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PAGE 4. OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, JULY I, 1904. Oregon City Enterprise CITY AND COUNTY PAPER. OFFICIAL Published Every Friday. Subscription Rates: One year II 50 Six months ' 75 Trial subscription, two months.. C5 Advertising rates on application. Subscribers will find the date of ex ptration stamped on their papers fol lowing their name. If this Is not changed within two weeks after payment, kindly notify us, and the matter will receive our attention. Entered at the postofflce at Oregon City, Oregon, as second-class matter. Speaking about summer resorts what Is the matter with Oregon City? o There are other ways of observing Independence Day than by firing giant fire crackers and drinking pink lemou-ade. STRONG POINT OF ISM. REPUBLICAN. Considerable fuss has been made A Democratic paper refers to the death, within a few years, of McKln ley. Reed and Hanna, and says "the Republican party has no leaden to take their places." This line of com- j ment shows a defective comprehen-' over the marriage of a "cullu'd gem- lon of the basis of the Republican 'en" by a Portland belle. She might possibly have done worse. Heyoud the humiliation resulting to the parents of the erstwhile carnival queen, we cannot see that the escapade con-' FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1904. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY CREED. A pleasant task confronted the men who drew up the platform of 1904 for the Republican party. In telling what the party stands for today they were obliged to recount some of the great tilings which it did yesterday and the day before, back to a time beyond the recollection of many of the men in the convention. All this furnishes many of the most inspiring chapters of American history. During the half a century of the life of the Republican party it has been the dominant force is American politics, except in the latter part of Pierce's service, through the whole of Buchanan's and through part of Cleveland's. Since 1859, in the middle of Buchanan'B term, the Democratic party has not had com plete control of the national govern' Bent, except in 1893-95, in the first half of Cleveland's second term. . Dur ing all the rest of the time the Repub licans have been in the ascendant in part or all of the government, and for most of the time it has been In con trol of all of it. All the advances which have been scored by the United States between 1854 and 1904 have been due to the intelligence, progres- siveness and courage of the Republi can party. The party which put down the re bellion, destroyed slavery, killed the secession heresy, created a more per fect Union than had existed prior to 1861, established the tariff, opened the West to settlers by its free lands law, joined the Pacific Coast to the Missis' sippi valley by bonds of steel, created the currency system, established the gold standard, started the scheme of national irrigation which will add mil lions to the West's population, annex- ed Alaska, drove the Spaniards out of Cuba and off the American continent, created the republic of Cuba, annexed Hawaii, Porto Rico and the Philip pines, gave the peoples of all these islands self-government for the first time In their history, incited the crea tion of the republic of Panama, start ed the construction of the isthmian canal and nearly tripled the country's population and much more than quad rupled it3 wealth, has a record, remote and near, which is the best possible platform on which to appeal to the people. On the lines which have been laid down by the action of the Repub lican party in the past half century, It will conduct the government in the future. In the spirit and with the courage and sanity thus far displayed the Republican party will meet pres ent issues and, the new ones which arise. Protection's basic principle will be maintained in the tariff laws, and no alterations in the .schedu'es will be made except where demanded by the public interest and the changes in those cases oust be made by the friends and not the enemies of pro tection. The gold standard will be defended; trusts will be assailed when hostile to the public in'erest; the army and navy will be strengthened and improved; the interests of the people of Porto Rico and the Philip pines will be protected; the country's debt to the soldiers and sailors will be remembered, steps will be taken to build up the country's ocean mar ine, and the extension of the country's commerce over the world will be pushed. The states which have abol ished the negro as a voter while hang ing on to the representation in con (press wfjicn the negro s presence gives them will find some thing to their interest in one plank of the plat- Jorm. President Roosevelt's act in calling a halt on Germany, England and Italy in the raid on Venezuela will show what the Republican party stands for in the maintenance of su pervision over the Western hemi sphere. Secre'ary Hay's work in get ting pledges from Russia to maintain the open door in Manchuria, bis com mercial treaty with China and his de fense of that empire against threat ened assaults from without foreshad ow th$, policy which the Republican party will take in the external politics of Asia. The creed which the Repub lican party has just outlined will have an absorbing interest for all elements of the American people. party, which Is principle, sound and virile principle: and that, as history J teaches, may always be trusted to I bring capable loaders to the front, j Statesmen pass away, some In the full-1 cerns anybody, and really did not de- ness of years, and others at the post serve the attention it has received, j of duty, but the vacancies are suit-' o ably filled as circumstances may de-1 Officials in charge of the Oregon mand. Republicanism a system of I City water works are having no end ( upright, enlightened government, not j of trouble in regulating the use of , an organization resting on the person aqua for irrigation purposes by the ! i qualities, however great, of indl- j patrons of this municipal enterprise, i vlduals. At Its birth the Republican I In view of the vote that was cast In ! party knew nothing of Its ablest lead ! this county last month in favor of lo- j er. but in six years singled hlra out cal option, an increased consumption, I gnd made him the War president, at all hours, of water must be ex- j n was the Intuition of the American pected. ; people, acting through the medium of o I the beBt party that, in a remarkably During the month of June, this year. .nort time, discovered Abraham Lin- Clackamas county cashed road war-; cofn Bmj placed tb helm of the nation ' rants aggregating J4991 .66. and there j ln hlg hands. No party that Is truly was not a cent of interest paid on a great, that represents the high cause single warrant either. This is some- 0f truth and civilized progress, will thing of an Improvement over paying ever lack leaders. No euch gap can interest on a road warrant indebted-; exist in the onward march of mankind, ness of 137.000. This change of con- j gut a party that has no issues can ditions was accomplished ln about a i have no leaders, except such as war year by the present county officers. o The observance of Independence Day at Oregon City this year was as "sane" a celebration as could be ex pected and tolerate to even a moder ate extent the indulgence by the juve nile population ln the use of explos ives. There is in force on the city's statute books an ordinance prohibit ing the use of Dewey chasers, bombs i and others of the more deafening ex plosives on this occasion and the or with each other. Effective leadership In a party at least presupposes unity on principles. On that score Repub licans are content; but bow is It with the opposition? o A STEP FORWARD. IT ESSE IE WRiLID)9 TT7 A TT TTD TT TMT 7 TTC ? All railroad transportation to St. Louis and return and $100.00 additional for expenses will be given to the winner of this contest. dinance was very generally observed. In connection with the agitation that j has been started for accomplishing a i "sane" Fourth, an exchange suggests that it would be a good idea to elimi nate Goddess of Liberty contests. j o The plan proposed by the Oregon i State Grange to join with the Wash ington State Grange and secure a com plete collection of the resources of the Northwest to be exhibited at the Na tional Grange convention, which will be held at Portland In November, is a good one. Every Granger should strive to make the proposed exhibit both complete and truly representa tive of the limitless resources of this section. Such an exhibit could not be more appreciated than by the assem bly of delegates for whom It is to be prepared. Such a collection of the products of Oregon and Washington would do much to advertise this sec tion of the Northwest. o Another Fourth has come and gone, leaving fresh memories of the event that is annually commemorated, and in the observance of which every pat riotic American takes pleasurable pride. There were the usual cere monies, Independence Day oratory and pvrotechnlc displays. Interest in this national anniversary and its pro per observance will never diminish. It recalls the memorable .sruggle that terminated 128 years ago with the re ward acquired of independence and the right of self-government. The glory of this victory was supplemented by a similar conquest in 1812, the re uniting of opposing interests in ioo, and was more recently augmented by t'.:e glorious achievements of the coun try's defenders on land and sea in the Spanish-American war and the Philip- p!ne insurrection. A corresponding owth has been made along indus trial and commercial lines until we ! Portland Is to have a large packing ; house, to be erected and operated by , the stockmen, who are organized to fight the beef trust with the end in view of getting actual values for their : cattle. j This Is a move that means much to J the producers of the country, and i their future will depend greatly upon I the success of the Independent pack-1 I ing company. If the stock raisers are ! able, through co-operation, to com pete with the beef trust, one of the I best organized combines ln America, ! If they can butcher their own stock I and place It on the market without paying tribute to the trust, they will have done much toward breaking the influence of trusts fh all lines. If suc cess crowns their efforts, they will have demonstrated that the producers, when they get together, are more powerful than the trusts. The success of this Independent packing company, owned and controlled by the stockmen, will do more to break the Influence of trusts than all the taws that can be passed as they are enforced by those In authority. Aside from this good result, a large packing establishment in Portland means much to the entire Northwest. It Is the creation of an Industry that has long been needed. It will furnish a ready market for the meats raised on the coast, and will do away with the shipping of live stock to Chicago or Kansas City to have It butchered and sent back to us as cured meats, by which process the producers and consumers pay freight two ways half way across the continent. The Dalles .Mountaineer. Will be awarded to any Party in Clackamas County receiving the highest vote. With every 25 cent cash purchase ; Oregon City Enterprise Howell & Jones Miles & McGlashan Thomson's Bargain Store J. M. Price Lamb & Sawyer Miss Wisner Frank Redner S. Oldstein The Brunswick R. PeUold W. L. Block sort to physical violence, and they were taught abhorrence of murder frorn childhood and the fear of punish ment which murder brings. A second nature had been imposed upon them which, it would seem, should have proved too strong for any savage lm- y pulses, but the restrictions of a life-' H time vanished in an instant. It should I ? be noted In this connection that none ! j in Swell Lace Collars just 2 received. f window uiarLAT) , r. 5rart Effts Our buyer in new in New York and within a few wrrks we will have on display the mmtrtrnt and niOHt complete linn of Novelties in Ladies' Wear ever known in this city. Prlc0i txtrtmtly Low. SUNDAY'S MURDERS. of the murderers apparently had suf fered from the taint of professional criminality. The problem of prevention under such circumstances seems a hopeless one, but no doubt many of such mur ders would not occur If so much hu man Ingenuity had not been wasted upon that most convenient Instrument of murder and assassination, the re volver. The weapon Is not only of little use except for the commission of crime, but Is far too widely dis tributed. Undoubtedly there should be a much stricter supervision than there l.i over the trade in flrearriiH, and something might be gained If the pen alties for carrying concealed weapons were more generally enforced. Chi Yesterday's paper contained an ap palling rerord of murders. There were nine cases of shooting, of which one only was possibly accidental, and in this list there were two Instances of murder followed by suicide. There was one report also about a man who i cago Record-Herald, was beaten to death. o- aie now the grandest nation in uiej Several of the crimes were due to world. There is certainly abundant oc- family quarrels. One man was killed casion for celebrating and with more ! ,y his wife within a short time after or less demonstration, too. I their marriage. Because of Jealousy 0 I one man shot his wife and then killed The 3Eo,ir- Main St., OREGON CITY it it (4 A household necessity. Dr. Thorn' Electric Oil. HeaJs burns, cuts, wounds of any sort; cure sore throat, croup, ca tarrn, atha; never fails. Would it be not only advisable but an economic move on the part of the Oregon City council to Investigate .the nr.T.,.vlmtn ..e e.f filllnff In tl'ltn Ar I ajrfJVAiuiBLC L'.ai ji ,,,ii iu nnu uj. v the trestles on Main street In the vi cinity of Eleventh street and also at Green Point? The Eleventh s'.rert trestle Is in serious need of Immediate repair. Wooden structures of th!j kind are of but temporary service, lr. that in a short time they become inse cure from constant travel, and must necessarily be replaced or extensively repaired at frequent intervals. With the cost of lumber and all building ma terials constantly advancing, it seems that it would be an economical move on the part of the council to cause these two places to be filled In. With the dredging outfit that is now making the fill on the O. W. P. & Railway trestle right on the grounds, an ar rangement might be made by which such an Improvement could be done cheaply. It might be well for the city authorities to confer with the officials of the O. W. P. & Railway Co., who have an equal interest in this street and its improvement, and see if this work cannot be done at this time with out unreasonable expense to either corporation. himself, while Jealousy prompted an I other man to kill the woman with j whom he was living, after which he committed suicide. A son slew his father ln a fist fight which grew out of a dispute about money. Of the three remaining reports one tells of the shooting of a negro woman by some unknown person, another of the shooting of one man by another during an altercation, and the third of the shooting of a young man, which re sulted in the arrest of four men and three women on suspicion that they were implicated ln the affair. The states ln which the crimes were committed were New York, New Jer sey, Illinois, Missouri and Kansas, ami all these tragedies occurred last Sun day. None, it will be observed, can be charged against the South, and only one was reported from outside the Union Breton island. Probably the record Is very incom plete, since there are more than 9000 homicides annually In this country, but even as It stands It presents a remarkable showing of the persist ence of savagery amid the refine ments of civilization. These people were all brought np In a society which, generally speaking, Is averse to a re- Several Oregon counties have sent excellent advertising matter to be placed on display in the state exhibit at St. IjiiIh, and the results they will obtain will be good. Too much can not be said of the Judicious publicity of county resources, for It will do more to secure new people for the state than any other form of advertisement. World's Fair Correspondence. What has Clackamas county done along this line? o JUSTICE WILL TRIUMPH IN COLORADO. The people of Colorado are having a very severe trial, but there is no reason to suppose that they will not come through It in a manner worthy of American citizens. For the pres ent, owing to the shocking nature of the crime at Independence, there is a natural resort to extreme measures against the union miners. It is Im possible to split hairs in such an emer the location being Cape ' gency, and If it appears that men are coerced and deported without proof of guilt and without being given an opportunity to defend themselves, if membership in a union Is held to amount to a conviction, if. all union professions of abborence for the re cent crimes are judged insincere and the ordinary safeguards of civil liberty are disregarded by those ln power all this does sot mean the establish ment of a permanent tyranny. It Is simply the extraordinary remedy ap plied to the extraordinary disease, and If It should leave some troublesome complications they will be attended to later. The thing of supreme importance now Is the restoration of order and the suppression of a arrtaln kind of ter rorism. Should advantage be taken of the confusion to set up a new kind of terrorism and bend the state to the selfish uses of individuals the reaction will be as Inevitable as the present up rising has been. It Is simply Incon ceivable that any American commun ity would tolerate what might amount to a continued prohibition of luwful association or that because the gov ernor of Colorado has been sustained by the supreme court of the state that there Is likely to be a sinister recourse to martial law In the future. For it must not be forgotten that officials are men having but a little brief authority, that permanent power is with the people, and that the peo ple's sense of Justice is In the long run a corrective of most glaring public abuses, whatever their source may be. Unless precedents end national char acter are valueless as guides the peo ple of Colorado will refuse to surren der to violence on the one hand or cur- ruptlon on the other, and all classes will be compelled to submit to an Im partial administration of the law in strict consonance with the plnclples of civil liberty. WERE CHARGED WITH PATRIOTISM. An Oregon City lie Deicrlbes Remarkable Scene at Omaha. Reduced Ratei to 6t Louis Exposition. The Southern Pacific Co. will sell round trip tickets at greatly reduced rates to St. Louis and Chicago account the 8L Louis Exposition, on the following dates: June 16, 17, 18; July 1, 2. I; August I, a, 10; September I, I. 7; October , 4, f. Oolng trip must be completed within ten days from date of sale, and passen gers will be permitted to start on any day that will enable them to reach des tination ' within the ten days limit. Re turn limit ninety days, but not later than Dee. Slit, 1904. For full Information as to rates and routes call on Agent Southern Paclfls Co. at Oregon City, Oregon. Job work that pleases at the En terprise office. In h litter written to Oregon City rela te , Montrose HI John Klven a splendid !. M-rliiinn i.f a atrlotic entertainment l.i- ri n-ritlv wlllienm il at lmnhu. Niihraa. ka. Tim Utter followa: "I.iM nlKlit. by the kindness of Mrs. St. Cvc, I was irmW. il lo attend the Innes concert fit th- Auditorium, und It was a ri'iM-llllim of the "Wnr und lVare" which iiimli- euch an . m io-mi lit Hie nmt time "AfHT s rnli. il.- of flue music the band mill (horn" of nliout mo voImh Hung a inunl.i r of tlx old war huhk. like 'Hally llonnil tin- KIuk.' ;nllle Cry of Frt-c-duin,' und lint, 'JuM Ili-fure the tattle, Mother.' While ulnKliiK thin o,e Om,u tjunrda, ri .n ci ntlriK the Union HiMl.-m. in l,iue, anil the Tlinrnton Itlfle, representing the Houth. In klmkl jmntii, t.luo Khlrts, etc., tlrew up mriim the front of the stage. Thi-n. pre' eileil by the ri-pulntlnn fife ami drum, they man-lied out of thu building to the alley. ItuKlern stntlonert at vart oin rlBe.ii In the vimt building, sounded the call to arm", and the llfchm were all exiliiKulhhed. Then came the roar of cannon, volley after volley of mueketry. great bliizea of red fire, nhouta and bugle cnlln, laellng ceveral minutes. Then aa on a quiet, the greut chorus sang i-oftly, There Will He One Vacant Chair.' Next the sound of the flfo was heard and Johnny Comes Marching Home' waa sung, and all at once bursting In at the front of the hnll came the old war vet erans, followed by the soldiers with their uniform all awry, hernia tied up In hand kerchiefs, etc., one battalion down on eld of the aisle and the other down the other. It la eetlmatcd that there were six thoueand people ln the building, and they JuBt went craty over the 'boys.' Such ai.pluuac, such waving of handker chiefs and hats! Such shouts one scarce ly ever heard. It was such a reallstlo scene that many Women were sobbing and men, to. The 'boys' ranged up in front of the stage, and It was fully ten minutes before the 'ovation' ceaaed, and they standing there with 'Dre.ent like a hundred statues. Then all at ono big band struck up 'America and leader turned to the audlene. .nA Ipi.in.. to them to rltt and Join, and th.y responded royally. Jut think of It. more people than all Oregon City singing America, wltn a will, all at once. That was the end." the the Tnlt office was never before better prepared to do Job work of all kind on short notice than it is right now. Bend ln your work. 1