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CONSUMPTION OF LIQUORS.
Since the liquor question, has become
one of some importance in Oregon,
possibly the contestants, "wet" and
"dry," may find some Interest in a com
parison of the relative amount of
Jiquors, spirituous, malt and vinous,
consumed In the United States and in
other principal countries of "the "world..
The statistics come through Govern
ment sources, and are as nearly accu
rate as possible; since in all countries
very close account is kept, under their
revenue systems.
A table just published by the De
partment of Commerce and Labor at
(Washington shows that the consump
tion of the three principal kinds of al
coholic liquors for the leading countries
of Europe and also for the United
States is as'follows:
Spirit. Beer. Wine.
Countries. Proof gals. gallons. Gallons.
United
Klngd'm 68,318,373 LMO.709.000 16.646.833
France... 07,177.068 289.103.000 1.343,830.000
Germany 121.313,300 1,782,778,000 113,583.000
Italy 11.150.400 6,726,000 1.015,861,000
Russia ..172.550,600 161.633.000
Belgium- 9.885,000 S03.2S5.000 8,848.200
Sweden.. 10,730.500 44,440,000 S3S.200
United
States
(1803) ..117.252.14S 1,449,878.952 88,718,355
The statement Informs us that: the
figures for spirits in the case of Euro
pean countries Include only those quan
tities which are used in the form of
leverages, the quantities used in the
arts and manufactures being uniformly
excluded. There are no exact data on
the subject for the United States, as all
the spirits entering domestic, including
industrial, consumption, ape .taxed at a
uniform rate. Authoritative estimates
place the quantity used in the arts and
manufactures in this country at about
10,000,000 gallons, so that in order to
make the American and European fig
ures comparable these 10,000,000 gallons
should be deducted from the total con
sumption of spirits In the United
States, as officially stated. Per caput
consumption of each of the three kinds
of beverages In the above countries is
shown in- this statement, viz:
G allons.
Countries. Spirits. Beer. Wine.
United Kingdom 1.38 S5.42 0.30
France 2.51 7.48 34.73
Germany 2.11 30.77 1.93
Italy .34 .20 31.80
Russia 1.28 1.13
Belgium . 1.42 66.59 1.28
Sweden 2.13 8.83 .18
United State (1803).. 1.33 18.04 .48
The showing made for the United
States will not satisfy our Prohibition
brethren; yet It Indicates that we drink
less than any Important nation of the
world. France shows the heaviest con
sumption of the most concentrated bev
erage, spirits, viz: 2.51 gallons per In
habitant, the other countries following
in the order of their per capita con
sumption of spirits: Sweden, 2.13 gal
lons; Germany, 2.11 gallons; Belgium,
1.42 gallons; United Kingdom, 1.38 gal
lons; United States, 1.33 gallons; Rus
sia, 1.29 gallons; and lastly Italy, with
only 0.34 gallon. The per capita con
sumption of spirits In., the United
States, figured on. the. basis of a total
consumption of 107,252.148 proof gallons,
is 1.33 proof gallons, placing this coun
try well nigh the end of the list of
spirits-drinking' countries. Now as to
beer.
The table shows .that Belgium stands
at the head of the world in the matter
of per capita consumption of beer the
quantity being 56.59 gallons. Second In
order Is the United Kingdom with 35.42
gallons, while Germany, -which shows
the largest absolute figures of con
sumption. In the matter of per capita
consumption takes third place with
20.77 gallons. The United States fol
lows with 1S.04 gallons, Sweden and
France with S.S3 and 7.48 gallons per
inhabitant; Russia, 1.13 gallons per In
habitant, while Italy Is still lower, viz..
0.20 gallon.
France and Italy are the wine-drink
Ing countries both the absolute and
per capita consumption showing that
wine ln theBe countries Is a common
article of consumption rather than an
article of luxury, used only by the fa
vored few. The figures of per capita
consumption of wine in these countries
34,73 gallons In France and 3LS6 gal
lops In Italy are almost identical with
those shown for beer by the united
Kingdom and Germany. .The consump
tion of wine in the other countries Is
relatively Insignificant, only "Germany,
with 1.93 gallons per inhabitant, and
Belgium, with 1-2S gallons, showing a
per capita consumption exceeding one
gallon, the estimated per capita, con
sumption in the United States being
0.48 gallon.
Another Interesting table shows the
'quantities of alcohol of 50 per cent
strength consumed in the form of bev
e rages in the countries. In other'wOrds
the consumption of alcohol of 50 -per
cent strength, as beverages, in the
countries named, is eh own in the an
nexed table:
Countries. Population. Total. Per Capita
United Klngd'm 42.373.000 211.718.6aJ 4.89
France 38.666,000 384.654.SSS 10.21
Germany 58,843.000 325,307.700 6.53
Italy S3.OS8.000 221.015,200 6.61
Rurala 134,272,000 187.7ia.890 1.33
Belgium 6.886.000 61.2)8,140 7.33
Sweden 6,632.000 15.354.140 3.05
United States. 80,372.000 258.084.014 3.23
Consumption of. wine not Included. Ten
million gallons pi spirits, ssed la the arts, ex
cluded. One more table will complete the
statement. The fiscal or revenue "side
of this business is of very high im
portance. The entire revenue from
government taxation' of alcoholic bev
erages (including Import duties) for the
five leadlngbountrles only during the'
most recent fiscal year for which flg-4
ures could be obtained was approxl-'
mately as follows:
United Kingdom S178.367.000
France 82.367.000
Germany 58,750,000
Russia 248.961.000
United States . 180,711.82a
In these statements local, license
taxes are not included; which; If added
to the above, would immensely .Increase
the total in every country, and espe
cially in the United States. It hardly;
can be necessary to remark, when the
magnitude of this business is consid
ered in all Its relations, that prohibi
tion is not likely to prevail rght soon.
The agricultural, manufacturing, transr
portation and revenue interests- :lnr
volved. In it are immense; and it is not
too much to suppose that they never
will be less than now, but will yet be
greater still, .
'iflE OUTLOOK OF POLITICS.
There are thirty-one states of the
forty-five from which there will not' be
a Democratic representative in the next
Congress that is. In the House of Rep
resentatives. This Includes the' great
State of Pennsylvania, all of whose
thirty-two districts, will be represented
by Republicans a thlngnaver hereto
fore known. The Northern States .con-1
talnlng more than two-thirds of. the
population of "the Union, will send" only
about- twenty-seven. Democrats te the
House of Representatives. The Demo
cratic part j- -depending on theSouth,.
has virtually wiped Itself out in the
North.
This comes from the fact that the
Democratic party Insists on keeping
sectional issues at the front. It has
had the Solid South, and has banked
on It. Having the Solid South, It has
supposed it could capture a few states
at the North. But a Solid -North has,
been madefby a "Solid South. And, now'
.iuissocri is tnrown in, ior ooo; Tor saia
sourl, on the firing line, -could not al
ways resist the pressure, of themore
powerful idea .and of the forijfe -behind
it.
The Democratic party, banking on
the Solid South, insists on keeping sec
tional Issues at the front. This Is why
It is overwhelmed. The position on the
negro question, so-called, is absurd;
But that is not all. Democratic suc
cess in the Nation would necessarily
mean Southern supremacy, with South
ern control of Congress, a Southern
Speaker of the House of Representa
tives, and Southern chairmen or leader
ship of all the great committees of
Congress. All tariff propositions,, and
all appropriations, would be engineered
In Southern interests. . An observer
says: "It does not lie In human nature
for the larger and more progressive
section of a nation to consent to be led
with any perxnanency by the smaller
and less capable one.' Not since Bu
chanan followed Pierce has the country
indorsed a. Democratic Administration
in power. Until the Democratic party
can cease to.be a Southern party It
stands tittle chance of controlling the
country."
Nor is this all. The powerfulest and
Drofoundest tendencies of the Demo
cratic party are in the direction of
socialism; towards denal of the;Tights
of private property, and attack on
every one who possesses or claims any
thing In his own person. or right; and
attack, moreover, on the- system on
which he may be able to defend -and
preserve his property. It Is Just as.welt
to look' all this fully -lnthe lace and
better; for It is coming along, and par
ties more andmore In -our country will
be divided on the pld Issue between
those who work and save and have, and
those who are Idlej Inefficient, use up
what they have today, and have not for
the morrow.
Nothing else is so 'apparent In our
National life as the division of our peo
pie on this basis. It has powerful sup
port in the- sectional feeling .of the
South; for the South, which baa a con
servatlsm which should be a. bar
against it, helps Jt forward by concen
tratlon of everything on the fictitious
issue of the social status -of the negro.
PRIMARIES AND THE MACHINE.
Salem's Mayor forbids municipal em
ployes to participate In the city pri
maries. Maybe the direct primary law,
If used, would hold them in; yet-. If we
are to hearken to prophets of: evil,
maybe It wouldn't.
"Machine leaders say that direct pri
maries will ervglave-4be people p bosses
more than ever; or tafluneks ana cnar
latans whose ability to "mix" and
."spout" and limber over, the ground
will be their chief qualification for of
flee. Neither of these alternatives, say
they, will be as well as the present sys
tern, wherein an organization picks out
-candidates according to their fitness.
"Organization" men admit that all can
didates have not been fit, hitherto, but
Insist most of them have been, In fact
.more than will be fit hereafter.
The severest Indictment yet drawn
against the law is that a monopoly of
state offices will be conferred on; strong
counties like Multnomah and Marlon
and of county offices on cities and
towns, since candidates from strong
counties "or. towns will receive a big
vote at the primaries- and the opposl
tlon will be-so scattered as, to be futile.
Forexample, critics of the lav assert
that a weak county HKe -ruomatn, with
937 registered electors, will not- have
the power to put Its candidate fdr State
Treasurer on the ticket -agalnst'Clack
amas wlth4200, nor will Clatsop,Vith
2S89, be able to prevail In? the nominat
ing race for Secretary of State against
Multnomah with 24,089. . '
Many prophecies fall to come, true In
politics, however, and so may ".this; If
weak Klamath should) have one candi
date for State Treasurer, would it not
be natural for strong-Multnomah to
have several? Does Multnomah ever
turn elections" against weak counties
by casting its votes solidly for a candi
date from this county? Did It do that
in the last election of Supreme Judge,
when it gave Thomas O'Day, of Mult
nomah County, v425"L votes and Frank
A. Mo&re, of Columbia Countyt 11,879?
Some day the good people may be
sorry direct primaries ever were born.
It may be said that the system pre
scribed in this state is experimental;
at least so far as Oregon Is concerned.
But right now the public demands a
test of the law. True, the first test,
whereby Salem and Oregon City elec
tors In city elections would nearly all
be disfranchised If the law were en
forced, has not been auspicious, but
let's be cheerfuL Perhaps Oregon Is
not launched upon Initiative and refer
endum and direct primaries and prohi
bition and presently woman suffrage all
for nothing. Good sense may be the
child Qf chaos.
WHAT TO DO WITH PANAMA?
The .first clause In the canal treaty
between the United States and the Re
public of Panama reads as' follows:
Article T. The Tlnlt Rtt
agree" to maintain the Independence of the
Republic of Panama.
It Is clear that the 'miroose of his
provision was to notify the world at
large to keep Its hands off the Panama
Canal. We could have no possible In
terest In maintaining the Integrity of
. government- erected by a band of ad
enturers except to subserve some
great purpose of our own; and to that
end the framers of the treaty sought at
the outset to have it everywhere under
stood that the Panama Canal was an
enterprise undertaken by the United
btates. if any foreign power had any
notion, immediate or remote, that the
way at some time micrht be onen to
negotiation, either with Colombia or
Manama, for a canal cession, it must
perforce have abandoned any such
plan the Instant the treaty was rati
fied by the United States Senate.
But,'whlle the United! States has thus
permanently averted any -Dosslbllitv of
misunderstanding with any European
nation on the subject of the canal, it
has recently become obvious that the
Republic of Panama Is forever to be a
nuisance to us and a menace to our
peace of mind. It Is without interna
tional responsibility of any sort: vet
its administration Is In the hands of
professional revolutionists who areln
the business of republic-making for
what there is In it. and who will doubt
less be" willing and anxious to move on
when they have got all there Is to be
had out of It. These Industrious patri
ots threw a great opportunity Into the
lap of the United States: but they cot
out of It something like 510,000,000 and a
perpetual guarantee that they would
never be molested In the conduct of
their Internal affairs. So they are free
to tax one another to death, to corrupt
their own public officers at will, to
blackmail the foreign Investor (except
the American), and generally to con
duct themselves without let or hin
drance In the most approved South
American fashion.
The'partnershio of the United States
with this select coterie of soldiers of
fortune has already made serious mis
chief. Under the treaty we have ex
clusive control of a zone five miles on
each side of the proposed canal, where
tne United States shall "exercise such
power and authority as If It were sov
ereign." There is a complicated ar
rangement as to custom-houses and
tariffs at Panama and Colon, both
In the canal zone, which are likely for
ever to be fruitful sources- of difference
with the republic; and the exercise of
Its authorized functions by the Canal
Commission within the limits of Its'
own "sovereignty," and apparently un
der the terms of the treaty, has already
led to ugly friction. There seems to be
a mlsunderstandinc all around, between
United" States Minister. Barrett, the
Canal Commission and "the officers of
the republic a misunderstanding so
insoluble by the ordinary processes of
diplomacy and negotiation that Secre
tary of "War Taft on'NovemTipr K naiioH
for Panama, ' and. under instructions
from President Roosevelt will en
deavor to compose the. difficulties.
It may be supposed that Secretary
Taft. with all his admirable rmaifffpa
of tact and forbearance in dealincr with
a rebellious and selfish peQple, will not
entirely succeed m effecting more than
a truce with the officials of Panama.
They know their rights under the
treaty; and they are fortified by a re
cent proclamation of the President de
signed to give them the assurance that
the United States will under no circum
stances imperil their sovereignty; so
that they will doubtless dare maintain
all the rights and prerogatives thus
generously bestowed on them. But we
can have no confidence that In the fu
ture every possible advantage will not
be taken by these "Patriots of the deli
cate and embarrassing relationship of
the United States to their welfare; and
It appears Inevitable that sooner or
later we must assume actual sover
eignty over all Panama, It must be bv
some amicable arrangement with the
present powers of '-Panama; or It may
be that chance will again place an op
portunlty In our hands that can hon
orably be seized. But come some day
the time will when the Panama prob
lem will have to be solved.
COAST TRADE DEVELOPMENT.
The announcement that the Calif o.
uia. oc ujvfcuu oictwuMiip company win
in the future operate Its regular liner
Alliance, with Eureka as the southern
terminus of the -route, Indicates that
Portland Is at last getting a foothold
in a trade field which has, since its
earliest development, been under the,-
domination of San Francisco. The All!
ance has been operating on the Coast
route between. Portland and San Fran
Cisco for several years, and has gradu
ally built" up a trade between Portland
and way ports that has now reached
sufficient proportions to admit of the
California metropolis being omitted
from the Toute. As the owners of the
Alliance were the first people to make
a -determined effort t,o maintain a per
manent and regular service on the
route, their announced intention to
shift the headquarters and home port
of the steamer from San Francisco to
Portland Is an admission; that the Ore
gon-port has captured at least a goodly
portion of the trade whch in former
years went to san Francisco. This has
been made possible by the facilities se
cured by the enterprise of the Portland
merchants, who have Only recently ap
predated the possibilities of the bus!
ness along the lower coast of Oregon
and that of Northern Callfornla.By
shortening the route the 'service will
be Increased, and still better results
will follow.
The Coast steamship has played a
very Important part In the development
of all that territory lying west of the
Coast Range of mountains. As the
river steamers may be said to have
blazed the trail for the railroads. which
have since opened -up the Inland Em
pire, so has the coaiter paved the way
for the .railroads which have since
reached out for business originating
near salt water. One does not need
to be a very old'resldent to remember
when the steamer General Miles and-
one or two other smaller craft handled1
all of thefeuslBeM'festween Portland and
Gray's Harbor and Willape. Harbor.
These comparatively small craft were
ample for all of the business then orig
inating In the territory served by the
steamers, but it was their aid In devel
oping that territory that ultimately,
made it possible for the railroads to
enjoy the Immense volume of business
that now comes out of that country.
Similar results to those which are
-now shown in Gray's Harbor and Wil-
lapa Harbor will In time follow with
the development of the trade along the
Oregon and California coasts. Tilla
mook will some day break away from
the bonds of a poor and Irregular
steamer service and Its excessive rates,
but It la the steamer service, bad as It
is, that has laid the foundation for the
business that Is eventually certain to
attract a railroad. The same condi
tions are working out the destiny of
Coos Bay, Rogue River, Crescent CJty
and other minor points now, and per
haps for some years to come, depend
ent on the sea for an outlet to market.
When the Alliance was placed on the
route, a few years ago, one trip per
month to the Coast ports was suffi
cient for the business. Later two. trips
per month were required, and under the
new schedule Portland will have a ten
days' service to the Southern Oregon
ports, and will soon work up a business
that will demand further facilities for
handling the growing trade which Is
Oregon's by right and has been Callfor-'
nia's only by sufferance.
Pre-eminent above all other factors
In our National wealth Is the honored
calling of the farmer. From our mines
and forests there Is an annual output
which reaches almost fabulous sums,
and the waters of river and ocean
yield up many more millions. All of
these vast sums, however, are compar
atively Insignificant when placed along
side of the new wealth-that Is annually
created by the agriculturist. "The
farmer feeds the world," and success
or failure with him means more to our
economic system than the action of
prosperity Or adversity on any other
calllngT 'Forhesct. reasons Portland
and Oregon will today give the glad
hand of welcome to the members of the
National Grange. Patrons of Hus
bandry, who meet here In their regular
annual session. The "Grangers" from
the beginning of time, centuries before.
theyhad a name and organization, have
by their morality, Industry and honesty
commanded" the highest respect from
all mankind. It was "down on the
farm" that some of the greatest states
men, financiers, ministers, lawyers and
other professional men of the age first
saw the light of "day, and no small' part
of their success In later life was due to
the early lessons learned lh an environ-
ment from which the deceit and sham
of the world has always been conspic
uous for its absence. All hall to these
representatives of this noble calling
who are with us today! They have met
and vanquished the forces jof Nature,
and their victories of peace have proven
vastly more beneficial to the world than
the conquests which have followed ,the
roll of the. wardrum. On behalf of
Portland and Oregpp, The. Oregonlan
bespeaks for our honored guests, tho
National .Grange, -a. hearty welcome. .
In another column appears an argu
ment In support of the theory that
chlnook salmon which are ready to
spawn at Ontario In October and No
vember enter the Columbia River In
"July and August, and not In May and
June.' Master Fish Warden Van. Dusen
has been .a- -champion; of the May-June
theory. The evidence supporting the
other theory is taken from Mr. "Van
Dusen's own reports. Hypotheses about
salmon have .been many and those not
exploded are few and even yet experts
who framed the. law of closed season
are still guessing: The- July-August
theory Is- offered for what it i3 worth.
If It is true, the closed season Is not
right for the Ontario hatchery, since
July and August are the hardest fish-
Jng months.
It ,ls not war, but murder, that Is
going on at Port Arthur. This is the
estimate 3f the "New York Independent,
and with it very", many besides those
who belong' to the Universal Peace So
ciety . agree. General Stoessel is very
oraye, but he has no right to hold out
to the bitterest end when he knows the
end Is near, and that it Is now lmpos
Bible for GeneraLKuropatkln to relieve
nlm. It is grand or -grandiloquent for
him to write to the Czar bidding him
farewell and promising to die Jn the
last assault; but he has no right to thus
sacrifice his soldiers. Massacre is re
quired by no rules of war. of reason
or of patriotism. A brave, man can live
and let his soldiers, live, even If he
and they are compelled to accept de
feat.
The health of Secretary Hay Is a mat
ter of some concern to his personal
friends, as well as to those in political
circles. While it cannot be said that
the life of any one man is essential to
the Administration, that of Secretary
Hayis. jegarded as of unusual value to
the dlplomatlcjrvlce. He is scarcely
beyond the primeNf.llfe. hence the
country may reasonably hope. In spite
of his somewhat frail physical condl
tloh, that he will be spared for yet
many years.
A handsome souvenir edition has
been issued by the Norwich (Conn.)
Bulletin to celebrate, the completion of
Its new building. With the edition are
presented photogravures of the Chelsea
Courier, VOl I, No, 1. Nov. 30, 1795, and
or tne nrst issue or tne Bulletin in 1858.
These possess considerable historic In
terest, and the entire- Issue is a credit
to Norwich.
."Be of good cheer," shouts one of
our Democratic journals. "Th,e Demo
cratic party has survived many a de
feat." So have hell and the 'devil. But
they are not having- a very good or
hopeful time, after all.
A. A. Ames, ex-JJayor of Minneap
olis, Is again and for. the- flftli time to
be put on trial for malfeasance In of
fice. Minnesota juBtlce, If not very ef
fective, has the quality of persistence.
The Initiative and referendum has
given Oregon, direct primaries and pro
hlbltion, and woman suffrage is the
next threat. What else? ' Is the cate
gory of crank dogmas exhausted?
Does anybody now deny that the local
option law was conceived of a design
to force prohibition on towns by means
ot the country vote?
Bosses no longer can feo&st of their
mightiness when Roosevelt moves for
revision of thetarlff.
Russia will fight to the bitter end,
lsnrt the present en bitter enough?
SOME ELECTI0S RESULTS.
Returns from all the States in the
Union, practically complete, though not
official, show that President RcosevelCs,
popular plurality will be about 2,300,089. the
greatest by far ever given any candidate
for the Presidency. The figures as they
now stand are as follows:
Pluralities. by State,
Roosevelt.
Alabama
Arkansas
California. 115.000
Colorado , 15.800
Connecticut 38,197
Delaware ..' 5.833
Florida
Georgia
Idaho 28,500'
Illinois .' 301.600
Indiana JfVi.;.. 82,871
Iowa . V.;. .,- lH.O0O
Parker.
75.000
30.000
20.000
02.386
Kansas 141,000
Kentucky
14.000
35.000
Maine' 37.8J8 -
Maryland .... ..
Massachusetts "?.". '. I. 88.000
Michigan V 100,000
Minnesota 120.000..
Mississippi
Missouri r... 2S.000
Moirtana 12.000
100
60.000
Nebraska ,.L .85.000
Nevada i. -3,000
New Hampshire 22,063
New Jersey 71.330
New York. 176,000
North Carolina
co.ooo
North Dakota -. . 25.000
Ohio : 250.000
Oregon ., 45,000
Pennsylvania .......... 4M.525
Rhode island io.ui
South' Carolina
50.000
South Dakota 40,000
Tenness.ee .......
28.800
150,000
Texas , ... i......
Utah .. -'f.wo
Vermont 30,810
Virginia
Washington 66.000'
"West Vlrelnla 31.042
27,000
"Wisconsin 130,000
Wyoming ........... ..... i,wv
Totals 2.895,362
592,806
Kooeevelt's plurality . . . .2,302.43
Popular Vote and Pluralities.
Roosevelt. Parker. Plurality.
18C4 8.401.248
6.09S.752
Bryan.
6.357,824
Bryan.
2,302,496
- MoKlnler.
1800.. 7.217.810
McKlnley.
850,084
601.854
3S0.810
'98.017
1893 7.104,779
6.502,025
Cleveland. Harrison.
1S93
.5.556,813 5.178.108
Harrison. Cleveland.
1S5S - 5,440.216 5.538.233
' . ' Cleveland, uiame.
1834...'. 4.011.017 4.848.334 62.683
Oarneld. Hancock.
1880.. 4.449.053 4,442,035 7,018
Tllden. Hayes.
1878....". -4.2S4.S85 4.033.050 250,935
Grant. Greeley.
1872 ,...3.597.070 2.834.079 729,975
Grant. Eevmour.
1S68: ,.3,051.071 2.709.613 305.458
Plurality for losing candidate.
JMlealtaippl, Te?as.&nd Virginia, did not vote.
The Electoral College.
Theodore Roosevelt ..336
Alton B. Parker... .... -."...;'.,...140
Rooeevelt's majority 198
Maryland, 1 for Rocserelx, 7 for Parker.
The New Congress..
House of Representatives
Republicans 250
Democrats 136
jsenate
jiopuDiicans .... .............. oa
Iemocrats 31
CENSURES SEVERAL UNIONS.
Executive Council of Federation of
Labor Submits Report.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 15. The second
day's session of the -convention of the
American Federation of Labor abruptly
concluded shortly after thd afternoon ses
sion was called sto order today. This
cnange in programme was necessitated by
the flood of resolutions which poured in
when President Gompers called for these
documents. In the space of a half hour
SI were handed to .Secretary Morrison.
They were of almost every character that
could effect trade organizations, ranging
from such topics as petty disputes on
union Jurisdiction to such questions as
woman's suffrage and the exclusion of
Japanese from the shores of America.
The adjournment was taken that the
proper committees might have the after
noon and evening in considering the reso
lutions.
Before adjournment a delegate saw
Michael Davit t, the Irish patriot, seated
in one of the galleries. He Immediately
moved that Mr. Davitt be Invited to take
a seat on the rostrum. The motion was
promptly seconded, and cries of "Davltt"
were neard from all parts of the house.
Mr. Davitt was escorted to the stage amid
the cheers of those present. Ho briefly
addressed the convention, telling the dele
gates that he was In Sympathy with their
cause.
Report was made against seating Presi
dent Schardt. of the Chicago Federation.
the Federation having been suspended by
the executive council. Consideration of
the matter was set for tomorrow morning.
The executive council. In Its report, se
verely scored tne Brewery workmen and
recommended that Indorsements of their
unfair list, their label and the official
Journal be withdrawn and tnat unless tne.
organization conforms to the ruling of the
Federation, Its charter be revoked.
In the evening the greater number of
delegates crossed the bay to Oakland,
where a labor mass" meeting was held,
On the opening of the convention, the
delegates showed In no uncertain manner
that they desired the convention to be one
of work and accomplishments voting
against a proposition to make the two
Saturdays falling Uurlng the fortnight
session half-holidays. It was even sug
gested to hold night and Sunday sessions.
but no action was taken on these proposi
tions.
First Vice-President James Duncan read
the report of the executive council, which
was a long document, Intently listened
to by the delegates. A portion of thl3 re
port which created the greatest interest
was that relating to trade autonomy. A
long list of disputes relative to trade Juris
dlclon wore cited. The committee decreed
that unless the Chicago Federation of
jjabor ana the central ooaies. or laqian
apolta and Washington, D. C, compiled
with the demands and constitution of the
American Federation of Labor before the
-expiration- of the present session the
charters of these organization -would be
permanently revoked.
Another central labor body which came
In for the censure of the executive coun
ell was that at New Orleans. The -lat
ter organization boycotted a union labor
paper of the city because of an expres
sion of opinion on the part of the editor.
This was styled by the council as a- vio
lation of a free press and a fundamental
principle of unionism, and the New Or
leans body was given 30 days in which
to remove tho. boycott or tho alternative
of having Its. charter revoked. .
Unions were, cautioned to be more con
servative in their actions relative to 'plac
ing -firms on the unfair list. It was
recommended' that such cases be referred
to the Federation, which would thorough
ly . investigate, apd only as a last resort
rely upon tne- boycott. ,
The situation in Colorado was referred
to as - shaking-and a determination. 'ex
pressed - to aid the Western Federation
of Miners, both morally and financially.
In the efforts to have the matter brought
before the highest court-jn the land tor
final adjudication.
The report concluded by urging all
union men to work persistently to the
end that an antl-injunctlon bill, eight
hour law and measures to regulate -con
vlct labor and enforce Chinese exclusion
might be passed by Congress.
Strikers Still Refuse to Return.
FALL STVEH, Mass., Nov. 15. The Fall
River Print Cloth Mills .were opened again
today to give the striking operative an
opportunity, to return. But few of the
corporation had better luck than on yes
terday, and a number of mills were unable
to keep- their machinery running, and
soon shut down. The mill managers. It la
understood, will pursue the present policy
for a day or two, and should their efforts
fail, the plants will be closed agala for
an Indefinite period.
Thsmjw Geerf s Earing.
LONDON, Nov. IS. Thomas Gee ge Bar
ing, Earl of North Brook, Is tod, &g4 71
years -. .- - - - .
SUFFERS. TOR HlS HOT WORDS.
IrownUw Is- Dtemlwed Fram the
Pectal Service by Reeevelt. j
WASHINGTON, Nov. lS.John L.
Brownlow, of Tennessee, a clerk In- the
Postofflce- Department, who acted as disbursing-
officer of the department at the
St, Louis Exposition, was dismissed from
the service today by order of the Presi
dent. Brownlow was charged with Im
pertinence and insubordination, and as he
declined to withdraw hl3 offensive lan
guage, hia dismissal followed.
While Postmaster-General Payne was
yet alive ho .wrote B'roWplow directing
mat ne send to tne department a state
ment of his receipts and disbursements.
In response, Brownlow forwarded the
aggregate sums of his receipts and dis
bursements. The Postmaster-General
then ordered him to submit to the depart
ment an Itemized statement of the moneys
he bad handled. This1 Brownlow declined
to do, accompanying his refusal with
statements to the Postmaster-General
which were considered offensive. He evi
dently felt that the demand of Mr. Payne
was a reflection upon his honor.
Fosxnaster-General Payne presented the
matter to the President who gave orders
that Brownlow should be discharged from
tne service. Prior to Mr. Payne's death
ho action wag taken in the case and it
became an Inheritance of Postmaster-General
Wynne's.
When Mr. Wynne took up the subject
he induced the President to consent to
allow Mr. Brownlow to continue in the
service, provided he should withdraw his
offensive statements to the Postmaster
General. Brownlow's accounts had been
found to be correct and Mr. Wynne told
him no reflections had been made on his
Integrity. Brownlow, In a letter to Post
master-General Wynne, however, refused
to withdraw the statement he previously
made. An order for his dismissal was
signed today.
NEW NOTE SENT TO PORTE.
America Tells Her She Must Fulfill
Her Agreeme'rrt-at Once.
CONSTANTINOPLE. Nov. 15. The
American- Consul at Kharnut. Dr. Thomas
ti. xsorton. nas been Instructed to pro
ceed to tne Turco-Perslan frontier and
watch the operations of the Turkish and
Persian authorities who have undertaken
to arrest the Kurdish murderers, of the
American missionary. Rev, B. W. Lara
bee, who was killed In Anrll last.
Despite the Porte's repeated promises
to the American Legation riot to permit
venaers of Bibles of the American Bible
Society to be molested, the local author!
ties at Angora, Treblzond and Ordu still
detain vendors who have sold their Bibles,
and threatened to arrest any one attempt
ing to sell them. The Legation, therefore,
has addressed a more imperative note to
tho Porte, calling attention to this non
compliance with Instructions which the
Legation has been assured had been given
to surrender the Bibles and not Interfere
with the work of the Bible house, and
demanding a prompt settlement, falling
which the matter would be referred to
Washington.
The efforts made to obtain nermlssion
for a resumption of the excavations on
Dr. E. S. Banks, doctor n the University
of Chicago expeditions of excavations at
Blsmays, have thus far proved unsuccess
ful.
Roosevelt and Tariff Revision.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. No decision
yet has been reached by the President
and other Republican leaders regarding
possible action of Congress on the sub
ject of tariff. It can be said authori
tatively that no decision will be reached
as to such action either at a regular or
at an extraordinary session of the 59th
Congress until the subject has' been con
sidered thoroughly by the President and
bis Cabinet and his political friends In
Congress.
The President Is not bound by any pre
conceived views on the subject, and Is
open to conviction as to the most desir
able course to pursue. He Is not In
clined to favor an . extraordinary session
eimer lor wu purpose ox latung up tne
tariff 'or any other subject, but It fs said
to be too early yet even to Indicate the
determlnatlon, which will eventually be
reached.
To Arrange for Hawaiian Loan.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13. L. C. At
kinson, secretary of the Territory of Ha
waii, arnvea nere toaay on tne steamer
Alameda for Washington, where he will
consult with the Secretary of the Treas
ury regarding the status of the coming
issue of Hawaiian government bonds
amounting to $1,000,000. An Issue of 51,000,
000 was made .last year, and Secretary
Shaw allowed the bonds to be used as se
curity for National bank deposits, thus
greatly facilitating .the territory in float
ing them. Governor Carter has received
advices Indicating that owning to changed
financial conditions the territory may not
be allowed the same privileges again, and
Atkinson is going to make arrangements
for the bonds. The 51,000,000 Is to be used
for public Improvements.
National Banks Asked to Report.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. The Controller
of the Currency has Issued a call for the
condition of National banks at the close of
business Thursday, November 10.
.Speyer Invests in Rock Island.
NEW YORK, Nov. 15. The following
statement was given out today at the
office of the Chicago. Rock Island & Pa
cific Railway Company: "The Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific. Railway Company
has sold to Speyer & Co. $25,000,000 of Its
first and refunding mortgage 4 per cent
gold bonds due April 1, 7934. which will
provide for the requirements of the com
pany until the Summer of 1906. The Rock
Island management has requested Mr.
James Speyer to become a director in the
Rock Island Company and a member of
the finance committee, and llr. Speyer has
consented.
urw-
Pennsylvania Advances Wages..
PITTSBURG, Nov. 15. An official an
nouncement of an advance in wages af
fecting many employes of the southwest
system of the Pennsylvania line west of
Pittsburg was made today. After Decem
ber 1 road freight-train crews will have
their- wages increased when they work
overtime. The conductors will get 31 cents
an hour and the brakemen 20 cents, an
Increase of 2 cents an hour for conductors
and 1 cent for brakemen. The change, it
is said, will mean to the Panhandle road
an Increase In wages of about $18,000 a
month. The company volunteered the
advance.
For Church Work In Alaska.
BOSTON, Nov. 15. The Methodist Mis
slonary Committee today appropriated:
For colored work, mostly In the South.
$27,500 for" work among whites In Alaska,
ISOOO; in California, $7500.
The annual conference of the committee
was adjourned this evening.
During the week a total of nearly
n.573,099 was paid to mission work carried
on In SO foreign countries and lh 16 lan
guages In the United States.
Made Assistant to Mellen.
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov.. 15. Timothy
Byrnes, of this city, formerly president
of the League of American Clubs and
sergeant-at-arms of the National Repub
lican Convention In .1896,. has been ap
pointed assistant to unaries a. leuen,
president of the New York, New Haven
fc Hartford Railroad,
Farewell for leeth-Tueker.
NJBW YORK. Nov. 15. A farewell
receptioK to Commander Booth-Tucker
of the Salvatlen Array, was tendered,
here tonight at the Grand Central Pal
ae-e by tWe o Steers and privates of the
army.' X rt hall was crowded.
Ciwmiiitt Booth-Tucker will leave
tomorrow fon.JhtrojHu
NOTE AND COMMENT.
Oregon Mist.
Spllsb. splash, splosh,
Rain again, b'cosh!
Get out your umberellersr . a
Your own or tb.' other feller's; . 'i '
Put on your rubbers, hoist yoiiT
And say, "Good day; a little damp.
Who Frew Dat Brick?
Not so strange, after all, that ilisson.
has joined the Republican column, for it's
an pld saying that Missouri loves com
pany. The Sheriff Just a-doors fantan.
And Mrs. Woodcock, where Is she?
There- must be some underground work
In connection with a sewer.
Street-corner appointments are' poor
things for girls of any age. -
Pension Commissioner Ware is about
to resign. Too much Ware and tear?
An umbrella 13 like a reputation useful
when a rainy day comes, but mighty
easy to lose.
A few more crazy revolutions. and it will
be changed to "Brazil, where the popula
tion Is nuts."
Turkey la bobbing up again. Abdul
will never be good until he gets a tap
from the. big stick.
Another deaf man went for a walk on
the railroad track at New Westminster.
The expected happened.
Russia wants to fight to the bitter end.
If the end is any bitterer than the be
ginning It will be a corker.
There's a turkey trust in the .Eastand
the small fellows are being eaten up.
It's gobble, gobble, all the time.
'General Huertas, of Panama, and his
coup d'etat, Indeed! What he wants Is a
swift coup de pied in the pants.
The Portland Juror who had no preju
dice against a man because he was a
United States Senator has the true judi
cial mind.
Leather, says an exchange, is the latest
thing for trimmings. The small boy w.ho
has had a trimming down, with a strap
will sneer 'at the novelty of the Idea.
Students of the Alabama Polytechnic In
stitute attempted to lynch a negro, thus
showing their desire to live tip to the
name of the schooL There's nothing; like
manual training in all trades.
"No one but ladles and gentlemen in
vited," says the advance notice of a
"hard times" dance to De glyetf at Ho
qulam on Thanksgiving eve At that,
none of the sexes appears to have been
overlooked.
War correspondents who had no war
correspondence are making bacon and
beans money just now by writing of their
experiences In trying to reach the front.
Tnls hardly seems fair to the men, that
are still in Toklo, employed invdescriblng
scenes of carnage along the firing line.
From a paragraph in an exchange we
learn that a new marine reptile has been
found in the Hosselkins limestone in the
upper triasslc of Shasta County. Triasslc
may be Callfornian for township, but all
the same that marine reptile deserved to
become a fossil for choosing such a long
named resting place.
At St. Louis the Board of Lady Man
agers got tangled up qver the correct way
of eating Ice cream. President Francis
used a fork, but Miss Roosevelt or some
other distinguished visitor used a spoon,
so St, Louis society Is now divided lntor
the fork faction and the spoon faction.
How ridiculous all this appears to the
plain people, the backbone of the Nation,
who tackle everything, from peas to ice
cream, with a knife.
What is a husband" to do If his wife
persists in excessive theater-going, against
his wishes? R. A. Landrum, a railway
clerk In St. Paul, thought he had hit upon
an excellent preventive measure when he
.put most of his wife's clothes In the fire.
arguing with some show of reason that
she would not be likely to visit the the
ater in her kitchen garb. But Mrs. Land
rum became so mad that she chased hubby
out of the house and subsequently had
him arrested for malicious destruction of
property. Now the chances are that the
poor man will have to spend his next
year's salary in buying more clothes, and
his wife will go to the theater as often
as before. Apparently the only solution
of the difficulty Is for the husband to ac
quire the show habit, too, so that he and
his wife may go together.
' WEX. J.
Sails With Cotton for Japan.
SEATTLE-, Wash., Nov. 15. It is re
ported from Vancouver, B. C, that the
Canadian Pacific Steamship Company's
steamer Ainenian, lormeriy a United
States Government transport, sajled from
that port Sunday wiAh a contraband car
go for the Japanese government. Accord
ing to information received in Seattle, the
vessel Is carrying a shipment of 300 tons
of cotton for the government arsenal at
Toklo. Fears are entertained for the ves
sel's safety, , as Russian agents have ad
vised St. Petersburg authorities of the na
ture of the Athenian's cargo.
President Discusses His Message.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. At the Cabi
net meeting today the President, devoted
all- the time of the session to a discus
sion of his forthcoming annual message
to Congress. No intimation of the na
ture of the ubjects considered was giyen.
The President is anxious to complete hi3
message before his trip to the St. Louis
Exposition, and Is giving all the time
possible to Its preparation.. It is well
In hand now, and probably will be placed
In the hands of the printer next week.
Harrisburg Farmers' Institute.
HARRISBURG. . Or., Nov. 15. A "farm
ers" institute, under the auspices of the
Oregon Agricultural College and Charity
Grange, will be . held In the Grange hall,
November 8Q and Decembef 31. The. prin
cipal lecturers will be Dr. James" Wlthy
combe, Professors A B, Cordley, A.. :L.
Knlsely, FL. Kent and Mr. Hurley Wal
lace. Germany Demands Their Degradation
CONSTANTINOPLE Nov. 15. Ger-.
-many has demanded the degradation of
the officer and the punishment of: the
men concerned In the assault on JHerr
Bckhardt the .German Consular Agent- at
Urfa, who bad been severely beaten by
Turkish soldiers, and the payment of an
Indemnity.
Capital Punishment Law- Stand.
MONTPELIER, Vt., Nov.' 15. The
House of Representatives, after a spirited
debate today, refused to pas to a third
reading and so defeated, the bill to abolish
capital punishment In the state.
Czar GivW A!exiff dm. AinM.
ST. PETERSBURG,. Xov. 'lj.im
peror Nicholas today received. Viceroy
Alexieff 1b audlane.