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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.
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