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THE OREGON DAICY AN C. S. JACKSON Published every evening (except Sunday) at Tha Journal Building, Fifth and ,; THE JOURNAL'S PLATFORM ATtinity ot Events Which Would Make of Portland v , the Mightiest City of the Pacific Coast First Deepen the Columbia river bar. . Second-Open the Columbia river to unim , peded navigation at and above The Dalles. . Third Dig an Isthmian canal . , - NO TIME FOR DILLY-DALLYING. F ACTIOUS OPPOSITION to the will evoke no sympathy In any part of the coun try. - There was a time when the people were df- vlded over the question of whether Nicaragua presented a better route than Panama, and the best informed sentiment seemed decidedly to favor the former-5' But Uiobo who be lieved the Panama route -was more available combined with those, who believed by voting for 'that route canal building would be indefinitely delayed and it was given the preference, though -Nicaragua wa left with what inigni ne canea . reversionary interest in- uie project, .The action of Colombia with reference to the too generous offer of the American government Utterly disgusted the people- and when It was learned that through the revolu tion In Panama a new republic had been set up which con ceded to the reasonable .demands of this government, a Xeeling of unholy glee pervaded the country. There is no difference Of opinion that Colombia Is entitled to no con sideration. The only real ; question raised is as to our own government's foreknowledge and direct contribution to a result which It was otherwise very desirable to bring 'about, it te quite likely that the face of the record will -show ajl right and this appearing to be true, no one cares to split hairs over the transaction. . There is seme disposition shown to force political cap ital out of the affair through main strength and awkward ness. If there are plainly legitimate grounds for criticism, well and good, but this is no time for the refinements of logic or feat of legerdemain. The general public wants the canal built and it wants the work undertaken at the earliest possible moment. The question has long passed its academic stage; it has now become one of living in terest and In its ramifications of the vastest consequence jnot alone to this country, but to the whole world., The .work is for this country to do and the sooner it la done the sooner will the world begin to realize its benefits. If there are good substantial grounds for Democratic opposi tion In the senate, then well and good, but if the party leaders are dealing in technicalities and refinements, then they are playing with fire and the country will speedily make that fact apparent. ' i A STRONG CASE STRONGLY STATED. 'v -f j.V':' "; r. - -. 11 "" ' v""" -J " : ' " ' ';' ' ' IN THE SPEECH which Senator Mitchell delivered yes terday on the Lewis and Clark fair he fully covered ' the historical, social, patriotic and' business grounds which Justified the Oregon country In congress of the United States to ask for an appropriation. He made plainly evident the great historical significance m tkft AtiAnf ltftti 1 4 u a a nrAnAHAil aa1aKiA 4 a an Aidant Ui luo rvcjiitn uairi ah w can j vavocu av wvi; a LV v cifk of distinct national consequence, in some aspects unparal leled In history and of the broadest moment in rounding out fand extending our frontier through ' the a trackless wastes beyond the Rockies, making it literally and, rela tively a country of continental magnificence as Mr. Glad stone once called It." " - - --' --.-..-...-.. He demonstrated the perfect good faith of the people of Oregon who came clean-handed fhto court, having appro priated 1450,000, the people of Portland $000,000, with an other 1100,000 In reserve, while other states in the West has appropriated the further aggregate sum of $220,000 A rxrxvs or fbesdjewts. Georgt Schneider Was One of Organisers 'of Kapubllcaii Varty." ' From the Kansas City Star. ' George Schneider, confidential friend of Abraham Lincoln, President Grant James A Garfield and William McKin ley, a delegate from Illinois to numerous Republican national conventions,, con frere with Mr, Lincoln in the formation of the emancipation proclamationand commissioner to uphold the credit of the union at The Hague at the, outbreak of the civil war, and former holder of Various other confidential posts, has come to Kansas City from Chicago, and in the future will make his winter home at the Midland hoteL - . ' ; Mr. Schneider's object in making Kan sas City his winter home Is to be near his only child, Mrs. Henry Koch of ISO Wabash avenue. The life of Mr. Schneider has been one of remarkable political activity, dating back to the first German revolution in 1848. . II was born in Plrmnsens, Bava ria, December 13, 1823. and received a liberal education.- He was active in stir ring sentiment to unite all the prin cipalities of Germany, and when, the par llamentary forces took the field he was appointed a commissioner in that army, The defeat of the movement put a price on Mr, Schneider's head and he fled to France. He reached Havre unde tected, and in 1849 landed in America. His brother, Henry, soon Joined him, and In the first part of the year 1850, the two established the first anti-slavery German newspaper in the United States in St. Louis, Das Cnsere Zeif Henry Schneider died soon after, and In 1851 Mr. . 8chneider moved to Chicago and beoume editor t of the Staats Zeltung, made' it a dally' paper and the foremost Jerman publication In the Northwest Personally, he called the first meeting to protest against the Kansas-Nebraska bill, on January 29, 1864, which paved the way. for making Kansas a free state. He was a delegate to the national con ventions of 1866 and I860, and was a strong partisan of Mr. Lincoln's. lie was Intimate with the emancipa tor from an early year in the fifties and at' the outbreak of the civil war when successive confederate victories tended to mar the credit of the United States s broad. President Lincoln sent Mr. Schneider to The Hague, Berlin"' and rhristlania, to work up sentiment for the North and 1 to bolster up the credit of the nation. He secured pledges 'from both countrles-fter short work and was rewarded, on his return to this country by appointment to the Internal revenue rIWtorshTp ifl Chicago, then the largest revemie district In addition to these new duties he found time to become act ' ive In the union defense committee which secured over the state of Illinois funds. blankets, etc.. for the eaulDment of union soliiers. When Mr. Lincoln had completed the original draft of the emancipation proc lamation he sent for Mi Schneider and they wnt over It together. , , -.Mr. Lincoln at that time revised It .omonhat. only in the ' verbiage, how ever," said Mr. 8chneider, "but I don't recall that any changes were made at INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER ' ' PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. ;- OFFICIAL. PAPER OP -THE "CITY- OP for etate exhibits. beauty had already money had already Inary work which .than $200,000, not a why It was not third as much for rounded off-and grandly realized the' work which the Louisiana purchase so strikingly .began.' , He showed that that part of Jhe Oregon country embraced in the three states of Oregon, Washington and Idaho contributed in less than half a century $54,869,057.70 to the nationar rev enue In the shape .of customs receipts! internal revenue and the aales of public lands. ". In addition to alt this it had contributed to the country's stock of gold, and silver the enormous total of ; $126,000,000. In return the govern ment has spent less than $20,000,000 for lighthouses and other aids to commerce, public buildings and surveys of public lands.1 The Oregon country with its eighty-.flve and a half million acres of undisposed public lands was, he Panama canal treaty said," capable of sustaining a population of 50,000,000 peo ple; As. ,a clincher he showed that never a dollar had been paid by the government in aid of .an exposition on the Pacific ..const and with the exception of the small ap propriation to Omaha never a dollar for such purpose has come west of the 000 has been spent In Paris getting a million and three quarters, and for the eleven home expositions. -. " , j ; Senator Mitchell of his appropriation; covered and if the congressional verdict is to be rendered on the merits of the presentation and the Justice pf tho cause there is little doubt that verdict would be perfectly satisfactory to the people. of the Oregon country. PUBLIC PUBLIC OPINION is" the. most tremendous factor in .:. modern life. It is the one thing before which the erful seek to placate receive recognition. The people there: seem to be unani mously in favor of .war with Russia; the government is doubtless not less blithe for trouble but it is much more anxious to maneuver itself into such a position as to force a verdict of moral. Justification from the governments of the world. The people aee the end and realize the necesr sity and Qare nothing for the intermediate stages which would Btrenguien iieir moru duiiub ju, me eyes oi me world; the government knows that It must keep this as pect constantly in view and te very much concerned over the international view of the case. ., , ...... . But it seems likely npt admit of long . delay. - The unusual spectacle of the parliament unanimously criticising the action of the min istry in this very matter shows clearly enough the state of the public mind,' The Japanese instinct ia that war with Russia is Inevitable sooner or later and the earlier it ia the better chance for Japan's success, if It fully realizes Russia's vaat schemes and knows that Japan is ultimately Involved In them quite as much as China. Its experience demonstrates that - Russian pledges are made of very strange material and seem to have little binding obliga tion.. Therefore even should Russia now be ready, to make concessions they couldt not hope for them to be lived up to and when they were broken the conditions under wb,lch a war could be waged might not be nearly so favorable as they. ara now., ' rf . ' ; - v So the drift is apparently in the direction of trouble and the Japanese government seems to have not only a very delicate situation abroad but a condition at home that calls for serious attention. ,.- going before the my suggestion. It was -a noble docu ment, as It stood at first draft" President Grant appointed Mr. Schnei der minister to Switzerland in 1876, and after serving four years he returned to Chicago and engaged in banking busi ness. A number of yeara ago he retired from active business life. OOBBUira TTMBXB &AXTD. From the Glendale News. Nearly 16,000 acres of fine pine timber on the eastern slope of the Cascade mountains, between the military and Mc Kenzle wagon roads, was deeded to a Minnesota timber firm the other day by the state lapd board, -for $1.26. an acre. The Eugene Guard wants to know how they, manago to get .such a quantity, when an individual is. allowed to pur chase but 160 acres, and that at $2.50 an acreT , Simply by hiring some 60 persons to file on the land with lieu-land scrip. for which the state got but $2.60 an acre. And at that time a person outside of the state land ring could not get -ab acre of land scrip from the state board at the state prloe. . XTZB BEE TKEXB. From Spare Moments. A Glasgow man has a wife who is de cidedly nervous, and often in the small hours of the - morning imagines , aha "hears things. , One morning last week she thought she smelt gas. .' Bravery came to her mysteriously. After smell ing about for some minutes, she rushed upstairs, called her husband, then shook him, and at last roused him and said: "John, there's a leak in the gas pipe in the kitchen. We'll die If it's not flxodr ' . , , He had heard that kind of story be fore, so he sleepily asked: '..' "Is it leaking much nowr "Not much,'; replied the lady. And then ha turned over with this soothing advice: "Put a bucket under It, and come to bed."'' Kefisctlons of a Bachelor. : From the New York Press. Cold cash warms thing up mighty fast when a man Is out in the evening. The boss In politics Is no such thing at home any more than any other man. .- About Christmas ' time a man keeps dreaming he is the brush in a fox hunt. It is very reckless for a child to pick out for Its mother a woman with a broad strong hand. -i. . ' ' If women never wore any hats they would have to have Just as many by which to measure their social import ance. . ' 1 roll Bowm the Saa4s From 'the Atlanta Journal. -Charles M. Schwab will have artificial daylight In his new mansion. We should think that Mr. Schwab Would be tired of daylight about now. ,,-. Flock of geese honkjng, like all out doors descended in Central park Bunday. Evidently heard, the town was to be wide open. , JOURNAL, JNO. P. CARROLL Yamhill streets, Portland, Oregon. ' PQRTL,AND He showed that va, site of unusual been secured that a very great deal of been spent. In the necessary prelim when completed would absorb not less dollar of which wilt be invested In any of the proposed buildings-. , He went Into the provisions of his bill in elaborate detail and after showing that $6,478,000 had been appropriated for the St. Xouis exposition, asked perfectly reasonable to ask less than a the celebration of an event , which' Missouri river. Since 1861 over $21,000,- in aid of foreign expositions, the last has made out a powerful case in favor there is. not a point that he has not OPINION IN JAPAN. or hoodwink! Even in Japan it must . f that the temper of the people will THE CB3USTKAS SOW 0. By W. D. Nesblt in Chicago. Tribune. "Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace, good will toward men." Luke it, 14. - 2 On night there came, a carol from the - sky A song of songs, at which all hearts beat high; A melody of wondrous duleetness, Klch in the strains that comfort men, -- and bless; - - - r It swept Its way in waves of .harmony Until it thrilled on every land and sea: It echoed where the shades of night were drawn. . , ... And surged against the portals of the dawn, - 'ii ;' J.I And by the blessed witchery of time I It has been blent Into each Christmas 4 chime., , . , ' By field .and heBrth, . ; O'er hill and glen, . Rings: "Peace on earth, ; J Good will to men!" . ? Now when the bells awake on Christmas morn . To sing the song that rang when Christ was born, From cut their brazen throats in tones ' of gold ,- .. . -There peals the glory-song that song of old; The song that fell in rapture from the sky; - The song whose lifting strains can never die; , It holds 'no accent that a measure mar But echoes all the gladness of the stars. And soothingly it folds about the heart Of him who in his grief would stand -apart.''-,.:'' .;, .. .I : "Peace on the earth, Good will to men" - ' i This song of worth V ' 4 1 ' Comes, glad, agala . . And when the mellow chimes again are heard It seems they bear each comfort-giving word ' ' - . . That men desire, If they be hind or king Or slave or sago; the chimes serenely . bring The very speech their spirits most de sire v - -? The mstiage of that joyful angel choir Which once .bent graciously above the f plain And made the world to wonder, with one strain. . No music ever written, and no song So gracious as .this one, that lives so iongr . 'Praise him with mirth; ' " Rejoice again. , i Peace peace op earth, , Good wifl to men!", " , . . ; . , Oood aTarktmaashlp. " " . From the Boston Herald.. - "I know of nothing more Important in the way of preparing, for war," says Secretary,. Root in his annual report ''than teaching the young men of the country-tq shoot straight" That is sot andv it ? Is a sentiment that applies to all learn to shoot straight at our .murk. i wnatever we a i f . . . r - DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL ix , LATE : AS? Raymond s Washington Special in the - Chicago Tribune. , . Yesterday's, decisive meeting of the Republican national committee and the agreement upon June 21 as the date for the convention has stirred up the Demo cratic managers to an extraordinary de gree. They had been counting upon the Republicans beginning their convention not later than June 10, whlch,would have enabled the Democrats to get their gath ering under way, before the end of the month. At the outside they did not ex pect the Republicans would call their convention together later than. June 14, and their plans have been seriously in terfered with. ' The Republicans having fixed upon June 21 for the beginning of their con vention, It is admitted that the Demo crats would lose prestige if they held their convention wltl.Vi two weeks from that day. ' This ; means a convention along about July 4. y This date was tried last time,, and it is thought there might be some sentimental advantage in having the convention in session on Independ ence day, but it was found that a holiday detracted from interest in the convention proceedings. , In order to get around the date fixed by the Republicans a number of Demo cratic managers have been- considering today a scheme which is entirely revolu tionary, so . far. as political precedence goes. It has been the general custom for the minority to wait until the admin istration party has made Its nomination, so as to be able to take advantage of any mistakes mads by the party ' In power. : 'A proposition la now being aerl-. ousyl considered by the Democratic lead ers, : however,; to. hold their convention two weeks ahead of the Republican gath ering, which would be June 7, which was the. time1 originally set by the Republican leaders themselves.. - : . It is being urged upon Democratic managers they might score 'a point by holding their convention first, adopting a conservative platform on the money question, and attacking the Republicans for their Panama policy" and other things. In this way It is believed by some Dem crats that It would be possible to put the Republicans on the defensive, and in this way the Democrats could secure an advantage which would remain with them all through the campaign. Another contingent is urging a much more extraordinary idea, which is not to hold the conversion until the middle of JAugust.-OT even- as late as the- first week in September. This delay, it is urged, - would paralyse the Republican campaign committee, because they would not begin the circulation or literature nor enteriupon an active campaign un- they knew, exactly the Issues that had to Many Democratic leaders are deeply ImDresaed-.with the remembrance of the campaign of 189. It is the opinion of . TO LEFT GAlTESTOir. City Will Be Elevated Seventeen Peet by rUluar-Xn Frootss. ; Galveston Correspondence N. Y. Herald. The contract for filling behind the sea wall and raising the grade of the city by it foot t heinar carefully examined by engineers, who will report at a meeting of the grade-raising commission. in bid of Goodhart Bros. Is the only bid being considered, and It is positively an nounced that the engineers will recom mend its acceptance, and that the com mission will approve the engineers' re port and recommend the acceptance of the bid to the city commissioners, who will meet today to consider the matter. tha hid. n. contract will be entered Into at once for the execu tion of the work, whicn means an ex penditure on the part of the county and city of several million dollars, . i rlnnAhor Prm 1 ulllpli With the Deutsche bank, and their bids are based on 'the plans of.Llndon, W. Bates ot RmaHwav -New York, -who has evolved an Idea by which the great work can be successfully accompiisnea. - Acceptance of the contract for raising the grade of Galveston to a height well above flood level will put a definite limit to the menace which since Its founda tion has shadowed the second export eity of the United States. For years before the great storm of 1900 the unprotected nature of the city had been apparent to all acquainted with the situation, and many plans were con sidered for assuring Its safety. But ac tion, always slow when danger seems re mote, was here delayed until the' need was brought home to all by one of the most grim tragedies of modern- times. On September 6 a storm .from tha southeast was signaled. ' On the 11th more than half of, Galveston was In ruins. To a height of 15".7 feet above mean low water everything was sub merged. More than 6,000 lives were sacrificed to the sea and property to the value of 340,000,000 was destroyed. So desperate were the straits that It was seriously proposed to abandon the city. Plan after plan for protecting Gal Texas rallied to the support of their cit. Plan after' plan for protecting Gal veston was discussed in the state legis lature, but the situation was a difficult one. Galveston Island, a long, narrow sand spit with the city on Its eastern end, blocks the entrance to sGalveston bay, a great sheet of water shaped very much like an oak leaf. Exposed to the full sweep of every southerly storm, standing even In the highest parts only a few feet above the i surface of the wateV, Galvestojv la placed by , lta Very situation at the mercy of those terrific tropical storms that from time to time spring up and lasn the waters of the gulf lulu a frensy. A seawall was the first measure of pre caution,' and more than $1,000,000 was promptly voted for its construction. ,' . Work was started early In 1902, and a concrete wall of the strongest make is now ' nearly completed. It Is 17 feet above mean low water, well ' above the highest .flood line, and 1 miles long. It was shown, however, that without some additional security this protection might become Itself a menace. The great tidal waves could always wash over it, and 'then the very existence of a wall, by preventing the return ot the water, would become in itself an evil.. For these ; reasons no, less a project than the raising of a greater part of the city of Galveston has been adopted, and bonds to the amount of $2,000,000 were voted by the state to supplement the city, funds. : It . Is proposed to fill in with solid earth to a height of 17 feet above the ' present , level that section of the olty which suffered most In the last flood. For this tremendous work it is 'estimated that over 1 1.000,000 cubic yards of filling must be dug, transport ed and deposited over an area of ap proximately two square miles. The. bar figures give only a poor idea of the magnitude of the operation. An area as large as that' section of Man hattan island between Washington square and Wall street must be filled In and graded to an average of 10 feet above Us present level. In addition to the great size of the un. dertaklng, many engineering difficulties enter Into the slluution. Buildings in the condemned area must be raised; pub 11c trafllo must not be Interrupted; ma terlal for filling cannot ba taken from any polut near the seawall; if fill In g is CONVENTION MAY MEET AS SEPTEMBER most political students that if the efec tion had been held within 80 days after IJBryanmadejils extraordinary speech at Chicago he might have been elected. It .was the Republican campaign of educa tion . which decided the result. Time was necessary for such educational work, and the plan which is now being con sldered involves holding the Democratic convention so late that the Republicans will have no time to flood the country with literature ' disproving the state ments made in the Democratic platform. There also is & feeling that the business Interests of the country, to which the Democrats mutt appeal if they expect to succeed, might be Impressed with the idea of a short campaign. Senator llanna and his associates are not worrying themselves about the Dem oeratic campaigns. June 21' was fixed upon as the date for the convention en tlrely to accommodate a number of far- western ' Republicans, whose primaries would have conflicted ' with an earlier day. Chicago' was selected merely on a business basis, being the best city in which to hold the convention. : , As a matter of practical politics it is admitted that the Democrats would cer tainly embarrass -the Republicans if they postponed holding their convention until September 1 -or thereabouts. The oppo sition naturally makes an attack on the administration, and until the attack is actually delivered it will be impossible to 'defend it.' Democratic advocates of a late convention are .urging that it would be a good idea to delay their con vention until it has been developed Just how ; Roosevelt and his. running- mate were taking throughout the country. Thereupon it would be. policy "to make the nomination in sucn a way as- to take advantage of the weak spots In Republi can territory v - - . The advocates of both an early and late convention represent the extreme views of the party,' however, the general senti ment being, that the Democratic conven tion should meet not later than July 6, and probably at Chlcagd At least it Is known that the Coliseum , managers are particularly anxious -to -secure & second convention, and have represented to the Democrats or will represent to them that the hall can be sequred at a much lower rate than usual If a big convention is held there within a short time after the Republicans are through with it, be cause the seating arrangements, commit tee rooms, ana au omer convention ap pliances would do as well for. one party as for the other. So far as regards - the result on the Democratic candidate, it la believed that the action of the Republican- committee will have little influence. Members of the Democratic national committee, how ever, are gradually drifting around to the belief that the candidate will be either Judge Parker or Judge Gray. done hydraullcally the" aurplds ? water cannot be - directed through the streets: railway and streetcar tracks may not be Interfered withr- All these and a host of minor difficulties besides- confront the engineer In regard to filling in alone. But by far the greater problem for the engineers was where to get the ma terial for the filling cheaply enough to admit of a business proposition, and how to distribute it - To the engineer whose , plan is to be adopted belongs the credit of Its prac tical solution, after many other plans had been adopted 'and dismissed. Mak ing an exhaustive study of the whole situation, he conceived the idea of a dis tributing canal parallel to the seawall. By this canal, first of all, material can be conveyed to within discharging dis tance of the sections to be filled, the stuff excavated from the canal being mean while, used , to back up the seawall. Without disturbing in the slightest de gree the commerce of the city, the whole area can be filled by the mixture of sand and water pumped by the great hydraulic machines, and the water will drain back Into the canal. Technical difficulties are offset by the fact that the working of the dredges Is entirely sheltered and the carry Is short Another point in the plan is to take the material for filling from the channels and navigable waters of the bay, to their great improvement So that, when the work I done, when the great hydraulic dredges back out of the canal, filling it up. firm and solid as they go, Galveston will be left well above the highest flood line, her chan nels clear and her safety assured. , ' EASTEBJf BBAZXTS XX TKB WEST. Smart Bona and Daughters Who Xft Their Hattve Heath. From a New York'. 8peclat Are Chicago and the far West.captur Ing the brains and the culture of the United States at the expense of the East,? It is easy to guess what Chicago will answer, but has' it any proof to cfferT Chicago may shout loud: "We can prove it dead easy. Look up 'Who's Who.' " , 1 The book "Who's Who", contains the biographies of 14.600 Americans who have done something entitling them to have their names enrolled in such a work. .These sketches give the birth place . and the residences of the sub jects, and the statistics of these two facts have been compiled by states. . To the chagrin of Boston and Maine, and Philadelphia and Hackensack, the sta tistics show that with the exception of New York and Florida, the East is los ing its smart sons and daughters, many of whom are following the star of em pire to the West Not "that the East has lost its supremacy in numbers yet but the movement westward indicates that it may in a few years. , New York City,. of course, draws busi ness and professional men and artists and experts from the whole country be cause of the financial opportunities of fered there. Consequently, while only 2,640 of the "Who's Who" were born in the Empire state, there are 8,675 now living within its borders, a gain of nearly 40 per; cent 1 But Illinois, largely due to the magne tism of Chicago, has done relatively better.- It has 941 of these distinguished people among its residents, though it has given birth to only 632. This shows a gain of about 80 per cent , ' And except New York and Florida, al most every state east of the Mississippi, Counting out Illinois, ehows fewer peo ple of talent and eminence than the number born to them. Counting Illi nois as belonging to the Wesf and counting out New York and ' Florida,, while 8,607 of the prominent men of the country were born east of the Missis sippi, in the same territory today only 5,998 are living. As the gain In New York and Florida of eminent men in these states today over the number born there s only 1,076, it will be seen that the East has lost to the Wesf nearly 1,600 eminent names, in spite of tho attractive, hold-back, of New York. Eliminate this. -and we have about 2,500 names to represent the draft of the West on the brains o the East. This Is wholly -among living people, too. Wo Assistance Weeded. ' ' Mr. Johnsing If Ah' slwuld kiss yo', Miss Vanilla, would yo' call foh assist ance? Miss Vanilla 'Slstance! Do yo' think Ah need any 'slstance i to receive one stingy little klsst 1 STOCKMEN WILL OPPOSE MEASURE "One of the foremost duties of the National Livestock association! paid Secretary Charles F. Martin this morn ing, "is to prevent legislation inimical to the industry as well as to advocate the enactment of laws favorable -to it One of the former measures ia - a bill drawn by tho officer of a coterie of hu mane societies and organisations for the protection of cruelty to children and animals. This measure, which was' be rore tne .r'irty-seventh congress, failed of enactment because of the opposition of the association. It has beent re written and re-Introduced at the present session and will , again meet the same opposition. No doubt some very decided action will be taken' upon this subject at the annual convention which meets In Portland next month. "This bill purports to be for the pur pose of incorporating a 'national hu mane federation' with various functions, the principal of which so far as we are able to ascertain is to provide a hand some rakeoff for a lot of officers through expense accounts and per diem when actually in service. - , ' s:. "Among the powers granted -this cor poration by the proposed law, are to 'regulate the transportation of animals': make rules for "feeding and watering" ot stock in transit; to "inspect livestock," and "authorjty to recover penalties'.- for the Violation of the same. Cause of Opposition. 1 - "Stockmen are opposed to this propo sition absolutely. First Because there are already upon the federal statute laws governing these .very matters, which were enacted by request of the Livestock association and are perfectly satisfactory, to the various branches of the industry.,.' Consequently the passage of the bill championed by this 'corpora tion' wonia oe duplication and a great and unnecessary expense to the govern ment ' .,-.vy: --US;,?' ': "Second Through the efforts of the National association, congress at its last session placed tho' inspection . of all Interstate shipments of '; livestock in charge of federal inspectors. Should this important matter be taken from the government and : again plact 11 In the hands of philanthropic- societies, it would be but a short time before the system of robbery and impositions upon shippers would be as unbearable as it was under the old law which we had re pealed. . . . Says "Ennua" Lw Xs praeL . Third This bill was drawn by men who know no more about livestock con ditions; than a Boxer does of Dowtetsm and la entirely theoretical and impracti cal., i Two of the leading boosters for the measure aro Mr.' John G. Shortall of the Illinois Humane society and Mr. E. K. Whitehead of the Colorado state board Of child' and animal protection. Mr. Shortall has probably . become - better known throughout the country by his advocating in one breath protection to animals and in the next that this coun try go back to the practices of the inquisition and establish public, whip ping posts for men and women who com mit trivial offenses, principally against themselves. He has also strongly advo cated the enforcement ot. a cruel law MUST HAVE CLEAR TITLE TO CANAL stAjoa tAworiTT . serves votxcb THAT IT KTrST BB HAD 4JOTER HOR CKJJEBER&A REPXiXES THAT TKX j rORTAOB RAH, WAT MUST BB PROCEEDED WITH. (Journal Special SerTlee.) Salem, Dec' 18. Governor Chamber lain Is in receipt of a letter from Major Langfitt, corps of .engineers, regarding the right of way for tha proposed Im provement of the Columbia river at The Dalles, suggesting that the state should provide the required right of way for the government project. Yesterday af ternoon Governor Chamberlain made the following reply to tha letter. Major Langfitt'a letter is as follows: V "Hon. George E. Chamberlain, Gover nor of the State of Oregon Dear 81r: I have to inform you that the board of engineers, authorised ,by river and har bor act approved June 13, 1902, and con stituted by, paragraph 8, S. O. No. 19, 1902, headquarters corps or engineers. submitted its report of modification of project for Improving , th Columbia river between the foot of The Dalles rapids and the head of Celllo falls, Ore gon and Washington. Thla board rec ommended that no work should be begun until such right of way and release from damages have been conveyed to " the United States free of cost 'This reoommendatlon was concurred in by the chle.f of engineers, and the act ing secretary of war, under date of No vember . 1903, approved tha report, 'subject to the condition that . no work shall be begun until the right of way and release from damage have been conveyed to tha United States free of charge." ' "Nothing Is said as to who snouia se cure and convey thla right of way and release from damages, but" it is pre sumed that as the work Is located In the state of Oregon this would naturally de volve upon that state, or at least the of ficials of that state would be the ones to look after tha matter. . Should this view be correct and any officials of the state be properly desig nated to take the matter in hand, I should be glad to co-operate in any man ner possible with them in designating the rights of . way needed and facilitat ing their work so far as may ba. pos sibie." .'. - "I have the honor to be very respect fully, ; W. C. LANGFITT, Major, Corps or Engineers, u. h. a. The governor's reply to this letter, sent out last night h as follows: "Mai. W. C. Langfitt,: Custom House, Portland. Or. Dear Sir I beg to own the receipt of your f avor of the 15th Inst, in which you say that the board of engineers authorized by river and harbor act approved June 13, 1902, and consti tuted by par. 6, O. 8. No. 19, 1902, head quarters corps of engineers, submitted Its report of modification of project for Improving Columbia river-between the foot of The Dalles rapids and the head Of Celllo falls. "You advise me that this board has recommended that no work" should be becun until a rf-ight of way and release from damages have been conveyed to the United States free of cost. This recom mendation, it aeems, was concurred in by the chief of engineers., and the. acting secretary of war tinder date of November 6, 1903, approved the report subject to the condltlonthatnoworkshould.be be gun until the right of way and release frorq damages nave been conveyed to the United States free of cost . "The legislature at its last session passed an act providing for the creation of a board of portage commissioners, and providing for the acquirement of a right of way and the construction of a portage railroad around the point re which compels shippers to unload wild cattle every : 28 hours, j In complying with this law these animals are punched full Of holes by prod poles, their tails twisted almost off and so badly fright ened they neither eat nor drink during the, Interim between unloading and re loading. This 'conscientious benefactor, however," Is . opposed to letting these .animals remain in the cars' for a few hours longer In Order to reach market, thereby eliminating this suffering. . .'.'Mr.. Whitehead ha secured some local , notoriety for his assoclatUWiby also championing the latter: Opposing : the Kosher or Jewish -method of killing cat tle In Colorado, issuing fuuliKh and. Im possible edicts to range , stockmen and haying one of his young men-kill a poor, half-witted man because ; the latter oK-; jected to having a horse confiscated be-" cause the society claimed he was beingi fed oh paper. '; At the same , time . the police Courts had their usual quota of drunken men arrested for beating their wives; young girl who had been taken from wlnerooms, and hungry women and children, who had been taken from the lower districts b the city and county authorities, in which this society took no part .in; protecting , or . remedying. vention , of cruelty to children and ani mals; In fact there Is no class more par ticular in this respeot than they. How ever, they are opposed to having Maws governing the industry drawn by this class of men. . , " v t : ; . j , "This bill is so obnoxious to the Now York society for , the Prevention . of Cruelty to .Children, commonly ' known as the "Gerry" society,' the largest -organization of the kind in the United States, that they have announced' their opposition to the measure at a meeting recently held In New York, and adopted tho following resolution signifying their disapproval of it, and withdrawing from the organization that is, supporting the measure: ., - , , The Gerry Resolution. . " "Resolved, That this board disap prove the incorporation of the American Humane association, by act of congress or otherwise; further . ' " "Resolved, That in view of the unusual and irregular .methods resorted to by the members of the said association ; who favor the' incorporation plan for the pur pose or obtaining apparent support there for, no good purpose coUld be served by the attendance of delegates representing this society at the forthcoming annual meeting, of the association to ba held at Philadelphia oh the 4th, 5lh and 6th days of November, 1903; further " "Resolved. That no delegates from thf" society attend the said meeting, and that this society shall take no part n tha deliberations or action of the said meet ing through delegates appointed from its ' own members by proxy or otherwise: further . - ""Resolved, That the secretary forth with transmit a oertlfled copy ot this resolution to the secretary of the aald special committee appointed at the an nual meeting In 1900 to formulate a plan to make the work of the assocla- . tlon more effective, with a note signi fying the ' withdrawal of this society from said association.' " : ; ferred to In your letter, and made an ap propriation for that specific purpose, and much as I feel interested in seeing the United States take charge of this im portant work I have, no powder to do any thing in the premises, nor "has the board referred to any authority under the act creating them to appropriate any money for any other purpose than that specific ally mentioned in the act ..... "T, regret this exceedingly,' but until further legislation we are compelled to proceed In the matter of acquiring a right of way and constructing a portage railroad. In the very , nature of things this can only be a temporary expedient, whilst a government canal . would be permanent and would do more than It In possible for the state to do to relieve conditions in Eastern Oregon and Wash ington, and I sincerely hope that , the general government may yet through its proper authorities see Its way to take the initiative both In the matter of se curing title to a right of way and in tha work of construction of a canal. "I have tha honor to remain, (Signed.) "Yours respectfully, "GEORGE E. CHAMBERLAIN. V '. "Governor. COLLEGE BRED MAN . TURNED TO BURGLAR (Journal Special Service.) Tacoma, Wash., Dec. IS. A college man of good family, -with.- regular r mlttances from a rich uncle In Chicago, C. W. Wllks; 21 years of age, was cap tured on a rooftop shortly before mid night by Chief of Police Fackler and a squad of 12 policemen under the most sensational circumstances.. . . . Wllks confessed. to eight big burglaries which have taken place in Tacoma dur ing the last three weeks. A search ot his room Incite private -lodging-house where he stopped brought to light an lmemns store of plunder gathaVed in the various stores and houses which he has Invaded, He said , his right name was Stanley Martin. 1 ' The robber was caught while attempt ing to enter through a skylight the store of Helnemann & Posner on Paclflo ave nue. He was caught red-handed and made no resistance. IRISH OFFERED JOB TO FIGHT UNIONISM - (Journal 8pecUl Berries.) e 8an Francisco, Deo. 18. Tho CltlsensV Alliance, an -antl-unlon merchants' or ganisation of this city, have made John P. Irish naval officer of this port, an offer of a large salary to manage thflr fight unionism.. "The position is the same as that held by . D. M. Parry in the East " - '"!' :- , v , .: '. GUNS BOOM WHEN ' TREATY NEWS COMES '.. (Journal Special Berrloe.) 7 Havana, Doc. 18.r-Whett the official ffews was received of the pass ing of the ' reciprocity - bill by tha senate President Palma had a national salute fired from the Cuban fortress. As the first gun belched, the stars and stripes fluttered over Moro castle, while bands over the city took up the national anthem. Immense, crowds Cheered for America wildly. . . ' TENNESSEE EDUCATORS. ; (Journal Special SerTlee.) . .. Knox vllle, Tenn., Dec. 18". A two days' conference of leading educators of Tennesseabegan today at the University of , Tennessee, the chief object being to agree upon uniform methods and effec tive measures of promoting the work of ' education In the tastern aeclion of the state, '