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Newspaper Page Texthe regmxtccn, J"stered at the Fostoffice at Pe-rtlasd, Orecaa. as second-class matter. REVISED SUBSCRIRPTION KATES. Br Mali (postage prepaid, la advance) Dally, -with Sunday, per month.. ......--.";" Daily, Sunday excepted, per year.. . Dally, with Sunday, per year Sunday, per year ... -J The Weekly, per year The Weekly, 3 months -00 To City Subscribers Dally, per -week, delivered. Sunday exceptea-ioc Dally, per week, delivered. Sunday lncluded.zoc POSTAGE RATES. United States. Canada and Mexico 10 to 14-page papr.. "i? 16 to SO-page paper.. ...... ......? 12 to 44-page paper ........ Foreign rates double. News or discussion Intended for publication in The Oregonlan should be addressed Invaria bly "Editor The Oregonlan." not to the name r any Individual. Letters relating to adver tising, subscription or to any business matter should be addressed simply "The Oregonlan. Tho Oregonlan does not buy poems or stories from Individuals, and cannot undertake to re turn any manuscripts sent to it without solici tation. No stamps should be inclosed for this Vurpose. Eastern Business Office, 43. 44. 43. 4T. 48. 48 Tribune building. New York City: C10-11-12 Tribune building, Chicago; the S. C Beckwlth Special Agency, Eastern representative. For eale In San Francisco by L. E. Lee, Pal sce Hotel news stand; Goldsmith Bros., 238 Butter street; T. W. Pitts, 1008 Market street: I. K. Cooper Co.. 748 Market street, near the Palace Hotel; Foster & Orear. Ferry news Ua&d; Frank Scott. SO Ellis street, and N. IVheatley. 813 Mission street. For sale in Los Angeles by B. F. Gardner, J58 South Spring street, and Oliver & Haines. 05 South Spring street. For sale In Kansas City. Mo., by Rlcksecker Cigar Co.. Ninth and Walnut streets. For sal In Chicago by the P. O. News Co., pi 7 Dearborn street, and Charles MacDonald. (3 Washington street. For sale In Omaha by Barkalow Bros- 1612 Farnam street; Megeath Stationery Co.. 1803 Farnam street. For .sale In Ogden by W. G. Kind. 114 25th ttreet; Jas. II. CrocUwell. 242 25th street. For sale In Salt Lake by the Salt Lake News Co.. 77 West Second South street. For sale In Washington. D. C. by the Ebbett Houte news stand. 6 For sale In Denver. Colo., by Hamilton & Kendrlck, D0G-012 Seventeenth street; Louthan tc Jackson Book Sc. Stationery Co.. Fifteenth and Lawrence streets; a. Series. Sixteenth and Curtis streets. TODAY'S WEATHER Showers; cooler; southerly winds. YESTERDAY'S WEATHER Maximum tem perature, 72 Jeg.; minimum temperature, 52 fleg. ; no precipitation. PORTLAND, "WEDNESDAY, MAY 13. XOT CLEVELAND. Senator Mitchell thinks Grover Cleve land will be the Democratic candidate for President in 1904. In the judgment of The Oregonlan, the signs of the times clearly Indicate that Cleveland will not be nominated. The ablest In-" dependent newspapers of the East, who are most friendly to Cleveland's nomi nation, confess that they do not expect It The New York Evening Post says that, "as for the nomination of Mr. Cleveland for the Presidency next year, under the circumstances, It is some thing which neither he nor his friends can take very seriously." The Spring field "Republican, always a warm ad--mirer of Mr. Cleveland, say's that while the "no third term" tradition would probably be Invoked In vain against him, there are practical obstacles of a more telling character. The machinery of the party Is in the hands of his ene mies, and under the two-thirds rule his nomination Is made impossible except there arise a tidal wave of enthusiasm for his selection within the party, which is not likely. If nominated, there would be small hope of his election. He would have the solid South, with the 149 votes of that section, and even if he carried New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland, with 69 electoral votes, he would then have only 218, while 239 are required to elect. Cleveland, even with "Wall street be hind him, could not carry a single state west of the Allegheny Mountains, where President Roosevelt Is universally popu lar. At least half of the Democratic vote that went to Bryan in the North ern States In 1900 will utterly refuse to support Cleveland, and the conserva tism with which he has always been Identified through his outspoken oppo sition to cheap money and Populism. There are not Cleveland Republicans enough to make up for the repudiation of Cleveland by the Bryanite Democ racy. The nomination of Cleveland would as seriously divide the Democ racy as it was divided in 1872 by the nomination of Greeley, and would di vide it almost as sharply as it was di vided In 189G and 1900 by the nomina tion of Bryan. The radicals are in con trol of the Democracy, and there Is not the slightest hope that a man of such conservative temper and imperious Indi viduality as Grover Cleveland will be nominated by the Democracy in 1904. In our judgment, even Olney will be rejected by the Democracy, because he is believed to be a man of Cleveland's conservative quality and uncompromis ing temper. The Baltimore Sun does not believe that there is a probability of Cleveland's being accepted by the Democratic National Convention in 1904. The argument that Cleveland might carry New York is of small weight, for the loss of New York would not defeat Roosevelt Grant lost New York in 1S68, at the very height of his popu larity, to Horatio Seymour, by 10,000 majority, and yet Seymour was terribly defeated. To win, the Democracy must be in a state of perfect harmony, and it Is absolutely certain that Cleveland would lose a large part of the vote cast for Bryan. Personal tributes are flung to Cleveland on all sides, just as bou quets are thrown by women and chil dren to men of public distinction or Im pressive personal appearance, it Is one thing to touch your hat to an ex-Presl-dent, to give him a bouquet, to grant him a cheer, to deluge him with com pliments, and quite another thing to nominate him for President when there Is small hope of his election. The Bry anite Democracy do not forget that Cleveland forced the repeal of the silver-purchase clause of the Sherman law, and the Populists do not forget that he vigorously asserted and exer cised the Federal power to deal with the Chicago riot. But the greatest obstacle to the nomi nation of Cleveland is that he has al ways spoken of Bryan and his views on finance and government with contempt. Mr. Bryan beliei'es that Cleveland's In fluence was exerted to defeat him in 189G and 1900. and Mr. Bryan Is not a man to forgive and forget a political injury. Bryan, in his Commoner, an nounces that "those who believe in the Kansas City platform are not ashamed of the part that they have played, and they do not intend to surrender the -control of the party into the hands of those who have openly antagonized those principles and who boast of their inten tion, if successful, to take the party back to the position which it occupied under Mr. Cleveland's administration." Mr. Bryan announces that the Bryan ite Democracy, that still stand by the Kansas City platform, propose to or ganize and marshal their forces at the primaries. Bryan is comparatively young; he is energetic, vindictive and an able and experienced practical poli tician, and he will make Cleveland's nomination Impossible In 1904. The ablest newspapers of the Independent press at the East, save the Brooklyn Eagle, Boston Post and Herald and Harper's "Weekly, do not expect Cleve land's nomination, although they would be glad to see him President; and the ablest Independent newspapers at the East admit that, even If Cleveland is nominated, he is sure to be defeated. The truth of the matter is that the rank and file of both parties has utter ly outgrown conservatism In public policies or candidates. The rank and file of the Democracy at the West are by a large majority of radical rather than conservative temper, and Bryan rather than a man of the Cleveland quality Is their natural leader. The rank and file of the Republican party at the "West are by a large majority of radical rather than conservative tem per, and Roosevelt rather than men of the Hanna or Hoar quality Is their natural leader. Hanna Is regarded as nothing but a plutocrat In the sheep's clothing of the friend of labor, and Hoar is. regarded as a philanthropic vision ary, a Mr. Pickwick In politics. The radicals, the reformers in spirit, who have grown tired of old political meth ods and old political generals, are sure to control the National convention of both parties next year. Roosevelt will be renominated and the Democratic candidate will obtain hs credentials of sound faith from William J. Bryan. Mr. Cleveland is, nothing but a last year's bird's nest to the Irreverent Bryanite Democracy. WILL ELECTRIC RAILROADS PAY? The extensive electric railroad enter prises projected In the vicinity of Port land lend Interest to a recent article In the North American Review. Mr. Cor nelius Vanderbilt concluded that while the adoption of electricity as a motive force on railways -was possible from the engineering standpoint. It was Impos sible financially. Railroads depend for the bulk of their revenue upon freight. Therefore Mr. "Vanderbilt dismissed the consideration of comfort and conveni ence of passengers and considered sim ply the question of economy In trans portation. Here he found that the cost of installing-electrical equipment could not be met by any saving Jn operating expenses. This, view is combatted in the current issue of the North American Review by Mr. C. L. de Muralt a Swiss electrical engineer, who has been promi nent In installing electric traction on a large scale on certain Swiss railways. Swiss experience is more extensive than our offn, and so far as it goes is conclusive. Mr. de Muralt asserts that at present about 100 miles of track can be efficiently supplied with power from a central .station. Over such a system the loss of power Is about 40 per cent. That is, for each horsepower required by the locomotive the central station must produce about 12-3 horsepower. On this basis, and using the figures at which electric power Is usually sold by big plants, he finds that the rate of cost of motive power under the electric sys tem would about equal the average rate of expense for the steam roads. The rolling-stock, including locomotives, he assumes, would cost about the same under each system. If electricity is to be adopted, then, it must be shown that the saving in operating expenses will more than offset the interest and depre ciation charges involved in Installing the electrical distributing system. Here we come upon considerations usually Ignored. Mr. de Muralt points out that the electric locomotive needs no tender, with its dead weight of coal and water. At least 5 per cent of the motive power, he estimates, is now con sumed In hauling the tender. This amount would be saved with electric traction. Another saving about as large, he believes, would be made In the case of switch engines, which now must keep up steam all the time. Under the electrical system they would draw power from the station only when at work. Other savings would be made in the wages of firemen and wipers and In the cost of repairs. Taking the speci fic cases of the New York Central and the Pennsylvania Railroads, Mr. de Muralt analyzes their reported operat ing expenses and estimates that the first could save nearly $4,000,000 and the other nearly $5,000,000 a year by adopt ing electric motive power. The annual charges entailed by the transormatlon he puts at not more than $2,500,000 In either case. If he Is correct, both roads could make a handsome profit by grad ually making the change. Experts are fain to pass lightly over the greater convenience and cleanliness of electric railroads; but it Is probable that In times of prosperity these feat ures would carry great weight with the traveling public. The horrors of Sum mer travel especially are dust and smoke. Dust can be reduced to a mini mum on electric roads, and smoke dis pensed with entirely. It Is fair to as sume that when the public Is given a choice between steam and electricity it will choose the latter, even at some slightly increased expense. A PROVOCATION, BUT NOT AN EX i CTSE. The old man", D. J. Hawley, after having lain some time In jail, has at length been tried and convloted for shooting at some boys who were mak ing life a burden to him. The old man, It Is said. Is simple-minded, but the tes timony showed th,at he had borne much in "the way of petty depredations upon his property, such as the breaking of his windows, girdling his trees, etc., be fore he finally lost his temper and fired a load of blrdshot In the direction of his tormentors. Every orderly, well-disposed person must sympathize with this old man, though no one will attempt to excuse the rash act which he finally committed. The rod has evidently been spared in the brlnglng-up or coming-up of these boys, to their detriment and possible ruin. Youthful mischief-makers, they can hardly fall to grow into lawbreak ers. They will most likely regard the serious plight into which their actions have betrayed an Inoffensive old man as a personal triumph. Each boy who had to have a blrdshot picked out of his epidermis after1 this encounter should, after the operation was completed, have been given a thorough application of the parental birch, after which it would have been well enough to have the irascible old man arrested, promptly dealt with for his shotgun practice and penalty meted out with due regard to the provocation that he had undergone. It Is the poorest kind of policy to make heroes of uruly lads and martyrs of their parents In adjudicating a case of this kind. It Is Idle to appeal to the police for protection against graceless THE MORNING : boys whose whole study falls under the I calendar of mischief until It merges Into that of crime. .Nine times out of ten the parents stand behind the lads with a "good boy" story; acquittal re sults, and the last estate of the perse cuted citizen is worse than the first. The consensus of opinion is that "boys should be made to behave themselves." Just how this greatly desired object Is to be accomplished in the face of pa rental Indifference before and parental defiance after the transgression is not quite clear, .since the courts can hardly be expected to sanction the act of the sorely tried and finally exasperated In dividual who sends a charge of blrdshot. at close range In the direction of his tormentors. Parents, suppose you come up to pie help of the weak against the mighty by taking your unruly boys in hand and seeing that they respect the rights of others. INACCURATE CROP REPORT. The bearish Government crop report issued Monday failed to clip more than H of a cent off the price of September wheat in Chicago yesterday. The Gov ernment does not make predictions a to the number of bushels Indicated by conditions, but month by month pre sents percentage figures on the outlook. From these percentages, which were given out Monday, expert statisticians, estimating on the basis of out-turns of former crops, have figured out a prob able Winter yield of 505,000,000 bushels. Spring wheat Is not yet far enough along to enable even percentage fore casts to be made, but with an average yield of 200,000,000 bushels of Spring wheat the American crop would be swelled by these figures to over S00, 000,000 bushels, " a figure never before reached. A crop of this size is within the range of possibilities, but not probable, and that the trade discredits the report is plainly shown In the action of yester day's market The report credited Cali fornia with a percentage of 93, and con servative operators In the California market who have advices of undisputed value tlo not hesitate In saying that 73 would be nearer correct Th,e percent ages for Oregon and Washington are not given In the. advices at hand, but even a high percentage on the crop of these two states would this season mean less than ever before, for the rea son that the Winter wheat acreage In the two states is smaller than it has be'en for many years, and, as previously stated. Spring wheat is not considered In the report The Government crop report bas for the past three years been persistently bearish, and this chronic affliction has discredited it In the eyes of the trade, so that It no longer has the Influence it should have in determining prices. Unfortunately for wheatgrowers, it Is given credence abroad which is refused it at home, and the foreigner who is a great factor In making prices Insists on buying on the weakness of the Govern mentTeport The effect was shown In the Liverpool market yesterday, when both the May and July options declined of a cent per bushel. The Liverpool buy ers, who naturally are very close to the consumers, undoubtedly figured out that if the condition of the American wheat crop Indicated a yield of over 500,000,000 bushels of Winder wheat alone, there would be an enormous sur plus for -export and consequently no necessity for keeping prices up to the high notch which the present scanty stocks warranted. All of this hurts the American wheat grower, and neither he nor the trader receives as accurate information as should be obtainable. Nearly every ex porter in the City of Portland has had accurate private advices on the Cali fornia crop, the output of our neigh boring state having an important bear ing on freight rates from this port These reports do not agree in the slight est with the Government report and yet there Is no good reason why the Government should not secure as ac curate data as can be secured by the grain dealers. Unless reform Is insti tuted In this matter, this time-honored report might as well be withheld per manently. Richard Henry Stoddard, the poet, whose death at the age of 78 Is an nounced, was the oldest of our Ameri can singers. Stedman is but 70, and Thomas Bailey Aldrlch is 67. All of our other living poets are much younger. Stoddard, who was born but six years after James Russell Lowell, belonged rather to hi3 generation than to that of Stedman or Aldrlch. He stood high in the second rank of American poets, was a man of dignity, purity and superior force of character. His wife, Elizabeth H. Stod dard, who died in April, 1902, aged 79, was a woman of great literary ability, both In poetry and fiction. Richard Henry Stoddard In his youth knew Edgar Allen Poe", and wrote some inter esting reminiscences of that wayward man of genius. At one time Mr. Stod dard held a position in the New York Custom-House, and among his fellow offlceholders was Richard Grant White. Measured by the ability of his literary work. In pro3e or poetry, Stoddard was Inferior In genius to either Thomas Bai ley Aldrlch or Edmund C. Stedman, bu he was next to them In . reputation among our oldest American poets. His long and blameless life was spent so cially in the society of our best artists and authors. He had enjoyed the ac quaintance and friendship of Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Irving, Cooper, Poe, N. P. Willis, Longfellow, -Holmes, Bryant Whittler, Halleckr Lowell. Being eight years older than Stedman, and eleven years older than Aldrlch, he was nearer to the golden age of American literature the age of Haw thorne, Longfellow, Emerson, Holmes and Whittler than any notable Ameri can author who survives him. His reminiscences of his literary friendships would have been most Interesting, for he was the dean of the school of Ameri can authors. King Edward and his Queen are the first British sovereigns ta hold a court and a levee in the historic Palace of Holyrood, at Edinburgh, since George IV visited that city In 1823, about three years after his accession to the Eng lish throne. In his royal visit to Scot land George IV wore on one occasion at least the Highland costume, and among other persons whom he knighted was that great novelist and good man, Walter Scott whose only weakness was his bigoted Toryism. Walter Scott like Tom Moore, "dearly loved a Lord," and the reverence he paid to the royal character of that crowned drunkard and rake, George IV, is not a pleasant memory to the admirers of Scott as a great genius and a flne-souled man. But times have so greatly changed In eighty years that the English people would not today submit to the nominal rule of such a creature as George IV, who was not merely an Intemperate drinker, but was a- liar, a coward aad ORE G ONI AN. "WEDNESDAY, KAY 13, 1903. j. . s : a cheat on the turf or at the card table. Within twenty-five years after the death of George IV Thackeray pub lished his lectures on "The Four Georges," and, despite the fact that Queen Victoria was the niece of George IV, he did not hesitate to burn him up with the fire of his Invective and sar casm. The time had gone by when peo ple of low origin, who had been made baronets because they had been George IV's boon companions, could afford to publicly boast that the founder of thelr famlly had once been so Intimate with His Royal Majesty George TV that His Royal Majesty had royally kicked him down stairs by the vigorous application of his royal boot And yet Walter Scott was delighted with the marks of favor bestowed upon him by this royal rake, drunkard, coward, liar and cheat Thousands of enthusiastic, patriotic and vociferous American citizens wit nessed the dedicatory ceremonies of the St Louis Exposition, In which Presi dent Roosevelt and ex-President Cleve land took part But When It came to real enjoyment of the scene, that was reserved for the hundreds of thousands of Americans who read a graphic de scription of if. by their own flreBides. A Democratic crowd it was, truly, in which everybody was the equal of everybody else, whether President, ex Presldent, cardinal, bishop or just the plain, vociferous American citizen, who came there to yell, and performed his self-appointed task with fidelity to his conscience and to our free Institutions. There was, moreover, a Jeffersonlan flavor about the whole proceeding, from the good-natured Jostling of the Presi dent to the quaint resemblance of the wives of the distinguished men with Army blankets thrown over their recep tion dresses to protect them from the biting blast "to an encampment of In dians In December." These things were not down on the programme, but after all they befitted the beginning of the great celebration of the Louisiana Purchase and the memory of the man who engineered it The Pacific Export Lumber Company, of thl3 city, has within the past forty eight hours chartered two big steam ships with a carrying capacity of over 5,000.000 feet of lumber to load at this port for North China. Since January 1 the same firm has already dispatched for North China ports over 5.000,000 feet of lumber from Portland, and Is now loading at this port vessels with a car rying capacity of over 6,000,000 feet Portland's lumber trade with North China commenced almost simultaneous ly with the Russian occupation of Man churia, and has been greatly increased by the German occupation of Shan Tung. Previous to the foreign Invasion of ancient China we had no trade what ever with the northern provinces except occasional small shipments of flour, which were reshipped from Hong Kong. Puget Sound and San Francisco have also profited largely by the awakening which set in when Russia began mak ing her position In the Orient impreg nable. For these reasons, if this por tion of the United States has any sym pathy to extend in the coming scrap, it Is almost certain to be of the mercenary brand, which does not always go to the under dog In the fight The High School authorities of Scltu ate, Mass., have decided to cut out Rudyard Kipling's poem of "Gunga Din" from the forthcoming exercises at which pupils are to speak. One pupil selected this poem with the idea of re citing something out of the ordinary at the Scltuate school exhibitions, but cen sorship was Immediately exercised. The objection raised against speaking the "piece" was thaWt contains the word "hell" and tells of llquor-drlnklng. Some Bchool authorities in Brooklyn, N. Y., a number of years ago expunged Longfellow's "Building of the Ship" a3 Instinct with immodest suggestion, and Dickens makes Silas Wegg decline to explain the difference between "the falllng-off and decline of the Roman Empire" and "the falllng-off and de cline of the Russian Empire" on the ground that a due sense ot modesty for bade him to do so in the presence of Mrs. Boffln. The formation of Lewis and Clark clubs Is proceeding quietly and effect ively In various sections of the state. The women of Newberg, Yamhill County, long noted for their energy and patriotism, gave additional evidence of their zeal In good works a few days ago by rallying to thl3 call with a club that has a charter membership of seventy four. It Is gratifying to note that there is no dissension among the women h? the various sections visited by the or ganizing officers of the Lewis and Clark clubs, and there Is reason to hope that all may at an early date be united under a competent and acceptable pres ident who is not only not afraid of hard work herself, but who is capable of directing others along lines that will lead to the best results. There is going to be time In this work for everything but dissension, and room for everybody except women with personal grievances to satisfy. Dr. Max EInhorn, professor in the New York Post-Graduate Medical School, expresses the opinion that tea and coffee, when taken In moderation, are not followed by any bad effects, but are useful; but he would add sugar and milk to the tea or coffee, and thus make the beverage a food. He pro nounces total abstinence from alcoholic drinks unnecessary and In many re spects disadvantageous. In advanced age and in most conditions of exhaustion alcoholic liquids are pronounced valu able aids for strengthening the body. Of course, Professor EInhorn Is careful to say that for prophylactic purposes these beverages should be taken only In moderation. The Montana Legislature will convene in special session May 26, by order of the Governor, to appropriate a sum of money sufficient properly to collect In stall and exhibit ln a state building or otherwise, the resources of Montana at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. A great state that 100 years ago was an abounding and beautiful wilderness a part of the shadowy realm of possibili ties trenching upon or Included In the Louisiana Purchase her people justly feel that not to be known in this reat centennial exposition by the visible evi dences of her resources and prosperity would be a grave mistake. Joaquin Miller Is an old man, whose debt to" Nature may at any time fall due, but he is a ghoul Indeed who would hasten payment of this claim even In imagination and thus prematurely dis tress the poet's absent family. How did such a story get started? Ask the cha grined purveyors of responsible news. And Irresponsible gossip, tittering, echoes, "How?" SPIRIT OF THE NORTHWEST' PRESS So Terrors There. Ontario Argus. A laundry strike is general throughout the United States. Laundry strikes or no laundry strikes, there are gentlemen In Ontario whose bosoms would not stand inspection. It Didn't Pan Out. Aberdeen Bulletin. The grand Jury indictments against Gteorge U. Piper and Police .Judge George, of Seattle, have met the fate of indictments against other promi nent Seattleites, and- teen thrown out of court As a howling farce that grand. Jury la entitled to the blue ribbon. After weeks of investigation it looks as though all of the Indictments found would be quashed, and the only satisfaction left the tax payers will be the doubtful one of footing the bills. Room for All in Oregon. Oregon City Enterprise. It is certain that Oregon is now receiv ing more attention from Eastern people that at any time hitherto ln its history. There is good reason to believe that within ten years the population of the state will be doubled. The forces point ing to such a result are getting fairly into operation. .Clackamas County is prepared to extend a cordial welcome to her quota of newcomers. There is ample room for many more industrious people ln this sec tion, and the opportunities that prevail here are second tothoee of no other sec tion ln the state. Reasonable and a, Blessing'. North Powder Citizen. The corporation tax law, about which there haa been such a great noise, is not half the bad thing which It was sup posed to be. Taking it all ln all, lb Is probable there has been much more smoke than fire. There is certainly nothing wrong about putting a reasonable tax on a legitimate corporation, and as far as watered stocks are concerned, the harder they are squeezed the better. The tax Imposed by the law is very reasonable, and will help to furnish revenue for the state and at the same time reduce the taxes on other things. The law will prove a blessing to the people generally. All Preylnjr on the Public Roseburg Review. Business in Portland Is near being paralyzed by the arrogance pf the labor unions, contractors and mill owners. As usual, the people of the community are sufferers, and the Indications are that they simply will not tolerate such conditions much longer. The. differences, whether real or Imaginary, must be settled and settled soon. The growth of a city hav ing nearly 2000 buildings under course o construction, upon which work has now been stopped, cannot long be tied up be cause of the stubbornness- of some con tractors and mill owners, or to gratify the ambitions of some over-zealous labor agitators. An Unwise Step. Boise Xews. It Is to be deeply regretted that or ganized labor In Portland, Or., has taken steps to defeat the holding of the Lewis and Clark Exposition. This Is a most un wise step and one which the unions will regret. The fact that there are differ ences between the employers and work lngmen of Portland and that there, are a number of strikes In the Oregon metrop olis will not Justify the unions In this course. No one has ever made anything by cutting off hl3 nose to spite his face. Tho labor troubles In Portland will be settled. They .cannot remain much longer ln the present state, but the blow dealt at tho great Exposition will remain an ugly and unnecessary scar. An Abase of Povrer. Grant County News. ' What may prove to be tho most serious danger the Lewis and Clark Centennial has yet encountered now threatens It The members of the building trades have an nounced their purpose of signing the pe tition to invoke the referendum against the appropriation, unless the mlllmen re cede from their determination to sell no more lumber for Portland buildings un til the strike is (settled, "and settled right" "Right" is a variable quantity, and public sympathy is presumptively ln favor of the right of the laborers; but the attempt to employ the newly acquired weapon of the whole body of people ina purely local dispute will surely alienate that sympathy, as It is a wholly unjusti fiable abuse of jower. Give liberty the Glory! Aberdeen Bulletin. It has been said that the United States Is a giant ln swaddling clothes. If so it has grown as a giant grows, from in ward forces and in all direction's. Such growth may have been predicted but it was not ordained by the wisdom of the fathers. The marvelous growth of the Nation has resulted from tho fact that each individual in the Nation has been free to play his part as best ho could without being hampered by governmental regulation or conventional classifications and stratifications of society. Each Indi vidual has contributed his full equation to the sum total and If the aggregated achievement Is worthy of challenging the admiration of the world the glory of It belongs to Individual liberty rather than to the far-sightedness of the fathers or to the surpassing resourcefulness of the continent subdued within the century the close of which we now celebrate. Give liberty the glory. Hott Heredity Asserts Itself. Spokane Spokesman-Review. The death of David McLoughlin recalls the fact that none of the three sons of the famous factor of the Hudson's Bay Company achieved the distinction or po sition that might have been expected, considering tho remarkably strong quali ties of tho father. Dr. McLoughlin fol lowed the practice of most of tho Hud son's Bay people and of many of the early settlers and took to wife an Indirfi woman of the Ojlbway tribe. While kindly cared for. the Indian wives were never give the lot or consideration that would have been accorded a. white spouse, and the training of the children fell as a matter of course to the male parents. While Dr. McLoughlin may never have entertained the hope that his halfbreed offspring would reach the highest station, he gave them opportunity to equip them selves with the best education and train ing available. Jospeh, the eldest of his own free will remained uneducated. John, the youngest seems to have inherited a hot-blooded temperament-that was un equal to combat the vices of a so-called civilization. David, who recently died, was sent to Europe as a youth, was part ly educated ln London and Paris, and for a time was at Addlscomb preparing for service with the East Indian Company. But this close touch"Wtth the outer world soems never to have stifled the instinct In herited from the mother. Although David had the prestige of an influential name, knew the Northwest country thoroughly,, and ehould have been possessed of -valuable knowledge of trade, he seems never to have taken advantage of the oppor tunities offered to make a notable career ln a new country of great possibilities. To a certain extent he always retained the refinement and polish that had come with his early experiences, but the moth er's characteristics always predominated, and he found peace and contentment among the people of her race for nearly half a century. His Inherited traits and tastes were such that he would probably never have achieved happiness or success amid the haunts of white men, and per haps It was best that he followed natural Inclinations and took up the easy, even life toward which he was Irresistibly drawn. HEROINE'S I0NG-DELSYED REWARD. Chicago Inter Ocean. Upon the publication of Mrs. Eva Emery Dye's graphic narrative of the expedition of Lewis and Clark to the Pacific Coast the Inter Ocean editorially directed at tention to the services of Sacajawea, the heroine of that famous exploration, and suggested that she should be enrolled among tho Nation's notable women. It was further suggested that the women of the country should erect a statue to the Inuian woman at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at Louis, the'startlng point of the expedition of ISM. It now appears that the suggestion of the Inter Ocean has been taken up ln far-away Oregon. Portland is to hold in 1905 a Lewis andJSlark Centenlal ln cele bration of the centenary of the first cross ing of the continent The women of Ore gon. Washington, Idaho. Montana and the Dakotas have taken up the project of erecting a memorial to Sacajawea suit able to the occasion. It Is proposed to erect a statue to cost about 56000. It has been thought fitting that the sculptor should be a woman and a Westerner, and Miss Alice -ooper, of Colorado, has been suggested. Readers who are familiar with that great American classic, the Journal of Lewis and Clark, or who have enjoyed "The Conquest" will remember Sacaja wea and her services to the explorers. Lewis and Clark found her ln their Win ter camp among the Mandans. She was a captive Shoshone girl of 15. and the slave-wife of a French half-breed Inter preter. She would have died in childbirth had It not been for the aid of the explor ers. In the Spring she and her husband and babe went West with the party. When the explorers had abandoned their canoes and were approaching the Gates of the Mountains they stood face to face with failure, because of the lack of horses. It was Sacajawea who pacified the Sho shones, obtained horses, and smoothed the way through the Flatheads and the Nez Perces. Passing over her manyservlces during the Winter spent at the mouth of the Columbia, It was Sacajawea who guid ed the party on the return trip. She seemed to have the instinct of the homing pigeon, and time and again she found the way out of the wilderness. Sacajawea understood the importance of the expedition, and was as earnest for its success as were its leaders. Her services were great if she was not the salvation of Lewis and Clark. Yet when and where she died Is not known, and no stone marks her resting place. The Importance of the expedition of Lewis and Clark Is brought strikingly to mind by the fact that tho wilderness through which Sacajawea guided them' 100 years ago Is now thickly studded with flourishing cities that purpose to erect a statue to their guide. Comfort In Wearing Apparel. Kansas City Journal. Men pay some regard to comfort ln their clothes, but women seem to have an In born aversion to it The short skirt ' which was popular a few years ago, has almost completely disappeared.. Bicycle bloomers, although perfectly unsightly and ludicrous, seemed to hold forth the prospect of a reform, but a woman who would wear a pair now would probably eet arrested. Instead of trrowlne shorter. skirts are growing longer and' more cum bersome. Men, for both health and com fort hang most of the weight of their clothes from their shoulders. Women, whose organizations are more delicate, persist In suspending the heaviest parts of their apparel from their waists, and then, despite the warnings and pleadings of their bodies, and of their physician and physical culture teacher ln the world, to harness themselves ln until they can't breathe comfortably and to load their little heads with masses of millinery so heavy and misshapen, it seems a wonder some have not their pretty necks broken. Profit In PaylnK Good Wages. Detroit Free Press. We pay more for labor than European countries, and, paradoxically as It may seem that Is where we have them. If American industrial advancement, has proved one thing more clearly than an other, It Is the fact that good wages is a profitable Investment on the part of the employer. It produces a standard of ef ficiency which more than offsets the add ed expense. Good wages means well-fed and well-clothed labor, and ultimately in telligent labor. If a well-cared-for horse can do more work than one which is half starved and neglected. It is safe to assume that a well-fed man will accomplish more than one who Is Indifferently nourished. The world has come to understand that race and national supremacies are jues tlons largely of a food supply, and high wage usually means good food in suffi cient quantities to meet all the needs of the Individual. Poetic License in Kansas. Kansas City Journal. A poet writing for the Wichita Eagle about the Arkansas River, says that "for ward it moves with resistless power." Much must be allowed for poetic license. In fact if we did not allow much for po etic license the poets would all have to shut up their joints and go to boot-legging. But can even poetic licenser excuse the thought of "resistless power" in a stream which gets so dry aftimes that its bed has to be sprinkled in order to lay the dust? Is there 'anything approaching re sistless power In a stream which is so waterless that its catfish come out at night and lie In the grass in order to moisten their gills with the falling dew? Is there, we say, even a suggestion of re sistless power In a river which has sun cracks in its bottom big enough to bury a calf? Religions Prosecutions ln Germany. Considerable excitlment has been caused in religious circles throughout Germany by the expressed intention of the police to prosecute the editor of the Breslau Zeltung and a well-known preacher named Tschlrm, the latter for advertising a lec ture on the subject, "Did Christ Ever Live?" and the former for publishing the advertisement in his newspaper. The lec ture was also prohibited by the police. Herr Tschlrm has written to the press that the subject of his lecture is to prove the historical existence of Christ and gives the names of several leading theo logians who are permitted by .the police publicly to cast doubt on his existence. In Westphalia two pastors have been threatened with, suspension for calling ln question the popular conception of the resurrection. A New Religion Every Year. New religious bodies are coming Into ex istence, but they are not being made by splits among old ones. For the most part they are composed of followers of Individuals. There are exactly 150 re ligious bodies ln Protestant and Roman Catholic America, 145 from Protestant and Ave from Roman Catholic origin, and they increase at the rate of about one a year. The age seems to be religious, and it ap pears to matter little what new leaders teaches they all get followers. Once launched, these new ventures live, it be ing a rare thing for any of them to go altogether out of existence. Blessing; of Labor-Savin? Devices. Sioux City Journal. Looking back over the long record of futle protest against labor-saving meth ods, we find that what at first looked like a calamity to some eventually proved to be a blessing ln disguise. Facilitating production has made work easier, wages higher, and in the long run has helped to make more opportunities for labor. One of the Modern Wonders. Milwaukee State Journal. When you take into account all the va ried forms of healing and the number of oeODle engaged In ministering to minds and bodies diseased, isn't It a wonder that anybody can get sick enough to die? Or Se It-more to be wondered at that anybody to alive? NOTE AND COMMENT.- a The weather appears to be on a strika also. Grover Is still the champion Democratic heavy-weight r Portland will bea very nice looking city when she gets out of the hospital. The messenger boys were just the same fn their strike as in everything else a lit tle slow. Portland has one attraction to offer the President that no other city' can boast Hon. John B t- The hypnotist might afford all of us temporary relief by making us believe we are wearing clean collars and cuffs. The Sound people are fighting over Teddy as hard as though he was an East ern capitalist with money to Invest. For a place.wlthout a fireboat. Portland managed to throw a lot of cold water on the scheme to get the Ernest A Hamlll out of hock. , Lots of dirty linen being sent up to Salem to be washed. The Capital City had much practice while the Legislature was In session. Even pickpockets should have clean hands, says the London Express. One tried to remove the valuables of a Picca dilly "Irreproachable" as he sauntered to his club the other morning. The Irre proachable seized the thief by the wrist, gazed at his filthy paw and flung It from him with disgust, saying: "For goodness sake, my good man. wash your hands before you put them ln a gentleman's pocket" Thomas Wilson, a stage driver who lives near Stockton, is preparing to tender Pres ident Roosevelt a unique welcome when he visits Utah this month. Wilson Is the father of 16 boys, all of whom are 6 feet tall. When Mr. Roosevelt reaches Salt Lake City the 16 young men will form In line, and the elder Wilson will proceed to Introduce each of his sturdy sons to the President with this remark: "This Is ex hibit No. 1 against your race suicide the ory. This Is exhibit No. 2." and -so on down the line. Wilson Is not a Mormon, and one mother gave birth to the 16 boys. Chief Justice Sir John Madden, of Aus tralia, Is noted for his mellifluous style of addressing juries. Recently he pre sided over a cur!ou3 breach of promise case in Melbourne, and here are a few of his summing up remarks: "Women like to be approached by a process of steady, solid, honorable siege. A mere beating of tom-toms and letting off explosive fire works does not affect them very much." f "Adventuresses are women who trade upon the amorous or cerebral softness of men, young or old. and try .to induce them to part with their money." "It has been suggested that a volcanic young Jrlshman (the defendant) should be per mitted a greater range of expression than any one else, ,and I see no objection to that proposition." And this was Sir John's final hint to the jury In the matter of awarding damages: "A true lover, no doubt, would pay no regard to the fact that the lady had been the plaintiff In an action for breach of promise, but many suitors might be discouraged by It" The Jury took the hint and ordered the "vol canic young Irishman" to pay 51500. The lady had asked for $23,000. Seattle. May 12, 9 A. M. In order that the President may be favorably impressed with tho City of Seattle, a gigantic bal loon ascension has been arranged for by the reception committee. Teddy will be carriea, to a height of seven miles, and will then be landed on the top of Mount Rainier, from whence he will make his way back to the city on a sled and four. Tacoma, May 12, 10 A. M. The President will be treated to a rare reception when he reaches this city. All the streets will be covered with snow and ice from Mount Tacoma, and ln the evening the reception committees from Seattle and Tacoma will engage In a realistic snow battle along the water front Teddy will be allowed to throw the first ball at Congressman Humphrey. Seattli. 'May i: 11 A. M. Among the many attractions that Seattle will offer to the President will be the hanging of Senator Foster in effigy. After the hang ing the figure will be tarred and feathered and shipped to Tacoma. Tacoma, May 12. 12 noon. All the un chrlstened "babies in this city will be named Theodore Roosevelt, at a magnifi cent christening to be held the day the President arrives. The committee ha3 corralled 76 unchrlstened babes, and it la hoped that an even 100 can be secured by scouring the suburbs. Seattle, May 12. 1 P. M President Roosevelt will be shown through the tenderloin on the day he spends in In this city. This Is considered Seattle's great est attraction, and the trip will be doubly interesting from the fact that Carrie Na tion has been secured to dynamite a sa loon while the President passes. Tacoma, May 12, 2 P. M. The Tacoma committee has given up In despair, being unable to cope with Seattle's trump card. PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHERS " should like to get a license." remarked the lady in tho Chicago City Hall. "Dog oi man. please?" asked the busy clerk. Yoakers Statesman. "After all." he conceded, "what would wa do without women?" "Well," she replied, "for one thins, you would have & hard tims, finding1 subjects for your Jokes."-Chlcago Evening Post. Bess Young Mlflklns Is daffy on tho sub ject of matrimony. He asks every girl he meets to many him. Nell Well, why don't you get some one to Introduce you? Chicago Dally Newa. "You see. they give very little space to the, golf tournament." "Yes; so I notice. It's strange how they wUl let politics and crim inal news crowd out matters that are .really Interesting1." Puck. ' Salesman (recommending blue necktie w(th large pink spots) But wouldn't you like one like that? I'm selling a lot of them this year. Sarcastic Customer Indeed! Very clever of you. I'm sure. Harvard Lampoon. "Rev. Smoothlelgb, the pastor of a- fash, lonable church? Why, he's awful poor at preaching- sermons." "I know; but he pos sesses a carefully modulated volo that sever irakes up the- congregation." Baltimore Her. aid. The Owner See here! You want to han dle that trunk, more carefully! The Porter I'll look out for it, sir. I know a man who let one fall on his toes last month, an' he ain't out of the hospital yet. Town and Country. "How wasteful of that gardener!" murmured the star boarder as he bit savagely, but hope lessly at his asparagus. "How Is that?" asked the landlady. "Why, If he had let these stalks grow one week longer he could have sold them for telegraph poles." Balti more American "Of course," remarked the loquacious guest, "room 13 is the most unpopular one ln'the hotel. But haTe you any idea which is tb most popular oner'- "Sure," replied- tho ur bane clerk, shifting hi diamond two lnch to the right: "the baxreom." ClaetaaaU Cmr-mercUl-Tribuse.