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REFORM LOG OVERDUE.
Governor Chamberlain's determination
not to make lieu land selections until
the Federal Land Department has
passed upon the selections already made
will be generally commended. If the
state's title to a considerable quantity of
Indemnity land Is to fall, it is the part
of wisdom to proceed slowly until the
extent of the losses has been deter
mined. Certainly there is nothing to be
gained by substituting one tract of in
valid "base" for another of the same
kind. For many years it has been the
practice of the executive office to select
Indemnity lands upon school sections
which have not been finally adjudicated
aa mineral In character, and from this
practice, and the immediate selling of
euch indemnity! lands, the trouble has
arisen.
And there Is trouble enough. The op
erators in lieu land contend that the
state is In honor bound to make good
Its conveyances, the Inference being that
if the state refuses to carry out the
work begun by the operators, It is lack
ing in honor. Since the Governor-does
not agree with -the lieu land ring, the
state's Integrity Is likely to be In doubt
for some time. In the minds of the men
who have been reaping a harvest from
the state land business. If the state's
credit suffers no more severe a blow
than that which will result from a re
fusal to let the lieu-land ring dictate the
state land policy. It is certain that the
fair name of Oregon will never be In
great disrepute.
And now a word about the responsi
bility' for some of the unpleasant notori
ety Oregon has received In the last two
or three years because of fraud In land
transactions. It has been the delight of
a number of papers which depend upon
land notices for their revenue to charge
The Oregonlan with besmirching the
name of this state. Because this paper
has dared to give publicity to question
able practices In pujbllc affairs, the land
grabbers, through? their willing organs,
accuse it of a puVpose to Injure the rep
utation of the state. Let us quote one
of thero organs, that It Is a dirty bird
that will befoul Its own nest, and then
inquire who is the bird referred to. "Who
Is it that has brought Oregon into dis
repute? Is It the man who. In consid
eration of a paltry sum, has perjured
himself and acted as a go-between for
the land sharks? Is It the man who has
been ready to procure the commission
of perjury In order that he might gain
title to a few thousand acres of public
land? Is It the public officer who has
winked at all such Irregularities? Is It
the man who swears that land Is min
eral In character when It Is not so in
fact? Is It any one of the men who
commit these acts, or Is It the paper
which calls attention to the wrongs and
asks that they shall cease?
The land sharks say that it is The
Oregonlan that has brought Oregon Into
disrepute. No harm Is done so long as
they can secretly pursue their thieving
schemes, but an appeal to public pride
Is uttered as soon as an attempt is made
to disclose the "unlawful transactions.
It Is all right for sharpers to gain con
trol of the public lands by unlawful
means, but It is all wrong for any one
to expose the Illegal practices. "Who Is
It that has brought Oregon land affairs
Into d&repute?
Not one word would The Oregonlan
express that might tend to discourage
the Investment of capital in Oregon land
In a legitimate manner. It Is the pol
icy of this state and the desire of Its
people, to encourage the residents of
other states to come here and purchase
property. But It Is not and should not
be our wish that speculators come here
and buy land by unlawful means. The
business Interests of the state have not
received a proper benefit from the in
vestment of capital when a syndicate,
by means of a few dummy applicants,
secures for $3 or $4 an acre land which
should bring two, three or even four
times that amount. The industrial de
velopment of the state received but
small Impetus when a homesteader has
sold his right before he has used it, and
received for it but a paltry sum. The
men who secure lands in this manner
are not the men who help develop the
state.
The selection of lieu lands upon min
eral base should not and will not be per
manently discontinued. That is proba
bly not Governor Chamberlain's pur
pose. His apparent Intention Is to
straighten out the tangle in which the.
State Land Department Is involved, and
then make no selections except upon
valid base and sell no lieu land until the
title has been perfected. The state Is
the gainer by the selection of lieu land
upon valid mineral basa but it Iras lost
by the operations of those who have
filled their own pockets by using invalid
base. The advent of good business
methods in dealing- with lieu lands Is a
cause for gratification.
GOOD WORK OF IXXIGRATIO.Y.
An able New England clergyman, re
cently deceased, the agent of the Con
necticut Bible Society, in a paper which
has Just been published by the leading
Connecticut newspapers, reported his
personal observations of life in the small
rural towns in terms that will go far
to reconcile the public to his conclusion
that the so-called "dead Yankee blood"
which afflicts these communities is ut
terly inferior to any sort of decent for
elgn immigration. The Rev. Mr. Hutch
ins forcibly described these small rural
towns as communities of fallen Indus
tries, dwindling population, with whose
economic decline a mental and moral
degeneration has gone, compared with
fifty years ago. This decline is marked
by a great falling off in religious or
church activity. The old New England
stock has so completely, gone to ruin iq
these rural towns that native-born men
descended from good families are not
uncommon who at 30 to 45 years of age
cannot read or write. Sparse neighbor
hoods and limited association have led
to the Intermarrying of neighbors and
even of relatives, or not marrying at all,
each a source of weakened moral fiber.
More alarming still, loosened family re
lations" are now becoming more general.
It is growing common for bachelors, di
vorced and undlvorced men and widow
ers, to have housekeepers. In one neigh
borhood of twenty-five to thirty families
there are eight such "families," most of
them being persons under 60 years of
age.
The first selectman In one town, a
man of large Influence, was thus living
with a "housekeeper." In one place of
197 families, only six of which are "for
eign," a fine academy building has not
been used for years, and one of the best
endowed libraries In the state has sel
dom a visitor. Illiteracy, Insanity and
Imbecility are not Infrequent In this
town. One family in which both par
ents had been foolish had raised- up a
large family and had children all of the
same stamp. Of four church buildings
only one of them has a pastor. The one
male teacher gets only 520 a month,
which Is 510 a month less than a male
district schoolteacher was paid In a
small Vermont rural town eighteen
miles from -any railroad forty-five
years ago. And this Is a town that
sixty years ago was Inhabited by a
community composed of people of vigor
ous brains and culture; a town that sent
boys to Yale College that became men
of public distinction. This "dead Yan
kee blood" is often most prolific In chil
dren where it Is most degenerate, and
the poorest and most hopeless families
on the Isolated hillsides are developing a
type which Mr. Hutchlns describes as
"the poor whites of the North."
In these old breeding grounds of the
Yankee In the rural districts a new
stock in shape of foreign Immigrants 13
beginning to take the place of this de
generate native stock, and threatens to
dominate New England. In some of
these towns the invading immigrants
number from 15 to 68 per cent of the
population, xnere are extensive settle
ments of Russian Jews, Swedes and
Italians where once dwelt the best New
England blood. Many come as hirelings
and by industry and sagacity soon be
come property-owners. In numbers the
Irish are first, then Germans, Swedes,
English, Scotch, Canadian French,
Danes, Poles, Italians, Russians, Bo
hemians, Hungarians, Lithuanians,
Welsh, .Finns, etc. In one of these old
towns a large colony of Russian Jews
not only carry on their own farms, but
support a large industry where clothes
are made for the New York trade. Mr.
Hutchlns testifies to the superiority of
these newcomers to the degenerate na
tive stock. Loose sexual relations, a
New England vice, is rarely found
among the foreign element, who- are
generally pure In their family relations.
There are no Imbeciles among them;
they are strong of body, full of ambi
tion, and utterly without false social
pride and arrogance, and they are so
anxious for the education of their chil
dren that the public schools "are lull of
Poles, Hungarians, Swedes, Germans
and Italians.
These foreign children are bright, and
promise to make good citizens. Fathers
and sons are sober, hardworking, home
loving people, mostly Catholic, and
quite as lawabldlng as the average
American. The conclusion of Mr. Hutch
lns Is that this admixture of fresh for
eign blood will solve the problem of
native degeneracy Race distinctions
will pass away In the inevitable inter
mingling of bloods, Swede, Irish and
Italian, with American. "We are making
a new American race faster than we
realize. These views are supported by
Mr. Gustave Mlchaud In his paper on
the coming American race in the Cen
tury Magazine. The percentage of na
tive whites of native parentage in New
York City as a wholeIs but 21.5; the
City of Paterson, N. J., has but 22.7 per
cent; Jersey City has but 27.7, and New
ark but 29 per cent. The percentage of
native whites of native parentage In the
other large communities of the country
is as follows:
Chicago SO.SJCleveland 22.0
Philadelphia 40.3San Francisco 24.4
Bcton 2aOjDetroit 21.5
Baltimore 46.4 Milwaukee 17.0
Cincinnati 3i.9JManhattan Borough.ie.9
Of the great Immigration since 1835
the South received so small a portion
that the Southerners are still of the old
American stock, with the consequence
that the South contains more degener
ate whites of splendid original stock
than any section of the country The
North and "West are the better for the
blood of foreign Immigration, even as
England and Ireland are the best breeds
In Europe because they stand for the
largest mixture of good bloods.
Portland and Astoria seem to have
made a simultaneous move lathe direc
tion of purifying the moral atmosphere
of the water front. The conviction of.
James White In this city for kidnaping
and beating a salfor, and the binding
over of Paddy Lynch on $3000 bonds at
Astoria for what seems to be a clear
case of shanghaing, come under the
head of "new business." They disprove
the oft-repeated statement that a sailor
boarding-house man can violate the
laws of the clty county and state and
go unpunished. It Is an unquestionable
fact that crimes fully as serious as those
for which White and Lynch are now In
peril have been of frequent occurrence
on the Portland and Astoria water front.
It Is equally true that they were com
mitted by such past masters In the art
of shanghaing and deception that con
viction was Impossible through lack of
evidence. The conviction of White was
mainly due to the testimony pf the sail
ors who were the victims of the outrage.
Thia bears out tke statement frequently
aade by The Oregonlan that If the av
erage sailor can be made even temporar
ily to assume some of the moral respon
sibility for the safekeeping of his own
carcass, the task of the authorities
who would like to help him would he
made much easier. Sailor boarding
houses are necessary wherever there are
ships and sailors, but the day of the Jim
Turk and Bunco Kelly type" of boarding
house men has passed, and they will no
more be tolerated than will the "bucko"
mate on the high seas. Portland has
all that she needs to attend to in an
swering for -necessary delays and ex
penses to ships visiting the river, with
out being called on to foster and protect
any unnecessary grafts on ships by men
who beat sailors Into Insensibility- in
order to prevent them from signing for
a voyage without paying toll to the
boarding-houses.
ROOSEVELT IX 1004.
It is Interesting to note the variety
of opinions expressed concerning Presi
dent Roosevelt by the Republican, the
Democratic and the "Independent"
press. Some of the Independents think
that he Is antagonizing all the elements
that usually nominate Republican Pres
idents; that he has alienated the trusts
which supply the campaign fund; that
he Is playing to the Southern galleries
to win the delegations from the South;
that Hanna Introduced a bill to pen
sion all ex-slaves now living, to con
tinue his control of the negro vote; that
the Republican slate-makers mean to
fight Roosevelt when the time comes.
These Independents think that Roose
velt means to be the people's candidate,
and predict that unless the slate-makers
can Jockey him out of the nomina
tion he will win. The conservative
Democrats, represented by the Brook
lyn Eagle, say that Roosevelt has some
very powerful and influential opponents
among the Senators and Representa
tives of his. own party; that while he
has a few warm friends among them,
the great majority of them ore' Indiffer
ent to him personally and would prefer
a man of less strenuous disposition in
the White House; that he Is so grossly
Inferior to McKlnley In tact and the
ability to say the right thing at the
right time that he would be dangerously
likely to wreck the most promising
Presidential campaign by doing or say
ing some unfortunate thing. These
Democratic critics confess, however,
that while Cleveland was not popular
with the slate-makers of his party, the
Democratic masses compelled his second
and third nominations over the wishes
of Senators and Representatives and the
politicians of the party generally; that
Roosevelt seems to model his course
upon Cleveland rather than upon Mc
Klnley, and on this line may, like Cleve
land, win the nomination by the support
of the masses of the Republican parts'
In spite of the politicians.
In our judgment, there is not the
slightest danger of the slate-makers
jockeying Roosevelt out of the nomina
tion. With the superficial Impulsiveness
of Jackson he has a deal of Jackson's
political astuteness, for he has repeat
edly shown a singular capacity for self
restraint at critical moments. He Is
sure to have New York's delegation
solid for him In convention; he is sure
of Massachusetts, and doubtless of all
the rest of the New England States. As
goes New York so generally goes Con
necticut and New Jersey, whose resi
dents include a great many men of
wealth, ability and Influence, who -do
business In New York City and reflect
Its sentiment. He will have a great
majority of the delegates from the'
Southern States; he Is sure of all the
delegates west of the Missouri River.
He Is sure of Wisconsin through Payne
and Spooner, and Illinois and Michigan.
The only doubtful states are Ohio, In
diana, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Mary
land, Delaware and West Virginia,
which will probably support his nomina
tion in convention, and there Is no sign
at present that any great National
leader In the Republican ranks means
to dispute the field with him? Much Is
said about Hanna, but Hanna would
have no chance to obtain the nomina
tion. Justly or unjustly, Hanna has
been deluged with mud by the Demo
crats and the Independents, and, unfor
tunately, some of the mud stlcka
Hanna Is greatly overrated as a polit
ical leader. He never was a great polit
ical leader. He wasjonly a very suc
cessful, very energetic and Indefatigable
"commercial traveler" In politics for
McKlnley in 1896. He could easily do
for McKlnley what he could not possi
bly do for himself, for the great cam
paigns of 1896 and 1900 really ran them
selves. Any decent Republican could have
been elected In 1896, and even a Repub
lican who was not altogether free from
serious political reproach could have
been elected over Bryan In 1900. On the
proposal to enact free silver at 16 to 1
and pack the Supreme Court of the
"United States for free riot, anybody who
was not pledged to dishonest money and
plenty of it could have been elected over
Bryan In 1896 and 1900. Of the nomina
tion of Roosevelt In 1904 there is no rea
sonable doubt; he will capture It with
both hands In his pockets, and. there Is
little doubt of his election. The' Demo
crats are absolutely at sea for a candi
date. Bryan continues to( be the fly in
their ointment, for he Insists that no
man shall be nominated who refused to
support the candidate and platform of
1900, or who refuses to treat that candi
date and platform with decent public
respect. Bryan peremptorily refused to
attend the Jackson anniversary dlnnei
held on the 16th Inst, at Chicago, and on
this occasion Congressman DeArmond,
of Missouri, served notice on the party
leaders that the nominee for 1904 "must
be one who was In the Democratic col
umn In 189C and again in 1900." This
means that the Bryanlte Democracy of
the country will not support either
Cleveland or HilL Olney supported
Bryan In 1900, and so did Judge Parker,
but probably did not vote for him In
1S96.
Bryan holds the whip handle, for at
least 1,500,000 of the 6,358,000 voters who
cast tholr ballots for him in 1900 are
ready to do Bryan's bidding today. It
lies with Bryan to say what states. If
any, outside the South, he will permit
the Democratic candidate to carry. He
proposes to be reckoned with next year,
and If any attempt Is made to ignore
him and the principles he represented In
1SS5 and 1900 he will proceed to scuttle
the Democratic campaign cruiser. The
truth Is that even as Roosevelt Is the
only man in the Republican party that
stands for National political leadership,
so Bryan Is the only man In the Demo
cratic party that really draws any
water. Olney Is an able man, but he
has no following In his party; neither
has Hill or Cleveland, outside of New
England and the Middle States. Judge
Parker with Bryan's Indorsement might
make a respectable run, as he & said to
prave voted for Bryan iri 1900 and Is
strong la. his own-1 state. But Bryan's
Indorsement would be fatal to hla elec
Uoh with the honest Gold Democrats in
New York, Connecticut and New Jersey.
The Democratic party is between the
devil and the deep sea. It Is sure to be
damned at the East If it permits Bryan
to name the candidate, and it Is equally
sure- to be damned at the West If. any
attempt is made to Ignore Bryan In tha
choice of the candidate and construc
tion of the platform. Under these cir
cumstances Roosevelt Is morally certain,
if nominated, to be re-elected. If Bryan
Is not suffered to make the spoon, he
will spoil the hom.
The Pacific Northwest Is some dis
tance removed from the National head
quarters of the Lighthouse Department,
but the Government Is gradually look
ing after the great and rapidly growing
interests of this rich field for maritime
commerce. It Is not so long ago but
most of the younger generation of old
est Inhabitants can well remember when
the old sldewheeler Shubrlck looked af
ter all of the lighthouses and aids to
navigation between the California line
and Alaska. Not only was she the sole
guardian of aids to navigation, but fre
quently she was pressed Into service aa
a revenue cutter and on at least one oc
casion as an Impromptu man-of-war.
The venerable Shubrlck was sent to the
scrap heap In 1885, and the modern-built
propeller Manzanlta was sent here to
take charge of the Increasing work of
the district. This was lees than twenty
years ago, and for several years after
her arrival the Manzanlta covered the
big territory! without much difficulty.
Long before the new arrival had to her
credit the same length of service as the
Shubrlck, however, navigators In the
Northwest were extending their opera
tions. In many of the little bays and
Inlets along the Alaskan Coast cannery
men located and business grew, making
It a necessity to buoy and light the
channels. Improvement In the service
along the Oregon and Washington Coast
also aided In taxing the Manzanlta'o
capacity to the limit, and about ten
years ago the Columbine was added to
the service. Now comes the Heather, a
modern steel lighthouse tender, built on
the very waters which It will be a por
tion of her duty to light and" buoy.
Maritime development has gone forward
with great strides In the Pacific North
west In the past few years, but in the
lighthouse service In particular the
Government has shown a manifest de
sire to keep pace with that progress.
In Mr. Scott's address at Olympla,'
March 2, It was erroneously stated that
the old Ram age press, on which the first
number of The Oregonlan was printed,
and also the first number of the Colum
bian, at Olympla, the first paper north
of the Columbia River, was destroyed In
the great fire at Seattle in 1889. In
fact that press Is still In existence. It
had been in use at Seattle, but through
tho progress of journalism was no
longer available; so before the fire of
1889 It had fortunately been removed
for preservation as a relic to the Uni
versity of Washington, where it Is still
kept. It was "set up" a few days ago
at the university by Mr. C. B. Bagley
and Mr. Clarence Hanford. The in
scription on the old press is in Roman
letter and Arabic character, as follows:
"A. Ramage Patent, No. 913." This press
was taken from Portland, whither it had
been brought by T. J. Dryer from San
Francisco, to Olympla by T. F. McElroy
and J. W. Wiley, and from Olympla to
Seattle by J. R. Watson who printed
Seattle's first paper, the Seattle Gazette,
on it. On it was also printed the first
number of the Seattle Intelligencer.
Probably It will betraneferred some'
time from the University of Washington
to the Historical Society of the state.
Massachusetts is to have the mountain
laurel for its "state flower," an absurd
choice, but then the whole matter Is
absurd. The Massachusetts Floral Em
blem Society finds that It has through
Its 124 branches got 25,000 votes for the
laurel to 3000 for the mayflower and the
pond Illy, and less than 1000 for the blue
flag. And now there will be a bill In
troduced Into the Legislature to "legal
ize" the emblem. The absurdity of this
state-flower business Is that In the pop
ular vote of selection every silly creat
ure votes for the flower that he or she
likes best, without regard to any other
considerations. A "state flower" should
stand for the product of some plant that
Is able to furnish a leaf that can be
worn as a public decoration when the
brief life of the flower is over. Hand
some evergreen plants should be select
ed, not plants whose beauty Is gone
when the blossom Is perished. But then
the whole business is a bit of senti
mental, shallow nonsense, well enough
for a Spring and Summer picnic, but
not a proper subject for serious legis
lation, t
The Intelligent admirers of. General
Sam Houston justly object to the statue
of the famous Texan to be placed In the
Capitol at Washington because this
statue represents the victor of San Ja
cinto as an Indian at a time when he
was living with the Cherokee tribe after
his self-banlshment from Tennessee.
Houston's life among the Indians was
the only period of his life that was dis
creditable, for he was then a drunken
white man wearing the garb of a sav
age. Houston, when Governor of Ten
nessee, married a charming woman for
a wife, but, learning that his wife had
never loved him, but married him only
In obedience to her parents, he was so
deeply wounded that he resigned his
Governorship and joined the Cherokees,
with whom he lived until he was roused
from his moral apathy by the Texan
struggle, and, resuming the garb of a
white, Joined his fortunes to those of
that republic and became its most fa
mous hero.
Tardy repairs for police headquarters
and the City Jail are announced. For
more than twenty-five years the build
ing at Second and Oak streets has been
in a condition the exact opposite of san
itary a disgrace to the city and the
city government. While we may dis
claim any sort of sympathy with the av
erage prisoner who temporarily Inhabits
the building, common decency demands
reasonably, healthful environment for
Municipal Court functionaries and po
lice officers. At best, the proposed re
pairs are only a makeshift. Structur
ally; the building Is bad. There Is no
provision for pure air. To this the
meanest of humanity Is entitled, but
with the present heavy burden of taxes
Portland cannot afford to let him
have It.
Two Presidents of the United States,
Hayes 'and Harrison, visited Portland
while they were in office. Grant, after
he had made his famous tour of the
world, came" back to the scenes of his
early life as a soldier. McKinley would
haye come except for the Illness of his
wife at San Francisco.
NOT gBiTB" EXPLICIT. -
Minneapolis Tribune.
Secretary Hay has published the recent
correspondence with the Argentine Re
public in "order to call- attention to the
recognition and Indorsement given by the.
most considerable South American nation
to the Monroe Doctrine as a principle of
American law. This is very flattering to
the United States; but it does not quite
satisfy public curiosity as to how Secre
tary Hay has interpreted the "Monroe
Doctrine in his recent dealiags with for
eign powers. .
That is really what Argentina wanted to.
And out. The Foreign Minister of that
republic asked If the United States had
consented to the theory that an ordinary
public debt may be collected by force by a,
stronger nation from a weaker. Mr. Hay
answered the question by referring the
Argentine government to the President's
messages. These aro not explicit, because
they do not make clear distinction be
tween claims of governments involving
national honor and the mere -commercial
claims of subjects. If we are to permit
governments to collect the latter by war,
the Monroe Doctrine will not prevent the
gradual destruction of most of the Inde
pendent governments of South- and Cen
tral America.
If shrewd promoters, like the Swiss ad
venturer. Jecker, may bribe temporary
revolutionary Presidents into selling them
millions of dollars' worth of bonds for a
few thousands, and then compel the na
tions to pay the face value of the bond by
seizing their revenues,, not more han half
a dozen Central and South American re
publics can maintain their independencs
for ten years longer. If Secretary Hay
cannot be more explicit on this point, the
President should be.
So Kind of Senator Morgan.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
The Impressive news Is transmitted to
the country from Washington that Sen
ator Morgan has consented to allow a
vote to be taken on the Colombian Canal
treaty on Saturday next. This gratifying
result is sild to be due to the tactful
diplomacy of Senator Cullom, who ob
tained a consent from Morgan to permit
a vote on Saturday In return for the
privilege of laying his views In full be
fore the Senate. What a comic lot these
solemn Senators are! As If there were
anything In Senator Morgan's views that
was not fully known weeks ago, and as
If anything he has to say, known or un
known, has any other object than to
defeat a treaty which the people demand
and against which there is no objection
which requires an hour's serious con-,
slderatlon! Morgan has "held up" the
the treaty for several weeks now. has
put the country and his fellow Senators
to the entirely needless expense of an
extra session, and now his colleagues
aro grateful to him for saying he will
permit a vote not later than Saturday!
Maybe, also, he will allow a vote to be
taken on the Cuban reciprocity treaty
within a week or two. Then the Repub
lican majority, having exhibited its in
capacity to transact any business with
out unanimous consent, will adjourn and
go home under tho Impression that It has
demonstrated once more that the Senate
is the dominating power at -Washington.
"Ready-to-Eat" Viands.
Boston Transcript.
If one result of the coal famine Is, -as
prophesied, the increased opportunity for
families to buy all sorts of meats and veg
etables cooked, and cooked just as they
want them, the time Ls not far off when
housekeepers may call this same famine
blessed. Certain significant incidents are
already pointing to this outcome, and
when it arrives It may have more perfect
ness of detail than those who bear of It
at first will believe possible. It will un
doubtedly be possible for the household's
provider to. order a roast of beef to be
rare, well done or just medium, according
to the desires of those for whom ho buys,
and this Is not the end of possibilities In
the good time to come.- New York and
Washington have already accomplished
unsuspected feats In the "ready-tp-eat"
line, and It is not likely- that Boston will
be a great many months behind them. .
Cleveland on Belcher.
Boston Herald.
Grover Cleveland's tribute to Henry
Ward Beecher reads as If it came right
from the heart, particularly that portion
of it in which reference Is made to the
time when afflictions came upon the great
preacher and when he felt the cruel sting
of man's . malice and ingratitude. Mr.
Cleveland experienced some of these af
flictions and stings himself when he first
ran for the Presidency.
More Brick Than Bosquet.
Omaha Bee.
The remark of the Chicago Chronicle
that "whether right or wrong, the minor
ity In the Senate will cease to be ridicu
lous from the hour that Mr. Gorman re
sumes control of Its actions," Is hardly
lntended as a bouquet for the departing
Jones of Arkansas, who has Just vacated
the place for Senator Gorman.
The Canal and Cuban Treaties.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The cartoonists who are In the habit of
portraying the Democratic party as a
jackass would have more occasion than
ever for thus using their pencils should
the Democratic Senators assume an atti
tude of factious, stubborn opposition In
dealing with these measures.
Be Watchful, Willie.
Buffalo Express.
It looks as If Mr. Bryan might have
enough to do for a time In watching the
movements of Arthur Pue Gorman with
out bothering about Hill and Parker.
"Oar Brother In Black."
Clarence Ousley In Houston (Tex.) Post.
(From the Southern view point.)
Bark you, our Northland critics!
Forget you the white man's pride?
And know you the black Ethiopian?
The leopard the spots on hla hide?
Tou sold us the African chattels;
Tou tempted our ease and our greed.
And then you got zealously righteous
And warred on your customers need.
While we made the savages Christians
And paid for the sins of us both.
Now, counting the good and the evil,"
"We "blush not, and nothing are loath.
We forged, too, a bond of affection
More Arm than the title you gave
The weal of the served and the serving,
The love of the master and slave.
We suckled the breasts of their mammies
They fed from the fat of our store;
And. called to the far field of conflict.
We left them on guard at our door.
Wa bowed to the god of the battle
We own he was wiser than we
And patiently took up the burden
Of teachinr the bend to be free.
For wronging If wrong was committed
The rod bad been laid to our back;
Tet, stricken, we knew It was purs
To guardian our brothersln black.
And, you. In your heedless ambition
Forgetting our strength and our pride.
Forgetting the rule of the Saxon,
For which you yourselves would havo died
With bricks without straw you endeavored
To fashion new pillars of state
And seal up the house of our fathers
With sectional, partisan hate.
At last by the right of the Saxon.
By strength that was bred In the bone,
By law that ls higher than statute,
We came In the end to our own.
And full crportunlty opens
To black man and white man, the same
To follow the bent of his genius
To fortune and culture and fame.
We know "them they know us. Between us
Is knowledge you never can know.
We know, fcr the centuries taught us;
They know, for they learned it In woe.
So, bands off! The burden is ours;
And, faithfully plodding alohg, "
We'll move through the night to the morning
And answer to God for the wrong.
Go. ponder this rule of the ages,
"Writ large on the scroll of the skies;
The white,, man will govern with wisdom.
And chaos will reign wha he dies.
SPIRIT OP THE NORTHWEST PRESS
And Yet There Are Objections.
Salem Statesman.
The Washington Legislature appropriat
ed more money than the Oregon Legisla
ture, notwithstanding our- large sums set
apart o the 1S05 Fair, the portage road
and tho Indian War Veterans.
Expensive bat Necessary.
Vancouver Independent.
- Seventy-five thousand dollars for the
St. Louis Exposition and J5O.O0O for the
Lewis and Clark Centennial are the
amounts appropriated by the Washington
Legislature for exhibits at these two en
terprises. Though these two appropria
tions made large inroads into the public
purse, they were perhaps advisable and
necessary to tha development of the re
sources of . the great state.
BlaestecltiRga aa Blushlns Brides.
Pendleton Tribune.
According to Ann Arbor statistics 66 per
cent of co-eds lead the life of spinsters.
Two morals may be attached. Either go to
a girl's school where no men are allowed
or don't become too brainy with crow's
feet and pedantic speeches at a great
university. The real truth, however, is
that the fault ls not wholly In the uni
versity. A large number of these young
ladles are unattractive, lacking beauty,
charm of manner and accomplishments.
They are hard students and become very
capable women as teachers or In business
affairs, associated charities and church
and missionary work. In many respects
they are to be admired though they fall
to possess the qualities that attract the
opposite sex.
The Disadvantages of Hindsight.
Grant's Pass Courier.
Since M. A. Moody the Congressman
from the Second Oregon District, whose
term has just expired, has been retired,
he has been the recipient of a great deal
of deserved laudation. His work in Con-i
gress has been of the highest order of
excellence and ability, and his represent
ation of the stato has been most honor
able. The plaint has gone forth quite
commonly that it was a .pity that he was
turned down by the nominating conven
tion in favor of Williamson, a compar
atively unknown man. If there 13 any
pity Involved It naturally occurs to an
observer that It Is rather out of date. AH
these things should have been thought
of at the time the nomination was made.
Apparently Moody's faithful and efficient
services were not so greatly In the minds
of the delegates as they should.have been.
Now, since Williamson has been nominat
ed and elected, he should receive all pos
sible encouragement to do his level best.
He Is virtually an untried man, and may
develop Into one of the ablest and best
representatives the state has ever had.
Takes Money to Get Up Referendum.
Salem Sentinel.
The talk of invoking the referendum .on
the Portland Fair appropriation ls dying
cut, and It is Improbable that any peti
tions for the referendum will be circu
latedand if they are circulated It ls not
likely that 6000 signatures can be secured
wlthing the required 90 days. It takes
money to get up and circulate even a
referendum petition, and so lar as heard
from there is no sufficient opposition to
the Fair to encourage any one in an effort
to stop it, especially since that effort
would require considerable hard work and
the expenditure of quite a number of dol
lars for printing, stationery, postage, etc
The Boseburg Plaindealer was tor a time
leading In the opposition to the Fair, but
that paper has abandoned its fight and
given up tho Idea of circulating a refer
endum petition. Albany parties have also
talked of heading the opposition, but
nothing ls materializing. Meanwhile, the
Western States are all making generous
provision for exhibits atrthe Fair, and it
would seem now as if it would not be
just right for Oregon to "queer the prop
osition." It Will Bring Good to All.
Grangevllle (Idaho) News.
Portland Is beginning to realize that
only two years remain in which to pre
pare for the 1905 Fair and already work
has begun on the extensive grounds and
no doubt the park will be one of the
handsomest ones which nature and art
together can produce. Boss culture ls go
ing to be carried out extensively and as
the Portland climate- is admirably suited
to that branch of horticulture, there ls no
doubt but that the visitors will see the
grandest display of tho aueen of flowers
that tho world has ever produced. The
Fair will be a grand one, there ls ho doubt
of that, and the mineral display which the
State of Idaho can make will be remark
able, to say nothing of the horticultural
and other exhibits. Not only will every
part of the United States be represented
by hundreds of visitors to that remarkable
historic show, .but thousands of tourists
and business men from Europe and the
Orient as well will throng the streets of
the "City of Roses." There Is no doubt but
that they will In many Instances be in
duced to Invest In this favored land, while
all cannot fall to be favorably Impressed
with our wonderful resources and delight
ful climate.
Can't Go Backward Now.
Ashland Tribune.
We do not share In the apprehension
manifested in some quarters that the
State of Oregon will back track with the
Lewis and Clark Fair through the inter
vention of the referendum. The state,
through various representative agencies.
Is too far committed to the proposition
now to nullify all that has been done,
unless it desires to make Itself ridiculous
In the family of states. There have
been ample time and opportunity to make
opposition to the Fair and they were not
availed of. Hence, we must infer, that
the proposition was very generally ac
ceptable. Those who want to down the
Fair now ought to have made more of a
fight against It when the bill was up in
the Legislature. It was voted for with
such practical unanimity there, that its
passage amounted to a notice to the sister
states that Oregon was heart and soul for
a celebration of the Lewis and Clark
event, and a great show which all the na
tions might see to their advantage and
her own. On Its- merits, considering the
Increased charje It would lay upon the
taxpayers, there was ground to question
the expediency of entering upon this Fair
project, but the time to consider It has
been allowed to lapse. It is not going
to bankrupt the state and may prove to
be a profitable venture. There Is evidence
that some of the active opposition ls In
spired by ill feeling toward Portland and
this feeling Is related Just a, little to re
cent politics. It has no good basis in truth
or equity as to the Fair proposition. If
by reason of superior sagacity and the
pressure of numbers and wealth she pre
sumes to boss tho politics of the state,
that would seem to be natural enough, and
within decent boundaries ls her right, too.
The thing to do now ls to help along the
Lewis and Clark Fair and maice It the
"greatest show on earth."
The "Doctrine" Will Stand.
New Tork Sun.
It ls unquestionably true that Great
Britain and Germany combined could at
the present time defy the ilonroe doc
trine and conquer parts of South Ameri
ca. Nor would Germany have anything to
lose. The whole cost of the coalition
would be borne by Great Britain. But not
only would that power lose Canada, but
she would quicKiy . De starvea to aeacn.
Germany, which can scarcely feed her
self, could not rescue her ally from fam
ine. The Most Important Point.
' Detroit Journal.
Lady Herbert has made the discovery
that the father of the German Ambassa
dor's wife is engaged In "trade." We are
deeply shocked, too, but we Insist on with
holding Judgment until we hear whether
or not the gentleman ls making money.
KQTE AND COMMENT.
If our jails continue to harbor ex-Gov
ernors and apostles, people will be break
ing Into prison In order to acquire social
staridlng; '
The lawyers will get a lot of enjoyment
out of the Keene-Harriman trouble,
though It be a serious matter. The one
absolutely certain outcome of this fight
Is that the public will pay the freight.
What's Chile up to now? She ls evident
ly afraid the Monroe Doctrine will be
stretched to protect South American coun
tries from each otaer's cruelty. Nobody
has asked her to accept the Monroe Doctrine.
It Is to be observed in sadness that roy
alty seems more likely to support Wright
than right In that London swindle. Yet
large and untested "claims' have ever
been his most impressive asset. Possibly
they, too, are mere wind.
A hundred years ago the Philadelphia
North American published an advertise
ment of the sale of Dr. Benjamin Frank
lln'e library, and even at that early day
tho owner felt called upon to pledge that
"not a single volume will be sold among
them that was not really the book of x
Benjamin Franklin.".
Of the 165 kinds of snakes found In the
United States, but 20 aro venomous. They
are tho copperhead and water moccasin,
which are closely related; the coral snakes
of the Southwest, and two species of
slstrurus and the 15 species of rat
tlesnakes. The most dangerous of them,
the water rnoccasln, Is not eeer. north of
Tennessee.
A French doctor has invented a harm
less bullet, which ought to be very useful
to French duelists. It ls made of a
chalky compound, and when It strikes a
person It merely marks the spot without
doing the least mischief. With a mask
over the face men can practice revolver
shooting at each other just as they now
practice fencing.
Tho production of bituminous coal was
eight times aa great as the production of
anthracite during the year 1902; for, in
that year, owing to Idleness at the mines,
the hard coal position fell to where it wa3
In the year 1SS5. While there Is a great
deal said and heard of the anthracite In- V
dustry because It is concentrated in the
hands of a few persons, and worked as a
rule at a profit, there is a vast extent of
the country which takes the soft or bi
tuminous coal takes it to the extent of
230,000,000 net tons.
An unusual Incident occurred in the Sen
at when Senator Clarke, of Arkansas,
walked -up to the President's desk alone
and took the oath. It Is 'usual for the
senior Senator to escort hla colleague, but
in this Instance, Senator Berry, who Is
known as the one-legged veteran of the
Confederacy, and Clarke have been bitter
personal enemies for 17 years. Berry asked
Carmack to escort his colleague, but Car
mack refused, saying he had not spoken
to Clarke for several years. Senator Bacon
offered to do the honors for Clarke, but
the latter declined, preferring to make his
debut alone. Clarke ls said to be more
reckless even than Tillman in debate, and
the Easterners are shuddering to think
what the new member from Arkansas
may do.
A Chicago trust company recently of
fered a series of money prizes for the best
thoughts on the subject, "Why you ought
to save money, and how you can do it,"
There were 541 competitors, of whom 190
were women- The first prize was awarded
to Louis A. Bowman, of that city, and
his thoughts on the theme are undoubtedly
of true and universal value.
"Saving," he says, "produces a peace of
mhid unknown to him who in time of
misfortune must depend on the bounty of
his friends. Determine to save, for will
power ls the prime essential. Deposit regu
larly. Lay aside some portion of each
week's or month's Income. Deposit extra
and unexpected receipts."
There's nothing very new about this,
but it's one of the stories that ought
never to grow old. It Is at the bottom
of Individual and community order and
comfort.
The news dispatches call It a Jackrabbit
cannery, but the promoters call it the
American hare packery that is to be es
tablished at Echo, "Umatilla County. "The
American hare, most delicious and di
gestible of the game meats ready for the
table," runs the official announcement.
The following cheerful sketch of the crerf
ture also appears, probably for the reason
that mirth aids digestion:
The American hare, which ls now being suc
cessfully prepared for .food, first made his ap
pearance In this part of Oregon about five years
ago, hailing from Northern. California and
Nevada. Being a rather gamey animal, he at
once proceeded to wage a deadly war on the
less aggressive native, the jackrabbit, and
has been so successful that the old original Jack,
rabbit does not exist at this time In this lo
cality, being completely routed.
There Is quite a long song of the fierce
ness and many virtues of this undoubtedly
American hare, which ls especially recom
mended for "those Just recovering from a
long and severe spell of sickness." This
may solve the rabbit question In Eastern
Oregon, and the food question In other
localities. The possibilities of the in
dustry here are certainly boundless, and
why shouldn't canned "American hare"
be all right?
PLEASANTRIES OF EARAGRAPHEKS
Ferdy I told old Jones I couldn't live with
out his daughter. Algy What did he do?
Ferdy Gave me' the card" of a "co-operatlTe
burial association." Judge.
Church What ls the stuff that heroes are
made of? Gotham Well, If we can believe
the advertisements, it ls some of those sew
breakfast cereals. Yonkers Statesman.
Parishioner Doctor, why don't you preach
occasionally on heaven or hell? The Rev. Dr.
Lastly Half my congregation feels sure of
the one, and half doesn't believe In the other.
Chicago Tribune.
"What do you think of tha National theater
project?" "It strikes me," said the theatrical
thug, "that it would be a great place for an
actor with a political 'pair who would star In
a dramatization of the Congressional Record."
Baltimore Herald.
"In Hawaii," volunteered the Wise Guy,
"many people live In' hou3 made of grass."
"How convenient," remarked the Cheerful
Idiot. "When they want fresh breakfast food
all they have to do ls to take a bite out of the
wall-" Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune.
Romeo But how did you Induce your father
to give his consent? You know, -you told me
he was deadly opposed to actors. Juliet I
know; but when I told him it was you. he said
perhaps It might not be so bad; that you
weren't much of an actor, any way. Boston
Transcript.
"She Is very Intellectual," said the girl who
likes to admire some one. "Yes," answered
MUs Cayenne; "but I'm afraid she la a little
Insincere. She pretends to take more interest
In the Trojan War than she does in the quar
rels In her progressive euchre club." Washing
ton Star.
"That story." said Woodby Rlter to the
critic, "is founded upon fact." "It Is plain."
replied the critic, having finished reading the
manuscript, "that you are the real hero of the
tale." "What makes you think that?" "I
notice you have the courage to sign your name
to- It." Philadelphia Press.
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