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PORTLAND, THURSDAY, DEC. 4, 1002.
We have It from The Dalles and Rose
burg that The Oregonlan's charges con
cerning public land abuses are baseless.
Everything Is all right. Everything if
as It should be. These assertions,, made
by person? In collusion with the Land
Office officials and financially interested
In perpetuation of the present regime,
proceed from Republicans who are
nothing if not straight party men,
and as such their attention may prop
erly be invited to this passage In Presi
dent Roosevelt's message:
In their actual use the desert-land law, the
timber and stone law and the commutation
clause of the homestead law have been so per
verted from the Intention with which they
were enacted as to permit the acquisition of
large areas of the public domain for other than
actual settlers and the consequent prex'entlon
of settlement.
"We shall not Indicate to the Land Office
officials who stand convicted of wink
ing at frauds in Ptate land selections
and neglect of duty in facilitating the
timber and stone frauds, whether they
should continue to declare the impecca
bility of the public land regime or fall
in with the opinion of the President.
They are under obligation to do the lat
ter, inasmuch as they subscribe to the
doctrine of Presidential infallibility, so
ably exemplified in the comment of our
members of Congress on the President's
message. Everything in it is sound,
wise, lovely and perfect. It Is a wonder
how anybody could for a moment sup
pose such slavish adulation would pass
muster as Intelligent criticism.
On its face the latest utterance of the
anti-imperialists, printed yesterday, is
the announcement of the conviction that
the Republican party is so hopelessly
bound to "imperialism" that the party
itself must be destroyed as the only
means to kill "Imperialism." But in
fact this utterance is .merely the proc
lamation of an implacable but feeble
revenge. "Anti-Imperialism" has died a
natural death, and the only consolation
left its promoters is the declaration of
eternal war on the party that has been
the adventitious and almost Involuntary
agent of its demise. There is nothing
sensational in the announcement of
WInslow and his crowd that heretofore
they have acted and hereafter purpose
to act in conjunction with the Demo
cratic party. Such a course is the only
one compatible with their views and
purposes. "Anti-imperialism" means
simply opposition to retention of the
Philippine Islands. No anti that we
ever heard of complained about Porto
Rico. The establishment of a principle
was not so much desired as was the
embarrassment of the Administration in
charge of the Government This uni
form and pronounced hostility to the
Republican Administration in power
Blnco 189S has arisen largely out of the
fact that most of the anti9 were Demo
crats, anyhow, and their activity has
been more directed towards getting
Democrats elected to office In the United
States than to conferring any real ben
efit on the Filipinos. This Is why the
antis always grieved at an American
victory, rejoiced at a Filipino outrage
and refused to rejoice at a single re
medial or alleviatory agency in
troduced under Republican -auspices
in the archipelago. The conversion of
the antis to the Democratic cause is
worthy to rank In history with the ex
clusive sensation that the Dutch have
taken Holland.
DlHsatlsfaction with the tone and
method of the President's message
should not obscure his unquestioned sin
cerity of purpose and the soundness of
his point of view. What he means is
one thing, and what he says Is another,
and there is a great difference be
tween the general theory and Its specific
application. We said yesterday that
President Roosevelt's contribution to the
trust question is valueless, and so it Is,
for any practical purpose; but we
should have said also that his attitude
t ward the trus is that of Ideal and ir
reproachable justice. The trust is to be
punished, not f orbeing a trust, but for
what It does wrong, just as a partner
ship Is, or an individual. The evils of
the trusts are to be eliminated, but
there Is no reason why a" trust cannot
be operated without any cause of com
plaint from consumer or competitor.
Monopoly and overcapitalization are
evils, and to be resisted, whether the
offender Is a trust ot an Individual.
This Is the position of the President,
and the view is one that has found ex
pression so long and so positively In
these columns that acquiescence in It
might well be taken for granted. If
there were any prospect that Congress
would attack the trust problem in this
spirit, we might expect some tangible
results, but It Is to be feared that when
you have taken out the corporation
agents in Congress, the men who ex
pect to exploit the trust for political
capital, and those who talk about Inter
state commerce and currency reform for
the sole purpose of diverting attention
from the abuses for which the protected
trusts utilize the tariff, the number left
is an Impotent minority. The President
will need all his nerve to wrest from
this Congress an effective law against
trust abuses.
It was Governor Geer's original and
cogent defense to the Plummer story,
which he discussed at some length In one
of his Senatorial campaign documents
published in The Oregonlan, that even
if he agreed to sell an appointment and
then broke the agreement he should
have received great credit for his
strength of character in thus repudiat
ing so unholy a contract. In some such
ingenious and unprecedented way as
this he now seeks to break the force of
discoveries in the state land department.
"Suppose I did wrong," he says; "didn't
Dunbar and Moore also do wrong?"
This is the Governor's defense, as we
gather it from the Salem papers that
have access to the executive think-tank.
But if we were disposed to say that any
fault in Secretary Dunbar or Treasurer
Moore establishes by a rule of contraries
an equal amount of virtue in the Gov
ernor, the fapt would still remain that
neither the Secretary or Treasurer of
stt is resDonslble in any way for the
operations of the State Land Agent.
While the State Land Board as a whole
has been held accountable for the land
frauds in general, the Governor has ex
clusive control of that department in
which the questionable transactions
have been carried on. The chief mm
culty is in election ofj lieu lands, a
function which the law definitely lo
cates on the Governor, who discharges
It through the State Land Agent, who
13 appointed by the Governor alone and
happens to be a relative of his. If Sec
retary Dunbar and Treasurer Moore
have been monkeying with the lieu
lands, as Is Intimated in print at Salem,
the fact should be easyjjf demonstra
tion, and they would be liable to severe
censure for trespassing in the Govern
br's game preserve.
THE GENERAL STAFF BILL.
The general staff bill, introduced by
Proctor in the Senate and Hull In the
House, is an attempt to cure a defect
of long standing in our military admin
istration. It Is not directed at General
Miles, for the controversy which it seeks
to end has given us great trouble since
the days of General WInfield Scott, who
was In constant quarrel with the War
Department until he was retired by his
own request in 1862. General Sherman
moved to St. Louis because as General
of the Army he was always in hot water
with the War Department, and so was
General Sheridan. General Schofield, as
he confesses In his military memoirs,
was able to manage the Army in all
purely military matters only by aban
doning the idea of Independent com
mand and by assuming and performing
the functions of a" chief of staff. Gen
eral Schofield writes that when he as
sumed command of the Army he wrote
the President that he intended to aban
don all pretense of being Commanding
General and content himself with acting
as chief of staff df. the Army under the
'Secretary of War. and the President.
The present bill proposes to create a
general staff, with a chief who shall
stand between the Secretary of War
and the Army at large, Including the
various staff and supply , corps and de
partments. A properly organized gen
eral staff, possessing the authority or
law for Its existence, could arrange in
advance of war the details for the dis
tribution, transportation and mobiliza
tion of armies and the establishment of
supply depots in such manner as to ef
fect a vast saving of men and material.
While the chief of general staff would
be chief of staff to the 'Secretary of War,
and stand as an adviser between him
and the various Army commanders In
the field, he would also have direction of
the employment of general staff officers.
It would be the duty of general staff of
ficers to prepare all the Information de
sirable for the General commanding an
army in the field. This was the kind of
work that Moltke had perfectly In hand
In 1866 when Prussia defeated Austria,
and In 1870 when Germany swept France
with the besom of war. All probable
lines of strategy were worked out maps
were prepared, .depots of supplies desig
nated and scheiries for the organization
and concentration of troops drawn up.
At Sadowa the lines of strategy were In
Moltke's hands, but the battle tactics
were left to Prince Karl and Prince
Frederick. Without such a general staff
the German Army- could not posslbly
have been marched and maneuvered so
rapidly and so skillfully as .to have com
pelled the surrender of Sedan.
When General McCleilan went to "the
peninsula" in 1S62 he found his maps all
wrong; so did Sherman on his way to
Atlanta, and so did Grant in his pursuit
of Lee In April, 1865. This could not
have been otherwise at that time, for
civil war was not anticipated, and the
South was in a military sense unknown
ground. But the same difficulty was
encountered by the British Army in
Natal. The army maps were inferior to
those in the possession of the Boers, and
the British commander paid dear more
than once for his ignorance. If there
had- been a general staff of good quality
in London, its office would have had ex
cellent maps, for the whole country had
been fought over before by the British
under Sir Harry Smith in his war with
the Boers, and by the British in the
Zulu and Kaffir Wars, and In tHe cam
paign of Majuba Hill. This general staff
corps should be selected solely with ref
erence to ability, and its first organiza
tion will be made by detailing officers
of the highest repute from the Army at
large. All subsequent appointments to
the general staff should be made from
those officers who have distinguished
themselves in the various courses 6f in
struction provided for the younger of
ficers. Of course, the officers of the general
staff serving with commanders of troops
do not control them in any manner
whatsoever. They are only detailed as
staff officers of the various Generals to
furnish them with Information, to assist
them in the preparation of their detailed
plans and orders, to. do what Marshal
Berthler did so long and so well for Na
poleon. Berthler was not a strategist
nor a master of battle tactics like
Moltke, but he was an admirable chief
of staff In the .lower sense of keeping
the strings of military details in hl3
hands so completely that he could quick
ly draft Napoleon's plans and orders,
could furnish him with the figures upon
which to-base the. movement of supplies
and troops, and thus save him an enor
mous amount of labor, so that he could
devote himself to the higher questions
of command and grand battle tactics.
Secretary Root has already attributed
the frightful confusion attending the'
Santiago expedition in the Summer of
183S to the lack of the -very kind of
preparation for war that would have
been easily possible through a general
staff working in time of peace. -The
general staff, would make Intelligent
command possible by procuring and ar
ranging Information and working out
plans in detail, and could make Intelli
gent and effective execution of com
mands possible by keeping all the sep
arate agents advised of the parts thay
ate to play in the general scheme. IfT
General Halleck had really been,'a
Moltke when Lincoln summoned him to
Washington, he was in a position to be
an invaluable chief of staff to the Presi
dent. But he was nothing but a mili
tary pedant, who had early left the
Army for the law, only to return to it
too late to make a" soldier.
THE GOLD END ALE ENTERPRISE.
No single enterprise recently under
taken by Portland capital outside of our
immediate municipal field equals In its
significance that which is now building
a. line of railroad to connect the Colum
bia River with the Kllckltat Valley. The
situation is unique. Here Is a country
as large as Yamhih County, and poten
tially almost Its equal, near to Portland
In miles, but cut off from effective
means of transportation" by natural bar
riers. Although beyond the territorial
limits of the state, it is a country essen
tially Oregonlan In its character and
wholly dependent upon Portland for Its
commercial connection. Separated from
the general life of Washington and neg
lected by the railroads, both domestic
and foreign, it has long stood In a posi
tion of desperate isolation, but while
practically helpless It has by Its per
sistent efforts to create more favorable
conditions for itself commanded both re
spect and sympathy.
Portland Is reaching out with the
strength of her Initiative and capital and
is giving to this out-of-the-way cor
ner of her business field facilities which
will enable It to- take its placeamong the
larger productive districts of the coun
try. It lb Indeed a worthy project,
second only in-Its importance to the eri
terprlse by which an earlier generation
of Portland men gave to the great in
terior basin of the Columbia River its
first connection with the commercial
world, and through this connection the
means of its primary development. And
now, curiously enough, a great railroad
company, which has long denied to the
Klickitat Valley the aid which would
have made Its fortunes, Is threatening
the Portland enterprise with the weight
of its rivalry eager, apparently, to ex
pend In offensive operations funds which
legitimately put forth would have
gained for It the allegiance of the Klicki
tat Valley and the good-will of Port
land. It is not to be presumed that this
threat . is serious, but if it shall
prove to be so, the persons and the com
munity back of the Columbia Northern
project will know how to take care of
themselves.
This Klickitat enterprise, based as
It Is "upon the extension of the
basin of the Lower Columbia River to
The Dalles, opens up a new view of the
practical value of the great Government
work at the Cascades; and it is sug
gestive of the value of the. greater pro
ject for breaking the barriers to naviga
tion;between The Dalles and Celilo. The
road to Goldendale would be imprac
ticable were It .not that Its Columbia
River terminus Is connected by naviga
tion "with Portland. It has," as an Orego
nlan writer points out In a letter from
Goldendale printed this morning, a
command of terminal facilities at Port
land, and is therefore Independent of the
favor or the fear of the great railroad
lines which through their ownership of
terminals commonly hold an oppressive
authority over mirfor lines. j
There is in this enterprise, too, a sug-.jl
gestion of like development at otherJ
points within the lower basin of the Co
lumbia River. TheKlickitatValley is only
one of many localities tributary to Port
land which would amply repay Invest
ment In transportation facllltiea -All
such projects hitherto have been under
the menace of the terminal bugabog,
and It has remained for this Klickitat
enterprise to exhibit a means by which
the fangs of this dragon- may easily be
drawn. The river 13 the ready instru
ment for connecting with Portland,
without respect of "terminal facilities,"'
many potential districts which like
the valley of the Klickitat He neglected
all about us. -With the steamboat in
co-operation with the "short-boy" rail
road the way Is clear to a prodigious
development of Portland's near-by busi
ness field.
PERTINENT SUGGESTIONS.
The clause in the annual report of
the Secretary of the Interior In which
the enactment of certain laws for the
protection of the pension service from
fraud is recommended appeals strongly
to the ordinary sense of justice with
which every good and Intelligent citi
zen is endowed. The first of these sug
gestions is that any person convicted of
an Infamous crime shall forfeit his pen
sion. The second prohibits the granting
of pensions to widows who were married
to old soldiers after the names of the
latter had been placed on the pension
roll.
Congress Is further asked to amend
the pension act of August 7, 1882, so as
to provide for the admission of evidence
to prove marriages for pensionable pur
poses by a standard that will be uni
form throughout the entire jurisdiction
of the United States. . Of the first sug
gestion It may be said that since- the
commission of infamous crime, which
subjects its perpetrator to the penalty
of the civil law, deprives him of the'
privileges of ordinary citizenship, it Is
proper that it should also deprive him
of the sustaining care of the Govern
ment. A pension is in some sense, at
least, an Indorsement of the worth of
the recipient. It follows that a law
breaker Is not worthy of the Indorse
ment of life and character which the
pension implies.
Of the "young widow" phase of the
pensions abuse there can scarcely be
two opinions. It Is perhaps the most
flagrant and the most Indefensible of
all the abuses with which the pension
system is barnacled. There Is no more
worthy pensioner In the great list than
the widow of the soldier who laid down
his life or suffered disability in the Na
tion's service, provided' she was the
wife of the man during the period of his
service, or, as Secretary Hitchcock ex
presses it, before his name was placed
upon the pension roll.
Indignation, though strongly rallied
years ago against this altbgether
shameless abuse of the Nation's mag-;
nanimity, is an Impotent force, other
wise it would, have had some effect
years ago. The legislation suggested
may be characterized as lon'g overdue.
The Idea embodied in the recommenda
tion Is not new. It has, however, been
voiced by the press In times past'rather
than by a member of the AdministraT
tion, and there-Is a bare possibility, un
fortunately nothing - more, that this
plain, dispassionate and altogether just
and logical recommendation of a Cabi
net officer In" close touch with the Pen
sion Bureau may stimulate legislation
upon the points covered by the report.
General Dewet In his book on the
South African War shows a remarka
ble blending of patriotism, reverence,
jbltterness and humility, and withal a
commenaaoie spirit of loyalty to the
British dynasty in South Africa. The
patriotism that led him to heroic ef
forts on the field and In the bush dur
ing three years of stubbornly contested
war in the Transvaal Is of a quality
the nobility and persistence of which Is
unquestioned. HIa reverence "for an
overruling powder, to which he accords
all praise for his many miraculous es
capes from death or capture, but which
.stopped short of granting him victory,
Is admirable because- of its ardor and
sincerity. His bitterness toward faith
less burghers, who, as he believed,
threw away Victory, Is the natural ex
pression of a man who waB himself
loyal to the cause for which he fought
to the very end. His ready allegiance
to the conquering power marks a
strong, heroic soul that accepts honor
able defeat with proud humility. The
character of General Dewet as a man,
a patriot and a soldier, so strongly pre
sented on the rough edge of battle, is
well sustained In this account of tHe
three years' war in South Africa. The
book will not be Indorsed by that por
tion of the British public that worships
at the- military shrine of -Lords Rob
erts and Kitchener, but it must-appeal
to the admiration, even of these by ihe
sternness of Its sincerity and the rug
ged quality of Its patriotism.
A little girl only 14 years of age com
mitted suicide by drinking carbolic acid
In New York City the other day. The
circumstances are pathetic. The girl
was a good child, who. had earned her
living tending .babies since her father
and mother died four years ago. The
girl was unjustly charged with stealing
a pocke'tbook. Here is her last letter to
her brother, ofjvhom she was very fond:
I can't help dolrtr this. Annie Zakfa said I
took 10 cents from the baker, and her mother
thinks I took her purse. I don't know any
thing about it. It breaks my heart to think
of It, and I can't stand It any longer. I'll
Always cry after this If I live. The best thing
I can do Is to commit suicide. I have always
tried to do my best,but It didn't do any good.
MARY.
if this poor, supersensitive child had
had any good friend to counsel her, as a
good mother or father or older sister
would have done, she probably wouid
not have -taken her life. Such cases of
youthful suicide are not rare. Children
differ greatly In sensibility, and the un
just Imputation of a disgraceful act has
not seldom driven a child to suicide.
The Oregonlan has heard of a case simi
lar to the one recited above, in which a
very fineboy, who .became a splendid
man. attempted suicide when unjustly
charged with a disgraceful action by a
family he loved and respected. The boy
attempted to hang Himself, but was dis
covered and cut down after he had be
come ..insensible Parents and teachers
should cever4foj-get that children differ
greatly in natural sensibility.
James H. Hyslop, professor of psychol
ogy and ethics at Columbia, has re
signed, alleging poor health as the
cause. He Is a believer in ''spiritism,"
and holds that the dead 'can communi
cate with the living by means of a
trance medium. The Rev. Dr. Minot J.
Savage, of the Unitarian Church, be
lieves in spirit communication, arid
owes his conviction to the eamemedium
that Imposed upon Professor Hyslop, a
famous Boston seeress who has lately
'taken up her abode in New York.
Abler and far more learned men than
either Professor Hyslop or Rev. Dr.
Savage have avowed their belief in
spirit communication, from the days
of Swedenborg to that of Professors
Wallace and Crookes, but men of learn
ing and ability are no't exempt from de
lusion and error. Everybody knows
more than anybody, and the consensus
of the highest human intelligence, as
represented by men of thought and ob
servation, Is overwhelmingly against the
reality of so-called spirit communica
tion. The opinion that the clubs should pay
a license as well as anybody else Is
sound. It Is no concern of the public
whether the clubs can afford to pay a
license or not. The privilege of sale
by the clubs cuts down the business
more or less of those who are obliged to
pay for the privilege of selling liquor.
It is unjust to those who do pay for
the privilege of sale to allow free sale
by others. Suppose a drug store kept a
bar. Should It not pay for the privi
lege? Or a grocery store? If the clubs
cannot afford a reasonable license they
can close their bar, but It is not fair
they should cut into the business of
the liquor dealers and paynothlng for
the privilege for which the liquor deal
ers pay a large annual fee. The amount
should be, of course, subject to equitable
adjustment; but the 'hour is r.ot auspi
cious for pleas In behalf of sympathy for
barrooms of any sort
The hunting season in the Northern"
woods, i. e., the forests of Minnesota,
Michigan and Wisconsin, closed No
vember 30 with a record of fourteen
men killed and eleven seriously wound
ed. Whether this record Is due to tem
porary insanity caused by buck fever
or to simple, commo'nplace carelessness
in handling firearms. Is not stated.
The result proves that the lives of
the hunted are not in greater jeopardy
than the lives of the hunters In these
Winter forests, and emphasizes anew
the need of the careful hand on the
trigger.
"There is a Judge Groescup holding, a
minor position in a United States Court
at Chicago" is an observation in the
Boston Herald which betrays a strange
and not creditable forgetfulness of- the
memorable events of the Summer of
1894. .
Mrs. Cralslc to Visit the Canons.
London Letter.
Tho exodus to India 'to witness the fes
tivities of the coronation of Durbar at
Delhi is now well under way, every
steamer leaving for the Orient having
a crowded cabin list;
Among the notables who . will attend
the celebration is Mrs. Carnegie, the
American novelist and playwright, who
writes over the name of "John Oliver
Hobbce." She will be the guest of Lord
and Lady Curzon and, it is expected.
will, before her return, gather material
for a play depicting Indian life.
SPIRIT OF THE NORTHWEST :PRESS
Mr. Hsbbb la Not So Slow.
LewlstoriTrlbune.
Senator Hanna. in deciding not to
monkey wlth, the Presidential lightning;
is notiiKe' some fellows mat never tearn
anything.
And the End Is Not Xct. . .
Pendleton Tribune.
If every state gave the Secretary of the
Interior so much cause for vexation as
Oregon does, he would probably surrender
his portfolio In despair.
Action for Money Must Re Prompt.
Joseph Herald.
Governor Geer's refusal to call a special
session of the Legislature will necessitate
some prompt action, when the regular ses
sion is contcned. In tho matter of an ap
propriation for the Lewis and Clark Ex
position.
A Paying: Government Service.
Newport News.
For the money expended, .there is no
more remunerative branch of ,the Federal
Government than the Fish Commission,'
which annually rplac'cs in the lakes and-
rivers of the country from five to ten
times the number of fish taken out by
fishermen. '
The Trials of the Legislator.
Prlncvllle Review.
Now is the time of year when the pretty
maids and ambitious young men make the
lives of Oregon Representatives tired with
their piteous appeals to do what they can
In their behalf for the clerkship positions.
It is no wonder men grow old" soon after
becoming members of the Legislature,
when such cares as thfa are thrust upon
them, together with their other duties.
"Unmerciless" Is Good.
The Dalles Chronicle.
The Oregonlan Is a powerful newspaper,
and while It uses its efforts to some ex
tent to the upbuilding of the State of
Oregon, It more often stoops to low and
unmefclless persecution. 'Baffled in argu
ment. It drops to the coward's weapon.
ridicule. Bring action for Its libelous
words and you are unmercifully abused
and cartooned, and finally a browbeaten
jury brings In a verdict of "not guilty."
A private citizen or a public official has
no legal means of redress. All he can do
Is to stand the attacks. Invite a full in
vestigation and trust that Justice will be
done.
A Life to Be Shnnned,
Albany Herald.
John L. Sullivan, once champion heavy
weight pugilist of the world, has filed a
petition in bankruptcy, and declares that
his world possessions consist of $60 worth
of wearing apparel with debts aggregating,
about $3000. Sullivan has squandered many
fortunes, and has accomplished nothing
for himself or the world. In view of the
life he has led, the spectacle of the once
strong man approaching old age, broken
In health, and dead broke financially, is
but the inevitable. There Is nothing in
such a sporty life to commend itself to
American youths, but there is everything
In it to be shunned.
IiCKlsIatnrc'a Duty to the Fair.
Elgin Recorder.
If the coming session of the Legisla
ture makes an appropriation for the Lewis
and Clark Centennial It Is to be hoped
that It will be done as quickly as-possible
after the session convenes, and that
It will not be mixed up with the election
of a United States Senator or any other
legislation. The Exposition proposition
should stand on its own merits, and the
legislation looking to its advancement
should be made without reference to any
thing else. However, It Is scarcely among
the probabilities that this will be done.
The opportunities which this matter of
fers for 'log-rolling" are so great that
it will be almost impossible for the aver
age legislator to resist the temptation.
Attraction Other Fairs Didn't Have.
Toledo Leader.
, The Lewis and Clark Exposition, to be
held at Portland in 1903, will have one
great advantage over any previous affair
of " the kind: It will be In a very attrac
tive state a state that offers many In
ducements to homeaeekers. This was not
true of the expositions at Chicago, Oma
ha, Buffalo or Charleston, and It will not
be true of the one to be held at St. Loula
Thousands from the East will attend the
Lewis and Clark Exposition, not merely
aa Idle pleasure-seekers, who have a little
money to spend, but as homeseekers.
Portland will be the distributing point,
and Lincoln County should have some
wide-awake representatives on the
ground to see that this most attractive
spot In the state la not overlooked. Thou
sands will take advantage of the oppor
tunity to visit Newport, our great Sum
mer resort, and Lincoln County's share
of the awful burden resulting from the
Fair appropriation whatever that may
be-rWlU probably return with big Inter
est In one season.
Advice to the Legislature.
Tillamook Headlight.
One thing we hope the State Legislature
will do in a hurry, and that Is elect a
successor to Senator Simon without so
much political dickering. Then the state
legislators would have ample time for the
careful consideration of bills, but to rail
road them through as In previous years
Is certainly a very unsatisfactory proced
ure. We would suggest, to prevent th!3,
that the legislators be given two or three
days to make their choice, and If they
then failed tn acrree, then lock them up In
a room and keep them there without
food, drihks or smokes until they come
to a decision, for It Is not good common
sense to keep the Senatorial fight up for
40. days and 40 nights because this or that
faction of the Republican party Is fool
ish enough to go ort record as first, last
and all the time for certain aspirants.
Anyway, the state legislators are sent
to Salem to legislate for the State of Ore
gon, and if they would do this and not
quibble so much over the Senatorial fight
possibly the state would get better laws
passed.
Portland's First Offense.
Corvallls Times.
It has been figured out that, shQuld the
Oregon Legislature appropriate J300.000 to
the 1905 Fair, the farmers of Oregon would
pay $142,000. or only about 2S per cent of
the sum. In the state there are 53,490 peo
ple engaged In agriculture, as calculated
on the basis of the 1900 census. On a $5C0,
000 appropriation, of which J250.000 would
be collected In 1904 and an equal sum in
1905, the-average. that ehch farmer would
have to pay would be $2.43 for the two
years, or $1 12& each year. Of the
$500,000 Multnomah County would have to
pay In taxes J1B6.150, or 'considerably more
than would the farmers of the state. In
addition, the City of Portland, by volun
tary subscription has already contributed
$350,000 to be used for the Fair. With
reference to the appropriation, whatever
it Is to be. It may be said that Portland,
though a heavy taxpayer, Is rarely the
beneficiary of appropriations at the hands
of tho Legislature. That city has no Insti
tution of importance that the state is an
nually called upon to al. and her Legis
lative members are not often at the capi
tal as now, with their hands out for
gold.
For Bryan's Ear.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Colonel Bryan has been advised to turn
his paper into an agricultural and live
stock journal till he can ascertain the di
rection in which the political wind is
blowing. The greater number of candid
and unbiased people know already, but
there are those who think that the Colo
nel, brilliant as he is in other masters, is
a little slow of comprehension on this
particular, point.
THE DEMOCRAT flOT EXTINCT.
Chicago Chronlcfe. . :
"I am not a Democrat as Democrats
are today," says that veteran Democrat,
Abram S. Hewitt. "I do hot belohe to;
the Democratic party as it is now organs,
lzed. I have no interest in the future of
the Democratic party. The Demccrats.
of today are Populists,,"
There is too much truth ur this last re
mark. The Democratic party was led
away captive to the Babylon of Populism..
"Great numbers of DemocratsCast off their"
creed, like a garment and bowed down to
the idols of Populism.
The case is sad, but not hopeless. This
Is not the time for old Democratic leader's
to say they have no Interest In the' future
of the Democratic party. The present de
mand la not for Jeremiahs. It Is for hope
ful, workful, inspiring and unwavering
prophets of restoration. It Is for men hot
to deplore the Democratic party as lost;
butto lead It back from captivity to Its
homo, and restore its faith and rebuild lis
temnlf.
This Is no time to desert the party and
go over to the worship of Republican
geds, 'which are no less false than those
of Populism and whose worship is no less
debasing and pauperizing because It is
more fashionable.
Brace up. Mr. "Hewitt! Take heart! Re
new your youth like the ease's! Courage,
patJenre, persistent Inculcation of truth
these will restore the Democracy to itself
and to its own.
The Popullstic erase is passing off, as
tho greenback craze passed off about the
time of resumption In the late '70s and
early 'SQs.
The mental condition of the people Is
becoming wholesome once more as to
financial question?. The Republican party
is hopelessly joined to the protection Idol
the mother of trusts.
Sane people will -let It alone and turn to
a restored Democratic party as their best
agent for ridding themselves of a tariff
Incubus which too long has hindered them
from making the most of their great re
sources and taking the place among na
tions for which those resources destine
then.
Insurance and' Christian Living:.
Springfield Republican.
Some, life insurance companies, we be
lieve, have been induced to make a special
lower premium charge to those who are
totr.l abstainers from the- Use of intoxi
cants. Apparently this has been
done- more as a matter of
sentiment and encouragement to a
good pause than because of any con
clusive demonstration that such Insurance
can be sold at lower cost from a business
standpoint. Mortality statistics certainly"
at present lack the fullness which makes
such a demonstration possible. However,
RewC. M. Sheldon, of Kansas, Is organiz
ing a life Insurance company to write
policies only on those lives of Christians
and total abstainers, and the churches
throughout the country are to be asked to
assist him. Rates, It is said, will be from
10 to 20 per cent under those of the old
line companies, which Insure on the basis
of physical rather than moral health. One
trouble Mr. Sheldon will, encounter In that
he never can be sure the nominal Chris
tianity .of his policy-holders will mean a
practical Christianity as applied In tem
perate and healthful living In all things.
Church membership of. the most approved
kind may mask gluttonous habits, the
use of deleterious drugs, medicines and
narcotics and oher Indulgences aside
from drinking, of an Injurious nature to
the bodily life. Before his company is
two years old. If he expects It to live, he
will find It examining the physical state
of the applicant for evidences of Christian
living, rather than church records for evi
dence of the existence of an insurable
physical condition.
Mr. Roosevelt's Dogmatism.
Boston Hcraid.
President Roosevelt should avoid .the
tone of a dogmatist in his speeches.juHa
may feel that he is the only wise man,
the one person whose s'ay-sd makes .spec
ulation vain and discussion impudent; but
his utterances wll) carry quite as much
weight with persons who think and per
sons who have memories If they .are
couched In a different form. The record
In some points Is .not' so secure that ho
can safely challenge, it In r.s3srtlng h's
present opinions. He has given too many
evidences that his "views" are not always
well matured to assume the tone of Sir
Oracle. It Is but a little while, for ex
ample, since he was enforcing with em
phasis and Iteration the Idea that a Con
stitutional amendmnt would be necessary
for dealing with the trusts. Now ho
gives out that with regard to trusts he
shall adhere to tho judgment of Attorney
General Knox. Attorney-General Knox
gives no countenance to the notion that
a Constitutional amendment Is necessary.
He thmks Congress now has all the power
necessary. The people who accepted as
the last word of wisdom what the Presi
dent was declaring so earnestly In Au
gust are left In the lurch. He has taken
it back, to all Intents and purposes. There
are other matters regarding which he has
spoken with great posltlveness wherein he
has modified his -view lh a noteworthy
manner.
Senatorial Contests.
Omaha Bee.
The Senatorial contests of the coming
Winter will emphasize the dfcmands for
the electlon-.of United States Senators by
popular vote. Delaware, which Is not
represented In the National Senate, elected
a Republican Legislature, but owing to
the Republican factional fight, another
deadlock over the election of Senators Is
expected. A bitter Senatorial contest Is
foreshadowed In Colorado, with the prob
ability that a successor to Senator Teller
will not be chosen by the hew Legislature.
Oregon may witness another Senatorial
fight of the sort which has In the past
kept It only half represented. The Repub
licans have a large majority In both
branches of the Legislature, but It ap
pears that they are about evenly divided
between the two factions which have long
fought for supremacy. The' Democrats
have just enough votes to prevent the
election of a Republican unless the two
factions agree to come together, of which
there Is at present some uncertainty. It
Is by no means assured that the Legisla
ture of Idaho will be able to agree upon a
successor to Senator Heltfield. Were
United States Senators elected by popular
vote, the Senatorial question In these
states would have been settled at the late
election. As It is, none of them Is certain
of having a full representation In the
Senate of the 5Sth Congress.
A Wonderful Performance.
Chicago Record-Herald
Emperor William's shooting 'perform
ances In England were wonderful. Probr
ably no other monarch in the world could
have fired as often without having a blis
tered trigger finger.
A ThnnlcsKlvinK Appeal.
Baltimore American.
My. friends; I seek important Information,
Sing hey, a hungry fortune to dey;
My stomach wants ah intimate relation
Established with the turkey and the pte.
The mrry. merry turkey.
The toothsome sauce. cranberry.
The succulent spiced oyater.
And the pie!
"Which of you has. the best Thanksgiving dln-
ner?
Sing hey, don't every one at once reply!
For that one I'll dine with, as I'm a sinner!
Sing hey. the tender turkey and the pie.
The milky mashed potatoes.
The apple "sass" so melting.
The cider that's bucolic.
And the nle!
Of Invitations I'm a. champloa taker.
Sing hey, for none of your "pot luck" sigh;
As eater of good dinners I'm no faker.
Sing hey, the plump young turkey and the plo!
The soft and trembllnr Jelly.
The cakes with sugar Icing.
The punch a wee bit. strengthened,
And' the pie I
NOTE AND COMMENT. r
Blessed are the rainmakers.
What a fund-of material for. the artist
in water colors!
-A man is known hy the -use he makes
of his . latch key. , S
It Is necessary to keep going in order to
f oliow' a good example. .
Can Ella Wheeler- Wilcox "explain why
a man always answers a woman's "?"
with "1"?
There's a bllzzard-hr Nebraska, -and Mr.
Bryan will have some more to say about
the ccl trust.' " "-.-.
Something ought to be done to Seventh
street. Dredging or filling seem the al
ternatives. There are times when one may safely
tell a lie, but those times are so hard
to. judge accurately.
Premier Sagasta h3s- resigned -again.
So frequently has this news come that
we are getting resigned, too. Anyway,
resignation Is a Christian vlrtu.-
Chlcago is horribly wrought up because
Mayor Harrison uses the city Stenogra
phers to copy his wife's novels. This is
quite possibly a movement fomented by
the said stenographers. Who knows?
Seattle and Tacoma are fighting over the
interpretation of a passage in Bret Harte.
If Son Francisco gets mixed up in this
quarrel the Sound cities will have their
hands full. They had better keep their '
neighborhood bickerings to themselvea
Poor Barry Johnstone! With brilliant
prospects, with a good record behind him,
he yielded to a passion peculiarly strong
In men who have lived a feverish life, .
and by satisfying Jealousy forfeited all
claim to consideration. His victim was
the happier, for she died unstained.
Mr. Dunne, of Dooley fame,' has decided
on matrimony, and has Induced a fair
young woman to join him. Everyboly
wishes Mr. Dunne long Hie and happiness.
If he and his wife manage to keep, a
sunny a horn as Mr: Dooley's cheerful
humor would seem to predict, thar-i will
be a small but entirely adequat-2 heaven
In New York.
Last night as a scribe was wndlng his
way dlnnerwards. he listened to the fol
lowing converatlon, which, while not In
tended for publication, 'was so frankly
public, owing to determined tones In the
couple's voices, that no feelings can be
hurt. The scribe observed a crious vi
bratory, movement In the single umbrella.
Then he heard: "Please hold it more In
front' '
"Beg pardon," came in a mapculina tone.
"Just a little over to the left."
"I beg your pardon." ,
"'If you'll spare the trimming on my
hat, I'll forgive you."
"Awfully awkward chap, I am." .
"I'm afraid this rain will ruin the col
lar to this cape!"
More vibration of the umbrella, followed
by a pciiod of silence.
"Did you ever see such weather? My
hat is just drenched."
I More shifting of the umbrella, and a
muttered apology fromthe man.
"Really, Mr. Jones, you'd better let me
carry the umbrella. I must keep this
package, dry."
'Tin horribly inefficient, h I , knowA fsald
th-mn weakly. And. he waggled the
umlirtlla soma more.
"Tculble wind, isn't It? My skirts arc
simply soaked."
'Yes."
"But then we must expect It, I sup
posar "Yes."
"Well, here's my corner. Don't come
with me. So glad I met you. I was fool
l.h to forget my umbrella, and It's so kind
cf you to lend me yours, (iood-hye "
The man emerged, turned up his rent
collar and hailed a car angrily. The scribe
wondered what the matter was.
Fit Punishment for Housebreaking:.
Cleveland Leader.
Human life, even the life of criminals
is not held so cheaply In this country that
men and women are ready to applaud the
killing of any one, unless there Is very
good reason for feeling that the homi
cide Is both just and necessary. Many
persona have escaped legal penalties af
ter slaying their fellow-men, on the pre
text of self-defense or other like grounds,
when public opinion by no means ap
proved their deeds of blood.
In the two cases which have recently oc
curred In Lorain County In which burglars
have been slain by householders there is
no such hesitation or division of opin
ion Iri acquitting the men who have taken
life. Practically all good citizens feel and
say the killing was good for the coun
try, entirely right and just The slayers
of dangerous criminals shot In the very
act of burglary are commended and "ad
mired by the whole body of their fellow
cltlzens. Tho reason Is that housebreaking, at
night especially, and by armed and des
perate burglars, Is a very brutal and
wicked crime. Burglary, In Inhabited
dwellings. Is always a threat of assassin
ation. It is instinctively and naturally
regarded as a crime deserving any pun
ishment which may come to the law
breaker at the hands of the man or
woman whose home Is entered. Public
opinion is quite right. Burglars deserve
no consideration. They cannot be killed
too often, while in the act of housebreak
ing, for the general good of the country
and the world. .
PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHERS
Avoid whisky and water: it Is a dilution and.
a snare. Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
"Arft you familiar with tho motives of Jlg
g&rilni's new opera?" "Yes; he needed tho
money,." Puck.
Mother You must go to bed. Lemuel. The
little chickens go to bed at sundown. Lemuel
Yes, but the old hen goes with them. Chicago
Dally News.
Tourist Have you got Scotch whisky? Walter
(in Irish hotel) No, sorr . we- don't kape It.
And them as does only uses It to water down
cur own! Punch.
Miss Bunker Tour brother plays golf, does
he not? Slnnlckson Yes,, but I assure you he's
perfectly, ratlonali In every other respect. Phil
adelphia 'Press. 1
Willie What did you see abroad, Archie?
Archie I don't remember exactly; but r did
three countries more than Keggle did In the
Same time. Harvard Lampoon.
Georglana Julia and Jack don't stay out at
their new country place at all. Seorge Why?
"Oh, they want to be In town all the time, to
tell everybody how much they like It out la
the country." Life.
"Never marry a girl for money." "No?"
"Certainly not. When you And an heiress Just
shine up to her father,- and then flim-flam him.
in some kind of a stock transaction. It Is
much safer." Chicago. Evening PosU
Edltbr You want to be sure, Mlsa. Scratchlns
ton. that all the historical data at your novel
are strictly correct. Miss Scratchlngton Don't
worry about that, dear sir: people who know
hlslcry never read historical novels. Brooklyn
Life.
"Mother objected to my playing on the teams
at the college," remarked the fair college girl'
"but 1 won her over this afternoon to my way
of thinking." "How did you do it?" asked" her
chum. "At that bargain sale of handkerchiefs
If I hadn't bucked the center of the line and
won a yard or two. we wouldn't hav gotten a.
single one!" Cincinnati Comraerclal-Trlbune.