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ECONOMIC AND OTHER CHANGES.
? It is not probable that the present
V. Congress will take up the subject of
X tariff revision, but the next one will
and it may be called by the President
5L. to assemble in SDecIal session for the
It purpose, soon after the expiration of
the- life of the present Congress in
March.
President Hoosevelt Is a protection
1st, but not an extreme one. No one
knows better than he that tariff sched
ules cannot be permanent, but, with
the changes of times and conditions.
need revision. No one understands bet
ter than he that since revision is neces-
earj't the coming Congress should act.
To pass the subject on, for debate two
years hence, when the members of an
other 'House of Representatives are to
be elected, would probably afford the
opposition the opportunity It awaits
and desires. v
It Is known to all close observers that
great economic changes are going on in
the United States. These changes not
only affect manufacturing but "agricul
ture and livestock production. The con
suming capacity of the people of the
United States presses upon "wheat and
meat. Many think our -country is ap
proaching the limit of its capacity to
grow wheat for export, and that our
centers of population on the Atlantic
seaboard will soon require foreign
wheat. It is hardly possible to exag
gerate the significance of such a fact
Our own wheat lands may Indeed be
made to produce more wheat than they
have yet produced; but consumption In
creases , at a rapid rate, and the time
cannot be distant when our own peo
ple will consume all the wheat the
country can produce, and will require
more. The experience of the present
year is an admonition that the time is
coming and may not be distant when
- -we must Import wheat. Likewise, In
all probability we shall soon have no
meat for export, nor dairy products
What change in economic conditions
r .these facts mean must be .apparent
even upon tne sngntest statement or
them.
It will mean readjustment of the re
lations of agricultural and manfuac
jrr -.turlng industries towards each other
therefore modifications of present tar
;lffs, so that food and raw materials
may cost less. The problem will force
Jf itself to solution, on economic lines
a -for, as we approach the limit of home
production of wheat and meat, the con
flict between the prices of agricultural
products and of manufactured goods
jr will be Intensified, and tariff readjust
r ments will be forced by the very nature
of things.
Not now, nor for a long time, will
the people of the United States give up
the policy of protection. But readjust
ment of tariff schedules, to meet new
conditions, will be compelled soon. The
. great plains of the country will carry
no more cattle and sheep than now. In
J this direction Nature's limit has been
i reached. Irrigation will do something
towards providing more grass and
other crops, but the results will be
slow, and increase of the demand for
a consumption will outrun increase of
production. The supply of meats de
pends very largely on maize or. corn
and if this, crop also has not reached
its limit, the demand henceforth is
likely' to exceed the increase of supply
Capitalists of the United States, en
aged Jn the meat trade, perceiving the
inadequacy of the home supply to fu
ture demands, are making, it ""is said
heavy investments, as much already as
$50,000,000, 3n other-countries, chiefly in-
Africa and South America, to secure
V an unfailing supply of meat. Beef,
mutton and pork are likely to be highe:
in our markets; so are poultry and eggs
and dairy products; and we shall fall
more and more, In our supply of home
wool, behind the demand. In hides and
leather necessarily the same.
These changes are beginning, Indeed
they are fairly under way. There will
v be no sudden revolution, but the
changes are inevitable. .On the political
side, unless dealt with in a spirit of
prevision and understanding, they may
make a political revolution.
is O-CK PACIFIC COAST WINTER CLIMATE.
- There have been high winds, for this
region, during the paet three or four
i days; but as the temperature has not
-f -been low there has been only a mod
erale rainfall. A fall of five to ten de
grees in the temperature would have
- produced a downpour of rain, which
! TOay come later, when the temperature
i shall fall. These gaies, meanwmie.
H have carried the rain-laden clouds far
i timr north. - have caused nrecioitailoa
in the form of enow 4n the mountain
ranges around us.
Yet possibly there may he yet warmer
winds within, a short time, which will
carry out of the mountains with, addi
tional rain the snow that has already
fallen, and cause high water all over
Western Oregon and Western Wash
ington. This has happened repeatedly
heretofore. Our climate has the same
general features from year to year, but
it is Impossible to foresee Just what
may happen In any year. The highest
water ever known In Western Oregon
and Western Washington resulted from
two days rain, November 29-80, In 1S6L
It was so warm that It melted the snow
that had already fallen In the moun
tains and threw the whole flood sud
denly upon the valleys. It may occur
gain, or may not.
The forecast Is an exceedingly intri
cate and complicate problem, and we
may never get data enough for a com
plete induction. At this time of year
we can only guess that it is going to
rain.
AN UNCOMPROMISING POSITION.
There is .debate on the negro between
Northern and Southern Democratic
minds that offers matter of exceeding
interest. On the one hand we find the
New York World, at the head of the
Northern Democratic press, saying:
The American people will never accept the
dictum that a negro scholar Is the Inferior of
a white Ignoramus, that a negro gentleman
Is the Inferior of a white blackguard, that a
man's title to consideration rests on the
color, of his skin and not on his character
and his achievements. The World hopes that
this little lesson has finally been thoroughly
learned.
To. this the New Orleans Times-Dem
ocrat, perhaps the most able, certainly
the most aggressive Democratic news
paper of the South the one of all oth
ers that treats the negro question most
vigorously from the Southern stand
point makes the subjoined reply:
The world can be assured that the les
son It desires to teach the Southern people
will never bo learned, even though their re
fusal to learn the lesson shall result In the
triumph of the Republican party for all time
to come. The people of the South were- told
at St. Louis that the New Tork politicians
could carry the party, to victory If the rest
of the country would accept the candidate
they offered the party. Though the New
Tork Democratic politician Is known
throughout the country as the densest and
stupidest of all politicians, their promise was
accepted, and the result Is before the people.
The Southern delegates were simple enough
to trust their cause to men they knew were
stupid, and have been punished therefor. But
the Southern people will never give up their
principles as white men for the benefit of
either the Democrats or the Republicans of
the gold-brick state. If the New Tork
Democrats wish to organize a negro Demo
cratic party let them do so, but the South
will Join no party even if success be prom
ised by men of Intelligence, who are not to
be found among the New Tork Democracy
that wishes to treat negroes as gentlemen.
and to compare "negro scholars" with
"white Ignoramuses," or "negro gentlemen"
with "white blackguards." ... The
Times-Democrat Is pleased to Inform them
that this section does not propose under any
circumstances whatever "to change Its post
tlon on the negro question, and certainly not
for a section of the country that always de
serts when Its services are needed. The
World Is entirely welcome to all the "negro
scholars" and the "negro gentlemen" It can
find and to keep them. The South Is pre
pared to send them all to Manhattan, and
their advent might remove some of the pro
vlnclallsm that affects that overgrown coun
try town.
Of this statement the only value lies
in its exhibit of the spirit of the. South.
It is the genuine revelation or expres
6lon of the cause of the South's political
solidarity, which possibly is irremov
able. Testimony to the same end hatf
been borne since the election of Gover
nor Vardaman, of Mississippi. He has
announced himself as not opposed to
cutting down the representation in
Congress of the Southern States, pro
vided the fifteenth, amendment to the
Constitution be repealed, and the negro
eliminated absolutely from politics, in
the South at least. In his statement
Governor Vardaman says:
I would rather that Mississippi's represents
tlon la Congress be reduced to four members
of the lower House and two Senators, with
the race problem settled, than to have four
Senators and 16 Congressmen with the pres
ent state of affairs. The threat has no ter
rors for me, howevtr. I do not believe Con
gress will consider the proposition seriously.
I believe the common sense Qf most men will
hold even the White House spasm In awe
and our land will still be governed by Anglo
Saxon law. Of course. I do not know what
the next Congress may do, but I do know
that the white people of Mississippi will
continue to govern Mississippi, whether Con
gresslonal representation shall be cut down
or not. . Government by the white man fs
necessary lo the life and 'the preservation of
the white man's civilization. It Is also neces
sary to the preservation of the civilization
of the negro.
Crumpacker of Indiana has a resolution
In the House to reduce the representa
tion and will press it It will have much
support, and possibly may pass. But;
we think it hardly will. The value of
the extracts quoted consists in their
Arm and uncompromising statement of
the spirit of the South. The whole
country ought to understand it, so It
may know how to act.
NOT TANNER CREEK ALONE.
The Tanner-Creek sewer Is a bad. job
bad for the contractor, bad for the
City Engineer, and worse for the city:
but it is not to-be supposed that it Is
different, except in the measure of its
Infamy, from other Jobs that have been
imposed on the city by careless and
criminal contractors during a series of
years. The whole fault lies in a system
that rewards the special political activ
ity and Influence of some favorite of a
"machine" by bestowing on him a re
sponsible and lucrative position. The
City Engineer holds an office that re
quires for the proper discharge of its
duties not only a high degree of tech
nical knowledge and skill, but honesty
firmness and devotion to the general
Interest, and, besides, a special insight
into the ways of contractors and the
trlcks: of the trade. These are'qualltles
not commonly combined in one person.
but they must be possessed by an ideal
City Engineer who is to direct the -con
struction and repair of our streets, the
building of our bridges, the laying of
our sidewalks, and such other impor
tant work. By so much as he is sus
ceptible to the blandishments of 'deal
ers In municipal supplies, the corrup
tlons of contractors, or the Influence of
the "political pull," by that much does
the taxpayer suffer and the public serv
ice lose.
These are commonplaces, whose truth
has long been obvious to the veriest
tyro who may have given a moment';
thought to public affairs. We hav
always known that the City Engineer's
Department has been the dumping
ground of every broken-down hack and
roustabout who could get no other job
anywhere. We have known that there
is a street and sewer contractors' gang
ready to job and rob the city whenever
it could. We have known, -or at least
we have suspected, that certain ma
ierlal and supply men .have found
easy to secure business from Ihe city.
directly or Indirectly. We have known
that the public work was seldom done
with the care, diligence and thorough
ness that would be required by a pri
vate concern. We have, in brief, long
been aware of the existence of the mu
nicipal graft; but we have amiably
looked on and done nothing except to
grumble a little when we had to foot
the bills. .
But now we discover that a steal of
unparalleled boldness has been perpe
trated, and we have started in to over
haul the whole business. If the special
Council committee shall smoke the ras
cals out. It will be entitled to our
profound gratitude. If the Executive
Board shall probe deep into the matter
of specifications for streets, sewers and
bridges, it will be entitled to and will
receive public applause. If the con
tractors that is to say, the "Jobbing"
contractors who are in the ring, will
'peach" on one another, and expose the
whole dirty business, we may possibly
try to forgive and forget; but we shall
know better next time. If the City En
gineer will tell the whole truth during
the investigation (we shall be pleased
if he thus shows that his hands' are
clean), we shall doubtless find the way
made clear for more thorough work in
the future. And If hereafter the Civil
Service Board will give, competent and
Intelligent men to the Engineer's De
partment, the voters may for their part
take it into their beads at the next
election to pick out a City Engineer
who will know his business and do it.
NOVEMBER'S DEADLY GALES.
Heavy Indeed Is the toll which the
North Pacific Ocean levies on life and
property when the November storms
sweep over that death-haunted, region
known and dreaded by seafaring men
as that "terrible North Coast." Cold,
cruel and bleak are the western shores
of Vancouver Island, and around the
fate of most of the ships which leave
their bones In that wild region there Is
today the same air of mystery that
surrounded the disappearance of their
predecessors more than fifty years ago.
Now it is a splendid steel ship with all
modern equipment and appliances;
again an overloaded lumber drogher or'
collier, and even men-of-war and
staunch passenger 6hlps have with the,
others found a common grave along
those shores, where the sea seldom
gives up its dead.- The latest victim
gathered in by the sea in its annual
harvest of death Is an unknown lumber
vessel, and there Is also a possibility
that the coal-laden schooner Makewell
has met a like fate.'
The month of November, from the
earliest records of marine disasters in
the North Pacific, seems to be replete
with these tragedies of the sea, and the
record is one which may well cause.
anxiety for those who have relatives
and friends on the ocean when the No
vember gales set in. It may be that
shipmasters, after many months of
pleasant weather through Summer and
Autumn, become careless of the dangers
that await them, and are caught un
awares when the first of these deadly
gales sweep down on them; for, while
the succeeding Winter months are fre
quently marked by gales as severe as
those which come in bleak November,
the loss of life and property is never as
great as it is in November. The same
conditions which -govern on the "terri
ble North Coast" are also in evidence
off the mouth of the Columbia River
and along the Oregon coast. -
It was In November more than fifty
years ago that the schooner Machlgone
sailed out qf the Columbia River into a
hurricane, and about the same time the
British ship Lord Raglan sailed out of
Puget Sound, and no word ever came
back from either of these vessels." The
ship Joseph Warren foundered in No
vember, 1S53, and the American ship
John Marshall, with all on board, went
down off Flattery November 10, I860,
On November 24, 1864, the well-known
Columbia River trader Iwanowna was
wrecked on the west coast of Vancou
ver Island, and all but three of her
crew perished. The same fate over
whelmed the bark Mauna Kea, Novem
ber 25, 1866, and the Marie J. Smith
foundered off Flattery in November,
1869. It was twenty-three years ago
yesterday that the American ship Hat
tie Besse was swept to destruction a
short distance south of Cape Flattery,
and on November 19, 1875, the American
ship Emily Farnum became a total
wreck" on Destruction Island. It was
In November, 1875, that the steamship
Pacific went down in the Straits of
Fuca and 300 lives were lost. While
this disaster was not directly traceable
to bad weather, the American ship Or
pheus, with which she collided, was
wrecked near Cape Beale a few days
later.
The schooner Sunshine foundered off
the Oregon coast In November, 1875,
and all on board perished. That same
monththe bark Florence foundered off
the Umpqua River, and but one man
was saved. Many lives were lost when
the bark Edwin was wrecked off the
west coast of Vancouver Island in No
vember. 1874. Coming down to more
recent years, there was the foundering
of the American ship Marmlon off Flat
tery in November, 1879, and a number
of smaller disasters the same year.
November -29, 1SS6, the American ship
Belvldere was driven ashore at Bonllla
Point, on the west coast of Vancouver
Island, and the British bark Webfoot
perished a few days earlier near the
same spot, it was in .oiovemDer, xoo,
that the tug FearlesB, with all on
board, went down off Umpqua. and
two years later the British bark Strath
blane was driven on North Beach and
half of her crew were drowned. The
famous old steamer Idaho, the collier
San Pedro, the bark Ivanhoe, on which
Washington's famous politician, Fred
Grant, was a passenger, were all
wrecked in November.
Pilot Cordiner, of Astoria, boarded
the British bark Andrada. off the Co
lumbia River, in November, 1500, and
no message has ever come back from
that missing ship, or from the German
bark Bertha, which undoubtedly en
countered the same storm. It Is this
fearful record of the November gales
which makes their appearance dreaded
by all who have friends and property
at their mercy, and, if there is ever
time when the Pacific belles its name, it
is during the month now fortunately
nearing an end.
GAMBLING NINETY-NINE TEAKS AGO.
Judee George's decision against gam
wine would have been greeted with
grunts of disapproval In the society
that dwelt on Oregon sou S3 years ago;
Indeed, the copper-colored gentry of
thAt time would have resisted the In
fringement on their liberty and pursuit
of happiness more siouuy man the
counterpart of that gentry does today.
EvldentlvOreson is nearer to righteous
ness than 9-9 years ago, even though yet
Th Indian sassioo. for sramblinr
needs no commentary h.ere, but it may
be Interesting to note Xifiwls and Clark's
description of a- game which took place
December 8, 180, In & Clatsop village
near the site of the present town of
Seaside. Chief Coboway.-. the august
potentate of the Clatsop tribe, whose
blood, mixed with white, courses
through the veins of a numerous pro
geny In the Pacific Northwest, was not
present, but the game was enjoyable,
anyhow. It may be asked what busi
ness had drawn virtuous Captain Clark
to such a den of iniquity;. If so It may
be answered that the quest for salt had
taken the Captain to the sea beach, and
he sought the Indian lodge for shelter
from a rainy night. Says the journal
of the explorers:
The men of the village now collected and
began to gamble. The most 'common game
was one- in which one of- the company was
banker and played against all the rest. He
bad a piece of bone about the slie of -a large
bean, and. having agreed with any Individual
as to the value of the stake, would pass the
bone from one hand to the other with great
dexterity, singing at the same time to dl-
ert the attention of bis adversary; then
holding It in his hands, his antagonist was
challenged - to guess In which -of them the
bone was and lost or won as he pointed, to
the right or wrong hand. To this Kama of
hazard they abandoned, themselves with
great ardor. Sometimes, everything they pos
sess is sacrificed to it, and this evening sev
eral of the Indians lost all the beads which
they had with them. This lasted for three
hours, when Captain Clark, appearing dis
posed to sleep, the man who had been most
attentive and whose name was Cuskalah,
spreaa two new mats near the fire, ordered
his wife to retire to her own bed and the
rest of the company dispersed at the samo
time. Captain Clark then lay down, but the
violence with which the fleas attacked him
did not leave his rest unbroken.
The biennial report of the Washing
ton State Treasurer shows a reduction
In the state debt of $235,000 in the past
four years. During that period the col
lections on Inheritance tax have
amounted to over 534,000. and the gen
eral business of the state has doubled.
The showing Is a very satisfactory one
and reflects credit on the admlnistra
tlon. The Washington politicians spend
large sums of money In conducting
their political campaigns, probably
more than Is expended by those, of any
other state in the West, but the flnan
clal showing of the state has for many
years displayed an economical man
agement that Is at strange contrast
with the lavish expenditui-e made In or
der to elect men to offlc In the state.
Ugly rumors have occasionally been
heard regarding certain departments
of the state government, but the finan
cial showing Is a very good refutation
of any charges of serious grafting
which might be made.
The trouble in Colorado, we are told.
has arisen from defiance of the Con
stltutional amendment approved by the
voters,- that eight hours shall constitute
a day's work. An enactment In law
utterly foolish and Impracticable, and
impossible of enforcement. By private
agreement eight hours, or four hours,
or any hours more or less, may consti
tute a day's work; but by statute or by
constitutional amendment never. It Is
as Impossible as to fix by law 'the prices
of bread and beef, of plows and shoes.
Hours and wages of labor must depend,
in the main, on economic principles,
which can be controlled neither by stat
utes nor constitutions. It is a field for
adjustment by private agreement If a
constitutional provision can ordain that
eight hours shall be a , day'-s - work it
.-can ordain that four hours oi; two hours
shall be a day's work; And the thing be
comes absurd. But-it is a field' for the
play of political agitators and dema
gogues.
The King County delegation tothe
Washington Legislature has adopted a
resolution against the employment of
women as clerks during the legislative
session. This experiment was tried at
Olympla at the session of 1903, and
proved' so successful in every way
that the delegations from other counties
will probably again join with King and
employ none but' men for clerks. The
discrimination against the women at
Olympla not only resulted in a saving
In expenses, but It also materially im
proved the moral atmosphere around
the capital city. Woman's sphere In
life is said to be widening, and it will
be a good thing for society In general
if it broadens out so that the fair sex
will feel as much out of place at a
State Legislature as they would feel at
a ward caucus.
Somebody again asks why the law
in Oregon Is not changed so as to allow
an elector to vote a straight party
ticket by marking the ballot once. Gov
ernor Chamberlain can tell the reason,
for he has vetoed a bill for such an
amendment. If the Governor be not
accessible, the inquirer can learn by
studying the returns of the Presidential
election, printed In yesterday's Oregon
Ian. In that election the Republican
poll was 60,000 votes; the Democratic
17,000. Governor Chamberlain Is
Democrat. If Republicans should vote
their straight party ticket, the Gover
nor would have no chance of re-elec
tlon. The logic of vetoes is very clear
sometimes.
The liberty of the town cow in Mil
waukie, Or., will in the future be re
stricted. An unfeeling jury, at Oregon
City has decided that the railroad, com
pany which killed a high-grade bovine
of Jersey extraction is -not liable for
damages. It was proven -at the trial
that the disaster occurred within the
corporate limits of the town. Unfortu
nately for the traveling men who are
not charmed with the tinkle of the cow
bell at an early hour of the morning,
there are a great many incorporated
towns in the state which have no rail
roads to establish such a precedent as
will now keep the Milwaukle cow from
getting beyond her tether.
This season's output of Columbia
River salmon hatcheries will be one
fourth that of last. We may blame
"cloudbursts" for the shortage, -but
why not flshing'gear? This year's sal
mon pack Is up to last, year's. The
.plain truth is the fish did not reach
the hatcheries. Even a stupid person
can see that salmon caught by gillnets.
traps, &elnes and wheels won't pro pa
gate.
We should have a quiet town, here,
and a good town, if we could expel all
gamblers and speculators, all poolsell-
ers and sabbathbreakers and liquor
sellers, all theatergoers and persons
who seek various sinful amusements; if
we could shut up the clubs and -make
people think of serious things. Per
haps we may.
The Oregon University football boys
hitherto have bad to fight not only the
Multnomah team but Multnomah, luck
to feeot. -Maybe luck will switch Mm
day.
THE EARTH'S SAFEST PLACES.
One of Them Is the Railroad Train
The Ocean Steamer Safer Still.
Chicago Inter-Ocean-The
Scientific American recently
called attention to the odd fact that the
man who rides a few score feet Jn a
New York City elevator runs a greater
risk of Injury and death than the man
who travels from Now York to Chicago
and back on the fastest trains.
No fewer than 30 persons were
killed, and many more hurt, in New
York elevator accidents In the first
nine months of this year. No such pro
portion of those who traveled on the
fast passenger trains between the two
cities were even hurt.
Yet the average man buys an accl
dent Insurance ticket whenever he
starts on a railway Journey of any
length, and never thinks of such pre
cautions before entering the car that
lifts him to his office. Whenever a
nntablo railway accident occurs he.
talks for days about the great loss of
life. But he never thinks of the pro
portlonately greater loss of life every
day from accidents that befall men at
home in their own houses.
The returned missionary who pub
licly complained the other day that.
after living entirely unhurt for four
years among the wildest savages of
Africa, he bad no sooner returned to
civilization than he met with a railway
accident that kept him in hospital
for six months, curiously illustrated
the habit of the human mind to dwell
upon remote dangers and ignore those
near.
Yet the fact is indisputable the ac
cldent Insurance companies have
proved it to their finaclal loss and
gain that one of the most dangerous
places a man can be Is in his own
home, whereas one of the safest is In
a first-class railway train at full speed.
while the very safest place on earth is
aboard a first-class steamship in the
middle or the ocean.
GENERAL KEIFER THROWN UP
By the Mighty Tidal Wave for Roose
velt.
iVoin Washington letter to Philadelphia
Whlle one unique . character. Senator
Cockrell, will leave Congress, another will
enter. -J. Warren Keifer. Speaker of the
House of Representatives some 20-odd
years ago, and who has been in political
retirement ever since, will come back to
tho House from the Seventh Ohio District.
He is bound to attract attention when he
appears before the Speaker's desk to take
the oath of office. Unless ho abandons
the custom of a lifetime, he will appear
there in a swallow-tail coat, as that is
the style of garment he has always worn
in public.
General Keifer, for he was a General in
two wars, and a most gallant and efficient
commanaer, was aeieatea ror congress oy
newspaper men. wnne speaker oi tna
House, he took the control of the press
gallery away from the standing committee
of correspondents, and on important and
Interesting occasions would fill it with his
particular friends, excluding the newspa
per men completely from watching the
proceedings of the House. The press com
mittee, of which General Henry V. Boyn
ton was chairman, took the matter in its
own hands, locked the press gallery doors.
and excluded those holding cards from the
Speaker. This brought on a clash, of
course, and in the next Congress Keifer
was rash enough to charge on the floor of
the House that General Boynton was en
gaged In lobbying for a certain claim, and
had attempted to bribe him.
General Boynton did not rest a moment
under such an accusation, but secured a
resolution of Inquiry, which was adopted
over the protest of Keifer. A committee
was appointed and Keifer invited to sus
tain his charges, which he was unable to
do. General Boynton was completely ex
onerated. and" for having made unfounded
and unsupported charge's the newspapers
jurnea on General Keifer and kept him
out or pumic lire for 20 years.
Civilized Man and Savage.
There is no essential difference in
qualities between the civilized man and
the savage, writes Dr. Curean in Revue
Generate des Sciences (Paris). There
is nothing in the civilized peoples that
does not exist potentially In the negro,
The difference Is a quantitative one.
Among the whites there Is greater in
dividual difference. One negro is very
much like another; whites are more
diverse. The whites possess greater
extremes; there are among them indl
viduals more vicious and more debased
than the indigenous African. The sav
age simply lacks morality, while the
white may be? steeped in crime and
debauchery. But, on the other hand
the white reaches heights of intellec
tuality and morality of which the negro
has no conception. Then comes the
question of the possibility of develop
lng the negro. Can he reach the
heights of the white? Anatomically,
there is no reason why he should not
theoretically, evolution is possible, but
this course of evolution should not be
forced too rapidly. It has appeared, in
some cases, that too rapid develop
ment has killed out savage races that
in the attempt to keep up w4th the
civilized peoples, they have perished
by the wayside. This, In the case of
the negro, would not only be a misfor
tune from the standpoint of the hu
manltarian, but also from that of the
economist, for negroes are necessary
for the development of parts of Africa
to which whites have not, and appar
ently cannot, become acclimated. ' The
conclusion Is that the evolution of the
race should be gradual. They should
be trained to greater skill In agricul
ture and the mechanic arts, and the
highest results should be expected only
after a long period of time.
Retrospect and Prospect.
New York World (Dem.)"
The party yielded to the radicals In 1S38
and was overthrown. It yleldedjto them
again inlSOO and was again defeated, It
lacked the, courage in the Convention ot
ISM to reassert its old principles of Demo
cratic faith, and has again been punished
by the people- The lesson is plain. If the
Democratic party is to win, it must be.
thoroughly and completely Democratic
as It was, in Jefferson's day, In Jackson'
day, in Tilden's day. In Cleveland's day.
The results of Tuesday show that it can
not, win If it is half Democratic and half
Populist- It cannot survive at all If In Its.
leadership. It Is to be half Populist and
half Socialist.
Murphy's Great Cartoon.
Seattle. ArtTUS. ?
Harry Murphy's cartoon "of 'Bryan in
rAMnt Rmn nf The Oresroalan has
attracted National attention. Murphy
is a Seattle boy, and he isn't far-behind
the leaders, even if he Is very much of
a kid. In a few years Murphy will
have a better reputation as a cartoonist
v.o. TTntnpr 'Davantaort. The cartoon
referred to above Js labeled "The News
at' Lincoln I'm so sorry-" It shows
Bryan with his hand over his mouth
most of it. Enougn oi tne moutn
shows so that it is easy to see that ha
is making a valiant attempt to cover i
hmA irrln. while the left eye is in
dulging in the luxury of a knowing
wink-
What Won the Mountaineer's Vote
Washington Star.
"Do you mean to tell me that you voted
for this Administration?"
it An ona-arBTvA fVilnml ImerS. "It
was under 'this Admlnlstratloa, air, that
the experiments were conauccea awwwg
the extent io waica iMpusreu. nain a
: adulterated, thereby proving the superior
Ity. sir. of our native bbsbhim aruc--
THE SOUTH AS A TARGET.
Washington Correspondence Chicago Trib
une, November lo.
President Roosevelt's record-breaking
majority and alignment of a solid North
against a solid South, is being made the
excuse for exploiting a number of Gov
ernmental theories which were really not
at Issue in the recent campaign.
The President, members of his Cabinet,
and party leaders generally are being im
portuned by people who believe President
Roosevelt in hi3 final term of office In
tends to cut loose from his leading strings
and will lend fits influence to any scheme
In harmony with his own personal feeling
without much regard to public sentiment
or the possible effect upon the future for
tunes of the Republican party.
unaer tho influence of these notions
there has been a sudden revival of senti
ment in the direction ot the scheme to
reduce Southern representation on account
of the alleged disfranchisement of the
negro. It is impossible to believe the plan
latnered by 3ir. Crumpacker. of Indiana-
can possibly be put through Congress, and
yet there i3 evidence at hand that the
scheme is by no means dead but on the
contrary is to be made the basis of a
vigorous agitation at the first session ot
the next Congress, and possibly before
tnen.
It is a well-known fact that the real
leaders of the Republican strength In Con
gress are and have' been opposed to any
gitatlon of -the race question. In spite of
thlst fact, there was a time when Mr.
Crumpacker had an undoubted majority
of the rank and file favorable to hU plan
to enforce by legislation the provision of
the second section of tho 14th amendment
to the Constitution.
From personal knowledge I con say .that
the race question was intentionally sub
ordinated by the Republican managers
during the campaign. They did not be
lieve the great mass of the people in the
North were entirely at variance with the
Southern methods of dealing with the
negro. On the contrary, the spellbinders
and party organs generally were Instruct
ed to refrain from any advanced position
on the negro question.
Speeches were made denouncing the
Southern people for such frequent lynch
ings, and Candidate Parker was regularly
admonished to test his devotion to the
Constitution by applying its principles to
the Southern States, but on the whole the
party managers, acting, it is to De pre
sumed, on instructions from Chairman
Cortelyou, did everything In their power
to keep the race question as such out of
the campaign.
In snlte of this fact advocates ot tne
Crumpacker scheme already have begun
to make their presence felt here, and they
have declared they propose to keep up tne
asitatlon. What they desire as an open
lng wedge Is the appointment of a com
mittee by the House or a joint comnus
slon to be designated by Congress and the
President for the purpose of taking tes
tlmony. This was the final-shape in wnich
Mr. Crumpacker put his original resoiu
tlon.
His followers assert the least Congress
can do Is to ascertain the extent to which
uisfranchlsement has progressed In tho
different states, making the Investigation
entirely nonpartisan, and even limiting
the committee in Its report to a bare
statement of facts showing how and why
people aro prevented from voting, either
through property, educational, racial or
other limitations on the ngnt oi sunrage.
This uronosition. limited merely to the
collection of data for future discussion,
would not be opposed by party leaders If
that were all there was to the Issue. For
tunately It Is pretty well established that
the appointment of such a commission
would surely be interpreted by the South
ern neonle as a threat on the part of the
Federal Government to punish them, and
the result almost certainly would be dis
astrous to the continuance of good will De
tweon the two sections of the country,
Tf Mr. Crumracker and his associates
press this question to an Issue, as I have
been told, they intena to do, mere wiu pe
a fight between the om-timo conservauv
leaders and the younger and less expert
enced men In Congress. The passage oi a
law restricting the representation in the
South is practically impossible under the
present conditions.
The Number of Postage Stamps.
Wosfmlnster Gazette.
a .nwiitiir in the "TTnlversal Standard
i.aina nf Vi Tnsitn?0 Rtamns of the
WnrW " the total number of all known
varieties of postage. stamps issuea try an
tim. la -to 9i! Of this number 305
have been Issued in Great Britain, and 6711
in the various British colonies anu protec
torates, leaving i3,3ze tor tne rest oi wio
Ttmriri TMvJdine tne totals amonjr me con
tinents. Europe Issued 4089, Asia, 3628; Af
rt, AhTK' America. Including the West In
dies.' 60S5, and Oceania, 1425. Salvador has
4nto mnro varieties of nostasre stamps
than any other country, tne numoer Deing
450. Poland and waunwan nave eacn
found a solitary specimen sufficient for
their postaj neeas.
A Country Home In Virginia.
uTAomvriTnM "Kciv. President Roose-
-..aif hn heen contemnlatinfr for some time
the purchase of a country nouse- m vir
gina, about three miles south of Wash
innn Tt Is on the line of a trolley
road how under construction near 018
estate ot Surgeon-General tixey, oz xna
-NTo in?
a tho Whits House it was said that
while efforts had been made by the fresi-
rjetit in hiiv the estate, aar. itooseveit naa
Tint T-eAjhAfl anv conclusion. The owner
of the land wants more than ?100,000 lor
his property.
ainA hA wnnrf eot abroad in the neish
that the. President would our
chose a home there, property has doubled
in price.
t
Quite a Natural Inference.
Thnun,orhln" Press.
nh John." said Mrs. Barjren. looking
up from her paper, "wno ao you nuns is
dead?
"Good mrocious! Poor Dumleyl" ex
s.lotmen' her husband.
"Oh, no. What made you think it was
he?"
"I met him yesterday and gave him one
of those cigars you gave me on my Dircn
day."
Country Will Be "Free" Yet Awhile
nt TiiiIn r-lnhe-T)emncrati
President Roosevelt will not establish
AnttMon YnnTiarrhV- TTa -to 111 he sat.
Isfled'to let the republic stand for at least
lour more years.
A Voice From the Vanquished
"Washington Star.
'Missouri's gone Republican. There -aln,'
wnM tn nv
rm. -waltln now to ace the world turn 'round
tne otner way.
Considering what has happened, "twon't sor
rtWA -ma tn thi lprtt
To see the -sun rise In the Westinstead of in
the. East.
I half expect to see the sky come down and
There Teally ain't no tellln where the .thlnr
Is sola' to eno.- 1
I can't find proper language for expressln'
Mlseonrl's rone Republican. There ain't much
more to sar-
It Isn't any wonder that my courage kind
o falls :
T-nrnj. hard when "West Virginia went
o-xt-T-(n' in the scales.
Twaa even worse to realize the music of
the hand
Took on & special meanln' when it played
"Mr ataiyiana."
Bat when you start a-tumlln, why, there
aln t no way to seu
Just when Vou finally have reached the hot
nf VI well . '
34ve 'em Tennessee "an Texas to Increase
tk traae array.
ihmwI'i sobs XeMBlIca. Tfae-r. sJa'
ta say
NOTE AND COMMENT.
A correspondent whose depth of" feeling
exceeds his power- of poetic expression,
has sent us the following lines. From the"
bitter tone of his verses it seems likely
that some girl has been flirting with him,
and that bis cry of warning come3 from
bruised heart:
The Flirt,
The lightest thing In human form,
A silly, flirting girl;
The very worst thing to reform
Is always In a whirl. .
She flops about from place to place.
In no place Is at rest.
Cares not a straw for the disgrace-
That flirting Is best.
Supposes none have eyes to see, '
Or mark her ways or mien;
Deceived she Is, as she can be. -1
By many she is seen. '
They see her where she does .not see.
So often she' is blind.
Her reason, weak as it can be.
Sign of a weakened mind.
She thinks frivolity Is fun.
And fun fs right and fair.
The foolish life she has begun -
Will end she knows not. where, i
Nor does she care where it will end;--
If she can flirt today, '.
"Will make a "date" and to you prata.
About her life -so gay. v
"SVhen this low state of life Is reached.
So 'very near a fall,
Her boat may any day be beached, .
' Or swallowed In a squall.
Be thou no longer- self-deceived.
Floating around lite foam
Upon the billows ot the deep ,
Flirting away from home.
WILLIAM CALVERT.
The thieves that- got away with 430.000
from Forcpaugh & Sells, should be able to
have a regular circus for a while.
"Dr. Coffey, of Maynooth says that there
are more than 25,000 licensed drinking
places in Ireland, or one for every 170 of
the population. And yet emigration con-tinues-
A Chicago physician has discovered a
new ailment, which he calls, "football
brain." Football men should be flattered
at the Implication that they have brains,
even soft ones.
Another split is reported to be immi
nent in the Irish party. One thing about
the Irish party though it can't be subdi
vided as often as the Conservative', for
the reason that it contains fewer mem
bers.
According to the London Globe, . during
the British army maneuvers, which were
held under "actual war conditions," a
scout of the attacking force asked at the
Windsor Postoflice for the loan of a map
of the district for his commanding officer.
Apparently a customs officer at New
Tork is to be censor of the Nation's
morals. If a novel doesn't come up to
his idea of what a novel should be, it
must be destroyed. It would be a mean
trick to put a yellow cover on a Bible
and submit it to this official's inspection-
As a result of experiments made in some
of the hospitals In Paris It is stated that
vaccination performed under a red Ught
leaves no scar and causes less pain. New
Tork Evening Sun.
In this country money is frequently ex
tracted without pain "under a red. light.
London has a radium -clock that must
be wound up every 2000 years. That's a
fool kind of clock. After a man has
thought about winding -it up every day
for 9S9 years and 364 days ho will be sure
to forget all, about it pn ..the 365th .day,
and the measly thing will run down.
There's nothing to these new-fangled in
ventions. 'Saki," the author of "Reginald." has
been hailed by some critics as the new
humorist. A few of his scintillations that
have been quoted are:
To have reached 30 Is to have failed In life.
To be clever In. the afternoon argues that one
Is dining nowhere In the evening.
There are certain fixed rules that one ob
serves for one's own comfort. For Instance,
never be flippantly rude to any Inoffensive,
gray-bearded stranger that you may meet In
pine forests or hotel smoking-rooma on- the
Continent. It always turns out to be the
King of Sweden.
Now and then one hears of lamentation
that Americans are not the sturdy race
they used to be. The homespun ways of
the pioneers are contrasted with the
silken ways of their descendants, and the
conclusion is reached that the American
of today Is a creature of predlgested foods
and skim milk. Even out here in Oregon
such a voice is sometimes heard. Let all
such Jeremiahs glance at the bill of fare
for Senator Piatt's recent breakfast and
be forever silenced. Here 13 what a lot
of politicians tackled for their morning
meal; Buckwheat cakes and maple syrup,
venison, sweet and hard cider, and pump
kin, apple and mince pie. Think of that,
ye pepsin-swallowers hard cider and
mince pie for breakfast.
The Westminster Gazetts tells of an
English officer who was stationed at
Cairo for two years and never took
the trouble to go out and -look at the
pyramids. "What with polo and parties
and bridge and cricket," said the of
ficer, in explanation, "I never had a
minute to myself." It Is not often that
one comes-across so refreshing a type.
Why should a man join a gang ot
open-mouthed globe-trotters hiking
across the sands to see a more or less
dilapidated monument and, murmur,
"How nice," or "Awful fine, Isn't. It?"
There is far more physical good In a
game of polo and far more financial
good, If one is skillful, in a game of
bridge. The name of this officer should
be made known to the world, which
does not often hear of sanity and hon
esty such as his- WEK. J.
OUT OF THE GINGER JAR.
Mrs. Bacon Which do you think Is the beet
talker he or hla wife? Mr. Bacon-Well, do
you mean for quality or quantity 7 Yonkera
X Is MIsa De Cleverly really going to
retire from the stage? De Q-On. no; she'
only giving a farewell performance. Detroit
Free Fsesa,
She I appreciate the compliment, but I'm
afraid I could never make you nappy. "Oh.
yea, you couldl Ton don't know how easily
pleased I ami" Life.
Teacher Suppose your father gave' your
mother $20 and then took back again, what
would that make? Tommy-JAII kinds of trouble-
Philadelphia Dedger.
The Leading Man What's to be done? We've
got the wrong trunks- The Pessimistic Stage
Manager Aw, what of it? What difference
will It-make to the hotekeeper? Puck.
H6- (at the reception) Neurlch doesn't be
have aa If he belonged to the best society, does
he? Sne No, Indeed; be behaves as If ha
"Imagined the best society belonged to him
Chicago News.
"They are saying that you bought and paid
for your election." "That's right," answered
Senator' 8orghnm- "I can look the world la
the face and say, I owe -no man a penny-' "
Washington Star.
Seedy Stranger Eaecss me, sir, bat aw yoy
change a dollar for me? Hum&altaiiaB Why,
yea. Seedy ranger-Thaaka. A w wJU
you kindly tell me wfeeee I ea. w J -