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PORTLAND, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25. 1004.
Sea squadron coaled more than once at
Jlboutil, and the torpedo-boats o the
Baltic fleet are finding convenient shel
ter in Cherbourg:. So long as Prance
affords. Japan equal facilities there is no
legitimate ground for protest. It will
fbe remembered in this connection that
France refused to allow Admiral Cer
vera to coal at Martinique.
THE BUGABOO OF "DtPERXALISJI."
"Militarism," "executive usurpation,"
"imperialism," are terms that, for more
than one hundred years, have been used
by the Democratic party as a chief part
of its stock in trade. It was started by
Jefferson, who asserted that the Admin
istration of 'Washington was "last gal
loping into a monarchy," and it has
been kept up at recurring periods ever
since. Tet the nearest approach we
ever had to militarism In government
was -under the Administration of An
drew Jackson. "When Lincoln was Presi
dent this buncombe was the whole am
munition and ordnance of the Demo
cratic arsenal. Through the war for res
toration of the Union we were building
up a military system which would de
stroy our liberties and forever dominate
the country. Later, is was predicted that
Grant would perpetuate himself In the
Presidency, and empire would follow,
after the Roman example, in our un
happy country. Roosevelt now, if
elected, may be expected to assume the
imperial purple. Our retention of the
Philippines can have no other effect
than to undermine the devotion of our
people to republican ideals and give the
man on horseback the opportunity
which he is undoubtedly seeking.
Can it be that there is or ever has
been any considerable number of our
people who take stuff of this kind serl
ously? It is about the rottenest ragout
ever served out in our politics. Jeffer
son, as the inventor of this dish, did,
Indeed, make much profit out of It
albeit through vile slander of the men
who had served the country on
'the battlefield while he was running
away from the enemy in Virginia; for
the time was favorable to Jefferson's
unscrupulous plan of politics. But It
may be doubted whether anybody has
been moved since then by the cry of
"militarism" and "monarchy."
But Jefferson's scheme of politics pro
duced immense and lasting evil. It was
this scheme of politics that set the
Southern States in arms In 1860-6L The
basis of Jefferson's scheme was asser
tion of sovereignty of individual states.
He was afraid of "centralized govern
ment." He wrote and caused to be
adopted. In Kentucky and "Virginia, the
Resolutions of 1798-99, which became
the warrant for secession sixty years
later. The doctrine was that if a state
felt aggrieved at any act of the General
Government such state might "Judge
for itself, as well of infractions as 'of
the mode and measure of redress." It
was pretended that this extreme doc
trine, on which no government on
federated plan could hold together, was
necessary for protection of the states
and their citizens against "usurpation,"
supported by "militarism." This doc
trine had to be fought out, as it was
fought to the death, on the battlefields
of the Civil "War.
There Is no danger, probably, that
the demagogic cry of "militarism,"
"executive usurpation" and "imperl
alism" will do a like mischief
again. But it is well to keep in
mind the history of what this mis
chlevous figment has done, so as to see
the better, moreover, how contempti
ble the repetition of these inventions
is now. There Is no man of sense
who doesn't know they are silly even
though repeated by the representatives
of a great party.
JUDGE PARKER'S LOOSE STATEMENTS.
It was altogether a. proper thing to
take notice, as the Administration has
done, of the statements which Judge
Parker has repeated, from irresponsible
sources, about affairs in the Philippines,
and to have refutation of them By Hon.
Luke E. "Wright, Civil Governor of the
Islands. Judge Parker has been pre
sented to the country as a man of Ju
dicial mind, carefully trained In weigh
ing evidence and factB. But In this
case he has accepted and put forth as
his own the allegations of an anony
mous writer, evidently inflamed to the
last degree of personal spite and parti
san heat; and he commends this per
formance as the work of "a student of
conditions In the Islands," whose name
is unknown, but whose character and
motives may be Judged from the dia
tribe which he has produced and which
Judge Parker has made his own. It is
a lamentable performance. Before the
Administration had taken notice of it
the press of the country not merely
the daily press, but the weekly Journals,
whose field is that of careful summary,
comment and discussion, on a basis
from which partisanship is excluded
had dealt with it. Here Is a portion of
the comment of The Independent (New
York):
We regret that Judge Parker has relied upon
"a student of conditions" in the Islands (name
not given) for a misleading and extremely
pessimistic description, some parts of 'which
may have been approximately true at the
height of the cholera epidemic, but are not
at the present time. We regret also that he
repeated the grossly Incorrect assertion of his
letter of acceptance that the cost of the
islands to us has been $650,000,000. He
even adds to It the "eocrince of over 200.000
lives." Secretary Tart showed some days ago
that the cost, up to May. 1902. had not ex
ceeded $188,000,000, and that the annual cost
of maintaining the troops there. In excess of
the cost of supporting them at home. Is not
more than $5,000,000.
Criticism even more searching might
be made. Not only has Judge Parker
expended In the Philippines for his
partisan purpose at home 5401,000,000
more than the United States Treasury
has paid out or knows anything about,
but he has "sacrificed" 77,559 more
American soldiers than have been sent
to the Philippines altogether, or 194,476
more than the total casualties in the
Philippines, including Filipinos reported
to the authorities.
It Is the first time, we believe, when
a candidate for the Presidency has put
forth statements so wild. If this Is a
specimen of the careful and conserva
tive work we are to have in the affairs
of Government when Judge Parker
shall be President, we shall not know
"where we are at" after the first week.
It Is unusual for an Administration to
notice campaign statements made by
the opposition; but in this case It was
entirely proper that Judge Parker
should be "called down."
merits of the forty-cent rate. "We are
unable to determine how much of the
depression in the lumber business Is due
to the rates demanded by the railroads
and how much is due to the fact that
the woods In "Washington and Oregon
are lull of men for whom the railroads
built sidetracks free of charge, and. who
borrowed money to build, mills, bought
their machinery on time, and contract
ed for stumpage at nominal rates pay
able after the lumber was sold. Our
forests are being rapidly despoiled by
this latter class of lumber manufac
turers, and, if their number were small
er, there Xvould be a better demand, and
perhaps higher prices. This phase of
the matter, however, does not enter
Into the question of the propriety of the
lumbermen adopting the methods of the
ordinary legislative grafter or hold-up
artist.
SURGEON-FARMING.
It Is inconceivable that members of a
profession so honored in the world of
science, so closely allied to the humani
ties and In tender, almost sacred, touch
with the direct human need, should be
guilty of entering the commission busi
ness for the extortion of double fees
from the suffering, to the end that doc
tors unknown to science and of scant
experience may find opportunity to
profit at the expense of human misery
and even of life itself. Tet we have it
upon undoubted authority that this
condition of affairs exists, not only in
the great competitive centers of popu
lation, like Chicago, but to a greater or
less extent In our own city. Inquiry
has developed this fact, and details are
given which cause a shudder of appre
hension and astonishment to pervade
the community.
The surgeon's knife was never before
in the history, of surgery used so freely
as now. In the hands of the skillful,
conscientious surgeon it Is, or may be
certainly it often has been a blessing
to mankind. On the contrary. If It Is
given by means of a commercial trans
action into the hands of unskilled, un-
ments to be maintained lor an indefi
nite period. It is not alone the Ameri
can farmer who is profiting by the ac
tive bull campaign in the Chicago mar
ket, but the foreign grower as well, for
under normal conditions It would be im
possible for Russia to market such a
large amount of wheat without causing
a slump In the price.
ESOPDS AND MANILA.
WHY JAPAN IS VICTORIOUS.
That Judge Parker Doesn't Know
What He Is Talking About.
New York Sun.
The report of the American medical offi-
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New yoric SUH. I WI1U uas uuaencu iuiu muuioi iuc ja.-
The Memphis Commercial-Appeal anese medical and sanitary measures in
(Dem.) refrains from mentioning the military hospitals ct Japan ana in tne
names when it discusses imperialism I field In Manchuria goes farther in ac-
and the Philippines. It Is supporting counting for the Japanese, victories over
JudKe Parker heartllv in his campaign the Russians than has been reached In
The Albany (Oregon) Democrat says: for President, and yet it Is moved to say: any comparison of the tactical skill of the
"The Republican press and politicians
have already counted their chickens.
and with the Associated Press back of
them, the outside indications may be
that way, but during the Cleveland
campaigns Just as strong claims were
made Just before election, and, you
can't most always sometimes tell." The
Associated Press has made no predic
tions. It Is not "back" of any party.
and It serves as many Democratic as
Republican newspapers. It has tele
graphed the "claim" of each of the
party committees, but has shown no
bias towards either party. It doesn't
telegraph what such newspapers as the
New Tork Herald, Sun and "World say,
nor any of the "estimates" or opln-
ions" from various sources that appear
in The Oregonlan. These are all special
reports; and The Oregonlan has not al
lowed such as it has presented to be
one-sided. It has taken them from all
sources Republican, Democratic and
Independent, These reports seem to
show that Roosevelt will be elected.
whereof The Oregonlan would be glad.
But it would not wish to hold out the
Idea that he will be elected. If he Is not
to be. For If he Is not to be, it would
prefer to know beforehand, and cer
tainly would publish all matter It might
get that pointed that way. It could find
no satisfaction either in deceiving or
in being deceived.
An Echo (Or.) dispatch notes the sale
of several quarter sections of land In
that viclinty at 52000 each, an advance
of about 600 per cent over the figures
ruling four years ago. This rapid in
crease is due to the enormous crops of
scrupulous men, it may easily be an in- j wheat which were turned oft on the
Those distinguished blatherskites who have
been a-blatberlng about Filipino Independence
and corollary Inanities claim to be helping to
elect Judge Parker.
Governor Luke E. 'Wright's words
carry weight In the South. The Gov
ernor Is an old resident of Memphis.
The Commercial-Appeal remarks:
Governor Wright, who Is on the ground and
who knows. Informed this Government that all
these declarations were being translated and
published In Tagal newspapers, and that they
wer having a deluding and deleterious effect
on the natives.
Now cornea the report that the old agitators
and professional patriots who have been In en
forced retirement and whose henchmen are tne
headhunters and bandits from the mountains
and the bolo men from the bamboo thickets In
the valley have come forth and purpose holding
public independence meetings In Manila.
If Judge Parker's figures of the cost
of the Philippines are translated, the
Filipinos will be In danger of setting
an exaggerated value upon themselves.
What will be the effect on the Ameri
can voters If the Parker campaign
blatherskites succeed in "a-blather
ing" the Filipinos Into another upris
ing? The Memphis idea is given thus
If these fiery exhortero arbuse their half-
tamed fellows to disorder and rapine by their
perfervld utterances, and It the task of gov
erning the islands is rendered more difficult
and expensive, our home-bred Tagat-Americans
will find that they are supporting Judge Parker
with a knife.
This country la engaged In the eolation of one
of the most difficult problems that ever con
fronted a civilized people, and It Is bending
every energy to solve It wisely. Every word
uttered calculated to embarrass It will be re
sented by the spirit of the Nation, which stands
for "right or wrong; our country.
All things considered. It is difficult to
say which Is the more admirable the
patriotism of the Commercial-Appeal
or its delicacy in dealing with the
campaign utterances of Mr. Parker.
two combatants.
The great, the consummate superiority
of the Japanese Major Seaman shows to
be In their employment of measures for
the prevention of disease among their
troops. Never in the history of war has a
nation approached Japan In the method
ical and effectual use of science as an
ally in war. The wars waged by the
largest and most civilized states of the
West bavo been bungling and wasteful
and barbarous enterprises as compared
with that Japan Is now carrying on.
Tho great loss In war, as everybody
knows, has always been by disease.
Japan, according to Major Seaman, has
eliminated disease almost wholly. This
war is In a country of which he speaks
as "notoriously unhealthy," yet so per
fect have been the sanitary precautions
NOTE AND COMMENT.
Telegrams of Tomorrow.
ASTORIA. Or., Oct. 26. Twenty-three
fishing-boats were sunk today bythe
Baltic fleet, which put In here this af
ternoon, mistaking the port for Sai
gon. Admiral Jokervensky apologized,
saying ho had taken the boats to be
hostile torpedo craft.
ST. JOHNS, Or., Oct. 26. As the first
mate of the drydock was taking a reef
in the binnacle during tho first dog
watch today he heard a shell whistle
past his head. Looking down the river
he was horrified to see the Baltic fleet
bringing every gun to bear upon him.
Hastily taking off his shirt, he waved
It In the air as a signal of peace, where
upon the ships ceased firing.. Admiral
Jokervensky subsequently explained
that he mistook the drydock for a Jap
anese submarine boat After, asking
the mate to point out the shortest road
to Vladivostok, the Admiral withdrew
his fleet.
MORRISON-STREET BRIDGE, Oct. 26.
The captain of the bridge reports
that the Baltic fleet shelled his con-
ntOPOSED LEGISLATIVE HOLD-UP.
The Pacific Coast Lumber Manufac
turers' Association has placed in circu
lation a call for moral support from
the lumbermen who are In favor of
dragging the "forty-cent-rate" problem
into Washington politics. In a circular
addressed to the lumber trade, "Victor
H. Beckman, secretary, says that as a
political measure It will be a winner,
"because I have already enough pledges
to assure the control of the next Leg
islature by the lumbermen. This at
tempt to connect local state legislation
with the question of interstate rates on
lumber comes under the head of de
cidedly new business, and it is not en
tirely clear that It is a proper matter
to be dragged into a political fight
which already possesses about all of the
unpleasant feature It will stand.
If the rates demanded were effective
only within the State of Washington
the lumbermen could very properly ask
for a reduction. They could do for the
lumbermen what McCrosky and Ander
son did for the wheat farmers pass a
maximum-rate bill. But what they are
-after Is a forty-cent rate to the Mis
souri River. The Oregonlan would like
to see them get that rate, or a thirty
cent rate, if it could be secured by fair
and honorable means. But the advisa
bility of dragging the matter Into the
Legislature as a club to be used In beat
ing the railroads Into line hardly ap
peals to the fair-minded man who be
lieves in equal Justice for corporations
and men. A rate to be paid on lumber
which Is hauled through four or five
states cannot legally be fixed by the
Legislature of any one of these states.
To prevent extortion in such cases, the
Interstate Commerce Commission was
created, and there Is always a remedy
In the courts.
The courts or the commission are the
proper authorities to pass on the merits
of this contention, and when the lum
bermen Ignore them and adopt the
method with which they seem about to
experiment, they offer a very plain an
swer to the question, "Why are the rail
roads always mixed up In Washington
politics?"
Unfortunately for the people, nearly
every Legislature not only In "Washing
ton but In other states has a number of
bad men who consider their election an
official permit to graft. Sometimes their
strument of untold torture, unspeakable
outrage and criminal waste of life.
But a lew days ago a dispatch from
Chicago told of the death lp great
agony of a woman who had been oper
ated upon for some ordinary ill some
months before. A post-mortem exam
ination revealed the presence In her
body of an instrument left there by the
surgeon who had performed the opera
tion and closed the wound. A case
came to the knowledge of the writer a
few months ago In this city wherein a
patient had been operated upon -by a
surgeon evidently unused to such tasks.
After months of suffering a yard or
more of packing of some sort used In
dressing the Incision sloughed off and
the patient barely escaped from the
surgeon's knife with her life. It would
be Interesting to know whether either
or both of the surgeons (?) who were
guilty of this inexcusable offense
against suffering human creatures
were "surgeon-farmers," in league with
needy practitioners who took this
means of increasing an income which
they could not legitimately earn.
Be this as It may, surgeon-farming is
practiced In this city to a greater or less
extent, and It is with this fact that
we have to deal. Needless to say, our
reputable, skillful and prominent sur
geons condemn It in unqualified terms.
It represents a transaction so con
scienceless and so suggestive of the
gravestabuses of confidence that it may
be properly termed monstrous. Accord
ing to the estimate of a physician, and
surgeon of high standing both In the
ethics and practice of his profession, 25
per cent of all surgical cases sent to
this city from outside districts are un
der the ban.
The State Medical Society an hon
ored and honorable body exists, or Is
supposed to exist, for a dual purpose.
Its prime object is to uphold the dig
nlty and honor of a profession that
stands for science, for the alleviation
of human suffering, for saving and pro
longing human life, and for the broad
est humanity. It Is not to be supposed
that this society Is without means
whereby it can compel its members to
observe the ethics of the profession and
conform to Its rules. It is outspoken
against quackery and stern in its de
nunciation of quacks. It is supposed to
hold the key, under the law, to medical
and surgical practice In Oregon. Since
prominent members of this society ac
knowledge that the grave abuse of sur
geon-farmlng exists In this city, is It
too much to ask that the State Medical
Society take the matter up and proceed
to demonstrate Its power to purify the
profession of these most conscienceless
quacks?
If the society has a valid reason lor
Its existence beyond its mere routine
work, here Is a most excellent oppor
tunlty to prove it. This abuse exists.
That fact is conceded. It will not suf-
fice for physicians of prominence and
standing In the community simply to
deny all personal knowledge of It or to
admit and deplore It. They can know
and should know whether the state
ment that 25 per cent (or any other
proportion) of surgical cases from the
outside that are operated upon in this
city are or are not farmed out to the
lowest bidder. Having specific know!
edge In the premises, the unworthy
physicians from the outside and the un
worthy local surgeons who engage with
them In this traffic should be first ex
posed and then kicked out of the ranks.
If the medical law so valiantly striven
light lands this season. The fertility of
these lands, when sufficient moisture is
in evidence, is simply wonderful, and
when irrigation becomes more general
on lands of this character 52000 per
quarter section will seem much more
insignificant than 5300 per quarter sec
tion appeared a few years ago. The
theory that the climate-is changing and
there Is less liability of drouth than In
former years Is not substantiated, and,
while we may well be" thankful for
"light-land years" like the present. It
is on Irrigation that we must eventually
depend for permanent prosperity In the
localities where there Is a deficiency
of moisture.
The "Oregon," as the famous Colum
bia was known when' Bryant delighted
the world with his Immortal "Thana-
topsis," Is now hearing sounds that are
foreign Indeed to "its own dashing."
Contractors are at work with drills and
powder clearing the Three-Mlle Rapids
so that boats can enter the Big Eddy
without difficulty. The open-river pro
ject seems to have assumed a more def
inite shape than ever before, and, un-
leas unforeseen obstacles are encoun
tered, It will not be many months be
fore the magnificent reaches of the Up
per Columbia will float large numbers
of steamers and barges carrying at
l6ast a portion of the vast traffic of the
Inland Empire to tidewater over a
highway which Is open to all comers.
The completion of the canal will not
be accomplished for a long time, but
the assistance of the Portage Road will
be available comparatively soon.
AUBURN HAS A REV. MR RADER
He Attacked Colorado Women, and
Was Called Down.
Kansas City Star.
AUBURN. N. Y.. Oct. 20. When Wll
Ham J. Herblson, a Presbyterian preach
er, was quoted here as saying that Den
ver women voters came only from the
worst districts in the city, rode to the
polls In carriages provided by politicians
and repeated from four to 20 times, the
reverend gentleman had trouble on his
hands. The Rev. Anna Shaw, president
of the Woman's Suffrage Association,
said the statement was untrue.
If all the clergymen of this country
had the same kind of common sense that
saloonkeepers have, the ballot would be
in tho hands of their flocks, as today It
is In the hands of the saloonkeepers
flocks." she said In a meeting of suHra
cists, now in session here. "The mis
statement by this man is an insult to the
women of Denver. Fifty-two per cent or
the votes cast in the last Presidential
election In Denver were cast by women.
This Is about the proportion of men and
women citizens. Do all the women of
Denver come from the Red Light district?
The-minister says1 those women repeated.
of the Japanese that "the los3 from pre- nins tower for 20 minutes -today. It is
believed the Russians toolC- the bridge
for a Japanese warship undergoing re
pairs. TILLAMOOK, Or., Oct. 26. Tillamook
lighthouse Is a thing of the past. It
was blown to pieces "by the Baltic fleet
today. Admiral Jokervensky explained
that he mistook the light for a Japan
ese signal.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct 28. Halt
of this city lies -in ruins as the result
of a bombardment by the Baltic fleet,
which appeared In the Columbia this
morning. Admiral Jokervensky ex
tended an apology to the Mayor, ex
plaining that he took the city to be
Yokohama. On discovering his mis
take, the Russian Admiral sailed in the
direction of Skamokawa, which he evi
dently thinks Is Tokio.
CORK, Oct. 26. The Baltic fleet to
day opened fire on Ireland. After firing
900 shells, of which three struck the
shore, Admiral Jokervensky explained
that he mistook the island for a Jap
anese cruiser.
ventable disease in the first six months
of the conflict will be but a fraction of
l'per cent."
Under such circumstances is it possi
ble that Japan can be defeated by an
enemy which suffers losses from pre
ventable disease equal to those which
have been the rule in wars. or. at a low
average, of four by disease to one by
bullet?
A Japanese officer quoted by Major
Seaman made no vain boast when he
asserted that by this practical elimina
tion of disease In a campaign a Japanese
army of 600,000 men is mado equal to
2,000,000 Russians.
Read Major Seaman's description of
the methods first Introduced into war by
the Japanese:
The medical officer Is omnipresent. You will
find him In countless places where In an. Amer
ican or British army he has no place. He la
as much at the front aa In tte rear. Ha Is
with the first screen of scouts with his micro
scope and chemicals, testing and labeling 'wells
so the army to foUow shall drink no contam
inated water. When the scouts reach a town
he Immediately Institutes a thorough examinat
ion of Its fa.nlts.ry condition, and If contagion
or InfecUon Is found he Quarantines and placee
a guard around the dangerous district. Notices
are posted so tho approaching column Is 'warned
and no soldiers are billeted where danger exists.
Microscopic blood tests are made In an fever
case3, and bacteriological experts, fully
equipped, form part of the staff of every di
visional headauarters.
The medical officer Is also found In camp.
lecturing the man on sanitation anil the hun
dred and one details of personal hygiene how
to cook, to eat, and when not to drink, to
bathe, and even to the direction of the paring
and cleansing of the finger nails to prevent
danger from bacteria. Up to August 1, 8S62
cases had been received at the reserve hospital
at Hiroshima, of whom 6638 were wounded.
Of the entire number up to that time only 34
had died.
Japan is showing to the world of civ
ilization for the first time how to wage
war under civilized conditions. It has
destroyed the great enemy in war, which
is not the hostile army, with its engines
of slaughter, but the lurking disease
which crowds hospitals, embarrasses
movements and decimates forces.
Looking After Convalescents.
Brooklyn Eagle.
In looking out for the healing -of pa
tients authorities have been too apt to
There must be a weak set of men In Den- spend money and use the most scientific
ver to allow It."
The Seattle Post-lntelllgencer on
Sunday contained a half-page illustra
tion, reproduced from The Oregonlan,
of the Lewis and Clark Exposition
buildings and grounds. The friendly
attention given to the Fair enterprise
by the Seattle paper means much. It
appears probable that the Legislature
will make an adequate appropriation
and that the state will be fully repre
sented here in 1905. It cannot well af
ford to do otherwise. California mani
fests the most lively Interest In the
Fair, and Callfornlans and California
industries "and California arts will be
everywhere in evidence. Idaho, Utah,
Montana and other "Western States will
not overlook their opportunltlese. Nat
urally, "Washington will see to It that it
is not absent.
No Change Wanted."
New York Globe. Oct. IS.
SDeakinjr yesterday of the political situ
atlon. Judge Herrlck, the Democratic can
didate for Governor, said that early in
the nresent year he thought President
Roosevelt would be nominated and de
cisively beaten, adding:
But soon after Spring there came a change
In the nollUcal atmosphere which no one
can explain hut those who bav long ex
perience In politics, and probably no one but
those can feel. I cannot describe tne cen-
satlon, but It was plain that large Interests
which had been against the administration
bad experienced enough pressure to be turned
the other way, and are apparently In favor
of another four years of Republican National
administration.
Andrew Carnegie, as he was boarding a
steamer at Liverpool on Saturday to sail
for New York, said to a world corre
spondent:
I hope Roosevelt will win. I intend voting
for him and doing all I can to assist him.
I am against Jingoism and the policy of ex
pansion, but am convinced that Republican
rule is best for tho country. American In
dustries have prospered so greatly and com'
petition la so severe that Industrial Interests
need a President who inspires commercial con
fidence.
Both these utterances say the same
thing, though In slightly different ways.
The business Interests of tho country
have decided, as Judge Herrlck says, "in
favor of another four years of Republi
can Administration." and they have so
decided for the reason given by Mr. Car
negie, because they "need a President
who inspires commercial confidence." It
tileases Judge Herrlck to say mat tney
have so decided because "pressure has
Judge Parker, In his talk about af
fairs in the Philippines, has shown sira
ply that he doesn't know what he Is
talking about. Till his nomination for
luc " , hi 77 , au been applied to them." and he Is careless
any attention to public affairs, and the " say that It was applied In the
exigencies oi nis present political situ- spring, Qr in advance of Roosevelt's nom
ation are so extreme that he takes up ination. What was that "pressure"? Slm-
and makes his own the vaporings of
an anonymous and Irresponsible corre
spondent. Possibly that "student of
conditions," in order to get the notori
ety- it would afford him, will now make
himself known. But perhaps again he
may not; for If his name were given the
country might explode with laughter.
to the further confusion of the Demo
cratic campaign managers.
dIv a conviction that any change from
the Governmental policies oi tne past
eight years would cause uncertainty and
bring incalculable harm to tne commer
cial interests of the land.
Even Bets on Hlggins.
Special to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat
NEW YORK, Oct. 20. For tne nrst
time In the campaign, even money was
wagered this afternoon in Wall street on
the Governorship. Heretofore tne ocia.3
have been against Hlggins. Today a bet
of 51000 even on Hlggins was closed by
Bunnell & Buchanan with J. Lu ilcuor
Now that woman has Invaded so
many of the fields formerly sacred to
man. It Is interesting to note a man's Una, This bet attracted wide attention
triumph in a field usually considered and was looked upon as significant. Was-
the exclusive domain of woman. Ver- sermann Bros, bet 5a000 to 52500 witn
gll Krell, the baby awarded first prize Marshall Spader & Co. that Roosevelt
Will carry new ouio. -"-"w u
appliances on the buildings without con
sulting the needs of convalescents. Mod
ern medicine-' takes into account notonly
the body but also the soul and the In
timate connection between these. Cheer
fulness is a part of the treatment of to
day and recovery from ailments I3 not
assured when patients can leave their
cots. Treatment of convalescents Is a
part of the physician s scheme. It 13 rec
ognized that views from a window or a
hospital looking on blank walls or on dis
piriting surroundings affect recovery.
Hopefulness Is repressed; gloom is en
couraged.
Where the Victory Perched.
Chicago Tribune.
A dispute had arisen in the Ferguson
family.
Mr. Ferguson wished to Invite Aunt
Abigail to come and spend the Winter at
his house. His wife objected.
'She's a vinegary old maid," said Mrs.
Ferguson, "and I don t want her here.
We've got enough to do to support our
selves, without having another mouth to
feed."
T'm able to look out for that. I want
you to understand, Laura, that I'm the
breadwinner lor tnis iamiiy, ana x say
she shall come."
'And I want you to understand, George
Fersruson. that 1m tne oreaamaKer xor
this family, and I say she shan't!"
Aunt Abigail didn't come.
The Destroyers.
Rudyard Kipling.
The strength of twice three thousand horse
That seek the single goal;
The line that holds the rending course.
The hate that swings the whole;
The stripped hulls, slinking through the gloom,
At tare and gone again
: The Brides of Death that wait the groom
The Choosers of the Slain 1
Offshore where eea and skyline blend
In rain, the daylight dies;
The sullen, shouldering swells attend
Night and our sacrifice.
Adown the e trick en capes no flare
No mark on spit or bar-
Girdled and desperate we dare
The blindfold game or war.
Nearer the up-flung beams that spell
The oouncll of our foes;
Clearer the harking guns that tell
Thir scattered flank, to close.
Sheer to the trap they crowd their way
From porta for this unnarrea.
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victims are railroad companies, some- for by physicians and so generously tlon, was brought up entirely under the n get more voteg parker In
times Senatorial canaiaates, ana not i enactea oy legislature ui. u aiim 7 care 01 ma imuer, uia mimcx ucms New York State. Quantities 01 itooseveit
FRANCE'S NEUTRALITY.
While America and Great Britain
have more stringent regulations gov
erning the use of their ports by bellig
erents, France, in permitting the ships
of the Baltic squadron to make use of
her harbors for coaling purposes, is not
violating any recognized principle of in
ternational law. In the days of masts
and yards coal was of no consequence
to navies, and none of the nations had
any rules In force regarding it, but dur
ing the Civil "War the new condition of
things Induced Great Britain to frame
regulations on the subject. These rules,
which have been adopted by the United
States, are that a belligerent's ship of
war must obtain permission from the
Government before coaling; she must
not coal in the port more than once in
three months, and must only take on
board enough to carry her to the near-
worth the effort that It has cost and
the contention upon which it is based, it
confers this power. The ethics of the
profession demand that it be used to
purify the profession and make good
the contention that the law was de
manded In the Interest of suffering hu
manity.
Russian wheat shipments last week
reached a total of 5,376,000 bushels. The
week previous" they were 3.S00.000 bush
els, and for the weeks ending Septem
ber 29 and October 6 they were 5,900.000
and 5,200,000 bushels, respectively. This
enormous total of 20,296,000 bushels for
the four weeks was more than suffi
cient to offset the shortage In ship
ments from the United States and to a
certain extent explains the Indifference
of the European market to the sky-
fockety action of the Chicago market
So long as record-breaking shipments
of wheat continue to pour out of the
land of the Czar, there will be small
hone of the European buyers advanc
ing prices. Russian wheat supplies
have always been one of the uncertain
factors in the world's wheat market.
but they have never before swelled Into
v if n-nr nf onmnmira. such oroDortions as they have been
iuc aiaic iu nwuj 0- 1 -
infrequently they use their position to
extort money from the promoters of
measures which are solely for the pub
lic, and not Individual gain. Now the
high-minded members of the Legisla
ture who are going to use their position
as members to extort from the 'rail
roads a forty-cent rate, would naturally
object to being called grafters, and yet
It is Indistinct to the average, layman
how they are to accomplish the end
sought unless they follow the methods
of the fraternity which bears the odious
appellation.
These men, and they are some of them
good men, are expected to use their
votes to get for themselves or their con
stituents all that Is possible from the
railroads, regardless of the legal as
pects of the matter or the Interests of
the state as a whole. Representatives
Jones, or Smith, or Brown, from east
of the Cascade Mountains, may be over
at Olympla with a very meritorious
measure" to' help out the Agricultural
College, build a wagon road over a
mountain, or for any other equally
worthy object It will jar on his sensi
bilities to be Informed that while his
measure Is one for the general good of
Invalid from the time of his birth.
Father Krell Is proud of his" success.
and has been describing his methods
to a reporter. Despite one man's suc
cess In this line. It is not likely that
woman will be ousted from this partic
ular work by a sudden Inrush of men.
Hull, the home port of the fishing
fleet fired upon by the. Russian war
ships, is the headquarters of the North
Sea fishing industry, the most import
ant around the British Isles. Some idea
of the magnitude of the business may
be obtained from the recently published
Board of Trade returns for the first
six months of 1904, which show the
value of the catch for that period to
have been 521,121,420.
have no international character. They ment, he can secure no support from steadily showing, since the opening of
re simply individual methods of com- I the lumbermen unless he agrees to stana
In with them and exact a rate wnicn
they are apparently unable to secure by
lejfal methods.
Tie Oregonlan is not passing pa. the
plying with the broad obligation of neu
trality.
Fr&noe does not hold to such strln-
navigation last Spring. Not only Is
there a large surplus of old-crop wheat
coming out of Russia, but the returns
from this year's harvest were so large
as to make it possible Xor present ship-
Judge Parker rebukes Government of-
flclals for the part theyseem to be tak
ing in politics. He bases all his own
hones on the part that Tammany offi
cials of New York City are actually
taking in his behalf. Everything Is
wrong, you know, when "the other fel
low" does It.
The betting on Roosevelt In New
York Is now 10 to 2. That's a straw
about the size of the "big stick,"
A Russian at sea is as dangerous to
-noneombtttants as a woman with a
brickbat
money were offering at the rate of $1000
to J250.
Betting In New York.
New York Sun, Oct. 20.
Four years ago today the betting on the
Presidential election was 4 to 1 on Mc-
Klnlev. and more money was offered in
Wall street at those odds than there were
foirara 'nw. nearlv three weeKs heiore
the election of November 8. the ouas of
fered on Roosevelt are the same.
He Talked at Random.
St Paul Pioneer Press.
Judge Parker picked up a hot penny
when he was lnducea to uuce noia 01
the PhlllDDlnes issue. Jde nugnt nave
known better and he would have known
better If he had known anything about
what we have been doing in the Philip
pines.
Just Punishment.
New York Tribune.
a violin Dlayer witnessed a lively street-
fight In Parfc not long ago, and began to
play in order to tsootne tne two com
hataiits. It had the opposite effect how
ever, for one of the fighters drew a knife
and stabbed the vlollnist-
No Ambition That Way.
Washington Star.
"Haven't you any ambition to work as
your father did at your age?
"Certainly not answered tne gnaea
youth. "If I were to work what would
have been the use of father's working?"
Quiet, and count our laden prey.
The convoy and her guard!
On shoal with scarce a foot below,
TTv-fe and islet throng.
Hidden and hushed we watch them throw
Their anxious ligbts aiong.
Not here, not here, your danger Uea-
(Stare hard, O hoodea eyneu
Save where the dazed rock-pigeons rise
The lit cliffs give no sign.
Therefore to break the rest ye seek.
The Narrow Seas to clear
Hark to the siren's whimpering shriek
The driven, death is ceres
Isok to your van a league away
What midnight terror stays
The bulk that checks against the spray
Her crackling tops aniaseT
Hit. and hard hit! The blow went 'home.
The muffled, knocking stroke
The- steam that overruns the foam
Tha foam that thins to smoke
The smoke that clokes the deep aboil
The deep that chokes ner tnroes
Till, streaked with ash and sleeked with oil,
The lukewarm whirlpools close!
A shadow down the sickened wave
Long since her slayer fled:
But hear their chattering Quick-fires rave
Astem, abeam, ahead 1
Panic that shells the drifting spar
Loud waste with none to check
Mad fear that rakes a scornful star
Or sweeps a consort's deck!
Now, while their silly smoke bangs thick.
Now ere their wits they find.
Lay In and lance them to the quick
Our gallled whales are blind!' . '
Good lack to those that eee the end, .
Good-bye to those that drown
For each his chance aa chance shall send
And God for all! Shut down!
The strength of twice three thousand horse
That nerve the one cdmmand;
The hand that heaves the headlong force.
The hate- that backs the hand:
The doom-bolt In the; darkness freed. -
The mine that splits the main;
The white-hct wake, the 'wil&ering speed
The CkGcsers of the Slalal
The Russian ice-breaker Ermak has
left the Baltic fleet andput back to
Copenhagen. She won't cut much Ice
there.
We hope the Russian Admiralty
didn't fail to supply Admiral Rojest
vensky with a bunch of lithographed
apology blanks.
Accuracy is a terrible handicap to a
man that wants to "view with alarm,"
as Judge Parker shows by hl3 speech
on the Philippines.
According to a news agency, says the
Kobe Herald, the "Japanese General Is
slxno" is distinguishing himself in the
war in the Far East
In a brief proclamation the lone
Proclaimer proclaims that It is proud
of its name. Maybe it's a finer name
than the lone Iota would have been, but
it is not up to Irrigon Oregon Irrigator
form.
Claude Huston's house Is ready for the
coming of Spring birds. He may catch one.
Liberty Notes In lone Proclaimer.
We've read somewhere that in vain Is
the net spread In the sight of an or
dinary bird, but Spring birds may be
different
In the Kobe Herald we notice a let
ter written by a Japanese soldier to an
English woman in Japan. The writer
concludes by saying:
Please remember, that though I will die.
Nippon Telkoku (Great Japan) should have vic
tory and honour. Youth who inrfear death,
i HTRO YAMAMOTO.
Yamamoto appears to have added a
good word to the language by coining
the verb "unfear."
Now and then it is the observer's de
lightful duty to chronicle something
new in the way of wedding notices,
something different from the stereo
typed announcements. Seldom does one
come across anything equal to this
burst of passionato eloquence from the
Tracy City (Tenn.) Times: .
Prof. Lewis Rollings and illsa Pearl Cox,
after several months of heart-to-heart con
versation on the perfumed sweet avenue of
love, passed under the roseate. Archway' of
Hymen, where soul meets soul on' waves: of
ecstatlo feelings.
A correspondent writes: In your list
of rhymeless words, window was over
looked. You mention month as rhyme
less. On a wager some years ago a
friend of mine made this rhyme;
I saw a soldier on & horse;
November was tho month:
I saw his saber thrown
Away and his gun th
rown away also.
The list given did not purport to con
tain all the rhymeless words, but only
mentioned a few with the sound of "u"
as In but Silver, orange and other
words stump the rhymester, try he
never so hard. There is one quatrain
which has rhymes for both month and
orange. It runs:
From the Indus to the Bhorecge
Came the Rajah In a month,
Sating now and then an, orange,
Conning all the way his gronth.
The Bhorenge, It may be explained
Is a river in India, and the grunt h, is
an Indian sacred book of some kind.
WE3C J.
OUT OF THE GINGER JAR.
"I could support Parker with a good deal
more enthusiasm," said the northern. IUI
nols editor, "If his front name was Jollet
instead of Alton." Chicago Tribune.
"When you say that a thing Is wsll
enough as it is,' what do you mean, father?
That you thing It ought to be Improved at
once, but that you're too lazy to fix It."
Brooklyn Life.
Aunt Hannah Have you told any one of
your engagement to Mr. Sweeter 7 Edith
No; I haven't told a soul except Bessie
Miller, who thought he was going to ask
her. Boston Transcript.
McQueery Hasher's comic opera had Its
premiere performance last night,- eh? You
were there, of course. Crlttlck Ob, yes. Mc
Querry "Was any of the music new? Crlt
tlck Tea, at one time. Philadelphia Press.
HI Tragedy How did you like Iowa? Lowe
Comedy 'Well, there was one town there
I'll never forget. We were simply carried
away with It. "You don't say?" "Yes, a cy
clone arrived an hour after we did." Phil
adelphia Press.
Gwllliams I haven't seen anything In the
papers lately about Wedgeley, the great
football player of a few seasons ago. Is he
dead? E flint Dead! No. He's more terrible
than. ever. He drives a racing automobile
now. Chicago Tribune.
Tramp It Is needless to ask the question,
madam. You know what I want Lady
Yes, I know what you want badly, but Pve
only one bar of soap In the house, and the
servant Is using It. Come again some other
time. Glasgow News.
"What people are always sure of finding
the biggest fish near their coast?" "Give it
up." "The English, because they caa al
ways find Wales." "Oh, pshawf Waia isa't
whales." "No, you stupid. But dos't the
English always drop their h?" Clevetead
Plain Dealer,
Jsynlnrimr j&Mel & jheulaji Bed,