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rORTI.AXD. SATl'RDAV, MARCH S:t, 1907.
CKOVKR C'LKVKLANDI
- The proposal to make the 18th day of
March a legal holiday is not likely to
fiud much favor, but, being the birth
yriay of Grover Cleveland, who is a
great National figure and will be re
l.nembcred by historians as a genuine
patriot and a statesman of eminence,
it is worthy of particular observance.
In Europe it is a custom which we
'might well emulate to celebrate the an
niversaries of all distinguished men,
both the living and the dead, but es
pecially the living, with simple cere
monies and kindly congratulations.
Scientists of note, famous authors and
meritorious inventors share these
.'pleasant" honors with statesmen; while
in America we are only too apt to ig
nore the deserts of the living and ac
cord formal recognition only to the
dead. But it is one thing to make fes
tival on a great man's birthday and
quite another to establish it as a legal
holiday, when all business must be sus
pended. Jlareh is an unpropitious
month for holidays. The proposal is to
make Mr. Cleveland's anniversary an
"out-of-doors day," when we shall all
resort briefly to rural diversions and
enjoy the simple life of the wood-s and
fields. To attempt such a thing toward
the latter end of March were a sheer
absurdity in all but a few exceptionally
fnvored spots of America. Even in
Oregon, where Nature is at her kind
liest and Spring bourgeons with as
tonishing forwardness, no one expects
mu-of-door weather in March. There
would be an incongruity in celebrating
rural Joys at a time of the year when
everybody must perforce stay in the
house.
But even if this were otherwise, it
cannot be forgotten that our National
holidays already seem to cluster about
the liitft months of the year. Wash
ington's birthday, which is too well
established to be superseded, follows
hard upon Lincoln's. Indeed the suc
cession is so close that, though ' the
glory of the two men is equal, the peo
ple neglect to commemorate the savior
of the country and reserve their jubi
lation for the anniversary of the father.
Nor can we make legal holidays of the
birthdays of all our great men. It Is
only the super-eminent who can justly
expect such an honor; and, while in
the estimation of his near neighbors
and friends Mr. Cleveland may possi
bly stand in the rank with Washington
and Lincoln, the more judicious de
cision of the whole country will scarce
ly concede so much.
Eminent as Mr. Cleveland is. it Is
the happy lot of this Nation to have
produced many men no less upright
and able, and not a few to whom, upon
fair comparison, he must yield the
palm. With Benjamin Franklin, Jef
ferson. Jackson, John Marshall and
Panicl Webster left to take their
chances of remembrance in the whirl
wind and turbulence of time, it were
Invidious indeed to choose Mr. Cleve
land for special commemoration;
though in saying this we have no wish
to appeaT unmindful of his great serv
ice to the country and his distinguished
Virtues. It is one of the economic ca
lamities of Russia that the labors of
her people are continually interrupted
hy holidays. Observers tell us that the
greater part of the year is thus taken
hy the church from 'productive indus
try. No such danger threatens this
country as yet. Still, time is long; and,
since we hope the succession of great
men will never cease, should we con
tinue to set apart their birthdays for
special observance we might ultimate
ly find ourselves embarrassed as the
Russians are. Much better Is It to
leave the celebration of all ordinary
ccastons to the patriotic impulse of
the press and people arid reserve stated
and legalized honors for those rare
characters like Lincoln and' Wa-shing-fon.
whose glory is securely founded in
eternity and whose fame grows with
the passing ages. We may cheapen
commemorative ceremonies, as we may
other things, by making them common.
Still. Mr. Cleveland is one of the or
naments of our generation. His char-a-vter,
his ability, his homely virtues,
his green old age. belong to us all for
example and emulation. What he has
done Is a matter of history. The strug
gle of his career is over; the victor- Is
won; and he is now c xperiencing the
serene joy of living; for the sake of
life. He has made himself a home In a
quiet city not too far from the metrop
olis, and yet far enough to escape the
insidious outer circles of the mael
strom. At his door Is one of the Intel
lectual centers of the Nation, a famous
school, whose history is coeval with
that of America. There he is loved.
There students and teachers listen to
his words as the ardent youth of Ath
ens hung upon the speech of Socrates.
The halls where Jonathan Edwards
presided and McCosh philosophized
hear with reverent attention the ripe
wisdom of Grover Cleveland's seventi
eth year. Sound at heart as an an
cient oak, his brain rich with experi
ence deeply meditated, his soul mellow
with human affection and shrewd char
ity, he has achieved the philosopher's
ideal and the poet's dream. Loving
the conversation of men, he has
learned the more elusive charm of
Nature. Far from being a recluse, he
knows the hidden magic of the woods,
the low voices of the fields tell their
secrets to his heart; he understands
the songs which the brooks sing in the
meadows and can interpret the melo
dies of the Summer wind. The old
statesman has become a poet and a
sage. No more he speaks to us of poli
tics, finance and war, but of deeper
things.- He 1e!ls us of the healing
foi'ces of the outer air, of the -great op
timism of the sunshine and the uiii-er-sal
benison of the soil. 'He calls the
Nation from its mad struggle for
wealth and luxury to partake of the
blessedness of homely toll and the
dreamless sleep of Summer nights in
the wide' silence of the stars. Forsak
ing ambttion, he has found wisdom.
The golden years of Grover Cleveland's
later decades are the best of his life.
Is it a sign of something unique in his
greatness that he has learned, as few
Americans ever do, how to live them
serenely, happily and. nobly?
T11K SLOT MACHINES AGAIN.
It would he difficult to say anything
in defense of the gambling devices in
the tobacco shops at the street
corners. These machines, which are
of various sorts, are all the more
dangerous because of their innocent
appearance. Men and boys who would
shun a gambling hell are caught by
such respectable traps without diffi
culty. The habits acquired by playing
the nickel-in-the-slot game are no less
baneful than those which are learned
at the faro table. The temptation to
waste mon?y, to risk the property of
others, and finally to embezzle in order
to gamble. Is Quite as strong at the to
bacco shop, with its Innocent-seeming
machine, as in the recognised dens of
The gambling hell wears its charac
ter stamped on its face. It is openly
and honestly wicked. Everybody who
frequents it Is there for an acknowl
edged vicious purpose. At the corner
gambling-places the genuine character
is concealed. It is smeared over with
a delusive semblance of respectability
and Innocence. The youth lulls his
conscience with the plausible sophistry
that it is no great harm to drop a
nickel in the slot, or a dozen nickels;
but the harm exists here exactly as it
does in the slum palace of iniauity.
Respectable sin is the worst kind of
sin. It steals in where the more open
sort 3s excluded, and gains access to
those whom tagged and labeled vice
could never approach. It would be a
disgrace to the city that these moral
deathtraps should be permitted to ex
ist, luring the young to destruction and
confirming the depraved habits of the
adult. If they are essential to the de
velopment of any kind of business,
then it is better to restrict that busi
ness within the limits where it can
flourish without ministering to vicious
tastes. We do not believe, however,
that the profitable sale of tobacco is
dependent upon such auxiliaries. The
temperate use of the weed by adults is
one of the comforts of human life, and,
while It may not be distinctly benefi
cial, its harmfulness is not apparent.
It is much to be regretted that a
legitimate branch of trade should seek
added profit in the encouragement of
vice.
THE SHAME OF RHODE ISLANO.
War Is being waged on C. R. Bray
ton. the blind political boss of Rhode
Island; but the .boss seems to be so
firmly intrenched in his stronghold in
the State Capitol that the combined ef
forts of the Governor and the un
shackled members of the Legislature
cannot dislodge him. The Governor
has publicly denounced Brayton as i
nuisance and a resolution has been in
traduced asking one of the state em
ployes, for the honor and dignity of the
state, to cease his associations with
this "menace to the state." Brayton
has been boss of Rhode Island for
thirty years, a longer period than any
other -boss has held sway in the United
States. In that time he has shaped
legislation with a view to forestalling
any efforts to oust him from power,
and this legislation, together with un
usual constitutional provisions In that
state, leaves him master of the situa
tion.
In Rhode Island the Governor has no
veto power. -but serves as President of
the Senate and has not even a vote in
that body. His appointing power is
limited to the selection of his private
secretary and a Barber Commissioner.
The state is divided Into Senatorial
districts, with one Senator from each
district, regardless of population. Thus
a town with less than 100 voters has as
large representation in the State Sen
ate as the City of Providence. By
controlling the election of State Sena
tors in the small towns, Brayton gets
control of the Senate and is thus able
to block all legislation antagonistic to
his clients, the corporations. Brayton
and United States Senator Aldrich
have always worked together, but
there seems to be some question
whether Aldrich or Brayton s superior
in power, ine appearances are in fa
vor of Brayton.
That strenuous efforts have been
made to get rid of the blind boss is evi
dent from the communication ad
dressed by Governor HIgglns to an ofli
cer in whose rooms the boss has his
headquarters. Htggins made his cam
paign for the Governorship upon the
anti-Brayton issue, and has since been
trying to carry out his pledge to exter
minate the boss influence. But though
a majority of the people of the state
are opposed to Brayton, the political
manager has a majority of the Senate
and will not move. The Governor
called upon the Sheriff, in whose office
In the Statehouee Brayton holds con
ferences -with his followers, but the
Sheriff said lie eou'.d not do anything.
Then the Governor wrote a. scathing
letter to the Sheriff, saying among
other things:
You know that for decades he has stood
like an ancient brigand at the door of this
Capitol and clubbed into servility and com
pliance llh his demands practically al
.ceki-s of legislation, public and private
fraachiees. Ycu know that for a genera-
tion past many citizens have openly charged
that it wa impossible to secure proper ac
tion on certain -matters of legislation with
out a just hearing or first paying tribute
to the legislative Kob Roy of these planta
tions. Rhode Island's servility to bossism is
not so bad as that under which some
other states suffer, but is far worse
than prevails in many states. The pro
fessional lobbyist who owns a few
members of the Legislature or a City
Council is one of the most dangerous
enemies of the people. If his owner
ship of public officials is extensive
enough to make him a despot he be
comes a Ruef or a Brayton. A state in
the unfortunate condition of Rhode
Island is to bo pitied, for ft has no
apparent hope of . relief. Constitu
tional amendment is out of the ques
tion so long as- the boss controls the
Senate. Here in Oregon we have no
real political boss since the adoption of
the direct primary and the principle
of direct legislation. We still have the
professional lobbyi.it, but we shall "Un
doubtedly find a way to get rid of him,
though our need to do so does not be
gin to compare with the need for dis
placement of - the lobbyist-boss of
Rhode Island.
THE PASSINiJ OF BOSTON.
Boston has dropped from second to
third place in point of commercial im
portance, and is is in a fair way to
drop to fourth place this year. Prior
to 1906 the . order of the cities in
amount of commerce was: New York,
Boston, New Orleans, Galveston, Phil
adelphia. The figures for 1906 placed
New Orleans above Boston, with the
figures for total imports and exports as
follows: New York, $1,481,451,414; New
Orleans, $212,848,509; Boston. $209,703,986;
Galveston, $191,793,261; Philadelphia,
$160,481,475. This leaves Galveston $18,-
000,000 below Boston. Last year Bos
ton showed a gain of $9,800,000 and Gal
veston $35,600,000, so that at the same
rate of increase this year Galveston
will take third place.
Boston is mourning over the situa
tion, which it attributes to "the handi
cap of the differential freight rates
from which, we have so long suffered
and which have become more burden
some than ever under the operation of
the rate law, which deprives our rail
ways of the opportunity to secure for
our port its fair share of the exports
of the products of our American
farms." But whatever the reason,
schoolteachers will need to revise that
portion of .their geographies which
contains tho information that Boston
is the second commercial city in the
Union, and the people of Boston will
bo compelled to even up by -placing a
little more emphasis upon. culture. Be
sides, commercialism has been accord
ed too prominent a. .place in our exist
ence and Boston should not weep over
its decadence.
FEUER.tL CONTROL OF ALL BANKS.
Multiplicity of state banking laws.
of which no two are alike, has given
renewed Interest to the subject of na
tional control of all banking, with some
indication that, as the railroads have
turned to the Federal Government as
the safest regulating power, so the
proprietors of state banks may yet be
advocates of placing -all banking un
der a new National banking act.
There is today no general demand for
regulation of all banking by the Gov
ernment, nor do the proprietors of pri
vate banks now seek such supervision.
In some quarters, however, there are
evidences that the drift of events is
in . the direction of National control
as most advantageous to both the
banker and the people.
The foundation for National control
of all banks would be the fact that
modern methods have made practically
all banks participants in interstate
commerce. While a bank is a local in
stitution and receives the greater part
of its deposits from local owners of
money, present-day business transac
tions involve it quite extensively in
obligations of interstate character. In
this respect it does not differ material
ly from a small railroad, which may
do nearly all its business in one state
and yet has more or less traffic across
state lines. The right of the Government
to exercise control must be based upon
this intersta.3 business, and to what
extent the control can be exercised will
depend upon the view that may be
taken of the importance of the inter
state business. It is now argued by
some that the' National regulation of
railroads supersedes all state regula
tion. If that contention should stand,
perhaps we shall come to take the
same view of bank regulation. Thus
may be formed the legal foundation for
Government control of all banks.
From the standpoint of practice! re
vival of the subject has a different
basis, as indicated above. Many states
are undertaking bank control, begin
ning with laws which are at best ex
perimental and which generally err
upon the side of too great leniency.
The statutes provide a system of in
spection and control which means more
in name than in fact. These statute
vary in their terms and are changed at
nearly every session of a State LegiS'
lature, so that bankers and other busi
ness men of one state can scarcely
keep" informed regarding the banking
laws of another state. This gives rise
to the argument for uniformity, which.
it is admitted, can be attained only
by National control., To this need for
uniformity is added the desire for sta
bility among the bankers themselves
Since state banking laws have been
too lax, the fear is that when the peo
pie start a movement for greater
stringency the lawmaking bodies will
go to extremes and enact harmful laws.
Such a fear would drive the bankers
themselves to National control for self-
protection.
A' still different view of the subject
would .form the leason for sentiment
among depositors in favor of National
control of all banks. The National
banking act is admittedly more effect
ive than state banking acts, as shown
by reliable statistics of failures. Of
the total number of bank failures. 83
rer cent' are what are called state
banks and 17 per cent National banks.
The insolvent National banks paid in
the neighborhood of io cents on the do
lar. while the defunct state banks paid
but 45 per cent- These figures are for
the year 1905, and are given by the
United States Investor, in a discussion
of this subject in which the position
is taken that Federal control is essen
tial. While the Investor Is by no means
alone in its attitude, it will find very
little support at present among owners
of state banks. In the course of time
stringent state laws may cause all
bankers to favor National regulation
but that time has not yet arrived.
Certainly we shall not have any form
of Federal control that will attempt to
place all banks under one set of .rules.
We might have a system of inspection
and regulation uniform throughout the
country, but it would necessarily pro
vide limitations varying with the
character of business a bank conducts.
.The relation properly, existing between
capital stock, reserves, deposits, r.eal
estate loans and loans on collaterals
must vary according to the character
of the business.
Now that Cleveland Rockwell's hand
is stilled, his fame as a marine painter
will grow, for he had great talent,
loved the scenery of Oregon and
limned it on canvas with consummate
skill. In other parts of the United
States and abroad, his title to fame
rests chiefly on his splendid work. "The
Columbia Bar." painted for the late
Captain George Flavel, of Astoria,
twenty-five years ago. This picture,
reproduced in etchings and photo
graphs, has found its way to galleries
and private collections around the
globe. In Portland many homes axe
enriched by a Rockwell canvas, whose
worth, since his death, is greatly en
hanced. Captain Rockwell was essen
tially a marine .painter. . He created
nner water effects than any other
artist who preceded or followed him.
For soft coloring and delicate touch.
one must look far to find the equal of
nis "sunrise at Cathlamet." In his
Clatsop Beach and Tillamook Head"
and "Highlands of the Columbia" he
shows the true artist. Always his fa
vorites, he employed the shore of the
Pacific and Oregon's great river as
subjects for his brush, giving to every
product the stamp ofgenius. He was
a very modest man and content with
the. admiration of his friends. If he
had done his early work in an age of
publicity and could have permitted the
use of modern megaphone methods to
exploit it, he would now fill larger
space in fhe world of art.' Here at
home his name and fame are secure.
Is it consistent or seemly that a
newspaper which steals most of its
news and many of Its so-called edi
torials should reproach The Oreeonlan
for what it Ignorantly calls plagiar
ism .' The stupid and unlettered sheet
to which we refer would -forbid all lit
erary allusion for the sake of "moral
ity." The brand of morality which it
exploits is made to order by its pluto
cratic owners. Ihis code permits them
to despoil the helpless heirs of an es
tate, to violate a trust, to rob the city.
All it requires is a solemn face and a
pious twang in psalm-singing. Fran
chise-grabbing and prayer, hymns and
piracy, corruption and holiness, form
the stock in trade of these .whited sep-
ulchers. The thieving propensities of
their newspaper are well come bv.
Like owner like dog."
In passing an ordinance extending
the time for filing initiative' petitions
so that all measures may be filed in
time for submission at the coming elec
tion, the City Council took the only
proper course. . There was no harm to
be done by such action, and it is al
ways best to be lenient in the direc
tion of securing, a popular expression.
Defeat of any measure by preventing a
vote upon it serves only to increase
agitation in .ts behalf. Consideration
of a proposed law upon its merits is
most satisfactory, and such a policy-
results in the earilest settlement of dif
ferences of opinion.
The Nebraska House of Representa
tives passed a direct primary bill
which permits any voter to vote in any
primary without declaring his party
affiliation. If the Senate takes similar
action and the bill becomes a law. Re
publicans may have an opportunity to
vote in Democratic primaries at a time
when the peerless Democratic leader
would not want them to. But the ex
pectation is that the Senate will amend
the bill so as to make each party vote
In its own primaries. The fusionists
forced passage of the bill in the House.
Senator Cullom says he would like to
s,ee Harriman in jail as punishment
for the robbery of the Alton, but he is
"afraid that there is no law by which
Mr. Harriman can be reached." There
is nothing like trying to find one. Mr.
Heney and Mr. Burns might be able to
find evidence that would convict under
some of the Federal or state statutes.
The principal thing is to get a prose
cutor big enough for the job. We are
too ready to assume that the big
grafter is above and beyond the reach
of criminal laws.
"Boss Ruef" is boss no longer, but a
great whimpering culprit, shuddering
like the veriest schoolboy before . the
uplifted hand of the law. He found
the way of the transgressor so easy,
and walked- in it with bold feet so long,
that the fact that it might become
hard came upon and'found him unpre
pared. Hence his cringing and utterly
contemptible attitude in the presence
of justly merited punishment. Despic
able as a public thief, he is utterly
contemptible as a criminal confronted
by the evidences of his guilt.
Fort Dodge, la., has a city ordinance
that virtually imposes a fine upon
bachelors. While the terms of the or
dinance are not given in dispatches
on the subject, it must be clear to
every one that the ordinance is unjust
unless it also provides for a fine to be
imposed upon old maids. How can
bachelors marry if old maids won't?
Besides, the ordinance should provide
that an accused bachelor may plead in
defense that he has made a reasonable
number of proposals and been rejected.
An Eastern financial journal speaks
of "the' large destruction of capital
through recent warfare," evidently
confusing capital with watered stock,
The only capital destroyed was imag
inary capital. It was destroyed by dis
closing its imaginary character and
thus destroying the delusion that it
was real capital. Real capital may be
destroyed by a fire or an earthquake,
but not by rich men's panics.
According to Eastern papers, the en
actment of anti-pass laws has had the
effect of greatly reducing the patron
age of Pullman cars. Men who rode
on passes felt that they could afford
to ride in Pullmans, but, now that they
must pay their railroad fares, they
save the Pullman fee.
Across the top of the front page of
the Salem Journal last Wednesday ap
peared the following motto: "Look up,
not down; look out, not In; forward,
r.ot back; move ahead." Thursday
morning the Albany Herald placed the
same motto at the top of its first page.
Plagiarism, plagiarism!
Four citizens of Nebraska have been
convicted of land frauds in the United
States Court, and in giving the
news the Omaha Bee asserts that this
was "the most famous of land-fraud
cases." Thanks. Aft'e thought we held
the record in Oregon.
Two Clackamas County men are en
gaging in a lawsuit over 26 cents. The
principal evidence at the trial should
be that of the alienists. And not many
witnesses of that kind should bo
needed.
CHANGES ZONE GOVERNMENT I
Koocvclt Abolishes Municipalities
and Stakes Large Saving.
WASHINGTON. March 22. Changes. In
the local Government in the canal zone,
which will abolish all the municipal gov
ernments now in existence and result in
the harmonizing of various parts of the
zone, are to become effective April 15.
President Roosevelt has signed orders
providing for wholesale changes, and
Richard Rogers, general counsel for the
Isthmian Canal Commission, will go to
the zone with Secretary Taft and remain
there for some time to assist in reorgan
izing the Government. The five municipal
governments in the canal zone will be re
placed by four administrative districts
which will be under the direction of -the
Canal Commissioners. TTnde.r the old or
ganization the five municipal govern
ments were in control of officers named
by the Commission and not elected by the
people. Consequently the abolition of the
municipalities will not in any way limit
the voice of the people In tlie" Govern
ment, but will make it possible for ine
Commission to give the various adminis
trative districts ordinances and regula
tions which are in harmony.
The municipal governments were found
to be wholly unsatisfactory and all offi
cers are convinced that the new plan will
be far more satisfactory.
One of the new executive orders will
niithnriza legal marriiftres to be made
upon the canal zone by any minister of
the gospel.
Another order will modify the penal
code so as to remove defects found in the
original code.
It is estimated that the total saving to
the United States under the reorganized
Government in the zone will be about
$100,000.
lilGHT HOURS FOR DKEDGEMEN
Taft Chungcs ISuling Pending Deci
sion by Supreme Court.
WASHINGTON. March 22. Secretary
Taft has re-considered his original
opinion of March 7 relative to tho
eight-hour law in Its application to
employes on river and harbor works.
Then he held that the law applied
to every person connected with the
work on dredges and steamers of va
rious kinds, while now he is of tho
opinion that it affects only mechanics
and laborers, and does not change the
present hours of work of captains,
cooks, deckhands, pilots and the -like.
Therefore, he has directed the follow
ing memorandum to the Chief of En
gineers:
I have received a call from the Commis
sioner of Labor and the heads of certain
britfgeworkers' unions in reference to the
application of the eight-hour law to the
dredging dono directly by the Government
and under the control and supervision of
the engineering bureau of this department.
I am also Informed that the Attorney-Gen
eral has in effect taken the position and
that the attitude of the Government in court
Is that the men engaged In dredging on the
steam dredges are within the operation of
the law and should not work for more than
cne shift cf eight hour.) a day. I am also
advised that this question is pending in the
Supreme Court on appeal from the decision
of a Massachusetts Federal court.
Commissioner Neil thinks that it is an
inconsistent position for the Government to
have been working under a theory of the
law at variance with that which It has
taken before the courts and which has been
sustained by certain of the lower courts al
ready. In this view i concur, and you are
therefore directed to order all subordlnat,
officers having in charge men working upon
dredges to work all employes whose duties
are in effect those of mechanics and labor
ers but eight.hours a day until tho Supremo
Court shall otherwise decide, if it does so
decide, with such exceptions as you may es
tablish to my satisfaction are absolutely
necessary to preserve the Government prop
erty as it is.
SAKGENT WILL TOUR SOUTH
Right Wrongs of Italian Immigrants
at New Orleans.
WASHINGTON, March 22. Frank P.
Sargent. Commissioner-General of Immi
gration, is on his way to New Orleans
to investigate the Immigration situation
along the Mexican border and the boutn.
While at Galveston he will consider fur
ther measures to reduce the smuggling of
immigrants across the Mexican frontier.
At New Orleans Mr. Sargent will take
up with the local officials the housing
of sucli immigrants as are held there for
deportation or for observation. Many
Italian immigrants are reaching New Or
leans, and complaiat has been made to
the Italian Ambassador that those who
are not permitted to land and have to -be
held either for deportation or for medical
observation are placed in a local prison
pending final disposal of their cases.
GOETHALS IS APPOINTED.
Will Succeed Stevens on Canal Com
mission Place for Blackburn.
WASHINGTON, March 22. Secretary
Taft. announced today . that Lieutenant
Colonel Goethals would succeed John F
Stevens on the Canal Commission on
April 1. When Colonel Goethals 'becomes
chairman by promotion from the grade
of Commissioner there will be a vacancy
In the Commission, which will be filled
by the appointment of ex-Senator Joseph
C. S. Blacburn. of Kentucky.
As chairman, Colonel Goethals will re
ceive a salary of 513,000 annually. Majors
Caillard and Siebert and Civil Engineer
Rosseau 514,000 each, and Dr. Gorgas
Jackson Smith and Mr. Blackburn 510,000
each.
EXPORTS OF MANUFACTURES
United States Third in Rank Among
World's Nations.
WASHINGTON, March 22. The Unit
ed States now ranks third among the
world's exporters of manufactures, ac
cording to a monograph on "Exports of
Manufactures in the United States and
their Distribution," Issued today by the
Bureau of Statistics of the Department
of Commerce and Labor.
The exports of manufactures now ex
ceed $700,000,000 per annum, and have
doubled in value in a single decade.
Government Land Sales Grow.
WASHINGTON, March 22. A state
ment of the business of the Land Oiffce
for the first six months of the fiscal
year shows a. material increase In the
number of entries, selections and filings
made, the acreage disposed of and the
total receipts arising from the sale of
public and Indian lands and fees and
commission aa compared with the cor-r
responding six months of the fiscal
year 1906.
The net increase In the number of
entries of all classes was 17.233, while
the net increases In the cash receipts
amount to $1,467.12 1.
Woodruff to Succeed Campbell.
WASHINGTON. March 22. The Presi
dent has appointed George J. Woodruff,
of the Forest Service, to be Assistant
Attorney-General for the Interior to sue
ceed Frank L. Campbell, who has been
transferred to the position of Special As
sistant Attorney under the Department
of Justice.
New Odessa Postmaster.
WASHINGTON. March 22. The Presi
dent today appointed L. C. Welk post
master at Odessa, Wash.
ADVISED RESISTANCE TO LAW
Seized Documents Embarrass Fope's
Secretary nml French Leaders.
PARIS. March 22. The Figaro says
that the documents seized at the papal
Nunciature here after the expulsion of
Monslgnor Montagnini included a dis
patch from Cardinal Merry del Val, the
papal secretary of state, advising Mon
slgnor Montagnini to give the Catholics
free rein to oppose the taking of
church inventories under the law pro
viding for the separation of church and
state; and Monsignor Montagnini's
diary, detailing conversations the pre
late had with M. Piou, one of the
founders of the liberal action party, M.
Denys-Cochln, Conservative, and other
political personages which the Figaro
adds, will prove embarassing to those
nvolved, but will not compromise the
Holy See.
PROSPECT FOR GOLD IX CONGO
Americans and Belgians Join in
Sending Expedition.
BRfSSRLS. M;irch 22. After consnl
tioh with the delegates of the Ameri
can financiers who are interested in the
enterprise, the International Forestry
Company, in which Messrs. Guggenheim
and Ryan of New Tork are largely in
terested, has decided to send out a min
eral prospecting expedition to the Con
go, where it is anticipated that great
gold-fields will be discovered.
R. Dorscy Mohun. the well known ex
plorer, has' been appointed to lead the
expedition. It will be composed of
Americans and Belgians and will leave
for Africa about May 15.
MAY PROHIBIT ABSINTHE SALfi
Sweeping Measure Proposed Against
l -1 1 ll 1 1 v u i i ' i rinntx.
PARIS. March 22. The committee on
hygiene of the Chamber of Deputies has
reported in favor of the total prohibition
of the distillation, importation, traffic in
and sale of absinthe. The committee pro
poses that the manufacture of absinthe
shall cease In one year and after two
years its sale shall become illegal.
Pope Mollifies King Alfonso.
MADRID, March 22 It is stated here
that the consent of the Pope to act as
godfather to the expected heir to the
Spanish throne was pruined by a curious
compromise. King Alfonso had proposed
to provide his mother-in-law. Princess
Henry of Battenburg, with an Anglican
chapel in El Pardo palace, where she
could hear the English Church service as
at home.
The plan was forbidden by the Pope.
This annoyed the King, and it was to
alleviate this chagrin that the intimation
came from the Pope that he would stand
as sponsor.
Germany to Coerce Hayti.
ST. THOMAS, D. W. I., March 22.
The Gorman gunboat Panther left here
yesterday for Port au Prince, Hayti,
where, according to reports, she will
support the demands of the German
Minister in connection with treatment
of certain German subjects who have
made representations to the authorities
at Berlin.
Will Strike for Sunday Rest.
PARIS, March 2"2. The federated
union of employes of dealers in all
kinds of foodstuffs, meats, etc., today
decided on a general strike for the pur
pose of enforcing the weekly rest-day
law.
Anti-Asiatic Bill Passed.
PRETORIA, March 22. The upper
house of Parliament today passed the
Asiatic ordinance, providing for the ex
elusion of the Japanese and other
Asiatics.
Bury Bcrtlielots in Pantheon.
PARIS, March 22. The Cabinet has
decided to ask Parliament to authorize
the entombment of the bodies of the
late Senator Berthelot and his wife in
the Pantheon.
Britain Rejects Metric System.
LONDON, March 22. The House of
Commons today by 130 to 114 rejected the
bill proposing to introduce the metric
system into Great Britain.
Chief Engineer Yard Very 111.
SALT LAKE CITY. March 22. E. J.
Yard, chief engineer of the Denver &
Rio Grande Railroad, a railroad man
known all over the country. Is critically
ill at St. Mark's Hospital here of double
pneumonia. Dr. J. W. O'Connor, chief
surgeon of the Denver & Rio Grande, ar
rived today from Denver to assist the
physicians who have been attending him.
Mrs. Yard came with Dr. - O'Connor.
Arkansas Brokerage Firm Falls.
MEMPHIS, March 22. Following the
reeeint of a message from the main of
fice of C. C. Taylor & Co.. a brokeragi
firm at Texarkana. Ark., the statement
was made at the Memphis office this aft
ernoon that- the firm had suspended
through inability .to cover . margins. -
THE TEDDY BEAR AS SEEN BY HIGH FINANCIERS
IN THE MAGAZINE
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Fac-Slmlle of First Passe.
An Oregon Girl and One of Her Pets.
HIS EJ.Sr WEEK.
The Story of Christ, told by rla.V?, in
the words ot the Gospel.
THE BACKYARD FOR A GARDEX
Timely hints to Portland housewives
on raising veelables.
BEST AXSVAL FLOWERS.
Varieties suitable for planting in
Portland next week.
,1K. DOOLEY OX MUStC.
No man or woman who ever heard a'
piano should miss it.
CVARVIXO VXCLE SAM'S 3IOXEY
How the Nation's Strong Box is pro
tected agajnst ronoery.
PRIXCE EDDY A SAILOR.
Heir to the British Throne has a new
ship all his own.
HOW CEO. ADE WRITES FLAYS
Interview in which the Hoosier Hu
morist talks shop.
"DOX'T SPOIL THE DOGS."
Homer Davenport shows what dam
age fashion has done.
JOAQVIX MILLER.
Veteran Poet tells when he first heard
of gold in California.
MA II Y STEWART CVTTISG.
Little Stories of Happy Life: The
Mission of Pleasure.
OXE-PAGE CLASSICS.
Nathaniel Hawthorne's Masterpiece,
"The Scarlet Letter."
.V THE CAPITAL OP ALGIERS.
Frank' G. Carpenter describes its
forty-million-dollar boulevard.
THE ROOSEVELT BEARS.
Seymour Eaton tells of their visit to
the Tower of. London.
EASTER STORY JOB GIRLS.
"Kate's Violet Vision," a tale of
happiness by Louise Lexington.
Appreciation From Governor Mead.
OL.TMPIA, Wash., March 22. (To the
Editor.) We appreciate the sentiment ex
pressed in the editorials today, "The Com
mon Interest" and "Where Responsibil
ity L,ies," as well as other editorials re
ferring favorably to legislation enacted
at the recent session.
ALBERT E. MEAD.
Madden's Successor Sworn In.
WASHINGTON. March 22. A. L. Iaw
she. of Indiana, was today sworn in as
Third Assistant Postmaster-General, suc
ceeding Edwin C. Madden, resigned.
-From the New York ierald.
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