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THE PHILIPPINE PROBLEM.
Since the war of the rebellion there
has been no question .that has so per
plexed the American people as that of
the conquest of the Philippine islands
and the disposition that is to be made
of them. The flag has been raised
over them and there are many who do
not approve of ar. imperialist govern
ment, yet cannot reconcile themselves
to the idea of giving the islands up
even to the people who inhabit them.
Though such do not fully appreciate
the situation of the Filipinos or they
would have different ideas. They do
not view the Filipinos as a people who
have long been fighting for indepen
dence, but as a people whom we have
Knmrhfc and own together with the
territory they occupy. The cost both
in life and money of maintaining the
war causes people to wonder when the
anil will be and tnouire as to the
cause thatbroughtit abont. The New
York "Vorld published a recent edi
torial on this subject that is worthy of
consideration. It is as lollows:
To the growing demand that the ad'
- ministration shall make an end quick
ly of the Philippine war the apologists
of the president reply that "peaceful
tenders" and "friendly offers" have
. been made to the inhabitants of the
" islands only to be rejected, and that
the responsibility for the war is there
fore not upon us.
This plea lacks the saving quality
of truth. The president's first procla
mation to the Filipinos, cabled to Gen
eral Otis on December 27, was a war
provoking not a peace-making docu
ment. It declared that the capture of
Manila "practically effected the con
. quest of the - Philippine islands" a
most ignorant and empty boast, as
seen in the light of subsequent events.
It asserted our "rights of sovereignty"
over the entire archipelago . and the
purpose to establish "a new political
power" under the "absolute domain of
military authority." It commanded
the "honest submission" of all the
natives, and warned all who refused
submission that they would "be
brought within the lawful rule we
have assumed, with firmness if need be"
in order to accomplish our purpose of
"benevolent assimilation."
. This was not "a way out" of our
Eastern entanglement. -It was a
plunge into endless difficulties.
When the Fiiipinos, who had been
fighting for freedom and independence
for many generations, refused to
ratify the sale by Spain of possessions
which she did
not possess, warinevit -
ably followed.
The war not prospering Mr. Mo
Kinley sent out a commission to try
' ' negotiation. Bui the very first condi
tion of peace which it named was un
conditional surrender and unquestion
ing submission, and its threats to
those who refused were even more
emphatic than Mr. McKinley s own.
' " It would not even agree to an arm is
tice.
.Was this a promising "way out.
with our campaign a failure and tbe
rainy season just coming on?
Pressed .by the Filipino leaders for
an outline of the government proposed
for them by the president, thecommis
eion submitted this:
1. The governor-general will be ap
pointed by the president.
. 2. The heads of departments will be
' appointed by the governor-general.
3. There will be a general advisory
' ; council elected by the people; the con
ditions for becoming electors will
have to be carefully considered and
; determined and the governor-general
will have an absolute veto,
4. The tribunals of justice will be
vigorous, strong and independent, and
the magistrates and principal judges
will be appointed by the president.
5. The president anxiously desires
bloodshed to cease, and fervently hopes
that the Philippine people at no diS'
tant date will enjoy the greatest meas
ure of local pelf-government reconcil-
- able with the maintenance of peace
and good order.
This scheme was rejected by the
Filipino commission, on the grount
as stated by tbe Hong Kong telegraph
that "there is not one word in these
proposals from beginning to end that
secures to the natives of the Philip
pines any one of the things they have
been fighting to secure."
There was in them not a hint of
. futnre freedom or independence not
even a promise or a suggestion of a
protectorate by the United States,
with a coaling station and harbor at
Manila as originally proposed. Notb
lng but a governor-general with ab
solute power, judges and other officials
appointed Dy tne president, and a
vague "hope" of restricted "local self-
government" in the future.
Is it any wonder that the Filipinos
rejected these terms, if they still felt
themselves capable of that "resistence
to tryants" which Americans : have
been taught to regard as "obedience
to God?" They could hardly have
been put under a more complete sub
jection at the end of a successful war
of conquest,
The common sense of the American
people rejects these demands as neither
just in themselves nor calculated to
open "a way out" of the difficulty. If
the president isireally anxious that
"bloodshed shall cease" he will try
negotiations on the lines indicated by
Mr. Bryan and Judge Henderson
which are substantially those thai we
laid down and are following in regard
to Cuba.
.It is simply a choice between a long
and costly war of "criminal aggres'
eion" and peace according to Ameri-
can principles and precedents,
' OFFICE A PRIVATE SNAP.
AasistantjSecretary of the Treasury
Vanlerlip has ordered a reduction in
the salaries of some of the chiefs and
...uunt chiefs of the treasury de
partment. The reason given for it is
that Mr. Vanderlip has been making
&n investigation of the working of
nme of the divisions in the depart
ment with which he is connected and
h&a found that the government em-
tiloves give more time to loitering,
tjvlkin? and reading newspapers than
they do to labor. A a the chiefs are
Jxeld reepowible for tb men under
them they are the parties wbo are
made to suffer through a reduction of
salary.
If some other government officials in
hih place would make an examina
tion similar to that made by Mr. Vaa
derlip the probabilities are. that a
large number of government clerks
would be working for less wages than
they received before such examination.
If some of the beads of departments
would occasionally and unannounced
drop in upon the employes under them
no doubt they would find a good many
wbo are earning their salaries in social
converse, newspaper or scientific time
killing.
The reason for this is that public
office is and has always been a private
snap and not a public trust as a dis
tinguished president once expressed it.
It is not often you run across a hard-
worked public official. It is rare to
find one who is actually wearied unless
it be through ennui. You never hear
them groaning because tbey are men
tally and physically tired out. Their
hours are short and their pay sure aud
when tbe office is closed at 3 or 4 or 5
in the afternoon there are no details
of business to worry them until 9 or
10 the next morning. It is a placid
sea with no sign of a breeze and their
course is an easy, aimless and .often
irresponsible drift. Public clerks get
into a rut, the work usually is light
and becomes in time a dull routine, an
automatic follow) Lg of forms. Gradual
ly the problem resolves itself into a
determination to find out not what to
do, but what not to do.
It is very seldom that one goes into
a public office run by servents of the
United States and finds the people in
it over worked. In nins cases out of
10 they will be found burried in re
flection and tobacco smoke, swapping
stories with a shady point, talking
politics, reading newspapers or asking
one another if it isn't time to close np,
and tbe sun yet high. If they are at
work it wiil be noticed tbat their la
bors are of an easy desultory sort
There is no hurry, no rush, no grind
such as other white men have to
wrestle with 10 and 12 hours a day.
Other, men may worry and fret and
slave; 'be office holder dosen't. He
dosen't have to. That isn't what he
got appointed for.
It might be. possible to get more
work out of tbe public official, but it is
doubtful. They are in a sort of trust
which objects to overexertion. There
are too many hallowed memories of
easy times to warrant much genuine
activity in a place, the salary of which
is paid by Uncle Sam. There are too
many sacred traditions to be over
come before we can hope that the of
ficeholder will do as much work as the
man in private life does. ' Under prod
ding such as Mr. Vanderlip has given
it may be that a few of them will "bit
her up" until such time as tbey are not
watched oy a. hard-hearted, unfeeling
and over zealous superior, but they
will gradually drop back into tbe old
lethargy, which is more circumspect
aud altogether comfortable. Some
time a sort of revolution may work
changes for the better, but until such
a revolution comes perhaps all we can
say is, long life to the lucky dogs wbo
get so much out of their pull, their
poj;ticS( their pipeg and their periodi
, cal8.Spokesnlaj Review.
ENIIST NEGROS.
Returning volunteers who have re
cently arrived in this country irom the
Philippines, say it is impossible for
white man to long endure active em
ployment on the islands. Men cannot
last but a short time in an active cam'
paign, for the beat and attendant die
eases overcome them, and they must
enter the hospitals after a brief time
in the field. Certainly that climate
was not made for white men, nor were
they made for tbat climate. But there
is a race tbat can endure it. The
negroes of the South being used to in
tense neat could live comfortably in
the Philippines for years and carry on
an active campaign. Then why should
they not be sent there as soldiers?
It is the uudisputed policy of the
government to continue the war until
tbe insurgents have been brought to
terms, and it is evident that a large
army of not less than 100,000 men will
be required. There is a surplus of
colored men in the Southern states
who would, no doubt. readily enlist if
given an opportunity. They are out of
employment and would go into tbe
army for tbe sake of a living. That
tbey make good soldiers was demons
trated in Cuba, where they won dis
tinction for their bravery and fortitude,
They are the men who should make
up the army in the Philippines, for
they can endure the climate, and re
moving them from the overstocked
labor markets of the South would tend
to better the condition of those who
remain.
NO MORE FUSION.
The populists propose to hold their
national convention early, and the
leaders avow they will not fuse any
more with the democrats. This is
good news. Neither party eyer helped
the other, and fusion wherever at
tempted proved a dismal failure, for
the principles believed in by each of
the parties were so widely at variance
that they could not amalgamate. It
will be better for all concerned if there
is no attempt to unite on a common
ticket and piatiorm in law. As a
democrat, and believing in the funda
mental principles the party has ad
vanced for a century, we do not be
lieve the democratic party can afford
to chase after false goods or sacrifice
principle for the sake of securing a
few votes. If the principles we advo
cate are right, and the form of gov
ernment we propose is beneficial to
the greatest number, right thinking
populists will accept tbem and come
to us, while those wbo are in politics
for revenue only, will go back where
they belong into the republican
ranks. A straight democratic candi
date nominated on a platform that
stands for democratic principles, free
from the isims of populism will appeal
more strongly to the people in 1900
than will a fusion ticket and platform
An attempt is being made in New
Jersey to secure the enactment of a
law imposing a tax of two dollars a
year on all men guilty of bachelor
hood; but as tbe bachelors happen to
be in majority in the New Jersey
assembly there is small chance for
the adoption of the fantastic measure1
The majority must rule.
Tbe colored troops in the Philippines
demonstrated tbe other day that they
are good fighters, trbich proves tbat
they are the fellows Mr. Hanna should
send down tbere to shoot Christianity
into the natives. If he is going to
keep np his war of conquest he should
do it with the colored men who can en-
dura (be climate of the tropics.
THE PENSION BURDEN.
If it were not for the war in the
Philippines tbere would be some hope
tbat the high water mark in pension
payments had been reached. Com
missioner Evans' report for the year
ending June 30, just issued, shows that
tbe total disbursements for the year
were $138,253,923, leaving a balance o
$1,857,188 out of tbe 140,000,000 ap
propriated. The total numoer of
pensioners on the rolls was 991,917, a
decrease of 2195. During the year
there were 40,991 names added to tbe
rolls and 43,189 dropped. But the war
of the past year brought forth 16,98(5
claims, of which only 295 haye as yet
been allowed. At this rate when we
get 100,000 men in the field, there will
be no leas than 25,000 new applicants
added to tbe usual number of about
50,000 a year from tbe ranks of the old
soldiers and their widows and orphans.
Tbe more we drift into militarism tbe
greater will be the burden of pensions.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Senator Simon has been down to tbe
mouth of tbe river inspecting tbe jetty
and ascertaining what can be done to
deepen tbe channel. He can render
good service to the state if he will
push this matter along in the senate,
and get Oregon's harbor improved so
that the largest vessels can enter.
Secretary Root contemplates calling
for more volunteers to take tbe place
of the soldiers now in tbe Philippines
because tbey are worn out and unfit
for longer eervice. If he does he
should get authority to call for enough
not only to subdue the war but hold
the country as it is taken. If-the war
is to be continued it should be done
right.
Dreyfus is now tbe hero of France
Only a snort time ago be was a priso
ner on Devil's island, held unjustly
because of prejudice and the unfair
methods that prevail in tbat country,
Dreyfus will oe declared innocent at
atrial now being conducted atRennes,
because public sentiment is in his
favor, not because France desires to do
him justice.
France has some peculiar methods.
When a man srets troublesome to the
government or is in tbe way of some
high official, he is either sect to prison
or falls victim to some hired assassin.
M. Labori, principal counsel for Drey
fus, furnishes an example. He was to
examine General Me.rcier, before the
court-martial, but was shot to prevent
his appearance in court.
Tbere will be no war between the
United States and Great Britain
over the Alaskan boundary dispute.
Johnny Bull is only running a little
bluff, and when Uncle Sam calls it tbe
matter will be settled amicably. Be
sides both countries are too busy with
imperialism to fuss about a few acres
of ice up north. Mr. Eull bas bis
bands full of Boers and Mr. Sam bas
the Philippine niggers to look after.
Now Robert B. Scott, of Ohio, comes
to the front and offers to buy a seat in
congress. ne is wining to put up
(10,000. His plau is to give his entire
salary for tbe education of four youths
whom bis constituency may delegate
to be sent to college. This is rather
practical, especially in Ohio, where
politics are run strictly on a financial
basis. Mr. Hanna seems to have tbe
Ohioans pretty well educated in elec
tion schemes.
Col. Plummer, of the Thirty-fifth
regiment now recruiting at Vancouver,
says he expects many of the Oregon
volunteers who have returned from
Manila to re-eniist in the regular army
for service in the Philippines. They
may, but judging from the sentiment
expressed by the men who came back
to The Dalles tbe number will be
small. They seem to have had all
they want of the Philippines, and be.
sides tbey are not generally in sym
pathy with the war.
Alexander McDonald, tbe mining
king of the Klondike, furnishes an
example of true American grit. Four
years ago he went to Alaska and carv'
ed out a fortune that six months ago
was est'mated to be from $10,000,000 to
$50,000,000. He ha failed and his
liabilities are $6,000,000. McDonald
tunred over his property to his cred
itors, left his young bride in Dawson
City, shouldered a pick and - started
out to make another fortune. Such
men cannot fail to succeed.
Since Alger is out of the way the re
publican press are leveling their guns
at General Otis, because he is claimed
to be incompetent.and are severely de-
nounci his conduct of the war in tbe
Phil-- ines. They waste their powder
in sui u attacks. Otis is not to blame
for his weakness, neither was Alger.
The real party to be censured is the
man who appointed them to the posi
tions. Mr. Mc Kin ley is the man re'
spoosioie ior tneir acts, lor ne it was
who gave them an opportunity to dis'
play their incompetency.
The announcement that President
McKinley will not relieve General
Otis of command in the Philippinee
has a familiar ring. He said he would
not retire Alger, but he got Vice-
President Hobart to ask him to resign
it is now In order for tbe president to
ask tbe vice-president to ask some
body over in Manila to ask Otis
i: be will please request to be
relieved. The president is entirely
too courteous a gentleman to directly
remove an officer, especially if he bas
a political pull, and they areHbe kind
that hold positions under him.
Aristocratic circles nave queer
streaks in England. Because Lady
Randolph Churchill wishes to marry a
man almost young enough to be her
sou, her friends violently opposed and
tne young man's relatives are in a
frenzy. Lady Randolph Churchill is
still young enough to be ' intensely
attractive and the young man is
not contemplating marriage beneath
him when he aspires to her hand. The
only drawback appears to be the dis
parity of age, and it would seem to the
ordinary mortal that the matter con
cerns only the contracting parties.
And now it is announced that the
Oregonian is to feel the cold and
clammy grasp of the trust, not an in
dustrial trust, but the political trust,
The Oregonian has incurred the dis
pleasure of the administration, at
Washington by criticising its short
coinings. This has raised the ire of
Mr. Hanna, and if reports are true, he
will discipline the big daily by start
ing an administration paper in Port
land. If this is to be Mr. Hanna's
method he will find it an expensive
job he has undertaken. If he pro
poses to Btart an opposition to every
paper in the country tbat critictees his
administration he will be decidedly in
the newspaper businees. Why don't
he exercise a censorship over the re
publican press? It would be cheaper
than starting opposition papers.
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GIVJS THEM EMPLOYMENT.
D"'vs merchants and business men,
and u.i wbo have employment for compete-
r. help, will do a simple act of
just !'-- and also reap profit themselves,
if thi v will take into their service the
youn;' nn u who have recently return
ed fn m Manila. These young men
are not all in a position to live in idle
ness, few can secure offices, but they
are all willing to engage in active
pursuits and sustain themselves. Most
of tbem need employment in honor
able positions, and it is certain they
are witling to accept them.
There is not one of them but is bet
ter fitted to till any position by a year
and a half of military life. They have
learned to know human nature, to
obey orders, to perform any duty under
tbe stress of discipline, to keep them
selves in good condition, to appear
well, and which is still more in im
portant is employing a man, all have
hosts of friends and admirers.
No busioees house but will feel
proud to have on its pay-rolls a return
ed volunteer, one of tbe brave Second
Oreeon. No employer but can say
with pride: "I was one of the first to
offer a member of that regiment a
position." Not a business house but
will be benefitted materially and
morally by such a patriotic act. Men
who showed the mettle of the Oregon
regiment, wbo guarded the honor and
reputation of their state and the flag
under some of tbe most distressing
circumstances, will guard the honor of
any business they are entrusted with
We repeat, let our merchants and
business men look around and see if
they cannot provide oneof these young
men with a position. Look over the
volunteers as you met them, inquire
into their circumstances, say a good
word to get them a place, if you can
not eive them a place yourself. It
will be putting yourself in an attitude
of justice and patriotism when you see
to it tbat none of the returned volun
teers goes without employment.
RESPONSIBILITY OF PARENTS
A number of cities and towns in this
state and Washington are passing
curfew ordinances that require all
youths of tender age to be off tbe
streets at certain hours during the
night. In this the municipality at
tempts to step in and assume the re
sponsibility of the parent to do wbat
the parent refuses or neglects to do.
Such ordinances may be necessary,
bat they do not speak well for the
heads of families who neglect the duty
tbey owe to their offspring of knowing
where they are, or that they are under
tbe parental roof when the shades of
evening begin to fall. When parents
neglect to exercise this function, it be
comes necessary for the law to step in
and assume the responsibility ; but it
is a deplorable state of affairs when
such law become necessary.
It is the duty of every parent to
know where his children are and to
chose their associates, to see that they
resoect the laws of the household apd
the state.. If tbe parent neglects this
duty the rising generation will be no
imDrovement upon that which is
passed. Every parent has grave re
sponsibilities resting upon him, re
sponsibilities that cannot be shifted to
the government, responsibilities that
require him to bring up his offspring
so that curfew laws are unnecessary.
These responsibilities are both to the
state and to the issue for whose exis
tence he is responsible. It is bis first
-responsibility - to make home so at
tractive that his children will not seek
amusements elsewhere, especially dur
ing the hours of night, and if he fails
n his it becomes his duty to exercise
force to compel tbem to be off the
streets at unseasonable hours. If par
ents would fully realize and exercise
the responsibilities which naturally
belong to them there would be less
need of cities passing such restraining
laws.
Something is going to drop in France
before long, hard enough to ba heard'
all over the world. Affairs there are
in a very disturbed condition, and
eye.n a revolution will not be surpris
ing. These are times when a few cool
beads in a nation are desirable acquisi
tions. ,
J. Sterling Morton started a new
party some months ago. So far as
beard from he and ex-President Gro
yer Cleveland are tbe only members of
it, and Mr. Cleveland was made an
honorary member by Mr. Morton
"without the consent of the governed.
J. Sterling can make more fools of
himself in shorter time than could C.
H. Dodd, of Portland, when he was at
the height of his political and com
mercial zenith.
R. P. Schott, the wealthy manufac
turer of Cadiz, Ohio, who offered to buy
a congressional nomination fo $10,-
000 on condition that the money should
be spent to send worthy young men to
college, has been raised (5.000. Ralph
R. Rule, of Steubenville, offers $15,000
for the same nomination, and stipul
ates tbat the moneyishal) be spent to
start a school to train young men in
political and social science. There is
no telling to wbat this latest Ohio idea
may lead.
South American republics are be
coming more friendly of late, and are
apparently on very good terms. The
President of Argentina has recently
paid a friendly visit to the presidents
of Uruguay and Brazil, ,nd a real love
feast was had. This is a decided im
provement over former times when
one government was continually try
ing to stir up a rebellion in anotber.
Now that the volunteers are home
from the Philippines and will begin
scattering abroad throughout the land,
let those imperialists who have been
so loudly crying "shoot tha rebels,"
and "hold all the territory that is in
sight," interview them and learn if
the islands are really worth shedding
blood and spending money for. The
volunteers had a good opportunity to
judge of the resources of the country
and what will be required to subdue
the Filipinos. They have no object
in misrepresenting conditions, so let
the imperialists learn from them some
things they haye not yet learned.
&FREER TRANSPORTATION.
Notwithstanding the high freight
rates charged by railroad companies,
the upper county, the great wheat
growing section of tbe Inland Empire,
bas thrived in years past. It has de
veloped into a thrifty, prosperous
country under tbe most unfavorable
conditions, for the exorbitant rates
exacted for moving tbe products of the
farm to tide water have reduced the
profits of the producer to the mini
mum, yet they have been able to ex
ist and at the same time accumulate
property about tbem tnat Das made
majority independent. Bui what
the country would have been, and what
the residents would have been able to
accomplish had they been favored
with lower freight rates can only be
imagined.
The fact that the producers of the
upper country have had too much of
their income absorbed in getting their
products to market has retarded the
growth and development of the Inland
Empire and has also cramped business
in the places from which it drew its
supplies and did its shipping. Had
the farmers been able to get their
wheat to market for 8 cents a bushel
instead of paying 15 cents, they would
have been more liberal buyers, hence
would haye helped build up the cities
on the coast with which tbey traded.
Therefore it has been shortsighted on
the part of Portland tbat it has not in
the past lent its influence to remove
the obstructions to navigation of the
Columbia, for had it done so wheat
would have been delivered at Port
land from all common points east of
Umatilla at $2 50 or $3 a ton, instead
of an average charge of $5 a ton.
But the adverse influence, or to say
tbe least, lack of interest on tbe part
of Portland toward tbe producers of
the Inland Empire has prevented the
river being opened to free navigation.
This condition will, however, not
exist much longer. Ere long the Co
lumbia will be open to comparatively
free navigation, and the people who
haye for years been in tbe grasp of the
railroad companies will soon have
freer transportation facilities, and
will get their products to market at a
reasonable cost:
The effect of this will be the develop
ment of much valuable agricultural
land that is not now utilized. It will
bring into cultivation thousrnds of
acres that at present are nothing but a
barren waste, and counties tbat are
tributary to tbe Columbia will increase
rapidly in population. Trade at all
points along the river will be better,
and a more prosperous condition may
te expected. Freer transportation
and lower freight rates will do much
for the entire upper country.
PECULIAR DOINGS.
For moDths past the American peo
ple have been denied the right to know
exactly what was being done by our
army in the Philippines, only such in
formation being given out as was per
mitted to pass through the strict cen
sorship of exacting army officials.
This censorship was enacted, it was
claimed, on the ground tbat informa
tion, directly or indlrectly.might reach
the Filipinos should newspaper corres
pondents be allowed full sway. Tbe
authorities were possibly warranted in
this, and it was an easy matter to sub
mit to the rule without a serious com
plaint, for all recognize tbat a certain
amount of secrecy is necessary in con
ducting the war department.
Greater caution than that imposed in
the Philippine islands has always been
maintained regarding our fortifications
and coast defences, no one, except he
be an official of the department or a
trusted employe of the government,
being allowed to thrust his head inside
the fortifications. An American citiz
ens who would attempt to intrude in
side one of our forts without a special
permit would be kicked out, and until
recently no representative of any for
eign power has been permitted to ex
amine the inside of our coast defenses.
This secrecy is necessary, in fact it is
imperative, for it is decidedly neces
sary that other governments should
not be acquainted with every detail of
our machines of defense.
But now comes the announcement
through the Associated Press dis
patches that an attache of the British
war office, bearing authority from our
war department, has been shown every
detail of the fortifications at the mouth
of the Columbia, also tbat be has gone
to San Francisco to inspect the forti
fications there, and tbat when his in
spections there are finished he will
have completed a survey of all the
harbor defenses in tbe United States.
He will have gained a complete know
ledge of all our forts, and will be able
to lay befo-e his government every de
tail of our forts and means of defense,
will be able to show our weak points as
well as our strong,' and should war
ever occur between the two nations,
has such a knowledge of our defenses
that he can tell where we are strong
and where we are weak.
Why this representative of tbe Brit
ish government should have been
granted such privileges is not ex
plained, but to the ordinary individual
it appears tbat somebody in Washing
ton has been decidedly indiscrete.
Tbe United States and Great Britain
should always be at peace with each
other, but they may not be. In fact
there is at the present time a remote
possibility of war over the Alaskan
boundary. The spark of war may be
kindled at any time, and should such a
calamity occur, we would be placed at
a serious disadvantage because of the
knowledge which the British haye of
our forts. "
The action of the war department in
this instance might well be likened to
the condition' that is agitating France
at the present time. Somebody dis
closed secrets of the French war de
partment to the Germans, Dreyfus was
convicted and was sent to Devil's is
land as a traitor to his country. If
Dreyfus, or . any other officer in the
French army was a traitor, of what
crime is our war department guilty for
naving disclosed tne secrets ot tne de
partment to a- possible foreign foe?
It possibly may not be treason, but it
is very nearly that crime.
UMATILLA CROP SAFE.
That Is the
Opinion of the East Ore
gonian.
Following is from the East Oregon-
ian concerning tne condition of crops
in Umatilla county and the effect the
rain has bad:
There bas as yet been no injury to
the 1899 crop by the two rains of tbe
present month, that is, not any injury
tbat need be taken into account, for it
is comparatively nothing. The benefit
to garden truck probably will offset tbe
slight damage done the wheat.
The first rain was followed by ideal
weather,and the grain was-so thorough
ly dried and so quickly that the quality
of the berry was not injured in the
least.
The second rain was heavier, and
the damp, cloudy weather of longer
duration, so that the stacks were wet
more thoroughly than tbe firet time.
But, it appears to be tbe general
opinion tbat tbere was done no dam
age, for tbe weather bas now cleared
up, and the prospects are for good
weather fiom this on.
Were more rains to come, tbe effect
would be problematical, and a con tin
uance of the conditions that haye ob
tained for the past ten days would not
be pleasing to tbe wheat man, buyer
or seller. The whole situation may be
summed up in these words: Good
conditions from now on will see the
1899 crop gathered with no injury from
rains. More rains will almost inevi
tably damage tbe grain and lower the
grade of toe crop on tbe market.
and
Ketnrn of the Second Oregon.
They come, they come.
Our own brave boys in blue,
Yes homeward now tney come
Ladened with honors our boys so
true.
Home from war and strife.
Home from battles rife
With gore and death,
With joy meet you
Gladly we greet you
With hearts and breath.
They come, they come,
With the victor's plumage crowned,
For sturdy strength and valorous deeds
Throughout the world renowned.
Proud day for Oregon
W ben tbey come marching on
Sons glad and free.
Welcome mother, welcome sire,
Welcome them with hearts on fire.
Dearer than all to thee.
They come, they come,
Bearing their nation's flag aloft.
They unfurled Old Glory in the air
In raging- battles oft.
Nor dimmed one shiny star,
Nor marred one crimson bar
By cowardly deeds.
But bore it with steady hand
On through a foreign land
To meet their country's needs.
They come, they come,
In broken ranks tbey come
Some tbey gave to tbe raging sea
On distant isles steep shore.
Rut tbey will not forget
And oft will their eyes be wet
With manly tears.
When they think of their comrades
true.
Who wore with them the blue
In former years.
They come, they come,
To peace and home once more,
Their battles fought, their victories
won,
Their days of war are o'er.
Home to mother and maid,
Down at their feet are laid
The trophies tbey have won,
Gladly to mother tell!
How midst flying shot and shell
God spared her son.
They come, they come.
Their soldier's work is done.
They'll lay aside their uniforms,
They'll doff their sword and gun.
No more may drum or fife
Call to a soldienlife
One noble son.
May each in honor rest,
Be by his country blest
For valor done.
Yes, home tbey come,
To a life of peaceful toil,
Yet tbe grandest battles ever won
Were fought on this same soil.
'Tis not the war of shut or shell
'Tis not the war that poets tell,
Tbat rages here:
It is the war of right, not might,
And in this war all men must fight
It God they fear.
All hail them as they come
Let joyous shouts ring out.
Their loyal hearts and steady bands
Their country needs to rout)
The enemies more dreaded yet,
Than on the fiid of battle met
That lurks within.
To arms let every patriot fly
For at tbe nation's heart doth lie
Corruption, sin.
Then come, brave hearts,
This noble victory to win,
T'will be your hardest battle fought
To down corruption and sin.
Then on to tbe bulwarks grim
Allow no truce to him
Who would your country spoil
Raise each his trusty arm
Strike down the heads tbat harm
And drench with sin your natiye soil,
Maky L. Dotjt'hit,
Portland, Aug. 6, 1899.
A GOOD SELECTION.
Lent. Telfer to be Supervisor of Central
for This District.- '.'. "
The Times-Mountaineer is pleased to
learn that Lieut. Geo. F. Telfer, first
lieutenant of Co. L., has been recom
mendad by the Oregon delegation for
appointment as supervisor of census
for the second congressional district.
The appointment is merited not only
because of Lieut. Telfer's service in
the Philippinesbut also because of
his capabilities, he being a very com
petent and capable man.
It is pleasing to note that the Oregon
senators and congressmen recognize
the claims those who served in the
Second Oregon have upon them, and
it is also pleasing to know tbat an of
ficer of the company in which most of
The Dalles boys served bas been hon
ored by this recommendation, since
the congressman from this district re
sides here, and it was no doubt because
of his having been an officer over the
home boys that caused Mr. Moody to
favor his recommendation. Lieut'
Telfer was born in Buffalo, N. Y., and
came to Oregon when quite a young
man. He was a bookkeeper by pro
fession, but had always taken a deep
interest in the state militia. In 1888
he was made second lieutenant of Co
A, First Regiment, and in 1889 was
made first lieutenant. In 1894 he was
made major, and in 1895 colonel and
inspector general of the regiment.
On May 15, 1898, be received his com
mission as first lieutenant of Co. L,
and continued in the service until
mustered out at San Francisco on the
9th of tbe present month. During his
service in the Philippines he was a
competent officer, never shirking duty
and won the respect and love of tbe
men under him, all of whom will be
delighted to know that his merit has
been recognized by the congressional
delegation.
EXPENSE OF THE WAR.
it
Bas Been More Than Met by the
Bale
of Bonds.
The total expenses of the war and
navy departments during the year im
mediately prior to the beginning of
the war with Spain were $151,000,000,
The expenses of these two depart'
ments since tne oeginning of the war
with Spain and up to one year from
that time were $294,000,000. In other
words, tbe one year of war cost tbe
government in its war and navy de
partments just $143,000,000 more than
the year of peace which preceded it.
congress met tnese extra war ex
penses by voting extra taxes and a
bond issue. These taxes were by
means of extra and increased internal
revenues and amounted to $112,000,-
000.
in audition to tnis additional reve
nue the government sold war bonds to
tbe amount of $175,000,000 and re
ceived $12,000,000 from Pacific rail
road bonds. The total increase of re
ceipts from these causes was $229,000,
000 over the preceding year. Sub
tracting tbe war expenses of $143,000,-
000 from the $229,000,000 raised by war
taxes and bonds It will be seen that
tbe war actually brought to tbe treas
ury $156,000,0o0 more than it cost,
Insurgents Aggressive.
Manila, Aug. J 4. The insurgents
have become aggressive in tbe neigh'
borhood of tbe railroad. On Saturday
night they unsuccessfully attacked San
Luis, on the Rio Grande, near Calum-
pit, which is garrisoned by two compa
nies of the Twenty-second infantry.
The Americans bad one man, a ser-
geant,killed,and two privates wounded.
Yesterday morning a similar attack
occurred atGringua, four miles west of
Malolos, where another small garrison
is stationed as a safeguard against a pos
sible attack upou the railway. A spec
ial train took reinforcement to Malolos
Guiginto, just north of Bulacan.
HOPS IN FINE CONDITION.
Valley Crop is Estimated at 00,000 Bales:
Increase of 25 Per Cent.
A resident of Portland who has
large interest in hop growing spent
Tuesday and Wednesday of last week
among tbe hopfields of Marion and
Polk counties, visiting among a dozen
different bopyards and conversing with
tbe owners of many others. The result
of bis iovestation makes him more
sanguine than ever in regard to the
prospects of the hop crop thi9 season,
and he is confident that the outDut
will be more than 25 per cent above
that of last year, or say 90,000 bales, as
compared with a little less than 70,000
last year.
When he looked over the hop situa
tion some three weeks ago, he was of
the opinion that the croD this year
would be about the same as tbat of
last year, but, owing to favorable
weather and conditions, tbe progress
made by the vines has changed his
idea. He says no damage has been
done by lice, even in the yards which
were not sprayed. In the yards which
were sprayed the lice remaining' have
been killed by the hot weather, and he
is of opinion that danger from- lice is
past. In yards which have been
sprayed it cerrainly is, and while
under weather conditions favorable
for the lice it would be possible for
considerable damage to be done in
yards which were not sprayed, tbe
prospect of anything of the kind hap
pening is very slight, and every indica
tion points to a Dbenomenal crop.
Tbe same conditions are reported by
a man who went as far south as Inde
pendence.
As to prices, several offers of 13
cents have lately been made. A few
contracted early in the season and last
year for 10 cents per pound, but the
number who have made such contracts
is smaller this season than ever be-
f c re. Orego n ian .
WILL SERVE AGAIN.
Major Percy Willis Recommended for
Place In the Army.
Governor Geer has recommended
Major Percy Willis, who served as
major of the second battalion of the
Oregon regiment in the Philippines,
for appointment to a position as major
or better in one of tbe regiments to be
sent to the Philippines. Tbe recom'
mendation being equivalent to an
appointment, Major Willis will soon
again enter the service. The Salem
Statesman, mentioning his recom
mendation says:
Major Willis comes from "fighting
stock." His father, the late Leo
Willis, of this city, seryed with dis'
tinctiop in the Confederate army dur
ing tbe long dark days of the war be'
tween the state?, from 1861 to 1865, as
a colonel of a Texas regiment. Tbe
subject of this sketch has for years
made military science a study, and
about eight years ago he joined the
militia in ibis city. He was most
successful; was promoted rapidly, and
was soon found to be a thorough com
mander, to whose efforts the efficiency
of the Oregon National Guard soon
came to owe much. He became major
of the second battalion, Second regi
ment, Oregon National Guard, several
years ago, and when, at the outbreak
of the Spanish-American war the
Second Oregon volunteer regiment
was -mustered in, he was made major of
the second battalion. He made an ex
cellent record in the war with the in
surgents ' in Luzon, and frequently
received honorable mention, and was
in line for promotion to lieutenant
colonel when the regiment was or
dered home. On his arrival in San
Francisco be was tendered a captaincy
in the Thirty-fifth regiment, now being
recruited at Vancouver barracks, which
he declined at t hattime, for personal
reasons. He is now recommended to
the war department, and it is expected
that he will be promptly commissioned
and assigned to duty as a major or
lieutenant-colonel.
Left to Die.
An unknown Indian woman was
found Saturday on tbe Ahtanum hy
Ed Carpenter and Garold Wells, near
tbe Carpenter ranch, three miles from
North Yakima.
Sbe bad evidently starved to death,
as sbe had been sick and unatended for
several days. Sbe was an aged woman,
and when found was naked, excepting
a band of cloth about her loins. She
bad been abandoned to her fate by
relatives who camped there two weeks
ago, and went towards Toppenish on
the reservation.
The woman had a large tumor on
her neck, which must have weakened
her condition. She had a rope tied to
a stake and with this pulled herself to
the ditch near by for water. She
must have subsisted several days on
green corn and carrots from a garden
near where she lay. She had been
dead three or four days when dis
covered. East Oregonian.
A Very Rich Gold Mine.
Men wbo rushed off to tbe Klondike
in search of gold, and spent their all
thawing snow and.climing iceburgs,
no doubt regret tbey did not stop and
prospect the mines of Oregon, for some
of the ore proves richer than anything
tbat has yet been struck in Alaska.
Tbe Baker City Republican of the 15th
gives tbe following acconnt of one tbat
lays Yukon mines in the shade.:
Yesterday afternoon a man from the
Golconda mine arrived in the city and
exhibited a sack of ore which runs
$20,000 to the ton and stated that they
had taken out sametbing over 50 sacks
of the rich ore Saturday, or bout
$50,000. The vein, or pocket, or what
ever it it proves to be, was only dis
covered Saturday. Every mine in tbe
district is daily proving richer and
richer. All the evidence as to the
foi mation of the rock and location of
the different leOges throughout the
Granite, Cougar, Red Boy and Cracker
creek districts goes to show that tbere
are immense permanent bodies of ore
more or less rich which only need to
be unearthed.
Conflicting Interests.
The Stockmen's Protective Associa
tion is causing the sheep raisers some
uneasiness by petitioning the interior
department to extend tbe boundary
of the Cascade timber reserve north of
White river six miles further east.
The sheepmen insist if this is done it
will shut them out of a valuable sum
mer range, while tne members of tbe
association claim the extension is
necessary in order to protect their
water supply and retain a portion of
the public domain as range for their
stock. It is simply a case of conflict
ing interests and each party wants to
protect tbat which is of benefit to him.
The sheepmen want the range for their
flocks and the farmers who own the
land adjacent thereto want the range
and also desire to protect the water
sources on wnich tbey must depend
for water to irrigate and for domestic
use. J. he latter Doing most numerous,
and owing to the lana next the ter
ritory tbatis asked to be included in
the reserve, will most likely scoeed in
getting the boundary changed.
ENLIST OR LEAVE.
iat Is What the Discharged Soldier
In
Manila Are Told.
Charles L Simpson, a candy maker
of Portland who enlisted in the Sec
ond Oreeon. but was discharged at
Manila, has written a letter to a friend
in Portland from which the following
extracts aae taken:
"Since I am out of the army I am
myself once more. I have a good job,
am working for a good man and net
eood wages $150 gold a month. We
sell 50 gallons of ice cream a day, and
the receipts of the establishment in
which I am employed range from $500
to $700 Mexican money a day. Ice is
two cents a pound here, and we have
to use condensed milk, which Is (19 50
per case of 48 cans. The custom-house
people "work' everybody for duties.
"A discharged soldier can't get a
license to do anything for himself.
The officers will tell you when you ask
for a license that tbere are only two
things to do 'join the army or get off
tbe islands' and tbat settles it.
"i was nounea to come up and pay
my income tax immediately, or be
fined. I had work- d only one week,
but tbat made no difference. I had to
pungle up 271 per cent of my wages,
I had not earned much of anything
then, but I was going to earn money,
You have to pay your income tax be'
fore you can earn your income. They
say it is tbe old Spanish law. I did
not know tbat J was a Spaniard, but I
guess that I am. Was I ever in the
United States? Did I ever belong to
tbe army? - Did I travel 8000 or 9000
miles to be governed by Spanish laws?
I thought when we came here it was
to throw off the Spanish yoke and
laws, but the eld laws are enforced
more rigidly now than ever before,
"I went out with my regiment to
fight the Filipinos for a few months
but tbat makes no difference here. If
I am asked whether I was ever a sol
dier, I blush and deny it. While this
martial law Is in force and certain
leaders are here,-1 would not acknowl
edge that I bad ever served under
them, as every thing here is very bad
Weighty Evidence.
Lawyers In trying case" often men
tion the "preponderance' of evidence
or the "weight" of evidence, but it is
seldom tbat they get such weighty
evidence into court as is submitted in
some desert land contests before the
local land office. Joseph F. Taylor la
contesting the desert land claims of
James Morrow, James Kenan and
Martha Kenan in Crook county
and in substantiation of his contention
that the tracts are not desert lands,
has forwarded to the land office a big
box of the products of the land sur
rounding the claims that are held as
desert land. The box contains samples
of wheat, millet, corn; potatoes
radishes and a number of other vege
tables and grains too numerous to
mention. It certainly is heavy evi
dence, but whether it will be con
sidered conclusive remains to be seen.
A NEW MINING COMPANY.
Was Organised to Operate Mines on Trout
Creek.
An important mining deal was made
here the past few days that will be of
considerable interest to this section,
and will result iu tbe development of
some valuable mining property in tbe
Trout creek district. The new com
pany is incorporated under the laws of
Wyoming, a majority of the stock
holders residing in tbat state, and is to
be known as the Oregon King. Tbe
incorporators and board directors are
John Hubbard, P. J. Quealy, Thorn
Thomson, J. G.Edwards, John Knight,
U. M. Uartwngnt and Jobn iter by
and the capita) stock is $200,000 divided
into shares of 11 each.
The compauy - has purchased the
Silver King mine and companion
groups on Trout creek, and will put in
machinery for pushing tbe develop
ment work and ascertaining by wbat
process the ore can be worked. In the
corporation are men commanding
plenty of capital to operate tbe mines,
and also a number of experienced
mining men who have followed the
business for years. Tbe officers
elected by the company are P. J
Quealy, president: Thorn Tborusen,
secretary and C. M. Cartwrlght,
The Sliver King mine, which this
company has secured control of, is one
of the most promising prospects in East
ern Oregon, and if it fulfills expectations
will-develope into a valuable property.
Tbere is a shaft sunk on it now to the
depth of 80 feet, and a well defined
ledge has been developed. The ore
is high grade and appears to be free
milling.
The organization of this company is
a most excellent thing for tbe country,
since those who are interested are
practical men, who will conduct the
development work on scientific prin
doles, and if tbe mine is wbat is ex
pected, will soon have a valuable prop
erty in operation.
KILLED BY ELECTRICITY.
Bon of Or. Joseph! a Victim of an Electric
Shock.
Yesterday's Oregonian gives the fol
lowing account of tbe sudden death of
theionly son of Dr. Joseph! at bis
home in East Portland:
Hawthorne Joseph!, tbe only son of
State Senator Dr. Joseph!, met instant
death at tbe home o! bis parents, on
the northeast corner of East Morrison
and East Twelfth streets yesterday
afternoon at 5 o'clock, while repairing
some electric fittings in the bathroom
on the second floor. The night before
the electric fittings were out of repair,
and Hawthorne thought he would
overhaul them:and put them in good
condition yesterday, after his return
from the General Electric Company,
where he bad been employed.
Just how the accident occurred Is
not known. At the time he was at
work in the bathroom, Mrs. Josephi
was receiving some callers. She heard
a slight noise from the upper portion
of tbe residence, like some one falling
but it was only slight, and she did not
ascertain the cause at once. Presently
she went up stairs and opening the
door of tbe bathroom, saw Hawthorne
lying on the floor, where he had fallen
when he received the shock.
Examination of the service wires to
Dr. Josepbi's residence very soon after
the accident showed that they
were entirely free from contact with
other wires. It is not certain that the
young man received a shock, but the
probaoility is tbat be did receive a
slight shock, such as would come from
a 100-volt current, which the wire was
carrying, and as is ordinarily used in
house-wiring. Under ordinary cir
cumstances the only effect of such a
shock would be a sharp, tingling sen
sation, but to a person suffering from
some weakness of an organic affection
of the heart it might prove serious or
even fatal.
Second lot of September Designers
dow oa sale at Pease & Maya.
MORE TROOPS
FOR OTIS
Will Be Given Sixty-Five
Thousand Men.
Washington, Aug. 17. An order
una oeen issued directing tnat ten ad
ditional regiments of volunteers be
organized for service in tbe Philip
pines. The regiments will be num
bered from 38 to 47 and will be organ
ized at tbe following places in the or
der named:
One each at Fort Snelllng, Fort
Crook, Neb., Fort Riley, Kas., two at
Camp Meade, Pa., one each at Fort
Niagara, N. V., Fort Ethan Allen, Vt.,
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas., Jefferson
Barracks, Mo., South Farmlngham,
Mass.
President McKinley has given his
approval of Secretary Root's decislei ,
and has approved his recommendation
tbat regular army officers be selected
for colonel and lteutenaut-colonels of
the proposed regiments. Secretary
Root tomorrow will announce the
names of officers so far selected. The
result of the secretary's decision, will
be to give General Otis a fighting
force of 62,000 men, distributed as in
dicated in this table:
Regulars, including 6072 en route
and 2801 about to sail, 30,423. Organ
izing in the Philippines, two Infantry
regiments and one cavalry regiment
volunteers, 3865. Ten infantry regl.
ments, volunteers, organized in the
United States. 1.1.090. Officers, 1983.
Aggregate cow brants for Philippine,
4,2651.
It is proposed also to increase the
hospital crops to 2000 men, and tbe
number of medical officers so that
General Otis will have an army of
practically 66,000 men. The enlist
ment of the 10 additional volunteer
regiments will make the total volun
teer force In service number 30,507
men, leaving only 4493 men of the
35,000 authorized uncalled for, md tbe
total strength ot tbe army about 96,000
men. Tbe work of the army will bo
supplemented by a regiment of marines
to be organized at Cavite.
AFTER K.Ul.taH TRADE.
American Packers Trying to Monopolise
the Beef Business.
New York. Aug. 17 A represen
tative of the firm of Nelson Morris &
Co., when asked as to the cause of tbo
rise in the price of beef said to u
World reporter:
"The advance here is caused by the
efforts of the American packer
to drive Australian beef from tbtt
English markets and establish Ameri
can beef instead. We want tbat busi
ness and in order to secure it we am
shipping immense quantities of be t
to England. Just now the businen
abroad is being carried -on at a heavy
loss because we are cutting prices to
kill competition.
"The consequence la that the export
of American beef la muoh beavUr
than ever before. Naturally undi r
these circumstances there is less beet
for the home trade, although thei
are aa many cattle for the market u
ever. There la no real shortage l.i
marketable cattle,' all the reports l-i
the contrary notwithstanding. T .
receipts at the yards in Kansaa City,
Omaha and Chicago yesterday were
large.
"The foreign demand being veiy
heavy, as I explained, the prices to cu -tie
dealers as well as to butchers, a I
high. The packers are - not reapi.,
any great rewards. The recent hea
shipments to the cattle-yards m..
ease the atratn a little, but I do n. c
look for lower prices.
"The remedy for complaining
butchers la simple. They must rai-e
prices. I have not heard any com
plaint from consumers. -The butchu-4
are complaining and tbey must wo. c
out their salvation by getting mon
money for their beef. They must -6
together and keep up their prices wiJ t
tbe general advance if they want io
protect themselves."
Train Bold-np In Mexico.
Chicago, Aug. 17. A special to the
Tribune from Denver, Colo., aaya: Ti
Colorado & Southern passenger tram
No. 1 was held up last night near
Folsom, N. M. The attack occurred .it
11 o'clock and was heraled by a fus.l-
lade from the bandits.
One abot atruck Mall Clerk Bar,. '1
In tbe jaw, but the passenger! rali d
to the relief of tbe train crew and I. o
robbers fled. The aoeoe of the atta c
is witaiu vwu allies ui toe scene oi l a
robbery of three weeka ago.
Germany can nave Dreyfus.
London, Aug. 17. The oorreapot d
enta of London papera at Rennea -
almost unanimous in taking a gloom
view of the prospects of Captlao Dree
f us. They seem to believe it llk i f
that he will be found gnllty. Ti
representative of tbe Dally Telegrap i
aaya that unless the German govei
ment reveala tbe name ot the r .A
traitor It is quite on tbe cards tbat ii.a
same verdict will be rendered as in t..e
court-martial.
Paglllst Will Die.
San Francisco, Aug. 17. Jim
Franey, the pnglUt who waa beaten
into insensibility last night by Frat tc
McConnell in a contest before the
National club, has not regained con
aclouanesa and the physicians have
given up hopes ot saving hia life. Mn
Conneil aud hia seconds, Franev's
seconds, tbe managers of tbe club and
the referee have been placed under
arrest.
BUssonil Illicit 8 MIL
St. Louis, Aug. 17. Geo. M. Starok,
president of the Stonehlll Wine Co.,
was arrested on a charge of defrauding
tbe government by making and dispos
ing of brandy on which the revenue
was not paid. Hia distillery, wine cel
lars and plant were seized by a rep
resentative of the internal revenue
department.
Colorado Boys In Fort.
San Francisco, Aug. 17. Trans
port Warren, which arrived from
Manila last night with Colorado troops
aboard, docked at the government
transport wharf early today. The men,
however, will not be landed until to
morrow. Today tney are preparing to
go into camp at the Presidio.
More Hurricane Returns.
Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 17. Pri
vate advices received in this city state
that the West Indian hurricane visited
the island of Andora, of the Bahama
group, inflicting great damage to prop
erty and completely wrecking tbo
sponging fleet. It ia said that 150
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