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FOKTLAND, SATURDAY, NOV. 5, 1004.
$ THE OUTLOOK TODAY.
The reasons -why there is so much
confidence in the election of Mr. Roose
Y velt may be worth brief restatement
inasmuch as the election is now just
jp at hand.
In spite of Republican claims to the
y contrary. The Oregonian thinks New
f Yortf a doubtful state. The chances
may be about even for a Republican
"up-state" majority equal to or some
. what exceeding the opposing majority in
the city. This Is the real judgment all
round. If the result depended on the
State of New York the wagers would
toe about even, instead of four or Ave to
one on Roosevelt, as they are.
For the Eastern calculation is that
Roosevelt is sure to receive a clear an
strong majority over and above any
possible combination of states for Par
ker, plus New York. The canvassers
express certainty that In no event
even with New York against him can
he have less than about 50 majority.
The list of states has "been run over
so much that It Is not necessary now
to review It.
But though New, York is not neces
sary to Roosevelt, it is the chief center
of interest, partly because it Is abso
lutely necessary to Parker, partly be
cause the magnitude of its vote appeals
to the imagination, and partly because
the faction now in control of theDemo
cratic party are concentrating all effort
on New York, both because they know
that without that state Parker can
have no chance whatever,-and because
also they are extremely anxious to ob
tain the best result possible for use
hereafter, in keeping the management
orcontrol of the party from falling back
into The hands of Bryan, who has open
ly announced his purpose to begin an
effort to recapture it, immediately after
this present election.
Claim Is made by the Democratic
managers of 150,000 plurality for Parker
In Greater New York. This is erfor
mously In excess of any majority ever
gained, and Republicans will allow no
more than 125,000 as the highest possi
bility; and even this exceeds by many
thousands the lead of Cleveland over
Harrison in 1892 the1 year of phenom
enal slump to the Democratic party.
The Republican estimate of the "up
state" plurality for Roosevelt puts 150,
000 as a minimum, which Is much below
that for McKInley In 1900. Other esti
mates carry the figures up to 175,000,
which certainly Is too high. The Chi
cagoTribune's correspondent telegraphs
that "the estimate of 150,000 for Roose
velt up the state is a minimum, while
the estimate of 150,000 for -Parker In
Greater New York isa maximum. On
this account most political forecasters
trive the state to Roosevelt by a com
paratively narrow margin." But the
New York Herald repeats Its remark
that the state is extremely close
and doubtful, with probability of no
jnore than 4000 or 5000 either way. The
Oregonian, after study of all sources of
opinion, deems this a very probable
judgment. New York seems as likely
to vote for Parker as for Roosevelt, but
it is not now perceived how Roosevelt
can be beaten or Parker elected.
HARNEY'S IRRIGATION PROJECT.
Senator Fulton is right In saying that
little water will make "semi-arid lands
In Oregon yield abundantly. There is
godd reason to believe he is near the
truth when he says that Mr. Newell,
chief of the reclamation service, has un
derestimated the irrigating power of
Sllvies River, in Harney County. Mr.
Newell doubtless knows accurately the
flow of the stream; but the people of
Harney County think they are better
acquainted with the potentialities of
the soil. They Insist that the water of
Silvies River, which now drains Into
Malheur Lake, will reclaim more land
than he has convinced himself it would.
The early estimate of Government
reclamation engineers was that Silvies
River would render productive. 800,000
acres of land. But Mr. Newell has ac
quired later information, which has
caused him to reduce that estimate to
one-third. Naturally, Harney County
residents are disappointed.
It may be that they have an expanded
Idea of the possibilities of the project,
but they probably do not exaggerate
as the Reclamation Bureau depreciates.
In spite of the expert knowledge of the
Government engineers, the verdict here
tn Oregon will lean to the side of those
who are tilling the soli In Harney
County and by practical experience
know what it will da
In the Pacific Northwest, Immense
areas, once deemed worthless, are pro
fiucing great harvests, to the wonder of
Eastern Scientists and to the explosion
of their theories and to the profit of
the agriculturists. "Where once were
dry, barren wastes now grows the cer
eal that feeds Europe and Asia.. This
is not said to- cast discredit on Mr.
Newell or his able engineers, but to
suggest that the Harney project has
more merit than credited to It by the
Reclamation Bureau.
GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY MISSED.
"We are assured by the hysterical Spo
kane Spckesman-Revlew that Judge
Turner, who Is temporarily affiliating
with the Democratic party In the hope
of .securing an office, has always been a
railroad commission man. The Review
and a number of its Democratic allies
In various parts of Washington state
that Turner's record on the commission
matter has always been thoroughly
consistent and that he has always en
deavored to secure the passage of the
much-desired bllL Accepting this for
what It Is worth, it would be interest
ing to know why Turner did not pass
a commission bill in 1896, when he had
full control of the .Legislature. There
was no questioning his power at that
particular session of the Legislature, for
men who strode up and. down the lobby
of the Olympia Hotel declaring that
they would never vote for Turner and
would not sell their birthright for a
mess of pottage eventually found the
.way to the Turner headquarters and
emerged thoroughly Inoculated with tha
De Rol germ.
Having t such power over men, and
with the Interests of the dear people so
much at heart, Is it not strange tha$
this idol of the masses did not take
advantage of the opportunity and put
through any legislation which he or his
friends desired? "Why did he not say
to the multitude who were clamoring
for him to accept the United States
Senatorshlp, "No, friends, I decline to
accept the bauble until you carry out
my wish of a lifetime and pass a rail
road commission bill?" The Review
asks us to believe that Turner has been
a commission man since the days of the
territorial convention. But there was
an opportunity where he had the Legis
lature In full control but made no move
toward releasing the wheat kings of
Eastern Washington from the bondage
In which the railroads are supposed to
be holding them.
The perfect control Turner had over
the Populist Legislature precluded all
possibility of a failure to pass almost
any kind of legislation which he want
ed. As an illustration of the practically
unlimited power that was in his hands,
Judge Wlnsor, of Seattle, in a review ol
Turner's career at Olympia, spoke In
Seattle last Friday Tegardlng the
squelching of the Senatorial bribery In
vestigation as follows:
While 'witnesses were being brought from
Tacoma Turner appeared, and early In the
morning, when Jthe committee made a
partial report, one of Turner's friends arose"
and moved that thq commltee bo discharged.
That motion was carried by the majority,
which that man controlled and which he
used as Instruments to bring about his elec
tion. But Judge Turner failed to say the
word that would give the people the
much - desired railroad commission.
Clothed with a power that brought to
him Democrats, Populists and even Re
publican votes, In sufficient numbers to
elect him United States Senator, and
also to squelch an Investigation as to
how "it happened, he deliberately passed
up the one great opportunity for secur
ing a commission bill made by his own
Legislature. It is in searching for a
reason for his failure that some of the
Eastern Washington voters are filled
with a haunting fear that perhaps after
all there has been a break in the much
vaunted Turner consistency on the rail
road commission matter.
STANDARD OIL IN POLITICS.
The official denial of the Standard Oil
Company that it has taken any part in
the nomination or election of any can
didates to office has failed to quiet the
public mind on that subject. As a mat
ter of fact, it has made the public more
suspicious than ever, and it will re
quire all of the great contribution that
has been made in aid of Parker to offset
the loss that will be suffered in other
directions. Before -the Maryland Bank
ers' Association a few days ago Mr. J.
M. Nelson, of Baltimore, delivered an
address on "Financial and Commercial
and Monopolistic Combinations." This
address was of particular Interest at
this time, as it Included a statement
showing the enormous proportions of
the Standard Oil group of banks in
New York City. This group Includes
the National City, National Bank of
Commerce, Hanover National,, First
National and Chase National, with a
combined capital of $64,000,000. or 60 per
cent -of the entire capitalization of the
forty-two National banks in New York
City.
The deposits In the five Standard Oil
banks reach the enormous total of $623,
000,000, and loans and discounts are
$430,000,000, the deposits being 7 per cent
greater and the loans and discounts 3
per cent greater than those of the other
thirty-seven New York National banks.
The well - authenticated reports of
Standard Oil participation In National
politics, together with the merciless
grilling which Thomas Lawson has ad
ministered to the Standard Oil crowd,
undoubtedly provoked the recently
printed denial of what they termed
"many false and misleading statements
from various sources." That denial
specifically stated that .neither the
Standard Oil nor any of its constituent
companies had been at any time con
nected with "copper, steel, -banks, rail
roads and gas (except natural gas)."
The apparent assumption on which
the denial was made was that a cor
poration was a power separate and
apart from the men who directed its
operations. If this view of the oil oc
topus was generally accepted, the re
cent spirited denial from the house of
Rockefeller might be 'received with a
better grace. As the distinction be
tween the corporation and the men who
manipulate it is not so pronounced as to
attract general attention, the public
alarm over the Increasing strength and
power of this great trust will not be
.alleviated by any number of denials of
responsibility for the baneful Influence
which Standard Oil is exercising' In this
Presidential campaign.
Toe five banks before mentioned are
owned or controlled by the same men
who own and control Standard' Oil, and
their power In the Industrial world Is
enormous and far-reaching. Wielding
such immense power as is conferred on
them by the control of 57 per cent of
the deposits and 53 per cent of the
loans and discounts of the metropolis
of the New World, the Standard Oil
banks do not have to come out In the
open In & political fight. In fact, it
would be unsaTe for them to do so, and
their most effective work Is done under
cover, but when, the individual mem
bers of the "Standard Oil crowd" are
known to be working for the election of
Parker, we are afforded the strongest
possible circumstantial evidence that
what the world knows as "Standard
Oil," the "Standard Oil combination,"
or any other term which' may be applied
to the system, is- taking part In the
Presidential election.
" Despite all the power that will be put
forth by this king of all trusts, there Is
hardly a possibility that It can -defeat
Roosevelt. Working under cover is less
rapid than in the ope"n, and if the great i
mass of people who hold the balance of
power in this country once become
awakened to the fact that Standard Oil
Is opposing any candidate, the election
of that fortunate candidate is assured.
The Standard Oil opposition to Roose
velt, If It becomes generally known,
will be a powerful factor in assuring
his election.
THE TARIFF ON WHEAT.
Extraordinary conditions in the grain
trade, due to a very short crop in this
country and enormous crops in the Ar
gentine, India and Russia, have demon
strated beyond argument that the tariff
on wheat has this year added nearly 25
cents per bushel to the price of the
cereal. This has enabled the farmers
of Oregon, Washington and Idaho to
sell one o the largest crops on record
at the highest average price they have
ever received. Nine-tenths of the
wheat from this territory has been sold
to Eastern buyers. That the tariff
alone made this business possible Is
shown by the quotations In Chicago,
New York and Liverpool, and corrob
orated by the following letter from the
Dunlop Flouring MUla, of Richmond,
Va., to the New Ycrk Journal of Com
merce under date of October 24:
It may bo of Interest to your readers to
know that It Is Quite probable that we may
be In a position to grind Russian and Black
Sea wheat. We wero offered on Saturday a
superb quality of wheat at SL05 per bushel
cU .Newport News. This, with duty paid,
would cost us $1.30, as against SL20 to $1.30
asked by domestic shippers of No. 2 red
Winter wheat, -which has a milling value of
at least 5c per bushel under that of the for
eign wheat The .foreign wheat is really
beautiful, tests 63 pounds to the bushel, is
clear and plump and of rich color. The
chances are that this year the Imports of
foreign wheat will be as great, if not greater,
than our entire export of wheat and flour.
On October 16 the Chicago Inter
Ocean announced, the sale by a Chicago
firm of 1,000,000 bushels of Oregon wheat
to a Loulsvllfe (Ky.) milling concern at
$1.25 per bushel. No argument Is neces
sary to prove that the Oregon wheat
would not have sold for so high a
figure had the Canadians and Russians
been permitted to enter their wheat free
of duty. The Oregonian has never been
favorable to the policy of a duty on
wheat, but it was Imposed for the pro
tection of our Eastern American
farmer. This year 'a the first time that
conditions have arisen that have made
it operative to the advantage of the
grower.
Down in the sunny South, where
wheatgrowing is not an important in
dustry, the Democrats have sought to
make an issue of the tariff on wheat,
if was in answer to a Texas paper's
argument against the duty that The
Oregonian cited the fact that this was
the first year since the enactment of,
the DIngley law that an opportunity
had been afforded to give the farmers
the benefits for which It was framed.
It may "be many years before unusual
conditions will again make it operative
to the advantage of the farmer, but this
year there can be no question as to thq
financial assistance It has given hitn.N
Eut for the duty, which has kept out
foreign wheat, there would have been
no movement of Pacific Northwest
wheat to the East by rail.
THE WOMAN'S EXCHANGE.
The Idea of helping industrious, wom
anly women who must work for a liv
ing to turn their talents for needlework
and- housewifely accomplishments to
account, by work that they can perform
In their own homes and in conjunc
tion with domestic duties, has been
worked out through the organization
known as the Woman's Exchange in
many cities. Attempts have been made
from time to time to establish a
Woman's Exchange In this city, but for
various reasons they have failed, or
partially so, after having met the mod
erate expectations of workers and or
ganizers for a time. This effort was re
vived some months ago by the board of
control of the -Woman's Union, and so
carefully have the details of the work
been handled, and so patiently have the
attendant discouragements been over
borne by cheerful helpfulness that the
work seems now to be established upon
a sound basis.
The value of an organization of this
kind has been often demonstrated.
The Woman's Exchange, as its name
implies, opens a market for the prod
ucts of the industry of women who
must make their own way and in so
doing prefer or are compelled by cir
cumstances to work In their own homes.
It is not in any sense a money-making
enterprise, as far as profit to the pro
moters Is concerned. It is desirable and
Indeed necessary for it to be self-supporting.
To this end the efforts of the
managers are bent. The exchange does
Lnot indorse the bargain-counter idea of
extreme cheapness In the food It serves
or the wares it undertakes for a small
consideration to sell. It proposes rather
to offer to its patrons food that Is pal
atable, wholesome and daintily served,
and charge what such food and service
are reasonably worth, while upon the
principle that whatever Is worth doing
at all Is worth doing well It excludes
from Its sale offerings Ill-made 'articles
of clothing and cheap work wrought
from flimsy materials.
In brief, the purpose Is to establish
and maintain a standard of excellence
in a line of endeavor which offers a
wide field of usefulness, to the end that
the Woman's Exchange may come to
stand for an honest, earnest, philan
thropic effort on the part of women
whose lines have fallen In sheltered
.places to help women, equally honest
and earnest, who must be self-supporting,
to help themselves.
The effort has been and Is successful
in other cities; there is no reason why
It may not succeed in Portland, and it '
may be added it has under present aus
pices every prospect of reasonable suc
cess. THE WdNDEB OF IT.
The British Iron and Steel Institute,
numbering 350 members, will spend the
first ten days of November on a tour of
the Iron and steel plants of the States'
of New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio.'
fit Is fourteen years since this body vis
ited the United States, it having come
in 1890, as it came in 1904, at the. invita
tion of Mr. Carnegie, who Is its presi
dent. "Much that was new "and sur
prising to the members of the institute
awaited them in .1890," says the Outlook;
"Much more awaits them this year."
In fourteen years what has not been
done In the name of industrial progress,
in. the development of manufacturing
skill, in construction in Iron and steel In
the United States? To begin with, this
country has forged ahead until It now
stands at the top of the column of Iron
and steel producing countries. A Navy
full armored 'and equipped has sprung
into existence; the three shipyards on
the Coast or on the Gerat Lakes at
which iron ships were built have been
multiplied by ten, and the United States
Navy fourth among the navies of the
world has been bunt In these yards
and armored and equipped with ord
nance from the great steel plants that
the Institute will visit within, the next
week.
Looking back oyer this brief space of
years, we wonder what we see; looking
forward. Imagination soon reaches Its
limit' and dies away In wonder.
It Is easy and Indeed natural and just
to sympathize with Enoch Arden, of
Tennyson's story, In his desolate home
coming, when standing' outside in the
drizzle of a November . night he saw
through the window In the reflection of
the cheery firelight
He that other reigning In hla place.
Lord of his rights and of his children's love.
This Enoch Arden was cast away
while engaged in the laudable endeavor
to compass means whereby ha might
give his children
A better bringing up than his had been or hers.
Though yearning for home, he could
not get home, for Che simple reason
that for ten years no ship came his
way. He was by compulsion
A shipwrecked sailor waiting for a salt.
And he got-home at the earliest pos
sible moment. But for the man' who
goes away In a huff, stays away be
cause he wants .to, allows his wife to
think he is dead, and Indeed encourages
this belief, and after he gets tired of
this sort of thing corned back to find
that she Is married to another man,
there is neither sympathy nonplty. Let
such recreant go his way. He ought to
be used to It after years of a go-as-you-please
gait.
The attempt of the Washington Dem
ocrats to make capital for George Tur
ner out of the lumbermen's demand for
a 40-cent rate ha3 apparently fallen flat
It Is not Improbable that a. great many
of the candidates for the Legislature on
both tickets signed Mr. Beckman's
pledge to support "any and all meas
ures" without a full knowledge of what
It meant, and when he. attempted to
drag the lumber Industry still further
Into politics by lining it up for Turner
the lumbermen very properly refused.
There may or may not be any truth
In the report that Mr. Beckman has
been promised an office by Turner In
return for his very active work among
the lumbermen, but it is certain that he
is taking an unusual interest In be
fuddling Washington politics with mat
ters which might very properly have
been omitted. There can be no clean
politics where a majority of the Legis
lature is pledged to adopt, IT necessary,
tho methods of the "cinch bill" artist,
the blackmailer and the political high
wayman. Mr. Roosevelt's reply to Judge Parker
makes an Issue never before presented
between candidates for the Presidency.
Mr. Roosevelt distinctly says that
Judge Parker has uttered falsehoods.
And of course he has; It is a pity the
campaign Has come to this;- but Judge
Parker has brought It to this. Mr.
Roosevelt, though" President, was not
bound to submit in silence to Judge
Parker's slanderous and calumnious
statements. Judge Parker's long asso
ciation with the disreputable politicians
who have made him what he is has
brought him below the level of a gen
tleman! And that Is a pity; or rather
the pity of it is that such a man is the
candidate of a party for the Presidency.
General Lew Wallace, soldier, diplo
mat and author, at the age of 77 la
writing an autobiography. In It he will
tell how Grant saved Mexico as a re
public. He will recount a religious talk
with Robert G. Ingersoll, who influ
enced him to rewrite the widely read
novel "Ben Hur." General Wallace was
Interviewed at his home a few days ago
by Frank G. Carpenter on theBe and
other interesting topics. What be said
will be published in The Sunday Orego
nian tomorrow.
The New York World makes a fore
cast of the Presidential election In
which it concedes the Republicans 201
out of the necessary 239 votes. It says
the Democrats are assured of 159 'Votes
the Solid South is mighty helpful to
the Democraoy while In the doubtful
class it places 116. Among these are
states like Connecticut, Idaho, New
Jersey, Utah.iWisconsin and Wyoming,
with a total of 39 votes. The World
ought to guess again.
Candidate Davis continues to scatter
gems of wisdom among the voters of
West Virginia. His platform to date
seems to be higher prices for the pro
ducer, lower prices for the consumer,
protection for the Industries that need
It, no protection for, the Industries that
do not need it, let the good trusts alone,
and punish the bad trusts. Uncle Henry
Is much Interested in the West Virginia
voter; but not half so much as the voter
Is Interested In Uncle Henry a3 a cam
paign producer.
That the principal supply of domestic
help must come from immigrants is a
Belf-evldent proposition. Portland
housewives who are earnestly seeking
reform by way of organization will be
Interested to know that an Immigrant
Girls. Trust Is In existence In New York
which keeps in touch with members Jri
all parts of the country. Its workings
are described by a wide-awake corre
spondent in The Sunday Oregonian to
morrow. The Post-Intellgencer says that the
fraudulent registrations In- the First
Ward of Seattle will reach one thou
sand. The job is believed to have been
done chiefly In the Interest of the Dem
ocratic candidate ' for the office of
Sheriff. '
During the maneuvers of the Black
Sea fleet "not a single ship understood
or obeyed the Admiral's signals." So
now say the Russians In extenuation of
the trawler tragedy. It was all due to
ignorance. Probably.
How can our own Mr. Powers and his
satellites in local Democracy espouse
the Parker cause on a "stand-pat" is
sue? Painless dentistry should be the, next
course of study for the students who
drove Dr. Lane out of the classroom.
Th Interpretation thro is that acf
Parker 1s & liar.
A COSTLY CASYASS.
Ths Methods Employed by Repub
licans in New York and Indiana.
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
"Clean poIltlcsV sometimes cost money,
especially when opposed to dirty politics.
Rooseveltian standards have been ap
plied In the operations o the Repub
lican managers during the present con
test: but how expensive those opera
tions yet are Is shown by the fact that,
to prevent the carrying of New York
State by the old-fashioned Tammany
methods of colonization and reocatinx.
Mr. Odell's state commltteo took a com
plete census of Greater New York. They
got down the name and residence of every
voter, thus placing it in their power to
challenge and arrest any person attempt
ing to cast an illegal vote. The coat of
that census probably equaled the cost of
taking the United States census of the
same area in 1900, and probably also
equaled.ln amount any "corruption fund"
ever spent in Now York. But It was
money well and honestly expended. Its
results are seen In the fact that New
York has secured the fairest registration,
with the probability of the cleanest elec
tion to follow, known for many' a year.
Also in a marked decrease, since the
work was done, of Democratic claims re
garding the result in the Empire State.
It has been shown that the city majority
for Parker, relied on to overmatch tho
country majority for Roosevelt, will be
far Bmaller than before anticipated. The
betting, which was nnce even, is now
5 to 1 in favor of Roosevelt. Hlggins,
too has become the favorite In the betting-ring
as against Herri ck. This Is
really an unreliable criterion, but a pop
ular one. nevertheless.
It has cost a great deal of money, too,
to canvass Indiana and other so-called
"doubtful states" in the expensive ways
adopted. But at the close nobody will
be able to point to a dollar illegitimately
used, for Republican successes by Mr.
Cortelyou's committee or with lt3 consent-
Neither wiU Theodore Roosevelt
enter upon his second term of office
handicapped, by pledges to any contrib
utor to the Republican campaign fund.
Tho knowledge of these facts Is "heart
ening," not only to the men who have
generously contributed to that fund, but
to the wholo body of Roosevelt voters,
and to all who hope for the "final regen
eration of political methods the country
over.
.TAGGART ON INDIANA.
Mr. Thomas Taggart, of Indiana, con
tinues to utter his prophecies that Par
ker will cany Indiana. Thls persistency
on the part of Mr. Taggart has brought
out reminiscent statements as to his
similar prophecies In former times, from
Mr. Harry New, also of Indiana, now
vice-chairman of the' Republican Na
tional Committee. Certain of these recol
lections arc worth reprinting, towit:
Mr. Taggart was chairman of the Democratic
State Central Committee In 1892 and 1804. and
as chairman then and since he has made all
sorts of predictions, few of which ever have
been verified. In ISM he predicted Democratic
victory In Indiana, until the night before the
election, 'and the Republicans carried Indiana
the next day by 44,000 plurality. Just before
the Presidential election of 1800 Mr. Taggart
again ' entered the field of prophecy, and Oc
tober 22" wrote a card fpr the Indianapolis
News, which appeared In that paper over his
own signature. Here Is what he said:
"I desire to say that Indiana never looked
brighter for a Democratic victory than it does
at this time, and I feel sure, from the reports
received from all parts of the state, that the
electoral and state tickets will both be suc
ceeefuL" Both tickets were defeated by something like
18.D00 majority. ' Then again, in October.
1900, Mr. Taggart went to New York to raise
money for the Indiana campaign, and on the
day on which he returned to Indianapolis the
New York Sun quoted him as follows: "I am
going back to Indiana tonight, my friends. We
are going to carry Indiana. -We are going to
carry the Union. We are going to elect Bry
an." There has not been a National or state elec
tion. in the last 14 yean) In which the genial
Tom has not Indulged In the same kind of
talk, and the Democrats have gone on losing
their money, betting on the Inaccuracy of his
predictions all the time. I don't believe the
Democrats will come anywhere near carrying
Indiana, and I don't believe that Tom thinks
so either. If ho does, he Is as badly deceived
now as his jown newspaper utterances prove
him to have been on past occasions.
HOW PARKER WAS MISLED.
Antl-Imperlallst Emissary Gives Him
False Information.
Chicago Tribune.
Judge Parker's "impartial student of
conditions," upon whose authority he
based his startling statements concerning
the Government in the Philippines, was
an agent of the Anti-imperialistic League.
H. Parker Willis supplies the Demo
cratic candidate for President with the
vmaterlaL He spent five months In the
islands, returning in August. io was
sent there by men who say now they
"thought the. colonial government was
wrong and an investigation would prove
it." Willis was assigned to get the
"truth," they affirm, but with the ex
pectation that the result would uphold
previously conceived opinions nourished
by thoAntI-Imperlallstlo League. '
Edwin Burritt Smith, of Chicago; Carl
Bcburz,. .Charles Francis Adams, Herbert
Welsh'and Moorfleld Storey composed the
committee by which Willis was sent, and
to which he reports.
Judge Parker has admitted that Willis
supplied him with the statements refuted
by facts in possession of the Government
departments at Washington and by the
reply of Governor Wright of the island
government, secured at the Instigation of
the Tribune.
Thus the unbfased and impartial author
ity upon which the Democratic candidate
based his assertions is revealed to have
been the agent of a body of men starting
with the Idea that things were wrong.
The anti-Imperialists who sent the in
vestigator to the Philippines declare their
intentions were to secure the facts with
out regard to their own opinions. They
assert that they wanted to learn the ex
act conditions, financial, agricultural, so
cial and governmental. They admit the
possibility that the Investigator, knowing
that a report sustaining the preconceived
opinions might please his employers the
most, might have been influenced, even
"unconsciously."
Thalr instructions, they say, were to.
get the facts,' regardless of any influ
ences. Willis was to make an unbiased
report and to satisfy himself of the abso
lute truth of his statements. The com
mittee believes he did so.
Willis now Is professor of political sci
ence In Washington and Lee University
at Lexington, Va. He secured a degree
of Ph. D. at tho University of Chicago,
studying Under Professor Laughlin In the
department of political economy. He aft
erwards was secretary of the monetary
commission, .and also was an editorial
writer on the New York Evening Post.
Later he was Washington correspondent
of the New York Journal of Commerce
and of the Springfield Republican.
During Willis five months In the Philip
pines it Is alleged that he made an ex
haustive study of conditions. He is sup
posed to have traveled extensively
throughout the Islands, to have examined
reports, to have made comparisons, and
to have found that American rule had
brought about devastation. .
Not a Serious Affair.
Philadelphia Press.
"Poor Charlie is quite seriowly ill, X
hear."
"Oh, no! there's nothing macs sifoctWl"
, "Why, I heard it was osveasstoa t Xhm
brain;"
"Well?"
IXVESTIGATINGTBE SCANDAL.
Governor of Arizona Is Inquiring Into
Placing of Orphans.
PHOENDC, Ariz., Nov. L Governor
Brodie of Arizona la now in Clifton and
Qlorenci Investigating the scandal ensu
ing Trom the placing of orphan children
from a New York foundling asylum; a
Catholic Institution. In private families.
The report that ho has been commis
sioned by President Roosevelt to seize
the children Is erroneous. After recent
protests of the people of Morencl against
asylum methods, and their taking sum
mary charge of the orphans and disposing
of them In private families, the Catholic
authorities at the asylum presented the
matter to President Roosevelt. It Is
learned that Governor Brodie was in
Washington at the time and the President
requested him to Investigate and report,
though not In an official capacity. Re
turning home, he submitted a partial re
port of the matter and is now making a
further personal investigation. He is ex
pected to return to Phoenix next Sunday
or Monday. It Is furjher. learned that all
but 14 of the children were taken back by
the Catholic officials, and these 14 were
placed In families who are now trying to
aaopt them. The question Is purely a
legal one and will be settled by the Pro
bate Court of Graham County.
FAVORS TREATY WITH AMERICA
Germany Is Willing to Negotiate an
Arbitration Agreement.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. Negotiations
have been Initiated for a treaty of arbi
tration between Germany and the
United States. Several days ago Presi
dent Roosevelt suggested to Baron
Sternberg, the Gorman Ambassador.
that a treaty of arbitration between the
United States and Germany would, in
his judgment, be vry desirable. Am
bassador Sternberg coincided with this
view, and told tho President that he
would Inquire of his government what
steps. If any, it desired to take in the
matter.
Late this afternoon Ambassador
Sternberg called upon President Roose
velt and informed him that the German
government had expressed itself as en
tirely agreeable to the President's
proposition and that he had been di
rected to open formal negotiations for
such a treaty. These negotiations will
be conducted by Ambassador Sternberg
on the part of Germany and Secretary
Hay on the part of the United States.
Cannot Remain In America.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 4. Six Chinese women
who have been connected with a conces
sion on the Pike on the World's Fair
grounds, were arrested by Immigration
Inspector A. C Ridgeway today on war
rants charging them with being in this
country for unlawful purpose's.
Ho Hung, who attempted to end her life
last night because she preferred death to
returning to China, was among those ar
rested. The arrests are understood to have been
caused by the alleged confession of a
Chinese woman, who was detained at San
Francisco several months. On thestrength
of this alleged confession Lee Toy, con-
cessionalre of the World s Fair village,
and Hypollte Dasllva, his agent, who
went to China after tha girls, were ar
rested. The girls will receive a.hearing before
Immigration Inspector Dunn.
Navy-Yard Wage Scale Stands.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. At a confer
ence at the Navy Department today be
tween Secretary Morton and a local com
mittee of tho Machinists' Union, it was
arranged that the existing schedule of
wages at the Washington navy-yards shall
continue without change for the present
and that the question of a revision of
the wage scale shall be considered by
the labor board at tho Navy-Yard at its
next regular meeting in January. The
wage scale Is fixed by this board semi
annually and the present scale was ar
ranged last July.
Sooners' Likely to Make Trouble.'
SALT LAKE, Nov. 4. Although the
Uintah Indian Reservation In Northeast
ern Utah is not to be thrown open for
settlement until next March, already pros
pective settlers are beginning to camp on
the boundaries of the reservation, and
trouble with "sooners" is anticipated be
fore the date of opening. It is estimated
that at Ashley and "Vernal 600 men are
waiting for the opening. The reservation
includes some of the richest farming and
grazing lands In the state and is rich in
minerals.
Lawlessness Increasing in'Morocco.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.r-Consul-Gen-eral
Hoffman Phillip reports to the State
Department from Tangier by mail under
date of October 19 that in Morocco, par
ticularly in the northern portion, there
appears to be an increasing tendency to
ward lawlessness and disregard of author
ity among the restless tribes. There are
as yet no evidences of French Interven
tion to assist In the restoration of order..
Commission Inspects Coal Mines.
POTTS VII. T.K, Pa.. Nov. 4. The Inter
state Commission which Is investigating
mining and transportation conditions in
ths anthracite region, in connection with,
tho suit of W. R. Hearst against the coal
carrying railroads, today inspected the col
lieries in the western end of the Schuylkill
country and the mines north of Broad
Mountain.
Cruiser Tacoma Reaches New York.
NEW YORK, Nov. 4. The cruiser Ta
coma arrived here today from San Juan,
P. R. She will go to the navy-yard to
undergo necessary repairs.
Russian Magazine Fired.
TOKIO, Nov. 5. Press dispatches pub
lished this morning announce that the
Japanese shells have fired a Russian
magazine at tho foot of Paiyinshan
Mountain, which contained hot only much
ammunition, but also large quantities of
provisions. Tho lossT it is believed, will
prove a serIous.ohe to the Russians. The
blowing up of'the six forts mentioned In
earlier dispatches appears to haver'been
brought, about by the Russians them
selves, as they are beyond the range of
the Japanese guns.
Almost Complete Calm at Mukden.
MUKDEN, Nov. 4. Almost complete
calm has prevailed since noon of Novem
ber 3. At daybreak today the Japanese
fired a few shrapnel at men working in
the trenches along the center of the Rus
sian right flank, but the firing soon
ceased.
The Russians today celebrated the day
of the Holy- Mother of Kasan. The sun
shone brightly and the soldiers gathered
in crowds around the' chorus singers and
all the bands played,
Protest 'Against Mobilization.
BRESLAU, Prussia, Nov. 4. Three
thousand Poles marched through the
streets of Czesterochwa, Russian Poland,
Wednesday, as a protest against the
mobilisation. The chief of police and
gendarmes ordered the naraders to dis
perse, but they refused to do so, and
continued to sing Polish songs. A de
tachment of infantry then charged the
mob with, bayonets, with the result that
six persons Were killed and 20 were
-wounded.
Admiral Maksc Round of Visits.
TANGIER, Nov. 4. Vice-Admiral Ro
Jestvensky paid a round of visits this
morainff. Hft called on the commander
el the TVench crulaer Kleber, en the com
mander of the 'British cruiser Diana and
Bit MobAoMBed M Torres, the representa
tive at .Tangier of the ltan oi Moroeeo.
Tk uMal'tAlttUs wre Ired. XohMtaMd
2X Torre retsr4 tltt AAttiraT call at
ib' RtMcfan. Legation. '
NOTE AND COMMENT. .
Built on New Plan?
The girls are the prettiest seen at this house
In many years too large, mostly for the small
stage, but well arranged. Dramatic .criticism
la New Tosk MalL
Last call for fool election bets.
Port Arthur begins to understand the
evils of tight lacing.
One of these days Aeronaut Knabenahue
may take a drop too much.
A drop In the bucket Isn't much, but a
drop in the bucket-shop may be serious.
By the way, has It ever been judicially
decided that fan-tant Is a gambling game?
It's about time the authorities got to
gether and bricked, up the Hole-In-the-Wall.
. -
Ethel Whatjs a "society girl?"
Saman tha She's a girl that can't be de
scribed In any other way.
,i
So long as the public can get . "two
straight up" with its breakfast bacon, the
scarcity of salmon eggs will create no
general alarm.
One thing should be remembered to tha
credit of the Baltic fleet: Its offlcers.didn't
get into a squabble over the: flagship's
looping the loop. . ,
New Yorkers are, already howling about
tho subway service. The same old strap
hanging game has to be gone through
aboard the low-down cars.
Municipal Theater Extended engage
ment of Tom Word In that thrilling
drama, "Pulling the Poolroom, or A
Horse on the Horses." Advt.,
Two attorneys In Sheboygan (Wis.) are
credited with having asked 1234 questions
about some damaged cheese. The cheese
should have been brought into 'court to
speak for Itself.
Madam Schnccsnoffski. who slipped
away from the Mount Tabor Sanitarium,
is said to be safely bestowed in a -neighboring
house. We thought all along that
the lady couldn't drag her name very far.
Pajamas have been officially adopted for
use In tho Army, although the Navy
still clings to the old nightshirt Thi3
may possibly be explained by the fact
that the sailors can never be made the
victims of a night surprise.
Up at Willamette University they have
discovered that the fly has troubles of
its own. We fear, however, that Pro
fessor Boyer Is wasting his time if he i3
attempting to arouse sympathy for the
'flea-bitten fly among the bald-headed.
A Chicago man is kicking because the
girl to whom he was engaged kept the
valuable ring he had given her, and re-turned-a
cheap imitation. Instead of go
ing to the worry and expense of suing the
girl, the man should marry her, for a wife
with such business enterprise would be a
priceless boon to anybody.
No American will take a tip. San Francisco
Bulletin.
What is boodle but a Up? What is
"legitimate graft'" but a tip? What, in
deed, is all graft but a form of tip? And
coming down to the -tip that is too small
to be called anything but a tip. it
wouldn't be hard to flhd Americans of
many 6ccupatlons that arb'ready fo ac
cept all the tips they .can have offered
them.
Vanderbllt horses now wear nightshirts
made of fine linen. These protect their
coats from the blankets worn at night.
In Paris the lap dogs are provided with
gum shoes to keep their feet dry, and in
New York the automobile shops cell
sweaters for dogs, so that Prince or Carlo
may be saved from catching pneumonia
as he Is whirled along in his owner's
whizz car. The only fashionable luxury
the "smart set" seems to deny Its pets Is
divorce.
Developments in the case of Caesar
Toung, who committed suicide as the
evidence Indicates In a cabin New York,
suggest that there must be thousands of
people on the streets of a .great city all
anxious for one reason or another to keep
their identity or their whereabouts a
secret. The "red-headed man," for in
stance,, was afraid to come forward with
his evidence because ho had been a con
vict and did not want his employers to
learn his story, as they would have- done
through the publicity given every. detail
of the case. Two merchants from near
by townB, although they saw Young
shoot himself, allowed tha Patterson
woman to be thrown In Jail, accused ol
murder, without saying a word in her be
half. Presumably these two men were
in New York for "a good time,' and were
afraid to have their friends and relatives
know the truth. It three men afraid of
publicity happened to be witnesses of this
shooting in a cab, how many others musf
be walking the streets of New York?
WEX. J.
OUT OF THE GINGER JAR.
Honest He It's hard to "keep a secret
sometimes. Isn't it? She I don't know; I've
never tried it Detroit Free Press.
The Messenger Boy (disdainfully) Ter a bright
sneriocic, youse are! Soy, did yer ever notIc
de fambly resemblance between a doughnul
an a life-preserver? Puck.
Stern Parent Now, Georgie, Td like to p,u!
In a whola day without once scolding or pun
ishing you. Georgie Well, you have my con.
sent. Baltimore American.
Spellbinder rve nailed 17 different lies
during this campaign. Voice from Audience
Have- you got a union carpentera card, cull?
Louisville Courier-Journal.
"What conclusion does that campaign or
ator reach in his argument?" "He never ar
rives at a conclusion. He merely stops now
and then to take breath." Washington Star.
"He's written a problem play." "I thought
he- was so moral." "He Is." "Wall, then,
what's the problem?" "The problem. Is. 'How
long will the play last? "Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Butcher I need a boy about your size,
and will pay you SS a week. Boy--Wlll I
have a chancy to rise? Butcher Oh yes.
Tou must be here at 4 o'clock every morn
ing. Judge.
Client to. Lawyer Don't you. think you bel
lowed a good deal in your speech to the jury?
lawyer Tes; but you see my argument was
oo slim that I had touse force to make them
swallow it. Detroit JBt-ee Press. .
"I seo they are talking of making clothes
now out of some sort of wood.". "dee whiz:
Then I guess we'll And woodpeckers and
squirrels in our clothes hereafter instead of
moths." Philadelphia' Eress.
It was 11 o'clock P. if. when the' Japanese
fire ceased. "Repulsed?" aid one of the Itas.
slan officers eagerly. "Oh, I'm afraid not,"
replied a companion. "I guess they've Just
knocked 6ft for the night." Brooklyn Life:,
"How's th earth divided?" asked a eai
pons examiner who had already wors .Out tha
patience of the clssa. "By earthquake," re
plied one boy; after which the examteer faesd
thatf he had enough orUMt dn.-Nw Terfeer.
"How. old are yon?" brusquely lIrA tk
comic oera. naaaer. "Blarhtees." th. as-
jtleast 'fef Ut ckorsa r.epU, "with W
pfctowi candor. "Tes? JTor haw mmttr
mm' kv you. ba tax tkt desitabto eoe
dillon?" Philadelphia Ttb . 5 '