has fol
lowed the example of all of the Boston
and many of the New York theaters in"
giving up poster advertising In order to
buy more!,space In the newspapers. The
managers 'at these theaters do not deny
that poster advertising may be valuable,
but .they find that fox; their business
newspaper publicity Is so . much more
valuable that they consider Inexpedient
to do all their advertising In the dailies.
An Equine Orepron Acrobat.
. Albany Democrat.
One of the attractions at the state fair
at Sacramento, Cal... is a horse, which
dives from a height of 40 feet Into a tank
of water. He Is trained and owned by
Ed Mosher, a former Albany young: man.
Mosher flrst trained a horse to make the
dive for some California men, by -whom
he was employed, when they concluded
they could save a big expense by running
him themselves. They saved the expense
but the animal won't dive without
Mosher. Mosher then trained another
horso, for w,hlch he gets $100 a dive.
Before Taking, It's Different.
Yakima Washingtonian.
In a recent Interview, Herb Baker, of
Goldendale, said:
"For a railroad commission? I should
say not. Why. we have a little town
of only S00 people and in It we raised
$15,000 to help build a railroad. Walt un
til we get our road built and then we'll
think about a commission Our road Is
the Columbia & Northern, it Is to run
from Lylo to Goldendale, a distance of 42
miles, and then to be extended on to
North Yakima and Toppcnish. 52 miles
further. Already 35 miles are graded.
.The iron has been purchased."
Snre Preventive of Fires.
Whatcom Reveille.
The genius of -the Post-Intelligencer's
editor shone forth Sunday In a fresh
place. He. submits an Interesting disser
tation on forest fires and what he terms
"two practicable suggestions as to meth
ods of preventing their ravages." For the
edification and permanent enlightenment
of men who clear land we submit the
"practicable suggestions" . of the P.-I.'s
agricultural editor:
One Is the requirement that In the rainy sea
son following the removal of timber from the
land In logging operations the debris be burned.
The other, that the eettlnc of fires for the
purpose of disposing of the slashed timber on
land In process of clearing be forbidden, save
during the months when rainfall I abundant.
How beautifully- a Washington slashing
would burn just about The middle of the
Spring equlnoxl We have only one sug
gestion to make that the opposing polit
ical party embody that brilliant idea In
a plank In their platform.
Perilous Performances Unwise.
Lebanon Criterion.
One of the principal attractions at the
Portland Carnival last week was the
"looping the loop," a daring bicycle feat
In which the rider rode down a steep In
cline and then head up and around a
loop with his head downward. In nearly
every attempt to perform this dangerous
feat there was an accident Several by
standers were nearly killed and the rider
escaped, death only by a hair's breadth.
Such performances are a disgrace to a
civilized people and should be prevented
by Ian. They are no better than a Span
ish bull-flght and much worse than a
prize-fight. It Is said that great crowds
flocked to see the rider risk his life and
lustily cheered him on. If people did
not care to witness such sights they
would not be attempted. Let Portland,
which has long boasted of its intelligence
and refinement "Go way back and sit
down" and give the people time- to redd
of the gladiatorial contests of ancient
Rome.
Is Henderson's a Case of Flqne?
Tacoma News.
This extreme devotion to the DIngley
tariff bill, on the part of Speaker' Hen
derson is heroic, but it seems foolish.
The United States has had 35 different
tariff lawB In force since 17S9, and every
one of them has served in a greater or
less degree the purposes of "protection."
So far as the DIngley bill schedules are
concerned, they differ in many respects
from the McKlnley bill schedules of 1890.
For example, tlnplate was "protected"
more heavily by the McKlnley bill than It
Is under the DIngley law, and there are In
numerable differences between these two
high protection laws. But even the DIng
ley bill h'as a free list 342 paragraphs In
length. It will not do to proclaim that the
DIngley bill is a fetish, or an Inspired
document and stand for Its lnfalllbiilty
In every line. The tariff Is and always
has been a good deal of a local Issue.
The Republican leaders are considerably
divided In opinion as to what ought to
be done regarding the trusts. Some, like
Congressman Babcock, believe In amend
ing the tariff so as to lower the rates
on foreign articles which compete with
trust-made goods. The DIngley law, like
the McKlnley law of 1890, recognizes the
principle of reciprocity, and President
Roosevelt stands as the most prominent
advocate of a reciprocity treaty with
Cuba, Speaker Henderson certainly goes
to a great extreme in announcing his ad
herence to the DIngley bill In every par
ticular. It is not a good thing- for the
country to have too much tinkering with
the tariff, but, as The Oregonian recently
remarked, the tariff was made for man,
and not man for the tariff. Speaker Hen
derson has sacrificed one of the most
prominent and powerful official positions
in the country for what" seems like a bit
of pique over the attitude of his constitu
ents on the tariff question.
Failure In the Open River Work.
Lewiston Tribune.
The neglect and delay of the Govern
ment officials In carrying out the act of
Congress providing for various river Im
provements is an unfortunate and costly
piece of business. The cause of the fail
ure Is that the Government required all
the available engineers at the petty and
contemptible war mimicry off the New
England Coast, while meantime the daws
of the land and Industrial needs of the
people were held in suspension. The
utility of the so-called war game may
be understood from the statement that
while the exercises were In progress and
the military establishment placed on a
footing of constructive hostilities with an
Invading force, the Duchess of Marlbor
ough with a retinue of gallants ap
protched the war-ships In a yacht when
the maneuvers were suspended In order
that she might be entertained and served
with tea on board the attacking fleet
Thus was the serious reality and practice
of war exemplified In exercises requiring
the neglect of the National commerce and
Incalculable losses to private Industry
where needed river and harbor work had
been provided for by Congress. Mean
while the season when the work should
have been undertaken has passed and a
full year of progress lost to those sec
tions dependent upon tho Improvement
of the waterways for the utilization of
the country's resources and the carriage
of its commerce. This Is not all, and
may not be the worst A year's delay
Is likely to mean that the appropriations
cannot now be expended and the results
ascertained In time to report to the 58th
Congress for the continuation of work
upon such lines as may be found neces
sary or desirable. This may involve
another two. years delay, and all In order
that the Administration may develop a
war spirit in the American people Instead
of building homes und acquiring the
means of cultivating the utilities and
graces of peace.
OREGON HIGH IN INTELLIGENCE
Chicago Tribune.
Probably the mcst light upon the pres
ent working of a school system Is thrown
by the per cent of children between 10 and
14 years of age who are able to read and
write. The following table has been pre
pared in the Census Office, showing the'
per cent of persons aged 10 to 14 years who
werereported as able to read and write in
1900 -and 1SD0 the states being arranged In
the order of increasing education:
1CC0. I 1890.
Tsefcraska 99.66Iowa S9.23
Iowa 99.b3;Massachusetts ...:9.17
Oregon &9.M,onio 9S.92
Ohio S.5lKansas ...stuo
Kansas fcMi,ConnectIcut 9s.9
Indiana 9sf.45llliuols , 9t..5
Connecticut 99.4a.Vcbraska ,98.75
Utah S-J.34.New York 93.62
Massachusetts . .S9.3j Wisconsin S8.&5
Michigan SJ.bOjMlnnesota 9S.?i
Washington ....99.au,Oregon .98.i0
Minnesota 9.23Mlcnigan .9S.17
Wisconsin 99.2;indiana 9S.C0
New York 99.26, California 97.9J
Illinois 99.1SNew Jersey 97.s6
"Wyoming 9-J.jPennsyivanIa 97.82
Vermont 9a.jaWashinston 'J7..5
South Dakota. ...99.AMaine 97.5i
California 9S.99 Vermont 9r.5
Pennsylvania ...9S.!J9;South Dakota.... 97.55
New Jersey 9S.hiColorado 97.21
ldahp 98.77New Hampshlrc.S6.63
Colorado 98. te.Montana 26.47
New Hampshlre.98.31,Litah S6.2I
DIst. of Col 98.25, Wyoming 9R.23
Ithodc Island ...98.12,ldaho 96.13
Montana 98.v7jRhcde Island 9o.03
Maine a.92,Nortn Dakota S5.53
North Dakota. .. 97.65 DIst. of Col 94.61
Oklahoma 97.26,Mlssourl 9I.4i
Missouri 9S.64Ncvada 92.S3
Delaware 95.45;Oklahoma 91.81
Maryland 95.36 Delaware 90.W
West Virginia. ..94.74Maryland S0.51
Nevada 9L8eVest Virginia. ...9.16
Kentucky 9l.36iTexas 85.65
Texas 90.74 Kentucky S5.17
Florida ,...86.24 Florida 82. 13
Tennessee 85.0SiTennessee W.-j4
Vlrrginla S4.33jAnzona
Arkansas S3.80 Arkansas 77.S3
New Mexico S0.07VIrginla 77.3i
North Carolina.. 7S.25iMIssisslppl 73.4
Arizona 77.79New Mexico 72.04
Mississippi 77.62North Carolina.. 69.33
Georgia 77.2lGcorgia .66.75
Indian Terrltory.75.61Alabama 64.50
Alabama Tl.ll.South Carolina . .61.01
South Carolina. .70.44Lcuislana 57.25
Louisiana 67.12
The Democracy and "Antl-Imperlal-Ism."
Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
"Ve must say that if the Democratic
party follows Mr. Carinack's lead In this
matter. Its action will, In our judgment,
prove simply suicidal. Mr. Carmack Is at
present saturated with anti-Imperialism.
His whole heart is In this issue. Just as in
1896 his whole heart was in tho free coin
age of silver at 16 to 1 independent of any
other nation. This tendency of hi3 to exalt
one idea, to be possessed by that idea to
the exclusion of all others, is an Intel
lectual sin to which he Is peculiarly liable,
and It Is a tendency which throws the
shadow of dcubt upon his future, and
which makes him a decidedly unsafe men
tor. If the Democratic candidates for
Congress make the fight on the Issue of
Imperialism, It will be because Mr. Car
mack has forced that Issue to the front;
and if we are defeated upon it he will bo
held responsible. Mr. Carmack and Mr.
Bryan are both very much interested In
this Issue, and they hove delivered enter
taining addresses upon It. But the atten
tion given them should not deceive them.
There are three insuperable objections
to the Injection of Imperialism into the
coming campaign. In the first place. It
has already led: the party to overwhelming
disaster. In the eecond place, it is 10,000
miles away. And In the la6t place, it is
dead. For the Democratic party to go
gabbling about Aguinaldo. the Injustice of
retaining a territory that we have paid
for, and the general Infamy of a shadowy
Imperialism, when there is a burning ltaue
ngnt nere at home, affecting every man,
woman and child In the Republic; affect
ing the safety of Democratic institutions
and imperiling those principles which had
been established by the wisdom" of the
ages and which are about to be over
thrown by the brutal philosophy of a
coterie of vulgar parvenues. Is to make
the defeat of the Democratic party a
moral certainty. The people of the United
States without regard to party are de
manding relief from the trusts; and while
they are complaining of the criminal ex
actions of the meat trust, what do they
care about phantoms In the Philippines?
"When they are demanding bread, how will
It profit the Democratic party to give
them a stone?
Not Particularly Significant.
Baltimore Sun.
When the Democrats carry an election
In Arkansas not even the most hopeful
and enthusiastic Jacksonian believer
that the victory presages a political revo
lution throughout the country. The
people .of that state long ago formed the
habit of returning a Democratic majority.
In Maine the majority of the voters are
Republicans, and, like the suffragans of
Arkansas, voting for the party with
which they have long been Identified has
become a matter of habit. On Monday
there was an election In the state -or
Thomas B. Reed. The Republicans won,
of course, just as the Dutch always pre
vail in Holland. When the country gets
ready for a change it will not look to
Arkansas or Maine to set the ball In
motion.
Mormons at Home and Abroad.
Washington Post
We seem to be in the way of making
ourselves ridiculous. Germany Just now
Is overrun by Mormon missionaries and
we are assuming the role of their pro
tectors. Not long ago the German au
thorities served notice of expulsion on
22 of these Utah evangelists, whose ac
tivities in the empire had aroused the
Tesentment of the clergy, but at the
earnest request of our diplomatic repre
sentatives .those notices were temporarily
withdrawn. Mormon emissaries in Illi
nois, Missouri, Indiana, Kentucky, Ten
nesseeanywhere you please, in fact
are tarred and feathered, ridden on rails,
driven out, sometimes shot, even hanged,
and a paternal Government looks on in
silent if not cordial approval.
American Tax on Art.
Baltimore Sun.
P. A. B. Widener, of Philadelphia, Is
credited with the statement that ho
"knows personally of $30,000,000 of paint
ings, now In Europe, but owned by
American collectors, which will never
be brought into this country as long as
the 20- per cent duty on works of art
remains In effect" The tax on art is
Indefensible from every point of view.
It is a tax on education, on esthetics,
on enlightenment The effect, aa Mr!
Widener points out, is to lock up Ameri
can capital abroad. Collectors of paint
ings invest large sums of money Jn
works of art and the foreigner gets the
benefit not only of the money, but of
the paintings as wll. This Is an ab
surdity. The duty on art ought to be
abolished.
Bribe-Givers and Bribe-Takers.
St Louis Republic.
If there Is any difference in the degree
of guilt, the briber Is more guilty than
the bribed. He Is the tempter in the case.
He is wealthy and powerful himself, or
the representative of wealth, power and
-Influence. Even where a boodle combine
for thievery is In existence, as was the
case In St. Louis, the fact does not In
any manner lessen the moral responsi
bility of the man who offers a bribe. As
a rule, the promoter of big projects in
the franchise field Is a man far above
the ordinary Intelligence. If he resorts
to unlawful methods In furthering his
enterprises he may Justly be held to a
responsibility in exact proportion to his
standard of intelligence.
Spoiling nn Infant Industry.
Washington Star.
Perhaps it Is just as well that Miss
Stone has not realized a fortune from
her lecture tour. It would be unde--sirable
to give the brigands an idea that
they are conferring a favor when they
capture a missionary.
NOTE AND COMMENT.
Faro Bill and the Itellcf Fond.
'Taint no use you ccmln
Round to bother roe
'Bout them furrlnmlsslons
Fur across tho sea.
What d'ye say? Them sufferers
By the forest to?
Wall, thafo different, mister.
You kin ketch jny game!
Wouldn't give a marker
Fur a lazy shirk.
Loafln round the Bad Lands,
Let 'en go to work I
Ain't no use fur preachers.
Lives. In lordly style;
But them burned-oui farmer- N
You kin hev my rile"
Farmed It? Wall. I reckon.
Whar else wuz I raised; ,
But In ole Wisconsin
Where the forests biased.
Maktn' hundreds homeless?
Tell you. It was tough.
Guess I know what tires m&as
You kin take my stuff. -
Can't forglt ens Summer.
I was just sixteen.
When us boys 'n' father
Come home from Haclno, '
Found our houses In ashea.
Cows "n horsfs dead.
Little Kate "n" mother
Burned to death In bed.
Take my hunch, a feller's ,r-
Dealt a crooked han.
Los In' of his mother
'Fore te U a man. ' "
And if aha and Katie
Had been left to stay,
I might be a better man
Than I am today.
Here, you fellers, ants.
All that you kin rpare;
Here's a proposition ,
Strictly on the square.
- Thar's my contribution. . '
Every bean I've got.
Fur the farmers, rr.Ister7
Take the hull d pott
Nevertheless, the ne-sro 13 dead.
What can bring rain unleso It is tho
State Fair?
It was a fearful provocation Mr. Mlnto
offered Old Prob when he put Into cold
tj'pe the words, "dry and smoky Sep
tember." A fact and comment by the Cedar Rap
ids. Ia.. P.cpublican, . are as follows: "An
Alabama college has brought some can
nibals from Africa and Is making an
effort to break them of their habits.
There arc so. few people In Alabama '
really fit to eat that the cure may be
permanent."
A trail of lese-majesty convictions has
followed Emperor William's recent trip
through Germany. A Berlin dispatch
says that the Dusseldorf visit cost an ag
gregate of ID years of Imprisonment for
insult to majesty. During 1902 643 pros
ecutions for lese-majesty were tried In
Berlin, of which 1S6 were thrown out
of court as false. The sentences varied
between five years and 12 months.
Clarence H. Mackay, erstwhile the bon
vlvant and man of pleasure, who arrived
from Europe a few days ago, is to give
up a life of ease and don the harness of
his recently deceased father. One of the
greatest undertakings which will occupy
Mr. Mackay's attention will be the lay
ing of the Pacific cable by the Commer
cial Cable Company. This cable Is to
run from San Francisco to the Hawaiian
Islands and by way of the Philippines to
the Asiatic. Coast. So that he may have
more time to devote to his affairs, Mr.
Mackay' has sold hi3 extensive racing
stable.
A man was brought before Judge Ken
nedy, of San Francisco, for violating a
city ordinance in driving a delivery wag
on on the boulevard. "Don't you know,
sir," said the Judge with every appear
ance of sternness, "that you have com
mitted a heinous offense by driving your
delivery wagon where only the rich can
drive without molestation? Get a heavy
four-in-hand with a flunkey, dressed in
monkey-fashion and blowing a postilion's
horn, sitting behind exchange your light
delivery wagon for this and you will
never bo arrested." The Judge then dis
missed the case after denouncing the ord
inance as a "piece of class legislation,
petty, absurd and unworthy of enforce
ment." t
A Portland stamp collector, who fre
quently receives stamp papers that are
published In Europe, has a little collec
tion of the curious advertisements that
appear In some of them, printed In tho
English language. The following are
samples of "English as she is wrote," and
are cut from a philatelic journal pub
lished In Amsterdam, Holland :
This advertisement Is sent free to all
dealers and collectors in the different
parts of the world. Readers whishlng tho
copies regurlarly may remld us. 7& pence
for postage.
Advertisements must be prepaid.
Manucrlpts must be in before the 20
of each mounth. This jornal appears the
1th of each mounth.
THE ENORM SUCCES
of our second stamp-auction is best
proved, that already at this moment still
larger collections are furnished for tho
next auction, which will take place in
September.
Sendlngs for this auction are still ac
cepted till medio August.
Our conditions may be called low and
the account follows some days after the
auction. The stamps, sold by us, are
fully guaranteed as to authenticity and
soundness, except when' this Is given
otherwise In the catalogue.
PLEASANTRIES OP PARAGRAPI1EHS
Yeast Did you say the old fellow was rich?
Crlmsonbeak Rich? Why, he's got coal to
burn ! Yonkers Statesman.
"Didn't 3'ou see the present DImpIeton gave to
his wife?" "So. I didn't hae time to before
she had exchanged It." Detroit Free Press.
Its Joys. "There are Jest two things I ilka
about a vacation." remarked Uncle Jerry Pee
bles; "the goln away and the glttin' back."
Chicago Tribune.
Marian I showed those verses you wroto me
to papa, and he seemed pleased. Harry He
did? Marian Yes. He said he was so glad to
seo you were not a poet. Puck.
He Do you think blondes have more ad
mirers than brunettes? She I don't know. You
might ask Miss Turner: she has had experlenco
In both capacities. Chicago Daily News.
"She seems to be doing everything she can
possibly think of to ape high-toned people."
"Yes; she told mo that she even thinks of hav
ing an operation for appendicitis." Philadel
phia Evening Bulletin.
"And what brought you to this?" asked the
good man. who was passing through the police
Btatlon. "De hurr-up wagon," replied the tough
boy behind the bar; "did ycr fink I come la a
tallyho wlf somebody on top tootin a horn?"
Chicago Record-Herald.
"Give him plenty of rope," quoted the stran
ger, "and ho'll hang himself." "Mebbe ho
will," returned Alkali Jake, "but out here wo
don't take no chances. If we give him the
rope, you bet we'll make a sure-thing Job of
the hanging." Chicago Evening Post.
"That," said Farmer Corntossel, as he looked
admiringly at his hat, "Is what I call a bar
gain." "It's a little battered." ventured the
boarder. "Yes. It only cost 60 cents, an lt'3
Just as battered and out o shape as If it was
a genuine Panama." Washington Star.
Cross Do you think that dyeing tho hair is as
dangerous as the doctors make out? Crabbe
Certainly; you may take my word for It. Only
last year a rich uncle of jnlno took to dyeing
his hair, and in three weeks he was married to
a wldo wth four children. Glasgow Evening
Time.