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OREGON CITY COURIER-HERALD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1899.
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OROQON CITY HERALD
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0 OREGON CITY, OCT. 13, 1899.
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t An A m.p.riMii Internal Policy.
First Public nwnmltlp of pulilh riinoliiscs.
1 The values cret'.ed by the cuminunity should be
glotig to thacammunl'.y .
jj Sboond Dnstriictlon of criminal trusts. No
monopolization of the national resources by Uw
'less private combinations inre powerful than
It ho people's governmnt,
J Third A graduated luoometax. Every oltlaon
j o contribute to tho support of the government ac
J eordlng to his moans, and not according to his ne
t cessltles.
Fourth Election of senators by the people.
i The senate, now becoming tho private property
) of corporations and bosses, to be made truly repre
' tentative, and the state legislatures to he redeemed
' rom recurring soandals.
j Fifth National, state and mnniolpal Iroprnve
i mont of the pubiio school system . As the duties
' of citizenship are both genoral and loeal, every
government, both general and looal, should do
ts share toward fitting ovary individual to per
; form them,
j Sixth Currently 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 by the banks. '
Rbvkhth No protection for oppressive trusts,
Organizations powerful enough to oppress the
people are no longer "Infant Industries."
Dibkot Leoislatioh Lawmaking by the voters.
Tmt INITIAT1VB--The proposal of a law by a per
centage of the voters, which must then go to the
referendum.
Th Referendum- The vote at the polls of a
law proposed through the Initiative, or on any
1 aw passed by a lawmaking body, whose refer
ence is petitioned for by a percentage of the
Voters.
The Imperative Mandate Whenever s pnhllo
official shall bo deemed dishonest, Incompetent
I ii 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 h rv.Hi Ml e voleu shall have
the right to retire him and elect one of their
choice. Tho people alone are sovereign.
TO SUBSCRIBERS.
Tha subscribers who have not caid tin
their subscriptions to the Oouhirk-Hkr-ai,d
we would kindly ask to call and set
tle aft soon as possible. The time of year
lias arrived when the majority of oar
country readers are able to pay, if at any
time of the year, and the editor is in
nood of money to koep the paper np to
its present standard, an 1 kinily asks
the subscribers to help him out. If you
are nit able to piy cult, produce of all
kinds can bs used, as the editor is sup
posed to eat now and then. The date
opposite your name on the paper de
notes the tiim t which yoi hava paid,
rioaso look at your date and do unto
others as you would have tham do unto
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IluiiKArritp. the Coukikr-Hkrau. will
each week publish a political caricature
We will also give a two or three column
story when space will permit. This
week we present the first Installment of
those improvements to the paper. We
aim to give the readers as good a paper
us support will admit.
A Lancashire town is affording a
striking illustration of the successful
municipalization of the gas supply. At
a recent meeting the corporation of
Widnes unanimously decided, on the
recommendation of the gas and water
committee, to aj;ain reduce the price of
gas Id per 1000 cubic feet. This will
make the net price la 3d (30 cents) rer
1000 cubic feet to consumers of over
3,000,003 cubic feet per annum and Is 5d
(34 cents) to ordinary consumers. This
reduction, besides being a reduction of a
record price, is all the more Important
coining at the present tims, when many
g is authorities are raising the price in
consequence of the increase in the price
of coal, the Widnes authorities them
selves having to face an increase of 30
pur cent. London Daily Chronicle.
A FRUITLESS POLICY.
pinos who want peace a just and stronu
government. The advantages of pe ce
and the disadvantages of war will then
become apparent to the Filipinos. Bi t
the aimless blows of General Otis at d
his feeble government will never end
the war. President McKinley eh u'd
send a general to the Philippines.
THE COUNTY PRINTING.
I of such a man? Can he be trusted?
He is a public ifficial and deserves criti
cism if ever a man did.- We don't like
to m i! e tlii 3 a personal matter, but he
I seems to wait it that way.
We are still doing business at the old
stvnd, and invite Bro. Porter over to see
how we do it, if hi wo old be so conde-sconding.
Hkhb is a brief and pointed way in
which Judge 0. G. Garrison, of New
Jersey, sums up the Filipino situation:
"A Boy who had a Brindle Dog on a
string was so tired that the Dog was on
the point of achieving Independence,
when a member of the Society for the
Prevention ol Cruelty to Animals ac
costed the Boy and chided him for not
giving the Dog his Freedom, and finally
bought the string for the aura of 25
cents. The last tho Boy saw of the kind
hearted stranger he was kicking the
stuffing out of the Dog because he hung
back when he pulled on th. string."
Wnx the CottRiKR-HRAi,r note that
President McKinley has approved the
sentence of fine and imprisonment of
Captain Carter, charged with swindling
the government? Carter is now serving
his sentence on Governor's island. En
terprise. We refer the Enterprise to our last
weok'a issue, where the case was fully
explained. It was only after the press
took up the case and demanded the ap
proval of the vordict that any attention
was paid to such a little thing as a theft
of $1,000,000 by an administration pet.
We'll wager that Carter will never serve
his sentence in full.
Here is an extract from one of tho
Manila dispatches:
Several hundred insurgents have reoc-
c.ipied Porac, which was captured by
uenerai wacArtnur on September 2H.li
and evacuated by the Americans on the
tuiiowing day.
Here is a description i i brief of the
Otis campaigns. Practically the whole
military activity of the past season is
summed up in this dispatch. MacAr
thur, or Lawton, or Wheaton, or some
other American commander, has been
driving the Insurgents out of Porac,
evacuating it the following day to let the
insurgents retur.i, and doing it all over
again the next week. As an officer
writes in a recent description of a expe
dition :
Cioain's march was without special
Incident. Hoinn tlmte or font iulu mo.
side of San Mateo Captain Rivers came
uiuu uii entrencno'i output,, a sharp
little engagement followed, with the
stereotyped result. The Filipino 11 red
a few momeiits and then disappeared.
Their tire cost one American life and a
few wounds. What was gained by itall?
I cannot say. A town or two which had
been previously captured and abandoned
Were attain captured anil aimin uhiiM.
doued. The Filipinos were scattered
from the vicinity, just as Hies are driven
from the sugar-bowl. They are soon
back again. Our guard lines arouud
Manila are fairly Btrong, and could be
quickly reonforced from the regiments
In the city. Beyond that guard line, it
really makes little dilfereuce whether
the enemy be Ave miles away or fifty.
The apologists of Otis explain that this
is unavoidable, as he has not troops to
hold the places he captures. Perhaps
this is so, but if he has not had enough
troops to do the work it is largely his
own fault. He informed the govern
ment that he did not want more than
30,000 men. and if he has changed that
estimate of the necessary force, the fact
has not been made public. Strong re'
enfoi cements are beinut sent, but the ini
tiative seems to have come from this
end of the line.
It is the same old story. General
Otis is fighting aimlessly, ami is inca
pable of organising or administering the
territory that he conquers. The new
campaign that is beginning is on the
same lines as the ineffective campaign
of last seitson. If General Otis is left in
i command the result will be the same as
that of the camnauin that closed last
June. The American troops will have
occupied and evacuated a number of
towns, and the insurgents will "have re-
occupied rorac."
This is not the policy that will end the
Insurrection. To do that we must put
the pursuit of the insurgent forces into
the hands of energetic wmmanders and
put the civil administration into the
hands of uieu who will giye those Fili-
Brother Porter and his organ are still
bellyaching because thoy djd not get the
county printing, and in last week's En
terprise he calls us a liar. No a , if we
can come anywhere near being such a
prevaricator as the senator from Marion
we would like to know it.
In the first place, he says hi does not
get his power and electric light free.
Well, free may not be exactly the word,
but anyway he doe3 not pay cash for it.
We would like to ask Bro. Porter what
the president of the P. G. E. Company
said when he asked himfor"frea" lights
for his residence on the west side.
In the second place, he says he has
better sense than to ask the merchants
to boycot the Coukikr-IIdrald. We
would think he would have, too, but be
hasn't.
He also says we violate the contract
with the county board when we publish
sheriff and tax sa'es. To think of a man
that doesn't know any more about print
ing than a horse does of heaven talking
about how type should be set I Accord
ing to his figuring, there should be no
display or any attention paid to tha
looks or rules of typesetting. We fol
lowed the same style in setting the tax
list that has been followed by all pub
lishers for years. The O eaonian, which
lie feebly tries to imitate, set type the
same way, but if Mr. Porter would sug
gest a change it would probably be
adopted by the Oregonian. He might
also give it some pointers in regard to
publishing and grafting. The tax roll
was furnished by the assessor and the
delinquent list was published thtr- trom,
and we had no control of how the matter
would figure up. We merely followed
copy. The trouble with Bro. Porter is
that he can't bear to see the county
t wed $(S00 or $700 on the tax list when
"he might have had it himself," and as
he is considered quite a grafter, he likes
to see "all the tratlld will bear." If ail
the printing is given this paper that it
is entitled to. the county will save over
$2000 on this contract alone. The county
board Is to be congratulated on this sav
ing to the taxpayers and deserves much
credit for giving it to the lowest bidde
"when Porter wanted it so badly." After
Porter had the bill passed by the legisla
ture taking the printing away from this
paper he was bragging around town how
much he would make when he got the
printing, but for once the taxpayers
were taken into consideration and the
job was not given to Bro. Porter at a
"reasonable reduction," as he promised
privately. Why didn't he bid for the
job, as the Tress and the Courikr-Hkr-Ai.DdidT
He thought he would get it
any way, but when he found out he
couldn't he said he would do it "5 per
cent cheaper than Cheney." He is still
bothering the life out of the commission
ers by urging them to break their con
tract so he can have a "whack at it,"
and will hardly speak to the attorney
that assisted us in saving the county
from the clutches of this man Torter.
The last republican county platform
advocated the letting of the printing to
the lowest bidder, and now he wants the
board to go back on the platform he
himself supported. What do you think 1
EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS.
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tober Special
CLOTHING
Men's Gray Tweed, regular
$5.00 suits.... $3 OO
Man's Double Breasted, reg
ular $6.tO suits. ........ .,4 SO
Men's Fancy Cheviots, regular
$8.00 suits ....6 OO
Men's Gray Clay , Worsted, , . .
regular $12.00 suits, . .9 00
We have a full line of Serge
suits in round cuts, double breasted
silk faced and plain at prees that
you oan not duplicate elsewhere.
Boy's long pants suits, brown ''.
plaid ......,.,.....'.$3 OO
WHEX President Lincoln wrote that
"No man is good enough to govern
another without his consent" he
did not anticipate that only 33 years
later the republican party would try to
prove that he did not know what he was
talking about.
If the b:,rbaroua Mohamedan sultan of
Sulu is capable of governing his subjects
with no interference from us, are not the
Christian inhabitants of Luzon at least
as capable? Yet President McKiiiley
makes a treaty and pays an annual sub
bidy to the barbarian, but offers bullets
to the others.
Somehow, Senator Hanna's declara
tion that the English government "is
just as good as ours" seems to many re
publicans as rather a foolish utterance
to be made just at this time by one so
close to the president. M. Hanna may
think that the idea that a republic is
better than a monarchy is very absurd,
but there are still quite a few Americans
who will not agree with him.
Boy's long pants suits, fancy -cheviots.
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Boy's long pants suits, blue
cheviots, guaranteed all
wool ... 5 50
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11 ti int. 111 m 11 1 mi i .1 mi an
i mill, suits . . . . . 8 oo
DUCK CLOTHING
Men's Duck Coats, blanket
1 lined. ................... 1 35
Boy's Duck Coats, blanket '
lined....... .......... ...1 25
Men'sduck blanket lined ulster
coats, black or brown . . . . . 3 00
Whether or not the policy of crushing
the Filipinos by force be approved, al
most everybody but President McKinley
seems to be thoroughly tired of Uenerai
Otis. But if the trilling military services
of Teddy Hoosevelt were sufficient to
make him governor of New York, there
might be danger that a successful com
mander in the Philippines would inter
fore with Mr. McKinley's renomination.
By stating that he does not deem it
advisable to bring the insurrection in
Luzon to an end too soon, General Otis
merely expresses in words the theory on
which the Spanish generals used to act.
And the contractors heartily indorse
the sentiments expressed.
If Admiral Dewey had accompanied
President McKinley to Chicago, the lat
ter might have been eclipsed instead of
gaining luster by Dewey's reflected pop
ularity. As in the case of Miles Stand
Ish and his friend who went a-wooing
for him, the people might have cried
"Why don't you speak for yourself,
George?"
Admiral Dewey is not likely to be
bamboozled by the politicians. If he
has any political aspirations, he is keep
ing them to himself. If he finally de
termines to go into politics, he wilt go
in as he went into the harbor of Manila.
He will just slip in when his opponents
are not expecting him and take posses
sion before breakfast.
Governor Koosevelt was once known
as oue of the foremost champions of ad
ministrative reform and pure politics in
the country. But. as with many better
men, the machine has got him for its
own. He has let the New York canal
thieves go unwhipped of justice, and in
stead of making merit the test of, hold
ing office, turned over the insane asylum
system of the state to the spoilsmen. It
is no wonder that when he went to make
speeches in Ohio, where the republicans
had praised the president's backward
step in civil service reform, Governor
Roosevelt had nothing to say against
the betrayal.
A full line of Hats and Cap.5, Shoes in Children's, Ladies' and Gent's
Underwear, Umbrellas, Blank-ets, Trunks and Valises,
When you see it in Our Ad it's so.
The Star -sV Clothinn House
One Price to All. The leading Clothier$
A. HECHTMAN, Manager,
Harding Block, - OppositeCommercial-Bank or PostoThi
Oregon City, - - Oregon
F. H. CROSS, Harnessmaker
DEALER IN
First-Class Hand or Machine Made Harness
Shoe Repairing a Specialty. seveu,h A'KU- SitVokkoU
Attractive Prices
19 pounds Beet Sugar $1.00
Good green coffee, pound 10c
Roast coffee, white metal spoon free
in each pound 11c
Star roast coffee, far better than
package coffee t 12'4
50c grades of tea for 40c
60c gunpowder tea fcr 45c
Tea dust, pound 15c
Arm and Hammer soda, pound 4c
Fine Japan rice, pou nd 5c
Tapioca 4 to 5c
Good while beans, pound
Good gh 83 starch, pound 5c
Germea for mush, 8 pounds 2oc
Rolled 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 3oc
Stock salt, 100 pounds 40c
Flour
made from best old
wheat, either East-
em ar Western Oregon, special
V. prices in two to live barrel lots.
Washing powder, like Golddust, lb. 5c
Sal soda for washing, 5 pounds 10c
Sewing machine oil (brlrrg bottle)
4ounce8 5c
Lemon or vanilla flike Price's or
Burnett's, which coat 12 to 15c oz.)
our price, per ounce 7)c
Good grade lemon (bring bottle) oz.. 6c
Seedless raisins, 3 pounds 25c
Fine prunes, pound 5c
Pepper sauce 8c
Finest catsup, 12c pint (worth
double) bring vessel.'
Dixie Queen tobacco, 6 packages. ... 25c
Pound Corn Cake and pipe 25c
Popular Price chewing, cheapest... 25c
Star Horseshoe or Climax 50c
Independent (like Battle Ax) ,, 35o
Battle Ax, 40c ; 2 pounds 75c
Good brooms 25 to 35c
Scrub brushes 15c
Scrub brushes discolored by water, t 7c
Whisk broom 9c
Cotton clothes line 1 9c
Matches, bunch lc
Good horsehide razor strop 5c
Shoe nails, clinch or round head .... 5c
Soleleather ends, half cost of soles.
Leather cement, 10c : for rubber. . .
War-anted pocket knives direct
from factory, best and cheapest in
town.
Boys' knife 10c
60c 2-blade knife 25c
Warranted scissors and butcher
knives at Eastern prices.
Gunpowder, pound 40c
15c
Shoes...
Bradley & Metcalf'j and Lewis's
" Wear Kesister" Bhoes, the beBt
goods, at practically Eastern pri
ces. We tack and rivet coarse
Bhoes 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 op
Men's rubbers 50c up
Rubbers are not warranted.
Dry Goods
School umbrellas 41c, with steel rod,
neat handles 90c, finer up to $2.25.
Dapendable flannels direct from mills,
line lot of Gilbert's reliable linings
and sateens, linings 5j up, sateens 9c
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Warner's corsets, easy, neat, durable
and don't rust, 50o up.
Mackintoshes, fresh stock, nobby make
and durable, bought before the ad
vance and economically priced.
Standard patterns ; seam allowing, yet
use less cloth than Butterick's, cheap
er too, 5 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's
dresses and aprons. We take orders
and measurements and guarantee sat
isfaction. Dress skirts $1.50 up.
New line of dress goods, correct in style,
quality and price. Ample supplies of
calicos, ginghams, shirtings Ac. Cali
cos 4c up, muslins 4$c up, scrim 5c,
toweling 4c up, outings 5c up.
Big variety of nobby neckties and sus
penders, big assortment of modern
hats at eastern prices; Clothing fresh
Btock, marked to sell quickly. Work
shirts, overalls, pants, interlined
(water proof) duck coats, hosiery,
gloves &c Best out 9 oz overalls 35c,
heavy dark xnit overshirts 40o, boys'
underwear 25c.
Millinery
Up-to-date hats in great variety
ready for inspection. Opening
day, Tuesday, Sept. 26. Goods
that equal in style and elegance
anything in Portland, and East
ern prices apply. See our hats
before buying.
Trade for Hay, Grain, Shingles and Farm Produce.
THE RED FRONT, Oregon Cittj.