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W.; Ebbitt Houso News Stand. YESTERDAY'S WEATHER Maximum tem perature, 09 deg.; minimum, 48. Precipitation, .01 Inch. TODAY'S WEATHER-Showers; south to west winds. PORTLAND, SUNDAY, ATRIL 17, 1004. "OFFICIAL" NEWS BY "WIRELESS." "We learn from the De Forrest wire Jess Telegraph Company, via the steam er Halmun, off the Corean coast, to this effect: Wo have received official confirmation of the torpedo attack on Wednesday morning last, which resulted la tho 6lnklng of tho Russian warship Potropavlovsk and one destroyer. The entrance to Port Arthur Is now sealed up. What are the "official" sources whence the Halmun, off the Corean coast, ob tains this Important if true Informa tion? The Russian report is that the battleship was destroyed by a discon nected Russian mine, by a submarine boat, or else by an Internal explosion, and that the destroyer was Incapaci tated in a subsequent engagement by a shell from a Japanese vessel. The Japanese report, signed by Admiral Togo himself, says that the battleship was destroyed by a mine his forces had planted at 10:30 the night before. The assertion of the De Porrest peo ple, therefore, that the battleship and destroyer were the victims of a tor pedo attack Is without any basis what ever in truth. Why they should pro fess "official confirmation" of some thing that never happened is a mys tery not worth going Info, and not creditable to their trustworthiness. How likely they are to get "official" confirmation of any sort in view of the Russian resolve to treat them as spies is apparent. We have adverted to this matter solely because this Is the outfit that has cabled (officially, no doubt) to Sec retary Hay a "demand" that he pro tect them from the rule adopted by the Russian government Their demand would have a stronger claim on .sym pathy If they were more careful about the news they send out. A wireless telegraph outfit that gets official infor mation In mid-ocean from naval, offi cers who are looking for it with a gun ought to be able to get protection by "wireless" on Its own account. PLEA OF THE NATIVE BORN. In the county conventions which were held last week by both the political parties in every county in the state, the "native son" argument was worked for all it was worth perhaps for more than It was worth. This was particularly true in Western Oregon, -where native sons are numerous. Scores of men who- aspired to public office urged as one of their strongest claims for recognition that they were born and raised In Ore gon. If there were two seekers for a nomination, one of them a native Ore gonlan and the other an adopted son, it was argued that the former should be given the preference. There Is room for doubt whether It is either good politics or good industrial policy to carry the native-son favoritism to the extent that many desire. There is nothing whatever to be said against the right of a native son to be a candidate for a place in the public service. If a man has lived 21 years or more in the community In which he was 'born, has shown himself to be worthy of the confidence of his people, has made a success of his undertakings and has thereby demonstrated his ability In some particular line, he has earned the right to ask for such favors as the vot ers of his county have to bestow. To give recognition to such young men. is to encourage the rising generation to lead lives that will win for them simi lar favors and public honors. No man Is more entitled to be placed in a posi tion of public trust than he who com mands the esteem of the people among whom he has lived from boyhood to manhood. But there is a tendency in Oregon to place too much emphasis upon the fact that a candidate was born In this state. If we are trying to encourage our young men to lead lives of Industry and up rightness, so also are we trying to in duce residents of Eastern States to come here and make their homes. We are not reaching out for the Easterners who have made failures in life, but for the men whose abilities and efforts have enabled them to buy homes among us and help to build up our resources. Shall we ask such men to come here and share only a portion of our priv ileges, or shall we receive them as full fledged members of our great family of Oregonians, Inviting them to share in all our social, political and industrial activities? Most assuredly the latter. We cannot afford to say to the ener getic young men of the Eastern States: "You can come here and make a living, pay taxes, and contribute to our com mercial prosperity, but you can't hold office." Rather should we say: "Come and be one of us and you shall have all you can prove yourself worthy of re ceiving." What better advertisement could Ore- gon have than to place worthy new pomers In places of trust? When a suc cessful young man has sold his prop erty In the East and has come here and bought anew, has identified himself with the best' Interests of hla commu nity, has Bhown himself capable and honest, for us to recognize his achieve ments by electing him to office is to assure others that they will bo fairly treated If they come here to live. "When a native of Iowa has been elected to public office in Oregon, all his former acquaintances will learn of his success and will know that the doors of oppor tunity stand wide open in this compar atively new and undeveloped state. "A STAND AGAINST EXPOSITIONS." We have thought It best to reprint In The Oregonlan from time to time the unfavorable as well as the favorable comment,.7nade by Eastern journals on the Levls and Clark Fair, in order that our people may know hostile as well as friendly quarters, and In order to make he record complete. Such a hostile utterance, from the Boston Transcript, Is printed on this page today. It is probably as good an argument against recognition of the Exposition as can be expected, but it has weak points which we shall briefly point out. First, there are some trifling errors offact The bill did not so to the cal endar, as stated, but came up In three or four days under a special rule and was passed without division; so that the argument based on the firm stand made by the House falls flat. Portland Is a city of 125,000 to 140,000, Instead of "less than 90,000," and its neighborhood teems with historical interest, centering about such names as Vancouver, Gray, McLoughlln, Astor, Whitman, Lewis and Clark, Grant, Sheridan, Howard, Vlllard. The essential to exposition suc cess is not a great city, for Chicago and St. Louis are the scene of heavy financial losses, while Omaha and San Francisco made money. The Transcript may be right about the Louisiana purchase and the Lewis and Clark expedition being without dramatic historical quality, because spread out over tedious time, but we are unable to see much force In the contention. The sale of Louisiana to the United States by Napoleon was sud denly consummated, and, when consid ered In connection with that colossal figure's ambitions toward Great Britain, seems to us to fall under the head of dramatic. There is a difference be tween the discovery of Columbus, the landing of the Pilgrims or the signing of the Declaration and such events as the Louisiana purchase or the Lewis and Clark expedition; but the differ ence Is of degree rather than kind. It would be easy to develop the sig nificance of the acquisition of Louisiana and Oregon, in the bearing on our Na tional destiny. History was modified by Columbus and the Pilgrims; but their steps were Inevitable. Others dis covered America before and since Col umbus, others colonized the Atlantic Coast before and since the Pilgrims. But what the United States would have been If any European power or powers had held Louisiana and the Pacific Coast is a tremendously different thing from the present great Nation with its momentous unfulfilled share in Pacific and Asiatic affairs. That we' are not a small power hemmed In between the Mississippi and the Atlantic Is largely due" to Jefferson's purchase of 1S03 and his dispatch of Lewis and Clark to the Pacific Coast But all this is aside from the main thesis of the Transcript's article, which is the proposition that Government participation in historical celebrations should be gauged by their chances of financial success. This idea is extraor dinary enough, we think, to be confuted by the reflection of every person of In telligence. The Government's concern In these affairs Is not that of the spec ulator, but the historical slgnficance of the occasion commemorated and the probable capacity of the celebration In the direction of educational and histor ical value. Perhaps the most Instruct ive exhibits at these fairs are those contributed by the departments at Washington, which educate the people In the workings of the Government, Just as warships are sent into every port for popular examination. It Is worth while for these Government ex hibits to be set up successively In dif ferent parts of the country, and at Portland they will reach the notice of a large population who would otherwise never see them. It may be worth while to add that with more adequate Information the Transcript's argument might very nat urally have been turned Into a defense of the Lewis and Clark appropriation Instead of an attack; for the House bill which became law provides exactly, the precaution -which the Transcript sees as necessary namely, that the Govern ment should not be committed to these enterprises In such a way as to make It In a measure responsible for their suc cess. The St. Louis Exposition Is so much a Government affair that Con gress felt obliged to lend It millions In order not to be humiliated In the sight of f brelgn governments which our Gov ernment had officially urged to partici pate. In the Lewis and Clark act this responsibility Is expressly avoided; for the modest sum appropriated Is devot ed exclusively to Installing the Gov ernmental exhibits already gathered at St -Louis. Whether the Fair succeeds or falls Is no concern of the Nation. Tills Is precisely what the Transcript Is contending for, yet it Is ignorant that Its contention has been . compiled with. LESSONS FROM CHEMULPO. Interesting details of the Miction that resulted In the sinking of the Russian cruisers Korletz and VarJag are sup plied by the Hong Kong Telegraph. Perhaps the most significant piece of Information is contained In the sen tence, "The havoc wrought by flying splinters was even worse than that caused by the shells themselves." Since the naval fight off the Talu In the Jap anese war with China, the naval authorities of the world have been using every device to eliminate wood from the construction of ships of war. The frequent fires caused by Japanese shells Igniting the woodwork of the Chinese ships carried a warning to other pow ers. Wood was dangerous for another reason, it was also recognized. The splinters caused by the Impact of a -shot, or scattered broadcast by the explosion of a percussion-fused shell, were regarded as one of the greatest sources of danger, and the story of the Variag fully justifies this belief. The aim of the constructors Is to obtain a substitute for wood that shall be non inflammable and crumble to dust when struck by a projectile. A ship con structed entirely of steel would .be almost uninhabitable, and although It might be endured by the crews In time of war, it would be too unpleasant an abode In the long, lazy comparatively speaking days, of peace. The search for a really satisfactory substitute for wood will be greatly stimulated by the experience of those aboard the ill-fated Variag. Another point brought out In the de struction of the Variag Is the wide spread damage done by shells explod ing on a gun deck where the guns are not isolated. The Variag was a cruiser of 6500 tons' displacement and her main armament consisted of twelve six-Inch guns. These guns, mounted on the upper deck, were unprotected, and the Japanese fire wrought unusual havoc amongst their crews. The fumes of bursting shells killed several men, a fact that shows the great Importance of isolating gun positions as much as possible. British constructors have In sisted upon this precaution to such 'an extent that a British battleship or cruiser meeting an antagonist of equal displacement belonging to any other nation would be greatly inferior in weight of metal. The huge cruisers Powerful and Ter rible, which were built "In reply" to the Rurlk, now In the Vladivostok squad ron, are armed .with fourteen six-Inch guns. The Rurlk, more than a thou sand tons smaller, mounts' four eight Inch, sixteen six-Inch, and sir 4.7-lnch guns. Whether or not the slightly In creased protection and Isolation of gun positions In the British cruisers would neutralize the Rurlk's superiority In gunfire remains to be tested In battle. The advocates of greater protection, however, can point to the fact that the Variag suffered comparatively little damage to ships, guns or men below the upper deck. The Russians fought a determined fight A single incident will show their mettle. With the exception of a mid shipman, the entire crew of the after six-Inch gun was killed by one of the two big shells that struck the Variag. The midshipman continued to serve the gun single-handed, until badly wound ed by a splinter. But bravery Is not the only requisite of a sailor, or the Russian fleet would not have played the unhappy part it has played since the gray dawn of February 9. when the Japanese torpedo vessels laid In and lanced their gallled prey. A DEMOCRAT JUSTLY- INDIGNANT. A blind and acrimonious contest be tween President and Congress, growing out of Independent and disconnected working at cross-purposes, Is an unto ward, unwise and expensive state of things from every point of view. Forces that should be harnessed together for the public good are dissipated through friction and put satisfactory progress In public affairs almost out of the ques tion. This foolish and mischievous sit uation has prevailed more than once In our history, and while It makes the groundlings laugh, can but make the judicious grieve. It has been relegated to Innocuous desuetude or something of that sort by President Roosevelt and the Republican leaders, who confer on all Important legislation and by com parison of notes and mutual conces sions succeed In digesting legislation so that public requirements can be brought to pass with the least possible difficulty and delay. How effective the policy is may be Inferred from the ac count of a Democratic protest offered In the House of Representatives, thus: Cochran (Dbm., Mo.), In a speech on the UBurpationz-by the Executive of the legislative power, criticised the practice of a small co tsrle of members and Senators going to the White House and conferring with the Presi dent, at his bidding, on matters of legislation. He said It had become .an uncondemned cus tom, and that "when the leaders do this the destruction of this body, as a representative and deliberative body, io complete." What a fine thing it would seem to Mr. Cochran, to be sure, If the Presi dent and the Senate, and the President and the House, could only be Involved In some senseless and bitter quarrel which would obstruct all- legislation! Then how deeply Mr. Cochran would bemoan the departure of sensible and efficient statesmanship from the White House and the hopeless Incapacity of Republican leaders In both houses of Congress! He and his party would want nothing better on the eve of a Presidential campaign than a mlx-up between President and Congress which would prolong the session far Into the Summer and show the country that the Republican party was Incapable of transacting business In a beneficial and straightforward way. Mr. Cochran's complaint Is well founded. He has the right to feel aggrieved, for his party as usual. Is In hard lines. But he must not expect the business, brains and con science of the country that Is to say, Its Republicans to join In his unavail ing grief. LAWBREAKING MADE EASY. The shipment of 40,000 pounds of sal mon In one lot from an obscure point down the Columbia within a few hours of the opening of the season is a dis creditable transaction for which the Washington authorities and the buyers of the fish are perhaps as much to blame as the men who illegally made the catch. The State of Washington, as well as Oregon, spends large sums for the protection of the salmon during the close season. This expenditure Is made for the purpose of perpetuating an Industry that annually adds millions to the wealth of the two states. If the law Is of so little benefit to the buyers of the flsh and the fishermen that they are eager to break it whenever the op portunity offers, it would seem to be time" to abandon efforts to enforce it According to news reports. Illegal fishing along the Washington side of the river had been In progress for more than a" week before the close season ended, and the lot of fish mentioned was secured within two miles of the residence of a Deputy Fish Commis sioner who was, to say the least not attending to his business. To the credit of the Oregon Fish Commissioner It Is said that the steamer which brought this large consignment of contraband fish up the river, for fear of trouble made no landings on the Oregon side of the river, and so far as known, no Ille gal fishing was done In the territory under the Oregon Commissioner's juris diction. This vigilance on the part of Mrv Van Dusen and his deputies will not, however, protect the Columbia River salmon during "the close season. If the Washington Commissioner and his deputies continue to permit the law to be broken on their side of the river. It is possible to define the channel by which a ship may pass from Oregon into Washington waters or vice versa, but the movements of the salmon can not be controlled In that manner. This fact makes It Incumbent on the people , having a common interest in the matter to see that the laws are enforced with equal impartiality on both sides of the river. This contempt for the law and seeming willful neglect of the men who are paid a salary to see that It Is en- forced, may eventually prove a more serious matter for the men actually en gaged in the business than they now imagine. Every man who has had much experience around State Legislatures Is perfectly familiar with the objections that are always raised in certain direc tions whenever any flsh legislation Is asked for. It Is regarded In the. farm ing districts in many parts of the two states as class legislation for the bene fit of a few fishermen and wealthy can nerymen. The appropriations asked for are frequently criticised as being a waste of public funds, and in the pres ent case that portion of the Washing ton funds absorbed by the Deputy Com missioner at Cathlamet would certainly seem to have been wasted. If the Flsh Commissioner had bee'n vigilant in patrolling the lower river the fishermen would hardly have run the risk they assumed, ana on the other hand, had the buyers who took the flsh refused to buy them, Illegal Ashing would have lost Its attractions. These are the people who are more Interested In the perpetuity of the fishing Indus try than any others, and If they persist in breaking laws that are made so largely for their benefit, the time may come when the state government will refuse to appropriate any more money for their assistance. A review of JapanJs finances by a re cent writer in the Fortnightly Reylew discloses the Immense strain vhlch Is upon the Japanese In order to support the War. The resources of the nation as compared with those of Russia are Insignificant The empire 19 densely populated and there Is no room for ex pansion unless a foothold can be se cured In Corea. Nearly 40,000,000 of her population are settled at from 400 to 430 to the square mile, nearly 30,000,000 approaching the latter figure In dens ity. This pppulatlon is largely agricul tural, the farms' rarely exceeding two acres In extent Japan, according to this estimate, Is literally fighting for her life. She has taxed herself to tho utmost and must succeed or perish in the vain attempt to secure space in which to breathe. Her determination to fight for her life is to be applauded, though In the event-of an adverse out come to the present struggle, the ques tion will arise as to whether It would not have been wiser to have secured by-purchase. If possible, land which she seeks hy conquest, and failing in this to have devoted her energies toward living within her means and area, dis missing her lately acquired ambition to grow and wax Btrong. A few days now of fair weather, dur ing, the pollenlzlng period, will place the Oregon fruit crop In a very prom ising condition. The past Winter has been a favorable one, and though the continued rdir.s prevented orchardlsts from doing is much spraying as they wished, the trees are in good health and ready to make a vigorous growth. Because spraying has been neglected this year, the San Jose scale and other pests will get an unusual start, and more careful attention must be given next Winter to cleaning the trees. Ore gon apples, prunes, pears, cherries and smaller fruits are not only wealth-producers, but their excellence is one of our best advertisements in securing de sirable Immigration. At this season of the year we therefore watch with anx iety the weather conditions which may affect the fruit crop for good or 111. It Is only once in several years that the fruit Is Injured, and then only partial ly; but we always hope to avoid the un favorable season. Marlon County Is boasting that in the recent Republican State Convention nine men who began their political careers In that county were placed on the state ticket or sent as delegates to the National Convention. Well, why shouldn't Marlon County be a good school of politics? Every four years the rest of the state sends its best poli ticians to Salem to live, and many of them make that city their home even after their terms of office expire. Up In the Capital City every other man you meet Is a politician, and the young men take to politics like ducks to water. If any one In the rest of the state learns a new trick in the great game of poli tics. It will soon be known up In Salem. What Marlon County people don't know about politics Isn't worth knowing any place except in Clackamas. From the Russian viewpoint there is every reason for taking drastic meas ures with the correspondents using wireless telegraphs'. The British and American press boats approach where Japanese scouting ships could not go, and are thus enabled to gain Informa tion that might prove of very great value to the enemy. In addition to the possibility that the Japanese might In tercept the messages being sent to a shore station by wireless telegraph, there Is also the possibility that corre spondents might communicate their In formation directly to the Japanese. And to the Russians the latter possibility Is no doubt regarded as a strong proba bility, in View of the demonstrated sympathy of many correspondents with Japan. Members of the National House of Representatives are playing the role of the tired school boy, to the great dis gust of Speaker Cannon and Repre sentative Tawney. In plain words, they are playing "hookey," killing time and wasting the golden moments that In tervene between the present time and the end of the term. Under these clr cumstancs responsible leaders In the House are fully Justified in rising In their places and "waving the whistling lash." Irresponsibility may be tolerated and even excused in a school boy, but It Is hard to view it with even a degree of patience In men who are frittering away the time and money of the Nation and neglecting their obligations to the public. The abuse of the funeral flower cus tom has been often dilated upon. Its wastefulness is never more apparent than when, as it cometlmes happens, an abundance of beautiful and fragrant flowers are conveyed with a body into the furnace of the crematorium. The spectator of sensibility winces painfully at such a spectacle, thinking of the sick In hospital wards and in poor homes who would be cheered for days by the gift of the flowers that are without benefit or even pleasure to any one, destroyed In a moment by the fierce heat into which they are thrust. Admiral Togo modestly ascribes his victories to the Mikado's "glorious vir tue" and to "heavenly assistance." From the words of his report it appears that the glorious virtue acts as ji safe guard to the sailors, and the heavenly assistance protects the ships. Thus, happily working In co-ordination, the Mikado and the heavens accomplish great things for the fleet, and complete ly outpoint the Russian icons. SPIRIT OF THE NORTHWEST PRESS Don't Humiliate Us. Skamokawa Eagle. If the Portland ball team don't get to moving- soon. It will got a, challenge from Skamok. Still Likely to Need It. Aberdeen Recorder. "King County needs a Senator." de clares the White River Journal. That's so. She also needs a poultice warranted to reduce a bad case of swelled head. King County is a pretty big placo until you try to find it on the map of the United States. AH for Hermann Now. Newberg Graphic. The fellows who were Hermann men all the time., don't you know, though they had taken pains, not to say so openly, are nbw more or less In evi dence. Well, the band-wagon Is roomy, and though some of them had figured on seats in the other wagon, they size it up as a case of tumble in and ride or feet left How Do You Manage It? Enterprise Democrat Lostine. enjoys the distinction of be ing tho only town in Oregon that gives the women equal political privileges with the men the right to vote, hold office and be the political boss. Lostine Is a "dry" town. The women did It with their llttlo ballots. For fourteen years wo have advocated the value of equal sufTrage, and here Is a practical demonstration of Its success. Come On, Ladles, Who's Next? Condon Globe. If any fairly good-looking woman Is suffering for newspaper notoriety all that Js necessary Is for her to get arrested in Portland in connection with the Oregon land frauds.' Miss Mario Ware seemed to get her share of attention last Fall when she was arrested, but she Is likely to turn green with envy at the ser.d off all' the Portland papers are giving Mrs. Watson, who got arrested and a write-up last week. Almost Human Intelligence. Belllngham Herald. The aueer tricks that the types will play, when aided by the almost human Intelligence of the compositor, and the erudite proofreader, Is shown by a para graph In yesterday's Herald which ap peared as follows: "A weekly publication In Chicago Is reported to be seeking a faction without any voices. The climate of Chicago, however, does not agree with us." The first as written was "A wealthy publisher In Chicago is reported to be seeking a partner without any vices." Is This True? Marshfleld Mall. Speaking of the proposed shipment of coal to Portland, A. E. Shaw, agent Of the Alliance, says that his company would be glad to carry coal on the Af llance to Portland, if the boat could be given reasonable dispatch. But their ex perience with the Portland people has been that the latter will furnish no facil ities for unloading the coal at that end of the route without delay, and the steam er cannot afford to lie over awaiting the convenience of the consignees of the coal. The principal reason for this, perhaps. Is that the Portland coaldeAlers all handlo Puget Sound coal, and they do not care to encourage the introduction of any other. As a matter of fact. It seems that In this Portland Is consistent In her as sumption that It would be a great priv ilege for Coos Bay to be favored with the opportunity to buy goods In Portland; but when It comes to Portland buying Coos Bay products, that is quite another matter. A Good Example. Prineville Review. The time draws near when Crook County will be called upon to contribute its exhibit to the Lewis and Clark Fair to be held in Portland In 1005. The Ex position Is yet a year ahead of ua, but that is little enough time in which to prepare a creditable exhibit, and steps should be taken at once looking to such exhibit. Good work takes time to finish in all lines of industry, and a year goes very fast when you are engaged in got tlng up something that will be a credit alike to the state and county. The time Is come when Crook County can no longer hide its light under a. wool sack. Literature should now bo preparing set ting forth facts and prospects to be dis tributed among the visitors to the Ex position next year. Prineville has no Board of Trade to look after these im portant matters. Such a body should be organized, and at once. "He that tooteth not his own horn, 'the same shall remain untooted." One of the Delegates. Eugeno Journal. Our old friend, Dr. J. M. Keene, know3 a thing or two about running Conjrress ional conventions. Wo used to enjoy his visits at the State House Immensely. There was always something doing when "Doc" dropped in for a chat He could "cuss" enough In a few minutes to make the atmosphere blue all around and over to the Polk County hills. He fell out with Hermann, and along with R. J. Hendricks of the Salem Statesman, they worked up a scheme to down Blnger, and succeeded In combining all other candidates against him and nominated Thomas H. Tongue. But before Tongue died "Doc" had soured on him almost to the fighting point Ho had been promised a consulship, but Harry Miller got it. He moved from Salem to Medford, and has been making things hum out there. He engineered a solid delegation for Hermann from Jack son County, and never quit shouting until Blnger was safely landed. Dr. J. M. Keene and J. U. Campbell, of Clackamas, were then elected delegates to the Na tional Convention. He is an all-around good fellow every day In the year, at tends to business and makes lots of money when there is no politics In sight, but during convention seasons ho is always busy helping nominate somebody. He en- Joys the excitement as much as any great uuuiiuijiui:r cyvr ciijuyuu tuning an op posing army. "Bob" Veatch Sees Snakes. Cottage Grove Leader. R. W. Veatch enjoyed his annual Spring, hunt ror rattlesnakes last week. Bob's annual raids on the dens of these once numerous reptiles in this vicinity has made them very scarce, and he is now compelled to visit far away and unfre quented rocky regions to engage In his favorite sport His hunt last week was extended to Bake Steward's farm on Row River, where he succeeded In killing five of the poisonous reptiles and capturing one very large one alive, which sported eight rattles, the last rattle being large, indicating that the smaller ones had been worn off. The reptile must havo been 10 or 15 years old. Mr. Veatch's method of capturing the rattler Is very unique. He cuts a forked stick some six or eight feet In length, sharpens the two short points of the fork and places them In the ground on either side of the reptile's neck, which holds its head securely to the ground whila its body is placed into a large paper bag. tho kind U3ed In the hardware stores. After the body of the reptile is sacked, the forked stick Is re leased and the snake immediately draws its head back Into the sack, when the opening Is Immediately closed and tied With a cord. Mr. Veatch then places his captive Into his hunting-coat pocket and carries It about as though It was dead. His latest captive was taken to Eugene and presented to a friend last Saturday, who has caged it and placed the ropulslvo monster on exhibition. A peculiarity of this reptile Is that it will live for more than a year In captivity without either food or water. A STAND AGAINST EXPOSITIONS. Boston Transcript The Senate passed a bill In aid of the Lewis and Clark Exposition to be held In Portland, Or., in commemoration of the expedition conducted by those fa mous explorers, and sent it to the House. As passed by the Senate, the bill created a National Commission to supervise the exhibition which it rendered interna tional by authorizing the United States formally to Invite the participation of other nations. The appropriation in sup port of the Exposition was 51,775,000. The House Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions amended the Senate bill by striking out the provisions for a National Commission and for an International ex hibition, and limited the money aid to a total of i73,O0O, which was made con tingent on the Exposition Company rais ing JG0O.O0O in cash for the project The participation of the United States was limited to the usual Government exhibi tion and to the coining of $250,000 in gold souvenir dollars. Even in this radically modified form the bill failed to command the support of the House. That body on Monday first refused to suspend the rules to put the bill on Its passage, and a subsequent attempt to make it privi leged failed by reason of the absence of a quorum. The bill therefore goes to the calendar and must take its chances of favorable action in the last week3 of a session which members are trying to bring to a close by May L The stand taken against the continu ance of Government aid to expositions made in the instance is. we hope, the Indication of a Congressional determina tion to scrutinize exhibition projects care fully and to vote public money only to those which are to be held under con ditions that give some tangible promise of financial success. The conditions es sential to even partially financial suc cess are, a great city attractive in Itself and rendered additionally so by an ex hibition sanctioned by the general Gov ernment, at which shall be displayed "articles and things" from foreign lands with which we are not familiar and which present the charm of novelty. A World's Fair held in a corner Is doomed to both financial and industrial failure. Even the really great exhibitions held In the United States, those which have left a marked impress for good on our indus tries, have failed to turn In a new dollar for an old one. The promoters have either lost their money investment out right or received at most a small portion of It on the final settlement of accounts. In most j:ases the promoters could well afford to stand their Individual losses, and they recouped themselves in part at least by the increase of local revenues from the attendance on the exhibition. Government aid to exhibitions has been largely a Government gift A member who on Monday advocated the Lewis and Clark exhibition bill thought he was making a point In its favor when he stated that since 1S62 Con gress had appropriated J25,717,752 for ex positions, of which sum 52.070.SS8 had been covered back Into the Treasury. It was argued that as the Government had given $23,000,000 to expositions already it would never feel the $475,000 it was proposed to give to Portland, Or., which is simply another Illustration of a familiar line of Congressional thought The opposition to the grant was largely on constitutional ground, and no member dwelt upon the local conditions that make for either the financial or Industrial success of an ex hibition project No one reminded the House that Portland, Or., is a city of less than 50.000 Inhabitants, In a section of the Union remote from the greatest centers of population, a new place with out historical attractions, and off the main lines of travel. Such a community of itself would not give adequate sup port to anything larger than a local ex hibition, for it must depend mainly on the resident population for the gate money. Nor Is the historical event the exhibi tion will commemorate one that leaps at the more mention before the Imagination of tho country. It does not possess the conmact Individuality of the discovery I of America, the landing of the Pilgrims. or the signing of the Declaration ot in dependence. A somewhat similar1 dis advantage lies against the St. Louis ex hibition of celebrating a chain of events, rather than one historical incident which sharply Impresses itself on the National imagination. Great developments fol lowed the Louisiana Purchase, stretching over a long period of time, but the event itBelf 1b one rather realized than seen. Possibly the St Louis exhibition being on a mammoth scale may draw a great attendance, but even If It does, tho re ceipts will in all probability fall far short of recouping tho Government for its last grant of aid of 51.GOO.000, which is already being considered by Congressmen as, in effect, a gift to rescue an enterprise to which the National Government has been committed. Ingenious Jury Fixing. Philadelphia Ledger. "Most unique" la the comment of Law Notes on the method said to havo been employed In fixing the Jury which ac quitted Tillman, of South Carolina, of tho murder of N. G. Gonzales, who was shot down in cold blood. In the judg ment of South Carolina, the unsavory Tillman was guilty of murder, but no body thought he would be convicted in the Tillmanized state. Tho method of getting a jury was remarkable. Before the trial a number of men representing themselves to be agent of a picture en larging establishment went over the coun try ostensibly with tho object of selling a large picture of members of tho house hold. The dozen men were lawyers In disguise working In the Interest of Till man. They carried as a sample of their work an enlarged picture of Tillman, who was in Jail. They would not deal with women, but Insisted on tilklng with the man of the house. The exhibition of the Tillman portrait led to a discussion of the Gonzales assassination; the South Carolinians were questioned shrewdly about their feelings In tho matter; the results were duly noted; tho whole coun ty was canvassed, and when the trial came on the counsel for the defense had a complete list of all the antl-TlHmanltes and of all the Tillman sympathizers. If a man was called from the Jury panel who was against Tillman he was chal lenged or badgered Into an admission that he had disqualified himself by an expression of opinion, and the result was a Jury box filled with persons whoso judgment could be accurately foretold. Prophets Should Get Together. Pltt3burg Dispatch. This is a great year for the prophets, but their various stunts differ so much one from another that It naturally occurs to the lay mind that in these day3 of trusts and mergers it would be wise for them to get together and decide on a fixed schedule. Ono prophet prophesies big things for 1924 and another declares that the end of the world will come In 1903. These little discrepancies would be ob .vlated by an amicable consolidation. Make way for the prophets union and a has the prophecy unaccompanied by a union cam. t Looking Through Hill. Washington Post. Let the Influences that are predisposed to co-operate for Democratic success have a fair chance. Don't compel the country to look through David B. Hill or any other mouthpiece In order to see Candi date Parker. Should Have Run Incognito. Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle. On the whole, we nro now constrained to think William Randolph Hearst would have fared better had he run for the Presidency Incognito. a With Natural Result. Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle. It Is very evident that somebody Is try ing to put out the Grover Cleveland blazo I by throwing kerosene on It NOTE AND COMMENT. Things in Multnomah are blue to tho yellow candidate. By this time the gamblers should have acquired a taste for paying fines. Note and Comment's weather forecast (copyright 1946) Wet, if it rains. Seattle might arrange to divide tho Senatorial term between Piles, Wilson and Furth. The bluejackets In Ponsacola came near to adding another entry, to the list of "little wars." The Herreros are thoroughly barbaric. They prefer killing white" men to being killed themselves. Purity crusades are like the measles. A town's pretty sure to got 'om and pretty sure to get over 'em. The "bottled" correspondents are pulling wires to get out. The wireless corre spondents will be pulled by the Russians. The Japanese have a string on the war correspondents, and the Russians will have the "wireless" correspondents on a string with a noose at the end of it The Corean Emperor Is afraid of spooks. To the ordinary mtLti In his position nothing in the next world could be horrifying after his experience in this. A preacher in Chicago licked a couple of hold-up men and then went to church and preached a sermon. He was too kind to have the mon arrested or to force them to sit through his sermon. 1. Sir Mortimer, by Mary Johnston. 2. Hedda Gabler. by Hendrlk Ibtvn. 3. A Doll's House, by Hemlrlk Ibeen. These were the three books most in de mand last week at the Public Library of San Francisco. And yet they talk of frivolous 'Frisco. Admiral Togo pays the Mikado a high compliment by ascribing the victory c the Japanese navy to his Emperor's "glorious virtue," coupled with "heaven ly assistance," the latter, however, be ing evidently regarded as a secondary matter entirely. It looks as If It were up to the Czar to polish up his glorious virtue at once. The following original ad. which Is used by a store in Atchison, is called to tt. attention of the people by a Kansas City paper: One of these nights a mouse will gnaw a. match on your pantry shelf, dear sister, anl the Are will spread till It reaches your room, and you escape with your life, clad only la your night garments. Such a spectacular im portunity to create a sensation doesn't occur oftener than once In a lifetime, and how will you meet it? Dear sister, will your nlgv.t clothes be such that the tlremen will war.t to plunge In the flames and die? Or w 11 you look like the pictures on the billboards? Representative Clarence D. van Duz.r says that a miner once told him of the red man's greed for whisky, says the Argonaut "I was riding over the p!ai:.3 once," he said, "with a pint bottle stick ing out of my breast pocket, when an Indian met me. and. seeing the whiakj. wanted to buy It. And do you know what that Indian offered me Well, sir. he of fered me his buckskin breeches, his shirt. his saddle, his blanket, and his pony all for a pint of whisky. What do you thlik of that?" "And did you sell," asked Van Duzer. "No," said the miner, "I didn't It was my last pint" Professor Moses, of tho University ot California, has boon cherishing an or chard of peach trees these 20 years. Tho members of a sorority wanted to decor.it 3 their rooms for a recent entertainment and they took the professor's peach b! s soms, boughs and all, he says. For tl.ls he has publicly accused the sweet crea tures of "vandalism." and has denoun-ed co-education as a fraud and a snare. Tho members of the Gamma Gamma Gamma Sisterhood aro very Indignant at i'iq dreadful chargos made by Professor Moses, and it looks as If President Whal er will have to settle the question of whether peaches or peach blossoms should bo the more esteemed. A suit in one of tho municipal courts of Now York revealed a strange tragedy In tho life of a Japanese who came to 1Kb In America. The Jap, It appears, lost one of his ears before leaving his n.itlvo shores, and was In tho habit of con., al Ing his deficiency by brushing his lng hair over the place once occupied by tl e missing appendage. Ho became enamorci of an heiress In Now York, and, Joy! tho heiress smiled upon the Jap. Fearful lest his lack of an car should become appar ent by the waving aside of his locks, the Jap ordered one ot rubber. The false car was fastened to the stump of the former by means ofa spring, and was a very real looking production. Unfortunately, the spring relaxed Just as the Jap was declar ing his love to the heiress, and the rub ber simulacrum fell and bounced upon tho floor. The heiress sniffed her disapprove!, feeling, no doubt, that a suitor who de ceived her concerning his ear would net hesitate to deceive her concerning l.ts heart, and tho Jap lost his chance. Hr returned the false doubly false ear anl refused to pay for It Honce the suit ta recover. WEX. J. t OUT OF THE GINGER JAR. "They are mere nobodies." "Are you qul'o sure?" "Yes; that's tho beauty of It." re plied the coal baron. Chicago Evening; Post Patience See how yellow her hair is; and it used to be brown. Patrice Yes; she's b. a using one of those yellow Journals to make curl papers. Yonkere Statesman. "A man kind o loses ray sympathy." sal 1 Uncle Eben, "when he puts in ills time abusln' de trusts, 'stead o" readin de hep wanted' column." Washington Star. "I don't know whether she has shaken him or promised to marry him." "Why?" "He has stopped buying extravagant pres ents for her." Philadelphia Ledger. "You told mo you had an original idea In your novel." "I had." was the rply. "but the publlshr discovered it In the pr" f sheets and made me take It out." Washing ton Star. "How are you progressing in a literary way?" "Fine! All I need for my new novel Is a name, a publisher and enough to live on till It's published." Atlanta Con stitution. "Will -you?" thundered the stump orator, "strain at a gnat and swaltow a camel ?" The thoughtful citizen on the front seat knit his brows anxiously. "Arc they both sterilized?" he asked. Puck. Aunt Mary Nora, you're a cruel child. Lt that cat go at once. Nora But she's ben naughty. Aunty, an' I'm punlshln her I fi'.i her It was for her own good, an It hurt me moren't it hurt her. Brooklyn Life. Ma Did you hear that awful racket in the parlor Just then? Pa Yos; I wonder what It was? Ma I .don't know, but I hope It wasn't Clara breaking off her engagement with young Gotrox. Chicago Dally New?. Damocles' reckless gayety surprised his friends. "We do not see how you can be so happy and careless while that sword hangs over your head, suspended by a single hair " Damoeles snapped his fingers. "Fudge," he replied, "what's that to me? Our cock baa been threatening to leave for the paat thre 1 months!" Cincinnati Times-Star.