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PORTLAND. FRIDAY, MARCH 13. 190S.
THE CASE AS IT STANDS.
There are several groups of Repub
lican politicians, each desiring to elect
the Senator. Neither of these groups
or factions is willing that any oppos
ing faction shall elect the Senator, and
neither of them will help any oppos
ing faction to elect. With or with
out any "statement" about "the peo
ple's choice" or "the party's choice,"
or "the Republican voters' choice,"
there will be no present co-operation.
The primary law Invites a fight for the
mynlnation, which becomes so fierce
that there can be no unity afterwards.
Moreover. It Is known on all sides that
the Legislature has the sole constitu
tional power of election, and all fac
tions are acting, and mean to act, on
that knowledge. .No one group or
faction Is better or worse than an
other. The remocratic party is not
racked by this contention, because It
Is a minority, with nothing In sight
to differ about. Were it the majority
party, however, it would be in the
same fix, under the present system,
that the Republican party now is.
But what's the use of getting ex
cited about such a matter? The con
tention will work its way out, after Its
own fashion. The chances may be
that it will give the Senator to the
Democrats, but that will scarcely
sicken those so-called Republicans
who have been voting for Democrats.
The other sort, however, do object to
putting the representatives whom
they elect to the Legislature into a
position which would be likely to com
pel them to elect a Democrat to the
Senate.lt may be stated more strong
ly. Republicans do not intend to send
Republicans to the Legislature who, in
any circumstances, will, vote for a
Democrat. The differences between
groups or factions of Republicans are
grave, no doubt, but on this point they
do not differ. Between the opposing
groups in Multnomah County one of
them pledging to "the Republican vot
ers' choice," and the other to the can
didate who may get the popular ma
jority or plurality in June, "if a Re
publican" there is no difference on
this one chief matter. Neither of
them will send members to the Leg
islature under any pledge that will
-ven possibly compel those members
to vote for a Democrat for the Senate.
Differ as they may as to candidates
and the sort of "pledges" that should
be taken, this will be refused and
avoided.
That is. The Oregonian though not
in the confidence of any group or fac
tion or party takes this to be a fact,
from the utterances it hears and from
the "statements" given out all round.
In Multnomah, and In most of the
other counties, the indications are that
the candidates nominated for the Leg
islature as Republicans will commit
themselves either to "the Republican
voters' choice" or to the candidate who
may get the majority vote in June, "if
a Republican." Possibly there may
be quarrel enough even on this issue,
and-on the general contentions aris
ing out of the primary law to give
the Legislature to the Democratic
party. Possibly not.
R. R. Thompson, active, sagacious
sind well remembered as a prime factor
in the development of steamboat traffic
on the Columbia River half a century
ago, died at his home In San Francisco
March 10, having attained to the great
age of SS years. His energy and en
terprise in business In the early devel
opment of the Pacific Northwest, ex
tending to and through the Oro Fino
mining excitement of the early '60s,
brought him large wealth and such
opportunities for its enjoyment as
wait upon leisure and luxury. Once a
familiar figure in Portland, he had
been practically unknown here for two
decades. The announcement of his
death, owing to his great age and
known infirmities of health, did not
come as a surprise to his friends in
this city.
NOW Jl'ST CONSIDER.
Of course The Oregonian expects
nobody who makes it a business to
carp at it to quote it correctly; or
when writing or speaking of it to do
other than misrepresent it.
Therefore It is not surprised now to
find one saying, "I speak not only for
myself, but for thousands of other vot
ers in this state, who take exception
to being called cranks, ill-arranged in
tellects, etc., merely because we, be
lieving in a principle, are courageous
enough to voice our convictions."
Nor is it surprised to find another
saying that "people who propose new
laws or try to legislate for themselves
under the new system are said by The
Oregonian to be from the cave of
Adullam, or persons of ill-arranged
intellects."
The Oregonian is glad that what it
says arrests attention even though its
statements are perverted. It doesn't
find that anything said by those whose
chief occupation In life is to carp at it
is considered by the public worth quo
tation or remembrance.
But what did The Oregonian say?
Now you .who may take an interest in
the matter may see again. Here is
that passage from The Oregonian of
Tuesday last:
It was not intended that representative
government should be abolished by the new
system; but It baa been abolished by It. Any
group of persons, from the cave of Adullam.
or other group of persons of ill-arranged ln
tellecta, can propose Initiative measures or
call the referendum: and there la danger
always that the crudest measures may pass
Into law, through the inattention of the
voters; or that proper legislative measures
may be turned down through the referendum.
The situation is the crank's paradise.
Is there anybody in Oregon whose
Judgment would be taken by his
neighbor as worth anything in busi
ness, finance or affairs; in history, lit
erature, poetry, philosophy, political
or social science, in legislation, indus
try, art, or any branch of rational hu
man endeavor, who doesn't know that
this statement Is absolutely true?
What facility this system offers for
proposal of initiative and referendum
measures, that common sense has al
ways rejected, but whose devotees now
find their opportunity, needs no par
ticular mention. There have been
many such in the past, though this
system has been In vogue but a short
time. Several such are now pending
for the election in June.
Legislation for a commonwealth is a
serious matter. It ought always to be
kept out of the hands of persons who.
for any reason, sentimental or other,
wish to "legislate for themselves." It
is extraordinary effrontery to com
mend "the new system" and hold it
meritorious because it gives individu
als opportunity to "legislate for them
selves" that Is, to put their crude,
narrow notions into law. Take note,
for example, of the proposition to
revolutionize our system of taxation,
by Initiative amendment, and of the
call for the referendum against the
leading educational institution of the
state. There are many more. Is this
the way of rational legislation?
Sl'TERFWOVS FAVORS.
In Wall street there are three banks,
the National Bank of Commerce, the
First National Bank and the National
City Bank, whose combined capital
stock falls barely short of $118,000.
000. In the whole country there are
3325 National banks, and were their
entire capital stock added together it
would foot up Just about double that
of these three Wall-street Institutions.
In other words, fully one-half of all
the financial power of the National
banks is centered not only in Wall
street, but in three banks of Wall
street. When we hear of new legisla
tion for the benefit of the National
banks, it will be interesting to remem
ber that one-half of all the good or
evil it will do must accrue in the first
instance to this powerful trio. Since
most financial legislation confers ben
efits upon the banks at the expense of
the rest of the country, it is doubly in
teresting to reflect where these benefits
go In large part and who gets them.
The little group of big Wall-street
banks belongs to Rockefeller, Morgan
and Ryan. Hence they are the men
who will take at least half the profit
of whatever privileges the Aldrich bill
confers upon the National banks of
the country. Is it credible that Mr.
Aldrich forgot this comfortable cir
cumstance when he introduced his bill
in the Senate? The bill creates half a
billion dollars of credit currency for
emergency purposes, and It is so con
trived that the Rockefeller-Morgan-Ryan
banking combination would get
at least $100,000,000. For one-half of
It they would pay the Government 6
per cent annually, for the other half
they would pay one-half of 1 per cent.
Since in emergencies the loan rates of
banks are very high, it is readily seen
what a tidy little present Mr. Aldrich
Is trying to cajole Congress into be
stowing upon his friends and relations.
His bill is intended to strengthen the
Wall-street financial ring. It would
Increase the power of the money trust
by throwing the control of the cur
rency into their hands at those critical
moments when they can use it to the
best advantage.
These facts are gathered from a
speech which Mr. Alfred O. Crozier
made the other day before the Boston
City Club. He goes on to show that the
Wall-street banks stand In very little
need of charity from the Government.
Their proflts'are large enough as it is,
without making them a present of an
other Tiundred millions to loan out at
extortionate rates. Since 1S69 the av
erage annual dividend of the National
banks of the country has been just
short of 9 per cent, but New York
banks pay as high as 50 per cent in
some cases, while the three Wall-street
banks belonging to the Morgan-Standard
Oil-Metropolitan combination pay
dividends which are so large that the
truth about them is studiously con
cealed. Tet this is the combination
upon which Congress is asked to con
fer still greater favors at the expense
of the Nation. If public money is to
be printed by the Government and be
stowed upon the banks, one cannot
help thinking that it ought to be be
stowed impartially.
Massachusetts has 189 savings banks
with almost two million depositors.
They are managed upon the whole
better than the National banks, and
are made so secure by civilized laws
that they are never known to fail.
Through these banks a large sum of
Mr. Aldrich's emergency money might
be distributed among the people, but
his bill would not give them a single
cent of it. Nor would any other state
or private bank share in the golden
harvest. Mr. Aldrich's purpose is not
to distribute - the emergency money
among the people, but to pour it into
Wall street, where it would aggravate
speculation and double the rake-oft
of the master gamblers. Jt would
seem as if the time had almost come
when Congress might begin to think of
providing the country with a sensible
circulating medium and lay aside for
good and all such half-witted, half
predatory devices as the Aldrich bill.
5HTST BE IN GOOD FAITH.
The South End Improvement Club,
which seems to include in Its member
ship quite a number of men of suffi
cient intelligence and Integrity to en
title their opinions to weight, has en
thusiastically indorsed the packing
plant project of Schwartzschtld & Sulz
berger. The company seeking the
franchise, in its application, agrees
that the plant shall be operated in
such a manner that it will not be in
any manner offensive to the public.
As to the need in Portland for every
enterprise of this nature that jean be
brought to the city there is no ques
tion. These features of the matter
duly considered, it presents a clear
cut appearance on which there should
not be much difficulty or delay in se
curing action from the Council. From
the showing made by the representa
tives of the packers and by the resi
dents of the district in which the plant
will be located, the Council ought to
be able to frame up an ordinance that
can protect the property-owners and
the city and at the same time extend
proper consideration for Schwartz
schtld & Sulzberger.
The ordinance should require in un
mistakable terms that the packers are
to construct a plant that will not be
offensive, and they should also be re
quired to give satisfactory guarantees
that they will within a given time pro
ceed to carry out their plans. This
will silence any unfavorable criticism
which might arise if it should be
thought that the franchise was being
secured for the purpose of holding
over the heads of other packing-house
site-owners. Any legitimate enterprise
should not be obliged to fight its way
into Portland, and, as we desire no
other kind here, the "S. & S." people
are, from present appearances, entitled
to public support in their efforts to se
cure a business location. ,
Summed up in a few words, Port
land needs this enterprise, and as
many more of V similar nature as we
can get. All that may be required of
the Council is to require the appli
cants to show that It is a bona fids
proposition and that there will be no
objectionable features in connection
with it.
CONDITION OF THE FLEET.
The American battleship fleet of
sixteen vessels arrived in Maigtfalena
Bay yesterday, three days ahead of
time, after covering 13,000 miles of
the stormiest ocean voyage in the
world. The fleet arrived in perfect
condition, "ready for action," after one
of the most severe tests ever made by
the ships of any nation. This perform
ance will not surprise the people who
have remembered the 16,000-mile run
of the Oregon, twice subjected to the
burning heat of the tropics an the
piercing cold of the far south as she
raced through two oceans in record
time, and arrived "ready for action."
The achievement may be surprising,
however, to those who have placed too
much confidence in the criticism
made of the fleet by the muckrakers
who have been exploiting its alleged
weaknesses and frightening the timid
people into believing that the Navy
was no safer than a fleet of old tramp
steamers.
The trip of the Oregon, and the con
dition in which she arrived on the fir
ing line were without parallel in naval
history; but there were other Amer
ican warships in the same engagement
in which she participated, so that the
final chapters of the Spanish war offer
some interesting testimony as to the
ability of our ships to "deliver the
goods." If there is anything radically
wrong with our fleet it was not dis
covered when It was sweeping the
Spanish from the seas, and it is a cer
tainty that it has not deteriorated
Since that time. If the present in
vestigation discloses any serious short
comings in construction or operation
of our fleet, it will be pleasing to know
that It Is still able to make a show
ing somewhat better than that of any
other nation on earth.
WOES OF THE POOR MILLIONAIRES.
There is a great deal of talk nowa
days about distress among the laboring
classes, but very little is said about,
the greater distress that prevails
among the rich who do not labor. The
latest sign of their sad condition to
become public is the announcement
that fifty of them in New Tork have
offered their yachts for sale. This
looks ominous. We may expect to
read in the papers almost any day
that they have ceased to drink cham
pagne at dinner. ' It would not be sur
prising should it come out that their
wives had ceased to play bridge whist.
The poor think their woes are terrible,
but what have they to suffer that can
compare with these horrors? If you
want to learn what real misery is, go
to the New York millionaire, consider
his ways and be wise.
This growling of the, wolf at the
plutocrats' doors is due to the panic.
Their normal means of existence is to
grab the bigger share of what the
workingraen in their vicinity produce.
But since the panic the workingmen
have not produced anything, hence
there is nothing to grab and grim han
ger stalks through the palaces of Fifth
avenue, while pale famine marches
down Wall street. This pathetic scene
has a lesson for us if we would but
read it. Living on the labor of other
men appears to be a delightful kind of
life, and for the most part it is de
lightful, but it has drawbacks. When
the other men are out of a job the
hoops fall off from it, so to speak,
and the whole symmetrical economic
barrel tumbles apart. The millionaires
must learn if they want to keep up
their game of grab'they must see to it
that there is always somebody to grab
from: otherwise they will experience
the hollow pang of reaching out into
the empty air and getting nothing.
If the Goulds and Vanderbllts had
had enough sense to keep the laboring
men of the country employed, they
might have continued to skim the
cream of our National Industry, and
would not have had to sell their
yachts. But they had not enough
forethought for that. The one con
spicuous trait of the millionaire class;
besides its greed, is lack of fore
thought. This trait it has always dis
played and very likely always will.
Hence periodically It will be forced to
sell its yachts and even to undergo
greater hardships. But the distress is
only temporary. Times are bound to
improve. The laboring men will go
to work again, those of them who sur
vive; the millionaires can resume the
game of grab, and they will soon, by
the favor of Providence, accumulate
enough to buy new yachts more sump
tuous than those they have sacrificed.
THE BRAVE DAYS OF OLD."
A vivid contrast between the North
west country fifty-two years ago this
month and the present time was pre
sented by George H. Himes hvhis brief
address upon the occasion of driving
the last spike on the North Bank
Railroad. At Sheridan's Point, three
miles west of Stevenson, in Skamania
County, Washington, the golden spike
was driven. The address of Mr.
Himes upon the occasion "was histori
cal and reminiscent, as became the
event and date. He referred briefly to
the scenes enacted there in March.
1856, when some forty men, women
and children, comprising the infant
settlement at the Cascades, huddled
together in Bradford's store, near that
place, against an attacking band of
between 200 and 300 Indians for near
ly three days, when they, were relieved
by Lieutenant Phil Sheridan, who. had
arrived from Fort Vancouver with a
small command, reinforced the next
day by a detachment of regulars from
Fort Dalles.
.The then and now of the Pacific
Northwest . were strikingly shown In
the contrast drawn by Mr. Himes be
tween a-March day in, 1856, when a
handfull of settlers-'were fighting for
their lives, and the March day in 1908,
when the . completion of the North
Bank Railroad was celebrated at that
point. The "brave days of old" find
ever a loyal historian in Mr. Himes,
and one faithful to i fact and detail.
Few Indeed remain of the Intrepid ac
tors in that frontier drama. They
were in truth few. in the beginning,
but, living or dead, they are sacred to
memory as standard-bearers of civili
zation in the beautiful and long-isolated
region "where flows the Oregon."
Of course the members of the City
Council are not such simpletons as to
believe that the transfer of the Conrad
license is genuine. They know, as
everybody else knows, that the whole
transaction is a piece of transparent
hypocrisy. Why they lend themselves
to it is one of the many mysteries
that envelop Councils, but we can as
sure them that such performances are
rapidly developing a sentiment in
Portland that may sweep away all li
censes and outlaw the. liquor business.
If the Councilmen desire prohibition,
well and good. They have chosen ex
actly the right way to get it. But if
they do not desire it, they must And
some better way to deal with indecent,
law-defying saloons.
There is a simple, easy and certain
way by which fathers of unruly boys
may escape the discomfiture that has
befallen, and avoid the expense in
curred by an irate father in this city
recently in causing the arrest and
prosecution of the principal who pun
ished a boy for truancy. Let them sus
tain and encourage the schoolmaster
in his earnest attempts to maintain
needful discipline in school and all will
be well. This method will doubtless
be scouted as old-fashioned; but it
will prove efficacious nevertheless.
With her fortune dissipated, prida
humbled and name tarnished, Anna
Gould comes sneaking back to the
land of her birth under an assumed
name. It is explained that the ruse
was necessary in order to escape any
possible complications, should her ex
husband attempt to prevent the chil
dren leaving the country. If the
Gould brothers have the same fine
regard for decency that Mrs. William
Thaw has displayed, they will have
their erring sister placed in a private
retreat for feeble-minded.
Breathitt County, Kentucky, the
home of feuds and unpunished mur
der, was one of the first to go "dry"
when the temperance wave struck the
Bluegrass State two years ago. This
fact is easily explained. The native
moonshiners of the mountains a class
with a grievance of long standing
took the opportunity offered by the
county unit law, whereby the right of
local option was secured, to get even
on competitive manufacturers and re
tailers. "
The death of Mrs. E. D. Kelly, of
Oregon City, marks the close of a long
and useful life, of which a full half
century was spent in the old pioneer
city by the falls. She will be missed
by the remaining few who knew and
were associated with her in domestic,
social and charitable work in the
prime of her years, and only In a
lesser degree by the younger genera
tion that has known and revered her
in her cheerful age.
The Yaqui Indians held one of their
regular killings a few days ago, the
victims being a couple of Mexicans,
who, as usual, were "horribly mutil
ated." In the absence of any other
means of ridding the world of these
murderous pests, the government
might send down a few Chinese high
binders who are said to be willing to
kill a man for - $1 00. The punishment
would be drastic, but the crime is
Evelyn Thaw declares dramatically
that "the public will never know" the
cause of estrangement between herself
and Harry Thaw. If she finds grace
and strength to sustain her in this
determination, "the public" can afford
to forgive her much that it has suf
fered at her hands.
"Fighting Bob" Evans and his fleet
have arrived at Magdalena Bay "ready
for any emergency at an hour's no
tice." That's the reason there will be
no emergency.
"The fleet is here; but we shudder
to think what might happen if Presi
dent Castro should suddenly decide to
move up the Atlantic seaboard.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw wants a di
vorce. No co-respondent named. A
syndicate, probably.
To all statements that "Nebraska is
for Taft" Mr. Brian begs leave to file a
minority report.
UTten retires amid another copious
shower of sulphuretted hydrogen.
Mr. J. D. Stevens needn't have hired
his hall.
A CHECK TO GOLD PRODl'CTIO
Due Rather to Xatural Causes Tbaa to
Shrinkage of Amerlraa Credit.
Springfield (Maes.) Republican.
According to statistics gathered by
the New York' Financial Chronicle, the
gold production of the world has met
with some check. There was some lit
tle increase In output during 1S07 over
1906. but it was the smallest year's
increase since the resumption of opera
tions in the Transvaal mines following
the Boer War. and the smallest for sev
eral years prior to the outbreak of that
war. The gold production of all coun
tries in ounces and value, at $20,67 per
ounce, is compared in the following by
years back to 1900 and for separated
Intervals theretofore:
Ounces. Value.
1907 19.584.844 1404,853.978
1906 .19.370.658 400,426.369
1905 18.290.667 378.098.942
1904 16.739.448 346.034,521
1903 ' 15,778.016 326,159.991
1902 14.437.669 298.462,606
1901 12.894.866 166.559.884
1900 12,684.958 262.220.915
1895 9.652.003 199.624.276
1890 5.711.451 118,065.973
1585 6.002.584 103.412,416
This- present slowing down in the
output Is evidently due to natural
causes rather than to the collapse of
credit which affected chiefly the United
States, and which would less affect an
industry devoted to the production of
a commodity in universal and unlimited
demand than any other industry. We
are thus to conclude that recent pre
dictions of such a continued rapidly in
creasing output of the metal as would
wreck the monetary systems of the
gold-standard nations are not In the
way of meeting early fulfillment.
It Is further to be noticed that the
South African production alone con
tinues noticeably to Increase. It
amounted to 7,536.836 ounces in 1907,
against 6,601.685 in 1906. The United
States, on the other hand, shows a de
crease from 4.565,333 ounces In 1906 to
4.335.183 In 1907 all the principal dis
tricts excepting Colorado and Nevada
sharing In the decrease. Australia,
which stands third In gold production,
has been losing ground for several
yeans last year's production being giv
en as .3,619.104 ounces, against 4,317,923
in 1903., Russia and Canada further
help in staying the advance in the
world's output, while Mexico reports
some little increase, which has been
continuous for a period of 20 years.
That the great increase In the world's
gold output during the past dozen
years i at the bottom of the general
and noteworthy advance in commodity
prices, would admit of no question. It
follows that a marked diminution of
this yearly increase, or its disappear
ance altogether, must have a tendency
to check the general advance of prices
As the situation now stands In the mat
ter of gold production, the probabilities
are that while prices will largely re
cover any depression forced by the
present contraction of credit, they will
not thereafter resume the general ad
vance which has been so striking a
feature of the world's commercial and
industrial experience of . the past
decade. The times, in other words, are
likely to prove more tolerable for the
people as consumers than they have
been of late.
Male Debutante Is "Brought Oat."
New York Times.
The first presentation of the male deb
utante in Brooklyn, N. Y.. took place
when Voung Herbert Dickinson Lewis set
the new fashion for the growlng-up lads
of Brooklyn's "smart set." Mr. Lewis,
who has Just turned 20, made his debut
at his home, 20 Remsen street. The coming-out
party was given in his honor by
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lewis.
It was a regular out-and-out debut, with
flowers, a tea table, a host of "the fel
lows" on hand and a sure-enough re
ceiving party of three girls and two
young men. The receiving girls were
bewitchingly gowned and the boys most
correctly garbed. The debutante was
"presented-' by his father. Many flow
ers were sent to him, but he carried no
bouquet. He was attired in a black
frock coat and gray trousers, it being
afternoon, and also wore a white tie
Almost everybody in Brooklyn society
is voting young1 Mr. Lewis' debut a
charming idea, and It is expected that it
will be generally followed-for the young
men who have reached an age to be for
mally introduced. A few of the girls are
pouting over this sharing of one of their
privileges, but they, too. will probably
come to accept the Innovation as a jolly
sort of fancy. Mr. Lewis", the elder, said
"We have no daughter, and as it is leap
year wej thought under the circumstances
we ought to 'bring Herbert out.' "
Traitor 1st a Woman's Club.
Hartford, Conn., Dispatch in Washington
(D. C.) Post.
Members of the women's clubs, which,
under the reign of the blue laws. Invoked
by Mayor James Lucas, were prohibited
from playing cards for prizes, have just
made the discovery that there is a trai
tor in their ranks. All soeietv is under
fear of arrest for violating the laws.
When the Mavor Issuer! hi M , .
card-playing for prizes, under pain of
pi uw-vunuii. me practice was never
stopped, but the women were more
stealthy in their operations'. Notices of
the meetings of the clubs were printed
without giving the names of the prize
winners, but now the Mayor has created
confusiom by announcing that he has on
file in Mis office a list of practically
every woman card-player in the city,
along with lists of those who have won
prizes in the games played since the
"lid" was put on.- These lists, he says
were furnished him by one of the women
attending the meetings, and will be held
for evidence when the grand jury meets.
Preacher Rides Home In Hearse.
Pittsfield, Mass., Dispatch in New York
Heraid.
After officiating at the funeral of Elihu
Ingrahsm, in New Ashford, the other
day, Rev. Charles James Palmer, of
Lanesboro, rode from the Ingraham
house six miles to his own home Inside
the -hearse. "You see. it was cold out
side." said Mr. Palmer aftonv,.
I enjoyed the novel experience. I never
expect to nae in a nearse but once
more." Rev. Mr. Palmer is a graduate
of Harvard and is now Berkshire county
missionary.
Wattrrson See Democratic Victory.
Henry Watterson, in Louisville Courier
Journal. I am so profoundly convinced of the
need of a change of parties in the Gov
ernment that, even if my objections
were greater than they are. I would vote
for Mr. Bryan against any Republican;
but I also believe that the general con
ditions bode Republican defeat, no mat
ter whom the Republicans put up. Gov
ernor Hughes being their strongest man,
Judge Taft their weakest.
Two Old Friend. Die at Table.
Ansonia, Conn., Dispatch in New York
World.
Before they had finished their supper
Frederick H. Wetmore and David H.
Roberts, two well-known residents of
this city, fell from their chairs and ex
pired. The men had been together dur
ing the afternoon and seemed to be In
the best of health. They lived on the
West Side and had made an engagement
to take recreation today. They were
each more than 70 years old.
Qulnialtla la the Next w Disease.
Baltimore News.
A 9t. Louis policeman, arraigned on a
charge of having been drunk, was
cleared by the statement of a physician
that he was suffering: from qitininitis,
having 'taken 75 capsules, each contain
ing five grains of quinine.
EXPOSITION HABIT BEGAN IN 1R7S.
What They Rave Coat the Ooremment
la Aaaroarlatlona.
New York Sun.
The United States acquired the exposi
tion habit about 35 years ago, when an
appropriation of 8163,842.61 was made for
a display In Vienna. The next affair was
the Centennial in Philadelphia In 1876.
which cost the Federal Treasury nearly
JSOO,00O. Since that time appropriations
have been made for 28 others. 14 of them
domestic and 14 foreign. The total ap
propriation, including Vienna and Phila
delphia and all other shows, down to and
including the Jamestown Fair, has been
J27.1S7.773.7S. Deducting the 6.227,04.43
which has been repaid, there is left a
National expenditure of nearly 821.000.000
for the entertainment and education of
American citizens and foreigners by means
of fairs and expositions. The 15 foreign
displays have cost us 82.309.675, and the
remainder is charged to the domestic
account.
Having acquired the habit, it is diffi
cult to break it, and exposition funds are
now virtually Included in our "fixed
charges." Jamestown appears to have
cost us about 82.500.000: yet. undismayed
by that experience. Congress is now dis
posed to give Seattle for her Alaska-Yukon-Pacinc
Exposition next year the
sum of SI, 175,000. Ecuador has Invited
us to make a display at Quito next year;
Argentina will probably ask us to take
part in her centennial in 1910, and Japan
Mt to have an important exposition in
1912. We believe a few others, domestic
and foreign, are being planned. The
foreign exhibits are not usually expen
sive, and from an advertising standpoint
are doubtless profitable. They are. more
over, a courtesy which we cannot well
decline. The Paris affair of 1900 cost us
a trifle less than $1,500,000, and the show
in that city in 1889 cost us 8250,000. The
range of other foreign expenditures Is
,'rom 85000 in three instances to $187,460
in Paris in 1878. The doniestic account
shows such items as Buffalo, $1,000,000;
New Orleans, $1,650,000; Chicago, $4,800,000.
and St. Louis $6,444,000.
".-54-40 OR FIGHT" SLOGAN.
Writer -ftivra Mr. Dye's Theory of
Caaadlan Boundary Line.
OREGON CITY. Or., March 10.
(To the Editor.) The London dispatch
in this morning's Oregonian concern
ing the investigation and discover
ies of ' Professor Schafer, of tne
University of Oregon, more than ever
confirms the handling of that theme by
Mrs. Eva Emery Dye, in her popular
story, "McLoughlin and Old Oregon."
Professor Schafer believes that the let
ters of Lord Aberdeen will disclose that
private advices from the country point
ing out the difficulty of governing the
country and the influx of Americans, who
outnumbered the English, influenced the
Foreign Minister in conceding the Ameri
can claim in opposition to the Hudson
Bay Company.
Mrs. Dye has set this fully forth in her
story, describing the tour of Parke and
Peel up the Willamette and their meet
ing the incoming emigration of 1845 with
"54-40 or fight" blazoned on their
wagon covers. Young Peel, son of Sir
Robert Peel, Prime Minister of England,
looked on amazed as 3O0O- dust-begrimed
pilgrims came toiling in to stake out
their claims on the Indian lands. No
wonder he "murmured "Hopelessly Ameri
canized! Hopelessly Americanized!" as he
realized that ploughs were better than
beaver traps to hold a country and farms
were better than forts.
Over in Puget Sound the brother of the
Earl of Aberdeen rode his fleet at an
chor, fretting because he could not see
beyond the forests and mountains whence
rumor said armies of American emigrants
were marching. Lieutenant Peel took
the shortest cut to London. What he
poured into the ears of his father. Sir
Robert, has never -been known perhaps
these dispatches will clear it up.
A. B. C.
Booms Portland for Both Colleges.
WALLOWA. Or.. March 10. (To the
Editor.) In an editorial, "An Original
Blunder." in last week Wednesday's
Oregonian, the latter hit the nail right
on the head when it said: "The genuine
remedy for the duplication of courses at
Eugene and Corvallis is. of course, to re
pair the original blunder which sep
arated the Institutions." This is without
doubt the correct remedy, with the ex
ception that it doesn't go quite far
enough. Doubtless The Oregonian would
not care to say so. but if it would come
out in an editorial advocating the uniting
of the University and the Agricultural
College and locating both institutions at
Portland it would voice the sentiment
of two-thirds of the voters of Oregon.
It is quite evident that we shall never
have a really great educational insti
tution until our colleges are united and
located at the most convenient point as
regards railroad lines and transportation;
and without roubt. Portland is the place.
Here is the opportunity to initiate a
measure that would carry by an over
whelming vote. C. T. McPANIHL.
Justice Moody Smooth-Shaven.
Washington Dispatch in New York Sun.
Justice William Henry Moody, of the
United States Supreme Court, has fol
lowed precedent and practice by remov
ing the mustache which has adorned
his upper lip for the greater part of his
life. Up to a few years ago there ex
isted a strong undercurrent of feeling
in Supreme Court circles that a smooth
face comported more with judicial dig
nity than a mustache or beard. Justice
Moody's appearance has not been
changed for the worse. When Justice
Brewer became a member of the Su
preme Court he wore a beard, but no
mustache. He had not been on the bench
long, however, before' he dispensed with
the beard.
Of the court, four now wear mustaches
but no beards; four members have smooth
faces, and the remaining member. Justice
McKenna. wears no mustache and has
his beard so closely cropped that it is
hardly noticeable.
Eight Union Veterans la Senate.
Boston Transcript.
The death of Senator Proctor reduces
the number of Union veterans in the Sen
ate to eight, unless we consider Mr. Alli
son's service on the staff of the Gov
ernor of Iowa in the early days of the
Civil War entitles him to a place in that
categorv. The eight Senators who saw
actual service in the field for t..e Union
are Bulkelev. Dupont. Burrows. Nelson,
Warner. Foraker. Scott and Warren.
There are ten ex-Confederates in the Sen
ate, Messrs. Bankhead, Johnston, Talia
ferro. Bacon. McCreary. McEnery. Money,
McLaurln. Daniel and Martin. Senator
Briggs. of New Jersey, was an officer of
the Regular Army, graduating from West
Point in 1872. He and Mr. Dupont con
stitute the West Point contingent in the
Senate. Senator Dick was an otticer in
the volunteers in the Spanish War.
The Gladdest Time.
Chicago Record-Herald.
I like It In the morning when
The sun shines In across my bed
And seems to kind of whisper then
"Get up', you little sleepy head."
And Just outside my window, where
A limb sticks upward from a tree
The sparrows often sit and stare
And nod their heads and chirp at me.
I like it in the evening when
The sounds all seem so far-away.
And ail the men go home again
Who had to work so hard all day.
For then my muvver always sings
And dresses In her nicest gown.
And soon we'll bear the train that bring
My papa back to us from town,
I like it best on Sunday, when
We don't get up till very late.
Because the maid's so weary then
And has to sleep till nearly eight.
And after we've had breakfast, why.
My papa doesn't start away.
But stays at home and he and I
Keep all the house upset all day.
BT LILIAN TINQIE.
So far as 1 can gather, there has been
no mention In the sporting news of
the Important fact that the jumping rope
season has just opened, and that hop
scotch is already being played in some
sections of the city, although I am in
formed that this is decidedly early for
the appearance of its mystic chalk
marks. This seems like another case of
injustloe to woman, for these are both
classed as "girls' games"; and there
seems no doubt that if even half a dozen
of our leading business or professional
men were to adopt the game of hop
scotch as a regular means of relaxation
during the lunch hour: or, for the Im
provement of their health and outline,
should take to jumping the rope on their
way down town, with only half the skill
and agility displayed by any group of
little girls on any school corner, then
no dqubt we should find suitable men
tion of the fact in the sporting or other
columns. So, though the household col
umn seems Jiardly the place for even
the minor athletic records, I feel that,
where so many young persons of my own
sex are being Ignored In this way, some
thing really ought to be done.
.
From inquiries recently made I learn
that the "pepper and mustard' style of
jumping is quite popular this season; and
that double ropes are likely to be greatly
In vogue later on, when single rope has
become too easy. In my own day of
rope jumping, the Introductory exercise
was a plain to and fro motion of the
rope, during which the performer chant
ed, with a jump for each syllable:
Cups -and sau-eers
Plates and dlsh-es .
Please to turn it
O'er my head.
If you ever chanted that, why did you
do so and what did It mean? I only know
that it was very important I am in
formed that a similar exercise is now
practiced, but is called "skimming the
milk," and is unaccompanied by song
or chant,
Balls on a rubber string are the lead
ing Spring style in several of the city
schools or were last week. It is hard
for an outsider to keep thoroughly up
to date in these matters unless you have
boys and girls of your own and possess
their confidence and an intelligent cu
riosity. But last week I know for cer
tain that balls on strings were very "cor
rect,", and many teachers' desks became
gradually filled with them. I don't know
what the teachers do with them play
with them after school, I suppose, for
of course no teacher ever has any real
work to do after 3:30. This talk that you
hear about exam, papers and record
cards, teachers' meetings and sewing
classes is simply a disguise for the good
times that they doubtless have when the
children have gone home and the teach
ers are free to enjoy all those Interesting
things from half-eaten apples to me
chanical mice that they greedily take
away from their pupils.
But those bails are really the mjst
fascinating things. Walking behind one
group of girls, attached each to her jig
gling ball, I heard: "Yes. I had 5 cents
this morning and I wanted to. get
some candy, but I Just had to get this
ball when I saw it.". "Where'd'you get
it?" "Mine's no good." "Do yo-iik
'em covered or not? I, too, wanted to
know which was the best kind: but I
was too shy to ask, and the group passed,
and so you miss a valuable piece of In
formation. Tou played "tit-tat-toe," of course? I
am told that it is less in style than it
once was, but is still particularly popular
in Sunday school. Personally, I used to
find it most enjoyable during a Latin
lesson. We had the misfortune to be in
troduced to Latin at a rather early age;
but my chum and I used to mitigate its
horrors by practicing for the "tit-tat-toe''
school-championship, which one or other
of us generally held. You can do "nrst
Latin" exercises very easily if one is
quick at the vocabulary and the other
knows how to look up the proper end
ings in the grammar. If "Balbus is build
ing a wall." for instance (as he sued to
do in the first Latin book), A attends to
Balbus and finds him "unchanged in the
nominative," 'while B looks up "to
build"; then A attaches the. proper ter
mination for "aedlfic" while B secures
a word for "wall." Division of labor 1s
a great thing, and two heads are better
than one. You get good marks and lots
of time for "tit-tat-toe." The only diffi
culty is that a day of judgment always
overtakes you and you discover with
some surprise that co-operation is
frowned upon by narrow-minded Latin
teachers with no soul for sport. .
"Black Man" is played at present by
boys who have no baseball things handy.
If you don't know bow to play it, I am
sorry; but you must get someone else to
teach you. for It is not In my repertoire.
"Catch," w'ith local differences in ar
rangement and scoring, is correct for
girls at present. Marbles are much less
played than they have been, and I un
derstand the top season is quite over.
I was glad to learn from a very reliable
Informant that no girl of spirit will
use a girl's top. Regular boys' tops were
the proper thing. The color of the string
is Immaterial.
"Rlng-around-a-rosy." always popular
with "the younger set," has been played
In more mature circles during the past
season, some performers having reached
the astonishing age of 15. Private theat
ricals have greatly occupied members of
the primary rooms. "School" and "Keep
ing House," being among the most pop
ular dramas. The spelling match, the
bad girl, and the teacher with the pad
dle, are leading features of the first.
The spankings seem Immensely popular.
Educators 'tell us to "live with our chil
dren," "to follow nature," and "to.
supply the child with that which it nat
urally craves." Is this an argument In
favor of corporal punishment?
In "Housekeeping." too, the main fea
ture seems to be the "running away'' of
the young members and subsequent whip
ping. This seems harmless and tradi
tional, as also was a gang of pfrates
which I recently descried in the offing.
But a painful impression is produced
when you hear little 5-year-old girls de
claiming "Unhand me. villain, and give
me back me ch-ild." I prefer the spank
ings, and believe they should be admin
istered to some parents, including those
who take small children to theaters and
vaudevilles.
War Itself to Go Next.
Chicago Post.
Young Maxim has Invented a "silent
fire-arm." First they took away the
smoke of battle, then the gay uniforms
and now the. noise. War itself will have
to so next.