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SATURDAY. MAY 6, 1899
WE MAY BE GENEROUS.
Every American citizen, except
perhaps a few who make war their
profession, hope that the negoiations
between the American forces in the
Philippines and the Filipino insur
gents may terminate in peace being
declared and a cessation of hostilities,
though there is little prospect of such
. a termination if General Otis pursues
the course he has outlined of refusing:
to recognize the existence of the Phil
ippine government and demanding, an
unconditional surrender. The Fili
pinos are a peculiar people, and have
little confidence in humanity, hence
they will not redily believe the prom
ises of the American commission that
upon their sun ender their rights will
be recognized, therefore they will not
be in a hurry to lay down their arms
and give themselves up to the Amer
ican authorities as prisoners of war
without first knowing what the future
of their country shall be. They be-
lieve they have everything to lose if
' they should surrender unconditionally
and much to gain by remaining in the
field fitrhtin? for independence, for
. they have learned by experience with
lxth the Spanish and the American
armies that the invaders are placed at
a serious disadvantage whenever they
get from under the protection of their
gunboats, and that it is only a question
of time when they will be worn out.
J With the experience we have had in
a war of three months with the Fill'
pinos we certainly can afford to be
generous in our dealings with those
people. We have had a magnficent
' army of 30,000 men chasing them from
one point to another for three months,
and yet have not gained what might
be termed a decisive victory, for the
Filipino army is neither subdued nor
annihilated. To force the war longer
must be at the expense of many
valuable lives, and at the same time
' the longer the war is continued the
,,more bitter will be the feeling of the
insurgents against the government
they are asked to accept. We might
well profit by the experience of Spain
in Cuba, and learn a lession therefrom
-' that would be to our advantage.
Spain refused to recognize theexis-
. tence of the Cuban government, and
would not accept overtures of peace.
An unconditional surrender was the
only inducement held out to the
Cu bans as the terms on which peace
could' be bought. ' By this course Spain
lost the sympathy of other powers, and
Cuba' found in America an ally that
took up her cause. May not the Fili
pinos yet find a friend in some other
foreign power?
The Filipinos have rights that we
must recognize, notwithstanding the
fact that we bought them like so many
cattle or sheep. They are human
beings, and liberty is as dear to them
as to the most loyal citizen of this or
any other nation. They have a sense
of honor the same as all humans, and
it is but just that their honor be con
sidered. A liberal policy extended to
them now in the recognition of their
; rights would aid materially in settling
future difficulties. It is not too late
to make them our friends by being
generous in our dealings with them.
But the more blood we spill the more
difficult it will be to deal with them in
the future, the stronger their enmity
toward us will be. Whatever the
fnture disposition of the islands may
be, whether '. they are to be made a
portion of the United States or are to
become an .independent government,
our relations with the people of the
islands will be benefitted by liberal
treatment being accorded to them now
while they are offering to treat for
. peace. .
LABOR'S MISTAKE.
' Organized labor has made another
grave mistake by resorting to violence
and the destruction of property belong
1 ing to the Bunker Bill Mining Co., at
Wardner, Idaho. The grievance
. against the company was that it re
fused to accede to the demands of the
Miners' Union, and was employing
- non-union men at a lower rate of wages
" than the union demanded. Such acts
of violence are without excuse.
Whatever differences that may exist
between employers and employes
should be adjusted in a different way
tban the blowing up and burning of
property. By such methods nobody is
gainer.
The proprietors of the Bunker Bill
mine had a perfect right to employ
whomever they pleased, and on the
other hand the miners had a right to
demand reasonable compensation for
their labor, but they did not have a
right to resort to the means they did
Whenever organized labor employs
' the means that were resorted to at
Wardner it brings the organization in
A onnumnt. Tt. makes law abiding
citizens view all union labor with sus-
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objects of honest laboring men who
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mutual beneht ana sen protection.
When such organizations undertake to
regulate civil affairs and destroy life
and property they become criminals
and lose the respect of all who recog
nize the supremacy of the law. The
Idaho Miners' Union has certainly
made a most serious mistake, and has
given organized labor a blow from
which it will not soon recover. Such
an outbreak is especially uufortunate
at this time, when labor unions are
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. will certainly be to the advantage of
. laborers who belong to the various
unions to lend their assistance in bring'
ing the Wardner rioters to justice.
TOO FOND OF "TALKING "
If some of Governor Gear's friends
don't put a muzzle on his tongue pretty
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soon tne state win uowiuw a muBuiu8
stock for having a governor whose
brains are in the wrong part of his
anatomy. He is becoming entirely
too fond of expressing his views, and
it seems whenever he has a oppor
tunity to express himself he must fling
a dirty insult at everybody who differs
from him in opinion. The other day
the New York World asked him to ex
press his y'ews upon celebrating May
1st as Dewey day, and this is the
reply he sent.-
'Certainly this should be done, but
pill It be possible to fecwre the co ,
operation of those who have such a
chilly dread of imperialism? Remem
bering that Dewey's victory was the
first step toward expansion, and that
any relinquishment of our rights in
the Philippines would be a virtual
nullification of the patriotic feature of
his heroic engagement, it would be a
virtual stultification to celebrate the
anniversary of a great naval victory
that was the first movement towards
the policy of 'imperialism,' that may
'lead to the downfall of the republic'
etc."
In this effusion Geer displays hi9
unpardonable ignorance of the senti
ment of those who oppose imperialism,
and of the causes that led to Dewey's
great victory at Manila. The naval
battle of May 1, 1898, was in no sense
a step toward expansion; it whs not
fonght with a view to subduing the
Eilipinos, but was in a war to liberate
them and the Cubans from the oppres
sion of Spain. When the war with
Spain was began it was announced by
the administration, xhich our verbose
governor worships, that it was not a
war of conquest but one of humanity
Dewey went to Manila to drive the
Spanish out of the Philippines, and
not to extend the dominion of the
United States. To assert that his vie
tory "was the first move toward im
perialism" brands the party who gives
it expression, either as lacking com
mon sense or of being economical
with the truth.
The governor's questioning the pa
triotism of those who oppose imperial
ism is entirely uncalled for. There
are those who glory in the victory of
our greatest military genious over the
Spaniards with whom we were eu gaged
in war, but do not approve an attempt
to govern a people without their
consent or butcher them because they
object, yet who are as patriotic as the
victim of circumstances who sits in the
governor's chair at Salem.
THE NE W FORES TRY SYSTEM
Among the acts of the government
of the United States during recent
years which are most likely to leave a
permanent impress, the reservation of
forest areas will take a prominent
place. For more than a century after
the government was organized it acted
as if forest wealth were inexhaustible
and made no special effort to protect
it from unnecessary destruction: but
within a few years pa9t a vrry differ
ent course of action has been entered
upon and the progress made is so rapid
that few have been able to keep track
of the most recent developments of the
new policy. The forest reserves es
tablished by withdrawing from sale
and settlement large areas where they
are most invaluable a9 the sources of
streams important for navigation and
irrigation number thirty-five and they
embrace a total area of forty-six mil
lion acres, which would make thirty
one states of the size of Delaware.
Eleven different states and territories
have a part in this system of forestry
reserves. The largest reserve is in
Oregon and embraces nearly 4,500,000
ao-es, extending from north to south
234 miles. When the making of re
serves began there was considerable
opposition manifested, but it ha3 dis
appeared since settlers and miners
have learned that reserving a forest
area does not mean locking up its re
sources, but only tbe use of them un
der such regulations as will prevent
extinction.
While tbe reservation system was
established several .wars ago, the fire
patrol system is only about a year old
and the results so far . accomplished
are not generally known. United
States Commissioner Binger Hermann
reports that the forestry service of the
government now includes nine super
intendents, twenty-seven supervisors
and 175 rangers or fire pa'rqlmen.
All the reserves are mapped and each
fire patrol district is designated, so
that the location of a given supervisor
or ranger can be determined by refer
ence to the map. Each party of pros
pectors, hunters or pleasure seekers
which enters a forest reserve must do
so under the supervision of the patrol
men, who visit the camps and see to
the extinguishment of fires. As an
example of the great difference which
tbis careful supervision makes in the
liability to forest fires, Mr. Hermann
states that ''last year was the first one
for a long time in which the people of
Oregon were able to get clear views of
Mount Hood; smoke of forest fires
usually obscures it for months at a
time, but last year the government
patrol prevented fires and the moun
tain was not obscured by smoke a
single day."
The pres9 of the country is indulging
in considerable talk about Tom Reed's
retirement from congress and from
politics, and advancing all manner of
reasons, some going so far as to say
that ho has been scared away from
public life because of his opposition to
the administration's imperialistic
views. Such an assertion is . childish
Reed is too big a man to bo frightened
by Hanna's puppet. Probably if the
truth were known, it would be found
that he could not and would not sane
etion tbe corruption of Alger and
Banna and rather than cause an open
rupture in his party, withdraw from
the contest tor leadership of the lower
house. Reed is still a man, and will
some day be heard from again in public
life.
rne uoeur a Alene miners are con
tinuing their evil work against or
ganized labor by threatening to again
blow up the Bunker Hill mill if it is
rebuilt, and to wreack yengence upon
tbe managers if they attempt to work
tbeir properties. Such men ' as they
are not friends of labor, but the worst
kind of enemies. A man who will not
work and refuses to let others earn a
livelihood is the worst kind of an an
archist. Idaho will do its elf credit by
feriting out and prosecuting every
one of the mob who participated in the
dastardly deed of last Saturday.
Silver hts taken a sudden jump from
59J cents to 631 cents an ounce. Tbe
rise is said to be the result of tbe
enormous production of gold and tbe
falling off in tbe production of the white
metal during the past year. Whatever
the cause has been it will have a good
effect in the mining districts where it
will stimulate the silver mine owners
to renew their energies, and in tbe
longrnn will help all producers, for
when men are put to work in the now
idle mines tbey will become consumers
of all kinds of products.
The fact that tbe expenditures of the
United States were $24,000,000 greater
than the receipts in April is not en
couraging, ana empnisizes the oft re
peated statement that stricter economy
is demanded in governmental affairs.
Tbe people are already taxed about all
they can stand, and the only hope of
escaping from bankruptcy lies in the
the cutting down of tbe expenses of
the government.
GERMANS ON IMPERIALISM.
Among the foreign element in
America there are none more level
headed or far seei ng than the Germans.
Although raised in a monarchy, they
readily adopt our systems, acquire a
knowledge of our political institutions,
accepting tbe duties and responsibilit
ies of American citizenship with a
promptitude that fits them to judge
of national questions intelligently and
accurately. A majority of them came
to this country to escape militaryism
that is a menace to the freedom of
citizenship in tbeir fatherland, hence
it is not to be wondered that they do
not accept with any degree of approval
the imperialism into which this go"'
ernment is drifting at present. The
Westliche Post, an influential German
publication, outlined the sentiment of
German-Americans in a recent edi
torial in which it said in part:
"Time and again the attempt has
been made to supplant American re
Dublicanism with imperialism. Time
and again American patriotism and
that high and far seeing love of man
kind which unites men of all countries
in a common brotherhood of humanity
have ralied and won against it.. When,
half a century ago, we bad the same
cries of 'manifest destiny,' the 'con
auerins- Saxon.' ' 'expansion' and all
tbe rest we are hearing over again now,
Americans as radically opposed to
each other in most things as were Cal
hourn and Corwin, joined with Clay,
Webster, Lowell, Clayton and Clemens
against it.
"What American can read this with
out an indignant refusal to consent
that tbe blood of those once our allies
shall 'saturate tbe soil' on which they
were born that we may be praised by
the London Times for our 'noble work
for progress,' in furthericg British
plans for disemberin and robbing
China. John M. Clayton himself
the author of the Ciayton-Bulwer
treaty and openly in favor of co-operat
ing with England in business, was
openly opposed to baying anything to
do with the political methods of British
imperialism.
"What is there in stalwart Ameri
canism (in native Americanism, if you
will) except what German-Americans
are saying now in declaring that they
gave up home and friends and came
thousands of miles into an unknown
country for the love not of British
colonialism, but of American repub
licanism. To that they are loyal now
and always; to Americanism, not to
British commercia ism of the bayonet;
to liberty; to progress; to freedom
from militarism; to the expectation of
a time to come when the world will bp
no longer shackled by imperialism,
with its bayonets and fetters; to that
German-Americans who renounced
imperialism in Europe are devoted
now as they were 50 years ago, when
they listened to Seward, as he said of
these same 'expansionists':. 'Sir, they
have sent the American eagle abroad,
bearing not the olive branch, but a
shackle in his talons.'
"The flag of this great reDublic
stands now not for what the London
Times approves but for what it meant
when Seward stood under it to utter
this immortal sentence. Such re
publicanism as that was not bis, nor is
it that of any other American who is
loyal to his flag and to bis own country,
May heaven forbid that it ever should
be. May the time never come when
tbe American people will applaud those
who dabble a flag dedicated to freedom
and human progress in tbe blood of
men who die on their own soil resisting
the same principle of British imperial
ism against which America triumphed
at Yorktown and New Orleans. . Such
ideas will never prevail in 'America.
Any party which commits itself to
them will be wiped out of existence.
Any leader who attempts . to check
civilization and progress and American
institutions and American principles
will be repudiated and disgraced; any
foreign nation which for its own selfish
purposes attempts to use the American
people as a cat's-paw in schemes of
fraud and violence will find itself the
victim of the reactions of its own mal
evolent scheming. Justice, liberty
progress through justice and liberty
until the whole world is elevated by
our national life, as it has been by the
individual life of Washington that is
the manifest destiny of America; for
that the flag stands, and for that Ger
man-Americans are willing now, as
they have always been, to stake every
thing, Knowing that when issues are
made against liberty and in favor of
imperialism, everything is at stake for
them, tbe American flag and all that
is worthy of survival in the world.'
OUR FOUNDATIOM STONE.
Free competition is one of the foun
dation stones vpon which modern
civilization rests, the other two being
tbe right to own lands and make con
tracts. That free competition is
crumbling to the dust and that mighty
combinations of capital are establish
ing industrial despotism in its stead is
one of tbe terrible facts with which
the present and tbe future has to deal.
In destroying one of the ioundation
stones upon which civilization rests
can we preserye our civilization
That is not yet determined. By such
men as Mayor Jones, of Toledo, and
others eminent for tbeir learning,
state or national socialism is suggested
as a remedy. Socialism might be a
remedy and might promise a higher
civilization than we now have if there
were any assurance that it was adapted
to man, but having observed nocbange
in the nature of man from the begin
ning of bis career to tbe present time,
and therefore finding nothing to war
rant us in believing that any change
is taking place in his nature, it seems
to us that socialism would in a com
paratively brief period degenerate
into an ironclad despotism. Man must
be free, each to work out his own sal
vation in the industrial world. His
own intelligence, industry and moral
worth must be tho measure of bis suc
cess. If there be men who are so indo
lent or cowardly that tbey would de
sire the state to assume all responsi
bilities for them and thus relieve them
of their burdens, they should also re
member that there are other strong
aggressive men who would be very
glad to do this work instead of baying
the state do it, and that in selecting
the state for a master the chances are
it will be taking a step backwards
toward slavery and despotism instead
of a step forward toward a higher
civilization and a greater freedom.
No citizen can view the array of
combination of capital as it is being
formed into trusts without forebodings
of disaster to those who cannot com
bine tbeir interests.
All thoughtful persons are compelled
to ask themselves what it portends,
what the result will be upon the lives
of their children and the generations
that are to follow ua. All persons who
assume such responsibilities m tbe
Creator intended that the citizens of a
republic should assume, are compelled
to ask themselves what are their duties
at this time, and what is to be done to
check the growth of combinations
which, if unchecked, will hold the lives
and property of the people at their
mercy.
The first thing is to understand that
these combinations cannot exist with
out the authority of law. They are
the result of franchises granted by the
state and the nation to a limited num
bur of individuals conferring upon
them certain privileges and immuni
ties. Tbey are absolutely at the mercy
of the law making poweraod will be
unable to pursue a course dangerous
to the welfare of the people when the
people, through their government, fix
for them their proper limitations.
There, it becomes a 'question of poli
tics. We must put in power a party
representing the people and not the
combinations of wealth. We have
already reached tbe point where the
antagonistic forces in our politics are
the corporations on one side and the
people on the other.
We would not arraign class against
class, the poor against the rich, the
weak against tbe strong were not tbe
lines being drawn by those who have
combined to control the industrial
institutions of tbe country, and
were not 'hose people undertaking to
influence the administration cf gov
ernment in their own interest. Under
such conditions the only hope o; the
masses rests in defeating the trusts at
the polls and thereby secure control of
the government. If they fail in this
the cornerstone of our government
must totter and fall.
SHOW YOUR HAND.
Since tbe executive committee of the
Commercial club has teken in hand
the matter of encouraging manufactur
ing industries in Tbe Dalles, and called
a meeting of tbe club' for May 13th, it
will soon be in order for tbe property
owners and business men of the city
to show what they are willing to do in
the line of offering financial assistance.
Whether or not The Dalles shall reap
tbe benefits of its natural advantages
is simply a question of money. It is a
question how many dollars can be of
fered in tbe way of inducement to out
side capital to invest. The natural
facilities cannot be questioned. We
are tbe center of trade for a large
scope of territory, all manner of farm
products seek a market here, we have
an admirable clinate, land is compara
tively cheap, and best of all we have
freight facilities that are not equaled
by any inland point on the Pacific
coas. Therefore the capitalist or
manufacturer with money to invest
readily sees without argument in our
favor that this is indeed a favored
locality.
' But it is a universal custom these
times to offer a cash consideration in
other words a bonus as an en courage
mint to capital to invest in such en
terprises. Other places offer such
inducements and if Ibe Dalles would
secure them it must do the same, Tbe
scouring plant, woolen mill and the
big flouring mill at Pendleton were
secured not because of the favorable
location of the place, ' but because of
tbe fioan ial inducements held out by
the citizens of the town.. Tbe beet
sugar factornft La Grande was induced
to locate there by a cash consideration.
Union got its woolen mill by the citiz
ens holding out financial inducements,
Tbe Dalles can get like industries if
it will offer sufficient consideration
Therefore the time has arrived for
those directly interested in the - future
welfare of tbe city and, surrounding
country to show tbeir hands to come
forward and state how much actual
cash they wilt contribute for the up
building of industries that will be of
general benefit. There is no question
if we are able to offer a bon us of one
dollar for every tbree dollars the
manufacturer has to invest that it will
be an inducement which will bring
manufacturing to the place. We want
to show , that we are alive, that we
have pluck and enterprise, and are
ready to encourage any industry that
promises to bring us indirect returns.
Tbat the business men of The Dalles
will contribute to a laudible enter
prise is not questioned; all tbat is
required is for someone to take the lead
and present tbe matter properly be
fore them. A few days since two
prominent citizens canvassed the town
to raise funds to encourage the con
cert band. The result of their labors
for two half days was a contribution
of $415. If that amount could be so
readily raised for a source of amuse'
ment, what could not be raised to en
courage an enterprise tbat would add
to the general thrift of the place?
Not less than $15,000 and possibly
$20,000 could be raised in a week to
encourage a proposition that would
employ 150 men and become a per
manent industry. Our resources are
unlimited, our people are enterprising,
All tbat is needed is a leader to start
us on tb? road to prosperity. And now
tbat the club has taken the initiative in
tbe matter, let every one who has any
interest in the future welfare of the
place show his appreciation of the
effort by offering an encouraging sup
port.
A BICYCLE DECADE.
The bicycle, popularly called "wheel"
or "bike," is no longer regarded by the
unprejudiced mind as a "devilish ma
chine" made only for city "swells" and
scaring horses; but rather has come to
be ' looked upon as a permanent and
necessary implemeut to be used by any
and all persons who desire so to do.
True. ten years ago a lady or gentleman
of dignified standing, while venturing
out on the new device, was very apt to
find hot self or himself largely deserted
by those of his own rank and classes
among the sporting people of the com
munity. This little implement, like
all other novelties, has been forced to
run the gauntlet of prophecies, scorn
and abuse,and now, after more than a
decade of the most rigid tests,quietly as
sumesan enviable place among tbe not-
so-much luxuries as necessities of the
common, as well as the "uncommon,
people.
Ten years ago, wnen one was seen
scurrying along on the silent racer, be
was thought of as one who was seeking
enjoyment only This condition has
passed away, indeed the purpose of
wheeling has been quite reversed dur
ing this brief period, for now the handy
little machine is mounted far more
often for business than for pleasure. It
may carry one to and from his daily
labor; it may transport the benighted
or delayed business man in rapid tran
sit to his place of business; it may
greatly assist the overworked teacher
in making up lost time: it may' swiftly
convey the messenger dispatched to
ecure the physician's services tor
ome one sadly 11L
EDITORIAL NOTES.
An exchange says American belles
in Havana have adopted the Spanish
custom of flirting with a fan. That
must be a mistake. No truly Ameri
can girl would be content with flirting
with anything oat a man, or some
other woman's husband.
How vast is the political patronage
of the director of the new cencus may
be gathered from tbe fact that 500
supervisors, and more than' 50,000
enumerators aro .to be appointed, in
addition to about 10,000 subordinates
and clerks of yarious grades who will
be employed in tbe main office at
Washington.
California's late legislature passed
an anti-cartoon law making it a fine
able offense for a paper to print the
picture of any individual without his
consent, but the papers of the golden
state are Ignoring tbe law and making
whatever pictures they see fit, and no
body seems willing to make himself
ridiculous by testing the law, for it is
well known that it will never survive
before the Bupreme court.
The Dalles must turn its attention
to manufacturing if it would reap tbe
full benefit of its natural surroundings,
but it cannot interest capital in manu
facturing unless it offers substantial
inducements. What can each busi
ness firm in town afford to giye as a
bonus to encouraging industries tbat
will employ people and create a
monthly pay-roll? Now is the time to
consider these matters if we would
reap full benefit this year.
A list of grain ships that cleared
from Portland between July 1, 1898,
and April 29, 1899, shows the number
to have been 99. Of this number, 80
were British. 13 German, three French,
one Austrian, one Danish, and one
Norwegian. Not a single American
ship was in the list. Every dollar that
was paid for shipping our grain abroad
during the past ten months -went to
foreign ship owners. Is it not time
something was done to keep a portion
of this money at home? ,
Tbe preamble to the Declaration of
Independence affirms that "all men
are endowed by their Creator with cer
tain unalienable rights, among which
are life, liberty and the pursuit of hap
piness.' If the American people deny
the truth of this declaration and assert
that might constitutes right in the
Philippines, they must repudiate the
principles for which tbe revolutionary
lathers pledged their lives, their
liberty and their fortunes to sustain.
Representatives Moody and Tongue
Lave expressed sensible views on the
question of the selection of speaker of
tbe next bouse. Locality should cut
no figure in the matter. It is a ques
tion of man, whether be comes from
one state or another is of little conse
quence. Whoever is selected should
be a broad minded man, one who
knows no sectionalism, one who will
consider the interests of the entire
nation above the interests of any par
ticular locality.
The new mode of wireless telegraphy
has created a great furor and our gov
ernment is going to make a very thor
ough investigation of tbe whole matter.
It is not mure mysterious to the public
tban the telegram of half a century ago,
nor tbe telephone, phonograph . and
other inventions of the latter half of
tbis inventive century., The public
will watch tnese developemants with
gnat Interest and is willing, to believe
almost anything . if there are grounds
for such belief. ,
.There are seven prominent candi
dates tor speaker of the 56th congress.
They are Joseph) G. Cannon and Al
bert J. Hopkins, of Illinois; S. E.
Payne and Janus S. Sherman, of New
York; W. P. Hepburn and David B.
Henderson, of Iowa, and Charles Gros
venor, of Ohio. All are men of promi
nence and worthy of the honor tbey
seek, but it is indeed questionable if
any of them possess tbe ability of tbe
big man from Maine wbo has just re
tired. There are few men who are
such leaders as Tom Reed.
The East Oregonian very appropria
tely remarks: Tbe next United States
senator to be elected in this .state
should be from Eastern Oregon, This
section of the state deserves a repre
sentative in the tenate. There are
any number of men who would be good
timber for tbe office, but all of them
have one falling. Not one of the
available candidates has the necessary
wealth to spare with which to bid for
the office. If an Eastern Oregon man
is elected he will be a poor man
Poverty is getting to be a crime in
American politics! But nevertheless
an Eastern Oregon man should be
elected. A poor man invariably has
more energy and ambition than a rich
one; and as often he thinks more of
the people's interests. Of course there
are exceptions in either case.
U. S. SECRET SERVICE WORK
The leaders of the dynamiting mob
on Canyon Creek and at Mullen are
seeking safety by flying to the hills
and crossing the state line into Mon
tana. Here is work for the United
States secret service. It is impossible
for the Idaho state authorities to pur
sue these fugitives and rout them out
of their hiding places; but the federal
secret service can do the work, and it
should set about that duty without de
lay. It is maintained for just such
service, and its authority to act in this
matter is unquestioned, says the
Spokesman-Review.
Tbe mob leaders are guilty of mur
der, and should be hanged. ' They are
responsible for the mob's deviltry,
Remove them and the problem will be
solved. Peace will desend on the
stricken Cceur d'Alenes, confidence
will be gradually restored, capital will
take new courage, the undeveloped
mines will be exploited, employment
will be given to additional union min
ers, the business interests of the
country will flourish, and poor claim-
owners who have been waiting for
years for an opportunity to sell their
prospects to mining capitalists will
have their reward.
The public schools are the bulwarks
of our nation. The rapid progress of
our country has been due to the public
school more than any other cause.
Our victories in the recent war can be
credited to the public school and edu
cational institutions of higher learn'
ing, wniie bpain owes her downfall to
the ignorance and superstition of the
mass of her people. Without the pub
lic schools the brilliant victories of
gallant Dewey would never adorn the
gea of history. The illustrious
names of Sampson and Schley would
have passed into oblivion, "the hero of
the Merrlmac", would never have been
a byword on the lips of a nation, the
names of Clark, Phillips, Evans and
many others would never have been
implanted in the memories of seventy
million I people.
pf
NEW PROPOSALS
OF PEACE
Two
Filipino Officers Meet
General Otis.
Manila, May 2. Major Manuel
Arguelezeas and Lieutenant Jose Ber
nal, of the staff of General Antonio
Luna, returned here today to renew
and press the request of General Luna
for a cessation of hostilities. They
have found their field of labor a most
uncongenial one. The two officers
were received and-admitted to a con
ference with Major-General Otis. The
proposals which they had to submit
differed but slightly from those which
tbey brought from the Filipino com
mander in the first place. They de
sired a little time iu which to summon
congress, and expressed themselves as
beiug confident tbat congress will de
cree peace, because the people desire
it. Tbey represent that Aguinaldo
is without power to surrender the
army and that congress must decide
tbat question. Incidentally the Fili
pinos enyoys asserted that Aguinaldo
had not yet made a fair test of his
strength against the American forces,
because but one-third of his army bad
been assembled together. Tbe envoys
presented a letter from Senior Mallni,
president and minister of foreign af
fairs, in the cabinet of Aguinaldo, and
who is the backbone of the Filipino
organitation. The communication is
personal and unofficial, and seconds
Major Arguelezeas' arguments.
Whether or not General Luna is
sincere in his overtures, the negotia
tions are glviug the insurgents much
needed opportunity to reorganize
their demoralized forces. The truth
is, the dissensions among the leaders
of the rebels is helping on the
organization of tbe Filipino army al
most as much as the American cam
paign. In course of a conference with
tbe Filipino envoys. General Otis
agreed with the statement of Major
Arguelezeas that the people of the
Philippines wanted peace, and he ad
ded that requests for protection were
pouring upon him from all parts of the
country.
General Lawton was engaged in
hard fighting early this morniug, but
telegraphic communication was cut at
9 a. m., and there have been no reports
from Lawton since that time.
MEWS FROM OILMOBE.
He Sends Word of Bis Capture to Gen
eral Mc Arthur.
Manila, May 2. The first authen
tic information regarding Lieutenant
J. G. Gilmore and bis party of 14 men
from tbe United States gunboat York
town, who were captured by the Fili
pinos April 12, was received at the
hands of Major A. R. Arguelezes, of
the staff of General Luna. It is in the
form of a list of the missing men, and
is signed by Lieutenant Gilmore.
The lieutenant reports that be and
hi a party have been brought across tbe
mountains. This information was.
brought in response to a note which
General Mc Arthur sent to Luna by
Major Shields and Lieutenant Hayne,
and which those officers, bearing a flag
of truce, carried across General Luna's
line yesterday evening. ' The note,
after asking for Information regarding
American prisoners in General Luna's
hands, concluded with the message
that he (General McArthur) would be
pleased to meet General Luna.
ORDERED TO WARDNER.
Troop From Walla Walla and Sponane
Sent to Idano.
Vancouneb, May 2 Sixty men of
company B, Twenty-fourth infantry
(colored), stationed at Vancouver bar
racks, have' received orders to leave
for the scene of the miniag trouble at
Wardner, Idaho.
Walla Walla, May 2. One troop
of the Fourth cavalry, under command
of Lieutenant Munro, will leave by
way of the O. R. & N. train at 1:30 this
afternoon, under orders from the war
department to proceed totbe scene of i
tbe Wardner riot. Horses will be left
behind.
Spokane, May 2. Seventy-five
picked men of company M, Twenty
fourth infantry (colored), led by Capt.
Batchelor, left Fort Spokane for
Wardner, Ida., at 7:30 this morning.
Tbey carry 15 days' rations and 2000
pounds of ammunition. Many are
veteransjwho foughtat San Juan. Tbe
men expect no immediate fighting, but
are ready for anything.
Affairs at Wardner.
Wallace, Ida., May 2. Sheriff
Young and County Attorney Samuels
are both in Wardner today, presumably
conferring with State Auditor Sinclair,
the governor's representative, who
arrived yesterday.
Under-Shoriff Seysler pronounces
Saturday's outrage as unparalleled.
The destruction of property was bad
enough, although not surprising to
one acquainted with conditions here.
The boldness of the attack, however,
is without precedent, while the shoot
ing of the men was utterly without
excuse: tie further says that while
punishment should be meted to the
guilty parties, only the federal govern
ment can. do so, as there is not. a man
in Shoshone county qualified to sit as
a juror in the case. There is no talk
or expectation of any action by the
local authorities.
Excluded From Malls.
Washington, May 2. The post
master-general has directed the post
master at San Francisco to take out of
the malls for Manila three pamphlets
issued by Edward Atkinson, of Boston,
vice-president of the Anti-imperialistic
League. This order does not ap
ply to the circulation of pamphlets by
mail in this country, but bars the dis
patch to the Philippines, discontent
and even mutiny among the soldiers
being stated by tbe department to be
the design of these publications. Tbe
three pamphlets are especially de
scribed, and in no circumstances are
they to be forwarded by mail to the
Philippines.
RIO HTKEL COMBINE.
It Will Have a Stock Capitalisation of
Tnree-qaartera of a Billion.
New York, May 2. The Times says:
Tbe rumors of an immense combina
tion of steel interests are practically
confirmed by John W. Gates, president
of the Amerioan Steel & Wire Com
pany, who returned from an European
trip on Saturday. The combination,
unless tbe present plans fail, will em
brace many of the big concerns of the
country, and will have a capitalization
between 1700,000,000 9800,000,000.
The proposed combination is yet far
from complete in point of detail, but
the presence in this city of the repre
sentatives of the greatest interests of
tbe United States led Mr. Gates to say
that in all probability the next few
days will see it whipped into tangible
shapes.
As an evidence of the rise in prices
consequent upon the rush of business,
Mr. Gates told oi an order placed here
by the Russian government last Oc
tober for 90,000 tons of steel rails. It
was agreed that the price should be $16
or $16 50, but the Russian government
tacked on certain specifications, one of
which was that the steel should not
contain more than one tenth of 1 per
cent of arsenic. The company rejected
the proposals, and after vainly trying
in the markets of Europe, at an ad
vanced price, the order was again
offered to the American concerns with
the objectionable clause eliminated,
but was refused at an advance of $11.
"Now the Russian government,"
said Mr. Gates, "is between the devil
and the iron works. It wants the rails
for the. -trans-Siberian road, andean'
not get them in Europe or America
without waiting months."
GENERAL OTIS AND
THEFILIPINOS
Recognition of the Filip
ino Government Still
Refused.
Manila, Nay 3. There was a con
ference lasting two hours today be
tween Major-General E. S. Otis, and
the envoys wbo came here from Gen
eral Antonio Luna bearing the pro
posal for a cessation of hostilities.
General Otis adhered to his refusal
to recognize the so-called government
of the insurgents. Tbe Filipinos now
ass ior a truce oi three months to en
able Aguinaldo to summon congress
and consult with insurgent leaders on
other islands. The envoys admitted
the contention of General Otis that
Aguinaldo has little control over affairs
outside of tbe island of Luzon.
The question of the release of Span
i8h prisoners in the hands of the Filipi
no-being mentioned, Major Argue
lezes, tbe chief metuber of tbe deputa
tion, said he considered them as being
in the same category with Americans,
the United States being tbe successor
of Spain in the dominion over tbe
island, and acquiring by treaty all
Spanish rights and obligations. After
tbe close of the conference with Otis,
the Filipino envoys had a consultation
with the United States Philippine com
missioners.
A RUSH FOB LAUD.
Homeaeekera Making Eager Efforts
to
. Get Locations on the Ute
Reservation.
Denver May 3. A special to tbe
News from sTurango, Colo., says: Tbe
first man took his place before the
land office door at 6:30 a. m., and be
gan his long wait for tbe hour of the
reservation opening at noon, May 4.
The man is Philip F. Voight, of Blan
ca, Costlla county, Colo. News of
Voight's initiative sped quickly over
the city during the morning, and at
noon the line began to lengthen at a
rapid rate. By nightfall it had ex
tended down tbe stairway into tbe
street, the last man being ' compelled
to stand in the wind and snow, which
had been playing fitfully upon the
thoroughfares all day. Two young
women, Misses Emma and Adela
Stollsteimer, neither of whom is over
20 years of age, occupy the third and
fourth places in the line, tbeir brother,
A. F. Ftollsteimer, holding second
place. Those in line have agreed to
hold toe line intact while tbe members
take turns at eating and sleeping, pro
vided that the later arrivals would
assent to it. There are several hundred
boomers in the city, but most of them
will have the run for the land.believing
that to be the safer way, although
Register Perkins has announced that
he will not receive duplicate filings,
regardless of when improvements on
tbe land were begun. A snow storm
is raging here.
THEY REPRESENT AGUINALDO.
Filipino Envoys Speak for the Insurgent
leader
Manila, May; 3.-8 p. M. The
Filipino envoys, Major Arguleezes and
Lieutenant Bornal, have abandoned
tbe pretense under which they came
to General Otis, that tbey came
representatives of Aguinaldo himself.
emmissaries used all the wiles of which
they were capable to secure a reply
from Otis to tbe letter from Seror
Mablni, Agulnaldo's prime minister
of foreign affairs in the dictator's cabi
net, which they presented to Otis yes
terday, but Otis refused to make any
reply, on the ground that to do so
would be equivalent to a recognition
of the so-called government of the
Filipinos. Arguelezes sa'd Aguinaldo
knew be would be overpowered in
time, but that he would be able to con
tinue the fight for months, and tbat
he would do so unless he was given
what Arguelezes termed peace with
dignity.
Afnlnaldo Mot for Peace.
London, May 2 Representatives
of the Filipino junta say they have
received a telegram from Aguinaldo,
dated April 30, in which be stated that
his government has nothing to do
with the present peace negotiations,
which he asserts are being conducted
oy a group oi nan-castes, wbo are
anxious for peace in expectation of I
getting nign omces unoer tne new
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government.
Several of these men, Aguinaldo
says, are members of the Filipino con
gress, where they are endeavoring to
outvote him.
Arresting the Rioters.
Wardner, Ida., May 3. Fifty-four
warrants have been sworn out and
constables are making arrests under
the protection of the colored troops.
The dynamiters are fleeing to the hills.
Their cabins are being searched, and
the town is wild with excitement.
About 15 arrests have been made.
Smith's body will be brought back
from Canyon Creek today, and the in
quest will be held . Other troops will
be here on the next train. Cheney's
body is now on the way . back here
from Spokane for tbe inquest.
Tired of Life.
Walla Walla, Wash.,May 3. The
wife of George Dehaven, of Milton,
Or., committed suicide this morning.
Her husband, returning from milking,
found her lying face downward in an
irrigating ditch, with flatirons tied
around her neck. Years of sickness
and despondency was tbe cause of her
notion.
COLONEL SUMMERS
LEADS TO VICTORY
He Charged the Enemy
atMaasoul.
Washington, May 4. The war de
partment received the following dis
patches today:
Manila, May 4. Colonel Summers,
with six battalions, including- tbe
Second Oregon, tbe Dakota regiment,
the Third infantry, and a piece of tbe
Utah light artillery, of Lawton's di
Vision, proceeded north this morning
to Maasoul, bere they crossed the
river and charged the enemy in strong
entrenchments, driving him north
ward, and inflicting considerable loss.
His casualties were two wounded.
Both Wheaton and Hale, of Mac
Arthur's division, found tbe enemy in
force and strongly entrenched, and
commanded by Commander-in-Chief
Luna, about four mllos south pf San
Fernando.
Hale, on the right, dislodged the
enemy, and Wheaton, on the left, lead
ing in person, made a brilliant charge,
scattering his forces,' inflicting great
punishment. Several officers and en
listed men were seriously wounded.
MacArthur proceeds to San Fernan
do in the .morning, delayed by tbe
partial destruction of the bridge across
the river; It is not believed tbat tbe
enemy will make another determined
stand until he effects his retreat to
Mount Arayat, a short distance from
San lsidor. 3
. The situation is as follows: Lawton
holds Bailnng, taken May 2 after a
rapid movement from Angat, where
he left supplies with a wagon train,
pack animals and rations. He scat
tered the strongly entrenched enemy
to the north and northwestward, 'cap
turing large amounts of food supplies,
and has his detachments thrown out to
the north and eastward, His success
ful movement is attended with great
difficulty because of the character of
the country, and the rain and heat.
He now covers our railway communi
cations, and will be supplied from
Malolos.
MacArthur's column was concen
trated and took up the advance on Sao
Fernando at 6:30 this morning. We
do not apprehend a sharp resistance
on the part of the enemy, who will
probably leave the railroad and retire
in a northeasterly direction to' the
north of Lawton, The destruction of
the railroad near Calumplt necessitates
dependence on wagon transportation.
The enemy to the south and east of
Manila, 9000 strong, is opposed by a
sufficient force under Ovenshine and
Hall. His demonstrations thus far
have been properly met by these of
ficers, with slight- losses. - Many re
quests have been received- from' out
lying cities for' protection against in
surgent troops. ' Otis.
UNDER MARTIAL LAW.
Report to This Effect Has Been Received
From Wardner. ,
Wallace, Idaho, May 4. Tbe re
port by wire from Wardner this morn
ing is that the country ie under martial
law, but no official announcement is
made here yet. The hegira from
Canyon Creek still continues, the men
going out over the mountains as well
as oy train, - Tne snow on the moun
tains is 10 feet deep and soft. It will
probably takejfrom two to four days to
go from Burke to the railroad in Mon
tana. Tbe Hecla mine closed down
yesterday, being out of mei. Other
mines are working short of men, the
Tiger suffering less than .he Standard
or tne r risco. jno new men are
coming yet, but some are expected
daily from Butte, where the Coeur d
Alene men are mostly going. One
company of soldiers reached Mullan
last night, another this morning.
Troops on tbe Hove.
Wardner, Idaho, May 4. Troops
are continuing the search for dyna
miters and a number have beej placed
under guard. General Merriam, At
torney-General Hayes and United
States Marshal Ramsey have arrived.
A detachment of troops has been or
dered to Canyon Creek and Mullen,
strongholds of the enemy, and with
them will go a number of non-union
miners, wbo will try. to identiy tbe
dynamiters, and it is feared the des
perate men will give battle before
they will give in to the officers.
Hostilities Rave Ceased.
Wasaington, May 4. The follow
ing cablegram bas been received at
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the navy -department from Admiral
Kautz:
"Auckland, May 4 (sub dated Apia,
April 27). To the secretary of the
Navy, Washington: All quiet at Aplaj
Mataafa and his chiefs agreed to keep
outside the lines prescribed bv the
British senior officer present, and un
til the commission meet there will be
no more fighting. Signed, Kautz." .
The cablegram was mutilated In
transmission, but the meaning is plain
confirming the press report that a
truce had been agreed upon lo samoa,
and that there will be no more hostili
ties pending the reaching of a conclu
sion by the commission now on the
way to the islands.
THE WHITEWASHING REPORT.
It Will be Answers to the Peesidears Ones
- V ' tlons. .
New York, May 4. A special to
the Times, from Washington, says:
From an administration source, It is
learned tbat the report of the beef in
quiry is a reply in a series of answers
to the questions put by the president
to the members of tbe board. These
questions, it is knojrn, were not made
until about the last week of the inquiry.
Tbey were presented by tho recorder
of the board s showing the expecta
tions of the president. Neither Gen
erral Miles nor Major Lee, his repre
sentative before the board, had heard
of the questions until they were read
just before the board was ' ready to
make a report; indeed, at a time when
it was ascertained tbat the board had
partly made up its report.
From another source It is ascertained
that the board found that it would be
difficult to make a report tbat would
be satisfactory, unless some such list
of questions was propounded so as to
give the board an opportunity to make
categorical answers. The ' board did
not possess wide powers.' General
Miles has held tbe opinion, it has been
repeatedly asserted, that it had no
legal form. It was not a court of In
quiry, for such courts are called only
at the request of an officer who wishes
to be relieved. The president called
it together ai a sort of board of survey
on beef, and in order that it should
respond to his expectations he sent to
its members the questions read and
published.
. A German View.
Berlin, May 4. National Zeitung
publishes today a dispatch from Apia,
Samoa, dated April 22 which says:
"The orders from London and Wash
ington to suspend hostilities bare
brougntback tranquillity and peace.
In compliance with the demand from'
the German consul, Mataafa has gone
back a long distance into the Interior,
so there will be no danger of any
collision with his troops. We Ger
mans are naturally satisfied that our
patience and impartiality will be re
warded. Extra Session of Congrats.
Washington, May 4. There is a
belief among, members of congress
that the president will call congress
to meet in extra session this fall.-prob-ably
in October.
When tbe news had been flitted
over the wires tbe morning after the
presidential election in November,
1896, that McKinley had been elected,
it was announoed br the Oregonian
that 1000 commercial travelers would
be started on the road at once soliciting
orders, because confidence .had .been
restored and business would be re
sumed. Tbe Oregonian forgot to state
at that time that inside of three veara
ovor 100,000 commercial, travellers
would be called off the rose' heruse
manufacturers would be enabled to
form trusts whereby the . services of
"drummers" would be dlspeus'td with,
but such is the case now. i .'
There seems to be a great deal of
unnecessary odium thrown on the so
called mothers' meetings In regard
to the return of tbe volunteers. Why
should not the mothers give voice to
their feelings, and ask for the return
of their boys. . These women do not
want a movement that would appear
like a stampede in the face of the
enemy, nor is there one amongst them
that would wish to see dishonor cast on
tbe volunteers or tbe country. Still it
is quite legitimate tor them to ask
that their boys be replaced, by regular
troops and relieved from that duty
which they have performed so well. ,
According to a table recently pub
lished in Bradstreet's there were' only
2779 business failures in the United
Slates during the first tbree months of
this year. The liabilities were $31,-
221,653. This is a much better show
ing tban was . made the first three
months of last year. .
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