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XTilENA PRESS Published vry Prldny Morning By. J. W.. SMITH, Proprietor. . i. W. SMITH AND F. B. BOYD, : ; : EDITORS. Entered at Athena pootoffioe as second-clas mall matter. . ' Subscription Hates: Per year, in advance, - -''. Bingle copies, In wrapper!, 6c. 11.50 Advertising Rates: Local reading notices, first Insertion, 10c per line. Each subsequent insertion, 5c. All communications should be addressed to the PRESS, Athena, Oregon. ATHENA, SEPTEMBER 1, 1893. The lower house in congress by a majority, of 103 passed the Wil- BOn bill repealing the t purchase clause of the Sherman law without any substitute. The bill was sent to the senate for its consideration and was referred to the finance committee, which reported back the Voorhees bill which also pro vides for the repeal of the Sherman law. Jjut, ae the senate has as yet set no date on which the vote shall be taken, it may eb some time before we will be free from the ini a utous bherman law. All parting are agreed that the Sherman law should be repealed, lhey agree that this law, which resulted from a compromise is the ' Worst and darkest that ever befel the . cause of bimetalism, or the honor and and existence of silver money, The difference of opinion is the manner of its repeal. The advO' cates of silver desire to substitute a free coinage act in the place of the Sherman law, claiming that the unconditional repeal will car ry us to monometalism, or make gold the only metal money of the United States, and thereby con tract the circulation and double the debts of the laboring, debt paying nine-tenths of the Ameri can people by destroying half of the constitutional money. Those opposed to free coinage claim that .an unconditional repeal of the Sherman law will not carry us to monometalism, and they point to the GOO millions dollars of legal tender silver and silver certificates wnicti win be maintained on a parity with gold metalism. This t silver they say nobody proposes to destroy, and that the gold of the , country can probably carry it, But that the fear that it can carry no more Is what is now the mutter with money and credit; and before this disturbance can cease there must be assurance, through action of congress that there is to be limi tation of silver issue. They also claim that free coinage would bring us to silver monometalism by driving gold from circulation and from the country. Congress will doubtless repeal the Sherman law, but that will not settle the silver question. We will doubtless have silver coinage in some form, possibly through in tomational agreement. THE PRESIDENT'S SICKNESS. There -is a great deal ; of mys tery shrouding Mr. Cleveland's ill ness, hence it will not be strange if all sorts of sensational stories get afloat. No one seems to know why the president's friends are so anxious to keep the public befog ged as to his real condition , The president of the United States is a public - character whose every movement belongs to the public. He is so important a part of the government that the people have a right to know all that is neces sary to know" about him, and at this lime the real condition of his health is of more importance' than even the knowledge of his indivi dual views concerning public ques tions. The death of the president is liable to bring about an entire change in the admistrative po.icy of the government, and surely the people have an interest in. know ing whetner sticn an occurrence in within the range of probability. The story published by the Phila delphia Press that Mr. Clevelaud had recenty undergone a surgical operation for the removal of a can- . 1 1 1 1. . cer irom tne mourn, may ue true or it may not be true; yet it was not printed for sensational purposes. The Press is a conser vative newspaper, in no way given to sensationalism, and' the Btory was printed in the belief that there was foundation for it. If the story be true, then there is no expectation that the president will live any great length of time, and death may come any day. If it is not true, and if there is no seri- ous ailment men Air. uieveiana owes it to the country to have his physicians make public a candid statement of his physical condition, and the president's fool friends should stop their endeavors to shrond his sickness in mystery. Portland Telegram. An item appeared in last week's issue of the Inland Republican stating that J. W. Maloney and myself were married to a couple of young ladies in this community. In justice to the young ladies whose names were mentioned, we will say the report, like all other news (?) which appears in that sheet is ab solutely false. Jesse Smith. COMMENT ON THE WILSON BILL A few da vs ago a delegations of laboring men called on Governor Pennoyer in this city and asked him to ishuo a proclamation for the labor holiday Governor Pen noyer told the men that Labor day was established by statute, and there would be much impropriety in his attempting to establish it by proclamation as for him to pro claim the Fourth of July a holiday. It would be an act'of supereroga tion and would reflect no credit on anybody. When the people, through the legislature, Bet the date for labor holiday, it left noth ing for the governor to do in that connection. Thanksgiving is not bylawrnet for any particular date and the governor proclaims the date for that observance. If there were reason for having any other holiday not established by law, the governor's proclamation would be proper and necessary, as in colon ial times special days were set apart for celebrating victories over the enemy in war or for timely' suc cor. - ; '. Though the governor thinks it unnecessary to .issue a proclama tion, he wishes that public atten tion might bo nailed to the fct that the legislature at its last ses sion changed the holiday known as Labor day from the first Saturday in June to the first Monday in September, and that such holiday xoigbt ft strictly observed. The house has voted to stop the purchase of silver by a majority of 129 on a vote ot 34y, thirty more than a two thirds vote. The bill now goes to the senate, which is the last citadel of folly and greed. It will not pass the 8enat by majority nearlv so great. 8me persons have doubted whether it will pass the senate at all. They mi , .11 . - . are wrong, i ne senate win vote io ston the purchase of silver because it must. It will no more dare re fuse than the house of lords would dare refuse assent to any meaimre sent over from the house of com mons, with positive and imperative public sentiment behind it. But the senate seems likely to do slow ly and grudginely what the house has done at last with its whole heart and soul. Portland Tele gram. Yesterday's work in congress was a sorry job for Oregon and for Portland. It is a death blow to the industries of the mining states, and there is where Oregon pro ducts find a market and where Portland jobbers find their mot. profitable trade. Legislation agains silvar kills the goose that lays on colden eee. And vet, strange sav, there are Portland jobber and lumbermen who are so hypno tized by bank influence that they are gold monomaniacs in spite of the fact that silver demonetization means utter ruin to themselves Are our people indeed stricken with judicial blindness that they cannot see the dancer with which they are environed? Oregon' only hope is in the failure ol the senate to concur m the Wilson bill. Portland Telegram. preamble and resolutions which ! were adopted and ordered sent to the press of the county for publica tion. Whereas, the whole county is in volved in the throes of a mighty business convulsions industrial enterprises are everywhere pros trated and millions of workers turned out of shop and mine to beg steal or starve, members of factories, banks and mercantile in stitutions have been compelled to suspend operations and many are forced into bankruptcy and ruin, the government crop report for August places the wheat yield at 67 per cent, a trifle over one half crop. And Whereas we, as members of tbe wheat growers ia convention assembled emphatically denounce and blame Wall street and the old world financial thieves for the present crisis which is but one of the many deep laid plots whereby tha producer is compelled to sell his stock and crops at a price be low the cost of production, and property every where is sold when forced sales is ordered at about one fourth its value. And Whereas supply and de mand, the legitimate factor in trade has been thrust aside and a freezeout robber scheme inaugur ated by the money power and as there are thousands and millions of people in the United States that demand work or bread while the wheat grower lias millions of wheat to epare to feed those ptrv- ng brothers and their families they by reasons of having no worn or monev, while we cannot ob tain one dollar, upon our wheat at a living rate or at any rate our harvest hands are to pay and the Wall street gang and their allies sit and laugh at our embarrass ment. And Therefore, be it resolved by U3 in a body of true American citizens independent in mind and action though crippled by an unjust finan cial, we proclaim to the citizens of Umatilla county and to the world that we are here assembled n t from choice but are the result of mans inhumanity to man and that while we do not intend to re pudiate one of dollar our debts we must insist upon a proper financial system and a mode of doing busi ness whereby those who produce the wealth can receive a fair prol t from their toil from which they will then be able to meet obligations believing that it is a duty incum bent upon every citizen to prepare for all emergencies and to be ready at all timps to protect their inter ests, wo the committee appointed, call for a mass meeting of all citizens of Umatilla county. Ban! ers, merchants, mechanics, farmers and wage earners are urged to at tend and it is to be hoped that an understanding can be arrived at whereby the farmers will not be compelled to part with their wheat at a ruinous price and where mer chants, bankers and others will not be losers on account of credit extended to their customers. Therefore we the committee set Saturday Sept. 9th, at 10 o clock a. m. in Athena as the date of said meeting. !W. A. sample. Geo. Gibson. J. L. Basey. For Sale. One thousand dollar will buy Ave acres of the best fruit land adjoining tbe townsite of Milton. Oood soil and level (round, well ir rigated and good r-ater privileges. Two acres In strawberries. Will pay for Itself in two years. W. T. Gilman. HAMILTON & ROURKE, Grain Dealers, ARE STILL HERE Do Too Want Money? I have lately tasen the agency for the D. S. Baxer estate for loan ing money on real estate in Uma tillacountv. Those contemplating securing loans will do well to call on me. Besides making loans as cheap or cheaper than any one else, I can assure you prompter ac tion and less red tape. W. T. Gilman. GRAIN BAGS FOR SALE. DAVE TAYLOR AGENT. Athena, . Oregon. Bid MEETING AT HELIX. to at Resolutions of Principle Wheat Crow era of that Section. Ed. Press: We send you a re port of the proceedings of a meet ing held bv the firmers at Helix, Oregon, on Saturday Aug. 26 inst. The purpose of the meeting was to consider the best way out of the present depressed business situa tion. There were present at the meeting farmers from different parts of the county, Mr. Geo. Gib son ; manager of the Grange Store was elected chairman, Frank Lockwood of Vansyclo ss't chair man and W. A. Sample, Secretary. Speeches were made by Gibson, Lockwood, Bapey, Sample and others. A committee was appoint ed to draft resolutions and issue a call for a mass meeting of the citizens of the county. The com mittee presented, the following Grandpa's Letter. To the Athena Press: After a pleasant ride often and a halt hours with usual stops, we arrived at the Union depot in Portland. After breakfast, we again boarded the train. Mrs. A. J Parker got off at Gervis to visit her mother, and we sped on our way Members of the Oregon annual con ferenco which convened at 10 a. m today, boarded the train at nearly every Btation. The only excitement on the trip being at the depot where men and women rushed excitedly to and fro. I saw Bishop Goodsel and heard him preach. He delivered a good ermon;but I saw nothing peculiar about him, except almot-t unlimited power over the ministers and members. The attendance from a distance is very large. Thei next conference is to bo held Eugene. I leave the city to visit my old home and fiiends. I have enjoyed very hearty greetings of frienc and acquaintances. One and al cry hard times, and I am inclined to believe them. Occasionally meet a crank. He will begin "the tariff is gone, we aro ruined, the democrats have done it all, they have ruined us, etc." I visited the Orphans Home the forenoon of the 23rd inst. It is pre sided over by Mr. and Mrs. Sloane. They have in charge fifteen bovs and girls from 2 to 12 years old apparently well cared for. The home contains a block with a thrte story building well arranged, heat ed by hot air, and, when finished, it will be a home for the homeless waifs and I will try to tell you more of the home and other mat ters further on. I must say I am a little homesick. E. C. McClain. If You Don't Take THE PRESS, You Don't GET THE NEWS ARE YOU A HUNTER? Send rostal Card for illustrated Catalogue of inchester .44- WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 Repeating flUWO Repeating Shot Gun9 Ammunition D WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS COMPANY, NEW HAVEN, CONN. TCP C JZL. BAEBETT CO. PI c til if P?piJi- DEALERS IN ' SHELF and HEAVY HARDWARE,' -. FARM IMPLEMENTS, THRESHERS, MOWERS, RAKES, lttnn"wg tfi GANG PLOWS, MACHINE REPAIRS. Main Street, Athena, Oregon Farmers and Wheat Men, Attention! We are now ready to do a general warehouse business, aud by placing your grain In our bouse you get tbe advantage or all tbe wbeat competition or PORTLAND, TACOMA & SEATTLE We oosltlvcly guarantee to load your grain on either line of railway atone cost. Farmers look to your own Interests and see our manager, J. N. B. Gerking, at the olfice, or J. E. Arm strong, assistant manager. Office and Warehouse, Wert Mala Mrei-t, Between V. P. and W. t 1'. K. Railway Tracks. FARMERS WAREHOUSE COMPANY, Athena, Oregon. G-eo. W- ZFzroe'bs'bel THE LIVE HARDWARE DEALER Weston Oregon Is selling at Bottom Prices: - - - - - - - - - HARDWARE, STOVES AND TINWARE, NEW HOME SEWING MACHINES, DECORA ALL STEEL - - - WINDMILLS AND TOWERS, LUMBER, SHINGLES AND WOOD WAGONS AND FARM MACHINERY. - - . . . .... Refrigerators at Cost. MILLER -THE RUSTLER. . THE LEADING FURNITURE DEALER CALLS SPECIAL ATTENTION TO HIS ine 0 x r if HI B"Gk Of wan r aper I am the only dealer in Athena that buys direct from the manufacturer, and that manufacturer, Wm. Campbell, of New York, is independent of the Nation al wall Paper Combination. I buy my paper to the best advantage to myself and I sell to the best ad vantage of my customers, I have the largest line of wall paper in the county and it ranges in price all the way from 15c double roll, to 65c for the best gilt paper made. A fine line of undertaking goods con stantly on band, and I am prepared to do embalming. N. A". MILLER, STORE ON MAIN STREET, ATHENA, ORE. The Daily News expresses tie opinion that the repeal of the Sher man net will prove a perious blow to bimetalism throughout the world, but a great victory for com mon sense and the single standard. We have left a few 3-inch Header j trucks. The C, B. Barrett Co. 11 fit Mnnftraiir, Is now in its- NEW BUILDING, On Corner of Main and 3rd Sts., Where we will be pleased to meet all of our old customers and as many new ones as we can accommodate, and we can accommo date a great many by giving them To all Cash ffj A 10 Per Cent j Purchases : : ) S ) N' ' H and - " Upwards. We We have the largest stock of Dress Goods f IN THE CITY. I have the freshest Groceries IN THE CITY. have the largest stock of shoes 1113 EASTERN OREGON. We PON T FORGET 1 The fact that we give youg a 10 per cent rebate for every cash purchase of One Dollar and upward. TtERGEVIN BROTHERS, : : : ATHENA, OREGON.