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From the Editor


WASHINGTON Feb. % 1916.
Extensive INQUIRIES give me more hope of the
defeat of Annexation at this Session. now think
,ba, the House Resolutions cannot PASS the Senate
unamended, if Mr. Pearce Is here, and that any
attempt 10 improve their chance by amending will
probab!y result unfortunately orthe expermeniers.
do not see how the proposition IS 10 be shaped so
that Benton, Bagby and Foster will all vote Tor 1t
The vote is not likely 10 be taken for some Gays
and hardly think / shall await 1t.


The Oregon bill of the House cannot pass the
Senate withou; material amendment PROBABLY
substitute for the whole bill Will be moved aho
carried, depriving the measure OF It's mos' ms
chievcus features Sill, nothing can be done
which is 90 wise and so well as to refrain from 60
ing any thing.
I understand that the British Government has
evinced the most anxious desire to settle peacefully
the boundary OF our respective territories west OF
the Rocky Mountains The frst proposal from
that SIDE is compromise line running due West on
the parallel OF 40 deg. from the ROCKY Noun
tans TO the nearest branch Of the Columbia, thence
down the middle o! the stream to the ocean
This being rejected, the British Ministry OTTER to
submit the whole matter 10 the arbitration OF any
disintercsted European power, 10 be chose" ard
named bv the United States. 1t does seem TO me
that this last offer ought to be accepted by u.s. We
talk Of our horror of war, our aversion to human
slaughter. &c bur never think of cylnclns p!acii-
cally our devotion to the principles Of Peace II
is easy enough 10 be peaceabe II nobody crosses
our path. A frank and promp; acceptance Of this
proposal to arbitrate would more truly rebound TO
our National Honor than dozen bloody VIC
tories


The prospect of POSTAGE REfoEM bnshtens
have Some hope that it may be reached in The
House tomorrow, though there will be struggle
for precedence between the Harbor bull and the
Military Service bill which may put II back 1T
tie But come up II will very soon, and the longer
it is DELAYED the more palpabc will be the truth
that the choice lies between the Senate bill and
nothing. Just give the Reform chance, and one
afternoon will suffice TO substitute the Senate bill
for ,ha, of the House. and push tito third read
ing at least There are al least fifty Members re-
solved that il shall be taken up Tomorrow
Senator Dckinson's Speech on Texas yesterday
was the wretchedest compound of low Jokes and
lower craftsmanship ever put forth In the august
body of which ii is his misfortune, as well as that
of our State, that he is member. The public
sympathise with Mr. Dix, who has done nothing TO
deserve the discredt reflected upon him.


We have had rain here this morning. The
weather is deporably fine for February. IL. C.


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