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OREGON CITY COURIER-HERALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29. 1899. OREGON CITY COURIER OREGON CITY HERALD CONSOLIDATED. A. V.CHENEY Publish flactaas County Mepflent Canly ABSORBED MAY, 1809 legal and Official Newspaper Of Clackamas County. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. title, t . In Oregon Clt7potoBcea 2nd-claaa natter SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Paid In advance, per year 1 SO 81 T months 75 ore monUs'trial 25 CVThe dale opposite your add rem on the paper aoaoiea ine lime in wntnn you nave paid fl this notica la marked your subscription la due. ADVERTISING BATES. I fltaadinit buslnew adertlementa: Per month -4tnchll,2iuraes 11.50, 8 lnohea 11.75. 4 Inches ix o .ncnes (column) Wl.a, loinohee(colnnm) 4, ai inenes icommu) , yearly contracts 10 per Transient advertisements: Per week 1 Inch lie, 1 Inchea 75c, 8 Inches 11.4 Inches II i,8 im:iieB,iw, iu lucuea f.ou, incnea 90 Legal advertlnements: Per lrc-h first Inser tion tl, each additional insertion 60c. A 111 lav its or pnhiicatlnn will not be furnished until pub Ueation fees are paid. , Local notices; Fiye cents per line per week r uiuuiu avu, PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY. OREGON OITY. SEPT. 29, 1899. An American Internal Policy. FiitsT Public ownership of public franchisee. The values created by the community should be long to the cammunl'.y. Seoosd Destruction of criminal trusts. No Monopolization of the national resources by law lew private combinations more powerful than t he people's government. Third A graduated incometax. Every cltiion to contribute 10 the support of the government ac cording to hit means, and not according to hie ne cessities.' Fourth Election of senators by the people. The senate, now becoming the private property of corporations and bosses, to be made truly repre sentative, and the state legislatures to be redeemed rom recurring scandals. Fifth National, state and municipal Improve ment of the public school system. As tho duties of Citizenship are both general and local, every government, both general and local, should do ts share toward fitting every Individual to per form them. 8ixrH-Currenny reform. All the nation's money to be Issued by the nation's government, and Its supply to be regulated by the people and not hy the banks. Sevskth-No protection for oppressive trusts. Organizations powerful enough to oppress the people are no longer "Infant Industries." Direct Leoislation Lawmaking by the voters. The IwrruTrvE The proposal of a law by a per Centage of the voters, which must then go to the referendum. The TtErsnESDOM-The vote at Iho polls of a law proposed through tho Initiative, or on any law passed by a lawmaking body, whose refer ence la petitioned for by a percentage of the voters. This imveiutivi Mandate Whenever a public official shall be deemed dishonest, Incompetent in i i'i 1 1 t 1 1 1 1, r , u, , ,) r Tdrtti shall have the right to retire him and elcot one rt their Cholco. Tho people alone are sovereign. Tun New York World aud the Louis ville Courier-Journal are booming Dewey for presidential candidate on the demo cratic ticket. This is one way to eide track Bryan and the silver issue. It is stated that Georgia, supposed to lie a solid Bryan state, has furnished more volunteers than any other state, and that Massachusetts, the home of the Atkinson clique, has furnished mere in proportion to population than any other northern state. Wr publish articles this week from three of our regular editorial correspon dents, Thomas Bucktnan.of Marshfield, Sands Brownell, of Salem", and J. D. Stevens, of Canhy. These articles are well written and by writers who spend considerable time iu looking up facts for the cause of reform. Tug navy department has been mag nanimous enough to assign Admiral Schley to police duty In the South At lantic. It will be recalled that the navy ring had Btowed Admiral Dewey away in one of these undesirable assignments, but that unexpected and unforeseen cir cumstances gave him the opportunity of a lifetime. Tint assignment of Admiral Sampson to the soft berth of commandant of the Charlestown navy-yard and of Admiral Schley to the command of the South At lantic squadron seems to be the Yankee idea of rewarding one man for subservi ency to his superior officers and punish ing another for winning a great victory. Tub American people may begin to ask whether the war in the Philippines is conducted at every point for the ad vantage of President McKinley in his campaign for renomination, and wheth er the press of the entire country is to be allowed to print only such news as "will not hurt" his administration. This sup pression of news for political purposes is the blackest charge that has !een brought against the censorship at Ma nila. Who gave the "instructions" to "shut off everything that could hurt Mc- Kinley's administration"? The censor, of course, received his instructions trom Qjneral Otis, But who "instructed" Otis? The public can and does provide school buildings, desks, maps, and teachers, but to furnish the books would be an aw ful example of socialism! It would fur nish the children with the books it re quires them to study (it is done in Colo rado) and should furnish them with the noon meal and teach them table man ners. This would be more effective in preventing truancy than laws that pro vide truant officers and pay them enough to feed the children. Appeal to Keason. "I speak not of forcible annexation, for mat cannot be thought ot. That hy our code of morality would be criminal ag gression." Ao, dear reader, the above is not an utterance of Atkinson nr Aguinaldo. It did not emenate from the pen of Wil li im J. Bryan, t ut was part of a ines sag sent to congress in April, 1898, by one Wm. McKinley, president of the United States, and thus out of his own mouth he is condemned. Mb. McKinlky's imperial policy of colonizing the Philippine islands is most bitterly opposed bv many of the most able and prominent leaders of the re publican party. Among them are such leading men as ex-Speaker Reed, of Maine J Senator Hoar and ex-Secretary Boutwell, of Massachusetts; ex-Senator Edmunds, of Vermont; Senator Bur roughs, of Michigan; Senator Mason, of Illinois; Governor Scotleld, of Wiscon sin, and a host of others that could be named. But it is among the rank and file of the party that the serious and ef fective work will come when they have an opportunity to express their senti ment by their votes. The daily papers tell us that the bank ers in New York City have concluded to issue 130,000,000 of currency in order to stop a panic. It is passing strange these same men will contend that it is wrong for the government coming to the rescue of the peoi le and issuing currency in time of need ; but the bankers have worked and watched for years to bring about a transfer of this prerogative to themselves, claiming they were better able to use this power than the govern ment, and now having the executive, the legislative and judicial power in the hands of their creatureajthey unblush- ingly proceed to do what they have de nied the government's right to do. The issue of currency ia only made to suit their purpose, for as soon as thev are eidy they will contract the circulating medium and bring on a panic eo they may reap the harvest, and in the reaping they will not care who may suffer or how many are reduced to bankruptcy and starvation. The Enterprise of last week says that the Coi'kikh-IIebald is not worthy of notice and that "nobody" pays any at tention lo it, and on the same page with the statement published five different articles attacking us. The articles bIiow the jealousy and personal venom of the "senator from Marion." He not only shows this in his organ, but goes around to the merchants and personally asks them to boycot this paper because we get more business than he does. If his sheet had the circulation of the Courier Herald he would not find it such a hard job to get business for it, neither would he have to play the poverty and baby act as he and his men do now. If he would treat his patrons and political friends "white" he Would have less cause to attack us for getting work he thinks he should get. We give value received and ask for no business on sen timental lines. For a lawyor that was practically given n newspaper by poli ticians and gets his electric lights and power free from a corporation (and the Lord only kuows what else is given him) this seems very "small business." You have probably heard of big small men liefore, but you will never see a man that is smaller and thinks he's bigger than Double L P., of the Enterprise. THE DREYFUS CASE. The greatest travesty of justice in modern times was concluded at Rennes two weeks ago. Were it not for the se rious questions involved, the whole case might be classed as a melodrama a farce comedy of the most mirth-provoking character. But a human life was at stake, a man's character was at stake, and, more important still, the character of an en tire nation was at stake. Comparisons are odious, but the similarity between the Dreyfus trial and the assizes of Judge Jeffreys iu the reign of Charles II has been commented on Ideas of jurisprudence in France aret wholly different from those prevailing in this country. Attorneys all over the United States oxpressed great surorise, not only at the procedure pursued at the Drcyfgs trial, but at the attitude of the prosecutors. They apparently pre sumed that Dreyfus was guilty and then endeavored to build a superstructure on which to sustain their opinion. Preju dice was so rampant throughout the en tire investigation as to even stir up some sympathy latent in the breasts of pro nounced anti-Semites. It was clear that the utter destruction of Dreyfus was in tended, and the "Cour de Cassation" was the tool to effect that end. Things bad come to a crisis; the dirty scum of betrayed secrets was already seen float ing on the mihtaiy cesspool. To avert the stench which would inevitably arise a victim was needed, who better than Captain Dreyfus, the Jew? The name Jew is to the Parisian populace what a red rag is to a bull. All the venom, iu suit and hatred sizzling in the parlieus ot the Latin quarter and the Quai d'Or sai was hurled at the Jew. But on hear ing of his second sentence to ten years imprisonment a wail of indignation Durst trom the throat of justice. The welkin rang with the cry of execration, It penetrated the boulevards, was heard in the Bois by fanatics shouting "A bas les Juifs!" It resounded in the corri dors of the historical building at Rennes it loosed the shackles from the victim's body. But has it restored to him the sword which five years ago was broken in full view of his fellow countrymen? Has it erased that eternal stain of igno miny which was branded onto bis soul? Has it dispelled that shadow of disgrace under which his family is compelled to live? To a man of Dreyfus' mold to any man disgrace is worse than death Treason is the supreme crime; it is un pardoned of men and unpardoned of heaven. Benedict Arnold's treachery and its punishment is dinned into the ears of the rising generation to awaken in them an undying hatred to the traitor and his sin. And in France, with its peculiar mill tary despotism, if possible, treason as sumes a larger magnitude. "Vive l'ar- mee" are words that every French child can lisp before be can say nana ami mamma. Every French boy yearns to be a Napoleon ; every French boy knows by heart the story of Bayard and of Se dan. There is cultivated an exaggerated respect toward men and things military, and a corresponding contempt of any thing in opposition. The hatred of a traitor is common to all countries, but especially is it pronounced in France. English common law holds that in proportion to the gravity of the offense should possibilities for proving his inno cence be afforded to the accused. This is exactly what was not vouchsafed to Dreyfus. The Rennes affair was worse than the historical Star Chamber. It was worse than the judicial methods of the ancient Britains ; it was worse even than the bloody assizes of Lord Jeffreys, for in the latter death ended the victim's sufferings, whereas no such merciful termination is afforded to Dreyfus. Of course, from a constitutional stand point, the Dreyfus fiasco pertains to France, and to France alone; but jus tice has been violated in such a shame less manner that instinctively the civi lized world stands aghast. France, with all its wealth of legend of chivalry and bravery, is obliterated in the France oi today. Rennes is the Calvary of the nineteenth century, and the wail of a world will not be stifled until its victim emerges from the tomb of ignominy and arises in the brightness of restored honor. The Chicago Conference. Editor Courikr-Herai.d: The recent meeting of representative men men in Chicago for the purpose of aiming trust grievances and methods, has demonstrated the fact that Mr. Bryan is easily the first statesman in this country today. The absurd claim that Mr. Bourke Oockran in any way had the advantage of Mr. Bryan is given currency by those who wish for nny thing to hang a thread of hope on. Mr. Cockran is a gold McKinlev democrat, whose traitorous and treacherous course in '96 helped to fasten the gold standard trusts and an imperialistic policy on this country, and whose work in this line was second only to the Kentucky Judas, John G. Carlisle Mr. Bryan refused to be a party to the debate with ihis man Cockran because Cockran admitted that everything Bryan said was true, conse quently there could be no debate. But Cook ran 's bosses, the bankers and ex ploiters of labor insisted on having the last work, because Mr. Bryan had made such an impression by his truthful state ments regarding trusts that there must be a seeming refutation, so cheered and encouraged by the bank clackers Cock ran rose to reply, and his reply is what is considered by the trust defenders among the most prominent is McKin ley's owner, Hanna,to be a thorough de feat and crushing of Mr. Bryan. Now what did Cockran say in his windup? He says among other things "The question to which I think this con ference Bhould be directed is whether one (trust, etc.,) exists, and where it is? Now who is hurt and where? Where has body? On whom is it acting? Where is tins octupus got possession of some- its lair?" Very well, Mr. Cockran, let us see Who is hurt? Well the whole farm com munity is hurt. Every one of them who buys wine, twine, nails, iron, building material of any and all descriptions, es pecially glass. The are hurt and where? Why in the pocket of course. Because if you will think a minute, (which is some thing Cockran doesn't do,) when the farmer sells wheat at 50 cents a bushel and well just look at the Chicago markets he is stricken with finanancial paralysis so strong and acute that no med icine or gold cure can all work a recov eiy. All, or pretty much of the people, of your city of Greater New York are hurt, Mr. Cockran. How, by the beef trust? They, of the deadly canned beef whose destructive powers exceed those of the Spanish and Filipino army and their deadly Mausers. This octupus bas raised the price of beef in your city thirty per cent within a month. "If sells the meat cheaper to the people of England than to the people of New York Mr. Cockran must be aware of this. He is familiar with these facts, but being at torney for the prisoners,and having had a piece of the pig, he must needs defend them and their acts, no matter how criminal they may be. Every coal miner, every man, who is employed in the mines in this country, is "hurt" and badly hurt, because, as Mr. Bryan pointed out trie combine,that can raise the commodity they control can regulate the price of wages and does so every time it chooses, and it chooses to do so very often, and, with and by methods quite as criminal as destructive as its canned beef to soldiers. Those, who use tin in any way, feel it and are hurt to the extent of paying double value for an article used in every household, and locally, we, here in Ore gon, are hurt by this octupus whose lair is in London, New York, San Francisco and Portland, who compel us to pay.pro viding, of course, we have no "pull"aud few of us have four times the fare we should pay on its roads, who compel us, if we are unfortunate enough to live away from competing lines of transpor tation to pay for freight all the "traffic will bear." Mr. Cockran told the representatives of labor that they were well fed and well clothed and asked them what com plaint they had. No one knows better than Cockran that this city is swarming with unfed, unhoused, naked, destitute wretches, many of them within a few blocks where Vanderbilt "gave up the ghosf'and one hundred and fifty million dollars, the ghost to an uncertain local ity, the money, bonds, securities, etc., to his family, to be added to by the labor of thousands, yes t hundreds of thous ands of wage slaves. Cockran knows where the "lair" is, knows the beasts, who inhabit it, visits it very often and gets his instructions and money from its masteis and its pockets. Its lair in Ore gon is in Portland, and has a dual capi tal, one at the corner of First and Wash ington street, the other in the upper story of the Oregonian building, both in the employ of the main lair and receiv ing instructions and pay from headquar ters in London and New York. Permit me to quote from an nngar bled report what Mr. Bryan did say and then see the folly of even attempting a refutation or denial. Truth is truth wherever it is uttered and Chicago and and the trust conference is no exception to the rule. "Put the food and clothing and all that we eat and wear and use in the hands of a few people and instead of be ing a government by the people it will be a government by, for and of syndiclts "Establi-h such a government and the people will Boon be powerless to secure a legislative remedy for any abuse. "Establish such a system and on the night before an election a man will be notified not to come back on the dav af- ta. tYia olnntinn linlona tha nr,l!,.n nt I trusts candidate is successful. j "Establish a government and and in stead of giving the rights of suffrage to the people, you virtually give the right of suffrage to the heads of monopolies , with each man empowered to vote as many times as he bai employers. "I am not willing to place the labor ing men of this country absolutely at the mercy of the heaps of monopolies. I am not willing to place the men who pro duce the raw material absolutely in the hands of monopolies. "Some people have tried to separate the laboring man, who works in the fac tory and mine from the laboring man, who works on the farm. I want to warn the laboring men, who toil in mine and factory .that they cannot separate them slves from the laboring men on the farm without inviting their own destruction. I want to warn the laboring men in the mines and factories that when they join with the monopolies to crush the farmer. As soon as the farmer is crushed the la boring man will be crushed and his ally will be destroyed, and in a test of endur ance the farmer will stand it longer than the laboring man." Now, Mr. Editor, how can these self evident truths be answered, only by ad mitting them? It would take more soph istries (misrepresentations and lies than tbe combined gold standard, press pulpit and orators are capable of uttering to break their force or ward aside their di rectness. Mr. Bryan has spoken a great many great truths in a plain unmistakable manner so that the simplest can under stand it, and, coming from such a source, the people all over this country will heed, hear, understand it, and in another year they will apply the practical lesson to existing conditions that Mr. Bryan, our great leader, has taught. J. D. Stevens Canby, Sept. 25th. A Frightful Blander Will often cause a horrible burn, scald, cut or bruise. Bucklen's Arnica Salve, the best in the world, will kill the pain and promptly heal it. Cures old sores, fever sores, ulcers, boils, felons, corns, all skin eruptions. Best pile cure on earth. Only 25 cts. a box. Cure guar anteed. Sold by George A. Harding, druggist. Fall Opening Sale The public are well aware that we are the leading Clothiers in Oregon City. We have made special efforts, to get the best 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 )ihat our competitors must pay for them, under the present calamity of trusts. As goods have advanced fully 30 4 pet cent, you can save that amount by purchasing from us. Call and Examine our Line of Men's Clothing Boys' Clothing Hats and Cap Over Shirts Underwear Boots and Shoes Trunks We have the most of Neckwear ever When you see it S M The Star One Price to All. A. HECHTMAN, Manager, Hard ing Block, - Opp j Oregon City, - Don't purchase a Ready Made Suit Which is made and finished by machinery with hundreds of oth ers the same stvle and pattern. Have some individuality about your attire. We can give you perfect fitting suits and guarantee satisfaction at very low prices. Ladies' Tailoring neatly done M. GILBERT, The Portland Tailor, opp. Electric Hotel Attractive Prices 19 pounds Beet Sugar $1.00 Good green coffee, pound. lOr Roast coffee, white metal spoon free in eacn pounu nc Star roast coffee, far better than package coffee 12 50c grades of tea for 46c 60c gunpowder tea for 45c Tea dust, pound 15c Arm and Hammer soda, pound 4c Fine Japan rice, pou nd 6c Tapioca 4 to 5c Good white beans, pound 2c Good gh ss starch, pound 6c Germea for mush, 8 pounds 25c Kolled oats, 7 pounds 25c Golden Gate baking powder, same as Pioneer, bulk, pound 35c Sapdow baking powder, 28 oz., war ranted 25c Good table salt, 50 pounds 35c Stock salt, 100 pounds 40c I Flour made from best old wheat. pit.hpT Fast. J, em or Western Oregon, special i prices in two to five barrel lots. Washing powder, like Golddust, lb. 5c Sal soda for washing, 5 pounds 10c Sewing machine oil (bring bottle) 4 ounces 5c Lemon or vanilla 'like Price's or Burnett's, which cost 12 to 15c oz.) our price, per ounce 7)jc Good grade lemon (bring bottle) oz.. 6c Seedless raisins, 3 pounds 25c Fine prunes, pound 6c Pepper sauce ; 8c Finest catsup, I2ic pint (worth double) bring vessel. Dixie Queen tobacco, 6 packages..,. 23c Pound Corn Cake and pipe 25c Popular Price chewing, cheapest... 25c Star Horseshoe or Climax 60c Independent (like Battle Ax) 35c Battle Ax, 40c; 2 pounds 75c Good brooms 25 to 35c Scrub brushes 15c Scrub brushes discolored by water. . 7c Whisk broom 9c Cotton clothes line 9c Matches, bunch lc Good horsebide razor strop 5c Shoe nails, clinch or round head. ... 5c Soleleather ends, half cost of soles. Leather cement, 10c ; for rubber. . . . 15c Warranted pocket knives direct from factory, best and cheapest in town. Boys' knife 10c 50c 2-blade knife 25c Warranted scissors and butcher knives at Eastern prices. Gunpowder, pound 40c Trade for Hay, Grain, THE RED FRONT, Oregon Clttj. stylish, and best line shown in this city. in Our Ad it's so. Clothing House The leading ClotlUer$ site Commercial Bank or Postoffice - Oregon Shoes... Bradley & Metcalf'ii and Lewis's "Wear Keaister" 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 us for shoes. Children's rubbers 15c up Men's rubbers 50c up Rubbers are not warrauted. Dry Goods School umbrellas 40c, with steel rod, neat handles 90c, finer up to $2.25. Dependable flannels direct from mills, fine lot of Gilbert's reliable linings and sateens, linings 5o up, sateens 9c up Warner's corsets, easy, neat, durable and don't rust, 50c up. Mackintoshes, fresh stock, nobby make and durable, bought before the ad vance and economically priced. Standard patterns ; seam allowine, yet use less cloth than Butterick's, cheap, er too, 6 to 20c. Ladies jackets and capes, interesting values in up to date popular priced garments. Ready made and made to order waists, jacket suits, dress skirts, children' dresses and aprons. We take orders and measurements and guarantee sat t isfaction. Dress skirts $1.50 up. New line of dress goods, correct in style, quality and price. Ample supplies of calicos, ginghams, shirtings &c. Cali cos 4c up, muslins 4c up, scrim 5c, toweling 4tyi up, outings 5o up. Big variety of nobby neckties and sus penders, big assortment of modern hats at eastern prices ; Clothiug fresh stock, marked to sell quickly. Work shirts, overalls, pants, interlined (water proof) duck coats, hosiery, gloves Ac Best out 9 oz overalls 35c, heavy dark unit overshirts 40j, boys' underwear 25c. Millinery Up-to-date hats in great variety ready for inspection. Opening day Tuesday, Sept. 26. Goodi t..at equal in style and elegance anything ,n Portland, and East ern prices apply. see our hata before buying. Shingles and Farm Prod uce.