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KOKK.V AND MPAX.
Absorption of Korea by Japan is
a fixed fact though Japan pretends
that Korea remains an "independent
nation. This'fiction is one of the bald
est in the international politics of the
present day. Japan completely con
trols and actively directs both the
International relations and the inter
nal administration of Korea, and
moreover keeps a "Residency Gen
eral" in the country to manage all
affairs, backed by heavy bodies of
soldiery and police. Yet Japan not
only pretends that Korea is an inde
pendent nation, but that her main
hopo and concern are to "make Ko
rea's independece a reality." Never
theless, the reports of Japan's Resi
dency General show that all adminis
tration in the country is directed by
the overlord. Korea's independence is
merely a fiction or myth. The coun
try, in all essential particulars, and
moreover in reality, is a part of the
Japanese Empire. Possession of Ko
rea by Japan adds greatly to Japan's
itrength; for Korea is a large country,
and, though yet poor, is capable of
Very considerable development. Its
area is nearly equal to that of the
State of Oregon; its population about
twelve millions. In many ways Korea
Siffords an. outlet for the energies of
the Japanese, and is an outpost on
the continent for defense of the island
pmpire.
During a considerable period Korea
was tributary to China; and this rela
tion was the main cause of the China
Japan war. At the close of that war
the Independence of Korea became,
as the world supposed, a fixed faet,
guaranteed by the treaty of peace.
liut Japan put forth pretensions that
Korea did not relish, and Russia ap
peared on the scene, with approval
more or less of the Korean govern
ment. Japan, however, resolved, as
woon as she could get ready, to at
tack Russia; and the weak Korean
government, playing between the two
powers, made a treaty with Japan, at
the opening of the Japan-Russian
war, by which, in payment for the
privilege of being permitted to trans
port her troops across Korean terri
tory, Japan guaranteed to maintain in
perpetuity the independence of Korea
and the dignity of the reigning fam
ily. However, immediately after the
close of the war, by the treaty of
Portsmouth, Japan assumed an en
tirely different attitude towards
Korea; and, taking the place of a con
queror rather than that of an ally,
she has maintained that position ever
since. The nominal government of
the country is merely a puppet in the
hands of Japan's Residency General;
yet Japan still tells the world that
Korea is an Independent country.
Japanese soldiers and constabulary
are maintained at all important points
in the Korean country to assure
Korean "independence"; and the re
ports sent out from Japan's Resi
dency General give in detail the fruits
of Japanese administration of the af
fairs of the country and boast of the
reforms said to have been effected
by it. One of these reports informs
us that "Korea is not capable of gov
erning herself," and her near neigh
bor and dear friend, Japan, therefore
must do it. '
The interest that the United States
may have in all this is not great, per
haps, at the present time; yet aggres
sion and growth of Japanese power
may at some future day awaken our
Interest, as undoubtedly it does that
of China and Russia even now. The
subterfuges that Japan employs in
talking about the necessity to her of
"'maintaining Korean independence,"
are really fine specimens of diplo
matic circumlocution and pseudology.
These principles form - the basis of
Japan's intrusion into the affairs of
Korea, viz.: "Korea is not to enact
tiny laws, ordinances or regulations,
or take any important measures of
administration, without the previous
assent of the Resident General. The
appointment and dismissal of all high
officials in Korea must be made upon
the concurrence of the Resident Gen
eral. The government of Korea must
appoint as Korean officials Japanese
subjects recommended by the Resi
dent General." It must be owned that
this code doesn't wear a look very
favorable to the independence of
Korea.
LIFE AND ITS JUTATIOXS.
The neighbors of Fred Ladziek, who
drowned himself in Dunken Lake,
"Washington, a day or two ago, are at
a loss to account for his suicide.
Truly the case seems remarkable. He
was a man not much more than 4 0
years old, in good health and owning
a comfortable property. It is so. dif
ficult to find a motive' for his rash
act that the opinion has been ex
pressed that he was murdered, but it
Is probably wrong. No doubt he
committed suicide, as the Coroner's
jury decided.
His fate illustrates the sad fact that
the human intellect is a very uncer
tain machine. Now it runs smoothly.
All the wheels turn easily and with
out noise, all the bearings are well
oiled. A moment later something be
Kins to grind and grate, and imme
diately the whQle contrivance runs
riot. The fact that a man is sane at
this moment fortells nothing about
his mental condition an hour from
row. He may be a raving maniac.
This morning he may be in the full
enjoyment of life only to become a
suicide before night. There is far less
continuity in the conduct of life than
come erudite persons imagine.
Thrf truth seems to be that our ex
istence goes by fits and starts, by
"mutaiions," to borrow a, significant
word from the scientists. We have
intervals of unconsciousness even
when wethink ourselves most alertly
attentive. AVe totally change in mood
and manner from hour to hour. There
is no such thing as absolute fixity in
the human mind, though in some men
there is a great deal more fixity of
purpose and feeling than there is in
others. But grant that a man is by
nature more than usually unstable
and the fact that he begins the day
jovially affords no warrant whatever
that he will not end it at the bottom
of the nearest lake.
n'ALECl'G IX VAIN SHOW.
There is no tariff reform in repeti
tion of that old gag worked through
the Republican convention of Indiana
yesterday, thus stated: "We believe
in a protective tariff measured by the
differences between the cost of pro
duction, here and abroad." It is
merely a vague use of words in a play
of deception.
Because it is impossible to ascer
tain the differences between the cost
of production here and abroad. Vari
ations of opinion on this subject will
be irreconcilable and endless.
Because, further, the differences
between the cost of production here
and abroad will shift and vary con
tinually. None of these differences is
or ever will be a fixed quantity, or a
steady quantity for a length of time.
Because, moreover, new factors are
continually entering into all processes
of manufacture; and cost of mate
rials everywhere varies from year to
year.
Cost of production, being extremely
unstable abroad, how can it become a
standard for cost of production here?
How can it ever become a basis on
which protective tariff laws can be
framed for our country?
But, if the idea and prbject of tar
iff for protection be eliminated, and
the purpose of tariff for revenue be
adopted as the leading principle, ap
proximation to Justice will be, attain
able and revenue can be had for all
reasonable requirements.
NKEI OF CAUTION.
Two accidents of a type the most
distressing in domestic life occurred
in this city Monday. A little child
of 2 years was so horrribly burned
by falling in a kettle of boiling lard
in the kitchen of her father, who is
a baker, that she died in a few hours,
another, a little daughter of Ernest
Castrow, 5 years old, while playing in
the street with other children around
a bonfire of dried leaves, had her
clothing ignited in careless sport and
died from the effects of the burns
received.
Accidents of this kind are usually
attributed to carelessness, and strictly
sneaking this indictment is true. It
is incomprehensible, for example, that
anyone would place a kettle of boiling
lard on the floor of a room in which
a child of 2 years was toddling
about, while the lesson of the street
bonfire is such an old one that it is
surprising that it should ever have to
be repeated as an incentive to par
ental caution. Nevertheless, it is most
unkind to add censure to the sorrow
and suffering of parents thus shock
ingly afflicted. Nothing, indeed, is
necessary to illustrate, in such cases,
the need of constant vigilance in the
care of young children in the matter
of protecting them from the greatest
danger that could possibly menace
them that of being seriously or fa
tally burned by the careless handling
of fire. The existence of this danger
is well known; the lapse in caution
that makes fatalities result from it is
but human, and the penalty that fol
lows such lapse is severe enough with
out adding thereto the burden of
censure.
MR. ROOSEVELT'S MBEKALITT.
It would be the height of absurdity
to attribute Mr. Roosevelt's resolution
not to visit the Pope to religious in
tolerance. In all the course of his
public career, he never has fallen un
der the shadow of a suspicion' of act
ing from that motive. He has been
accused, indeed, of carrying tolerance
to a degree now and then which some
persons have deemed inadvisable, but
it is impossible to cite an instance
where he has shown disfavor to any
reputable religious denomination. He
belongs to the Dutch Reformed
Church, latterly known as The Re
formed Church In America, one of the
smaller sects which does not include
more than 113,000 communicants,
though it has always been active in
missionary and educational enterprise.
Rutgers cedege, for example, is af
filiated with this religious body and it
maintains some 200 foreign mission
aries. The Presbyterian form of gov
ernment prevails in the Dutch Re
formed Churches and in 1837 they
adopted the Westminister Catechism,
but their worship is by no means sub
ject to a prescribed ritual. They are
among the most liberal religious
bodies in the world. It is particularly
remarked of them by historians that
their missionaries' "work in hearty
union with those of other churches."
while in practice their doctrines are
extremely modern and broad.
Belonging thus to one of the freest
churches in the world, Mr Roosevelt's
conduct has been in accordance with
his creed. When he was President of
the United States, he went out of his
way time and again to show favor
to Catholics. In dealing with the
Philippine friars, he saw to it that
they received their full dues for their
lands. Many alleged that they re
ceived more than their dues, but Mr.
Roosevelt stood their friend and paid
no attention to malicious comment.
Two members of his cabinet, Mr.
Bonaparte and Mr. Wynne, were
Catholics, and it is well known that he
selected a number of other high of
ficials, foreign ministers and Judges
among them, from members of that
church. It has been remarked that
no other President ever took such
pains to recognize the merits of Cath
olics as Mr. Roosevelt did. It is con
ceded, however, by all generous minds
that in favoring them he had no
thought of mere sectarian preference.
The men whom he chose for office
possessed certain quailities which he
believed desirable and for that reason
he named them regardless of their
creeds. Still it happened that among
the men of merit whom he selected
a very large number were Catholics.
The point is that he never permitted
his Protestant connection to swerve
him from exact justice to other re
ligious denominations. All, whether
Catholic or Protestant, were treated
alike, or if any partiality was shown
the Catholics had the benefit of it.
It required some courage to take
this stand in a country like the United
States, which is overwhelmingly
Protestant and where prejudice
against the elder branch of Christian
ity has not wholly died out. But the
intelligence of the Nation understood
the President. The people perceived
that it was his extreme eagerness to
recognize the full merits of the
weaker denomination which led him
to accord to it something more than
it could fairly claim, and he was
pardoned and even admired for his
exemplary spirit of tolerance.
Mr. Roosevelt's conspicuous liberal
ity toward another of the less numer
ous denominations, the Jews, was also
remarked during his administration.
He took great pains to advance their
leading members, treated their min
isters with distinguished respect on
all public occasions and had many in
timate friends among them. It was
the same with all the other religious
bodies in the country, though it must
be confessed that Mr. Roosevelt
seemed to enjoy bestowing especial
favors upon the smaller ones. In his
disposition there is no trace of sec
tarian illiberality. He is a profoundly
religious man, but his religion is of
the kind described by the prophet
Micah, "to do justly, love mercy and
walk humbly with thy God," rather
than a matter of sectarian distinc
tions. From his known character and
the whole course of his conduct in
the past we may reasonably iner that
his final decision not to visit the. Pope
was made not from any feeling of re
ligious intolerance or bitterness, but
solely because he felt that it was de
manded by his self respect and by his
position as the representative' in Eu
ropean eyes of the majesty of the
American people.
A NEW HILL, PAMPHLET.
Many years the Pacific Coast vice
roys of the Harriman empire held do
minion over Eastern Oregon, but saw
nothing there worth a railroad. But
finally the prize fell under the gaze
of the rulers of the Hill railroad em
pire, and they at once set themselves
to tap its resources. Then the Harri
man rulers awoke to the truth and a
race began between the two up Des
chutes River.
This recital is suggested by a pam
phlet "Opening Up Central Oregon,"
issued by the Great Northern Railway
from St. Paul. "Interior Oregon is
today,", says the pamphlet, citing the
example of a similar region which the
Great Northern pioneered' in East
ern Washington, "what Eastern
Washington was twenty-fi-ve years ago
and it has potentially the same pos
sibilities of wealth that the rich fruit
and grain-growing sections of Wash
ington, lying in the Columbia River
Basin and the Big Bend country has."
"This is our opening gun for Central
Oregon," says President Hill in a let
ter to The Oregoniar.. "It is going to
be a big work, but once the tide of
immigration is turned in that direc
tion, it will be quicker work than we
have experienced in other states. We
have in preparation a much more
comprehensive publication which will
require some time to get into shape."
Had Mr. Harriman lived longer
doubtless he would have had a set
tling of accounts with his sub-chiefs
whose recommendation kept Eastern
Oregon dormant so long that a rival
saw its riches first.
The old regime belo.ngs to ancient
history, however, and now the coun
try is to have two railroads, whereas
before it might have had only one.
The Harriman railroad and the Hill
railroad will change the whole face
of a vast region and add its trade
wealth to the upbuilding of Portland.
Harriman officers have shown them
selves enterprising also in publication
of "literature" about resources of Or
egon. This latest pamphlet of the
Great Northern is a welcome token of
Hill endeavor.
PORTLAND PRESTIGE PROVEN.
All that Portland ever asked in the
matter of bidding on Government
contracts was a fair field and no fa
vors. The large volume of grain and
lumber handled out of this port by
private business houses has offered
ample evidence of the ability of our
merchants to meet any competition
that may arise. Now that the handi
cap under which we have labored for
years has been removed and Portland
bidders are offered the same opportu
nity for conducting Government busi
ness that they already enjoy in
handling private business, secur
ing Government contracts becomes
comparatively easy. For example,
we find that the lowest three
bids for lumber for the Philippines
submitted to the United States Quar
termaster's Department at Seattle
Monday were all put in by Portland
bidders; the highest of these three
bids was lower than the lowest bid
submitted by, a Puget Sound firm.
The reason for this striking change
for Portland's benefit lies in a new
ruling of the department by which
the Government accepts delivery of
freight at the Philippines as well as
at Coast ports, where the freight
originates. So long as it was possible
to hedge in these bids with a maze of
red tape calling for shipment in a
certain type of carriers, this city had
but little show in the contest. When
the Portland exporters at last succeed
ed in getting the right of delivery at
Manila, their superior advantages in
the matter of supplies of the material
needed, by the Government naturally
enabled them to make lower prices
than could be made by the less favor
ably located Puget Sound ports. It is,
of course, possible that red tape may
find a way - to prevent this business
being handled on business principles,
but the saving to the Government is so
great that it is hardly probable that
this city will ever again suffer the
handicap that has existed in the past.
FOR PERMANENT IMPROVEMENT.
Beginning yesterday, the contrac
tors supplying rock for the Columbia
River jetty began to deliver an- av
erage of 2000 tons of rock daily, with
probabilities that this amount can be
increased as the season advances.
With the work carried forward on
such an extensive scale, the end of
the present season will probably see
the completion of the great project
and insure an adequate depth of
water over the bar. As a most im
portant aid to the jetty, however, it
is highly necessary that the dredge
Chinook should be placed in service
at the earliest possible day. The sands
underlying the great body of water
that sweeps out of the river become
so compactly beaten down by weight
of water and the constant pounding
of the breakers that it is almost an
impossibility for even the swift cur
rent caused by the Jetty to scour-out
a single well-defined channel unless
the sands are loosened up by the
dredge.
While the Jetty is a. permanent im
provement that lessens the amount of
work necessary to keep the channel in
good condition, it is apparent that we
must rely on the dredge ' at certain
seasons of .'the year to assist in deep
ening the channel to the sea. The sea
going dredge has become a part of
the equipment of nearly every large
seaport in the world; the cost of
maintaining it for a few months eac.h
year Is so small in proportion to the
service rendered that in any first
class port it is regarded as indispens
able. The great development now un
der way in the entire region drained
by the Columbia River and its
branches calls for the most perfect
outlet to the sea that can be pro
vided. Grain and lumber traffic out of the
river is already breaking records, and
will increase enormously with the
opening up of immense new territory
which the Hill and Harriman lines are
making tributary to this port. To
handle this traffic it is an absolute ne
cessity that we maintain a channel to
the sea of adequate depth and safety
for all modern shipping. With the
jetty as a permanent improvement
and the dredge for emergencies and
extra work, we shall have no further
trouble at the entrance of the river.
John A. Penton, secretary of the
Merchant Marine. League and chief
lobbyist for the ship subsidy grafters,
has been arrested for criminal libel.
This will give opportunity for the Chi
cago Tribune to write another alliter
ative headline for the Cleveland subsidy-booster.
That paper termed one
of his former effusions a "Letter From
a. Lickspittle." His present predica
ment would probably suggest the
headline, "Libel of a Lickspittle."
While the wisdom of Repre
sentative - Steenerson in arresting
Penton may be questioned, it has been
very annoying for honest men, who
were perfectly familiar with the ini
quities of the ship subsidy bill, to re
strain their feelings after the vicious
attacks that have been made on them
by these salaried liars of the subsidy
grafters. It is a certainty that no
small portion of the blame for defeat
of the bill rests with insulting black
guards like Penton who abused all
people that honestly disagreed with
the subsidy grafters regarding the best
methods for restoring our merchant
marine to the high seas.
"Peru is aflame with patriotism and
ready for war," according to a cable
from Lima; and Ecuador is the coun
try selected as an antagonist. The
reason for these hostilities lies in the
recent attacks on the Peruvian Lega
tion at Quito and on the .Consulate
at Guayaquil where the Peruvians
were assaulted and the colors of their
republic dragged in the dust. The
gradual spread of civilization has
somewhat lessened the number of
these South American squabbles, but
there seems to be something in that
Southern blood down near the equator
that warms it up on the slightest prov
ocation. Perhaps completion of the
proposed railroad between North and
South America may bring our fiery
neighbors on the south into such close
communication with us that they will
learn the lessons of forbearance. Yet
it would not be the same old South
America, or Central America, if some
of the countries were not at war or
threatening to go to war.
The first stamp mill to be taken into
the Tanana mining district in Alaska
will be sent north from Seattle this
Spring. This will mark the begin
ning of the shifting of the mining in
dustry to a permanent basis. It was
the wealth of the placer (mines that
first made Alaska famous as a gold
district. Not only in the Tanana, but
in many other comparatively unex
plored regions, there have been some
very rich quartz claims discovered.
The discovery of so much placer gold
is pretty conclusive evidence of the
presence somewhere of Very rich
quartz mines. When the stamp mill
has replaced the rocker and slulcebox,
the mining industry will be on a much
more permanent and satisfactory
basis. Capital is cautious about in
vestments in placer mines, but a good
quartz mine always appeals to it and
some day Alaska, may become as fa
mous for its quartz properties as for
its placers.
This seems to be essentially an age
favorable to longevity .of men. Gen
eral Daniel E. Sickles, of New York,
recently celebrated his eighty-fifth
birthday. He Is the last but one of
the corps commanders of the Civil
War, and in his hale and happy age
rests upon civil and ' military honors
and achievement such as few attain.
He was commander of the Third
Army Corps of the Army of the Po
tomac and was decorated at Gettys
burg. His civil honors included that
of secretary of legation at London,
almost in his youth, State Senator of
New York, member of Congress from
1857 to 1881, special commissioner to
South America, Minister to Holland,
and president of the New York State
Civil Service Commission. Men of
General Sickles' type neither wear out
nor rust out. They merely complete
their allotted span and pass on.
From an honored bier to an hon
ored grave all that Is mortal of the
late Judge Geo, H. Williams will be
borne today. With the intonation of
psalm and ritual, with solemn eulogy
and sacred music, his body will be
carried to its final home and the
place that has known his genial
presence so long will know it no more
forever. Again is the ages old story
repeated in the words:
Earth's fcigheM honor ends in "here he lie,'
And "dust to du.t" concludes her noblest song.
There is, of course, no way to pre
vent clouds obstructing a view of the
comet, but if the visitor should not be
visible the aggravation will be indeed
great to those who have waited these
many years. Aviation might help, and
here is a hint to those who would
promote a meet above the clouds in
the early morn.
R'oosevelt is somewhat worried. He
finds he cannot discuss matters in
which the people are most interested.
Jeffries will now begin training.
Goodness, what's he been doing while
all this talk has been going on?
This is yet a prosperous old country.
The per capita is $34.87. an increase
of 2 cents in twelve months.
Peary will not discover the South
Pole. He doesn't know the where
abouts of Dr. Cook.
A GREAT OPPORTUNITY LOST.
Why Co n Id Not InsurKeuta Have Made
m Logical Issuer
' Chicago Inter Ocean.
The situation in Congress at this mo
ment is beyond the understanding of
man. .
After unprecedented turmoil, every
thing suddenly has resumed its familiar
aspect.
The anti-Cannon revolt has come to
what? An appointment of a new rules
committee which is pledged to the regu
lar. Republican programme.
Six of the most ardent regulars or
Cannon supporters constitute the ma
jority of that committee. The other
four members are Democrats. The in
surgenu are not represented.
Yet the insurgents assent; with some
reluctance, with some protest, to be
sure, but still they assent.
So, for good or evil, a Cannon com
mittee is still id charge and the actual
working conditions in the House of
Representatives have not been altered
one Jot or tittle.
What then was all the terrific rum
pus for? Why was it begun, if so soon
done? We do not know; nobody in
Washington, or out, seems to know.
That is the mystery which Is beyond
the understanding of man.
It really is a pity. What this country
needed, to clear the air, was that the
Insurgents and Democrats should carry
out their programme courageously to
the end unseat Mr. Cannon, elect
Champ Clark Speaker, and legislate for
the country along their lines to the
conclusion of the .session.
Then we all should have got some
real light on the merits of the case.
Then every voter who reads would have
been able to cast his ballot intelligently
at the Congressional elections.
Now we are where we were before
knowing nothing except the different
kinds of talk that the different fac
tions produce.
It is a regrettable situation. Mere
talk is a poor test of anybody in pub
lic life. What we want to judge by is
deeds and, alas! the session bids fair
to close without any insurgent deeds
to tell the tale.
Why, for the sake of the confused
American people, did not the insurgents
hold fast to their victory, take charge
of the House with their Democratic
allies, and show the Nation their reason
for existence?
MR. JACK JOHNSON'S BUSY DAY.
Social, Political, Rellsrlons, Athletic,
Speeding; afcid Professional Activities.
Chicago Tribune, April 1.
Yesterday was Jack Johnson's busy
day. . .e big black pugilist did these
things:
Ce'ebrated his 32d birthday anniver
sary in the barn back of his house in
company with a remarkable gathering
of sporting personalities.
Made a political -speech in favor of
Edward H. Wright, candidate for Alder
man of the Second Ward, from the pul
pit at Qulnn Chapel. Twenty-fourth
street and Wabash avenue.
Boomed an Easter contribution for
the same church.
Decorated his automobile with a
unique appeal to the police to forbear
"pinching" him for speeding.
Appeared in court to answer his lat
est charge of exceeding the speed limit.
Gave bonds and demanded trial by a
jury with two negro Jurors in the box.
Gave an exhibition performance at
the Alhambra Theater, received a floral
horseshoe six feet high from the com
pany, and made a speech of thanks to
the audience.
Conspicuous 'among the things that
Johnson didn't do was to go to bed. He
didn't have time. He was too busy.
The grand finale of the day, which
lasted until the small hours of this
morning, was the champagne fest in
Johnson's barn. Johnson declared that
he felt like a 2-year-old instead of a
32 before the fest started. Some of Mr.
Johnson's guests felt even younger
than Mr. Johnson before the last toast
had been drunk. Miniature boxing
gloves were the favors.
Distinctive American Type.
Leslie's Magazine.
Is there a distinctive American type?
Scientists for years" past have been quar
reling over the question. Professor Franz
Boas, of Columbia University, holds that
while there may not now be a type dis
tinctively American, we are rapidly ap
proaching a uniform fusion of the races
that seek a home in this land of free
dom. He has shown that the children of
alien races born in this country show a
very marked physical and mental change,
and that the amalgamation of these race's
is producing a uniform type of offspring.
Professor Boas is known among scientific
circles as an explorer, geographer, and
anthropologist. He was born in 1858 in
Westphalia and was educated abroad. In
1883 he explored Baffin Land. His work
was highly successful. His services were
sought by many well-known museums.
He has done considerable for the Smith
sonian Institution and was chief assistant
of the department of anthropology in the
World's Columbia Exposition in 1893. In
1895 he was attached to Columbia Uni
versity. He is a member of many noted
scientific societies and author of several
books.
Pointed Paragraphs.
Chicago News.
The butcher doesn't want to be a steak
holder. The take-it-for-granted man is awfully
trying on his wife's nerves.
The man who is willing to work for
nothing never has to look for a Job.
Some men are so worthless that, even
getting drunk doesn't, make them any
worse.
A girl is more enthusiastic over being
marries than she is over the man she is
married to.
A man can't do anything with a fool
woman, but a woman can do anything
she wants to with a fool man.
The average man's experience in this
old world prepares him for anything he
may bump up against in the next.
When it comes to telling a fish story the
average man thinks he is expected to lie
and naturally he doesn't like to disap
point the crowd.
Did Not Earn Their Pay.
Wichita Eagle.
The batting averages of the correspond
ents who went up the Nile to meet Col
onel Roosevelt and interview him re
garding American politics is a little less
than .000.
Henry "iVnl do Coe, Eminent Fas.
Stanfield Standard.
Dr. Coe instructed us to notify the
boys of the team that he will give $2.50
for every home run made during the
season.
Cause and Effect.
Kansas City Times.
"If Solomon was so wise, why did he
marry 1000 wives?"
"You've got it backwards. It was his
wives that wised him up."
One Difference.
Clara O'Neill, in Llppincott's.
It Is wrong to suppose there is no dif
ference between genius and madness.
Madness gets three square meals a day.
Poultice of Peace.
Chicago News.
Peace has settled down over the Na
tional House of Representatives like a
mustard poultice on an aching tummy.
No Hope for Her.
Chicago Record-Herald.
There is no hope for the woman who
cannot manage to be on time at a bar
gain sale. A
SPLASH DAMS SALMON'S ENEMIES
Issue as to Candidacy of K. L. McCor
mick mm Senator Prom Washington.
M'GOWAN, Wash., April 4. (To the
Editor.) The Oregonian of March 30 con
tains a news report from Tacoma, Wash.,
concerning the coming campaign in
Washington, to choose a United States
Senator as -successor to S. H. Piles, and
considerable mention is made of the cir
cular letter issued by R. L. McCormick,
under date of March IS, as a public an
nouncement of his candidacy for that
office.
Several pronouncements made ' in Mr.
McCormick's letter reach subjects of
vital import to the public welfare of
Washington, one of which concerns the
fisheries that natural resource which
supplies our people with much of their
beet and cheapest food, that which
largely pioneered the development of
more recent times, and can be enjoyed
as a perpetual fountain of plenty, by ex
ercise of the commonest of common sense
thrift in guarding the future.
Mr. McCormick says: "The conservation
policies of Theodore Roosevelt are of ut
most importance. I favor their enforce
ment, in a modified form." What means
this as applied to the fisheries? Does it
mean the rape of the State by means of
that libertine "treaty" now prinking in
National bureauocracy plus David Starr
Jordan? Or does it portend death of the
fisheries by the Bill Sykes method of the
splash dams, many of which are said
to be owned by the Weyerhaeuser timber
interests and lesser concerns in which
they share? The splash dam! That
sum total of all scourges for the poor
devil of a salmon that gets within range
of its demoniac orgies! This pirate of
the rivers that plunders the spawning
beds, "Herods" the salmon offspring of
both sexes, and murders the parents.
Our Fish Commissioner has well brand
ed these destroyers In the following
language:
"Dams in general are the greatest
menace to our fishing industry, and
splash dams especially so."
The battle for preservation of the fish
eries has been a long and often despair
ing fight. The fisherman wanted to
catch all the fish; the packer wanted to
pack all the fish; and the consumer
was ready to eat all the fish. Even
orthodoxy crept in among the licensed
butchers proclaiming heretics all those
who killed a fish without strangling
it with "shoe thread" in tide waters!
The crusaders who fared forth to
rescue the fisheries first encountered
that fiercest dragon of them all the
war of gear, and slew it. Bureaucratic
egotism fell early with a broken jaw;
the irrigating ditch promised to be
good, but continues to kidnap all the
baby salmon that -sjander its way.
Mr. McAllister (may his shadow never
grow less) has established a nursery
plant at Bonneville, and Mr. Riseland
is establishing another at Kalama.B
xnese Did ralr to outflank all of the
enemies of the salmon except the dead
liest one of them all the -splash dam!
The Deputy Fish Commissioner recent
ly found 15 of these structures in this
county (Pacific) and not a fish ladder
in any of them yet the statute pro
vides that no dam shall be built until
provided with a fish ladder approved
by the Fish Commissioner, and the gen
eral statute provides further: "That no
dam with gates or otherwise, shall be
so constructed, maintained or used as
to in any manner obstruct or impede
the outlet of such stream."
All of these dams violate the statute,
and some of them are constructed and
maintained primarily for the purpose of
obstructing and Impeding the outlet of
the stream. The big dam In North
River just beyond the county line is a
particularly flagrant example of this
form pf law-Breaking. "Vet the Weyer
haeuser Timber Company, of which Mr.
McCormick is secretary, not only en
courages and fosters thoir construction,
but is commonly credited with at least
part ownership in some of them.
The Influences behind these con
ditions are so strong and militant that
It is rare indeed to find anyone who
will take the hazard of crying out for
relief. Some newspapers are either si
lent or actively supporting them. Is
this "conservation" of the fisheries "in
modified form?" is this the sort of
"conservation" applied in other direc
tions by Mr. McCormick's collossal or
ganization? "By their fruits ye. shall
know them." Let us wait and see.
H. S. M'GOWAN,
Nineteenth Senatorial District.
)Ion- We Missed Government Ownership
New York Tribune.
Sixty-five years ago the first tele
graph line, built for commercial pur
poses, between Washington and Baltw
more was opened. After the formal
opening Professor Morse and his asso
ciates offered to sell the Invention to
the United States Government for $100,
000, but the price was considered too
hig'ii. The Government had appropri
ated $30,000 toward the construction of
the Washington-Baltimore line, but
after a short period of operation the
Postmaster General, to whom President
Polk had referred the matter wrote:
"Although the invention is an agent
vastly superior to any other devised
by the genius of man. yet the opera
tion between Washington and Balti
more has hot satisfied me that under
any rate of postage that can be adopt
ed its revenues can be made to cover
its expenditures." -
Jenny Llnd'rt First New York Concert.
PORTLAND, April 5. (To the Editor.)
In the Oregonian of last Sunday refer
ence is made to Jenny Llnd's first ap
pearance in New York. She arrived in
New York September 8, 1S50, and
sang in the old Bowery on the even
ing of September 11. I was in New York
on that date on my way to California by
way of Aspirrwall, and sailed September
12. We carried on that trip the news of
California's admission to the Union as
a state. It is true the hatter paid $300
for a seat at the Jenny Lind concert,
but I did not attend.
JOHN C. CARSON.
Toughest Yet. i
Tacoma Ledger.
Great smoke! Some fellow in ChW
cago by the name of Tobias is sending
out circular letters suggesting Pinchot
for President and suggesting the clar
ion call "Watch Pinchot Grow." That
is the hardest blow Tacoma has re
ceived in a long time.
, -
Getting All Twisted.
Rochester Union and Advertiser.
People got tired of asking "What is a
Democrat?" long ago. and now they are
asking "What is a Republican?" Where
are we at politically, anyhow?
When Mooney Stings the Ball.
When Murphy bunts, and gats to first.
We cheer his feat with pride:
The ball twists slowly down the line.
And never rolls outside.
t- v, .. I -ii b . v makes a sacrifice.
His deftness moves us all.
But oh. the real ni-ni-ms tume.
When Mooney stings the. ball!
For Mooney has a nervous way
Of handling his bat.
The pitchers hate to watch his eyes.
They don't know where they're at.
He stands there ready with the stick
TJpon the sphere to fall.
And. oh, the crowd lets out a yell ,
When Mooney stints the ball!
Tes. Mooney was designed by fate
To make the pitchers mourn.
The foxy lnshoots and the wldes
He lets pass by with scorn.
He stands regardless of the crowd.
The strikes, the umpires call.
Until the sphere floats o'er the plate
Then Mooney stings the ball!
It moves us when the centerfield
Pulls down the fly he's cursed.
It thrills us when the shortstop's throw
Cuts off a man at first.
But oh. the fierce excitement when,
The bases filled, we all
Leap up. and howl, and. dance, snd yell!
When Siooney stints the ball!
From the Somervllle Journal.
LIFE'S SUNNY SIDE
J. Pierpont Morgan, at the recent dio
cesan convention in New York, amused
a group of clergymen with a story of a
minister.
"He w&s as ignorant, this good man, of
financial matters," said Mr. Morgan, "as
the average financier is ignorant of mat
ters ecclesiastical.
"He once received a cheek the first he "
had ever got in his life and took it to
a bank for payment.
" 'But you must indorse the check."
said the paying teller, returning it
through his little window.
"-.'Indorse it?' said the old minister, in
a puzzled tone.
" Yes, of course. It must be indorsed
on the back.'
" 'I see," said the minister. And, turn
ing the check over, he wrote across the
back of it:
" 'I heartily indorse this check." "
Cincinnati Enquirer.
.
Mayor Coughlin. of Fall River, speak
ing at a recent banquet, told a story
about an old Fall River Abolitionist.
"The old boy," said Mayor Coughlin.
"went to the theater in Boston one
night and saw 'Othello.' His knowledge
of the Bard of Avon was limited; he had
no idea that the hero of the piece was
a white nvm blackened up.
"Well, after the play was over a friend
asked him what he thought of the actors.
He cleared his throat and answered de
liberately: " 'Wall, layin' all sectional prejudices
aside, and puttin out of the question any
partiality 1 may have for the race as
such durned if I don't think the nigger
held his own with any of 'em-' "Boston
Herald.
s
Simeon Ford, at the recent hotel men's
banquet, said: "The harsh raw winds of
March will soon be on us, and happy will
they be then who are on the Riviera, in
Egypt or in Rome. I met a man at the
hoter the other day who had Just returned
from Rom;. 'Well,' I said to him, 'how
did you like the old town?" "A very ar
tistic city, that's what Rome is," he re
plied. 'Tell me,' said I. 'what work of
art struck you most in Rome?' 'Well, sir,"
said he, 'if you ask me, I must say that
what struck me most was that gol-durned
metal group of Romeo and Juliet deriv
ing their nutriment from a she wolf." "
Kansas City Star. v
The world-famous conductor. Dr. Hana
Richter. Is a man of many likes and dis
likes, and had very abrupt manners when
engaged in his work. At a rehearsal
some time ago the conductor was much
annoyed at the calm way the players
were taking the impassioned music.
"Gentlemen, gentlemen," said 'he, stop
ping short, "you're all playing like mar
ried men, not like lovers."
i
Andrew Carnegie's philanthropy was
being praised on the piazsa of an At
lantic City hotel "Mr. Carnegie," said
'an aged Pittsburg clergyman, "is as pro
foundly religious as he is profoundly
charitable. All the same " He smiled.
"Mr. Carnegie attended some years ago
one of my business men's week-day serv
ices. Seeing him in the congregation,
and unaware that he was not used to
praying extempore, I said, after the first
hymn: 'We will now be led in prayer by
Brother Carnegie.- Mr. Carnegie arose,
very red and. flustered. 'Let us engage,
first of all,' he stammered, 'in a few
minutes of silent prayer.' We all obedi
ently bowed our heads and closed our
eyes, and Mr. Carnegie, tip-toed out, es
caped." Baltimore Star.
Going to sleep in the church is likely to
be no more awkward and rude a thing
than waking up suddenly in church. An
item in a country paper aptly illustrates
this. No doubt the lady, who behaved
herself admirably under the circumstan
ces, was quite as much embarrassed as
her husband.
Major Young went to sleep Sunday in
church Just before the plate was passed.
He snored for a while in a ladylike man
ner, but suddenly let out a few links
that sounded like a trombone solo.
At that point his wife jabbed him in
the ribs with her elbow, which awakened
him sufficiently to remark, "Let me
alone! Get up and build the fire your
self. It's your turn." Youth's Companion.
EXTRAVAGANCE NATIONAL SIX.
Need to Get Back to the Ways of Our
Wisest Men.
New York World.
Extravagance is the National sin. In
the city a Mayor with vast powers ex
poses the waste of millions. In the state
we confront an increase of $12,000,000 in
yearly expenditure, and no official has
the power of retrenchment. In the Na
tion Senator Aldrich tells us of $300,000,
000 annual waste, yet Representative Qil
lett complains that no one takes any
Interest in economy. In private life a
lavish spirit demands everything in multi- '
pies, from opera-houses to splendid
restaurants.
Great country and city houses which a
Zola or a Ferro would liken to the build
ing mania of Rome in her decadence,
Italian gardens, game preserves, a " hun
dred foolish forms of aping upon new
soil the feudal excrescences that Europe
was centuries in developing, exhaust re
sources. The well-to-do fling their coins
about until the very sleeping-car porters
buy automobiles and break the speed
laws driving home from work.
Lowell before the war thought that
America was to be a land of "small es
tates." In. Emersan's "Concord" it was
a land of plain living and high thinking.
It has been a land of thrift and mainly
of steady habits. We need to get back
to the ways of our wisest, simplest men.
Extravagance robs the future. Waste is
unpatriotic Debt assumed for no good
.......... I " J I..... .... -EV... nMhH. i . . w r
v. t. .j ... . - - . . . . li I.VJ
economy the time to begin is now.
Snuff and Salntahlp.
London Globe.
The "Bulletin de la Societe contre
l'abus du tabac" Informs us that the
amiable Saint Vincent de Paul was an
inveterate snuff taker. Nature pro
vided him with an ample capacity for
indulgence in his apparent weakness.
When the question of his beatification
was under consideration "l'avocat du
diable" brought forward the snuff tak
ing as a sensuality. Fortunately among
the papers of Vincent de Paul was
found a physician's order in which he
was recommended to take snuff freely,
among other reasons, to clear his brain.
Without this document there would
haVe been no beatification, and without
beatification there would have been no
canonization.
Chicago's Dream of 102,1.
Chicago News.
Chicago, will have 4.000.0CO and more
persons within the city limits March 8,
1925. Walter D. Moody, business mana
ger of the Chicago Association of Coui
merce. told the members of the mem
bership committee that was a conserva
tive estimate indeed.
"As an actual fact, Chicago has con
siderably more than 2,000.000 population
now." he said. "Our increase in ten
years has been 52 per cent. -That means
in another 15 years, at a progressive rate
of increase like this, Chicago will be
racing for a place as metropolis of the
Western hemisphere, which it will at
tain in 25 years. That's why we need
more members." ' '
Sir Walter's Regret.
Judge.
Sir Walter Raleigh was Just coming
away from the cleaner's, where he had
left his muddy cloak.
"And to think." he muttered, "that no
sooner had she walked on it than I no
ticed she had her arctics on!"
Whereupon he invented smoking as a
solace. .