THE OUTLOOK.
Tuesday, Juno 10, 1896, tho republl
cjui iarty is called to meet in delegate
convention to nominate candidates for
presideut and vice-president of tbo
United States to bo voted for next 2o
vcniber. From now on until that event
has passed there will be much interest
felt among tho American people.
Tho great uver-sliadowing issuo will be
American protection. Tbo Monroo doc
trine has l.rcn and is u question upon"
which the joplenro a unit. So Cleve
land's leevnt manifesto mav eavo him a
few fticii'la but not enough to niako him
a third term president. The peopls tiro
as much opposed to a third term prei
tlo.nt aa they are to England's encroach'
mcuts on the American continent.
Cleveland h&s made a bold push for
renomina'ion by giving the British lion'i
ttil n twirl just on the cvo of election, as
that is tliei only show he had to pull
himself out of a hole. Dnt this move
when closely scanned, will be perceived
3 be pure demosojy. His general and
uniform actions during the two and
three-quarter years of his term haa been
in England's i uteres t, and of most friend
ly feeling for all "that is Englitb, you
know." His embassador to the court of
St. James, who is supposed to correctly
represent his chief, in bis Edinburgh
speech clearly represents the same Idea
But, just on tho eve ofs presidential
election be turns a summersault and
lands upon his feet with face reversed
looking over his shoulder at the gaping
crowd and with a wink and a broad grin
says, in pantocaine, "Wasn't that done
elick7"
Had a republican been in the chair
the Monroe doctrine would bave been
asserted long ago, and the Queen Lfl
episode would not have occurred to the"
disgrace of the nation. There would
have been no hauling down the Ameri
can flag, nor would a free-trade policy
hare paralysed business and universal
distress wrapped tho nation like a pall of
death. The people bave bej-an to think
after the presentation of the grand' ob
ect lesson by Mr. Cleveland and bis
party. The people understand him
pretty well, and his twisting the lion's
tail just now will not save him. His
demogosy is as palpable as the noon-day
toon.
Military Strength of the United
States.
The rtal military strength of a country
does not consist in the number of men
enrolled in its regular army. The Uni
ted States, for instance, is the stroBgest
military power on earth, and yet it
has the smallest standinz armr of all
the great countries. Germany has the
strongest available for immediate action.
and Great Britain has the strongest
navT. Roseta. also, has a strone armr.
always ready for action. Italy has a
weak army but a strong navy. France
and Austria keep up Urge military estab
lishments. These European nations.
lying dangerously dose to one another,
and always fearicg that an ambitions or
greedy neighbor may epnag at them. ar3
compelled to hare strong military re
sources always ready, Jest they should
be conquered or robbed. Bat there is
cot one o! them that could bold its own
against the United States for six month
m a war on anythinz like 60.ua terms.
We might suffer some in the first few
'menths of a war, but after we got a start
the victories would be all on our side
The basis for this assertion is that the
United States has a larger population of
good fighting men than any other country
in the world, and what is eauallv imoort
ant, we haveTmore abundant material
resources for keeping them in the field.
e make more bread and meat to feed
an army on, and unlimited mean- of
mating all the arms, clothing and other
eoppues ithat would be needed by an
army carrying on a war.
Let's all stand br the Monroe doctrinK.
Let the British lion roar, but when it
puta its paw upon American eoD. the
American eacle from its soaring aloft will
swoop aown, lastenmg its ta!on8 into the
mane of the British Iioa and make it'a
roar most hideous in its sueiog for peace
Free Trade Fallacv.
It has been one of the main arguments
of the free-traders that the United
fctates, with the advantase of iu Jm
proved imachinery, could compete with
the products of the cbeao labor of ih
world but when cheap labor is applied to
"proved machinery the argument loses
its force. The crow th of mannfurtnrJnrr
industries in Japan, China and Mexico
is demonstrating that free trade is
fallacy. San Jose Mercury.
Baker County Debt.
The circuit court of Baker county has
ueciaea mat the county must pay its
debts. Action was brought to restrain
the county officials from paying off out
standing warrants, for the reason the
county's indebtedness was greater than
allowable by the state constitution, viz:
$5000. While such debts are prohibited
by the constitution, if a county creates
a debt it is still bouud to pay it. The
court will not favor repudiation of the
debt if it does repudiate the officials
who created it.
That whisk-broom on Jackson , ycleped
Review, need not worry about the
I'&inhkalkb'h changing management,
The I'MisuBAua: loads in furnishing the
news within tho 24 hours of each day ex
cept Sundays. Tliat gives this whisk
broom concern the belly ache. Poor
thing, a dose of Mother Winslow's sooth
ing syrup would give itn editor tempo
rary relief.
"Here, wake up," said the barber
angrily, as ho savagely shook the portly
Kcnllctnen whose whiskers he bad just
trimmed. '"Here jou've been sleeping
in lliis chair, and thco people waiting."
"Excuse me," said Grovcr, as he slowly
climbed down. "1 dreamt 1 was in the
chairuor four years reoro."
BRIEF MENTION.
From Friday's Dally.
K. Mattoon camo in from tho country
today.
O. D. Drain, merchant of Drain, is a
guest al the Van Uouten.
J. R Doratbaand Amanda Dixon, aro
gueeta at the Van Houten.
J. H. Tedd 'and A. L. Hutchinson of
OaklandY&re at the McCIallon.
Tho beer hall on Jackson street was
attached today by Meyer & Co of Port
land. Capt. B. D. Boawell of the Bouuell
late Snowden Springs, is In the city to
day on business.
The Shasta Limited passed through
Boseburg this morning in two sections
widi a total oT23 coaches.
J. T. Gocdman,.pstejas or of LookinB
Glass, .and" Jeff Williams of tho samo
burg, are registered at the McClallen.
T. P. Long of Cleveland, L. L. Ram-
Bey of Coles Valley and W. G. Hill of
Wilbur, are registered at the McClallen
A. E. Mattoon of Looking Glass came
into the city today notwithstpnding tho
raiu. Oregonians dont etop for show
ers.
Dexter Rice, who has been attending a
law school at Portland, has returned
home to spend the holidays with his par-
penis.
Ready, fight! S.C. Flint, F. Tolles,
and C. W. Parks are on the war path
They have got their old fusees ready
to go ducking.
Frank' C. Skipton and wife of Philo
math are in Roseburg spending a few
weeks visiting Mrs. Skipton's mother,
Mrs. X. Imbler.
Mrs. E. Moore and Miss Nettie Davis
Dayis of Wilbur, who havo been visiting
friends in this city, returned home this
morning on tho local.
Ed. S. Elliott, engineer on the S. P.
road and long a resident of this city,
was shaking bands with his many
friends here last night.
Yesterday afternoon and last night
(he rain came down in regular Oregon
Style and this morning tho Umpiua
river is well up on its banks.
Mrs. E. M. Stewart of Portland, ujio
has been visiting her mother here for
cereral days, left this mcrning for In-
dianopolis, Ind., for an extended visit.
"Hard Times" has departed. This is
a fact, for we saw it, loaded upon a
wagon, passing up Jackson street this
morning on ita way out of town. Its
goaesnre.
J. J. Farquar, who has been east for
several months in West Virginia, his
eld home, returned this morning the
same "old 4 and 6 pence" of old. He is
without variableness or the shadow of
turning, as yet.
Barney Dixon and family were in town
today. Mr. Dixon laid in a supply of
sheeptick medicine, as he called it, but
his friend Singleton said that story
would do for a temperance man to tell,
but for Burner it would not go down.
TredTisher of OlalU is in the citv to
day purchasing apparel ior himself and
family. Mr. Fisher's house was burned
down last night with all his goods, in
cluding the family clothing, he and his
family barely escaping with their nicht
clothes. This is a sad calamity, and
doubly eo at this time ol the year.
Though he had about SS50 of insurance
bn tho building it will not cover more
loan one-third of his Joss, besides at
this time o' year he is "without a home.
and to make his family comfortable for
tbo winter his expenses will be burthen
eome. Trots tnnlr tHJly.
Jeeee Davenport is in tbu city today.
A. Ti- MTTp1I nf VnrfimtiA . l,a
McClallen.
Dave Comstock of Deer creek is in the
City today.
Mrs. E. W. Vansra of Ashland is a
guest at the McClallen.
A. L. Robinson of Cinci nnatti is reg
istered at the Van Uouten.
F. H. Chrisinger of Pent'Deton and P..
J. Homer of Mediord are at. tho Van
Houlen.
0. H. Thornton of Seattle and W.J.
Kyle of Sioux Falls are regis teied at the
Mcuiallen.
H. S. Conn of French Settlement, otic
of the solid men of Douglas, is in tho
city today.
N. LaRant of Garden. ValleT. and a
prominet agriculturist arad stock breeder,
is in the the dty today on business.
Haryy Jones of French Settlement is
in the city today. Says lire re, fell in that
valley yesterdayt about one iach of snow.
John and William McBe?. farmers
near Winston, are in the city,, to day and
the stanncnest of the staunch ronuli-ts
and zealous advocates tho referendum
way of making laws.
The sun entered, the wlnipr Istico
December 20, last -night, at 11:20- To
day is ttie -uorteet dar in tho rear. The
20th was 9 houra nd 31 minutes laig.
the night 14 boons and 9 minutes.
Mr. W. Brumrnett. one of Yoncalla-'fl
prominent citizens, made us a pleasant
imamees call toda-y. Mr. Brumrnett is a
wide-awake mar, and has done much to
build up that t jwn and community.
Judge fc'tca n rflltirnral thin mnrnini
from Salem -wrinrn lii nttandrd tin- statu
board of eqr Miration. Ho reports that
me Hoods r t Oakland destroyed about
4000 poor je 0f j,ia hops hy the sudden
rise in tb e Calapooia.
Cbaa, , Anderson of Eden Bower, the
champic n populist, is in the city today.
He ray , there Is no fear of a war with
Englar .J. Johnny Bull is only nlavinc a
game ofblufTand Cloveland has called
him. aD( gone ono better.
le entertainment riven liv Itio TJsr-
nr academv at the orwra lirtMKp IsirI
n7 lit was fairly well attended, consider
f j the weather. The programme was
COod one ntld WI1I roi-f.ifnl Tlin
vocal quartette, "Plantation Melodies,"
by Misses llagon and Black and Messrs.
Langonberg and Riddle, was particularly
good and received a hearty encore. Tho
tableaux, recitations ami solos were also
good.
Tho entortainmcut huld at tho 1'ronch
Settlement school house on tho evening
of tho 115th proved to be tho uost uver
hold iu French Settlement. The pro
grauuun boing arrauged and performed
by tho Looiuia troupo. Miss Ellio's reci
tation wan fine. Shu proved herself to
bo well tip in the art of elocution The
locturo ou woman's rights given by Mies
Jonnie was well rendered, It was ex
cellent, Petor.H tho New York cook
performed his pari well. The niugiug
waH very good. Wo hopo to hear from
them agaiu. X.
Brave Dunravcn.
Nuw Yokk, Dec. 20, A dispatch to tho
World from London says:
There is inoro general comment in
London over tho Venezuelan controversy
than upon its (Kissible effect ou Lord
Dunravcn's reception in Now York, He
has been seriously advised by his friends
not to go, lest not enly might ho bo sub
jected to personal ill-treat oieut from ox-
cited New York patriots, but lest his sua
tained accusation of fraud against tho
Defender syndicate might lead to serious
international complications might, in
deed, servo as a spark to the tinder bbz'
ing into actual warfare. Nevertheless
the World's Queeristown correspondent
telegraphs that his lordship, , Arthur
Glennie and Joo Asquith sailed by tho
Tuctonic in good spirits.
Have Entered Alatanzas.
ILivaxa, Dec. 0. The aivanco guard
of the forces commanded by Maximo
Gomez and Autonia Maceo has airived
in the province ol Matanzas without, ap
parently, encountering any further op
position. General Campos is understood
to concentrated his forces on the other
side of the frontier, in advance of Colon,
but considerable secrecy is maintained
as to the disiosi;ioii of the Spanish
troops.
Tlo insurgents have burned millions
of dollars worth of su;ar fields iu Santa
Clara.
It is leginnitg to be 0eiily admitted
here in official quarters that the position
of the Spanish cauw is exceedingly pre
carioos. The Cuban Insurgents.
Kl-y Wisir, Fla., Dec. 20. Advices
from Havana state that Campos will
make desperate efforts immediately to
break the power of the insurgent. He
has determined to force the lighting Iv
caus of urgent orders from Madrid. The
cabinet has informed Campos that un
less decisive victork-a are won over the
insurgents immediately, it will be im
pogeiblt! for .pain to secure money to
maintain her army on the island. The
minister of finance has said that the
Hpanish treasury is empty, and the in
surgents have wade soeh a showing that
it is impossible to IUmI a new loan in
any European cajHtal. In view of this,
Cauijxw is plainly tokl unlest- tlw rebel
lion is broken shortly Spain liwl as well
withdraw from tle wland.
Campos has therefore rusolved upon
heroic measures. It is said he lias in
structed Spanish officers to give no
quarter to Cubans in arms, and to treat
non-combatants as inerciU-sely as in the
last revolution.
Much excitement prt-vails in Havana
over a report that a great bottle would
occur near Mantanzas within 24 houre.
It was stotttl that 403 Spaniards under
General I'ando were facing 5000 Culuns
under 3Iaceo, and news of a collision is
momentarily expected.
Keep Off the Cars.
Mr. McGuire, assistant superintend
ent of the S. P. railroad in this city, calls
attention of alt parents, guardians, their
children and wards, to tho dangerous
practice of climbing upon the cars on the
railroad tracks in this city, and especially
to the following-named boys, warning
them to stop this dangerons custom, viz:
Henry Worthington, Joe Uenfro, Chester
Renfro, Joe Farquar. Weldon Cordon,
Chas. Pitchford, Alex Worthingington,
Tod Jones, Herbert Wright, Tom Mc
Carthy, Orvil Moore, Hogart (Juilhaug,
Tom Dine, Mat Dine, Harry Snyder,
Chas. Gilvin, Ralph Iine and Leo Wil
kins. If the practice be not stopied1io
will have to enforco the city ordinances
against further indulgence in this cus
tom. A word to the nisc is sufficient.
A. P. As. Not Afraid of Ghosts.
A writer in the I'oecburg Review sign
ing a"Demccral" threatens the members
of tho A. P. A. with diie vengeance in
tbo future. We would like to know
what the A. P, A. or any member there
of have ;doue to call forth his enmity?
But it is always thus uith Rome. It is
nly necessary to opof.u however mildly
any measure she upholds and curses
arc hurled at tho bold offender.
We congratulate ourselves that no aro
threatened with nothing tuoiu serious
than a visitation by lianquo's ghost or
some other ghost ; still more do wecun
gratulato ourselves that wo do not bo
long to a church having superstition for
its r u;erBtniclure. An A. P. A.
Indorsed.
Tin itizens of Roseburg are all agog
on i1 list message of the president,
ind s .j talking light. Republicans as
well :s democrats approve the presi
dent's message on tho Venezuelan ques
tion. In fact they are more enthusiastic
in that respect than the democrats, be
cause it is iu fact the republican doc
trine which Cleveland, like Crisp indor
sing l'ccd, finds it is the true principle.
Congress ran be relied upon to see
that Cleveland does not turn the dispute
with Enuland into a means of scrvinir
any individual ambition, and all that
tho people have to do is to rvcomiizu
that America is now face to face with
England, and ono of tho two must re
treat or there will bo war.
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