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THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1904
PORTLAND, pREGON
THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL,
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER ' '
C C. JACKSON
PubUsbed
' everyjiening (except
OFFICIAL, PAPER OF THB CITV OF
THE POLITICAL MESS.
WE VIOLATE no confldeaceJnsaying that the
plain people of the city, county and state are
getting sick and tired of the pestiferous mud
slfnglmj between the two factions, of the Republican party
i which marks every political campaign. Neither do we
overstate It in the least when we say that they look for
ward hopefully to the time when a genuine Republican
party and a genuine Democratic party will light out the
issues n the principles which divide them and Indulge In
such dtscussions as will not only have a bearing on the
campaign but on the great public questions which happen
then to be engaging serious attention.
The Democratic party is about to be put to one of its
usual tests. A serious movement has' been on foot for
some time to organize a cleancuf Democratic party that
would hare no affiliations with either wing of the Repub
lican party. The purpose of the organization would be
to fight out the political issues singlehanded, spurning all
entangling alliances in the expectation ultimately to win
success by deserving it. This Is a line of policy that ap-
pealed to self respecting men in every, party and could not
fail ultimately to build up an organization, that would hold
its own In coming political contests. It Is generally con
ceded that there Is no other way of building up a party
that wjll command public confidence. It is, idle to think
that a party can be built In any other way than from the
ground up and as representing something more than the
mere spoils of office. It ia criminal to think that It can
be done by alllaricea with either one or the other, .of the
Republican factions according to which makes the best
deal. The Democratic party of the county is now face to
face with its opportunity. What - proportion of its mem
bership will join in the Republican primaries? Is a start
to be made this year or Is It to .be put off until another
year? Are the Democratic managers more concerned in
the spoils of office than they are in the principles of the
party? These are the questions-that they rmist face. If
they meet them courageously and honestly their oppor
tunity is before them; if they do not then the public must
expect the same old disagreeable mess that past yean
have familiarized them with.
The Journal is frank to say that it Is much more con
cerned in the achievement of good government than it . is
in the success ef any rkxtv or faction. That result
achieved we care little for the political complexion of the
deserving men who do the work. But with political con
ditions as they are In this state, with the jarring and
jangling that is going on and the bad results to which it
too often leads, we have been impressed with the convic
tion that there could nothing better happen to Oregon
than a atrong, clean and self-respecting minority part. ,
pledged to good government and proving its professions
by.its deeda "When the chance came ita way. .. With such a
party in existence the people would know where to turn in
the, event they were disappointed by the conduct of such
office-holders as had been '. elected. With two such or
ganizations facing each other the tone of the public ser
vice would be raised, the standard of the men who sought
office, would be improved and the public service itself
would be vastly benefited, not, perhaps,
was fundamentally any better than the other, but because
the partisans always being within ready reach of the pub
lic displeasure would fear to make such a record as
would bring down upon them -the public' wrath. , '
But the Democrats will gain nothing by simply saying
they are going to do these things. They must not only
say but they must do. They must keep away from the
Republican primaries and in this way establish their good
faith in the public mind.. They must then proceed with
their independent organization, even with the certainty of
defeat staring them in the face. By following this course
they may expect to gain steadily in strength and before a
gneat While passes they will be in a position to make a
fight that counts for something. But they may rely upon
It now that unless they show their perfect good faith by
evading all entangling alliances and by showing their wil
lingness to go down to defeat for the principles which
they prof ess, ' they will never build a party organization
worthy of the name or which should command the sup
port of the self-respecting voters of this community.
RUSSIAN DEFEAT RUSSIAN SALVATION,
THE JAPANESE communication with their base of
supplies Is likely to remain unbroken henceforth
and they are free to -put their troops upon the
mainland and have comparatively easy means of trans
portation of supplies. But it is far otherwise with her
unwieldy adversary and the Russian army in the far
east is very much like a "tiger in a trap." The hazardous
attempt to hurry the forces of the czar Into the field has
proven even more hazardous than it was at first supposed
it would be. The chances for Japan seem more and
more favorable and it Is hoped that she will be able to not
only keep Russia out of Korea, but push her eut of Man
'churla. , Curiously enough It seems scarcely to be taken Into ac
count that the defeat of Russian forces
thing possible for Russia, because it
feat of the autocracy which rules Russia from the czar to
the moujik by force or fraud. The triumph of Russian
forces means the triumph of the government which stands
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
More of "raith."
Portland, Or., March 7. To the Editor
of the Journal: The poem copied In
your paper of the 6th Inst., entitled
"FaUh," attributed to the pen of Mrs.
Florence Maybrlck, was publlHhed some
10 or 12 years ago as written by Miss
F. Q. .Browning. I nnd the same among
miscellaneous clippings in my scrap
book, but do not rememner the exact
date or paper. It was entitled "Some
timeSomewhere." The theme would
make it Miss Browning's Inasmuch as
each verse of the poem "Faith" con
cludes with the words, "Sometime
somewhere." . .
I have the original clipping of Miss
F Q., Browning's poem, and Mr. Richard
Nixon, who is familiar , with the writ
ings of both Elizabeth B. and Robert
Browning, says that the poem is n6t
among their works, but will carefully
examine the same. Notice that the
author is Miss F. Q., not Elizabeth Bar
rett Browning or Robert Browning.
N. H. BLOOMFIELD.
The Dnakaro.
Portland; Or., March . To the Editor
of The-Journal In looking over the edi
torial' page of the Oregonlan I aee an
article on the Dunkards as a non pro
gressive, tc., sect, which certainly ex
poses the ignorance of the simple editor.
Aa a matter of fact the Dunkards, Breth
ren or Uorman Baptists are entirely the
contrary, Among the most progressive
communities throughout the middle west
-and east are the communities of the
-ImtihjuMa, and many toca -of national
. OTTTJT TQHT?n RV TfMTOMAT. PI TRT .TSWTfrJfl CO
Sunday) at The Journal Building, Fifth and
In the way or civilization and has no pity for the moujik,
in his dirt and Ignorance, hip poverty and his pathetic ac
commodation of himself to tyranny and privation. It; has
no answer for the reasonable requests of the growing in
telligence of Russia save that of Siberia and the mines or
prolonged imprisonment' without trial. The defeat of
Japan, by Russia will not make any man freer, but will
strengthen the chains of many and the spirit of liberty
and progress may well pray for defeat for .the best hope
of the Russian citizen lies in the defeat of Russian forces.
The czar, the student and the moujik have the pity and
the general good 'will; of the world, but the great auto
cratic class have no man's pity or good wishes. Its mem
bers have affronted the world with unparalleled shiftiness
and mendacity In their diplomatic relations and they have
been bitter and unyielding opponents of internal reforms.
The condition of Russia is very much the condition of
France before the revolution. There are the lordly seig
neurs holding vast estates and living in gross extrava
gance amidst the most abjeci poverty. There Is the same
insolence of the seigneurs and the same spirit of revolt
against It, which has been of slower growth, but is not
the less tenacious for that and will be the harder to con
tend with. No thinking man can fall to see that out of
such vile conditions must, pome some vile results. The
reign of the nihilist may follow the reign of the autocrat,
but the end will be better conditions for all. The state
of affairs will not be prolonged indefinitely and the many
Russian exiles In this country are preparing to take their
part in the revolution openly as they are now taking part
in the war secretly, by aiding Japan in every possible way.
The "underground" work done In this country
and all European countries where the Russian exile has
gained many friends and much help. Is little known to the
average American, but it is very far-reaching and It will
be very effective when the time comes to use It.
A MONOPOLY THAT NO LONGER MONOPOLIZES.
WHO ARE the naughty men who "from the deep
coffers of ancestral wealth throw a few
thousands or hundreds of . thousands into a
real or supposed (why supposed?) newspaper in a spirit of
bravado or wanton malice with no intention of pursuing
the calling as a life work, but merely to embarrass some
one who has neither inherited wealth nor any other calling,
but whose all has been made in and Is still dependent upon
that calling"? "Come forth, base minions, from your an
cestral caverns and let us gaze upon your foul coun
tenances!" Since when has It become a crime to Invest ancestral
or any other sort of wealth In a business which a man
does not intend to make his life work. There be news
paper men who claim that newspaper work Is their life
work and yet who have Invested a little money In politics,
with an eye to the United States senate. Was this dorfl
In a spirit of bravado or" a spirit of malice? It naturally
fellows that newspaper men must never Invest money In
real estate, It is not, their life work, don't you know, and
tbey are doing some otlier poor fellow who has to depend
upon this calling and has no ancestral coffers to fall back
upon, out of a job. '" ";
The Oregonlan should really drop the bad habit of
because one party
judging others altogether by itself; It should remember
that 'its antiquated notions of "revenge at any price upon
mine enemy" is out of date. Sensible, honorable busi
ness men realize that
no matter if it may seem to compete with their own, is a
help to the entire community in which it is established.
The Oregonlan unconsciously proves this in its state
ment that the newspapers in San Francisco, Chicago and
o'ther places where
lost' but gained thereby. His newspapers have helped, not
hindered others by their success.
Many business enterprises have been kept out of Port
land by reason of the knowledge that It must be a one
horse town, very hard ridden at that, just so long as it
was a one newspaper town. Keeping down census re
turns has not contributed to Its prosperity. Keeping
other newspapers out of the Associated Press reports has
not killed the other newspapers In this instance, nor has
it been beneficial to the Oregonlan. .
There was a time when the autocratic rule of the Ore
gonlan was unquestioned; its merciless use of the edi
torial knout was unchecked by fonr of reprisals; its shifty,
unreliable policy was unreproved and it grew strong and
waxed fat upon the carcasses of its friends or enemies at
will. All this Is passing away. The conscienceless wield
ing or the newspaper power is being avenged in a way
which is resented
vain to stop. It
pointed out and commented upon; that la contempt of
court which ought not to be tolerated; It resents having
its petty spiteful
lic contempt and
command of "away to the dungeon," or "off with his head"
doesn't work any more. It also resents having Its slow
antiquated methods contrasted with more speedy and
will be the best
modern ones, but
means also the de
its teeth and seeks
wondering meanwhile "Do I sleep? Do I dream? Is there
visions about? Is despotism a failure, or Is the Oregonlan
played out?"
prominence are Dunkards or descendants
of Dunkard families. I will only refrr
to a few, as Dr. Brumbaugh, commlcs
ioner of education to Porto Rico, an
elder in the church, and the Studebaker
brothers of South Bend, lnd., world-renowned
manufacturers of wagons.
' We think If the Oregonlan adopted a
few of the principles of the Dunkards
this city would in part at least be under
better influence. The writer Is not a
Dunkard, but a citizen brought up in a
Dunkard community without prejudice.
Respectfully, J. R TRKAGKR.
The Portage Hoed.
Celllo, Or.. March 8. To the Editor of
The Journal-For about 12 months the
taxpayers of eastern Oregon, who cheer
fully subscribed and expected to get a
portage road around the obstruction at
Celllo falls for the purpoaa. of reaching
market with the produce of their farms
at a living rate, are getting very anxious
to know why 'the present board of com
missioners wilt neither build the portage
or resign and let the Job be done by those
who will do it. The right of way for the
portage road has been promised free of
charge by the owners along the line, as
well as $165,000 appropriated; will this
or the next generation get the use of' the
road? - SUBSCRIBER.
His Consolation.
From the Chicago Tribune.
Weary of the search for the fountain
of perpetual youth. Ponce de Leon at
last gave It up.
"What's the use, anyhow?" he ex
claimed. Wiping his forehead with , a
trembling handkerchief. 'Ev,en If I
should find the right fountain it wouldn't
be 10 idays until John. 1). Rockefeller
would' own it and be piping the fluid all
over tne country. -
JNO. P. CARROLL
Yamhill streets, Portland. Oregon.
PORTLAND
every successful business enterprise,
Hearst has entered the field, have not
but which the Oregonlan has tried in
resents having its inconsistencies
editorials held up to well-deserved pub
ridicule; that is lese majestle, but the
like Olant Despair it helplessly gnashes
revenge In dark nnd devious ways,
XTBX.E BILLIW'S AOS.
From Everybody's Magazine.
Kyrle Bellew could not possibly prove
that he is not 68 years old more ef
fectively than by his performance in
'The Sacrament of Judas," a one-act
play which he has added to his "Raffles"
performance. In this theatric picture
of a French monk of '93 he looks to be
about 20, and he performs a feat In
lofty tumbling that might frighten a
professional acrobat. Ho is killed at
the top of a stairway and plunges down
many steps in a way that takes away
the breath of the audience. It elves
those who see, it a real sensation and
there is a vast amount of speculation
as to how Mr. Bellew manages to es
cape breaking his neck. Mr. Bellew
Insists that he Isn't 58, despite the fact
mat certain records in books of refer
ence which purport to be authoritative
declare that he was born in 1846. The
truth is that he is much nearer 60 than
60, and ever so many people are glad of
it, for tney want him to remain on the
stage many years longer.
A Worklngman's Boles.
. From the Atchison Globe.
Joe Henderson always has worked.
We have known him 26 years, and never
knew him to be idle. He says he has
two rules that help him in getting work.
One is, he never discusses religion ex
cept on Sunday, and the other is, he
never discusses politics until after 6
O'clock in the evening.
A iweet Delegate.
From the Atlanta Journal.
' TJiere will be sugar in the Republican
campaign gourd. John D. Spreoklee is
coming to the national convention as a
delegate from California, ;
Oregon Sidelights
If seems wrong that " Jefferson, Or.,
should go Republican, . Is there nothing
in a name?
Haines has a new creamery, which the
Record Bays Is the best one S&, Its kind
In Eastern Oregon.
A revival Is In progress on Butter
creek. But this does not imply , better
butter for the same old high price.
Registration so fa' indicates a light
vote in Oregon this year, when the cer
tain-increase In population Is considered.
It would be difficult to decide which
sort of 'Oregon producers are moBt pros-'
perous. None are reasonably complain
lng. ,
Since October one concern has shipped
from Douglas county 91 carloads of
evaporated prunes, receiving therefor
IS2.000.
Mrs. Pacewof Pendleton savs she did
not elope. She only paced away singly
and will ask a bench-man to. divorce her
and for reasons.
The Washington County News Is a
new paper- of Forest Grove that looks
and reads as If it -was going to deserve
a large degree of success.
A Marsh field girl has been married to
a young man named Best, He was the
best man on earth to her, and so may
he remain, till death doth them part
Japs and Russians do not furnish
much war news lately, but the war be
tween the "regular" and "Independent".
Republicans waxes, more fierce and fu
riQus. . -
Crater lake. In southern' Oregon, is
deeper than Lake Baikal in Siberia, but
it may not supply so much ice. Neither,
however, is of much value to an ice
trust
Flood prophets in eastern and south
ern Oregon are buriy with predictions,
but the chances are that, as usual, the
event will not conform to the predic
tions. Jefferson Review: A t vnntrranhlrnl
error is a hard thing to find in the proof,
but in a printed and' completed paper it
looms up like a fat lady in a group of
vegetarians.
From so much good roads talk going
on ail over western Oregon, better roads
will result. Talk alone won't make
good roads, but it shows an Interest in
the subject that will prompt action.
Having . rid itself of the smallpox,
Jacksonville now has the mumps, and
the Sentinel predicts that by the time
this affliction disappears the measles
will bo on hand, and it calls for better
sanitary and preventive regulations..
An "old maid's convention" has been
held In Weston. But as those attend
ing were more or less sweet and pretty
normal school pupils, few If any of
whom expect to become old maids, it
was by no means a pessimistic or lu
gubrious affair.
The Port Orford Tribune remarks that
"this is the month when the poor old
cow seeks a soft spot on which to lay
her tired bones." But the man who
docs not provide good shelter arid bed
for his cow deserves to possess noth
ing more than her horns and tall.
Snow in the Blue mountains around
cold springs, above Weston, is reported
deeper than it has been for many years,
and some apprehension is felt by ranch
men along Umatilla county streams as
to the time and manner of the snow's
disappearance but it doesn't pay to
borrow trouble; rather to provide as
well as possible against it
This item In -an Oregon paper, the
La Grande Observer, may shock some
Immigrants: "The dance at the Mor
mon church last night was well at
tended, and a very pleasant time was
had." No lightning, no earthquake, no
fire-fiend, no ghosts. "Church." "dance,"
"Mormon;" Senator Hoar might make
quite a speech on this item.
SAMPLE C0MTX4MXST8.
Waking 1m Up.
From the Port Ahgeles, Wash., Times.
One of the brightest, handsomest, most
vigorous newspapers that has ever be
come an applicant for public favor on
the Pacific coast is the Oregon Journal,
sn afternoon paper printed at the web
foot metropolis by C. S. Jackson and
John F. Carroll, and which, in the second
year of its pilgrimage,. Is giving the
lumbering old Oregonlan' tne Jarring up
of its life. The Journal has introduced
up-to-date methods in newspaper making
into the sleepy Journalistic atmosphere
of Portland, and by getting the news
and printing it while it is fresh, keeps
the new sensation going. By all out
ward evidences it is making good in its
business departments as well, and, to
all appearances the Oregonlan is at last
-up against the combination that Is going
to permanently divide with it the long
monopolized field.
A Marvel of Growth.
From the Albany Democrat.
The growth of tho Portland Journal
is one of the marvels of the northwest
doings the. past two years. Starting in
a field strewn with failures, it has made
a wonderful success and now has se
cured a foothold of a permanent char
acter. It will be two years old on the
11th. On the 20th It will begin the
publication of a Sunday edition, issuing
it in the morning, with a full staff of
writers, many of national fame. It pro
poses to make It the finest Sunday edi
tion on the coast
Best on the Coast.
From the Haines Record.
The Portland Daily Journal, which
Is rapidly coming to the front as the
best newspaper on th coast announces
that beginning on March 20 it will issue
regularly a Sunday morning paper.
WEBTEB1T K0MESEEKEB8.
From the Chicago Tribune.
During the last two weeks 10,000
homeseekers have passed through Chi
cago in the annual heglra to the less
crowded country of the southwest. To
lower Kansas, to Oklahoma, Indian terri
tory, Texas, and even as. far - as the
Pecos valley of New Mexico, have the
paths of this pilgrimage lea The west
em exodus 14 now more of a hothouse
growth than formerly, being carefully
fostered each year during December
and January by the combined advertis
ing campaign of Interested railroads,
Women and children going eut to Join
relatives who have "blazed the way"
make up a large part of the crowds
passing .steadily through Chicago, Kan
sas City, Omaha, and other clearing
points, but young men still form t)
mnjdrlty of the army. As in the old
pioneer uays tney are going west to grow
,up with th country,
GREAT COST OF WAR,
James Creelman in New Tork World.
Mr. Gladstone once, in 'a budget
speech cited by Mr. Mortey as a text
to the chapter of his biography dealing
with the Crimean war made the fol
lowing Impressive statement:
The expenses jt a war are the moral
check which it has pleased the-Almlghty
to impose upon the ambltion'and lust
of conquest that are Inherent in so
many nations. There Is pomp and clr
cumstance, there is glory and excite
ment, about war, which, notwithstand
ing the miseries It entails, invests It
with charms in the eyes of the com
munity, and tends to blind men to those
evils tO'a, fearful and dangerous degree.
The necessity of meeting from year to
year the expenditure which it entails is.
a salutary and wholesome check, malting
them feel: what they are about and
making them measure the cost of the
benefit upon which they may calculate."
The conflict between Russia and
Japan must soon demonstrate the sound
ness of Mr. Gladstone's view Of the in
creasing cost of war as an Influence
for peace.
There can be no doubt In the minds
of those familiar with the subject that
the comparatively small expense at
tending the war of 1894, in which
Japan not only vanquished China but
won her footing in the family of na
tions, had much to. do with the light
hearted enthusiasm in Japan for a war
agalpst Russia which preceded the night
attack on Port Arthur. The military
glory won by the. Japanese in that short
and one-sided war, not to speak of the
enormous money indemnity and' the ces
sion of the rich island of Formosa, were
stupendous rewards for such a trifling
outlay of money and sacrifice of blood.
For 10 years, therefore, Japanese pol
icy has been more or less .blind to the
.financial devastation involved in modern
war on a large scale. With less than
60,000 men she drove the Chinese from
Korea, Invaded Manchuria, captured
Port Arthur and -Welhalwel, smashed
the Chinese navy and compelled the old
est and most populous empire in the
world to sue for peace all within seven
months. As a business Investment
from a pagan point of view the .war
with China was a paying business In
vestment for Japan.
But the present war in Asia Is a dif
ferent thing. Russia must send her re
inforcements more than 6,000 miles by
rail, Japan must carry all her troops
across the seas. Hundreds of thous
ands of men must be in the field on each
side. All this aside from the cost of
maintaining and operating warships.
It is estimated that Japan's available
army at the present time aggregates
about 400,000 soldiers. The cost of
landing his force on the Korean or Man
churlan coast at the rate of, say, 110 per
man, exclusive of horses, artillery and
supplies, would be $4,000,000. Mr.
Roche, formerly minister, of commerce
of France, believes that the cost of
maintaining the Japanese forces will
not be greater than f 1.25 a day Tor each
man, including clothing, equipment
food, transportation and munitions. He
estimates the cost of wtx to Japan, in
eluding the navy, at about $1,000,000 a
POLITICAL POINTERS
Baker City Herald: Did you eve ob
serve In polities how narrow is the line
between "masterful leadership" and
audacious bossism" between "perfect
organization" and "the machine" be
tween masterly presentation of the
Issues" and "cheap clap-trap of a dem
agog?" Partisan editors have a vaat
volume of just such synonyms and an
tonyms which make up the main struc
ture of their "arguments."
Independence' Enterprise: The Harris
boom started out on an Inclined plane
by the Eugene Register is still rolling
along, hut the ex-speaker, popular as he
Is, has yet to loop-the-loop. Linn county
has a crow to pick with Harris for the
part he took during his first term in the
legislature in supporting a bill that had
for its object the cutting off of a slice
of Linn county and giving it to Lane.
Mr, Harris can probably show, however,
that in duty to his constituents he could
have done no less than he did In the
matter. But regardless of any local ob
jections, if Harris makes it plain he has
cut loose 'from party factionalism ' he
will be a formidable candidate.
Salem Statesman: It is to be hoped
that the Republicans of Salem and Ma
rlon county, to say nothing of those in
the other "cow counties," will have
sense enough to keep out of the fac
tional fight being waged by the mem
bers of the party In Multnomah county.
Let them fight It out there. They will
do it anyway. All hades cannot stop
them. But let it end there. And, like
the woman whose husband was fighting
with the bear, let us say: "Go It husband,
go it bear!" It ought not to be neces
sary for any Republican in Oregon
(outside of Multnomah county). to wear
the tag of any particular man or men
in order to be a member in good stand
ing of the party. No bosses are needed.
The party in Oregon haa been cursed
enough with bossism.
THB X.BVBX.EB,
The glories of our birth and state
Are shadows, not substantial things;
There is no armor against fate;
Death lays his icy hand on kings;
Sceptre and crown
Must tumble down,
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor, crooked scythe and spade.
Some men with swords may reap the
field.
And plant fresh laurels where they
kill;
But their strong nerves at last must
i-leld, ' '
They lame but one another still;
Early or late
They stoop to fate,
And must' give up their murmuring
breath;
When they, 'pale captives, creep to death.
The garlands wither on thy brow,
Then boast no more thy mighty deeds;
Upon the purple altar now, -Lot
where the victor victim bleeds t
All heads must come ..
To the cold tomb;
Only the action of the just
Smell sweet and blossom In 'the dust.
James Shirley.
TVDQH PAJMCEX'S OTSBSS.
From the Brooklyn Citizen.
We should say, therefore, in answer
to the Sun's question, that Judge Park
er is thought of for the presidency be'
cause he is. the chief Judge . of the
court of appeals of the state of New
York, that he it concededly "an able
Judge," that he : Is exceptionally free
from factional entanglements, that he
Is happily fitted by-his moderation of
spirit aa well as by. what is negative In
his record, tq act as a conciliatory force
witn all elements or his party, and that
he has already carried as a Judge the
state which Is indispensable, to hip party
xor tne nignsst omce in question.
day. If this be a fair valuation of
Japan's fighting expenses, it will take
the entire earnings of more than 8,000,
000 Japanese toilers to support the war,
at the average wage rate of IS cents a
day. This .out of a total population of
about 45,oeo,000L :In otherwordsmore
than one third "of the male population
of Japan can barely earn the daily. cost
of the struggle. Nor is the loss to
Japanese commerce included Jn the .es
timate.. :
In the ffurko-Russlan war it "cost
Russia about 16 cents a day to support
each soldier in the field. But .that was
in a densely populated, fertile country,
with comparatively inexpensive trans
portation. - It is different In Manchuria. All sup
plies must be drawn from a great dis
tance. Clothing, transportation and
food are dear. Besides, before the Rus
sian troops can take, the field aside
from the 160,000 said to be in Man
churia now-they must be carried more
than 6,000 miles by rail. Putting the
naked cost of transportation at one cent
per mile for each soldier, the cost of
carrying 100,000 troops excluding artil
lery,, horses and supplles-would be at
least $5,000,000.
Mr. Roche believes that when Russia
has got over the first expense, of her
war with Japan ' her army and navy
will cost her from $1,600,000 to $1,750,
000 a day so long as she has to fight
only in the far east. ' . Assuming the
larger figure to be correct. It will take
the wages of 7,000,000 Russian laborers
to meet the expenses of the war, - - -.
All this relates to the war of Russia
and Japan in Asia. But if the conflict
should spread to Europe, If the great
powers should take the field against
each otlier, the estimated cost of the
struggle under modern conditions is
staggering.
Official figures show that In 1871 it
cost France more than $2,000,000 a day
to keep an army of 600,000 men in the
field against the Germans. But today
France claims to be able to mobilize
within 4,8 hours about 8,000,000 men and
600,000 horses and mules. Germany can
put 2,650,000 men in the field, Austria
1,300,000 and Italy 1.200,000. Schaffle.
the Austrian economist, declared In 1896
that a war involving the European con
tinental powers would cost France
$5,100,000 a day. Russia $5,600,000 a
day, Germany $5,000,000 a day and Aus
tria $6,000,000 a day.
According to Mr. Roche a conflict be
tween the European powers today would
cost for the first two months; including
the Initial outlay, the Immense sum of
$400,000,000, and If 3.000,000 . soldiers
should take the field the dally cost
would amount to $6,000,000 a day.
With these estimates in sight, even
though they are mere approximations.
It Is not hard to understand why the
statesmen of Europe are straining their
wits and their energies to confine the
present war to Asia.
If It takes .the wages of 15,000,000 men
to pay the' dAtly cost of the war be
tween Japan and Russia a war con
fined within a radius of 1,000 miles
what would a general conflict mean to
the overtaxed population of Europe?
COWPUCTIirO OPIHXONS.
Badlcal Difference of Opinion Between
Bepubllcan Papers.
From the Eugene Register (Rep.):
Special agents have been seht to Lane
county, to Eugene and to Roseburg, and
gone over all the Immense timber pur
chasing business of the Booth-Kelly
company, only to find in the words of
the special Washington correspondent
of the Portland Journal, the organ of
Oregon democracy, that the said Booth
Kelly company cannot be charged with
any unlawful acts, and that the effi
ciency of both Register Bridges and Re
celver Booth and their record for hon
esty and Integrity are entitled to men
tlon in the "most flattering terms."
This Is the good record President
Roosevelt found for the Booth - Kelly
company and the trusted officers of the
Roseburg land office, and for this rea
son president Kooseveit recommenaea
reappointment of the present incum
bents of the land office at Roseburg.
The Booth-Kelly company are not ob
jects of charity, neither is the Regis
tor's defense of legitimate business In
stitutlons purchasable, nor do we levy
nor attempt to levy blackmail. When
the Portland Journal or any other paper
In Oregon can produce evidence suffi
clent to prove that the Booth-Kelly
company has ever In any manner, shape
or form sought to defraud the general
government in the purchase of timber
lands for their immense sawmill .busi
ness that la so beneficial to Lane county
we will be found ready to Join in an
unsparing criticism of the company, but
until then the Register win be round
defending the company at any and all
times.
From the Roseburg Plalhdealer
(Rep.): State Senator Booth is an en
emy to individual effort In building up
the resources of Oregon, for his action
in the senate one year ago was entire
ly In favor of robbing settlers of their
rights to the watercourses and to bur
den them with taxation to protect tlnv
ber sharks' land, and the effort of the
Booth-Kelly Lumber company has been
to rob many settlers in Oregon out of
their just claim to public land. That
La Grande stealing of the homestead
ers' land was a disgrace to the state of
Oregon. This man Booth must be re
pudiated and defeated at the primaries,
county conventions and at the Joint sen
atorial convention. Such men are po
litically a disgrace to the Republican
party ana the entire state of Oregon.
They fed Senator Booth on receiver
pie after he had swallowed soveral thou
sand acres of squatters' homestead land,
and as he Is thirsty he wants to drink
up every stream west of the Cascades,
and his aching void is to be re-elected
state senator this year, governor of
Oregon in 106, and elected to succeed
Mitchell as United States senator In
January, 1909. He, too, has been eat
lng heraklephobta.
To dominate Booth for Joint senator
is to turn over the district to a Demo
crat for Booth cannot be elected to
the orrtce under any circumstances.
Are the Republicans of Douglas, Lane
and Josephine counties going to Bend to
the state senate a- man to rob settlers
of their homes? . , '
THB BIBB OP MAHCHtBIA.
From the National Geographlq Maga
zine. "V
Manchuria corresponds in' latitude to
Manitoba, North Dakota,. BOuth Dakota,
Minnesota end Nebraska, Its area of
362,810 square miles is only 10,000
square miles less than the combined area
of these great grain states. It la one and
one-jialf vtlmes greater than California
and rs aa big as Texas. Alabama and
Louisiana combined. In the northern
part of the province are . thousands of
square miles of rich wheat land entirely
untouched. Manchuria has a possible
wheat area as great as that of the
United States. . , , ,;
Help thelTlre.
From the Mor Observer. ' '
A few more beautiful spring poems.
jThejr 'help. ' ;
Small, Change
The Coast" Mall is now a daily with
dispatches.
The Outs have one advantage. They
can accuse and don't have any. explain
ing -to-ao. 7 - ---- , -
Painless dentistry will be complete v
realized only when It Is not succeeded
by dentists' bills.
The people don't want lower taxes so
much . as more needed things to show
for the money they are required to pay.
Missouri Democrats ara flarhflns fur.
iously among themselves, but Missouri
will go Democratic all the same
Couldn't there be a noisy or Ugly wed
ding occasionally, for a change? They
are all so monotonously! quiet, and
pretty. (,
Papa Smith Is the proud father of 1
son and 21 daughters, an evidence of
Impartiality that might have some miti
gatory weight.
Some'pcople do not blame those Col
orado women so much for stuffing the
ballot boxes as for doing it so that It
could be proved.
Of bourse, the rest of tha a.nsinr.
can turn Smoot out but he may never be
able to understand why some others
snouia not be turnea out too.
President Smith says his domestto
:ffatra nra.nnna tt t Via crnvArnmAn.
business. - But it seems to most men as
he would walcoma Intarfaranoa hv
some strong hand.
BriatOW has found, he thinks. a-rafttnr
by the Wholesale and In numaroua enuaa
almost all over the United States, In the
postal service. Shouldn't Brlstow have
been suppressed until next winter?
A New Jersey man A nun M
fessed to the court that ha h,i hmn
married 47 times. But in order to se
cure sequestration In a place of safety
he may have exaggerated somewhat, or
his matrimonial experiences may have
weakened Ms memory.
Th curious thing about this vam
that the late "Joe Monaghan," a wo
man who until death was supposed to be
a man. was In reality Kate Bender, Is
that nobody thought to spring the story
until several weeks after "Cowboy Joe's"
death. How many more times will the
awful Kate reappear and re-disappear?
This "revelation" - schema in a Ann
one: a man can do whatever ha nbn..
and affirm that the course of his con
duct was revealed to him. He cannot
prove this, but neither can anybody dis
prove it; and the recipient of the reve
lation always assumes that his word for
it must De taxen witnout question as
the veritable word of the Lord.
The chairman of the Republican na
tional committee is to be ex-Governor
Murphy of New Jersey, who 1b "strong-
with the financial Interests of the east;"
and the vice-chairman will be C L.
Henry of Indianapolis, described as "a
millionaire traction magnate." Such
opposition of the protected trusts and
monopolies as has appeared against the
president must be turned into cordial
support, and co-operation, and the selec
tlon of these men will help bring about
that result.
Senator Fairbanks has obviously been
selected to run for vice-president aa
a concession, or rather as an assurance
of surrender, on the part of the presi
dent, to the trusts and monopolistic
combinations of capital. Fairbanks whs
their nrst choice for president: he is
exactly the sort of man tney want in
that office; and the president does the
best he can for them by selecting Fair
banks for his mate and promising, re
port says, that the Indiana man shall
control the committee this year, and the
national organization in 1908. Thus the
trusts are satisfied, or placated; they
will have things their own way In the
government, aa usual, and all will be
serene. But it remains to be seen
whether the American people will su
pinely consent to this, bargain and sale
of themselves, or of their Interests, for
years to come.
Advice to the Lovelorn
BY BEATRICE rAISJAX
Dear Miss Fairfax I am a commuter
to New York and travel about 25 milts
etery day. Last summer I met a young
lady of whom I have learned to think
a great deal.
She certainly has one Of the sunnlent
dispositions and grandest, noblest char
acters I have ever known and seems to
measure up to my standard of what a
young lady should be. She used to keep
company with a friend of mine until
about three months ago, when some
thing happened to part them and he has
declared to another friend of mine that
he never Intends to keep company with
her again, As she is also a commuter I
meet her very often and occasionally
sit In the same seat with her. I would
have shown her some preference beforo
this. In the nature of invitations to the
theatre, etc., but I did not think It
proper to show any attention to her on
account of her keeping company with
my friend, as ho might think I wished
to come between them.
What would you do In my case? I
have no reason to believe that she Iihs
any desire to care for me' only In a
friendly way, yet I feel that It Is ponnl
ble that I might win tier love If I go
about it in the right way.
Do you think that I should let my
friendship for my friend stand in tlm
way or do you think I should consider
my cwn feelings only and go in to win,
if I can? 1L B.
As the girl seems so desirable In every
way, my advice is to go in and win her
if you possibly can. Your friend has
expressed his intention -of not continu
ing his friendship, so you owo him no
allegiance In the matter. I wish you .
all success in your suit
Dear Miss Fairfax. I have been keep
ing company with a young ma whom
I met last summer, and of whom I think
a great deal, but owing to the distance
between our homes I have been unable
to see him often, but we have, been cor
responding every week. What I want
to ask your opinion on Is thlB: About
two months ago he wrote me a letter
and simply said letter received, did
not address me as anything in It. I ex
cused htm for his neglect, put is week
I received another similar to the first.
Kindly tell me should I excuse him again
or should I take It aa an Insult and
hot write to him again.
-A BROKEN-HEARTED GIRL,
- I do not think he has any Intention
of Insulting you. It is simply a Utile
breach of etiquette on his part. Per.
haps he. Is accustomed to writing busi
ness letters and has formed the habit
or beginning his letters In that way,
The next time you write, remind him
of It. and flay you would rather he did
not begin his letters in that way,