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JOHN BOYLE o'RElLLY.

John Boyle O'Rcilly-poct, ora
tor, author and journalists the
greatest apostle Of Irish freedom in
America. His life history reads like
a wild romance. Born fOrty-slN
years ago Oh the banks Of the Doyne
In Ireland, he has crowded inio his
career more thrilling adventure and
hardship, through his love Of coun-
try, than any man in 10000, the
world over. He IL still u refugee
from the British government, and,
although he has been offered $1,000
to deliver one lecture mt Montreal,
Canada, he deems 1t prudent, In
view Of his past experiences, not to
leave the shelter of the stars and
stripes, where even the new eXtradi-
ton treaty can not touch him.
To indicate the standing which
Mr.. O'Reilly has wherever he goes
1t Is only necessary to instancr the
fact that Governor Ferry has con-
sented to preside at the lecture that
Mr.. O'Reilly is 10 deliver next Mon
dayzSt. Patrick's day-at Tacoma.
The Ancient Order of Hibernlans,
of that city, are also agitating the
matter of obtaining pardon for
Mr.. O'Reilly from Queen Victoria
through Governor Ferry.
Mr.. O'Reilly's early education was
principally secured by his work W
typesetter and reporter In his youth.
When less than 20 years Of age, at
the close of our civil war, when
thousands of brave Irishmen who
had helped put down the rebellion
here We're planning to return to
Ireland and strike n final blow for
freedom, he conceived the idea Of
entering the ranks of tho British
army, and there learning the art Of
war that he afterward might sue
ccssfully use 1t In behalf of his coun-
try. His fine physique, brilliant
mind and magnetic temperament
made him the idol of every Irish
man In the regiment, and he soon
had them converted into sound
Fenians.
His revolutionary tendencies be-
coming discovered, he was court
martialed and sentenced to be shot.
Before his sentence could be carried
into execution, 1t was, OH account of
youth, committed to penal servltude
for life. In 1867 1t was again COM
muted 20 twenty years service In an
Australian penal colony. While in
the English penitentlary, he often
passed the Westminster palace In
convict's garb, linked I'm the chain
gang with tho scum and outcasts of
society. His three months passage
on the prison ship to Australia WIS
full of even worse horrors.
At the age of "A, after n year of
scrvitude In Australia, he formed
the friendship of brave Irish
priest, who at the risk OF his own
life, besides no small expense, twice
helped him TO escape, the second
time successfully on an American
schooner. He sailed on her for seven
months In the Southern seas. Once
during this time the schooner was
searched by a British man-of-war,
whose officers were sure that
O'Reilly was 10 be found on board.
The crew, however, who all loved
him, saved him bya ruse. o'Reily
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which their latest work, bearing the
publication imprint of 1850, a..
lows u.
The census of 1890 will create n
vast bureau Of most valuable statls-
tics, especially so as many branches
of social and vital statistics which
were first covered by the census of
1880 will receive their first great
comparison. This bureau Of statls-
ties must also fit itself to many new
branches of industry. For instance,
the census Of 1890 will be the first to
devote n special department to elec-
tricity and Its dependent art and in
dustries. The industrial applications
of electrical aud magnetic inventions
on n large scale, as In the telephones,
electric lights and railways is almost
II thing of the past ten years.
The political results that depend
on this census will also be interest
ing. Not only the congressional rep
resentatives Of the states for the nevt
ten years, but their relative strength
In the presidential elections Of 1892,
1896 and 1900 will probably bc gov
erned by II. 1t viii doubtless also
mark another advance of the center
of political power westward. BE-
sides the interesting developments
to be awaited In the four new states,
the people OF Idaho, Wyoming, Ari-
IONA and New Mexico are confident
that their population will be proved
sufficient for statehood.
The -Ibjcct of congressional appor-
tionment Is also especially interest
ing. Since the first congress, when
n member In the house of the time
Of Washington represented 10000
people, that body has grown from
05 to $50 members, each member
now representing $4,000 population
or over. 1t Is evident that some
steps will have to he taken to pre-
vent the house Of representatives
from being such n bulky and un-
wleldly body, that, to secure the
proper transaction of business, tle
speaker and chlrman of important
committees will have 10 he invested
with almost autocratic powers.
If the census of the present year
shows a population of 05,O0O0O0,
and If the membership Of the house
should be kept at near its present
figure, there will be one member for
about every 100000 people, or over
six times the ratio of the congress of
the last century. But IL Il
likely that the maintenance
of the house at its present mum
Der will be resisted by some of
the older states on account of II re-
duction of their congressional dele
gates to permit the increase of those
from the newer states where the
population has grown faster and In
greater proportion. This would
really be no hardship on the older
states, as their representation would
then be in the same proportion Ms If
the membership of the house were
increased, and the newer states got
the benefit Of the increase, as they
would in either case. But 1t Is not
human nature to quietly submit to
\ illumination of power which Is
even only apparent and not real.
Possibly by that time, however, the
Western states will be powerful
enough TO bring about this right re-
guIt. fnolens Volens.n
, 1890-03-20

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, 1890-03-20
THE MAyoRALTY.

To large degree spokane's future
is dependent upon the confidence of
Eastern capitalists. The energy and
public spirit OF her young men have
become proverbisl. That is well,
but there Is danger Of OVERRIDING this
pnase of Spokane life and OF sacri-
rJficing the confidence Of Eastern
men Of affairs, whose confidence
and help are doing much toward
the upbuilding OF the city.
Looking at the situation in this
light, and every reflective mind
must 80 view 1t, would 1t be un act
Of wisdom 10 elect mere youth to
the mayoralty? Would not such n
step be the means OF creating belief
In the minds OF Eastern capitalists
and railroad men that Spokane
Falls Is controlled by young
men entirely, and would they
not be justified In fearing an
absence Of that controlling wisdom
that comes only with age and ex-
perlence? These are qualities quite
Is essential as youth and enthusi-
asm- Alone either is insufficient
for the attainment OF the highest
measure Of success. In combination
they achieve wonders and stop at no
obstacles.
"Old men for council and young
mon for war" An army OF young
men, icavened with a fair sprinkling
Of veterans and commanded by u
general Of experience and Judgment,
we know, will accomplish more than
. similar force guided and COM
manded by q boyis. general.
IL matters not how manly and
courageous a youth may be, how up
right and honorable, we know that
as : rule his Judgment, unframed
and untried, is almost sure To fail us
In moments OF danger and In crises
where the highest degree of wisdom
and experience are required In order
70 insure success and the pursuance
of wise policy.
OF course youth is no offense.
Within It's own capabilities 1t adds
much TO th. worlds progress, but it's
enthusiasm and impatience often
overstep the bounds Of prudence,
, 1890-03-20
THE aLonE.TRorTINe CRAZE.

OF course the idea of sending the
aged daughter Of Chief Seattle on n
voyage around the world, In COM
pany with George Francis Train, IL
merely u clever extravaganza; and
yet II is little more absurd than the
proposition of Tacoma to send Train
upon II wild-goose chase around the
globe. While the suggestion IL on ~
meant by Seattle rs IA clever take-oli
on Tacoma, IL Is not Mt ell improba-
BILE that the idea will strike the
fancy of George Francis, since his
eccentriclty delights In absurdltles.
In his earlier years, despite his
pecullnrities, Trains keen mind was
productive of many excellent sug-
gestions. Years ago he visited
Washington and Oregon, and while
stopping briefly ut the Cascades Of
the Columbia river, Iecarne deeply
interested In the work of two big
Indians who were catching salmon
with IL dip-net mounted upon
long pole. The fish had
gathered in large numbers below
he natural obstruction, and Train
was not content with watching the
occupation of the Indians, but in
sisted upon trying his hand at the
work, Standing upon projecting
clifi, he swung the long dip-not into
the swift and foaming waters, and
instantly encountered II fifty-pound
salmon, which dragged him off the
rock, and in another instant he was
sailing down the swift current, The
Indians dipped him out, he went
| aboard the steamer and dried him
selfb by the boiler, and that night
lectured to n large audience aud
spoke with prophetic vision Of the
great salmon industry that some
day should spring into existence
along the Columbia river.
Since the sound cities are puzzliug
themselves in tho effort To devise
original ideas for globe-trotting
asplrants, the REVIEW begs leave to
offer suggestion for Spokane Falls.
Down In one of the Southern states
lives an orthodox old colored
preacher, Rov. Jasper, we believe, Is
his name, who long has expounded
the twin theories thnt "tho sun do
move" and the world is not round.
Now, II Spokane could send this
orthodox old minister around the
earth, and convince him OF his er-
ror, or allow him to prove his claim
against the rotundity Of tho earth,
she would also reap rich harvest of
cheap advertising. Prior to his de-
parturc hc could raise u letter Of
credit by lecturing In the now opera
house, or deliver his favorte sermon
In substautlation Of his belief that
the world Is as fiat as flapjaclS,
Upon his return he could draw n
still larger audience Of people curious
to know whether his Views had un.
dergone a change.
With George Francis circum.
navigating for Tacoma, Queen An.
gellne for Seattle, Regina Rothschild
, 1890-03-20

THE argument of the st. Louis
Republic, that the democratic cotln-
ties ON the east side of the Missls-
slppi have the right to secede from
the state of Illinois and attach them
selves to the state of Missouri, with
out the consent of the people of Hi
nois outside the boundaries of such
counties, Ia almost an exact dupli-
cate of the argument presented to
the Washington legislature by the
advocates Of the new Steptoe county
scheme, who seriously contended
that the people Of Spokane ndd
whitman counties, with the excep-
ton Of those living in the townships
proposed to be cut oil, had no right TO
a voice in the matter. The editor OF
the Republic was formerly n major
In the confederate army, and any
proposition In the line of the divine
right of secession was TO be expected
from such source; but the specta'
Gle presented by the Steptoc advo-
Gates In the presentation Of this eN-
ploded theory to II republican legis-
lature was exceedingly amusing, TO
say the least.
, 1890-03-20
SPIRIT OF THE HOME PRESS.



Puyallup Commerce: At last, ailef
the longest winter ever experienced In
the warm rain-belt Of the North Pacific,
the breath of spring IL breathed upon
the earth and has caused the orocusses
20 blossom and the butioroups 10 bud.
The iroglcts are whooping IL up in all
the lowlands OF the valley, married men
arc wrestling with tho old cans and bot
ties that have been iirod Into the back.
yard during tho winter, the public blood
is out of order and the drug stores arc
reaplng in good money for purify ing
mciicines, holcls arc furnishing eggs TO
their boarlcrs with royal lavish hand,
hens are cackling ana cats arc slualling,
green leaves arc bursting from currant
ind gooscbcrry bushes, ferns arc shoot
ing up from the debris OF last years
leaves and everything looks as though
tho gentle season would stay-until II
SHOWS again.
, 1890-03-20

ssoEASE has the knack of get
ting railroads. Where Is this all
going to stop? Not II line short of
Denver; perhaps we shall some day
equal Chicago. Already this city
bears the distinction of being tho
greatest r,llroad center ON the Pa
clfic coast. Gentlemen, the growth
OF Spokane Falls has just begun.
The surprises of the past will sink
into insignificance In comparison
with the wonders of the future. In.
stead of being ahead of our resources
In reality we are far behind them.
We ought to have n population OF
$4,000 to-day instead OF half that
number.
, 1890-03-20

THERE are ten democrats in ,b.
house, and when the tide land Nm
came to II vote, those ten little bon,
bons were solid against the interest.
of the people. The REVIEW dlS
likes to drag party lines into mi,
great question, but since the dc
mocrncy has had the cold nerve Ia
talk about making party capital on,
of the issue, II feels justified In re.
calling n fIct 80 at variance with
that assumption.
, 1890-03-20

70 THE average Washiugtonian,
Missoula's attempt to divert the
stream Of immigration, drawn
hlther by the enterprise and re-
sources of this state, would appear
in the light OF gigantic display OF
nerve. The cities of Washington
have expended hundreds of thou
sands Of dollars in advertising
throughout the Enst, while Mis-
souli hasn't spent dollar. or
course she would like to reap the
fruits of others labor, but the North.
ern Pacific, alive to its own inter
csts and not forgetful, in this in
stance, of ours, has quito properly
refused TO heed request so cheeky
and 20 devoid of merit.
, 1890-03-20
THE CENSUS oT 1900.

The active work Of taking the
eleventh dccennial census will begin
in June, The preiminarics are,
however, quite thoroughly organ
lied already, and point TO the most
thorough census system that the
United States has yet had. The
value of the collection Of statistics
on large scale has become so ap-
parent that the mere enumeration
of inhabitants has come to be al
most II secondary consideration
compared with the immense outlay
of work in other departments.
One of the benefits Of the census
will be the education Of the people
Of the entire country concerning
the remarkable growth and develop
ment Of the great Northwest. Peo-
pie whose thought runs In machine
like grooves, and who accept infor-
pation only from the highest Off
clal sources, which with all their
circumlocution and red tape are
generally several years behind the
times, will almost have their breaths
taken away by the cold facts that
Will then be exhibited, which they,
In sort of wIllfilly blind and
stupid conservatism, have been ac-
clistomed 10 consider as Northwest
ern yarns. 1t Is hoped that even
the postoilice department at Wash
, 1890-03-20

SPEAKING of the proposed new
land district, with the Office located
at Waterville, and the applicants
for the positions thus created, the
Almlra Journal says; ''There Is no
man within the bounds of the new
district with more general acquaint-
ance throughout the state, nor one
more capable of doing the duties
which devolve upon the register of
"a land Office, or one who would give
such general satisfaction than our
worthy land attorney Of western
Lincoln and eastern Douglas,
James Odgcrs, and we'd like to see
him I'm the place. In this connec-
tion the names of Senator j. &.
Lawrence, OF Whitman county, and
J. w. Romainc, Of Ol<anogau coun-
ty, at present assistant chief clerk
of the senate, have been men
toned.
, 1890-03-20

THE way some of the cheaper ia.
pcrs on the Sound are assuming d
reflect the wish Of the people by de
mnndlng the passage of the tIds
land bill Is amusing, II not instruct
i've. Ifanybody outside Of the men
who are financially interested In the
conspiracy il demanding the tllssl.
patton of the states heritage his
voice has assuredly beon weak and
MINING
, 1890-03-20

II our democratic friends ever en-
tcrtained the faintest idea of max
Ing political capital out Of the tide
lands question they assuredly went
about 1t In u strange and unaccount-
able manner. They will experience
considerable difficulty in explaining
away the cpld fnct that every dem,
ocratic member of the house voted
aye upon the final passage of the
measure. There are ten of them in
the house, and even II they had been
evenly divided the bill would now
be as lead as door nail.
, 1890-03-20

SCIENTISTS now hope to evolve
food from wood. If they should
succeed in their laudable efforts,
there will be the biggest boom in
Washington timber lands that the
wide world has ever seen. Perhaps
wild mountain sides, now valueless,
viii sell for $500, or even 81 900. nu
acre. IL is hoped that the choinlsts
will succeed, for In the event of their
triumph the wave of immigration
that will now blthcr from tho Da-
kotas, Kansas and Nebraska will
depopulato those states and give us
a population &. many millions.
, 1890-03-20

intersts. In hours OF crises, should
such arise, the public could depend
upon his Judgment, and his long ex-
pericnce and familiarity with the
affairs Of the city would inspire Wis
itors with confidence and respect.
Mr. Clough is the only available
candidate, and 1t hardly seems
probable that the people will com
init the error Of falling to avail
themselves of his willingness to
serve them.
, 1890-03-20

THE Dayton Inlander seriously
deprccates the fact that not less than
fifty persons In that city are hold
ing real estate in the doomed cities
of the state, resulting In the tight
cning of money matters at home.
This argument would be more logical
and forciblo II tho so-callcd Doomed
cities were not all in u fiourishing
condition, aud offering such fiatter-
ing opportunities for investment
that enterprlsing capitalists can not
resist the temptation. There Is IA
vast difference between II fictitious
boom and the substantial growth
that characterizes nearly all the
cities of Washington ON both sides
Of the mountains. Real estate In
any o. those cities, Mt the present
prices, Is safe investment.
, 1890-03-20

THE smelling Of ores at Colville |
\ step in the right direction, II Is,
Indicative of self-reliancc, and viii
the fact that the ores Of
this section should be treated at
home, and not carried hundreds and
thousands OF miles to give employ.
ment and profit to men who have
no interest In our welfare.
, 1890-03-20

WHEN the people of great city
pay over $1,000 in cash for the priv
ilcgc Of listening to the gIbbcrish Of
II confirmed lunatic, is II to he Won
dercd at that the asylum, located In
the same county, is crowded beyond
It's cnnnritN?
, 1890-03-20

IP the Washington Legislature
adopts the Australian ballot system
and the proposed registration and
primary election laws, as submitted
by the senate committee ON elections
and privileges, this state will have
system of conducting
elections unequalcd by that of any
other state in the Union.
, 1890-03-20

FREE traders often laugh at the
idea of the farmer Of the Pacific
coast requiring protection for his
products But the fact remains
that apples have been brought to
San Francisco from New Zealand,
and now the arrival of cargo of
onions from Australia has depressed
the markets of the Pacific coast, and
Oregon producers who have been
holding Off for fancy prices find
themselves disappointed. The
farmer must have adequate protec-
tlon for his onions. Then II we can
he given protection against the peo-
pie who cat onions, the tariff will be
a decided SUCCESS.
, 1890-03-20

market, which carried the prloo ).
to $500 To SO per GENITAL. WasbI,P y
ton can produce this commodItJs
quantities sufficient to supplv
entire Pacific slope and coasi, az,
at one-half this price the far,nsa' osa
can realize more clean money In NV
year than their brothers in the oll..
states can In five from their un.s,
able grain crop.
, 1890-03-20

Now THAT the Legislators have
become satisfied with their own
wisdom and oratory and want TO
get home to the joys Of political
oblivion, the people may reasonably
expect u fair degree Of effective
work,
, 1890-03-20
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Almira Journal; Someone suggested
TO us that the present order OF the com
missioners regarding bounty would 10
OF little use to those "a considerable dis
lance from Sprague Ms they could not
present the scalps personally and receive
the bounty. We suggested To the super
Tor Judge OF this district, Wallace Mouul,
and he said that the law giving power 10
llo commissioners would provide ior
that, and that the farmer could forward
his Scalps to tho proper official ..nd 10
10 no undue Inconvenience on account
OF location. IN these matters we feel tie
need OF township organization.
, 1890-03-20

Two ENTERrRIsINa Detroit en-.
gIneers have procured IA patent on
tunnel. Nobody but n YANKEE
would ever have thought of claim.
ing the right Of discovery on 80
simple mechanical structure US
hole in the ground.
, 1890-03-20

for Port Townsend and Rev. jasper
for Spokane, all the cities would he
placed on an even keel, and the
wave of immigration that would
follow would lead to boom the
like of which the world has never
, 1890-03-20

IDAHO should be- admitted, and
on its merits. The attempt to build
AN omnibus measure that would
force that territory to come into the
Union with Arizona and New Mexl-
60 clinging to her skirts may be
politics, but 1t certainly Is
not iustipe
, 1890-03-20

or all the candidates now In the
field, Charles +. Clough comes
nearer representing the sentiment
of progress, reform and practical
business life thanany other.
, 1890-03-20

Tacoma Ledger; Tile appointment OF
George W. Bethunc, of this city, an ex-
perieneed miner and assayer, az sate
geologist will doubtless tend to awaken
tho state, anu hasten their development.
with the sturting OF tho smoiter here
increased attention will be given TO min.
ing in hll parts OF the state, and official
renorts upon tue quality Of ores will 10
OF great value 10 proprlctors and in-
, 1890-03-20

The London Globe tells of n dog
that would howl whenever a false
note was made, That pup would
play havoc with theaverage amateur
pDuperf
, 1890-03-20

THE Northern Pacific goes to
Acoma, the Union Pacific viii
build to Port Townsend, Seattle ex-
poets the Canadian, and various
towns are after the Great Northcrn;
but thcY all cnIne 10 SpokNne FallA
, 1890-03-20

THE senate is ihrcshing away at
the old bundle OF straw commonly
known as the negro problem. II
contrlyes to develop an astonishing
quantity Of chafl, but nary grain
of wheat.
, 1890-03-20

DELEG ATE DUBOIS is doing ex.
cellent work for Idaho. II is more
than likely that In the event Of the
admission Of the territory Mr., Du-
bois would be honored with sona-
, 1890-03-20

ONE day lust week there was great
excitement In commercial circles nt
San Francisco ON account Of tho un-
precedented bulge in the potato
, 1890-03-20

THE attempt to establish n fishing
industry Off the mouth of the Co
lumbia river seems to bc ill-fated.
Two vessels have now been lost.