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Pitts, 1008 Market: Frank Scott. 80 Ellis; N. Wbeatley. S3 Stevenson: Hotel St. Francis News Stand. WaeUsctca. J. O Ebbltt House News Stand. PORTLAJTD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1904. THE DEMOCRATIC OUTLOOK. That the Democratic party is to rally Around the banner of Bryan is an in evitable conclusion. The party has no other leader. And it will be a radical party. It .has tried conservatism and Mtterly failed. The conservative Demo cratic leaders are wholly discredited. As the Nashville News says: "In 1904 the leaders did not take the people into their confidence. The whole thing was fixed up to suit the Belmonts and the ! Hills. From now on the leaders will do well, they may count themselves fortu nate, if the people take them into their confidence, for it is now certain that the Democratic party will be a radical, aggressive opposition party that will mean what It says and say what it means." There can hardly be a doubt of the truth of this. An alliance between So cialists and Populists, among theorists and Irreconcilables of all descriptions, and all who for any reason, or for rea sons of the most opposite character, are dissatisfied with the constitution of so ciety, will be the next thing, -under the nspiratlon and leadership of Bryan. Tnie party win oe a grave menace, not merely to the business interests of the country, but to its social order and the rights of property. It will be such. from its own very nature and constitu tion. Bryan has already laid down the pro gramme, viz: "The Democratic party has nothing to gain by catering to or ganized and predatory wealth." But his opinion is that all' considerable wealth is "organized" and "predatory." And further along he said: "The party must maintain its position in favor of iblmetallsm. It cannot surrender its de mand for the use of both go'ld and sil ver as the standard money of the coun try. If, from any cause or combination of causes, "hard times" should again set In, we should have a contest something like that of 1896, but with clearer drift towards Socialism, over again. NO MEDIATION NOW POSSIBLE. When Russia denies the world the right of intervention or mediation, says she is determined to have it out with Japan, that her regard for her position and her prestige compels her to this course, and the subject at Issue, with the contest it Involves, does not concern neutral nations and they may therefore be requested to mind their own busi ness, the language and the spirit that prompts it are peremptory and mis taken. Yet in such a situation, en gaged in a struggle as Russia is, a nation will judge for itself, and the world at large will scarcely attempt to press the mat ter that is, to force peace by com pulsion and war. Herein is the weak ness of the theory of international ar bitration. Russia feels that her pride Is involved and her prestige at stake. Therefore she will go ahead. ' It is the natural position for a great nation to assume. The conflict is a trial of strength between Russia and Japan. Bussla has the larger re sources, "by far, but her difficulties in bringing them to the scene of action ore immense. Japan has virtually of fered peace, on condition of evacuation of Manchuria by Russia and restora tion of Port Arthur to China. But this would be abandonment by Russia of her whole policy and effort in the Ori ent, and would be tantamount to full confession of defeat Neither Russia "nor Japan Is fighting for its own. The theater of war is Chinese territory invasion -and occu pation of which by Russia Japan rightly regards as a menace to her In terests, and even to her existence. The question simply is. what is to become of Manchuria, of all Northern China, of Corea? Are they to be Russian? Then Japan, overshadowed by this mighty power, will suffer strangulation. or die of inanition. But beyond this question as to the future of Japan lies that of the future of China and Corea, in which Russia has not the right to say the world has no concern. tlll, there is no apparent ground or reason for the Intervention of other nations. There may be later; but It Is not yet. Russia is driven on by a blind con ception of her destiny; Japan is actu ated by a far-seeing thought of her own preservation. Sir Thomas Barclay, of England, who received a knighthood from King Edward in recognition of his services in bringing about the Anglo- French, agreement in recent matters thus averting immediate war between England and Russia is of the opinion that the war between Russia and Japan is sot due to the Czar, but to his ad visers, who wanted it for gain . and glory and prestige at home. Very prob ably; but this doesn't change the situ ation, nor the conditions that produced it; for these advisers of the Czar largely control him, and therefore are the main part of the Russian government. The spirit of blind aggression, dominant in the Russian nation, appears in them; and there is no public opinion, no de bate, at home to call back the energies of the people to attention to the prob lems of their own social and political life. A nation in the stage of development which Russia has attained and pursues can be checked only by force. She yields to her impulse of aggression, and nothing can stop it but physical ob stacles or impossibilities. The question from the first has been whether Japan has the force to stop her. Thus far Japan has done wonders; but -can she withstand, in long struggle, the colossal power? It is evident that Japan, now having checked and driven back the Russian armies from the north, and holding them at bay, awaits In expectation the fall of Port Arthur. Capture of this place would be an advantage to Japan; but even then there would be required Immense effort to expel the Russian armies from Manchuria If indeed it could be done at all. In wars of this nature, which result from the rivalries of nations, affecting seriously the status and future of one of them, or both, there is no room fpr mediation unless the interests of other nations shall become so involved as to give ground for It; and this has not yet appeared in the war between Japan and Russia. It may later. And meantime mediation must wait. PORTLAND AND SEATTLE. The Seattle Post-Intellltrencer has again undertaken the difficult and profitless task of showing that Seattle a larger city than Portland. In proof submits the total vote cast on No vember 8, and compares it with the vote in this 'city, as follows: Seattle, 18.797: Portland. 15.922 a difference of 2875 In favor of the Puget Sound me tropolis. In the former the total reg istration was upwards of 27.000. while here the registration was 21.956. There the vote fell short about 9000; here about 6000 a difference that, un der the circumstances, is sijmlficant and even suspicious. A moment's examination of the facts will show that the comparison insti tuted by the Post-Intelllsreneer is tin- convlnciilg and valueless. There 18,797 votes were brought out as the result of a close and exciting contest for Gov ernor, and for various county officers over whom there had been a strenuous campaign. Special effort was made also In behalf of Republican members of the Legislature who were to vote for Seattle candidate for United States Senator. Hera the inter est was laniruid. inasmuch ns the result was a foregone conclusion: and thousands of voters remained away from the polls, either because thev had not registered, or because they felt that their presence was not needed. In Se attle every possible effort was made to get out the vote, and undoubtedly It was successful. The Oregonlan thinks that a similar contest here would easily have brought the total city Vote ua to 20.000, probably more. In 1896 the total vote oast in this city for President was 15,997 more than in 1904 andT no one, not even a resident of Seattle, will pre tend that the DODUlatlon of Portland has not been heavily augmented in eight years. The United States census for 1900 gave the following figures:' Portland, 90.426; Seattle, 80.671. We shall not do the public spirit and proverbial enertrv of Seattle the injustice of assuming that any effort was soared to count every human soul: so the comparison was then probably fair. It Is not likely that there will be any further conclu sive test of population until the Federal census of 1910. Our registration laws are different from Washington's; our methods of taking the school census are not the same: there they have one kind of bank clearances, here another; even postal receipts are not on the same basis; and directory figures are, for obvious reasons, unreliable and mis leading. Seattle is a thriving, growing. prosperous and ambitious city; so is Portland. Seattle has increased greatly in population since 1900; so has Port land. Seattle will, we hope, continue to gain many new and desirable people until the next Federal census: we are certain that Portland will gain. At any rate, there is room enough for both in the great Pacific Northwest, SENTIMENT IN "JUSTNESS. The steamship war which has been raging with great fury on the Atlantic for several months Is. now -declared to be nearing an end. As in the case of most of these affairs, the finale has been hastened through a decrease in the material on which the flames of competition may feed. The emigrant season Is practically over, and there Is so little to fight for that the combat ants will probably take a breathing spell until Spring, when there will be a revival of the business. It is a favorite commercial maxim that tells us that "there is no sentiment In business.1 Theoretically it is apparent that this should be true, but in practice it fre quently falls short of the mark. Sent! ment and National pride more than anything else brought on this costly rate war among the largest ocean transportation companies In the world. The prestige given the Germans by reason of their operating the fastest steamships in the world drew business to their lines and adversely affected the receipts of the British lines. To equalize this differential of prestige the British lines began cutting rates, and for several months it has been possible to cross the Atlantic at the lowest rates on record. When the rates were cut sentiment again played an Import ant part in the matter, for the Prus slan government showed Its friendship for the Teutonic steamship lines hy adopting measures making it compul sory for Russian emigrants passing through German territory to use the German steamers. On the strength of this monopoly the Germans were ena bled to maintain a much higher rate than would have been possible had they lacked the support of the government. This advantage, however, applied only to the unfortunate Russians, who were obliged to pass through Prussia, and for the rest of the immense emigrant traffic which crossed the Atlantic they were on no better than even terms with the British. Neither the big German lines nor the Cunarders, which bore the brunt of the fight for the British, pre tended to be making any money out of the business; but sentiment and na tioaal pride jprevented either side from retreating, and not until there was nothing in the way of emigrant busi ness left to fight over was there any prospect of a peaceable settlement. The Atlantic is not the only place where sentiment seems to collide with. business in steamship operations. The most costly rate war ever experienced on the Pacific was that between the China Commercial Steamship Company and the Pacific MaI. Naturally, with these two companies cutting rates to absurd figures, .every other company operating on the Pacific was affected, and before peace was declared the losses ran into immense figures. And all of this loss was Incurred purely from sentimental reasons. The fight was precipitated by a Pacific Mail offi cial who was angered at an employe who left his service to take charge of the China Commercial, then just enter ing the field. This war, from a business standpoint, was less excusable than the recent un profitable contest on the Atlantic, as it occurred at a time when there was an immense amount of freight offering and little or no surplus of tonnage for handling it. Not an additional ton of freight was secured by reason of the heavy cut in rates, and the war not only caused tremendous losses to all of the steamship companies involved, but it also demoralized shore business which was governod by or dependent on the freight rates on the ocean. AH of which Is confirmatory of the belief that nothing of a sentimental nature should be permitted to affect matters which ought to be ' conducted on a strictly business basis. WHAT THE ORANGE HAS DONE. The oldest of Industries is represent ed in this city at the present time by a delegation of men and women that would be a credit to any organization and any industry. The occasion is the meeting of the National Grange in thirty-eighth annual session at Armory Hall. The interest that these people take In their work amounts to enthusiasm. The order, as shown from the anniversary date above given, is not new. On the contrary, it has outlived the day of ex periment and settled down to solid business. The Grange has had In this state, and doubtless elsewhere, much experi ence of a more or less disappointing and even disastrous nature. It has in years past fired by the zeal of legiti mate self-interest and moved by the commendable purpose of bettering the financial condition of the farmer folk made some mistakes and received many rebuffs. These things were a part of Its growth, and it has come up out of them equipped with a fund of experience that insures the avoidance of similar mis takes in the future. Its troubles in this state, as well as Its successes, belong to the local his tory of various communities. Doss was written over many of its ventures; in difference caused many well-laid plans to come to naught, and many of its lodges died of Inanition. But persistence and patience, careful attention to the lessons of experience, loyalty to the central Idea of self-help and intelligent recognition of the social side of life as a factor in- personal and community advancement, have enabled the order to overcome great obstacles and, literally speaking, to work out Its own salvation. The social benefit that the Grange movement has been to thp people and perhaps, It may. be said,, especially to the women of the more Isolated farming sections of the Wil lamette Valley is incalculable. -Even in the days of great discouragements and most'trjing reverses the friendship engendered by the sympathetic touch of the regular, orderly fortnightly meet ings has been a living force, ready at all times to respond to neighbody needs and participate in neIghborirpIeasures. PASSING OF A LANDMARK. One of the historic landmarks of the State of Washington passed -out-of ex istence when the big Olympla Hotel went up In flames Wednesday night. It is only at a state capital in a small city that a hotel can rise above Its environ ment and become In a sense a state in stitution, and In the malting of state history for Washington the Olympla Hotel, like the old Chemeketa at Salem, has been a prominent figure. AH of the hustle and bustle and rush which have been such pronounced characteristics of the Washington business man are in evidence in the politician of the Evergreen State, and it Is doubtfjjl whether there was another edifice in the United States where more strenu oua politics has been played than within the walls of the old Olympla, now a smoldering ruin. Coming into existence almost con temporaneously with statehood itself, the Olympla offered so many advan tages over the ancient Statehouse a relic of territorial days that the mem bers of the Legislature abandoned the official edifice for all classes of legislat Ive work except that which could not legally be transacted at the hotel. No one who has ever stood on the landing above the spacious lobby of the big hotel when a hot Senatorial fight was on and viewed the hundreds of politi cians pulling and hauling and implor Ing, threatening and cajoling, can ever forget the animated scene, and In the numerous Improvised committee-rooms and "headquarters" leading off from the halls United States Senators, Gov ernors. Congressmen and a long retinue of lesser officials have been made and unmade by the strenuous politicians whose presence session after session made the old hotel famous. And in the fifteen years In which the Olympla's prestige remained undlmmed- that lobby was the stage on which at times played all of the great actors In the political life of Washington. The Olympla was built to meet the changed conditions brought about by the creation of a new Washington out of the old territory, but mingling with the new crowd of "statesmen" who came in with statehood was many a veteran who had worked at the laying of the cornerstone of the common wealth. The lobby of the Olympla in the first years of the hotel's existence frequently rang with the eloquence, of the late John D. Geoghegan. idollzd alike by Democrats and Republicans, From the landing above the lobby thl late Senator John B. Allen pleaded in touching strains for party peace which never came, not even with the death of that great leader of the Washington Republicans. Honest old "Tom' Humes, whose life went out in far Alaska only a few days ago, had also talked to many a crowd in that lobby, and the tall form of Colonel B. F. Shaw, Indian fighter. Democratic politician, and the only man who ever placed the Territory of Washington under martial law, was a conspicuous figure at many a session. With the passing of the oldbotel will come before the minds of many & leg' lslative attendant visions of the old days and the old guard. There were the patriarchal "Okanogan" Smith and Charlie" Laughton and his violin. Whenever a particularly merry peal of laughter was -heard, in the center of the group from which it came would be found the late Colonel Patrick Henry Winston telling one of his inimitable stories. And there was "Nick" O wings. Not to know "Nick" was to declare yourself unknown. Owings dropped into a painless sleep about two years ago. and "Charlie" Lauxhton's heart stopped beating as he sat comfortably in a Tacoma hotel reading a book which bore the title "The Pleasant "Side Politics." Then there were the Gov ernorsMiles C. Moore, the venerable Ferry, John H. McGraw, John R. Rog ers and McBrlde, the fighter. As for the Senators and the men who failed to become Senators, how well do we recall the Chesterfleldtan Watson C. Squire, the eloquest-ohn L. Wilson, aristocratic George' Turner, dignified Levi Ankeny and the silent A. G. Fos ter! Then there was Joe Meeler th parliamentarian, who never missed a session since statehood came, and the Iffte Ed Hamilton, a born leader, who passed on to 'the Great Beyond before he had yet turned 40. There was a host of others of greater and lesser light whose names and personalities linked with the history of the state. ana wim tne passing of that great po litical rendezvous, the Olympla Hotel, has gone forever a landmark7 which at various times in the past thir teen years have gathered for council all of the great men of the new State of Washington. It seems to have been a moat short. sighted policy that established Indian reservations In a resrion where rain enough to sprout seeds does not fall once in five years, and inexcusable stupidity to keep Indians confined thereon and expect them to make a living by farming. This Is what seems to nave neen done in Southern Califor nia, where there are five reservations upon which not a drop of rain has rauen in- many months. To make the folly and injustice of keeoinjr them upon these tracts more apparent, it Is said that the Indians are an intelligent, naraworKing Dody of farmers, who cul tivate Industriously every foot of the land allotted to them. Notwithstand ing their most strenuous efforts, how ever, these farmers are unable to raise crops and are now subsisting UDon mast, the supply of which will be ex hausted in a few weeks. It Is not im possible to correct the error that placed these people In this plight. If situated favorably for irrigation, their lands should be Irrigated by the power that connnes them thereon. If not, lieu lands should be chosen, and. If neces sary, purchased, that would yield a liv ing to these people, and they should oe removed to them as soon as possible. There are in Portland todav a lareA number of valuable friends of the Lewis and Clark Exposition. They are the Jastern district nassencer asrentR and other Important officials of the Northern Pacific Railway, who are here "to spy out the land" and to use their Information thus acquired by per sonal observation for the benefit of the 1905 Fair and of the railroad. As the visjting representatives of a great rail road, these gentlemen would fe wel come to Portland under any circum stances;, and at this time, when their coming augurs so much rood for an enterprise which everybody in Oregon has at heart, it will be the dutv and pleasure of all citizens to see that they find out all they want to know and In cidentally obtain as much enjoyment from their visit n tht nature nt -ffeolr sojourn will, permit Russia may pour tens and hundreds of thousands' of soldiers Into Manchuria but will never strike the vitals of Japan until it shall destroy the sea power of the Island emDlre. If Russia can command the ocean, the Czar need send never another soldier to the Ori ent, This is why the Czar 13 sending a mighty armada from the Baltic. If the armada shall not prevail, the fault will lie wholly with Russian sailors. for in tonnage and armament It will outbalance the Japanese navy. Russia replies to President Roose velt's invitation to renew the Interna tional Peace Conference at The Hague that she will gladly do so after she lias licked Japan. Tet the Peace Confer ence, with all Its covenants, wouldn' stand the least In the way of the next war, anywhere. At Baltimore the ship channel Is thirty feet. It has been deepened from fifteen feet. The Chief of Engineers re ports that in his opinion It Is practica ble to increase the depth to thirty-five feet, and recommends that It be done. John D Rockefeller told his Sunday school class that the poorest man Is he who has oniy money. But John D. is quite willing to stay "poor," at least he shows no disposition to get rich by yielding up his money. Though Japs and Russians are butch erlng each other alive they are "hu mane" toward each other dead. That's modern warfare, the rules of which de clare that an enemy is like an 'Injun' good only when dead. Kershaw did good work for Mead and will hold his job as Fish Commissioner of Washington. If he will doas good work for Columbia River salmon, there will be the more reasonfor his holding me juu. Lettson Balliet, who" ran so pictur ecque-a course at Baker City, has finally turned state's evidence and con victed himself. Give him credit for the one honest act of his life. After souring the Anti-Saloon League with vinegar, Prohte now try to woo them with honey. Why? Because the cold-water brethren have discovered their own weakness. Russians will surrender Port Arthur only after the last biscuit shall have been eaten. Evidently the catalogue of ills In the fortress does not yet Include dyspepsia. A sensible man, after all, is your old Uncle Gassaway. He hasn't said : word since, the election, and doesn't ex pect to be "on the ticket" four years hence. To the City Council: The public Is entitled to know all the facts about the Tanner-Creek sewer. We hope it will get 'them. The people of the United States voted for the "big stick," Who win be th Ant to feel it? Huert, st Panama.? TO CURB THE TRUSTS NEXT. Washington, Nov. 12. (Special to the Kansas City Star.) If there were con tributions to the Republican campaign fund by tho trusts, the managers of these institutions have dono some- wing worse than, throw away the money of the stockholders. They have been guilty of a blunder even more pronounced than Judge Parker com mitted in which he charged them with having an understanding with Chair man Cortelyou by which they were to be protected. The testimony which has been acquired regarding the beef trust is now being compiled and classified. An investigation resrardine v other trusts, including Standard Oil. will be started forthwith, and the Postmaster General is at work on an investigation of the railroads' contracts with the Government for carrying the malls. This is by far the mosjs important con tract of the department, and one which always has been regarded as offering the best oportunitles for fraud and favoritism. It can bo stated in as positive lan guage as that which the President em ployed when he declared he would not be a candidate for another term that the President does not regard himself as belntr under any special obligations Vj'any commercial interests or to any factional politicians. His victory was so overwhelming that the conclusion is irresistible that men of all parties. and of no party, supported him. Ho carried entire states In which no par tisan effort had been put forth In his behalf, and even his own National com mittee was officered and dominated by men whose interest in the President was personal rather than noliticaL He does not regard himself under any ob ligation to Addlcks for the result in Delaware, and ha made it clear in con versations with numerous persons to day that the stories which were being circulated about his probable choice for a successor were entirely unwar ranted and offensive to him. There isn't any sort of doubt that the Republican party will follow Presi dent Roosevelt in any legal method he may undertake to curb the aggressions of the trusts. Nor is there any doubt that the Presidents sympathies are with the people and that he will be both "safe and sane in his antagon isms. To assert that the Administra tion is preparing for a general on slaught on corporations is as far from the truth as were the campaign asser tions that compromises had been made with tho trusts. Nothing will he done by the bureau of corporations to pro duce a panicky feeling on the part of the trust managers, who are disposed to comply with the spirit of the anti trust legislation. WHY LEAVES CHANGE COLOR. Farmer Says They Ripen Like Grain in .the Fall. Newark News. "Tain't frost wot turns the leaves red and yaller . in the Autumn," said the farmer. " 'Tain t frost at all." He stood at foot of a mountain. The September day was still, cold and bril liant and the hillside forest was a vivid and bewildering mass of brilliant foliasre scarlet, bronze, lemon, magenta and yel low. ' 'Tain't frost wot does it," said the farmer. "I know 'tain't, 'cos I tried an experryment wot pruv it. I tuck a young maple tree, by Chlnus. and I Kep it in the house, where 'twus warm, from larst June clean on to Fall. No frost teched that maple, but its leaves turned, jest the same turned as yellar as that there gold tooth of yourn. That's why I say these yere scient- Ises Is all wrong to say frost turns the leaves. Frost don't do. nothln of the sort. wnat aoes it, then? ' "Why, nothln' does It, The leaves jest naturally ripen, the same as grain. f-oats or wheat docs." We Shall Have the Chrysanthemums Walla "Walla Union. It would be a crsepfnl thine fnr tho Lewis and Clark Fair management to plant a oed or chrysanthemums in the rose srarden of th "R-rnnQttlnn oi-ntinlo It not only is a more showy flower man me rose, strutting its crimped petals In beautiful waves of colored llsrht. dazzlintr tho pvn of th Viohnl?,. wiin. me wucnery or a Spanish maiden Tv nn sroiaisn nair. rr fi th Vat nnni flower of Japan md dear to tho little brown men who will have as fine an exhibit at the Portland Vair n- rr elgn country. And It would add to the guyeiy 01 me exposition visitors to have a chrysanthemum iv nt- tv. Lewis and Clark "Pair, fin , every ticket buyer could be presented wim a anye terrier iiower and every bOOth de.COra.tprl en that- thn TTnit.lMn. would wear chrysanthemum colors and Kvcrjr one sing 11s praises. Americans are very fond of it and of all flowers it is the king In its own right The rose Is sweet and pure, but the chrysanthe mum has a dash of reckless beauty that captivates and bewitches us. Yes, by all uicwis nave a corysanthemum day. "The Able Leaders." New York "World. Tat Under the ble leadership of William Jennings .nryan .Nebraska has given j plurality of 75,000 for Roosevelt. Under the-abln leadership nf "T'.i Taggart Indiana has given "a plurality Of 60.000 to Roosavalr Undor the able leadership of Henry jjiivis west Virginia has given Plurality of 30.000 to RnncovdU Under the able leadershin nf -00,-1,1 B. Hill and William F. Sheehan New iorK aDovo The Bronx has given J plurality of 210,000 to Roosevelt. Under the able leadership of "Pat" McCarren Brooklyn has given a plu ralltv of 1800 to 'Ronsnvel Under the able leadership of James omitn, jr.. rew jersey has given nluralltv of 75.0.00 to Roosevelt. The Republican ticket did not suffer from a lack of able leadership among the .Democrats. Bruddah Evans' Prophecy. Chicago News. "Yes, bruddahs en slstahs," shouted Bruddah Evans, at the revival meeting. "Ah kin see It now. When some of dese heah health cranks git to paradise dey'll be askln St. Peter of de milk am steril Ized." If. Chicaro Chronicle. If I could write like Bob Burdette Or si ins- tne pen like Twain. Td hold my head up hlsh. you bet. And grow extremely -vain. And maybe now and then I'd get A letter in some strain Besides the one: "We much regret we cannot use the Inclosed. The rejection of & manuscript does not necessarily Imply that It Is lacking In merit. Any one of a number .of reasons may render a contribution unsuited'to our present uses." - If I could write like Shakespeare wrote And rhyme like Bobby Burns; If I could make my Terses float Xike Swinburne does by turns, I -wonder if Td get a note That sweetly, sadly spurns My Jokelet and my anecdote: "We cannot -use the Inclined. The rejection' of a manuscript does not necessarily imply that It la lacking In merit. Any one of- a number uf reasons may render a contribution unsuitcd to our present uses." If I could write like Milton did And versify like Pope; If I like Scott could make a bid For tame with my poor dope, I wonder if I might not rid My mall of slips that ope "With that same gruff, lbidt "We cannot wat the lacleaed. Hm r4eetkm of a aaaauseript does not Hcsarl!y 1 that It is -tacklsc in nmtt. Ay m bC & Bomber c reasons may render a .eewtrikxiAtoa Mcsutlcd to our pt stent vttm " NEW LIGHT IX MISSOURI. t Kansas City Star. Et tu, Missouri? New York Sun. "Sure. Mike." Why not? Isn't Mis souri in the Union just as well as New York? Didn't it send more soldiers to the Civil War who - 'fit,' bled and died for liberty," than Kansas? Doesn't It raise corn and wheat and hogs and cat tle, the same as Illinois and Iowa and Nebraska, oniy more of them? Doesn't it produce much the saiao sort of men and women as are found in Ohio and Indiana and Michigan? Isn't it in the latitude with other states which are up and doing and which keep thingj going on? Is there any reason under the sun why Missouri should stick in any po litical column from generation unto generation and proclaim to the world that it can't change its mind and Its convictions? Is it necessary for Mis souri to take the position that, be cause its early settlers who came from Virginia and Kentucky were Demo crats their posterity must remain Democrats, right or wrong, to the lat est syllable of recorded time? Scarcely. Hasn't Missouri an equal . concern with the other states in the North and West in issues that are carrying the Nation forward to Its manifest destiny? Is there anything in its tem perament to render it incapable of ad miring a President like Roosevelt? Not that anybody knows of. Et tu, Missouri? Well, rather. Cost of the Baltic Fleet. Boston Herald. This Baltic fleet that occasioned such a commotion by sinking a fishing smack In the North Sea is one of the largest ar madas that ever went to sea and one of the most powerful. It Is commanded by three Rear Admirals, Rojestvensky, Fal kerson and Enkolst, and an enormous amount of money has been expended in its construction, armament and equip ment. The money value of the fleet is of Itself very large. Some idea of its cost may be obtained from the following table: Two armored cruisers, J5. 000,000.,.. 10,000.000 six protected cruUera, $2,000,000.... 10.ow.uuu Twelvo destroyers. $250.000 3.000.000 Nine auxiliary cruisers. M.0OQ.0OO... 9.000.000 Two repair shlpo. $500,000 1.000,000 Three colliers. S50O.O0O 1.500.000 Hospital snip iuv.vuu Total ..$S5',750,0O0 November Strawberries. The Dalles Chronicle. Strawberries In November was the subicct for a column and a half write up in The Oregonlan yesterday, which article told of strawberries Being raised at Marshfleld this season of the year. We have for some time Deen calling attention to the fact that in many cardens in The Dalles raspberries are ripening, and strawberries later than this are no new thing in this sec tion. M J. Anderson, who has just re turned from the Meadows, about six miles from Mount Hood, tells us some- thin? that is unusual, and that is ne picked a handful of strawberries up there a day or so ago. The weatner is always much colder there than here and It Is surprising how they ripened. Republican Danger. Chicago Chronicle. A political party is never in such dan ger as when it seems to itself to be per fectly secure in power through an over whelming victory. That is the position of the Republican party today, and un less it sees the truth about its position and takes its measures accordingly, its overthrow Is only a question of time, There is a rising tide of radicalism, in this country. The rapid increase of the Socialist vote Is an index of its rising. The Socialists are merely the spray that files before the coming flood of Democratic radicalism. Of the Democracy. New Tork Sun. The American people have thrice voted their lack of confidence in the Demo cratic party, and this time the vote was even more overwhelming than in 1S96 and 1000. Will the Democratic party recover from these repeated blows? Yes. but It will be as a distinctively radical party, a substan tially new political organization, of which Bryan will probably be the leader, with Watson as his lieutenant. All but One of 23 Children Twins. Media Letter to the Philadelphia Record. A Media physician went down to Morton to examine a - woman for life in surance. The policy required that an swers be made relative to the family his tory, and the doctor asked: "How old is your father?" "Forty-two." "How many in the family?" "There Is father and mother and" 23 chil dren. I am tho 23d one. There were U sets of twins." Who Shall Reorganize? New York Times (Dem.) Would a proposed reorganization of the party by Mr. Davis, Mr. Stephens, Mr. Toombs and Mr. Floyd in 1872 have been in anv measurable degree more audacious and cheeky than the plan of reorganiza tion under hi3 leadership" which Mr. Bryan now puts forth? When the patient lies at the point of death from a pro longed and wasting disease, what is the best cure for him a fresn attack of the disease? Good Ground for Protest. Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune. The Russian Generals were holding a conference. "Perhaps we had better protest the game." said Kuropatatp. "On what ground?" asked Stoessel. "That Oyama has professionals on his team." Realizing that they could easily qualify as amateurs, they decided to do so. One Burden of Life. Boston Herald. . Eat slowly, live regularly and simply, don't worry, and aBove all avoid be ing a millionaire, is excellent advice, but how-to keej) from the last misery Ameri cans do not know! They have to be millionaires. They Come High. Washington Post. "Germany wants $20,000,000 additional for the South African campaign," says a Ber lin dispatch, from which we infer that Germany has also found out that It takes coin to capture the African vote. Prophets Still Have Honorl Philadelphia North American. Now, who can look Oregon, Maine and Vermont in the face and say that the prophets are all dead? How to Catch a Trolley'. Saturday Evening- Post. -Trolley cars axe very swlft: Trolley cars are quickly milted. -Many a time I've seen a trolley Kick Its heels and run like golly Just because some little-wit Waved his.eUly hand at it. , Now, to catch a trolley car. Certain Iroa-bound rules there are. First of which Is net let it Ever guess you wish to set it. Second, -rear a deep dUguiae; Carry bundles great in size. So the car will never dream You can, run you see the scheme? Wbea, It rolls remorseless by. Drop your buadlas there and fly I . Km like. E3. however far; Tbw awy jour fresh cigar, Tkrew away your parfcsal, Tkww away your' ht and all.' JMsi until yew catch the car, Jatt sibearC and tbanjrou are: NOTE 'AND COMMENT.! Contemporary History. , General Stoessel was addressing the gar rison. "Soldiers of the Cxarl" he cried. "Port Arthur will never surrender. We will hold out until the last 'cartridge has been eaten and the last blscut fired " Conscious that Mrs. Stoessel'-would never forgive him the slip, the commander head ed a general sortie. The Liberty Bell ikon will now be re turned to Philadelphia. The Shakhe is frozen over. Now Kuro- patkin has a chance to cut some ice. Thirteen nerson -wern Villed In ttie latent railroad wreck. Wrecks are unlucky. Is there to be no rest for the weary? Is the box question to be mooted again? "Are there any more Boss Tweeds?"' asks an exchange. Only the Scotch kind. The Loyal Lewis Legion is on deck, but where are ther Caracoling Clark Cohorts? Panama, to be a -satisfactory jumplng Jack, should only jump when the string is pulled. So far as we can learn, the gospel .of "The Simple Life" is best summed up In three words, "Be a clam." . And the Olympla Hotel never caught Are from all the money that was burned up in it when the Legislature was sit ting. Seattle Is to give Tom Humes a great funeral. All are ready to honor a man when he's dead and it can't do him any good. A column on the first page and all of the second page is given to the Yale-Princeton game by the New York Sunday Sun. The clash of empires could get no more. Some Industrious genealogist has discov ered that King Edward has 33,735 rela tives. And to think how Christmas wor ries a man that has only nine or ten- A frenzied poet sings In an exchange: Rojestvensky, tell us whensky You trill make our place your goal; And we'll hikeskl down the pikeskl And pick out a bomb-proof hole. It's Just the way ofthe sex that the girl who wore a fishnet shirtwaist on chilly evenings in September now smothers her self In furs on a warm November after noon. They have a queer way of looking at the game laws up In Maine, says the Pittsburg Dispatch. A half-breed guide recently said: "Kill man, too bad; kill cow moose, pay $500." George Gould has peppered an attendant at a shooting party. How clumsy some people are. One would think an attend ant would have skill enough to keep out of the way of flying shot. Now that the Olympla Hotel has been burned down, the Northern Pacific may put on a special train to Tacoma lor the benefit of legislators who can't find a better place to sleep (and none of them could). Five hundred dollars a year has been added to the salary of the secretary of the New York Fire Department, because he holds a Job where there are many op portunities for grafting. If all salaries were calculated in the. same way.. many would pray earnestly, "Lead us into temp-' tatlon." "Arbitration has become a fashion," said Lord Lansdowne in a recent speech,, and he does not seem to have been guilty .of exaggeration, for here are Switzerland and Belgium concluding a treaty. As arbitra tion would be the only possible way In which these two countries could settle a dispute, the treaty Is evidently a conces sion to fashion. There is a discussion going on just now about "free love," or what a preacher said or didn't say about it. Why discuss something that does not exist? There never was' such a thing as free love. From the time a youngster first falls in love and has to buy candies to the time he's paying millinery bills it Is one constant expense. Nothing free about love in any form. The great heart of the Nation suffered with that of Mrs. Howard GoulJ last week, a3 she hung over the bedside of her black pug, which was smitten down by a cold during the Waldorf-Astoria toy dog show. Hourly bulletins helped to al lay the country's anxiety and a great sigh of relief went up when it was announced that the distinguished patient was out of ' danger. But he was too late to get a prize. According to a cable dispatch the Duke of Manchester is about to visit this coun try for the purpose of "touching" his pop-in-law. Life is very hard for these poor young men that are burdened with titles. Just think how some of us would feel if we proposed slipping over to strike a friend for a loan and we picked p the paper to see our intentions cried aloud to the world. Wouldn't it make a hard task doubly difficult? Poor Manchester, it's a shame to make your road rockier than needs be! Here's hoping the old man's check book opens easily. WEX. J. OUT OF THE GINGER JAR. "Ha says he knows all the best people, -.but he doesn't seem to associate with, them." That's because the beet people know him." Houston Post. Clara We girls are getting up a secret so ciety.. George What's the object? Clara I don't know yet, but Til tell you all after I am initiated. Jester. "Have the Xewlyriches got quite settled in their new mansion?" "Oh. yea. They've, got all their ancestors bung except a few who were hung on earth." Town. Topics. "BUggins says he Is an Independent voter." "Well," answered Senator Sorghum. "I sup pose that means that he hasn't been able to persuade anybody In eltbr party to promise him an office." Washington Star. "Scribbler la In trouble." "What about?" "He has written a novel and selected a. name for It. His publisher likes the name, but says It does not suit the book, and he can't decide whether to write a new novel or Invent a new name," Brooklyn Life. Briggs What a fellow you are! I- doa't be lieve you thought of your wife oace while you were away. Griggs On the contrary, I couldn't get her out of my mind for a mlaute. ' I w&a afraid she'd get onto the racket, doa't 708 know. Boston Transcript. "I fion't believe In' those commercial agencies'." announced McTouch. "Why noT" asked 0Fearem. ."Because," replied McToueh, "I looked Titewad up In rra&street'a. He was quoted as belns worth' $900,000. ad wha I asked him to loan me flO he assured me that' he bad only street-car fare asd enouga for his luncheon." Clevelasd Leader. Urs. Pa sh Oar minister says he is ajeiag to change the lasX part of the servlse. Xrsu Knave Dees be think he cm inwn It? 3c. Push No, but he tblaka tt'a ascoseary. In stead of saying; "Let ua stag tae Eeceiesr," ha ia ts ins to say: "Let a? a4jat c cloth, slip on our gloves, grab r )Mrfs, ier et alt about the Lord and be Clacinsatr Commcrc ial-Tribww.