THE OREGON DAILY ' JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING DECEMBER 13, 1902.
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SILVER MEN IN POWER.
A, peculiar condition exists In the
Oregon Republican partyevery man
holding office under the present ad
ministration was formerly a silver Re
publican, under the leadership of
. United States Senator John II.
Mitchell. ' There Is scarcely an excep
tion to this rule. The gold Republi
cans of former days are complaining
that they are left out In the cold and
have no Influence with the powers that
- be Iti obtaining; ptuces In the federal
"Itiia Interesting to note this obvious
fact. Mr. Mitchell was the most dis
tinguished representative of the silver
Republican forces of the Pacific Coast.
He made a speech in the United States
Senate prior to the campaign of 181)0.
In which he Indulged In some specula
tion regarding the construction of a
railway to the planet Mars, and pro
nounced openly and enthusiastically
for the principle of bl-metalllsm. His
followers then were all silver men,
avowedly so, fend were sincere In their
advocacy of recognition of the white
metal.
The Republican party finally de
clared unreservedly for the gold stand
ard, and stands unreservedly for such
views. It has embodied them in legis
lation, that has eliminated the ques
tion from national politics so that all
men accept the existing conditions as
the settled policy of this government.
A bill now 1b considered, calculated to
clear up some weak features of the
monetary laws, and establish the gold
standard moire firmly than even now It
Is established.
In view of these facts, the practical
Thffnopoly- of federal efflcee fey lormsr.
liver, meu In the Republican party
merely constitutes an Interesting sub
ject of reminiscence and comment. All
Republicans look alike nowadays, for all
are gold standard men. But the re
membrance of former days, when there
was ruging a fierce conflict for the
mastery of gold standard principles
and many Oregon Republicans stood
With the silver cult, troubles some of
the gold standard people here In this
state, who are complaining that they
get only stones when they ask for the
, bread of federal office from the present
dispensing powers.
THE PACIFIC CABLE.
It was an event not lightly to be
passed over, when, yesterday, in San
i icwiv-joLn, me aLtrajTiei' oegun paying
out the cable that will have united
that city with Honolulu. Upon Christ
mas Day, messages may be sent to
the capital of the Hawaiian Territory
from the Pacific Coast of the United
States. It is part of the plan formed
by the late John W. Mackay; who
dreamed once of a world-encircling
cable, and who labored to accomplish
- - " D ...... .uv.HM U L V'lL liin
hope of witnessing tbe triumph of his
Ideils. But the project passed into the
hands of rr.en who will carry out Mr.
Mackay's plans, and before long be
able, ns the (iispaUhcs nay, "to beat
Puck's plan for cirAng the globe in 40
minutes."
When the cable shall have been laid,
according to present intention of im
mediate construction, the cable" com
pany that Is behind the enterprise will
have gone three fourths around the
world With their steel bands, from
England to China. Not long there
- .after, it. jvlU be carried on through the
far eastern countries, until it will lit
erally girdle the globe.
The Pacific Coast is vitally inter
ested In the enterprise. It will assist
materially In the development of our
trade with the Orient, a trade that is
Just now engaging the attention of all
the nations of the earth. The com
ing decade will witness the greatest
commercial war of history, the prise
being the trade "with the several peo
ples that must for many years to come
depend largely upon the- more highly
civilized nations for many of their
goods and commodities.
In proportion as this trade be devel
oped, the Pacific Coast states will ex
tend their commercial powers and
bring into use their latent resources.
We have needed that Oriental cable,
and are about to have the need sup
plied. Commercial hopes will travel
with that good ship as it breasts the
seas and drops into the ocean's depths
the coils of wire over which here
after messages will travel to the Far
East.
HOPE FOR IRELAND.
"Walter Wellman. writing for the
Chicago Record-Herald' from Dublin,
holds out the hop'o that Ireland is
near to the end of her troubles with
England. He believes that the new
land bill opens the way to a final set
tlement. This bill is designed by the
British Government to dispossess-landlords
and make tenants owners.
It Is a rational bitsls for a settle
ment. It is the only rational basis of
any settlement of difficulties that has
stirred that island for generations.
Ireland has resisted the growth of
amity toward England, and today,
hundreds of years after the taking of
Ireland by the homo government, there
is more open hostility to the authority
of the empire than H shown In any
colony of England. Indeed, the recent
Boer war proved that the colonies are
qulte enthusiastically loyal. They
poured forth their treasure and
amassed their men to fight the battles
of the imperial government, manifest
ing fully us strong nti Interest in the
preservation of the empire us that
which was felt in England itself.
If is reasonable for the person who
has no knowledge of local conditions
fb pre'SuiiHS that" fhere must have been
some just basis of the antagonism of
the Irish people. Mere truculeticy
would long ago have yielded to the
considerations of expediency, and pas
sive loyalty at least would have re
placed bitter hatred.
The Irish people have been op
pressed by a system of landlordism
that just persons everywhere hnvi
recognized as exceedingly galling. Re
gardless of times of prosperity or
deprivation, the system has continued
to presH down the people of that coun
try. Now, long after the period has
passed when there Is hope of Repara
tion of Ireland from the British Em
pire, there Is practically the same de
gree of force opposed to the regime.
The actual details of the reform of
landlordism ' proposed by the English
If, as Mr. Wellmun asserts. It offers
Justice in place of rankest Injustice,
with reference to the tenunts of Ire
land's farms, there is no reason why
peace should not ensue and the turbu
lent scenes of the past be followed by
contentment In a long-suffering nation.
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EDUCATIONAL TEST.
If the Senate adopt the House Immi
gration bill there will be an educational
test for all persons who knock at our
National doors for admission, with
intention of remaining here us resi
dents. The test will be that the ap
plicant read from a slip of paper on
which will be printed 25 words in
double small pica type a section of
the American Constitution, the section
to be written in the language of the
country from which the applicant
comes. Failing to read it. the Intend
ing Immigrant must go buck to his
former home.
There are numerous other feattires
of the bill, some of wnleh refer to the
status of people In Porto Rico and the
Philippines, which are not yet clearly
rirufFtoi, but-the tie phvkv principle
in'the measure, that refers to countries
over which the United States has no
sovereignty Is that of the educational
test.
As an argument why the bill should
become a law, some figures have been
complied from Immigration statistics,
which are condensed In the following
table:
IMMIGRATION MOVEMENT I-'OR
PAST 15 TEARS.
ihhs.
Italy P7.7tl5
Aliatrta-IIuug.. 42AIU
liUHMa :tv47
(Jrrut I!rltalii.2itt.,'iNU
(irrTiiiiny li'.'UI.M
NonvHV -Sweden 7(1. (.lei
Iivlnm! 7H.1KI1
l4. lrwi.
114..VW1 2SS.SM7
3ft. BAH US CM!
l".7l2 441 !
114.(122 l;:2,r,o.-.
HUhM 22.07:!
111.42:1 H2 4:i'i
42.008 ;UI,2MI
1002.
1M.Cs.'!
1 Ta.aoo
1 I. I'll'
M .1111
29. W)t
Those are the principal nations con
tributing to our foreign population, and
the remainder are divided among H dozen
other!". Among the. arrivals last vear
were 57. (is Jews. OfUiliO Poles. 3.40
Slovaks. .'10.2:13 Crontlans. 23.G10 Alag
yars and l;i.X;S Finns, most -of them be
ing uneducated.
)f the total of 731. 79 Immigrant
1S2.188 were utterly unuble to read or
white. 2.1(17 could read but not write,
and 4S3.K3K could do both. The total
rejections for all causes under the im
migration laws were 4.974. or about two
thirds ((. 1 per cent of the total steer
age immigration. The causes of tlnse
rejections and the number rejected for
each cause were us follows;
.UUuz .... -. 7
iTis.intry 27
Panperlam ... 3.044
t'rosiitutkrti :t
(Vintaplea disease 70!
convict i
Cciltraet laborer ,. 27.1
A study of these figures reveals the
unpleaslng truth that during recent
years the immigration has been from
the least ' desirable countries. It is
especially noticeable that the rate of
immigration from England has dropped
off materially lately,' tha majority corn
ing from Italy and Austrla-H unwary.
Less persons have come from England,
Ireland, Germany and Norway-Sweden
than from Italy thus far during the
year 1902, v ..
A feature of the fight over the bill
is the fierce antagonism of the steam--ship
companies. They would carry less
passengers were the bill to heroine1
law, therefore they'' oppose It without
argument or logic. "It will hurt our
business," is their sole plea, ergo they
oppose it. Thefr objections will weigh
with no person who holds higher ideas
of the country'? good than the swelling
of the coffers of transportation com
panies. The bill should pass the Sen
ate and be signed by the president.
The Nicaraguan canal seemed to
have been assured but a short time
ago, but today who hears anything
about it? There has been practically
unanimous sentiment throughout the
country for almost a generation, cer
tainly for a decade, yet affairs are just
as much mixed as they were that many
years ago. It Is discouraging, it is
calculated to engender bitterness and
cause Inveighing against the federal
adminlstraton that have permitted de
lay in clirrying out the will of the peo
ple. Delay that has been the game of
the transcontinental roads for these
many years past, and delay is now
their game. Senator Morgan, cham
pion of the Nicaraguan route, leader
of the pro-canal forces In Congress,
continues to push the project, while,
representing the opposing interests,
Senator Hanna offers the Panama
route. The Panairia canal has been a
prolific source of corruption for the
French people. It offered opportunity
for the debauching of statesmen and
the downfall of world-renowned en
gineers. It w;s a pitfall into which
fell men otherwise patriotic and who
yielded to the blandishments of brib
ery. For other reasons, yet not less
Itafpuntlythe Panama canal promises
to bring In equal decree of corruption
to this country. It promises to delay
Indefinitely the building of any canal,
and delay la all that is a.sl.ed for by the
representatives of the transcontinental
roads. With the late Culls P. Hunt
ington removed by (loath from the
leadership of the anti-canal forces,
Senator Hanna steps to the forefront
and appears to be a worthy successor
of the powerful obstructionist who for
so lout? controlled the Southern Pa
li lie and who succeeded in preventing
operations in the building of a canal.
That frauds have characterized the
taking of timber lands throughout the
country Is a truth thut no man in
formed upon the existing conditions
will deny. Secretary Hitchcock, tardy
though he may be, state's the facts In
the case, and makes It an issue that
the administration cannot ignore now
that he has brought It up In official
form. The forest reserve scrip laws
have been prolific sources of corrup
tion. I.an I offices have been in places
parties to the frauds. Washington
department officials have connived
with intending corrupt ionists. The
whole system has been honeycombed
wi!h direct wrong-doing. Unpleas
ant us) the .mutter may be. It should be
pursued to the end that the air may he
cleared and the blame lodged where ft
"(iefongs. " Irlrrooent men lire"" suffer
ing from the general accusations of
guilt, and it is due them that their
skirts be cleansed from the foul as
persions that now attach to them by
Inference. To Rtop now will be to con
vict the Interior department of agree
ing to frauds and condemn it for
cowardly refusal to right obvious
wrongs.
During the 1902 season, the big foot
ball teams show up as follows: Yale,
average weight. 1M2; points won, 273;
Harvard, average weight, 178; points
won, 1S4: Princeton, average weight,
1S4; points won, 14; Pennsylvania,
average weight, 187; points won, 151;
Cornell, average weight, 173; points
won, 314. Harvard was four pounds
under Yale in average weight of the
members of the team, while Princeton
was two pounds heavier on the aver
age. Pennsylvania was five pounds
heavier on the average, and Cornell
nine pounds lighter. The record
shows Yale ahead, taking into account
th" strength of . the teams she met.
Cornell has more points won to her
eredlU-lmt she met teams less, formid
able than those against which Yale
went. Cornell ranks below all of'the
others, according to the experts. One
conclusion that may be drawn from
the figures herewith given, that mere
"beef" does not determine the excel
lence of the football player. Yale
weighs less than Princeton, yet "excels
her in the year's record, as. Indeed, she
has excelled all other colleges for a
score of years.
Perhaps one reason w hy Seattle was
prepared to bid upon tTie transport
question was that that city calls upon
her business men regularly to contrib
ute towards a fund to safeguard the
Interests of the port and to take ad
vantage of ttn opportunities that arise
from time to time in the East.' It is tin
expense, yet an expense that brings
large returns for the city. Coupled
with vigilance, the possession of ready
money wherewith to put into opera
tion forces for the securing of advant
age to Seattle, frequently5 forgets that
city to the front, when otherwise there
would be equal chance for all (Jthers.
Secretary Hitchcock has suspended,
all timber entries in Oregon, Washing
ton and California. He Will institute
Inquiry into the land frauds. Some
Innocent persons will suffer, but that
often occurs when Justice begins a
campaign against the corruptlonist. InJ
ine ena, ine wnoie people win De Bene
fited, which is the warrant for taking
steps that may press somewhat heavily
upon those who have been guiltless of,
any wrong-doing.
Shortage of funds cannot -be excused
upon the plea of carelessness. Two
.acts are reprehensible in the public of
ficial Intentional wrong-doing, and
lack of vigilance in protecting the in
terests of the people. And many per
sons will hesitate before determining
which is the more flagrant. Often,
carelessness Is worse than willful
crime.'"-It affords opportunity Jfor de
signing men. to work their schemes.
The fool Is more to be feared than
the criminal. " The man who carelessly
lights a match In a powder factory is
worae than the man who shoots one
man, for he may cause the death of an
hundred. So, the man who does not
exercise, vigilance In the custody of
public funds may permit the loss of
mora money through the carelessness
or criminality of others than the fel
low who deliberately plans to filch
public treasuries of a given sum. The
law recognizes this principle when it
provides punishment for criminal care
lessness, when the culprit intended no
harm to any other person.
The benefit given by the Baker
Theatre to the City Press Club of
Portland next . Thursday night prom
ises to be a brilliant function, with a
representative audience present. The
club is composed of active newspaper
workers who will soon have desirable
quarters In which to entertain their
friends. The purposes of the club are
to bring the Portland newspaper men
closer together and establish fraternal
relations. This result will operate to
the benefit of the city, and warrants
the recognition of the first public event
of the club by the influential people of
the town. The benefit will be a signal
date In the theatrical history of Port
land. H
President Shurman of Cornell Uni
versity makes a Higuiilcaht utterance
when he says: "Piesident Roosevelt
has recently stated that the flag could
no more come down In the Philippines
than it could In Alaska. Where the
American flag goes it symbolizes the
sovereignty of the people over It.
Hence, If the flag is to ttay In the Phil
ippines, Luzon and the Yisayas must,
according to the logic of American
philosophy, become states in the
Union, as New Mexico and Oklahoma
and Alaska are bound to be."
I.et anyone In Portland show openjy
that he proposes to hold up the new
( barter before the Legislature, and he
will bring upon his head such a storm
of protest from representative citizens
as will make him wish he had kept off
his hands. The people voted for that
charter in a ten to one vote, and want
it enacted into law just so soon as the
machinery of government may move to
accomplish that result.
Would It not be better to leave the
South alone to settle the negro ques
tion? There may be trouble more dire
if the North attempts to assume the
handling of it, for the simple Reason
that the North does not understand the
local bearings of the issue. There Is
much of . good logic in. the. .contention
that the South will settle the question
alone better than the North can settle
There Is a distinct note of dissatis
faction with , President Roosevelt's
trust utterances In his last message to
Congress. Independent newspapers
that have been strong In supporting
him heretofore, are indulging in some
caustic criticisms of his pronounce
ments. They denominate them evas
ions, not consistent with Mr. Roose
velt's previous declarations.
To t lie Board of Trade of Portland
Gentlemen, don't quarrel at this period
in the city's history. Portland needs
every ounce of force possible directed
towards extending the city's commer
cial Interests, and carf afford to brook
no move that Is calculated to interfere
with progress, i A "long pull, and a
strong pull, and a pull all together" is
needed. '"
There Is a real contest on between
the supporters of Mr. Geer and Mr.
Fulton for the Senatorial plum. It is
assuming phases that indicate bitter
ness and war to the death. There are
signs of n deadlock in the.Legiala-twe,
with ixissibilii is of almost any one of
half a dozen candidates winning out.
Could not th.- cement and asphalt
contractors stamp into the corners of
sidewalks the names of the streets, as
an act of patriotism? It would cost
practically nothing, ,an4. would be a
great conveniei e. The Journal offers
the suggestii.il for what it is worth.
That spanking bee, with England
and Germany as the spankers and
Venezuela as the spankee, seems to
have taken more time than most peo
ple expected would be necessary.
FOB NIOHT SEABEK3.
Speaking of new things, there is a
French hedst.-ad. which provides for the
individual who reads after going to bed
or during waking hours In tha night
There are single iron beds, and in the
top of the i ii la r high head Is set an elec
tric lichl. A reading desk Is attached
to a bin, wlii, h crosses the head of the
bedstead and ran be raised above it when
not in u-ii- ami lowered when required.
There are disadvantages to this light,
which must shine Ip the eyes as well
as on the l k or paper.
Better ai rungementa are made. In some
of the big hot-is. There is arranged at
one side of in,- bed an arm with an elec
tric light attached which, can be -pulled
over the bed at the will of the occupant,
and Is belw the eyes, though quite high
enough for the light to fall upon the
book.
The top of the electric light globe la
covered with a dark green shade, and
none of the light can go up.
BBIWGS THE Till OKASS WITH
(Washington Correspondence New York
World.)
"Irrigation Bill" Reeder of Kansas, who
halls from the short-grass country,
brought with him a single blade of grass
2S feet long, which was raised by irriga
tion. The blade of grass will be placed
in the Natlnnat Museum, ' - -
EMBARRASSED.
(Detroit Free Press.)
"Are th'-y lovers?"
"Yes: Didn't you notice how hard It
was to get them to talk to each other at
dinner?"
THE TABASCO COLUMN.
At a Cleveland, O.. church fair an
auction sale of bachelors was one of
the features. One young man was sold
for 8 cents, and it is fair to presume
that his were among the bad-features of
the fair.
Molineux has written a book which
will be issued in a few days. It was
written while he was In jail and under
sentence of death. It is said the stories
are exceedingly well told.
No harm done.
The Atlanta Journal notes that Slam
has adopted the gold standard and
thinks Bryan should have hid some of
his Commoners printed in Siamese.
Madame Tlngley goes back to 1200
years IS. C. 'In preparing her biography.
She must have been acquainted with
Sesostrolia and Pharoah's daughter.
Because a Western newspaper says
of a townsman, he left tow.i by rail,
the Inference that there is a railroad to
the town may be far fetched.
The fools are not all dead yet, said
the angry husband, and the sweet little
wife replied. "I'm glad of it. dear, for I
never looked well in black."
Ex-Mayor Ames of Minneapolis Is at
present located in Kentucky, but will
probably have to move. Kentucky does
not need to Import any trouble.
England and Germany are bringing
pressure to bear on Venezuela. By hard
squeezing they may get same 30-ceut-on
the-dollar money out of her.
Bostonese object to the use of the
term "Anthracite coal." but then they
would quarrel with their bread and
butter.
A Detroit couple recently married
ought to be happy. The family name
Is Blessed, and they live on Joy street.
President Roosevelt. It Is said, con
templates a visit to Alaska, and inul
dentally will go gunning for bear.
There will soon he enough City Conn
cilmen in the St.' Louis penitentiary to
amend the charter of that Institution.
The president was not thinking of
I.oiii-siana hecrrs when tie wrte about
the senseless slaughter of game.
Admlaal Dewey Is again at sea, but
that ""was whnt'tm -matter was with
him when he got married.
With his warships seized, it Is easy to
understand why Castro Is convinced
peace is not far off.
The arbitrators only get their ex
penses paid, but they are allowed $15 a
day for that purpose.
Those Cecil Rhodes scholarships will
probably materialize when the board of
arbitration reports.
When the tariff Is taken out of politics
ttr Republican party wont have any
campaign thunder.
Castro says that peace Is not far off.
thereby meaning that it is only a little
piece away.
Johnny and his Christmas stocking.
The Atlanta Journal suggests that the
President appoint a negro minister to
Japan.
The Hearst presidential boom seems
to have been sidetracked and forgot
ten. Sagasta has tendered his resignation
again, and this time is said to be really
out.
Congress has appropriated $50,000 to
pay the expenses of the coal irbitrators.
JUST BETWEEN OURSELVES.
BY K. K. K.
We naturally resent criticisms of our
sex from masculine pens, but let's be
frank about our failings, just between
ourselves:
Now this hat nuisance at the theatre.
Are you tempted to' put on your hat be
fore the curtain goes down, and do you
fall? "Then you are the one I mean. Are
you going to let it take another century
pr so to break up this tiablt,?" You know
how long it took to get the hat off at all,
now won't you make yourself a commit
tee of one to see that It stays off? If
worse comes to the worst, men can be
stationed at the doors to take them away
from the Irresponsible, just as umbrellas
are checked at the entrance to art gal
leries. It has always been bad enough, but It
seems to me vastly worse than usual this
winter. At, the Saturday matinee of the
NeiU Stock Company's performance o'f "A
Gold Mine," it almost reached the limit
of endurance. I was on the seat next the
back wHh a wilderness of heads in front,
and the moment there was an indication
that the play was nearing its end, hat
after hat went on. I might have dodged
one elhdw arid a' half dozen coverings,
but as It was, so far as I know the hero
turned into a brown beaver, the heroine
melted into a gray creation, while the
other personae became red polka dots on
a white scarf. I forgave It all, for I
thought perhaps we were a little too
anxious to see the Prince of Slam, tt was
THE GRANGE AND THE LEWIS : .
' AND CLARKE APPROPRIATION
LOUf
SVILLE. Polk County, Dec IS.
Pomonia Orange held a very Interesting
meeting at this place last Saturday
which was fairly well attended. Several
matters of public, interest Were dis
cussed, chief of which was the Lewie
and Clark Centennial appropriation and
a law equalizing taxation. The general
feeling as expressed by members was
favorable to the appropriation by the
state for the Exposition, provided a law
was enacted by which towns would be
more Justly assessed and corporations,
money and Industries compelled to bear
their share of the taxation. It was
argued by the members that the present
method of taxation placed the burden
of expenses on real estate and exempted
other classes of property. The common
error seemed to have entered the minds
of some of the speakers that the Exposi
tion was a purely local matter in the in
terest of Portland, and that Portland
was to be the exclusive beneficiary of
this enterprise. By invitation a Port-
L land .Isitor, though not a granger, made
a snort address, in which ne attempted
to remove this narrow-view. The speak
er took the position that If the Fair was
but a local enterprise and had no greater
object than selfish gains. It should be
abandoned at once. He took a broader
view of this subject and contended that
it was not only a state matter but Na
tional, and that it was to commemorate
the event which added to the United
States the best part of her great repub
lic; that It was a patriotic duty to cele
brate this event and that the present
generation, which is the beneficiary of
the result of the hardsTiips and priva
tions of the great explorers and pio
neers, to contribute of their abundance
to pay a proper tribute to the event;
that they were now enjoying the fruits
of the men who dared to brave the hard
si, ips and that Portland had no other in
terest in the Exposition than a patriotic
dutv to celebrate this occasion In a be-
llect creult upon the state and the North
west, all of which have a common in
terest In this matter. To assume that
Portland and her people were simply in
terested in the Fair for pecuniary gain
was taking an unjust view of this Im
portant subject. Portland had already
shown her loyalty by voluntarily con-
his matinee, you know. The other night at
"Kip Van Winkle, ' it was Just as bad.
Ills happy reunion with his family was
blotted ut by a picture hat of nodding
Plumes.
Now, I protest. When I sit through
nets and acts of misunderstandings and
bickerings. I like to go home with a
peaceful memory of sorrows overcome. I
rather like the ending of a. lover's quar
rel. Why this hat nuisance Is just as ag
gravating as having the last leaves of an
Interesting novel snatched out by a hand
that ought to know better. If you must
put on your hat, do so by all means, but
please go to the back of the theatre first,
where it will not annoy anyone. Kemem
brr: "Do unto others as e would that
others should do unto you."
WHY?
It's a fact, and a most mysterious one,
that the gowns worn at a matinee are al
ways, mutli handsomer than those at an
evening performance. I wonder why? Of
course a woman appreciates a
pretty froclf way beyond a man. but we
are supposed to dress for masculine eyes
Just the same. PerttaTH it's another
way the women are taking to prove -their
emancipation.
ANOTHER ITEM.
A large percentage of women Portland
women, anyway are wedded to one style
of coiffure. As fashion changes they
dress their hair a little higher or a little
lower, but it never leaves the coil. When
the new braided effect came In with its
Jaunty bows, it looked like their Water
loo, but no, they are Just adding butterfly
knots at the front of the coll, and get
the same effect.
ST. DAVID'S AUXILIARY.
The auxiliary of St. David's parish held
a monthly meeting In the vestry of the
old church building Thursday afternoon.
Owing to the sickness of most of the
members and the uncertain temper of the
newly Installed furnace, the big meeting
planned for the new church was post
poned until next month. Just a few
necessary business details were gone
over yesterday, and, in the light of the
opening of the new church, a review of
their past work since the organization in
'85. was natuml.
Some Interesting meetings have been
held this year. A few of the missionary
subjects up for discussion have been:
"Missions In Middle West." "South
America," and "Hawaii." Next month
Mrs. Van Waters is todlscuss "Bishops of
the. Twentieth Century." The officers
chosen this' year ty the 25 members are?"
Mr. Van Waters, president; Mrs. F. W.
Berry, secretary; Mrs. L. Davies, treas
urer. ST. HELEN'S RECITAL.
A pupil's recital was held at St. Helen's
Hall December 10. ' The audience was a
trifle partial, perhaps, for of course it
was made up largely from the friends and
parents of the performers, but they said,
ana seemed to mean it. that the affair
was one of the most successful the school
has given. There were 15 numbers. The
closing quartet by Misses Devers, Haber
sham. Fox and Lord was especially well
played.
AT HOME AGAIN.
Mrs. A. C. Panton Is settled at home
again, after a six-weeks' visit among
relatives In California, it was the first
time she had been In San Francisco since
her marriage, and her. friends enter
tained her royally. She did very little
visiting, outside of San Francisco. The
week she did spend in Alameda she was
back in the City three times to keep pre
vious engagements.
At a luncheon glveri'ln'tier honor at the
Palace Hotel, she experienced the sensa
tion of eating in t,he same room with a
prince. The future king or siam ana nis
suite were dining at a corner table, and
of course, attracted lots of attention.
Mrs. Panton says he was very affable in
San Francisco and submitted- gracefully
to all sorts of fetes In his honor. One of
the leaders on the stock exchange told
her the business men of the city say they
got any 'number of valuable commercial
hints from him. They found hfm an tin-,
usually brainy fellow. Another- exper
ience Mrs. Panton enjoyed very much
was a service in her old churclu-. -
MOTHERS' MEETING.
The teachers of Chapman school hold a
Mothers' Meeting In their assembly hall
next Thursday afternoon. Dr. Wise is to
deliver an address.
HARDLY I
(LoulsvTIIe "Courier-Journal.)
Of the gentle and mild nature of Eliza
beth Cady Stanton many Incidents have
been recounted since her death. It is
said that on one occasion while enter
taining some women in her room In a
New York hotel, Mrs. BtantSn rang for
15 minutes, " but ' ho" om ' answered the
bell. Finally she said timidly to her
friends:
I wonder If It Is because they are
angry with me that they don't answer.
Perhaps I have offended them by ringing
so long. Perhaps I have hurt their feelings."
trlbutlnt $380,000. and if the appropria
tion was made tier share of taxes would
be about 1225,000 of the $500,000. mak
ing her contribution $586,000 out of a
total of $860,000. The speaker endeav-"
ored to disabuse the minds of his hear
ers of the idea that the Fair was a
Portland "'local matter and that every
citizen of the Northwest was as much
Interested In it as any citizen of Port
land. The discussion which followed
plainly indicated that the sentiment was
in favor of the appropriation, provided,
however, that a law be enacted to more
Justly distribute the burden of taxation.
It is notorious that we have many un
just laws on our statute books. They
were passed by combines and linked
with meritorious laws. The general ap
propriation bill . Is frequently made a
rider for acts which could not be passed
separately. It is bad policy for our
granger friends to make conditions for
the passage of tills appropriation. If It
is Justified, It should be enacted on its
merits and not upon a combine with any
other, no matter how just and right the
alliance may be. The appropriation
should stand upon its own merits.
The visitor freely acknowledged that
our tax laws are unjust and they should
be changed so that all species of prop
erty pay a Just proportion of public ex
penses. But he does not believe that
any act should be passed through the
Legislature which has for Its recom
mendation no higher merit than the fact
that it Is riding through on some other
bill.
The Lewis and Clark Exposition Is not
a Portland affair, although it Is to be
held in this city. It-is the grand event In
the history of the great Northwest, in
which not only the people of this favored
section should take a pride, but the en
tire Nation. The event is to commemo
rate the discovery of the grandest
portion of this Republic. This is an oc
aaslon when commercialism should not
be considered, yet it seems to be one
of the features which presents Itself
mainly to a certain class of our cith'.ens.
As stated before. If the narrow Idea
prevails that this is only a portland en
terprise for Portland's exclusive benefit,
further action should cease. Happily,
however, the patriotic, thinking people of
Oregon and the Northwes do not re
gard It In this light. N.
The Unknown Knight.
(By Wilfrid Wilson Gibson.)
When purple gloomed the wintry ridge
Against the sunset's windy tlume,
From pine-browed hills across the
bridge
An unknown rider came.
I watched him Idly from the tower;
He looked not up nor raided bin head;
I felt my life before him cower
In dumb, foreboding dread.
I saw him to the portal win
liichallenged. and no lackey stirred
To take his bridle when Within
He strode without u word.
Through 'all the house he passed un
stayed. ' Until he reached my father's door:
The hinge shrieked out like one afraidl
Then silence fell once more.
All night I hear the grinding Ice
Float chafing down the swollen stream)'
I lie fast-held in terror's vice,
Nor dure to think or dream.
I only know the unknown knight
Keeps v.kiI by my fiitnei-s bed.
Oh, who shall wake to see the light
Flame all i..e east with red?
In The Pilot (.London.)
A Prayer.
(By Frank Dempster Sherman.)
It Is' my Joy in life to find
At every turning of the road.
The strong arm of a comrade kind
To help me onward with my load:
Anrl since I have no gold to give,
And love alone must make amends.
My only prayer is. while I live.
God make me worthy of my friends!
In Frank Leslie s Popular Monthly.
'The Only Good Indian Is a Dead
Indian."
(Fly Hartley Alexander.)
So there he lies, redeemed at last!
His knees drawn tense. Just as Jje fell
And shrieked out his soul In a battle-
11;
One hand with the rifle still clutched
fast;
One stretched straight out, the flngora
clenched
In the knotted roots of the Bun-i
bleached grass;
His head flung back on the tangled
mass
Of raven mane, wh war plume wrenched
Awry and torn; the painted face
Still toeward turned, the white teeth;
bare
Twixt the livid lips, the wide-eyed
glare.
The bronze check gaped by battle-trace
In dying rage rent fresh apart:
A strange expression for one all
good !
On his naked breast a splotch of blood
Where the lead Evangel cleft his hearf.
So here he lies, at last made whole.
Regenerate! Chr.st rest his soul.
In Atlantic Monthly.
Imagination.
(By Charlotte Becker.)
I am the name that springs from evrj!
fire
Of youth, or skill, tr genius, or of
strength;
I am the wind that smote Apollo's lyre.
And made sweet music through Eola'a
length.
I am the sands of ancient Egypt, where
Strange caravans pass through tha
warm, still gloom;
I am the phantom Isles, the mirage fair
That lured forgotten races to their
doom.
I 'am the wa'v'es'that benfupoft the shore"
Of Camelot and harked 'to Merlin',
call.
I am the cloak of darkness Siegfried
bore;
The talisman that loosed Brunhilde
thrall.
I am the fragrance of the forest trail.
The whispered voices of the tree
above.
I am the heart of romance: and the veil
That hides with tender touch the
faults of love.
I steal through cities and I haunt th
moor.
I draw my scarlet thread through
- time, unfurled;
Tho rich in gold, who knows ma not It
poor
Who known me holds in fief the whole:
wide world I
In New England, Magazine.
j CURRENT POETRY. j
My Kingdom.
(By William Chandler Bsgley.)
For this Is my kingdom: My "peace WitH
my neighbor.
The clasp of a hand or the warmth ol
a smile.
The sweetness of toll as the fruit of m
labor.
The glad Joy of living and working
the while;
The birds ahd the fToweTS and the hluC '
skies above mc
The green of the meadows, the gold of
the grain;
A song in the evening, a dear heart t
love me.
And just enough pleasure to balance)
the pain.
la Harper's Magazine.
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