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PORTLAND, TUESDAY, DEC. 1G, 1002,
District Attorney Chamberlain's re
peatedly announced determination to
take no initiative in the gambling im
brdglio other than what might be forced
upon him by information filed in his
office has been set aside upon no
stronger basis than the newspaper dec
larations of Judge Hogue. As assertions
of equal definiteness have been freely
made by others, the natural explanation
of the District Attorney's action is that
it arises out of sympathy with the pres
ent regime, which Judge Hogue at
tacked. This presumption, is heightened
by the resentment displayed by the
gamblers themselves, both at Judge
Hogue's utterances and at the retalia
tory moves of Chief McLauchlan. The
moral effecT of the District Attorney's
action, whatever be its purpose, is in aid
of the gamblers, exactly as much as
were the exploits of Mr. C. F. Lord's
Daw Enforcement League, and even its
purpose cannot be correctly estimated
without recollection of the recent cam
paign, In which the "wide-open" element
was dragooned into voting for Cham
berlain for Governor. It is perfectly idle
for those who are in sympathy with the
"wide-open" cause to profess anxiety to
enforce the law. The hollowness of their
whole procedure was ably demonstrated
in Chief McLauchlan's effective closing
order, sent out in wrath almost before
the ink was dry upon his solemn assur
ance that the gambling-houses. couldn't
be closed because juries wouldn't con
vict Let us again assure the "wide
open" people, that the less stir they
make the better they are off. The Dis
trict Attorney's declaration of war Is no
more competent to deceive or efficacious
for results than Fred Merrill's recent
flash ih the pan about a monthly license
system. Does anybody suppose that
George Chamberlain expects to land any
of his "wide-open" constituents in the
County Jail?
The House looks forward with equan
imity to the passage of an anti-trust
bill,-possibly before the holiday recess,
the while it protests the entire session
is too short to pass a bill .removing the
duty on salt or enacting the gold stand
ard for the. Philippines or authorizing
an emergency bank circulation. The
time is long enough to do anything the
House wants to do, but eternity would
not be long enough to do anything it
doesn't It is long enough for a liberal
holiday recess, for example, and sundry
appropriation bills in which Representa
tives are -personally interested are al
ready well advanced. There is no com
plaint against this discrimination In
general, except that it might be more
honestly avowed. If Mr. McCall, for
example, would say that he Is afraid of
losing the support of cotton mills; or
Mr. Grosvenor would acknowledge his
subservience to the Ohio woolgrowers;
or jut. uaizeu woum say he is beholden
to the iron and steel corporations of
Pennsylvania, and therefore that on the
tariff question their souls are not their
own, one would feel like refraining from
animadversion so disarmed by confes
sion. But no. "We must go on in the
same oia patriot tergiversation. It Is
the dear people and their sacred oaths
of office that impel these precious liars
and cowards to swear there Is no time to
do what they don't want to do, and that
rerorms are always desirable In theory
dui m practice simply Inopportune. If
the short session is too short to do any
thing in, why noflimit it to three weeks
or aoonsn it altogether? And why, af
ter all, should we encourage our boys
io enter public life?
.wotning could be more admirable
from an esthetic or more deplorable
from a moral point of view than the
alacrity with which evil-doers of various
-sorts shoulder their shortcomings off on
the law. Their works are evil, it is true,
but the trouble is not with them, poor
victims of circumstance, it is with the
law. The law is defective, inoperative,
loosely drawn, etc. This is the especial
retreat of public-land thieves, and just
now in Oregon and in C5ngress we have
men affirming that there is no help JTor
mcits oi uie pudiic domain except in
PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE.
More than fifty years ago. when Port
land was a new but ambitious village.
sue round her development thwarted by
tne rivalry of neighboring towns. Ore
gon City had established conriectlonii
with the productive country of the Cen
tral Willamette; Milwaukie, almost mid
way between Portland and Oregon City,
was at the head of schooner navigation,
and was attempting to establish herself
as the point of junction for the wagons
of the settlers and ships of commerce;
"Vancouver was still the center of the
lower river trade. Thus subject to com
petition on every side, Portland had to
do something to establish her advantage
over these rivals or accept the fate
which already had befallen the town of
LInnton. It was at this time that the
project of making a road to connect
Portland with the Tualatin Plain and the
Yamhill region was conceived. The proj
ect was a big one for a town of less than
500 population, with no established busi
ness and no accumulated capital. But
the people went at it, first with a town
meeting, then with ax and shovel, and
before long, with th& active .aid of the
up-country people, who were In a posi
tion to be benefited by a direct road to
the "Willamette River.
By these means the old Canyon Road
was made. It left the town and plunged
Into the forest at about Third street.
crossed Tanner's or King's Creek by a
bridge just beyond the present western
terminus of Morrison street, thence past
the house of Amos King and over the
hill in a southwesterly course to a junc
tion with what is still called the Canyon
Road now entering the city tnrougn
Jefferson street Before the road was
completed the town began to gain bene
fits through it . It made a route far
more convenient tor me west omc
farmers than the longer road to Oregon
City; it had another advantage, in that
it was accessible to ships; it had an ad
vantage over Milwaukie in that, De-
sides deeper and better channels, it lay
on the side of the river accessible to
settlers; it had every advantage over
Vancouver, whose pretensions immedi
ately vanished. These natural conditions
were vastly important, and with the en
ergy of the people won the prize, for
after the making of the Canyon Road
there was never a moment s doubt as
to where the city of the future would be.
Later there arose a demand for trans
portation into the heart of the Columbia
River Basin. It was a task demanding
large resources of confidence, capital,
-skill in boatmaklng and In navigation
and, equally Important, the will to ven
ture. If in these respects Astoria,
St Helens or any other of thethen
several ambitious points on the lower
river had been superior to Portland,
the prize of the Eastern Oregon and
"Washington trade, which formed the
secondary basis of Portland's develop
ment, would have gone there. But Port
land was equal to her opportunity. She
found the men and the means to do
what the situation demanded; she made
the great interior tributary to "her own
advancement, at the same time for in
these matters reciprocity Is an essential
principle giving to the country what
was needed for its own welfare.
It is worth while to recall these In
stances because they are rich with sug
gestion and inspiration"for those who, as
the successors of Portland's. earlier gen
eration, have now the fortunes of the
city in keeping. Times have changed, to
be sure; the day of small things is past
and the day of large things is upon us,
but the needs of the later day are in"
their essential character singularly like
those which appealed to the Portland
men of the earlier time. Now, as then,
we are called upon to help ourselves to
fly with -out own wings, if we may bor
row a fine phrase if we would gain for
Portland the utmost of advantage which
her situation suggests. The .fight for
commercial greatness which began with
the first stroke on the old Canyon Road,
which made a great advance through
the organization of the Oregon Steam
Navigation Company, which has been
maintained from decade to decade with
general wisdom and almost unfailing
devotion and energy, has still to be
prosecuted. "Very much Mias been
achieved, but much still remains to be
achieved.
No city can claim to command" its own
fortunes while the essential agencies of
its business and commercial life are in
alien hands. Portland, to speak plainly,
is not secure in her relationships while
strangers to her Interests have absolute
power over the transportation facilities
which serve her while it is possible for
two men in New York to enter into
schemes of possible mutual advantage
which may disturb her connections, dl
yert her business into other channels,
establish freight rates without regard to
cost of service, and estrange her from
districts properly belonging to the field
of her commercial activities. This, or
something not very far from it, Is the
situation of Portland at this time.
But a great opportunity knocks at
Portland's door. The National Govern
ment, by its work at the Cascades, has
brought. the western verge of Eastern
Oregon within the range of river navi
gation at Portland. Men of enterprise
have already made a start toward a
large practical use of this important
condition; other Portlanders are operat
ing under sufferance, so to speak, In re
gions properly our own, in enterprises
which may be affected profoundly to
their advantage by the facilities for nav-
has not lacked these qualities in the
past, nor is she likely to lack them now
or in the future.
A REPRESENTATIVE WOHAN.
The' announcement of the death of
Julia Dent Grant at her home in "Wash
ington Sunday night caused a sensation
of regret in thousandsof homes through
out the land. Not that Mrs. Grant was
In any sense except the most womanly
a great woman, but she was essentially
a good woman. Like tens of thousands
of her sex whose names have never
been heard outside of the community in
which their Jives were passed, she was
In poverty as well as in prosperity de
voted to her husband, her home and her
children. It became her good fortune
to shine by the reflected light of one to
whom opportunity came when past mid
dle life, and who rose to meet it grandly.
The name of General Ulysses S. Grant
is written upon one of the brightest
pages of the military history of his
country. Because Julia Dent was his
wife; because he loved and honored her
as, to him, the best among women, and
because she filled the position that came
to her through his achievement grace
fully, bringing to It many womanly vir
tues, she was respected, and loved by
the people of the United States.
Of good birth and lineage, the early
years of Julia Dent were passed amid
surroundings and duties consequent
uci fciau.uii in me. .a. young
woman of, 22, she was married in i848 to
Captain 0rant then, just home from the
Mexican campaign. After five years of
ArmyMife, made unsatisfactory by rea
son of his absence during "much of the
time from his home and by the fact that
his pay was Inadequate to the support
of an Increasing family. Captain Grant
resigned from the Army and faced the
problem ofmaking a living with his
hands. His wife was In this a true help
meet Indeed, It is more than probable
that she bore the heavier part of the
burden of the years between the time
that he quit the Army, in 1853, and the
breaking out of -the Civil "War, for,
though great in military achievement,
General Grant was unsuccessful in the
great hive of civil life. It has been said
that Mrs. Grant estimated these humble
years in which her husband pursued
the vocation of a bookkeeper, wood-
hauler and general laborer with his
hands as .the happiest of her life, though
he was child's nurse, cook and house
keeper in her humble home, and
wholly without wealth, public honor
or position. "When1 these came to
her, however, she accepted their duties
and discharged their obligations with
the tact and dignity of the American
woman to the manor bom.
As mistress of the White House, Mrs.
Grant was hospitable, kindly and digni
fied. She did not bring to it the youth
ful grace and generous culture that dis
tinguished Mrs. Cleveland's occupancy,
nor the more mature but still abound
ing energy tljat characterizes Mrs.
Roosevelt's discharge of Its manifold du
tiea But, having all her life discharged
the obligations of her lot with serious
ness and amiability, she succeeded to
thesa naturally and performed them ac
ceptably before all the world. When In
the closing years of General Grant's ilfe
financial failure again overtook him
tnrough his son's failure, Mrs. Grant
readily readjusted her life to meet the
change in their fortunes and with wifely
devotion walked close and still closer to
his side to the end.
All of this might be said of- thousands
of women in all walks of life. But it
would be but "stale repetition ham
mered on the ear." The commonplace,
though enjoyed most thoroughly, does
not make an attractive pen picture.
Is only when, as in this Instance, an hon
ored name lends It luster that It shines
with a glow that attracts public atten
Hon. It is thus that the wifely devo
Hon, the maternal qualities, the woman
ly virtues, of Mrs. Grant are made to
stand not only for her own honor
but for the honor of all conscl
entious, womanly women. .Her body
win in aue time oe transferred to the
magnificent tomb at Riverside Park
where that of the great soldier rests.
Taking her mortal remains to Its keep
lng this mausoleum -will hold In trus
tor American womanhood the tender
memory of a good woman who adorned
with, equal grace the exalted and hum
ble positions in life, even as it holds in
remembrance the achievement of the
greatest of American soldiers.
General Grant has his eulogy in the
patriotic devotion of the American peo
ple ana tne admiration of the world
Julia Dent, his wife, has hers in the slm
pncity and faithfulness with which she
represented the womanly endeavor that
sends a man out into the. world equipped
to ngnt its battles and welcomes him
back again, rejoicing in victory gained
or comforting him in defeat suffered
The achievement of the one will ever
live in the Nation's history; that of the
other reflects a tender light upon the
home life of the American people, and
togetner they may well be held "sacred
to memory."
French bark Frandois Coppee c arrival
at Port Towneend will be ordered to
Portland lor a cargo. An unprecedent
ed movement of wheat to Puget- Sound
early in 'the- season and a slow move
ment to Portland enabled Tacota'a and
Seattle combined to clear more' wheat
last month and in October 'than was
cleared from Portland.. Now matters
are evening up again, and the tireless
but tiresome yawp of the Tacoma News
about the decadence of Portland's wheat
trade will "suddenly cease. Portland's
geographical location I such that a large
amount of wheat grown In Washington
cannot reach the market by the Colum
bia River route.. We are also barred
from' handling the wheat of the Dakotas
and of Manitoba, but will, continue to
handle practically all of the wheat
grown In Oregon and a9 much of that
grown In Washington as Is tributary to
this port. It may become necessary to
bring over the remainder of the fleet
that has been lying idle for weeks in
Puget Sound ports, but Portland will
continue to do the wheat business in her
own territory.
Under the glare of electric lights from
the handsome show windows, amidst
the rattle of cars and the chatter of
tnousandg of holiday shonners whn
thronged the busy streets near Fifth
and Washington streets last evening, the
stump ot a massive fir tree was grubbed
out. It had rested fnr mamj vann v
I .....j JSIMO UC-
neath the wooden sidewalk which now
gives way to the modern cemerlt thor.
oughfare, but It still retained substance
enough to offer stubborn resistance to
the men who were removing it Port
land may be slow" and ancient In hor
Dusiness methods, but a city of over
iud.uuu people has grown up In thl?
matchless location on the banks of th
Willamette since the woodman's ax last
worked on that stump that -was yester
day exposed to view in the center of tho
city. The old Portland has
f and the old Portlanders are rapidly
5 following it into the unknown, but an
occasional reminder like, that which was
turned up on our busiest street yester
day serves to show that after all we
are moving at a more rapid gait than
we are generally credited with.
changes of the laws, for which, we may enterprises, if they were combined and
be assured without inquiry, 'the short
session is too short And yet, without
shriving any of these malefactors, it is
probably true that their offenses exist
synchronously with imperfect legisla
tion. The timber and stone acts could
be improved in many ways. The Gov
ernment should get what the land is
worth when it sells it, for the practically
free disposal of it to actual individual
users has become too palpable a fraud to
be longer tolerated. To go still farther
back, it is doubtful whether the Gov
ernment should not, after all, retain the
title to Its forest lands in its own pos-
fcestuon. oweuen. ior example, has a
largely backed by the capital and
public spirit of Portland, might be made
to support the fortunes of the city in an
absolute way and to command for It all
that it has a. right to desire in the way
of trade territory. Strongly held, they
may be made to serve as a means of
enforcing good conduct on, the part of
those who dominate the railroads of this
country.
The opportunity is a great one. Its
conditions are simple and easily within
the resource of Portland. Initiative the
spirit of self-dependence and the energy
of self-help these are the chief requi
sites of the present situation. Portland
"S
The French bark Lamoriciere arrived
in from Tacoma Saturday to load a
cargo of wheat and flour for South Af
rica. The Austrian steamship Klek ar
rived in from Vancouver yesterday, and
will load lumber, flour and wheat at
Portland for the same destination. The
French bark Surcouf is due today front
Puget Sound to load wheat either for
South Africa or the United Kingdom.
There are seventeen ships now in Port
land harbor under charter to load, three
more on the way down the river, and
six at Astoria ready for sea, and yet
Portland exporters are drawing on Pu
get Sound for tonnage. There are but
ten grain ships under charter at Ta
coma and Seattle, and apparently car
goes cannot be secured for others. The
The death of Solomon Hirsch will
come as a painful shock to the commu
nity in which he was counted a busy
and useful figure up to the very hour of
his death, and in the wider .National
and international circle where ne was
widely and favorably known. Mr.
Hirsch was a man of many virtues and
great force of character. On the domes
tic side he conspicuously exemplified the
estimable qualities for which the home
building and honor-guarding Hebrew
race is justly noted. His business ca
pacity is well attested in the mammoth
establishment of which he has been for
years the acknowledged head and whose
unchallenged eminence In Its field Is a
monument to his clear vision, energy
and fidelity. He was a generous giver
to deserving charities and In private life
a loyal friend. His title to fame, how
ever, rests more upon achievements in
politics and diplomacy, where his excep
tional intellectual power loved best to
labor. His political talents were far
above the average, and his diplomatic
Guccesa was noteworthy. The passion
for mastering the details of national and
international politics he possessed to a
degree that made him little if anything
short of a political genius. His limita
tion was that he seemed to have no con
ception of the important meaning of
fundamental questions on which think
ing men divide. Politics to him was not
a means to the establishment of great
rrlnclDles. It was a game to play. But
he loved It well and he played It well
Nothing short of complete mastery of
the "game would content .him, and lew
shrewder or more accomplished heads
have participated in the conflicts of do
mentlc or foreign politics. To his state
and city he leaves the record of great
usefulness, and to his family a precious
memory of fidelity and affection.
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The only hope for Venezuela is that
Great Britain and Germany may con
sent to arbitrate their claims, if the
United States should tender Its good
offices to that end. The report that Ar
gentina and Chile would'Jnterfere is
probably without, foundation, for their
interference would amount to nothing.
Chile has two third-class battle-ships
and three armored cruisers, and Argen
tina has one 'third-class ba.ttle-shtp and
four armored cruisers. The combined
navies of all South America could not
make any resistance to the allied squad
ron, and as for land forces, they require
a transport service which does not exist
In South America. The intervention of
the South American Republics Is out of
the question. It Is a mere paper threat.
The United States, and the United. States
alone, can hope to persuade the allies. to
arbitrate their claims.
SPIRIT OF THE NORTHWEST PRESS
"Probably" Referring; to Charles "W.
Albany Herald.
Hon. C. W. Fulton, of Astoria, will
probably be elected to the United States
Senate at the approaching session. Sena
tor Fulton Is an orator of ability, .a Re
publican always in the harriess for duty,
and a progressive citizen. He will be an
able colleague of Senator Mitchell.
Protection's Immemorial Nature.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
The impression Is gradually gaining
strength that whilp ndalmlng about
the "eelflah interests" whlcht oppose reci
procity with Canada, the ardent advo
cates of that measure are prepared to
sacrifice not only the material Interests
of other citizens of this country, but the
larger interests of the United States as a
nation, for a relatively small trade ad
vantage which will fill their own pockcta
Selfishness is a mild term with which to
characterize such an attitude.
Hes Goliipr After Honornriams.
Sheridan Sun.
There Is not a man in the state that is
better qualified to represent .Oregon in
the United States Senate than Hon.
Charles "W.. Fulton, of Astoria. There is
not a man in Oregon that knows the
needs of the state better than does Mr:
Fulton. In the choice of a Senator wel
want a man who knows the needs of the
NO BETTER MAN THAN BARRETT.
New York Journal of Commerce." ;
In selecting Mr. John Barrett as the
successor of Colonel Buck as Minister to
Japan' the President has shown a proper
sense, not only of the great services
which Mr. Barrett has rendered In dis
seminating sound views about the com
mercial opportunities which the markets
of .the Far East offer to the United
States, but also of the qualities needed
for the protection and furtherance of
American interests In the Island Emnlre.
Mr, Barrett has shown himself tos.be
dfflr!nf nnM..
lu iorca nor suavity,
and the one quality Is not less necessary
than the other in dealing with a gov
ernment like that of Japan, whose sudden
elevation to terms of equality with the
great Powers of Western civilization has
been accompanied by a certain amount
of what may be described as "headlines
The fact that Jn some lines of Asiatic
trade the Japanese and ourselves are
rivals merely helps to accentuate the
common interest of both in the mainte
nance of equality of commercial oppor
tunity in China and the consequent ne
cessity of opposition on the part of both
to any impairment of the territorial In
tegrity of that Empire. Nb man who
could have been selected for the Japa
nese mission has a clearer or mora vig
orous comprehension of this ouestlon
state and is not afraid to make a ju3t than Mr. Barrett, and It would have been
representation for Its claims. If the "Ore. j impossible to find one In closer touch with
uary, eees .fit to send Mr. Fulton to
Washington It will have elected a man
who will see that Oregon gets her Just
honorarium.
Impervious to Sitle Doors.
(Astoria A'storian.)
The boy or girl whose home training is
what It should be will seldom fall from
grace. Children whose parents are lax
drift naturally Into- bad company, pnd
the back rooms of saloons soon claim
them as regular habitues. Many young
men fall victims to the temptations
which surround them nowadays, but those
.who have been jiropcrly reared soon
break away from the vicious practices,
thoroughly disgusted with the half
world. What's bred In the bone will
come out in the flesh, and the only safe
guard against the downfall of youth Is
proper home training.
Will Hermann Help Fulton?
Salem Sentinel.
Exchanges are authority for the state
ment that Binser Hermann. Commission
er of the General Land Office of the
United States, is a candidate for the
United States Senate. This Is one of the
established facts. It has been an In
distinct understanding for many months.
Furthermore, unless his plans change,
Commissioner Hermann will come out
from Washington eoon to attend person
ally to his interests as a candidate. It
may be, arid probably will be, that Mr.
Hermann will stand ostensibly as a pup
porter of C. W. Fulton. He will, so it is
understood, remain in that column Ions
enougn to demand a reward for loyalty
end to be In a position to ask for Fulton
support in the event .the latter comes to
A field of Waterloo.
the policy which Secretary Hay has fol
lowed In dealing with present problems in
tne i?ar iiiast. In the new commercial
treaty between our Government and
China, now In course of negotiation, it
is extremely desirable that an under
standing should be reached with Japan In
regard to the crucial question of Import
duties ana tne price which may properly
oe paid ror tne abolition of Hkln.
The conditions laid down in tho British
ireuiy are as lime satisiactory to mer-
cnants in Japan as they are to those
Immediately interested in trade with
China here, and unless ythe Governments
or. ooth countries can agree on some al
ternative plan to form a satisfactory
substitute for that concluded by Sir
James Mackay tho prospect of any essen
tial change In the present obstructive
system of Internal taxation ih China
must be held to be very, remote. No man
could possibly have been found better
fitted to 'faclltate the work of bringing
aoout sucn an understanding than Mr.
John Barrett.
Susan B. Anthony, in her tribute to
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the founder of
the woman's rights party in the United
States, does not do Mra Stanton too
much honor as a practical agitator and
reformer in America, but the first and
most original thinker in this direction
was Mary Wolstonecraft, the wife of
the English radical, William Godwin,
and the mother of the second -wife of the
poet Shelley. Mary Wolstonecraft was
a verl Intellectual woman,, and no
woman that has followed her has added
anything to her forceful plea for the
liberty of woman and her equality in
the matter of civic and legal rights.
Her Ideas were adopted by the earlier
English utilitarians, who inspired John
Stuart Mill to advocate woman's rights
In England.
Congressional Districts for Wash
ingrton.
Seattle Times, ,
Senator Tolman, of Spokane County,
has a scheme for dividing the state Into
Congressional districts that will" probably
provoKe a contest If it should be pre
sented to the Legislature. . It districts the
state as follows: First District. What
com, San Juan, Skagit Island, Snohomish
Jiltsap and King: Second District Clal
lam, Jefferson Chehalls, Mason, Thurs
ton, Pierce, Lewis, Pacific, Wahkiakum
Cowlitz, Skamania. Clark. Klickitat. Ya
kima; Third District, Chelan. Okanogan,
kane, .Kittitas, Adams; Whitman, Frank
Hn, Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield, Aso
tin. The "second district" described
above contains the homes of both Con
pressmen Cushman and Jones, and ex.
tends from the Straits of Fuca to the Co
lumbla River, and seems to go east to
the mountains for the purpose of jrather-
mg in "Congressman Jones." In the mat
ter of population the districts stand as
follows: First. 184.S62: second. 162.5S5
tnira, 171,150.
It is stated as a matter of news, and
evidently also with a. degree of surprise,
that the bondsmen of A. J. Nellon. de
faulting Sheriff of Lake County, must
make good the amount of this officer's
defalcation. What, pray, are bondsmen
for if not to meet an emergency of this
kind? Are names attached to a Sheriff's
bond to be considered wholly orna
mental? There have been instances (not
to go outside of Multnomah County)
where this view has received practical
indorsement It is gratlfyiner. therefore.
to note that a court In Southern Oregon
takes the contrary view and affirms the
validity of an official bond.
Theshortage in the accounts of Sheriff
Huntington, of Baker County, grows
rapidly under investigation. It is now
more 'than three times as large as when
first discovered. Carelessness and want
of proper- business methods axe the al
leged causes of the deficit If this esti
mate is correct, the limit to the shortage
can only he definitely fixed by the
amount of money taken in. Careless-
ness alone is an element of mischief the
power, of which has been too often
tested to admit of a doubt as "to its
ability to make an unrecorded outgo
overoaiance an accredited income.
The official returns show that Gover
nor Odell, of New York, obtained a
plurality of only 8803 In a total vote of
1,389,799. No wonder both sides were
willing to bet on success up to the open
ing or the polla It is clear that if the
Democrats had not been overconfident
through their strength in New York
Governor JMcBride Xot the Offensive
Spokane Spokesman-Review.
Governor McBride la maklnrr no "as
sault" upon the railroads. The assault
comes from the other side of the field.
nas long been notorious that the rail
roaas of- this state have assaulted the
people's rights, have attacked and cor
rupted the legislative body, have arro
gated to themselves the control of lecls
lation ana tne administration of the laws
the election of United States Senators,
and the elections In the varlmto rmmMp
The Oregonlan's regard for the truth wlli
naraiy permit it to deny this alleeatlon
The only way In which the advocates of
a -state commission design to "assault
tne railroads Is the way In -which the
railroads have been "assaulted" In Ntvw
York. Pennsylvania. Ohio, Massachusetts
Illinois, Indjana, Missouri, Iowa, Texas!
luicnigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and
more tnan a score of other states. The
uregonian must know that under tho
United States Constitution the laws and
tne decisions of the courts, no rallrnnri
commission can inflict wronsrs unon
common carrier. Its nowers are restrirtpri
to tne office of forblddlnsr the carriers tn
do wrong to communities and Individual
shippera Tho right of appeal to the
courts must ever He with the railroads
against any finding or decree of a rail
roaa commission. Governor McBrlda
could not "assault" the railroads if 'fie
so desired.
Colonel Hifrgrlnson's Experiment.
.Boston Herald.
Colonel Thomas Wentworth HIgglnson Is
preparing a life of the poet Whittler, which
promises to be one of his best contribu
tions to literature. Recently he was an
nounced to talk to the Daughters of Mas
sachusetts on "Whittler and His Friends
and when introduced he appeared with a
large number of closely printed sheets In
nis nana. These, he explained, were nroof
sneets or ms forthcoming book, and then,
thinking, perhaps, some apoloiry was nec
essary for what locked like an unexpected
cnange in the programme, he said:
"You will excuse me for offerlne these
sheets. It Is an experiment I tried them
on a gathering of Cambridge girls the
other day, and they seemed to go all right
nut then," he added reflectively, "they
were inexperienced.
Colonel HIgglnson then read selections
rrom the proof sheets, and If the appro
bation of the critical, cultured and "ex
perlenced" body of women, that heard him
can ue taken as a forecast of the verdict
of the public, he need have no misgivings
as to the success of his new book.
York's Falling Water Supply.
Philadelphia Record.
The city's water suddIv han
and Kings County, they would have got matter requiring Immediate attention,
out their full vote In the country coun- Mayor Low has appointed a commission
ties and won the day. The New York
Socialists of all shades and parties polled
39,283 votes, an increase of 12,031 since
1900.
When the public elects, not once but
again, a man of well-known sportlntr
proclivities to a position of public trust
it has norlght to be surprised when he
la iuuuu tuiiuut, spuria violating the
law. If censure, plainly due in this
case, is to fall, let it fall upon the voters
or the political machine, or whatever in
fluences, singly or in combination, con
spired to place a "sporty" man in a posi
tion of municipal honor . and trust
Grapes are not gathered of thorns, nor
figs of thistles.
of experts to consider and report UDon
it The commission is to look into sources
of new supply and propose measures for
stopping waste. The City Club, throuirh
its president, Wheeler H. Beckham. ha5
written to Mayor Low asking for a rmh-l
nc nearing. lur. recitnam says that no
report of a commission is necessary to
enforce the need of stopping the nresent
immense waste of water.
It will be 1904 before the pendlntr consti
tutlonal amendment if adopted, will place
the city In a financial position to begin
the acquirement of new watersheds. It
will be at least 1910, or more nrobahlv
1912, "beforo water from these watersheds
can oe delivered to the city. Meantime,
and so early as the end. of 1903. the oltv
will begin to suffer from a shortasrA nf
water. Hence the necessity of an im
mediate stoppage of waste.
The Sad Case of Castro
New York Times.
The total amount of the claims, British
and German, has not been published. The
only available source for meeting them 13
the seizure and, retontlonr by the demon
strating naval powers of the customs re
ceipts of La Guayra. For the. past six
months these have been as follows, In
bolivars," worth 20 cents ea.ch, and the
figures must therefore be divided by five
to reduce them to dollars:
My 91.489
June ..687.R7R
July : 670.743
August 672.372
September 511,480
ucioDer 708,201
Wei do not undertake to say what tho
current Interest may be of all the obliga
tions eitner incurred or indorsed by tho
Republic of "Venezuela. But it will be
seen that they cannot possibly be met
by the exlguotis assets in question. It is
even doubtful whether the current
ceipts of the Collector of La Guayra, even
snouid he, contrary to his Instincts and
traditions, honestly turn them all in,
would meet tb3 current expenses of the
warships sent to collect them. The. most
promising point of attack is evidently
Castro. Castro says that as soon as he
proclaims peace he will pay the debts of
tne ropuoiic. He has already proclaimed
NOTE AND" COMMENT. ;
ClrtnA mrrr In cr I TTnva .'Vm'i crrtf- lilll f
Second thoughts are an instant too
late.
The man with a tender conscience is
sadly troubled about the other fellow's
doings.
It is reported that the Kaiser's eye Is
still Inflamed. Doesn't Castro know
enough to read the political sky?
Judge Hogue will hereafter avoid evil
companionship. At least, so long as he
has to tell all about It the next day.
Somebody ought for- the benefit of
Portlind diners down town, to overthrow
the text, "They also serve who only stand
and wait"
From a casual glance at the stories of
the gambling controversy one might im
agine that the police and society copy
had got sadly mixed.
It takes' nine tailors to make a man,
and a look aroun'd the street corners these
nights would lead a person to believe that
tailors were awfully scarce
It Is reported that the ladles of the
W. C. T. U. intend to make, it warm for
President Roosevelt for rehanglng a pic
ture that the organisation disapproves of.
Funny that they know so much about It
Astoria Is waggling her plank streets
and staircase walks with joy over the
railroad rumors. But then a rumor drifts
In over the town by the sounding sea
every time a fog comes In.
It will always remain a deep mystery
why the gamblers, .who are so patriotic
and so honest and so absolutely without
reproach, can afford to pay this city so
much money to be protected. Let it ba
supposed that In the generosity of their
hearts they have earned It In legitimate
business and only want some not too pub
lic way of presenting It to a needy city.
It Is a very rare thing for General
Baden-Powell to be at a loss for repartee,
and his most humorous sayings, are gen
erally spoken In a low, even voice, and
with a serious look only belied by the
twinkling of his eyes. At a luncheon
party a celebrated doctor w'as chaffing
him. N
"And how do you feel when you have
killed a man professionally?" he asked.
"Oh," sald . Baden-Powell, imperturb-
ably, "I don't mind It. How do you feel
under the same circumstances."
The following Incident Is said to hava
occurred in a milliner's shop In London
recently: A lady was choosing a hat. with
the usual uncertainty of mind as to the
kind of hat she wanted or whether, In
deed, she wanted a hat at all when, after
trying on nearly every model in the shop,
she pounceu with glee on one she had
overlooked. "Now, this Is something
like!" she said. "Why did you not show
me this before?" Without waiting for an
answer she appealed to her patient friend.
"There's some style about this, lsn'l
there? How do I look?"
The friend distinctly sniffed. "It makca
you look a hundred and It's very dowdy,"
she said.
The other tried the hat at another an.
gle. "It's rather dowdy," she admitted;
"perhaps I won't risk it, after all."
A voice from behind her made Its third
attempt to gain a hearing. "If you'va
address to The VeYezueVan Army mhe' huite ne with.my hat,";it said, .very .
best manner of cisatlantic. Castllian riw- bitterly, - snouia ratner nice to pui
one, in which he thus proudly perorated:
Thus united in the amrile bosom of national
confraternity, the work will sprout and bloom.
and the manifestations or our culture will shine
eternally with Its own light In Time and His
tory.
In the favorite form of applause of an-
otner rnetorlcal race, "Hurroo!" What
tne President of Venezuela now appears
really to mean, all the same.' is that hn
is still douotrul of the Issue. If ho over-
comes the rebels,, he will pay the bills of
tne uncnivalrous foreigner, even If he has
to pay them out of his own Docket: into
which a considerable share of the foreign-
have straggled. But If the rebels beat
mm. and he Is forced to flee for his llf.
then he will need his German and British
money to cheer and console his declining
days in Paris, to which the cruelty of the
public creditors will have consigned him,
while they go on holding the -port of La
uuayra and threatening the walls of Ca
racas;
What Is the Lynn Canal ?v
San Francisco Bulletin.
'Frederick W. Seward, son of the crreat
mew xorK benxtor, and Assistant Secre
tary or State under his father, has told
the public what the Lynn 'canal reallv
is. He says: "If the Lvnn rvmnn tc n
great estuary, broad and deep, like the
lower Hudson or the Delaware. It tra
verses Southern Alaska and Ib the chief
artery of commerce. ... It Is one of
the most Important strategic points on
our .Facinc Coast It Is a deeD. wide.
semi-circular basin, safe In all weath
ers, open to navigation all the year round,
wun easy access to the sea. larsre enoueh
to float not only trading craft, but the
cruisers and battleships of tho British
navy." This tells what Lynn Canal really
is. vvnat may be made of It Is dis
closed by tho statement that " it u nr.
rounded by mountain heights which, when
iorunea, would render It Impregnable."
xne nrmness with which the Canadian
Cabinet has refused to reooen neuotia
tions concerning trade reciprocity, unless
the Alaskan boundary were also Included
In the differences which might eventually
oe suDmittea to arhitration, warrants the
conclusion that Canadian statesmen are
better Informed as to the commercial
and military- value of Lynn Canal than
American statesmen. Our State Depart
ment has qecllned to admit that there
was a shadow on the American" title to
iynn canai, Dut its attitude has not
been so positive as to convince Cana
dian diplomatists that further negotia
tions on that point would be useless. If
nothing better could be done, a proposi
tion to purchase might receive considera
tion. But Mr. Seward's article will set
tle for all time the purchase proposition
It is one thing to talk about parting with
a few square miles of foreign territory
and quite another to give title to a body
01 water mat wouia ename the Nation
possessing it to dominate the North Pa
clllc.
To One In Paradise.
Edgar Allan Poe.
Thou was that all to me. love.
For which my soul did pine:
A green Isle in the sea, love.
A fountain and a shrine
All wreathed with fairy fruits and flowers.
Ana an in& nowers were mine.
Ah, dream too bright to last!
Ah, starry Hope, that didst arise
But to be overcast!
A voice from out the Future cries.
"Ont on!" but o'er the Past
(Dim gulf) my spirit hovering: lies
Mute, motionless, aghast.
For, ,alas! alas! with me
The light of Life is o'er!
No more no more no more
(Suoh language holds the solemn sea ..
To the sands upon the shore)
Shall bloom the thunder-hjasted tree,
ur mo siricKen eagie soar.
And all my days are trances.
nd all my nightly dreams
Are where thy dark eye glances,' r
And where thjr footstep gleams
In what ethereal dances.
By what eternal stream.
Ifron."
Elejry on Shakespeare.
Ben Johson.
To draw no envy. Shakespeare, on "thy name)
Am I thus ample to thy book and fame;
While I confess thy writings to be such
As neither man nor muse can praise too much.
Soul of the age!
Th applause! delight! the wonder of our stage!
My Shakespeare rise! I will not lodge thee by
Chaucer, or Spenser, or bid Beaumont lie
A little further, to make thee a room;
Thou art a monument without a tomb,
And art alive still, while thy book doth live.
And we have wits to read, and praise to give,
That I not mix thee so, my brain excuses.
I mean with great, but disproportion muses;
For if I thought my Judgment were of years.
I should commit thee surely with thy peers;
And tell how far thou didst our Lily outshine.
Or sportive Kyd. or Marlowe's mighty line.
And though thou hadst small Latin and lesi
Greek,
From thence to honor thee, I will not seek
For names; but call forth thund'rlng Eschylus,
Euripides, and Sophocles to us.
Pacuvius.. Acclua, vhim of Cordova dead,
To live again, to hear thy buskin tread.
And shake a stage; or when thy socks were on,
Leave thee alone for the comparison
Of all that Insolent Greece or haughty Rome
Sent forth, or .since did from their ashes come,
Triumph, my Britain, thou hast one to show
Ta whom all scenes of Europe homage owe.
He was not of an age. but for all time!
And all the muses still were in their prime.
When, like Apollo, he came forth to warm
Our ears, or like a Mercury to charm!
Nature herself was proud of his designs.
And Joyed to wear the dressing of his lines I
Sweet swan of Avon! what a sight it wero
To see thee in our water yet appear.
And make those nignts upon me DanKS oj
Thames.
That so did take Eliza,, and our James!
But stay, 1 see thee In the hemisphere
Advanc'd. and made a constellation there!
Shine forth, thou star ot poets, and with rage
Or Influence, chide, or cheer the drooplns
stage.
Which, since thy flight rrom hence, nam
mourr.'d like night.
A"nd despairs day, but for thy volumes light
PLEASANTRIES -F PARAGItAPHEIlS
Old Lady Does this parrot use any bad lan
guage? iJira-ueaier iso m , uui ue a
bird and easy taught. Judge.
The Author (after the first performance)-
Well, what do you think of my play? Fem
inine Friend It was Just lovely: wno as
signed the heavenly dresses? Brooklyn Life.
Mrs. Church Is your husband the kind" of a
man who believes In killing two birds with oni
stone? Mrs. Gotham Gracious, no! Why, he'i
president of the Audubon Society! Xonkeri
Statesman.
Novelist You rich men should be friends oi
literature. Plutocrat You bet! Why, say,
s'po3e I've sent out tons of pamphlets aboul
my patent pump. Oh. yes, I'm fer literature
everytlme! Chicago Dally News.
Ethel On Edith's birthday I'm going to semi
her three copies of "Cricket on the Hearth."
Bertha Why three? Ethel Well, she's senl
the book to me for four Christmases now, and
it's high time toput a stop to it! Puck.
"His retirement from the board was dm
entirely to his poor health. "Sure Inert
wasn't a squabble of some sort?" "Positive.
If there had been a row the papers would
have been full of Interviews with the other
members expressing their "cordial apprecia.
tlon of his services and their regret,' " etc.
Philadelphia Press.
Thunder and gun3!" exclaimed the old gen
tleman, as he was given the bill for his onlj
daughter's last gownt "but you cost a pile ol
money." "Well, papa." she replied demurely.
If you wouldn't sit in the hack parlor with
the door open when I am entertaining Mr
Blnkley In the front parlor, you'd stand a bet
ter chance of getting 'rid of the expense."
Chicago Evening Post.
Burying on Trial. A Blairgowrie man. ac
cording to an English exchange, had married
a native of Kirkcaldy. Some years later, when
the woman was dying, she said to her husband,
"John. I've been a good wife to you, and I want
you to do me a favor." "Weel, 'oman. what
Is It?" "Weel, John, it's Jlst this, that ye'll
bury me among my aln folk at Kirkcaldy,"
"Hoots, 'pman, it canna be; I tell you it canna
be." "Weel, John, If yo dlnna tak' me to Kirk
caldy I'll haunt ye; my speerlt 'ill haunt ye."
"Aweel. If it comes to that, 'oman, I'll hae to
do It; but I'll trye ye in Blairgowrie first."