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4 OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1898 Oregon City Enterprise. J ' ' Published Every Friday. L. L. FOKTER, rsopRiiToiu F. L. roiNDEXTER, Kimtos kd Mor. C. J. CURTIS, Political Editor. BUBMCHIPTION RATKB, One yer W Mi months 1 w Trial subscription, two months 25 ivimii ot so cents on ill subscriptions for one vear, 25 cenu (or six months, if paid in advance. Advertising rates given on application. Subscribers will find the ds of explra- Uon stamped on tbelr papers ioiiowhik their name, ir this date is not changed within tao weeks sfter a payment, ainuiy nolily us and wo will loot aner n. , Entered at the postofllce in Oregon City, Or., as second class matter. BKPI BLICAN COl'STV TICKET Senator Geo. C. Brownell. Joint Senator U L. Torter. Representatives J. L. Krnse, John Dennison, Alex Thomson. County Judge Thos. F. Uvan. Sheriff Max Ramsby. Clerk Adolph Aschoff. Recorder Thos. Randall. Aseesor Eli Williams. Treasurer A. B. Marquaro School Superintendent H. S. Strange. Surveyor E P. Rands. Corouer E. A Deadman. Commissioner Richard Morton. KEITBI.ICAX STATE TICKET For Congre s TUOMAS H. TONGUE. For Governor T.T.GEER. For Supreme Judge F. A. MOORE. For State Treasurer C. S. MOORE. For Secretary of State F.I.DUNBAR. For State Printer W. L LEEDS. For Attorney General D. R. N. BLACKBURN. For Superintendent Public Instruction J. II. ACKERMAN. DISTRICT TICKET For Circuit J udne T. A. McBRlDE. For District Attorney T.J. CLEETON. Tor Board of Equalization Y, H. Smjtb. ANXOrSCEMENT In assuming the dutiea of campaign editor of the Euterprise I deem it a duty due to the people of Clackamas County to briefly outline the political policy of the Enterprise during the campaign. Tbe principles of the Republican Party a enunciated in the State Platform will endorsed. The fallacies of the Fusion Platform will be discussed in order to convince the people that it is a subter fuge to delude the voters into the belief that all reforms can only eminate from the Populist Party. Every candidate ill be treated with due consideration nd personalities will be eliminated from the campaign. Every candidate, no matter which party he lepresents, is entitled to respect. It it the principles jnd records of the Party that should be iept prominently before the public. It is the principles and record of the Populist Party in Clackamas County and Oregon that will form the basis of the campaign. To former Republicans who, in a moment of thoughtlessness renounced Uegiance to the Republican Party, and unfortunately assisted the Populists, we desire to welcome them back to the fold As to the chronic office seeking wing of the Democratic Party who have fooled their issues with the Fusion Populists, there is no hope of redemption or reclamation They have not only forfeited all their right, title and interest to recognition by the honest Democrats, but have for felted all reBpect for themselves. They have entered into an unholy alliance with the "hold-up" wing of the Populists Patty for spoils and boodle. The venom and hatred that once rankled in the bosom of the Democrat for the Populist, and vice versa, has ceased to bud and Wont-oil and they now stand forth a happy verification of the old adage, j "that men may learn to love." The " P0! bave forgotten about this inisBion of the Enterprise during the disgraceful strain upon the fair name of campaign will be to call sinners, not the h State. If the Republican Party bad righteoue to repentance. Argumentative been responsible tor the "hold-up," the appeals will be made to the intelligence Populist Platform would have been teem of the voters. With the ignorant, the In8 with denunciations of that Party, cranks, the idle and the vicious, no but being responsible themselves, they argument would be sufficiently under stood to penetrate their dimlnitive brain, and they will be left to bring up the fag end of the Populist Party so soon to be consigned to oblivion. C. J. CURTIS. CAMFAIOJf ISSUES. There is one little matter that the ropulists ommitted in their Tarty Plat form. It certainly must lave been an oversight as it is a matter that they must answer to the people of Clackamas County for in the ensuing campaign. It is a matter that received the condemna tion of every honest man In the State and the prime cause that has brought the Populist Tarty into disrepute in all sections of the State. It is barely pos sible that the Topulista have forgotton that little incident that occurred during the last Legislature, although the Popu list's Representative from Clackamas Connty and other counties in the State were responsible for it. To refresh their memories, the incident referred to is what is known as the "hold up." Of course $i0wal not a very large sura for violating their solemn obligations and promises made to the people during the campaign of two years ago. Yet con sidering the fact that a pack ot hungry wolves will ever accept what they can get, and considering the fact that they were actuated more by the spoils of office than performing their duties to the people, it was prolwbly a fair considera tion for the services rendered. But there is a vague reference to the results of that "hold-up" in the Populist Platform. It leads aa tollows: We denounce and condemn the cor rupt and extravagant Republican Legis lative assemblies and charge that the Republican Party, in its eagerness for the spoils of office, has become divided into warring factions, that is it is incap able of government, as exemplified by the condition existing in the ollire of the State Treasurer, there being at tbla time more than half a million of dollaas therein wrung from the people by the process ot taxation, while Mate war rants are stamped "Not paid for want of funds" This is virtually the only real issue in the campaign (or the reason that it is of a local nature, while the remainder of their Platform is simply a rehash of the St. Louis Platform, comprising all that is obnoxious to the pec pie, detrimental to good government and panders to the desires of the low and vicious, the Anar chists and the ignorant masses. Now that they have made this au issue, the Republicans of Clackamas County and the State are ready to meet them and discuss this question, with the belief that it is thoroughly ventilated, it will con vince all thinking people that there is only one organisation in Oregon respon sible for the condition of affairs which the Populists claim exists today, and that is tbe Populist Party of Oregon, acting through their representatives in the Legislature. It is true that there is about $500,000 in tbe State treasury, while warrants are stamped, "Not paid for want of funds." As to whether this money was wrung from the people by means of taxation, makes but very little difference to a large majority of tbe Populists who have never contributed one cent to this Vast sum of money. The question to be settled is, who is responsible for this condition of affairs? The Populists sug gest that owing to warring factions in tbe Republican Party, that this is the cause of it. As the warring factions only inhabit the County of Multnomah, it could not apply to tbe remainder of the State. There is not a man in the 8tate of Oregon familiar with the last session of the Legislature but what knows as a matter of fact, and a fact that has been admitted by tbe Populists, that tbe PopulisU were and are responsible for this condition of affairs. Had the Populist majority of the last Legislature not formed an unholy alli ance with the Democrats who were in the employ of a banker of Portland, this money would net be now in the State Treasury, but would have been distri buted among tbe people and to whom it is due. Had the Populist members of the Legislature performed their duties as they promised to do and which was en joined Upon them by virtue of being representatives of the people, this con dition of affairs would not exist today, Yet with brazen effrontery, charasteriS' tie of this hoide of hungry office-seekers, they are yery reticient In regard to this important matter, presumably hoping do not care to enter into tbe merits of that controversy, Now that they have referred to it indirectly, it becomes a matter for public discussion and tbe more this matter is ventilated, the more strong will be the condemnation ol the people expreased at the polls, on the 0th day of June. The Populist Plat form teems with demands for "reform." That reform la necessary admits of no doubt, hut it can never be brought to a successful termination through the ad heranta and chronic olHceeeker of the Populist Tarty. There is not a true re former In the pernicious outfit. The leg-pullers," the Populist Tarty are a tremendous success. It la possible that one of their pleas for the sufleragcs of tbe people will be, that they can be influenced cheap. While there were some other trifling emoluments In ad dition to the S0 received by this coterie of leg-pullers, such as basklug in the sunshine of Jonathan Bourne's harem, being wined, dined, hugged aud fired, the price paid for their services Is prob ably commensurate with the price of that class ot cattle. Why did this great Triangular Reform Tarty go into that alliance? Certaiu it is , they were not elected to prevent the election of a United States Senator, and yet that was the princiiw! cause that actuated them and caused them to violate every pledge, every promise made to the. people; that prevented needed legislation ; that brought a laat iug disgrace upon tlm Stute ; that made theacuumulation of oyer fdOO.OOO in the State Treasury and the non-payment of warrants for the want of funds. The only question that was settled by that hold up is, the price placed upon the value of a Populist, to wit: (80. It is possible that a single Populist is worth more thau that sura, but by taking them in job lots, the price is a fair one, considering the quality of goods purchased. For their failure to perform the dutiea enjoined upon them, tae Populist Party will have to answer to the people. It is no wonder that a large number of the more intelligent class of the Topulist Tarty are leaving that organization. They do not care to shoulder the blame and responsibility resting upon that organization for the disgraceful maladministration of public affairs. The Populist bad better Uke down their "reform" siirn and dead ignorance in justification of their acts. BKFl'BLICAN TICKET. Never in tbe history of Oregon has the waring factions of the Republican Party been so adjusted to the extent of produc ing harmony in the ranks, as exsta in this State today. To nominate a State ticket today that would meet with the approval of all classes of Republicans seemed an impossibility at the outset of the Convention. The grand principles enunciated in the Platform that was unanimously adopted seemed to bring all factions into closer communion and when the convention closed its labors and presented ita ticket to the people of Oregon, all dissent ion disappeared aa if by magic, and everyone promised alle giance to tbe entire ticket and to work fur its election. Hon T. T. Geer who heads the ticket for Governor is one of the most prominent men in the state. He has been identi fied with the Republican Party all his life and baa been one of the most arduous workers in the State. He rep resents tbe farming interests of the State and is honored and respected by all who know him. He understands the wants and requirements of the great growing State of Oregon aod has the ability to fill tbe responsible duties of chief magis trate of tbe State. He has never been identified with any clique or ring, is under no political control but represents the toiling masses of tbe Republican Party, F. I. Ddfibat, candidate tor Secretary of State, is a young man of the highest personal attainments and abilities. He has neld the position of County Clerk of Clatsop County for the past tour years, and it is through his flnaceering abilities, his undoubted integrity and business sagacity, that the county warrants of Clatsop County have gone from 85 cents to par, and the credit of the county stands high. Mr. Dunbar has always been a staunch Republican, a firm be liever in tbe financial policy of the Re publican Party for Sound money. He not only commands the respect of tbe Republicans of Clatsop County, but will receive the support of Democrats as welL He is a polished gentleman, and has made an enviable record for himself and tbe party. Frank A. Moore, candidate for Supreme Judge has occupied a position o& the Supreme bench of this state for the past six years and it was owing to bis great abilities, bis unansweriug de votion to duty that made bis nomination unanimous in the State Convention. He Is an untiruing worker, an able Judge and will be re-elected by a large majority. Charles S. Moore, nominee for State Treasurer Is a resident of Klamath County and one of its most successful business men and is very popular in that seotiou of the State. He Is considered one ot the strongest nominees ou the ticket. W. il. Wis for State Printer is the present incumbent, is a popular and affable gentleman, has made a good record and thoroughly understands the duties ot the office. D.R.N. Blackburn, of Albany Is the candidate for Attorney General, He is regarded as one of the beet attorneys In the State and his name upon the ticket will insure Itupuhllcitn success in Lln'n county tor the entire State ticket. J. H. Ackerman, candidate for Super intemlent of Public Ipat ruction Is a resident of Portland and la recognised as ono of the ablest instructors in the State. One thing that commeinla Mr, Acker- man to the iwple is, that he cannot bo influenced by the American Hook Com pany. Thomas A. Mcltridn, randidste for Circuit Judge needs no mention as to his personal qualifications or eminent ill ness for the position. Everyone In Clackamas County is his friend and he virtually has no upxsition for the posi tion. T. J.Cleeton, candidate for District Attorney has filled the position for the past two years and lus made a record mai lias proven nun entirely capable to till the responsible dutiea of the office. As a public prosecutor he has been un tiring in his efforts to tee that the laws were strictly enforced, hut has always discouraged unnecessary litigation In the interestaof every county in his District. His undoubted integrity, strict attention to the duties of his oltL-e have nude him a host of friends andiis majoilty of 1000 two years ago will be doubled. W. 11. Smith, candidate for the Board of Equilization, is an eld soldier, a resi dent ol Abernethy Precinct, a true and loyal Republican and well qualified for the position. His long residence in Clackamas County and undoubted Integ rity and sterling qualities have won for htm the esteem and confidence of his fellow citizens. L. L. Porter, candidate for Joint Senator is well and favorably known In Clackamas county. There is no ques tion as to his position on the money question. When s delegate to the Con vention two years ago he voted for the Gatch resolution advocating the gold standard and those who have read the Enterprise since his connection with it, know how he stands on this question. Whatever hi sympathies have been in regard to the Mitchell-Simon controversy he has taken no active part favoring either faction, a fact well known in this County. No one questions his ability and his opponents respect bira for his integrity, and devotion to the principals of the Republican Party. 1 The entire ticket is a strong one and commends itself to the support of not only Republicans, but the Sound Money Democrats as well. With the present harmonious feeling existing in the Re publican Party, by appealing to the intel ligence of the voters, the ticket will re ceive the undivided support of all the Republicans, all Sound Money Demo crats, and all Populists who have been deluded by false promises of the "hold up" wing of that party will rally to its support. PERSONAL POLITICS There is a tendendency on the part of tbe Populist papers of Clackamas County toward personal journalism In the present campaign. The history of such cam paigns has been that personal attacks act as a boomerang, especially when the proprietor of a newspaper is himself a candidate for a State office. Asa rule, candidates for State office secure many opposition votes for the reason that it is considered an honof to a county to have one of its citizens on the State ticket. Tbe vilification and abuse of , Hon. Geo. 0. Brownell, Republican candidate for State Senator is unjust and uncalled for. Mr. Brownell is conceded to be a repre sentative citizen of Clackamas County who baa served the people, honestly, faithfully and to the credit of the County. There is not a poor man that has appealed to Mr. Brownell for assistance and advice, but what has been given both free of charge and he has made many friends among that class of .people. It is all nonsense to say that Mr. Brownell is Mitchell 'Republican. Whatever part lie might have taken In the puat In that controversy does not hind him to iupKrt either (tuition, as the question was suttlod at the Slate Conven tion. Mr. Brow null's record In the Leulsluture shows him to bo a Hound Money Republican and he stands squarely upon tho National Platform adopted at St. Louis and the Statu Platform adopted at Astoria. If advice would he heeded It might be opportune at this time to state to those who are making a personal fight on either Mr. Brownell of"any ot the candl dates, that we are the best political mud -stinger In this neck of the woods and a continuation ot this disreputable underhanded, and cowardly warfare will result in the loading of our batteries and a campaign that will not be relished by these kindergarten politicians. No re flection is nude against Mr. Fitch, of the Herald, for while a newspaper Is controlled by Its owner, It la sometimes Influenced by politicians who have no conception ol the lesult of personal journalism, They mean well and the iutiorantn along these lines might excuse them, but does not justify them In their endeavor to secure self praise for them selves and condemnation for their oppo nents. With Mr. Poller, candidate for Joint Senator, it is a well known fact that he has always been an advocate ol Sound Money and belong to neither faction. No one can accuse him of flirting' with either the Mitchell tor Simon faction. He stands squarely on the Republican I'la'form ami will support only Sound Money men for Unite J States Senator. It Is proper that the voters of Clackamas Couuty should know just the position the candidates for the Icgi'ature oc cupy and If they indorse their positions on this question they can vote Intelli gently. It is to lie hoped that personal journalism will tie eliminated from this campaign and the better judgment of our esteemed content porles will prevail. THE MIIMM.K or THE KOAIIEKM. Those who believe in the principles of the Populist Party; those who advocate certain reform which originated with the first Populist organization, indig nantly repudiate the triplicate alliance formed at Portland. They know also that their Party leaders sold out two years sgo in the Legislature, and hence they refuse to Indorse political chicanery, simply because they are honest in their convictions. These men are known as "Middle of the Road PopulisU." They are being denounced by the olllce-srek- ing wing of the Populist Party because they are honest. There are many good features In the original Populist Platform, while the last one adopted at Portland is simply a fake. It la not to be wondered at that the honest element of the Popu list Party refuse to sanction or support the boodler wing of that Party. There is but one real point of difference between the Middle-ot-lhe-Road Popu lists and the Republicans, and that is the Silver question. The logic of events dur ing tbe past year ought to convince the voters of the folly of Free Silver. It is many years since wheat brought such prices as now are offered for it ; it is a long time since as many mortgages were paid off: it is a long time since so many new houses and barns were in tbe course of erection. Silver has gone down while wheat has gone np, and prosperity has returned while a sound currency pre vailed. It may be that silver is but the mask of Bryanism. It may be that while the Silver question is made the subject of discussion and open debate, the more revolutionary principles of the Chicago Platform are tbe hidden springs of Bryan istie action. It may be that the desire to confiscate railways, to half repudiate the debts of states aud cities by payment of creditors in 60-cent dollars, and to make the Federal Judiciary the tool of a mob, is what will control Bryan and his follow ers. The Socialistic leaven is working quietly. It is true that none would suffer more acutely than tlw farmers of Clack amas County and the state of Oregon were the crudities of Populism to be en acted into laws. The conservative cam paign of education must not flag. The infinite dangers of a debased currency, a bankrupt railway system, a dependent judiciary and a Socialistic administration must be taught clearly and patiently to a well-meaning, but deluded constituency. THE OHEUOXIAN, in its issue of the 18'h, states that what public opinion is in o ir preent national crisis can be learnod only among the masses, "in the shop and on the farm," and continues that the common impulse of the fanner and the factory hand on tbe destruction of the Maine was for "repar ation for Its damage and redress for it crime," as much as to say that this liv Itself should counteract every other reason why, on account of the Malm disaster, war with Spain should not al ready have been declared, . , Now, In my own Individual estimation, having been a farmer myself ami for a good many generations the direct de scendant ot a farmer, of all tho oreature n the face of God's green earth, the tiller of the soll-the old "hayseed" farmni, the "country Jay" so far as hh occupation I concerned, and because ol his occupation, la the most nobis. Ills environment, his close communion with nature, Ms coming into contact continu ally with that which In life Is most pure, all tend to qualify blin to judge hetweuu the right and tho wrong, and lo judge conscientiously, so far a he I capable of grasping the situation or his oporlutil ties permit him to weigh the vital con siderations. 1 also believe that the ma jority should usually rule; hut we will all admit that there are timet when it should not. These are, times when inch momentous question a the present arise, requiring without dlxpute the exer erclseof an Intelligence that ha attained to the highest po-sible degree of duvet meiit. Thl, I say with due respect to myself, at well as the rest of us, the average farmer does not possess; nor la he so deficient in common sense as to make any such preposterous preten tious. The farmer and the factory hand do not want to assume tho responsibility of declaring war. They have seen fit to choose from among tbelr number repre sentative, Including President McKln ley, more capable, according to their own .idgment, than they themselves would pretend to bo, to art tor them In l!i above capacity. If the majority must always rule, what Hum becomes of tbe school ? Tie Pendleton Tribune came out March INith In a special Issue of 28 pages, which Is s credit not only to its editor. but to the County in which it is published aa well aa to the State. 1 1 shows up Umatilla Couuty in a way that is bound to attract attention to Its wonderfully rich resources. It is just this kind of advertising that does most to build up a new country ; hence the value of an ably edited newsHer. But In order that any pspcr can do full justice to Itself aod tbe people and County it represent it must receive evidence ot appreciation for it worthy effort. The Enter prise warmly congratulates the Tribune and extends to It the right hand of good fellowship and a friend. Oni thing bound to result from a war with 8pin is the counteracting of this bitter sectionalism that tle country has now languished under for thirty live years. This Is an em! that alone might ' justify the means. Even In the fair Slate v of Oregon to mention the name of Stonewall Jackson today Is almost as great a crime as to take exception to a hot-bed of Canemah diphtheria germ. It seems indeed that war with Spain is inevitable. It we are indebted to any one for having up to this time- averted its precipitation, it Is tbe President; and to him we should feel grateful that our country I now Imtter prepared for war than It would have been had war been declared twenty or even ten days sgo. " Which s man has a club to keep him away from home until a late hour at night, his wife ought to have a club to induce him to remain at home," Maybe hi wife already ha a club and that this is why it is the poor follow re mains away from home. In thl ago of the "New Woman" are there many Joans of Arc? "A word to the wise is sufficient" and a word from tbe wine should be sufficient but you ask, who are the wise? Those who know. Tiie oft repeated experience of trustworthy persons may be taken for knowledgo. Mr W. M. Terry says Chamberlain's Cough Remedy gives better satisfaction than any' other In the market. He has been in the drug busi ness at Elkton, Ky.,for twelve years; has sold hundreds of bottles ot this rom edy and nearly all other cough medicines manufactured, which shows conclusively that Chamderlaln's is the most satisfac tory to the people, and is the best. For sale by Geo. A. Harding. Send the Entbhpriss to your trisnd In the East and thus give blm an idea ot what Is going on in Clackamas county, It may induce him to locate with us. Blank note, receipt and order books he Emsaraisi office,