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SUPPLEMENTAL TO THE WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY; SEPTEMBER S, 1S90.
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DEPMl
ISflT CAPITOL
Receipts from Licenses
of Fishermen.
REPORT TO STATE TREASURER
Of Flab Commissioner F. C. Reed, for
Honthg of Jane and July- Wood
Contract Awarded.
(From Daily, Sept. 11 )
t
State Treasurer Cha. P.. Moore yes-Ic-rilay
received jtwo reports and re
mittances from ; State Fish Commis
sioner P. C- Reed. The remittance
were lha amount of collect! s for fish
and net licences for the months - of
June and . Jnly, , respectively," " an l
amounted to $3,329 40 ami $3-.l. respect
ively. The bulk, of these llcerst-s hid
beer. !ied in the distrfit emtrae.nx
the lower Columbia river. Following
ar-s the itemized reports:
Receipts for June.
Individual licenses. ..v ..$ 192 Oa
trail seine licenses.. ........".. 245 n
qui net licenses..,. .. 200 uO
fet net licenses 17 00
f ound net. trap or veir license 60 OC
Scow rish wheel; licenses....... . IS W
Stationary fish wheel licei-ses. 50 60
Eealeis' llcf-nees 40t 0)
Oanners' HcecM-s 2,350 0O
Total.. .......... ..' $3.530 40
Receipts for July.
Individual iUcpaes ...$ 93 AO
Drag- e?ine licenses 2S
Gill net licenses 115 0C
St not license. 34 00
Pound nt, trap, or weir license 30 CO
Dealers' licenses 23 00
Total.
.. ..$321 00
;
Secretary of ktate F. I. Dunbar yss
tcrday awarded .the, contract for fur
nlsMnjt 2r0 cords f b!fc fir wood, for
tine at the capitol durlrc the coming
winter, bids for whlchwer cp-nec at
tha state hoi re ion Uut Saturday af
trnw.n . 4 Tha -contract Hvhh awarded to
W. H. Rosa, whoso bid for 25C cord.
at $2.6S per cord, was accepted. Whi n
the bids were ciper.rd n Saturday, it
was found that R. Sin'.lcy, w ho Offered
to furii'ph 22S .ds (f fwI at $i.rd
per cord, had tha lowest bid, but upon
to: rwi-ondence v. 4th that gentleman.
It as ; ascertained that h cculd not
cnpli' with the trmi f his bid, as
the man, who was. to Ripply mm wttn
the wood, had cancelled his engage
ment. The contract was, therefore.
Kive- to the next lowest Udder, Mr
Rose.
The -tnte rtcard of education has is-
uo.i .tatA riinif.mas to twenty-five
aranuutes from the Mcnmouth normal
nrhiol summer course. The term was
compu ted yesterday, and the diplomas
Were presented to the following- teach
ers, who had taken advantage of this
summer term:
damiv AsmeM NfJson. Grain llle IC
Kutt. Lillian M. i Harwood, Georgian.-
D. Dwlght. C. Grace Hargrove, Mabel
Pearl Kid Jell, Elsi R- Lea, Ella en
roll T?rt.a A.! Lr-Master. W, H. Kto-
ery, Wocdford ill. Vance, Ida May
O-Aen, Ida Harper, Mattie 1 uumsiey,
V. Butler, Charles Kehwalt. Harvey
i"ri..it F!izAboith Humphrey. Virgil
II.. Grimsley, Ethel P. Lemmon, Mary
M, Cartwell, Kosella Hannson, rxtm
E. Hargrove, OHve; E. Chenault, and
William D. Murphy.
Thi pniirni nron-ise tc be a featur 2
ot the Mcnmouth normal .hool every
Mmmcr, and will prove 4 great boon
to the teachers or uif aiai
BOUND FOR HOME.
newpv T.EAVE9 HIS LAST AN
CHORAGE IN FRANCE.
Will Stop at Gibraltar Next Some of
1118 trew wan
In New York.
VILLE FRANCE, Aug-. 31. Admiral
-Dewey remained on board tne
this morning. At 4 o'clock the crusier
aiu nut f h, liirw for Gibralter.
The admiral say he 1 to ' perfect
ne&ith. He expects to etay at wiorai
ter until September 12th. He express
ed pleasure, previous to his departure,
at his stay here, and dreads hla coun
trymen's reception. The admiral's vis
it here was the most Interesting In the
history of the harbor. '4
DEWEY'S CHINAMEN. h
New York. Aug. 31. A special to the
Herald from Washington aay: Under
the Chinese exclusion law, some mem
bers of the crew of the Olympla, who
erved with such credit In the battle
of Manila bay as to win special com
, tnendation from Admiral Dewey, to a
: letter to the nary department, may not
be allowed to set foot on shore when
his flagship reaches- (New York. . ;
la the battle with the Spanish fleet,
tney were assigned to duty in passing
nmunitlon and performing other dut-
connected with the fighting ship,
levery one of, them did his task
eHj enough for Admiral Dewey, who
even suggested that If possible they be
4tted to American cltlsenshlp. HIa
er was referred to the treasury le
nent. The secretary replied that
taough he greatly regretted the fact.
nere wasno way In which the law
could be waived. The Chinamen In
the Olympia s crew could not be ad
mitted to the United States unless they
had been lawfully In this country at the
time of their enlistment. ?
The law is mandatory upon the offi
cials of the treasury department, and
It will be the duty of Collector of Cus
toms Bid well, at New York, to prevent
the Chinese members of the Olympla's
crew from leaving the ship while she
Is in New York harbor. Under the law.
a naval vessel Is part ot the soli -sf the
country. and technically. If any of
them were enlisted la San Francisco,
they have not been out of the United
States,' while serving on. the Olympia.
It Is not probable, however, that any
action would be taken by the treasury
officials should the Chinamen be allow
ed to land on the supposition that they
are legally entitled to reside ia the
United States.
WESTERN GRASSES.
TO HE PROTKCTKD BY : FEDERAL
; I ; GOVERNMENT.
Effort to Secure Legislation In Favor
of Leasing Public Lands to
tb Cattlemen.
WASHINGTON. Aug. SL-Profeasor
Lamps n F. Scrihner. chief of the gas
trolonr division of the agricultural de
partment, has Just, returned frm an
extended tour of th Facific coast an 1
Northwest, where he went to ttudy the
gras; and forage plants. of these re
gions. The government has. a ptoss
farm at Walla Walla, where extensive
experiments are bdng-made with grass
available for the vast arid tracts of
the Wt. ; 1 . . ......
The n-ost startllns condltlcn. Prof.
Scrlbner found, was r. the big cattle
ranges on th? public lnnjs e-att of the
Cascadfs in Eastern Oregon, Wash
ington, Idahc-nnd C'clorado. ;
The ranges ae ba-ily overstocke.l.
and there ha. teen, consequently, - a
great dctcri.ration of. Chu rrass upcit
them. Radical meeuis 'will iw re
quired to restore them to nrst-clais
condition f pasture Lindn. Upon tin
advice of Professor Scrilintr. Scr
tary Wilsfoi, In bin frthc-m?nK an
nual report, will aecemmend tk:it the
government cease the pviiey- of ;allAv-ing-
free- grazing, and subetttute' tle
syst(-m of lea-8. This would place
tha land leased entirely under the con
trol of the lKe, and make it to his
interest not to ovcretock : h!s range.
As a farther incentive it Is suggested
that it inirhX.l'Pcli ;ti -give the lost
niTi the preference when land is sold.
THE PENSION ROLL.
Decrease of Those pec-clvlnff Bounties
from the Government. I.
Washington, Aug SI. The annual
repcrt of Hon. 11. Cl&y Evans, coin-mis;on-r
cf pensions, shows ihat dur
ing the yenr there wwe added to the
pension roll 40,329 names, - and 43.1S6
were dropped, 24.3 ti f these l y r-.-son
of death. There was exj'end.
for iH-nslons ! $13.?.335.CS2. The roll is
tr.adj up ot 757.451 surviving soldiers,
237,145 widows and dependent relative
a:id 3 nurses.
MISS WHEELER A3 CHAPLAIN.
Annie L. Wheeler, the daughter of
General "Flfhtlnr Joe" Wft.-eler, was
the heroin of s chapter of the !i!tory
of the late wa- which heretotor h.s
been unrecorded. While h$r f lth.T
was at the ficnt he bwamc a nurss
and did heroic work,' At k-nsfth he
broke down from overwork an-1 j ex
powurre. and was ordered hot-e nn a
tranriwrt. The rblp al brought lwlv
several hundred sick soldi.
As wxrn ai MiM Whwlr' health
would r'rrmlt, he iMtimed her v.-ork
as r.urte among har fe'low-raiseners,
and she eo endeared herself to tnem
that when several dying men;w-ere
told that they were mortally II U they
begged that the general's daughter
should read the burial service over
their l-odiea. Philadelphia Saturday
Evening P;st.
HOW' I IS DONS IN GERMANY.
Tree Culture One ot the Most Prlsted
Occupations cf the Feople.
While congress end the several state
leaklaiures have for years len ikxl
ed vi Ith petitions and projwsert laws
for the picservation cf the foret trees
of the, country, nearly all ef them more
or less defective, the leopl of Germa
ny have solved the problem with very
little ado. Germany Is an old country.
Centuries atro what we. might call Its
virgin timber was exhamte! and the
country fount Its-sir with a cere pop
ulation dependent oc a limited are;
of land to supply Its needs for wood
material. What should they do?
Should they stint their use Jn this dl'
rection to a niggardly amonnt? Should
they call on the stock of newer coun
tries for their supply? Tbey old neith
nt ihr t bines. They went to work
to develop tlie resources and capabili
ties of their own - Is nds. The states
and the nobles supported -the work.
Fclentisls labored and managers ex
perimerrt.d. Forest schools? were es
tablished to spread through the land
1 t that: bad been gained.
Finally they pll up a mass of exact
Information about trees ana "'J
,.x . A hAir life, ana estao-
llshed a system of forest management
that Is one of the finest monuroenv
.v thnmnrhnMS.: the ; conservatism
and the patience of the German race.
Ana today the fore stands as one of
thet prime objects of the people's re
gard, a -ource of health," wealth and
national Independence. j
M'S BIG VOOLEH MILLS
Busy Scene Where Many
People Labor.
FACTORY RUNS ON FULL TIME
Mann factored Wares Are Low, bnt an
Adraoee la Predicted -Working
on Oiden.
(From Daily. Sept. 2d.)
Salem's biggest .nr-anuractiirlng In
stitution, the plant of the Thomas Kay
Woolen Mill Co., on Twelfth street, is
one ot the busiest stt-ncs in the Cap
ital Cfly, at present, and, in fant,
throupbout the year, for there a large
number of people are conetantlv em
ployed in operating the larpre machin
ery r-laht, Cn the manufacture of wool
en manufactures of ell kinds, for the
trowing tirade of the company, not on
Jy In Oregon and the ne'ghtorlngr Pa
cific coast states, but. thrcurbcut tb
Ignited States, where , the goods, man
ufactured by the Salem mills, haw
be-n Introcbiccd.
Durlr.g the present yrar the machin
ery in the mills has been seldom top
ped, except cn Sundr.vs, but has b'n
kopt cpnsiantly at the work of manu
facturing good to supply the demand.
Thre ixe about 100 persons employ
ed In the factory, which Is kept run
nlnjr night and day. the work nw
done being in response to orders In all
parts cf the country. Blankets and
flannels are now turned out ly the
mills almost exclurively, to fill orders,
though all other lines c-f woolen goods
are manufactured in t-eeson.
Thomas K. Kay, cne of the directors
ef the company, has opened an ofltw
in San Francisco, where he looks after
ho company's interests, and supplies
ma oemanis ot tne taniornia iraie.
The inqutry for the Salem make of
goods continues as btisk as ever
an ng the Jobbers but prices for man
ufactures. It 'is claimed, are very low,
as compar d to the. cast of raw . ma-
eria,l, a eondltioa,ofaffalrs,;which,Jt"r
is hor-ed, will be remedied, and prices
adjusted rnore equitably. In the East
ern ttates, it la said, woolen gcods are
steadily advancing, and the outlook for
tett-r retttnix on the cott 4s very
good.
The otapany hrs a large stock of
wool on hand, purchased during the
season, but very little Is t-erfng re
ceived at present. The market on
wool has changed but little. vally
wool being quoted at 16 to 17 cents p..
pjUP.d and the Eastern Oreten product
at 12 to 15 cents. .
The c-.'mpany ha? been vy fortu
nate during thi? yeai. having had no
serious accident cr break-down, nor
any other of those unpleasant occur
rences which so often Interrupt the
operations c-f largo industrial institu
tions, and very little time, has, there
fore, been lost. The factory, through
out. Is In ?plndld condition, Jall the
machinery In good repr.fr. and tht
VHiry best of results are being obtain
ed. It is a most important Institution
for Salem, paying out thousands "f
dollars mcnthly to wage-arrers, and
which Is a great help" to the merchants
of the city, as it naturally Hows Into
the general trade channels.
JULY'S EXPORTS.
The returns of the foreign trade for
July, the figures of which have been
made public, comiare favorably with
th5e of the closing month of. the last
fiscal year.. - - . - - :
The excess cf exports rose In July
to $344S340, In ccmparlson with an
.excess of $2LM0.fiS In July. 1WR, a
gain of $12,447,672. An excrss of ex
ports docs not necessarily Imply" an in
creased profit, but it Ik encouraging as
showing that the foreign demand for
American goods 'is increasing.
Cne of tha most gratifying facts dis
closed by the July report is that it
shows that the Increase in foreign ex
ports is due largely to agricultural
products. ; Shipments of manufactur
ed goods give a good ft;connt of them
selves, but of the f?2,387.6& gain In
exports durinr the past year $4.347,31S
Is in breadstuffs, $4,5f5.725 In provis
ions and $2,614,26 In t-ctton.
It Is a pleasing- sign to see the farm
ers again coming- to the front. The
shipments : of agricultural products
abroad In each of he precedinar five
months had been markedly smaller
than In the corresponding month- of
1893. The difference prom ises to run
for some time "the other way, a fact
which should he for the conntry a
source of gratulatlon.
PIAYED THEIR TART JPST THE
SAME.; '
A subscriber in Worcester, Mass
sends the Time the following account
Of an incident which he - cays really
happened In that cliy recently:
In the progress of some municipal
work upon which I am engaged a
large pile of sand has cumulated on
a certain street. That sand has. been
fully appreciated by all the youngster
of the neighborhood. Said youngster
wear overalls, boys and girls alike.
Th other morning when I arrived
on the Job 1 found the sand tlle topped
out with two old cement barrels, which I
. - . . m am.-. & B s-.ca a a Mm
I was told formed the Mock house on
an jinn ntu. as eoon as an agr-s
mcnt could be reached coii.-e-njina; th.i
make-up of the exposing forces the
battle was to tegln.
A usual, woman was at the bot
tr.m of the trttuble; that Is, neither
side cared to include the girls. In vain
the bitter arpufl that If they tied up
their hair no one wuld knew tlo-
were girls, because of their overalls.
The iyouthful rough riders were more
lhan sure that there vt& no place far
Kins among them. ""Roosevelt's nie;i
! were an t-twboys, Indians and BuflTalo
Bill a fellers,' said they. But the Spin
Ish contingent was firm In.. Its oposl-
tloa to wo nen on the flrln? line, and
cllched th matter with 'Alr.U it bsid
enmh-to have to in; Spaniards with
out having girls on our side?' I au.h
ed aiid went cn with my work. 1
"P.etumiit- soon. I found th battle
ragirtr tlerce!y ab ng the whole front.
but with the girls fieujx-d on the side
walk contentedly wati-hing the frty.
". ."Whjr arc you net in this fight 1
asked.
"VV wm the witww. wo are the
uban Tconcentrados, end don't have
tO f;ht r -
"And ;I went en, lct In admiration
tor in, young Solomon who bad so
sncct-sffuliy tattled one irase at least
of the woman iue( ion."
ANOTHER GOOD RIDOANCE.
After yllip-nlBg , of all hla property
hcldiiigl in this ccuntry, Tod Sloan-,
the iocfey, has taken his departure
jfvrj deaa old lcmtfn, and his future
pians na not nt ptes-nt Hgniry a re
turn to lAmerica, In this going, with
a fair, promise to remain away, this
country Ms to be -ftigratulated, for
Ensiandj? is ai welcome, to him its to
Willam Waldcrf Asior. Slcne, wMU
a. plgmjf iihyslTtlly. has long been
troubled with an abnormal enlarge
meBt.TefJf the . cranvun, his knowledge
beirp "wholly ct rflned to the etable,
track add btttinar ring. Farewell can
be aid o th little, fellow without re
gret 5 ;
OnetlIng, .perhais, that has tnflu-
enc-fHl- rms sudden departure morj
than ? ther was the cold reception
ac-;;rd Jt' him by the horsemen at sev
eral Atuerti-nn raiv incelinir. In this
j country "ft jockey is a j'vfcejr, m mat
ter ho V- valuable his services r hw
much nnf y his services command. If.
in adj! t-n. he is eapable of conduct
ing 'hi velt like a gentleman, he is
held"!- Ihigh regard. , Eat th mere
factXiJ Js winning morey or holding
rerMftfcrNUvcj . npagetnents does rot
eijt
le..tfnsf 0 V any higher . consider a-
tiou than-tils merits actually deserve
Th fact that Sloane finds .life arounl
an English race track more agreeable
Is In no scu'se a reflection on American
horrremcn. but rather a cause for com
pUment. . .
"THE NOISE NVISANCE."
A Denver paper has an editorial on
"The Terror of the Steam Whistle."
in Ml.ich it says "it is surprising- that
the medical profession .should not have
ere this entered a proteft e gainst the
cont r.uanee of that infernal machine,
the steam whittle." The protest is In
order. In Portland ns well as In Den
ver. There seema to have been an
abatement of the nuisance in a small
dt-gree, but it is erill noisy enough ti
be annoying, irritating, and injurious
to all pcop-le of sen&Ctive nerves. A
brief "toot" will serve the purpose
Just as well as a prolonged shriek. An 1
in this connection it rmry. be hoped
thut the time is not far distant when
all city churches will follow the exam
ple of acme, end discard the church
tll, es the school bell In cities has
been discarded. All people who want
to go to churc h kn-w Just when to go.
People who are 411, or nervous, or de
sirous of sleep, have rfghts that steam
boats, saw mills and churches should
respect. Pot Hand Evening TelegTant.
Our Portland ' ccntemTorary wants
a nice, r.ulet town, la which the slum
bers cf its sleepers may not be dU
turfced. day or tifirht. tip here In Sa
lem, we should like to have a larger
chorus of factory and other whistles.
We are willing to rtand the noise. And
what sort of a town would any old
town be without a single cban-h bell?
We know of such a metropolis, how
ever. It Is a necroiKlis; a cemetery.
Our esteemed Portland contemporary
Is hereby cited thereto. Not that we
would be pleased . to se It there, to
stay. Not at all. The Telegram Is an
Interesting member' cf the fraternity.
And a whoI lot more roie would le
good for It.
MEDICINAL BARKS.
Lebanon Criterion.
Dr. J. A Lamberson, of this city, has
during the past few months bought for
shipment $40 tons of cascara bark, for
which he has paid $60 per ton, or a
total of $24,000. He has also bought 20
tons f o Oregon grape root, paying there
for $1200. The doctor Is also investi
gating the market for fir balsam, hav
ing bought M barrels of that article,
paying $12.50 per ' barrel. The doctor
Is now convinced that the collection of
medicinal barks, etc. win prove a per
manent Industry to this section of the
county. .-.-i,
DIED IN PORTLAND.
Portland. Or., Aug. XL Asber Marks,
a well-known, retired ' merchant of
RosebUTg, died here today, aged $3.
In a speech a few days ago Gov.
Roosevelt said to referring to the Phil
ippines: ' ."We can't shirk onr duty.
We're there. Yon cant run away un
less you make every man in the civil
war and whose ancestor was a pioneer.
ashamed to claim kinship with us.
rt " jst.sk sa."' ssn sa ussiw
Morally, we can't run away.'
COLLECTIONS III IE illlH
State Land Board Had
" Heavy Receipts.
ALL RECORDS WERE BROKEN
Many Delinquent Holders of Certifi
cates of Sale Hade Pavment of
Debts Daring Ang-nst.
(Flom Daily, Sept. 2d.)
In the state land department the past
month has been a record-breaker, more
money having been collected on the
various funds, both principal and in
terest, than any previous month dur
ing General W. H. Odell's service as
chief clerk of the department, and
probably the collections were larger
than in any month since the office was
established The amount so received
was $107,129.91, as compared to $41,837.87
received during the month of May, 1899,
which month up to that time held the
record. The reason for the large collec
tions being made was, that the -ix
months, granted by the legislature to
delinquent holders of certificates of
sale of school lands, to pay up ar
rearages and thereby reduce the inter
est rate, expired on the 17th of August,
and that a very large number of this
class of purchasers ef state lands made
theirs payments during the month. .
Those of the delinquent holders of
certificates of sale, who have not taken
advantage of provisions of the law,
and are still in arrears on principal and
interest, will not necessarily lose their
holdings, although . any piece of prop
erty in that class, on which the arrear
age is more than three years. Is liable
to be sold, upon application of intending
'purchasers, as the certificates, vheld by
the present claimants, state ou their
face that an arrearage of one year's
interest works a forfeiture, snd the
board has the right to cancel such cer
tificates. Cancellations will, ; however,
probably not be made Indiscriminate
ly, but will be made upon property for
which the state has applications by In
tending- purchaser. r -
The amount received by General Odell
In his department during the month
of August, was yesterday transferred
to the treasury department by check.
The amount, $107,129.91. being received
upon the following accounts:
School principal.,.. $ 75,378 71
School interest 29.154 $3
University principal ..... 100 9
University interest... 10 34
Agricultural college principal, - 1.432 70
Agricultural college Interest,
737 72
220 $5
Swamp land..... ........ ...
Total..
.......
....$107,129 91
BLAIR REDIVIVUS
TPi-tor n the formal oneninr of he
nt-MtrienHiil Mmrulrn of 18fi It was
nrllv airr1 anwinr rwnl ! 1 1 1 nh.
servers that "Coin's Financial School,"
a volume or which W. II. usrvey was
the author, would certainly be the
text-book of the democrats, if Bland.
Bryan or Tillman were nominated at
Chicago, Coin was a man or, more
properly speaking, a , boy, adolescent
in years and Juvenile in arguments
wno naa constituted nimseiz tne vol
uble rlnnpr of a new mtm of Anani
Its full benefits were to be attained
by statutory provisions to be adopted
by congress, whereby one dollar would
be made worth flftv cents , and flftv
cents would have the purchasing power
of a dollar. The feasibility of this
plan was disclosed 1n a series of fic
titious lectures given by "Professor
Coin." a "vounr financier llvinar in
Chicago," to various bankers, -manu
facturers ana business men, one of
whom was Lyman J. Gage, now the
secretary of the treasury. Coin's
text-book cf free silver nt th? ratio of
1 to 1 was embellished with illustra
tions, one of which depicted the finan
cial magnates of the United States as
naving wneeis in their heads. This is
a sample of Coin's argument:
"Mr. E. H. Wheeler wanted to know
of Professor Coin if h did not Keiia
It would advance prices If the govern
ment was to issue $500,000,000 In green
backs?' -
" 'No. replied Coin. Tr wauLa km.i.
down the present totterlne flnn.it
system sooner. The remedy to restore
prices is to remonetlse silver and then
issue more greenbacks! - By putting
silver back In the column of redemp-
uon money, we would Increase It from
Its present volume of IRno Ann w
$1,200,000,000. This would warrant $L
200,000.000 of credit money and would
glVe US $2,400,000,000 Ml & mnnnJI A...-
clal footing, or about $34 a head.
s Coin made this last statement,
he laid his hand on a Ulver bell on
the fable, and' as Its clear notes rang
through the room, a signal that the
school had sdjmrned for the day, a
warm and hearty spplause went np.
The youthful Coin dealt in large
figures an item of a bimnn dollars.
1ng of no importance to him. Millions
were like corks floating on the stream
of his expansive thought.
Coin nourished as a democrat and
popul'st text-master for lt-ML-lut i i.
evider.t that be does not fill the bill
rr 1900. As a writer In the New York
Sun remarks, "be Is too recent wi
comments have too much contempjr-
ary navor to 5 bs or use for 1900,
ard therefore certain democrats art
, hunting up the writings of that intre-
Pi.l uterary foe of triuir.phmt ' An trl
can "initari.m." F. 1', Ult'r, Jr., wh-
flourished pitleally In 17.
Mr. Blair Was very ir.ucfi oppoel id
the use of tt tops ia war., lie beliee.).i
tn doing thing constitutionally, so
to speak. He took no stock whatever
in 8 he crude notion of utliKing armies
for lighting, lie believed in strictly
unmiliiary methods of pacification,
suoh es the Iowa democrats now in
their platform recommend in the chm
of Aguinaido. Ru flrndy did he im
;press his views ujon the copperheads
ot the country that thy Insisted cn
honoring him, nnd he was accordingly
nominated in Tammany hair. 'Whvre
thj democratic national ball, where
the demociAtic national convention of
1W1 was held, for the office of lve
president, an cHce for which h was
scon afterward, defeated.
In his letter of acceptance, written
from Omaha, Mr.Ullalr was posltlvy
in his oppofcUion tomUitarismr Tn
republicans, be said, as the Iowa .J--n-ccrats
say now, -to shield themselves
fron. t.e result of their wl:kt-dnes
and crime," have i-elected cani:da
wIlkr.K "to mtuntain their usuri-atlons
over eight millions of people tixed to
earth with bayonet.' "The only road
to pace." after the close of th civil
war, ( m Blair clearly ioint-d out, was
"to p-a anile rniJitary depcL!sni and
the iikurpatlons of a frsgroent of - a
congrcfrs, and by asset ling " tht! be
nign f-ysient of rrgulated liberty left
us by our fathers." This, be tail ws
the only read to ieace, a Kkwi secure
ly to be atta'md by Ms wn i-n-vtio
and l y the d.feii of "that inaHed war
Tir whose bayont-ts sre now tit tlr
thro&ts of R.OOO.OW rie! le i,o' r. mie"l
them to suptort hlii ns" it-VniKlhlntf
fc r the presidency, and to 'aubfit.it; to
the domination of-wTt;-altfn 'raoi if
s-?nt barbarous men. ' '
No ierverslon of truth, or tujjclty
of misrepreseniatlon, Le'adJeJ, "cn
exced that which hails this candidate-ln-arms
as an angel of p?ace.
As a substitute for tleplan dre-;
storing the soveretgnt- cf th natlrtVj
al government over All parts of llih
country undcrr.e authotlty of con
gress. 57r. rlalr offered no alternative.'
There had ben a war, it ha-1 be?rV
decided; active hostilities bad ceased
but the civil; adminUtratlt n biok-n
down could riot b restored spontanea
ously any inois than a stable a,ovrir
ment can he esiablishd m the I'hlllo
pines until 'Insuircttlnnai efforts
againttt the Atr.e4on authority have
bet-n iut down. :
. Against uh. "militarism.' obe.til
to by Blair, but i proved by th - over
whelming majority of patrlt-tin Amer
icans, democrats and republican, the
snti- imerican cop--iheais ar olject
ing today, accepting the arguments,
quoting th phrases an-1 reviving tha
id!s of Mr. Blair, uttered thirty y--urs
ago and lotig ago discarded as obso
lete, and exploded.
The only olstacle to the cordial ac
ceptance; of the collected wilt lug of -Elalr
es the political text-book of the
democrats in the VJnitM .Siat-s for.
19CH cn th subject 3f r.llitarisin " la
found in the epearan of still mora
antique authority untdatliir Elalr.
The Louisiana purchase loti'iimmat
ed in .1501, was bilti-rly resist."!, by
some of the foes of "expansion" at tha
beginning of the century. A reproluc
tion of the vlevs of sonr.c of these
almost forgotten cltliens" will -bring
lh ccmteiniorary copirheads still
nearer to the elghteMh tentury m
their hostility t the agencies whl-h
have contributed to the rlorj' ef the
United States at th close of the nine
teenth. ... -
HEROISM IN THE RANKS.
A new phase Tiasi been given to the
story that Colonel Funston swam
across the Mariloa river and captured
a lot of Filipino, by the statement of
Lieutenant Rlchard Coulter, Jr., of.
the Tenth Pennsylvania regiment, to
a writer In the Philadelphia Tfcmes.
Lieutenant Coulter insists that he did
not swim the river, ss was once told,
snd that Colonel Funston did not do
so either. He says that Musician
John Campbell and Private Israel Ruff
made the trip . across . the river and
captured a boat moored on the oppo
site side.
The Tenth Pennslyvsnla regiment's
lieutenant says that he received tha
surrender of the Filipinos, as he was
the only officer present at the time,
and crossed the river In the boat which
two members of the Tenth secured for
him. He adds that he met Colonel
Funston several times after the event
and that there was no difference be
tween them as to who wss responnlbls
for the Capture of the men who have
been so earnestly fighting the soldiers
of this country.
To the common soldiery then belongr
tbe credit for an set which has been
praised by everybody. In the war of
the rebellion private soldiers won
much honor for themselves by their
courageous deeds. It Is good to know
that our soldiers of today are as brave
as those of the sixties.
"Am a nsttr cf eours. Prto Rico,
being now an American city, has bad:
an experience with a cyclone." says
tb Kansas City Worli. In the name
of Oregon, we object. Oregon Is a
part of the Ur.ited States and of Amer
ica, and her we have ik experiences
with cyclones. A cyclone 4s not dis
tlrctively an American institution.
Pronging to Missouri and the latltulj
thereof def not necessarily make it
American. , And then Porto Rico ia
not a city. It Is a country, an Island.
Among- Mi-ds the swan Uvea to be
the c Weft, in extreme cases reaching
300 years; 'he falcon has teen know a
to live over 162 years. ,