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rOKTXAXD, "WEDNESDAY, NOV. 4.
TAMMANY'S NEW TKIUMTH.
It was a silly argument, made In
support of the Low administration of
New York, that it had given better
government, cleaned up the streets,
stopped political grafting", drained
marshes and purified noisome places,
lorced dealers in merchandise to keep
"their goods -boxes and garbage off the
sidewalk, improved the sanitation of
the schools, increased and improved the
water supply, pushed street-cleaning to
a high point of efficiency and reduced
the death rate in all the crowded dis
tricts of the city. It was a silly un
dertaking to appeal to the voters of
the cits" on this basis of facts; for the
majority don't care about clean streets,
better water supply, deliverance of the
city from grafting politicians, im
proved school facilities, arrest of pesti
lence or reduotlon of the death rate.
A government that forces people to
"clean "up" never will be popular in any
large city. This Is what the Tammany
politician magnlloquently calls "inva
sion of the sanctity of our homes."
The masses at first opportunity will
strike against all enforcement of regu
lated order, and show themselves
wholly indifferent to the death rate.
They demand "liberty to do as they
please." Any Interference with this
liberty they bitterly resent. The vices
of great multitudes are very dear to
them. They will not have "the town
.shut up," to "make a Puritan Sunday."
"With their propensity to gamble they
nvill tolerate no interference, and other
leading propensities and appetites they
will defend to the last striking down
every government that attempts to con
trol or suppress them.
As multitudes of tenants in the cities
resist all interference on the part of
the authorities to make them live under
laws of sanitation and decency, so
landlords who don't want to be com
pelled to spend their money to make
"better conditions will similarly oppose
reform government and vote the Tam
many ticket. It was apparent from the
beginning of the campaign on this
"basis that Tammany would win. The
211th and dirt of the crowded districts
of New York and other great cities are
.good enough for the people who live In
rthem; and as they have no worry about
the death rate, perhaps the higher It
is the better. Certainly, from the first,
the attempt to re-elect the Low admin
istration because It was enforcing de
cent, orderly, cleanly government, was
doomed to failure as The Orejronian
set forth weeks ago. Besides, there is 4
an old injunction that has some au
thority behind it. "Let him who is filthy
2e filthy still." He surely will vote
tlgainst you. If you -try to make him
-"clean up." attempt to put checks upon
Jils inclinations, appetites and "pleas
ures," set before him rules of sanita
tion and of moral order, and tell him
he must obey them. He will tell you
he is a free man and will not wear any
body's strait Jacket.
These are the reasons why Tammany
gets so hugo a majority against the
Low administration. Yet in its work
and results that administration was ad
mirable. But a clean city and reduced
death rate are no arguments for the
mass of the voters. They want and
will have "an open town."
THE riRATES "NEED THE 3IONEY."
It may be hoped that the rebellion
announced in the State of Panama will
prove to have force behind it, and that
it may take such course as would make
it possible for the Unted States to en
courage and even to aid it. In and
throughout the State of Panama there
Is deep dissatisfaction because the
canal that the United States liad pro
posed to build has been "held up" by
the grafters and robbers of the Colom
bian Congress. The canal Is essential
to the progress and well-being of Pan
ama, and Indications of a movement
for independence, to secure it, are
strong.
Our Government should have no
more dealings with the robbers who
are making extortionate demands upon
it, for the privilege of constructing
the canal. We still have the alterna
tive of Nicaragua; and If revolution
in Panama, which has hopeful features,
should be successful for the Colom
bian government is bankrupt and could
muster no force to resist it we might
yet arrange for cosstruction there.
They say they have had political
troubles in Colombia, that their treas
ury is bankrupt, and moreover that
they are loaded with heavy debts.
This is given out plainly as the reason
why they did not ratify the treaty.
They wanted more money. Senor
Archinegas, a Colombian politician and
emissary of that country's rotten gov
ernment, who recently landed in New
York on an errand of "promotion,"
says the United States is rich, can pay
more and ought to be required to pay
more especially as we should derive
great benefits from the canal. He does
not stop with this, but adds:
There is a stronger and more pressing rea
son why -we ask $25,000,000 as payment by
the "United States for the certain advantage
which it will got from this commercial en
terprise wo need the money. Wo have Just
finished a 87-months' war, the government
debt is heavy. Its paper money has depre
ciated to a nominal value, and that sum. of
money Is necessary to put it on Its feet
again. The government needs Just about
$23,000,000 to cancel its debt. Tho $10,
000,000 offered -would not be sufllcient for
our purposes.
Not certainly It the whole gang of
greedy political grafters were to have
'a pull. The Treasury of the United
States hasn't money enough. But it is
not improbable that through political
dissensions and revolutions In Colombia.
of which rebellion in Panama fur
nlshes a hopeful sign the United
States may yet find opportunity to con
struct the Panama Canal.
A DRAWN BATTLE.
The result of yesterday's election in
fifteen states and three Important cities
seems absolutely destitute of bearing
upon next year's National struggle.
Republican states are Republican, with
some larger and some smaller majori
ties, Democratic states are Democratic,
and local issues determine all devia
tions from this general rule.
The Tammany Idea that the election
of McClellan affords encouragement to
the National Democracy is the merest
buncombe. The issues In New York,
as we have elsewhere shown, were not
at all National. The complete refuta
tion of this Democratic claim is found
in the fact that last year the Demo
crats carried Greater New York by
some 122,000, yet this majority was
overcome in the state so that Odell de
feated Coler for Governor by 10,000. At
this rate a 60,000 Dernocratc majority
In the city would leave the Democrats
about 70,000 behind In the state as a
whole. New York Is a Republican
state, and probably increasingly so
every year.
The Democratic gains in Nebraslca
and Kentucky are offset by the Im
mense Republican majority In Ohio.
Any comfort Bryan, may draw in Ne
braska is dashed by the defeat of that
arch-charlatan and true Bryanite, Tpm
Id. Johnson, whose overthrow is com
plete. Whatever weight Bryan may
seek to attach to the goldbug procliv
ities of Clarke, the Democratic nominee
for the United States Senate In Ohio,
will be answered by Gorman and Tam
many in New York. In view of the
125,000 Republican majority in Ohio
and the 150,000 majority in Pennsyl
vania, we shall probably hear, less
about Indiana as a doubtful state.
San Francisco shows the strength of
union labor in that city, especially
when the vote opposed to It is divided.
In Salt Lake there is clearly manifest
the Mormon revenge for the indiffer
ence shown by Senator Kearns to the
cause of Apostle Smoot.
AMERICAN TRADE UXTSIPERILED.
A few custodians of the foreign trade,
voicing their sentiments from the nail
keg and cracker box of the country
store, as well as through the columns
of the .newspapers, view with much
anxiety the aggressive attitude of Rus
sia In Manchuria. It has been pointed
out that Russian supremacy In the far
East will be a death blow to American
trade, and that Americans should be
gin mixing in the forthcoming scrap
as a measure of self-protection. Re
cently compiled figures of the Departr
ment of Commerce do not Indicate that
American trade Is Imperiled by the
Russian Invasion. The figures, unac
companied by further explanation,
might not fully "make clear thai our
trade interests were not in danger.
They show that American products of
the value of 18,000,000 taels were Im
ported in 1902 by Manchuria through
the port of Niu Chwang, compared
with 17,000,000 taels in 1901 and S.000.000
taels in 1900. The report of the Chinese
government does not segregate the im
ports, except fn the case of Jeans, drills,
sheetings, kerosene and flour, which
form a large part of the sum total.
It is the mention of .the fact that
these are the principal articles import
ed from the United States that will
cause the American exporter to view
with calmness the approaching change.
If there is to be a change, in adminis
tration. Neither the Manchurians In
Manchuria, the Russians In Manchuria
nor the Chinese in Manchuria are wear
ing Jeans, overalls and cotton breech
clouts, and burning kerosene oil, for
the sake of giving Americans a market
for those articles. Instead, if obtain
able, they would be using the articles
of Russia with the Manchurian brand
on them. Not having anything of the
kind mentioned at home, they quite
naturally seek it In a quarter from
which It can be supplied at the lowest
price for the best quality.
If the Russian aggressor can devise a
plan by which he can prevent that emi
nent American philanthropist, John D.
Rockefeller, from supplying Manchuria
or any other part of the world with
kerosene oil, It will deserve to rank
well up with other wonders of the
world. The same Is true of our
flour, lumber and cotton goods trade
with Manchuria, as well as withother
far Eastern countries. None ofthese
commodities is being purchased from
us because the Orientals love us or be
cause we have any special trade privi
leges which we would not also enjoy
if Russia held full sway in Manchuria
and other Chinese provinces. "We enjoy
that trade, and we will continue to
hold It, because wehave the best goods
for the least money, an attraction
which has frequently made the flag
hustle o follow the trade, instead of
trad following the flag.
The establishment of trade relations
between savage or half-civilized races
and civilized nations has seldom been
accomplished without fighting. The
Sandwich Islanders killed Captain CooH
because he attempted to teach them a
better mode of living and incidentally
to make a market for the geegaws and
necessities of civilized life, and yet
their descendants have become good
customers of the merchants of England
and America. The American Indians
sought to exterminate the early trader,
but when they found that he controlled
the market on glass beads, tobacco and
whisky he was tolerated because they
needed, or thought they needed, the
merchandise in which he trafficked. The
fight has already been made in the far
East, and the Manchurians as well as
the Japanese fully understand that it
Is to their Interest to trade with the
United States. Russian supremacy
cannot change the situation, for Russia
Is not a strong competitor with the
United States in any of the special lines
which make up the bulk of American
trade with Manchuria.
The single exception may perhaps be
in the case of flour, and as this Is an
artisle of such world-wide production,
the trade in countries that do not pro
duce it will be controlled by the coun
try nearest at hand and best equipped
for handling the business. In the case
of Manchuria that country is the
United States. Frpm a trade stand
point the United States can accordingly
view with equanimity any complica
tions affecting the future control of
Manchuria
INCREASE EN FLOUR TRADE.
For the first time In the history of
the port the exports of flour from Port
land for the first four months of the
season are in excess of the wheat ex
ports. Reduced to wheat measure, the
exports from July 1 to November 1
were: "Wheat, 1,480,492; flour in wheat
measure, 1,740,159 bushels. Theship
ments from Puget Sound make an even
more striking showing on these lines,
for during the period mentioned but
592,444 bushels of actual wheat was ex
ported from Seattle, Tacoma and Ever
ett, while the same cities sent out In
flouran equivalent of 3,460,604 bushels of
wheat, or more than five times as much
wheat as flour. The extraordinary ex
cess of flour shipments over those of
wheat from Puget SounI is due to the
fact that a considerable amount of flour
was diverted from Portland and Port
land territory on account of a shortage
of flour steamers in this port and a sur
plus on Puget Sound. "Wheat ship
ments were correspondingly heavier
from Portland than from the Puget
Sound ports, on account of plenty of
ships for handling the business being
available at this port.
The Interesting feature of the ship
ments from both ports, however, lies
in the fact that such a large portion of
the surplus already moved has been
shipped out in the form of flour. So
many conditions enter Into the Increas
ing profits which are kept at home by
thus manufacturing our raw material
that It would be. .difficult to estimate
the exact amount that has been added
to the right side of the ledger by both
farmers and millmen, but in the aggre
gate it will amount to many thousands
of dollars already. The lowest rate yet
made on wheat to Europe from Port
land is about 16 shillings per ton, while
all of the flour that has been shipped
to the Orient has been taken at $3 per
ton, a saving on the freight item alone
of about ?1 per ton.
Another big advantage to the North
west is derived from the large amount
of money that is paid out by mlllowners
for labor in converting these millions
of bushels of wheat Into flour. For
that which Is ground at the Interior
mills here is always a good market at
home for the offal, and the millers save
not only the ocean freight on the bran
and shorts, but the rail freight from
the Interior to tidewater as welL The
city mills likewise have a good market
at home for all of the bran, shortsand
middlings, and with the increase in the
dairying Industry in the Willamette
Valley there is a steadily Increasing
demand for these mill products. It is
the big demand for this mill offal 'that
will make it very difficult for the mill
ers of Dakota and other Eastern wheat
districts to gqt into the Oriental flour
trade on anything like even terms with
the Oregon and Washington millers.
The latter can sell bran, shorts, etc.,
at much higher figures on the Coast
than the Dakota millers can secure In
their state, and the big differential of
distance can never be removed except
by an unfair discriminatory rate, which,
if attempted to be enforced, might re
sult in still lower rates for the millers
and farmers of .the Pacific Northwest
It has been freely predicted that the
entire exportable surplus of the Oregon,
Washington and Idaho wheat crop will
eventually find its way to market In the
form of flour for the Oriental markets,
and the business for the current season
would Indicate that the time was not
far distant when the prediction would
be verified. Unfortunately for growers
and millers alike, the situation at pres
ent is an abnormal one, and due largely
to the strained relations existing be
tween Japan and Russia, but the in
crease on strictly legitimate lines has
been sufficient each year to warrant
the belief that the European export
business will never again take care of
so great a proportion of the wheat crop
of the Pacific Northwest as It has han
dled In the past. The change Is benefi
cial and profitable, not only to farmers
and millers, but to all other lines of
trade, which stand or fall with the
prosperity or adversity of the farmer.
Personal differences In the Booth
family seem to have been increased
rather than diminished by the death of
Consul Emma Booth-Tucker. The
brothers, Balllngton and Herbert
Booth, the former the head of the Vol
unteers of America, the Salvation
Army's rival in this country, made, as
it is asserted, a brotherly and entirely
unofficial effort to appear and be recog
nized as members of the family, upon
the occasion of the memorial services
at Carnegie Hall, but, being treated
with scant courtesy by the aids of
Commander Booth-Tucker, (they with
drew. The hand of the official inter
meddler, who seizes upon a funeral oc
casion as a grand opportunity to show
h's authority, is seen in this unseemly
strife. Standing for the spirit of for
giveness, kindness, humility and broth
erly love, the mourners at the bier of
a gentle, lovely and lovable woman
allowed meddlers to speak for them,
and the family breach which death
should have closed was widened in
stead. A more striking example of the
difference between preaching and prac
tice Is seldom witnessed than in this
Instance. Exhortations to forgiveness
are of little worth when urged by those
who do not lay aside personal bitter
ness even at the bier of their best be
loved. Improvements in the postal service,
Including rural delivery, extension of
the star route service. Increase In the
number of clerks and carriers, etc.,
have largely Increased the annual defi
cit of the Postal Department and forced
the Postmaster-General to ask for an
Increase of $15,000,000 In the appropria
tion for the year ending June 30, 1905.
The public, so Intimately connected
with the postal1 service, and so grandly
served by it, Is ready to indorse any
legitimate Increase in the cost of carry
ing and distributing the mails. Fol
lowing closely the disclosures of fraud
in connection with the postal adminis
tration, however, this large Increase In
expense will be looked upon with sus
picion. Business efficiency and sagacity
of an unusual degree are required In
the management of the postal service.
Personal integrity counts for much,
but to be fully effective It must be sup
plemented by alertness and a keen
oversight of details which seems to
have been sadly lacking in the admin
istration of postal affairs in recent
years. Congress will be asked to ap
propriate a total of $16S,0S5,770 for the
postal service for the year ending June
30, 1905. It would be glad, no doubt,
ot the reasonable assurance that a man
would be placed at the head of the de
partment who would stand f orthe hon
est tand capable disbursement of this
enormous sum.
A communication from C. J. Curtis,
of Seaside, printed in yesterday's Issue
of The Oregonian, states that the resi
dents of that city have no desire to
extend the corporate limits so that they
will take in the popular beach resort
lying on the west bank of the Necani
cum. This Information will be very
gratifying to the hundreds of Portland
ers who annually spend the hot season,
or at least a portion of It, among the
groves between the Necanicum and the
ocean. It also indicates that the per
manent residents of Seaside fully real
ize that the chief charm of the famous
resort which adjoins their city lies In
its' freedom from the accessories of city
Incorporation. Portlanders who have
built .Summer homes In that pictur
esque grove are willing to forego the
luxury of sidewalks, electric lights, and
even city water, if thby can keep the
stores, saloons, livery stables, etc., on
the east side of the river. Catsop
Beach and Its adjoining groves still re
tain many of the charms of original
wildness, and any further infringement
on this natural state will lessen the
popularity of the beach and corre
spondingly depreciate the value of the
property.
As a method for determining results,
practice will always be preferable to
theory. Here are some of the results
of the ship-subsidy system: The French
bark Berangere, which draws a subsidy
of several thousand dollars per annum
from the French government, was char
tered yesterday to load wheat at Port
land for the Unltld Kingdom at 16s 3d
per ton. This freight rate would show
a loss of more than $1 per ton were It
not for the subsidy. This loss to the
French shipowner is made up by a sub
sidy paid by the French taxpayer, and
yet the vessel was chartered to carry
American products to a British port,
the American producer, British buyer
and French shipowner dividing among
them the subsidy wrung from the
French taxpayer. Exactly similar re
sults would follow the enactment of an
American shipping subsidy law when
ever one of our ships wandered Into a
foreign port and encountered the com
petition of vessels of other nations.
Ocean freights will always be regulated
by world-wide industrial conditions,
and not by subsidies or other artificial
means.
The steamship Vermont, drawing
twenty-four feet, and the steamship
Indrasamha, drawing twenty-'three feet
and six inches, crossed out of the Co
lumbia nearly an hour before high
water yesterday with no apparent dif
ficulty. These steamers were carrying
over 7000 tons each, and as there Is al
ways a slight swell on the bar, their
great weight required several feet more
water than their actual draft. From
the experience of these strips It Is ap
parent that the bar Is in better shape
than It was at this time last year, and
the new ocean dredge Chinook" may be
expected to rip out a channel of suffi
cient depth to prevent any of the ex
pensive delays that hampered the ship
ping entering this port last Winter.
The dilatory movements of the Govern
ment have resulted in the failure of
the dredge to reach here In time to
take advantage of the fine weather of
earlj' Autumn, but there would seem to
be an excellent opportunity for the big
craft to do good work whenever a
twenty-four-foot ship can cross the bar
in safety.
It Is to be hoped that the quality and
quantity of the coal discovered near
Heppner is all that has been claimed
for it. An abundant supply of this fuel
obtainable at low rates will prove one
of the most valuable factors Imagina
ble in Portland's commercial progress.
The lack of coal in the past has been a
handicap to Portland, but it has been
in a large measure overcome, or at least
offset, by the matchless natural loca
tion of the city at the head of naviga
tion on a fresh-water harbor and at the
foot of a down-hill haul from the vast
Inland empire. Portland has forged
steadily ahead without a cheap coal
supply, and If this can be added to her
many advantages, even greater prog
ress is assured.
The children of Wenatchee, Wash.,
under 15 years old, will have a mid
Winter flower show, of flowers grown
by themselves. This is perhaps the
first fruits in that place of the effort
of the civic Improvement movement
to cultivate in school children a love
of the beautiful in nature and apply
the knowledge to their surroundings.
The mild climate and generous soil of
the Wenatchee Valley favor the
scheme of a mid-Winter flower show.
Those who have lent practical encour
agement to the civic improvement Idea
will look with interest for the report
upon this venture of the boys and
girls of Wenatchee.
Queen Victoria was for many years
the most pathetic figure, on the great
stage of sorrow. Wearing somber
robes, refusing all public functions,
looking upon her children only with
mournful eyes and addressing them In
solemn tones, she went attended by her
grief for a generation. She has been
succeeded upon this stage by Mrs. Mc
Klnley. A frail recluse, going forth
dally to the tomb of her husband with
flowers, this demonstration of sorrow Is
pathetic In her case, where In the case
of aSwomon of stronger mental and
physical fiber It would be considered
morbid and foolish.
The stories of Chief Officer Bruce and
Chief Engineer Ward, of the wrecked
steamer South Portland, make the tale
of Captain Mclntyre, of the same ves
sel, dark by contrast. The latter, his
crew well In hand, stood by the engines
ready to respond to orders, but re
ceived none. The former told of the
promptness with which the captain left
the sinking ship and his own efforts to
beach her. Verily, It would seem a
poltroon of the sea has been disclosed
by this disaster, which has also brdught
to light "examples of Its heroe3
SPIRIT OF THE NORTHWEST PRESS
His Chance to Make Good.
Springfield News.
The Siuslaw and Yaqulna Bay appropri
ations were not included in the Chief En
gineer's report on appropriation for water-way
improvements. It behooves Hon.
Blnger Hermann to havo it included forth
with. "V
Miracles of Charity Already.
Albany Democrat.
The Portland newspaper men havo
shown what they, can do along the lino
of minstrelsy, and hereafter it Is to be
hoped they are more charitable la their
criticism, of visiting professional minstrels.
It should certainly make them so.
Will Help Washington.
Vancouver Columbian.
The Lewis and Clark Centennial Expo
sition, which is to be held at Portland,
( should receive every attention from the
fatate of Washington. It means much to
ward developing our resources. Let us
assist the great undertaking in every pos
sible manner.
The Limit in Effrontery.
O'-ympla Recorder.
Thero should be no surprise at Mr.
Bryan's effort to write himself into ,a
legacy of $50,000. .He endeavored, for eight
years, to talk himself Into tho Presi
dency, and has nerve enough ro tackle
anything that promises to redound to
the advantage of Mr. Bryan.
What, Only Once?
Astoria Astorian.
For once Hitchcock has found per
sons In Oregon not connected with land
frauds. He exonerates our United
States Senators. No sensible person ever
thought for one moment that any mem
ber of our delegation had anything to
do with lands, other than in a legitimate
way. It was a foolish story started by a
New York reporter.
Asleep but Will Waken.
Moro Observer.
Portland will very soon awaken to a
sense of dutv more Important than hound
ing its Mayor and Chief of Police, when
it realizes what It means to permit so
many fire traps togo up In the heart of
the city; that time is shortening too fast
to be prepared for 1903; and that lack o
hotel accommodations Is a dumed sight
worse for the Fair than apathy on the part
of the country newspaper publishers.
Limitations of Livestock Department.
Prlnevillo Review.
The Oregonian ought to print some of
its issues on blue paper. In a late Issue
tit discussed gravely the advisability of
exterminating idiots and chronic Insane.
In the same Issuo It discussed the ques
tion of putting a. health qualification on
marriage. The cattle editor of that paper
ought not to beallowed to write on so
ciological questions. Rules for breed
ing, which might apply admirably to
cattle, sometimes fall when applied to
ho human race.
If the Shoe Fits, Etc.
Des Chutes Echo.
The Oregonlan's forest reserve arti
cles aro apparently nothing .more than a
covert attack on Congressman William
son. Well, It's too bad that the Scott
Moody combine is forced to Indulge In
this sort of thing. It Is poor Judgment,
but is probably better than no Judg
ment at all. The Republicans of this
district elected Mr. Williamson and will
see that he has a fair and open field to
makchis mark. That he is on the right
side of the forest reserve question passes
without argument.
Big Money in Hops.
Salem Statesman.
A recent visitor to Oregon, writing to an
Eastern paper, said, among other things
aimed to be complimentary, that hops in
tho Willamette Valley sometimes yield $100
an acre, qt 23 cents a pound. Ho was
probably afraid to say they sometimes
come to more than $500 an acre, at 23
cents a pound, and more when the price of
the product is higher; he probably feared
that his readers would think he was not
telling them the truth. But It would have
been the truth, unvarnished and unex
tended. Silver Lining to the Cloud.
Aberdeen Bulletin.
"Aberdeen, while it lost much by the
fire, gained a great deal by the advertis
ing It received. The Associated Press
sent the news from Washington to St.
Paul, from St. Paul to Chicago, from
Chicago to New York, from New York
to London, Paris and Berlin, and to
all other places remote. Not only did
the news go the entire length of the
United States, but extended all along Its
breadth. People who had never known
of Grays Harbor or Aberdeen now real
ize thero 13 such a place and that It Is
an important waterway.
Wisdom Through Experience. "
Pilot Rock Record.
Gambling, as well as the saloon, we re
gard as an Important branch of the studies
to be mastered In acquiring a thorough
education in the school of experience.
Somo master these studies at an earlier
period In life than others, but when once
conversant with the results of the drink
habit or the gambling vice, tho man of
ordinary intelligence will touch not, handle
not. The man who has been well educated
along this line comes to learn that he Is a
born "sucker," a prey for gambling
sharks, and a busy bee for the saloon, and
will Involuntarily call a halt to his Idiocy,
stop drinking, stop gambling and there
after live a decent, respectable sort of
llfe- ..
Too Silly to Believe.
Dallas Opserver.
Notwithstanding the fact that ho has
been Indicted by the Federal grand Jury
for opening a letter other than his own
with alleged intent to defraud, tho people
of Oregon believe ex-Congressman Mal
colm A Moody when ho says that he is
guilty of no wrong-doing, and that ho will
prove his Innocence without delay. In
view of his blameless life and the loyal
service he has rendered to the state In his
high official capacity, the fact that he has
been Indicted as a criminal seems almost
too silly to believe. His many friends
throughout the state are with him In the
demand that a thorough Investigation of
every charge against him be made at
once. They have no fear of the outcome.
Highly Original Theory.
, Westfall Western Ways.
Will tho Lewis and Clark Exposition
bo a benefit or a detriment to this lo
cality is a question that has two sides.
That it will bo a benefit to the city of
Portland Is very clear. Many thousands
of dollars will bo drawn from tho sur
rounding country and dumped into Port
land never to return. None of tho3o
who attend the Fair from tho East will
visit this locality. We will never re
ceive one dollar's worth of benefit from
the Fair. Many talk of broad-mindedness
and the good of the state, and this
Is a pretty song, but we fall to see
where Portland has ever made an effort
to benefit this country. Portland news
papers may have advertised this coun
try in a favorable way at times, but wo
are led to believe that through the power
of Portland capital railroads are kept
from building In Southeast Oregon.
Harney Valley and Malheur County
havo for yeare looked and longed for
an east and west railroad. Such a road
if run to some town on the coast might
Interfere-" with Portland monopoly, at
least the wise claim that this Is the
case, and that Portland has tho power
to prevent tho building of such a road.
CAN ROOSEVELT BE BEATEN?
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Post, after going over the Pres
idential situation thoroughly from a dis
interested but well-advised standpoint,
reaches these conclusions:
"Proponents of the theory that Mr.
Roosevelt will yet fall of the nomination,
hold that no opportunity will be given
his opponents to show their hand until
this year's elections aro over. Mr. Hanna,
for example, they point out, could not in
the past have come out against Roose
velt without endangering his own re-election
to the Senate. In a state so close as
Ohio may be this year the President's pcr
sonal following would prove a strong fac
tor, but after the Legislature is elected on
Tuesday week. Mr. Hanna will be free to
voice his own mind and purposes. It Is
,n. - lit- .. M .11 -T-
wiu suiuu ij- wiiii not u. iew oiner nc
publican leaders. They would have been
foolish to risk the cost ot opposing Roose
velt before it was time to accomplish any
thing by doing so. Now. as the hour of
decision Is nearlng, if they make up their
minds to act. thero will "be prompt and
vigorous movements.
"It Is asserted that six men could get
together tomorrow and decide that Roose
velt was not to be nominated, and he
would not be. This is, perhaps, true. The
Republican party, as a National organiza
tion, is peculiarly in the hands of a few
bosses. , Especially is their control easy
when large blocks of Southern delegates
would presumably respond In a crisis to
the nod of another quarter than that of
the White House. Mr. Hanna organlzod
the Southern delegates in 1896 as they
were never marshalled before. He has
never lost that control. In case he should
care to use It for himself or his friends.
v "The presence of this great mass of
-pouinern uaiegates wno represent no
body, numbering nearly 20 per cont of the
convention, leaves the control of that
body largely In the hands of a group of
bosses, or an Inner-circle organization. If
that organization should decide to throw
Its strength against Roosevelt, it is doubt
ful if he could carry the North with suffi
cient solidity to see his way clear to vic
tory. The Southern delegates nre usually
with the occupant of the White House,
but today they appear to be inclined in
the other direction If any exigency should
arise to attract their attention elsewhere.
President Roosevelt has displaced most of
the old guard of professional Southern
Republicans, white and black. Those
whom, he has recognized as referees and
advisers in their places have been a higher
type of men, but it is doubtful if they
could procure for him so many delegates.
He has taken up a number of the better
classes of negroes, alienating to an extent
the professional negro politicians ot the
South."
In the North men who would throw
the Southern delegates against the Presi
dent If they would, doubtless j possess
strength enough In their own states to
make their victory complete. The conven
tions which have already declared for him
have no binding force upon the future. It
Is the convention which elects the dele
gates that Instructs them, theoretically
and practically. Few of theso have been
held. Of course, some reason would have
to be assigned for such a reversal of
sentiment toward Mr. Roosevelt, but
wherever the need exists, one Is usually
forthcoming. If the high financial inter
ests, for Instance, should decide that they
were unwilling to risk Roosevelt for an
other four years, what would be moro
easy than to set Into motion Influences
t tending to show that on account of hi3
'reinstatement of Foreman Miller he had
so alienated the union labor vote that the
Republican party, out of friendliness to
the man who tolls, must perforce select
somebody else?
The further question arises: Who would
tho opposition have to put in Mr. Roose
velt's place? Several of their available
men, like Governor Taft. would not tnko
a nomination against him. If such a plan
were carried out, Mr. Hanna would in
all probability be the nominee, since he
represents both capital and labor through
his Civic Federation enterprise, and per
sonifies organization Republicanism North
and South. But Mr. Hanna would run
better" In Washington for President than
out In the rural districts. It Is. moreover,
doubtful If he wants the Presidential nom
ination. He has never seemed ambitious
in that direction. His health is not per
fect, and no man knows better than he
tho trials and vexations of the Presiden
tial office. He gives frequent evidence
of being wearied of his present strife.
So while Mr. Roosevelt Is offending the
Republican organization Influences In
many states, and the moneyed Interests
for which they stand, It Is doubtful If
this grievance will reach the stage of an
open movement against him. In matters
of patronage he is yielding less to the
Senators, who usually Include In state
the party manager and one of his faith
ful allies, than they like. In Delaware
he appears to be turning his back on
Addicks, who controls numerically a de
cided majority of the party of voters of
the state. His pursuit of the postofllce
frauds has been much more vigorous than
"policy" dictates. It will be the same
with the land scandals In the West. There
Is never an offender who does not have
friends In politics who prefer to have his
guilt passed over lightly.
j.
The President's personal friends and
associates in a number of states are men
who aro openly antagonizing the Senators
of those communities. They see these
friends whom they regard as "pestiferous
mugwumps" going to the White House to
luncheon and otherwise enjoying terms
of intimacy with the President. Mr. Piatt's
vigorously expressed grievance against
William Allen White last year Is a case
in point, and there are many others. The
strict organization men feel that they are
living under a "mugwump President."
and this- make3 them restive. But the
probabilities are they will have to make
the best of It for four years more. Then
they can restore the executive branch
of the Government to "the organization,."
at least so far as their nominations carry
force. The country can then make up its
mind accordingly.
How She Captured Him.
Washington Times.
A lady from Alexandria, Va., visiting In
Philadelphia quite recently, told an anec
dote of her retiring cook, which is good
enough to be told again:
Myra. the colored cook, gavo notice to
Mrs. Richardson of her intention to I cava
at the end of the week. Mrs. R. 'highly
prized the cook's abilities in the culinary
lino and proceeded to interview her in an
effort to learn the reason for her de
parture. Tho following conversation en
sued: "Myra, are you not satisfied with the
wages and the homo I give you?"
"Yes. Mis' Richardson, I alius bin hap
py wlv you all."
"Well, why do you leave?"
"Say Mis' Richardson, don't you all
'member dat fun'l In de next block las'
Friday?"
"Yes. but what of that?"
"Well, I done gwlne to tell you all de
whole trufc. I'se gwln to marry de hus
band oh de corpse. Ho 'low as I was de
life obdo fun'l."
t
The White Witch.
Olive Constance in "Rainbows."
Her body la a dancing Joy. a delicate dollghf.
Her hair a silver glamor In a net of golden
light.
Her face is like tho faces that a dreamer some
times meets,
A face that Leonardo would have followed
through the streets.
Her eyllds are .like clouds that spread white
wings across .blue skies, '
Like shadows in still waters are the sorrows in
her eyes.
How flower-like are the smiling lips so manyV
have' desired,
Curled lips that love's lone kisses have left a
little tired.
NOTE AND COMMENT.
The Star's Twinkler. 4
If I were a diamond bright.
Full of fires and of sparkles,
Alive In the garish light.
And dead wherever it darkles.
Then should I wish to dwell -
In a place would never be shady.
And that, as- you all can tell.
Is the hand of the leading lady.
Whon. wildly singing her grief.
The prince she tlKhtly embraces,
Her ring is in strong relief.
And glitters from nil Its faces;
And when with a gesture grand
The rogue she will duly baffle,
The ring on her outstretched hand
Looms Ilka the prize In a raffle.
Or does she. In drinking a toast.
Uplift- with a cheer the bumper.
The thing that impresses you most
Is: "The diamond's surely a thumper.
In short there is nothing can stay
The stone from obtaining attention.
So next time you go to tho play
Just see if this rhyme's an Invention.
Words and the Song..
Some of the Eastern critics are pointing
out the great advance that has been made
In musical comedy by the omission of the
singing At first sight, this seem3 almost
equivalent to saying that Macbeth would
be Improved by the omission of Macbeth,
or that a Tom company would be better
without an Eva. Bot consider the flowers
of musical comedy: they sing not, al
though they may now and then act.
Give Maybelle Dingbat a clever song, and
let her try to sing it. The words are lost,
and) the music narred. But let her talk
the words. Tho orchestra will supply the
music that's what It's there for. The
house hears the song, and enjoys tho
hits. Suppose the words are:
It's not a necessary thing
To havo a voice when you would sing;
No, It's not.
It's not a necessary thing
To be a Belle to get a ring;
No, it's not.
These are on pretty much the usual
level of comic opera lines, and this 13
the way they sound when the star tries
to sing them:
Yum yum yum turn turn turn turn
thing
Turn turn turn VOICE 'turn turn
sing.
Nits Not
NITS NOT.
Turn turn turn yum yum yum yum
thing
Tub a hum hum hum hum ring
NitJ Not
Nits Not Nits Not
N-l-t-s N-O-T
You 9ee the advantage of the new style?
Evolution is always evolutlng. There
fore we may expect greater things than
this. In a season or two we may have
the words spoken by a phonograph, the
music played by the orchestra, and tho
star well, the star will simply stand still
and display her frocks. What a happy
consummation this will be! May Its com
ing be swift.
It's a case of three cheers and a tiger
for McClellan.
The Hague is all right. Penn has In
dorsed it.
It gives ono a sinking feeling to read
of a man choking on a doughnut.
Jack Johnson has nothing but dark looks
for Jeffries, and possibly a few punches.
Oregon Is trying to extradite Jack Frost
from Nevada, but he shuns the Icy grip.
Lots of people wouldn't mind going
broke like Titkary, If they could have his
voice.
A petrified snake has been found In
Eugene, but the prehistoric man had left
none of the whisky.
A Portland man has just got a year for
taking a vise, but taking advice is usually
its own punishment.
"Discussions" In Kentucky, especially
about election time, frequently end in
death, but conviction never follows.
Tar and feathers sure would make the
Holy Rollers rolller: the point that I wish
to take, is: would It make them, holler?
"She Government Is buying water buffalo
from China, as if the country wasn't al
ready bothered with too much water
stock.
San Francisco reports tho usual bottle
with a monster whale. Really, the corre
spondents should pension that poor, over
worked animal.
Pattl has a new song, especially written
for her present tour, called "The Last
Farewell." However, it probably has a
couple ot encore verses.
That the promoter of umpty million dol
lar companies should be sued for his board
bill Is- manifestly wrong. He should bo
boarded at the state's expense.
The Woman's Club, at Grant's Pass, Is
about to go Into politics, and the members
are probably practicing the most graceful
way of holding their skirts when on tho
stump.
Tho Mirror has been published in Lon
don. It is a newspaper for women, but
even In Its first issue has to pad Its bargain-sale
announcements with stuff about
politics.
The Government authorities having
kindly burled some dynamite near Fort
Lawton, some enterprising rascals dis
turbed the grave, and Seattle is now ex
pecting a boom accompanied with an un
usual rlso In real estate.
The Improvement of the Strand, In Lon
don, caused the destruction of many his
torical buildings, and In most cases a
tablet was placed on the site. "Here once
dwelt," or "here rested for a week," So-and-So.
This Is bringing the memorial
craze to such a point that we may ex
pect tablets telling us "Dr. Johnson
walked over this place," or that "Here a
descendant of Sir Walter Scott once
stopped to hail a bus," or that "In this
house they raised tho Dickens."
WEX J.
OUT OF THE GINGER JAR.
"I want a hero for a new story," said tho
author. "Let mo see." said a friend. "Sup
pose you take a" man who has read all your
books?" Atlanta Constitution.
Ernie Harold looks to me llko a weak
ling. Edith I think he has pretty good
lungs. Ernie Why so? Edith I hear ho
blew in ?10,000 last year. Chicago Daily
Ncws.
Flyttei? I suppose there's money to bo
picked up in the stock market? Flutter
There ought to be. "Why, I myself havo
dropped considerable of it there. Boston
Transcript.
"They say that Miss Scaddslelgh's Duke Is
young, handsome and clever." "Dear me J
That girl always did have such luck. We'll
be hearing that he loves her next." Chi
cago Record-Herald.
Mrs. Straytlace I am certainly surprised
to hear you girls discussing "students" in
that unmaidenly fashion, and on Sunday,
too! May Breezy Oh, but they'ro theologi
cal students, you know. Philadelphia
Press.