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3TOUTLAND. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23.
TIFE POE AMENDMENT.
Under the manipulation of Senator
Gorman, who is a past master of tricky
poHtics, the negro question has come
to the front In Maryland. The Issue is
the adoption of a disfranchising amend
ment to the state constitution similar
to those which have passed in Louisi
ana, North "Carolina, Virginia and other
Southern States. In Maryland it is
known as the Poe amendment. The
Democrats advocate its adoption with
vigor because, as they forecast the
future, the elimination of the negro
from politics will give the party of
Gorman control of the state for many
years. If not forever, most of the negro
vote being Republican. The Republic
ans oppose the measure, but not heart
ily. They dislike to be known as the
"nigger" party, for one thing, but there
Is a better reason for their Indifference.
It Is felt, in fact, that In everything
but the actual votes they cast the col
ored element are a weakness to the
party. With this element eliminated
from politics, it 1h fairly likely that the
whites of Maryland would divide upon
National issues, as they have already
in Virginia.
The Democrats expect, of course, to
hold all of their present strength for
ever, and with the Republicans de
prived of the colored vote, their control
would, as they think, be established In
perpetuity. The course of events in
other states indicates that the reason
ing of the Republicans is better than
that of the Democrats. At any rate,
the Republicans in Maryland are op
posing the Poe amendment with a cer
tain languor. This amendment con
tains the famous "grandfather" clause.
which has enabled the Democrats In so
many of the Southern States to defy
successfully the Federal Constitution
and deprive illiterate negroes of the
suffrage without disfranchising Illiter
ate whites. It provides that of all per
sons who could vote in 1869 the de
scendants may still vote. Other men.
black and white alike, shall have the
right only in case they can explain se
Ifcted passages of the state constltu
tion to the satisfaction of the election
supervisors. Since no negroes could
vote in 1869, and since few, if any. will
be able to explain the constitution so
that Democratic supervisors can un
derstand it, though they should speak
with the tongues of men and angels,
the effect of the Poe amendment will
be to disfranchise the negro race In
Maryland for years to come. Even
when the Republicans get control of
elections, as they will a great deal
sooner than Mr. Gorman expects, negro
expositions of constitutional law will
still, one cannot help fearing, be found
to lack lucidity.
Whatever one may think of the meth
ods employed to remove the negro race
from Maryland politics, the conse
quences will be, bej-ond all doubt, bene
Ilclal to both whites and blacks. We
shall look for an Immediate revolt
within the Democratic party from the
rule of the unspeakable Gorman, and a
large secession to the Republican ranks.
This prophecy is grounded upon the
fact that human nature is not different
In Maryland from what it Is In other
states. Men differ there as elsewhere
upon National questions, and It is only
the dread of negro domination which
iias hitherto held such a large majority
of the whites united In a single party.
The colored population, on the other
hand, will be forced to give up pursu
ing the Jack-o'-lantern of political hon
ors, and turn their attention and ener
gies to other and more profitable mat
ters. It Is unjust to blame the
negroes, as some newspapers do, fo
throwing themselves into politics at the
close of the Civil War. The .result has
retarded their progress and made them
hateful to their white compatriots In
the South, but It was not their fault
They looked at that time to those mem
bers of the white race from the North
who came among them as to their
counsellors and saviors. Ignorant of
public affairs, Ignorant even of those
manual arts which a man must know
to live, politics, so far as they could
Bee, opened the only possible cares to
them. The very men who should have
saved them from their tragic blunder
encouraged them in It and profited with
Incredible depravity by their helpless
Ineptitude. We all know what came of
It Carpet-bag rule, a public finance
which wrecked the credit of the South
em States and drove them to repudia
tion, oclety harried to the Ytrre of dl-
solution. No wonder that the whites
revolted; no wonder that they pushed
their revolt to the extreme of com
pletely eliminating from politics the
race whose Ijmorant and dissolute rule
had brought so many evils upon them.
The feeling behind the Poe amendment
In Maryland Is the expiring wave of a
psychic cataclysm. It Is affected. In
sincere and hysterical. No danger Jus
tifies It No honest desire for the pub
lic advantage promotes it. It Is a trick
of the artful Gorman to perpetuate
Democratic control of the state: and
yet, for all that few will regret to see
It adopted, and the hopes of Its orig
inators will be blasted by Its results.
In Maryland, as elsewhere. It will be
an inestimable advantage to the ne
groes to retire from politics for a time
and cultivate their Intelligence and the
arts of manual Industry. Grant that
the Republican party in that state have
deserted them. If they have. It Is well.
It Is well that the negro race should
cease to look to any political party as
their especial champion. Such cham
pionship emphasizes and perpetuates
race prejudice. In politics there should
be no negro race. Colored men should
be, some Democrats and some Repub
licans, the same as white men. So far
as their color permits they should
throw off all singularity, all sense of
especial rights or especial wrongs, and
mlncle and lose themselves In the tre
mendous glory, of being Americans. It
Is recorded of one who might have dom
inated Kings and governed empires
that he put aside his power and lived
for years alone in the desert perfect
ing himself for the glory of sacrifice.
The time has come for the negro race
to retire Into the desert and do some
long and strenuous thinking.
THE PROHIBITION WAR.
Prohibition prohibits if it prohibits.
There is Coos County. The Oregonian
contained yesterday correspondence
from Marshfleld that was obviously a
faithful chronicle of recent events there
In the crusade against the saloons. The
saloons In the smaller places In Coos have
for the most part been closed. So have
they been in Marshfleld, the county
seat but "blind pigs" have sprung up
everywhere to take their place. The
thirsty citizen who knows the ropes has
no trouble. The dlvekeeper trembles
for one brief hour before the bar of
Justice and straightway smilingly re
sumes his stand behind the bar of bar
leycorn. The reason Coos County went
dry was that a large number of citi
zens were exasperated by the lawless
manner In which the saloons were con
ducted, and they concluded to wipe
them out If they could. "The temper
ance element," says The Oregonian
correspondent, "will vote for prohibi
tion to do away with the dives, but it
will supply Its own needs from the de
canter at home." Observe that a proper
distinction Is made between "temper
ance" and "prohibition." If the saloons
would conduct themselves quietly, the
temperance element would look upon
them as a necessary evil and suffer
them to run. As It is, the "dive" has
disappeared, and the "blind pig" has
taken Its place. But this Is not all. nor
the chief part of what The Oregonian
desires to point out Says the Marsh
field letter;
The present dilemma keeps the politician
guessing. It will take a diplomat with the
art of John Hay to win a nomination next
year. The question will not be la he a Re
publican or Democrat or Socialist, but la he
prohibitionist or antl-prehlbltlenlst? Those
whose views are known and these whose ac
tivity In the pat has savored of the per
nloteus (itrlpe are marked for slaughter. It
will be a etaMe of dark horses that get the
word "go" next April.
The Oregonian has always said that
the enactment of the so-called local-
option measure last year was but the
beginning of long, -bitter and fruitless
feuds in the various counties between
the extremes on the two sides of this
troublesome and never-to-be-settled
question. The matter has Just now
fairly got into politics. In counties like
Coos, all other questions will disappear.
What the end will be no man can now
foresee.
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READY FOR SCHOOL'S OPENING.
The absence of friction and delay In
the opening of the public schools each
year demonstrates the efficiency of the
Oregon educational system. During
the present month practically all the
public schools will opon for the Fall
terms, and in almost every Instance the
children will be hard at work by 9:3
on the morning of the first day. A
new teacher" does not mean confusion
and loss of time, as It did when the last
generation went to school. Under
modern methods of school organization
a pupil may remove from one district
to another or a teacher may take em
ployment In a district in which she is
an entire stranger, and each may drop
into the work of the new school with
perfect ease.
Uniformity In course of study and
textbooks and completeness of school
records have brought about this har
monious condition out of what was for
merly chaos. The readers, arithmetics.
spellers and geographies used In the
farthest corner of Malheur County's
sagebrush plains are exactly the same
as the books used at Fort Stevens,
where. In the opposite corner of the
state, the children study their lessons
within sound of ocean billows and with
in sight of vessels of every nation
plowing their way through the waters
of the Columbia. A child pursuing the
work of the first fifth, or eighth grade
in Curry County is doing the same work
as a child of corresponding grade in
far-off Wallowa. Intelligent and pro
gresslve teachers have faithfully co
operated in the use of a uniform course
of study wisely adopted by the state
department of education.
This harmonious system of organiza
tion has been made complete In recent
years by the establishment of uniform
records for the use of teachers. At the
close of each school ear the teacher
leaves in the register provided by the
state a Tecord of each pupil and of each
class. On the opening day of a new
Bchool year the "new teacher" may
open the last year's register and there
find a programme of recitations, to
gether with a list of names of pupils
in each class, the page of each book at
which the class ended its work of the
previous year, and the recommendation
of the last teacher concerning the. page
at which the class should begin, the
new year's work. This recommenda
tion ls in writing not only as to each
class, but as to each pupil, so that If
any child needs to review any of his
studies the new teacher has informa
tion to that effect
This Is a system in force not only in
city but also in country schools. How
different from the educational methods
"when we were boys"! The confusion
of asking each pupil his name, what
class he Is in, how far he has gone in
his books, is & thing of the past No
more ned a. teacher take a week to get
his classes organized and two weeks
or more to arrange a programme of
recitations. Under the Oregon system
of organization each class may have
every lesson assigned and a time ap
pointed for recitation, within half an
hour after the school has been called
to order.
THE HEROISM OF MR, BROWN.
The. worm has turned. We have ex
pected It In our secret hearts we have
prophesied It: and we ball the long
delayed advent of the clrcumvolutory
wrljrele with ferocious Joy. The pa
tience of the American rich under per
secution has been for years a matter
of wondering admiration. Sweet and
commendable has been the way they
have-retired into their marble palaces
with their plunder, and. soothed only
by ' the feeble consolations of cham
pagne and monkey dinners, let conceal
ment, like a worm in the bud. feed on
their damask cheeks. Patience on a
monument smlllnc- at grief has .been a
raging Bellona compared with our long-
suffering beef-trusters, standard-oilers
and timber-thieves. Never in all the
history of the world have men been
seen to whom the ninth beatitude so
aptly and forcibly applied "Blessed aro
ye when men shall revile you and per
secute you."
Delicate maidens like Ida Tarbell,
who ought to have been at home darn
ing stockings, have reviled these meek
and lovable rich men whose only crime.
surely the least of all the deadly seven,
was to steal. The ribald newspapers
have railed at them. Even the courts
of Justice, which ought to be the sanc
tuaries and refuge of harried virtue.
have subnenaed some rich men as wit
nesses and actually arrested others.
But patience, even the patience of the
rich, has its limits. 'Tls a long lane
that has no turning. Every dog has hlB
day. And that day has come at last
Mr. W. W. Brown, of Crook County,
has nut his foot down. He has seen
enough of this disgraceful business. He
thinks the time has come to stop it ana
no tyrannical Judge Is going to prevent
him from stepping boldly forth to ao
his duty. No, Indeed. So, like an
armed warrior, like a plumed knight
Mr. W. W. Brown, of Crook County,
sailed into the lists, flung his gauntlet
Into the face of Mr. Heney and pro
claimed himself the champion of the
wronged arid light-fingered rich. "The
Government ought to get after the poor
and let the rich go!" was the lofty
legend that Mr. Brown, of Crook
County, had emblazoned on his banner
before he flung it to the breeze created
by Judge Bennett's voluble objections.
Noble let-end: heroic sentiment There
Is only one other recorded in the annals
of asinine heartlessness that can com
pare with it When in the early days
of the French Revolution somebody
told a Princess of the wretched and
dissolute court that the people were
crying in the streets for bread (we beg
Mr. Brown's pardon for mentioning a
mere Princess in the same paragraph
with one of his exalted moral station),
"They are?" replied the sweet young
thin sr. "why don't they eat cake?"
Historians have made much of this re
ply of the iTincess. it nas Deen sup
nosed to stand for the acme of callous
and sordid cruelty; It has been sup
posed to be the last word of absolute
moral beggary. But Mr. Brown, of
Crook County, can double discount the
French Princess,
The only fault one can find with the
motto emblazoned on Mr. Brown's
kleptomanlacal banner is that ft is not
original. Living In a paradise of fenced
in Isolation and far from the haunts of
poor, if honest men, as ne has for lo,
those many years, Mr. Brown does not
of course, know, that even In selecting
his exalted legend he has been guilty
of literary theft or, at least of klepto
mania; To set after the poor and let
the rich go has been the practice of the
United States Government, uniform
and Invariable, up to the vers' moment
when a President whose name is too
great to be mentioned In this connec
tion, "broke into the paradise of thieves
with the flaming sword of Justice."
THE MATTEIt OF DRESS.
A dressmakers' convention has been
In session In Chicago during the week,
wrestling with questions grave and gay,
wise and foolish. Now crinoline was
under discussion, and again corsets oc
cupied the attention of the self-constituted
authorities upon dress, and still
again the predominating color for the
season was airily discussed and dog
matically fixed. It was further decreed
that the waists of women must be
smaller and the hips larger pinching
to accomplish the first being a foregone
conclusion, and padding recommended
in order to attain the second. And
finally it was decided that, while dress
makers must keep on getting all they
can for their services, a radical ad
vance In prices at this time would be
unwise.
The babble upon these and other mat
ters of similar Import may be likened
to the gabble of geese. Not that dress
ing Is an art to be despised; not that It
Is beneath the province of common
sense to take note of the details that
go to make up a comfortable, becoming
or truly elegant costume; but because
the details in the matter of dress are
decided arbitrarily, forgetful of the fact
that a style or a predominating color
that is becoming to one woman is most
unbecoming to another.
There are really no arbitrary tules
for good dressing, supposing this term
to include suitable and becoming dress.
Think of making purple the predomi
nating color in the costume of a faded,
Jaded woman of fashion! Or of con
demning a bright young woman to a
dowager hue! Or of putting a short
woman in crinoline, or a tall, slender
woman In clinging skirts, or a wasp
waist Into long, tight corsets, or
squeezing a plump waist above, wall
proportioned hips Into a vise!
Waists, we are told, must be smaller.
This decree Is little less than appalling,
since, as everybody knows, many
waists are now compressed to the point
that makes a natural gait impossible
and causes the old-fashioned grace and
beauty of walking to be supplanted by
a sort of wiggle that would be ludi
crous to behold were It not pitiful in its
sugestion of manifold alls, aches and
displacements of organs, the normal
conditions of which were at one time
supposed to be essential to happy,
healthful womanhood. The art of dress
ing is one that may properly demand
the attention of women and of men as
well. In point of fact it does claim a
large share of attention from both.
But for a few extremists to get to
gether and solemnly promulgate rules
which all women who desire to be well
dressed must follow or be relegated to
the ranks of the ill-dressed, is at once
silly and absurd. Let us be thankful.
however, that out of all this confusion
of tongues and assumption of author
ity the hoopsklrt did not emerre tri-
umphant And let us hope that women
who compress their waists and extend
their hips abnormally will "get wise"
to the principles of race suicide and
thus thwart the blind impulse of Nature
that too often leads to the perpetuation
of the unfit
An Interesting item in the report of
the Methodist Conference now in ses
sion at Albany Is the record of the
transfer of Rev. I. D. Driver from the
effective to the superannuated list of
ministers of the Methodist body. The
name of this pioneer minister Is charac
teristic of his endeavor. For more than
a generation Dr. Driver has driven
home, so to speak, the truth as he saw
it in. politics, temperance and religion
in the various communities to which. If
not called, he has at least been sent
Forceful, earnest even dogmatic, there
was never any doubt as to which side
he was on In any controversy. He
now, at more than four-score years. Is
classed as "Ineffective" the strangest
of all terms to apply to him and Is re
tired a warhorse who hereafter will
scent the battle from afar. Weaker
men have protested with quavering
voices and quivering lips against such
a sanction by the conference of the
decree of Nature that declares the
preacher "old and Ineffective," but as
far as reported. Dr. Driver accepted the
inevitable without whimpering, reserv
ing to himself, no doubt, the right to
speak when the spirit moves him upon
any question of creed, politics or re
ligion. He is one of the type of men
that can be retired, but not arbitrarily
6llenced.
According to estimates of the Sun, the
Jews in New York now constitute
nearly, if not quite, a quarter of the
whole population of the city, and make
up by far the most numerous single
community of their race gathered to
gether In t,he" history of mankind. The
Sun finds them pushing forward In
trade and In the professions more than
anj other race: their children crowding
the schools, and a majority of the pu
pils attaining the highest rank scholas
tically of their race; and In the colleges
and universities of the city more nu
merous proportionately than In the pop
ulation as a whole. At present they
are divided politically, and no attempt
has been made to concentrate their
political strength; but should this be
done, and asserted 'simply as a race,
their power, as the Sun says truly,
might be dangerously provocative.
Therefore the warnings of Dr. Funk
and Dr. Singer against the threatened
union for a movement to attempt the
forcing from office of State Librarian
Dewey for alleged discrimination
against the Jews are heartily seconded
by others as well as the Sun. who
recognize the danger of race discrim
ination. Tbe Tacoma Ledger Justly remarks
that Tacoma has had a large share In
the work of advertising the Lewis and
Clark Exposition. It makes this fur
ther comment:
The "unanimous verdict of visitors ta the Ex
position Is that Taeoeta Is the best advertised
of all the cltiM there represented. The Ira
pmlon created by the advertising of this cltr
Is a most favorable one. Everybody admires
enterprise, loyalty and pride In one heme
city aad the Tacoma spirit displayed at Port
land has been admirable throughout. It only
remains to bring the campaign to a splendid
dlraax with this week's demonstration. Tacoma
has wen thousands of arm friends and wltl
gain thousands of permanent residents as a
result of the efforta made at Portland In be
half of and by the able repreieauUves of thto
city.
Tacoma had a day last June that was
highly successful, and bad another this
week that was made interesting as dhly
Tacoma can make things interesting.
Tacoma is entitled to have said for it
all the Ledger says.
Venezuela Is evidently making vigor
ous and heroic preparation to repel the
ruthless French - Invader. She has
"placed orders for eight field batteries
and four mountain batteries, the latter
of four guns each." President Castro
wants it understood that he is not going
to be trifled with. If any French bat
tleshlp comes fooling around Caracas,
the President will turn one of those
invincible field guns against her and
blow her out of the water. And If the
worst comes to the worst he can fall
back on the Monroe Doctrine perhaps.
It happens that the snappy little PresU
dent of Venezuela doesn't stand very
high In this country, and President
Roosevelt would hardly worry a great
deal about anything that might happen,
provided the French had no Idea of ter
ritorial acquisition. It may happen
this time that Venezuela will .have to
pay her Just obligations to France.
Contrary to the accepted belief, pau
perism does not always take the vim
and courage out of men. We are told
of two aged paupers in a New Jersej
almshouse falling upon each other with
kitchen knives anil fighting to a finish.
Both were covered with wounds when
the end came, and, bleeding profusely,
were borne to their cots, where they He
with little chance of recovery. Both
belligerents were more than 70 years
old and both had been paupers a long
time. The incident will puzzle sociolo
gists, since the spirit shown- Is In dlrct-t
opposition to the generally Accepted
idea that all that tends to make men
aggressive is destroyed by removing
from them the responsibility and the
burden of self-support
Representative Dalzell has been from
one end of the continent to the other,
and he reports that there is a general
demand "that there be no interference
with the tariff." Mr. Dalzell is a great
admirer and constant reader of the Sa
lem Statesman. "Many years ago," he
says in a note of high commendation
to that able advocate of stand pattery,
"I read a copy of your excellent Jour
nal, with such pleasing results that I
have read no other since." So we do
not wonder that the Pennsylvania Con
gressman has gauged accurately the
sentiment of the Nation at large.
Mr. Brown, of Crook .County, makes
a vehement appeal for the downtrodden
and misused rich. Mr. Brown Is sure
of a responsive heart throb or two if he
will underscore his remarks and mail a
copy to one John D. Rockefeller.
Judge Parker seems to think that it
was the Republican campaign fund
that defeated him last November. The
Judge's notion as to the power of money
in elections is something extraordinary.
If publicity will cure the evils which
have attached themselves to life Insur
ance, there Js well-grounded hope for
return to healthy conditions.
Mr. Rockefeller received the American
Press Humorists at his Ohio home. Mr.
Rockefeller will -'have his little Joke.
0REG0NJ)Z0NR
At tho Livestock Show.
Thero are horses fine and dandy, and the
man is mighty lucky
Who is privileged to seo the thorough
breds from old Kentucky,
Stalwart stallions from the East and
Western ponies proud and prancing.
Now, of course, on points and pedigree a
horse may be entrancing:
But my taste Is not for horses I may
lack the cultivation.
For I cannot feel the thrill and do not
know the exultation.
What I want to see partlc'lar la the bux
om Baby Bunting
Pig from down In Southern Oregon and.
that Is what I'm hunting.
Maybe you prefer the lowing, sleek and
unassuming cattle
That are out for premium money and are
bound to win the battle.
There are heifers here from everywhere,
that give us milk and butter.
And we cannot praise- them high enough
that's something I should utter.
Ob. the little calves are calflsh, and the
bullocks they are bully.
And the cows are fine but kindly try to
understand me fully:
For the thing that brings me here, con
cerning which I long have wondered.
Is the pig from Southern Oregon that
weighs eleven hundred.-.
There are sheep, both shorn and shaggy.
that are very fine to look at.
Sheep as good as any shepherd ever
prooked his shepherd's crook at.
And they give us wool for woolens, give
us warmth of robe and blanket
Oh, the sheep Is very useful; let us love
It; lot us thank It
But to me the sight (where Is It? I have
road about its coming.
And It thrills me with ecstatic thrill and
sets my heart to thrumming),
Oh, the sight of all the circus ls the
'leven-hundred plggcr,
That was grown In Southern Oregon and
still Is growing, bigger!
Newport. R, L, must travel fast to keep
up with Stockton, Cal. Just now Stock
ton has a long lead. The other day a
fond pair of parents gave their charm
ing daughter a dinner party, celebrat
ing the brooking of hor engagement The
daughter. It is said, appeared In what
was to have been her wedding gown and
announced the happy culmination of her
betrothal. The bridegroom-not-to-be wa3
Invited, but he was prevented from at
tending because of a previous engage
ment The other girl objected.
If "Freedom shrieked when Kosciusko
fell," what sort of vocal exercise will she
perform when The alleged descendants of
the Polish patriot win their suit against
the United States Government for 510G,
250.000? They claim that the Government
granted Kosciusko, In recognition of his
services In the war for American Inde
pendence, a plot of ground upon which a
considerable part of Chicago is built
There Is no doubt that certain parts of
Chicago are owned by the Poles.
In Chicago disaster follows disas
ter. Scarcely is the strike settled
when a whole menagerie of microbes,
cultivated for bacteriological pur
poses, escapes and runs at large over
the city. While the Health Depart
ment was moving its effects from one
building to another the get-away
was made. We are told that various
and vigorous schlzomycetes, schlzo
phyta and micrococci, not to speak of
the deadly streptococci, are wander
intr at will about Chicago, seeking
Whom they may devour. These es
caped disease germs Include specimens
of hay fever, diphtheria, cholera mor
bus and delirium tremens. It is to
be hoped that the entire police force
of Chicago will be detailed forthwith
to round up and corral these bati5
tcria. particularly the d- t How can
any Chlcagoan even a teetotaler and
a prohibitionist escape infection
when there Is a group of d. t mi
crobes chasing around town? Think
of the predicament of a virtuous tee
totaler having to explain to his wife
(hie) how he got 'cm! She never
would believe that he hadn't Imbibed.
Kings and Chariots.
In
days of
old, when knights were
bold
And kings in kingly chariots rolled.
They used to ride those kings they
had
In manner, most exceeding mad;
For what did mighty monarchs care
For common people, cheap as air?
They drove their chariots where they
cared.
No matter how the public fared;
And when they cut a subject down
Twas one less Hubject for the crown;
They plunged along, and gave no heed.
There was no limit to their speed
By statute set, those days, for, pshaw!
The king himself was all the law.
But now, although there Is a law.
Our kings In chariots - say, "Oh,
pshaw!
Who cares for common folks, who
can't
Own autos of their own? We shan't
Lot vulgar laws restrain us. No!"
So on and on these monarchs go.
Fives times as fast as any king
Could run hl3 chariot, by JIng!
And so these rulers run us down,
Whether in country or in town,
And never stop to say, beg
Pardon for cutting off your leg."
They speed ahead, and never car .
For common people, cheap as air.
In -days of old, when knights were
bold.
This kingly business got so old
That .people wearied, so they took
Some knives that had a naughty look.
Some snickersnees and other things
And went to cutting down the kings.
Oho! those people didn't care
For common kings, as cheap as air!
They never said, "Excuse me. Sire,
For rudely making you expire."
They went ahead, and never stopped.
But chopped and chopped and chopped
and chopped.
And now but any one can find
The moral,, if he isn't blind.
ROBERTUS LOVE.
Xlvqd and Died Together.
(London Mail.)
Two brothers, the oldest inhabitants of
Long Eaton, died one morning within an
hour of each other. Their names were
Thomas Maltby. aged 90. and Jabez Malt
by, aged 9S. They wero partners as lace
manufacturers, and had lived In Long
Eaton the whole of their lives.
Logic
Le Rlre.
The Argumentative Man But my. dear
fellow. I tell you it's Impossible' for the
moon to be inhabited. When It is full It
Is all right but when It wanes down to a
little crescent where the deuce would all,
the people go to?
CHINESE VIEW OFTHE BOYCOTT
Ctilnese Free Press (San Francisco).
An occasional review of the difference
between the merchants of China and the
United States Government will tend to
partially clear the fog from the minds of
American statesmen, stump speakers and
editors, though In the cases of the last
named the effort will Indubitably bo fruit
less. The columns of the newsDaDers are
laden with reports of meetings of differ
ent bodies, fraternal, political, quasi-social,
economic and, in some instances,
religious. Each of these reports con
tains speeches and savin cs by members
of their organizations whose Kift"bf ora
tor, exceeds their power of reasoning, and
ready-made and well-worn sophistries and
nau-truths are tirelessly reiterated with
nerve-gratlnjr vehemence. No dear, lucid.
and concise statement of the trouble be
tween one class of Chinese neonle and
the American Government can be found in
any of the publications. Shallow prophe-.:
cles of what will happen if Chinese mer
chants are permitted to come to this
country, unmoleste.1 bv cruel and nnliwr
department regulations. In order to attend
to Dusiness to which they have been In
vited by the insincere complainers them
selves, are proclaimed In every form of
phrase which words will lend themselves
to. . Tirades of abuse are indulged In;
vituperation. Invective, and Insult are
heaped upon the character of the Chinese
people and the Chinese nation. And all
for what? Because some poor dovil of a
coollo in' the guise of a merchant once In
a remote while succeeds In evading a
sleeping subofnclal not often sleeping,
however, but very much awake, with
palm extended and fingers hooked await
ing the dropping of coin to induce a seem
ing somnolence. And It one coolie shall
gain entrance to this country by such
craft or bribery, verily "the bars have
been let down" and hordes of Mongolians,
unnumbered as the sands on the floor of
the sea they have just crossed, pour into
this stricken country.
The trade of China is urgently solicited
by the American people. The people of
China are not permitted to come to this
country to do the trading. The people of
America in the first Instance Invited,
urged and provided means to transport
Chinese laborers hither. Later, the latter
class was found objectionable. A law
was passed the exclusion law by the
Americans, forbidding the objectionable
class from landing in this country, but
granting the right to do so to a more
favored class the traders among them.
By Illegal practices of subordinate offi
cials, the traders were so hampered by
expense, delays and ill treatment, often
barbarous, that their rights as defined by
the same law were nullified to the extent
of practical prohibition. Appeals were
made by the traders and the representa
tives of China at the seat of government
without avail. Having no other recourse,
and to avoid the illegal exactions of
money, loss of time by imprisonments to
satisfy "the law's delay," and brutal and
cruel personal Inflictions, tho traders con
cluded to make no further attempts to
transact business with the people who
held their own law in so light esteem, and
withdrew all commercial intercourse with
them.
These are the causes which led up to
the boycott of American goods by the
traders of China. The effect of the boy
cott is becoming apparent. Already, be
fore the refusal to longer trade with the
American people has fairly become opera
tive, a manifest lessening of the restric
tions heretofore ruthlessly practiced is ap
parent. Attorneys at the port of San
Francisco complain that the local Chinese
Bureau now land applicants, coolie or
exempt, with but the form of investiga
tion, and that their legal practice suffers
thereby: that writs of habeas corpus are
becoming an almost unknown method of
procedure; that the vile Detention Shed
is now empty of steamship prisoners; that
the Department of Commerce and Labor
has reached the point of insanity In its
desire to "make a case" with the Ameri
can manufacturers and merchants whose
trade has been curtailed.
If the mere threat of withdrawal of
trade (for the boycott Is little more than
a threat as yet) has produced so remark
able a reversion of Chinese Bureau meth
ods at San Francisco (under instructions
from Washington without doubt), there
Is fair ground to assume that when the
movement of the traders of China shall
approach positive action, the pressure of
the commercial and the moneyed interests
of the United States will force a nullifica
tion of whatever new Exclusion Law
may be enacted but not In the same di
rection as hitherto. And It is not out of
place for the traders and the higher or
ders of the Chinese nation to express a
pity for the American people who will
shamelessly permit their laws to be made
shuttlecocks and to be tossed at will be
tween the battledores of commercial in
terest and official greed.
The 'Chinese merchants hold no objec
tion to the presrent Exclusion Law prop
erly carried out They refuse to sanction
its present mal-adminlatratlon. They de
cline to be held prisoners In the "custody"
(as Commissioner North with unconscious
wisdom puts It) of steamship companies
In detention sheds; they object to being
starved in these death-Inviting dens; they
refuse to be Impoverished by grasping at
torneys and grafting officials, high and
low. They repel with Indignation the hu.
initiation, the robbery, and the brutallty
they have hitherto suffered. To all this
they enter their earnest protest and regis
ter a lasting "kick."
Literal.
Tales.
. .Hardupp Have you a five-dollar bill you
don't know what to do with?
Smyke Yes. here Is one.
Hardupp Thanks but I say, this is a
counterfeit!
Smyke Well, you asked me for one I
didn't know what to do with.
In tho Soap.
Fliegende Blatter.
'Here, waiter, there are two files in
this soup."
"Most likely twins, sir."
Pioneers.
Now York Sun.
Strike through the forest to tho clearing,
strike! ,
Blaze the slow trail through tangled hush
and brier.
O pioneers, take prairie, gulch and pike.
And swing the blows that tingle and in
spire! Cut greatly onward to tha real desire.
Put all your man in toll.
And if you take the jungle fierce with Are,
Soon shall you out upon the placid soil
Beyond tho huge turmoil I
The lassoing branches of the sapling willows.
The lariat ropes of clinging Ivy strands
Shall be burst through, as when a sea of
billows
Strikes the breakwaters and spreads up
the sands!
On. pioneers, to unmanned seas and lands:
The world love pulls you over
With all the. tug of huge and grappling
hands
Arid all the grip o love! Strike on. earth
lover!
Forever still a rover!
Reach out! The earth Is stale where over
human I
Wring off the rime of ages, cut the oldt
Be Adam and Eve. O man and woman.
Start a new world with vigor that wilt
hold
And set your lusty children starward
goaled
They cannot fling too high.
Let for their sake the mighty earth he
rolled
All naked to the broad, inspiring skyl
There live, and greatly die I
Huge waters through primordial gulches
pour.
Vast peaks lift through the clouda a sword
of snow. 1
There lie full valleys and tfie roaring-shore
Man only there is lacking! Tet him go!
There-start the race that shall stretch out
and grow
And make the whole world over!
Strike axes, pioneers! Hew blow on. blow,
Tou vanguard of humanity! Earth lover.
Forever atttl a rover. X
IN TOMORROWS 1
OREGONIAN
Additional to the most comprehen
sive telegraphic news of any -Pa-slflc
Coast newspaper, the Surfday
Oregonian tomorrow will contain:
THE MAKING OF A
SUCCESSFUL HUSBAND
This Is the first of a series of let
ters" from a middle-aged man -f
the world to his son who Is about
to embark on the sea of matrimony.
Their broad- humor and unconven
tional! ty. coupled with ready sound
advice, commend them alike to
those who have "been there" and
those who are starting on the jour
ney. TWO PORTLAND FATHERS
OF DISTINGUISHED SONS
There reside In Portland the fath
ers of George de Forest Brush and
Thomas Walker, two painters who
have won fame and fortune in the
world of art. A contributor throws
sidelights on their personality and
points out fine specimens of the
work on exhibition at the Lewis
and Clark Fair.
WILD ANIMALS THAT
ROCKEFELLER KNOWS
No dry zoological treatise, but a
very human story of bears, ante
lope, moose, elk and buffalo, which
a brother of the oil king keeps in
seml-caplvlty. He talks entertain
ingly about his charges from ac
tual observation and experience,
and deals in no romances intended
for children's books and the lecture
platform.
AUTO-TILTING AS AN
UP-TO-DATE SPORT
A unique story, 'vell Illustrated,
telling how Detroit girls engage in
land tournaments for amusement
and recreation. Contests Involve
physical danger and call for great
nerve and skill.
OBADIAH OLDWAY
COMES TO THE FAIR
The Pioneer Philosopher of Hoaxr
vllle has visited the Lewis and
Clark Exposition. His first letter I3
devoted to telling how he and
"Hannah" reached the city.
WHERE SUNLIGHT
IS A LUXURY
Nowhere Is the light of day so
inacesslble as In the down-town
district of New York. A corre
spondent writes concerning the
favored few who work In the upper
stories of skyscrapers and look
down from high places on the
Modern Babylon.
GUARDING THE PUBLIC
FROM SWINDLERS
A Washington correspondent sets
forth what Postmaster - General
Cortelyou is doing with his all
powerful "fraud order," to blast the
schemes of bunco men and get-rich-qulck
concerns.
NATIVE TROOPS AS
PHILIPPINE POLICE
Frederic J. Haskin writes from
Manila telling why brigandage
still exists and describes Samar as
yet a howling wilderness.
FITZSIMMONS LETS
OUT SOME SECRETS
The ex-champion makes public
some queer facts In connection with
the Corbett and the Sharkey fights
that have never got into the news
papers. TWO PAGES OF
LIVE SPORTING NEWS
The Sunday Orcgonian's sporting
department covers the local. North
west. Eastern and foreign sporting
news. Two pages of live matter
are printed every week. Last Sun
day the Oregonian covered the
football prospects of every college
In the Northwest, Illustrated with
photographs of captains, coaches
and managers. Football and other
sports of the season will be reported
by experts.
MEN FROM EVERY CLIME
VISIT THE FAIR
Almost every nationality of the
world Is represented at the Lewis
and Clark Exposition. An Illus
trated article pictures some of the
quaint visitors who add life and
color to the Dream City.
TREASURES OF ART AT
THE EXPOSITION
' Madame Anne von Rydingsvard.
the well-known art critic who has
spent several months at the' Ex
position, concludes her articles on
the art museum with an illustrated
article on the landscapes, art photo
graphs and miniatures.
A PAGE OF WINNERS AT
THE LIVESTOCK SHOW
Readers of the Sunday Oregonian
will be interested in seeing photo
graphs of some of the winners of
prizes at the Ex'posltion livestock
show. The best herds of the United
States are represented and the fact
that Oregon has carried off so many
prizes should be a matter of state
pride.
PORTLAND DOTTED WITH
NEW BUILDINGS .
In every section of the city new
buildings are rising. Business blofjks,
warehouses and residences are tax
ing the strength of contractors and
carpenters. The building movement
and the activity In real estate is
reported and Illustrated in The Sun
day Oregonian
From Behind the Bars.
Lend-a-Hand (Oregon Prison Paper),
The least the Judge says is the soonest
m-onded. . .
There is always more or les3 bunco
about prison rumors.
You can lead a horse to water but you
can't make the Jury believe he was
thirsty. -
"That's a good one Is a phrase that
never originated in a prison barber shop.
Exercise Is a good thing, but there are
times when you don't want to let your
tongue get too much of It
A prison wit says that those who serve
more than one term in prison are doing
life on the "Installment plan."
When the barber gets mad the razors
are always dull when the waiter gets
hot the soup Is always cold, and when
the shirts don't fit the tailor Is a hum
bug. Music has a beautiful language, but If
the man with the harmonica wants to get
out, and go down on the "Suwanee
River." we know a good many of the boys
In his immediate vicinity who would be
gladly willing to contribute towards buy
ing a railroad ticket.
His Credentials.
Toronto Mail and Empire.
Dr. Beadon. a former rector in Eltham.
Kent England, one Sunday preached
from the text "Who Art Thou?" After
reading it he made a pause for the con
gregation to reflect upon the words, when
a man In a military dress, who at tho
Instant was marching very sedately up
the middle aisle of the church, supposing
It a question addressed to him. replied:
"I am, sir, an officer of the Sixteenth
Regiment of Foot, on a recruiting party
here, and having brought my wife and
family with me. I am come to church
because I wished to be acquainted with
the neighboring clergy and other peo
ple." Thl3 ao deranged the divine and
astonished the congregation that the
sermon, was concluded with considerable
difficulty.