THE DALLES. WASCO COUNTY, OREGON. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 13. 1897.
VOL. VII.
NUMBER 7.
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FOR A REGISTRY LAW
Synopsis of the Bill Drawn
Up by E. W. Bingham.
WILL PERFECT OURVOTIXG SYSTEM
Emendations aud Corrections . of
First Tentative Effort All Essen
tial Details Given.
Poetland, Jan. 7. (To the Editor.)
The following is a synopsis of the bill I
have drafted for a registration law. It
has been numerously copied and circa
la ted, but I have improved and corrected
it in several respects since the first
draft at the suggestion of several per:
eons.. However, in its main leaiures it
is on the plan originally outlined in my
communication in The Oregonian, Jane
2, 189S.
Everv member of the legislature to
whom I have submitted the bill seemed
. disposed to support it, without further
amendment. Mr. James N. Davis and
, Mr. W. E. Thomas, members-elect from
. Multnomah county to the house, have
undertaken to introduce it and secure its
enactment in its present form, if pos
sible, and I have turned it over to them
.'.- That there may be a more correct and
general understanding ot its features, I
ask you to print the following:
It is entitled "An act for the registra
tion of electors, regulating the manner
of conducting elections, providing for
the prevention of aud punishment for
frauds affecting the suffrage, and to pre
vent illegal voting."
By section 1 it is made the duty of the
. county clerk of each county, between
May 1 and December 15, 1897, and bien-
' oially thereafter, to procure the regis
tration books and blanks required .by the
act, the county commissioners to andit
and pay the reasonable and necessary
bills so incurred.
Section 2 particularly specifies how
the registration books shall be arrang
ed, printed and bound, and a blank
shows bow they shall be ruled and print
ed, so that the act, compete for the work.
The books and blanks are all ruled,
printed alike, bnt in various sizes,
for use throughout the state. Section 3
likewise provides for two blanks for nee
under the provisions of tho act.
By section 4 the clerk of the county
court in counties which have no county
clerk shall act a? county dlerk. '
By section 5 it is made the duty of
every elector to register with the county
clerk of his county between the first Mon
day in January, 1808, and 5 o'clock P. M.
of May 15, 1898, and biennially there
after between said times.
. Section 6 makes it the duty of each
county clerk, free of charge, to register
the electors applying. If the clerk re
fuses to register an elector, he may by
mandamus compel the registration.
Section 7 sets forth the information
the elector shall furnish, under oath, to
the clerk, and what the clerk shall en
ter in the general register noder the
head of the particular precinct in which
10,6 elector resides. The information re
quired and entered is as follows :
First The registration number of the
elector.
Second The date of registration the
elector.
Third The full name of the elector.
. Fourth Leave a blank space in which
the judges of election shall enter in the
precinct register the poll-book number
of each elector when he has voted.
' Fifth The business or occupation of
" the elector.
'' Sixth The age of the elector in years.
Seventh The country of nativity.
Eight If naturalized, the time, the
. place and court of naturalization or dec-
, laration, as evidenced by the legal proof
thereof exhibited by the elector.
Ninth The actual and precise place of
residence of the elector at the time of his
registering, stating first the precinct, and
in the country, the eection, township
and range ; in cities or towns having
streets, by specifying the name of the
town or city, the street or other location,
of and dwelling-place of the elector, with
the number of such dwelling, if the
same has a number; if not, then with
such description of the place that it can
be readily ascertained and identified.
If the elettor be not the head or pro
prietor of the house, then it must show
that fact, and upon what floor thereof
and what room such elector occupies in
eucb bouse. -
Tenth The fact whether or not the
elector desiring to be registered is able
to write bis name and mark bis ballot,
, and if he cannot do both, then the na
ture ot such disability must be entered.
Eleventh The elector shall then, next
following the afore-administered oath,
sign his name in the presence of the
clerk or of the deputy acting, iirthe gen
eral register, upon the same line where
the preceding information is written,
and the registering officer shall then sign
his own name upon the said Mine, and
add any remarks required by this act or
appropriate thereto, for the information
of the judges of election. If the elector
registered by the clerk in person, he
shall so sign his own name in attesta
tion thereof, and if the elector is regist
ered bv a deputv. then, in addition to
the name of tho clerk, the particular
deputy actually registering tho elector
shall sign his name at the length in at
testation thereof. If the elector declares
he is unable to mark his ballot or sign
his name, he shall state why, ' and the
clerk shall enter upon the register the
reasons. If the electors , inability to
sign is apparent in consequence of some
physical infirmity, such as blindness or
loss of limb incapacitating the elector
from writing, he shall so state the fact.
But if the disabilitv is stated to be the
illiteracy of the elector, the clerk shall in
addition to stating that fact, enter as fall
a description of the physical peculiari
ties of the elector as possible, giving his
height, approximate weight, complexion,
color of hair and eyes, and any visible
marks or scars and their location, and
attest the same.
Section 8 requires the clerk to then en
ter the same information in the separate
precinct register, which is alphabetically
indexed and arranged, for the use of the
judges conducting the election in that
precints. The elector signs both books,
if he is able to write his name.
Section 9 provides that any elector
who is unable for any reason to register
with the county clerk between January
and May 15th, biennially, may do so by
filling up the blank "A," signing it
three times and swearing to the same,
and by having two freeholders of the
county sign and swear to the second
affidavit thereon, to the effect that they
are personally acquainted with the elec
tor and his residence, as stated, and by
filling the same with the county clerk
within the 4 months allowed tor reg
istering. Upon registering the elector,
the clerk will paste one of the signatures
of the elector in each registration book.
Section 10 provides a blank, "B,
wheieby an elector who, after regijter
ing, has changed his residence before
election, may conveniently have bis
registration canceled, and by ueing the
blank "A" haye himself re-registered in
his proper precinct.
Section 11 prescribes that no elector
shall register a eecond lime until his
former registration is canceled, and none
bnt electors shall register at all.
Section 12 provides the respective
countv clerks shall close their registers
at 5 o'clock p. m., on May 15, 1898, and
biennially thereafter.
Section 13 makes the registers all pub
lic records, and all citizens are allowed
to inspect the same and make copies or
extracts therefrom, free of charge.
Section 14 provides that, notwith
standing the elector is registered in the
precinct in which he applies to vote, be
may be challenged, whereupon he must
take the oath prescribed in blank "A,"
and sign the, same, if able, and .in the
discretion of the judges be may be re
quired to produce one or more free
holders of the county to subscribe to the
Eecond oath on the blank, identifying
the elector and his residence, but they
cannut require more than six such wit-,
nessej. i
Section 15 obviates the objections of
.the supreme court of Oregon, announced
i:i its design entitled White vs. Com
missioners, 13 Or., 317 (10 Pac, 484),
construing the registration acts of 1885
unconstitutional. Upon the advice of
luany prisons, I reduced the number of
witnesses necessary to enable an elector
not registered to vote, from twelve free
holders to six freeholders. ' This I think
is an all-important section. Although I
thought, under Eection 790, (3) of Hill's
Laws of Oregon, the judges had the
right to issue subpenas, I added the au
thority, upon suggestion. This section
requires an elector who is not registered
in the precinct in which he applies to
vote, to sign (if able) an oath, and pro
duce before the judges six freeholders of
the county, and have -them take and
subscribe the second oath on the same
blank "A," to the effect that they are
each personally acquainted with the
elector and bis residence, as stated in
his oath above, and believe bis other
statements to- be true. For the pur
poses of the act, the judges may issue
8tbpenas and administer oaths.
Section 16 directs the separate precinct
registers to be forwarded by each county
clerk to the respectiye polling-places as
other election supplies are sent, under
the present Australian ballot law.
Section 17 is penal, and punishes will
ful violations of the act, as in the act of
1891, by fine not less than $500, or im
prisonment in the penitentiary not lees
than one year.
I hope the bill will be enacted.
E. W, Bingham.
BLOWN TO SEA IN A SMALL, YAWL
Tho Disastrous Coasting Voyage or Two
Mariners.
Jacksonville, Fla., Jan.. 8. 4s the
Unite' I States revenue cutter Boutwell
was approaching the -mouth of St
John's river late last evening the lookout
discovered a cat-rigged boat flying a sig-
nal of distress. One of the Boutwell's
boats sent to investigate found a sailor
in the bottom of the yawl. He was un
conscious and his mouth was on his
naked forearm as though he had tried to
drink his own blood.
He proved to be Captain Charles Her
man, ef Providence, R. I. On Novenv
ber 21, accompanied by. Charles Glad
ding, he set out in the yawl Cocheco for
a cruise along the coast of Florida
When they left Charleston on Decem
ber 20, they were blown out to sea.
Their provisions and water were eoon
exhausted.
Last Friday, Herman thinks it was,
the lighthouse of A nas tasia island was
sighted. By this time Gladding was
crazy, and put off for shore in a boat at
tached to the Cocheco, and undoubtedly
was lost. Herman remembers nothing
else, and must have become unconscious
shortly after Gladding left. The Cocheco
then drifted up the coast with its nn
conscious master until discovered by the
Boutwell. '
Herman weighed 180 pounds when he
left Providence. He now weighs only
110, and is so weak he can hardly raise
his head. -
NEVER MIND THE EDITOR.
Kansas Man's Opinion of the News
paper Business.
"It takes money to run a newspaper."
Kansas Times.
What an exaggeration ; what a whop
per. It has been disproved a thousand
times ; it is a clean case of airy fancy.
It doesn't take money to run a news
paper. It can run without money'. It
is a charitable institution, a begging
concern, a highway robber.' BrGodfory,
a newspaper is the child of the air a
creature of a dream. It can go on aqd
on, when any other concern would be
in the bands of a receiver and wound up
with cobwebs in the windows.
It takes wind to run a newspaper; it
takes gall to run a newspaper. It takes
a scintillating, acrobatic imagination,
and a half dozen white shirts and a rail
road pass to run a newspaper. But
money heavens to Betsy and six hands
round, who ever needed money in con
ducting a newspaper? Kind, words are
the medium of exchange that do the
business for the editor kind words and
church social tickets. When you see an
editor with money, watch him. He'll
be paying his bills and disgracing his
profession. Never give money to an
editor. Make him trade it out. He
likes to swap. ,
Then when you die, after having
stood around for years and sneered at
the editor and his little jim crow paper,
be sure and have your wife send in for
three extra copies by one of your weep
ing children, and when she reads the
generous and touching notice about, you,
forewarn her to neglect to send fifteen
cents to the editor. It would over
whelm him. Money la a corrupt thing.
The editor knows it, and what he wants
is your heartfelt thanks. Then he can
thank the printers and ttiev can thank
their grocers.
Take your job work to the job offices,
and then come and ask for half rates for
the church notices. ' Get your lodge let
ter-heads and stationary printed out of
town, and then flood the editor, with
beautiful thoughts in resolutions of re
spect and cards of thanks. They make
such spicy reading, and when you pick
it up filled with these mortuary articles,
yon are so proud of your little local
paper!
But money scorn the filthy thing.
Don't let the pure, innocent editor know
anything about it. Keep that for sordid
trades people who charge for their
wares. ' The editor gives bis bounty
away. The Lord loves a cheerful giver.
He'll take' care of the editor. Don't
worry about the editor. He has a
charter from the state to act as door-mat
for the community. He will get the
paper out somehow, and stand up for
the town and whoop it up for you when
you run for office, and lie about your
pigeon-toed daughter's tacky wedding,
and blow about your big-footed sons,
when they get a $4-a-week job, and
weep over your shrivelled soul when it
is released from your grasping body, and
smile at your giddy wife's second mar
riage. Don't worry about the editor,
he'll get on. The Lord knows bow but
somehow.
You'll be surprised Then you try Hoe
Cake soap, and wish we had told you
sooner. It is made by patented pro
cess". jly24-ii
THE SHORT LINE SOLD
Separation of Union Pacific
and Its Branches.
FIGURIXG0X THE POPE'SSUCCESSOR
Jrpanese Orange Pidkers Hanged
Tbeir Necks Until Nearly 'Dead,
- Then Told to "Git."
by
Salt Lake, Jan. 9. The sale of the
Oregon Short Line & Utah Northern
railway, under the consolidated mort
gage of August 1, 1889, was made today
under direction of John B. Cleland,
court commissioner, Samuel Carr,
Walter C. Oak man and Henry G.
Nicholls, representing the reorganization
committee, purchased the property, for
$5,447,500. The Utah Southern road
was bid in by the same parties for $763,-
000. They also purchased the Utah
Southern extension, for $975,000. W.
H. Bancroft will be 'general manager of
the company.
The transfer of the Oregon Short Line
& Utah Northern, with property lying in
five of the Western states, was of great
interest to railroad men in the inter-
mountain country. The events were
the legal forms by which ' the Bub
branches of the Union Pacific trunk eys-.
tern were foreclosed and bid in by the
holders of liens upon them, and are to
be followed by a reorganization of the
officers and employes of the lines in
volved. The sale took place at the county
building, at 10 o'clock this morning, the
special master in chancery, W. B. 'Cor
nish, of St. Paul, acting aB auctioneer.
He read in the presence of the assem
bled crowd, which included many prom
inent railroad men, the notice of the
Bale published by order of the court,
which .sVlengthy document, and
then asked for bids'. '
The first sale covered the property
north of Salt Lake. The next two sales
took place at the Union Pacific depot,
and covered the property south of this
cltv. Tuere was no competition in the
bidding. Henry G. Nicholls, who acted
for the purchasing committee, put up
his check for $250,000, as provided in the'
order of sale.
SO COOLIE LABOR WANTED.
Japenese Citrus Pickers Roughly
liandled In a California Colony.
Sacbamento, Cal., Jan. 9. Residents
of Orangevale, the new citrus colony in'
the southeastern part of this country,
are determined not to allow coolie labor
upon any of the farms or In any of the
orchards. Last, summer a crowd of
Chinese laborers was driven out after
being cougbly handled. One day last
week a tract-owner named C. G. Roof
hired six Japanese to work oa bis
place. Night before last, according" to
an accbunt brought down today, 15 cit
izens with gannysacks over their heads
called on the Japanese. A rope was put
around each of the little brown men's
neck?, and their captors started for a big
oak tree some distance away. Roof
came out and remonstrated, when a rope
was thrown around his neck, his captors
saying "A man waa never better than
than the men h employed." Roof's
wife became hysterical, and the little
children were so frightened that they let
tho husband and father go. The Jap
anese were taken to a big oak,, their
hands tied behind them, and then strung
up to a limb. They allowed them to
kick ami struggle until life was almost
extinct, aud then lowered them. This
they repeated eeveral times. When
they were satisfied with what they had
done, they made the Japanese pack, up
their traps and leave the colony, warn
ing tbem that, if they or any other1 of
their countrymen ever came to the col
ony again, they would hang them up
and leave them for the coroner to cut
down.
AFFAIRS IN GKK.tl ANY.
The Emperor Anxious to Reorganize
the Army.
Berlin, Jan. 9. (Copyright, 1897, by
the Associated P-iess.) Emperor Will
iam, on Tuesday, held a council of war,
at which General von Gossier, the min
ister of war, and General Bloementhel,
Waldersee and Winter fell were present.
His majesty suplemented his recent ad
dress to the generals on New Year's day
by directing attention to the reorganiza
tion of the German artillery. After
pointing out the similar movement in
France, bis majesty asked for the opin
ion of of those present. The exact decis
ions of the council are variously given.
From Vienna it is announced that the
same question is being discussed by the
Austrian military authorities. But mil
itary writers on the German press,
especially on me iiocrai organe, urge
the government to await some definite
action on the part of France before com
mitting the German army to a specific
type-of a field gun.
EmDeror William's duelling decree led
general comment in the German press
during the past week,' and it is the gen-
opinion of the newspapers that the de
cree does not go far enongh. The fa
mousLepsic university professor, Carl
Binding, criticises the decree in a his
toncle article in the Deutsche Justice
Zeitung. He denounces duelling as a
relic of barbarism, and says:
."He who, after seducing a man's wife
and destroying a happy union, crowns his
infamy by putting a bullet into his
victim's heart, is a murderer. Wberin
lies the honor of such a man? To
guillotine with, and no
finement in a fortress. '.
honorable con-
THE DEPOT BOBBERY,
ThleTes Who Entered Salem Station
Have Not Been Caught.
Saj.em, Jan. 10. The mail pouch and
Welle-Fargo express box, taken from the
Southern Pacific depot last night, were
found today. The mail pooch was found
300 yards west of the depot. The mail
pouch was cut open, but there being no
registered letters or valuable packages,
the papers and letters were left. The
express box was broken open by with
drawing the lock staple. There were no
articles in it of valne except a package of
India paints, which the burglar took for
bis bounty.
In the express-room, tbe burglars left
an iron pin two feet long. It is very
much like Bpikes used by circuses in
pinning down tents. It evidently was
used in drawing the staple from the door
of the baggage-room, through which en
trance was made. .
The express company's inessenger
sleeps in the station-room, but the mes
senger does not retire until after the
overland train passes at 11. He had de
livered the treasure-box and returned
to town when the burglary was com
mitted. .
The United States mail is taken from
the Salem office at 8:30, and, delivered
at the station baggage-room, where it
remains unattended until the arrival of
the 11 o'clock train. ' Some patrons of
the Salem office think the government
is slack in leaving the mail so easy a
prey for burglars, especially during night
hours.
THE POPE'S HEALTH.
Enropc-an Powers Figuring
Ols
Successor.
London, Jan. 9. In spite of official
denials, the reports that the health of
the pope is very delicate are confirmed
by private advices. According to news
from Rome received by Cardinal Rich
ard, the archbishop of Paris, the condi
tion of the pope ia very serious.' The
death of Cardinal San Felice greatly af
fected his holiness, as San Felice was
Pope Leo's probable sucessor to the pon-
tihce, and he regarded the decibund as
the possible means of bringing about
a reconciliation between the qnirinal
and the Vatican. Emperor William,
when he visited Naples last spring, asked
Cardinal San Felice what attitude he
would take if elected pope, but the dis
tinguished prelate declined to bo drawn
out.
In view of the condition of Pope Leo's
health, it ia stated that some of the pow
ers have alreadv signified their wishes
regarding the succession, France, Bel
giurri and Portugal favoring Cardinal
F.aricbhr, the vicar-general of bis boll
cess, while Spain and Austria support
Cardinal Nannutelli, the prefect of the
congregational index.
THE SULTAN HUMILIATED.
Italian Ambasnador Insisted on
Written Promise.
Loxdos, Jan. 10. A Constantinople
dispatch to the Standard says the
rumors of a massacre of Christians at
Trebizond, which originated, by the
statement that an Italian gunboat had
been ordered thither, are untrue'. It ap
pears that an Italian subject named
Marinl was secretly shipped to Trebi
zond for exile to Erzeroom. The Italian
ambassador, Signor Pansa, demanded
his immediate return to Constantinople
for proper trial, and threatened to send
gunboats tiri the porte gave a written
promise of compliance.
Tbe incident has caused a sensation at
Constantinople on account of the belief
that Italy was backed by the powers. A
Daily News dispatch from Rome on the
subject says : '
"Everybody remarks that the sultan
bas never bad such a humiliation as for
an ambassador to openly refuse to ac
cept his promise, but to insist upon a
written confirmation."
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. Douglas Allen, Prop.
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CONVENED AT SALEM.
Oregon State Legislature Meets In Bi
ennial Session. .
. Salem, Jan. 11. The 19th biennial
session of the Oregon elite legislature
convened today. There was no contest
for presiding officer in the senate, and
temporary organization . was Boon ef
fected. In the Republican caucus jctst
before the senate was called to order,
Simon, of Multnomah, received an unan
imous vote for president. Permanent
organization cf the senate will be made
this afternoon.
The house accomplished, nothing be
yond the election of a temporary speaker
and clerk. The contest for speaker ot
the house is growing very warm, and
threatens to involve the United States
senatorship. Tbe fight is now between
Bourne, of Multnomah, and Benson, of
Josephine. It now seems improbable
that the house will be organized today.
Tbe Benson men are working hard to
get a caucus, but so far have been un
able to get the necessary members.
Riddle's friends are charging that
Senator Mitchell is working in the in
terest of Benson,; and threaten to re
taliate.' There is not .much change ia
tbe senatorial contest. The Mitchell
men say they have forty-seven signa
tures for the caucus, one more than is
necessary. The anti-Mitchell men char
acterize the claim as a big bluff. They
further say that some of those who
signed will take their names off.
IN THE SENATE.
Salem, Or., Jan. 11. The senate was1
called to order at 11 :30 o'clock by Pat
terson, of Marion, who placed Gowan, of
Harney, in nomination for temporary
president. There being no opposition,.
Gowan took the chair. Temporary or
ganization waa then completed by the
election of the following officers : Chief
clerk, S. L. Moorhead ; aesistant clerk.
A. Wilson ; calendar clerk, S. R.
Mason; reading clerk, William Rasmus;
sergeant-at-arnis, C. B. Crosno; door
keeper, J. E. Blundell; mailing clerk.
H. H. Humphrey.
Selling, of Multnomah; McCIung, of
Lane; Patterson, of Marion; Dufur, of
Wasco, and King, of Baker, were ap
pointed a committee of five on creden
tials. The senate then took a recess till
2 p. in.
IN THE house.
Sai.em, Or., Jan. 11.: At the hour of
noon, Clerk Moody, of the last house of
representatives, mounted the rostrum of
the house of representatives and de
clared the lower house of the 19th bien- .
nial session of the Oregon legislature in
gession. He called for nomiuations for
the office of temporary speaker.
Barkley, of Marion, placed in nomina
tion Representative Davis, of Umatilla
county, and Bensfn,oi Josephine, placed
in nomination Smith, of Marion. Davis
was elected by a "viva voce vote, and
Ralph E. Moody, of Multnomah wa9
then placed in nomination and duly
elected temporary chief clerk.
On motion of Thomas, of Multnomah,
the temporary speaker appointed a com
mittee of five on credentials: . Barkley,
of Marion ; Stanley, of Union ; Thomas,
of Multnomah; U'Ren, of Clackamas;
Bilyeu, of Lane. . The house then ad
journed till 4 p. m. to give the Republi
can members a chance to caucus.
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