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tyrants have again and again
shocked the world with countless
acts Of inhumanity under the insplr-
ing flag Of liberty.
1t is hardly necessary to call at
tention to the fact that churches are
supported and maintained by the
best elements of the community;
and that, AS rule, the members of
religious organizations In Spokane
Falls, as elsewhere, are the heads of
happy homes, who are glad of the
opportunity Of exchanging small
portion of their material gains for the
benefits and blessings of churches
and Sunday schools, and whose per-
ceptive qualities nre not sufficiently
abnormal to detect no difference be-
tween clergyman and gambler,
no distinction between church and
gambling den.
The verdict of the world and the
experience Of history are sharply
arraycd against the proposition
that teachers, both moral and
secular, are non-producers. MAN
can not live by bread alone" That
Ia In him which Is not entirely ami
NAL, and which can not be fed by
the creature comforts of life. And
the spiritual side of his nature like
wise Graves other food than that
which satisfies his intellectual being.
1t Is this still voice which leads him
to build churches and to employ
moral teachers for himself and his
family; and it is strange that men
may yet be found who are blind to
this fact, and who can not see that
this attribute of mankind Is flaming
more brightly with the ages, instead
of expiring in night that offers
naught but animal appetites and
passions, with cold intellectually
, 1889-12-26

NOT A CRITIC OF GRANT.

When General Grant lay slowly
dying at Mount Macgregor, Bos-
ton newspaper requested of JefFer-
son Davis a criticism of his military
career. The latter answered as fol-
lows:
DEAR SIn: Your request oil, behalf of
a Boston journal for me to prepare q
criticism on General Grants military
career can not be complied with for the
following reasons: First, General Grant
is dying; second, though lie invaded our
country ruthlessly, it was with open
hand, and, as far as know, he abetted
neither arson nor pillage, and has since
the war, | believe, shown no malignity
to Confederates, either military or civil.
Therefore, instead Of seeking to disturb
the quiet OF his closing hours, would If
1t were in my power contribute to the
pence of his mind and comfort of his
body. JEFFERSON DAVIS.
, 1889-12-26
THE SOUTHERN STYLE.

The facetiousness Of the average
Southern newspaper in dealing with
politics and politicians Is something
unique. The Daily American Of
Nashville has the following In "a re-
cent issue:
Senator Bill Chandler, whose ear was
pulled very eloquently some months ago
by Senator Jos Blackburn, has signal
lied his recent reelection by introduce
ing cast.iron, mailed-hand, bomb
proof, self-ex plosive federal election bill.
Now II Bill will go out and sit on the
wet grass for about six months he will
accomplish just about as much election
legislation as he has ever accomplished,
and will, at the same time, economize
largely tho space of the Congressional
Record. AS II bloody shirt shriekor and
bowler on the subject of Southern out
RACES, Bill Is n la la
, 1889-12-26
THE PENSION OFFICE,
Commissioner Raum Inaugurates I'm
uOrtRnt ChnnReA.

WAsHrSeroN, Dec. 23.--Pension Com
missioner Raum to-day issued an i'm
portant order, looking to the speedy de-
termination of all cases in the office, in
which no material evidence seems to be
wanting. lie directs all pending claims
to be Immediately examined, and that
such as seem to be complete shall be
kept and known as completed files"
The chief of division are directed to re-
quire ull the examiners to devote their
entire time during five days of each
week to the consideration of these COM
pietcd cases, acting upon them in the
order of the filing of the last piece
OF evidence. Saturday of each week the
entire force OF examiners are required to
devote themselves to the examination of
cases borne upon the pending" files,
and in making the necessary calls for
evidence in these cases. AS soon Us the
necessary evidence in any case Is re-
ceivcd that cnse will Immediately be put
upon the completed list and will re-
ccive proper action in its regular order.
An Improvement has also been made
In the manner of keeping the record, in
each case, of what evidence has been re-
ceivcd and what is still required to make
10 complete.
, 1889-12-26
IDAHO'S CLAIMS.

Longer to exclude Idaho from the
Union of states would be an act of
injustice. New states press her upon
either side, and If she Ia to keep step
with her sisters, she surely should
no longer be handicapped with the
burden of territorial government.
Her people are desirous of state
hood. Upon that point they have
spoken at the ballot-box with
practical unanimity. They have
taken the necessary steps and have
adopted constitution that carries
as few Objectionable features as
those of other states. For congress
to ignore their petition would be the
entailmcnt upon the people of q
needless expense.
The growth of the territory i'm
population and wealth has been sur
prislng. Its resources are varied and
of wide extent; it's people are law
abiding, industrious and energetic,
and really no barrier arises to forbid
the extension of statehood.
Upon this question the republican
party In congress should act as q
unit. Within their hands lies the
power of admission, and on their
shoulders would rest large part OF
the responsibility that would attach
to n failure of action upon this inn
portant question.
The attendance of only one demo-
cratic senator at the meeting of the
senate committee on territories,
called for the discussion of this
propositions. has, foreboding
appearance. 1t Ia more than
probable that the democrats w,ll at
tempt to smother all bills for the nd
mission of both Idaho and Wyom-
ing. Great activity and close
watching will be required of the
friends of admission to counteract
and overcome this covert antagon-
ism upon the part of the democrats
In congress, who will fight with
great skill to exclude Idaho from
the Union, and at the same time
cast the appearance of responsibility
upon the republicans. This plan, II
successful, would hardly deceive the
people of the Northwest, but 1t
might succeed in hoodwinking the
country in general,
, 1889-12-26
LIBERTY AND JUSTICE"

A more absurd proposition than
that advanced by "Liberty and
Justice" in yesterdays REVIEW sell
dom finds Its way into print. With
men of mature mind it will have
little weight; but soil may be found
for all manner of seed, and there is
danger that even this fallacious as
sertion might influence few shall
low or immature minds.
Christianity, instead Of bearing
the awful responsibility of shedding
innocent blood, has record as pure
as the stainless snow. In every in
stance where crime and intolerance
have been perpetrated In Its name,
the fault has lain with the evil that
was In mems hearts. The writer of
the article In question has allowed
his prejudices to confound his ideas
of right and wrong, and his mind
has become 80 biased with intoler-
ance that he appears utterly unable
to grasp the great Beauty Of the
teachings of Christ, and between
them and the ambitions and cruel
ties of vain and selfish men can dis
cover no distinction. The world,
however, is quick to observe the
difference, and will always avoid
the injustice of attributing to that
which is lofty and pure the fruits of
evil and darkness.
It Is we'll that the fathers of the
republic erected the bulwark of the
constitution against the spirit of in
tolerance that burns so fiercely
above the pseudonym Of "Liberty
and Justice That constitution, It
seems necessary to inform the Col
vile correspondent, guarantees to
every man the right to worship God
according to the dictates of his own
conscience, and when, occasionally,
men arise with the declaration that
this right should be abridged or de-
MED, thinking men of fair minds de-
tect identically the same spirit OF
intolerance that In dark and bygone
ages committed atrocious cruelties
under the fair white banner OF
Christianity, just as despots and
, 1889-12-26

which the trainers of tho constitu-
tion did not intend to place upon
one official only In an extreme
emergency.
There are many causes which may
create q vacancy I'm the executive de-
partment of the state.
The time may soon come when
the people may select one of the gov
ernors from the Pacific states for
president.
They may be called upon to accept
some military or federal Office. In
case Of q vacancy 1t would seem
more becoming to have the office
filed by one acknowledged by the
people to be especially qualified to
discharge the duties Of chief execu-
tive of the state. In point of ability
and fitness the lieutenant governor
should be second only to the gov
ernor. To impose the duties of this
office upon the secretary of state in
case Of vacancy would double the
burden of official work upon one
who has been selected by his con-
stituents as especially qualified to
discharge the duties of the office for
which he was selected. 1t Is always
we'll to have at the head Of each de-
partnlent the ablest men that can
he found In the state. The consti-
tuition Is framed with this view
and If some of the members of the
legislature are Of the opinion that
the people made mistake In select
ing some Of its officers 1t certainly is
not the fault of the constitution,
which designatcs only those offices
which are essential to the welfare of
the people.
, 1889-12-26
LIEUTENANT aovERNoRsHIP.

The movement to do away with
the office Of lieutenant governor
has been under consideration for
some time. While the state consti-
tuition gives the legislature the
power to abolish this office, 1t Is evil
dent from the manner in which this
movement has been brought about
that some of the members Of the leg
islaturc have u personal spite against
the present incumbent, and desire to
terminate his official career rather
than abolish the office. Enmity
and spite should not he allowed to
form the basis Of any legislative
enactment.
fit is the deliberate Judgment that
the public service can be best sub
served by the abolition of this Office,
then the movement is matter of
serious consideration. In nearly
every state In the Union this Office
is considered important. 1t Is not
infrequent that the lieutenant gov
ernor Is called to the gubernatorlal
chair by reason Of removal, death,
resignation or inability Of the execu-
tive of a state. In all such in
stances he is the chosen official Of
the people to perform. the duties of
governor. If the Office is abolished,
then under the constitution the
duties of the Office will devolve
upon the secretary Of state as acting
governor. This is q double duty
, 1889-12-26
CAPTURED IN ASTORIA.
A Gang OF Portland Thieves Broken
Up by tho Police.

PORTLAND, Or, Dec. 23,--This morn
ing Frank Smith and Frank Roberts
were brought here from Astoria, where
they were arrested yesterday OH tho ar
rival Of the San Francisco steamer from
this city. They are u part of gang OF
five men who have been systematically
robbing jcwolry stores and pawnbrokers'
shops in this city tor several weeks past
The police have been shadowing them
for some time, and on the departure of
the steamer Saturday night arrested two
of them as they were about to board the
vessel.
They gave the names of Oliver Wallace
and james Conner and carried valises
containing quantity of jewelry and
other articles supposed to have been
stolen.
Three of the crowd escaped from the
officers, two of whom boarded the
steamer as she cast Off from the dock.
They were held in Astoria on dispatch
from Chief-of-Police Parish, and when
arrested had quantity of jewolry about
them, The fifth man is supposed to be
in hiding somewhere in the city, but the
police are confident of soon laying their
hands on him.
, 1889-12-26
THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS.

The benign influences of Christ
mas are ahont on the wintry air. A
tone of bonhomnie and good nature
pervades the street, the store and
the home. Old Care has loosened
his hold upon mankind, the grief
that sIps the mind has lost 1.-THE
of its intensity, and for brief peri
cd the rushing world Is permitted to
approach more closely the lofty ideal
Of universal brotherhood.
1t Is pleasing fancy, and one re-
quiring slight tax upon the inn
agination, to believe that angels
visits ceased not with the appearance
of the heavenly host upon the star
lit plains of Judea nearly 1000 years
ago. And though we may not see
the celestial visitors, nor hear the
rapturous beating of their wings,
we are permitted to feel the soothing
influences Of their presence, just as
did the shepherds of old, when they
were overwhelmed by "the light
that never was on land or sea-"
Selfish indeed must be that man
whose heart could prove impervious
to these kindly influences, and IL
the angel of truth should stoop to
write upon his tomb, these are the
words we might expect to read: at
were better for the world that he
had never been born into it."
If the faint influence of the lines
that are written here should fall
upon the hearts of thoughtless men.
and be the means of firing train of
recollection that shall lead them
back to the scenes of their boyhood,
they will not have been written In
vain. No man who Is half a man
can dwell upon that retrospect and
fail to- feel II kindly interest and
sympathy In the joys and delights
of the children around him.
The REVIEW can not believe that
among its many thousands of read
ers there are those who
have not share In the uni
versal desire to add to the wave of
happiness now sweeping across the
hearts Of mankind. Many there are
who will be constrained by tinan-
cial inability; Others who are
thoughtless and needless of the days
of their own childhood, but few 80
hardened by selfishness and greed
as coldly to bar all entrance to the
inner chambers of their hearts.
Christmas tide Is upon us. What
though without the landscape Is
white with snow, and the air of
night is full Of frost! The stars shine
all the brighter, the chimes ring all
the clearer, the yule log will burn
more brightly and the red flames
leap the higher in the broad CHM
ney to conquer the invader from the
land of snow and Ice.
All hail, thou beautiful spirits of
Love and Charity.
, 1889-12-26


AT last the senate of Montana
has been organized and the house
notified that it is ready for business.
The democrats In attendance re-
fused to vote as their names were
called, lest they might compromise
their plan to continue the deadlock
until the expiration of the legisla-
tive term prescribed by the consti-
tuition, and give the governor a
chance to appoint United States
senator's. Now that the deadlock
is broken, 1t is expected that the
machinery of state government will
be set in motion by enactipg laws
to regulate state affairs, and when
the proper time comes United States
senators will be elected.
, 1889-12-26

IF one-half of the fabulous gold
mines could be found that were dis
covered and lost throughout the
West in the early days, the silver
question would vanish from the
politics of the world, and the mono
metalllsts of Wall street would be
clamoring for the free coinage of
silver. The government ought to
send out commissions to search for
the innumerable "Lost Cabin"
"Blue Bucket and Lost Tent"
diggings of Washington, Oregon,
Idaho and California.
, 1889-12-26

eral interest In the suit brought by the
Brush Electric Company of Cleveland
against the Fort Wayne Electric Light
Company, for an infringement Of the
Brush patent upon the so-called double
carbon lamp. The case has been vigor-
ously prosecuted and defended, and has
been pending about three years. All OF
the claims OF the Brush company are
sustained, six in all, and the patents de-
clared to have been infringed upon.
These claims cover oil the night electric
lamps used for street lighting where two
or more pairs of carbons are employed.
The patent was attacked by the defense
mainly upon tho ground that the claims
of the company wore too broad ana
sweeping but this defense did not avail.
The electric lamps controlled by this
patent arc in use throughout this coun-
try, and, in fact the world over, wher-
ever street lighting by electricity Is had.
, 1889-12-26

disappearing with the settlement of
the country, and I'm time we may
expect prompt ard frequent weather
predictions that will endure the test
of verification, and whose value the
farmers will be quick to discover.
Mans efforts must always be
guided, to a large extent, by the In
fluences of the elements. In the
past his predictions have been based
upon local "sayings' and signs that
are frequently absurd and often con-
flicting. The attempt to change the
old methods and place these predic-
tions upon the results of scientific
research should be commended
rather than discouraged.
, 1889-12-26
PRESIDENTIAL NoMINATIONs.
About Ono Thousand of Them Al
ready Confirmed by the Senate.

About Ono Thousand of Them Al
ready Confirmed by the Senate.
WAsuINoToS, Dec. 23.-In three weeks
ending Saturday the president has sent
to the senate 1A29 messages, containing
nominations (inciuding army and navy
appointments) of about 1900 persons.
When the senate adjourned Saturday
there had been made public coniirma-
tions of about 1000 OF the nomintions.
the great majority of them beng post
masters.
OF the diplomatic nominations the
following have not been confirmed: |:
George Nancy, to be minister to Para
quay and Uruguay; j. q. II. Pitkin. to
be minister to the Argentine Republic;
Clark +. Carr, to be minister to Den.
mark.
Other important nominations that
went over until after recess arc these:
Roosevelt and Thompson, to be civil
service commissioners; Taylor, to be
western railroad commissioner; Holiday,
to be commissioner of customs; Bates,
to be commissioner of navigation; Nor
gan, to be commissioner OF Indian nf-
fairs; Dorchester, TO be superintendent
of Indian schools.
, 1889-12-26

RELIABLE information has been
received to the effect that the names
of none of the appointees made by
the president for the new states
will be sent to the senate until after
the holiday recess. This delay is in
tended by the president to give the
representative of these states an OPP
portunity to agree upon full quota
of officials for each state. Without
something arises which will make it
necessary to change this plan, we
need not expect to learn anything
about these appointments until con-
gress convenes on the 9Th Of Janu-
ary
, 1889-12-26
FOUR WERE DROWNED.
The Disaster That Befell n Party of
Sailors.

VALLEJO, Dec. PA boat containing
eight sailors and n crippled newsboy
left the United States steamer Albatross
at Mare island to come to this city. The
boat was capsized in the tide. Five
men were rescued. Those drowned
were John Enright, who was saved
from the Trenton at Samoa
Robert Padgett, machinist; w.
w. Lee, colored, and ncwsboy.
Enright was a magnificent swimmer,
and held government medals for heroisn
in saving a number of persons from
drowning. Lawrence O nonnell tore all
his clothes oil and was picked up naked,
but alive. Yeoman Perkins saved him
self by clinging to the boat. All were
OIL on leave of absence over Christmas,
and lett the ship in merry mood.
, 1889-12-26
COLVILLE'S OBJECTIONS

In another column We print the
views of the manager of the Mutual
Smelling and Refining Company at
Colvillc. His statements are evil
IDENTIFY written with view of adj
vancing the interests of his smelter.
He enlarges upon some of the diff
cultics which he has experienced
In trying to make his plant a sue
cess and tries TO show that thew are
applicable TO Spokane Falls.
Ii is to be hoped that tho Colville
smelter will be a financial success.
and that its operation will not en-.
counter any of the obstacles which
he laws at the door of Spokane Falls.
The writer takes II for granted
that this city is dependent upon the
Okanogan mining district for it's en-
tire supply of dry ores, and ignores
the rich mining district in which
his smelter is located, and such
bases of dry ore supply MS the Koote-
mai district. Chloride district, the
mines of Eastern Oregon, and such
mines In the Cnur diAIene district
as tho Argentine and Others.
With this array of mineral wealth
to combine with the wet ores 40
abundant in the Cmur d,Alene dis
trlct, IL ia readily seen that Spol,are
Falls, with It's railroads leading to
evcry one of these bases of ore sun
ply, il thoroughly eouipped for n
large smelter so far as mineral sup
ply is concerned.
Doubtless the manager of this smell
ter speaks with understanding when
he relates the story of "the peddler
and the pony" His smelter has
been idle for q large part of the time
since its erection, and doubtless he
is becoming tired of trying to
"carry" fluxible material to unite
with the dry ores In the vicinity of
his plant.
No smelter can pay when fluxible
ores necessary to unite with the ore
at the mine have to be TRANSPORTED a
long distance.
The smelter which was erected In
the Cnur d 'Alene district could not
obtain the necessary dry ores, and
although it was located where it
could receive an unlimited supply
of wet ores within O few hundred
wards 1t was a failure.
Such Is the fate Of nearly every
enterprise of this kind. Local smelt-
ers are usually monuments of fail
ures. AS a rule, but little If any
profit Is obtained from local
plants, and when compared
with the great smelters, located
where all classes of mineral can be
obtained for smelling purposes, they
are virtually worthless. In some
instances money is made by floating
, 1889-12-26
FROM OLYMPIA.
street Cars Running In the City for
the First Time.

OLYMPIA, Dec. 23-For tho first time
in the history of Olympia street cars
commenced running to-day. The line,
so far as completed, is running from
Main and Fourth to the statehouse. A
gang Of men are at work on the East
Olympia line, and the cars will be run.
ming to Gull Harbor by spring.
A new excitement has started in Puget
City property, and articles of incorpora-
tion have been filed by the Portland &
Puget City Land Company, with the
capital fixed at 500, 900. 1t was expected
some years ago that Puget City would
be u prominent point on the Northern
Pacific railroad route, and it is sur
missed that another railroad project in
that city is now in view.