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POttTLAXD WEDXESDAY, XOV. JO.
The 4most imperative observation on
yesterday's Irrigation sessions in that
the young arsociation is in grave danger
of taking its organisation too ssriousiy.
The main thing Is the ephemeral con
vention its?lf. The organization, with
all its numerous roster and committees,
is subordinate-. 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.