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YORTLAXD, THURSDAY. NOV. 13.
It is gratifying to note that sentiment
In -the State of Washington is so gener
ally fayorable to the Lewis and Clark
celebration. Washington stands to gain
quite as much as Oregon, without hav
ing to carry responsibility for the enter
prise, and the people of that state are
very generally coming to recognize that
circumstances have bound them into
close relationship with the centennial
observance of 1905. The event to be
commemorated was as full of signifi
cance to the Evergreen Stajte as p the
Webfoot. The celebration Itself will be
but a ehort distance from Washington
sill, and precisely .half-way between the
couthern line of Oregon and the north
ern line of Washington. The resources
3t will call attention to, the degree of
industrial and social progress it will ex
hibit, -will be Washington's as., well as
Oregon's. Therefore, It Is im'portant
that the two states should work in the
greatest harmony for the success of the
celebration, important to all the states
of old Oregon and to every interest in
them. Not only is this of moment to the
Exposition Itself, but to the Northwest
country, which, by standing together,
may show a neighborly spirit and win
the good-will of the world. Oregon, of
course, will bear the greater share of
the burden of providing for the celebra
tion. This is accepted as her duty In
the case. But it is not to be supposed
that Washington people will consent to
having Oregon bear the burden while
they take the benefit as a matter of
course. There Is too much of the spirit
of independence In our northern neigh
bor, too much sense of fair play, to per
mit this. Oregon is exnected to nrmrn-
priate from the state treasury $500,000
for the Lewis and Clark celebration, and
Portland people have already put up
more than $350,000 for it. Against this
more than $850,000 on the part of Oregon
how much will Washington place?
Would $50,000, or even $100,000, be a fair
contribution to the success of an en
terprise, the benefits of which must be
so evenly divided? The mere suggestion
will carry its own answer, we believe,
to the citizens of Washington. There
can be no doubt of the great value this
Exposition will' be to the whole Pacific
Northwest, considered purely as an ad
vertlsement But it will be far more
than that. It will ehow the quality of
our civilization as well as Its achieve
ments, and nothing will speak louder
N than the ready recognition of obliga
tion where there are no legal ties to
bind nor power to insist.
Major-General MacArthur is to be at
once succeeded in command of the De
partment of the East by Major-General
Chaffee. General MacArthur .will re
turn to the command of the Department
of the Lakes, with headquarters at Chi
cago. General Chaffee, for the first time
in his long military career of over forty
years, will become the social a9 well as
the military head of the Army in New
York City, for the commander of the
Department of the East cannot help oc
cupying a prominent figure at all public
entertainments in New York City. He
Is invited to them all, and he cannot
always refuse to attend. It is a very
trying position for a man of high mili
tary position if he is a man of social
temperament. General Hancock broke
down under It, and General McClellan's
social popularity after he left the Army
for civil life shortened his days. Gen
eral Sherman, who was an intensely
social mant contracted pneumonia In
one of his Winter night trips at a late
hour from a banquet In New York to
his home In Brooklyn. But New York
social life will not kill General Chaffee.
A tough old soldier who has spent near
ly three years in the tropical climate
of the Philippines without sickness will
not lose his natural1 habits of prudence
in diet and exercise at Governor's
Island.
The return of Major-General Adna R.
Chaffee from the Philippines is the best
assurance possible that those islands
are in a state of peace and prospective
prosperity. General Chaffee was orig
inally dispatched to China to command
our troops during the advance on Pekin,
and subsequently was made Major-General
in the regular Army and designated
to succeed Major-General MacArthur In
command of the Philippines. Measured
by the continuous activity and unvary
ing merit of his service and the ability
and valor he has always displayed. Gen
eral Chaffee is probably the ablest prac
tical soldier in our Army. There are
others, like General Young who surpass
him in scientific professional learning,
but as a tactician In the field General
t"haffee has no superior. He has been
all his life a soldier. He eerved in the
ranks of the regular cavalry for two
years, from July, 1861. to May, 1863,
when he was made Second Lieutenant
in the Sixth -Cavalry. He was brevet
ted First Lieutenant for gallantry at,
Gettysburg, and Captain for gallantry
at Dinwiddle Courthouse under Sheri
dan. He was brevetted Major for gal
lantry again9t the Comanche Indians,
and Lieutenant-Colonel for gallantry In
leading a cavalry charge against the In
dians on Red River, Texas, in 1874. and
for gallant services against the Apaches
in Arizona In' July, 18S2. At the outr
break of the Spanish War he was Lieu-tenant-Cclonel
of the Third United
States Cavalry, was made Brigadier
General of Volunteers in May, 189S, and
Major-General of Volunteers for his
great service in the Santiago campaign.
In 1893 he became Colonel of the Eighth
Cavalry and was ordered to China
when the Boxer war broke out. For
hia distinguished services he was pro
moted from Colonel of the Eighth Cav
alry to Major-Generar in JLhe regular
Army in February, 1901. which is un
exampled In the history of the Army.
His promotion excited no criticism, for
there was not an officer in the Army
who did not know and feel that General
Chaffee, by his hard and able and val
iant service since 1861, had earned all
his honors. His sagacity and energy
and pertinacity gave us the victory be
fore Santiago, If we may trust the tes
timony of foreign officer, who told the
story of that campaign. In -China his
energy and tact won him golden opin
ions from the English, German and
Russian officers. In the Philippines he
has been efficient, yet humane, conserv
ative and diplomatic. General Chaffee
will be 61 years old the 14th of April
next, and has been a soldier since he
was 19 years of age.
LIGHT FOR A CLOUDED MIND.
The Seattle Trade Register, a publica
tion which has always a weakness for
calling attention to the accuracy of its
shipping reports and other matter ap
pearing in its columns, in a recent issue
prints the following:
Another evidence of the folly of treating Port
land as a seaport town Is forcibly brought to
the attention of the Government by the bids
for the 11,000.000 feet of lumber recently asked
and to be delivered, either at Portland or at
Puget Sound ports.
It now turns out that the lowest bidder is
from Portland, 'and that the large ships re
quired to transport that lumber to the Philip
pines could not possibly get up to Portland,
owing to the treacherous, bar at the mouth of
the Columbia, and. wo:e still; the low water
and constantly shifting channels of the Willam
ette up to the docks of Portland. ,
It is strange that the United States Govern
ment should be the last to learn by experience
only what everybody else In and out of com
mercial nnd shipping circles knows, namely,
that Portland as a deep-water shipping port
haft no right to be placed on an equality with
Sound ports, where navigation Is open and safe
the whole year around.
If the Portland bidder insists on his bid being
recognized, the Government will have to wait
something like six months before all of this
11.OCO.000 feet of lumber can possibly be. de
livered in the Philippines, where its need is
most urrent.
It is said that the Quartermaster's Depart
ment of this district, having discovered the se
rious blunder made, has succeeded In dividing
the order so that half, or S.oOO.COO feet, of lum
ber, will be shipped direct from Pugct Sound.
In a publication making no preten
sions to honesty of purpose or accuracy
In handling news the above would have
been reprehensible, but it becomes
doubly so in a paper having an estab
lished standing in the community, such
as is enjoyed by the Trade Register In
Seattle. By printing suchv rot as the
above the editor of the Register stands
convicted of being either an Ignoramus
or of willfully circulating misstate
ments regarding a port of which he ap
parently knows little or nothing. To
enlighten this individual, and any oth
ers in need of Information, a few facts
are herewith presented for his consider
ation: More big cargoes of. lumber have
been dispatched from Portland than
from any other port in the world.
The largest cargo of lumber ever put
afloat on the Pacific Coast was loaded
at Portland.
By the term "big" cargoes is meant
cargoes amounting to more than 3,300,
000 feet, which is larger than any cargo
ever shipped from Puget Sound.
Over "that treacherous bar at the
mouth of the Columbia" the steamship
Oceano carried a cargo of 3,998,000 feet
of lumber, the steamship Guernsey car
ried 3,600,000 feet, and a number of
other vessels carried cargoes ranging
from 3,250.000 feet to 3,550.000 feet, the
latter amount being taken from Port
land to the esa on the steam
ship Thyra in less than twelve
hours. No difficulty has been experi
enced in securing ships to come
here to loaa record-breaking car
goes for private Individuals, who ship
lumber from both Portland and Puget
Sound, and the fact that they are ship
ping larger cargoes from Portland and
the Columbia River than they ever
shipped from Puget Sound ports ,would
indicate that the difficulties claimed for
shipping by the Seattle paper are un
known here.
The statement that the Government
"will have to wait something like six
months" for the delivery of the lumber
Is an even greater misrepresentation
than the slurring allusion to the condi
tion of the channel and the difficulty en
countered by large ships. The Portland
sawmills can deliver more lumber on
board ship from a single day's run than
can be turned out by all of the sawmills
in Seattle In two days' run; in fact,
there are three mills alone in this city
that have a capacity equal to any five
mills In Seattle.
The Quartermaster's Department will
find it unnecessary to consult the Seat
tle Trade Register in the placing of
future orders for lumber. There are
ten vessels now loading lumber-Jn Port
land fo South Africa, Australia, South
America, China, Japan, Honolulu and
California ports, and their carrying ca
pacity runs well up toward 8,000.000 feet
of lumber. If the fleet now loading for
foreign ports at Seattle Is, any larger,
some of the names of the vesaels have
been omitted from the shipping lists
.available -at this port.
The chrysanthemum Is still regarded
In Eastern cities as the most benutiful
of all Fall blossoms, the acme, indeed,
of florlcultural loveliness and the rep
resentative of a certain November so
cial and esthetic cult. The flowers th's
year are. It Is said, finer, more abundant
and In greater variety than ever before.
The new varieties, of which there are
forty or fifty, come mostly from Chin.a.
Japa'n and Australia. The annual ex
hibit now in progress at the Phipps Con
servators' presents an array of r.earlj
10,000 blooming plants, and Is one of
peculiar beauty . and richness. Th?
chrysanthemum dees not eem to be as
much In favor in Portland as it was a
few years ago, when amateurs succeed
ed in growing out of doors some very
fine specimens of the earlier -varieties,
and several chrysanthemum shows were
held. The truth is that this flower re
sponds so wonderfully to the efforts of
professional florists that amateurs have
grown discouraged with the results
which a few years ago were so gratify
ing. This is almost a human flower in
the way that It takes on culture under
favorable conditions! This being true,
it has -been left almost entirely to pro
fessional florists to ..produce it, though
very pretty specimens of some of the
early varieties are still found flourish
ing bravely In dooryards in this city,
in spite of the November rains. If
there is ever another chrysanthemum
show here, however. It is safe to say
that dooryard chrysanthemums will not
be In it. The comparion bctwe- n tfcese
and their sheltered, cultured sisters is
too striking.
CURES FOR COAL WARS. .
The answer of President Baer to the
plea of John Mitchell for the remon
strant miners is so direct in Its denial
or refusal of the claims of labor that 'it
is clear somebody will be severely dis
appointed by the decision of the arbi
trators. Nevertheless, neither side can
on any pretense repudiate it; not simply
because it would be bad faith to do so,
but because it would be bad policy to
offend the great mass of American pub
lic opinion, which would say, "You have
aired all your grievances; your claims
and complaints have been carefully
traversed by an impartial and intelli
gent tribunal, and If either side is not
content it must take what cold com
fort It can get from the law. No fur-
ther disorder will be permitted by the
general puonc wnicn interferes witn tne
operation of the anthracite coal mines
to the extent of causing general public
privation and distress."
But when this tribunal has rendered
Its judgment and It has been accepted
as perforce It will be for the time being,
what then? What security is there that
the same confljet will not soon again
arise between the mine operators -and
their labor in some part of the coal
regions of the country? We have no
assurance and we shall not have any
until compulsory arbitration Is enacted
as set forth by Henry D. Lloyd in the
November Atlantic; who describes at
length the Australian cures for coal
wars. In New Zealand the state oper
ates some coal mines, whose product,
after state requirements of coal are met,
it sells to. the public at cost plus 5 per
cent on the debt Incurred In buying up
the mines. Under the law of New Zea
land eight hours is a day for all work
men, while the Pennsylvania miners In
vain asked for only a nine-hour day. In
New Zealand the encouragement and
recognition of trade-unions Is part of
the public policy of the state, where
these unions have been given powers to
hold property, to sue members, not pos
sessed by unions in other countries. In
New Zealand It is as impossible for one
side to a labor dispute to say, as Presi
dent Baer did, "There Is nothing to
arbitrate," as it would be for a man
accused of breach of contract or viola
tion of law to reply, "There is nothing
to litigate."
The Parliament of New Zealand
has safeguarded the miners by laws
against overwork, accidents, dangers,
payment in store orders, refusal to
recognize their unions, swindling In
weighing coal. In charges for powder,
etc., sq that practically nothing remains
to differ about save the rate of pay.
When this difference arises, it Is effect
ually and promptly settled by an appeal
to the one National Court of Arbltra
tion. There are no riots, no troops, no
agitation in the press or in public meet
ings. There is no famine, ,no idleness,
for pending this appeal to arbitration
the work must go on. Laborers are
forbidden to strike, employers to lock
out for the purpose of evading the ar
bitration, though they may cease for
any other reason. This New Zealand
law of compulsory arbitration is favored
by both the miners and the operators
because it offers an escape by law from
the deadlocks and conflicts which else
where keep them from work. The Aus
tralian worklngman prefers a Court of
Arbitration, where he has full recogni
tion, public hearing, settlement and pro
tection, to a Federal Judge in America
dispensing government by injunction
enforced by Federal soldiers and can
non. The unions are open to all, and
trades-unionists are given preference of
employment over nonunlonists. The
New Zealand act does not Impose arbi
tration on both parties, but if ne party
wants to arbitrate the-other must come
into court. If both prefer to fight, it is
their privilege. While most of the de
clslons have been in favor of the work
men, some of them have gone heavily
against labor, but it has always sub
mlfted.
Arbitration has wonderfully stimu
latd trades-unionism in Australia
for by forming a union the workmen
can get arbitration as a right. Em
ployers favor arbitration because It
frees them from cut-throat competition
and they can . make contracts ahead
without fear of strikes. Premier Sed
don, of New Zealand, says pf it: "Cap
ital is satisfied, labor Is satisfied." We
shall have to come to this compulsory
arbitration legislation of New Zealand
or do worse. We cannot expect to al
ways be rescued from a desperate sltua
tion by good luck. It Is perfectly, clear
that the militia in the great states
where formidable strikes take place are
in more or tess sympathy with the riot
ers. This fact was clear in 1S77 at Pitts
burg, Pa.; in 1894 at Chicago; It was In
evidence in Southern Illinois several
years ago, when Governor Tanner tried
to suppress the riots against negro la
bor. During the recent New Orleans car
strike a whole company of militia called
out resigned in a body; and it is said
the rearon why 10,003 Pennsylvania mi
litia were1 unequal to keeping order in
the coal region Was because they had
become" saturated with sympathy for
the strikers. The labor conventions are
beginning to urge upon their members
to make a choice between withdrawing
from the union or from the National
Guard. The state militia in such states
is likely to become worthless because
honeycombed with disloyalty, or it will
become so entirely a'class organization
as to incite civil war. Under these cir
cumstances the enactment of compul
sory arbitration, which succeeds so well
In Australia, is worthy of trial in this
country. The natural query Is, "How
are. we going to make arbitration com
pulsory as against labor dissatisfied
with its award?" The answer Is that
while labor cannot be forced back to its
work, nor capital forced to run its plant
On the terms of the award, nevertheless
capital cannot run Its plant on other
terms and malcontent labor cannot in
sist that other labor shall not help run
It. Labor" would not under these cir
cumstances resort to intimidation and
force because it had gone into court
and had Its rights recognized and le
gally determined, and it would not .after
this appeal resort to riot, because It
copld not with slightest hope, of success.
The vast weight of public opinion would
say, "You must take what the courts
give you when you have asked for and
obtained a full judicial hearing." If we
do riot resort to compulsory arbitration,
we shall be periodically plagued with a
prolonged strike.
The humiliation of the Finnish people
Is complete. Russia is absolute master
of their liberties; protest does not avail
them, where force of arms is out of the
question. These people, while nominally,
subjects of Russia, have heretofore en
joyed constitutional privileges that have
made them independent, in a degree,
of the sovereign power of the empire.
Fo.ur laws recently promulgated by
Russia have put an end to this cheer
ful semblance of "freedom. The first of
these puts the Finnish Senate under the
direct supervision of the Governor-Gen-
oral, and gives him the right of veto
over all enactments of that body. The
second empowers the Governor-General
and the subjugated Senate summarily to
dismiss any administrative official who
has not been appointed directly by the
Czar. The third authorizes the judicial
department of the Senate, which under
the first law is the creature of the Governor-General,
to dismiss Judges at its
pleasure. The fourth provides that no
oflicial shall be brought to trial on any
charge without the consent of his su
periors. These laws make the power of
the Governor-General absolute, and put
the people entirely at his mercy. There
are but two ways left open to these liberty-loving,
loyal and honest people
submission and Immigration. Thousands
have already availed themselves of the
latter, but the vast majority will per
force remain and be "Russianized" in
language, laws, military service and
other hated ways prescribed by the dic
tator. Perhaps in so doing they choose
the better part, 'since the Finns are so
thoroughly wedded to their homes, cus-
uieir History ana tneir, traditions,
that 'they would be In other lands for
several generations at least but home
sick foreigners sighing for their native
heath. Submission, is hard, but exile is
not easy for a home-loving people.
Judge John C. Gray has been elected
Judge of the New York Court of Ap
peals on the Democratic ticket, being
the only man on that ticket who is elect
ed, unless the prohibition vote should
be found to elect the Democratic can
didate for Attorney-General. "Judee
Gray, although a Democrat, wals- enti
tled to a renominatlon on the Republi
can ticket, as It Is not customary In case
of an excellent Judge to refuse him a
re-election. The Republicans without
cause did not place Judge Gray's name
upon their ticket, but the New York
Bar Association without distinction of
party supported him: at the polls and he
carried New York County by nearly
98,006 plurality, carrying ever- Assem
bly District In the county a record
without precedent In the political his
tory of the city. The New York Sun
(Republican) vigorously supported Judge
Gray and urged his re-election as an act
of justice and sound public policy. The
election of Judge Gray shows that the
people are justly jealous of the reputa
tion and ability of their highest courts.
The new Canadian short route from
the Pacific to the Atlantic will undoubt
edly be quite attractive as a scenic line
during the Sumnfer time, but It will be
far from comfortable for about six
months in the year. Modern engineer
ing skill has devised Ice-breakers which
open many ports to Winter navigation
which In former years were sealed for
six months In the year, and by this
means the terminus of the line on Hud
son's Bay may be kept clear. It will
be an expensive route to operate, how
ever, and lt'is questionable whether the
saving that Is claimed In distance will
even up the disadvantages in other di
rections. With two Canadian and three
direct American transcontinental rail
road lines, the East and the West are
rapidly coming closer together, and, if
the new line shows a profit in keeping
with that of the other lines, some enter
prising speculators may be expected to
get In north, south or between the lines
already established and proving profit
able Investments.
Other cities have overcrowded public
schoot buildings, but some of those in
Philadelphia must be what the man
agers of theaters call "packed." The
Re-cord, of that city, lately' quoted ,'a
school oflicial as having In all serious
ness declared that It has become neces
sary to select slim teachers for several
of the buildings, as women of even ordi
nary size cannot make their way
through the aisles with sufficient celer
ity to attend efficiently to their classes.
Two rooms will be added to each of
these overcrowded buildings, and for
positions therein only "slim" teachers
need apply. This will disquiet the
plump school teachers who never worry,
but it will give "thin" teachers a chance
to cultivate repose and appetite though
they will hardly dare to improve it lest
thereby they gain in avoirdupois only
to find their occupation gone.
The celebration of the execution of
the four Chicago anarchists, who were
hanged November 17, 18S7, drew together
in that city a meeting of blatherskites
of all nations.- Nobody need fear thess
fellows; the anarchists that a e obscure
and do not hoot In public are the fellows
that commit awful crimes. Of the Hay
market fiends, the most Intelligent, or
at least the best-educated, man was
August Spies. He did not throw the
bombs that killed eight policemen and
wounded some 150 persons, but he was
tried and hanged because he incited oth
ers to prepare and throw the bombs
and had guilty knowledge of the plot.
Parsons, who was hanged with Spies,
was an American from Texas. Several
of the conspirators were sent to Jollet
prison for long terms, but were par
doned by Governor Altgeld.
Thousands of people who knew noth
ing whatever of the circumstances of
the cass believed from 'the' first that
Alan G. Mason, of Boston, was inno
cent of the abhorrent crimes of which
he was charged, and are gratified at his
prompt release from custody. The
subtle power of sentiment is witnessed
in this fact, since the honored name
borne by the man has been a synonym
of harmony and sweet sounds in thou
sands of homes for several generations.
We trust that the people of Missis
sippi will be hospitable enough to pro
vide a bear that will be thoughtful
enough to get In the way of the Presi
dent's gun.
The mineowners appear to be headed
again for their old ground that there is
"nothing to arbitrate."
SPIRIT OF THE NORTHWEST PRESS
Too Well Known at Jlomc, Perhaps.
Pendleton East Oregonlan.
Bryan's home precinct went Republican
and Roosevelt's went Democratic. We
will call" It square and hope for the best.
Clinncc for n Grand Distribution.
Lewlston Tribune.
At the rate tho Government is collecting
taxes from the people for the benefit of
the protected Industries, there will soon
be enough In tho Treasury for a handout
to every man that votes right.
Keep Off the. HrldK-!.
The Dalles Times-Mountaineer.
"Portland's bridges will rot and fall
down, unless a special session of the Leg
islature is called," walls the Lewis and
tronolis Thev i
tropous. J-ney
Clark agitators of the me
must be awfully shaky old things If they
will not stand, up two months longer. We
would advise our readers to kc?p off the
bridges when they go to Portland.
Thnt Ik, Some of Their Leaders Are.
Walla Walla Statesman, Dem.
Now that the Republican party has
gained .an overwhelming victory at the
polls on the promise of tariff revision and
the proper regulation of the trusts, their
leaders are declaring that the verdict of
the people means "to let well enough
alone." not to tinker with the tariff or
molest the trusts. After two years more
of trust insolence and extortion,' the
American people will be ready to trust
the Democratic party to give the monop
olies the tariff medicine that they need.
Let the Party Tnlce Heed.
Spokane Chronicle.
Congressman Cushman has declared
himself as opposed to any revision of the
tariff during the coming Winter. "Cush"
is a bright fellow; but he shouldn't forget
that it is better for the tariff to be re
vised by Its friends than by Its enemies.
When the revision idea gets control of
the Republican party in a solid G. O. P.
stronghold like Iowa in 1902. it may have
a very unhealthy effect in doubtful states
in 1904 if the Republican majority refuses
to pay any attention to it.
Vlevrti of a Pessimist.
Albany Democrat.
It Is certainly possible for a person to
be very loyal to Oregon and yet not favor
making a very large appropriation for
the Lewis and Clark. Exposition. Had
the last Legislature proceeded along eco
nomical lines, instead of passing more
graft measures than had ever passed be
fore, the people of thostate would be in
morp of a humor to permit a large appro
priation, but just after having paid the
unreasonable state tax of 7 mills, about
twice what a state tax levy should be.
they are not so much in the humor for a
?500,O00 appropriation; In fact, it Is doubt
ful If a majority of the people of the
state would, if the matter wan -referred to
them vote for more than $109,000 for the
purpose.
3Inybe Pennsylvania Is Hopeles.sly
Rennhlicnn.
Boise News, Dem.
We are gravely informed that the trusts
are afraid of President Roosevelt, and
are determined upon his defeat for re
nomination or at the polls. The result of
the recent election in New York is given
as the basis of this opinion, where Mr.
Odell secured 94 votes to every 93 cast for
Mr. Coler ' for Governor, or a majority
equal to 350 to 400 In the vote cast In the
state of. Idaho. If the contention is true,
It Is hard to perceive why the Republican
majority in Pennsylvania, trust ridden
as it is,, remains at high-water mark.
President Roosevelt has talked strenuous
ly and constantly, and the trusts have
grown and thrived. As there is soon to
be a session of Congress in harmony with
Mr. Roosevelt, the people will be able to
judge whether he is for. or against the
trusts, and is to be loved for the enemies
he has made.
All Favor a Great Fair.
Grant's Pass Observer. '
Leaving the matter of a special session
entirely out of the question, there are
many good reasons remaining why every
Oregonlan should be interested in the
matter of the great Lewis and Clark
Fair. The directors of this enterprise say
that an appropriation of $500,000 Is needed
from the state government. Many narrow-minded
ones from the back woods
and the mud flats (at least one would
suppose people with such views came
from" such districts) claim that the ap
propriation should not be made because
It is "Portland's affair." These people do
not consider, or will not consider the fact
that Portland will pay over 86 per cent
of the appropriation, figuring on the basis
of Portland's taxes. Aside from . this.
Portland has already contributed all that
has thus far been contributed for the
Fair. This is not a selfish matter in
which Portland will reap all the benefit,
or Is attempting to reap all the benefit,
notwithstanding the fact that she Is
rightly entitled to a lion's share of it
Portland being our one and only great
city, not only of Oregon, but of the whole
Northwest, we will, all of the whole
Northwest, be benefited by Portland's
growth and Portland's prosperity, which
are sure to bq the results of the coming
great Fair.
We feel assured that the liberal-minded,
public-spirited people of Josephine County
and Southern Oregon all favor a fair, and
a big fair, realizing that to be such we
must all donate our mite. It will be
"bread cast upon the waters."
Ore Smelted by Electricity.
Milwaukee Free Press.
Vesselmen will watch with Interest the.
outcome of an experimental smelting
plant to be erected at Saiilt Ste. Marie.
Mich., for If the claims of F. E. Hatch,
a Detroit Inventor, are true, the tremen
dous iron tonnage of Lake Superior will
not be sent to Lake Erie for treatment,
but will be converted into iron and steel
by the power of Lake Superior's waters.
The Hatch Electro Smelting Company,
formed by a combination of Detroit men
to push the Hatch processes, has con
tracted for 200 horse-power from the
Clergue canal, and a site has been se
lected for the plant, in which the electric
smelting project will be tested.
Inventor Hatch, during a long series of
laboratory tests, has reduced many kinds
of ore by electrolosis. He claims that all
ores will submit to the procese and at a
saving over present methods of nearly
half. If his claims justify the Detroit
capitalists' investment dn the new com
pany, capitalized at SaOO.COO,1 a revolution
In smelting will result.
Sault Ste. Marie is but half as far from
the sources of the ore as are the smelters
of the pre3ent day, and success in electro
smelting there means that twice' the
amont of ore could be transported by the
fiect now in the ore trade, and that with
the present equipment the output of iron
and stoel on the Great- Lakes would be
doubled. Along with the development of
the new industry would come the Intro
duction of a line of steamers to carry
iron and steel from the producing works
to Buffalo and Georgian Bay ports.
Contributors Please Xotlce.
L. A. W. Bulletin.
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Fewer syllables the better
Make your meaning plain express It
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Send it on. and we'll begin to
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MORE ABOUT THE LATE ELECTION
Satisfied iVith Roosevelt..
Philadelphia Telegraph, Rep.
The people of the. country at large are
satisfied with the Administration of Pres
ident Roosevelt, and are unwilling to em
barrass him during the last period of his
present term by sending to Washington
a hostile majority. v
Are Tired of Citlnmny.
-Philadelphia Inquirer. Rep.
Philadelphia has rolled up a magnifi
cent majority, and this commonwealth
still stands squarely for protection and
the nolicles of a Republican President. It i
also give."? its answer to those who have t
assailed the fair name of the sta"te and j
have sought to drair it in the mire. The
, people have shown that they are tired t
f -IuRinr- Vituperation and vicious as-
sauitn upon the integrity of the common-
wealth. They will have noo of It. It !
has been overdone.
31 n t F;.ll Into Line.
New York Herald. Ind.
The lesson off the elections must not be
lost upon the representatives of thoee in
terests who last Winter defied the Presi
dent and the mass of the American peo
ple, whese will he voiced. The trusts must
be regulated and the tariff mu?t lie reT
vised without delay. President Roowvclt
has procured a stay of proceedings for
his party, and the obstructionists must
now fall into line behind him and yield
to the popular will. That is the mean
ing of the ejections.
rerlsr.ns It Was the StrlUe.
Boston G'.obe. Dem.
While the elections disclosed "a Demo
cratic tendency, there wa nothing re
sembling a tidal wave or a landslide in
the East or West. Nearly everywhere
there was a markod reaction from the
mountainous Republican majorities which j
have characterized most of the voting for
the Dast 10 vears. This reaction, but for.
President Roosevelt's successful Inter-
vention in the coal strike, probnhly would j
have overwhelmed the party in power.
As it is. tho Republicans are sharply nU
monlphpd that thn eountrv is returninc
f to the normal balance between the parties.
A Debt to the President.
Philadelphia Lodger. Ind. Rep.
The general result of the election
throughout the country may fairly be in
terpreted as expressive of popular satis
faction with the National Administration.
There are few indications of a Demo
cratic reaction, and the control of "the
next Congress will remain with the Re
publicans. We think it will be agreed
that the Republican party owes this gen
eral vote of confidence much les to Itn
own deserts than to the popular regard
for President Roosevelt and the desire
to uphold his patriotic Administration In
that aspect the victory is one in which
all can share.
I'nder Happy Anspices.
New York Tribune. Rep.
President Roosevelt will begin the Sec
ond half of his term under happy aus
pices. He evidently has the confidence
of the people. With the control of both
the executive and legislative branches of
the Government the Republicans can
maintain the continuity of their policy.
The foundations have been laid for a
sound and liberal colonial system, which
can now be carried to a considerable
degree of perfection. Our banking and
financial methods can be developed, our
commerce promoted, our duty to Cuba
performed. Two years of administrative
progress are In prospect Instead of two
years of deadlock, which was the most
that the Democrats could offer.
nevcrxlnp:. the Record.
Philadelphia. Press, Rep.
An election midway in an adminlstra-t
tion Is a point of danger. The two Ad
ministrations of McKinley and Roose
velt have reversed the record. Even
Grant lost the second Congress of hh?
second term with a' crushing adverse ma
jority. The Congress chdsen midway In
Hayes term was against him overwhelm
ingly. So with Arthur and Harrison. An
adverse Congress in the last half is thi
rule. McKinley's great Administration,
with its splendid prosperity and itrt tri
umphant advance In world influence,
broke the precedents "and brilliantly car
ried its second Congress. And now
President Roosevelt, with his faithful
maintenance of the same policies and his
vigorous and courageous leadership on
new questions, wins the people an
sweeps the country with the same ir
resistible force. The broad, overshadow
ing fact of the election is an assured
Republican Congress.
Itoosevclt's Kenoiiiinntlon Sure.
New York Evening Post. Ind. Dem.
There cannot be the slightest doubt that
one t-onsequiMice of the recent fall of the
ballots Is the renominatlon of Presi
dent Roosevelt. That he was morally
certain to be renominated, even in the
event of Rppbllcan disaster, we have
firmly believed. As the case stands no
politician In hia own party will venture
to lift a hand .or show a head against
his choice as nominee in 1904. For the
Republim successes in the elections were
peculiarly Roosevelt s. More tnan cne
party manager confessed In advance that
if a. Republican Congress was pulled
through it would be due to the remark
able popularity of the President more
than to any" other cause, and the returns
nrove this to have been the case. In the
East "the Republicans lost Congressmen
In the Wist, where their lines were most
threatened on the issues of tariff revision
andHhe trusts, they more than held their
own. It was the prestige which Mr.
Roosevelt has won out there which saved
them.
Xow What Will Congress Dof
Washington Star. Ind.
And now that the Republican? have se
cured the nc-xt House, what will they do
with it? What interpretation will they
put upon the verdict? Will they construe
it as instruction to "let well enough
alone"? Will the TiSth Congress meet,
maneuver a little for ' position in the
Presidential raee. and adjourn in mid
Summer with nothing to show in the
way of legislation but the supply bills 1
Will they hesitate to take up the tariff
question for fear of unsettling business?
Yill they tackle the trusts only in the
way of propositions which, if adopted,
will lead but to protracted wrangles in
the courts? Action of a definite charac
ter upon these two questions will be ex
pected by the country. The Dingley law
needs revision. The trusts need regula
tion. Of talk on both of thc-e propo
sions the country has heard no little, and
before the first of December, 1903, will
hear a good deal more. A do-nothing
Congress will not meet the requirements
of thp situation. A Republican majority
shuffling and evading in matters of press
ing National concern will be out of line
with the record of an organization which
was founded in courage and has justified
its long existence by material accomplish
ments. "Cornerins," Grain.
Pilgrim.
Corners In grain are made possible by
a scarcity of cash grain, due to drought,
large shipments abroad, inability to move
grain held by farmers, simultaneous big
purchases on the part of a number of
large buyers, and numerous other agen
cies. The most successful corner is
usually the one that is most natural; that
Is, the least unforced.
For this reason, the big wheat corner of
1SS1 (run by the same syndicate that failed
so signally in 1837) is regarded as the most
successful corner in the history of the
board in the nmount of grain handled and
the actual profits resulting from its termi
nation. With 30.CO0.000 bushels of wheat in
hand this syndicate closed with the price
at $1 40 a bushel; and the soundness of
their calculations was proved when, sub
scqucntly. the price of wheat actually ad
vanccd 10 ccrits beyond this figure.
NOTE AND COMMENT.
Stealing a spoon two In the dark.
A pair of stares when two ladles meet.
-A dyspeptic Is a man whose wife uis-
agrees with him.
Out of sight, out of mind, .was, not
spoken of the cook.
The owl is a foolish bird, because he be
lieves It takes wit to wop.
The man who says nothing but saws
wood usually ' .has to hire somebody to
bring it in.
Woman suffragists believe not
in the
eouaktv of the sexes, but in the superlor-
u of thcIr own.
,. v, tn th woman he
loves: no woman tells the truth except to
the man she loves:
Wht have the woman suffragists to say
to the proposition to tax saloons with
"ladies:" entrances" extra?
Now that Er.-t Washington and First,
have been barricaded by the city the
residents on those streets are learning to
hurdle.
An exhaustive study of the way the
women of Portland do their hair would
lead one to the conclusion that sme be
lieve in doing otheis as they would their
cwn.
The anarchists in Chicago celebrated
yesterday the anniversary of the hanging
cf the llaymarket rioters. Decent people
wish the anarchists had more such hang-
jnpS t0 celebmte.
So many Portland pasters are resigning
and moving away that it would?" seem,
that perpetual motion is an article of
faith. This is given color by the fact that
every one says there is no friction In the
church.
Two business men of this city were
walking up Morrison street lately, when
they saw a prominent undertaker deeply
absorbed In watching a prominent politi
cian. The latter is tall, well made and
the picture of ruddy good health. But.
despite all this, the man of death fixed
his eyes upon his form and could not take
them off till intervening groups finally
hid him. The two business men caught
h! measuring glances and stopped to
gaze. At layt the undertaker finished his
examination and drew a long breath. As
he looked up one of the watchers af
firmed the statement of the undertaker's
face with: "Yes. you'll get him before
long." And the latter, still In a state of
anticipatory exaltation, nodded In tri
umph. But when he made an entry in a
notebook the other fled, aghast. Such Is
the power of the ideal.
A chap from New York was going with
his wife through lower Third street the
other night, and his progress was marked
by an altercation. The rumpus attracted
quite a crowd. The man from the Bowery
was greatly excoriating a tall lumberman
and his wife was poking at her foot with
a gaudy umbrella, just as if this sort of
thing were an every-day occurrence. A
pacific Individual asked what the matter
was. "I was toddlin' along with me rag."
said the Easterner angrily, "and we was
fussin a bit over the looks she was trowln'
at a snoozer in gums. Then up comes
de guy with the glass lights and says me
rag Is a Webfoot. She ain't nothln' "of the
kind. She's a self-respectin' goll, witn
trotters like the rest, and I takes it low
that this heavy-woight Is up to sputtcrin'
such all'gations about me rag."
The aforesaid pacific indlx-Idual explained
that the term "Webfoot" was a patent of
nobility. "All roight," admitted the
ether, "If youse takes It that woy. But
lemme w'isper in yer ear," he addressed
the offender, "that next toime youse
makes a broik it's up to you. Mister Trol-lcy-Pole.
to smile. Wen youse tries to
make soft eyes at me rag, a smile Is a
gent's way of avoidin a mlx-up." The
lumberman smiled and the chap and his
rag pursued their journey mollified.
There are not many liquids which can
be mentioned with which Portland people
are not acquainted, but one which very
few of them know niuch about is liquid
air.' Liquid water is common enough here,
but liquid air has never come into fashion
aa a tipple, and partly on this account
and partly because it is so scarce it has
never been Introduced here. It is the an
tipodes of hot air, which Is plentiful here.
Its temperature being 325 degrees below
zero, and the thermometer which measures
this temperature goea down so fast that
it has to be hung In an artesian well. As
tKere is a prospect of the people of Port
land being treated to a sight of this liquid
and perhaps a demonstration of Its won
derful properties, this Winter, It Is desira
ble that they should inform themselves
in regard to It. "Whether this can be done
by reading what is written by one whp
known very little about It remains to be
seen. Liquid air Is made by compressing
atmospheric air until all warmth and dry
ness are pressed out of It, when It as
sumes a liquid shape with a tempera
ture, as has been stated, 325 degrees below
zero a degree of coldness Impossible to
be Imagined. In compressing air into a
liquid It is forced through three miles of
pipe, and the power required is so great
that the machines can hardly be made
strong enough, and' so keep breaking down.
and it Is very difficult to accumulate much
liquid air. The stuff cannot be bottled or
confined In any way. and under concus
sion explodes. This makes the transpor
tation of it very difficult. It is used to
freeze ice cream, and by surgeons to be
numb a limb to be amputated, etc. A
beefsteak dipped in liquid air and dropped
on the floor breaks to pieces like a sheet
of ice, which is a reason why It should
be kept in cheap restaurants, but it la
not likely to be used for drinking or wash
ing purposes.
FLEASANTKIES OF PARAGItAPHERS
De sood book say de meek sh'U Inherit d
alrth: en dey may Inherit It. but Lawd knowi
dey don't sit it! Atlanta Constitution.
"That photographer's wifo is very Jealous of
him " "So wonder. .Just see how many other
women he ilattcrs." Philadelphia Bulletin.
Husband Why do you want to go to Sur
plice's church? His sermons are not so good
as Splicer's. Wife But the styles are better.
Brooklyn Life.
Penn I don't see how you can call Van Me
ter a genius. His poems certainly do not show
It. Brushe So; but the fact that he sella
them does. Judge.
Bibliophile. Visitor Tou say that a love of
books brought you here? Poor man! Xb. 13
Yers'm, dey was pocketbooks. Chicago Dally
News, '
"And yoy say GIttup's new production Is a
problem play?" "That's what." "What's the
problem?" "Why, the problem is how GIttup
can stand off the Sheriff." Baltimore Nows.
Her Mother May. why do you treat Jerrold
so shabbily, while he treats you o good? May
Why, the dear boy couldn't treat me any
better, no matter how I treated him. Judge.
"Do those ancient stories that Congressman
De Grafter tells serve to keep him In the public
mind?" "Yes; they start his hearers to think
ing, for days, trying to remember where they
heard them before." Baltimore Herald.
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