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PORTUVND. MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 1004.
PROPHECY THAT CAME TRUE.
"Troy was." Russia had a fleet in
Oriental waters; today her naval ensign
flies over a few limping stragglers,
scattered along the harbors of an alien
coast. The banner of the rising sun
has proved itself a "meteor flag," and
Togo, like van Tromp, might lash a
broom to his main truck as a sign that
he has swept the seas of his enemies,
Russia had no real chance of success
upon the water. Her men are not sail
ors. When Japan set the ball a-rolllng
by torpedoing the Russian ships in their
fortified harbor of Port Arthur last
February, it was remarked in these
columns that the blow would prob
ably render the squadron inactive
throughout the war. Nor did the Port
Arthur ships accomplish anything. A
few aimless and vacillating sorties
were made. Indeed, but so little effect
had they upon the enemy that Japanese
transports continued to ply within easy
distance
Evidently the situation at Port Ar
thur was desperate, and Admiral Wlth
oef t, now in an ocean grave, determined
to attempt a junction with the Vladl-
vostok squadron, which should never
have been separated from the command
to. which he succeeded. Before a ' con
siderably superior force the Russian
fleet was compelled to fly, and the
Port Arthur squadron is now a thing of
the past Apparently the three cruls
ers of the Vladivostik squadron were on
their way to join the Port Arthur
vessels, when they were encountered by
the Japanese, who must have been re
inforced by ships .fresh from victory
over Admiral Withoeft Thus both the
Russian squadrons were defeated, and
Russian sea-power in the Orient de
stroyed. With the dispersal of the
xvustutiu euips ouu men xugiii. miu lieu- i
tral ports, a new problem Is presented
to the Japanese. China is a neutraH
power, and Japan Is theoretically de-
barred .from taking offensive measures
against a Russian man-of-war in a
Chinese port
No doubt the Japanese, who have stu
diously refrained from any action that
might antagonize a neutral power,
would respect this theoretical barrier If
China were a military power and had a
reputation for straightforward dealing.
But China is not a military power, and
Japan is aware that Russia ls very
likely to violate her obligation to a
neutral unless -forestalled. There is no
guarantee that a Russian ship, after
coaling and refitting in a Chinese port,
would not slip out when opportunity
offered. Therefore, the Japanese are
hardly to blame for cutting out a Rus
sian vessel that has sheltered herself in
a Chinese port The case of the insig
nlficant gunboat Mandjur showed the
vaoillatlon of the government at Pekln,
and It is safe to say that an Ameri
can or British Admiral ln Togo's posl
tlon would go after the enemy's ships
in any port, with an- amended version
of Farragut's . exclamation ' 'Damn
neutrality; go ahead."
Such action is an insult to China, but
then China is used to being insulted,
and whether she likes It or not, "What
is she going to do about it?" It Is not
enough for a neutral to ask respect; it
must ibe commanded. When Russia,
Sweden and Demark formed the "armed
neutrality" with the object of obtaining
respect for their commercial flage,
Great Britain in 1801, as one of the bel
ligerents, sent Parker and Nelson to
Copenhagen with instructions to take
the Danish fleet With the amputation
of its mailed fist, the armed neutrality
found life purposeless and died a sud
den death. International laws, like clay
pigeons, are made to be shot to pieces.
A DISCOUBAGEB OF 11ESPOXSIBELITT.
Another aspect of the proposal to
change the name of the State Reform
School Is its possible bearing on par
ental responsibility. If commitment to a
State Industrial School Instead of to a
Reform School shall carry with it no
cause of shame, will not a larger num
ber of parents be ready to shirk the re-
""-jEponslblllty and give their children over
to the care of the state, which is now
expected to do almost anything for
everybody? With the disgrace removed,
the parent could proudly announce to
his friends that his son is in attendance
at the State Industrial School Far
better it is that the present name con-
tlnue in use and that boys be sent to
that institution only when the efforts
cf parents have failed and the public
good demands the confinement of the
boy under restraining influences.
A few years ago it was proposed
that the name of the Oregon State In-
8A.TIA AkvIiiiti Vif ehnnepft tn Oreeon
gtat Hospital, the purpose being to
. . dIsrre whlch me
- oeraanR fl after havln been confined
f ,f in if noc nrtmaH fhnt
people have an aversion to sending their
mentally deranged relatives to anax
Place, because of its name. There is
doubtless some truth in this, and yet
it will be clear to even-one that to
change the name as proposed would he
on tnvlto-tlnn frf naranna ntlnn'ffhord tn
Mf ntt h,,0n nf rr- 1
Ing for" those who. through age or other
tnr - mu tn fnr fhnm.
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IX EXTENUATION OF GIRI. BxBIES.
Owlntr to the confusion of the moment
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m tne nousenoia or .MX. ana .airs, jnick
Romanoff seem to have been over
iookt It Deen too readilv taken
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fern", c oi.uuiivi i.uf,
Daoy is more aesiraDie man a gin,
and before young Alexis is a year old
his fond parents are In a fair way to
v,nno.0 thMr mlnrfc
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ruu"u " "Je uimeu ouiiea
oteuuuy leimeu mr suixiti juiiia
away from the old preference for boys
toward a juster appreciation of the
onalitloc, nf Mnfnntllo. fcmlnlnitv TTip
, .
siuion, lniiuencea oy jewisn xraaition
and cultivated by warlike rulers. China
is the sublime and supreme embodi
ment of the ancient predilection and in
obedience to It her annals are red with
blood and black with crime. The fight
ing nations of Northern Europe have
cherished the time-honored fallacy, and
there is much in German and even
English conjugal custom in keeping
with the savage ideal of barbarism.
The experience of refined civilization,
where life means something more than
raids on rival tribes and the institution
of a family vl et armls, has dispelled
much of the old preference for boys
and discovered the satisfaction that is
potentially embodied in the birth of a
little glrL Tired with the strenuoslty
of modern society, father and mother
both realize at length that the boy
Is much harder to raise than a girl, he
is much less use to them after he is
raised, and in their declining years it
is the daughter's hand and not the son's
that leads them tenderly to the chimney
corner or the shady spot on the mid'
summer porch, and lingers to close the
dying eyes.
Mr. and Mrs. Romanoff will learn
many things in the eventful weeks -and
months that are before them. Whereas
his sisters have dutifully endured to
have their hair combed and suffered the
pangs oi xeeimng witn patience, mis
iusiy young jzaroviicn aviii nowt au
day and night, beat his head upon the
floor and kick his solicitous mother In
the stomach when she essays to soothe
him. And when Nicholas has risen
nightly to warm the milk about twice
as often as he had to with little Stasia
and Madle, the carpet tacks upon the
floor and the chill night air taking
liberties with his person will make him
forget his other troubles like Port Ar
thur land Llao Yang and wish that
Alexis had been born a girl
The mother is proud to have a son;
but as time goes on the world and his
young wife and his own ambitions
draw him from her side. There Is one
thing in this world second to the love
of a mother, and that is the love of
u. uu.ugiii.cr. x'ruiii Liitj time sue puis
her tiny hands in her father's andi
anxiously wonders how she can earn
money to keep papa, to the day when
she receives tine last farewell from tired
eyes to worldly scenes, she Is a joy, a
comfort, an. ornament In the day of
power, a solace in the day of sorrow, a
stay in the night of loss and shame. In
the latest novel of the hour you will
find the busy and battered man of the
world, as he stands with his wife by the
bedside of his sick boy, realizing as the
author puts It, that there ln the do
mestic sanctuary are the vital, ele
mental things of life, and that all else
out in the world is artificial, visionary
and negligible; and in one of the old
est and grandest of English novels you
shall find .one of the subllmest. death
bed scenes that ever rose berore the
mind of man where poor old John
Sedley lay in solemn penitence, held by
the hand of Amelia, sitting there and
softly praying through her tears. Who
can but echo the wish of Thackeray
"May you and I, friend, when our turn
comes, nave sucn company in our
prayers!"
A WAKNT2JG AND AN OFFER.
A timely warning to complaisant hus
bands is afforded in the case of Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Brynlng, of Kansas
because .air. rynmg was too
fond of hls "wife and acquiesced in
everything she did, Mrs.- Brynlng has
secured a divorce. "My husband had no
backbone," said Mrs. Brynlng, in talk
ing over the strange reason for a di
vorce. "Whenever I asked for anything
I always got it without question. There
Is no satisfaction' in that kind of hum
drum existence for me."
There are .a great many husbands
especially in "the Western part of the
TJnlted States, who should take a lesson
from the marital downfall of Mr. Bry
nlng. In Europe, especially such mas
culine communities as Russia and Tur
key, uxoriousness is comparatively un
known; but in our Western States, the
wife is too often not only the head of
the family but the Whole Thing. The
logical result of aman's abdication of his
natural place is accurately shown in the
Brynlng case. It is satisfactory neither
to the downtrodden man or the tyran
nous wife. She longs for freedom from
such an unnatural state and she is en
titled to it
We. hope that Mrs. Brynlng will now
get the kind of a man she wants. There
are several in this part of the country
that would fill the bill. We have one In
mind who, we have no doubt, would
make" her contented and happy. He is a
man of giant frame, beetling brows and
long, deep lines between the eyes and
I on either side of the prominent nose and.
domineering mouth. He carries a stout
stlok, -which upon occasion he uses with
precision and a heavy hand. Under his
manly protection, Mrs. Brynlng would
never for one moment be deluded into
the supposition that she was It. On re
ceipts of 2 cents in stamps we will for
ward Mrs. Brynlng the name of this
mnl Tirntw.tnr mild And master, with I
a guarantee that she will never have to I
complain of him for being -too kind and
considerate.
PORTLAND IS NOT SO GREEN.
The ability and reasonableness of
fy XnYi-nckrr'3 nrnlnnfltlnn nf tho "Port- I
Mr. Schwerin's explanation of the Port
J"u Asiauu wiuims iu w.
01 Japanese traae wm pruoaoiy put mat
tonic In thp catesrorv of closed lncl
T 1 rtoln fnat cn Inner fli
Russia is able to enforce her ideas of
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contraDana, snipmenis iu ou mu w.u
be at the mercy of the Russian fleet,
and fact seems at length to have
dawned upon the Puget Sound lines as
well. If the expense of protecting the
commerce of the port toy war risKS is
deemed prohibitU-e, there is, of course,
nn nr? if npp.lallv as some com
promise has been arrived at in the
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pass without some fuller explanation.
and that is the dear old chestnut about
tJlfi trflnTfl(.iflR servicft belntr ooerated
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ocnwerin szaies mai me rorumm
& Asiatic line has lost since it was
started S309.411.26. Overlooking the
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tne unina commercial, it is uniair io
charge that amount up against Port-
land The Portland & Asiatic Steam-
shin'nnmnanv is onprated in connection
with the O R. & Co to nrbtect the
rail HnM of that comnanv In the
rail lines of that companj In the
three years of its operation it has
handled from Portland for the Orient
185,000 tons of flour. To quote Mr.
Schwerin: "The trade of this port is
a very small portion of the business
done by the steamship line." This we
believe to be an error, but will let it
go, and add but 125,000 tons for the
"larger part" of the business. Assum
ing that his figures on the losses of the
line are correct, it would amount to
about $1 per ton. To produce this
amount of flour would require 200,000
tons of wheat The average rate col
lected by the O. R. & N. Co. on this
wheat would be about $3.50 per ion, or
$700,000, for the rail haul to Portland.
This is the situation which causes
Portland to resent the Intimation that
the Portland & Asiatic line Is unable
to take proper- care of the freight offer'
lngs of its patrons, because It is losing
too much money already. The O. R. &
N. steamers operating between RIparia
and Lewiston would hardly be able to
show big dividends on the wheat which
they pick up around Lewiston and de-
liver to the cars at RIparia, but they
are still in ousienss ana in connection
with the rail lines contribute to making
a profit for the system as a whole. Had
Mr. Schwerin refrained from cutting
rates at the very period when the Port
land & Asiatic liners were crowded to
their capacity, the vessels would have
shown earnings of at least $10,000 more
per trip than was secured while that
costly war was raging.
it tne Jfortiana & Asiatic line or
some other line, under the patronage of
the Harriman system, does not operate
ships out of this port the wheat and
flour trade of the Inland Empire will
De diverted to a port where ships are
obtainable. Principally by reason of
-xr- RohwprhV arMnn In rntMnir ratpq.
the P. & A. Is charged with a loss of $1
per ton on the. Oriental flour traffic. At
the same time the O. R. & N. places to
its credit $3.50 per ton for hauling this
wheat or flour to tidewater. In other
words, Mr. Harriman paid out of his
Portland & Asiatic pocket a loss of
$185,000, and placed in his O. R. & N.
pocket $700,000. which he had collected
for the rail haul of the business which
caused the P. & A. loss.
Soft words butter no parsnips The
extent to which hypnotism has been
Invoked by the railroad system which
holds Portland and all Oregon In Its
grasp may show some noteworthy
achievements in recent months -and
vonr, vnt th hiiinQ n nf this Mtv
are rapidly coming out from under the
spell. The extensions that have been
announced but not built, the traffic
rates in and out of Portland by rail
and sea, promised but not put Into
effect all these things have been ac
cepted and gratitude has been expressed
as one great Mahatma after another has
spread them out entrancingly In the air
and bade" us behold them. Among all
these magical exhibits, none has held a
higher place or seems destined to a loi"
tier fall than the-moonlight-on -the-lake
delusion that the trans-Pacific steam-
chin sprvHro is maintain at a insa frnm
1,
self-sacrificing impulses of altruistic
philosophy.
FIGURES DISCREDITED.
Dr. F. L. Wachenheim, of New York,
criticises in detail, In a recent issue of
the Medical Record, the methods by
which vital statistics are collected and
presented. The figures given -under
this head, he declares, are inaccurate,
and the deductions from them far
fetched and unreliable. He cites in
proof of these deficiencies the ridlcu-
loijtaly low figures ln the American sta-
ustics oi luegitimacy, tne plain fact
being tnat most illegitimate births are
not reported at all. After carefully
noting me uaia upon wnicn tne mor-
taury rate oi large cities is hased, Dr.
Wachenheim 'concludes that up to the
present time an tnat can he said of the
whole series of mortality tables .as pub
lished is that they are plausible arid
create an optimistic (occasionally pes
simistic) impression, while of true sci
entific value they possess not the faint
est trace.
This criticism seems harsh and the
conclusion fallacious. Looking about
us, for example, we see that the death
rate from diphtheria has greatly dimin
ished in the past two decades; that
the whooping cough once the dread of
mothers and the scourge of young chll
dren has diminished ln violence and in
Its period of durations that measles In
telligently treated is rarely fatal, and
that scarlet fever still a justly dreaded
scourge when treated according to elm-
pie, well-known sanitary methods, sel
dom results fatally or leaves behind, as
formerly, enfeebled constitutions, deaf
ness and other disastrous consequences
incident to the virulence of the disease
and the injudicious use of drugs
The two common diseases, both now
classed as preventable, both communi
cable but neither actively contagious,
that show practically no diminution,
either in frequency or fatality, are
typhoid and consumption. Notwith
standing improvement In the treatment
of these diseases, each still "runs its
course" mortality from the former
having decreased perhaps slightly whllej
the latter atlll claims Its victim in a
vast majority of cases, In its own time.
Yet we know that the world moves in
the direction of sanitary science and we
still have faith to believe that in due
time the sound and sage policy of pre
vention will prevail generally in regard
to these maladies; that less attention
will be clven to Tomprilnl and mor to
protective measures in dealing with
them; that men will grow in habits of
personal cleanliness until expectoration
upon the streets and In other public
places will cease; that health authori
ties will Increase in vigilance as they
have In knowledge, making It Impossl-
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um lur lypnom to una Dreeamg-piaces
in cities and tuberculosis to lurk in the
dust of the streets. Vital statistics
may be misleading and Irfaccurate, .but
:ommon seiisc Is a safe guldo and
cleanliness Is Its chief auxiliary when
the matter of preventing disease is un
der consideration.
The people of Salem ar.e to be con
gratulated upon the prospect of re
ceiving in the near future a pure water
supply for their homes. Fdr many
years the Hatiltal ritv hVta ftt thn ro.
proach incident to an unsatisfactory
water supply, and several times In rcla-
tlvely recent years Its citizens have
been confronted with epidemics of dis
ease due to this condition. Years ago,
when water for all purposes was drawn
from wells, many Salom homes were
left desolate from tho ravages of diph
theria. Typhoid has had several In
nings, scoring heavily a number of
times since then, .and the only defense
that could be made against It was by
mat couia De made agnlnst It was by
rilterinsr and honlntr tho. wntep In iiV
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the homes of tho city. During all of
theie later years the Board of Health
has been active in urging protective
metnods. an to the Intelligent co-oper-
atIon of citizens In these efforts Is due
. .
the fact that the city has been able, in
the face of an Impure water supply, to
show during a considerable portion of
each year a reasonably clean bill of
health. Now we are told it is to have
water as pure and clear as that sup
plied to Portland and Astoria. This is
Indeed good news.
Judge Parker will not be a candidate
for re-election because "no Incumbent
of the office should be placed in a situa
tion of possible temptation to consider
what the effect of any action taken by
him might have upon his political for
tunes." In other words. Judge Parker
does not think the people are capable
of fairly judging the public acts of an
officer, or he expects his acts to be such
as the people would not approve. If hi3
re-election was within the power of the
trusts he might not have recorded his
declination thus early, but knowing
that he cannot serve both the trusts
and the people with satisfaction to
both, he 13 not willing to submit his
administration to- the approval of the
voters. As a matter of fact, the Judge
is off m his reasoning. There Is nnthlnn-
that keeps a public officer closer to the
line of duty than the hope of re-elec
tion. The man who has no hope or In
tention of coming again before the peo
ple Is the one who can best afford to
disregard the" welfare of the masses in
the interest of the classes.
There were no bidders for the lands
In the north half of the Grand Ronde
reservation, which was offered for sale
by the Government.- This land had
been burned over and Is covered with
the wnltened trunks of trees which
once 8looa in "ie miasi oi. a aense xor
est ol uiisurpasseu umuer. a large pro
portion of the old tree trunks have al
ready fallen and those now standing
will last but a few years. These bare
snags, rising out of a heavy growth of
brush and fern, "present a view not very
inviting, it is true, yet thpre is little
reason to doubt that ln a very few
years all that region will become valu
able as grazing land. All through the
Western" slope of the Coast Range of
mountains there Is an abundance of
moisture which keeps grass green and
fresh after valley pastures have become
dry. That the region west of the Coast
Range of mountains is not so well
known as it should be, is Indicated by
the large amount of good land still open
to settlement,
Advices from Lebanon state that the
short grain crop In Linn County will
prevent the paper mills from securing
enough straw to keep them ln opera
tion for the usual period, unless the
farmers are paid very high prices for it.
Here is a. condition of affairs which
would seem to leave an opening for a
paper mill east of the Cascade Moun
tains. The wheatgrowers of the Inland
Empire have for the past two years
sold considerable Eastern Oregon wheat
tn fh. v-iiw flnnr mitia nnri
trn.. t.
vojicj pu-i-'Ci. marvel a imfcUL Bu uvci UlC
iiiuuuia.1113 uiiu uujr uic . oiiiiw uuju
which the wheat was threshed. In
many localities In Eastern Oregon and
Eastern Washington there Is a tend
ency to abandon the combined harvest
ers and return to the binders. This will
insure plenty of straw In almost any lo
cality In the wieat belt, and It will be
much more valuable for papermaklng
purposes than for feed or fertilizer after
it Is burned.
T7Mo-v OTtiorto frnnn "Rplfhi-m -trVin Tmvo
Deen conducting experiments at Salem
for the last three years and have raised
and stored away a large quantity of
flar. will erect a linen mill at a cost
cf $100,000, "without asking for a dol-
iar of subsidy." It is this latter Infor-
mation that Is reassuring. When men
with cardial, who understand their
business, are willing to put their own
money Into an enterprise, there is rea
son to have confidence in Its success.
The linen mill will undoubtedly pay
from the start, and in the course of a
few years we shall count the growing
of flax for the fiber among our valued
resources, ranking with hopgrowing as
a distributor of wealth among a large
number of people.
The report that Mrs. Maybrlck had
become a mental and physical wreck
through her long imprisonment and the
nervous strain that deferred hope of
Telease had. Induced seems to have been
without foundation. According td- the
latest report, she is "clearwltted and
mildly, robust" Her wish expressed In
an Interview given to the London Dally
Chronicle "to die out of the memory of
people on both sides of the Atlantic" is
sufficient proof of her entire sanity.
Judge Parker regards the gold stand
ard as irrevocably established, a con
dition brought about in spite of Judge
Parker's Influence twice, exerted ln
favor of the election of a free silver
candidate for the Presidency. Yes,
Judge, the gold standard is irrevocable,
for the people will not remove from
power the party; that established It
W0RDS AND DEEDS ABOUT OREGON
Chicago Inter Ocean.
"William I. Marshall writes a long let
ter censuring, as historically inaccurate
and politically unfair, the use of the
Oregon case by the Inter Ocean to Illus
trate the persistence of Democratic blun
dering on expansion questions.
"Neither the Democrats nor the
Whigs," asserts Mr. Marshall, "ever
opposed the acquisition of Oregon' be
cause It was so 'far,' or for any other
reason." To support this assertion Mr.
Marshall gives a long list of Democratic
leadcra who, at some time or other,
spoke In favor of taking or keeping
Oregon.
Lists of this kind are easy to compile
If words be regarded rather than deeds,
or their absence, and If the date of ut-
toranco be concealed, thus making tne
speaker appear to s"how foresight when
what he really had was merely nma
slght. Tho case of Benton Illustrates tne
latter point. In the early MOs Benton
could be described as a moderate ex
pansionist But In 1S25 he showed so
little perception of the course of empire
that ho said In a public speech:
The ridge of the Rocky Mountains may be
named as a convenient, natural, and everlast
ing boundary. Along this ridge tho Western
"
statue of the fabled god Terminus should be
oreoted on Its highest peak, never to be thrown
down.
Benton's utterance of 1S23 .was typical
of the attitude of the controlling forces
of the Democratic party from the an
nexation of Florida to tho nomination
of Polk. Throughout this quarter cen
tury tho Democratic position was that
wo had territory enough, and that there
was no more on this continent worth
having. Its spirit was that displayed
by Jackson when he said:
It should bo our policy to concentrate our
Umlt8 untll our country, ln th08e limits, is
mied with a dense population,
The tJnlted States claimed Oregon by
right of Gray's discovery of the Colum
bla In 1732; of such title as France ma3
havQ nad conveyed to us In 1S03; 0
may
of
Lewis' and Clark's explorations; of
actual settlement at Astoria In 1811,
confirmed by the treaty of Ghent ln
1814; of the cession by Spain of her
claims in 1818, and finally, of the relin
quishment of Mexico of her claim la
1&24.
The Democratic party held the Presi
dency continuously from 1800 to 1S24,
and from 1828 to 1840. It controlled
both houses of Congress continuously
from 1800 to 1836. and was not wholly
o.splaced by the Whigs during the Van
Buren and Harrison-Tyler administra
tions. What were the acts of that party
with reference to expansion to the Pa
cific during that period?
In 1S18, at the very time the Monroe
administration was sanctioning Jack
son's highhanded proceedings in Flor
ida, It signed a treaty with England rec
ognlzlng Oregon as neutral or open ter
rltory for ten years, which treaty was
renewed by the Jackson administration
In 1828.
The eloquent plea of Floyd of "Vir
ginia in 1820 for the occupation of Ore
son fell on deaf ears. In 1824 the House
passed a bill embodying Floyd's Idea,
but it failed ln the Democratic Senate.
Senator Linn's similar bill of 1838 was
also rejected. And all this time suc
cessive Democratic administrations took
no steps to reinstate Mr. Astor and his
associates in their rights at Astoria,
solemnly confirmed to them by the treaty
of Ghent.
At the very time that Marcus Whit
man was floundering through tne
Wahsatch snowdrifts on his ride across
the continent to plead with his Govern
ment to save Oregon from the grip of
England's Hudson's Bay Company, Sen
ator McDuffle, a Democrat, was oppos
ing a bill for the occupation of Oregon
with such arguments as this:
There are 700 miles this side of the Bocky
Mountains that are uninhabitable. ... I
would not give a pinch o snuff for the whole
(Oregon) territory. I wish the Rocky Moun
tains were an Impassable barrier. ... I
would not consent to expend ?5 to enable our
population to go there.
So effective was. Democratic opposi
tion to Oregon that the Whig majority
passed the bill ln the Senate by only one
vote, and were unable to get It through
the House.
It Is true that the Democratic party
reversed itself the very next year, and
in lts platform of 1844 declared our title
to Oregon "clear and unquestionable."
However, the first platform declaration
against the relinquishment of American
territory did not come from the Demo
crats, but from the Whig party when It
nominated Henry Clay ln 1832, and pro
tested against vthe surrender of a part
of Maine, as proposed by the Van Buren
administration.
The change ln the Democratic atti
tude is easily accounted for. While the
party leaders slumbered the people had
taken hold of the Oregon question. Mar
cus Whitman's ride had attracted Na
tional attention, and the emigrants he
led to Oregon in 1843 had proved popu
lar interest and illustrated public feel-
lnpr. While tho Whigs were fighting
among themselves the Democrats final
ly awoke.
Men and parties are Anally judged
not by word3 but by deeds., The deeds
of the Democratic party up to 1844 prove
it blundered then about Oregon as it is
blundering now about the Philippines.
One of Few Able Democrats.
New York Mall (Rep.)
The death- of ex-Governor Robert E,
Pattlson. of Pennsylvania, would be ac
v, u Votlnnol
Democracy if the National Democracy
had ever shown any capacity to make use
of such exceptional men as he. He was
an excellent example of American man
hood. A lawyer and business man of
first-rate ability, he was willing to serve
the Deople honestly and well when they
called him. The Democratic party nas no
more like him ln Pennsylvania and ex
ceedlngly few ln the country.
Giving a Simple Explanation.
Detroit Free Press.
Rummer boarder What's the matter
with these string beans? They taste like
so mucn wooa,
Farmer Thi3 is a new variety I've just
been cultivating. I read about them In a
book written by a college professor that
had never lived ln the country.
The Conquering Images.
"Unpublished war song of General Waltabltsky,
ln Town Topics.
Ikons Omnia Vlncunt" Ivan Ennyoldvltch.
They may lick us on the land.
They may Uck ua on the sea;
But we'll make our final etand
"When they think we're up a tree;
For we'll mobilize our Ikons,
And they'll see where they will be!
They may knock us Into pi.
They may force us to retreat.
They may black our other eye.
They may bottle up our fleet;
But we'll mobilize our Ikons,
And the foe will be our meat.
Tou may think the Bear can't bite.
And we don't know how to ocrap
In our majesty and might
"We will sponge 'em oft the map,
"When we mobilize our Ikons
And annihilate the Jap.
We've been fooling up to now.
But we know where we are at.
And we've made an awful vow
(Keep your eye on Kuropat
When we mobilize our Ikons
And the popes go to the bat).-
TVe will sprinkle on the Japs
Holy 'water till they quail.
And we'll give 'em well, perhaps,
"We will make 'em sick and pale
"When we mobilize our ikons,
For the heathen can't prevail.
"When to Toklo we get.
With our bureaucrats and .Czar,
We will make 'em eklp, you bet!
They will get a nasty Jar . .
When we mobilize our Ikons
And our azzing Samovar
THE GROWTH OF CITIES.
Chicago Tribune.'
Twenty years ago the annual estimate
of Chicago's population, based on the di
rectory figures, was paraded with much
gusto. The recent announcement that the
city has 2,241,000 people barely provokes
comment. Some citizens possibly view
with alarm Instead of pride this rapid In
crease of urban population.
The growth of this city, If viewed with
alarm by many, Is but an evidence of J
tne wonawiae movement irom tne rural
districts to the urban centers. Germany
and England are, ln fact, more exercised
over tho growth of . the large cities than
is America. The question has there be
come a national one, and the discussion
has enlisted the talents of eminent econ
omists and public men. The agrarian
party ln Germany base3 its fundamental
argument on the alleged devltatlizing ef
fect of city life on tho national vigor.
It contends that agriculture is the main
stay of the physical life of the Nation,
and that it should be encouraged by
means of higher tariffs. The lowering of
the physical standards for recruits in the
English army was said to bo tho neces
sary result of the baleful Influences of the
large cities ln weakening the race. Lon
don, onco the pride of Samuel Johnson,
who said that It provided for every human
want, has been described by Lord Rose-
bery as "a tumor, an elephantiasis suck
ing Into its gorged system half the life
and blood and bone of the rural districts."
Between 1890 and 1900 the rural popula
tion of this country Increased 9 per cent;
the village population (towns of less than
8000), 35 per cent; the small city (SOOO to
100,000), 27 per cent; the. large city (100,-
000 or more), 46 per cent. While this
would seem to show that the large city
was receiving the largest number of re
cruits, yet there was developed ln that de
cade a more encouraglntr tendency viz,
the drift of the manufacturing Industry
to the smaller centers of population.
Towns of 20,000 or less increased In the
number of wageworkers and the value of
manufactured products to a greater de
gree than the large cities.
Extremely high rents and the greater
power of labor organizations In the large
cities are the causes which work for the
new movement. "Industrial towns" are
being organized in Europe as well as
America. Many of them aro models of ex
cellence in the matter of health and at
tractiveness. The Garden City Association
of England is attempting to organize
these now "Industrial towns" on a plan
which will give to the municipality the In
crement ln land values which the aggre
gation of population always brings.
Transportation will doubtless settle the
question of the "congestion" ln large
cities. The suburb will grow more at
tractive with cheap and rapid transit, and
the suburb seems to be the summum bon
um of human life. Transportation de
veloped Industrialism, and as a result tho
city. It would seem that transportation
Is destined to solve the problems for
which It Is mostly responsible.
flEED OF AHARM0NIZER.
New York Tribune.
The President's adversaries in the news
paper press ought to hold an experience
meeting and enter In a gentlemen's agree
ment as to the proper line of attack. So
long as they continue simultaneously to
refute one another's arguments they will
never make any progress. Possibly it is
none of our business; but we really hate
to see so much righteous wrath and con
troverslal fervor going to waste. Only
last Saturday the New York World pub
lished a very solemn article, occupying
nearly the whole of Its editorial page, ln
which the President waa sternly arraigned
for truckling to organized capital. On the
same day the New York Sun, at a smaller
expenditure of space, but with similar
typographical emphasis, denounced him
for truckling to organized labor. In order
that we may not be accused of making an
invidious distinction, we supply herewith
a fair sample of each of these powerful
productions:
From the New Tork World :
Shall the action of the President ln ridding
himself of the one successful trust prosecutor
ln order to placate the corporations ln making
his former private secretary aod head of the
Department of Commerce a campaign fund so
licitor from the very corporations he was ap
pointed to "diligently investigate" ln appoint
ing a railroad corporation official Secretary of
the Navy, and a political agent of the Southern-'
Pacific Railway to the head of the depart
ment to supervise and curb corporations (all
to aid his own campaign) shall this "surrender
of the Rough Rider" be approved by the peo
ple? Shall the rule of corrupt corporations
ln politics and their controlling Influence In
government be further enlarged and confirmed
by continuing In power a party closely allied
with them by the granting of special privileges
ln the tariff, by the election of corporation
agents to Congress and to state offices, and
through the reconstruction of the Cabinet to
meet their views?
From the New York Sun;
Aa for Mr. Roosevelt, he has placed himself
frankly, fearlessly and unequivocally against
the Constitution ln gross and detail. He la not
for the right of a man to sell his labor to
whom he will for such price as he Is willing
to accept. He is against freedom of contract.
He Is on the side of the men who are every
day seeking to overthrow the Constitution and
who entertain for It nothing hut derision and
hatred. He has Joined their organizations,
espoused their creed, received their leaders at
his dwelling and ln his official residence; and
as President of the United States has wel
comed their delegates when they came to de
mand of him that he Interfere ln the govern
ment of a sovereign state In behalf of men
who were ln open rebellion and outlawry
against that state. There la no concealment or
shuffling or evasion about Mr. Roosevelt. He,
the student of the Constitution and of the
laws that are founded on It, does this thing
at this time, not because he Is lawless or be
cause he would like to see the Constitution de
stroyed and with it vanish our liberties, but
because he wants to get votes so that he will
be elected President and take the oath of
allegiance to the Constitution of the United
States.
It Is hardly probable that a conference
looking to concert of action would result
In a surrender on the part of either of
these resolute champions, but we 6hould
suppose that their common detestation of
the President might furnish the basis for
a compromise. This ousht to be a cam-
nalKn of reason, ln which neither the la
boring man nor the capitalist should be ln
danger of "dilating with the wrong emo
tion."
Growing Power of the Senate.
Philadelphia Ledger.
There never was a time when the Sen
ate did not seek to magnify Its powers.
Having equal legislative authority, except
for some nominal restrictions, with the
House of Representatives, with less Imme
diate accountability to the constituencies,
and sharing, as it does, ln some, execu
tive functions, the Senate has always had
more opportunities to "curb" the co-ordi
nate branches than they haa to curb it
This has not always been a disadvantage
to the country.
The Golfer in Love.
Clinton Scollard, ln Elfe.
In the "foursome" some would fain
Find nepenthe for their woe;
Following through" shine or rain
Where the "greens" like eatln show;
But I vote such sport as "slow"
Find It rather glum and grewsome; -
With a little maid I know
I would play a quiet "twosome"!
In the "threesome" some maintain
Lies excitement's gayest glow
Strife that mounts unto the brain
Like the sparkling Veuve Clicquot;
My opinion? Nay, not so!
Noon or eve or morning dewsome .
With a little maid I know
I would play a quiet "twosome"
Bays of glory some would gain
With grim "bogey" for their foo; '
(He's a bogey who's not slain
Save one smite with canny blow!)
Yet I hold this tame, and though
My refrain seems trite, 'tis truesame;
With a little maid I know
I would play a quiet "twosome"!
Comrades all who golfing go.
Happiness If you would view some
With, a little 'maid you know
Hasto and play a quiet "twosome"!
NOTE' AND GOMMENTv
, rt
Run a Map. . :
Is there trouble with wire.
Run a map.
It can't be wrong to Are
In a map.
Bum report? well, never .mind,
War was certainly designed'
So. excuses we might find
For a map.
Is the local rather light, ,
Run a map. ' -
Put a cross for "latest fight!'
On the map.
Very shy on city dope? . '
There's no cause to worry, nope. "
Place your confidence and hope'
In a map.
Mukden make an Inky blot
On -your map;
Show an- army at each spot
On your map;
Crosses mark a "battle here."
Scatter them both far and near
Empty spaces look so queer
On a map
Make a score of little squares
On your map
Make a hundred no one cares ,
On a map.
Each of them an army shows
Are they right? there's no one knows
As an expert's guess It goes
On a map.
To Impress the public's brain
Run a map.
Be sure there's nothing seems toq plain
On your map.
Murder all tho alphabet.
X's, K's and Z's you get
When they're shaken up and set.
Run a map.
Then again it's easy to be daring with
another fellow's ship.
Portland people have entered upon an
other undertaking. A tombstone associa
tion has been formed.
Gromoboi means the "thunderer."
Plenty of thunder but little lightning
seems to be the trouble with all the
Russian ships.
A Chicago correspondent writes about
the stage Irishman who "sings of Tipper
ary or some other seaport." As a sea
port Tipperary ranks with Butte, Mont
A Salem correspondent says;
"Thra Roaring Gimlet Gold Mining Com
pany of Arizona has filed articles of in
corporation in this state." What a bore!
Canada has an alien labor law aimed
against Americans, and America has an
alien labor law aimed against Canadians.
If reciprocity In anti-reciprocal directions
Is thus an accomplished fact, what pre
vents it from coming into use in sensible
directions?
The " Pall Mall Magazine, William
Waldorf Astor's London publication, ap
pears to have struck a novelty in having
an Insert of two souvenir pictorial post
cards ln each issue. The cards are per
forated and can be detached easily with
out spoiling the appearance of the maga
zine, which is one of the best published,
so far as appearances go.
Grave news from the Far East. The
Wai Wou Pou, or Chinese Foreign Office,
remains silent in the Ryeshitelnl incident
O "Wal Wou Pou,
Please won't 'oo
Say sumfin do!
Goo-goo,
"Wal Wou Pou,
It's bad of 'oo
Not to coo;
O Wal Wou Pou,
Ourgle do!
From a letter .in the Pittsburg. DIspatclu
It Is very gratifying to hear that the sug
gestion made ln this column regarding the
recall of Minister Eelshman Is about to be
acted upon. A Cabinet meeting was called
last night for the purpose of dealing with
the subject, and the opinion expressed ln this
column was indorsed.
Scene a Cabinet meeting. Enter Roose
velt and Hay.
R. What are we to do with Turkey,
Hay?
H. I notice that a correspondent of the
Dispatch says we should recall Irish
man.
R. That settles it; recall him right
away.
An exchange credits Joseph W. Folk
with this story:
"Speed," said Mr. Folk, smiling, " is an
excellent thing, a thing that will achieve
wonders. I heard the other day of an
Irishman, though, who expected too much
of speed.
"This Irishman was a painter. TJsually
being paid by the hour, he worked rather
slowly, but a friend one day found him
painting away like a steam engine.
"The friend paused to investigate so
strange a matter.
" 'What's come over ye, McGulre?" he
said. 'It ain't like you to work that fast
" 'Whist," said McGulre. 'Stand oot o
the way and don't sthop me. Ol'm shtrlv
in' to get through before me paint gives
out' "
WEX J.
Got His Coffee Cold.
Rochester Herald.
Senator "Joe Blackburn, of Kentucky,
Is a gentleman of the old school and his
courtesy tc women is never falling. Ow
ing to this fact he recently had cold cof
fee served with his breakfast every morn
ing for two weeks.
He was making a trip to the mountains
ln the eastern part of the state and made
his stopping-place a farmhouse at a re
mote point from the city. On the day of
his arrival he was rather late for din
ner and the lady of the house apologized
for the coffee, which at that time was
lukewarm.
"Oh, do not mind It In the least, mad
am," said Senator Blackburn. "I really
prefer my coffee cold, you know."
It was served cold during the remainder
of his stay.
OUT OF THE GINGER JAR.
Gilroy Parsons Is a liberal sort of fellow.
He offered me a cigar just.now. Butman You
didn't take It? Gilroy No. Butman Then
how do "you know whether It was liberality or
merely malice? Boston Transcript.
Little Rodney Papa, what Is the difference
between climate and weather? Mr. Wayout
(of DIsmalhurst-on-the-BHnk) Climate, my son.
Is what a locality has when you are buying a
home there, and weather is what It ha3 after
wards. Puck.
"You may not believe It," said the Standard
Oil magnate, "but I really do love the poor.
I'm always glad to see them and to do what I
can to add" "To their numbers," Interrupted
the man with the cold gray eye. 'Yes, we all
give you credit for that." Catholic Standard
and Times.
"Here, young man," said the old lady, with
Are ln her eyes, "I've brung hack this ther
mometer ye sold me." "What's the matter
with It?" demanded the clerk. "It ain't re
liable. One time ye 'look at It It says one
thing, ana the next time It Bays another."
Philadelphia Ledger.
Bmlnent Specialist Yes, madam, your hus
band Is suffering Irom temporary aberration,
due to overwork. It's quite a common occur
rence. Wife Yes, he Insists that he's a mil
lionaire. Eminent Specialist And wants to
pay me a couple qf hundred pounds for my ad
vice. We'll have to humor him, you. know.
Plck-Me-Up.
"There's mlghtly few people," said Farmer
Corntoseel, "that knows what to do with a
farm after they get one." "I have noticed
that." answered the girl with frizzes. "They
always Insist on filling the whole -place up
with corn and oats and things, when they
might have' such lovely tennis courts and gol
L links." Washington Star.