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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10.
DEATH OF SENATOR HANNA.
The qualities which made and explain
Marcus A. Hanna are business talent,
unswerving fidelity and an unselfish
disposition. His commercial successes
were Avon in open fights with strenuous
competition. His aptitude for organiza
tion and for assiduous execution was
unusual, he was capable of great devo
tion to objects of his Interest and af
fection, and his loyalty toHhlngs once
espoflsed never wavered. It is the
measure of his greatness In these re
spects that he undoubtedly reached as
high a level of achievement and repu
tation as a man can reach whos,phll
osophy of life Is material, who appre
hends men and affairs keenly but who
apprehends principles not at all. The
world in which great poets, preachers,
thinkers and statesmen live was to
Hanna and his great friend and com
panion Mckinley an undiscovered coun
try. Senator Hanna's devotion to Presi
dent McKlnley was one of the most
striking incidents of his career and one
that thoroughly revealed the man. It
discovered his altruistic nature In poll
tics just as his benevolences expressed
it in private and his generous attitude
toward labor showed it in business. It
Is sometimes said that McKlnley was
the hero and Hanna the worshiper
and at other times that Hanna was
the master mind and McKlnley the In
strument This apparent paradox is
apparent only; for while Hanna un
doubtedly regarded the President as
the greatest statesman that ever lived,
he knew perfectly well that his own
powers of organization were the indis
pensable and resourceful agencies
through which that statesmanship was
made available. The men were unlike In
that one had the suavity and urbanity
that charmed all who came under their
spell, while the other had the more
practical gifts to put the courtier into
the place where his talents could be
used to the advantage of both. They
were alike in a supreme faith in the
practical. Some inefficient men are
wholly idealistic McKlnley and Hanna
were wholly practical, utilitarian. Truth
concerned them no more than to the
extent of its availability for results.
Votes were more than principles; the
full dinner pail more to be desired than
facts.
It seems ungracious to say, and yet
It Is probably true, that about all that
this useful and kindly life could do
has been done. His great business en
terprises have already been committed
Into other and competent hands; his
political opportunities have been most
painfully curtailed; and happiness went
out of his life -when McKlnley died.
There Is no reason to doubt the truth of
Perry Heath's assertion that McKlnley
hoped Hanna would succeed him in the
Presidency; but even if this were not
true, the complete dispossession of
Harna from power at the White House
has long been manifest. Another King
arose who knew not Joseph, and the
former Lord High Chamberlain has
b?fn going through the wilderness.
The nature and methods of Roosevelt
are distasteful and incomprehensible
to such as Hanna, and there was a loy-
altj; in Hanna's nature which forbids
him to take up the cruel cry of incon
stancy "The King Is dead, long live
the King!" A star of 111 omen rose on
Mr. Hanna's sky when Czolgoz sped
his dastardly bullet on his flight; and
row It shines on a hostile regime in the
white House, with Foraker helped on
to ascendency in Ohio.
The might that fell on Mr. Hanna's
political ambitions and the loss of life
itself from the stress of conflict lend
point anew to the question whether
politics is a paying Investment for the
prosperous and happy man of business.
If he had continued In commercial life.
witn lis crowning years of rest and
honors. Mr. Hanna would have lived to
enjoy himself for many years, without
enemies. Instead of being carried to the
grave a broken-hearted man at 66,
What Killed Hanna Is precisely what
killed McKlnley the terrific pace of an
overburdened life. Many men have re
covered from worse wounds than Mc-
Klnley's; but the week the bullet lay In
his body there was not the slightest
effort of the tissues to repair them
selves. They were helpless, they were
worn out as It was, the vitality was
gone. Mr. Hanna, too, has been lead
ing a life as full of care as any In the
land. It is worry, that kills men; and it
kills most of them as it did McKlnley
ar.d Hanna, by keeping the system on
so severe a strain that no reserve
power Is left to marshal the vital
forces to repel the extraordinary shock
of wound or fever. It Is the lot of such
to enjoy the excitement-and the prizes
for a time, only to be vanquished at
last
There Is a victory over death which
comes from the consciousness that one
has sought and found truth at Its
source and has never faltered In Its
advocacy, whatever the temptation of
the passing hour. There Is a victory
less grand than this, but full of solace
In these days of broken vows and cor
porate soullessness, a victory which Mr.
Hanna's surviving friends and relatives
can recall with pride never to have
wronged a fellow-man, always to have
done theMoyal and the kindly thing.
All the bitterness felt for Mr. Hanrui
In his lifetime will go out with his
death and his power to fight. He was
not a thinker nor a great statesman;
but It will be long remembered of him
that he held friendship sacred and that
his heart was kind. Men like this are
sincerely mourned and sadly missed.
Those by whom he has stood steadfast
ly through evil and through good re
port, and they are not few, will bear
him in memory with a passionate devo
tion for which the scholar and the phil
osopher might sigh In vain.
MISAPPREHENSION OF 301. HAILEY.
It Is sufficiently well known in Port
land, and especially by District Attor
ney Manning, that all power to Issue
warrants against gamblers, try, convict
and sentence them, Is vested In the
Mayor. If the Mayor does not file In
formation against this class of offend
ers and appear against them In court,
nobody else can do so. This Is the pain
ful extremity in which Mr. Manning
has long found' himself; so that not
withstanding his Intense desire to purge
the city of gambling and alienate his
once dear friends and supporters at
Fifth and Alder, Second and Burnside,
he is forced to sit down and chew the
bitter cud of reflection.
The District Attorney, that Is to say.
has no power; and we had supposed
the matter fully comprehended by other
District Attorneys throughout the state,
not excepting Mr. T. G Halley, of Pen
dleton, like Mr. Manning In being a
member of the Democratic party, but
unlike Mr. Manning In various ways
not necessary for description here.
But Mr. Halley offers Incontrovertible
evidence that he dwells in deep Ignor
ance of his nwn Inolr nf -finwron TTo hoc
Parrested gamblers at Pendleton, had
them fined and told them to leave town.
Thus say the dispatches:
Halley gave the gamblers a scathing lec
ture, declaring that as long as he was Dis
trict Attorney he would permit no gam
bling In Pendleton, and if any of those ar
rested were found operating again he would
give them the limit of the law. He also
said that it would be of no use for them to
effect a combination with the city officials,
notwithstanding the fact that the city
could use gambling licenses to good ad
vantage.
Nothing Is needed to complete this
picture of ignorance except the equally
discreditable exhibit made by the Pen
dleton gamblers themselves. They are
so credulous and blind to their own In
terests that they have suffered Mr.
Halley to induce In them the belief
that he has the power. Twenty-seven
of them were weak and foolish enough
to pay fines of $50 each, and some even
paid ?75 each. Many of them have left
Pendleton and others are packing up
their duds. We do not blame the gam
blers so much, as they belong to a con
fiding and guileless race and can't be
expected to know better. But Mr.
Halley is to be reproved, not only for
not knowing that he has no power, but
for the disagreeable hole into which he
has bunglingly thrust his great and
good friend, Mr. Manning. He should
give the gamblers back their money
and prove to the world that, whether
at Pendleton or Portland, the District
Attorney Is powerless to stop gambling.
TID3 boom: in wheat.
The Chicago wheat market yesterday
Indulged In another of the skyrockety
flights which have been so frequent arid
sensational within the past two months.
Now the July and September options
are sharing In the strength of May, and
have reached figures so far out of line
with other markets that the speculat
ive public Is wondering where the halt
is to be called. Not all of the strength
is displayed In options or "paper
wheat," for cash wheat, which Is the
real stuff, sold yesterday In both New
York and Chicago for over $1 per
bushel. Fortunately for Mr. Armour,
who Is credited with the manipulation
which has started wheat on its long up
ward climb, all sorts of things are hap
pening to aid him in his bull campaign.
Some of the strength yesterday was
due to the war news, but natural con
ditions also asserted themselves and
helped in the upward movement. The
American visible decreased nearly
1,000,000 bushels, and now rests at 3S.-
218.000 bushels, which Is within less
than 3,000,000 bushels of the figures
touched on a corresponding date during
the Lelter boom. The world's shlD-
ments showed a decrease of over3,000,-
000 bushels, and a significant feature of.
this decrease was the heavy falling off
In shipments from the United States
and Canada. The Liverpool market, af
ter remaining sluggish and Inactive un
der the pressure of liberal offerings of
foreign wheat, has at last responded
slowly to the strength In America, and
yesterday trailed in with an advance of
over 1 cent per bushel, with Walla
Walla cargoes 3 pence per quarter
higher.
The total advance In Chicago has now
amounted to 22 cents on the May option
and 17 cents on the July, while the cash
market has shown a proportionate
gain. These figures, In the face of Liv
erpool prices from 2 to 5 cents lower,
offer the wheatgrowers of a vast section
of territory tributary to Chicago a re
markable opportunity for disposing of
not only all their old wheat which they
may have on hand, but of the growing
crop as well. In the face of such enor
mous crops In the Argentine, India and
Australia, with Russlaln spite of her
war trouble shipping heavily, it is ex
pecting a great deal to look for the
maintenance of present prices for Sep
tember wheat, when the time for that
distant delivery arrives; and there Is
nothing In the history of wheat trad
ing in the past that warrants the belief
that cash wheat will sell for S6 cents
next September.
Unfortunately for the Paclfio Coast
wheatgrowers, the low transcontinental
rates of Mr. Hill do not apply on wheat
bound East, and unless the foreigners'
come Into this market before next Sep
tember or the American crop Is reduced
to famine proportions, September wheat
will again sell on the wrong side of SO
cents, and perhaps much lower. In ex
pecting the foreigners to come In, It
might be well to remember the experi
ence of the Letter year. "Once bit
twice shy" Is apparently the situation
across the Atlantic, for the remem
brance of the experience with Letter's
high-priced wheat will not soon be for
gotten by the foreign gentlemen who
followed the American market through
that famous deal. If Mr. Armour re
ceives any support from that quarter
it will be after the foreign buyers have
exhausted their efforts to secure cheap
wheat elsewhere.
HARVEST OF OLD HATREDS.
The other day The Oregonlan printed
a letter from an Irishman, defending
Russia and censuring Great Britain and
Japan. The Irish generally are that
way. Scratch an Irishman and you find
a Russian. It Is anything to beat Eng
land. It is something, also, of the race
feeling of- the Irish for men of color.
Since that letter appeared we have
received a number of letters replying
to it, written by Jews. Perhaps we
shall print some of them and perhaps
not. They are substantially alike and
hold Russia up to scorn. The Jews are
-all that way. They have a grudge
against Russia, and the liberal treat
ment Great Britain has accorded the
Jews also Inclines them to her side and
to that of Japan.
It Is perfectly clear that racial preju
dices of this sort must be eschewed,
either as a guide to opinion upon the
merits of the struggle or as an index
to the conduct or outcome of battles.
It Is fortunate for the Irish that they
are not In the clutches of . autocratic
Russia, though they would bring them
selves to that sad lot If they had their
way in the humbling of England. And
on the other hand, the Jewish rejoicing
at every Japanese victory will not de
ceive any one who knows the motives
of their Joy.
A curious wheel within a -nheel is
brought to light in the exception that
must be made of the Irish from the
north of Ireland. The north of Ireland
Irish Is even more bitter anti-Irish than
the British themselves; and when a
braw Scot gets up at a British . ban
quet and addresses the north of Ireland
men present as Irish, he has aimed the
most cruel of Insults at the true Celtic
Irishman, who Is not at the banquet,
but outside somewhere, trying to sing
"The Wearing of the Green" loud
enough to drown out the band playing
"God Save the King." The genuine
Irish Is for Russia; but the Imitation
is for Japan.
Empire has Its penalties, sure enough.
Here are the Irish, praying for Russian
victories, on account of the subjection
of the Emerald Isle, and here are the
Finnish seamen of the Czar suspected
of disloyalty because -of Russia's subju
gation of Finland: It will be the duty
ana privilege of the United States so
Justly and generously to rule the Phil
ippines that when our Navy Is at war
la the Orient we shall be sure of loyal
and devoted service from the Philippine
seamen in our Asiatic squadron. It is
pleasant to ride roughshod over the
aspirations of conquered provinces; but
the Polands and Irelands of history
have put skeletons in many an Im
perial closet. The Klshlnef massacres
have come home to Russia In her inabil
Ity to borrow money In any bourse of
the Continent, owing to Jewish ascend
ency In finance.
. AFTER MANY DAYS.
Representative Blnger Hermann, In
speaking of the land fraud Investiga
tions now being conducted at Washing-
ton, said that Just before he resigned as
Commissioner of the General Land Of
fice he handed to Secretary Hitchcock
the evidence upon which these prose
cutions have been commenced. That
must have been early In 1903. Now let
us look at some pages of history. On
August 25, 1900, The Oregonlan pub
lished In Its news columns a long
article setting out In detail the manner
In which landgrabbers had bought up
some 40,000 acres of "base" In Oregon
for the purpose of exchanging It for
valuable Government land. It was
shown beyond doubt that these pur
chases were made upon Information
which must have been secured from
high official places in Washington. The
article contained a list of the lands
sold and the names of F. A. Hyde, J. H.
Schneider and others who were work
ing with them in land business were
pretty thickly scattered through the
list Hyde is now under Indictment and
Schneider is about to turn witness for
the prosecution. On August 26, 1900,
The Oregonlan commented editorially
upon Its news article, saying In part
From tho showing made by the record of
the disposition of Oregon school land base It
is Impossible to escape the conviction that
somebody high In authority has been instru
mental In cheating the state school fund in
the Interest of timber speculators. While the
record brings strong presumptive proof of
wholesale perjury and fraud, It also lifts from
the shoulders of the State Land Board a heavy
load of suspicion, and points clearly to Wash
ing rather than Salem as the scat of the
difficulty. It must be admitted that the
Oregon school land office has little to be
proud of in this connection, for it seems to
have had the power to prevent much of the
evil by giving publicity to the notoriously sus
plclous transactions. But the "fine work." the
creation of the opportunity for the abuse, the
foundations for the fraud, manifestly were the
work of persons influential at Washington.
No petty state ring accomplished this. This
school or timber land ring had a wider sweep.
After discussing the manner In which
the frauds had been perpetrated and
the results financially to the state, the
editorial concluded with these words
Does not a duty of explanation He upon
Commissioner Hermann? Does not a duty of
investigation He upon the Oregon Legislature?
Commissioner Hermann evidently did
not feel any duty of explanation or ex.
position resting upon him at that time.
for he did not give to the Secretary of
the Interior the information which' led
to Indictments until nearly three years
later. What The Oregonlan said at
that time has been charged officially
by the Department of Justice that the
wrongs were committed by persons In
high places in Washington. It Is the
duty of public officials, trusted with the
guardianship of public Interests, to
bring evildoers to account. The Orego
nlan did Its full duty when It made
public the facts which pointed out the
evldenoe of wrong, and we can only
regret that prosecutions were delayed
so long that there Is little likelihood of
their resulting In convictions.
The Ice-breaking steamers, frequently
mentioned in the press dispatches, upon
which Russia depends to keep several
of Its harbors open In Winter, are
"English built." The Baikal, which
ferries trains across the lake which in
terrupts the continuous progress of the
Siberian Railroad, has been able to
plow through masses of broken Ice
twenty-five feet high, by means of a
powerful screw under the bow. This
acts as a pump to draw the water from
under the Ice, which then falls to pieces
by its own weight The trouble expert
enced at Lake Baikal now In transport
ing troops Is due to a fierce storm that
heaves the Ice and grinds It Into a dis
turbed and disturbing moss that, be
cause of Its unrest, can neither be
plowed through nor tracked across.
With Winter a harassing and unyield
ing foe In Siberia "and the Japanese an
alert, active and energetic foe in the
Tellow Sea, Russia may be said to be in
stress of weather as well as war at pres
ent Her soldlera will need all of the en
durance with which they are accredited
and as much of the patriotic Impulse
as can be transferred to them by the
loyal thousands who, as bidden by the
officials of the Greek Church, remain
on their knees In the. snow for hours in
St Petersburg and Moscow praying for
victory, to sustain them under the bit
ter strain of a Winter's campaign and
a naval fight In which 'the odds at pres
ent seem to be In favor of the Japan-
The appeal of Mr. W. T. Shanahan,
secretary of the Oregon Humane Soci
ety, In behalf of the hard-driven, over-
checked and neglected .horses that are
attached to delivery wagons is both
considerate and timely. In the rush of
business hours the drivers of these ani
mals are themselves hurried and driven.
but this will hardly excuse the rapid
turning of corners that frequently
throws a horse heavily on the pavement
and there Is positively no excuBe" for
overchecklng, and for leaving steaming
horses to -qpol off unblanketed in the
cold rain. The first and last of these
abuses are due In the main to the
thoughtlessness and haste of drivers.
To the extent that this Is true It will
be corrected by calling the attention
of drivers to the unnecessary suffer
ing and Injury that Is thereby .inflicted
upon horses. The cruel driver who
overchecks his horse, however, cannot
be reached by such means. He Is the
"gentleman driver," and is vain rather
than thoughtless, pugnacious rather
than humane a petty tyrant who de
lights to make show of his power over
his faithful servant It would do such
drivers as these good to hale them be
fore the Municipal Court and fine them
as heavily as the law will permit for
cruelty to animals.
The high price of cotton is causing
much distress In Lancashire, England,
where, according to Andrew Caird, If
raw cotton costs over 7 cents a pound
the finished goods cannot be made at-'a
price which India, the best customer,
can afford to pay. With cotton now at
15 cents a pound, the situation Is. almost
hopeless for a large part of the trade.
Some 5500,000,000 Is Invested, It Is stated,
in the Lancashire mills, a large number
of which are now idle, while many are
running short hours.. The United States
at present supplies about 80 per cent of
all the raw cotton used In the world,
but we are yearly, with the develop
ment of the cotton manufacturing In
dustry In the South, reducing the per
centage available for exportation. This
fact accounts for' the systematic and
very earnest efforts of all the manu
facturing countries of Europe to de
velop the cottcn-growlng Industry In
their respective colonies and dependen
cies. Much Is being done along this
line In Africa and Asia,
Much Interest Is being shown by en
gineers In the 'pedrail," which may be
described as a walking locomotive. It
is the invention of Bramah Joseph
Deplock, of London, and It Is asserted
that he has successfully overcome dif
Acuities that have hitherto proved too
great for many Inventors. The wheel
of the pedrail Is surrounded by feet,
which lengthen or shorten as a de
clivity or an eminence In the ground
Is encountered. On top of these feet
are small revolving Wheels, and on
these runs a short length of rail, The
machine thus lays Its own track, and
can climb steps as easily as It can
move on the level. Recent as the In
ventlon is, H. G. Wells, who may be
called the novelist of science, has al
ready published an interesting piece of
fiction in which the pedrail figures. Mr,
Wells' Idea Is that "land armorclads"
are built on the pedrail principle, and
he describes the havoc wrought by
them upon a less mouern enemy.
When Senator Spooner, of Wisconsin,
gets, up to deliver a speech, all his col
leagues listen attentively, but a good
many of them watch Senator Lodge at
the same time. The Wisconsin man.
though quite a scholar, Is noted for his
eccentricities of pronunciation. For
example, he calls the liberated island
"Cu-bey." "Reciprocity" is "ree-see-
proce-Ity." "Panama" Is "Pa-nam-na,
with the accent on the "nam." "Call
ber" Is "callyebcr." "Philippines" Is
"Phil-pens." These slips cause Lodge
keen anguish, bis own enunciation and
pronunciation being as near perfection
as mortal man can reach. It Is said
that as soon as Spooner begins to talk
Lodge begins to shudder, keeping up a
sort of suff ering-f ronf-gout expression
until the Badger statesman resumes his
seat
In note 249 to "Letters and Addresses
of Abraham Lincoln," recently pub
lished, we find the following: "Jesse
W. Fell, who knew Lincoln Intimately,
says that he did not believe In what
are regarded as the orthodox or evan
gelical views of Christianity." . William
H. Herndon Lincoln's partner for
twenty years, writes: "No. man had a
stronger or firmer "faith in Providence
God than Mr. Lincoln, but he did not
believe In a personal God." , Mr. Fell
thinks that Lincoln's theology was
largely that of Theodore Parker. Mrs,
Lincoln says that her husband "had no
faith and no hope In the usual ac
ceptation of those words." She adds
"He never joined a. church, but still 1
believe he was a religious man by na
ture."
The fight made by Senator Hanna for
his life was characteristic of the man
He was never one to yield while there
was a "fighting chance" for success,
His devotion to President McKlnley
during the brave struggle for life that
followed the assassin's bullet, his hope
fulness when others' had abandoned
hope, and his grim determination, even
to the last, to save by sheer force of
his Will tlje life of his Illustrious friend
and political chief, are facts that have
been many times recalled during the
davs of Btres3 and gloom In which his
own life hung) In the balance. We may
well believe that the will of such a man
Is undying, though we know not whence
It cometh or whither It goeth. y
The Department of Commerce
through Its bureau of statistics' gives a
table that shows the Imports and ex
ports In each calendar year from 1893
to 1903. From this showing the exports
from the United States to Europe have
grown In a decade from $5SO,000,000 to
$1.0S7,000.000, or CO per cent; those to
Canada SI per cent; those to South
America S5- per cent; to Asia and
Oceanlca 197 and' to Africa 489 per cent
The total growth in exports has been
from JS76.000.000 In 1S33 to$1.4S4.000,000
In 1903, or 69 per cent A billion-dollar
country, truly, and the Department of
Commerce has the figures to prove It
SPIRIT OF THE NORTHWEST PRESS
For the Jingling of the Guineas, Etc.
Albany Herald
Portland claims the right to her opinion
anent Sunday closing of the Fair, but It
is willing to accept the admonitions of the
reverend Senators when accompanied by
that $1,775,000 in change.
Knocking Its Own River.
Newberg Graphic
Undo Sam bought a gold brick when
he invested in the locks at La Fayette,
but it is said he keeps a very nice place
about the grounds for people to picnic
during the summer months.
Where Are We At 7
Hood River Glacier.
There Is a strong movement to close the
Lewis and Clark Fair on Sunday. Aro
we still in the age of the Puritans? And
why shut the doors on the only day
working 'people and business men can find
timo to attend?
The Dally Suggestion.
Tacoma News.
Some Oregon Democrats are suggesting
Governor Chamberlain as a candidate for
vice-president. Ex-Senator Turner, of this
state, has a wider reputation and the Pa
cific coast Democrats might well unite
In supporting him for a place on the
ticket
Heavily Overcapitalized.
Astoria Astorian.
The Post-Intelligencer is out with the
declaration that Seattle's reputation Is
ner principal asset From which It Js ,to
be Inferred either that the Sound city Is
about to file a petition In bankruptcy, or
else that her bookkeeper has made the
clerical error of placing the Item on the
wrong side of the ledger.
Woes Yet to Come.
Eugene Register.
It 13 rumored this early In the cam
paign that efforts aro being made to
iorm comoinauons for election of a
Democratic Sheriff. The Register may
find it necessary to make some public
exposures of political methods In Lane
County before this campaign Is over.
In which wo shall spare neither Republi
cans nor Democrats, who are entitled to
the publicity.
His Illustrious Exemplar.
Antelope Herald.
During the absence, of M. E. Miller.
Professor Thomas Jowett .otherwise
known as Tom the Tinner, had adorned
tho City Marshal's star. Tom has been
reading the Portland papers, studyin;
the methods of Chief Hunt of that city.
with such success that his presence on
our police force has struck terror to the
hearts of the evil-doers in our midst, and
Antelope has enjoyed an unusually quiet
week.
Our Greatest Advertisement.
Albany Democrat
The success of the Lewis and Clark Fair
has-been assured this week by the satis
factory preliminary work In the securing
of Government appropriations to assist
In the enterprise. It has already attracted
considerable attention and this Is what
the Northwest wants. There Is a feel
ing that we have not hod the attention
we deserved, and it is bell.eved that thl3
will be the means of bringing us before
the world as never before.
But What's It to You?
Baker City Democrat
It is reliably stated that the Oregon
delegation at Washington has"Bent word
to Baker County Republicans that a Will
lamson delegation to the State Convention
is expected. This dictation on the part of
Mitchell and Fulton will not likely meet
with the full indorsement of Baker County
Republicans, since It is evident that Will
lamson for Congress is not their choice.
The turning down of Moody at the last
State Convention made a breach In the
party in all counties of the second dis
trict and that there will be strong opposi
tion to Williamson's renomination Is cer
tain. News That's Not Gloried In.
Walla Walla News.
In the shooting and killing of another
one of Elgin's prominent citizens is cause
for unenviable notoriety for the Elgin
country. Two men shot to death and an
other almost at death's door from the
same cause Is a bad record for one year.
All of the persons engaged In these
troubles were residents of the country and
not of the town. One Is almost inclined
to the bacteria theory In contemplating
so serious a thing In one short year. A
community is unfortunate in having these
things happen which, of course, no one
can foresee and no one can prevent ex
cept those whose unbridled tempers are
responsible for them.
In About Equal Numbers.
Prineville Journal.
Mitchell leaders apparently are not on
the anxious seat over any change which
may occur In the opposing strength
Their organization from the precincts
down to headquarters Is altogether too
well groomed, they claim, to give way to
any onslaught from on Increased follow
ing to the Simon wing, either by the Re
publicans themselves, or a fusion of the
Democrats. And so they stand In battle
array. Each at present facing the other
with equal numbers, according to their
own statistics, with tho Democrats main
tainlng independency but looking with
longing glances at the Simon faction. Per
fect harmony so far with storm clouds
threatening among the SImonltcs and
their wistful assistants.
No False Modesty Here.
Westfall Western Ways.
At the debate Friday evening the ques
tion was, "Resolved, that man would be
more happy If property was owned in
common." The editor was appointed on
the affirmative and J. D. Fairman on
the negative, and Mr. Fairman 13 now
wondering what hit him. We had for our
asistants .Miss Anna Steen, a bright and
gifted speaker, and L. W. Keeler, who
we don't count on much. The rest of
our aids were conspicuous, for their ab
sence. Jack Fairman, the silvery
tongued orator of Bully Creek Valley,
was supported by Colonel Lawrence
Lamberson, who threw great chunks of
nude facts at the audience. Also the
Hon. J. D. Fahy. whose magnetism and
wit has brought down many less appre
dative houses, and Prof. Charles Bush
the conqueror, who hurled that masterful
voice of his like a buckshot out of
cannon, but the editor piled them into
a heap and pushed the heap over.
Prophecies Coming True.
Fossil Journal.
On the heels of the announcement ot
the establishing in Portland of the larg
est creamery west of the Rocky Moun
tains comes the new3 that the largest
condensed milk plant west of the Missis
sippi River, and one of the largest In
tne world, is oelng installed at-HIHsboro,
a small town near Portland, situated In
a fine natural dairy region. To keep this
condensed milk factory going the milk 6T
000 cows will be required, as Oregon Is
short on chalk and will have to make
the condensed milk out of the real thing,
The Inauguration of these Industries
shows the trend of capital and enterprise
toward the Northwest Coast and will have
a tendency to open the t!yes of even the
"wayfaring man, though a fool," to the
wonderful poslbilltles that are before us
of a magnificent development of which
we are but now on the threshold. Little
did we think some years ago, when our
friend, Albert Tozler, who was raised at
Hills bo ro, used to sugar us about the
condensed milk factory he was going to
bring to that burg, that It would be such
a splendid realization so soon, .but Al
had ever the eye of faith, and besides, Is
a natural born booster from Boosters-vllle.
THE DEMOCRATIC PREDICAMENT
Would Poll Most Votes.
Nashville American,' Dem.
Cleveland will hardly be the nominee.
but It Is clear that he can poll more votes
in the doubtful states than any other
Democrat
Chance for Oiney.
Troy Press., Dem.
In a way, Mr. Olney's position may be
defined as unselfish, and In a truer light
as far-sighted. He would rather have a
successful canvass and a Cabinet office or
Ambassadorship under Cleveland than to
be a defeated candidate for the Presi
dency. He prefers substance to shadow.
and this is a truly statesmanlike quality.
Not a One-Man Party.
Houston, Tex., Post
If "Mr. Bryan Is correctly reported In
the public prints he Is taking himself -a
little too seriously, or he does not under
stand the prevailing opinion and spirit of
the Democratic party. In Insisting upon a
reiteration of the precise phrasing ot the
monetary plank of the Kansas City and
Chicago platfonffs he is exhibiting a
bourbonlsm which is unstatesmanllke. The
free silver Issue is past; events have
settled It for the time being; it may or
may not be revived by future conditions,
but it has no bearing upon present. af
fairs. The Democratic party will nomi
nate whom it will nominate, and its plat
form will be what the convention In its
wisdom decrees. Mr. Bryan is not the
party. Nor Is Mr. Cleveland nor Mr.
Anybodyelse, but the whole body of Dem
ocratic thinkers and voters.
South Tires of Bryan.
Indianapolis News.
It Is clear that the South has "thrown"
Bryan and Is ready to line up with the
conservative Democrats In other parts of
the country and do all that it can to
achieve success. The feeling of the East
Is similar. We all know that there Is no
possibility of success without New York,
and no one Imagines for a moment that
New York can be carried on a Bryan
platform. With the Democrats of the
South and East In accord on this sub
ject there ought to be no doubt about the
decision of the Democrats of the Middle
West In a word, it looks as though the
anti-Bryan wave had reached formidable
proportions. Voices In protest against his
further dictatorship are heard from all
over the country. The South does well to
lead the way, for the bulk of the Demo
cratic vote must come from the south.
The time Is at hand for common sense
and conservatism to assert themselves.
Pitiable Case of a Marplot.
Richmond, Va., News-Leader.
Notwithsanding that Mr. Bryan twice
led the party to defeat. It Is undeniable
that had he consented to accept the In
evitable, kept step with the progress of
events and worked for harmony he could
still have wielded an influence In the
Democratic ranks second to that of no
man. He bad, of course, become an Im
possibility as a standard-bearer a third
time. But as a subordinate of high place
and in the capacity of a pacificator he
would have proved a magnet of Immense
potentiality In rallying the party and con
solidating It But Mr. Bryan has Ignored
his every obligation in this respect.
Clinging to dead and buried Issues with a
blind pertinacity and stubbornness that is
almost inconceivable, he has set himself
up as the great "I am," and Instead of
laboring for harmony has become a mar
plot Mr. Bryan's case is a pitiable one.
His latter record is a record of wasted
opportunity.
Time for Positive Talk.
Montgomery, Ala., Advertiser.
Democratic newspapers and public men
should hesitate no longer about express
ing their opposition to Bryan and Bryan-'
ism and to all the fallacies for which he
stands and of which he is the constant
and untiring exponent Let Democrats
make it perfectly plain that they will
have no more of his dictation nor will
longer bear with his arrogance. He is
today the greatest menace to Democratic
success and the most persistent obstacle
In the way of party harmony. He and
his kind should have it made plain to
them that they are not wanted as leaders,
candidates or dictators. The party has
had much more than enough of him, and
nothing but harm can come from refrain
ing to make It plain to him, so that he
may no longer delude himself with the
belief that he Is a power In Democracy.
And Democrats should not be satisfied
with expressing theselves negatively, for
It Is time for positlveness and affirma
tiveness. Tammany's Position.
Brooklyn Citizen.
Ex-Controller Ashbel P. Fitch is quoted
as favoring the nomination of ex-Presl-dent
Cleveland and as saying that Mr.
Murphy, the Tammany leader, agrees
with him in holding that this would be
good for the party as a whole and for
Tammany In particular. He attaches lit
tle Importance to the letter recently writ
ten by Mr. Cleveland Informing the coun
try that he had resolved unalterably not
to return to public life. Ho does not ques
tion" life sincerity of the ex-President in
writing the letter, but Is persuaded that
he would waive his inclination if called
upon to do so by the Democratic conven
tion. The use that Is being made of
Cleveland's name is not without signifi
cance. It shows that there are gentlemen
of large influence in Tammany who do
not desire the nomination of Judge Parker
and are therefore looking about for pre
texts under which to deprive him of the
support of his own state In the National
Convention.
Parker Wisely Silent.
Savannah, Ga., News.
Judge Parker's strength consists largely
In his silence respecting his candidacy,
and his refusal at this time to discuss
public Issues. He has a good excuse for
not discussing either. He Is the Chief
Justice of the highest court ot the great
est state In the Union, and, occupying
such a position, it would be hardly becom
ing in him to parade In the public prints
his views on public questions. If he had
announced himself as a candidate for the
nomination for President there would be
some excuse for expecting him to state
hl3 political views, but he has done noth
ing of the kind. He has been extremely
careful to say nothing that could be con
strued into a desire on his part for the
nomination. Those of his party therefore
who dop't favor his nomination haven't
been able to find anything oh1 which to
base outspoken opposition to him. Who
ever Is In charge "of his political inter
ests Is managing them carefully and with
judgment His silence is doing far more
for him than anything he could say would.
The Convention Will Decide.
Houston, Tex., Chronicle.
The Democratic party consists -of the
voters thereof. Its platform Is made by
the delegates of these voters In conven
tion assembled. No man, not even the
party's Presidential candidate In the year
of the convention, or In any past year, can
dictate to the convention and to the party
what the platform shall be. In his recent
speech at Lincoln Mr. Bryan declared
that "the Kansas City platform was sound
In every plank and the first act of the con
vention should be to reaffirm it in Its
entirety." Mr. Bryan, as any other Demo
crat, has the right to advise the conven
tion before or after it assembles. It must
be clearly' understood, however, that his
views are but opinions, not commands;
that he cannot dictate; that, not to speak
it irreverently, Mr. Bryan proposes,
but the convention disposes. Mr. Bryan
will not be able to control the convention
even with daily St Louis editions of the
Commoner; no. not even if the Com
moner is printed In the hall of the conven
tion and Issued three times a day and
with extras.
NOTE AXpC0MMEiYi , y -pi
"John Shellenberger" may never have! S
existed, but his story goes marching on.
A sock social was given by the Epworth
League of, Gresham, and the contributions
are said to have footed up well.
Weddings are much Jollier., things than
they used to be. No tears.! They are con
sidered quite dowdy. All is fun and light
headedness. How different from the old
that which exists between the heavy old
fashioned breakfast and the light very Ugh
sometimes refreshments of today. London
Truth.
Yes, thank goodness, the divorce court
has robbed of Its depressing truth the old
phrase, "until death do us part" A part
ner ior a marriage may be chosen as
lightly as a partner for a dance, and may
be resigned with equal ease. Why then
not whoop it up for a short marriage and
a merry one nothing heavy at the wed
ding breakfast not sentiment just cham
pagne.
,The Philadelphia Inquirer tells a vera
cious story of a fox-terrier pup. owned by
John Sayer, aged 14. "Reliable specta
tors," having vouched for the veracity
here in a few words is the story. Johnny
was, dispatched to buy seldlltz powders.
Having made the purchase, he gave the
blue and the white packages to the purp
to carry. The pup was dishonest and
swallowed both packages. Then it "drank
deeply, and the powders did the rest" The
pup's eyes rolled, foam flushed Its lips,
his sides heaved like a struggling bal
loon, and he acted as if utterly: mad. For
tunately, before a cop reached the scene
to shoot the "mad dog," the powders had
done their worst and the pup was begin
ning to breathe air, instead of snorting
gas.
A writer In the Seattle Mail and Herald,
a bright weekly that endeavors to chase
away the 'haunted look" from Seattle
faces, says of a recent visit to Portland:
The people of Portland arc among tho
most substantial and respectable In the
world (so far as my knowledge goes). But
they are not so thoroughly Imbued as some
with that fine quality of spirit which builds
cities in a single night. As I observed
them they had a well-dressed, well-fed ap
pearance. They did not get down to work
as early in tho day as dp Seattle people.
They do not carry about" with them that
haunted look which we know so well by
sight in Seattle. The most noticeable differ
ence between the spirit of the two cities as
exemplified by their inhabitants was tho
manner in which the people of the two
cities get oiuwd off of street-cars. In Port
land you stand on the curb till the car comes
up and stops. Then tho approved plan Is to
settle back comfortably into a seat and
read a newspaper, preferably The Oregonlan.
Never hang to a strap. In Portland it is
considered vulgar. In Seattle you know
the method welt Our business man who "
desires to take a car walks glibly out into
the middle of the street, the car being yet
a block away, and signals. The car rushes
past him. If he should fail to swing aboard
it would stop within SO feet and the con
ductor would bqgin to Jingle tho bell to
hurry him along. But he never falls. He
leaps aboard as the car passes and crouches
alertly on the edge of a seat, all nerves
and all attention. If a gun should exDlode
in the car he would Jump 30 feet from
scratch. When he desires to dismount ho
snaps his finger at the conductor and takes
his place on the lower step of the platform,
from which he swings off before the car
stops. Th2 Portland business man does not
leave his seat till the car stops. The people
of Portland seem to entertain the profound
est respect for the spirit here described as
exemplified in the Seattle citizen.
Were it not for the revelations of tho
divorce courts, there would be no spins
ters. With the glimpses of married life
that one Is enabled to snatch from the
dry records of the law, a suspicion 13
aroused that all Is not harmony that ap
pears In double harness. Take two cases
that were tried, in the local courts last
week. One woman testified that her
husband had taken her to live at Eugene.
This was not the ground for the action,
however; what she could not endure any
longer was a diet composed entirely of
beans, bacon and buttermilk. There Is de
lightful alliteration for you, and at first
sight a satisfying and simple choice of
food. But beans, bacon, buttermilk be
come boring. The lonely prospector that
is forced to exist upon beans and bacon
ls cheered by the thought that he may
stumble-upon a rich reward; the wife has
no such hope. Beans, bacon and butter
milk In excess must be regarded as ample
reasons for divorce. What the other
case teaches Is not quite clear. It ap
pears that the husband had not, for a
prolonged period, laved himself In the
family bathtub. When reminded of his
neglect by a thoughtful wife, the husband
"got mad." The silent watches of the
night brought him no balm, and In the
morning he was still mad; so mad that
ho smote his wife's hand as she was
holding a cup of coffee and the coffee
spattered her face. As we have said., the
lesson taught by this Incident is not
patent It may be that (1) husbands should
not forget the bathtub, or (2) that wLves
should not venture to remind husbands
of every trifling omission.
WEX. J.
OUT OF THE GINGER JAR.
Mother Willie, come here! Willie No, I
won't. Mother Come, darling; I'll giva
you a doughnunt If you'll let mother whip
you. Chicago Dally News.
Dorothy So Jack kissed you, eh? Did you
give him any encouragement? Julia Encour
agement! Say, I guess you don't know Jack,
do you? Philadelphia Ledger.
Poet's Little Boy Why do you call them
"FugiUve Poems," papa? Poet Because,
when I begin to read them my listeners gen
erally flee. Chicago Record-Herald.
WInterbottom Well, ray children have now
all been through college they can play poker,
smoke cigarettes, get Into debt and drink cock
tails. Von Blumer What are they girls or
boys? Town Topics.
The importunate lover had Just proposed.
"Let your answer be a vowel with a con
sonant on either side of it," he gently
begged her. The charming girl - smiled.
"Very well," she said. "Git!" Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Mrs. Ascurn But why didn't you buy the
material If you liked It? Mrs. Nurlch The
salesman said it was domestic dress goods.
Mrs. Ascum Well? Mrs. Nurlch You don't
suppose I would wear anything meant for domestics.-
do you? Philadelphia Press.
"I suppose you notice a great difference
in your daughter since she has been attend
ing college?" "Gosh, yes. She "used to be
crazy after Buck Hendrix, but now she
don't seem to care for him at all. and keeps'
goln' on all the time about a feller by tho
name qf Keats." Chicago Record-Herald.
"You should have seen me Jump up and
down this morning when I discovered a
mouse in my room." said the impulsive Chi
cago girl. "Tour upward exertions I can
readily understand," rejoined her cousin
from Boston, "but I am led to infer that
your descent was brought about by the ac
tion of the laws of gravitation, with no
volition on your part." Chicago News.
Pompous Magnate (making speech at pub
Uc luncheon in provincial town) Speaking
o travel reminds mo how greatly I have
admired the scenery around Lake Geneva,
and also what pleasant times I have spent
In the neighborhood of Lake Leman. Cul
tured Neighbor (in audible whisper) Par
don me, but the two places are synonymous.
Pompous Magnate (Patronizingly) Ah, so '
you may think, sir bo you may think! Bad
from my point of view, I consider Lake
Geneva to be far the most synonymous 'of
J the two. Punch.
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