THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1904.
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GOVEHXOR M'BRIDE'S COQUETRY.
The overwhelming victory of the
antl-McBride forces in the primaries
of Thurston and Klickitat Counties on
Tuesday, together with the defeat of
the Republican Mayor in Tacoma be
cause he was avowedly a McBride man,
will come as a surprise to many of the
Governor's friends. Tremendous ef
forts have been put forth in Thurston
County for the past two years to frame
up a McBride machine, and the poor
showing made at the primaries there
will have a depressing effect in other
parts of the state. But It is not alone
west of the mountains that the anti
MoBrlde sentiment seems on the in
crease, but in Whitman, the stronghold
of McBrldeism in Eastern Washington,
the antis on the County Central Com
mittee have turned down the McBride
programme for two conventions and
nave more than a fighting chance to
win out at the primaries. Chelan
County Republicans, while not unap
preciatlve of the fish hatchery which
the Governor gave them at the expense
of localities that actually needed it,
refused to fight the railroads until
they, had one to fight, and defeated
the McBride ticket
These results show a decided change
in sentiment in various parts of the
state, and it is altogether probable that
the act of the Governor in "flirting"
with the railroad representatives whom
he has in the past so bitterly de
nounced is largely responsible for the
defection from his ranks?- All sorts of
wild rumors have been in circulation
regarding the meeting of the Governor
with George Stevenson, the chief repre
sentative of the "railroad interests in
the state. Mr. Stevenson denies that
there has been any deal between him
and the Governor. In this denial the
Governor acquiesces, but his denial Is
not explicit enough fully to cover the
situation. He says: "I have made no
deal with the Northern Pacific or the
O. R. & N. Co." He is strangely si
lent regarding the Great Northern.
For days we have been Informed by
the McBride papers on Puget Sound
and east of the mountains that there
has been a split in the railroad forces
and that Mr. Stevenson has declined
to work with the Great Northern. It
is an open secret that Stevenson's
warm personal and political friend, Dr.
J. J. Smith, was forced out of the race
for Governor by Great Northern-Piles
influence; There is but little more se
crecy In the reported declaration of Mr.
Piles that he wished to go down to the
state convention with a solid delega
tion unpledged for any other purpose
but to be traded to the limit with, for
the purpose of securing Senatorial
prestige for Piles. The "limit" men
tioned, in view of recent developments
and declarations, would seem to be
the swapping of a railroad county's
delegates to be used in nominating a
presumably anti-railroad man for Gov
ernor. Stevenson denies that he has
made a deal with the Governor, and his
denfal is corroborated by the solid antl
McBrlde delegations that are coming
out of the counties where he has the
most influence.'
Governor McBride, the other party
to the alleged deal. Is less fortunate In
allaying suspicion. So long as Dr.
Smith was so prominent a candidate in
King County, the Governor made a hot
fight against him. and had planned to
carry the war right into Smith's own
district. This crusade could be inter
preted on fthe surface to mean that he
regarded Smith as a formidable antag
onist who must be got out of the way.
King County is overwhelmingly a rail
road county, and Smith was always a
railroad man. Every one knows that
the railroads working together could
have kept Smith or any other candidate
they chose to name on the ticket. They
could also have prevented McBride
from having the clear field which he
now has In King Counts'. It is thus
evident that railroad influence was en
listed by McBride to kill off Smith. The
Governor says that he has made no
deal with the Northern Pacific or the
O. R. & N. Co. These roads are thus
eliminated from the fight, but how
about the Great Northern? There is
no secret that this road has been ald
' ing Piles in his campaign wherever
possible, and In no possible way could
they aid him so much as by sidetrack
ing Smith and. giving Sam Piles a solid
delegation to be traded off for the pur
pose of furthering the mutual interests
of McBride and Piles.
The eagerness of McBride to secure
any kind of support, railroad or other
wise, would be thoroughly consistent
with his record on the railway commis
sion bill, the identical .bill he now de
sires being a bad bill when Rogers had
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the appointing power, but an -extraor-
dlnary good measure when the- ap
pointing power was vested In " Henrjr
McBride. His anxiety to rush into the
camp of his former enemies cannot do
otherwise than cause suspicion, and
this suspicion has already reached a
stage where rumors are afloat that the
Great Northern might be asked to rec
ommend two of the three members of
the commission. This will not be very
cheerful news for the farmers east of
the mountains, and It is not altogether
probable, in view of the present
strained relations between the Hlll
Harrlman systems, that It will be sat
isfactory to the roads which will have
no part in recommending the commis
sioners. If one-half of the apparently
well-founded rumors now in circulation
can be believed, It appears that the
Great Northern has been placed in a
bad light with the other railroads, and
at the same time has placed Governor
McBride in an equally bad light with
his constituents. Neither of the par
ties seem to have played fair with their
constituents, and the results of such
political double-crossing are not diffi
cult to forecast.
1
RUSSIA'S ACTION AT NIU CHWANG.
Russia's reported action at NIu
Chwang In seizing the dispatch-boat
Fawan and arresting the Japanese ser
vants of the American news corre
spondents has a harsh look at this dis
tance, but it must not be forgotten that
only within a few weeks a Japanese
servant suffered to remain In Port Ar
thur because she was a favorite with
the Russian officers xstole a set of very
valuable war maps from the army en
gineers and escaped with them to Pe
kln, from where she was forwarded to
Tokio, where she delivered her booty
to the Japanese War Office. In war
time the Russians are naturally in a
frame of mind to suspect every Japan
ese coming Into Russian territory,
which Niu Chwang is today by virtue
of warlike occupation, of being a spy
in disguise. It was a most indiscreet
act for the American news dispatch
boat to venture into this port of Rus
sian Manchuria with any Japanese on
board, for these correspondents knew
that' practically, If not technically,
Russian martial law would be en
forced. The dispatch-boat found martial law
already proclaimed, as they had a right
to expect to find It The indiscreet
action of this American dispatch-boat
has naturally been followed by the
military arrest of the Japanese, for the
vessel dn Its arrival found that martial
law had already been proclaimed by
Viceroy Alexieff. After this proclama
tion, which appropriated territory in
which Consuls representing treaty
powers have been residing under exe
quaturs issued by the Pekln govern
ment, these foreign Consuls possessed
no other powers than would be theirs
in a Russian town placed temporarily
under martial law. Russia's action in
this matter is not open to criticism, for
when both Russia and Japan agreed
to respect China's neutrality and ad
ministrative entity they expressly ex
cepted from the operation of the agree
ment Manchuria as being likely to be
come a theater of war. This American
news dispatch-boat took great chances
of trouble when It landed at a port
which might at any moment be placed
under Russian martial law, and It has
no reason to' be surprised at the un
"pleasant situation It found on Its ar
rival. No wonder that Russia is anxious
about the safety of Niu Chwang, for if
the Japanese should once possess that
port the Russian right flank in Man
churia would be pierced and Port Ar
thur substantially isolated. Not only
would the railroad which skirts the
gulf coast around to Niu Chwang be
cut, but the Japanese at Niu Chwang
would only be about 100 miles from
Wiju, on the Corean side of the Talu
estuary, on which the main Japanese
army Is now advancing to capture.
Russia, of course, could not afford to
lose Niu Chwang, for In that event she
could not hope to dispute the passage
of the Talu River, but would have to
retreat on Mukden. The strategic
value of NIu Chwang is so great that
the proclamation of martial law by the
Russian military authorities was an
Indispensable preliminary to an effect
ive defense. It was an act of military
necessity on part of the Russian mili
tary authorities that was likely to be
enforced at any moment, and the
American correspondents knew this,
or at least ought to have known
it, and have really no reason to com
plain that they were arrested and
roughly treated.
The presence of Japanese servants,
the Russian prejudice against all Eng
lishmen and Americans, as presumably
sympathetic with Japan, explains the
whole affair. In war time rude jus
tice and sometimes very rude injustice
is sure to be wrought Murat Halstead
In his famous letter describing the bat
tle of Gravelotte in the Franco-German
campaign of 1S70 tells how he
barely escaped being shot for a French
spy by a party of Gorman soldiers.
Nothing but the arrival of a German
subaltern officer who could read some
thing of his papers saved his life.
During our own Civil War similar acts
of rude military justice or injustice
were wrought on both sides. Abso
lutely Innocent men were arrested by
telegraph order from Secretary Seward
or Secretary Stanton and confined for
months in Fort Lafayette or in Federal
jails In the various states. A poor,
harmless country doctor of good char
acter was arrested In a small New
England village and confined for
months in jail because he was a polit
ical crank who openly declared his
sympathy with Calhoun's rather than
Webster's construction of the Consti
tution and defended the "right" of the
South to secede. Ex-TJnited States
Senator Edmunds made an earnest ap
peal to the Government for this man's
release, and finally obtained It
The arbitrary arrest and confinement
of General Charles P. Stone, to the
utter ruin of an able and loyal soldier's
career, is another case in point The
order from General Halleck to put
Jefferson Davis in Irons is another il
lustration of the stupid and barbarous
acts that are wrought under martial
law in times of exceptional civil emer
gency and deep commotion. Such in
stances of passionate or Ignorant acts
of injustice were not Infrequent in our
Civil War on both sides; they are sure
to happen In all wars, and in the case
of the American news dispatch-boat
the indiscretion of its authorities can
fairly be said to have invited trouble.
The port was likely to be found under
martial law, and if it were found In
this situation, what happened was in
evitable, as things generally go In war
time. Inasmuch as Secretary Hay
by his silence had already accept
ed the qualification made by Russia
and Japan of the principle that Chl-
nese neutralltyshall be respected when
jyihey excepted from China's adminis
trative entity any part 01 .-uancminu.
occupied by one of the belligerents or
likely to become a theater of war, the
correspondents are very lucky that
Consul Miller's Importunity availed as
much for them as it did.
REAL RACIAL PEELINGS.
While the very name of the possibility
that is referred to by the crossroads
strategists as the "yellow peril" gives
it an exaggerated aspect, it seems im
possible to deny that the yellow races of
mankind are animated by something of
the spirit that animates the white races.
Let an American abroad find a quarrel
between a Russian and a Japanese and
he will side with the white man. There
is an instinctive distrust of the colored
races, or at least an Instinctive incli
nation to hold them a less than kin and
not much more than kind, In all white
races. It Is but reasonable to suppose
that the same feelings, however care
fully repressed, abide in the hearts of
the colored races, although these feel
ings may never flower Into action.
The feeling is one that Is to a large
extent lost In national Issues. With the
evidences of sympathy with Japan In
her present conflict ,before one, it Is
obvious that two, at least, of the great
"white" nations are gladdened by news
of an Asiatic nation's victories. Simi
larly the Japanese may cheerfor Great
Britain, a pledged ally, and the United
States, which they are Inclined to class
as a potential ally, but in the individual
Japanese heart it is likely that there
would be small sorrow were an Asiatic
race to defeat either of these powers.
Confirmation of this Idea is found In
several significant incidents reported
by the Kobe Chronicle, which recalls, at
the same time, the predictions made by
several authorities that should Japan
suffer a serious reverse the populace
would revenge itself upon the aliens in
the country. As it is, the victories re
ported have caused a change in the de
meanor of the working classes. An
English lady, walking In the street
with her child, after the news of the
victory at Port Arthur had been pub
lished, was greeted with insulting lan
guage by a coolie, who slapped the child
In the face. Ladies and children In a
carriage have been made the target for
orange pefcl. Foreigners have been
stoned. "But it is not In Isolated inci
dents that the change is so noticeable
as in the general demeanor of the un
educated classes," says the Chronicle.
The general demeanor f the unedu
cated classes In any cov ry is apt to
be offensive toward mercers of a hos
tile nation or members of a nation In
open sympathy with an enemy, but
were Ltaly, say, at war with Spain, one
would not expect to find Italian crowds
hooting stray Swedes or Russians. The
Chronicle considers the explanation of
the present feeling in Japan to be that
"when a nation goes to war, the tribal
Instincts naturally reassert themselves,
with the result that among the less
educated every one who Is outside the
tribal pale is for the time being looked
upon with repugnance or disdain as a
possible enemy." The Chronicle? should
have gone further. The educated
classes usually have the same feelings
in national matters as have the unedu
cated, but they conceal them better
when policy requires. The nations are
one In these matters. The Chronicle
should have said that among all classes
every one who Is outside the racial
pale Is looked upon witL repugnance.
3IILT MILLER'S LATEST.
In his address at the Jefferson Ian
banquet at Salem on Monday evening
Senator M. A. Miller, of L-Inn County,
told his fellow-Democrats how he pro
poses to nail Republican candidates for
the Legislature to the, cross. It was
kind of the Senator to give fair warn
ing, for forewarned Is forearmed. The
Republican aspirants for seats In the
halls of legislation will "be ready to an
swer his demands for a statement of
their position. It Is Governor Cham
berlain's veto of the amendment to the
Australian ballot law that will be
called to the attention of candidates.
That measure proposed to .amend the
law so that, by making one mark on
the ballot, a man can vote a straight
party ticket. The bill was passed In
the Interest of the dominant party, for
with such a ballot In use there would
be fewer "scratches" and consequent
ly less probability of the loss of one
or two candidates. In other words, the
encouragement of "straight" voting
makes it easier for a fairly strong
ticket to carry one or two weak men
through the fight safely.
Under such a law George E. Cham
berlain would never have been elected
Governor of a state so strongly Repub
lican as this. The hope of the minor
ity party is in the chance of electing a
few candidates where the members of
the majority party are not entirely
satisfied and will scratch their ticket
The bill passed both houses of the leg
islature, but was vetoed by the Gov
ernor. The veto measure will come up
at the regular session, and the ques
tion will be, "Shall the bill pass, not
withstanding the veto of the Gover
nor?" The Sage of Lebanon proposes
to get In his deadly work by asking
candidates for the Legislature how
they will vote when this question is
placed before them. He thinks, evi
dently, that any answer a Republican
can make will cost him votes, and that
a Democrat may thereby win. Time
will tell. The question Is one that is
sure to be presented before the Legis
lature, and Senator Miller, along with
all other citizens, has a right to ask
candidates how they will vote on the
question if they are sent to Salem to
make laws.
THE GREATEST BATTLE MONTH.
The greatest battle month of the Civil
War, measured by the Importance of
its anniversaries, is April. On April
12, 1SG1. the Confederates opened fire on
Fort Sumter? on April 6 and 7, 1862, was
fought the great and fateful battle of
Shlloh; on April 24, 1862, Parragut ran
the fire of Forts Jackson and St Philip,
which forced the surrender of New Or
leans. On April 16, 1863, Commodore
Porter with his Ironclad fleet and trans
ports ran the fire of the Vlcksburg
batteries and assured the success of
Grant's famous campaign. The month
of April, 1865, was crowded with great
events. . Sheridan, with 10,000 cavalry
and 12,000 infantry, struck at Lee's
right and rear, and on April 1, 1865, bit
off his right flank under Pickett at Five
Forks. His lines had been stretched so
thin that they had broken at last The
next morning at daylight, April 2, a
general assault was made all along the
lines before Petersburg. The Sixth
Corps, 14,000 strong, and but 700 yards
distant from the enemy, carried the
works In Its front for half a mile.
This success decided the fate of the
day, and that night Dee abandoned his
lines. The rest of the campaign was
the mere hunt of the gallant quarry
that, crippled and bleeding at every
pore, resolutely faced its pursuers,
when overtaken, like a wounded stag
standing bravely at bay. On April 6
the Confederate rearguard was crushed
and captured after a most heroic re
slstance at Sailor's Creek. April 8
Sheridan's cavalry blocked the path of
Lee's retreat at Appomattox Station.
A rapid night march brought up the
Infantry of the Fifth and Twenty
fourth Corps to Sheridan's support, and
at daylight April 9 Lee found himself
with the road barred to Lynchburg by
Sherjdan with 10,000 cavalry and 20,000
Infantry, while Meade with 20,000 Infan
try of the Second and Sixth Corp3 was
pressing his rear. Without food, with
out artillery, without hope of rescue,
Lee was obliged to surrender.
On April 26 came the surrender, of
Joe Johnston's army, which had been
preceded by the victorious raid of Gen
eral Wilson, who, with 15,000 cavalry,
had captured Selma, Ala., April 2;
West Point, Ga., and Columbus, Ga.,
April 16. The forts defending Mobile
fell April 9. Surely April, 1865, was a
memorable month of battle crowded
with disaster for the Confederates, who,
as they manfully said, "lost everything,
out honor." All the eminent leaders
In the last great campaign are dead
save Generals Schofield, Howard, Mer
rltt, Miles and Wilson, of the Union
Army, and Generals Bate, Fltz Hugh
Lee and Wheeler, of the Confederates
All these tremendous events of our
Civil War were closed only thirty-nine
years ago, and yet today United States
Senator Foraker, of Ohio, who was a
Lieutenant In Sherman's army In Sher
man's last battle at Bentonville, N. C,
March 20, 1865, Is trying hard to have
Congress pass a law providing for the
marking of the graves of 20,000 Con
federate soldiers who died In the hands
of the United States Government as
prisoners of war, thus carrying out a
project which was Indorsed by the ex
Confederate soldiers at their gathering
at Memphis on Memorial day of 190L
Surely the hopes of Grant, the hopes of
Lee, the prayers of Johnston and the
benedictions of Wade Hampton have
been justified when we find an ex
Union soldier pleading from his seat in
the United States Senate to have Con
fess order the marking of the graves
of Confederate prisoners of war. Why
not? It was a terrible war; there were
many men fell In that war; there
was much heroism on both sides,
and the memory of it is a title and
heritage of respect to the children of
the. generation that fought this great
conflict to its fateful conclusion. Sena
tor Foraker as a gallant soldier knows
that the Confederates were most gal
lant men In battle, and he would not
leave a single Confederate grave un
marked within our lines. It is only
doffing cap to gallant foes.
Of the various differences between
Great Britain and France that have
now been settled, the most Important,
from the French point of view at least,
is that of Morocco. From the cabled
terms of agreement It appears that
France will now be enabled to pro
ceed with her long-cherished designs of
extending to the Atlantic Coast her al
ready great possessions on the Medi
terranean littoral, and in Central North
Africa. That is to say, she may carry
out these designs without interference
from Great Britain; how she will pro
gress with the tribes of Morocco Is
quite another matter. Great Britain
has her mind relieved, of be nightmare
of an African Gibraltar frowning
across the straits at her own, and It
Is not -to be doubted that she has ob
tained pledges of an open door for her
commerce. The settlement of the
"French shore" question In Newfound
land has removed an Irritating thorn
from the side of the British Empire.
The French were given fishing rights
by treaty and also right to maintain
flsh-curjng establishments on the shore.
Gradually these rights were extended
until they became practically territor
ial and the cause of constant friction.
Three or four British men-of-war were
employed on patrol duties during each
fishing season, and their commanders
acted as magistrates In settling the
many disputes that arose. As many
decisions were against the Newfound
land people, the spectacle was present
ed of British ships upholding French
against colonial fishermen In demands
that the people of Newfoundland, and
those of Great Britain that had con
sidered the matter, deemed unjust, in
that the intention of the treaty had
been abandoned for the letter.
One million dollars' worth of real es
tate sold, building permits Issued for
nearly $500,000 worth of new structures,
and nearly two miles of cement side
walk laid, are some of the interesting
Portland statistics for the month of
March. All this was accomplished un
der decidedly unfavorable weather con
ditions, and building on all sides is un
der full swing nearly six weeks earlier
than usual. As a matter of fact, there
has been no let-up In the activity In
building throughout the Winter. De
spite the large number of new dwell
ings, rooming-houses and business
structures that are continually being
finished, a steady stream of tenants ap
pear, and the supply has not yet caught
up with the demand. With s,uch an ex
cellent showlnjr made under such ad
verse circumstances, we may expect a
much greater proportionate increase as
soon as the weather settles and the
mills can turn out dry lumber. Port
landers will wake up some morning In
the not very distant future and find a
big city here.
Every now and then there is a dis
cussion concerning the American Na
tional anthem. The Navy Department
recently made the "Star-Spangled Ban
ner" the official air, but it is popular
custom that In the long run makes a
song the Nation's own. It Is Idle, there
fore, for writers to point out that this
or that Is the "logical" National song.
There Is no logic In such matters, any
more than In love. The Baltimore
American In a recent editorial pre
sents the claims of the "Star-Spangled
Banner' with considerable force, re
marking with justice that the words
are "singularly illustrative of the pa
triotism of the people and the Institu
tions of the country." The American
concludes by saying that, In addition
to this, "to those whose ears are at
tuned to music, there is in the air a re
flection of the American character and
spirit" If this be the case, it must be
admitted that the composer, who gave
the air to a drinking song, must have
been a person of great foresight
Our editorial suggestion yesterday
that all members of the House who
were friendly to the Lewis and Clark
bill were on hand at Monday's vote Is
set as"lde by the telegraphic statement
from Washington to the contrary ef
fect This forms an added reason for
confidence In the bill's ultimate success.
SPIRIT OF THE NORTHWEST PRESS
Soap and a Towel, Please.
Salem Statesman.
Speaking about clean journalism,
what an ideal paper would be the prod
uct of a partnership between Mr. Bath,
of the Hillsboro Independent, and Mr.
Wash, of the Polk County Itemlzer?
Moody Not Yet Buried.
Boise Statesman.
It Is said that ex-Representative Mal
colm Moody Is giving Williamson a lively
race in the Second District of Oregon for
the Congressional nomination. It was sup
posed that the Mitchell Influence in the
Portland delegation would be sufficient
to Insure Williamson's renominatlon, but
Moody Is still a lively competitor.
No Need to Advertise.
Gold Hill News.
Raphael Chartraw Messnos, better
known as "Roxy," made Medford a busi
ness visit Saturday. A false report has
been circulated about town, "regarding
Roxy advertising for a wife in the Far
East, and that the lady came Sunday
and went to get married. Just as If we
haven't plenty of good and pretty girls
right here In Oregon. If gossip mongers
would mind their own business and leave
others alone, they would reap the good
seeds rhey sow.
Educated Them Too Yell.
Prlnevllle Review.
. Mr. Williamson Is to be congratulated
upon having so distinguished an enemy a
The Oregonlan. It would pay him to re
imburse that paper to boost for Mr.
Moody right along, for It is a fact well
known that Its editor has defeated more
men for office by fighting for them than
any machine or political combination In
the state. The Oregonlan works for or
ainst a candidate as Its chiefs per
sons! Interests dictate, and while the
paper Is read everywhere as a superior
production in typography, its readers in
sist upon the prerogative of thinking for
themselves. It has educated the masses
in Oregon up to a point where its assist
ance Is superfluous and Its political opin
ions are so much waste paper, except as
a means of whillng away a tedious hour.
The Best Ever.
Toledo Leader.
Our Eastern friends are kindly asked to
bear in mind the fact that the greatest
attractions at the Lewis and Clark Fair
to be held at Portland in 1905 will be
climate and scenery. While the exhibit
will be great so great that many visitors
will not be able to see It the glorious
climato and scenery will afford the real
enjoyment Steamboat rides up and down
the beautiful Willamette and Columbia
Rivers, trips through the famous Willam
ette Valley, down to Yaquina Bay and
the grand old Pacific Ocean these are
side shows which will eclipse the Fair
Itself and cost the visitor so little extra
that he will feel that he is being treated
as an old friend. It is not extravagance
or buncombe to assert that these features
alone are destined to stamp the Lewis
and Clark Fair as the mest enjoyable, if
not the greatest in area and size of ex
hibit, ever held in America. Of course you
are coming, but we give you fair warning
that the visit Is apt to affect you like a
dose of the fabled lotus.
Spring Poem In Prose.
Oregon City Courier.
It is a glorious thing to see the sun once
more. These beautiful days are but the
promise of that which is to come. We
have had the Winter of our discontent and
we are now to have the Summer of the
full fruition of all our hopes. There Is no
more beautiful land on all this earth than
this Oregon of ours when the sun shines
and the Summer comes. It Is a paradise
from which many of the ills and troubles
of life are barred. As we look around us
today, the first pf April, and see our snow
capped mountains pushing their white
faces into the sky, we can hut rejoice that
we live In a land where the good Lord has
sown the prodigies of nature with such a
lavish hand. All Winter long the fields of
the Willamette Valley have been car
peted with green and while It has rained
some It has come in gentle showers which
have done much good and no harm.
There Is before us possibly the most fruit
ful season the Valley has known and let
us be thankful for the promise and live
up to the best there is in us.
Boys In Ball and Chain.
Walla Walla Statesman.
In order to maintain the disgrace of be
ing the only city In the United States that
marches boys under 16 years of age In
clanking chains through the main streets
to be worked on the public roads, this
county now hires a team and driver at W
a day and a guard at $ a day to get 50
cents worth of work a day out of two
motherless boys who robbed some sheep
herder's camp of a little bacon and hard
tack. Aside from the moral aspects of the
case and the manifest tendency of such
punishment to make hardened criminals
of these wayward youths, the county is
losing money on the deal. It Is reported
that much of the tlmo of the boys has
been occupied In cutting down trees along
the public roads to be hauled to the house
of the guard who acts as their overseer.
Talk of the cruelties depicted In "Uncle
Tom's Cabin!" They are only fiction that
proved highly profitable to the author-,
Harriet Beecher Stowe, but in the case of
those two boys paraded through Main
street every morning and back again at
night with ball and chain attachments wa
have the real article.
Keep Fruit Clean.
Watsonvllle, Cal., Pajaronlan.
In the editorial printed recently In the
Portland Oregonlan, and subsequently cop
ied In the Pajaronlan, wherein the former
paper sharpls criticised the action of the
orchardlsts of Pajaro Valley In favoring
a continuance of the practice of marketing
wormy apples, the Orchardlsts Associa
tion was blamed for such action. The
Oregonian's stand as to the danger of such
a practice was well taken and should be
upheld by every paper which Is sincerely
striving to foster one of this Coast's great
est Industries, but It was mistaken as to
who voted against the resolution to peti
tion the Board of Supervisors of San
Francisco to stop the oale of wormy and
scaly apples In the markets of that city.
The Orchardlsts Association passed tho
resolution by a decisive vote, but finally
consented to reconsider the matter and
allow every orchard owner and manager
in the Valley to vote on tho question,
each acre to constitute one vote. The re
sult was that tho resolution wa3 defeated
by apple-growers who are not members of
the association. Tho association has stood
and still stands for progressive methods.
Cattle Losses by Storm.
Klamath Falls Express.
Klamath County has passed through
seven weeks of continuous storm, and at
a time when some sunshine and warmth
should have prevailed. Usually grass Is
up and cattle on the range by the middle
of March or earlier. At this time there
13 no grass, and because of hay shortage
among a large number of stockmen, stock
Is perishing a 25 per cent loss Is antici
pated. Outside cattlemen were early last
Fall in the buying of hay for the feeding
of their beef cattle, which worked to the
disadvantage of home stockmen. -The num
ber of outside cattle fed In the county
during the Fall and Winter was probably
in the neighborhood of 5000 head. But
Klamath County Is not alone in the mat
ter of losses by storm. Elsewhere from
many quarters of the globe come reports
of storms and damaging floods. In Eu
rope Inundations have entailed great loss.
In tho United States the property loss by
storm, flood and prairie fire will run Into
the millions of dollars. Klamath County
Is the least unfortunate of the many sec
tions that have suffered in consequence o
the. unusual storms that In scope .have
been world-wide.
RUSSIA ATNI0 CHWANG.
New Tork Times.
We have no grievance whatever against
Russia on this ground. It Is doubtless
true that the commerce of the port has
been brought to a standstill, and that
subjects of neutral nations remain there
at their own risk. But that is a risk that
they necessarily assume by remaining
upon the scene of military operations,
actual or potential. It is incredibly re
ported that the German government is
anxious to know the Intentions of our
own at this juncture. Our Consul at Niu
Chwang. if he had a primer of interna
tional law In his possession, could have
said that we would follow the precedents.
These are clear and unbroken. Our doc
trine and the doctrine of international law,
as stated by Mr. Seward, is that "the
subjects of foreign powers domiciled in a
country in a state of war are not entitled
to' greater privileges or immunities than
the other Inhabitants of the district" So
loag as the subjects of one neutral nation
are treated like those of any other, they
have no cause for complaint. This state
ment of perfectly elementary facts ex
plains the official announcement from
London that the British government has
no Intention of protesting against the ac
tion of the Russian commander. It equal
ly disposes of the twaddle which some of
our esteemed contemporaries have shown
a disposition' to talk about the "insult to
the American flag" involved in the remov
al of it by the order of the Russian com
mander at Niu Chwang from the prem
ises for which the occupants, being either
actual or pretended American citizens,
had thought to secure special protection
by hoisting It The Incident Is simply an
incident of war, concerning which there
is no occasion whatever for the citizens
of neutral nations to give way to emo
tion. Bryan and the People.
Chicago Chronicle.
The other day when the court at New
Haven ruled emphatically that the sealed
letter method of disposing of estates for
the benefit of philanthropic lecturers was
not In harmony with the laws of the
state, Mr. Bryan, taking leave of the
$50,000 which he expected to secure with
out anybody knowing about It, and yet
mindful that honor still remained, ad
dressed the court and received replies
as follows:
"Your Honor," eald Mr. Bryan, "I would like
to say something:."
"There is no question to be answered." curt
ly answered Judge Gagor.
"But, Your Honor, may I be permitted to
ask you a question?" insisted Mr. Bryan.
Judge Gager hesitated a moment, and then
eald: "Well, yea; what is it?"
"You may excuse the jury. Your Honor,
while I ask the question, if you wish."
"Well, if it involves the removal of the jury
I reconsider and decline to hear the question."
eald the Judge.
"But, Your Honor " insisted Mr. Bryan.
"I decline to hear you," snapped the Irri
tated Judge. "This Is a court of law, Mr.
Bryan, and I am not here to be interrogated."
"We would like, in view of the position the
court takes." said Mr. Brian's attorney, "to
know whether the decision excluding these sev
eral parts was arrived at without any refer
ence to the question of alleged fraud or undue
Influence."
"I don't want to hear from you on the sub
pect," shouted Judge Gager.
Mr. Bryan was on his feet eager to put in a
word, when his counsel leaned over and shoved
him unceremoniously into hla seat.
"The ruling made by this court," went on the
Judge, "was explicit and after careful delib
eration, following closely the law. The de
cision excludes any further discussion of these
letters."
It will be noted that Mr. Bryan feared
that the judgment of the court had been
reached with some reference to the ques
tion of "alleged fraud or undue influ
ence." He had been kicked out of court,
but he wanted a certificate of good char
acter to carry with him. The reply of
the Judge was legal, but inconsiderate.
Ho would not discuss the matter. He
would not be interrogated. He pro
nounced the case closed and nothing was
left to Mr. Bryan but the uncertainties
of an appeal.
Can it be possible that anybody on
earth who knows Mr. Bryan will believe
for an instant that there was any "al
leged fraud or undue influence" In this
matter? Certainly not
Free-Trade View of Beet Sugar.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Wlllet & Gray's Sugar Trade Journal
gives statistics of beet-sugar production
for the year 1903. There were in opera
tion 53 factories, an Increase of 11 over
the preceding year. The total production
was 20S.135 tons, an Increase of 12,672.
The production is confined to 12 states.
This is a good deal of sugar, but when
we consider that the annual consumption
In round numbers is about 2,500,000 tons,
wo see that It falls very far short of sup
plying the needs of the country, being,
in fact, about 8 per cent of the total con
sumption. It has been figured out that
the total product Is not much over 25 per
cent of the consumption of the states in
which It is produced and that tho whole
product would be insufficient to supply
the demand of the single state of New
Tork. Our people consume about 71
pounds of sugar per head of population.
The tariff on it Is somewhat less than
2 cents a pound, and It yields to the
Treasury somo 547.000,000, but It adds
nearly twice that 3Um to the amount paid
by the consumer. In other words, the
protective feature of the tariff adds $40,
000.000 to tho profits of the producers.
Of this, ' however, the beet-sugar men
get only a fraction, as the cane sugar
produced at home. Including Hawaii,
forms a large part of tho supply. How
ever, sugar Is a good revenue article, and
it is not easy to dispense with It In a
tariff for revenue, though the differential
to the trust In refined sugar could well
be spared and would save tho consumers
a good deal of money.
The Two-Thirds Rule.
Philadelphia Record.
In view of the extensive and unusually
active effort to make outright purchase of
delegates to the next Democratic Na
tional Convention, with a view to the mis
chievous utilization of the standing two
thirds rule. It Is now conceded to be im
portant that instructions shall be voted
for candidates whom the party might
hope to elect if they should be nominated.
If, however, there should arise objection
to Instructions for candidates every State
Convention should nevertheless Instruct
Its delegates to vote solidly against the
further application of the two-thirds rule.
It Is not Democratic. It is dangerous. It
has not worked to advantage. Let the
majority rule.
A Strong Man.
Columbia (S. C.) State.
"Is Judge Parker a strong man?" In
quires an exchange. Undoubtedly. Not
one of the tasks of Hercules can compare
with his recent accomplishment; he has
withstood the rush of a thousand journal
ists for an "expression," and has foiled
the enterprise of the most enterprising
press.
The Men of Gotham.
Thomas Love Peacoek.
Seamen threci What men be ye?
Gotham's three wise men wo be.
Whither In your bowl so free?
To rake the moon from out the sea.
The bowl goes trim. The moon doth shine.
And our ballast is old wine
And your ballast Is old wine.
Who art thou, so fast adrift?
I am he they call Old Care.
Here on board we will thee lift.
No: I may not enter there.
Wherefore ao? 'Ti9 Jove'a decree.
In a bowl Care may not be
In a bowl Care may not be.
Fear ye not the wavea that roll? '
No: in charmed bowl we swim.
What the charm that floats the bowl?
Water may not pass- the brim.
The bowl goes trim. The moon doth shine.
And our ballast is old wine
i And your ballast la old wine.
NOTE AND COMMENT.
If Country Editors Told the Truth
A lot of fool young people calling them
selves the Bugtown Dramatic Society gave
a performance of "Ten Days in a Dope
Joint" last night in the barn sometimes
known as the Bugtown Opera-House
Some of the girls would better be heHlo
their mothers wash the dishes and m.r.l
the baby than be lallygagging arounJ
with fool fellows and long-tailed drest3.
The boys taking part in -the alleged re
formance look like a flock of sissies, azl
we wouldn't give one of them a job ft- d
lng press. Quite a crowd paid tv I'lts
a head In the hopes of seeing the "actors"
make fools of themselves, and looked at
that way the show was sure worth th
money. Ttllle Topnot was the Duchess .. f
St Germans, and if reel dookesses are
anything like she looked last night w?
don't wonder the foreign dooks come here
to marry American heiresses. Bowleggvl
Bill Stumps acted the villain, and he was
a comic sight in tights. He forgot all his
words and tried to get off the gags h
had been using In the drugstore for the
last three years. They were tizzies. Folly
Grabbit looked all right the first act when
she wore a mask, but she was a fright la
the second, and her sallow complexion
showed through the red paint which was
put on like she was painting her pop's
barn. Our advice to the Bugtown Dra
matic Society is to quit actlns and go to
work.
LATEST OX THE WAR.
Important Coble Message From the J1JI
Skamoknwura's Special Correspondent
at 1YUu.
At the Front. April 1. I have dated thla
Wiju. but I am not there. I cannot say that
I am anywhere, lest the enemy should learn
my plans. Since Joining the forces. I have
been Investigating the theory thai hu'tertnlli
Is good for the complexion. I have coma to
the conclusion that it is. but eas And zh thins
to indicate whether it should be used internal
ly or externally.
LATER. I have Just learned Important sews
from General Shampooshlmpo. He dees net be
lieve that bee stings aro good for rheumatism.
but he declares his unalterable conviction that
the moon is made of yellow Journals.
TOMORROW. Tokk) will be thrown let a
spasms of Joy when the JIJ1 Skamokawura an
nounces on the authority of a high army officer
that the canary has 43 different notes. I an
sending this In cipher. lest the information
should leak out in transmission.
The Browns' Loss.
Tony Wachtel. the manager of the Davenport
Elevator, of this place, and the eagle-eyei
pitcher for the Melvln Red Btrdo. had come to
the conclusion that Iowa is good enough. fr
him, and has given up the notion of gtlas
West. Melvln (Iowa) Argus.
Hearst seems to be a good bet cop
pered.
Half a loaf Is better than an out-and-out
strike.
One swallow doesn't make a Spring, but
it tells you Summer's coming when it's
bock.
Placke did bettor than was expected.
He got into the second round with K!I
McCoy.
Life In Chicago has resumed Its normal
course: Another murderous strike is la
progress.
The Tillamook Independent prints a
chapter from the Bible, under the heading,
NEWS, TO SOME PEOPLE.
Railroad employes in Panama are oa
strike. That Caesarean section seems to
have brought forth a precocious Infant
The spectacle of union labor dragged at txa
chariot wheels of Hearst's political ma-v'-
can delight only those who desire the dvwnti.;
of union labor. Wall Street Jouracl.
How grievously the Journal must ta
weeping.
"Why nominate an interrogation polnt,,
said Bryan of Parker. This moves te
New York Press to ask why the other
candidates should not be described In t-
same succinct way, and to give these ex
amples: Judge Parker?
Grover Cleveland!
W. J. Bryan 1 1 I 1
Willy Hearst $
John Davidson Indulges In this quaiit
reflection:
If you look at a map, you feel certain tiiat
England will hold together aa long as its cour
ties are so securely dovetailed; bt. on. tvs
other hand, when you look at the rectangu ar
divisions of Australia and the United States
you wonder bow long it is to last U; jug
gling trick whereby these eubett are held to
gether in tho air. Take a look at a colore 1
map. and see how well mortised iato each
other the English counties are.
The New York Globe notices that tha
Japanese papers print practically no war
news, owing to the strict government reg
ulations (which were recently described
In The Oregonlan). Such topics as "Mrs.
Maybrlck In Prison." "The Dutch In For
mosa" and "Tho Strange Properties of
Radium" are dealt with at length, but
not a word Is sold concerning the move
ments of the army or the navy. It la
certainly pretty hard luck on a citizen ti
pick up his morning paper and read some
thing like this:
WEX. J.
OUT OF THE GINGER JAR.
Mr. Hopkin Hunt up Japan or the mar
Louisa. Mrs. Hopkins Xo; wait Ull JlmTr
gets home that's what we pay hU sel ;
bills for. Indianapolis Journal.
"Mamma." asked small Fteraiaay. "Jes a.
lawyer know everything?" "No. dear,
plied her mother, "hut he thinks you thinv
he does." Cincinnati Enquirer.
Polly rinktlghts That aew prima donna, z
the scrappiest thing I ever saw. Fnny F
lights Naturally. She used to siap ia a.
church choir. Philadelphia Record.
The Senator's wife The life of a dlpHfri
must be a hard one. Just teak at the r-rss
under your friend's eye. The Senator Te.
those are diplomatic circles, dear. Yoakers
Statesman.
Mrs. Newllwed I want to get some sa a
Dealer Yes. ma'am. Hew maay heads' it
Newllwed Oh. goodness: 1 thought you t
the head off. 1 Just want plain eMckea sj.'i,
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
"Fortune, you know, knocks at every ma- 3
door once." "That expiates It." "ExpU.-
what?" "How we came to miss her. Ah -thunder
doesn't ah rlag the hell? We ne -pay
any attention to knocks. " Pntshurg rst
Judge You admit you sandaKjt the mas
Have you any exeuee? Prti oner Yes. j -a
honor. De sandbag vctsz me own prope- .
and J. P. Morgan says a man has de rssvl
ter do wot he pleases wit' his own pror'rtr
Puck.
"He's had a fortune left to him sudl-n'r.
He has actually got more moaey now than I -
knows what to do with." "Never mind tVre
are certain people who will he anxious to tcz.
him now, and after that he'll know more
Kennebec Journal.
"Women always look for a cbanc t spn
money," he observed. Irritably. hene -they
open a newspaper they htn t s'
the advertisements." "Well, Chrley." dexr
answered young Mrs. Torktn. "that la rc
safer than etudytng the horserace entrta
Washlnston Star.
"Why Is the counel! summoned?" anked t e
Emperor of Corea. "In order that we may b
prepared for any emergency." answered tb
Prime Minister. "We are getting rendy
change the name of our cowntry from TSj
Land of the Morning Calm' to The Land cf
the Cold Gray Dawn of the Morulas After
I Washington Star,