TITE G0RVALLI8 GAZETTE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1893. Corballis ajtltt. IVUT IMIUT KOtUilNO BT AwOSCRlPTION RATL3 tm Ttmr B.x Von'. -8, J'aTi3t, . ev. r J . 1 01. 5c t M ear '(. not paid ia advance). ly.JtE THE 0. N. G. Recent legislation for Hie benefit of the Oregon National Guard, has had the effect to call oat from va rious newspapers some very ill-na ture!, flinrmiit and uncalled for ! t lunula at that breuitizulion. Ti e Sulera Statesman h;is been nola--ble as foremost uuioug the venders of cheap and petty diatribe?. II has characterized the militia as a set of conceited dudes and kid gloved, dress paraders who do nothing ut gallant abor.t the ronntrv at'nublic exuense. It is not recorded that the fclate of Ore gon has ever yet- paid out ary money for any such thiags, and hence those who criticise, the mi litia in such strain, simply- betray their own waspish disposition and hastily stoop to create a sentiment of injustice against them. The instinct of soldiership on whieh this organization is founded . Is hot a vain desire for display, but a patriotic spirit, a sense of a duty ot citizenship, by which our young men are animated. In a body of men so actuated and made efficient by drill and discli pline, there is a defense against disorder or anarchy, and a nucleus for general military organization, should the public defense require. it. The state of Oregon should be prepared to preserve public order within its limits, and on all occa sions to enforce its own laws. It should not desire the intrusion of the' national government, but should depend on itself for main; tenance of the dignity and majesty of its authority. There is a senes f humiliation in being obliged to call on the general government to qtxell every local disturbance; and to- do this breeds a habit, more over, that is fatal to the diguity of local authority and to the effici ency and strength of local govern ment. Strange as it may appear to a resident of the staid old city of super-sanctity, of massive patriot ism and herculean enertia ; down where the brawny arm of state yields its beet blood to infuse some life into the nerves .of the capital empress, occasions have been known in the experience of several towns iu the state of Ore gon, where a good militia force would hare appeared like a guard ian angel. Our own Corvallis can testify to thiB truth. The writer has seen another little town, at the mouth of the Columbia, where it trembled under the shadow of iicuiurcu uyuv.j . government for protection. Osice b w . : """"" , : on the eve ot a riotous cyeione, which was kept smothered and re-j UB,lrcu i ' by the influence of organized rma am m - wmcn appeareu. m tu companies v.-j bodies under disciplined organiza tion. Such scenes are liable to occur where there is any me ana energy; and when they have to be faced there is no question about the need and the duly of main taining a system of armed protec tion. - Cohgress is besieged, veritably showed under with petitions ask ing the opening of the world's fair en Sundays. "" It is doubtful wheth er any such accession can now be made without a breach of faith. The congressional world's fair ap propriation was made hingeing up on the Sunday closing clause as a proviso,-5 and after getting the money it:would look a little unfair to go back upon the contingency that secured it. The law was a ; piece of foolishness in the first place. It waft "emni-bused" through en stock-jobbing basis and was the result of a collusion "between democratic congressmen, the saloon keepers of Chicago and a ' sparioos array of sentiment wrought op under the name of the churches. If the law should be repealed it woald be no more than paying its late champions t,.L fnil..;w'rni ""1r1..i ... 1 It looks as though the. Oregon ian and the New York Times would have to draw straws to see which is entitled to the prize for Us misanthropic essay on the character of James G. Blaine. Each cited act after act of the dead statesman's noble service to his country; of the various broad and statesmanlike measures, both national and international, of which Blaine was the author; of the brilliancy of Jus diplomacy and the "courage of his convictions'- Blaine always displayed in the name ot justice and humanity and the elevation of his country's interests; of the admiration he could command and the wildest enthusiasm to which he could stir the soul of tho entire nation; and of the hold pre-eminent he had upon the affections of the Ameri can jaasses. Ail tuts ins critics acknowledge; and recognizing the, facts, the verdict of the magnan imous world is that: "Blaine was a great statesman." Still, there appears to have been one quality lacking in his career. 113 had failed to please tiie mugwump, the self-righteous pessimist and the jealous misanlhrop, and above all his virtures this fault arose with such over shadowing . poign ancy that these recalcitant ele ments could find no condonation even in the presence of the great arbiter whose robe is the mantle W tll .UlXlUi 11 lO UWb QUI jUOlil therefore, that after rehearsing all the good attributable to Mr. Blaine the detractors should turn a back somersault and in the lan gunge of the limes sum it all up in the opinion that: "Admiration he could command; lie could arouse the wildest enthusiasm; the considerate confidence of thoughtful men he could not win, and, with all respect to the feelings of those who, in widely separated parts of the laud will sincerely mourn him, it must be written that ho could not win it, since, in sober (ruth, he did not merit it The Times, it is remembered, is a great mogul of mugwumpism. Its inconsistency is just the measure ; of the candor breathing satire and and splenetic impartiality with which it deals with every subject that is not iu line with the mug wump order. TheOregonian is just the Oregonian, and no other explanation is needed. The pair of them have the field pretty much to themselves. Poor old Granny Eugene Jour nal goes into hysterics over the revision of the assessment law. Its tirade of invective against the legislators who voted for it knows no bounds. We shall not assume to dispute Granny Jour nal's tide of argument to the effect ?hot oil lirtiioef nil i)nn Tit I c . ,, . . , ,. , j tie falrnes3 of intention, ; aj loso Qf itical i . t , economy center in Lane county, ! under uie shadow of the Journal's . Nevertheless, under II gcniug of Amerifia envprnment. the ignorant and the ! f . , , I baser sort are sometimes allowed ; a voice in public matters and they unfrequeutv fix things up tol Urahlv xwll. Pesr onefnrthe ! noraut cusses this hitch. Tj?K sentiment in favor of beUer roads ha3 le(1 Congress to , tako aclion jn recognitjon 0f it Thero are two bills looking to the awakening of the people generally on this important subject. One appropriates $10,000 to enable the secretary of agriculture to make inquiries in regard todilTerent sys temj of road management through out the country ana to maKO in vestigations in rsgard to the best methods of road making. Also to prepare a publication on the sub ject suitable for distribution, and to enable the secretary to assist agricultural colleges and agricul tural stations in disseminating in formation. The "school age" is a variable quantity in this country. " In six of the states and territories, chil dren are admitted to the public schools at the age of 4 years; in 19, at 5; in 20, at 6; in a at 7; and in 1, Texas at 8. The senate measure to appropri ate $160,000 for a branch insane asylum in eastern Oregon will doubtless become a Inw - - "THE .SOBER SECOND THOUGHT. The newspapes are slowly com inr around to the good old "g( slow" policy regarding Hawaiian annexation. As we anticipated the windy talk is gradually dying out. Tho San Francisco report pointedly observes that there is a great deal of wild talk by politi cians who want some hooey oy which to work themselves into prominence; but thinks the United States government will preserve its dignity, hear both sides of the squabble on tho island, and do the just thing by all concerned. The Astorian, too, with a deep, clear vision into tho true inwardness of the annexation scheme, probes into the would bo made excres cence of American political job bery with the keen steel of fact that coes to the core of the the wiley piece of jugglery. It says: Those who overthrew the native queen's ruse uiu so tor lmnncai reasons pure and simple, and tins is another complication, uiaus Spreckels, the wealthy sugar plant- er ana renner, nas aireauy maue over $500,000 out of the revolu tion and the annexation talk. On Friday last the slock of the Hawaii Commercial Company was sold at ten cents a share. Saturday it ''.imocd to so a share and, as ho and his sons had bought in all that could be obtained, they are almost the sole gainers. Now, if the islands should become United States territory the 1Q0,000 shares of this company would probably go up to $60 or more a share the figures they were quoted at a fsw years ago and the Spreckels would make millions out of this one concern alone. . Then there is the bounty of 2 cents a pound to be paid to Amen can sugar planters under the Mc- Kinlev bill. If the United States will continue to pav this bounty and Hawaii becomes a part of the United States the Spreckles fam ily will get. several millions every year on that account. It is, there fore, as clear as anything can be that the so-called revolution at Honolulu and the demand for an nexation are part of a scheme having but one object, and that is putting money into the pockets of the rich planters and their satelites. To oblige them this country is to be burdened with a most undesirable population, and all that this implies, and more than our workingmen xrobabIy even suspect now. Tresto change 1 Astoria gets the pilotage plum and Portland is in a rage. Between the two, so far as it affects the stats at large, it is diamond cut .diamond between the two. The pilotage business at the month of the Col umbia is pretty much of a game of grab and it doesn't make much difference whether its headquar ters are at Portland or Astoria. Meanwhile we in this section can look on with indilFerence and let the ferocious aoimules chaw each other; while the euphonious chords which swell the breezes that sweep these unfrelted precincts would bo aptly expressed should the muses of the plains and wood lands sing: "O Yaiuiiia the gem p the o'ahino. Tha home of tho brave and tho free; Tho tow -boats ain't in it with the butginc, An J that's what's tho mMtor with we." Sexatoi; Dolpii has again loom ed up as a probable appointee to the supreme bench in place of Jackson, whose nomination the democratic members have objected to confirm. The compliment would be a peculiarly emphatic one, under the circumstances, re dounding not only to the merits of tho man thus honored, but prov ing a just recognition of the politi cal genius of the northwest Pacific coast. Dolph would grace the ex alted position with the best of them, and his people have faith in him. A legislative committee, joint ly between Oregon and Washing ton, are wrestling with the prob lem of saving from subjugation the salmon supply of the Colum bia river. The question seems to be a perplexing one. But it is not. Let them tear out the vil lainous fish traps arid wheels and kill off a piratical canner or two at Astoria and the fish supply of the Columbia will take care of itself, with what aid it is getting from the hatcheries in operation. - Feed is short and stock are suf fering in parts of eastern Oregon. It always was and it always " will be that way whenever- feed doivt happen to. come before the animals, WASHINGTON LETTER. Washington, Eeb'y 6th, 1893. The president has heard the of ficial proposition made by the commissioners from the new pro visional government of Hawaii for the annexation of that country to the United States, and is now, with his usual thoroughness and pv.,. of.iriv.-nir tho miPst nn. in a 11 I ' . . , . i ! its bearings, in order to make up his mind whether he will take any steps towards annexation, matte any recommendations to congress, or leave the whole matter for the incoming administration and con gress. Before the commissioners arrived it was thought probable, indeed it was informally agreed that a treaty by which the United States took the republican govern ment of Hawaii under its protec tion would be about the proper thing for the present, leaving an nexation to follow, as it unques tionably would have don'e in a few years. Hut when the ultimatum t - 1 ji it i . of the commisioners annexation or nothing was received, the sit uation was changed. The presi dont and all of his cabinet are fa vorable to annexation, but as it would have to be preceded by congressional legislation, and the life of the present administration and congress is so nearly spent, it may be deemed advisable by the administration not to begin what would probably have to be ended by the next congress and adminis tration. A decision will probably be reached in a few days. The Ha waii flag red, whtie and blue stripe,, with a red cross 111 the cor nel' is flying from the top of the hotel at which the Hawaiian com missioners are quartered. There is nothing foreign looking about the commission. A determined effort is being made to secure some silver legisla tion on a compromise basis before the session' closes. Han Lament and Don Dickinson are here in the interest ot the new administra tion, aud to submit to the silver men several propositions for a compromise, all of them involving a suspension of the purchase of silver by the government. They say that if their efforts are not successful an extra session of congress will centainly be called ine Din authorizing the ex penditure of $50,000 in the pre paration of an exhibit for the world's fair, showing the progress of the colored race since 1863, has been favorably reported to the house, and the favorable manner in which it is spoken of by mem bers indicates that it may pass, but, owing to the crowded con dition of the calendar, action on no measure is certain. Probably no single action of the president during his entire term ha3 been more talked about than the nomination of Judge Howell E Jackson, of Tennesee, an able jurist, but an uncompromising democrat, to - succeed the late Justice Lamar on the bench of the U. S. sepreme . court. The presi dent had stated to a number of gentlemen his intention to 'nomin ate a republican, and such was his intention until the day before he nominated Judge Jackson, aud the cause of hi3 change of mind was a notification he received to the effect that twelve republican senators would vote with the dem ocrats against the confirmation of any republican he might nomi nate. The reason given by most ot these republicans was that an attempt to force the confirmation of a republican would result in either tying up the senate for th rest of the session, or the adoption of a cloture rule, and that thev would not take any chances of either. Contrary to precedent Judge Jackson's nomination has been referred to a committee. It has been customary to conifirm the nomination of ex-senators without referring them to com mittees. Judge Jackson althouch a democrat1 is "not a believer in the doctrine of states rights Democratic senators say privately that his confirmation deDends upon Mr. Cleaveland's wishes. The house while sitting as a committee of the whole, adopted a very sensible amendment to an appropriation bill, giving the OAvners of American quarries a chance to compete with foreigners in furnishing the marble for the new congressional library build ing, but when the - yea and nay vote was taken in regular session the parfy whip was brought . into use and the "protection" cry raised; consequently the amend ment was rejected by a party vote. - - . .PI,'! 1. Sec. Foster's report on the con dition of the treasury, and his estimates of receipts and expendi tures for this and the next fiscal year lias put an end to the talk about a bankrupt treasury, which has been more or less prevalent among democrats ever since con gress met. The amount of tilated cur- I i - t 1 t tUn. leucjr now ueiug irewmwi iu treasury for redemption averages $1, 00,000 a day, being much larger than for many years. It is believed that this is largely caused by the scare concerning the carry ing of tho germs of contagious diseases in old paper money. The attempt to make Panama canal investigation a star-chamber affair is not well received. The people want to know the whole true inwardness of this business and if it injures anybody's reputa tion so much the worse for them. - M he death ot Charles Algernon Sarotoris, the husband of General Grant's only daughter, will relieve that lady of the tie that bound her to a coarse and repulsive roan, and made her life a failure. Al though she made no complaint and patiently bore her sorrows, it has been generally understood by the American people how the mat ter stood and the sympathy has been with and for her. She is still living in England with her children. The good news from Carmaux, France, that the great strike of the French miners is now likely to be ended in a manner satisfactory to both sides. The committee of strikers have agreed to submit the matters under dispute to arbitra tion. If they had arbitrated be fore they struck, they would be a good many thousands francs in pocket to day. If the "u" in the Hawaii ex queen's name be given its proper value of "w," it makes the name siniDler iu pronunciation. Thus her name is Leelee-wokalanny. The Philadelphia Ledger thinks it hardly worth while to worry about the pronunciation of the name, since it has so lately changed to Dennis. Ferdinand DeLesseps the world's great projector, hovers between life and death, and at the age of SO years is under a 5- year sentence in a French prison for the part he held in the Panama business. The ''irony of late" has a hard touch for many in this world. Scientists tell us that the effec tive size of the .molecule is never larger than the five hundred millionth of an inch, and in some cases it may be found to be no larger than tho thousand-millionth of an inch. The. little item was not learned by actual count in the Gazette office. With one fell swoop the stale board of charities was wiped out so clean that scarcely a grease-Kpot was left of it. The mining bureau goes to keep it company. Who ever remarked that this legislature "didii,t amount to no great shakes" anyway ? The legislature is disposed to help the people of Lake county $5000 worth in a scheme to estab lish a high school at Lakeview. The local people engage to first erect a $12,000 building before they get the money. Weatherfobd's bill so fixing official compensation that no fee account can pay to an officer over $5000 a year stands a chance of becoming a law. Most any man up a tree would say it ought to. HOW IT BECAME POPULAR. 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