THE it'OENING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1902. Entered at the Postofnce at Portland. Oregon, as eecond-clas matter. REVISED SUBSCRIPTION HATES. By Mall (postage prepaid, tn advance) g jy. with Sunday, per month K" Jy. Sunday cxceptM. per vear ' 5 illy. vlth Sunday, per year..-. B 00 jjunday. p?r year - X Th Weekly, per year 15 "fOf IVckv 3 months....- i .To City Subscribers &T. Per week, delivered. Sunday Mecepted.lSe Dally, "per week, delivered. Sunday locluded.20c POSTAGE RATES. ."i'f5 .stitea. Canada and Mexico: i? 1 li'WX pap?r ."1c i to 28-page paper 2c Foreign rates double. News or discussion Intended for publication in The Oregonlan should bo addressed Invarla bly "Editor The Oregonlan." not to the name any Individual. Letter relatlne to ndver Wap. subscriptions or to any business matter tip' Id be addressed simply "The Oregonlan." 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What the association docs after today or tomorrow will not greatly signify, partly because the work donev is going tp be done by agencies already in operation anyhow, and partly becaus? there is no sign as yet of the very considerable sums that will be nec cfi ary to carry on the ambitious organ ization and campaign adumbrated in yrstcrday's proceedings. But what the convention docs today or tomorrow may very greatly signify. Its scope Id two Told educational and advisory. With the addresses of Messrs. Davis and Pitch today the educational end of the conversion will have been largely at tained. At length it has become known that the Maxwell law has been passed and that funds are available for irri gation work in Oregon as elsewhere. At length is recognized the service that Pir.chot and Newell, Maxwell and Mcody have been randerlng. This much at least is secure. The convention needs next to be brought sharply back to a realization of what the Government de sires at its hands. This Is a definite and somewhat detailed discussion of the various arid and semi-arid eoctlons of the state, where irrigation is desirable if feasible. From this main purpose the association should not be diverled by any fascination with its own greatness present or future, least of all with any attempt to satisfy personal or sectional animosities. There never was and never will be a time when a "watchdog of the Treas ury" should be accounted undesirable in the Speakership because of his close scrutiny of appropriation bills. Mr Cannon has had a special obligation as chairman of the committee on appro priations, but the duty of conscientious care in bestowal of public funds wrested from the people by taxation rests upon him no more heavily than upon every member of Congress in both houses. " Cannon has simply performed a duty that others have shirked. Yet this rule of caution may be mistakenly applied. The Government has money enough for every legitimate purpose and to spare. There is no occasion that deserving causes like the isthmian canal should have been perfidiously bbstructed for so many years through Mr. Cannon's per sistent opposition. There was no neces sity that the last river and, harbor bill should, be defeated through the aid given by Canncn to Senator Carter, of Mcntana. There is no sense or public spirit in parsimonious treatment of projects liRe the beautlfication and dig nifying of the National capital. The country is to be felicitated on the whole at the apparent victory of Mr. Cannon in the Speakership contest, for, though he has erred in detail, it would be little short of a calamity for a man to be pun ished because he has striven against fearful pressure to limit Government ex penditures to legitimate purposes. Mr. Cannon inclines more to the Babcock than to the Hanna srhool of tariff; and the elimination of Dalzell Is the most pointed kind of a rebuke to the sort of corporate rapacity that Is most eminent ly exemplified in the steel trust. While Sir. Williamson's exhibits anent the Carey law consisted of most palpa bly garbled extracts from repcfls which no doubt contained the passages quoted but were primarily designed to approve It, the fact stands out "in the plainest possible way that his characterization of the Carey law as "a colossal failure" Is substantially correct. We do not at ail subscribe to his Implied contention that It Is a hopeless device for reclama tion of the arid lands, for it could un doubtedly be made approximately per fect through amendment in the light 6f experience. There is no reason what ever why lands may not be passed by the Federal Government to settlers through the medium of the state, on some such general ncheme as the Carey nlan. however unsatisfactory the nroees: is in its presjnt shape. The fatal thlng&Is impossible, but the newspaper has about the C3rey law, and Sir. William - son Ignored It utterly, is that it contem plated a state of affairs under which the Federal Government would not aid In irrigation work. So long as that situa tion prevailed, the Carey law, or some thing like it, was the only method within reach. But the instant public sentiment changed to the Government Initiative and expenditure embodied in the Maxwell law, that instant the; Carey regime fell to the ground. It had served Its purpose, Imperfectly, as all blind ventures must, but It had been super eeded by a better instrument. The opin ion. In "Wyoming to doubtless cbrrect. and will prevail. They are loyal there to the Carey la w, but they realize that It will be superseded by a new order of things under the Maxwell law. The outlook is that the irrigation con vention will adopt a median course in the controversy that has marred its pre liminary stagea. Bitter words and as persions of motives and personal quali fications can only be regretted, and they Injure their authors as much as their objecto. The present controversy, like most of its kind, seems to discover mer its and faults on either side. "Unworthy motives have evidently been ascribed with great injustice to numbers ywho would prefer to -see the Government su persede private enterprise In the Des chutes region, and on the other hand the method of the original association' campaign has been so pointed and In vidious as almost inevitably to provoke exactly such rejoinders. We should say that on the whole the attacks upon .his par'.y so spiritedly resented by Mr. "Wlll- ! iamscn have bscn.fully paralleled by. the assault" his own party first made upon the Deschutes operators. No man rel ishes being pilloried as a fool or a knave, and it is human nature for him to strike back with such weapons as he can find within reach, whether his name Is "Williamson, Sears, Idleman or Drake. Such bearing a& the events of yesterday have upon the controversy over the Des chutes region is distinctly adverse to the Carey law operators. But it is exceed ingly Improbable that the convention will lend itself to any such aspersion of these operators purposes and capabili ties as their antagonists would desire. If any recommendation is made con cerning the Deschutes region, it will orobably be coupled with a proviso looking to fair adjustment of existing undertakings. j POLITICAL ORATORY. The conclusion of Secretary Moody, that the Influence of the political speaker upon the people has become so ; small that the "spellbinder" is without a following is a hasty judgment. The people are just as sensitive to the appeal of a gifted crater as they ever were, but they, are lens tolerant perhaps of the oratorical "stick," the dull, tiresome, non-magnetic speaker. Fine 'public speakers are rare today, but the men who have an established reputation as eloquent political speakers are always sure of an audience. Whether political crafors of very superior powers of speech make many converts Is doubtful, but a really fine political speaker has1 al ways obtained large and attentive audi ences in this country, and this compli ment is paid to the orator by thousands who have no sympathy with his.opinions and are sure to vote" against the crator's cause-. The first notable political orator of our National history was Fisher Ames. He was listened to with delight, but his eloquence did not cdnspicuously oway public qpinicn in behalf of the Federalist party within or without Con gress. John Randolph, of Roanolte, was an eloquent man, but he was nothing but a political Ishmaelite of genius; an orator without a party. The great political orators of our history before the Civil War belonged to(the Whig party, but what the Democratic party lacked in eloquence It made up, for In discipline, energy and enthusiasm. Clay, Webster, Corwin and a host of lesser lights com pletely surpassed the Democracy in the art of public speaking, but thousands who attended Whig meetings and ssemed to pray for the success of the Whig ticket went home to scoff and vote against it. To listen to Henry Clay or merely to look at Daniel Webster was a great privilege, but with all the elo quence and culture on their side the Whig party won only in 1S40 on the re action from the "hard times" of 1837 and in IS 18 when the Mexican Yar fame of General Taylor elected him President as a Southern Whig. Oratory was not lacking to the Whigs in 18 10 or 1S48, but without any oratory the "hard times" would have elected Harrison and Buena "Vista would have elected Taylor. While the eloquence of the Whigs al wa3"s insured them large and Intelligent audiences, it Is clear that eloquent speakers do not make many converts, for in the matter of powerful and at tractive political oratory the Democrats were completely overmatched by the Whigs. It is probably true that the fate of the Presidential elections from the date of the accession of Jefferson In 1801 to that of Pierce in 1852 was not greatly affected by political eloquence. The American people have always been pas sionately food of listening to a fine po litical speaker, but they did not vote With Webster and Clay after hearing them with any more certainty than they did with Bryan after hearing him. The average man listens to a fine political orater with the same satisfaction that he feels when he listens to a great actor. It Is a fine entertainment, but neither actor nor orator have necessarily done any more than please his public. This was the situation up to the for mation of the Republican party when slavery was made a moral issue in poli tics. In 1S5C and 1860 the great orators I were with the Republican party, and they used "the moral issue" for all 1 was worth and with considerable effect, and yet It Is doubtful whether any of the orators of that day made any con verts to the Republican party that would not otherwisa have joined it un less It be Abraham Lincoln. There were thousands of Henry Clay Whigs at the West, that probably were converted to the Republican party by Lincoln's singularly conservative, dispassionate and logical arguments. Since the Civil War Ingersoli could always command an enthusiastic audience, and yet Inger-. soil's eloquence could,, not nominate Blaine in 1S7G. Everybody went to hear Wendell Phillips from 1S50 to 1860; everybody admired his eloquence, hut nobody arcpted his creed, just as every body went to hear John 'B. Gough. Everybody admired Gough's dramatic oratory, but nobody accepted his cold water 4creed. Fine oratory of any sort on any subject Is a very fine entertain ment, but it s?ldom makes or breaks parties orj retards or precipitates im portant political events. The newspaper hns not superseded the personality of an admirable orator; that I?made the public more critical by sharp ly distinguishing between an orator who In called of God to address his fellow men and an orator who is called only of himself and his infatuated following. In tremendous times of exceptional rev olution and eruption a great ora'tor may rise to tho stature of a memorable man, as did Slirabeau, but as a rule In ordi nary political times eloquent men, while always-sure cf a hearing, are by no means sure of making many votes. ' The dull newspaper by its constant iteration aijd reiteration probably has more effect t,han an eloquent speech, but this was always true since newspapers came into vogue. CHAMBERLAIN VISITS SOUTH AF RICA. Sir. Chamberlain, Colonial Secretary In the Balfour Cabinet, 'has sailed for South Africa, where he will examine the political situation for himself. Lord Milner, who has been the direct repre sentative of the British Government in South Africa for five years, is under stood not to agree with Mr. Chamber lain in regard to what is necessary 0 perpetuate peace among the recently surrendered Boers. Lord Mllner, after peace was declared, urged the indefinite suspension of the constitutional govern ment of Cape Colony, but Mr. Cham berlain declined to accept his Judgment and constitutional government was re sumed in Cape Colony In direct opposi tion to Lord MHner's advice. Sir. Chamberlain's present visit to sse things on the spot for himself Implies a certain lack of entire confidence in the judg ment of Lord Mllner, the Imperial Gov ernor of the newly conquered Boer ter ritory. The reports from Cape Colony der scribe the feeling of antagonism be tween the British and Dutch as far more bitter than it was before the war. The Dutch race Is In control of the Cape Parliament, and the Premier 19 depend ent on their voles for power. The Boer soldiers and their Generals are the he roes of the Dutch people, and the Trans vaal and Orange Free State colors are now openly worn In the Dutch towns of Cape Colony. The proposal to fix upon the mines a tax to help pay the expenses of the war has made the mineowners and their following strongly disaffected. F. W. Reltz, ex-Secretary of State of the late South African Republic, writes in the current number of the North American Review that the present situ ation is not one of peace in the ordinary and honest meaning of the word; that "it is not? a peace that should be re garded as a lasting one, or as one bind ing upon tne consciences or tnose men who, to save their wives and children, signed It." Mr. Reltz says that the terms of the peace have already been broken as regards a general amnesty tp the Cape rebels. If these discouraging reports from South Africa are not ex aggerated, there Is no small danger of another Insurrection, which will begin in Cape Colony. One of the dangerous things attendant upon the long and for midable resistance of the Bqers of the South African Republic was that H taV.ght the people of Cape Colony an object-lesson in insurrection. If Cape Co'lony had rebelled when the Boer Re publics invaded Natal, It is probable that the whole of South Africa would have been lost to the British Empire. The refusal of the Afrikanders of Cape Colony to revolt sealed the fate of the Boer War. It Is 'quite poso'ble, how ever, that Cape Colony may at no dis tant day rebel against British author ity, it sne found the Boer Republics once again ripe for renewed rebellion. Secretary Chamberlain Is the worst hated Englishman in the world by the Boera, and Lord Mllner is the worst hatd after Chamberlain, for the Boers hold Chamberlain and Slllner as chiefly responsible for the late war. A PLAIN STATEMENT AXD SIGNIFI CANT WARNING. 1 Frank A. Vanderlip, than whom no man In the country is better qualified to speak upon the subject, contributes to the current-number of the Banker's Slonthly an article on the "Financial Outlook" in which facts concerning the financial and industrial growth of the Nation within the last half-dozen years are presented that are, in their way, marvelous. Beginning with the state ment that we have within this period witnessed a commercial expansion and a financial movement alike unparalleled In the achievements of our own country and in the growth of other lands, Sir. Vanderlip proceeds to emphasize a few St the more noteworthy facts In this de velopment. On the agricultural side of this' development the annual value of farm products have Increased far over a billion dollars in the last six years, while the value of farms themselves has advanced more than four billion dollars In the same time. In the industrial field the fullest employment of labor (except where labor has chosen to refrain from work) and of the highest general level of wagen which has ever been known have prevailed. Individual deposits in National banks have been doubled, the total going up from $1,600,000,000 in 1S9S to $3,200,000,000 this year. In the same' time the deposits of savings banks have increased by $700,000,000, the deposits in state banks $1,000,000,000 coniderably more than doubling the- total of six years fctgo, and the deposits In trust companies also more than doubling, the increase there being $600,000,000. Bank clearings in these half-dozen. years have increased 150 per cent, and the total wealth of the country has had more than $20,000,000,000 added to it. Our increased coal production has placed us at the head of coal.produclng countries; our. production in steel has been doubled, and $400,000,000 has been added to the annual output of our mines. "So," Sir. Vanderlip adds, "the catalogue might be' Indefinitely extended with ever-increasing totals and more and more confusing aggregates of al most Incomprehensible numbers." Mr. Vanderlip sees, however, in the headlong financial pace indicated by these tremendous totals the possibility of a sudden check that will bring hu mlllatlcn and disaster later on a humil iation from which recovery will be slow and painful. The great mass of people upon whom financial and industrial dis aster prersas most heavily can have lit tle interest in the great causes that are moving toward this possible result. These causes are entirely in the hands of the masters of finance and industry, and cannot be affected by individual savings or anxiety. But the warning of a coming day of reckoning in great things is nevertheless full of signifi cance to the grand host that waits upon labor and the lesser but still large num ber that is pushing business credit to the limit, regardless of the coming day of reckoning, which may or may not be afar off. - Individual Interests are served by in dividual and domestic economy in tb time of prosperity, instead or pru dence extravagance Is wont to follow upon the track of plenty, absorbing its substance. A rtian in Sir. Vanderllp's position and of his financial breadth of view deals with great causes and points with the unerring wisdom of experience in large affairs to the danger that waits upon the too-rapid pace in finance, in volving the building up of an enormous floating debt in "Europe, made up of bor rowing in the form of short-time bills of pressing the National bank reserve to the legal limit, and In many lnstancea beyond; of advancing prices that check exportation and increase Importation; of the absorption of our favorable trade balance in foreign Investments, and other questions of wide financial sig nificance. It is for the multitude that throng the marts of trade and the greater multitude that tread the high ways and byways of Industry to take note of the conclusions of this master of finance and so conserve the resources t that have come to them through the me dium of an unexampled, period of pros perity, that when the ebb tide sets out they will not find themselves stranded upon, the barren and most Inhospitable beach known in industrial, financial and domestic annals as "hard time." The launch of the new lighthouse tender Heather at Seattle Slonday is re mindful vof the progress made by the Government In equipping the waters of the North Pacific with the best possible aids to navigation. One does not need to be a very old-timer In Oregon or ,i t,n tv, h ! to remember when the antl- j brick was the only light- j Washington quated Shub house tender in this district, and her jurisdiction extended from the Califor nia line to Alaska. The Heather i3 the third of a fleet of modern llghthous2 tenders In service In this district, and any one of the three is in every way superior to the pioneer tender. The In creasing demand and widening field for these tenders is due to the extension of j the lighthouse service on the North Pa cific Coast. The effect of these Improve ments Is shown In a steadily decreasing number of shipwrecks each year, al though there has been ata enormous In crease In the . number of vessels plying these waters. Another feature In con nection with the Henther which calls at tention to the growth of the North Pa cific ports Io her birthplace. When the ancient Shubrlck paddled around from the Atlantic Coast, not so very many years ago, it would have required a wild stretch of the imagination to fore see a port on Puget Sound building steel steamers and all of the engines and other machinery for equipping them. Slaritime development has been rapid since that time, but in the light of pres ent events the future hole's more in store for this territory than can be compre hended, even in these days of surprises. The Washington State Grain Inspector Is out with a statement that the wheat crcp of .Washington for 1002 will exceed 24.00C.C00 bushels. He states that these figures are obtained by allowing 10 per cent increase in acreage over the previ ous year and deducting 30 per cent from lest year's figures on account of a poorer crop. The State Grain Inspector could relieve his office of some of the reputation for general uselcssness for which it is now noted by giving out the exact acreage figures and the yield per acre. As an institution for grading wheat, the Washington .State Grain Commission is a huge farce, but as a ve hicle fcr collecting statistics it might in time become of some value. The Ore gonlan last September printed an esti mate of 25,000,gDO bushe-s as the. proba ble wheat crop of Washington for 1302. Later threshing returns from the Spring wheat districts, then untouched, proved these figures to be too high. As usual, the Tacoma and Seattle papers "roast ed" The Oregonlan for daring to men ticn the Washington wheat crcp, and declared in large type that the crop was ever 30,000,000 bushels. As now indicat ed, the Tacoma exporter whose estimate of 1S.500.C0O bushels called forth" the re ply of Inspector Arrasmith had the fig ures a shade" too low, but the inspector has them a little high. The crop was somewhere in the vicinity of 22,500,000 bushels. The ashes of Columbus have been again deposited "permanently" In a special mausoleum In the cathedral at Seville. Upon the death of the great navigator In 150G he was burled at Val ladolid, but his remains were soon thereafter transferred to the Carthusian monastery of Las Cuevas, Seville. They were again exhumed in 1536 and taken over the sea to Hispanola (Santo Do mingo) and there interred in the cathe dral. In 1735, cn the cession of that island to the French, the bones were re exhumed and transferred with great pomp to the cathedral of the Havana, where they remained nuill Spain's title to Cuba was lost, when they were again rem'oved to Spain, and. as a dispatch from Seville states, were there once more deposited after an absence of 3C3 years. Spain does herself hondr In hon oring the memory of Columbus, though for. the handful of dust that remains of his mortal existence it might as well be In one place as another. The Chicago Chronicle says that the movement of a wheat crop to market is a fair Index of the size of the crop. Reasoning from this theory, It decides that the 1902 crop must be an unusually large one, much larger than the Govern ment estimates. It corroborates this view with the figures showing receipts at Western primary markets, which to October 27 amounted to 115,390,000 bush els, compared with 115,217,000 bushels for the same period last year. Facts dis prove theories, however, and the wheat crop of 1S02 is not accurately indicated by the enormous receipts and ship ments. Oregon and Washington will fall short 25 per cent in the wheat yield as compared with last year, and yet the receipts at tidewaterand the shipments have been fully as large as they were a year ago. If any revision is needed" In early estimates of the 1902 crop in the United States, it Is to reduce them; for the early movement of wheat can never be maintained. The sufferer from a wasting or neces sarily fatal disease traveling in search of health is' one of the most pathetic figures of modern life. The death now and then on a railway train of one of these vain seekers after relief from dis ease emphasizes the pity of this last des perate hopeand has a tendency no doubt to keep many feeble persons at home. Still, there is a pale host constantly on the move, with the comforts of home behind and disappointment before, ex pending the last measure of strength In pursuit of a vain hope. Consumptives far gone in the malady, and sufferers from heart disease, should be deterred If possible from the last vain attempt to prolong their lives by change of climate-, since in a large majority of easrs the result is pitiful. hpmesickne.rr?, depri vation of the ordinary comforfs of life and perhaps death among s'rangers. The case of the three marine engineers whos licenses were revoked by the local inspector here last month is now being considered by' Supervising Inspector Birmlngh&m at San Franri3CO. It may be lioped that an amicable adjustment of the questions underlying this situa tion may soon be reached and the handi- 1 cap to the commerce of this port lnci-. 1 dent to this disagreement removed. RELIGIOUS REVIVAL IN AUSTRALIA Mr. W. E. Gel!, an American evangelist; recently organized in Melbourne what Is believed to have, been the greatest . rellg-v lous revival, ever held In Australia. No less than 214 churches took part in a great simultaneous "mission." and the cam paign was preceded by a large number of home meetings. In wh'ch some 100,000 people participated. The whole cost of the movement was about 515,000, which Was more than raised by collections, and over .7000 converts are claimed. Says the Chi cago Standard (Baptist): "Nearly 50 Australian ministers and evangelists served as 'mlssioners, con ducting meetings in Melbourne, Sydney and the country districts. Not a few clergymen, of the Church of England co operated with the 'dissenters' In the movement which would be Impossible in England, and in most parts of the United States. In the Melbourne meetings Dr. R. A. Torrcy superintendent 'of the Bible Institute, at Chicago, was the most con spicuous figure, assisted by Charles Alex ander, a gospel singer, also of Chicago; ami Mr. Geil led business men's meetings addressed railroad laborers at their shops, ?ml n many ways on great popularlty and achieved large results. Dr. TorreVs strict theology and aggressive methods and Sir. Geil's free use of American slang were criticised by those who stood on the outside and in some of the daily papers. But many of the Australian papers gave generous space to the meetings, and the Southern Cross, a leading religious weekly, devoted several entire numbers to ver batim reports of the addresses, .descrip tions of the meetings and portrayals of the workers. It was the sort of revival that has not been witnessed on a large scale In American cities for at least. 15 or 20. years. The emotional element was much less conspicuous, however, that used to be the case in large revivals. It was confined chiefly to the singing a a few popular songs by Gabriel and other Ameri can song writers having acquired Immense popularity as sung and conducted by Mr. Alexander. Dr. Torrey and many other evangelists insist that the day of large union evangelic meetings ls not over, and the success of the Australian effort will be taken as evidence of this. Whether the preaching of men even so.able and ex perienced as Dr. Torrey and Sir. Geil would draw large audiences- of unconvert ed persons in Chicago or New York today is another question. In Australia their style, their methods were novel. Here they are better known, and for that rea son less attractive to the indifferent classes. Tnev stress that has been laid on thorough preparation In the local church by prayer and the training of workers is probably a leading cause of the success in Australia." A correspondent quoted in the Philadel phia Presbyterian declares that this re vival has established, as never before, "how deep and strong is the religious in stinct In the Australian character." and "how overwhelming is its response to anv adequate appeal." Australia, he says, has proportionately more churches than any other country, the number being 012, or 210 to every 10O.CO0 people. England has 144 churches to every 100,000. and Rus sia onlyt 55 to the same number." CUP FOR OREGON MAN. Battle-Ship's Chief Engineer Gets Memento From Snb6rdl nates. Philadelphia Inquirer. WASHINGTON, Nov. 9. Commander R. W. Slilligan, who was chief engineer of the battleship Oregon when she made her wonderful run from San Franclsce to the Caribbean Sea during the Spanish Anjprican War. and who is now chief engineer at the Ncrfolk navy-yard, has been presented with a handsome loving cup by the junior officers of the En gineering Department, who were Ills sub ordinates at that time. Except a loving cup . to Rear-Admiral Sampson by his Captain's, and a oword to Captain Evans by the crew of the Iowa, the gift to Commander Milligan Is . the only one conferred by naval officers upoa a superior for services rendered during the war with Spain. Christian Science and Pensions. Kansas City Journal. Recently a Kansas old soldier sent the following letter to the Pension Depart ment: Topeka, Oct. 3, 1902. To the Honorable Pension Commissioner: Having become converted to the belief commonly known as Christian Science, I herewith voluntarily surrender all claim to the pension which I have been drawhig f6r the past 12 years. Sfy pension- was allowed on account of alleged rheumatism and alleged stomach trouble contracted during my service In the Civil War. and the mortal error which made me think I had them also made' the doctors who examined me think the same. But I .am now convinced that there is no such thing as rheumatism or stomach trouble; that by tho blessing of God I am free of error, and that I have no right to take money from the Government on -account of a cause which does not exist:. Yours respectfully, The official who sent the above letter to the Journal withheld the name of the old soldier who wrote It. In comment, however, he said: '"If this Christian Science idea should spread to any great extent 'among theold boys it would solve the pension problem. It is the first Instance of the kind, though, and I am not looking for any great rush of similar epistles." .How Elections Are Won. Chicago Tribune. The truth Is that, however it may have been in the past, elections are not now won or lost In large cities mainly through the influence of any one public speaker' or newspaper. The voters do most of theh own thinking. They do not take as gospel truth tho fulsome praise bestowed on one candidate or -the unstinted abuse show ered on others. The "reformer" who, in public speech or through private! circu lar, indulges in vituperation in which the voter Is apt to discover signs of personal malice and vlndlctlveness, exerts Influ ence, but not In the direction he thinks he does. He is Influential In causing a reaction in favor of the man he abuses. Slany men pity the object of attack, sym pathize with him, and Anally vote for him. It is desirable that newspapers and "re formers" should recognize their limita tions. They cannot during the few week3 of a local campaign make or break a can didate by untrue prafse or unjust blame. No amount of blackguarding can alienate the friends of a popular man. They ire exasperated by attacks on him. The true policy is to be as fair. Just and impartial as human nature will allow. When one has established a reputation of that kind he may have a little positive influence with voters. Tried to Help the Poor Horse. Philadelphia Telegraph. William H. Pari, Jr., a Philadelphia, art 1st, summering in Solebury township. Bucks County, is responsible for this story, which has set all the farmers up there laughing. Sir. Paul Is unmarried. "Three yourg women," he said, "drove up to an eld mill, and went into rapture? over Its picturesqueness. Their dress and speech announced that they vere from tbe-ritv. Tre hore relieved from the con stant sawing at his bit, walked toward a watering trough, but could not get hts muzzle down to drink. The drivers noticed n wanted water, but did not know enough about harness to undo"his check rein. "First, two. of them tried pulling his head down by tugging at his ears. Then one tried lifting water in her hand for him tc lap. When her companions walked to the back of the carriage and raisqd both rear wheels so the horse could be tipped i-.ead first Into the trough It proved too much for the miller, who had been Jooking from a window, and he came to help them. He laughed so much, though, that be cculd hardly undo the check rein, and af terward found it too good a Joke to keep." SPIRIT OF THE NORTHWEST PRESS Where I Is Sometimes OverdOBe. Boise News. Over in. Oregon where it raln3 13 months in the year they are going to hold an irrigation congress. Mny as Well Fold It Up. We.Ver World. Nobody knows what Tom Johnson will do with hi.? circus tent, but it 13 dead sure that he will not need It as a Presidential candidate In 1004. The Fnlr a Blsr Advertiser. Weston Leader. Oregon and the Pacific Northwest have a good deal to advertise, which is one effective- argument in favor of a liberal appropriation for the Lewie and Clark Centennial. One in Tvro Years iQxionsh. Weston Leader. Governor Gcer has decided against an extra session, whereat few people In this part of Oregon will be particularly dis pleased. One session of the Oregon Leg islature every two years Is Ju3t about sufficient. Pleasure In Anticipation, Yon Know. Shanlko Leader. There will be no special session of the Legislature. Governor Qeer has fears that lie will be relegated to political oblivion when the Legislature elects a United States Senator, and like the man to be sentenced for misdemeanor, he w'nhes to postpone tne trying craeai as long as possible. He Was Probably Rlffht. Frecwater Times. Governor Geer has finally decided to call no extra session. Ho has determined up on this course after mature deliberation and careful consideration of all phases of the question. His judgment !n probably right and will be cheerfully acquiesced In by all except a few who had some private rraft to work. Growth of Favorable Opinion. Condon Times. That J500.C00 appropriation that is to be asked by the Lewis and Clark Fair com mittee from the Legislature is causing much comment from the prers of the state, and the general opinion seems to be that the amount asked 'Is right and that money could not be given for a better purpene. That Is the feeling In this part. Profession Will Be Crowded. Eugene Register. A very dangerous precedent has beep established by a Kansas court which de clares that there is nothing In the law to prohibit a man from burying his wife alive. Aliypnotlst in that state has jufit been granted the privillge of putting his wife, under the sod for seven days. The danger Is that too many men will want to turn hypnotists. Regrnlar Session Bad Enongli. Myrtle Point Enterprise. . Governor Geer has settled all talk about the extra session of the Legislature by emphatically announcing that he will not call one. It is a great relief to have this thing settled. There has been much agi tation about an extra session, which would not of course be of any benefit to anyone the regular semion Is bod enough witr.out any sideshows. Delays Are Dangerous. Tillamook Headlight. We have a vague idea that the Lewis and Clark Exhibition, the date of which Is fixed Ibr 1905, will not take place that ypar unless considerable more hustle is displayed. There Is only a little over two years left to complete the exhibition, which is nbt commenced yet, so it cer tainly looks as though the committee will be up against a difficult problem if there Is not a littlo more vim put into the enterprise. The Newspaper's Political Power. v Mcdford Southern Oregonlan. While politicians may rightly claim that" issues determine .elections. It is a fact that the party with the greatest newspapers behind it is the one which will sucpeed. Isew ork City is about the only exception of note. There Tammany cannot bo downed, although nearly all the journals . are Republican. However, their influence Is felt throughout the state, where the Dem ocratic majority given' In the city is usually' overcome. The newspapers make successful candidates today. First Thin ft In January- Arlington Record. Governor Geer has' decided not to call an extra session of tho Legislature We think he-dins decided wisely. An extra serislon at this time could do no possible good and might do a-, great deal of harm. Let the first business of the regular ses sion be to appropriate 5500.000 for the ex position. The bill will pass by a unani mous vote. No man In the Legislature will care to put himself on record as op posed to it. (Some people fitill harp about flat salaries' which everybody knows Is simply humbug, boiled down. There is enough money made out of the State Treasurer's office to pay the salaries of all the state officers and yet wo hear ofs no effort on the part of anyone to turn this money into the school fund or the state treasury. No Private Life for President. Albany Democrat. It Is doubtful if the doings of any man In the world are watched as clccely as those of. the President of the United States. This Is carried to such an extent that he has practically no private life. With the padding system of the present Journalism the lives of big officials are scrutinized with field gla?ses from all sides and particularly the President. Wherever he goes or whatever he does the leading papers have their reporter? on his track. This week the Chief Execu tive has gone bear hunting for recreation and a change from the turmoils of poli tics. Bear hunting is a tame affair com pared with some of the strifes of public life. He is followed by an army of hungry nowsgetters, who are sending full reports regardless of their proximity to him. The public Si gradually learning a thing or two .and no more will be be lieved than scenes, reasonable. Criticism. Philadelphia Press, is that insignificant Who is that insignificant little fat man?" " 'Sh! He's one of our very best society people. The upper crust. In fact." "Upper crust, eh? Well, when he was made there was too much shortening put In." Shop'pinp?. Buffalo News. I went to a shop once with mother. And oh. 'twas a terrible bore! She purchased ebme pins and some shoestrings. Then "Tommy, get up off that floor!" Then she bought some new stoikln? supportrs. Some 'eedlfs, some belting, some bones; And I thought that tho shopping was Unshed, Whcp she said, "Raise your cap to Miss Jones." I obeyed her. despite the elastic. Which painfully snapped on my chin: And I then let that stranse woman Kiss me 1 knew she would when she came In! Then I had a brief respite from trouble On a wonderful stool that went round, I lay '"cross the seat on my 'tummy, with my face and my toe toward the ground. It was glorious fun while It. lasted 'Twas only five minutes at rocst. Then mother raid: "Off that stool. Tommy! You're looking as pale as a- ghostt" j But some day when I'm grown up to manhood. I'll tell you just wnai l win uu; I'll ko back to that shop and go 'round on that stool Till the world gets all fuzzy ,and blue. And the atockinzs and ihlrtwalsts and towels .Are dancing together In state To the beautiful, squeaklty music. Like tho scrunch of ray pencil and elate NOTE AND COMMENT. Foul play the problem drama. Suspicion Is tho root of all evil. The only flower that blows the rose during the night. wind! The man who cries for a clean city uses! his neighbor's varri as- the hideous ex ample. The Persian sage saj's that the your man who liTn lovn should watch thel woman's lips. This is strenuous advice. There is a new breed of hen that wllll undoubtedly come into trreat favor. It4s called the Gossip, because it lays eggsl and leave another to hatch them. President Eliot, of Harvard, commends! the Mormons and discredits the unions. This is a contradiction that can only bel explained on the ground that Harvard has! room for but one mode of reasoning, andl that Is the reductlo ad absurdum. How pitiful is the story from Pari3 ofl the young man who went to get shaved onl hl3 wedding day. The barber snipped 6A the tip of his nose, and the bride-to-6 refused to marry him. Possibly she toot ,hlm to be one who would follow his nose.j Miss Marie Dressier must be getting de-i cidedly better of the attack of typholdl which latelv beset her. When she satl up in bed for the first time, she immedi ately propounded the following unique rid-l die, to her nurse: "If 5t takes 26 yards ofl unbleached tripo to make a shirtwaist fori an elephant how lontr would It take SI blind "cockroach with a wooden leg to bcrej a hole in a mold of unstarched calf's foot jelly?'" And It was only after her nurse,! through excessive coaitation. kad'almcstl succumbed to mental inertia that Mis? Dressier consented to inform her th"t th" answer was. "Remember. boy3. no mat ter how dark and stormy the night may! he, sk? is still your mother." A little boy here In Portland went to Sunday school for the first time the other! day. When he came home he ran to hi- mother and told her the story of the cre ation of Eve. Ills mother listened, andl when he was through, said: "Yes. BHJic.j that's how Adam got a wife." T youngster seemed to think this a veryj painful operation, and asked his mothsrj earnestly whether she thouunt it nun Adam a good deal when his rib wa. taker out. "I expect It she answered, "itj probably hurt just as It would now." Thatl night the little chap woke up crying Hi father and mother found him sufferinc a good deal, and decided that he mustl have eaten something that'disagreed with! him. But he had his own solution foil his nalns. and nutting Ms little hanill against his side, said: "Mamma, I gues I'm netting a wife." And he would not bel comforted when his -father laughed. Wu'Ting Fang, the Chinese diplomat.1 whose delay in leaving the United State; to undertake important work in China is a cause of genuine pleasure to his Ameri can friends, doesn't like ping pong. WhcrJ the game first invaded Washington lu often was invited to" play, but invariablyj refused. One evening he called at a cer-j tain house, and found several young men! actively engaged in batting celluloid spheres back and forth. He was pressct to join them, but would not, whercuporJ a callow chap rather Impertinently insinu ated that Mr. Wu did not care to expost his Ignorance of the sport. "Oh. I know the game, said Mr. uj a 'Every one in China knows It. It was inJ vented many thousand years ago In myj country by a bonze, or priest, namet P'ing Pang. Your name for the game I? a corruption of his cognomen. He was great philosopher, and spent his time lr Inventing work for -all classes of people! Finally he had all classes but two sup plied with suitable occupations. To these! two he determined to assign an amuse-l mcnt, as thoy were not fitted for work, sc he evolved this game for them." "And what classes were they?" asked! the impertinent youth. "Children and imbeciles," replied Mr. Wu. Tho dedication of the monument inl Portsmouth Souare bv the nconie of SarJ Francisco to Robert Louis Stevenson was the tribute to the noblest heart this cen tury has seen. His was the prayer: "Ti be honest, to be kind, to earn a Ilttl?, tcj snend ' a little less, to make upon thcl whole a family happier for his presence." And hf- it was whose cry rose, "To keed friends without compromise. T.'crc ca!j be no nobler goal for human and dlvln:! effort. In these days a friend is hard tcj find. .The qualities of excellent frindshlrl are tarni3hcd: loyalty and truth-tcllInGi and Independence seem strenuous doctrine! to the men of puny soul who fear for thi gain of an hour. It was a wise obscr who remarked that the closest frieiQ 1. he who has nothing to lose. But there are friends who arc friends without com-l promise, who love without anxiety, hcl; wlthout cstentation and respect without dispute. The sterling worth of this hon'Jl z above nrice. and its effect is to clvJ to two lives the mercies of sympathy! rHthmit the derrradation of pity. Th maker of proverbs was a chilly heart, anc his coarse saying about the friend whe has nothing to lose was a compromise with truth. Strong men still love charily and still yield to their chosen friend the fullness of loyalty and sympathy and sac- rinp without compromise. He wh'o sleeps! softlv In Samoa was a man, and the qua!-j ity of his manhood was divine. J PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHEItSI T r!ll mv doer Tonic." said the loglcianj Tircanco he Is mostly whine with a slight ln-J fusion of bark." Baltimore American. Tommy Backbay Mother, is it a sin to sajl Tiubbr-neck" ? Madame Backbay It 13 worse! thin. n. sin. Thomas: It Is vulgar. Harvarci Lampoon. BIeeRI understand that you lost money br that chicken-raising experiment of yoursj Boecs Yes. I did: but I expect to get It all back asnin. I'm writing a book on how raise chickens. Judne. "Hiram. I see where that college that our Zcke goes to up in Chicago has bought 50.00'j hues." "Gosh. Manay. tion t scnu any mord money, an' maybe we can pay his 3choolln1 in potato-bugs." Chicago Daily News. "Now. this." said the carpet salesman, "Iti an odd design." "Yoa wouldn't recommend that carpet for a nursery, surely?" protested Mrs. Kldd. "Yes'm. Why not?" "Why that's so loud it would wake the baby."-l Philadelphia Bress. "What do you think of our new cook?" do hope she'll consent to remain." answerccj young Mrs. Torklns. I vc been zo busy wor-1 rving about what she might think of us that never stopped to think about what we thought of her." Washington Etar. Mrs. Toungtnmg isouciiousiyj Aren't yoi hungry this morning. George? Mr. Young! thing Y-Yes. my dear; but thUi predlgestcdl already prepared breakfast food doesn't taste like the prcdlgestcd. already prepared breakfast food my mother used to serve me. Puck. Mistress Pcor darling little Topsey! I" hi afraid she will never recover. Do you know! Bridget, I think the kindest thing would b? to have her shot, and put her out of her mls-l cry! Bridget 'Deed, mam, I wouldn't do that! Sure, she might get better, after all. an thcr ve's be sorry ye'd had her killed. Punch.