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POETLAXD, BDXDAT, JUIT 15, 1000.
Some of the most cherished traditions
of the antis were ruthlessly dispelled
"by the speakers at the Bryan and Ste
venson ratification Friday night. Mr.
Holman came out for expansion and
showed conclusively that what we call
Issues are negligible quantities, so long
as w stand for what Js labeled Demo
cratic Mr. Holman makes sure that
however Democrats may disagree as to
Ideas and policies, they are Democrats
still, believing in Democratic princi
ples, shouting for the Democratic party,
voting for the Democratic ticket. In
tellectual convictions on subjects at
Issue, then, are of no material import
ance, as he so clearly shows. Be a
"Democrat, and you are all right, for
.you believe in Democratic principles
"as I understand them." This Is the
platform on which all true Democrats
have long united. Gold or silver, ex
pansion or anti-expansion, free trade
with Mills or protection with Randall,
Income tax with Bryan or anti-Income
tax with Hill makes no difference
. ."Principles" are the, thing, simply
Democratic principles, "as you under
stand them." The Democrat who can
not be satisfied with that must indeed
be hard to please. "This 16 to V said
a Tammany man in the Coates House
at 8 A. M. one convention day, "is
nothing. There's nothing in them fig
ures. It might Just as well he 1100 to 1.
The point Is, this is a Democratic plat
form and a Democratic ticket. See?"
He had the correct idea of Democratic
"principles."
"teach .tha city people that the country
people are Ignorant, and to beware of
the .country people." Mr? Miller can
either produce his evidence or tacitly
admit his remarks were to be construed
only in an anti-imperialist sense. The
Idea that great newspapers should at
tack or discredit country "people is an
astonishing product even of Colonel
Miller's always extraordinary Intellect.
Mr. Corbett's answer to his assailants
will surprise no one who is familiar
with his iron will, his whole-souled de
votion to any cause in which he em
barks, and the liberality with which h.ls
purse responds to Any deserving object
If the damage emit against him has any
basis of hope to defeat the desire of
citizens generally to see him In his old
seat in the Senate, for which his ca
pacity fits him, and to which his public
services entitle him. It has a merited
answer in his declaration to stand for
the office and to devote his best energies
to the struggle, and to the community
he will represent in case of his election.
"What reward will the people of Oregon
bestow ort Mr. Corbett for his lifelong
efforts In her commercial and industrial
Interests, his unflagging services to
sound principles in politics, his generous
benefactions to struggling institutions
of every race and creed, his countless
gifts of friendship, money and counsel
to the needy and the unfortunate on
every hand? Will it be to honor him
with fresh tribute of confidence and es
teem, or to strike him down In his old
age with calumny and distrust?
Sun 111 conceals the displeasure that
rankles beneath. The whole discussion
serves to .st ibe "16-to-l? episode out
In a most ludicrous aspect Compared
with Bryan's tragic pose, the descent
is almost from the sublime to the ridiculous.
The effective Iconoclast however, was
Mr. Wood. The Image that "republics
can have no colonies" he dexterously
shattered, with citations from history
that cannot be put down. His further
service consisted in pointing out errors
of Roman, Dutch and English admin
istration, which he correctly viewed as
the sort of colonial methods the United
States should forego. His obvious
error lay In concluding that In treat
ment of its dependencies the United
States is compelled to repeat all the
tyrannies and barbarisms ever inflicted
upon provinces of republics. The more,
obvious inference that we should seek
to profit by the mistakes of others
seems to have escaped him. In admin
istration of these accessions of terri
tory the Spanish War has brought to
us, we can deal justly or unjustly.
wisely or atrociously, and the activity
of Bryan, Altgeld, Tillman, Lentz,
Sulzer, Holman and Wood will help
make us consider well our ways. But
Mr. Wood's Idea is that no choice Is
open to us. We are perforce limited
to every form of robbery and outrage
devised by ancient despots. The man
who believes this must have a wavering
faith in Providence and a vigorous dis
trust of his countrymen. He should
have proved his case from the history
of the past two years in Cuba and Porto
Rico, and in the pacified parts of Luzon.
He should, In particular, have shown us
how we are to help matters by turning
over the Porto Rlcans to their own help
lessness, and the Filipinos to the ten
der mercies of Agulnaldo.
Mr. Bryan is again reported as so
licitous for the welfare of his voice,
and he well may be. How complete an
impairment of his political capital would
ensue upon his vocal collapse, one hes
itates to compute. One of the stagger
ing reflections of .politics js the prepon
derant gravity of Voice over Brains.
Memories of the National conventions
are fresh enough to remind us that
empty heads with strong lungs and
well-constructed vocal chords can have
their way with the multitude, while the
man of prudence and reflective powers
sits helpless by, and probes his gray
matter for expedients to minimize the
orator's errors and subsidize another
voice to repair the breaks. Piatt and
Quay could sit down after Philadel
phia or Croker and Gorman after Kan
sas City, and summarize with the ac
curacy of an algebraic equation the
mistakes of Wolcott and Lodge, or
Dockery and George Fred Williams.
The Voice is a tremendous resource for
Its possessor, but a necessary evil for
the organizer. Mr. Bryan does well to
take care of his throat, .for therein lies
his heaviest asset Thousands crowd
to hear him for no other reason than
that they can hear what he says. To
be one in an attentive and satisfied
body of listeners Is a delight which
man, reasoning being though he pre
tends to be, is reluctant to forego. The
hypnotic state of a vast crowd, the de
lirium of cheers and excited gestures
of approval, the concerted succession
of breathless attention and abandon of
demonstration this is the very ecstasy
of popular deliberation. We understand
something of these phenomena now,
through the Investigations of the new
psychology, but we are as far from es
caping their thralldom as ever. The
bronchial tubes are still the palladium
of- our liberties. The statesjnan with
out a voice may be sure of descent to
the level of the boss, unworshlped and
unloved. Your true patriot swears al
legiance to the man with the speech.
In. .one of Ouida's novels the young and
beautiful wife of a terrible Russian
falls a victim to the charms of a roman
tic tenor, whose throat the offended
husband slits in rage. It Is all over
with the poor singer, from whom all
honors and applause sljp away, save
only the devotion of her who lovd him
for the songs he sang. But she was a
woman.
The sordid side of colonization Mr.
Wood eschews. Base commercialism he
will have none of. As a lawyer, he dis
creetly avoids reference to the material
interests of the Pacific Coast in Oriental
development and climbs to the higher
and nobler plane of spirituality and
ethics. As he himself modestly con
fesses, the moral aspect of the ques
tion is his hobby. His clincher here is
that "a nation guilty of theft Is Just as
dishonest as an Individual." Nothing
more, manifestly, remains to be said.
Let all imperialists, who have hitherto
steadfastly maintained that dishonesty
on the part of a nation Is the only true
and righteous course, have a care. All
who have been counseling highway rob
bery as a command of the decalogue
will kindly pause at the sockdolager of
anu-impenaiism tnat "no nation ever
reaped permanent benefit from a great
moral wrong." No sterner rebuke to
President McKinley and his Cabinet
who have consistently urged great moral
wrongB as the true greatness of na
tions, could be devised. It Is regretta
ble, perhaps, that Mr. Wood did not
take the trouble to show that the process
of our acquisition of the Philippines
through conquest and purchase was
theft But he doubtless recognized that
in addresses to a popular audience, beg
ging the question passes for argument
Decision of local authorities to inaug
urate a system of periodical arrest and
fines for gambling-houses will send a
shiver of disgust and fear through that
portion of the community who, realizing
uie misery ana sname or vice, have no
patience to weigh practical measures
for Its control. We say control advis
edly, for the man who proceeds on the
theory that vice can be eradicated by
law Is, to speak with all moderation and
kindness, a fool. The fact Is that In a
city the size of Portland gambling
thrives, paying for Its existence either
by bribing officials or else by statedV
contributions to the municipal treasury
in the form of licenses -or fines. The
more hidden gambling Is, the more ras
cally antl predatory Its mode. Under a
license Bystem the gamlng-places are
kept In order under police pressure, and
officers of the law support the better
class of proprietors in keeping minors
and drunkards out of their establish
ments. On the other hand, legal recog
nition of the dangerous and destructive
vice of gambling in any form cannot
fail to give a shock to the moral sense
of the community. It can never In any
case plead Justification except as a
choice among evils. Matters of this
sort must be carefully adjusted to the
demands of public opinion. In this sit
uation. The Oregonlan Is disposed to
think the only way to find out what is
most practicable for our peculiar local
conditions and nearest in aocord with
local sentiment is through experiment
As experiment therefore, a fair trial
may be asked for the announced pro
gramme. It is reasonable to presume
that the District Attorney and the Chief
of Police are sincere in their conviction
that the plan will produce good results.
A good time to condemnlt will be when
it has been demonstrated a failure.
Observe that Mr. Wood says It makes
no difference what Dewey or Anderson
said to the Filipinos. Oh, no, it makes
no difference now, because the cock-and-bull
stories manufactured byx the
antis for evidence have been exploded.
"It made a great difference then. It was
almost the all-in-all of anti-Ism, as Hoar
and Pettigrew conceived it, that Dewey
and Anderson promised Agulnaldo in
dependence. But the lies were crammed
down their throats, so now, of course,
what Dewey or' Anderson said makes
no difference. Nothing that is for Na
tional dignity and assertion makes, any
difference. Anything supporting isola
tion and pusillanimity Is gospel truth
consonant with Democratic "princi
ples" and "the moral side of the question."
Mr. R. A. Miller may not have any
reputation for truth and soberness to
maintain in this community, but if he
has, or thinks he has, he should forth
with submit for publication any evi
donce in his possession Jn support of
his accusation against the great news
papers, that they will soon begin to
The "most unklndesf cut of all, in
connection with the triumph of "16 to
1" at Kansas Clly, so far as the Balti
more Sun Is concerned, was evidently
the part of Hawaii, whose single dele
gate, whom they call a Prince, deter
mined the result in the platform com
mittee. "It appears,'" says the Sun,
"that Hawaii was generously 'given
representation on the committee, its
spokesman being Prince David Kawau
auakoa, a statesman never heard of on
this continent until he arrived at Kan
sas City. Prince David seems at first
to have voted against a sliver plank,
and the committee was then evenly di
vided. Anon, the Prince must have
heard of that dreadful ultimatum from
Lincoln, for he suddenly changed his
position and voted for the silver dec
laration. Thus a- party which ; repre
sents nearly 7,000,000 -American voters
finds itself committed to a -suicidal pol
icy through the action of a dusky
statesman from a Pacific Island." The
Sun, therefore. Is deeply aggrieved .that
the '"party has been. placed in a ridic
ulous position when It allowed its pol
icy to bo determined by a Erincelet
from a Pacific Island. Surely, a politi
cal organization, whioh dates back to
Jefferson ought to have been able 'to
define Its -principles without the assist
ance of a scion of the' royal house of
Hawaii." The assumed gayety of .the
THE VAI.UEJ OP A "WEST POIJCT EDU
CATION. Among the cadets for West Point ap
pointed during the past week tinder
the Increase provided by recent legisla
tion is a young man of this city. The
Oregonlan congratulates this young
man upon his exceptional good fortune
in obtaining on opportunity to acquire
the best fundamental education that Is
possible in the United States. No mat
ter what life, calling this young man
may adopt whether the military pro
fession, for which he Is specifically
trained, or another, his West Point edu
cation Is thebest fundamental education
that he could obtain, for it sends him
out Into the world sound In mind and
body. He cannot get into West Point
unless he has a sound body, and he
cannot stay in West Point unless he has
respectable brains backed by consid
erable industry and application. Of
course. West Point cannot make a man
out of every boy that enters its hafts,
but It at least gives the boy the best
chance to make a man of himself
through its training of any school in
the country. The young man Is not ex
posed to that peculiar vice of the ordi
nary college, Indolence and the habit of
day-dreaming. He Is taught both in
theory and practice all that is essential
to make him a thorough soldier In mind
and body. He learns to row, to rld, to
swim, to fence, to shoot; he is taught
how to build a bridge, a road, a fort &
redoubt; to handle a battery In action;
how to marshal Infantry; how to put a
squadron In the field; he is taught not
only all the mathematics that are essen
tial to a military engineer, but he mas
ters the history of the art of war from
the time of Epamlnondas, the founder
of ancient Greek tactics, down to the
latest master of modern warfare.
If the young soldier does not become
a writer of sound English, it Is not the
fault of West Point, and he Is also in
structed in French and Spanish. But,
better than all this. West Point teaches
the young man the habit of self-restraint
Belf-possesslon, the habit of
self-command, that is Indispensable to
those who expect to be able to com
mand others. West Point teaches the
young man that to- fill the requirements
of an officer and a gentleman, he must
speak the truth as fearlessly as he
would be expected to face the fire of
the enemy. Of th,e exceptional excel
lence of Wst Point as a,fundamntal
training of mind and body for the cour
ageous and upright discharge of the
duties and responsibilities of life,
within or without the Army, there can
be no reasonable dispute. Lleutcnant
General Schofleld, writing- In his 64th
year, after a career which had included
every military command from that of
a Second Lieutenant to that of com
mander of an Independent army In the
field of 50,000 men, says tnat the edu
cation at West Point is easily the best
that any boy can get in America to
make him at once both a scientific
thinker and an efficient outdoor execu
tive. The quality of West Point training
was thoroughly tested during the four
years of our Civil War, and Its superior
ity established beyond dispute, as It bad
been by General Scott's confession dur
ing the Mexican War. The armies of
the Union at the outset Included a num
ber of civilian political Generals lifted
without' any preparation to high com
mands, but the end of "the war found
the great armies on both sides in charge
of the children of West Point From
the opening day at Bull Run, when Bee
and "Stonewall" Jackson bore the brunt
of the fight for the Confederates, to the
last battle, when Sheridan's energy
closed the last door of escape for Lee's
army, the story of the Civil War is elo
quent testimony to the practical su
periority of West Point as the breedlng
place.of able American soldiers. When
Appomattox arrived the North had got
rid of Fremont, Banks, Dlx, McCler
nand, Butler, Schenck, Slgel; and the
South had retired such Bombastes
Furlosos as "Bob" Toombs.
The excellence of West Point Is shown
also In the fact that Its fundamental
training does not chill the pupil's capa
city for other work than that of the
military profession. Our most brilliant
original humorist, George H. Derby,
was a brilliant graduate"of West Point,
ranking No. 7 'In a class of fifty-nine
members, which' Included Generals Mc
Clellan, "Stonewall" Jackson, Reno,
Foster, Coucn. Wilcox and Pickett.
West Point did noj?fmpair the fine lit
erary faculty of Dtrby,, any more than
It did that 'of General Sherman, whose
speech at Dartmduth College com
mencement after the war bore away the
palm for admlrablg English, superior
In its purity and nervous force. West
Point training did not Injure Halleck
for success as a lawyer, nor unfit Gen
eral I. L Stevens for the field of civic
administration. The training of West
Point has enabled more than one of Its
graduates, like Maury, to win high rep
utation among scientific scholars.
In the field of large business organi
zation graduates of West Point like
George W. Cass, Horace Porter, N. J. T.
Dana, Francis V. Greene, James H.
Wilson, -William B. Franklin,, have won
high distinction. The eminent civil en
gineers of the country Include West
Point graduates, such as Haupt, George
8. Greene, John Newton. Harvard Col
lege faculty once Included Professor
Eustls, a West Point graduate, a Gen
eral in the Civil War, and General A. S.
Webb, a graduate of West Point was
for many years president of the College
of the City of New York. The ranks
of both the Protestant and the Roman
Calholic pulpits have been represented
by graduates of West Point These
facts are worth reciting In Illustration
of our argument that for sound funda
mental training of both mind and body
for any railing, whether It deals with
the victories of war or those of peace.
West Point i3 the best school in our
country, for It takes the pupil from his
text-books into the field and trains his
eye and his hand. Its outdoor educa
tion is an enemy to physical indolence.
Its education t6 habits of personal re
sponsibility and executive habits of dig
nity and self-rest'raint are destruotlve
of day-dreaming and spineless speculation.
Massachusetts, U. Thftre were very
few deaths from UuVcause In the South
ern States, Louisiana having only 8,
and Florida 3. In 'this -casualty report
the Pacific Coast 0oes not figure at all,
not a single state west of the Rocky
Mountains having Wst a life from this
cause last year. White in past years
several deaths havfc resulted from
lightning stroke In .Eastern Oregon, no
such fatality, as far as We now remem
ber, ever took place in the middle or
coast sections of the state, these being
exceptionally free from thunder storms
and their accompanying pyrotechnic dis
play and d&nger. It is well, however,
for every one to have knowledge of the
simple precautions that Insure against
this danger, hence we quote from Pro
fessor Henry, the compiler' of this cas
ualty report as follows:
Persons In a house durinx a thnnder storm
should avoid chimneys and open windows. The
middle of the room Is probably the safest part.
In the open, persons shouid -never seek the
shelter of trees. Wire fences and livestock
should.be avoided. If on horseback. It would
be well to dismount arid wait until the storm
passes. ' s
THE "WHEAT PROSPECT.
Julywheatln Chicago closed yesterday
at 76ftc, a decline of nearly 12 cents per
bushel from the highest point reached
less than thirty flays ago. These fig
ures confirm the reports "of a marked
Improvement in the, crop situation In
the Middle West "Distance lends en
chantment to the vjew," and the farther
the crop-damage reports traveled from
the points where they originated the
less baleful they appeared. In close
touch with the affected district, Chicago
haturally became very much excited
over the situation, and elevated wheat
to a figure out of all proportion
to that of other markets. It was this
unnatural situation which started re
ports that wheat would be shipped East
by rail from interior points In Oregon
and Washington. The failure of the
Liverpool market to respond to the ab
normal advances In Chicago, together
with unusually high 'ocean freight rates,
from the Pacific Northwest, for a time
made it appear probable that a portion
of the Pacific Coast wheat crop might
be sent to market over a new route.
From present appearances there is
not much likelihood of any extended
movement In this direction. The belat
ed rains in the stricken wheat districts
saved enough of the Spring grain to
prevent a total crop failure, and the im
mense deficit in the output of Minnesota
and the Dakotas lost much of its terror
for the world at large, by falling at a
time when there was a large carry-over
stock from the previous crop. Not only
was the carry-over stock so far above
the normal as to offset much of the loss,
but' In many other portions of the
United States the crop now being har
vested was far above the average. Un
official figures now place the 1000 wheat
crop at about 540,000.000 bushels, and as
this amount has been exceeded but
twice in the history 'of the Nation, it is
apparent that the recent bulge was not
justified by the crop situation in Amer
ica. These figures are slightly above those
Indicated by the Government, which is
so conservative that its Estimates be
fore harvest are invariably much too
low. The Government's acreage and
condition estimates, however, figure out
a crop of approximately 500,000,000 bush
els, and this figure has been reached
but six times In the" past quarter of a
century. With war and rumors of war
In all quarters of the globe, there are
certainly elements of strength In the
wheat -situation, but,the advance. If an
other should occur, must have for Its
foundation something more stable than
a partial crop failure In a section which
is carrying over a big surplus from a
former year.
vered leaders "caused their children to
pass through the fire to Moloch," and
In Mexico, where the traveler's eye fell
upon tall pyramids on whose tops men,
women and children wer sacrificed to
the gods. The desperate straits into
which divine disfavor threw the poor
fanatics of every land from Mexico to
India, Is seen In the practice of sacri
ficing children in fire or flood, and may
sadly remind us what crimes have been
committed in the name of religion, not
forgetting the inquisition of Spain or
the hapless witches of New England.
The really Important thing Is to ob
serve how faithfully Mr. Carpenter's
amateur researches In the Philippines
enforce the conclusion of science that
man has risen everywhere in the same
way by the same steps. Go back to the
proper period of time in Egypt or Meso
potamia, in Britain or Hindustan, in
Mexico or Peru, and you will find these
same phenomena grouped together
which Mr. Carpenter meets In Mlnda-
Lnao. The primitive garments ot woven
grass, the rude ornaments of metal,
wood and bone, the slaves brought home
from successful campaigns, the polyga
mous marriages, the human sacrifices
at annual feasts, the tribal enmities,
the communal houses, the rudimentary
agriculture all these existed In Mexico
and Peru about the time of the Discov
ery. Mr. Carpenter's investigations are of
little technical value, and for specific
conclusions, especially 'for disclosure of
how peculiar local conditions have op
erated upon the aboriginal mind in the
Philippines', as Indian corn, for exam
ple, operated In America, and domestic
animals In Choldea, we must await the
trained ethnologist But so far as his
testimony goes, It Is of Importance.
"Different races In similar stages of de
velopment," says Sir John Lubbock,
"often present more features of resem
blance to one another than the same
race does to Itself In different stages of
ltsf history." And Mr. FIske's conclu
sion Is yet more specific: "Human minds
In different parts of the world, but un
der i the influence of similar circum
stances, develop similar Ideas and clothe
them In similar forms of expression."
It Is-ln these living and breathing evi
dences of the logical and orderly pro
cess of human development that the
mind Is most, profoundly Impressed with
the unanswerable hypothesis of evolution.
SLINGS AND ARROWS.
The Smalltown Cornet Band.
Tea Smalltown Cornet Band the nam was on
the big baas drum
Til not forget Its music, though I lira till
Kingdom Come.
It seed to practice In the park one sight in
every week.
And on the band-stand steps I glowed with Joy
I could not apeak.
The alto horn, the clarionet, tho telescope
trombona.
The great bass horn that now and then would
Tent a rhythmics moan.
Were all a part ot one great schema for sound
divinely planned;
I ne'er know rapturo till I heard the Small
town Cornet Band.
When Smalltown churches gave their "feeds"
to buy a pulpit chair.
Or help to raise a building fund, the Small
town Band was there.
They stood outside the door and formed a cir
cle in the street.
And tunefully they called us all to come down
there to eat.
They breathed forth sacred medleys full of rev
erential airs.
Suggestive In a high degree of red plush pulpit
chairs.
Per music of all sorts and kinds was right at
their command.
Prepared for all occasions was the Smalltown.
Comet Band.
And when the Fourth came round with, all Its
wild chaotic Joys,
Tho Smalltown Bond came out to gtva the can
non points on noise.
In bright blue uniforms they marched ahead
of the parade.
The grandest feature of the day. and how Ilka
mad they played!
And sometimes to our great surprise they'd
blare out loud and clear
A brand new march or concert piece- they'd
practiced all the year.
At night before the fireworks they'd play down
In the stand;
Tho Fourth would not have been the Fourth
without the Smalltown Band.
Old Patsy GUmore had a band worth half your
life to hear.
It pays to wait for Bousa. though you wait al
most a year,
I heard the Thomas Orchestra, and gave up
five therefor.
I've listened to big German bands, and for
eign bands galore.
But all the muslo that they played somehow
turned out to be
A little short of what It ought, and sounded
flat to me.
And I would give whatever cash X have- Just
now on hand
To gt Just one more chanca to hear the
Smalltown Cornet Band.
MASTERPIECES 0FL1TERATURE-XX1I
The Government Weather Bureau
has collected the statistics of death by
lightning in this country in 1899. The
total Is 536, the largest death list from
this cause In a single year ever offi
cially reported. A large percentage of
the fatalities occurred in August, a
total of 133" being reported for that
month. Pennsylvania leads in this list
with 56 deaths, Illinois comes next with
41, other states showing the foUowlpg
figures: Ohio, 34; Indiana, 2S; Minne
sota, 24; "New -York, 23; Michigan, 21;
HUSIAJf SACRIFICES YX MIXDAWAO.
All mankind is divided into seven
parts. Of savagery there are three
stages, of barbarism three stages, while
civilization falls Into a class by Itself.
In Mr. Carpenter's interesting letters
from the Philippines these divisions are
hopelessly Jumbled. He talks continu
ally of savages, though he has so far
described, however briefly, no single
tribe lh all the archipelago that is not
possessed of some quality of barbarism,
and his references 'to' their "civiliza
tion" are totally unjustified, except In
isolated cases where devices of lan
guage, etc , have been appropriated
bodily from, the Mohammedans or Span
lards. , Perhaps nothing o posltIvely fixes
the Mindanao tribes, described in Mr.
Carpenter's letter of -a week ago. In the
middle status of barbarism,, as their hu
man sacrifices. Here Is a well-defined
step In the development from the brute
to the orthographer: The last few years
have witnessed research In racial an
nals so extensive that when we meet
the human sacrifice- we know exactly
to what stage of development the wor
shipers belong. To get upon the same
plane with these Mindanao barbarians
we must go back in America to the
Aztecs of the day of Cortez, in Asia to
a time prior to or contemporaneous -with
Abraham, and in Grecian Europe to the
noar predecessors of Agamemnon.
Briefly to indicate the grand divisions
of soolal development, there Is the first
status of savagery, -$hen roan subsisted
on the things laid to his hand and
formed the rudiments of articulate
speech and of this epoch there Is, ob
viously, no record. "Jri the .second status
of savagery man caught fish and made
fire, till he learned th use of the bow
and arrow, when he passed Into the
third stage of savagery? tHen by inven
tion of pottery, primitive agriculture
and domestication of animals, into the
lower status of barbarism; then through
discovery of irrigation and rude work
in metals Into the middle status of bar
barism; then through sriieltlng of iron
into the third status of barbarism, and,
Anally, through Invention of a phonetic
alphabet Into real civilization and the
production of written records. These
are the classifications laid down 'orig
inally by Mr. Lewis Morgan, and adopt
ed with acclaim by scientists every
where. Their application to early
America has been most fascinatingly
made by Mr. John Flske In his "Discov
ery of "America."
It Is the conclusion of Mr. Herbert
Spencer that human sacrifices grew
originally out of cannibalism. Certain
it is that it begins where cannibalism
Is about to end, and passes away when
a little more enlightenment enables the
worshiper to compromise wlh Deity
upon the basis of a lamb, for example,
as Abraham did, or appease the Tiber,
as the early Romans learned to do, with
the annual sacrifice of dolls thrown Into
his angry flood. The records show that
cannibalism was Induced by scarcity of
food, and eventually discouraged by the
rise of slavery, when agriculture created
a steady demand for human labor. At
the transition time the human sacrifice
acquired great vogue, notably among
the ancient Hebrews and their neigh-
In the New Tork election of 1S98 the
aggregate Republican majority on the
vote -for Congressman was only about
14,000, while Roosevelt had but 18,000
plurality for Governor. The Republi
can leaders point out that the great
Democratic gains reported that year
came from New Tork City, and were
due to Incompetent direction of the Re
publican organization there. Brooklyn,
It Is reported, is certain to give a Re
publican majority, for there the op
position to the principle of free silver
coinage in the Democratic party Is In
tense. In New Tork State the battle
will be fought out and as goes the Em
pire State probably will go the Union.
Since 1860 the political party that has
carried New Tork has elected the Pres
ident with the single exception of 1868,
when Horatio Seymour, a very able
and accomplished and popular man,
beat Grant In New Tork State by 10,000.
The loss of New Tork cost Henry Clay
the Presldencv In 1844. The los3 of
New Tork defeated Hancock In 1880.
The change of 700 votes would have
given New Tork to Blaine in 1884 and
elected him President The loss of New
Tork in 18S8 would have defeated Har
rison. New Tork State has a popula
tion of over 7,000,000 people, with prob
ably 1,500,000 voters. These voters rep
resent the highest intelligence of the
great working classes of the country,
and the motives which sway so great
a body of these classes in a Presiden
tial election ar-lkely to prevail with
the same working classes throughout
the country, so that .knowledge of the
drift of political opinion in the work
ing classes of the Empire States thirty
days before election would be a fair
clew to the verdict of the country.
Editor Fletcher, formerly of the
Salem Independent writes a lengthy
letter from- Cape Nome to a Salem
friend, under date of June 17, telling
frankly the unpleasant conditions pre
vailing there, and concluding as fol
lows:
I wish to say tor my friends who may con
template cbmlng to Nome to stay whera they
are, for the present, at least. Many are al
ready returning. The whole country Is now In
the control of looters. thugs, mine-Jumpers,
sharks and thieve. People who bought claims
l&st Winter find they are now occupied by
armed bandits, and thsy bid the owners defi
ance. And eo It goes. A few good mines are
not going to furnish employment to 40,000 la
boring men. The Salem people here are all
well, and only one expression Is heard from
every lip, "Oh! for a month of British law!"
There Is no law hero.
Mr. Fletcher was one of the sincere
Republicans who supported Bryan In
1836 on-the silver Issue; but if we may
judge from his longing for British jus
tice, he will not be led astray by abuse
of England and flatulent declamation
about the humbug Issue of Imperialism.
Ans-rrera to Correspondents.
Humorist We would not liko to bo the
ice man. W -would like to bo tho hang
man, however, when wo open your com1
munlcations. Admiral D-w-y There are no more con
ventions this year.
General K-b-rts Tou aro doing very
well whore you are.
Ag-l-o What do you want with an au
tomobile! They only run 100 mllaa at a
stretch.
Summer Girl Nearly any pawn broker
can tell you whether or not It is genu
ine. Doctor J1000 is a little high. Try him
with ?999.
Li H-ng Ch-ng Peacocks may bo had
in this country for about 0 apiece.
Plumber Tou can spend a good deal of
it at tho Paris Exposition.
Anxious Mother Don't worry about
him. He has probably only gone out to
fllht Boxers.
W. J. B. The state of your prospects
is the most doubtful one In tho Union.
somewhere
War IfeTT.
Ther Is surely something doing
down about Pekln
"Which may provo of passing Interest when re
turns are fully In;
There Is also talk of. trouble In tha busg tbars
called Tlen Tsln,
Whero the victims lose their heads without
much warning.
There has been some tall blood-letting la tha
district of Che Foo,
Whero tho natives seem Inclined to think tha
foreigners won't do.
And the Boxers have been slaughtering wa do
not know Just who.
And we'll know still lass about it la the
morning.
All' the correspondents down there seem to feel
Quito 111 at ease.
For the news they're telegraphing reads Ilka
Melsterscbaf t Chinese.
And we gather from Its tenor that tha whites
ara up In trees,
Or tha pillories or gallows aro adornlnr.
It U rumored that the King, Kwaag Hsu, Is
either quick or dead.
The Dowager, If not alive. Is murdered, tt Is
sold.
And Prlpee Tuan, If not tnsana, has surely lost
his head.
And we'll, know stfll less about It la tha
morning.
It
stems certain that the Boxeru, K thay
bavenmet defeat,
Ara marching on to victory or elsa are tn re
treat: Wa need a few particulars to maka tha news
complete.
But these the correspondents all ars scorn
ing. It Is most oonsollng; therefore, when w read
the Chinese news.
To feel that we need credit Just such portions
as we choose.
And, though we think we're mlxedr& now by
such as we peruse, .
Wail know still leas about rfia ?b9 aaorntns.
A Vision of the Messiah baiah,
How beautiful upon the mountains ar
tho foot of htm that bringeth good tid
ings, that publlsheth peace; that bring
&th good tidings of food, that pubilsheth
salvation; that salth unto Zlon, Thy God
reignethl
Thy watchmen shall lift up tbo voico
with tho voloe together shall they stngl
for they shall seo eye to eye, when tha
Lord shall bring again Zlon.
Break forth into joy, sing together, yd
wasto places of Jerusalem: for the Lord
hath comforted his peopla, he hath re
deemed Jerusalem.
The Lord hath mado bare his holy arm
In the eyes of all the nations; and all tha
ends of the earth shall see tho salvation
of our God.
Depart ye, depart ye. go ye out from
thence, touch no unclean thing; go y
out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that
bear the veasels of tho Lord.
For ye shall not go out with haste,
nor go by flight: for the Lord will go
before you; and the God of Israel will ba
your rearward.
Behold, my servant shall deal prudent
ly, he shall b exalted and extolled, and
be very high.
As many were astonied at thee; his vis
age was so marred more than any man,
and his form more than the sons of men:
So shall he sprinkle many nations; tho
kings shall shut their mouths at him: for '
that whioh had not been told them shall
they see; and that which they had not
heard shall they consider.
"Who hath believed our report? and ta
whom is the arm of the Lord revealedt
For he shall grow up before him as a
tender plant and as a root out of a dry,
ground: he hath no form nor comollnessj
and when wo shall see him, there is no
boauty that wo should desiro him.
He is despised and rejected of men; a
man of sorrows, and acquainted with
grief; and we hid, as It were, our faces
from him; he was despised and we es
teemed him not
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and
carried our sorrows: yet we did eateeoa
him stricken, smitten of God, and af
flicted. But he was wounded for oar transgres
sions, he was bruised for our iniquities!
the chastisement of our peace was upon,
him; and with his stripes we are healed.
All we like sheep have gone astray; wa
have turned every one to his own way;
and tho Lord hath laid on him the in-
iquity of us all.
Ho was oppressed, and ho was afflicted
yet he opened not his mouth: ha Is
brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and
as a sheep before her shearers Is dumb,
so he openeth not his mouth.
He was taken from prison and from
judgment: and who shall declare his gen- .
oration? for he was cut off out ot tha
land of the living: for the transgressloa
of my people was he stricken.
And he made his grave with tho wick
ed, and with the rich In his dea-tht bo
cause he had done no violence, nelihaa
was any deceit in his mouth.
Yet it pleased the Lord to braise htm;
he hath put him .to grief: when thou shalt
make his soul an offering tar sin, ha
shall see his Beed. ho shall prolong Els
days, and the pleasure of tho Lord retail
prosper in his hand.
He shall see of the travail of hts soul,
and shall be satisfied; by his knowledga
shall my righteous servant justify manyi
for he shall bear their Iniquities.
Therefore will I divide him a portion
with the great and he shall divide tha
spoil with the strong; because, ho hatU
poured out his soul unto death; and ha
was numbered with the transgressors j
and he bare the sin of many, and road
intercession for tho transgressors.
He, every one that thlrstcrth, come y
to tho waters, and he that hath no money;
come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy,
wine and milk without money and with
out price.
"Wherefore do yo spend money for that
which is not bread? and your labor for
that which Batlsfleth not? hearken dili
gently unto me, and eat ye that which;
Is good, and let your soul delight ltsalfl
in fatness.
Incline your ear, and oomo unto mot
hear, and your soul shall live; and I will
make an everlasting covenant with you,
even the sure mercies of David.
Behold, I have given him for & wit
ness to tbo people, a leader and command
er to the people.
Behold, thou shalt call a nation thafl
thou knowest not, and nations that taeT
not thee shall run unto thee, because of
the Lord thy God. and for the Holy Ona
of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.
Beak ye tho Lord while he may bsj
found, call ye upon him whilo ho Is neori
Let the wicked forsake his way, and
the unrighteous man his thoughts: and
let him return unto the Lord. and. ho wiU
have mercy upon him; and to our Oca;
for he will abundantly pardon.
For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways, saitH
the Lord. . , . ...
For as the heavens aro higher than tosj
earth, so are my ways higher than you
and my uiousnus m" jvw
It is unfortunate that the Impropriety
occurred In the ofllce of the State Su
perintendent of Public Instruction,
whereby doubt wan cast on the secrecy
of the questions for the August exam
inations. It Is creditable to Superin
tendent Ackermon that he has taken
steps to correct the error by recalling
those lists of questions and preparing
new ones. Still, Irremediable harm has
been done In tainting a branch of the
pubUc service that should be above
suspicion, for the virtue of It depends
wholly upon the good faith and honor
of the officials who administer it. A
small indiscretion here will justify
stern reproof. It Is to be hoped that
future events will Bhow the entire good
faith of this transaction, and remove
all ground for further 'criticism.
Hon. James P. Gasley, of Roseburg,
hos'often displayed his profound knowl
edge of finance by talking glibly for 16
to 1, and now, as County Clerk of Doug
las County, he a"dds to his reputation
fdr grasping the money question by
sending the Douglas County Commis
sioners a bill for 5191 50 for "extra work
In the matter of registration." The bill,
of course, was not presented promptly
after the "extra work" was done, but, to
forestall any possible unkind remarks
about a grab, or graft, was consider
ately deferred till after the June elec
tion.
Kansas Democrats are taking the
nomination of Stevenson very much to
heart. They should be consoled. Towne
could never have carried that state,
with Its enormous wheat crop.
'The boasted civilization of the Chinese
is receiving some rude shocks. Chris
tian nations do not torture with such
wantonness. Even the Inquisition had
bors, many of whose eminent and re-4 a moral purpose behind it.
Fatal Jplcs.
The pallid moonlight streamed through
the trees, casting a ghastly light on the
tombstones. Two gentlemen l of leisure
sat beside a broad, low slab, and contested
at seven up, for the ownership of a bottle
of strong drink which one of them had
found by climbing through the transom
of a saloon in tho town he last vislted.
The moonlight was still streaming when
the gamo was ended, but the whisky re
mained corked. It had ceased to be com
munity property. Suddenly a gurgling
Voice oozed up from beneath the marble.
"With blanched faces the gentlemen of
leisure listened. "That was won on me,"
said the "Voice. The golden rays of tho
morning sun revealed two still figures by
the side of the marble slab. There are
times when a joke is more deadly than
corrosive sublimate.
On Sew Platform.
jjr. Bryan believes this year in the free
and unlimited bossing of the Democratic
party, without the consent ot any other
boss on earth.
Dldnt Know TVlioni Ho Was Talk
ing? to,
"I beg your pardon, sir," said the TVash
ington haberdasher, "but can't I sell you a
necktie a little moro in. style than the
one you are wearing?"
"Sir," exclaimed the customer, "I am
James Hamilton Lewis."
"Oh," stammered the storekeeper, "I
trust you will excuse me. Do you know
where I can order a dozen gross of the
same kind?"
' Vacation Time.
Weather's gettln kmd o hot.
Work Is sort o draggln out, ,
Don't care If wo eat or not.
Don't much want to get about;
Energy's a runnln' low.
Ain't no heart In what we do.
Everything- seems dead an slow.
Can't find nothln bright or new;
Streets la gettln' thick with dust.
Grass looks Uko It needed rain.
Folks all seem, veneered with rust
Needln' somethln'. that lsplatn.
Feel as If we'd like somehow
Fur to try some ether cllmo;
Ko dlnputin' that It's now
Just about vacation time.
J. J. MOKTAann.
ways, ana my "4'""
thoughts.
For as the rain cometh awn, ana in
snow from heaven, .and retorneth no
thither, but watereth the -earth, and makjj
eth it bring forth and bud. that it ma
give seed to the sower, and bread to th
Bo shall my word be that goeth SortH
out of my mouth: it shall not "?"?
unto mo void, but It shall accomplish thoj
which I please, and it shall prosper la
tho thing whereto I sent it.
For ye shall go out with joy, and bf led
forth with peace: the mountains and th
hills shall break forth before, you Into
singing, and all tne trees oj. mo "
shall clap their hands.
Instead of the thorn shall come up tnej
fir tree, and Instead ot the briar shall
come up the myrtle tree: and it shall
be to the Lord for a name, f oraa ever
lasting sign that shall not bo cut off.
Who Is this that cometh from Jpdfj
with dyed garments from Dosrah? thU
that is glorious in his a-PPa. "eJJ
in the greatness of his " X
speak la righteousness, mighty to save
merefore art thou red in thine appar
el, and thy garments like him that tread
eth In the wlnefat? .. .
I have trodden the winepress ahrn.
and of tho people there was none with
me; for I will tread them in mine anger,
and trample them in my fury: and thel
blood shall be sprinkled upon my gar
ments, and I will stain all my raiment.
For the day ot vengeance is in mln
heart, and the year of my redeemed is
come.
And I looked, and there was none to;
help; and I wondered that there wa
none to upnoia: inereiura uuuo
brought salvation unto me; and my fury,
it upheld me.
And I will tread down tho people in,
mine anger, and make them drunk in my
fury, and I will bring down their strength
to the earth.
I will mention the loving-kindnesses oi
the Lord, and the praises of the Lord,
according to all that the Lord hath be
stowed on us. and the great goodness,
toward the house of Israel, which he hath
bestowed on them according to his mer
cies, and according to the multitude of
his loving-kindnesses.
For he said, Surely "they are my peo
ple, children that will not He: so he was
their Savior.
In all their affliction he was afflicted,
and the Angel ot his presence saved them;
In his love and in his pity he redeemed
thelnV and he" bare them, and carried
them all the days of old.