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A FEW PLAIN FACTS.
A mistake is made by the union wage
worker, when he assumes that he and
his colleagues wholly represent labor, or
that they are the most numerous class
of laborers in the United. States. They
are one part of the labor world, but not
all of it They arcnot even a majority
of it, but in fact are a minority! Four
fifths, perhaps five-sixths of the work
ing people of the country work on their
own account, and are not. members of
labor unions. . ,
In agriculture," which gives employ
ment to the greater number-of work
ers, there are no fabor unions. Among
those employed in various .kinds of
work-even, In the towns and cities, the
members of labor unions do not con
stitute a majority. These facts are
not. stated as an argument to show
that labor unions should not exist, but
simply to show :that they who speak
for organized labor, so-called, do not
speak for the whole labor of the coun
try, nor more than a small fraction
of it
Another fact. In Xhe Democratic
States of the Solid South there are- no
labor organizations; or! if any, they
are weak. They 'can do nothing and
try lo d'o nothing. Yet appeal is -made
continually to wageworkers . in the
North to vote the Democratic ticket,
on the ground or assumption that the
Kepublican party is unfriendly -to labor.
It was a most discouraging fact, fifty
years ago, that the wageworkers in our
Northern cities stood mostly with the
party of slavery slavery, that was
based on total denial of wages, and on
ownership of .labor.
And at this time organized labor has
no standing at all in any of the Demo
cratic states of the Union. Judging
from returns of election last week, or
ganized labor seems to know It.
IN OUR ISLANDS.
Natives of Hawaii have not been
able to bear the stress, of competition
with Chinese and Japanese, who have
largely supplanted them. In other words,
the natives of Hawaiian stock are not
workers, and in the presence of the
competltion"hey 4fcapDear. Fifty years
ago mere was & population oi u.ib in
the Hawaiian, Islands. Of these 70,036
were fuuoiooa Hawaiians, 963 were
partis' of Hawaiian and partly of for
eign blood, 364 were Chinese, and the
remaining 1755 were Americans and
, Europeans. But there have been extra
ordinary changes. The population now
is 154,001, or more than double what It
was fifty years ago, but only 29.799, or
less than one-fifth are of native stock.
of fullblood;. while there are 38,363
Americans and Europeans, including a
tew negroes, $ 6,230 Japanese and. 21,746
Chinese. There has been some amalga
mation of other races with the Hawaii
ans.; the number of those of these mixed
bloods being put at 7S58.
The lesson of this rapid change is that
the native race cannot stand the strain
of the industrial .system by whlcli the
general development of the Islands has
been carried forward, during recent
years. It is not a vigorous working
race. No native race of a tropical
country is. Nor do our people of Euro
pean and American stock energize very
much in such situations. They would
not last long as laborers. But the
Chinese and Japanese have the neces
sary quality of endurance, and It is
their labor, 'chiefly, that has so greatly
Increased the production and commerce
of the Hawaiian. Islands.
In the Philippines a similar situation
is presented. The native Filipinos are
not strenuous workers, and probably
never will be. These islands have Im
mense resources, of vast variety, but
the natives cannot be induced to take
up the burden of the Industrial system
necessary tp develop them. Yet the
Chinese and Japanese are at work there
as in Hawaii, and as their numbers In
crease very probably the Filipinos will
give way before them. Such a sltuatjpn
has often raised the question whether
the energetic white race, which pre
pares the way for all movements and
changes of this kind, has iany ethical
right to go Into such countries and to
exploit a vast industrial and produc
tlve system for the good of the world
indeed, but at the expense of the native
races which can but poorly bear the
pressure and strain. Tet It is the only
way to an uplift of such countries, ma
terial and moral. The Dutch have done
Immense things in this line In Java; the
Spaniards, with. -all their faults, did
much In the Philippines, and we shall
do still more.
After all, we have made conditions In
Hawaii much better than they were
and we shall iake -them- much better
in the Philippines, nay, are doing it a!
Teady. These earthly paradises all
await the transformation of labor,' di
rected by Intelligence and justice.
A TWO-FOLD CHECK.
The country is waiting for the deci
sion of the Supreme Court of the United
States on the case presented by the At
torney-General at "Washington against
the Beef Trust. It will be forthcoming
soon, no doubt, -but meantime there is
movement in .the direction of competi
tion with the Beef. Trust, which prom
ises results.
Announcement was made at a dinner
in Kansas City a few days ago, by the.
secretary of the -Manufacturers' and
Merchants' Association, that plans were
completed and the funds ready for-a
new packing plant, to cost two million
dollars,' to " be built at Kansas City. A
tract of land has been bought, for a
site, by the new -company, which is
headed by Charles,-Francis Adams, of
Boston, us president. The company
has capital adequate for its purposes,
and will establish large plants in New
,York and other. Eastern cities, as well
O0 IU Ul ilUUIC
It is doubtful always how far the
laws can be made effective against
combinations -of capital, like that of the
Meat Trust; for the managers have 'in
their service, the- best, legal talent In
the country, and can 6hlft and change
their ground to. meet circumstances.
But competition on business lines pre
sents entirely new conditions. There
is ta large, amount of capital In the
United States seeking investment, and
the competitive effort will still furnish
the most effective remedy against the
abuses of monopoly.
Help, however, will be afforded by
the -laws; for the Interstate Commerce
Commission now has - power to pre
vent the big packers and other great
producers from coercing the railroads
Into the 'old practice of making rebates
to large. shippers. So that between the
operation of the statutes and of nat
ural laws we shall gradually effect a
reduction of the evils of -combination.
HIGH FINANCE IN SALMON.
High Finance" was, riever so popular
on the Pacific Coast as on the Atlantic.
The exemption of the people on this
side; of the Rocky Mountains .from this
insidious disease, which ran riot In the
East a few yfears ago, is due largely to
the keener Judgment and less avaricious
propensities of "Western people. But
the West has ndfwholly escaped the at
tention of the commercial thimble-rig
ger, and a shining example of his work
Is called to mind by the receiver's sale
at Belllngham, "Wash., of the property
of the Pacific American Fisheries Com
pany, and the unsuccessful attempt to
sell the 'property of the Pacific Packing
& .Navigation Company, an 'allied or
ganization .of the 'concern . which was
sold, It is -perhaps unfair to, ultimate
that the "West was responsible for this
flagrant casejof high finance", for, as a
matfer of fact, the Westernera'' con
nection, with the enterprise ceased when
tney ppcKetea tne money paia -ict tne
original canneries, trap locations, etc.
Thls'origlnal price In so me" "Cases was
not exorbitant, and 'the purchasers came
nearer to getting value received for
their money than anyone -else who af
terwards figured in1 -the deal: Acoord-
lng to news dispatches regarding the
receiver's' sale, the property which
wag; capitalized at 45,000,000 and repre-.
sented an Investment of $1,000,000, sold
for 5310,000. The basic value of any
commodity bought and sold is the price
that will command when it Is offered
for sale In the open market. It- is thus
apparent that of the $5,000,000. capital
stock of the concern, approximately
54,700,000 was water which has Just
been squeezed out by the courts. An
even greater portlqn of the liquid which
is so largely one of the constituent parts
of high-finance -organizations seems to
be present in the Pacific Packing &'
Navigation Company stock.
For this big property, which was cap
italized at 525,600,000, and with a stock
Issuance of 513.000,000, there were no
bidders at the upset price' of 5500,000.
The actual value of the property Is
difficult to determine, but the fact that
no one would pay 5500,000 for It was
conclusive evidence that it was not
worth that sum in the open market.
and that of the capitalization at least
forty-nine parts of water were used to
every one part of cash. Of the stock
sold from this vast over-capltallza
tlon of the salmon trust, practically
everything went to Eastern Investors
end on them will fall the loss which Is
almost total. The escape of the West
ern men with good remuneration for
their prlglnal holdings of canneries,
boats, traps, etc., was, of course, a
matter of congratulation for them, but
It Is. questionable whether the West as
a whole has been a gainer by the trans
action. We still have mined to be
opened, railroads-to be built, and Indus
trial undertakings 'tobe, exploited, and
we can use Eastern money to advantage
in carrying out these undertakings and
enterprises.. --
"Once bitten, twice shy" is an axiom
the truth of which has been frequently
demonstrated, and the Western man
who goes into the money centers
of the East to 'finance a .good
legitimate proposition -will suffer to
a certain extent by treason of such
colossal failures as .the Salmon Trust.
The business of salmon packing on
Puget Sound will undoubtedly prove
fully-as profitable" in the future " as in
the past, but it will never reach a stage
where plant and equipment of a value
of less than 5500,000 can pay a profit on
a capitalization of 525,000,000. Puget
Sound's experience in "Frenzied Fi
nance in Fish" is -not dissimilar from
Lawson's "'Frenzied Finance in Cop
per," .and the results, to an extent.
have the same effect, that is, they
frighten capital away from legitimate
undertakings.
PEACE FOR SENATORS AT LAST.
The award of the United States At
torneyship to John H. Hall Is a lovely
way out of an awkward political dl
lemma. And now that all--the prizes
have been shaken down' from the Fed
era! plum tree and "duly apportioned
among the. brethren who deserve them
best, the Oregon Senators, will rest in
peace while, other brethren will whet
fnneir appeiues-ior tne- nexrxrop aye,
perhaps until the Legislative session of
WOT.
All patriots will rejoice that so able
a lawyer as Mr. Hall was. available and
that Senator Fulton was .spared the
pain of accepting Judge Moreland and
Senator Mitchell the pain of accepting
the statesman from Clackamas. It
would have been awkward, very, for
either Senator to have yielded to the
other; in fact, past all understanding In
the echo of their oft-repeated asserva
tions of disagreement The only dis
pute that ever has threatened the ami
cable relations "of the two; Senators is
thus removed and they can sow resume
the friendliness which bound them to
gether with hooks of steel before the
claims oi rival office-seekers marred
their mutual peace.
If Senator Fulton has saved, his col
league from the obligation of fulfilling
an unmerited pledge to friends of ex-
Senator McBride and if Senator Mitchell
has rescued Senator' Fulfon from an
unpleasant debt, all persons interested
should clap, hands with glee, especially
since the two Senators preferred Mr.
-Hall anyhow. It Is a matter of felici
tation even If the President reappointed
Mr. Hall without the help of the two
Senators, and even If the appointment
was politically unnecessary, since the
President has made it possible for the
Senators to live happily together ever
after. True, some Legislator of 1907
may aspire to the Job, but if he is
worthy, he can wait until Mr. Hall Is
done maybe with better success than
Judge Moreland and Mr. Browneli and
Percy Kelly and B. L. Eddy.
Away with aches and pains and vexa
tion of spirit. Let all forget the sore
ness in their bones and behold the shin
ing light ahead. Just as sure as. one
man wins a plum the other fellow loses
a delight: hence Just as many gentle
men would feel a soreness If Mr. Hall
had -failed. Keep daggers sheathed,
gentlemen, and scowls wreathed In
smiles.
ADVANCE FIGURES ON ELECTIONS.
Deserved reptuatlons as election
prophets have been sadly shattered by
the late November cataclysm. The New
York Herald, an Independent newspa
per, for many years has undertaken to
poll the. State and City of New York
prior to National and State elections,
withTesults that gave it a high reputa
tion for impartiality and accuracy. The
Herald " claimed tp the last that New
York was doubtful on the Presidency,
despite the expert judgment -of bettors
and other qualified observers who de
clared that Roosevelt would carry the
state. .
The Brooklyn Eagle, an ardent sup
porter of Judge Parker, In Its Issue of
Sunday, November 6, announced the re
sult of an extensive postal-card can
vass in Greater New York. The indi
cated plurality for Judge Parker in
Greater New York was 180,071. The
Eagle also estimated the Roosevelt
plurality above the Bronx at 102,127, so
that the Judge would thus carry New
York State by neaTly 80,000 plurality.
The voting last Tuesday showed that
the Eagle's guesses were some 250,000
out of the way.
But who can blame the Herald and
the Eagle?- Truth is that none fore
saw the situation as it actually was,
nijt even the campaign managers In
their most vlvfd dreams. All previous
methods of calculation were, upset, the
most painstaking and unbiased effort
to -arrive at. the facts set at naught.
On November 1 The Oregonlan, with
complete data at hand from every
county In . Oregon, estimated that the
state would go for Roosevelt by 27,000
to 28,000. The figures are 45,000. On
October 17 The Oregonlan, after an
elaborate canvass of the State of Wash
ington by counties, gave these esti
mates of pluralities: Roosevelt, 34,275;
Mead, 4810. ..It felt positive that this
was a moderate and reliable statement.
and it knows now that it was. It saw
clearly the trend toward Roosevelt, but
it did not, and it could not, measure
the extent of the silent Influences that
overiurnea an propnecy Dy a movement
that gave to Roosevelt thousands of
Democratic votes which will .perhaps
never confess, their active participation
in the election of a Republican for Pres
ident.- So it was throughout the United
States.
THE NEXT CONGRESS.
The United States Senate for the ses
sion beginning March 4, 1905, will have
59 Republicans, a greater number of
members of that party than have ever
sat In that body; and the House of
Representatives will have approximate
ly 250 Republican members against 134
for the Democrats, a plurality of 116,
At only one session since the CLvll War
(1895-97) have Republicans been In more
complete control of the House; and the
Senate has never at any time since the
reconstruction period been so absolutely
In the hands of the dominant party.
The Senate at that tlne was much
smaller In numbers, but the Republican
plurality for several sessions was pro
portionately larger than it will be In the
SSth Congress.
As a result of the recent election the
Republicans gain two Senators one
from Montana and one from Missouri.
It is the expectation that Thomas H.
Carter, a former Senator and a very
active worker for his stale and for his
party, will be elected in Montana;
while in Missouri Francis M. Cockrell
(Dem.) will be retired after thirty years'
continuous service. The State of Mis
sourl has not been represented In the
Senate by a Republican since the day
of Carl Schurz, who served from 1S69 to
1675, and by his erratic course and un
compromising methods contributed
more than any other Influence. to deliver
over Missouri to the Democracy. Tho
Republicans lofe one Senator In Mary
land. Isador Raynor (Dem.) having al
ready been elected to succeed! L. E.
McComas. The Nevada Legislature Is
also Republican and will name a sue
cessor to William M. Stewart. Senator
Stewart has recently acted with the Re
publicans- In Massachusettes, W. Mur
ray Crane has been appointed to .suc
ceed the late Senator Hoar, whose term
was to expire In 1907, and he will doubt
less be elected at the, forthcoming ses
sion of the Massachusetts Legislature.
Senator Hoar had been at odds with, his
party on its important policies, and his
successor will no doubt act more nearly
in consonance with the desires of the
Republican leaders.
The next Senate will therefore stand
59 Republicans, 31 Democrats.
The House will re-elect Joseph Can
non Speaker. The Republicans gained
seats In New York, Ohio, Illinois, Mis
sourl, California, and everywhere
throughout the West Districts in Wis
consin thought to be. doubtful -because
.of the powerful Socialist movement are
safe, and there are no losses anywhere.
Out of the gloom into which Wash
lngton Democracy, along with that of
other states has been plunged, emerges
Martin J. Maloney. "who has been re
elected to .the Legislature by a not over
whelming majority of five votes. This,
of course, is a high tribute to the po
litical prowess of the sage of Colville,
but there Is a possibility that Martin
has laid himself open to censure. It Is
a matter of record that Mr. Maloney
told William E. Curtis and Curtis told
the world -that Washington would- go
Democratic and Turner would be elect
ed Governor by a majority of more
than 15,000. Having thus In a measure
Inspired confidence in Turner's election
was it not the duty of Statesman Ma
loney to see that his candidate made
good? What ' a gulf yawns between
that majority of five which Martin. Ma
loney- received and the 15,000 which
George Turner failed io receive. Read
ing between the lines, or to be accurate,
between the figures, it is not possible
that a cold, unfeeling public will Incline
to the belief that Martin In his eager
ness to land those five votes, let .slip
his hold on the 15,000 which he had
promised for Turner? Viewed in Its
most favorable light the case ceems to
be one which Invite Democratic Inves
tigation, and jf Martin has sacrificed
15,000 votes -in order to' save five his
seat should be withheld, although by
Republicans as well as by Democrats
he would be sadly missed at what he
so.' picturesquely terms "rag-chewln
matches" at Olympla.
In his interview, published last Thurs
day, Governor Chamberlain expressed
the opinion that In the next four years
President Roosevelt will conduct the
affairs of his office In such a manner
that he will displease many leaders of
the Republican party and thus create
dissensions which will aid Democratic
victory in 1908. Does Governor Cham
berlain forgetr that Roosevelt dis
pleased many leaders of the party dur
ing the. first ,two years of his adminis
tration as successor to President Mc-
KlnleyT If the "leaders" had pos
sessed the power to namethe candidate,
Roosevelt would not have been the
nominee In 1904. But Roosevelt pleased
the people and when the state conven
tions of one state after another declared
In unequivocal terms In favor of his
nomination, the "leaders" fell In line
and accepted tbe-neVitST5Te" The Re
publican Administration of h next
four years may not be satisfactory- to
the men who assume to direct the af
fairs of the majority party, but it will
be approved by the people at large, re
gardless of party lines, and the record
will doubtless be one upon which the
Republicans can make a vigorous cam
paign In 1908. Let not our Democratic
friends worry about Roosevelt's admln-
tratlon of National affairs for the next
four years.
The fire losses of the United States
and Canada continue to keep pace with
the increase in material on which the
flames may feed. For the month of
October' they reached -a total of 512,
866,000, compared with 510,409,000 for the
same month last year and 59,593,000 in
October, 1902. The losses for the first
ten months of the current year are
over 5221,000,000, compared with 5125,-
000,000 for -the same perlod last year and
5124,000,000 in 1902. TJie enormous in
crease this year is largely due to the
Baltimore and Toronto fires, but aside
from these conflagrations there were
enough smaller flres to swell the total
to greater figures than ever before In a
corresponding period. This continued
destruction of property would indicate
that little or no progress had been made
In the way of preventing fires or extin
guishing them after they were started.
The annual losses . are becoming so
large that the matter from an economic
standpoint Is most serious and is entl
tied to gravest consideration.
In a speech delivered Just before the
election Bourke CQckran, of New York,
said that the first thing he would do
after Congress should assemble In De
cember was to bring forward a bill
providing for the creation of a nonpar
tisan commission whose duty shall be
to Inquire Into -the "sources of the Na
tional campaign funds obtained hy the
two great parties, and report Its find
ings. This is buncombe, pf course. No
party wants a statement made of its
sources of campaign funds, or will al
low it. The contributors, likewise,
whether to one party or the other,.
would object, and there never would
be any more contributions to anybody's
campaign funds. Mr. Cockran delivers
many fine orations through his'hat.
The whisky trust and the Independent
distillers are engaged In an active war
at the present time, with Peoria, UL,
as the storm center. Prices have suf
fered four cuts within -the past two
months, and the Independents say that
they are convinced the trust has begun
a war of extermination. The Peoria dis
tilleries are all running at full capacity
and are using 100,000 bushels of corn per
day. If the trust Is only successful In
crushing opposition, and will then force
the price so high that It Is b'eypnd the
reach of the poor man the cause of tern
perance will receive more benefit-than
It ever received from the Prohibition
party. '
We hear nothing, since the election of
the "dangers of Imperialism." The peo-
ple of the United States- have failed to
discern in the course of the present
administration the dangers to our in
stitutions on which the Democratic
party and Its candidate so strongly In
slsted. No Issue, fictitious-and vision
ary; can be made In our poli tics; These
alarmists from Judge -Parker to Gen
eral Miles and George Chamberlain,
werp answered simply by turning the
hose on them. They are cooler now.
Boss politicians no longer will say
that Roosevelt's impetuosity is a men
ace to the Republican party. McKln
ley as a model of mildness and dignity
will be held up for Roosevelt's dlspar
agement -no more. -Roosevelt's popular
plurality Is twice that of McKinley's
and it wasn't niade by Mark Hanna
either.
Says the .Atlanta -(Ga.) Constitution
"President Roosevelt might not-have
been in a mood to write a Thanksgiv
irig proclamation after November 8.'
Possibly now there are others not In a
mood to enjoy Thanksgiving after
November S.
Theodore Roosevelt, the ramping war
lord, whose martial spirit, as we were
told -last week, was so dangerous to
mankind, is going to have all the na
tions of the world assembled in a new
peace conference at The Hague, by
Christmas.
More than a month ago it came out-
through the Associated Press, from
Russian sources, that General Kuroki
had been killed. This statement now
seems to be verified. The Japanese,
however, give put .'no news.
If Manning' will issue that warrant
for Word's arrest. Coroner Finley will
no doubt promptly serve it. Mr.' Word
would be- safe on all sides If Mr. Finley
were a Democrat.
Taggart says nobody could have
saved Parker. Perhaps If Taggart had
not been chairman he would be amdng
the "knockers," too.
An Eastern paper, jwt In "by mail.
says "FarKer toe it calmly, A. man
hit with' a club like tkt. naturally
would. - -
THE. QUESTION OF IMPERIALISM
How One American Regards the
Country's Needs for the Future.
(By George Washburn. D. D., LL. D., ex-Pres
ident of -Robert College, Constantinople, In.
the Independent.)
It is not a matter of choice with us
whether the other powers shall recog
nize- us as- such and hold us to the
responsibilities of a world power or not.
They do, they cannot help it. What
Americans generally fall to understand
is the fact that to be a world power In-,
volvcs serious dangers and solemn re
sponsibilities from which we-cannot es
cape. If it is Imperialism to recognize
these dangers and obligations, then the
President and Mr. Hay are imperialists.
Up to the time of our Civil War we
were not generally regarded as a world
power, but since that time the wonder
ful Increase of our population, wealth
and commercial activity, as well as our
assumption cf the right to intervene
in behalf of Mexico against France, jot
"Venezuela against England, of Cuba
against Spain and In the.Far East, has
gradually forced upon Europe the fact
that there Is a world power on .this
side of the sea, European In race-and
religion, but untrammelled by the tra
ditions and the conflicting interests of
the rival states of Europe a young
and vigorous rival, not of one, but of
all these states. The danger to us in
this discovery grows out of the fact
that the great powers of Europe hold it
as an axiom that all the rest of the
world exists solely for their benefit, to
Increase the wealth and power of Eu
rope. No one can live long in Europe,
familiarize himself with its literature,
follow Its diplomacy and read its news-
ipapers without seeing that, this is the
key to Its history and nas been lor lour
centuries. The conflicts between the
great powers has been for the control.
of the commerce of the world. Other
Influences, religious and dynastic, have
had their influence, but at the bottom.
.since 1492, and especially since the
power of the Turk was broken in the
18th century, it has been the aim of the
great powers to dominate the rest of
the world and make it tributary to
Europe.
This has generally, been "justified on
the ground that it was the duty of
-Europe to carry its so-called Christian
civilization to tho ends of the earth;
but of late we hear less of this pre
tense, and it Is now proclaimed openly
that the world exists to support the
commerce of Europe. This principle
was proclaimed officially by Count
Golouchofsky, the Chancellor of the
Austrian Empire, four years ago, when
he said to the delegations of the Dual
Empire that it might be the chief task
of Europe in the 20th century to put
down the competition of the countries
beyond the sea, and this utterance was
generally approved by the Continental
press, though not In England, where it
was suspected that "beyond the sea
might include Great Britain. The fact
that she Is also feared and hated by
the Continental states, that "she is
bound to America by special ties of re
lationship and Is more In sympathy
with our Institutions tnan the other
states makes her much more friendly
to America than any of the Continental
powers; but so far as the rest of the
world Is concerned she shares the feel
ing that It is her mission to rule as
much as possible of the habitable world
outside of Europe in the Interest of her
commerce. Her free-trade principles
also modify tho rivalry which might
exist between us. There are no such
limitations to the bitter hostility of
the' Continental powers toward tho
United States as a new world power.
which has many. advantages oyer Eu
rope and is every day growing In
wealth and influence.
Our good fortune has given us, under
different administrations and parties.
distinguished Presidents and Secre
taries of State, and we have now In
Mr. Hay a true statesman, who Is gen
erally recognized In Europe as well as
in America as the ablest Minister of
Foreign Affairs in the world; but with
out the support of two-thirds of the
Senate our President and Secretary of
State are powerless. They cannot make
treaty. Our first duty. then, as a
world power is to have a Senate which
understands world politics and their
bearing upon our destiny. Some great
power will some day teach us this les
son in war if we do not learn it for
ourselves in peace. If we would avoid
this calamity we must understand our
selves, and realize what position we oc
cupy in the world.
I am not a party man and have not
had an opportunity to vote In the
United States since 1858, but I have
followed the history of American dl
plomacy during that period with the
deepest interest, and I am sure that
President Roosevelt's management of
foreign affairs' since he came into office
compares favorably with that of any
President we have ever had; and that
at this critical period nothing could be
more unfortunate for our country than
to exchange President Rosevelt and
Mr. Hay, who have known how to de
fend our rights and maintain peace,
who are recognized In Europe as sup
porters of The Hague Tribunal and of
every effort to secure peace In' the
world, for men who, however honest
and honorable, are unkndwn outside of
America and without experience In
dealing with international questions.
Our Exposition.
The Dalles Chronicle.
The Presidential election has passed, and
the result will be very agreeable to a large
majority of the citizens . of Oregoq, and
now the people can turn their attention
to the Lewis and Clark Fair, which should
bo the most Important event In our his
tory. It will be the centennial of the
remarkable journey of tnese two intrepid
men through the wilds of the Northwest
to the Pacific Ocean at the mouth of the
Columbia. As such it will attract atten
tion from all parts of the country, and we
may expect visitors from every state In
the Union, and from different nations of
the world. With many it will be a tour
of observation, who will make the journey
to view our resources, our land and test
our climate. Perhaps with some It will
be the first time they have been on th
Coast and many things will seem strange.
To all these people we should extend
hospitable, Western welcome, and use
every endeavor for their proper entertain
roent- Thl3 will be a grand opportunity
for Oregon to advertise her many ad van
tages for" settlement and the investment
of capital, and as such should be the
means of pushing forward the develop
ment of the state. The Exposition will
undoubtedly make Oregon known all over
the world and will act as the best adver
tising medium the state ever enjoyed,
Every county should be represented, and
the' products of Eastern and Western Ore
gon should be exhibited. Our timber,
farm and orchard productions are equal
to any in the united States and will at
tract population in this direction. There
should be a united effort to make the
Lewis and Clark Exposition everythiag
that could be expected, and to this end
every citizen of Oregon should be iater-
ested.
ItWIcal Exc eels.
Chicago Tribune.
"- "How are we ei- to feed these"
birds and animals?" asked Mrs. Noah,
"after we leave the ark, aad wWte, we
are waiting ror anotner crop oc regMatMB
to growr
"I prefer," said Noah. gaardiiUr.
leave that qtSMttoa for the cwimiiKtUci
to wransie oTer."
HUMORS OF THE CAMPAIGN.
Mr. Hearst's Sympathetic Circular t
the Colored Brother.
Circular Rent to the colored voters of the
Eleventh New York Congress District.
A FEW WORDS FOR WILLIAM RAN
DOLPH HEARST.
No man couM have a higher aim or pur
pose than that pursued by William Ran
dolph Hearst.
He has sympathy for the suffering of
every race.
He has never drawn' the color, creed or
race line.
He has advocated the education of the
pepple of all races.
He has fought the Beef Trust and has
prevented It from putting greater burdens
upon tho poor than they already bear.
He has fought the Ice Trust, and thus
aided to save the lives of many Infants
who otherwise would have died In the
agony of heat.
He- Is fighting- the Coal Trust, to enable
the poor to get the fuel without which
they will freeze in the fearful weather of
our Winters:
He sent to Galveston, Tex., when that
dty was overwhelmed by enormous waves,
trainload after tralnload of food, and
clothing for the -relief .of the destitute.
Among the sufferers were many colored
people. Poorer than the whites, they were
in greater need of relief and they re
ceived it in greater proportionate volume
than did the whites.
He has called for fair treatment of
everybody.
He has been Just and equitable, aa an
editor.
He has sought as a Congressman to do
not alone that which was best for the in
terests of the people of his own district,
but also for the people of the entire
country.
He should be sent again to the Congress
of the United Statea
The colored people, to whom- ho has
been a benefactor, should In gratitude,
"VOTE FOR
WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST
For Congress Eleventh District.
Why Immigrants Do Not Go Sout'i.
New York Journal of Commerce.
There is no use in blinking the fact
that political and social conditions in the
South, as generally understood, whether
rightly or wrongly, have tended to repel
rather than attract Immigrants, who wish
to be assured not only of work and of
homes, but of peace .and order, the pro
tection of their rights, fair treatment in
all their relations, and reasonable facili
ties for the education of their children,
Stories about the treatment of. negroes, the
condition of poor whites, the uncertainty
of legal protection, social prejudice, politi
cal Intolerance and the lack of adequate
school facilities are not without effect in
diverting immigration from the South. So
far as they are founded upon misrepre
sentation and produce misconception, ef
forts should be made, to counteract their
effect by more accurate Information. So
far as there Is ground, for them, and they
are not wholly without foundation, every
effort must be made to remedy the condi
tions that have a repellant influence be
fore a strong attraction can be exerted
to draw desirable population to the South,
either from the Northern States or from
Europe.
The English of England.
What strikes the American constantly
in England Is the homogeneousness of the
people. We have ,the foreigner o much
with us that we miss him when 'we come
to England, writes W. D. Howells In
Harper's Monthly. When I take my walks
In Central Park I am likely to hear any
other tongue pftener than English, to hear
xiadisn, or .Russian, or Follsh, or rforwe
glan, or French, or Italian, or Spanish;
but when I take my walks on the Leas at
Folkestone, scarcely moro than an. hour
from the polyglot continent of Europe.
I hear all but nothing but English. Twice,
Indeed, I heard a, few French people
speaking together; once I heard a Ger
man Jew telling a story of a dog, which
he round so funny that he almost burst
with laughter; and once again, in the
lower town, there came to me from the
open door of an eating-house the sound
of Italian. But nearly everywhere else
was English, and the signs of "Ici on
parle Franca La" were almost as Infre
quent in the shop3. '
Roosevelt and the West.
Chicago Tribune.
Roosevelt's spirit Is the spirit of the
West. Both Roosevelt and the West be
lieve In National progress, both, abroad
and at home. With Parker went down
the philosophy -of National imDotence.
both abroad and at home. The United
States is set now in its course of prog
ress, conservative progress, safe prog
res, but progress. It Is not In the West
that the men are found who recoil from
responsibilities over-seas and who are
afraid to prosecute our commercial inter
ests on the coast of China. It is not in
the West that the men are found who
would surrender the Philippines and let
the open door slam shut.
It Is a matter of red corpuscles.
Roosevelt has them. So has the West.
Steel Trust Stocks.
Springfield (Mass.') Republican.
New York State seems to be plastered
all over with steel trust stock. Judge
Herrick, the Democratic candidate for
Governor, reverting to Governor Odell s
chargo that Judge Parker boughttsomo of
tho stock, said a day or two ago that
while this might prove a man to be an
ass, It did not show hln to be a criminal.
He (Herrick) had also bought steel stock,
and evidently fe'lt like classifying himself
under the above appellation, and then he
remarked that if it was reprehensible in
public officers to Invest in such stocks,
"why, then, let us all who have held such
stocks, asses though we may have been,
stand together, and we will sweep the
state for both the. National and state
ticket."
Now Here Is a "Notice."
Washington Standard. (Olympla).
Long may The Oregonlan live, and may
Harvey Scott live forever and forever
Amen. The Oregonlan has been the
schoolmaster to many a young man and
woman in the days when Washington
State was a territory. We 'remember
when. If a family did not take the Weekly
Oregonlan, they were considered very.
very poor, and they were In Intellect, If
no't financially. And where can you find.
another paper in tne united states or
Europe to surpass The Oregonlan?
Change After Marriage.
Boston Transcript.
Howes Talk about men being changed
by matrimony! The women are Just as
bad, if-not worse.
Barnes Think so, eh?
Howes Yes, I do. There's my wife, for
example. When I was courting her she
believed everything I told, her, now she.
won t Deueve a wora x say.
No New Jails in Ireland.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican
As the population of Ireland has de
creased the demand for prisons has be
come, less; mi loss and they have been
sold bv the score, while, the famous Har
old's Cross Prison, in Dublin, occupied in
the . 4Ck by Daniel CConnell, has been
turned over to the War Office for
barracks.
A Blf r;wrlgn Trusts
Providence Journal.
The foreign railasakers have again come
together, agreeing to a system of price
mad "attribution lasting three years. The
Xngltol!, German, Belgian and French
pnMtoeers are all in this trust, which, of
course aim to .strike a blow at American
xpertem.
K0TEAND COMMENT..
Our Mail Bag. -
Kuropatkin Yes, Harbin is a nice
place to spend Christmas. The city is
healthy.
Young- Churchgoer A dime should
be enough. If your boss is passing
around the plate, however. It might be
better to give half a dollar.
Housewife An excellent way' -of
cooking oysters Is to oat them raw.
Lady Help We cannot recommend
situations In this column. Try the ad
vertising pages "and you will Have no
trouble in finding a place where you
will have use of piano and. automobile.
Clcricus Styles In sermons show lit
tle variation: this season. . They are
worn short and cut onthe bias.
France- and Britain are passing tho
Platonic stage.
Kuropatkin hasn't yet decided where
he will eat his Christmas dinner. -
The picture will now be printed as
'Street Scene In Liao Yang,'" Instead of
"View of Esopus."
And Prohibition Stewart can't-say to
Prohibitionist Woolley, "It's a long
time between drinks."
According to one of the great .com
mercial agencies thero are only 7000
millionaires in the United States. Think,
of that; only 6999 besides yourself.
In one of the English papers in Japan
a Japanese bank advertises under tho
name of Mitsu Blshl Goshl Kwaisha. It
.would be a brave man 'who would en
trust his money to a Mitsu Blshl Goshl
Kwaisha.
Carhegie'should add a special prem
ium to his fund for the, benefit of any
hero that Is not humble. The "humble
.hero" Is so common that his kind can
neve'r dio out,' it is tho other sort that
needs encouragement.
A Missouri educator 1s said to have
defined education as "a transformation
from an indefinite, incoherent homo
geneity to a definite, coherent .hetro
geneity by a series of differentia
tions." Someone must havo shown him.
A Pittsburg commission firm recently
found, nests of young 'rats in three'of
their blocks of. imported cheese. In
some respects animals are better
oft than man- Think of every
mouthful of food eaten helping to make
your home more commodious.
Kobe papers contain occasional ref
erences to the fining or Imprisonment
of editors In Japan for publishing mat
ter concerning .the operations of the
war. In the latest instance, the. editor
has appealed because the .news he pub
lished had been passed by tho censer
at the front.
Who knows what is really going: on
in Manchuria? For a month past the
worJd has been crediting" the veteran
Kuroki with winning Afresh- laurels,
while all the time he .lay dead, disem
bowelled by a flying splinter. Are there
any Japanese soldiers, or .Russians, or
Is. it a war of ghosts?
In Its survey of tho state press, the
Dallas (Tex.) News remarks that one
Texas editor has worked his way up
from the tripod to the rural free-delivery
route, and adds that from-mold
ing- opinions for an unappreciatiYO PUb-
11c to delivering, letters tcKoodlooking
girls at farmhouses is a long step,- but
some men are born with pulls, and know
Just when to jerk.
According to the . Kobe Herald, the
late General Kuroki. was continually
pestered by autographic fiends. All tho
requests for autographs and photo
graphs came from Australia,. America
and Britain, and this leads the Herald
to ask why this "form of mild lunacy"
should be confined to the Anglo-Saxon
race. It isn't. .Kuroki was probably
pestered by persons who thought him a
hero and wished him. success.
During a recent Baptist convention
held in Charleston, says the Argonaut,
the Rev. Dr. Greene, of Washington,
strolled down to the .Battery one morn
ing to take a look across the harbor at
Fort Sumter. An old negro was sitting
on the seawall fishing. Dr. Greene
watched the lone fisherman, and finally
saw him pull up an odd-looking fish
a cross between a toad and a catfish.
"What kind of a fish Is that, old
man?" Inquired Dr. Greene,
"Dey calls it de Baptist fish," replied
the fisherman as he" tossed it "away In
deep disgust.
Why do they call It the. Baptist
fish?", asked the minister.
"Because dey spoil so soon after dey
comes outen de water," answered the
fisherman.
Commenting .upon tho advice of a
professor in Chicago University that
male teachers should be- In charge of
classes in literature on account of their
taste for blood-and-thunder stories, the
Detroit Tribune "gfves" the following
lists of books preferred by men and
women teachers,xespectively:
I.
"Her Guilty Crime,"
"Drug From Her Bed and Stuck Wlth'a Stab
Knife." z . 7
"Deadwood Dick, the Tightrope Stretcher."
"Alone in St. Louis."
"One Night In Ten Barrooms." "
"Carter Harrison's Secret." .
n.
"How to Be a Gentleman."
"How to Propose." .i r
"Little Algy's Tea Party.'''
"FIdo and tho Torch." . .
"Santa and the. Gas Man." 1 ,
'Eva. and the Ioon." . ; .
"Queen Bess and Her Doll." ' .
"Memories of Lincoln Park."
TEX-J.
OUT OF THE G1NGERSJAR.
"Madam, yourdosr Just bit any boy. I wish
yon -would lock him up andsee It he deirelopa
hydrophobia." "What! Do you think the. little
boy Is 'mad' T' Judge.
"Blflton didn't know when he was -well oft"."
"He dldn'tr "No; his saddle horse threw him
yesterday, and the fall knocked him. sonsslese."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Nell Tes. he actually had theImpudence
to kiss me. Belle The Idea! -.Of. course,
you were indignant? Nell Oh, yes. -Every
time. Philadelphia Ledger,
Mrs. Wagsles It you caVC sleep- why don't
you see the doctor? "Waggles Don't yoa
think I have enough to worry over without
his bill to think about? Town Topics.
She Jackson never -goes out with 'his wife.
He He went out with her this morning. She
Yon. surprise me! He Tes. .The gasoline stove
exploded. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle,.
Ardent Lover It io a secret, sir, but your
daughter' Is In love with me. and Mr. Bonds
Well, don't let yourself feef any uneasiness,
slrt I'm not the fellow to "give her away1.
Puck.
"I'll never forget that flght." exclaimed, tlie
old sport, "for It 1 isdellbly fcE4"'fa'ihy mem
ory.' "i don't see anything remarkable1 about
It," said the sporting editor. "Most fights a?e
fixed." Cleveland. Leader.
Crabbe You needn't call any, more. I'm going
to try another lausdry. . Laaadrymsw Why.
what's the. matter: Weren't your afeixts and
collars well donet Crabe Tes, tsxx weltdact
I 4o n't like tbm m rcwn. Philadelphia Praia,