OREGON CITY COURIER-HERALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29. 1899.
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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.