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NAVAL SEEDS AXD USES.
There is a resolution before the House
of Representatives calling on the Sec
retary of the Navy for a permanent pro
gramme for the steady increase, equip
ment and manning of the Navy, with a
view of giving to the United States a
Navy as efficient and powerful as that
of any nation in the world. To create
such a Navy would require a long time,
and steadiness of policy to reach the
end, but It Is within the power of the
United States; and whether we adopt
the policy with a view of creating a
Navy as powerful as any other, or not,
our position in the world and the new
obligations that are pressing upon us
unquestionably) do require us to increase
our naval forces largely: and to con
tinue the increase on a steady plan.
President Roosevelt has said, and has
often repeated the statement, that the
best possible safeguard forthls Nation
la an adequate and highly efficient
Navy. No one who has any practical
knowledge of world politics is likely to
dispute him. Our position requires us
to maintain leadership in the affairs of
the Western Hemisphere, and the pres
ent situation in Venezuela emphasizes
the need of preparation against dangers
that may at any time become grave.
The best wayi to keep out of such dlfll
cultles Is to be prepared to meet them.
It would be blind unreason to trust to
chance for our defense in the event of
future attack, or of indirect attack
through attempt of others to override
our Interests In the affairs of the West
em world. Again, our interests In the
Pacific are growing to an importance
that corresponds with our Interests In
the Atlantic. We are on and In both
oceans. So are the Central American
and South American States, in whosS"!
welfare our own safety compels us to
exercise a steady care.
There Is every reason to believe that
the Navy Is now', generally speaking,
.an object of interest to a large major
ity of the people of the United States.
Animosity may exist In the minds of
backwoods politicians and of -"anti"-orators;
but these do nft represent the sen
timents of the Nation. At the same
time It must be remembered that ex
pert knowledge of naval affairs is not
widely diffused, and that Congress
hitherto has shown a strange reluctance
to carry out an Intelligent and consist
ent naval pollcyi Nevertheless the
United States has risen in twenty years
from the, twelfth or thirteenth place In
naval power to the third or fourth
from a defensive point ot view. Yet we
cannot afford to rest on our' oars. The
time may come when we shall make
ourselves ridiculous by talking about
the Monroe Doctrine, without naval
power to give emphasis to our assertion
If. indeed, we are not In that condition-
now. The British or French navies,
either of them, could reduce us to the
sole study of defense. The Russian or
German would make the issue doubtful.
Admitting that real trouble with Great
Britain or France is improbable, and
that Russian and American- Interests
are not likely to clash, there remains
Germany; and It is not Jingoism to say,
what naval officers generally admit,
that a possible future foe Is more likely
to be feared In Germany than In any
other nation, and that an American
Navy manifestly superior to the Ger
man would now play a part In moderat
ing the demands' of Germany on Vene
zuela. Nay, probably those demands
never would have assumed their present
aggressive form.
v. No other nation has the Teoources to
make such large and continuous ex
penditure on naval equipment as the
United States now possesses. We could
put fifty millions a year Into construc
tion, for on Indefinite period, and not
feel the strain. This would carry us in
a. few years into a position of the first
'rank; It Is not for aggression or for
glory that this is desirable, but for
maintenance and defense. We must
abandon the Monroe Doctrine and throw
ourselves on the generosity of the world
powers, or build up our Navy. Con
ditions have completely changed. We
are In the center of the world now, no
longer on the verge of it.
Philanthropic effort has seldom taken
a more commendable form than is
found in its late expression In the es
tablishment and endowment of sanitari
ums for the treatment of tuberculosis.
This scourge of the human race has so
long been deemed Incurable that its
treatment looking to the recovery of the
patient Is still regarded with Incredulity.
While no remedy has been, found for
this disease that, taken into the stom
ach orjnjected into the blood, will effect
a cure, the researches of medical scien
tists have within, a few years past dem
onstrated beyond a doubt the fact that
its progress can be arrested In- the first
and second stages and a complete cure
In time established by what is known as
the "open-air treatment-" Some locali
ties are more favorable than others for
this treatment, as Fort Bayard, New
Mexico, and. certain parts of Arizona
and Colorado. It Is held, however, by
physicians who have made special study
of this disease that consumption can be
effectively treated in properly consti
tuted sanitariums In any healthful and
somewhat elevated location. Thus one
eminent physician. Dr. Flick, declares
that with a suitable endowment for the
purpose he can practically rid the State
of Pennsylvania of tuberculosis within
ten years, by locating a sanitarium far
this purpose within easy reach of Phila
delphia. The prime elements In the
treatment which are necessary for this
purpose are quarantine, rest, a full and
nourishing diet, sunshine and life, day
and night. In the open air the whole, of
course, to be under the personal super
vision of a thoroughly competent spe
cialist in this disease. The plan has re
ceived substantial Indorsement, and will
In due time be Inaugurated. In the
meantime retreats for consumptives
along similar lines have been and are
being established In the Rocky Moun
tain section, the latest scheme being one
for a sanitarium for consumptive actors
at some point In Colorado. It Is plain
that if there io hope for consumptives
or for a decrease in consumption it lies
along the lines designated. The conten
tion of the specialist is a reasonable one,
and it will no doubt be worked out
gradually to the benefit of a constantly
Increasing number in almost every com
munity who are suffering with this dis
ease in its lnclplency or are living ap
prehensively under Its menace.
TURNER'S INELIGIBILITY.
Senator George Turner is talked of as
a member of the Alaska Boundary
Commission. He Is reluctant to serve,
for the ostensible reason that the ses
sions will be held in London and will
consume considerable time. We sus
pect, however, that the Senator's ex
cuse is merely a subterfuge. The
weighty reasons which would prevent
his effective service upon the commis
sion can hardly have failed of his ob
servation. Modesty estops him from
mentioning them. Let us supply the
omission.
Senator Turner believes, or else his
fine mind has been permitted to ride
roughshod over his moral sense, "that
the acquisition of non-contiguous terri
tory, by the United States, in war or
by purchase, involves the abandonment
of our Constitution, the destruction of
our form of government and the col
lapse of our free institutions. He knows
that thirty-odd years ago the helpless
inhabitants of Alaska, without their de
sires or consent, were purchased by the
United States at $327.27 a head; that the
Indians and Esquimaux we bought can
never remain subjects without changing
us into an empire and can never be
come citizens without hopelessly cor
rupting the body politic He believes
that all sovereignty assumed or exer
cised without consent of the governed
is Invalid morally and constitutionally.
His course relative to Alaska, there
fore. Is obvious.
If George Turner believes what he
professes, the only step he could take on
the Alaska Joint Commission would be
to get rid, not only of Skagway and
Lynn Canal, but of as much of Alaska
as possible. His conscience would not
allow him to stand up and demand that
the American eagle should longer hug
this Alaskan serpent to Its bosom.
President Roosevelt is reported as de
sirous of Senator Turner's serving on
the commission. This may be an error;
but if It is true, it Is strange that in
full knowledge of Senator Turner's pro
fessions President Roosevelt should
think of him at all In connection with
the Alaska commission. It is strange
that Turner himself does not point the
moral of eo plain a tale. Can It be that
the anti-Imperialist propaganda with
which he is so prominently Identified is
all froth and fustian? Can It be that It
Is merely concocted to serve the neces
sity of finding fault with the'Republl
can Administration from 1S98 down?
The only reason Senator Turner can
think of against his serving on, the com
mission Is Its time and place His In
tellectual disqualifications have never
occurred to him or to the President.
Words could not frame or imagination
conjure up a more withering: commen
tary on the insubstantial pageants of
anti-imperialism, which on the approach
of any tangible undertaking are melted
into air. Into thin air, and leave not a
rack behind.
ON Till: JOLTING OP PUBLICISTS.
The reasons for the decline in our ex
ports ot manufactures nave been so
often and so expansively set forth that
It is needless to go over them. They
embarrass us for very riches. It Is be
cause our prices are too high (J. J. Hill),
It la because we are happier anyhow
to buy than sell (Edward Atkinson). It
is because the foreigners are in a hole
and have to sell for what we will pay,
and It Is also because the depressed
state of foreign industry has given place
to activity. It is because we can't expect
a favorable balance of trade to be con-
tinuous (free trade); and it is also be
cause our spurt of recent years was only
a spasm of bargain-counter sales anyhow
which our Impoverished protected cor
porations can't be expected to keep up
(high tariff). Any one of these reasons
is adequate in itself, but, taken alto
gether, they are simply overwhelming.
What, then, 6hall we do with this report
from the Treasury Bureau of Statistics?
Exports ot manufactures show a marked In
crease in the calendar year 1602 as compared
with 1901. The total value' ot the 1902 exports
ot manufactures, as shown by the figures ot
the Treasury Bureau ot Statistics, Is $10.CS0.
067. against $395,1(4,030 In 1901, an Increase ot
J15.uOU.000. Nearly all the Important manu
factures enterlnz Into our export trade' show
an Increase, the chief exceptions being Iron anf
steel and refined mineral olL
The prime function of big figures,
hurled at the average inoffensive reader,
is not to instruct; edify or amuse, but
simply to daze. And that is the obvious
tendency of these figures on the export
trade. They will simply daze. Copper
manufactures have increased in the
year by $12,000,000; cotton manufactures
by $7,000,000; agricultural Implements,
$1,000,000; books, maps, etc., $1,000,000;
leather, $1,500,000; knit goods of all sorts,
$1,000,000; leather goods, $1,000,000.
We are extremely glad our manufac
turers are Increasing their exports, if
exports are for the general welfare (high
tariff); and correspondingly sorry if we
are more blessed to buy than sell (free
trade). But we should appreciate It
greatly If their staff philosophers and
their allies, the profound reasocers In
the bureaus at Washington, would
adopt some general theory of trade and
stick to It. Also, If It is not asking too
mnch, can't they make out Just exactly
which way we are drifting?
Variety Is the spice of life, and our
expert authorities have a high precedent
from nature In the order of the pendu
lum. But It would seem that even the
mere wormllng of a reader should have
some rights of Intellectual placidity
which the redoubtable, calculator Is
bound to respect. Just as we are all
beaten into Insensible acquiescence In
the decline of manufactured exports,
along comes a cold-blooded announce
ment that they are Increasing. Just as
we have bolted and hastily digested the
theory under which bank circulation
must inevitably contract under our
present Illiberal laws, the Controller
turns the hose on us with the announce
ment that our bank circulation in
creased J25.000.000 In 1902. Such perver
sity is only equaled by that of Tolstoi,
who recurrently rises from his bed after
his picture is stereotyped and a column
obituary is in the form.
MERE EMIOUS OF JUDGMENT.
Colonel Arthur Lynch Is- universally
accounted a good fellow. In Washing
ton, in New York, In Boston, where he
met many men of prominence In polit
ical, social and business circles. His
many admirable and even amiable
qualities of mind and heart gained him
friends by the score, who cherish the
memory of his companionship and look
across the sea with sympathetic regret
as they think of his trial for treason,
his subsequent conviction, and the
prison life upon which he is even now
entering.
AH this is aside from the merits of
the case; yet even here there is much
to be said on behalf ofthe gallant gen
tleman and brave soldier that he Is. He
proved himself an officer of energy, acu
men and resolution. He fought the Brit
ish at the head cf an Irish brigade and
prosecuted spies with becoming military
vigor. Before he enlisted against Great
Britain he took the precaution to re
nounce his citizenship. He sought to
put himself within the regularities of
the law, as he already was In accord
with the dictates of his own conscience.
Similarly insupportable would be any
Invidious reflection upon the man's rec
titude of purpose. His conscience told
him that Great Britain was wrong; also
that the Boers were right. His con
science told him that for him the only
path of duty was to renounce his British
citizenship and ally himself with the
enemies of his country. It would prob
ably go hard with any who should un
dertake the condemnation of Colonel
Lynch as a brave, true-hearted man
who lived up to what seemed to be his
duty. It would require considerable
temerity to brand him as of traitorous
heart or craven nature. On all these
grounds his conduct is impregnable.
Observe, however, that British Justice,
the beet In the world, finds him guilty
of treason, and commutes his sentence
from death to Imprisonment only out of
deference to a benignant tradition. He
took up arms against his country. That
Is enough. His qualities, his accom
plishments, his stout heart and gener
ous ways, his conscious rectitude of
purpose, his effort to conform to the
law, are accounted Irrelevant. They do
not pertain, they do not signify, unless
it Is to brnlg out the unforgivable char
acter of his offense into clearer relief.
We are, therefore, at that Imperfect
dtage In human development where cer
tain impediments of bigotry and Intol
erance still cling to us. Freedom of
speech must be qualified with regard to
certain dogged predilections of religion
and patriotism. Freedom of Individual
action must be curtailed In deference
to certain arbitrary notions of conduct
bequeathed to us from dim antiquity.
A man must obey his conscience within
prescribed limits, and beyond them he
must obey the consciences of other men.
It Is not permitted the citizen to think
his country's cause is wrong and Its foes
are right and to act upon the convic
tion. It is not permitted the husband
and father to conclude, in exalted Im
partiality, that another woman and chil
dren than his own are more deserving
of his companionship and support. It Is
not permitted to reject the vocabulary
of ordinary speech and substitute words
of vehemence and plcturesqueness that
offend the firmly seated taste of the ma
Jorlty. The difference between atrocious
rebellion and heroic revolution Is not In
the consciences of the adherents, but In
the range of guns, the. potions of the
commanding General, the alertness of
the picket line.
It Is awkward and perhaps more or
less barbaric that a man may be de
prived of life, liberty or property as the
reward of doing his duty as he sees It;
but that Is the. situation in which we
are placed. Impregnable as Gibraltar,
unavoidable as gravitation. It Is not an
ideal world, and In practical life the
transcendental philosophy leads straight
to the gallows and the poorhouse. If one
have the luck to escape the Insane as'
lum. From windows of this great sky
scraper of civilization men fall every
day through mere errors of Judgment.
But the pavements are very hard and
there is nothing to do but gather up the
remains.
GRATEFUL EVIDENCE OF FALLI
BILITY. In the days of the Fathers, of course,
we had no such array of Incompetent
clerks as encumber while they diversify
the Legislative landscape at Salem. In
the good, old days, as everybody knows,
things were different. Politicians were
statesmen, clerks were models of efll
clency. All the men were honest and all
the women virtuous. This is so well un
derstood that the mere statement of the
case carries as complete conviction as
could a column of pleadings and evi
dence. But:
In the City of Salem, from the 17th
of August, 1S57, until the 18th of
September, 1857, there assembled a con
vention to frame a state constitution.
The resultant document was submitted
to the people of the then territory and
prospective state November 9, 1857, and
was ratified by- 7195 votes against 3195
votes. It became somebody's duty to
make two copies of this constitution,
one to be sent on to Congress, which
ratified It two years later, and one for
the archives of the state government at
Salem.
Whoever had that Job to do did
bungllngly. He made the mistake
which Is the simplest and most annoy
ing' of all the mistakes known to the
world of careless copyists and typeset
ters. He carried the word "submitted'
In his mind, and when he looked back
through section 2 of article XVII and
came across the word "submitted" he
stopped right there and went on copy
ing, without looking farther back to see
If he had come -to the "submitted" he
had copied or to some other "submit
ted." The consequence appears In the
said section. Here It Is, with the words
he left out of the Salem constitution
and left in the one sent to Washington,
Inclosed In parentheses:
when two or moro amendments shall be sub
mitted (at the same time they shall be sub
mitted) In such manner that the electors shall
vote for or against each ot such amendments
separately; and while an amendment or amend
ments which shall have been agreed upon by
one Legislative Assembly shall be awaiting; the
action of a Legislative Assembly or ot the
electors, no additional amendment shall be
proposed.
For forty-five years the constitution
of the State of Oregon has been printed
one way in all codes, treaties and man
uals Issued in the East, and another way
in all manuals, treaties and codes print
ed In Oregon. The two versions are ex
tant today side by side on hundreds of
library shelves, and nobody noticed it
until day before yesterday at Salem.
The man who did the Job got his pay
for It and probably spent It with the
same sublime indifference to details
which he employed In copying constitu
tions. Possibly he Is dead, but if so he
still speaketh, as from the grave, of the
inability of slovenly work to escape de
tection, and throws a pensive light on
the legended Infallibility of the past
generation.
One really cannot wonder at the un
complimentary estimate In which law
yers, generally speaking, are held by
the public In the matter of Integrity of
purpose, when he finds, upon occasion.
the estimate In which they, hold the
motives of each other. A striking ex
ample of this fraternal or professional
estimate was witnessed In a legal pass-age-at-arms
between eminent attorneys
before a Joint meeting of the legislative
committees on railroads In Salem the
other evening. The fellow-servant bill
la the bone of contention between rail
roads through their lawyers and attor
neys who find rich pickings in damace
suits against railroad and other corpo
rations. In picking It the marrow was
reached very quickly by the Incisive
words of the opposing attorneys, one
side broadly Intimating tnat It was
urged In the Interest of big contingent
fees and the other declaring the object
of the opposition to be to "fix things so
the boys can t get any lawyers." It lal
hard to say which view of the question
Is the more significant of, the quality of
justice for which lawyers strive. It may
be well to add, however, that lawyers
do not always mean what they saj and
that this rharp exchange of compli
ments was but one of the pleasantries
of a profession Jealous of the reputation
of its members.
Representative Malarkey's Inheritance
tax bill has passed both houses and be
yond doubt will be signed by the Gov
ernor. So far as can be Judged by the
records in the Probate Court in Mult
nomah County, this law should raise an
annual state revenue of over $100,000.
This sum will be paid by persons who
receive bequests In excess of $5000, and
the tax will not be Imposed upCn es
tates valued at less than $10,000. The
person who Inherits $5000 will pay a tax
of $50. The tax rate Increases with the
value of the Inheritance or bequest, but
Is not excessive In any case. This tax
cannot be a burden upon any person.
Representative Malarkey, the author of
the bill; Senator McGinn, -who cham
ploned It Inthe Senate, and the commit
tee upon assessment and taxation are
to be commended for their work. The
Legislature did well In passing the bill.
The year 1902 seems to have been an
exceptionally; healthy one commercially,
Bradstreet's review of failures In the
United States shows a total of only
9971, or the smallest number since 18S7,
with the exception Tf 1900 and 1S99.
which showed 9313 and 963t failures, re
spectively. But In 1902 the total Hablll
ties were only $103,700,000, the smallest
total since 18S2, when there was a very
much smaller amount of capital Invest
ed In business. The proportion of assets
to liabilities last year, however, though
larger than In 1900 or 1901, was smaller
than for many- previous years. The only
section of the country that failed to
show a decrease In the number of fail
ures as compared with last year was the
South. The Northwest showed the
heaviest decrease, the number of fail
ures being 17 per cent less than In 1901.
while New England came next with a
decrease of 16 per cent.
William Travers Jerome, who, as Dis
trict Attorney, is doing more than any
other man to Inspire respect for the law
in New York City, writes the following
Some people hold the theory that the District
Attorney should walt for complaints to be
maae, tnat ne ssouia try only such cases as
are presented to his office rather than seek
crime at its source and endeavor to stamo
out. That Is not my view of the duties of my
office. The law gives us ample power and au
thority to protect the community and oppose
crime and criminals, and those powers will be
exercised to their fullest extent.
It has been a long time since a public
official was guilty of such heterodoxy.
The Idea that a man Is elected District
Attorney "to seek crime at Its source
and endeavor to stamp it out" is so
novel that it would arouse derision In
more than one American community we
might mention.
ermont went for prohibition by 1500
fifty years ago, and now goes for local
option by 1600. By such narrow squeaks
does the voice of the people In clarion,
mighty and thunderous tones escape
speaking through the wrong mega
phone. The sacred right of personal
liberty has been nobly maintained by a
free people. Otherwise, the free people
would have overwhelmingly repudiated
the rum power. There must be no half
way business about these things.
Everything In politics is on the heroic
scale.
After listening to the picturesque re
marks of Mr. Hume on the Senatorial
contest, one's desire for the recovery of
Representative Adams becomes more
intense. The way he talks when sick In
the hospital encourages the belief that
If he were right well and on the ground
at Salem he would separate himself
from double-leaded long primer re
marks fit for the first page.
Minnesota Republicans declare that a
tariff on lumber Is "contrary to the
spirit of protection." But the Washing
ton Legislature disapproves the pro
posal and offers to smite the proposers
hip and thigh. Oh, no, the tariff Is not
a local question. "
The Inheritance tax has passed both
houses. This Is a powerful hint to the
slaves of Journalism to get a hustle on
them. The law mustn't be inoperative
through lack of material to work upon.
Wood and chickens thankfully taken on
subscription.
The crisis which was to have arrove
at Salem has arrlven so often that Jt Is
becoming somewhat chestnutty. The
tameness of this contest is reprehensible
enough, but Its false alarms are worse.
NOW A PU.LL ALTOGETHER.
Will Pat Oregon on the Map.
Pendleton Tribune.
After the Lewis and Clark Fair tho West
will not be known in tho East simply as
the Pucet Sound country and San Fran
cisco, but thero will be an Oregon.
Worth Mnch to Wnahlnsrton.
Vancouver Register.
Tho Lewis and Clark Centennial will
be worth mora than $109,000 to the. State
of Washington. The. appropriation asked
for should be speedily granted. wasning
ton wnnts a full page ad next to pure
reading matter at the 1505 Fair.
Orcfrnn'a Moat Iroc;roIve Jlove.
HcppncT Gazette. x
This Is one of Oregon's most progres
sive movement, nnd whllo it will be
somewhat of a burden it will be money
well epent. Oregon needs more people.
If the spirit In which this bill was passed
had been more prominent in former times,
Oregon today would have been much bet
ter off.
All Will l.rml Tlirlr Support.
Harrlaburg llullctln.
It Is already apparent that this appro
priation. In Its liberality. Is having the
effect of building ud confidence In our
sister states, whose Interests are Identical
with ours, to an extent that Insures suc
cess from the undertaking. It can already
be said with safety that the Fair will bo
a crowning success for the State of Ore
gon.
Will Inspire Other States.
Klamath Republican.
Both branches of the Oregon Legislature
have passed the bill to appropriate $300,000
for the Lewis and Clark Exposition. Tills
spirit of liberality and enterprise will
doubtless inspire generous donations on
the part of other states for the same pur
pose, nnd means much for the success of
the big Fair.
That'a What They Are.
Bohemia Nugget.
The Lewis and Clark appropriation bill.
asking for KOO.OOO, has passed both houses
and will become a law. If the men who
will have the handling of this and other
funds subscribed for the Fair are Judicious
and manage the business as they would
manage their "private affairs, the money
will be well spent and Oregon and the Pa
cific Coast as well will reap a rich, reward
on the Investment.
Jio One Donbts Good Results.
Cathlamct Sun.
Nobody doubts for an Instant that the
Fair will result In great good to all the
Northwest. Perhaps Portland may suffer
most from the reflex action after this
Fair Is over; but that can only be for a
time, for when a city situated as Port
land Is. contains a population of over
100.COO, It will not down for any length
of time on account of any local conditions
arising, as for Instance a dullncco follow
ing close upon the heels of a wortd's fair.
Let us advertise this notable event in
every way possible, for In so doing we ad
vertise this vast territory and its bound
less resources.
Will Pay for Price of Fnlr.
North Yamhill Record.
Nothing so Important to the welfare of
Oregon In particular and the Coast In gen
eral could be proposed at this time as the
successful carrying out of this great en
terprise. Portland Is full of Easterners
now who arc seeking to take advantage
of the great opportunities which will be
afforded through the Exposition. The ad
ditional price which will be received by
the people of Oregon for butter, egss ana
chickens alone In the next two years will
pay the state appropriation to the Lewis
and Clark Exposition.- We sincerely hope
the people of Oregon will all co-operate
In an effort to make the Fair the. great
success which it should and doubtless
will be.
Orepronlnn Should De Concrntnlatci',
Oregon City Courier.
The Lewis and Ctark Fair Is at last a
certainty. The people of Oregon are to be
congratulated with the good sense with
which the Oregon Legislature acted upon
this question and made the appropriation
necessary to carry this great work. With
a decent appropriation now by tho Fed
eral Government, the board of Fair man
agers will have at their 'disposal some
$2.CCO.O0O with which to put on foot this
great advertisement of the resources of
the Northwest, country. The fair should
be and will be a great success. The State
of Oregon will reap from Its sowing
harvest of benefits that will many times
over compensate it for the expenditure
In money Jt Is now making. Every Qrego
nlan should now put his shoulder to the
wheel and do what he can to make'the
Lewis and Clark Fair the greatest that
has yet been held in the country.
Oreson Hon Done Well.
Pendleton Tribune.
The great and wealthy state of Illinois
appropriated only JSO0.OGO for the World's
Fair in 1S93, and Oresron donates very
nearly this amount when her taxable val
uation Is nowhere In comparison with the
state of Illinois. For the Midwinter Fair
at San Francisco, Immediately following
the world s Fair at Chicago. California
appropriated not one cent. For the
Southern Exposition at Atlanta the state
of Georgia donated but $1S,000. Nebraska
gave but $13,000 for the Trans-Mississippi
Exposition at Omaha in 1S3S. For the Pan
American Exposition at Buffalo. New
York, the. Empire State, gave but $230,000.
For the Charleston Fair South Carolina
appropriated only JoO.OOO. For the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition the state
of Missouri has appropriated $1,000,000. Con
sidering population, territory, taxable
valuation and wealth Oregon has given
more in proportion than any other state
where a similar exposition has been held.
Oregon should now be given suitable ad
vertisement and no doubt but that the
returns will be three, four or even ten
fold.
Greeley' Advice Amended.
Atlanta Constitution.
Come South, young man, arl grow up
with tho country! The opening of the
Panama canal to the world's traffic will
more directly and largely benefit the cpt-
ton belt than any other large section of
the country. The vast current of overland
traffic to the Pacific will be in large degree
diverted to the South Atlantic and Gulf
seaboard, stimulating Southern railroad
building proportionately and building at
Southern harbors cities that will rival the
greatest of the North. The whole South
will be transformed into a teeming Indus
trial community.
How the Darssln Was Made.
Nebraska State Journal.
The Colombian Minister offered to sign
the canal treaty at an annual rental of the
rlsht ot way of $330,000 In addition to the
lump sum of $5,000,000 to be paid down.
Mr. Hay offered him $100.TOO and then be
gan to make eyes at Nicaragua. Then,
after a time. Colombia melted and offered
to trade with a $250,000 rental. The Presi
dent submitted the offer to leading Sena
tors and on their advice accepted the com
promise. Poaer Even In Thta Day.
Hartford, Conn., Courant.
Old John Adams frankly gave up the at
tempt to understand Pennsylvania politics
and politicians, declaring that they were
the devil's own inconprehenslblcis. What
would he have thought of this New York
quartet Lessler, Qulgg, McCullagh and
Doblln?
Reformer Swearing Oft Taxes.
Washington Post.
George Foster Peabody, the eminent
Brooklyn reformer, has sworn oft a tax
assessment of $50,000 and declares that he
Is no longer a resident of Greater New
York. A professional reformer doesn't
like tax-paying any more than one of the
low-browed sort.
PAINFUL AND SIGNIFICANT LAPSE
Chicago Chronicle. .
A gcod many statesmen went to Canton
the other day to eulogize tho late William
McKInley on the anniversary of his, birth.
There were President, Roosevelt, Judge
Day, Secretary Root, General Wright,
Vice-Governor of the Philippines; Charles
Emory Smith, ex-Postmaster-Gcneral, and
others.
All these had words of highest praise
for Mr. McKInley. They all praised him
as a statesman and leader of men rank
ing with Washington and Lincoln. They
praised him as a man who not only pos
sessed the natural qualities of leadership,
but who developed and grew continually
to higher planes of wisdom and greatness.
Throughout hjs long term of service
In Congress." said Mr. Roosevelt, "there
was a steady increase alike in his power
cf leadership and In the recognition of
that power both by his associates In pub
lic life and by the public itself." And both
Mr. Roosevelt and others recognized this
growth throughout the period when Mr.
McKInley occupied the White House.
Yet not one of the eulogists had a word
to say about "Mr. McKlnley's last speech.
In which he declared that the time hadi
come to lower the tariff barriers which,
by shutting out the products of other
lands, limited the markets for our own
products.
Why this silence? If Mr. McKInley was
a growing statesman, who continued to
grow to tho end. adapting his policy with
all but Infallible sagacity to new con
ditions, why was there silence like that
of the grave when it came to his last pub
lic utterance?
Are we to understand that the distin
guished eulogists of the late President
agree with Senator Aldrlch, who .recently
declared In substance on the floor of the
Senate that Mr. McKInley had betrayed
protection In the commercial treaties ne-
"gotiated through Mr. Kasson?
That Is the only possioie imcrence. am
Mr. McKtnlev outgrow his eulogists or
trns he i traitor, as their silence regard
ing his last utterance plainly implies?
The West mav have an opinion to cy
press as to that.
The Valne of Reciprocity.
Plttsburc: Gazette.
In the course of the rather acrimonious
debate between Aldrlch and Doiuver some
interesting sidelights were thrown upon
th i-nrtni' nmets of reciDrocal trade.
Mr. DolUver had decidedly the better end
of the subject. Mr. Aldrlch, in common
with the other extremists, reues upju
thp sonorous declaration that ho will not
favor any part of any reciprocal agree
ment th.it Inlures any Interest in ine
United States. That sounds wen, out. "
Is the veriest nonsense. Injury Is sucn a
relative term when applied to trade rela
tions. For examDle. Interference to pre
vent Lie extortions of the meat trust or
the coal Hellers' conspiracy can De ne-
nmmfl ns an inlurv to tnose interest
But look at the Injury tney can uuw.i
upon thousands.
rne oDjeci at a pruictuc
the advancement of single Interests, but
the greatest good to the greatest num-
tvtionpvnr a reemroclty treaty can
be negotiated that will greatly benefit
manv. even at the cost oi siigni. injury w
a very few, it is the part of good govern
mmf m nrrnmnllsh Its nrlme object, "the
f-rnatest i-nnfl of the rreatest number."
As a roattir of fact we do not believe
thnt mv nendlne reciprocity treaty wouju
inflict actual loss pf the means of llvell-
hnml nnon anv citizen ot tne unitea
States.
Competition nnd the Jlerscr.
Mlnneanolls Tribune.
win tlii rirent Northern and Northern
Parlfln were rnmnetlnc for business In the
Northwest, they evolved a plan ot home-
seekers' excursions at low rates. j.eo oo
Ject of these, of course, was less to get
passenger business than to attract set
tlers to the country, ana so increase mo
freight business of ther-roads. Were these
wholesome competitive efforts stopped
when the Northern Securities merger
brought the two railroads under one con
trol? On the contrary, tney nave neen
rnntlnued with more energy than ever;
and the Union Pacific Company has joined
In the movement- Some time next, montn
this company will send a train of ten
coaches, containing homeseeking excur
sionists, to Its Pacific Coast territory.
Here is another illustration of the fact
that merger only raises competition to a
higher level and increases its energy.
The Union Pacific never has extended
such liberal facilities to the people of
its territory, never has taken such pains
to encourage Immigration, never has
shown so much Interest In the develop
ment of Its tributary country, as since
tho other two roads combined against lt-
Gencral Booth After Millionaires.
New York Times.
General Booth, of the Salvation Army,
gravely announces tho purpose of that en
terprising organization "to go 'after the
millionaires of the United States and en
roll them as members." They have not
usually been considered promising revival
material, but perhapa the effort to reach
them has not been made In just the right
way. The millionaire ns an active mem
ber of the Salvation Army would not be
out of plaoe. The qualities which have
put him In the position he occupies, or
kept him there If the formative work in
building hla fortune was done by others,
are very much those which It may be as
sumed would make for success In the kind
of work General Booth wants done.
MUd Propoaal In Missouri.
New York Sun.
We have had the happiness of examining
the bill Introduced Into tho Missouri House
of Representatives to prohibit the playing
of football. The bill means well, but it
Is far too mild. It makes the playing of
football a misdemeanor. Why not a fel
ony? It provides that the officers and
managers of the State University, School
of Mines, State Normal Schools, Agricul
tural College and public schools supported
In part by the state shall be fined or im
prisoned if they allaw the students to play
football. These are wishy-washy and
trivial pains and penalties. If the Mis
souri legislators want to abolish this
atrocious game they will have to make
it murder In the first degree.
CnrlnR Crime by Prevention.
Minneapolis Journal.
. In our efforts toward tho prevention
of crime wo have to a large extent gone
at the business at the wrong end, and it
Is exceedingly gratifying to ee some at
tention paid to the wont or caring lor
children neglected and exposed to crlmi-'
nal influences and an intelligent effort
made to guard them from becoming crim
inals, and not only In this way reducing
the criminal population and the develop
ment of crime, but adding to the honest
and useful population to the amount of
-honest and useful effort and the greater
safety of society..
Better Arbitrate Than Fight.
Rochester Herald.
The submission to arbitration of a dis
pute involving territorial boundaries by
two such powers as tho United States
and Great Britain should go far to 'es
tablish International respect for arbitra
tion as the one proper and desirable
course to be pursued In the adjustment
of disputes .between nations. It Is great,
perhaps, to be ready to fight if needs
must, but being ready to fight it is great
er still to be willing to arbitrate.
What Lessler Should Have Done.
Boston Herald.
It would have saved a good deal of both
er If Congressman Lessler had simply
kicked Qulgg. That is the way a United
States Senator diepceed of the case ot a
man who offered him a consideration to
vote for the Spanish .treaty. He kicked
the cuss out of the Senatorial committee
room and around the corridors of the Capi
tol. This closed the Incident. It also
closed the career of the lobbyist.
NOTE AND COMMENT.
The amount of Ice that isn't being cut
at Salem wouldn't It freeze you?
Senator Quay Just sets hla mouth talking
and goes away and forgets about It.
Of course Doblln 13 guilty. What Is a
Congressional Investigating committee
for?
When tho property-owners opened, the
question of Individual rights the streets
closed.
The European concert simply won't do
so long as Kaiser William insists on sing
ing solo.
Tho new Army regulations provide for
better care for the Army mules. There ig
not likely vto be a-kick over this.
The United States Senator who isn't
good for a two-weeks' speech on the state
hood bill doesn't amount to much these
days.
A correspondent suggests that the rea
son the $79,000,000 put out by the mints last
year got by us Is that Mr. Morgan needed
the money.
Mr. Ankcny goes to the Senate all right.
but until the dust settles It will be hard
to say which one of the King County dele
gation sent him there.
What Mr. Morgan thinks of Mr. Gates
waa printed a long time back. What Mr.
Gates thinks of Mr. Morgan Is apparent
ly taking Mr. Gates a long time to put in
shape for publication. v
The minority newspapers, as was to ba
expected, are again demanding that tho
Democracy put on an unbroken front, but
none of them tell how that badly-fractured
organization Is going to do it.
Tho New York Central Railroad Is going
to provide physicians on all Its trains
hereafter. If this present epidemic of
wrecks continues it would be better to put
them In a place of safety sort of string
them In way stations along the track.
The hens In Oregon don't lay egg9
enough to supply the local demand, and
appeal are being rent to the Eastern mar
ket. Here again is a chance for the Legis
lator at Salem who has a minute to spare
to Introduce a bill.
A paragraph from a recent and slushy
account of how John Luther Long wroto
"The Darling of the Gods" states that
the playwright can write 7000 words an
hour on his typewriter. This Is certainly
an amazing speed, and. we trust, much
faster than anything else that Mr. Long
does.
The latest craze in Paris is the wear
ing of a lighted lantern as a personal
ornament. The fashion originated with
a speculative manufacturer, whose
"petltes lanternes" were bought by tens
of thousands at the fair of Neullly.. Tha
lantern Is. very small and neat, and mad
In a gothlc form after an ancient model.
Senator L. P. King, Populist, ot Cow
ley County, is serving his 20th consecu
tive year as a member of the Kansas
Legislature, and gives notice of his pur
pose to retire. In 1S00 he was elected by a
majority ot 2S1, although McKInley car
ried the county by over 500, and he doubts
If he could do" It again. Evidently he has
grown" old enough to know better.
In order to prevent embarrassment
among .women who are not well
dressed as some others, a London preacher
proposes to hold his church services In
darkness. Not only ought worship under
these conditions make such women feel
rfree to attend, but It ought also to attract
various young couples who have reached
the stalgo where Illumination Is wholly un
necessary. Vorbanyslc and Stredln-Komysk was a dead
ermine, caught in a trap. Harry de Wlndt, la
February Wide World.
Mr. De Wlndt's descriptive work Is
mainly Interesting .because of tha similes
ho employs, but we think this 13 tha
best of the lot. His cable dispatches show
that he struck many a live wire, but noth
ing that ho has written so far seems to
rank as a dead letter in the English press.
Tha two bachelors. Bailey and Hanna,
who hold the offices of Governor and Lieutenant-Governor
of Kansas, are still tha
target of the fun-makers. In the lower
House of the Kansas Legislature on Mon
day, Representative Campbell Introduced a
bill to tax all able-bodied bachelors, be
tween the ages of 40 and 63, $30 a year,
and all able-bodied old maids between tha
ages of 33 and 59, who have no families
to support, $23 a year.
The dignified editor of the Red Wing
Republican arose hastily from a sitting
posture, looked around to see If anyone
was laughing at him, brushed the slush
from his trousers, stalked stiffly, Into his
sanctum, stood up by a case of type, and
penned tho following:
One way to stop the children from coasting
on the sidewalks would be to clean the walks.
A few ashes or a little sand sprinkled on the
walks would also stop the practice and mlsht
keep older people from" taking; a slide sot con
templated. Uncle Joe Cannon entered the hall of tha
House the other day while discussion
about the bill to stamp out the foot-and-mouth
disease was on. A Southern Demo
crat, who talks frequently and on any old
subject, which fact has become a jest on
both sides ot the chamber, held the floor.
"Does this bill cure the mouth disease?"
Inquired Uncle Joe of a company of states
men near him.
"Yes." said they.
"Well, then," replied Uncle Joe, with a
wave of his hand toward the voluble
Southern Democrat, "I am for It-"
"Now, Willie, whatever you do, don't
be piggish," was the parting shot of
fond mamma as her darling set forth to a
school social.
Willie Jingled his coin in his pocket. No,
he wouldn't spend a red cent for the li
brary fund, which -the school was trying
to swell. Ten cents for a new top. Twenty-five
cents for a pure agate marble. And
19 cents more for "Foxy the Sleuth, or
the Adventures of a Boy Detective" and
that would finish his pile.
At the hall- there was a tempting array
of nuts, cake, bottles of soda pop, sweets
of all kinds from candy canes to sticky
molasses kisses.
"Willie Jones, you'd look Just too sweet
swinging a cane'," he heard a maid at a
booth call out.
Willie was out 25 cents, but he looked
"sweet" swinging his 'cane. Soda pop,
chewing candy, chocolate cake In gener.
ous quantities saw vviuie DroKe. so na
started home with his cane, and at tha
door handed his mother the handle. He
wasn't feeling the Best in the world, and
during the night was quite sick.
"Didn't I warn you that you couldn't
eat everything with impunity," chlded hla
mother next morning.
Willie's brow wrinkled angrily and ha
replied Indignantly: "I didn't eat any.
Impunity."