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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-07

The above recital of facts es-
tablishes beyond question: First,
that the United States has for
over half a century patiently and
in good faith carried out its
obligations under the treaty OF
1916; second, that when for the
first time it became. possible for
Colombia to do anything i'll re-
Quital of the services thus re-
peatedly rendered to it for fifty
seven years by the United States,
the Colombian government per-
enptorily and offensively refused
thus to do it's part. even tho to 90
so would have been to its adyan-
tage and immeasurably to the
advantage of the state of Panama,
at that time under its Jurisd1c-
tion; third, that thruout this per-
iOd revolutions, riots, and fac-
tiOnaI disturbances Of every kind
have occurred one after the other
in almost uninterrupted success
sion, some of them lasting Tor
months and even for years. while
able to put them down or to make
peace with the rebels; fourth,
that these disturbances instead
of showing any sign of abating
have tended to grow more nuIsler-
Ous and more serious in the im-
mediate past: fifth, that the con-
troll of Colombia over the istllmus
Of Panama could not be main
tanned without the armed inter-
ventiOn and assistance of the
United States. In other words, the
government of Colombia, tho
wholly unable to maintain order
on the isthmus. has nevertheless
declined to ratify a treaty the
conclusion OF which opened the
only chance to secure its own
stability and to guarantee per-
lnanent peace on. and the con-
struction of canal across, the
iSfhn1,xS
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-07
worthy of favorable consideration b;
the congress-.
ARMY AFFAIRS
General Staff Law Pronounced Excel
lent In It's Effect.

General iStam Law pronounced Excei.
lent In Its Effect.
The effect Of the laws providing a
general staff for the army and for
the more effective use Of the ma
tiona1 guard has been excellent. Great
Improvement has been made in the
efficiency of our army in recent years.
Such schools as those erected at Fort
LeavenWorth and Fort Riley and the
institution of fall naneuver work ac-
comp1ish satisfactory results. The
good effect of these maneuvers upon
the national guard is marked, and
ample appropriation should be made
to enable the guardsmen Of the sey<
eral states to share in the benefit. Thta.
government should as soon as possible
secure suitable permanent camp
sites for military maneuvers in the
various sections of the country. The
service thereby rendered not only to
the regular army, but to the NATIONAL
guard of the several states, will ba sN
great as to repay many times over the
relatively small expense. We should
not rest satisfied with what has been
done, however. The only people who
are contented with a system of pro-
who are contented with the triumph
Of mediocrity over excellence. On
the other hand system which en-
couraged the, exercise Of social or
| political favoritism in promotions
would be even worse.
Promotion by Merit.
But it would surely be easy to de-
wise method of promotion from
grade to grade in which the opinion
of the higher officers Of the service
| upon the candidates should be de-
clslve upon the standing and promo
ton of the latter. Just such a system
now obtains at West Point. The quail
ity of each years work determines
the standing of that years class, the
| man being dropped or graduated into
the next class in the relative position
which his. military superiors decide
to be warranted by his merit. In 9TH
| er words, ability, energy, fidelity, and
all other similar qualities determine
the rank of the man year after year
in West Point, and his standing in the
army when he graduates from West
Point; but from that time on, all
| effort to find which man is best or
| worst, and reward Or punish him ac-
cordingly, is abandoned; no Jbrilliancy,
no amount of hard work, no eager
ness In the performance of duty, can
advance him. and no slackness or
indifference that falls short of a
court-martial offense can retard him.
Until this system is changed we can
not hope that our officers will be of
as high grade as we have right to
expect considering the material upon
which we draw. Moreover, when a
| man renders such service as Captain
Pershlnp rendered last spring in the
| Moro campaign, it ought to be pos
sibie to reward him without at once
! jumping him to the grade of brigadier
| general.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-07
FEDERAL 6. ]. BUSY AGAIN
DEPARTMENT OF THE ADJUTANT
GENERAL OF NEBRASKA TO BE
OVERHAULED BY THE COURTS,

Omaha, Dec. 1.-The federal grand
jury to-day began the investigation Of
matters in the department Of the ad-
jutant general of Nebraska. Adult
ant General Culver, S. D. Davis, OF
Lincoln and A. @. Smith, the last
named connected with the adjutant
generals department during the last
state administration, when General
w. l.. Colby was at the head of the
department, have been summoned as
witnesses.
The investigation is in connection
with the appropriation of money to re-
imburse the government for blankets
supplied to the state penitentiary after
the fire at that institution two years
ago.
New witnesses were also called in
the land fencing investigation, in
which several indictments are ex-
pected IN a short time.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-07
We have shown by every treaty

@ We have shown by every treaty
we have negotiated or attempted
to negotiate with the peoples i'm
control of the istlnlus and with
foreign nations in reference there
to our consistent good faitli in OBJ
serving our obligations; Oh the
one hand to the people of the
isthmus. and on the other hand to
the civilized world whose COM
mercial rights we are safeguard
ing and guaranteeing by our
action. We have done our duty
to others in letter and In spirit,
and we have shown the utmost
forbearance i'm exacting our own
| rights .I
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-07

developing them have been among
the main reasons why this develop
ment has hitherto gone ON so smooth-
ly. Scrupulous care has Deen taken
in the choice of government agents.
and the entire elimination of par
tizan politics from the public serv-
ice. The condition Of the islanders
is in material things far better than
ever before, while their governmental,
intellectual and moral advance mas
kept pace with their material ad-
vance. No one people ever benefited
another people more than we have
benefited the Filipinos by taking pos
session of the islands.
Land Office Receipts.
The cash receipts of the general
land office for the last fiscal year We're
S11024,743.65. an increase OF 1867
S16.47 over the preceding year. Of
this sum. approximately. $S,4bl, 495
will go to the credit of the fund for
the reclamation of arid land, making
the total of this fund, UP to the S0th
of June, 1908, approximately, $l6,-
1885.
A gratifying disposition has been
evinced by those having unlawful in
closures Of public land to remove their
fences. Nearly two million acres SO
incIosed have been thrown open on
demand. In but comparatively few
cases has 1t been necessary to go into
court to accomplish this purpose. This
work will be vigorously prosecuted
until all unlawful Enclosures have
been removed.
Experience has shown that in the
western states themselves, as well as
in the rest Of the country, there Is
widespread conviction that certain OF
the public land laws and the resulting
administrative practice no longer
meet the present needs. The charac-
ter and uses of the remaining public
lands differ widely from those Of the
public lands which congress had espe-
cially in view when these laws were
passed. The rapidly increasing rate
of disposal of the public lands is not
followed by a corresponding increase
in home building.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-07
When the congress directed that ,

When the; congress directed that we
should take the Panama route under
treaty with Colombia, the essence of
the condition, Of course. referred not
to the government which controlled
that route, but to the route itself; to
the territory across which the ros e
lay, not to the name which for the
moment the territory bore on the map.
The purpose of the law was to author
lie the president to make treaty with
the power in actual control of the
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-07

The control, in the interest of
the commerce and traffic of the
whole civilized world, of the
means of undisturbed transit
across the Isthmus of Panama
has become of transcendent I'M
portance to the United States. We
have repeatedly exercised this
control by intervening in the
course of domestic dissension, and
by protecting the territory from
foreign invasion.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-07
ISTHNIIAN CANAL
No Longer Question of Route but of
Means.

BY the act of June. 2S, 1902, the
congress authorized the president to
enter into treaty with Columbia for
the building of the canal across the
isthmus Of Panama. it being provided
that in the event of failure to- secure
such treaty after, the lapse Of a rea-
sonable time, recourse should be had
to building a canal thru Nicaragua.
It has not been necessary to consider
this alternative, as 1 am enabled to
lay before the senate a treaty provid-
ing for the building of the canal
was the route which commended it
self to the deliberate judgment Of the
congress, and we can now acquire by
treaty the right to construct the
canal, over this route
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-07

There is tendency to mass in
large holdings public lands, es- 4
pecially timber and grazing lands,
and thereby to retard settlement.
renew and emphasize my
recommendation of last year that
SO far as they are available for
agriculture in it's broadest sense,
and to whatever extent they may
be reclaimed under the national
irrigation law, the remaining pub
lie lands should be held rigidly
for the home builder.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-07

Last spring, under the act above
referred to, treaty concluded be-
tween the representatives of the re-
public of Colombia and Of our govern
ment was ratified by the senate. This
treaty was entered into at the urgent
solicitation of the people of Colombia
and after body Of experts appointed
by our government especially to go
into the matter of the routes across
the isthmus had pronounced unani-
mously in favor of the Panama route.
In drawing up this treaty every con-
cession was made to the people and to
the government of Colombia: We
were more than just In dealing with
them. Our generosity was such as to
make it serious question whether we
had not gone too farsin their interest
at the expense of our own; for in our
scrupulous desire to pay all possible
heed, not merely to the real but even
to the fancied rights OF our weaker
neighbor, who already owed SO much
to our protection and forbearance,
we yielded in all possible ways to her
desires in drawing UP the treaty.
Nevertheless the government of Co
lombia not merely rep!udiated the
treaty, but repudiated 1t IN such man
ner as to make it evident by the time
the Colombian congress adjourned
that not the scantiest hope remained
of ever getting a satisfactory treaty
from them. The government of Co
lombia made the treaty. and yet when
the Colombian congress was called to
ratify it the vote against ratification
was unanimous. 1t doeds not appear
that the government made any real ef-
fort to secure ratification.
Panama Revolution.
| Immediately after the Adjournment
of the congress a revolution broke ou
| in Panama. The people of Panama
had long been discontented with the
Republic of Colombia, and they hac
been kept quiet only by the prospec
of the conclusion of the treaty, which
was to them d matter Of vital concern
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-07
An Athlete HOnOred.

George r. Carter, the new governor
of Hawaii our island protege in the
Pacific. is a com paratively young man.
a graduate of Yale university and an
old football player of note. In col
lege he was an all-round athlete and
good student: in Hawaii he has shown
the same energy and ability both in
politics and in business and his ap-
pointment to succeed the popular Gov
ernor Dole has met with the approval
Of the people of Hawaii. This is an
other instance of the success possible
when a good mind and good body
are found in the same man. The COM
bination is most easily accomplished
by Il regular use of golden grain belt
beer. 1t builds up your health first
and thus also improves the mind. You
will enjoy it in your home.
The Journal in it's six days of pub
lication of last week printed 371 more
inches of want ads than the second
paper. Advertisers support a news
paper that brings returns.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-07

The question now. therefore,
is not by which route the 18TH
mian canal shall be built, for that
question has been definitely and
irreyocably decided. The ques-
tion is simply whether or not we
shall have an isthmian canal.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-07

In 1856, in 1860, in 1873. in 1885.
in 1901, and again in 1902, sailors and
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-07
District of Columbia.


The congress, as the result Of a
| thoro investigation of the charities and
reformatory institutions in the District
| of Columbia, by a joint select COM
mittee of the two houses which made
Its report in March, 1898, created in
the act approved June $1,000, board
| of charities for the District Of Colum-
Ma, to consist Of five residents of the
district, appointed by the president Of
| the United States, by and with the
advice and consent Of the senate, each
for a term of three years, to serve
without compensation. President Nc
Kinley appointed five men who had
been active and prominent in the pub
| lie charities Of Washington, all of
whom upon taking office July /, 1900,
resigned from the different charities
with which they had been connected.
The members of the board have been
reappointed in successive years. The
board serves under the commissioners
of the District of Columbia. The board
gave it's first year to a careful and inn
! partial study Of the special problems
| before it, and has continued that study
every year in the light of the best
practice in public charities elsewhere.
It's recommendations in it's annual re-
ports to the congress thru the COM
mfssioners of the District of Columbia
for the economical and efficient ad-
| |ministration of the charities and re-
formatories Of the District Of Colum-
bia," as required by the act creating
lit, have been based upon the princi-
/ piles commended by the joint select
i lcommittee of the congress in it's re-
port of March, 1898, and approved by
the best administrators Of public char
! tiles, and make for the desired system
|atization and improvement of the af.
lfairs under its supervision. They are
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1903-12-30
Is that has passed the other body.

is that has passed the other body.
When this announcement is public.
ly and solemnly made the bill is hand
ed to the president Of the senate and
by him placed on the file, and, at the
first break in the routine proceedings
the bill is taken up and acted upon.
BY such a system no bills can be
stolen in passage, at least from one
house to the other. BY this simple
process the gambling bill would not
have been lost in transmission from
one house to the other.
The next legislature should see to 1t
that blame for the loss of an impor.
tant measure can be more definitely
located, and not charge "a serious
crime against half dozen different
persons, all equally innocent
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1903-12-30
Some Untold History.

Traces OF Captains Lewis and Clark,
whose journey across the continent
made known for the first time the
vastness OF the western part Of North
America, have been found in the
Rogue River valley. The traces we're
found in 1875, but at that time there
was not so much interest taken in the
Journey Of these famous men, so that
the person who discovered the marks
paid little attention to the names, and
would not have noticed them at all
had it not been for the date-1SO5
II was in the spring of 1875 that j.
W. Smith, Andrew Welden and John
Wells started from near where Phoe.
nix now is, for the summit Of Wagner
Butte. They reached the summit,
and upon the rock which crowns the
lofty eminence, found the names of
Lewis and Clark carved in the stone,
together with the 6Pte. They had but
hbJlS luSd VI NhbAil A<oWio anu Sldl IN
had been. but the early date attracted
their notice. On their return they
told OF what they had seen. In the
changing events of pioneer days, little
attention was paid to the discovery
History had little attraction for the
people in those days.
OF late years, however, the story
has come to be revived. and the broth.
er of one of the parties was the in
formant Of the Mail as to the above
story.
Travelling through an unknown and
trackless country, the explorers
would naturally seek the highest
points in order to get a view Of the
surrounding country and to pick out
the best route to pursue, and we're
probably the first white men TO view
the magnificent panorama of the
Rogue river and the rolling SUBMITS
of the sisdyous aud the Cascades
from the top Of Wagner's Butte were
the intrepid explorers, whose names
are carved deeply in the tablets Of
history. Mail.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1903-12-30
AND nov The BOY DlD N.

The whole blamef OF the disappear
anoe of the gambling bill Is now
placed on tho senate page
This Is extremely fortunate that
the boy can be made scapegoat II
Is a wonder The blame hasn't been put
on a woman.
When the politicians get through
trying 10 make capital for or against
this man or that. let the truth be told.
The system by which bills are
transmitted from one house to the 9th,
er Is unworthy OF a mootcourt In a
county jail or an assembly OF hobos
by a pile OF burning railroad ties.
Other state legislatures transmits
bills something like this; The clerk
OF the body passing the bill gives the
bin clerk receipt COR Il, and carries
Il In sealed envelope to the other
braach OF the legislature
His arrival at the senate is an
nouRoed by the sergeantat-arms, and
the presiding officer brings down his
gayel tire etimes, and announces: ~
message from the house"
An business Is suspended until the
message is received and announced
the bin being accompanied by a com,
munieauon announcing what the bill
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1903-12-30

ent on ]. H. Hibbards place on Ten
Mile, living and cooking in tents, al
though clerical work and drawing OF
plates. maps, etc, is done in Mr.. Hib-
bard's residence. The party averages
about 25 men, headed by Mr. Cooper,
chief engineer and manager, with Mr..
Drum clerk and paymaster.
The work done appears very com
plete and accurate, though no one
claims to know for whom they are
working, except for a rich company
The limo will cross Coos Bay below
North Bend and the surveyors expect
to continue south until they meet an.
other party working their way north
ward. probably in the neighborhood
Of Bandon.-Marshhel Mail.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1903-12-30
A Sad Memory.

I'D like cup OF coffee" said the
stranger 10 the man
Whose restaurant was run upon the
"old home cooking" plan.
The same. sir" said the other, who
could broil and brew and bake;
~You shall have cup OF coffee like
your mother used TO make.
The Strangers eyes grew moistened
as In memory once more
He tasted of that coffee that he
drank In days OF yore,
And to the restaurant keeper: "Well
II that's the case" said he
And it's all the same to you, guess
I'll have a cup of tea"
Nixon Waterman In Good House
keeping.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1903-12-30
THE PROBLEMS OF
THE CHURCHES.

TIE CHOhCnEo'
The leading article In the Atlantic
Monthly for December treats: Tho
Church: Some Immediate Questions, 4"
by Theodore Munger He must be a
university man, as he sees no hope for
the churches, but from the university
influences.
The article should be read by all
persons who are interested in the ev'
olution OF the 147 denominations OF
religious worship In our country-a
multiplicity OF dogmatic differentatlons
that he considers an evil
He admits that the industrial class
es are leaving the church, and says
those who are in the churches are
mo longer the people"
On scepticlsm he admits that every.
thing Is doubted. or Is yehemently de
Tended because Il Is doubted.
He says the church is now insisting
ON a few things, and antagonizing or
ignoring many The tone OF the en-.
tire paper will compel many theo.
logian to take his ecklning, as ship.
masters say
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1903-12-30
ROLL CALL ON THE

CAR SHORTAGE BILL
AT the request OF a number OF persons
we reprint the roll call, by which thu
Jones car shortage bill failed to pass
the house in the special session of thu
legislature. December 23d:
Yeas-Banks. Bilyeu Burgess, Clay.
pool. Cornett, Dannemann, Edwards
Emmitt. Gault. Hale, Hansbrough
Hawkins, Hermann. Hume, Huntley
Johnson, Jones OF Lincoln, Judd,
Kramer. LaFollott. Malarlsey, Purdy,
Riddle. Shelley. Simmons. whealdon,
Mr., Speaker.-26
Nays-Adams, Bailey. Blakely, Both,
Burleigh. Cantroll, Carnahan.. Cobb,
Eddy, Fisher, GIL Hahn, Hines. Hod.
son. Hudson. Hutchinson, Jones OF
Multnomah Kay. Miles, Paulsen. Reed
Robbins. Test, Webster-2I.
Absent-Davey. Galloway. CHM,
Hayden. Nottingham. dwell. orton,
PheIps-S
The full text Of the bill. as Il was
agreed to In committee OF the whole
is prlated In this Issue. and 1t need
only be added that II Is the law Of
Texas. Iowa and several other states,
in which the railroads do a large and
profitable business.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1903-12-30
Nahnth,a vlnevard.

My neishbor hath a little field,
Small store Of wine it's presses yield,
And truly but a slender hoard
It's harvest brings for barn or board.
Yet though a hundred fields are mine,
Fertile with olive corn and vine;
Though autumn piles my gamers
high,
Still for that little field l sigh,
For ahl methinks no otherwhere
Is any field SO go cd and fair.
Small though it be, tis better far
Than all my fruitful vineyards are,
Amid whose plenty sad pine
"Ah, would that little field we're
mine!"
Large knowledge void Of peace and
rest,
And wealth with pining care passets--
These by my fertile lands are meant.
That little field is called Content.
Robert Trowbridge, in Scribner's,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1903-12-30

Postmaster-een. Payne and the Bishop
Postmaster-Genera Payne says
there Is a Western bishop who has
been visiting regularly a certain town
70 make combinations for fifteen OF
twenty years, and who decided, last
year, that there was one woman in
this towns confirmation class who
had a familiar look
lie studied the woman, therefore
closely. He scrutinized her figure
her face. her dress, She was old and
poorly clad and decidedly her ap.
pearance was familiar,
Haven't | seen you betore9" said
the bishop.
Indeed We hey, sir" returned the
woman cordially.
Haven't | cOnnrmend you beforeg"
"Oh, yes, sir; many time, sir"
"Why-what ON earth-how-G'
the bishop. amazed and porplexed,
began; but the woman. smiling. inter
rupted him to explain;
Il set confirmed. sir. as often as
I kin, cause. I'm told, it's good for
rheumatic"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1903-12-30
ROOSEVELT ANp THE PEOPLE.

Two young Democratic farmers
called at The Journal Office this morn.
ing and said If Roosevelt was nomi.
mated, and the Democrats put up one
of the Cleveland wing Of the party
they would vote for the Republican.
II the Republicans did not noml.
nate Roosevelt they would vote for al.
most any Democrat. This is no doubt
the mental attitude of many citizens,
Republicans as we'll as Democrats
Many Republicans are saying II tha
party does not put up Roosevelt, and
the Democrats put up an able and
popular representative OF business in.
terests. who Is a patriotic American,
the Democrat will go in.
These are not published as our
views, although The Journal will con.
fess TO a pretty strong feeling that way
itself. The time is past when the
people will swallow a yellow dog at
the head OF the party ticket