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Newspaper Page TextTHE MORNING OREGONIANi MONDAY, MMCH, 21,--"1904.- atered at the Postofflce at Portland. Ore- ' con. as second-class matter. JIEVIEED SUBSCRIPTION KATES. Br snail (sostace Tire Dal d In advance) I Dally, trlth Sunday, per month . .J0.B3 iDaSlX. Snndav exeected. ter year ...... 7.50 IDaLy, with Sunday, per year.. 8.00 ice weekly, per year. .. J-w rhe Weeklv. S months CO I Daily, per wtek, delivered. Sunday excepted. 15o "W. per weeK, delivered. Sunday inciuaea.svo POSTAGE RATES. T7nlti! Stat ps CacjLda. and Merleo I JO to 14-pase paper.. .............. .......1c 16 to SO-page paper 3 to 44-page paper.. 30 foreign rates double. The Oregonian doeii not buy poems or stories from Individual, and cannot under take to return any manuscript sent to It without solicitation. No stamps should be Inclosed for this purpose. EASTERN" BUSINESS OFFICES. fThe S. C. Beclorith Special Agency I New York: Rooms 43-49. Tribune Building. Chicago; Rooms 510-312. Tribune Building. KEPT ON SALE. Chlcairo Auditorium Annex: Postomco News Co.. 217 Dearborn street. Denver Julius Black. Hamilton & Hend- rick. 900-012 Seventeenth St.; Louthan & Jackson, Fifteenth nnd Lawrence. Kansas City Rlcksecker Cigar Co- Ninth tad Walnut. los Anreles B. F. Gardner. 250 South Spring; Oliver & Haines. 205 South Spring, and Harry Drapkln. Minneapolis M. J. Kavanaugb, 50 South I Third. L. Rcgelsbuger. SIT First Avenue South. New York City L. Jonas & Co.. Astor House, Ogden W. C Alden. Postofflce Cigar Store: F. R. Godard: W. G. Kind. 114 25th St.; C "S. Myers. O mali a Barkalow Bros. 1612 Farnara: McLaughlin Bros., 210 South 14th; Megeath Stationery Co.. 1308 Farnam. olt Xofce Salt Lake. News Co, 77 "West Second South St. St. Loui World's Fair New Co. San I"rancIco J. K. Cooper Co.. 74C Mar ket, near Palace Hotel; Foster & Orear. Ferry News Stand; Gpldsmlth Bros.. 230 Sutter; L. E. JJee. Palace Hotel News Stand; F W. Pitts. 1008 Market; Frank Scott. SO Ellis; N. Wbeatley. S3 Stevenson; Hotel Francis News Stand. Washington, D. C. Ed Brlnkman. Fourth and Pacific Ave.. N. W.; Ebbltt House News Stand. YESTERDAY'S WEATHER Maximum tem perature. 44 deg.; minimum. 37. Total preclpl tatl;n. 5 P. M. to 5 P. M.. 0.48 inch. TODAY'S WEATHER Cloudy to partly c!5u2y, with' showers; frost during the early morning, south to west winds. PORTLAND, MONDAY, MARCH 12, 1904. c . ' ON MR. BRYAN'S SINCERITY. The sincerity of Mr. Bryan has always been a question indeterminate. In spite of all his incomprehensible theories on money, and in spite of his labored ef forts to arouse discontent and class hatred upon the indisputable complaint that the poor are not rich, many have held to the view that he is at heart honest and sound, however misguided, and that his utterances are by him believed to be the gospel truth. As of possible bearing upon this head we ad duce this paragraph from Mr. Bryan's rewspaper. the Commoner: M;ro than a year ago Mr. Roosevelt, speak irg at Princeton. III., said: "Our currency laws need such modification as will Insure the rar.y of every doMar coined or Issued by the C ivernment " How does It happen that Mr. Roosevelt has done nothing to bring about the result he said was so desirable? Is It passible that Mr Roosevelt has discovered that the parity of every dollar coined or Issued by the Government was long ago Insured even he- fir- the time when the Republican leaders say tve American people declared In favor of the single gold standard by electing to power a pc Ucal party whose platform declared In fa- irr of International blmetaiismT Of course It Is not Mr, Bryan's way to say anything directly. His mind works in devious ways, as in the extract just quoted. If he wanted to say it is ; rlfsant day, he would have to con trive a number of dependent and ln- trc-te clauses, couched In the form of question and Innuendo, allowing every possible avenue of escape if he should bo called to account for saying what h: appeared to say. He is continually d nying that he said what his utter an-cs seem to Imply, and doubtless would do so In the present case. How ever, let us see just what is the legltl mate import of his remark about Roose vclt and the parity, stripped of its cir cumlocution and deft noncommittal method of Inquiry. It is fair to assume that when he ofks if Mr. Roosevelt has discovered so and so, he means to imply the truth of the thing discovered. He does not sry that what Roosevelt has possibly disco ered is true that is not his way; but hi4 is fairly responsible for the posi tian that the Roosevelt discovery. If ir.Jido, is a genuine discovery of a genu ine fivt. That alleged fact, for which Mr. Bryan in effect stands sponsor. Is tht tlie parity of the silver dollar was insured by the election of a President on a platform favoring "International bimetalism." "When this election oc currci, he leaves open with character istic evasion, and we are left to con- jrctur ; but 1892 Is the only election that will fill the bill. Ho says that the election which set- tlrd the parity occurred "long before' IV u; but 1892 is the year when a win- u - g platform mentioned the interna ti.-a" humbug. In 1SSS neither party jr.c- Honed it. In 1SS4 the Republicans dc Iirod for It, and the Democrats agart it, but Cleveland was elected. In 1 J it was not in evidence. We are t!rle j to the conclusion, therefore, that Mr Bryan matins that the election of Gr.ver Cleveland in 1S92 established the IT.ty of the sliver dollar secure for all The force of the claim is' some v.ht abated by the fact that the Re-j-ubJcan National platform of 1S92, as well as the Democratic, declared for th. railroad to Mars. It said: "We ;mend th wise and patriotic steps aeuay taken by our Government to f : -'j re an iaternatiOHal conference to c I.vt such measures as will insure a i lrlty of value between gold and s ier for use as money throughout acrid." The Democratic utterance 1 3-3 to the same thing "the dollar u-.t of coinage of both metals must be c qual intrinsic and exchangeable i -"u or be adjusted through interna- t!;z.al agreement, or by such safe- C-iirds of legislation as shall Insure the ir'?nte-nance of the parity of the two trt tiis." Ii is perfectly clear, therefore, that whether the Democrats or the Republi cans under Harrison Avon in 1S92 Mr. Bryan could say that international bi r -tiisni was Indorsed; yet he goes on rr?rd as ascribing the force of the declaration to the fact that the Interna r:;iai idiocy tnumpnaa. jvery one kr :ws that the money question hardly figured in the campaign of 1S92. There v:.s little difference between the posi Uirs of the opposing parties on the question; and it would be quite as log leal if he were to say that the question it civil service- reform was eternally rattled In 1S92 by the election of a Pres iaent on a platform indorsing it, for bcth platforms of that year indorsed it. The main thing, however, is the. effect the declaration had on. the parity. Mr. Eryan, undertakes to say, that regard less of the commercial value of silver. the" exchangeability of the sliver 'dollar for 25.8 grains of gold, nine-tenths fine, was made secure by the election of a President whose platform and whose opponent's platform both declared for international bimetalism In a campaign in which the . Issue was scarcely broached, and In which the utterances. of the two parties were practically Identical. "We shall not argue the mer its of this assertion. The question of the silver dollar's parity Is sufficiently understood, we hope, to malce It un necessary. Nor shall we undertake to say whether Mr. Bryan believes that the parity was established and is still maintained hy the plank In the Demo cratic platform of 1892, or by the elec tion of Cleveland in that year, or by any plank whatsoever in any platform ever adopted, or by the election of any Pres ident that has sat In the "White House. CAREY AND MATTHEWS IN ACTION. The ticket Itself Is as good as county tickets generally are. It Is better than the one of two years ago. It represents about the best material available for the work of the respective ofilces. Mr. Fields has made a record that justified his renominatlon by acclamation. Mr. Stott has had long experience in the Sheriff's office. We should like to have seen Major McDonell recognized, but perhaps It Is well at intervals to have complete change In the Assessors office. The Legislative nominees are above the average In ability and com munity standing1. The state delegation is very impressive in the dignity and character of Its names. There is no reason why any man who calls himself a Republican should refuse to support this ticket. The real interest centers about the proceedings themselves, and especially the apparent breaking of the so-called slate. It is clear that some of the nom inations apparently desired by Judge Carey were prevented by the delegates themselves, who preferred other men. These departures are susceptible of dif ferent explanations. Time will reveal whether Judge Carey's preference and Judgment were overcome by other and stronger Influences within the organi zation Itself, notably by Mr. Matthews; or whether Judge Carey himself was not at heart unfriendly to Stott and Sigler and sought on the floor of the convention to redeem assurances he knew could not be realized; or whether the promises of "open convention!' were availed of by delegates to resist the or ganization's efforts at "programme." What is reasonably certain is that no nomination could have been possible in face of united opposition on the part of both Carey and Matthews; and those who crow loudly over the breaking of the slate, the while inconsistently be walling the rule of "the Iron hand," may ask themselves whether after all the organization is as deeply humiliated as they fondly suppose. The antago nism of the Mitchell rank and file for both McDonell and Maxwell is a fac tor In the situation that cannot be ig nored, and it makes little difference whether this antagonism operated through the leaders directly or Indi rectly through the latitude allowed by the rule of "open convention." In either case the ticket Is satisfactory. In either case the nominations were claimed by the victorious wing, excepting In the wholly nonpolltlcal office of School Su perintendent; and perhaps this is .all the minority could expect. Say what we will about harmony, it is the most difficult thing In the world to induce the successful side to turn over offices to the unsuccessful side. The reason is it Is Impossible for lead ers to agree with delegates. All that Judge Carey could do for McDonell and Maxwell was vain; for the dele gates were uncompromisingly hostile. The difficulty is Immeasurably in creased if, as in this case, the minority only waits to make sure what conces sions the majority is Inclined to make and then repudiate them. The Simon men wanted above everything else to defeat the Simon men whom Judge Carey favored. It Is as if two years ago Matthews had proposed to nomi nate Rowe for Mayor and the minority had Insisted on helping Storey to the nomination. We do not see how in such case the Simon men can object to Sigler or any other candidates that they themselves co-operated to nomi nate. In all respects, in fact, the Simon in terests seem to have paved the way for their acceptance and support of the ticket. In a letter we print this morn lng from Judge Northup, this Idea is confirmed; for there is, as he says, no great principle now at stake between the factions, and It Is Indefensible . to organize opposition to a "ticket upon no other basis than a disappointment over small local offices. In a great issue like that of the money standards party regularity becomes of small moment, and The Oregonian itself supported Judge Northup in 1896 as an independent Republican candidate for Congress upon this basis. Since then it has supported the regular ticket, as It will do again, this year; and we make no doubt the bulk of the Simon men will do the same. Not that very active support can be ex pected from them. The campaign will naturally be in the hands of the major lty. They expert to run it; they expect no great zeal from the minority; gen orally such activity would be resented. It is enough for the defeated wing if It yields passive support and refrains from conspiring against the ticket. The ironclad instructions in favor of Representative Williamson can bear no other interpretation than an apprehen sion that some of the delegates might get away. The foar Is probably justi fied, for it is past belief that among 71 representative Republicans in "Multno mah County not one should be found to remember with respect and gratitude the efforts put forth by Malcolm Moody for this district and state during the four years he sat in Congress. We as sume that the delegation will vote as Instructed; we do not see hdw it can do otherwise; and we can only hope that Mr. Williamson, whose service is as yot too brief to demonstrate what is In. him, will justify the confidence thus re posed. A change in Representatives is always bad, and the change made two years ago was against both The Ore gonian's judgment and Its sympathies; but Mr. Williamson has already given evidence of great zeal and activity. He will have a chance in another term to demonstrate his efficiency, and then he In turn can Invoke the argument against frequent changes. The office is one that from the nature of the 'case seems to go with political results in -Multnomah County. If the- Simon people had won here, there would have been little clem ency for Mr". Williamson. So far, so good. We can unreservedly commend the ticket nominated, and we make no doubt of its election. But it will be imperilled by foolish 'action of the delegates to the State- Convention. An obligation is Incurred to Mr. Hod 5on which cannot be Ignored without grave attainder of false dealing; 'and if in particular he should be displaced for joint Senator by a man of demonstrat ed bad faith and well-known' unreliabil ity, the consequences might easily prove disastrous, not only to him but to his associates on the Legislative ticket. An other matter of most serious import is the organization's attitude toward the Circuit bench. There Is a general im pression among the people that our Judges are to be continued during good behavior; and it is certain that any at tempt to displace them for personal or political ends would be' resented. We are emboldened to take this position from the very high character of the state delegates themselves and from the mere fact of their selection . by jthe or ganization. To tamper with the judi ciary would be the very worst way to go about Improving upon the Simon re gime. ANOTHER TEMPORARY FAILURE. Mr. Dan Sully, the dethroned cotton king, has made an official announce ment that his 'financial embarassment due to the failure of his corner is "only temporary." This announcement wa3 expected, because it Is customary. It Is necessary to go back to the begin ning of corners of all kinds to discover who established the precedent of mak ing this stereotyped announcement, but but It has been used by all of the ma nipulators who have ever suffered the puncture of their speculative bubbles. When Joseph Letter crawled out from under the avalanche of wheat which swept him off his feet, and made great creases In the bank account of Lelter pere, he was quick to announce that his financial trouble was only temporary. Corn King Phillips told the same little fairy tale when he rode his financial mustang over the twlllght-purpllng hills Into oblivion. But none of these kings ever came back. " ; It does not seem to make much differ ence whether they bullded their thrones on wheat, corn or cotton. All are swal lowed up in a maelstrom of speculation, wide open and roaring still for more. Everything came so easy for Sully, just as It came for Leiter and Phillips and the long train of speculators of lesser note, that it was most natural that he should expect quick recovery from his Waterloo. Unfortunately for these de throned monarchs. In finance, as in war, it is a case of "The king Is dead, long live the king," and the scepter Is passed on never to be returned. King Sully may In course of time partially regain his foothold In the commercial world, but he will never again mass such a following of cash and confidence as in the past enabled him temporarily to suspend the operations of the inexorable laws of supply and demand. In many respects the collapse of his cotton corner is a decided blessing, and he will not even have the sympathy of the large number of people who wit nessed the downfall of Lelter and Phil lips with genuine regret. This is due to the fact that the numerical strength of the cotton planters who profited by the sensational advance which Sully made Is very small in comparison with the number of corn and wheat-growers who profited by the same operations. The European consumers of corn and wheat suffered worse than any one else" from the high prices of corn and wheat, but in the case of cotton, thousands of American workmen have been thrown out of employment and millions In vested in mills nave Deen iorcea to ue XUIC. Al tuu 2lic uiAi;, fiiysj -wv ton fabrics have Increased, thus entail ing additional hardship on poor people who are the best customers for these goods. The high prices have had the ef fect of stimulating the efforts of Euro pean countries to find new sources of supplies of raw material, and experi mental cotton-growing is now going on in many parts of the world where It has never been tried before. The big trade with the Orient has fallen away to nothing and cannot be regained except at much lower figures, for the buying capacity of the Orientals Is more lim ited than that of any other people with which we do business. These are the features of this phe nomenal deal in cotton, which even tually will prove to have robbed It of all of the alleged benefits which It now seems to have conferred on the planter. Out of the creation of this unnatural scarcity of cotton have come conditions that later may cause trouble and loss for the only men who are now apparent winners on the transaction. The de mand has been curtailed, and if the cotton-growing experiments of the for eigners prove successful the supply will be increased. The effect of these changed conditions will be lower prices for the raw material. Then the nlanter will lose all that has been' gained by the Sully deal, and perhaps more. KEYS OF EMPIRE. Three places on the earth's surface have been the focal points of the world's Interest since their .history be gan the Straits of Gibraltar, the Isth mus of Suez and the Isthmus of Pan ama. Many fights have surged around the "Rock," blood has been spilled on the sands of Egypt, and adventurers have died in the jungles of Panama to the end that these keys of empire might be held-for this nation or for that. The Isthmus of Suez is now In the hands of Great Britain, and the isthmus of Pan ama has passed into the grasp of the United States. Strangely enough, the Straits of Gibraltar, the gates of the "Middle Sea," the place longest in the world's view, has not yet been seized by any power. Of the three great strategic points the Pillars of Hercules alone remain the subject of contention. While the shifting of population and power to the West has rendered Pan ama the most Important of the three places, the domination of the Straits of Gibraltar would be of the greatest mo ment to a European nation. Great Brit ain, posted at Gibraltar, the huge rock that has seen the flow and ebb of many races, is at present in the predominant position on the Straits, a position de manded by her Interest in maintaining an open route to the Orient, but her predominance might easily be threat ened by a strong power establishing itself tipon the opposite shore of Mo rocco. Ceuta is hardly less important than Gibraltar, and .the possession both these points would be necessary before a power might at will seal or un seal the Straits. It Is this knowledge that has given the European powers such an interest in Morocco. France, which has Gibraltar as an evil wedge between her Mediter ranean and her Atlantic fleets, looks longingly upon Ceuta and Tangier. Great Britain, would make firm her strangle-hold on the Mediterranean by creating a second Gibraltar on the southern shores of the Straits. Spain deems it bad enough to have Gibraltar "temporarily in the possession of the English." These jealousies keep Moroc co intact. The empire 13 made up of warring tribes and actions, barbarism is king, progress is a thing abhorred. This dark corner of the dark continent must pass under the control of -a sta ble and central power. It does not seem likely that the power- can be established from within, so the task must be un dertaken by another nation. So far, the great difficulties in the way are the disinclination of the people to be "civi lized" and their readiness and ability to fight like demons; Spain holds Ceuta and Melilla, the most Important points on the Mediterranean littoral. France has been edging westward from her possessions, but she has not found a path of small resistance, and she does not increase the existent friction by further pressure. It may be -taken for granted that Great Britain will not attempt to oc cupy Morocco.' The conquering of such a country would be a second Boer War. Nor can France embark upon such an enterprise. Her colonial experiments have been too costly and too scanty in returns. x The chauvinists would meet with too much opposition to have such a programme as a protectorate over Morocco approved, for a protectorate would be but another name for a con quest, in view of the Moorish hatred of. foreigners. With matters standing thus, what Is the solution to be? The an swer appears to be contained In a tele gram from Madrid published yesterday. Great Britain, it Is announced, has de clined to negotiate with France on Mo roccan affairs until France has com pleted arrangements with Spain. Neither France nor Great Brltaip Is afraid of seeing Spain the predominating Influ ence In Morocco. Each nation thinks that if she cannot hold the key herself It hacl better be in the hands of a na tion :hat cannot be regarded as a rival. Therefore Spain will remain hi posses sion of Ceuta, and Morocco will be left" to her own devices. In the lightpf these developments It is interesting !o' study the views of tenor mos, president Of the Spanish Senate, In an article written by him several month's ago for the National Review. Senor Rios Is known to Airfer- lsans through the part fie took In the peace negotiations after the Spanish- American War, and his opinions are worthy of consideration. The Spanish view of the case, and it appears to be a correct view, is stated by him In a few words: - It Is certain that alone and unassisted we can do nothing and attempt nothing; but It is equally certain no one can embark on any en terprise In Morocco without taking ua Into consideration. Senor Rios hopes that If Spain is given a free hand in Morocco she may con quer the Moors peacefully. "Africa be gins at the Pyrenees," says an old pro verb. "If so," says Senor Rios. "Spain ends at the Atlas Mountains." There is a kinship between the Moors and the Spaniards, and as the Spaniards have always been successful In mingling with even the black races, Senor Rios thinks that the peoples would coalesce. He points to the thousands of Spaniards in the French North African colonies, settlers that have made the colonies what they are, as an example of what would be accomplished in Morocco Spain would undoubtedly welcome, an opportunity to attempt a conquest in Morocco, If It were a peaceful conquest. As Senor Rios says in his dignified ar tide: We have, no need to indulge in empty celf- glorification. Since the time of our colonial disasters Spain has broken with the" romantic and the epic,' but she treasures both In the inmost recesses of her heart. Just as noble families' reverently preserve their glorious title- deed?, and though they have seen their leg endary castle fall Into ruin yet keep their sense of honor In unimpaired vitality nnd their dig nity undiminished. ... I do not suggest that we do not dream of further adventures in any case, when we count our hopes as to the place In the world which destiny reserves for ue. we do not forget that powerful Eng land wae. In the reign of Charles II, In worse position than that In which we find our selves today; that Germany fell far lower afte: the Napoleonic wars than we ever fell; and that Italy, who Is now courted by the great powers1, served for centuries as the cockpit of the Kings of Europe. Both King and Pierce Counties, the controlling factors In Washington pol itics, on Saturday decided to hold but one contention for state and county nominations. This was a decided vie tory for what is known as the railroad forces, but which might more appro prlately be termed the anti-McBride forces. The victory In King County has added Importance from the fact that it makes Dr. J. J. Smith, of King County, the most formidable opponent of Gov ernor McBride, and incidentally may be the means of passing the United States Senatorshlp on to some other county. Dr. Smith will prove a strong candidate and if nominated it Is very doubtful whether even a fusion of M'c Bride Republicans and Democrats could defeat him. He made a good record as president of the Senate and would make a good Governor. The "one-man pow er" in Washington politics Is not creat ing the enthusiasm that it was tw years ago, and the successor of Gover nor McBride must stand on a broader platform than -that which turned down an elective but Insisted on an appoint ive railroad commission. Walla Walla advices state that Gov ernor McBrlde's reception at that city on Saturday was a "frp3t," the Garden City faijing to enthuse over the pres ence of the -chief executive of the state, This is a situation which should occa sion no surprise when It Is remembered that the Governor used all of the ma chinery of the state that was at his command in an unsuccessful attempt- to defeat Walla Walla'a candidate for the United States Senate. Recollection of the fight against Senator Ankeny i freshened a little at this time by Walla Walla's narrow escape from losing the military post. Walla Walla probably thinks that hod the Governor's candi dacy for the Senate been successful, the fight for the retention of the post at Walla Walla, would have shown a less satisfactory result. There would be nothing very "frosty" about the recep tlon Walla Walla would give her Sen ator Just at this" time. It appears- that social functions are to be the crowning effort of the women managers at the St. Louis Fair. There will be a reception and a luncheon and some other things. An appropriation of 5100,000 has been made for the pur pose, and St. LduiB hopes to set an ex ample of social elegance for the . world to Imitate. The aim Is high-, and sue cess will mean eternal fame. If an "elegant time is had," future functions no, qther word seems- fitting may be measured, by the St. Louis standard. Deposits In the New Tork banks de creased $225,200 last week; Taut as they amount to $1,0371013,700; It la- apparent that the financial institutions still re tain the confidence of quite, 'a; numbe of people. The average daily clearings last Week were $lS5,0GO,0Oand the Seat tic system Is .not used, either. SPIRIT OF THE NORTHWEST PRESS Suicide or a Bath? Coquelle Herald. Vrnnlr Fahv. the irpnlal alerk of' the Parkersbuxg store, passed through, on hlsl ay to the. bay last Wednesday.. Are You There, Doctor? - Independence Enterprise. The Portland primaries over, the public could stand another letter from Dr. Woods Hutchinson on microbes, sanita- tlon, strong drink or any old subject that comes to his mind nrst. For Which Side? Baker City Democrat. Local optionlsts are going to put up a hard fleht in Oregon at the June election and with a fair probability of winning out. A campaign fund of $3,000 or more is being raised in Baker City the past week. j Sympathy From Umatilla. . Pendleton Tribune. Portland has at Jast got in a stinging blow on the solar plexus of Seattle's nrldo and boastfulness In the location of the United States bonded warehouse at Portland Instead of on the Sound. There are other humiliations due, and about to arrive, at Seattle. Another Victim of the Gold Brick. Olympia Recorder. The meek and-lowly skunk, when caught in the act of robbing hen's nests, seeks to defend itself In a manner peculiar to itself. The arrogant, lordly and corrupt political boss, when caught In the act of robbing the taxpayer, seeks to defend himself as does the small, but offensive four-footed chicken thief. Those who have been de spoiled have recourse In the first instance to the shotgun, and in the second to the ballot. These are the only methods by which contamination may be avoided. A Muscular Paradox. Irrigon Irrigator. The Enterprise tells of a man who 'weighs about 20") and i3 of rather slender build," who carried six sacks of flour, COO pounds, three-fourths of a mile over slippery, muddy road and one-half the distance up hilL That is "a pretty good story. We doubted It when we first read It, but we gained faith In its veracity when we read that the strong man "is all muscle." A bonoless. fleshless man of 200 pounds is a wonder, sure, and we are prone to believe any yarns we hear about such a chap. For Their Importunity. Newberg Graphic. The farmers up in Polki County evl- oeniiy oeiicve in asking for the whole loaf. At a recent Grange meeting a resolution was passed asking the Postofflce Depart ment to require rural carriers to carry the mails every day in the year, holidays and Sundays included. This reads like the story -which goes that a boy who fell In the river was saved from a watery crave by a fellow who plunged in and at the risk of his life, saved the boy. The father of the lad arrived soon after and seeing tnat his son was safe, made a request of the rescuer that as he was already wet to please swim out and got the boy's hat tnat was floating away. Curious Light on an Obscure Subject. Ta.com a Ledger. Tacoma has not been fighting Seattle tor tne Donded warehouse. The bonded warehouse has been established at Ta coma for some years, and now contains more Oriental mattings In bond than are stored in any other warehouse, bonded or otherwise, in the United States. The Post- inteuigencer does not appear to know any more about the United States bonded warehouse at Tacoma than it did about the internal revenue district of Washini ton and Alaska, the- headquarters of which are at Tacoma. A few weeks ago the Post-Intelligencer contained a long editorial advocating the creation of a new Internal revenue collecting district for Washington, declaring that this state had been attached to the Portland district quito long enough. Washington ana Alaska had been detached from the dis trict, the headquarters of which are at Portland, for about a year and four months when the belated argument In favor of the new district appeared in the Post-Intelligencer. The bonded ware house was established at Tacoma a long time before the headquarters of the new internal revenue district. What Seattle and Portland do not know about Tacoma would fill a large special edition of their leading papers. Puzzled. Olympla Standard. The Oregonian touches with gingerly nngers comment upon -ur. iiearst s pro clivity for establishing city newspapers It is evident that it would rather mollify than aggravate that spirit of expansion. It first broadly affirms the right of wealthy man to deploy his wealth In any form of enterprise that may suit Ws am bition, provided that It is not done in the "spirit of bravado or wanton malice," and even then the consolatory reflection Is added that "Perhaps in no other busi ness is experience andc-capacity so well equipped to cope with more money," and attention is called to the alleged fact that tho Hearst papers have promoted rather t'tan jeopardized the interests of rival papers. The Oregonian thinks that Mr. Hearst has, by showing that he Is en gaged In a legitimate endeavor to supply the newsfleld, "earned a justification he would forfeit if he had merely gone about endowing alleged newspapers for fun or speculation." It Is confessed that we have-found no little curiosity in Imagining Just how the big daily papers would have regarded the Hearst candidacy had he not been backed by millions of canital and half a dozen metropolitan papers estab- fished and owned by him. Tno pen or tne .Oregonian, especially, has so long been dipped in oil of vitrol, that we have to glance at the heading of ttie paper for assurance that the oil of bergamof Is ex haled from the same stub. Judicial Districts in Washington. Spokane Spokesman-Review. Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, is said1 to favor north and south Federal judicial districts in Washington,' as against division by the Cascade Mountains, his reason being that the division should.be one that divides the business of the state, ana" not the area. ' His Idea, presumably, Is that, as the larger part of the Federal District Court business is on the west side of the mountains, both Judges should be appointed from that section and travel to Eastern Washington ta attend to the litigation arising In this section. It may be true that at the present time there is more Federal business west of the mountains than on this side, but the new districts are to De esiaousnea lor tne xuture as well as for today. Admiralty matters, with which 'litigants In, Eastern Washington, have slight concern, will, of. course, always occupy a good deal of the attention of the District Court, but, aside from that class of litigation, it Is by no means cer tain that the court will have more to do. on the west side than on the east side. Eastern Washington comprises two-thirds of the territory of the state, and, cutside of the larger cities, is settling up more rapidly than the heavily-timbered regions of the' west side. In Federal Court litiga tion affecting mining, railroads, lands, In dians, reservations and other matters In dispute, the business of Eastern Washing ton will probably be quite as important as that of the west side. It would be well, therefore, to make the division, not ac cording to present conditions, but accord- Ins to probable future conditions. And, above alL the division should not be made merely with a. view to giving the new po- ottlnn tn. -rprtnin inflfvidTiala. err to certnfn cities. CHRISTIANITY IN JAPAtfi Chicago Inter ocean. 'rhe Russian autocratic government .and the GreeK urtnoaox unurcn are one. 'Every Russian is a member of tha church. and, in theory at least. Is a Christian. Russia bel!ove3 her mission is to carry lite cross to the uttermost ends of the earth. In view of these facts. It is. of particular Interest just now to know what Is the standing of Christianity in Japan. It is onlv 20 years since Japan abolished the law punishing Japanese for becoming Christians, and the public warnings ainst Christians as "the wicked sect were removed from the bulletin boards. Up to that time, therefore, it Is fair to presume that Christianity had not ob tained much of a foothold in Japan. In ISO", according to the German mis sionary Schiller, writing in the Chronlk der Christlichen Welt (Leipsic), the Jap anese Christians numbered 129,33s, made up as follows: Protestants, 46.634; Greek Catholics, 26.6S0; Roman CatMollcs, 53,824. Children, he thinks, bring the total up to 200.CC2. As Japan's population is about 43.003.000. there aTe thus four or five Christians to every thousand Inhabitants. The per. centage o increase in iwx. accoramg to tno baptisms, was -1.6, wniie tne average percentage of increase la population Is L5, Therefore In 150 years, if t'jese propor tions hold true. Japan will have become at least nominally Christian The bulk of the work is still dependent upon the assistance of mission societies. but It Is contended that the footfiold of Christianity 13 secure and permanent, even should all mission help be with drawn. .According to the statement of a native preacher, Kozaki Hiromichl, Christianity in Japan, is spreading from the top down. The percentage of Christians, among the public men Is comparatively large. To this creed belong for instance, one member of the Imperial Cabinet, two judges of the Supreme Court, three vice Ministers ol State, the President and 13 members of Parliament, 155 army officers, the com manders of two battleships, and three editors of daily newspapers in Tokio. The Christian faith is also strong among the teachers and pupils in the higher schools and universities, and among the students being educated abroad by the government. The Influence of the creed is apparent in all tne modern literature of Japaiu Geographically, Christianity is spreading from the city to the country. The work up to dats has been confined almost en tirely to the centers of population, and the creed is practically unknown in the coun try districts. The organized congrega tions are found only In the cities. Tokio, for Instance, has 15.C00 Christians. It is thus apparent that, while Chris tianity has secured a substantial and probably permanent "foothold In Japan Russia s contention that she Is warring with a pagan nation is nominally justified by the facts. A Word From Judge Northup. PORTLAND, Or., March 20. (To the Editor.) It Is stated in today's Oregonian, in the account of the proceedings at the Republican convention, held yesterday. that "Jt was reported at the close of the convention that H. H- Northup would announce for the minority their deter mination to support the ticket, but he did not do so." It is true that it was my purpose to say a word at the close of the conven tion, that, so far as I was concerned it was my Intention to heartily support the ticket put forth; and. while not au thorized to speak for the more than 5000 voters who cast their ballots. for Inde pendent Republican delegates at ' the primaries, to say that I believed that almost to a man they would do like wise. The reason that I did not so state. was that many of the delegates had left the hall, there was quite a little delay on the part of the East Side in making nominations for Justice and' Constable, and as the hall was coldj there was very general desire to go home, in which desire I fully shared. I therefore left before final adjournment. x I will say here, however, that It is my purpose to support the ticket; and I be lieve that such is the purpose of the Independent Republicans. There is now no great issue of princi ple dividing the Republican party, as was the case eight years ago, and It is time that local differences arising in the main over the division of local offices, should cease. I am a Republican, and I stand by the party. HI H. NORTHUP. Real Friend of the Negro. Atlanta Journal. Mr. Cleveland, as Congressman Webb remarked, is a friend of the negro, but not a fool friend. Not the specious Rooseveltian kind of a friend, wno en courages in the negro ideas of a social equality which will never be, thereby causing the negro to court trouble. He neyer stooped to play politics in such mat ters, seeKing to maKe tne negro a politi cal tool. There i3 none of the agitator about Mr. Cleveland Realizing that the Southern white man is the best friend that the negro has, Mr. Cleveland was always very careful to bring no complica tions into matters which were settling. themsolves in the best possible way. He never did the negro the injustice of In flating him with vain imaginings for his own. selfish ends, as Mr. Roosevelt has at. I tempted to do, creating dissension in an effort to continue In power. And the ap peal of Mr. Cleveland's name in the South has grown stronger as the South has turned steadfastly and resolutely away from following after the uncouth idols of Bryanism. He has always been the South's friend. He has signified that he does not want the nomination and that he I does not consider himself a candidate. But J it is safe to say that the Southern dele- I gates to the St. Louis Convention will I exist Uieir strensth for some man who stands for the same wholesome, sane and. I safe principles and for the same Demo cratic ideals which Mr, Cleveland rep resents. Simple. Newspaper Enterprise. The New York Times gives the follow ing interesting account of Mr. Grasty's negotiations for the Philadelphia Times plant, for the use of his Baltimore News after the recent fire: Upon Reaching New YorK,- the first thing Mr. Grasty did was to find a tele.- phono and call up Adolph S. Ochs at his residence. Then a conversation was held, substantially as follows: "Hello! Is1 this Mr. Ochs?'' "Yes, who Is It?' "Grasty the Baltimore News." "Where arc you?' -' "I'm in New York." "Awfully sorry to hear of your loss." "Everything has been destroyed In Bal-. timore. How about that Philadelphia Times plant?" "That plant is at your service." "What's the price?" "Go and take it, and If you and.l can't agree upon a- price later, why, we'll leave the matter to a;tnird party. " Thanks. That's satisfactory. I'll take 1L" : And thus a $150,000 newspaper "estab lishment was secured for the use. of the Baltimore: News in les3 time than It takes to tell It. The Poet's -World. :.' Percy Byuhe, Shelley. On a "Poet's Hps I slept Dreaming Jlke a love-adept In the sound hU breathing kept; Nor seeis nor flnda he mortal blisses. But feeds on the aerial klsiea Of shapes that haunt Thought's wildernesses. He will watch from, dawn to gloom -Tho- lake-reflecttd sun illume'' - - The- 7ellow bees in- the ivy-bloom. TCnr lieed nor see -what thlnsrs they be: i xsut from these create he can I fnnr. iftnrn imI tfeari- lfvlnsr nua. I Nuriiipgs of Immortality! NOTE AND COMMENT. . v" . ? : , Anything bura zephyr is a"gaie in" Ore gon. Wasn't, there some- rumor'pf a war in v the Oiiant? .... The submarine-boat seems likely, .to come, out. on. tep. - . t "-: The shndef of Sqlomon must long to 'be? present at the Smoot investigation? Hide and seat must be even more excitr'; lng fun to Admirals commanding' fleets than" to children. " What has beeome ol the old-fashioned' measles that want la? Aiehlean Globe. Must have 'broken out again. Hearing of agreements made by Spain, France and Great Britain, Morocco begins. to understand Corea's feelings. Girls would' giggle at Gabrigl, thinks Professor Gayley,, of the University of California. What would Mr! Gayley do smi'.e with him? Twenty girls from Beaver College, a school in Pennsylvania, are attending- a murder trial as part of their education in civil government. A murder trial seems a strangeschoolroom for girls. Professor Langley thinks that he could fly If a further appropriation of $200,000 were made in his behalf. If there s any truth la the saying that riches have wlng3 he should be able to fly like a bird. , The citizens of Chicago are quite shocked at the revelations of an agent they em ployed to investigate and report on the conditions' existing in the Police Depart ment. Why employ the agent then? Playing a slot-maohine for cigars Is widely different from playing one for money, as the city authorities ' recognize. If you win, in one case, you have a lot of cigars you don't want, and in the other you, have money that you will play back again. The New York Press says that you can't tell from a girl's smile whether she Is glad to see you or is merely trying to hide the fact that she has cramps. What of it? Men smile far more persistently than women, and they can't smile for anything at that. A recent decision of the courts holds the proprietor of a restaurant liable for the damage done to a lady's dress by, a. glass of water accidentally spilled over it by a waiter. The woman in the case, de cided recovered $100 from Sherry, of New York. What is the poor restaurant man to do now? Provide mackintoshes for his customers or prohibit all liquids in his house? John Eggert, a 'farmer of Center, Wis., had an old horse, which he wanted to have killed. Wishing to make sure of the ani mal's death,, he tied a stick of dynamite to Its neck, Mt the fuse and lit out. The faithful steed in a spasm of belated af fection, galloped after its mayter with all the speed its spavined legs were capable of. Far from mooting this friendly mani festation half way, Mr. Eggert ran faster than ever, expecting each stride to be his last. He ducked through a wire fence and had traveled a couple of rods when a ter rific explosion throw him to the. ground. On looking back there was ho horse in sight and na fence. Moral never, monkey wlth a loaded horse.' The "latest success in the song world is likely to be adopted as' the anthem of St. Louis, which greets the new ditty as a splendid ad for the Fair. The first stanza of the song runs thus: When Louis came home to the flat he hung - up hie coat and hat. He gazed all around, but no.'wlfey he found. Said he, "Where can Flossie be at?" A note on the table he sp'led; he read- it just once, then -he cried: t It ran: ".Louis, dear, it's too 'slow-, for roe here. So I think I shall go for a ridel" CHORUS. . Meet me In St. Louis. Louis; meet jne at the' Fair; ' ' s Don't te41me the lights are shining any place but. there, etc. Then the song runs along In this way: The dresses that hung In the ball were, gone, she had taken them all: She took all his rings and the rest of his things, the pictures that hung on the wallJI "What I Moving!" the Janitor said. "Your rent Is paid three months ahead!" "What good is the flat?" said poor Louis. read that!" And the janitor smiled as he read: ' CHORUS. . t ' Meet me In St. Louis. Louis; meet mej at 'the Fair;- ; Don't tell me the lights are shining any place but there, etc The words are by Andrew B- Sterling and the music by Kerry Mills, two of the most successful writers of the day. A footnote tells the reader thafvLouia. Is to be pronounced Lou-Is, not -Louie, so It might be possible to adapt the song for use in Portland in honor of the other Lewis. WEX. J. OUT OF THE GINGER JAR. Biffins That was a great joke she played on her husband. Smlfflns What was the joke? Biffins Her mother. Baltimore New. "PollUcs is mighty quiet these day3.V .'Don't matter. A honest man ean't sell a- vote now hut dey wanta ter put him in Jail." Atlanta Constitution. "So Jagsby has absconded. Another good, man gone wrong." "Nonsense. It's merly a bad man who has been found out.' Phila delphia Ledger. , "Give the derll his due, Molly,", he said. 'Well, John," replied the little woman, "you know I have always tried to be Just to you!" Atlanta Constitution. . Fuddy What do you think about this-open doar In the East? Duddy I think it's going to cost no end of money to' keep . its hinaes greased. Boston Transcript. 1 see that the Empress Dowager has her trunks all packed." "What's that for?" "She's determined not to be 'at home' when the Russians call." Cleveland Plalndealer. ' "At any rate," said. Snappey, closing tho discussion, "I mind my own business." "Ho doubt that's what makss you ' so narrow minded." replied BIttsr-PliIIadelphla.Eress. "Won't you be glad when Spring comes?" "Tcs, I am anxious for the second-hand clothes man ta come around so I can make a raise on my Winter overcoat."-DetroIt Free Press, "Mamie got a diamond ring for her Christ mas." "How diil she get itr' ''Hung up her stocking." "Jack, ol course? But how did Jack get It?" "Hjing up his watch."-rlllus-trated Bits. ' Her Husband So you've Joined one of those French, conversation classes, eh? nVhat do . you talk about, anyway? She (absent-mlnded-ly)Cih( about 'every one-who happens to .be absent Judge. , Bonds Why did aippTrflre his stenographer? Stoker-Mrs. Clipper dropped in and dlscov 'ered. that the- toir one could make Va better than Jiny other part of the alphabet-Butte-Inter "Mountain. "Well, Robbie, you'vo got a new little sis ter? she Just arrived this morning," said tho proud father. "Do we get any trading siamps With hert pop?" askedlittle- Jtobhtc. Tonkers Statesman. t jyeX ifrs- ryent won the first. ,prize; for general prpflclehcy in cooking." t "Isl her linsband here!" "Yes- Hafs -that dread fully dyspeptlc-Jookjas; man pack of tho piano." Clereland Plata Dealer.