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.,... Joseph B. Doan, Raiater
Juiuon Weed. Yaroonia
...J. N. Rice, Clatskani
hsve tht moral oourags to stand by
them. Mr. Merrill was alec ted as
republican by a eonttituenoy wUo ba-
lisvs that (ha majority should rule.
Its want to tha legislature a a repub
lioan and took hit teat aa a servaat ot
tht people, whtre ha hat bean found
at every roll-call tinea tht beginning
unlets prevented by tickutts, and he
will return to hit constituents with
the consciousness that ha hat dona
bit full duty, ttill faithful to the party
which nominated and elected him.
notwithstanding the entreaties that
have been made to have hiui-follow in
the footatept of Simon and Bournt.
Tht right man it in tha right place.
Bl.ul It
Treasurer .....S. M. Wharton 8. Helen
Sunt, ol School. ....... ..J. O. Watts, Saatipooae
Pattbsbon of Washington, wat a
very ardent admirer and "warm tup-
a::;::;:;:::::: 18SSL Jrter" ' S8ntor Mitche11 ,Ml Prin
coroner.,. .....Dr. A. jp. MvUrenBinier when he wat looking for votes to elect
Commlolonen i;"".'.'...'.K. D. PeVemoSfMl him to a position be it at unfitted lo fill,
at it tbt gambler to fill the pulpit.
ST. HELENS, OREGON. S'ER. IS. ff.m not afraid to aT whera he
stood then because, to use hit own lan-
If Senator Mitchell it not the choice fg8. "75 per cent of the voter
nt the maioritv. then wh rfnea not tha Wanted Mitchell," and If saying be
majority elect some one whs Is thw H support the senator that 75 per
cfaoiosT . I cent of the voters would elect bim.
Bat was he ever in rood faith with bit
a hb present session ol the legists- constituent t No. And no one who
tors should go down in bittory as Lverknew the personal cbraoterof
"Oregon's Mammoth Disgrace," with th8 maa and the influences surround
Joseph sod Jonathas as the arch con
spirators.
Omt week from today the constitu
tional life of the Oregon legislature
will end. The state would bsvs been
better off by far if the three-ring cir
cus had never begun.
ing hit nomination ever seriously tup
poeed he would keep his word. From
the very minute he received the nomi
nation, he sought to deceive not only
the men with whom he hsd entered
into the deal for the nomination, but
his constituents generally. Hit record
at Salem ahowt him in hit true light.
Idako democrat helped to elect a He has voted against every proposition
populist to lbs United States senate, that would tend to harmonise the dif-
and now U it discovered thst ha can I Acuities, and on one occ anion his was
sot make a speech. This is the most the deciding vote on a proposition to
fiendish trick ever played on the pop- recognise the only bouse com
olist party. loosed of qualified members. Simon
said thumb ud. and he voted aeainst
is very necessary wat tnj repuo- Ki. reiution. and bv that vote
jicans nave a nrnjonty in Hie next u wu loll Him1 thi, aoJaUon pssttd
United States senste, without which the legislature would have been orga
nosol can result from the nest con. nised mors than two weeks sgo. There
grass. Tht houss of representatives ire fi member of the legislature
it in complete harmony with the pres- from Washington county. The other
ideot, and ahould the senate be con- foor ar workint; in harmony and are
trolled by the opposition any measure .Dlioll. to ,. th. -..-i. who
of relief pawed by the house would be bnt P,tUrio- cboonea to
killed iu the senate before it reached Mrv. 3on amOB. -ho i. aM t h th.
door keeper to the safe depository of
Mr. CorbetL ' ..
the executive for bis approval.
. 8b one who expect to do sny thing
Or be anything in the future csn afford
to participate in or upheld methods of
obstruction. They sre wrong in prin
oipls and practice. , He who takes
them op for expediency, to accom
plish eoms desired end, will live to re.
fret his mistake. Tims, the leveler of
all things, will show to him his error.
Honesty is the best policy, alwsys
and everywhere. Straightforward
anslhodt pty in the end.
EysKY day the fact becomes mors
apparent that United State tsnators
should be elected by a direct vote of
the people. The present situation in
this state would not exist if the sena
torial question had been aubmitted to
the people last June. A choice would
have been made without any quibbling
and the session of the legfalatnre,
called for the purpose of making law
for the people, would not have been
frittered away in the ditgraceful
scramble which ho been going on st
Sslem for a month. Does any one
30 days Immediately preceding th said
achoal election, tad has property in th
dtitrict upon whloh h or hs pays a tat.
"A. husband and wif to b aUtl4 to
vote under thi Interpretation of th law
must htvs property in their own iadivldual
asms and en which they pay a tax In their
own nam severally. This applies to dis
tricts of 1000 Inhabitant and upward.
"In districts ot ltta than 1000 Inhabitants
this sans qualification entitles a person to
vote, and tht privilege hat been extended
to parent ot children ot tchool gs, and
th attorney-funeral give It at his opinion
that any parent ot children of school age,
whether father or mother, or both, have
right and are entitled to vote at a school
meeting-, although they havs no property
upon which they pay a tax.
"Taking this opinion as a foundation and
desiring to be specific, I will state In sptoifli
deUils (he following:
"Pint An elector at a school meeting
mast be 81 year of age.
"Second A oitixen ot th United States.
'Third Hast have resided in tht state
tlx months preoeding.
"Fourth Must havt resided lo the dis
trict 90 dayt immediately preoeding the
tlectloa.
"Filth Hast havt property upon which
hs or th pap a tax.
"8ixth la case they havs no property,
then in the districts ot lest than 1000 In
habitants an elector must be the parent ot
children at school age. and it includes both
father and mother of said children.
"I believe this is a clear statement ot the
law as may ba necessary for you to com
prehend th same. Q. H. Iawta,
"Sup. Public Instruction.1
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LENUERT-TIMONKY.-At th residence
of the bride s parents near Rainier, on
Sunday, February 7 , 1897, by i udge Doan,
Hr. Hilton Lenhert and His Uildaretta
Timoney. -
Oux populist friends who hsve been
loud in -their clamor for reform have
made a great record along that line in
tha legislature by preventing the or- suppose that George Turner would
Sanitation of that body and thereby I have been elected in Washington bad
preventing the very reforms which 1 matter been submitted to s vote
- i
they have appeared se anxious to I sf lbs qualified electors? Such a re-
briag about in tha intsrest of the dear I ul1 00111(1 bsve been accomplished
people. This is a new wsy of bringing except by corrupt methods in the leg
about reform, and will be remembered I Ulatura. Mitchell would have been
by the people two yesrs hence when elected last spring if the people had
oar populist brethren will sgsin be been allowed the privilege of express
chanting their reform songs in the 'n their sentiment directly upon the
cars of those same dear people. A seastorial question. It might be
little more experience with Doonlism mentioned iu this connection that
in-this state and people will come to Senator Mitchell is the father of the
realize that "all that glitters is not proposition which has been pending
cold." I in the United States senate for several
lor a constitutional amend
ihbxx seems mim a general feeling meat siring the people the right to
tnat wiin tne opening of spring busi- TOte npon this question. Mitchell has
in every branch will revive to a neTer been afraid to trutt his political
considerable extent, at least. After destination in the hands of his con-
mree years of complete business stag- ftituents, but the senate, it seems, has
nation, such at hss not been witnessed iw,yt contained a majority who were
tor many yean, tne time seems near nt willing to take their chances of
at hand when the country ahould election by the people, knowing, as
take on new life. Much will depend they do, that many men who have oc-
npon tne probable result of the special copied teats in the senate eould never
session of congress which will be con- bsve done so only by corrupting legis
ventd on March 15th next. From ltrea. After all ia aaid nlanr this
that session the nation will look for line, there seems but one just way to
aiuieip-ct aome measures 01 relief, conduct a republican eovernment. end
provided, of course, that both branches that is to allow tha neonht h am i
t me national legislature are In ha mtmoA th r.ri.,i !.;- t
i. :. . -, " -v-a. -
.uu7 wi.u vue executive. Viner- direct W,T. those who are to aarva
wise nothing for the general good msy tbem. from road aunrvir to nrAai-
i .. . I - ' r
P"ciea irom mat source. dent of the remiblie.
The fraud of the whole scheme ef
the Bourne-Simon gang at 8alsm is
It is less tbsn three weeks until the
1 n a i mi t tr. r.t M .1.. J TT
. - . .... I V Ubl-IUICI HiU JUL
,r, wuenjou.oog.tit Urt wiu uke w Immediately
Zu JT . T' lowing that important event the
,r, f f h0T d country will witnr.lmo.t train load.
11 u ' ; 7 x r T the ,,tion, caPiuL Then wi occur
Jjr'l ta wholesale, for
.. h oiui. aoil :-jj !1t . -i .u-...
aawi mvbv VIM W avt-tS J BUVUI UUC
place to be filled to every ten active
applicants on an average. The lottery
of politics is perhaps the most uncer
tain of all the games of chance, and he
who expects nothing stands the most
oomfortabls show of getting it.
one of the number hss subscribed to
the oath of office. Never do more
than half a doxen of them attend a
meeting of the boute at one time.
uwenty of them have not antwered
roll call since the morning of tbs first
, jlsy, and tha other six have anawered
present but a few times. Of these 26,
6 are populigtt, (the entire populist
strength), 8 union-bimetallic, and 8
Simon republican. They seek to do
nothing other than to prevent the
majority from prevailing.
WHO CAN VOTB?
State Superintendent Irwin being asked
for an opinion concerning tbs qualification
Of voters at school meetings, sent the fol
lowing reply to a letter written by A. P.
Armstrong, county superintendent - of
Hultnomah connty :
A OJTCLiur who has witnessed "I hay been in conference with tht at-
inost of the proceedings st Sslem ,",?T-erai. ana be has given me bis
l t , ., opinion on the same. Therefor I state to
inc. beg innmg of the teason re- ,00 hll oploIOB nlch j accept at ft. Uw
marked the other day that "Norman governing th case.
Merrill stands ss firm as the Bock of "A legal voter is a person who Is 21 years
Ages. Thst la just ths kind ol men 0,'S proper cltlten of the United Btates
that are seeded in this emergency ; J"! t b? "'d'd ln
, . 6"uv' ' the state a sufficient length of time to be
nan who have honest convictions and aa slsotor, and has resided In tht district
Indlam ttuut Paliitlng.
Who evei heard of paintinp: in
sand I The Mold Indians ujaderstand
that species of art Two paintings of
this tana, copied accurately from the
-originals, have been newly placed on
exhibition at the National museum.
Perhaps they might better be called
mosaics, being done in sand of fdx
different colors on a flat, horizontal
surface. The colors are yellow, green,
white, black and a rxilxture.
Such pictures are made by Mold
priests and priestesses on the floors
of their rmbteraiean chambers. The
six colors stand for the cardinal
points. Yellow is the north, green ia
the west, red is the south, white ia
the east, black is the region above,
and all colors signify the region be
low. One of the two Band paintings is a
copy of the kind of picture made for
the annual ceremonial of the Mold
women's festival to the germ god,
which takes place ln September. The
work of art is executed during the
progress of the secret rites. It rep
resents two figures in an elaborate
frame or difrerent colors. On the left
is a likeness of Lsv-kone-mena, the
patroness of the affair. She is clad
in a white blanket On the right Is
a portrait of one of the twin gods of
war, who carries a zigzag of light
ning in bis n&nds.
The other picture is a faoaimfle of
the one made by the chief of the Fra
ternity of Antelopes at the festival of
the snalte Oanoa W ashington Star.
A Talaakto Old Cos.
People often select curious places
m wmcn to mae tneir noai-ds, but it
remained for an unfortunate Welsh
woman to choose one more singular
perhaps than usual. The good Lady
lived in a cottage with her husband,
ana tne otner aay, while she was ab
sent from home, a tramp called and
asked for alms. The old man had
none to bestow upon him, but he
gave turn an old, dilapidated coat,
which he had long since cast aside.
On the wife's return she missed the
coat and was horror struck to learn
what had become of it, for it turned
out that the foolish woman had for
years been hoarding up money and
tuaing it away in this same old coat
The tramp was partioularly for
tunate, lor ne bad netted exactly
es dj wis cruuitaDie transaction.
We regret to add that be was not
honest enough to return the money.
and diligent as the search has been
to discover his whereabouts he has
not been found. Thus the savings
of a lifetime have been lost by
combination of kindness and folly.
ixmaon --it-nits.
1807
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