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Oregon City Enterprise. Published Every Friday. L. L. rORTER, ropBiiTo. JOHN R. BEEGLE, Limti. UBKRIPTION RATES, On year... f 2 00 Himiontba 1 00 Trial subscription, two months 23 A discount ol AO centa on all subscriptions for on year, 25 cents (or six months, if paid in advance. Advertising rates (riven on application. Subscribers mill find tha date of expira tion stamped on Ibeir papers following their name. If Ibis date is not changed within two weeks after parmrnt, kindly nouty us ana we will loot alter it. Xntered at Or. tfce postoftice in Oregon , as second class matter. City. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1898 A9KNT8 FOR THB ENTERPRISE. Beaver Greek Dr. T. B. Thomas Canny.. .t .' Geo. Knight Clackamas A. Mather 21ilwankie Oscar Wissinger Union Mills O. J. Trallinger Meadow Brook Chas. Holman New Era W. 8. Newberry Wilsonville Henrv Milev 1'arkplaca F. L. Russell Ptaliord....' J.Q. Gage Nuiino C. T. Howard Cams R. M. Cooper Molalla Annie titubba Marquani E. M. Hart in an Ituitrville B. Jennings Aurora... Henry A. Snyder Orville s L J. Perdue Eagle Creek H. Wilbern Damascus J. C. Elliott Sandy F. Gu-tsch Salmon Mrs. W. M. Mclntyre Currinsville Geo. J. Currin Cherryville Mrs. M.J. Hammer Marmot Adolph AscboH THE 0.V FORTUNATE DISASTER. II the disaster to the Maine was merely an accident it was at least very unfortu nate one for Spain as well as tha Cnited States. The loss of so good a ship just at this time is a serions loss to the Cnited States navy, not alone because of the actual cost of building, but for the principal reason that owing to our strained diplomatic re lations ith other countries we may at any time need our every available war appli ance. Should hostilities break out between this and other nations the cost of tbe ship would be of little consequence as compared with the service such a vessel could do, and Spain, while it may be shown she bad nothing to do in bringing about the disas ter, it will be bard to convince our people, under the circumstance, that the act was not authorized by the Spanish government. Ko matter what tbe outcome ol the inves tigation, the incident will greatly increase tbe sentiment in this country against tbe Spaniards. It will therefore assist the JPuban junta in securing money and muni tions of war in the United States with which to more effectively prosecute their straggle for liberty. The sinking of tbe Maine in itself, while I a deplorable disaster, should not be the sole basis of too hasty action on tbe part of tbe government, but when coupled with tbe prior action of tb e Spanish government in barrassing our trade with Cuba while pro testing that no state of war existed there, should indeed bave been resented by the United States long ago. And yet there may be, and no doubt are, contingencies connected with the matter that bave not Jbeen given to tbe public by the administra tion. International complications are not, as a rnle, given to the public until such time as tbe nation shall be confronted with the inevitable. It is probably well that it is o because on the Impulse of tbe moment such matters are sometimes misunderstood and misconstrued by those not especially schooled in diplomacy. ' Let os hope that whatever course is pursued by tbe admin istration, after due deliberation, will be ustained by a patriotic people; that our rights may be bad peaceably if possible, by force if necessary. Poob money never made a country rich, and sound money will not, and. cannot. make one poor. William McKinley. Call it fusion, if you will, or union if you prefer; the mixture will contain the same fieuple with tbe one object of holding office in view. Tbe members of tbe several parties engaging in it must abandon their priuci pies before entering into the scheme. Is it not soT Tai recent bout between Congressmen Tongue and Simpson on the floor of the hom-e ol representatives demonstrated that tbe former was the peer in debate of snv - .member ot that body, Sockless Jerry not excepted. No more able and logical argo nient was made against the Teller resolu tion than the presentation by Mr. Tongue, He is a man thoroughly familiar with great economic questions and is always prepared to do battle for republican principles. A miktihg of the "bi-metalllic silver re publicans" has been called to meet In Ore gon City on March 19th lor the purpose of perfecting a plan whereby populist chest nuts may be pulled from the political fire with republican votes. This is a well ar ranged plan of the fusionists to mislead a few eople into support of tbe populist state and county ticket. It will be remem bered that the "bi-melallic party" in Yamhill county two years ago elected the three members of the legislature, and it will not be forgotten that the said three members, along with Mr. U'Ken and Mr. Ogle, refused to take the oath of office un til after the 40-day limit. These same men are at the bead of this "bi-metalllc" move ment now, although their identity does not appear on tbe surface, and to join tbe move ment is to join U'Ren, for it is he who di rects the movement. Thc Spaniards at Havana, not content that one of ou r best battleships should have been blown up in their own harbor, refused persistently to allow the com niander of tlie ill-fated vessel to conduct an investigation as to her condition, insisting that Spaniards only should make the in vestigation, er in other- words, that the United States authorities had nothing to do ! with It. The very attitude ol the Spanish lu this connection ran be taken In no other way than as confession of guilt in the dis aster. First, de Lome, the Spanish minis ter insulted this nation by his attack upon the president. This followed great injury which bad previously been done our com merce with Cuba, during a time of peace, because Spain has alwava insisted that no state of war existed in that island, and now one of our naval vessels has been blown up and hundreds of lives destroyed In tbe harbor of tha country whose relations with us bave been In a strained condition for more than a year. Indeed one may well ask, how long will the United States tolerate such conduct on the part of 8palnf WHO ARE It ES POSSIBLE! It is a common assertion among populists that during the last attempted session of tbe legislature the republicans had a sufficient number of representatives to organlre the house, which required two-thirds of the whole number W to perfect such organis ation, and that therefore the republicans were responsible for a failure of the last session. People making this assertion generally know better but it Is done for the purpose of deceiving those who have not been made acquainted with the facts. For the information of such persona we print below the number ot members elected by the different parties to the last house of representatives as compiled by the secretary of state from the election returns filed: Number ot representatives 00 Republicans St Democrats 4 People s 13 Mitchell Republicans 2 Republican and Taxpayer's League.... 1 Mitchell Republican and People's 1 Union Bimetallic 8 Taxpayers League and Mitchell Rep.. 1 Coos county (failed to elect) 1 Thus it will be seen that the republicans were six short ol the required 40 necessary to make a constitutional quorum, and ol the 34 recorded as republicans, Berkley and Craig, ot Marion, supported Bryan in the election preceding the legislative session, and Bourne (Mitchell republican and people's) did tbe same thing. And again if all the 34 accredited republicans and all the Mitchell republicans bad been present there would not bave been the required 40 pres ent, so tbat it was impossible to perfect an organisation. But it must be remembered tbat there were present everyday 29 republicans ready to transact basin,... and with those present an me time the populists had a sufficient number to have made up the necessary 40. The democrats bad four members and consequently could not bare made up a quorum by joining tbe 29 repub licans. It therefore remains that the popu lists held the balance of power and could bare completed the organisation at any time but refused to do so during the entire 40 days of the session,-during which time not one ol them, so far as known, even took tbe oath of office. Two or the 34 recorded as republicans (Barkley and Craig) had become populists and supported the populist ticket in the presidential election prior to the assembling ol the legislature and consequently could not be classed as republicans. Again we say there was no day tbat tbe populists could not bave completed the organization if they so desired, while at no time could the republicans have done so if all their number bed gone in. Therefore, the re sponsibility for the failure must rest on tbe populists who at all times held the balance of power. Tbe official tabulated abstract or members as above printed and issued by the secretary of state will be shown to any one by calling at this office. It speaks lor itself. IN THE EVENT OF WAR. Tbe American people are often assured that it makes no . difference whether tbe Nicaragua canal is constructed by Great Britain or the Cnited States, as In either case the canal would be open to commerce on equal terms. The company tbat builds it, whether American or foreign, will make toll rates uniform. Should Great Britain and the United States join in the work, it would be nnder some agreement tbat in the event of war tbe canal should be open to both parties on even terms. The weak point in this theory as to the construction of the canal is tbe difficulty of making agreements tbat stand the shock of battle. The Suez canal was protected by a guaran tee of neutrality to which several nations were parties, but the fact did not prevent Great Britain from taking practical posses sion ot the canal in the little war against Arabi Pasha. Of course, after the war was over and tbe object in view accomplished, Great Britain held herself responsible to the other parties to tbe neutrality guaran tee. But the habit European governments have fallen into of swapping affronts point ed a way out ol tbe difficulty. There Is generally a stock of offenses on hand which may be nsed to offset each other somewhat on tbe principle that one Eu ropean nation now agrees to a theft of Chinese territory by another European nation on tbe agreement that compensa tion shall be given at the expense of China. The Nicaragua canal should be con structed by the United States, with a full understanding that in the event of war It will he closed to the warships of hostile nations. That which Great Britain was permitted to do with the Suez canal should be tbe admitted right of Americans In re spect to tbe Nicaragua canal. DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN MARKETS. A free-trade journal says; "If the New England mills are to continue in the busi ness ol manufacturing cotton goods they must find foreign markets for the very large surplus remaining after the home de mand is fully supplied." The finding of loreign markets in these days is a somewhat difficult thing to do. There are several nations engaged In the same search. The nations like Mexico, Japan and China, which bave been buying cotton goods of European manufacture, are now employing their cheap labor in the manufacture of cotton goods. It is not known that any new markets for cotton goods are being opened. Great Britain and Germany are experimenting in that! direction in China, but with the vast native , labor force at the disposal of manufactur ers In China It It more likely that the re suit of the experiment will be disappoint ing. Instead of buying Kuropean-made goods In Chins, China will sell Chinese made good In Europe. When the free traders tell New Eng land cotton manufacturers to find foreign markets for the very large surplus of cotton goods remaining after the home demand la supplied, they should supplement the sug gestion by pointing in the direction In which these markets lie. Friends of the protective system will not assume that that system, In ttsetr, atlbnts a remedy fur overproduction at borne. The only possi ble remedy fur overproduction at bonis is to increase the home demand. This In turn ran only be done by Increasing the purchasing power ot the masses ot the peo pie. But the free-traders who advise the cotton manufacturers to seek markets abroad know perfectly well tbat we can only supply these foreign markets by re ducing the cost of production. They know, also, that the cost ot production can only be materially reduced by reducing wages. Tbey must know also that a reduction in the rates of wages Impairs the purchasing power of the people. The question appears at this point If It Is not better to build up the home demand than to set out in search of new markets. Ladiis sobbed aloud in a Loudon court room yesterday when ayoung lord, the son of a marquis, was sentenced for a piece of fraud which had enabled bini to steal thousands or pounds. The judge was also moved to emotion, but, fortunately, not so much so as to prevent him giving the titled rascal five years' penal servitude. Tbat magistrate perhaps won't be populor here after in certain aristocratio British circles, but in bis position on the bench be Is ap parently emphatically "all right." WHAT THE PAI'EBS BAY. (Tillamook Headlight.) Tbe election of delegates lo the republi can state convention, to meet in Astoria April (Hh, will be an Important matter. This is a year when none but outspokenly loyal republicans should be elected. That there will be more or less factional strife in that convention Is absolutely certain and it is therefore important that tbe delegates sent there be men whose republicanism Is K Vnpwl niiMlmn mt.A wkn mrtlt -.. J f 1 1. A ... . . 1.'? T"', """ tation may be to do otherwise. (Polk County Observer.) If the republican party is defeated at tbe polls in June, it will be attributable to tbe Oregonian, Simon, U'Ren and Young. In the same language that the Oregonian gave to Congressman Ellis before tbe vote on the Teller resolution was taken they are "at tbe forks of the road," and the Ore gonian and its follower will have to show their sincerity for the 8t. Louis platform of protection snd sound money, or stand good for tbe detest of the republican ticket in the state of Oregon, if that should occur They will bave a chance to sbow their hand (Corvallis Gazette.) We have tbe Oregonlsn's word for it that Mr. Simon is no boss, and In fact never was a boss. If the Oregonian will only convince us now that Waldo defeated Strahn for the office of supreme judge; tbat Pennoyerin his race lor governor wss defeated succes sively by Cornelius and Thompson; that Henry McGinn was appointed circuit judge for Multnomah county at tbe request of the W.C.TU,; that the republican Portland primaries of 1800 were held in school houses and churches; that the Oregon legislature or 1895 7 transacted its proper business; then we will begin to believe that there has not been such a man as Mr. Joseph Simon. (Oregon Observer.) Judging the strength and enthusiasm of the republican cause in Oregon, by the manifestation in the meeting of the league of republican clubs in Portland, one cannot but come to the conclusion that Oregon republicanism is stronger and more active than ever before, and that tbe prospects lor victory at tbe next election are sure and satisfactory. When active business men drop their work to gather in such enthusi astic numbers, just for the purpose of giv ing expression to republican sentiment and the upholding of the firm and solid government, that gives as it has clearly proven tbe largest share of prosperity and protection to the people, it means some thing and wilt develop Into something. (McMinnville Transcript.) The idea of Harve Scott attempting lo cast reflections on Charley Fulton's repub licanism t Wby, there's more true man hood and principle in Mr. Fulton's little finger than there Is in Harve Scott's wbnle rotten carcass. He arraigns Mr. Fulton for once having expressed sn idea favorable to silver, and says tbat be Is not to be trusted because of that fact. What dots this old demagogue; this old treacherous heretic; this Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde on all public questions; this old reprobate who was kicked oat of the custom house for dis honesty and corruption a few years ago; this ranting old free-trader; we say what does he propose to do with President Mc Kinley, with John Bhermaii, with Carlisle, with Congressman Tongue in tact with about all the leading men of the country, when it comes to that proposition? They bave all possessed and expressed the same ideas as those or Mr. Fulton. The fact Is Harve Scott and his narrow-minded vam pires don't care a snap of their fingers for the money question that tbey prate to much about: it is only for tbe purpose of venting their personal spleen tbat tbey attack such men as 0. W. Fulton. Char ley Fulton will be a saint when the d 1 has Harve Scott wheeling coal to keep up bis tires. (Oregon Observer.) The first six months of the operations of tbe Dingley law shows that the predictions of its Iramers tbat it is perfectly ample as a revenue producer snd satis.'sctory in its effect upon industries of the country were well founded. Tbe law went Into effect in the closing days of July, and the close of tbe month of January thus completes a six month's record. While li began, of course under extremely adverse circumstances by reason of the large Importations of foreign goods during tbe three months preceding its enactment, the record which it haa mads under those circumstances Is auftloletit lo justify Its Irlends in their belief that It will furnish ample revenue. The receipts dur ing that lime are over $1X000,000 In exoess of those ot the Wilson law during, tbe cor responding period of It history, and when It Is considered that the Wilson law during its first few months had the advantage of extremely heavy Importations which had been held back to obtain the lower rale. which II allowed, while the exact reverse was true with reference to tha Dlngley law, It Is apparent that the new measure Is a vast Improvement, to aay tbe least, upon Its predecessor. The growth In receipts under the new lew has been steady and rapid. Beginning lu Us first month, August, with tl).0o0,0U), It Increased to nearly .M,000,000 In September; lo over I2I.000.OOU In Octo ber, t,0u0,000 in November, mure than 127.000,000 In December, and nearly $29,000,000 In January; while the custom receipts in January were nearly 23 per cent, greater than those under the Wilson law in January of the preceding year. Appropriate) Acrostic. E. 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