THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, ?BttU., APRIL 8, 1892.
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HERMANN AND ELLIS
Eeport of tlie EepWican State Conyen-
tion for Oregon.
ELECTORIAL TICKET AND DELEGATES
Hermann's Nomination By Acclamation.
Ellis on the First Ballot
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A TEAM THAT CANNOT BE BEATEN
Other Nomination. Blaine's Name
Awaken that Old Time "Bnrit
of Applause."
Special to Th Chronicle.)
Portland, April 6., 11 :30 p. m. The
Oregon republican state.convention met
at 11 o'clock a. m. today.
-Everything was harmonious. Hon.
Rufus Mallory was unanimously chosen
temporary chairman. Mr. Mallory was
greeted with applause, which was re
newed when, after he reached the plat
form, he was introduced by Chairman
Lotan, and in a few appreciative sen
tences returned his thanks for the honor,
and proceeded to discuss the political
situation. He congratulated those be
fore him as citizens on the peace and
contentment in which the country finds
" itself, attributing it to the wise manage
ment of the republican party. He said
that Blaine was elected but counted out
by Tammany, and referred to Cleve
land as. the stuffed prophet of the demo
cratic party: It was apparent that the
majority of the delegates were for Blaine
for president as first choice and Harri
son for second. Blaine's name set them
wild, and Harrison's provoked great
-enthusiasm. The secretaries elected
were E. M. Bands, of Oregon City, and
J. B. Eddy, of Pendleton.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
After the adoption of the platform the
.. convention proceeded to the election of
presidential electors, as follows : Hon,
J. F. Caples, Portland; Hon. H. B. Mil
ler, Grants Pass; Hon. G. M. Irwin,
Union ; Hon. W. D. Hare, Hillsboro.
NATIONAL DELEGATES.
The following were chosen as delegates
to the National republican convention
First district, Hon . Thomas H. Tongue,
Hillsboro ; O. C. Applegate, Klamath
Alternates : C. E. Wolverton, Albany ;
. B. B. Hayes, Tillamook.
Second district, Hon. Joseph Simon,
Hon. Jonathan Bourne, Portland. Al
ternates : Hon. C. W. Fulton, Astoria ;
C V. Donaldson, Baker City.
DELEGATES TO CONGRESS.
.v Hon. Binger Hermann, Douglass
cdunty, renominated by acclamation for
the first district.
Hon. W. B. Ellis, of Morrow county,
nominated on the fourth ballot for the
second district.
Mr. nermann was ot course not pres
ent to respond to the handsome work
done in his behalf. ' Mr. Ellis was, how
ever, and following the announcement
of his nomination which was received
with great enthusiasm by his adherents,
came forward and made a brief speech,
thanking the convention for bis nomina
tion. He was gladly received, and by
none more cordially than by Hon. J. C.
Leasure.
A committee of one from each county
was appointed on motion of Judge
Olmsted, on platform, and the conven
tion took a recess of two hours.
At 2 p. m. the convention again met ;
the committee on credentials reported,
and business was resumed. The plat
for was adopted, section by section,
each clause provoking cheers.
The Meeting Today.
. Special to The Ckbonicli.
Portland, April 7. The following
nominations were made up to noon to-
day. For members of the state board
of equalization, G. W. Dunn, of Ash
land ; A. C. Woodcock, of Eugene ;
Samuel Gibson, of Dallas ; J. P. O.
Lownsdale, of Portland; G. W. Win
gate, of Astoria; W. Moffett, of Malheur
and J. C. Luckey, of Crook. '
During recess the convention received
a telegram from W. D. Hare, declining
the nomination for presidential elector,
and D. M. Dunn of Portland, was nom-
inated to fill the vacancy .
-. W. W. Steiver of Gilliam, was nomi
nated for joint senator for Gilliam,
Sherman and Wasco; H. S. McDaniels
of Sherman, for joint senator, .for Sher
man and Wasco and E. N. Chandler and
U. K. Coon, for joint representatives for
Sherman and Wasco. -
Judge F. A. Moore was nominated for
supreme judge on the first ballot.
L. R. Webster, of Jacksonville, was
nominated attorney general on the first
ballot.
The convention is still in session 2&a
we go to press.
Chancellor Sanlsburjr Dead.
Wilmington, Del., April 6. Willard
Saulsbury, aged 72, chancellor of the
state of Delaware, and ex-United States
senator, died suddenly at Dover this
morning of heart failure.
Bhode Ialand Election. -
Special to The: Chronicle.
Providence, April 7. Returns show
that the legislature will be republican.
Returns for state officers show no elec
tion. As Rhode Island is the first state
to cast a ballot this (presidential) year,
the result is watched with more than
usual interest. In 1888 the vote stood
as follows, for president and governor :
Democratic president 17,530; gover
nor, 17,444. Kepuoiican presiaeni,
21 ,968 ; governor, 20,768. In 1890 : Dem
ocratic governor, 20,548; Republican
srovernor. 18.988. in : .uemocraiic
governor, 22,294 ; Republican governor,
20,995. There were four tickets in the
field in 1890, and 1891, prohibition and
nationalist, -in addition 'to democratic
and republican. The laws of Rhode Is
land require a majority of the votes cast
for the election of a state ticket. In the
event of no ticket receiving a majority
the election is thrown into the legisla
ture. In 1891 and 1890, as will be seen
by the above figures, a majority vote
was not received by any one ticket.
The legislature being republican in 1891
and democratic in 1890, the present gov
pernor is a republican, and his predeces
sor in office was a democrat, as the pres
ent legislature of Rhode Island is largely
republican, the state ticket will be re
publican.
Venezuela In a Tight Fix.
New York, April 6. Advices by
steamer from Caracas to March 30th,
report the government of Venezuela is
in a remarkably tight fix. Every one of
the states was in open revolt, and hardly
a military man of prominence sided with
Palacio. The finances of the country
were simply wrecked; Venezula and
Caracas have both refused to redeem
their bills, for the reason that Palacio
had appropriated their gold and exported
it. The revolutionists already number
about 12,000 men, and re-enforcements
from all the states are coming in rapidly.
The Venezuela chief magistrate is in
constant fear of assassination. Not only
has the magistrate to fear its enimies in
the field, but in the city the revolution
ists have made considerable headway
Their emissaries have successfully in
vaded the ranks of the police force of
Caracas, upon whose loyalty the admin
istration has so stoutly relied, and it is
said that many of the police have de
serted and gone over to the enemy.
Locomotive Explosion.
Long Island City, April 6. A loco
motive exploded with terrific force in
the yards of the Long Island railway
here at 9 :30 this morning. Eight men
working near were severely injured,
some fatally.- The engineer and fireman
are among the latter. The locomotive
was completely wrecked. The accident
happened while the train was moving
out of the station here toward Blissville,
It was known as -a working train, and
consisted of a locomotive and a number
of flat-cars. Six men, seated on the first
car were blown in all - directions
Engineer Walker was so badly scalded
that death is certain ; the fireman and
three others are probably fatally injured.
No one seems to know just how the acci
dent happened. Neither the engineer
nor fireman is able to make a statement.
Railroad officials say that they can only
account for the accident by the water
being low in the boiler.
Election Returns.
Chicago, April 6. Chicago returns
up to 6 o'clock on the contest for alder
men from the various wards show the
election of twenty republicans, eleven
democrats and three independents. Re
turns from the municipal elections
throughout Missouri, show that where
party lines were drawn the democrats
are in the ascendant, except in the re-
publican strongholds, where the latter
kept their forces intact. Under the
Australian system, the elections in Ar
kansas passed off quietly. The demo-
cra tic ticket was generally successful.
Passenger Hare Bights.
San Francisco, April 6. Judge Hunt
today rendered a decision overruling the
demurrer of the Southern Pacific Com
pany to the complaint of W. H. Robin
son in his suit for damages for refusing
to sell him a ticket from San Francisco
to Alameda entitling him to stop 6ver at
Oakland.. The court held that a passen
ger was entitled to stop at any interme
diate station and resume his journey
within six months.
Breaking tip Unions.
St. Louis, April 6. Since April 1st,
the Southern Express company has dis.
charged about ninety express messen
gers for being members of the Messen
gers' brotherhood. ' The move was en
tirely unexpected to the members. The
Pacific and the United States companies
haye been following the example set by
the Adams, and discharging the brother
hood men and filling their places, with
non-union men. '
Anti-Lottery New Orleans.
St. Louis, April 6. A special dispatch
from New .Orleans says : "The city of
New Orleans has been .in a state of the
wildest political excitement all day over
the action of the committee of seven of
the democratic returning board in count
ing out McEnery at the primary elec
tion, and counting in Foster, the anti
lottery candidate. The result will prob
ably be a split among the democrats-in
the state and national elections."
William Hunt,' of Wamic, is in the
city making proof on his homestead
claim." -
PASSED IN HIS CHIPS.
A Career of Crime Ended in a Row Oyer
'-. a Game of Piter. ;
NOTORIOUS CAPT. HATFIELD KILLED
Moonshine Whisky iind Kentucky Pistols
Do the Last Act
BAD ANSI PROBABLY THE HEBO.
The Victim the Wont of the Gang No
Arrests Made Other New.
Louisa, Ky., April 6. Raftsmen from
the head of the Big Sandy , river have
brought the news that Capt. Hatfield
was killed a few evenings ago in a row
over a game of poker in his house among
outlaws who had solemnly vowed per
petual friendship. In the mountains of
Logan county, W. Va., near the secluded
retreat of the notorious Bad Anse Hat
field, is the house of Capt. Hatfield,
whose record for murders in theHatfield-
McCoy feud stand second only to that of
his brother Anse. A few days ago one
of the Hatfield brothers, accompanied
by a friend named Bay son, called on
Capt. Hatfield at his house for the pur
pose of enjoying a social evening with a
game of poker and a jug of moonshine.
Through the early part of the evening all
went well, but as the night wore on the
men became crazed with liquor. The
good luck of their host led the visitors to
accuse him of fraud. Pistols were drawn
and shots freely exchanged. The cap
tain fell shot through the heart. The
other escaped unhurt. So great is the
terror which the Hatfields have created
among their associates that it is absolute
ly impossible to ascertain with certainty
which one of the brothers aided in this
last murder, but Anse's name is con
nected with it. No arrests have been
made.' Capt. Hatfield was regarded as
the worst member of the Hatfield gang,
though he had not, perhaps, killed as
many people as his brother Bad Anse.
Huntington's Steamship Line.
New Yobk, April 6. A dispatch from
New Orleans to a Wall street firm yes
terday stated that the Cromwell line of
passenger and freight steamers plying
between New York and New. Orleans
had been purchased by the American
sugar refinery company. Investigation,
however, disclosed the fact that the real
purchaser is Collis P. Huntington, of the
Southern Pacific interest, the owner of
what was known as the Morgan line
steamers. Control of the stock of Crom
well was secured by John E. Searles, jr.,
the secretary and treasurer of the Amer
ican sugar refinery company, who repre
sented the Southern Pacific. The
change of management was made on
the 1st.
Anarchists Again at Work.
Pabis, April 6. The police office at
Angers, a manufacturing town 200 miles
from Paris, was seriously damaged by
dynamite early this morning. Several
policemen were injured, two seriously.
Policemen were sent from Paris to hunt
the anarchists who were suspected.
A Sensible Girl.
Cincinnati, April 6. Miss Bettie
Fleishman, daughter of the millionaire
yeast manufacturer and distiller, Charles
Fleishman, of this city, has broken her
engagement with Count Logothetti, be
cause he refuses to become an American
citizen.
South Dakota Temperance.
Yankton, S. D., April 6. The April
courts have declared the prohibition law
constitutional. This will close the twen
ty-two saloons here that have been run
ning under the local license law during
the past year. -
Younger Than HI Wife.
London, April 6. Sir Edward Wat-
kin, the railway king, was married to
day to Mrs. Ingram, widow of the
founder of the Illustrated London News.
Watkin is 72 and Mrs. Ingram 82 vears
old.
Kansas City Democratic.
Kansas City, April., 6. The demo
crats made a clean sweep' yesterday,
electing their entire ticket with the -exception
of candidates to the upper house.
J. O. Warner, late of Tygh Ridge, now
of Red Lodge, Mont., is now here on a
visit ' to his old home. Mr. Warner
thinks Montana is a fine country, -but
for one thing, the interminable long
winters. When asked by a Chboniclk
representative how long the winters
usually are about Red Lodge, his reply
was "I really could not tell you. I only
know it has been nothing bnt winter
from the time I went there, late in the
summer last year, till I left a week ago,
and when I left there were three or four
feet of enow on the ground." Mr.
Warner will probably remove his family
to a warmer climate. He fears to go
into the stock business in a country as
cold as Montana. - - ,
Sam Douglas, of Wamic, is at the
Columbia hotel. . .. .
"The Good Old Times-"
. John Monroe, an old . and respected
farmer of the Hood River valley paid
his respects to the Chboniclk today in
the form of a pleasant visit. . Mr. Mon
roe was born nearly 77 years ago in Lo
gan county, Ohio. He remembers well
the stirring times connected with the
presidential campaigns of '36 and '40, in
both of which he voted for Harrison,
casting his first ballot for that gentle
man in 1836. The dominent issue in
both campaigns was the tariff. Mr.
Monroe took his stand for protection
and has never wavered in his fealty to
that doctrine during the long years that
have transpired since. Though by bo
means deficient in theoretical knowl
edge of tarff questions he has a double
advantage over men who were born at a
later period, as he himself was a part of
the actual history-of three quarters of a
century during which tariff laws have
veered from almost' absolute free trade
to high protection. He remembers the
condition that followed the nearest ap
proach to free trade the country has
ever known, which occurred after the
election of Van Buren in 1836 and was
so disastrous to the nation that almost
every factory and foundry and work
shop that was obliged to-compete with
English manufacturers had to shut
down. The poverty of the agricultural
classes exceeded that of any former per
iod in the nation's history. Money was
derained out of the country to pay for
foreign imports and the producer found
next to no market for his products.
Wages, for all classes of labor, were low
and everything the farmer was compelled
to buy was high. To illustrate these
good old free trade times, for whose re
turn so many moderns are earnestly
yearning, we cannot do better than re
late a little incident that happened not
long since in the district school house,
not far from Mr. Monroe's home. An
earnest advocate of "tariff reform" had
just whooped it up in favor of the good
old times away back in the early forties,
when Mr. Monroe asked permission to
tell something that he knew, not like
the lecturer from a book, if indeed the
said lecturer had not drawn largely on
his imagination for his facts. Permis
sion having been granted the old gentle
man in substance said : "I remember
well the days the speaker has told us of,
but I remember them as the worst times
for a poor man I have ever known dur
ing my long life. -1 remember well the
first jack-knife I ever owned. I had ar
rived at manhood before I was rich
enough to possess it. - It was a poor
make-shift of a knife, imported all the
way from England, for we had no pro
tection for our factories in those days
and consequently no factories. The
knife cost me a dollar and a half and the
money that purchased it was earned by
three days hard work, -under a broiling
sun, in the harvest field. I hold in my
hand a knife vastly better in every way
that cost me exactly 48 cents, and any
harvest hand, in any corner of the" Amer
ican continent, during any harvest sea
son, for the past 25 years of high pro
tective tariff, could earn in one day suffi
cient money to buy. from tbfee to half a
dozen of them,"
A Plain Man's Idea.
A farmer in Mississippi writes the fol
lowing letter on silver to the New York
Evening Post.' It presents an argument
in a style as plain and clear as it is
homely and forcible, viz: "I am a
farmer and do not know much about
politics, but I do see some serious flaws
in the Bland bill. The aim of the friends
of silver is to raise the price of that
metal by putting government credit be
hind it. Now, my county does not pro
duce an ounce of silver, nor an ounce of
anything valuable in the mineral line.
If the price of silver is advanced artifi
cially, will it not take more of our timber,
more pigs, more corn, more calves to
get it? Are dollars to be made more
plentiful? How? I know of just one
way to get dollars, and that is to find
some man who has dollars and who
wants something he does not have more
than he wants his dollars, and who will
give me his dollars for something which
I prize less than I do his dollars. In
other words, I trade my labor, my pigs,
my cotton, my cows for the dollars of
some man who needs labor, pigs, cotton
or cows more than he needs dollars.
"Now, if two employers are after one
laborer, as in Montana, wages are high ;
if two laborers are after one 'boss,' as in
some large cities of the East, wages are
low. If two pigs are after $1, piga are
low; if $2 are after one pig, pigs are
high. If dollars, of whatever kind, get
so abundant that three or four of them
get after one pig, pigs will go very high ;
and if dollars reach the point where they
are made by the .millions out of silver,
and copper, and tin, and represent noth
ing but themselves, pigs may be ex
pected to hesitate before they will trade
themselves off for something as common
as leaves in October, and it will take a
great many more 'dollars' to get one pig
than it would take if a pig had no ques
tion of their value. But these- extra
'dollars' will do the man who sells the
pig no good, because the man who sells
the. spools of thread and calico will want
more of them for his goods. This hap
pens, not because the pig and calico are
worth more, but because the 'dollars' are
worthless. ' I respectfully urge that a far
more popular measure will be the pas
sage of a law making nine eggs a dozen."
Old papers, nice and clean, for sale at
this office. They are useful for many
things. '
FINANCIAL CONDITION
Published by Authority.
" SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT. -
Of the County Treasurer of Wasco County, Oregon, for the six months ending a
the 31st day of March, A D. 1892, of money received and paid out. from whom.
received and from what source, and on
Date. .
1892.
Amounts Received.
April 1.' To amount on hand at last report,
' . To amount received from Sheriff,
To am'la rec'd from Sherman Co.
To amounts received from Sheriff
To amounts received from.
To amounts received from : Electric light .
To am'ts rec'd from Sherman Co. Interest
To am'ts rec'd from County clerk Trial fees. .. ..
To am't on hand from last report
To amount received from Sheriff,
To amount received from Criminal fines
To amounts received from Dis
tricts No. 49 and 60 Un'x'pd sch fd
Date.
1892.
. General
Amounts Paid Out. Fund.
By amount paid out for State Taxes $10,289.60
By amount paid out on County Warants. 11,215.69
By amount paid out on School Sup't's Warrants. ..
April 1.
By balance General fund on hand. . .
By balance School Fund on hand. . .
April 1.
STATE OF OREGON, )
Uounty of Wasco,
I, Geo. Ruch, do hereby certify that the
ment of amounts received, paid out and remaining on hand, in the County Treas
ury of said County for the six months ending on the 31st day of March. A. D.
1892. .
Witness my hand this 6th day. of April,
. SEMI-ANNUAL
Of the amount of money and warrants
the county treasurer by the sheriff of
months ending on the 31st day of March,
Uate.
1891.
To amount received
Oct.
Nov. .
Dec. "
In Coin and Currency
In County Warrants
i
1892.
Jan.
Feb.
Men.
, Total Received' ....
By amounts paid
To County Treasurer
To County Treasurer
To County Treasurer
To County Treasurer
To County Treasurer.
To County Treasurer
Balance in my hands
Date..
1891.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
1892.
Jan.
Feb.
Men.
Apr. 1
Total paid Treasurer. .' $31156.2
STATE OF OREGON, )
County of Wasco, J 88
I, D, L. Cates, Sheriff of ' said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing
statement is correct and true.
Witness my hand this 5th day of April, A. D. 1892.
.' D. L. CATES, Sheriff of Wasco County.
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT. -Of
the County Clerk of Wasco County, State of Oregon, showing the amount and num
ber of claims silo wed by the County Court of said County, for what allowed, .amount of
warrants drawn, and amount of warrants outstanding and unpaid, from the 1st day ot
October, 1891, to the 31st day of March, 1892, both inclusive: . -
On What Account Allowed. Amount of Claims Allowed.
Salaries and fee of County Judge, Clerk, Sheriff, District Attorney, School .
Superintendent, Assessor, Treasurer, Stock Inspector, Janitor, County
' Physician.,..,..,,,., ................. .u. ...... f 19,008 9"(
Roads and bridges. . ..'.. i ....:.:..;..:;;::::;.;:;;:; : :.: ; : ; ; ; 4 . t ,, , 1,779 16
Jurors Oircuit Court 2,051 7T"
Witneaaes Circuit Court 1,078 00 i
Supplies and repairs......'. '. 1,213 09
County hospital and paupers - 902 08
Militia .-. 350 00
Justices Courts i ' -. 485 20 -
Coroner's inquests, etc - ' 360 55
Insurance, three years on County buildings 600 00
G. A. R. relief fund 62 95
Teachers' examinations.. , 98 00
Board of prisoners and meals for jurors 146 50
''Total amount of claims allowed and drawn .'. $19,141 10
Outstanding unpaid County warrants on the 31st day fo March, 1892 $95,266 25
Estimated interest due on same 8,000 00
STATE OF OREGON,!
County of Wasco, -
I, J. B. Crossen, County Clerk of the County of Wasco, State of Oregon, do hereby -certify
that the foregoing is a true and correct statement of the amount of claims allowed
by the County Court of said County, for the six months, ending on the 31st day of
March, 1892, on what account the same were allowed and the amount of warrant drawn '
and the amount of warrants outstanding and unpaid, as the same appear upon the
records of my office and In my official custody.
' . Witness my hand and the seal of the County Court of said County, this 6th day of
April, 1892. J. B. Ckossbn, County Clerk,
seal. " "
SEMI-ANNUAL SUMMARY STATEMENT.
Of the Financial Condition of 'the County of Wasco, the State of Oregon, on tha
31st day of March, A. D. 1892.
Date. Liabilities. Amount.
1892. ' " '
To warrants drawn on the County Treasurer, and outstanding
and unpaid $95,266.25
To estimated amount of Interest accrued thereon 8,000.00
Total Liabilities $103,266.25
Date. ' Resources. Amount
1892.
By Funds in hands of County Treasurer, General Fund appli
cable to the payment of County Warrants $15,581 15
By proportion of Uncollected Tax 1891 applicable to redemption
of Warranto 20,000.00
By cash in hands of Sheriff applicable to payment of County
Warrants, 3-5 of $2146.03 1 ,288.50
By estimated amount Collectable Delinquent Tax Roll 1890 1,000,00
By estimated amount Collectable Delinquent Tax Roll 1887-88-89 500.00
- -" By due from State for care Non-Resident Paupers . 1,100.00
By amount of lien on Real Estate bought in at tax sales by
County : - 700.00
By Sheriff's Assessment 1891 amount Collectable and Applicable
to Redemption of Warrants........... , 7,500.00
- Total Resources..... ... .... $47,469.65
Total excess of liabilities over assets '. $55,796 60
STATE OF OREGON,
County of Wasco.J
I. J. B. Crossen. Countv Clerk of Wasco County, Oregon, do hereby certiflv
that the foregoing is a true and correct statement of the financial condition of said
county, as the same appears on the books
ports oi onerin aua xreasurer niea tnerein.
Witness my band and tne seal ot tne
Seal.j
OF WASC0 COUNTY.
what aceount paid out :
From what source General
. Received, Fund.
School
Fund.
$ 8812.78
Taxes 25877.43
Liquor fine. .
300.00
842.90
800.00
10.00
2.00
124.34
117.00
Balance Dae. .
"Liquor license
reddlers .
1158.56
3132.74
83.00
43.3S
136,886.44 $4417.65
School
Fund
. 962.45
3,455.20
15,381.15
36,886.44 $4,417.65
-
-.
foregoing is a true and correct state
1892. .
GEO. RUCH, County Treasurer.
STATEMENT
received lor taxes, and money'
Wasco County. Oregon, for
paid to
tho six
A. 1)., 1892.
during the months of
$ 287.79
198.46
168.86-
272.39
3840.55
26383.24
..$31156.29
during the months of
$ 554.43
281.52
'. ..... 35.96 '
300.37
2424.74
; 25413.14
2146.03
of said county in my office, andfrom re
uounty uouri mis oin a ay oi April, isus
J. B. CROSSEN, County Clerk,