Weekly Oregon statesman., January 28, 1902, Page 4, Image 4

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The University f Oregon loses two
able infractors by-the resignations of
Profs. .Washburn and Ressier. , Prof.
Washburn has accepted a more lucra
tlve position In the University of Min
nesota and Prof Kessler will probably
return tO public school work in which
he has been very 'successful. . i i
.It is gratifying tto learn that step
are being; taken by Congress to raise
the salaries of rural mail c-arriers.. Tha
present pay Is not adequate to support
a man nnl family 'unless the closest
economy is exercised. ; The - increase
from SSO0 to UMiper annum wilt In
sure competent nn permanent men for
the service and will put It-nsynja sat
Isfaetory basis for those ' enlarged
as
The money center,, of the, world will
doubtless It transferred to New York
befor the close of, another .-..decade' If
presentsa vorable Industrial conditions
prevail. The announcement from ler
iin to the effect tha.t ; the 3O0.Oft,009
mark for the German Government fan
had been subscfrbed In Ibis ".country
shows that there is plenty of available
rant) find that our people VilGtiK to
Invest In sef-urltles abroad. The na
tions of the 'world te going to be our
riebtoi. : '
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It Is snfd thiit President Roosevelt
, will ba:k up his order for the non
interference of federal officers In local
jiolitlc-s to such an extent as to make
themselves obnoxious. lie uoei hoc
proMM to. allow the' Influence of' a
Government $eltlon to be nwl for any
one's petMonfil advancement, and will
adopt vigorous measures to istop this
uibure whtdi has had a bad effec t by
causing factions In the Republican
runks. The gresitS number of federal
officer V terms will soon expire, and
tluir obedlen.ee to this rule will prob
ably ) a 'requisi te' to re-appoiritfnent.
If the President succeeds in enforcing'
this ruli the party will 'have-reason to
; bhs htm.' as the bitterness and tur
moil of local fights laoften due largely
to their Interference.'
THE PHILIPPINE PROBLEM.
Secretary Root l.i tailing up with the
House Insular Affairs Committee one
of the most difficult problems this
country has to solve .In. the; Philippines,
that dealing with the ownership of
land. " He is trying to secure legislation
that will - enable the Filipinos- to c-.
quire title to lands nnd expresses the
belief that the denial of this right s.
In the main;, the cause of the present
disturbance In cite islands. Mr. Root
b.i evidently found the problem to be
solved but the solution will rrtake-so
great mi change in affair in the islands
that it will In effect tie a revolution.
"The land 1 at present owned, by the
' 4-harrn- and foreign capitalists. The
church will hold the lands If there is
rany way to do so,! for it realizes if It
loses this it is styorn - of it power
over the native and Iti will hesitate
Jong before If . relinquishes the one
thing that makes the churdh supreme.
How to get possession of the land is a
great question anfk one that must be
approached wth, great caution. The
plan Mr. Root has for , accomplishing
this milch desired !obJectlhaj not been
made public but his knowledge of the
existing conditions in the islands and
his high Ideals of right may be relied
upon to suggest means by, which the
change may be made with the least
'sssille disturbance.
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THE NEQRO PROBLEM.
In the course of af recent lecture be
fore the Outlotik Club at MontcUIr, N
J- looker T. AVashlncton said that
"there were over S.OOd.OOO colored -peo
pie in the. United Htates, nnd that the
way to solve the njnx problem, Is not
by deivrtlng the. negroes. T"hen 00
t .. . u -- -
utartel for Liberia mtne time ao,
some people thought t)e question had
been solved, but K0 black babies were
fjorn the next daylj. Importation won't
work. Tou can't set apart land for the
negroes and wait; them tnJOne wall
, would not keep the negroes In." And five
walls would not keep the white men
' out. Tou eun't absorb them, for the
minute you get one per cent of black
hiood In a white; man he" becomes
negro. Nor are there any signs or In
dications of decay In the race. 1..
The speaker said that, with the dlf
ferent colore! persons Included In our
rew possessions, j altogether over IS.
V00.000, he thought that the white man
rr
Ing In advance, win have the lenew or
may be no misunderstanding;, we will
keep this notice standing; at this place
In the paper.
had a' big- problem before him.' The
speaker recommended as one; solution
of the problem that the: white man
make the negro more useful, and help
him toj secure an education. The negro
cafididjy responds -W; stlmubiting' in
fluences, -The speaker compared J. two
parts of Alabama one where instruc
tion had ! been given the negresand
another w hefe dense ignorance prevail
ed and showed that Intelligence 'and
education had brought in their track
land ownership, prosperity, and higher
morality. The material or industrial
betterment of a. people always im
proves their1 morality.-, Dependence
upon law alone will 'not accomplish
everything. Through sympathy, active
help, and financial assistance the white
people can do mucn for the negro. The
problem will not down till settled in
justice and righteousness - . i,
" POLICY NOT WANTED. I !
The Mobile, Alabama, Register pro
fesses to ee through) the turmoil and
chaos of the Democratic party better
things for the future. It does not view
with alarm the absence of a policy op
plan of" opposition ti the Republicans.
It advocates that the best thing for
Dt-mocracy Is to drift without any fixed
purpose iitxv!ew but to get in power
in 1904. Demcx;racy ' is a hoieless
wreck and it can do but little ebe than
follow the advice given and drift, ii
might by this ioiicy or rather lak of
policy, drift into a safe
the chances are against It
harbor,' .J but
and without
a fixed course It im liable to become a
dVellct along the shores of the politi
cal sea. ' Rut the Register comforls it
self by expressing: th following view
of the situation: ' 1 I ,
The Democratic caucus of tne
House members has made several at
tempts to define a policy that all the
members can i stand :on during this
session of Congress. ': Tlie effort to
harmonize conflicting: opinions is s,lg--nl
titan t of the fact that the national
policy, adopted by convention- In
Kansas City, is no longer binding
Theoretically, all the Democrats
shout agree upon the m alh planks of"
that Kansas City platform, but, as a
matter of fact, they do not;, and the
dissidents are so numerous" that those
who do abide by the platform cannot
- discipline those who 'do hot. j
This Is regarded . as . showing a
chaotic condition of rthe party, and
touch to the regretted by Democrats,
while It. "makes Republicans rejobe.
To us It appears V ,M, however, a
sign of better things to be. The - party
I In the transition, between the bad
of 1900 and the good that is to hi inx
w1904. In brief, the party is returning
to reason, getting away from unten
able ideas and forging new ones, so
that there is hope of formulating the
t next platform upon solid ground;
This being so, It would be unwise
to Insist upoiv ttdoptIonof any ! fixed
policy now.. Ietthe party unit-,,' so
long as it Is going . In the right di
reftlon. The longer the .decision is
ffotdponcd the wiser it wflkbe and he
larger the number of Intelligent then
that will be-Inrtuded in the. Demo
cratic fold when the next natiial
campalsn begins. . ; ft "N.
CUBAN ANNEXATION. j
It woufd hardly seem possible .that
after the terrible onslaught the Dem
ocratic press of the country made upon
the advocates of expansion two years
ago that the leaders Of It should pow
be thei most active Land earnest sup
porters of the proposition or tne, .an
nexation of Cuba The Atlanta Consti
tution is t-onstantly booming the move
ment toward brmfrlnff Cuba Into the
Union and now the tU. Louis Repnl.iic,
one of the most bitter opponents! of ,
th retention of the Philippines cj.mes
forth ith strong argument thfavor
of annexation. ; It says:
"If :the people of Cuba take a clear
sighted view-of existing conditions
they must se very plainly that the
annexation of, their; Island ' to the
Unltel States Is most desirable tor
rCubun Interests, Free trade with this
country is vitally necessafy. There
are Indications that It can be attun
ed only through nnnexatln. The
Cuban movement for reciprocity Is
not by any means certain to meet
with' success. Cuban indepehdinee
without reciprocity means industrial
and commercial ruin for Cuba. There I
would ; be - genuine reason for both
- Cuban and American thanksgiving if.,
before the close of President PaJ inn's,
administration. Cuba, should formal.;
ly ask to tie. annexed to the United;
mate.. , , i ,. j .i-
Cuban annexation Is no doubt the
solution of: the problem an 3 It may be
solved soon lit this way, but it is ex
ceediBgly gratifying to Republlcanrj to
note the change tn sentiment oft the
Democratic press wbih so strenuouely
opposed this war of IlsposTnr of the
territory left us as a result t.f the Kptn
tsh war.. .- -t
COHCPEAN FINANCES. -
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While the ITnited States is enjoying
in--9 r nmcneritv that has seldom
the history of the?
been witnessed in
country, the outlor.k for the nation of
Europe In an industrial and nnamial
way Is excedingly gloom y This coun
try Is tring to solve the problem as to
bow to reduce the surplus, which has
been piling- up In the NaUomU Treas
ury for the past few : years, while the
nations of Europe are making a desp
erate effort to avoid a deficiency In the
revenues necessary to meet the ex ten
ses of their Governments.
Americanywmpetition has very no
ticeably affected Industrial, conditions
In England, and the enormous expense
of the Boer war has made the question
of revenue a constant source of..arinoy5
ance to the Government The present
cost of the Itoer war Is $T.M,00 a
week In money, which is at the rate of
$3W,WO,05i a year, or more than helf
the cost of -the average annual expense
of our Civil War. Such a drain. If long
continued, upon England's resources,
will give her people a problem that will
be hard to handle, and will claim the
atentlon of her most able statesmen.
The financial and industrial outlook.
In Germany Is loomyj A few "years
ago, under the stimulus of istate en-courag-ment'of
manufacture,' railroad
building, colonization and ' various in
dustrial enterprises, jbustness was
booming, wages were high, work plenty
and thousands of workmen were, drawn
from neighboring najions. ;JCow all Is
reversed. I Wages have! fallen. MLarge
numbers of artisans are Idle, j The for
eign workmen are without work and
generally without means. Ifood pro-:
ducts are dear. The German ; workman
has to pay twice: as much for German
raised sugar as the British has to pay
for the same sugar. j
The national revenue has declined so
that the estimated expenditures or the
coming year exceed the, estimated rev
enue by 700,0000 marks, j ,( ,
The wages of workmen in this coun
try is, on the Increase; dispatches come
nearly every day announcing advances
made in factories and railroads In the
East, ranging from lj to 13 per cen
above that formerly paldi Jand the
money dtalers have subscrfbei S00,000r
004 males to a loan 'for-the German
Government,
; These are the conditions that have,
placed the United Htates at the head of
the Industrial and financial world. ' .
CUBAN RECIPROCITY.
Referring to an argument, made in
the Outlook by general Leonard lVoof
on reciprocity; between the'--' United
States and Cuba, the Xew .York un
Hays It most profoundly impresses all
who' read It. He compares thei present
condition of Cuba to that of a c4il:
who has Wen taken care. of by a so
ciety, for theJ prevention of cruelty to
children on 'the: ground that Its parent
were unfit to care for It. ; Those, Who
have!assumed the new rharge are morn
ally Abound 'to' provide for the tchlld
education, protection and maintenance.
General, Wood maintains, and bis pol
lution can hardly be seriously disputed
that Cuba stands readyto give us dol
lar for dollar in any j reciprocity t ar
rangement ve may adopt. Even If sh
could not do this, the Piatt amendment
projosed by us and accepted by CubtT
Imposes a definite moral obligvttlor
upon us In the matter.!7 1 '.
The total amount of j sugar produced
within our limits is novv only one-fifth
of our consumption. ) S-
, The thlcagw Historical Society I?
now the owner of the jury and corre
spondence, state and personal, of Jarties
K. Polk, which has been purchased of
the heirs In Nashville .for $300. The
correspondence covers a period 1 of
twenty years one of tne most import
ant and trying periods in American
history. It is in Polk's "own h
hand-r
And-i
tt-ritlnor. Ttnere nre letters from
rew Jax kson nnd replies from Polk, he- tc
go 1 1. -U ions on the Oregon boundary,
the annexation of Texi, communlca
tloiiswith the British Parliament yer
what then were vexing: questions and'a
complete history of the progress of dip.
lomacy of "thaitlme. This correspon
dence would ma
e an Interesting e-
hlblt nt the Icwls and lark Exposition
and It is quite probable ihat an effort
will ( be made to secure thatxPart of it
11 fx
n-i
versy over the Oregon! country.
Captain hoeffel, io was in com
mand of the detachment ,of the Ninth
Infantry, ambushed byjbolomen during
last month, was graduated from West
Point In 1901. It will be a long time
before? his name wW be blurred from
the ; Military Academy's traditions.
During the famous Boox trial, one year
ago, the1 fact developed that Schoeffel
was the only cadet who ever graduated
from the Institution without having
been hazed. Several attempts were
made to do so, but he whipped nearly
all of the upper classmen before his
fplebe year Iwas over. They "tailed
him out" one 'at a time at first. Each
one had to be taken to the hospital.
Then they planned to put him to a ten
that no plbe had ever stooL A sound
of '" "picked ;'-"sluggers T .'''' was arrayed
against him. but he Vr;ovked out alt of
them. Ills fighting pro$ensitles appear'
to have foliowel him ln his mllnsry
career. .-.-'-. '
If all te billa that were introduced
in Congrces became laws the c-ountry
would suffer with the enormous amount
of lejlslaticn. P.
ut as le?s than 1S nerl
- f ' ' I
introduced . bee &racj
cent or tne whs introduced . betaraej
laws the tcur.try need feel no-' alarm
contro-
t,t the larKe nwrbtf that were intro
duced, Ln jhe early part cf the present
session. During the first two meeting
Of the present Ilous a total of 3049
bills were introduced. In the first ses
sion of the Fifty-Sixth congress i,
UllS were introduced, and for both ses
lion the total reached 14,247, On the
first day of the Senate J0 bills wered
introduceil,, aijtd before, the Congress
ends the Senate bills will exceed 408
In number.'. ,-'.'",--,:.--:-;. -'. ;-
i The efforts of the county court look
in; toward the "construction of bettes
roads are worthy of commendation.
The court has employed a competent
and energeyo civil engineer as road
master and purchased rock crushers
to better. facilitate the work. There is
no reason why good roads should not
joe built to; every part Of the 'cbxinty,
pnd though; It may seem slow, .yet tt
every district . builds some permanent
road eah year; it will not be long until
the roads will be in a satisfactory con
dition. - v": : '-,' r
,' RepresehUtlve Loud, of .California,
chairman of the Jlouae Committee on
JMstofflces anIrtVstroad, declare that
penny postage Is not practicable. ,He
says It would result In a deficit of $35,
00,000 annually. This is the same old
st,ory, TbI prediction has been made
every time postage has been reduced.
When the rate was reduced from
cents to 6 cents It was said: the De
partment would fail to make expenses.
But events have shown that the cheap
er postage' become the sftyater become
the revenues of the Postoffice Depart
mcnt, - ,
v Palma, the-Presicent-elect of he hew
Cuban Republic, said, to a meeting of
his countrymen, the other day that we
owe all that we have, and all that we
expect to le, to the American. Govern -menu
jThl.. Is the sentiment of.. th
leader of a people'for whom wv have
administered a s Government for ovei
two years. This Is a splendid testi
monial to the effliehcyof our; govern,
ment and a' stinging rebuke to! the un
pjttriotlc pebpljsr who have talked sc
much aiut the criminal aggression,
and tyrannical methods of the Govern
ment towanl the natives that have re
centlycome under Wr protccuon.. j
PRINCE HENRY'S VISIT.
The Mobile (Ala.) Register j Is one
Democratic paper that believes In tak
ing advantage of every measure In
tended 'to' benefit' the country without
regard to the political aspect It may
assume. . Some of the Democ rata In
Congress ore criticizing the President
for the active Interest be Is taking In
.the iroposed visit of -Prince Henry, tc
this countrj?. . The Register presents It
view of the visit In the following;
, The Democrats in , j7ongress who
can see nothing In the , reception of
Prince Henry in a fitting manner but
"fawning upon royaMy" tire, to our
mind, dull of perception. iPrlnce
ienry Is to be received as repft'scp-.
'-atlve of the German"?.Kmpcror, and
'the German Emperor is" the visible
head 'of -a great and f rleridly Nation.,
We do not In any way renounce our
, fidelity, to republic principles oy
being as court eous" us we "know how
to be tb the distinguished visitor. We
might have ssn ground for with
holding our welcome ; If Germany
were a despotism, but since It Is in
fact a union of states, just as Is our
own Republic, and Is governed by a
constitution somewhat resembling
our own, we wilt'apiear rather ab
surd if we cavil because the chief ex
ecutive is cnlled an Emperor Instead
ht President and his representative a
Princej instetfid of an AmbasKabr.
A NATION OF HUSTLERS.
European .nations have been1 trying
to discover the cause of the supeiios-
ity of the ITnited Ktsltes In industrial
pursuits, and are making careful in
quiries as to methods and machinery.
used, and other factors that have ctn
tributed to our commercial supremacy.
ermany Is Retting very near ih cause
ofur suieYiorlty when It begins to
exarmjie the ihysical condition of Its
workmen The Investigation recently
instituted by the Kmperor shows7 that
the American workman. I more skillful
agile in Nils work and attributes
German workmen to
excess! vebeer drinking;. Whether tM
cause Is the reai onkor not remains a
question. viut U Is stHI "the man tic
hind the guX" whoWlnv victories, for
America, andN(hU! is evident in the
conflict of trade ami commerce as uin
the battlefield.
The manager of ar AmerjcaiK tool
company's works In Berlin has made
a remarkable comparison of the wage
paid and the cost of tools made there
with the wages paid and Y-ost of tools
at the Americ-an .works, both sets of
laborers using Identical machines. He
finds that ' the ; America ftx workman,
making an exact allowance for the dif
ference in wages, turns out ' aXclearj
55 per cent morer product for the samej
unit of wages. Man for man the Ger
man prtxluces two-fifths of what an
American does. A shoe factory at Bres
lau using American machinery secured
better results by importing eight Amer
ican workmen had pyins; them by the
piece, tb stimulate the German work
men, who then came within ten per
cent of the Americans work.
- The effect of jour free Institutions,
Which give every barefoot boy an open
road : to either jKHUlcal renown, or
wealth and Influence, Is quite apparent
in the hri;ter!of o-r people. 'Viih
theee prizMi before us we have iome
Natlon'orhuMlers and no wonder we
"
tmUtilp the Nation
jnn of the wotUl In
tue'race.
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Prof. J. H, Acksrmart.
J Portland j Dispatch: .The Disrh
has no right -or Inclination to .ma"Ve
suggestions! as to what the Republi
can of Oregon should or should not
do, but it 14 duty to watch over the
Interests of Ithe public, especially of the
public schools. Already names of Re
publican candidates have . been- sug
gested in opposition to the re-nomination
of Processor Ackerman. the pre
ent able Incjumbent, whose only claims
are th!r; political loyalty to one or the
other faction of .that:, party. We are
not Informed as to which faction Pro
fessor Ackeirman gives his allegiance
nor do we ctare. but we must give him
credit for having. made his office free
from all partisanship and has been the
most active and able superintendent
the state hs ever had, and today, the
public school Interests are in a better
condition than at any time in the hi
tory of Oregon. We have come in con
tact with him in the official discharge
of his duties, and never has he per
mitted fpolitics to enter Into the dis
charge of that duty. He Is a gentle
man of high attainments, and his
heart and soul are in the welfare and
interest of our public school education.
There can (be no reason assigned why
he should not be re-nominated by his
party, and pf the Democrats nominate
a less competent man,. why he should
not be re-elected state superintendent.
We are 'jgovWned In this matter in the
interests, ofl our -public schools, and
not for any partisan advantage., and
so long as a man, of Professor Acker
man's ability , discharges his duties
with a .single eye to their advance
ment and efficiency, and accomplishes
good results, there is no reason to set
him aside for an active political parti
san. We opposed Professor Ackerman's
election four years ago on the ground
that we supposed him to be In league
with the American Book concern. He
had ample Opportunity to be tested o.
this question, and be it said to his
credit, that j he did . not use either his
personal Influence or his position when
the company's Interests were at stake.
Professor Acker man ,has strictly at
tended to tbelegltimnte duties of vhls
office, and .the Interests of-our public
schools are -such ass to require an ex
perienced and enthusiastic head. Xueh
Professor A;kermarf has proven to be.
There may be others like him. but they
have not been tested. By saying what
we, have Jn regard to professor J. It.
Ackerman, we do not wish to be un-
derstood as proposing to support him
for election. That depends on the
man whom ! the Democrats nominate
If he should be Professor Ackerman's
equal In the, qualifications required for
a superlntend-nt. , he Will recei;e our
earnest and cordial support, otherwise
he will not.. We want no politics In
Our schools. He deserves the nomina
tion of, hi party for an honesty nd
faithful discharge of his duties, which
have been systematically in the inter
est and welfare of our public schools,
which are today In a condition which
reflects credit upon the superintendent;
and through whose energy and activ
ity this has: been -brought about. His
record should assure his re-notnlnation
and, as we have said before. If a less
competent person opposes him, he
should be re-elected, v
Geer Will Be Nominatsd.
Albany democrat: C. A. Johns, of
Baker City,! is being mentioned as a
candidate for Governor on the. Repub
lican ticket.! It is said the Easten
Oregon delegates have made up their
minds '.to have an Eastern Oregon man
at all events;. Mr. Johns once ran for
District Attorney of this district, w-hen
he was a resident of Dallas, polk'coun
ty. and made about as poor a rnn as
any man who ever run for the position
In the district. Speaking Of the Gov
ernorship, though, the Democrat ..is
ready) to state with . great confidence
that the present Incumbent, the tall
Timothy from the Waldo Hills, will be
nominated hy acclamation "and ; that
when the RepublicanSlate Convention
rnet Mr. Geer wliydittate the nomin
ation: ..-I : I '
The; Oregon's Voyage.
Louisville Courier-Journal: The se
lecllon of tlaptaln Clark, the famous
commander of the Oregon, as a repre
sentative of the ITnited States at the
coronation 'tit England's: King mill
command universal resrect t home
and abroad.! He Is a seaman worthy
ofthe best days of any nation. Amer
fans are a seafaring people, and Cap
tain Clark is a representative that can
hold his 0W-4 with, any of the sea dogs
who will gather on the Thames on that
mmotahlejlay. The memory of the
Oregon's celebrated voyage, the long
est consecutive one a first-class battle
ship ever tojk. Is worthy to be classed
with Fir Fraincta Drake's tour with ihe
Golden Hind. '
Hill's Chances Poor.
St. Louis. Globe-Demxrati ."The New
York Democrat who are talking. about
Hill as a pfiudble candidate for their
party In .104 ought to bear In mind
that the ex-Senator hae two powerful
enemies in nis 'own househo,I Brvan
apd Crbker. Bryan would fight Hill
in the cortvehtlon If his name should be
Iiroposei. He would probably fight
Im in the ranvafi If he Tthould be
nominated. Croker would destroy the
Very faint chance which Hill would
haveNln carrjrlng- New York, and Bryan
would Tees to It that Hill would be far
behind the Republican candidate in the
prairie states. Hill's chances are de
cidedly pooler than they were In the
early Ms ofj the recent cejnury. when
he, was having' his snap conventions
and taking his swings round the circle
in the South
- Es-Confaderate Pensions.".
I Savannah! News: That, "there are
many ex-Cohfederates who are; In need"
or a nom wanown oy a scaiemeni
In the message which the Governor of
South Carolina sent the Legislature
of that state on Tuesday. HI state
ment was that if the gtaie Intended to
erect a home for Its soldiers of the
Confederacy there ought to be no de
lay about the matter because the
veterans were old -and would not be
here. long jto enjoy it. Those who
needed a renting place, he said, needed
It at one, j; jn new of the fact that
so lars a rdare of the revenue of t lie
Government! Is colla ted from the South
it would le Just as If the pension sy-
-o-o-o-o C-C-O O C
i hi '-W're -extc-Tid'-d to .tle cx-C fed
erate oJi!it-rs. The pension burd-n
which'thls ian'SOmC ht the other statt-s
carry Is a. pretty heavy .one, and. a
ibey are not over-burdened with wealth,
it limits their, ability to support their
public school systems. Mr. Bixey's
proitnsition Is worth more than a, pas
ting thought. Itought to lie given
rery careful consideration.; ;
Our Duty to Cuba Plain. 1
J&C Louis Republic: Governor Gen
ert:3'ool. President Pal ma of Cutis,
aiui air. AiDen u. iioDinson; an s p-
Hbority on the Cuban situation, unite
in declaring that a reductbm of at least
la vt c-nt of dudes on Cuban products
Is necesSarv to the welfare of tha Co.
ban pefiple, now deiiendent upon this
Government's action for the Just safe
guarding of tljeir Interests. " j
The Sugar Trust and the licet Sugar '
Association are In conflict ' over thM
proposition. The former favors .the
reduction as promising free raw sugar
for the trust's use The latter opposes
the reduction as threatening to injure
the American beet suxar Industry.
Powerful Influence for and against al- -equate
reciprocity with Cuba Is being;
broueht to bi ar on Conarress. 1
Cuba the problem thus created-is n-.t
In the least-complicated. Of dire ne
cessity, the people of J hat Island look
tous for relief from their present d-;.
plorable plight. They "have our nation.
my. j v v'"" ss, 'a asr .4 irj ;
ment. They are forbidden, to eiur in-"
tO treaties ...with other s;overnr.triis j
4'ye with our apprcval. Cons-(juernly, t
they are hepiess : to remedy , th- Jii j
now afflicting them. They .must, le-
pend solely upon the American Xiin- j
al sense of. honor for the fulllllmnt f I
thtl pledge which we have rfyn them. 1
Our duty in honor, therefore, is to re.
dule the tariff on Cuban trtilu-ts to a
poiit" making Cuban prfui-riiy iwi- .
are jto retain our National self-respect.
"TheJ argument; that r we may. 'suffer
somewhat ourselves through keeiing
tiur iword with Cuba can have no .
weight as anhonorable argutix nt. '
Oingress shouia keep in mina toe piam.
truth that we are under solemn -obligation.'
to extend equitable protetftion ;
lei Cuban Interests a nd should dls-nse
of the existing situation on' this hai
atonei ' -', ) '' : - '- '''' '
! .Ths Governorship. !'-.'.'
TaOuina : Kav: News: ISastern iOre-:
gon. If current reports are jtrue, threat
ens to secede and organize a. hew stale,
unless; coil! eled the naming of 1 he.Jov -
errfor and United States H. nator. Well,
nt Yir i lh Governor lsein('emrt - T.
T. Geer will succeed himself in" that of.
lice, and our bunchgrass friends, may
as Well content themselves on that
point for a future oeaon. Regarding
the Senator, It mskes, little diffemnei
to us what section of the state he
comes from. so. long as he Is a good and
Mimli.f4nt man ti.1 a 1 o V a 1 Tf tiH.-il n.
I ' Disgruntled Politicians. '
Coast Mail: All who know the editor !
of the Salem Jentlnel smile at his des
perate, attempt to -malign Governor
Geer, aod his herculean efforts' at
thwarting the" Governor's renomlnatlon.:
of office.teeklng Republicans who have
been unable to use Gbverno( Geef t
get a graft and who ar all lined up
with tlils amir of scoilamen to ilos n
Geer. And all this because this editor's
auplkation for an office Iwas Ignore.!.-''
The people of Coos county have no
complaint. They are satisfied when
they have had the best which has ttern ,
given them . for years. There Is ho
question but Coos county, will send ia
solid delegation for the renomlnatlon of
the greater part of the state ticket!
They- can speak entirely from a disin
terested standpoint so far as a graft Is
concerned.
Nearly all well-meaning llepulillnsns
are against a change of the present ex-
aonl I's'sts - -y- ' i i "
tlve.- ' ' . :-. ? . . - - , . - . '
H AT A WHIST I'AI I.
L.On at the fnost unique plans the
writer -feyer saw for pairing players at
a whist party Was the employment 1 of
thumb I marks. sys Good Housokeep-
ing.i'-AVhen tbe guests- arrived they
Were; requested" to dip She right thumb
In s; saucer, which had been blackened
by kerosene smoke,-then to leave the.
Impression on a'small card. Under this
Impression the name- was written. - 'It
soon appeared that thumb marks
were alike, although ope mght liear :a
slight resemblance to 'another in gen
eral characterlstlcsi The gentleman
who found a lady With a thumb that
had any likeness to his own carried
her off as his partner. At the end
there are sure to be a few unfortunates.
left whose thumb likeness Is so much
left to the Imagination that a single
whorl or wavy line, sometimes has to
stand for the decision. The. Interest of
this pairing plain Is that It leads to an
interesting discussion of thumb marks
or palmistry In general, and the guests
who have not read Pudd-nhead Wilson
go home and get the book without de-'.
lay. -, -, ' '-. - -.; -,.', .'
Beware of OlatmeaU for Catarrh fait
contaia Mercury,
as 1 mercury will knrsly destroy tbe eesse of
smell sad compIUcly deraags the whole systasi
Vhta eotcriag it through the rnaooa sarfsces.
Both articles abosld never be s4 except om
prescrlptkias froia repsUble pbysiciaas, as tke
damass they will do la ten fold to the god "
cms vwmiMy derive from them.-Haifa C'lrrS
C r. manufsctsred by K. J. Cbeney St Co..
Toledo, O,, eontsioa so Tnrcvry, mad is tks
htrss!ly. sctinsirsct'T P thm blood
tr.oooa aarfsc of thsay ntm. IsbarlngUaH s
Catarrh Cars bs sors run tha (vbbim. .ft a
takes iatervsllr and fsiBl Is Toledo. Ohio,
by J. rhwy tk; 1 estimoaiala free.
r Sold by ireUt. price pr buuia. , t
WORLl? GETTINO BETTER.
Mr. Crlmsonbeak "Do , yo believe
that the world Is getting better?" .
Mrs. Crlmsonbeak "I , certainly do."
Mr; Crlmsopbeak "What makes yott
Mrs. Crlmsonbeak "Well, here's V
paragraph in this paper hkjh iays the
postal reeeipts this year will reach one
hundred and eleven million dollars. In
190 they were only sixty million dol
.Hr,- Crfmsonbeak "What's that got
tO do With It? : !
Mrs. CrimsopWak "A good deal. It
shows that there are fewer I husbands
now who forge to malt their wives
letters. Yonkert Statesman.
Judge P. F. Cowing returned yester-
day afternoon to Ms borne In Oregon
City, after a brief trlult to his daugh
ter in this city. Mrs. Y. E. DeParco,