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1 JSditc PORTLAND, OREGON TUESDAY, MARCH J, 1904.. TH E OREOO N : DAI LY J OURNA L. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER C i. JACKSON PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. JNO. P. CARROLL Published every evening (except Sunday) at The Journal Building, Fifth and Yamhill streets, Portland, Oregon, OFFICIAL, PAPER OP THB CITV OP PORTLAND A RECORD TO BE PROUD OF. FEBRUARY is the dulleet month of the advertising year In the Portland papers. It. therefore, fur- ' nlshes a supreme test of ?iow those papers are re garded by the advertisers. In the lively months when very little Is required to stimulate trade, the advertiser " does riot always look too closely to advertising mediums w hen he is in almost any event sure of results. But in such dull -between seasons" month as February, he must make every dollar he spends for advertising count in producing lesults, for he is practically trying to create trade. Such a month, therefore, Is the severest test which can be placed upon a newspaper and unless it reaches the people whose trade is to be attracted; It shortcomings are soon , dis covered and the advertiser promptly ceases to waste money . on it Measured by this test The Journal today makes public with feelings of. gratified ' pride the result of its February advertising. 1 During the month of February, 1904, The Journal car ried a total of 11.988 inches of advertising, or 1,099 col umns. This Included classified, displayed, readers and every ciass of advertising except railroad , time tables. This was an increase of 290 per cent Ih advertising over February, 1903. During the same period, that Is. February, 1904, the Telegram carried 19,310 inches of all kinds of advertising, or I4S columns. la other words during the dullest month of the year The Journal carried 154 more columns of advertising- than its evening rival. The Journal carried the advertisements of '43 local merchants whose advertisements do . not appear in either the Telegram or the Oregonlan. Both of these ; papers carry the advertisements of less than a dozen mer chants who do not patronize The Journal. The Journal is the real estate exchange of the city, print ing more real estate advertising than both the Telegram and Oregonlan combined. - People go where they get results and they get them in The Journal. . 1 MORAL RESPONSIBILITY IN GAMBLING; cendant It would be, permitted. These sort of things never stand still; they grow or they shrink into nothingness. The boss gamblers realize this thoroughly. They are evjer grasping for more, are never satisfied. Their rep resentatives . will be ; found dominating our pri maries, controlling our conventions, moulding our laws, stealing bills In the legislature, nominating the , judges . and naming officials. But at the last legislature one closely affiliated with this element or power in politics, a leader of the party of moral ideas, the head of a notorious sailor's boarding-house, was given the free dom of the senate of the state of Oregon, the power of veto over measures affecting his "business"1 Interests, all of which was accepted with a grace , becoming the repre sentative of so thuch .power. Do you think the picture overdrawn? Wait and see, and When the time comes, as come it will, when the very stones in the street will cry out against such practices, who then will carry the burden, who then will make the fight for better, things? Those who have made all this possible? Never. The business man who now is blind will pay, the penalty and the penalty will be exacted to the last far thing. Dd not be deceived, do not beguile yourselves., The man who breaks a physical law suffers; the man who violates the law of good conduct suffers; the man who will not observe the laws of business will fail.' These truths are self-evident and as sure as the sun rises and sets un less this blot on our escutcheon be wiped out, unless this cancer which is eating Into the young manhood of our city, paralyzing the officers of law, demoralizing good citizen ship, debasing the public as well as private morals, is cut out root and branch, we will pay the penalty just as cer tainly as the night will follow the day. Those who are directly responsible for this condition may 'well pause and consider. They are deceiving no one. They may seek to justify, to palliate, to excuse. This is an old story. Right is eternally right, and wrong is everlastingly wrong, and those who attempt to compromise evil that good may come are engaged In an effort that never profited but one of the parties to the bargain. A MOST extraordinary and anomalous condition is the gambling situation in this city.' Extra ordinary in this, that it thrives not in pursuance of, but in spite of the law, and is protected and fostered by a mayor who was elected' as the, representative of those opposing this very evil. Anomalous in this, that study as you will the works on municipal government or jeports of officials, you can find none which treats on -'the subject "of a"cityeriteririg M6a partnership where the gain or in come comes from violation of law. Extraordinary as are these conditions, no less amazing is the apparent indif ference of the business man to a condition which will in the end affect him more adversely than anyone els. They must know the fines that are paid-the city come from some one's earnings; that the expenses of these great gam bling establishments are paid from someone's wages; that the gains of the gambler is the loss of the laborer; that there never was even a "air"- game- where the percentage did not favor the dealer. That take it all in all from the most "businesslike" aspect, gambling Invariably reduces the purchasing power of the wage earner, and yet in aplte of these facts, the average business man gives but little heed to this insidious deadly vice to their interests wbjch is slowly but surely creating a condition that will react more. seriously on them than on any one else. We are not considering it from a moral aspect, but, from that of a business man. We have seen it grow under the benign influence of a friendly administration from a email beginning and under cover into one of the most valuable of our municipal franchises, producing for the city's share of the plunder in round numbers about $50,000 per annum, being vastly in excess of that received from all other municipal franchises together. We have seen it expand so that when but a few short months ago those who gambled were only the initiated few, to gyat estab lishments brilliantly illuminated, attractive in every way, crowded literally nightly by hundreds of people. Crowded to such an extent that in some of the more favored "clubs" the gamester is compelled to await his turn to tempt the fickle goddess. As we see the gradual growth of the "gambling octopus" in this city, its Blow but certain monopolizing of certain districts,, its Increase in Influence, its tenacity of purpose, Its usurpation of power, its triumph" over law, the ques tlon unconsciously arises, why is this permitted? The 'thought Involuntarily arises how it was possible that such a man as Mayor Williams could have been induced under any circumstances or for any reasons to have laid this city open to influences which can only work for evil. From the moral standpoint it is conceded by all to be wrong. It is destructive of character, it brings ruin, sor row and trouble in Its path. It Is against the statute, that law which every officer of this city and county has called on God to witness he would enforce. In the framing of the charter the question of licensing gambling came before the charter board for action and received but four affirm ative votes. The experience of ages as demonstrated by . the observation vt every writer condemns it as a vice 'as dangerous, a pitfall to be avoided, a thing to be sup pressed. That it is not considered a desirable neighbor or occupation the agitation of the property holders on Wash ington street over the possibility of a "Palace" being opened in their midst most eloquently testifies. That it can be controlled and stopped was but recently shown when one woman with the aid of the district attorney Vept one of the largest establishments sealed for three days until she was repaid money lost by her husband gambling. We have shown that it Is a vice, condemned ulike by the moral law, the law of the land, the experience of ages, and that one determined woman could stop it, and yet under the protection of our officials it not only is not sup pressed but to all intents and purposes Is encouraged. There are those who, while they dare not openly defend It, . with the sophlsty and cunning of the advocate, do what they can to protect It by suggesting that any Individual can suppress it if he will. This suggestion is not made in good faithTis not the expression of an honest' thought or of a sincere -conviction or desire to suppress this evil. 1 On the contrary it is conceived in iniquity. It with one hand supports the official in his flagrant dereliction of duty and with the other discourages those who desire the enforce ment of. the WW. We have officials whose duty It is to suppress this crime, for crime it is In the eye of the law, and the individual citizen can do but little unless he has ,llke the woman of a few weeks ago, the officials with him. The citizen has the right to demand of those he pays, of those who are his servants, that they do the work they are employed to do. Be this as It may, In- no other city of which We are aware ao iacn ronuniom exist, ana we aouot if In any other unless ths conditions were such that the element' who thrives In this sort of business is in the as- WASHINGTON STATE POLITICS. o UR ively and thriving neighbors over In Oregon's big daughter state, Washington, areagain entering Into the throes of a political campaign that prom ises to be exceptionally warm, even in that politically seething commonwealth. Politics Is always "hot stuff" in the northwest corner state, but is likely to reach this year a temperature hitherto unknown, hence the many-sided game will be an interesting ' one to watch, even by us rather cooler-blooded or less excitable people, politically, of the mother state of Oregon. The Washington Repub lican state convention has been called for May 11, and if the Democrats choose a date not much later, the campalga will roar and rage for the long space of five months or more a period sufficiently protracted, it would seem, to Wear out everybody who engages in it. The initial ante-convention fight within the Republican ranks is over the nomination for governor, it being the field against Governor McBride, a stout, uncompromising man who demands a re-nomlnatlon. He stands chiefly in thls'battla for railroad freight regulation by means of a commission to be appointed by himself; and this scheme finds much favor in eastern Washington, where the farm ers have been subjected, they claim, to excessive freight rates. The governor is also bitterly opposed to the inter ference of the railroad lobby in legislation, in which po sition ne is supported by the better elements of the party. It is well known that Washington legislatures have been dominated in the past, as perhaps those of no other state rhave been, by railroad and other corporate lobbyists; and the governor is courageously insistent that this evil shall cease. On the other hand the larger towns, and many communities awaiting development, oppose any attacks upon or restriction of the railroads, truly pointing out that to the railroads, more than to all other Influences. com bined, the state owes its marvelous growth during the past few years. . At the present outlook, it seems likely that the governor and his faithful followers will be defeated In the conven tion. But If so, will they meekly submit? Will they not put forth a bolters' ticket, or openly join forces with the Democrats? This seems probable; and on the other hand, if the governor wins, may not his Republican opponents pursue a similar course? In brief, the Republican party in Washington is, If pos sible, worse rent asunder, or will be ere the dog days are gone, man is tne Republican party In Oregon; and it seems that if the Democrats are wise and shrewd, and nominate their really best men, on a good .reasonable platform, they will have a fair chance to win. OUR SENATORS VOTED RIGHT. S ENATORS Mitchell and Fulton of Oregon voted with the Democratic senators against the would-be shipping trust's bill providing for the transporta tion of all government freight In American bottoms, a bill not only designed to give a few very rich shipowners a monopoly of this business, at an increased expense to the people, but which, under existing circumstances, Is pe culiarly inimical to the Interests of Portland and the Co lumbia river region. The bill has a catchy title, or a de lusive cloak of nomenclature, the better to deceive the American people, but it is a bad, nefarious bill all the same. Producers do not care what ships carry their pro duce; but if It be desirable, as is no doubt the case, to "build up the American merchant marine," this can be done far more effectively and naturally in other ways than by creating and fostering a- shipping trust. The Oregon senators did well and showed a proper spirit of political independence, but their protests were unavailing. The lash of the Republican party leaders, Intent on trust ser vice, was entirely effective. Great campaign funds will soon be needed. v Sailors plying up and down the coast have a true friend in Observer Kelliher of the North Head weather station. During the past two weeks' his "eternal vigilance" has been the means of saving a score or more of them from going down to watery graves. He was the first landsman to no tice the helpless condition of the American schooner Frank W. Howe, and with admirable alacrity communi cated the Intelligence ,to the several life saving stations which immediately responded to the call. With, the spirit of the true hero, at the risk of his own life and health, he joined In the work of rescue. Every man on board the doomed vessel was brought ashore. In safety. A few days later the watchful observer discerned a small speck out upon the misty sea that did not look altogether right. With the aid of a telescope he discovered that It was a steamer in distress. He apprised the tugboat captains, and they went to the rescue Later they returned with the Grace Dollar in tow, and the alert Kelliher was again the direct means Of saving life and property. lOregon Sidelights Oood riddance this February, with Us 29 wet days..; Yet It might have been worse. Arlington young people had a, "Hard Times Social," but It was hard work to act up to tne name of the function. 7 Oregon City business: ineiT have held a lively, cheerful banquet, and enjoyed themselves, as they deserved to do. And yet the Baker City' holdup man cannot be positively identified. Strong suspicions won't convict, as District At torney White, knows. , ,' Falls City, Polk county, a young town built In or near the tall timber of the coast range, Is growing, it Is said, (faster than any place in Oregon. A neighborhood near Monmouth is ex cited over a new well, the water of which Is said to be "76 per cent salt." So far the salt trust has exhibited no alaim; . StIH North Bend, Coos county, booms, y The latest enterprise Is a large box factory and "shook" plant that will Use 16,000,000 feet of spruce timber an nually. A carload of dried prunes 'shipped from CorvalliS to Milwaukee contained 49,000 pounds of fruit, and this, is only an atom item In the story of Oregon's fruit Industry. ; A Turner farmer sold 28 six-months' - old pigs for $252: mostly profit, for they were largely a by-product of his dairy. All any Oregon farmer has to do to make money is to try. Heppner Is rapidly rebuilding and re covering from the effects of the calami tous flood of last June. People like those of Heppner can't be kept down or permanently discouraged. District Attorney Halley. having squelched the Pendleton gamblers, the city marshal is carrying on a crusade against the town dogs. "Reform" must be "in the air" up there'., An Albany man bet $20 that H. F. Mcllwain of that city weighed over 300 pounds, and lost by four pounds, and now wishes he had put a bag of shot in the big man's pocket. The foreign secretaries did not quite understand Secretary Hay's note, and he declined to explain exactly what he meant, perhaps for the very good reason that he did not know himself. Two Athena farmers have purchased large tracts of land In Alberta, where they say 125 bushels of oats an acre arc raised. Yet they will not find every thing up there as agreeable as in Uma tilla county. Can it be that barbers are so little In demand in Albany as this Item from the Stayton Mail would indicate? "George Davie has returned from Albany, where he has been working in a barber shop and is looking for a more profitable po sition, ills salary there was a minus quantity." , , Mr. Coe, whops Long Creek Ranger plant was destroyed lately by dynamite, exploded for, that purpose by some mis creants whose proper place is in a peni tentiary, has decided to "hold the fort," and continue the publication of his pa per, for which exhibition of pluck and perseverance he will . doubtless meet with much encouragement and aid. A hypnotist visited Whiteson last week and, among other feats, caused re liable citizens to believe that they were taking swimming lessons on the -floor. One of them, oq his way home, fell off a log into a deep.wide ditch full of water, and in spite of his swimming lesson would , have drowned except for the friendly aid of two faithful dogs. Thin hypnotist might be a valuable addition to the "Holy Rollers." - A KTTK EXPLODED. nrrr ivo pbedob. Th AeWian. afteh viewing the pr poMd Jetty exttiislort rather pessimistic ally, says tf the work of the dredge Chinook: "Everything thus far points to the success of the work of the bar dredge. The vessel has been able to op erate only at times, during the winter, but It is believed she is doing good work. Those men who work on the bar in the capacity of pilots, and who should be most thoroughly posted on matters of the kind, 'express the belief that the dredge will give us the desired depth." What Brought the Russian Tleet to Sew Tork la 1861. From the Chicago Journal. Another of the myths of history has been destroyed. For many years the American people have had a warm spot in their hearts for Russia because of their belief that Russia sent) a fleet of warships to New York In 1861 with sealed orders to help us if any other European nation should, attempt to aid the confederacy with force. We have believed that Russia was our friend then, and there has been a general im pression all along that some sort of secret treaty between the United States and Russia was . In existence, . to be brought to light when need was. But now this pleasing theory has gone the way of Pope Joan and William TelJ and George Washington's hatchet and to many other cherished illusions. Hen ry Clews, the veteran banker of New York, has written a letter to Marquis I to, his old friend, in which he gives the true explanation of the presence of the Russian fleet in New York harbor in 1891. Mr, Clews says that Secretary Seward.' hearing a Russian fleet was cruising In South American waters, "conceived the idea that If it could be Induced to come to New York it would give the Impres sion to both France and England that an alliance had been effected between Rus sia and this country and would postpone action on their part leading toward a recognition of the confederacy." There upon the secretary Invited the officer in command of the Russian fleet to -visit New York, the invitation . was accepted on the commander's own responsibility, the fleet arrived In due course, and the desired impression was produced. - Mr. Clews, whose word is not to be questioned, says-he had this information from Secretary Seward's own lips. It follows, therefore, that we have been giving our affection to Russia under false pretenses for more than 40 years. From the Chicago News. Honry Clews affrms that the Russian fleet which visited New York in 1883 was not sent there by the Russian govern ment, but that the fleet commander went there on his own responsibility in an swer to a direct invitation from Wash ington. To make his story complete Henry should explain what happened later to the commander. A fleet com mander who could take it. upon himself to visit another nation with out even consulting his home government and then escape being cashiered from the service ought to have an undying fame, Xefleotlons of a Bachelor. From the New York Press. All women look alike in the dark. It takes a widow to snuggle up to a man like an innocent child. , . The only argument a man who, ought to reform will listen to is. a splitting headache. - What a woman likes about having her husband go into po...lcs la that he wonts her 'to dress so as t p. be a -credit to him. .. , What a ,, woman can't understand now her rival's husband, without brains, can-have so much more luck than her buabsnd with brains. 1 , RUSSIA'S POLICY IN ASIA Prom the Chicago Tribune. ; . '"The Russians," said a man who has traveled widely In Manchuria, "hold the sword, in, the. right hand and, a. bit of sugar in 'the left, and when they have done wtth thr onelhey-beglirwltbrths other.": Wi.. f,..;f.- fe, - - ;. . .;. -r Thls has always been ,the policy of Russia In Asia, and it explains why sne holds her vast orient conquests witn such apparent ease and is less troubled by rebellions than any other great power governing many' subject races. . . ' When the Russians seized Manchuria nearly 6,000 Chinese perished in the mas sacre at BlagovestchensK. in tne grim euphemism of one of the czar's generals, They went away." . f But so -Indulgent were the authorities after the masljacre that in a few months an .tne umnese mercnanis wno nau- nea from the town, expecting never to re turn, were back doing business at their oia stands, and many more had ftockea In to compete with them under the pro tection of the just laws and paternal government of the Russians. 5 The atrocities committed by the Rus sian troops during the Peking campaign, and after, shocked the civilized world; but they did not shock the Chinese or antagonize the Chinese government. The Chinese do 'not resent the brutality of the Russians as they resent far milder punishment at the hands of other na tions. In that respect they resemble other Asiatics who have felt the scourge of the czar's soldiers. War Is war 'to the Russian, and he takes care "to make it hell"-while it lasts; but when it is over he is hail-fellow-well-met with his conquered foe, and treats him with a rough kindness which wipes out from the Asiatic mind even the memory of ruthless massacres. "You Anglo-Saxons are fond of talk ing about benevolent assimilation,0 said a former captain in the Russian army, who is now living in New York, "but if you want to see it really put into practice, you ought to travel through Russian Asia. "Wherever you went, from the Cau casus to Vladivostok, you would find the natives living happily under eur rule and becoming thoroughly Russianized, if they had not already become so.- As Boon as wa have taught them to fear and respect us, we mix with thenv freely. "We do not hold ourselves aloof as if we were made of a different kind of clay and were altogether superior beings, as other foreigners do. . We are half orientals ourselves, of course, and, nat urally do not share the color prejudices of the American, the Englishman and the German. "We freely . intermarry with the Asiatics, among whom it may be our destiny to live, and we encourage them to rise to the highest civil and military positions in the czar's service, if they are worthy to fill them. "Thus it is that our Asiatic subjects grow to like our rule, and In time be come more Russian than the Russians. They are fond Of giving a Russian twist to their names as soon as they encer the Czar's service. "The English gain the hatred of Asi atics by treating them like children; the Germans use the sword first, and then the whip, never letting the people down at all; the French colonics in Asia are hells paved with good intentions; the Dutch in u Java are greedy and tyrannical.- iri - r i t . "The Russians alone know how to han dle Asiatics properly, and obtain the best results from conquering them. That Is why we have been able to march right across .the continent from the Urals Snd the Caucasus to the shores of the Paoiflc. We conquer, and then we make the people glad they were con quered. "- Foreigners are surprised at the quick ness with which Russia lays down the sword and offers the lump of sugar te vanquished orientals.. Makdura Kuli, a warrior chieftain, was the heart and soul of the defense of Geok Tepe in the Turcoman campaign H of the early 1880's.TheaBhesJ.ofGeofc Tepe had hardly grown cold, the bodies of thou sands of his massacred tribesmen were still unburled, when Makdum Kuli was visited by a Russian secret agent, who found- htm In the midst of the army he had rallied for another stand against the Russian invaders. - -This agent per suaded him -to give In, and go to Rus sia as the guest of the czar, whose Coro nation was then due at Moscow. It is a familiar story to students of Russian conquest. Schamyl - was the foremost foe of Russia tn the Caucasus for a generation. Today Schamyl's'sons are officers In the Russian army, treated with especial honor by the czar. - After the blood lust of the troops was over at Peking the Russians did all they could to save the lives of Chinese resi dents and to spare the feelings of the Chinese ' Officials. , The Germans : de clared that no protection could, be given to Chinese, whether they had been Im plicated in the attack on the legations or not; the Russians 'protected them. When the Russians left Peking the Germans occupied their quarter of 'the city. Thereupon all : the Chinese who had settled there Immediately scampered off into the adjacent Japanese quarter. They had felt they were safe under the Russians, but they would not trust the Germans. . ' Yet both the Russians and the Jap anese had been guilty of slaughtering defenseless Chinamen, to a degree un equaled by the Germans or any other foreign soldiers the Russians In that very campaign, the Japanese In the Chlno-Japanese war. "Kill me in time of war," says "the Asiatic. "That's all right.' I expect it. Unless I can kill you. But in time of peace let .me live In my own way, and treat me as a man and a brother." Russia concedes this demand, ' as no other western nation does. That is why there is no nihilism in Asiatic Russia. A Russian writer compared English and Russian administration in Asia in an article which he wrote for the Rusa in January, 1886.' His views were, of course, prejudiced, but they were in-, terestlng. "England lays a heavy hand on her dependent peoples," he Said. "She re duces them to a- state of slavery, only that English trade may profit and Eng lishmen grow rich. "The deaths of millions in India from starvation have been caused indirectly by English despotism. "And then the press of England dis seminates far and wide the idea of Rus sia being a country of barbarians. Thou sands of natives of India only await Russia's crusade of deliverance! "If Englishman would only throw aside their misplaced pride, and study a little deeper -the -foundation- of -Rue--sia's power In Central Asia, comparing it with their own. they would soon see plainly why the name of Russia has such a prestige in Asia, and why the natives of India hate the dominion or England and set their hopes of freedom upon Russia. "Russia gives full liberty to native manners, and not only does not over-, burden her subjects with fresh taxes, but even allows them exemption and privileges of a moat extensive charac ter. England, on the contrary, is a. vam pire, sucking the last drop of blood out of India" Russia suffers no permanent drain upon her military resources by reason of her conquests. On the contrary, she can be taught nothing in the art of rais ing native levies and making them loyal. She can raise, and does raise, a rar greater number of soldiers from her Asiatic provinces than she needs In or der to garrison them,. , . V SUDDEN CHANGES IN JAPAN Small Change v Anybody can talk;'who can ''wield the Influence' and get the votes? Ten to one that March cannot e'qunl' February-rain record; also, that it won't try,., . . T. It will take a good while to dig "the Panama canal, but not nearly as long as it has been talked of. - , . The war is welcome In some respects; people don't have to read so much about Schwab, for instance. " Governor: : -How about that fiuperln tendent James alleged graft? Can the Democratic party stand it? - .' Still, the farmer. who had May wheat need not be green enough to suppose the bulls. bellowed for his sake. : Probably Colonel Watterson would kick and' roar- even lfv the Democrats should nominate him for president A man 100 years old is in ft New Jer sey poorhousa. Why -doesn't he go out and lecture on the secret of longevity? ' . Poor old Senator Morgan; with the ratification of the canal treaty he must feci as if his occupation was largely gone. Those Russian and Japanese officers don't "regret to report"; they; leave the public to regret being lied to so un conscionably, v Ths fight against gambling and gam blers is on in various cities In a greater or less degree, and la likely to In crease in extent and intensity until gambling becomes far less common and more difficult and hazardous than it Is now. All the defendants on trial at Wash ington for postal frauds were convicted, at which result they were astonished, amazed, dumb-founded, thunderstruck and fairly "paralysed." But let them not despair; r.'.gher courts are yet to be heard from, - If the Union Pacific shortens the time of travel between Chicago and port land over half a day, as is reported probable. It will considerably please and benefit many people, which should be eratlfvinar to the romnrnllnn'i even if it has no "soul." Socialists snd Prohibitionists' will have tickets and go through the motions of making a campaign this spring as usual and with the usual result, not withstanding the fact that they are mostly very good people with patriotic if not entirely practical-Jdeas. Few things in life are more Important than absolutely pur milk, and if the people of Portland havn't it In every case they must have It, Eternal vigilance is the price of pure milk as well as of liberty, and those who officially secure this bygenlo requisite are performing an importantly useful service. Of what beneficial use are lying re ports sent out by either Russians or Japs? What gain is there in causing the world to believe one day that a victory has been gained only to be undeceived within the next day or two? What Is the use in "claiming everything" when the inevitable "offlcial count" must soon disclose the truth? ...... It is expected by the English conserv ative party that jt will hays to relin quish -control of the government soon and suffer deafest at the hands of ths liberals In . the ensuing election. But there is small difference, between the two English parties; even less, if possible, than between ths Republican and Demo cratic parties in this country. From the New York World. -America has had much to do with the development of Japan, An American seaman. Perry, "opened" the country to the trade of the world. The American Minister Harris made the first treaty with Japan. The first election under the Japanese constitution was held on July 4, 1890. The United States gov ernment gave Japan her first foreign order for a ship a small gunboat wanted In a hurry for the Philippines.) The United States first moved at the beginning of the present war to pre serve tho Integrity of China, which is all that Japan, as the champion of freed&m, wants. The dates of Japan's new birth are conveniently remembered. The Perry expedition landed in 1863. Previously foreigners could not enter Japan, Jap anese could not leave it. The civil war and the reconstruction period in Japan roughly correspond with our own. New Japan dates from 1867. All the great material changes have been made since that year. The new constitution went into effect and' the parliament as sembled in 1890. Japan's government is neither a despotism like Russia's nor practically republican like that of Great Britain. There are but 2.000,000 voters qualified for general elections out of a total pop ulation of 49.000,000. The emperor 'is as sisted, by a council and by 10 ministers comparable to our cabinet officers, ex cept that they have more power. For Instance, the Japanese minister of the interior has general charge of police matters, and most of the railways and the telegraph and telephone lines are government monopolies. Japan has 4,000 miles of railways, her merchant rttets are eighth in size among the world's peace navies; her banks are rapidly Increasing In deposits, Japan is successful in colonizing the - island of Formosa, taken from China in the re cent war. Missionaries sympathize with Japan, though she is technically "heathen." Really, Japan is rapldlybecomtng Chris tianized. There are 160,000 Christians, people of more than average influence. Besides, Japanese rule meaas freedom; Russian means despotism. On this point Clement says in his newly Issued "Handr book of Modern Japan"i "Her (Japan's) alms in the far east coincide with ours and with the dictates, .of civilization. The supremacy of Japan in eastern Asia means far more , for America . and American Institutions than does the domination of Russia. Japan enjoys rights unknown In Russia-social free dom, political privileges, representative Institutions, local self-government, In tellectual liberty, freedom f assembly and of the press and religious liberty. Japaa Is already far to advance of Rus sia, and in many respects is abreast of Germony."''- ;'"T''v vvr(. .-':':;,;":;" -.. In local government Japan rather .re sembles France. Each district or Inrge town has its local legislature and a governor appointed by the - emperor. The scope of the local legislature Is rather less than that of our state legis latures, but the governor, aeoording to Mr. Clement, usually interferes little with its actions.' . . ' . ' The pay of workingmen in Japan is very small and there la neither great wealth nor extreme poverty in the em pire. The Mitsui bank, 'more than 200 years old, is putting up in Toklo the first steel frame building In Japan, cov ering two and a half acres, ihe total trade of Japan has grown-from $13,000, 000 in 1868 the year after the revolu tionto $254,000,000 in 1901. There are about 1,000 newspapers and periodicals in Japan, all of recent found ing. Books are plentiful. The new growth in China of the salentitio spirit is fed from Japan. In printing books of science, language, law and literature for Chinese use the reformers translate not from European tongues, but from the Japanese; the Japanese have already made selections and, adaptations useful In the east. This fact, according to Mr. Clement, illustrates the leadership of Japan in ths Pacific The leadership is also shown by its commanding import ance in trade with the mainland as far south as Slam. Russia In trade is simply not "in it" compared with Japan. The Japanese are not pure Mongols! nor do they closely resemble the Chinese. Dr. Nltobe, a Japanese -scientist, agrees with a French observer who estimated that the Japanese were six-tenths Ma lay, three-tenths Mongol and one-tenth of mixed races. The emperor himself seems of a Malay type- Others estimate the Mongolian element more generously. The Japanese have In one generation greatly improved In health by adopting a more varied diet from th Europeans. They like European cookery, have in troduced European Vards, -which they call "torumpo" or "trumps," and Euro pean dogs, which at first they called "kami," mistaking ths frequent call to dogs of "come here" for v the name of the animal. In. the army and navy they have adopted Europyn uniforms. Their schools and universities sre modeled upon those of Europe and America. Their moral code even has been changed by association with the "silver men," particularly by raising ths Status of women. ' . v . .. FKEBXBVB THE CHZTTTM TKIES. From the Corvallls Gazette. -Avery Important subject confronts- the farmers of Benton county, snd It is one that must have immediate attention. It is the preservation of the chittim trees. Unless some means are taken for the protection of the smaller trees, the time Is not far distant when they will be ut terly annihilated. During the excite ment last year many small trees were cut down that should have been allowed to mature. The quantity end value of the bark increases with the age of the tree, and as the bulk of the caecara bark of commerce must come from Oregon and Washington, the Importance of this matter may, be readily foreseen. ; Cas cara bark is now being used more and more extensively in medicine, and al though it is found in many states, it is only in Oregon and Washington that It is produced in such, prolific quantity. The trees do best and are found in largest quantity -on th banks of lakes, river- bottoms and swampy lands. A tanner with aq eye o his children's fu ture welfare wlll hot fall to utilise these waste places an his farm, If sucfh-tilers be, and start a grove of ctiltUm, trees. Portland lacked only one thing to be quite up-to-date and In the fashion along with cities east of the Rocky mountains. end this was supplied Friday by a miniature yet quite appreciable and no ticeable cyclone, occurring out near Mt. Tabor. This is the first of its sort here since the city was founded for the great wind of January 9. 1879, was a wide, straight-ahead blow and it may be the last of Its sort for a century. POLITICAL POINTERS ". Eugene Register: E. O. Potter of Eu gene,, one of our well known arid suc cessful attorneys, who served I-.ane is county Judge from 189 to 1900. sud mentlonod again for the same office, and who was deputy district attorney from 1890 to 1894, is out for the office, of district Judge In this Judicial district, to succeed J. It Hamilton, Democrat, and present Incumbent ' tincoln' County Leader: The Salem Statesman's new editor, ex-Governor I. Urn rfltni'lial nn frft "vlirv wwt, la mapping IIS ,"-o - readable," to use an expression which expresses, even if It isn't Btmtones. It seems quite certain that Mr. Geer has struck his' forte, and when he sings a song of harmony with a big "H,' Re publicans should sit up and. take notice. Having abandoned the political arena as a principal and engaged in a legitimate and honorable calling, he is entitled to that respect and honor merited by every, man who svlnoes a desire to become useful. Th choir will please sing: "Det the past be all forgottsn; let's be friend and love again." Antelope Herald: The Dalles Chronicle , thinks it an awfully poor plan to chango congressman while Important legislation Is under consideration, in which conclu sion the Chronicle at last admits the Justice of 'the argument made against Mr. Moody's retirement two years ago. Of coursa the Chronicle has reached this conclusion only after two years of deep est meditation upon ths subject, with occasional . Injections of mental stimu lant from the anti-Moody campaign funds, but it is at least a hopeful sign 1" note that the Chronicle is generouri by 'Mr. Moody's friends, even if, this "generosity'' is the result of matured reflection, "and other good and Valuable considerations." Salem Statesman: The Statesman heartily approves the suggestion of tho venlng paper that the factional fight In the Republican party in ; Multnumr.h county should not be permitted to affeut, the party outside that county. This, is the stand the Statesman has taken all along. ' It has pointed out several times where efforts have been made in that county to extend the influence t thin faction or that Into other sections of the state and always with Its disap proval. If the autocratic and prospec tive methods which have been suggntoi .mere, in nvmv iiuaiirii diiuuiu prevail - and an effort be made to extend their sphere outside that particular county, the Republicans in the rest of the stit should combine and teach that factloniK ridden borough a lesson in brotherly- tot erance, A direct primary nominating law, will bring the desired result, i Tt the rank and file of each parly stil these questions, ' Th .'managers1' mak all the trouble. . '