, 1886-05-06


good reasons f.r believing that
Shakespeare was not the author Of
the plays that bear his name. We
are OF opinion that very few persons
who have given much attention to
the Bacon Shakespeare controversy /
will agree with ;L, OrsyOHidH. In
yestigation may not convince that /
Bacon WAS the author. but it will |!
show that 4 great many strong argu-
msnts can be adIuced in favor Of the
BGconisn theory.
A wealthy citizens Of Minneapolis
has given $4,000 for the erection of
building for the Y. N. c. \. of that
city. Never was money better in
vested. The y. NJ. c. \. has been
doing grand work among the young
men of this country during the last
decade The good done by every
dollar invested in the work of this
association VIII be known in its en-
tirety only in the great Beyond.
The reading public awaits with
eager expectancy the publication OF
two new novels by Gen. Lew Wal-
lace, one founded on incidents Of the
civil war in America, the other on
Constantinople life, Ben Hur brought
Wallace into world wide reputation,
no novel of the times having so great
a sale. Garfield paid him a graceful
and delicate compliment by writing
across the face of his commission as
minister to Turkey the words ben
Hur" and only a few weeks before
his untimely death wrote Wallace
than the burden of his daily life had
been greatly frightened by reading
his grand work
We are indebted to Hon. G. s..
Voorhees, for a copy of the speech of
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, on the
bill to admit Washington Territory
to statehood. Il Is a pity so much
eloquence was wasted in the senate
on a measure which the democratic
majority in the House refuses to pass.
No amount of argument or facts can
prevail We We're told that Voorhees,
election meant admission-and many
honest farmers, in their simplicity,
believed the siren song thus melodi-
ously sung in the last campaign-but
now vague misSivlng arises in their
minds as to whether or not it wasn't
a dodge to swindle them out of their
votes.
The OregoRiaR is very unhappy.
When Senator Mitchell was before
the legislature Of Oregon for the
positian he now holds, it insisted
that the people generally were anx-
ious to put him down; that he would
not dare to go before them for the
popular vote Now. while Mr. Mitch
ell is in Washington attending to his
public duties, the Oregonian is protest
ing loudly against the action of the re-
cent republican state convention on
the ground that most of the delegates
to that convention are friends and
supporters of Mitchell The great
Portland paper has attained its
greatness largely through its broad
and unbiased views, in regard to
Senator Mitchell, however, it not only
betrays gross Inconsistency but al
lows personal spite to carry its better
Judgment captive. Its impotent
frenzy against delegates to the state
convention, because they are friends
of Senator Mitchell, is q pretty strong
proof of that gentleman's popularity.
Journalism claims some of the
brightest intellect5 of the nation.
Blaine was a successful journalist
before he was prominent public
man. The only man in Cleveland's
cabinet who amounts to anything is
Secretary Manning, journalist.
Frank Hatton who achieved national
fame in the P. o. Department, is a
journalist Joe Pulitzer, publisher
of the New York World, has just re-
signed seat in Congress because he
feels that his duties as publisher of q
great paper are higher, more impor-
tant to the country, and more honor
able to himself than anything he
could accomplish in Congress. It
has been said on good authority that
Harvey Scott, of the Oregonlan,
would not leave his position at the
head of that paper for seat in the
| U. S. Senate. Think of these facts
when you are disposed to look with
Gondescending, patronizIng sympathy
upon the poor editor; when you fool
ishly suppose that any scrub can do
a good days work moulding public
thought.
A few weeks ago Congressman
Randall, of Pennsylvania, one of the
leaders OF the democracy, declared
that his party would be unable to Sc
cure majority in the next House I'm
less adjournment We're made as early
as June 18th. Now comes the an
nouncement that the Senators have
generally concluded that adjourn
ment will be impossible before Aug
ust. 1t is not much of a recommen-
dation for the democratic party as a
party when such men as Randall