OREGON CITY COURIER-HERALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1899-
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OREGON CITY. SEPT. 2H, 1899.
An American Intenud Policy.
fiwiT--Public ownership of public franchises.
Tha values crcs'od of the community should be
ltn to the cmninunUy.
.Bcoosd OuKlniotion of criminal trusts. No
monopiltaatlon of tli e ugtional resMiirnes by law
less private combinations irnre powerful than
t he peoplo's government.
Taiito A graduated Income lax. Every eitlzon
l- coatribotcto the support of the government ac
cording to hia means, anil not according to but ne
cessities. Foown Election of senators by the people.
T!b eenala, now becoming tha private property
iff corporations and bostaa, to ba made truly repre
sentative, and the Mate leglalaturealo be redeemed
rora recurring acandala.
Fifth National, state and municipal Imple
ment of the public school system. As the dutlea
)l cltlinliip are both Kenoral and local, every
Kovcrnmciit, both gincral and local, should do
t share toward fitting every Individual to per
form them.
Biitu Currency reform. All the nation's
money to be Issued by the nation's governmen I.
and Its supply to be regulated by the people and
Hot by the banks.
Kitmth No protection for oppressive trust?.
Organizations powerful enough to oppress the
people are ao longer "Infant industries."
IlIKKOT Lioisutior Lawmaking by tha voters.
lot Ikitutite The proposal of a law by a per
contage of tha voters, which mint then o to tke
Tarerrnnnm,
mm narBHK.iuuM- i ne vote at tne pons or a
law proposed through the Initiative, or on aDy
4 aw passed by a lawmaking body, whose refer
s?neo Is petitioned for by a percentage of the
voters.
H'at luPKiiATivi Mandate Whenever I public
tfnclal sbull be deemed dishonest, Incompetent
im ' i I 1 1 ii ii I i'li vi tin shall have
the right to retire him and elect one i t their
Choice. The people alone are sovereign.
Tub exposure by the agent cf tl
American Associated Press of the cen
sorship of the press in the Philippine
lalanda proves conclusively that facts
Have been suppressed and that ins'ead
jl receiving the news the American peo
ple liave been ftd on the material manu
factured by General Otis to boister up
the administration policy of criminal ag
gression. "V could build the Nicarauga Canal
with the money exue.uled In one year in
a war of criminal aggression in the Phil
IppitMS Islands. The former would be a
triumph of civilization that would bring
lasting benefits to our people, while the
sjther is tiie barbarous work of murder
ttnd spolition carried on to advance the
echmnuriof the Anglo-American China
Ievulopmcnt Oompany.
The highest point to which a trust can
force the price of an article, the produc
tion of which it controls, is regulated by
Iho In i ill' on that aitiole, Whenever the
price reaches a point where the same
article or a good substitute for it can be
imported at a profit, after paying the
duty, competition with the foreign-made
article prevents a further advance in
tho price of the trust product. It 1b
tliercforo apparent that the trusts are
in favor of a high taritr, a McKlnley tar
lift, and they regard McKinley as their
licst friend and patron saint.
"Tumi Is no doubt that there are
many republicans who are opposed to
the fostering of trusts and monopolies,
but most of those who are elected to of-
Jlco fail to represent their anti-trust con
stituents. In the last congress you will
llnd no record of a republican congreHs-
nim voting for a measure calculated to
injure or prevent the formation of trusts.
In fact, whenever such a measure was
proposed, they formed a solid majority
Against it. When an anti trust amend
silent to the Dmgley tariff hill was of-
lered, they promptly voted to sustain
the presiding officer who declared it out
i . nu.A ....... .U ia r..n.i !
ong list of trust formed utulor the
.mount ailmmistratlon.
Olive Schreiner (Mrs. Conk Wright),
author of "The Story ef an African
Farm," Bays that a war by the British
upon the Boers will leas-trio that cen
turies cannot efface.
MAD OS I M PERI A LISM.
The Hanna organs do not discuss the
Philippine question candidly. They
dare not go into the merit, of the issue.
They have a set of parrot-like phrase
a hoot tbe flag, and humanity, and pa
triotism, ami foolishly denounce as trai
tors all bo do not fully indorse the
present conduct of the war. Among
the falsehoods they are ever repeating is
the declaration that the opponents of
imperialism are in favor of immediately
withdrawing the United StaU-s navy and
army and giving np the island of Luzon,
or so much of it as is now under oar
rule, to chaotic conditions..
What is the use of lying in this wsy?
Ths common intelligence of tbe country
is abreast of the truth. Tbe war against
the Filipinos is proceeding on I be plan
of cooque-jt and vassalage. It ia con
ducted in defiance of tbe principle that
governments derive their just powers
from tbe consent of the governed. There
is the natural inference that the admin
istration expects to bold tbe islands as
conquered territory and to put the peo
ple thereof in the category of subjects or
vassals, rather than citizens.
Occasionally there is en intimation
that after the "rebels" have been sub
dued they may receive consideration in
(be matter of independence, but all tbe
circiiniHtances point to imperialism.
It would be easy to deckre that the
purpose is to ultimately promote inde
pendence; but the administration ia on
the wrong tack. Its theory is that a
president with a war in his bands has a
powerful impetus toward re-election,
and that the people are anxious to grab
territory.
Its drift to imperialism and foreign
complication will be arrested by the
people. There is no other way of stop
ping it.
THE GOLD DEMOCRATS.
The gold democrats who consider that
they are still deaiocrats should ponder
over the following clipping and com
ment and see how they are claimed by
the republicans and used in furthering
the ends of Mark Hanna :
The San Francisco Chronicle ironi
cally says: "It is said the gold demo
crats are going to twit MeKinley. This
is too bad. Thy gave him the aid of
133,124 votes for Palmer in 18!t6, out of
a total vole of 13,023,378, and if they go
back on him now what will he do for
frills on his majority?"
This fling at the gold democ.ats is
very much out of onler. The Chronicle
must know that where one gold demo
crat voted for Palmer, many voted di
rectly for McKinley. It was so all over
the country. In spite of McKinley's
good-sized majority in Oregon, he could
scarcely have carried it if all the gold
democrats who voted for him had voted
for Palmer. The gold democrats carried
Kentucky, Indiana, Delaware, Mary
land, and the Chronicle's home state of
Cplifornia for McKinley. Without them
he could not have been elected. It was
only here and there a scattering gold
democrat who voted for Palmer; the
most of them and they were the men
of most brains and influence in the
democratic party vo'ed directly for
McKinley electors, as the surest way to
!eat Bryan. What the gold democrats
will do in 1900 cannot be accurately pre
dicted. Some will vote for McKinley
again, and some will vote for Bryan, but
in what proportion is problemetical.
Telegram.
NO LEASE OF U. S. TERRITORY.
It is stated in Washington that a mo-
dui vivendi regarding the Alaskan fron
tier of the panhandle of the territory has
been agreed on between Secretary Hay
and Mr. Tower, the British charge d'af
fairs. The principal points of the agree
ment are stated to be as follows:
The United States retains the large
and Important section of the Porcupine
district claimed and demanded by Can
ada. The United States still contends that
the provisional boundary line should
follow westward and include the Kle
heni river, thus controlling the naviga
tion from the Porcupine district to tbe
Lynn canal.
The United States still holds tho vil
lage of Kluckwan on the American side
of tho provisional boundary line. '
The United States still maintains that
the whole of the Lynn canal 1 in Amer
ican territory.
These stipulations appeal to concede
all, or nearly all, of the American con
tentions, but there are bints of a lease to
Canada of a part of the Lynn canal. We
are convinced that the people of the
United States will never acquiesce in
anything of the sort. It is a tolerably
well estableslied rule, with Insignificant
exceptions, that where the British flag
once goes up it does not come down. It
is the sort of rule that should work bith
ways, and the American people will not
coiiBtmt to see their flag superseded on
territory where it has once flown,
whether this Is proposed to be dono un
der lease or grant. In fact, it is lu the
way of becoming established interna
tional practice that a lease of foreign
terriloty gives rights in perpetuity.
When the powers feel able to help them
selves to a slice of China, they speak of
taking a lease of tbe territory, but the
wl o'e world knows that the lease is for
ever. We do not want to see United
States territory sliced out on any such
pretense.
DO THEY MEANITI
William D. Washburn, formerly Uni
ted States senator from Minnesota, ex
presses a feeling that is very prevalent
among the rank and file of the republi
can party when be says:
There is one thing that greatly dis
turbs me. The republican party, wheth
er justly or unjustly, is associated with
trust io the minds of tbe masses. As s
party we have reached a crisis where we
nave got to call a halt. Tbe republican
party has got to disconnect itself from
trusts. It has tot to do something more
man auops piaucrm pianaa against the
trnata. It hia or in imtfiwik t. nii
strength and legislate against ' them.
The feeling against the trust idea is in
tense in tne west, it is so interim in
the republican party thai the party will
break ranks iinleu anmnt lilno (a ibu..
The undertow of sentiment in the WesU
ern republican states against trusts is
not unuersiooa in tne lutst. The revolt
may strike us as early as next year. ,
Thatia all very true as far a it goes,
but it does not go far enoneh. Mr
Washburn talks in an aimless way about
severing the relations between the re
publican party and the trasts, but he
does not explain now be and bis friends
are going to do this and at the same
time train under the leadership of such
men as Hanna. The republican party
machine is owned bodv and soul bv the
trusts, and everybody knows it. The
great majority of the rank and file of t he
party doubtless aree with Mr. Wash
burn, and if they are really in earnest
and not merely content with indifferent
acquiescence in the opinions of men like
Washburn, they can assert their inde
pendence. We shall rejoice to see them
do it, even although their present pass
ive submission to Hanna and all that
Hanna stands for is good politics for the
democrats.
Then, as to the legislation against the
trusts that Mr. Washburn desires that
is well enough in its way, but it does not
cover the whole case. We want men in
office who are in sympathy with the
policy of such legislation. To.make laws
aeaiust trusts and then nut nn mnUia,
Griggs to enforce them would be ridicu
lous.
San Fsancisco has been one of the
most corruptly governed cities in the
universe. The political chicanery, thiev
ery and corruption in Portland were in
nocense, honesty and purity compared
to the reign of the political thieves of
both parties in San Francisco. But that
metropolis has been fortunate during
the past two years in having for mayor
a man of respectability, integrity,
wealth, courage and higU character,
who lias done much, negatively if not
positively, to hold the swarms of vam
pires at bay. He is a candidate for re
election, and there is, fortunately for
that city, no doubt of his success. His
name is James D. Phelan, and, though
classed as a democrat, he has no politics
when it com8 to the city's business. It
is such a man that we badly need in of
fice in Portland. Portland Telegram.
The process of annexing Hawaii prac
tically to Japan by annulling the con
tract labor and immigration laws of the
United States is progressing rapidly un
der the auspices of tbe McKinley ad
ministration. Ten thousand, four hun
dred and twelve contract laborers have
been imported since annexation, Aug.
12, 1898, to Jan. 6, 1899, the majority
being Japanese and nearly all the oth
ers Chinese. This is how the republican
party upholds American labor! And
yet union men vote for it. Commoner.
This week the Coubiek-Herald pub
lished the delinquent tax payers, of
Clackamas county for 1898. While the
list is a little longer the amount is smaller
than last year, when it was much below
tbe average. Sheriff Cooke has taken
considerable pain and time to notify ev
ery taxpayer either personally or by let
ter, when his address was known, and
this tended to cut down the list wonder
fully. The change in the plan of assess
ment has caused some to be delinquent
who would not otherwise have been, but
as soou as the taxpayer gut familiar
with the change they will much prefer
the new method, which has been in use
in the EaBt for years. This plan has
been adopted in Multnomah county. The
list and an extra run of advertising has
compelled us to enlarge our paper to 10
pages for several weeks.
The only way to build up Oregon City
Is to drop all petty jealo isies and ev
erybody work together for the interest
of the town. Don't be afraid to advo
cate anything that promises to help your
neighltors' business. What helps your
neighbor help you. Enterprise,
RioiiT you are Bro. Porter. If the
the citizens of Oiegon City would pull to
gether, our town could be benefitted
wonderfully thereby, but there seems to
be a tendency among tome of our citi
zens to throw cold water on anything
that will help the town unless it emi
rates from a certain source or benefit
directly certain individuals. We would
be glad to join hands with Bro. Porter
and any citizen and do what we can for
Oregon City and Clackamas county. Be
gin at home; instead of having foreign
architects, using Eastern lumber, wear
ing Portland clothes and using Portland
or San Francisco furniture, buy from
Oregon City merchants and use home
labor and material.
Capt. Wells' lecture at Shively's
urday night.
Sat-
EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS.
THE "heathens" worship an idol o
stone ; the republicans worship an
idol of gold.
It is not considered proper in France
to call a man a liar. He is always re
ferred to as a "contributor to the dos
sier." Funston's name is added to the long
list of those who, having visited the
Philippines and had an opportunity to
see the Filipinos, return to this country
convinced that the expansion policy jjf
the administration is wrong.
Because of the petty jealousies sur
rounding the Otis regime in Manila, it
is a well-known fact that whenever that
gallant soldier Lawton, or any of tbe
other fighting generals, ia about to ac
complish anything of importance, he is
immediately recalled and put on other
duty, and it is owing to this scheming
that the war is allowed to drag.
In the excitement of tbe moment, it
ht probably not occurred to most peo
ple that in our latest feat of expansion
we have succeeded in gobblirjg a full
flex.' ged Mohammedan and all his tribe.
Attorney-General Griggs says he will
do nothing in the Carter court martial
case until Carter's attorney, Wayne Me-
Veagh, returns from Europe. No doubt
the attorney for Captain Carter can be
induced to prolong hia Etay to help out
bis client.
Bryan's latest suggestion to "license
the truets," while calculated to startle
one at first in its originality, is a mcst
excellent plan, for in granting a licente,
the federal government can make such
conditions as will squeeze the water out
of the stock and prevent the monopoli
zation of any industry.
President McKinley alludes often to
maintaining the honor of the flag, yet
he interposes his authority to retaiu in
the service, on full pay, an army officer
found guilty of embezzlement by a court
martial.
Americans are supreme in 'every
branch of life, and if a competition in
typewriters could be arranged between
General Otis and the notorious General
Weyler, there would be no reason to fear
the result.
Union labor in the United States will
scarcely indorse the arrest and sentence;
by United States authorities in Cuba of
a man named Ferrer, a delegate from
the Cuban Masons' Union, who got ten
daya' imprisonment for having peace
fully urged some carpenters to join the
masons' strike. If United States troops
are used against labor in this way in
Cuba, how long will it be before the
same authorities will take similar action
against labor in the United States?
It is now announced that President
McKinley will take time to go to New
York to attend the reception to Admiral
Dewey and incidentally gain a little re
flected popularity for use in the can
paign. The Idaho, Wyoming and 3STorth Da
kota regiments have arrived at San
Francisco from Manila, and a large num
ber of the men say that the islands are
not worth keeninfr as a eifc and that it
may take years to complete the con- j
quest.
The Western Union claims to have a
grant from Spain of the exclusive right
to land cables in Cuba. Whether this
claim is well justified, it would seem,
might be left for the courts to deter
mine, but the administration has inter
fered to uphold the monopoly to the ex
tent of employing American troops to
prevent the landing of a cable of a rival
company. Thus it is again demonstra
ted that the big monopolies have good
cause for favoring President McKinley's
re-election.
Recent reports to the war department
show that there has been a marked
change in the attitude of the military
governors of Cuban provinces. For
merly, in their public addresses, though
nothing was promised, still Cubans were
always led to believe that in the very
near future the entire affairs of the
island would be turned over to them.
Now this sort of thing is carefully omit
ted. The military commanders seem to
have reason to believe that President
McKinley no longer feels as strongly as
when he so expressed himself that "ter
ritorial acquisition as a result of the war
would be criminal aggression."
Although the proclamation of tbe
Philippine commission last April prom
ised that "local funds, collected for local
purposes, shall not be diverted to other
ends,' it is stated on good authority
that taxes in Luzon are being diverted
to support the army, instead of being
applied tu municipal purposes. This
was the old Spanish policy, and our bad
faith in returning to it will scarcely re
dound to the honor of the flag or con
vince the natives that the President can
be trusted in other particulars.
Governor Roosevelt's attitude since
he changed from a reformer to become a
"regular" republican, seems to be that
the right thing would be for the New
York taxpayer to apologize to the canal
thieves.
J. Piedmont Morgan, the great New
Fall Opening Sale
The public are well aware that we are the leading
Cloth ln in Oregon City. We have made apecial
efforts, to get the bent line 'from Eastern factories' of
Clothing, Hats and Furnishings, at the lowest prices.
We placed our orders with the factories for these lines
early in the spring and we are therefore able to sell our
fall stock.at prices th at our competitors must pay for
them, under the present calamity of trusts.. As goods
have advanced fully 30 pet cent, you can save that
amount by purchasing from us.
Call and Examine our Line of
Men's
Clothing
Boys'
Clothing
Hats and
Caps
Over Shirts
Underwear
Boots and
Shoes
Trunks
We have the most
of Neckwear ever
When you see it
The Star
One Price to All.
Harding Block,
Oregon City,
York financier, went to Washington the
other day and had a confidential talk
with President McKinley at the white
noiiBe. The reason given out for his
visiting Washington was to apk the rev
enue officials to keep the course clear
for the international yacht race, but he
would hardly need to visit the president
for that. Perhaps the fact Uiat a whole
lot of money will be needed if the repub
licans are to carry Ohio may have had
something to do with it.
Word comes from Hong Kong that
the British officials there have been com
pelled by complaint of the men to de
tain the United States transport Tartar
on account of gross overcrowding, in
volving danger to life. There were some
disgraceful examples during the Cuban
ATTRACTIVE PRICES.
Good green coffee, pound 10c
Koast coffee, white metal spoon free
in eacn pound 1 ic
Star roast coffee, far better than
package coffee 12
50c grades of tea for 40c
60c gunpowder tea for 45c
Tea dust, pound ;,, 15c
Arm and Hammer soda, pound 4c
Fine Japan rice, pound 5c
Tapioca.. 4 t05c
Good white beans, pound 2c
Good gh ss starch, pound 5c
Germea for mush, 8 pounds 25c
Koiied oats, 7 pounds 25c
Golden Gate baking powder, same
as Pioneer, bulk, pound 35c
Sandow baking powder, 28 oz., war
ranted 25c
Good table salt, 50 pounds 35c
Stock salt, 100 pounds 40c
FlftllP malfl 'rora best old
1UU1 wheat, either East-
Am Cir Wau turn flrannn Diuuiial
' . : . . n 1 i, .
it pnuea ia two to uve uarret lots.
Washing powder, like Golddust, lb. 5o
Sal soda for washing, 5 pounds 10c
Sewing machine oil (bring bottle)
4 ounces 5C
Lemon or vanilla 'like Price's or
Burnett's, which cost 12 to 15c oz.)
our price, per ounce "Jc
Good grade lemon (bring bottle) oz., 5c
Seddless raisins, 3 pounds 25c
Fine prunes, pound 5c
I'epper sauce 8c
Finest catsup, 12c pint (worth
double) bring vessel.
Dixie Queen tobacco, 6 packages. ... 25c
Pound Corn Cake and pipe 25c
PopularfPrice chewing, cheapest.. . 25c
Star Horseshoe or Climax 50c
Independent (like Battle Ax) 35c
Battle Ax, 40c; 2 pounds 75c
Good brooms 25 to 35c
Scrub brushes 15c
Scrub brushes discolored by water. . 7c
Trade for Hay, Grain, Shingles and Farm Produce.
THE RED FRONT, Oregon City.
stylish, and best line
shown in this city.
in Our Ad it's so.
Clothing House
The Reading Clothiers
A. HECHTMAN, Manager.
Opposite Commercial Bank or Postoffice
Oregon
campaign of official negligence in pro
viding sufficient room for troops on
ships. It is not gratifying to national
pride that British officials should be
obliged to take steps for the health and
safety of our men which our own offic
ials seem to have neglected.
It looks to President McKinley very
much as though the handwriting was on
the wall in Ohio, and there is worry in
the white house.
President McKinley's personal visit to
the national encampment succeeded in
preventing the passage of a direct Tote
of censure by the veterans, but did not
remove the feeling of resentment. Lots
of veterans will stay away from the polls
this fall because Evans will not be re
moved. Whisk broom 9c
Cotton clo thes line 9c
Matches, bunch In
Good horsehide razor strop. 5c
ouiw nans, cuncu or round head. .. 50
Soleleather ends, half cost of soles.
Leather cement, 10c ; for rubber.... 15o
Warranted pocket knives direct
from factory, best and cheapest in
town.
Boys' knife 10o
50c 2-blade knife 25o
Warranted scissors and butcher
knives at Eastern prices.
Gunpowder, pound 40o
Shoes...
Bradley & Metcalf's and Lewis's
"Wear Kesister" shoes, the best
goods, at practically Eastern pri
ces. We tack and rivet coarse
shoes free and warrant our best
and medium-priced shoes. We
sell cheaper than shoe stores and
handle goods that wear. Try ua
for shoes.
Children's rubbers 15c up
Men's rubbers 50c up
Rubber are not warranted.
Dry Goods
Stock now arriving daily. New
goods in great variety at lowest
prices. Too busy to enumerate.
Come in and see. Cloaks, Jackets
and Capes.
Millinery
Up-to-date hats in great variety
ready for inspection. Opening
day, Tuesday, Sept. 26. Goods
tliat equal in style and elegance
anything in Portland, and East
ern prices apply. See our hats,
before buying.