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I 8 TIIE MORNTXG OREGOXIAN, WEDNESDAY, JAXTJART 2Q, 19Q9. fUBTULND, OEECOX. Enured at PortUnd. Oregon. poatofBoa as rcond-Cia Matter. subscription Bates Invariably la Advnnest (By Ma41 Pally. Fundar Included, on year. .....18-9 Ialiy. Sunday included, six months.... 4 J5 I'ally. Sunday Included, threa montha. . .2 jjj X'atly. Sunday Included, one montii.... Dally, without Sunday, on year....... 9.09 JalSy. without Sunday, aix montha..... 2S Daily, without Sunday, threa montha.. ('atly. without Sunday, ona moota k eaxly. ona year J Buntlay. ona year . . . . J " fcunday and Weekly, ona year. ........ a.6 (Br Carrier.) ra!ly, Sunday Included, ona year f 00 ally, Sunday Included, ona month.... .7a How to Remit Send poatofHce money rder, expreu order or perannaJ check on jour local bank. Stampa. coin or currency are at the Bender rlk. Give pootofnc ad- arras in lull. Including county and atata. Poataca Kate 10 to It Dacca. 1 cent: 1 to :s njirea. a centa: SO to 4 pairea. t canta to iit pages, centa. Foreign poataca double ratea. fcsatern Buxlnraa Office The 8. C. Beck wl:n Special Axency New York, rooma 48 f Tribune building. Chicago, rooma ila-mll Tribune building. rORTUtND, WfcIKSDAY. JAN. SO. J SOU. IISITEGBAT10X AXD OVERTHROW. The history of the overthrow of the Republican party of Oregon and the kVlgnailz.-i.tlon of the overthrow by the election of a Democratic Senator makes a long story, which has been related in Its many stages during years past, and need not be reviewed at length now; perhaps never. For every incident of it has been told over eo many times, and reviewed again and again, that It Is not possible to throw new light on the subject. The ftory goes back to the domination of the party by J. H. Mitchell and his faction, and their unscrupulous ef forts to rule; which In turn were matched from time to time by similar efforts of one candidate or faction and then another to beat him. That warfare- eo violent finally should dissolve aJl the bands that held men together in party relations, was no more than .could be expected. Chamberlain's uccess, during his whole political ca rwr, has been due entirely to the alternate, efforts of Republican fac tions to defeat or "(ret even" with each other. The primary law, in its present shape, with the vagary known es Statement One, first a prod uct of this rancorous conten tion. Is now the most effective Instru ment of it. At this moment, each of the Republican factions would rather see Chamberlain in the Senate than any man whom the opposite faction might name. In other words, there Is no Republican party In Oregon, nor Is there likely to be, for years to come, If ever again. In the primary last Spring a large faction or body of Democrats voted for Cake; and a large faction or body of Republicans voted for Chamberlain In the later election. The situation was in every way highly favorable to this "cross lift" for Chamberlain. In the primary, Fulton was defeated by two main incidents. First, by regis tration of Democrats as Republicans. and their voting in large numbers for Cake in the primary. Second, by the extremely bitter and able, but unjust, attack made by Ileney on Fulton. Cake then in turn was defeated by two causes. First, it was felt that he did not "measure up" to the posi tion. Second, great numbers of Re publicans, among them many who had supported Fulton; others who didn't want Cake and resented the dictation of Rourne and U'Ren, with control of the Republican party by them: others still who wished to "put It up" to the Legislature in the ex pectation or belief that that body would pursue its constitutional duty and elect some proper representative of the majority party all these in (Teat numbers voted for Chamberlain, not, however, either desiring or ex pecting him to be elected. Cake, In the first place, pledged to Statement One as an expedient for getting the nomination, with the aid of Demo cratic votes; Republican candidates for the Legislature in many cases did the same, and after they were pledged the Democratic vote In the primary and later in the general election went largely to them. Such a muddle In politics never was seen. Of course, the real intent of the people of Ore iron Is not reflected in tho result. Nobody, speaking with candor, can or will assert !t Evcry successive event, for years, has widened the breach in the Re publican party. This now makes the division permanent. The effort and de termination henceforth will be to beat in the primary those calling them selves Republicans who take the fatal pledge; then, if such obtain party nominations, the effort will be to beat them at the polls. From the opposite faction retaliatory action, as far as possible, may be expected. Xo election of a Republican Senator can be looked for under the system, for each faction will try to make it impossible for the other to win. All related politics will be affected by this wrangle, and it may tie as Impossible to elect other Re publican high officials as to elect Senators. Again, the present leadership of the party is a burlesque and travesty of the character and history of the party, corresponding with the results achieved under this leadership Bourne as one of the Senators, Chamberlain as the other. There are many thousands of Republicans who will not act with the party under such leadership and for such purposes and results. The Juggle, the leadership and the conseim;nces, are a reproach to the character of the party and to the history of its achievements; and from this time onward increasing numbers will be Inclined to take passage in a safer and more reputable political conveyance. The Repub lican party of Oregon Is now com pletely disintegrated and overthrown. Worse than all. the primary law in its present form Invites shysters and ad venturers only to seek party nomina tions especially in the party that boasts a majority. PHILIPPINE COM.MHtCE. The commerce of the Philippine Islands Is not small. The total of the foreign trade is about J64.O0O.00O. Of exports the largest item is hemp, which last year amounted to $17.S11, 7 5S. It was sent chiefly to British r.nd American markets. Next in value was sugar. The quantity . ex ported was 149,313 tons, valued at $5,664,666. In early times our Paclilc states. Oregon, Washington and Cali fornia, drew their supplies of sugar mainly from Manila. The exp'art value of copra from the islands? last year was I3.461.6S0. Copra is the dried kernel of the cocoanut. Of import the heaviest valuea were, those of cotton good and rice, it it f probable that full supply of these for the people of the islands may yet be developed by themselves. In regard I to rice It Is especially a possibility. since large areas of rice lands may yet be brought Into cultivation. With development of this industry there should be no need for importation of rice. But more than aJl other things, permission of free importation of Phil ippine products into the United States will promote the development and welfare of the islands. THE BEXATOB. George E. Chamberlain is excellent in the arts of the politician. He is a man who offends nobody and Is a good all-round handshaker. On the ordi nary political stage he Is an actor who wins applause not immoderate ap plause. Indeed; but be takes rank in the class who draw good houses and considerable dividends. He has fair average ability, too, and much euavity and tact; what he knows he knows by Intuition, for he is not a reader, student or thinker. He Just drifts along with the main current, and his luck carries him past the rocks and shoals. Since obviously he desired to . be Senator and has been striving a long time for the place. The Oregonian congratulates him on his success. Later it may have occasion to con gratulate the people of Oregon; yet it may not. All depends on what measures or questions or issues or crises may arise. For Mr. Chamber lain In politics is a Southern Demo crat; can't be anything else. Ques tions may arise which might make such a man a misfit as a Senator from a Northern state. And yet as a consequence of the dissolution of the Republican party of Oregon, he Is, The Oregonlnn be lieves, a not unsuitable type of Sena tor. The farce of his election doesn't begin to compare with that of the election of Bourne. ANTI-VTVIiECTION. The antl-vlvlsectionlsts do not lack Industry and they seem to have some money. They have at least means enough to print a goodly collection of so-called "medical opinions" against experiments on animals, and scatter it broadcast over the country. It is sad to think of so much toil and money being spent In a bad cause No physician whose opinion is worth reading would say a word against vivisection. He might recommend sensible caution In applying it, but he would never condemn the practice because he would know too well what it has done for mankind. One of the Antl-Vivlsectlon Society's great lights speaks excitedly of "Those seeking useless knowledge who are blind to the writhing agony and deaf to the cry of their victims," and so on. This implies at least two falsehoods. Scien tists who experiment on the living bodies of animals do not seek useless knowledge. On the contrary they seek knowledge of the utmost Importance to both men and animals. The anti toxin which has reduced the mortality in diphtheria to almost nothing is one of the items they have discovered. Nor are they blind and deaf to the agony they cause. As a general thing the agony does not exist. It is wholly imaginary, but tho anti-vivisectionists must harp upon It or their occupation would be gone. Pretty nearly every experiment is made under anaes thetics, so that there can be no pain. The men who are seeking to advance the science of medicine are at least as kindly as the shrieking fanatics who slander them under the false pre tense of mercy to animals. The tru est mercy is his who would eradicate disease even at the cost of some in cidental pain. The antl-vivlsectlonists have greatly hindered the progress of medicine in England, and if they have their way they will block it here. The welfare of the race is nothing to them. They would sacrifice a thou sand men to the Image of a pet cat and call themselves angels of mercy for doing it. SENATOR JONES OF WASHINGTON. The election of Wesley L. Jones to tho position of United States Senator for the State of Washington carries with it a lesson that will not be lost on the young men of the state and Nation. The triumph of Senator Jones, a clean, earnest young man whose moral or political character has never been questioned, is also a triumph for that type of American citizenship which he so ably repre sents; and It Is at the same time a rebuke to the idlers, pessimists and socialists who take a peculiar delight in asserting that there are no longer opportunities in this country for the poor and deserving young man. Mr. Jones came into the State of Wash ington about twenty years ago, with no other capital than a good moral character, fine physical constitution and a willingness to work hard. The story of his early days in Washington is that of many another poor but worthy young man. He grubbed stumps, dug ditches and worked at any honest labor that was offered him. always with disregard for the number or hours which should constitute a day's work according to the schedule of those who believe in the equality of man. There was not much time for ca rousing around at night when Mr. Jones was laying the foundation for his future greatness, for, when his day's work was ended, he put in the time studying law and preparing him self for the profession in which he afterwards became a prominent mem ber. The drunkard and scalawag who is endowed with the traits of a. "good fellow" not infrequently hoodwinks the people into believing that their political interests are safe in his hands; but Senator Jones never found it necessary to stoop so low. His clean, honorable life and earnest na ture enabled him to "breast the blows of circumstance and grasp the skirts of happy chance" without the neces sity of degrading himself In the eyes of any of his supporters. His career Is a bright and shining example of the fact that even the political field offers opportunities for advancement and success, without an attendant sac rifice of self-respect. There may be within the halls of the United States Senate greater ora tors and men of larger academic knowledge; but for hard work and well-directed effort in which the In terests of his constituents are always at heart, no state in the Union will have a better representative in the upper house of Congress than Wesley L. Jones. The influence of Mr. Jones in the lower house, where he has held such a prominent place on the rivers and harbors committee, will be missed; but the qualities which have enabled him to secure tho greatest k prize In the gift of the Wasihngton people will doubtless soon gain for him an influential position in the Sen ate, and there, as in the House, Mr. Jones will be the representative, not of any particular portion of his state, but of the entire State of "Washington and of the Pacific Northwest, which in ' so many matters has a mutual inter est with the State of Washington. In the election of Senator Jones, Port land and the Columbia River will have a good friend in the Senate to offset a part of the loss we shall suffer by the defeat of Fulton. FORGOTTEN MONEY. IN BANKS. Oregon now has on its statute books a law which requires banks to report to the Secretary of State each year the deposit accounts upon which no draft has been made for seven years, if the depositor be not known to be alive. That law also provides that after publication of the list of un claimed deposits, the Attorney-General may bring suit to escheat the money to the state. But it is probable that a very large proportion of the deposits thus neglected are in such small amounts that It would not be worth while to bring suit for them yet in tho aggregate they amount to a considerable sum. The law should be changed by requiring that all such deposits be paid into the state treas ury without escheat proceedings being brought, and that the owner of such funds could recover the same from the state upon making satisfactory proof of his right. There is no rea- Bon why" escheat proceedings should be required. One thing Is certain that the banker does not own the money. He has no claim to it, except that o possession as trustee for the real owner. He cannot be injured by a requirement that he pay over the money to the State Treasurer if the state relieves him of the responsi bility for safekeeping of the money. THE STMrHONT ORCHESTRA. A symphony orchestra is an expen- slve affair. Neither in Portland nor in any other city can one exist and flourish without hearty support from the public shown in the form of cash, Art is above money, and the delights of music cannot be measured In terms of dollars; still, dollars are essential to its prosperity. A city as large as Portland ought to maintain a sym phony orchestra without much diffi culty. Americans care more for mu sic tnan lor any otner 01 me nne arts, and they are fairly well disposed to pay liberally for the support of it. The public will listen to appeals only when It must. Its ears are not to be won by the delicate murmurs of retiring merit. They must be assailed with trumpets and attention con quered by the thunder of drums. The chances are that the Portland Sym phony Orchestra has somewhat neg lected those vigorous appeals which awaken and hold public interest. Of course public favor can only follow in terest. It never comes first. It is en tlrely proper that the orchestra should be placed beyond the dread of finan cial failure by liberal subscriptions. It should not be dependent upon the receipts of the box office, which vary with the weather, the presence of counter attractions and the whims of patrons. At the beginning of every season the subscriptions ought to be large enough to carry the orchestra through, whether tho separate con certs are well attended or not. Very likely they would be large enough if the work of the orchestra were thor oughly advertised and its purposes brought home to the public as they might be. In this case the wisdom of the serpent would be a desirable addition to the modesty of the artist. People whose opinions are worth most have everywhere agreed that music Is not a mere amusement to w.hile away the idle hours of tired men of affairs. Nor is It something eso teric and mysterious which only a gifted few can appreciate. It is a great intellectual achievement which requires and repays profound study, but which at the same time has charming fields open alike to learned and simple. It is worth while to know music and understand it for the same reason that it is worth while to know literature or history or science. It is a department of knowledge which enlarges the mind, widens the hori zon and perfects the character. Just as nobody can realize his full man hood who does not know literature, so a person who Is deaf to music misses a considerable fraction of his possibilities. There la a wide domain in which his will to live lies dormant and to that degree his life is less than It might have been. Music has played such a part in the evolution of man kind that nobody who is ignorant of it can truly understand -his origin or weigh his destiny. More and more the study of history means an at tempt to answer the question, "What has made the world as It is?" Music has taken part in the process; there fore music embodies a strand of his tory. What Is commonly called music for the most part deserves the name no more than trashy novels should be in cluded in literature. Not all popular music is bad by any means, but most of it Is. The pity Is that the best might be liked as well as the worst If people only had an opportunity to hear it often enough to learn it. This opportunity Is wanting In almost every American city. In Portland, as in the others, good music is expensive both for the producer and the listener. The price of our good concerts is far beyond the purse of the laboring man. It is preposterous to think of him go ing withj his wife and children to hear Nordlca sing or to a concert of the Symphony Orchestra. And yet. the cultivation which he would obtain from music of that character is pre cisely one of the things which the laboring man and his family need to humanize them. Some of our wealthy philanthropists who are seeking ways to do good with their money might wisely think out a plan of endowing symphony orches tras as they have endowed libraries. The resulting benefits would be al most as great, perhaps greater in some cases. It is a strange fallacy that if a person comes in contact with great minds through books that is all he needs. The contact through music and painting is quite as essential to true development. Perhaps In the future somebody will solve the prob lem of making them accessible to the multitude as freely as books are now. While there is good reason in sup port of Senator Kay's bill providing that in case of reversal of a criminal case on appeal the defendant shall be tried itnnn thi orldnal indictment the second time, and may be convicted of I th orlrinal charge, notwlthatandln 1 he was convicted of a lesser charge the first time, yet It Is likely the law yers in the Senate will find constitu tional objections to it. The constitu tion provides that no man shall be twice placed in Jeopardy for the same offense, and it is held that, where a man has been indicted for murder in the first degree and convicted of man slaughter, this is an acquittal of every degree of homicide greater than man slaughter, so that the man cannot, even if he be tried again, be con victed of murder. It Is this con struction of the law that enables a defendant to make a speculative ap peal to the Supreme Court, for, if convicted, he can appeal with assur ance that he cannot suffer a worse penalty while he may secure a .less punishment, owing to lapse of time and removal of witnesses. A fair and Just requirement would be that a defendant who secures a new trial shall be tried upon the same charge as at first. Captain R. E. Howes, one of the few survivors of the steamer Alaskan, which was pounded to pieces In the terrible seas off Cape Blanco about twenty years ago, died in Astoria yes terday. Captain Howes, a typical American shipmaster of the old school and true to the traditions of his call ing, was the last man to leave the Alaskan, and for nearly forty-eight hours after the craft went down her master floated around on a hatch cover, from which he was rescued in a half-conscious condition. In this in cident, as in many others, is shown the vagaries of Fate, for, as Captain Howes was facing death from expos ure and thirst for nearly two days, the possibility of dying a peaceful death at home twenty years later was Indeed very remote. As a bar pilot Captain Howes made a recbrd for skill and bravery strictly in keeping with his work on the high seas. With a decrease f 1,775,000 bush els, the American visible supply of wheat yesterday, for the first time In many months, dropped below 50,000.- 000 bushels, and is now slightly below the ten-year average at a correspond lng date. Perhaps the most remark able feature of the weekly statistics appearing yesterday was the shrink age of 12,000,000 bushels in the amount on passage, as compared with the same date last year. In the face of such statistics' and with American stocks in farmers' hands down near to bedrock, there Is not much occasion for surprise at the continued strength of the Chicago market. Unless the Argentine can make a more favorable showing than has yet been given the public, the statistical position of wheat will daily become stronger Instead of weaker. The whole vote of Oregon in the Presidential election of 1896 was 97,- 337; of which McKlnley received 48, 779, Bryan 46,662. The rest scatter ing. In 1908 the whole vote of Ore gon wts 110,889; of which Bryan re ceived only 38,049 or 8612 fewer than twelve years earlier. But it is highly probable the Democratic party of Oregon will be able to get on its feet during the next four years. "The Roosevelt rush" is now over. Bryan can do nothing further; but an ag gressive yet conservative leader might next time lead the party to victory. The Juvenile Court at Chicago has been obliged to take from their mother seven children. Including the famous quadruplet. The family was living in squalor and the children are to be sent to charitable institutions. The dispatch announcing the news says that "the father is at present living in Seattle." As soon as the popula tion boomers of the Puget Sound city hear of this they will probably give the father of the quadruplets a ticket for the whole family. Breeding stock of this kind is In some respects prefer able to padded figures. The salaries of the Circuit Judges in Multnomah County were increased from $3000 to $4000, and now Baker County proposes to add $1000 to the salary of the Judge in the Judicial district composed of that county. At this session or at the next, there will be bills asking for sfmilar increases in all the Judicial districts. This is all right enough if the taxpayers want it. However, there have been very few resignations upon the ground that salaries were too small and no dearth of good candidates. Rats, caught In a trap what have they to say against the plunge of the trap into the barrel of water that drowns them? A feeble squeak, per haps, like that which came from the 'Statement Republicans" yesterday. The rat doesn't know much; but it amazes that man should know as lit tle. What a pitiful cry that was yes terday, when men, caught in the trap, were forced to submit to the plungo they didn't foresee, but should have foreseen! One can't recall anything more plaintive or touching In politics than the appeal to the Republicans of the Legislature by the Democratic forces to elect Chamberlain, as the only hope of saving the Republican party of Oregon from annihilation. A man named Hughes is elected Senator Jn Colorado. He is "Dave Moffett's man." Guggenheim wanted his man, but Moffett Insisted on his man, and got him. It was "a sack race." Hughes is a Democrat. Let's change the name of an honorable organization Into the U'Ren - Chamberlain - Bourne league and march forth under the motto In Hoc SIgno Vlnces. How many Republican candidates for the Legislature will tangle them selves up with Statement One next time, and have to elect another Dem ocratic Senator? Nobody knows better than Cham berlain that he is not "the people's choice." It is a Juggle of politics, and he has been the prizewinner. Poe's centenary will be easily re membered In Oregon. It fell on the same day as the Republican party's Appomatox. Jonathan is the next man In line for a taste of his worshipful primary, the Holy Statement and the people's will. Who will help elect any more Re publican Legislatures in Oregon? What fort am. TILLMAN' OREGON LAND DEAL Newspaper Comment on Kacapnde of South Carolina Senator. New York Post, Ind. Despite his eccentricities, his vio lence, his negrophobia, his demagogism. Senator Tillman has impressed his col leagues in the Senate and the news paper correspondents at Washington as an honest man. If he has fallen before the temptation to make haste to be rich by foul means if Impossible by fair, it will be a cause of general regret. For our part, we have thought Tillman's political methods abominable. and many of his doctrines to be fire brands, but we should grieve to lose iann in nis private character. If the Conditions Had Been Reversed. New Tork Globe and Commercial Ad vertiser, Ind.-Rep. For many years Senator Tillman has been a blatherskite questioner of other men's motives. He has been one of our most assiduous manufacturers of suspicion. What would have been his attitude if Senators Aldrlch or Elkins had been caught In similar transac tlons? One can readily imagine how tne Tillman tongue would have exer clsed Itself. If Tillman were judged by the same standards and on the same evidence that he has adversely Judged others he wouhi be expelled from the senate. President Roosevelt Is Scolded. Providence (R. I.) Bulletin. Ind.-ReD. If the question is one of ethics, and not of law, Mr. Roosevelt has no more right than any private citizen to be their Judge. In these last days of his administration he seems to be throw ing aside even such restraints as have hitherto g-uided him. If he keeps this up until the 4th of TIarch he will go out of office remembered, at least im mediately for his faults rather than his virtues, and leaving a bad taste, so to say, in the public mouth. Has Been Guilty of an Indiscretion. Springfield (Mass.) Republican, Ind Dcm. The American people. It Is probable, will not Judge Mr. Tillman in this matter nearly so harshly as his enemy, Mr. Roosevelt, desires, yet they will doubtless feel that he has been guilty of an Indiscretion that was inconsis tent with the highest standard of leg islative conduct. But, having Judged Mr. Tillman, they will yet turn toward the White House and ask if Mr. Harrl man is entitled to those lands. Readers aa Jury Must Determine. Brooklyn (N. T.) Eagle, Dem. Whether the President has made out his case of intent . and whether the Senator established his purely tenta tive inquiry, readers as a Jury must themselves determine. In no court of law would Mr. Tillman's futile dalli ance with the idea of purchase obtain his conviction of anything. A prose cuting officer could not frame an in dictment which a grand Jury could pre sent. TUlnuin'M Myth Is Now Destroyed. ' Chicago Record-Herald. The Senator has not suddenly become a rogue, but he has forfeited the repu tation that caused his enemies to make exceptions in his favor, that softened the Judgments that were passed upon him after his exhibitions of violence, and constituted all his strength with the public. Men less vociferous show a nice sense of honor. If the Tillman myth has been destroyed, Tillman him self is the destroyer. Tillman's Explanation a Weak One. Chicago Evening Post. Accounts of the coldness with which Senator Tillman's speech was 'received In the Senate chamber were not needed to give the fair-minded observer tho proper estimate of it. Comparison of the speech with the charges filed bv the President in the letter to Senator Hale, shows that it emphatically falls short of its object. Holes In the Tillman Armor. Boston Transcript, Ind. The bitterness with which he pur sued Mr. Cleveland and all the loaders of his Administration showed from the start that he was looking for trouble. Such a man does not ordinarily or in tentionally create a condition of vul nerability. It Is of course possible that Tillman has relied upon this popular impression. Tillman Ixtses His Ranted Sincerity. Chicago Dally Tribune. There was nothing illegal in what Senator Tillman did or contemplated doing, but a man of finer feelings, a Higher sense of honor, would have acted otherwise. It may be that Sen ator Tillman brought "rugged sincerl ty ' to the Senate with him. If so, he has been there so long that he has v lost it. Instnnce of a Painful Position. New Tork Times, Dem. We hope that in future, Senator Tillman will decently pause and ex amine the grounds of action, being ad monished by his own painful position of human liability to err in Judging others. If he will profit by his ex perience he will be a better man, a more influential Senator. Confesses to a Small Deceit. Baltimore American-Star, Rep. ' We cannot find that Tillman comes out of the ordeal either as a martyr or as acquitted of blame. And now he confesses to what is at the least a small deceit and to what will possibly be termed an attempted misuse of his office for private gain. No Defense With Comfort. New Tork Tribune. The South Carolina Senator certainly put himself in a position in which his intentions were subject to misrepre sentation,' and he could not defend himself with comfort when they were misrepresented. Practically Admits All Charges St. Paul Pioneer Press, Rep. Senator Tillman might Just as well have remained silent in his chair. In his speech he practically admits all that was charged against him In the President's message. Defense Obvlonsly Truthfol. New Tork World, Dem. Senator Tillman's defense of himself was temperate, convincing and obvious ly truthful. A Milton Anecdote. . "E. H. B.," in London Spectator. It is not too late In the day to come forward with an anecdote of Milton, the following extract from an old fam ily letter, written in 1762, to my great- great-grandfather, may interest your readers. The writer of the letter says (he was discussing Milton with his correspondent) : Possibly you may not have heard this anecdote concerning him. John Vallack who, I believe, died after you came to Tavistock told me It, and he lived in Lon don In ItiOO. Milton, as ynu Itnow, waa blind. Charles the Second had the curios. ty to eee him. and said, "God bath punished you for your malice, etc., to my father by taking- away your eyesight." "Aya." says Milton, "but before I lost my eyea, ha lost his head." It seems to bridge the long gap of years to be reading a letter containing a "first-hand" anecdote of Milton. Incrensed Cost of Pretending. Indianapolis News. After all, it isn't the increased cost of living that keeps so many people broke as the increased cost of pre tending to live. THE AMERICAN METROPOLIS Observations by the Greatest of Living; Historians. ' In the New Tork World Gugllemo Ferrero, of Turin, the celebrated his torian, now in America, writes an ar ticle on his observations of the City of New Tork. He speaks of "the tempera ment of a people that is eager to do great things"; of "the anarchistic pro fusion of the colossal"; of the "archl tectural blasphemy" of tho American metropolis, and of its "barbaric huge ness." Here Is a brief extraot from his article, which certainly is a remarkable one: I came to New Tork direct from Paris, the city of harmony, radiant with a beauty that is due above all to pro portion. And I experienced that which a Greek must have felt when he went from Athens to Egypt; when from the temples, the buildings and the statues of his fatherland, splendid in their har monious beauty, he passed over to con template the ponderous temples of Egypt, formed of enormous blocks, sup ported by thick, short, gigantic col umns, adorned with stupendous stat ues, the ruins of which still stagger us. Just so does America, like ancient Egypt, tend to the colossal rather than to beauty as understood in the GTeok sense. Grandeur of proportions and rich ness of materials; these are the two principal characteristics of all these architectural creations of America, wnicn, in tneir turn, are the expression oi tne isationai cnaractor. On every hand is seen the temperament of a peo ple inn is eager to do great things; to enlarge and to raise higher edifices without fear; to pile floor upon floor without misgivings for tne solidity of the foundations; to adapt to modern life all the constructions that the an cient world and the Middle Ages threw up toward heaven the dome, the cam panlle, the tower. I now believe that this character of American society is one of the principal reasons for the different Judgments which Europe has passed upon America. There are Europeans to whom this im mensity is pleasing, who willingly for give the lack of harmony, the heavi ness, the awkwardness that is not rare. They see in this a sign of strength an enervescence or youth, an am bition to attempt the impossible, that is seductive to many minds eager for novelty. Other Europeans, on the other hand, are offended by this craze for the colossal. What seems to those a youth ful effervescence appears to these the ostentation of an insufferable petulance. The latter accuse America of desirin to stagger the world with a material greatness which Is easy when one has great riches, while pure beauty is at talned only through long study and great effort. These men say that the taste for the grandiose is not always a sign of youthfulness, but is often an indication of decadence. Sailing along the Grand Canal of Venice it is easy to observe that the palaces built in the 14th and 15th cen turies, when Venice was at the height or Its vigor, are exceedingly beautiful but small. But as we go on to the 17th and 18th centuries, the age of Venice's decadence, the size of tho palaces be com.es greater, the style more osten tatiousr and the radiant and delicate beauty of the ancient palaces Is ob scured and grows heavy. As a historian, eager to consider the controversies of men from every point of view, I understand in this mutter the admirers, as well as the detractors of America. I understand why many of tho admirers of Paris, enthusiasts for harmonious elegance, detest the in congruous and rather barbaric huge ness of New Tork. And I also under stand why other Europeans like the spirit of revolt against tho aesthetic traditions of our civilization which boils over in all New York and here and there explodes In one of these mon strous edifices. Men are never content: they tiro of all things, even of order and harmony. CUBA LIBRE. She Stands for the Cock Fight anil the Lottery Ticket. Chicago Tribune. The Cuban republic entors the sister hood of nations with a rooster under her arm and a lottery ticket in her hand. In this role she does not make a very Imposing subject for her design for her national arms. Still, the cockfight and the lottery are subjects near to the heart of the Latin American populace, and perhaps lend a vital interest to the initial deliberations of the Cuban congress which it could not otherwise hope to stir in the mind of Cuban citi zenship. Our American Socrates, Mr. Dooley, has declared that the average man will take no interest in the doings of legislatures until they deal with the practical problems of his own life, like the cure of baldness. The cockfight Is an Intimate social resource of the Cuban or Mexican, as well as an in stitution of democratic importance throughout Latin America. So Cuban statesmanship may deem It an Imme diate and even paramount Issue. As to the lottery, it, too, is a sharp reminder that the Pearl of the Antilles belongs to Latin America, whose fiscal theories are not disturbed by the moral considerations which condemn the lot tery. The government needs the money, the people love the game. Taxa tion In such guise will never be dodged. Nevertheless we have a certain pang of sympathy for Mr. Winslow of the Anti-Imperialist League. A Cuba Libre that begins its glorious and untram meled march along the spacious avenue of national independence by solemnly establishing the cockfight and the lot tery as the national institutions first considered does not seem toreoraainea to fill the New England breast with pride. Breweries Beat Kern. The followir.e explanation of the de feat of Kern for the Senate in the Demo cratic caucus In Indiana is from a spe cial to the Chicago Record-Herald, Jan uary 15: The defeat of John W. Kern by Benja min F. Shlvely for the Senatorial nomina tion In the Democratic caucus at 2 o'clock. this morning on the 20th ballot came as a distinct surprise to his friends and to tha Democrats of the state generally, for more than half of the Democratic members had been advised by their constituency of preference for Kern and no ono supposed that he would not be nominated. Ail calcu latlons gave him 47 votes on the final ballot. Kern and Lamb, knowing that the brew ery element was about to combine on Shlvely, entered Into a combination by which each was to throw votes to the other as the ballot progressed. Slack's supporters learned of this and were incensed by it and during the balloting stood firmly by their candidate till it was rertaln that he could not be nominated. When the break came they turned to Shlvely and thus out of re venge threw their support to the element that had been fighting Slack. This was a surprise to Shlvely's supporters and was engineered by Senator Fleming.- Kern was not regarded as the representa tive either of tha temperance or the saloon element, while Slack represented the tem perance sentiment because of his votes for local option and Shlvely was backed by the brewera. Thus Shlvely was nominated by a combination of the forces that wera for him from the start and of those that It waa regarded aa lmposalble for him to get. Into the Esoptis Class. Baltimore American." Oyster Bay will lose its prominence as the Summer Capital of the United States and go Into the Esopus class of towns. LIFE'S SUNNY SIDE Flngy Conners Is an irrepressible soul. Tact and he have nothing in common. A few evenings ago he met Charles Bissell In a crowded hotel and pounced upon him with reckless Joviality. "Hello-o-o, Charley!" he cried. "How the deuce are you, eh? How's Herb? How's" Mr. Bissell was worried. He pined for decorum. At his side was Justice Brewer, of the United States Supreme Court at Washington, reserved, silent, dignified. Mr. Bissell waa Inspired to use his majestic personality as a Quench of Fingy's exuberance. "Mr. Conners," he said, "Met me present you to Justice Brewer." "How's tho health?" asked Flngy, giv ing the hand of the Judge a perfunctory shake. Then, eteppinR back so as to af ford more range to his glance of disap proval, he looked at Mr. Justice Brewer very coldly, and, turning to Mr. Bissell, said: "Say. Charley, I thought I was onto all the people you put on the bench, but I guess I'm in wrong somowhere. What court did you make him Judge of?" Harper's Weekly. Harry M. Daugherty, of Columbus, who, some persons believe, may some day be United States Senator from Ohio, while in the National capital recently told this story: Two Irishmen were discussing the death of a friend. "Said Pat: " 'Sure, Casey was a good fellow." " 'He was that," replied Mlka. 'A good fellow, Casey." " 'And a cheerful man was Casey, said Pat. '"A cheerful man was Casey, the cheer fulest I ever knew," echoed Mike. " 'Casey was a generous man, too," said Pat. "' "Cenerous, you say7 Well, I don't know so much about that. Did Casey ever buy you anything?' "Well, nearly," replied Mike, scratching hie head. 'One day he came Into Fla herty's barroom, where me and my friends were drinking, and he said to us: 'Weil, men, what are we poing to have rain or snow?' "' Washington Post. mm At a little town In Southern Texas Will iam J. Bryan's eloquent address was re ceived with the wildest enthusiasm. At its close- an excited young woman rushed up and asked permission to kiss tho ora tor. The emharrassed politician declined the salute politely, hut firmly. When they had left the town ono of the gentlemen who nceompanled Mr. Bry an took him to task for his lack of gal lantry and expressed his fears that the Texan.s might resent Mr. Rryan's action. "Well," replied Mr. Bryan, with a sly glance at his wife, who was In the party, "I shall be In Texas only a few days, but I shrill bo with Mrs. Bryan all my life." Cleveland Leader. The Duke of the Ahruzzl has plrked up many lntenting stories In the course of his various travels, and he Is fond of telling the following, which he heard In the far north: "A young Eskimo loved a beautiful maiden, whoso father's hut was near his own. but, ns Is so often the case, her parents would not hear of the match. Ono night a great storm rirped up a crevasse In the ice, and between tho two huts there yawned an abyss, bridged only by a slen der strip of ice. Hero was tho chance which tho j-nung lover sought. Ho croKised the frail bridse in the ilend of niplit and crept to tho home of his sweet heart to steal her from her cnil father. The Rskimos nieop In poets of sealskin. and with bated breath and loudly beating heart he hoisted on his back tho ono in which his lady love slumbered. With his precious burden he rerrossed tho strip of lee, and safe on the other side, broke It down with a blow of his ax. so that no one could pursue mm save by the aid of a. boat. Regaining his hut. he opened the hn.tr to pazo upon the fair one, when, with a cry of horror, ne stair gored back dnmfoumled. For. in ills haste to get the affair over, he had by mis take stolen her father.'" The Wasp. a On tho aniversary of the death of nis- niarek a collection of nnecdotos pertain ing to the Iron Chancellor appeared In Stuttgart, among which are these: After Emperor William I had returned Tlis marck's resignation with tho word "Nev er!" written boldly across It, Ulsniarck spoko aaln of his faillticr strength to the Emperor. "I am much older than you," said William, "and am still strong enough to ride." "Tos, your majesty." said Bismarck, "tho rider usually out lasts the horse." After tho peace of 1S71. Bismarck went to Frankfort-on-the-Main. When he entered the hotel, where he had often been a guest, the bond porter said: "I hardly knew your highnii-s In civil ian's clothes." "You are just liko th French people," answered Bismarck, they never know us until we put on our uniform." London Mall. plea i.ott a mm xv roi,M:r;n. At Lenat a Donation tint or no,iuo From Portland Is Asknl. ALBANY. Or.. Jan. !!. (To tho Editor.) Loyal as I am to Pacific University, of Forest Grovo. In a manner my alma, mater; and to Whitman College, Walla Walla. Wash., a name around winch clus ters some of the dearest memories of my childhood and boyhood days. X feel im pelled to make an earnest plea for Al bany College, around whoso hisiory also circles the names o- christian worthies, known to nip in early pioneer d;iy?. Tho same can be said of Willamette University and McMinnvlllo College nnd to somo extent of other Oregon colleges, but my special appeal Is for Albany. That was a magnificent outburst of 11b- -srality when on "Albany Coljege Iay, November 20 last, "irom tho rising of tha sun to tho going down of tho same" our loyal citizens pledged over IK 000 to ward an endowment fund. It is tho hope now that Portland, widely-known for her liberal spirit, will give an ad ditional $10,0u0 and that tho other parts of the state give $5000. It would be grand if all that was onca Oregon would Join in a gift totaling Jir,000, but grander yet for the college, when tho above Is pledged, will be tho fact that this sum will be duplicated by tho College Ed ucational Society of New York. Oh! what rejoicing there will be when grat itude expresses itself in songs of praise. "Freely ye have received, freely give." and remember also those other words of the Lord Jesus when he said, "It Is more blessed to give than to receive." CYRUS HAMLI. WALKER. Grntultons Iuiult to Adnm. Washington Star. The statement by an Illinois man that Adam was a loafer seems tuitous Insult. Adam lived at when there were no people around and tell funny stories. a gra a time to sit The Quitter. Washington Star. It ain't the failure he may meet That, keeps a niiiu from wlniun'; It's the tUseourat-ement complete. That blocks a new beglnnin'; You want to quit your habits bad: And when the shadows lllttln' MaLo life seem worthless like an" sad You want to Quit your qulttin'! You want to quit a-layln down An' savin" hope Is over Because the fields are bare an' brown Where once wo lived In clover. . When Jolted from the water cart It's painful to be hittln' Tho earth; but make another etart Cheer up, an' quit your qulttin'! Although the game seems rather stiff. Don't be a doleful doubter; There's always one more Inning If You're not a down and outer. But fortune's pretty euro to tloe From folks content with slttin' Around an' sayln' life's N. G. Xou'va got to Quit your qulttin. ft f 1