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UNIFORMLY SUCCESSFUL.
President Roosevelt has a habit of "get
ting there." Some of the measures he has
recommended to congress and some of the
appointments he has made have aroused
more than democratic opposition but he
has met no defeat. When the 57th congress
expired by limititation on the fourth of
March, 1903, President Roosevelt convened
' the new senat in extraordinary session to
consider two treaties which had not been
ratified during the short session of the prev
ious congress. One was the Hay-Harran
treaty with Colombia and the other the
Cuban reciprocity treaty. The tormer was
confirmed and the latter also subject to the
approval of congress. Perhaps the oppon
ents of this measure, which was earnestly
recommended both by President McKinley
and President Roosevelt, thought that this
would defeat the bill, and a crucial test of
the president's influence came when the
matter finally came before congress.
The president convened both branches
of the new" congress in special session early
in November last, and within a week the
house of representatives by an overwhelm
ing majority approved the Cuban reciproci
ty treaty. In the senate it was hung-up for
: ntarly a month but fanallr passed. Mr.
Roosevelt carried his point and reciprocity
with Cuba is now operative.
The Panama canal treaty, ratified at
, Washington, was rejected at Bog6ta, and
immediately the department of Panama
seceded from the United States of Colom
bia. The president's determined stand' at
that "juncture m recognizing the new repub
lic, requiring Colombia to keep her hands
off, and m finally recommending the ratifi
cation of a new canal treaty with Panama
put the president to a supreme test. Oppo
sition in the president's party vanished and
the democrats m the senate, who by unam
mous opposition could have prevented the
ratification, were almost evenly divided,
sixteen out of thirty-three-voting to ratify
the treaty and thereby recording their ap
proval of the president s policy. This
was certainly a notable triumph.
After four month's discussion the nomi
nation of Leonard Wood as major general
was confirmed, only two republicans in the
senate opposmg it, and five prominent dem
ocratic senators supporting the nomination.
As weeks and months pass the president s
success in every determined effort he makes
becomes more and more evident. As the
president happens to be uniformly right,
he ought to succeed. His course commands
popular approval. Tacoma Ledger.
on both shoulders. By tho articles of the
dual alliance with Russia, France is bound
to see to it that Russia does not have to op
pose Japan and England combined. On the
other hand, the growing entente eordaile
between herself and her neighbors across
the chanuel; a circumstance which has fol
lowed France an easier feeling than she has
had for manv a vear, makes it almost im-
perative upon her that she preserve the
present comfortable status. France's Rus
sian alliance is indespensihle, since, as Bid
nev Brooks savs iu the current Atlantic,
the bond gives France "security" amor.
the powers. The arbitration treaty be
tween France and Great Britain is too man
ifest a token of good will to permit any
doubt o fthe desires of both governments.
The tide of victory which has carried
Japan into an almost undisputed posses
sion of Corea would seem to guarantee that
Great Britain will not be called upon to be
come an active allv in the field. The letter
of the dual alliance does not stipulate that
France is in duty bound to bolster up Rus
sia by force of arms, for when the conven
tion was consumated such a deed on the part
of Russia entered not at all in the calcula
tions; but the spirit of the alliance certain
ly does convey the note of moral obligation
on the part of France if only for the sake
of expediency. Should the affairs of the
Muscovite reach a dangerous crisis in the
present war and France be tardy in her
offer of aid, as surely as the ice pack moves
down the Neva would France find herself
between the channel and Alsace-Lorraine
utterly alone. ,
With this serious problem to face it is
certain the government of M. Loubet will
move with great caution. A misstep in
either direction might mean war. The
third republic has never had the test of war
save that which gave it baptism. "With the
Bonapartists and the Bourbons hovering
about in the near foreground, the republic
might not have the strength to withstand
the shock of a conflict.
FRANCE UNDER THE SWORD.
Persistent press reports concerning the
effect of the present war in the far east
upon the diplomatic "balance of Europe
credit France with a strong desire to co
operate with Great Britain in the offer to
patch up the broil in the orient. While the
German emperor seems to be feeling the
itch of the war bug with every report of a
Russian defeat, Russia's ally is doing every
thing in its power to get Russia safely out
of the war even if honor alone remains. Con
tinued strife in the east, no matter upon
which side the scale of victory be turned, is
a grave menace to the welfare of France.
With the forces of the czar in retreat, as
they seem to be at present, and with the
Japanese fleet supreme in the China sea,
France is brought to face a peril perhaps
greater than any she has had to cope with
since the treaty of Versailles. For France
is at the present moment endeavoring to
perform the difficult feat of carrying water
THE WORLD'S SAVINGS.
In the report of the comptroller of the
currency of the last year there is a compila
tion of statistics of the savings banks of the
world, confessedly incomplete, for full data
are not obtainable from some of the coun
tries. There is sufficient to show, however,
says the Post-Intelligencer, that the aggre
gate of the small savings of the civilized
people of the world make a fortune which
dwarfs those of the multi-millionaires
whose names are in every one's mouth.
Taking the list as it stands it appears that
the aggregate of the deposits in the world's
savings banks reaches $10,000,000,000, a
sum sufficient to buy out all of the stocks
of the great trusts and all of the transconti
nental railroads of the United States, build
the Panama canal, extinguish the national
debt of this country and leave a surplus of
a few hundred millions over.
As is perhaps natural, although the Amer
icans are not noted for thrift, the United
States shows the greatest aggregate of sav
ings deposits. France and the United
Kingdom follow Germany in the number of
depositors while the United States takes
fourth in this respect. The countries which
lead the United States in number of de
positors are those in which the system of
postal savings banks is in operation, a sys
tem which without doubt tends to increase
the number of small depositors. It is pos
sibly for the same reason that the average
deposit in the savings banks of the United
States is greater than in any other country
on earth.
It is one of the notable things in this
showing that Japan, alone among Asiatic
nations, has started savings banks.
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It is reported that Admiral Dewey failed
to land at Santo Domingo during his recent
cruise because he feared that he would have
to dine with United States Minister Pow
ell, whom he discovered at the last moment
to be a colored man. If this is a fact it will
be the starting of a presidential boom for
the admiral by the democrats.
Emperor Menelik, of Abyssinia, has not
a minister at the national capital, but he is
represented here m the Zoo by a fine young
lion which has just arrived as a present to
President Roosevelt.
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Wall street capitalists claim that Attor-
ney-Genefal Knox failed to respect the ad
ministrative entity of the Northern Secur-;
ities Company.
P
ears'
soap doc.4 nothing but
clcansc.it has no-medical
properties; for the color of
health and health itself
use Tears'. Give it time.
Sold all over the world.
Mutt Distribute Surplus.
Madison, Win., March SI In th
circuit court the coxe of the state lit
surance commissioner nifalitst tho
Kqultuble Uf Assurance Ruddy of
the United States was decided tn favor
of the state. The. case it one In which
the tatj sought to compel the Insur
ance company to distribute several
million dollar cf surplus funds among
policy holders In Wisconsin. The case
wilt b appealed. The suit affects near
ly $300,000,000 of surplus that has been
withheld by insurance companies do
Ing business In Wisconsin for the last
SO years or more. The decision will
affect more than 30 companies.
Lone Whaler 8tarts North.
San Francisco, March 14. Tho
whaling bu-k Oayhead has sailed for
a cruise In the Arctic. She will be
the only sailing vessel in northern
waters this season in search of bone
and Ivory. The Oayhead has for years
cruised In the South sens In tho curly
spring and along the Japanese and Si
berian coasts In the summer and fall,
but this season she will take no
chances In waters where Russians or
Japanese war vessels are likely to be
encountered.
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For Ban Francisco every five days.
Dally ex- Columbia River to 4 am
cept Hun- Cortland and Way Daily rx
day atTani landings , oept Mou
Steamer Nahcotta leaves Astoria on
tide dally except Sunday for llwaco,
connecting there with trains for Long
Beach, Tioga and North Beach points.
Returning arrives at Astoria same
evening.
Through tickets to and from all prin
cipal European cities.
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Astoria, Ore.
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to Chicago and all points east; Louis
vliie, Menu Is, New Orleans, and all
points south.
See that your ticket reads via the
Illinois Central R. R. Thoroughly mod
ern trains connect with all transconti
nental lines at St. Paul and Omaha.
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know and we will quota them direct
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from all eastern points.
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etc., cheerfully given on application.
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work doue in lbs city. 1'riwa right.
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LEAVE PORTLAND ARRIVE
8:00 a mPortland UnlDe7f:l6Trn
7:00 p m pot tor Astoria ahdj 9:40 m
Way Points ,
ASTORIA
7:45 am For Portland andU;J0am
8:10 p m Way Points j 10:80 p m
SEASIDE DIVISION
8:15 a m Astoria for Waren- 7:40 a m
11:35 a m ton, Flavel Fort 4:00 pm
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9:30am ronton, Flavel, 7:20 pita
2:30pm Hammond, Fort 9 :25am
Stevens ft Astoria
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All trains make close connections at
Qoble with all Northern Paclrtc trains
to and from the East and Bound polnta
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General Freight and Pass. Agent "
Luxurious Thryel
Th. "Northwestern Llmi4d" iq
electrlo lighted tfcroushou. both I
and out and steam heated, are
out exception, the finest trains Is
world. They embedy the latest, roj
an1 bur idaa f.ir comfort, convenl
and luxury ever offered the travl
DUbiic. and altogether are the
complete and splendid aroductloo
car builders' art.
' These splendid Trains
Connect With.,... ..
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AT ST. PAUL FOR
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No extra charge or these
acommodatlons and all classes of
cts are available for P S!
trains on this line sre protected h
interlocking ElooK system.
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