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THE MOBS'rS'G- OKEGOJTLAX. FEIDAT, FBBBTJAET 15, 1895 Entered at the PostoSce at Portland, Oregon. as second-class matter. REVISED SUBSCRTPTIOX HATES. By ilai: (postage prepaid) In Advance Dally, with Sunday, per month. .... ..$ 1 00 Dally. Sunday excepted, per year.. 10 00 Dally, rrlth Sunday, per year... . -- I2 Sunday, per year.. ..... ....-..--- 2 00 The Weekly, per year ...- - She "Weekly, three months...-.. .. w TO QTT SUBSCRUJERS. Sally, per -week, delivered. Sunday excepted: Daily, p-r week, delivered. SundV included. .30c DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND, Teb. H.-8P. M. Maximum temperature, 44; minimum temperature. 3fc; height of river at 11 A. 1L, 4.0; change In the past 24 hours, 0.2; precipitation today .00; pre cipitation from September 1. 1834 twet season), to date. 19.76; average, 31.18; deficiency, 11.42; number hours of sunshine Wednesday, 2:04; pos sible number, 10:24. WEATHER SYNOPSIS. Slight changes having occurred In the baro metric pressure .on the Pacific coast and east ot the Rockies, fair and pleasant weather resulted throughout the country west of the Rocky mountains. East of the Rockies the tempera ture continues to record below sero. With ex ception of fresh easterly winds blowing oft the Washington coast, there are no evidences of the storm which prevailed on the North Pacific coast. WEATHER FORECASTS. Forecasts made at Portland for the 24 hours ending at midnight February 15: For Oregon, Washington and Idaho Fair weather and nearly stalonary temperature, with fresh east to north winds. For Portland Fair weather and nearly sta tionary temperature, with light easterly winds, a M. BLANDFORD. Acting Local Forecast Offlclal. letter, we remark again that nothing I could more clearly show the spirit of the republican campaign of 1894 in Ore gon. "What a departure from it is that spirit which now, a few months later, holds np the legislature! "With the spirit of this departure, with this fac tional divagation, with this movement toward populism, the republican masses never will fall in. They stand on this subject just where they stood when they voted last June. They stand on the ground which their party, as a na tional organization, has steadily held heretofore, and will as steadily hold hereafter. "Washington, taken lawfully in that state. This also would be inoperative. It should not be difficult to correct these incongruities. PORTLAND, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15. A. STRANGE DEPARTURE. The letter written by Representative Lestar, of Clatsop, published last April, when he was a candidate for the legis lative assembly, republished by The Oregonian yesterday, fairly expresses the thought and purpose of the repub licans of Oregon in the campaign that ended In the election of the present legislature. The spirit of the republi cans on the money question could not be more clearly set forth than in that letter. Yet now we are told there must be free coinage of silver; and Mr. Les ter is acting with those who refuse to vote for Sir. Dolph because he adheres to sound money and continues to op pose the demands of "the silver infla tionists and monometalists," as Mr. Iester then called his present associ ates. Republication of such a letter has value because t recalls, us to the spirit and purpose of the contest of last year, which resulted" in the election of the present legislature; and because it fur nishes a fixed landmark from which we may see . how wide has been the de parture from the spirit and purpose of that campaign, in the direction of the populist "fallacy, free silver and debased mopey. The men who have taken this de parture have gone back from their own pledges and from the instructions of the people who elected them, and have abandoned the policy of the republican party.. "There is no possible -mistake about this Free coinage of silver is distinctly a populistic vagary. No other party has declared for it. Since the present legislature was elected on a platform of sound money and in the spirit set forth in Representative Les ter's letter, there has been a great ef fort to carry members elected as re publicans over to this populistic doc trine of free silver and debased money. There was some sign of this movement in advance, but it was put down by tho vigorous purpose of the republican masses. Mr. Lester denounced the ef fort of the silverites as that of "a mi nority that proposes to rule or ruin." "Where is he now? With that same minority that proposes to rule or ruin. It is just as essential still to uphold right principles of money as it was when the appeal was made to the peo ple that resulted in the remarkable re publican victory of last June. But now the question 13 whether that was a re publican victory after all. A group of members elected to the legislature as republicans virtually Insist that it was a populist victory- They have prevent ed the election of a senator thus far because they cannot get a free-silver man. The notion that Oregon wants to sub stitute an inferior standard of money for the best standard, for the world's standard, has nothing to support it. The prodigious emphasis of last June's election in Oregon arose from the fact that republican speakers and republi can journals, one and all, contended against the populistic fad of free silver and CO-cent dollars, and appealed to the people to uphold the standard of best money. This was what so com pletely defeated Pennoyer, the silver champion. Oregon is for good money, the best money; not for half money, xiot for the stump-tailed dollar, half flat, subject to dishonor the moment free coinage shall cause the loss of parity with gold. "We have nothing to gain, but every thing to lose, by debasement of money. Gold is the world's money. Though we go to the sliver basis, the gold stand ard will rule us. Our products must be sold in the markets of the gold coun tries at gold prices. The notion, there fore, that we shall get more for our I products if we go to the silver basis is absurd. The countries where our great export products are marketed are on the gold basis, and on that basis the prices of our commodities will be fixed in those countries; and if prices are fixed in this country on a silver basis, wo must be sufferers at least to the ex tent of exchange fluctuations, which al ways discourage and put at a disad vantage the exportatlons of the coun try of lower money standard. The ef fect upon wages and upon prices to domestic consumers is alike disadvan tageous in the country of Inferior money. Close prices never can be made; there are fluctuations and dis counts In which the trader and broker always have the advantage; and it Is axiomatic that, of all the ways ever employed to cheat labor, debased money most effectually does It. Returning to Representative Lester's IX THE HAXDS OF USURERS. When a man allows his private af fairs to fall into such state that he can save himself from ruin only by bor rowing a large sum of money; when, moreover, his situation and necessities are known to all persons who have money to lend, he must expect to sub mit to hard terms and to pay usurious interest. It matters not how much prop erty he may have, if he cannot turn it Into money on short notice. It matters not how high his commercial credit may be. It matters not what positive assurance he can give of power to repay the loan upon maturity. It matters not how good security he can place in hands of the lender. If he must have the money, he must pay for it whatever the lender may demand. Exorbitant Interest is not claimed on ground of poor security or doubt about repay ment. It is extorted just because it can be; because the necessities of the bor rower put him in power of the lender and compel him to pay whatever the latter may demand, in way of interest, bonus, premium, commission or what not. This is what is called business. There is no way for the borrower to tween divorce and; remarriage in this state is violated indicates the probabil ity that the proposed law will not prove the "protection to the marriage rela tion" which its sponsor desires. "HIGHER EDUCATION." Tne house has passed bills to aid the normal schools at several points and to establish a new one at Lakeview, and the senate shows symptoms of willingness to provide local schools of this character for other sections of the state. Tillamook wants one, Coos bay asks for one, and another is desired in Grant or Harney county. It is time Portland joined in this scramble for state money to maintain a school for "higher education" of its youth. Mult nomah pays a third of the state taxes and gets little in return. If local high schools are to be supported by the state treasury, Multnomah should not be bashful in making her wants known. To be sure, Portland spends lots of money on her high school, but she dare not rob her lower grades any more, though the high school is rapacious and could absorb a much greater sum. The state treasury should be thrown open, so that the "cause of education" should not suffer. Vanderburg had the right idea in the bill so incontinently rejected by the senate. He believes that it is impossi ble to have too much of a good tiling. If it is good for Eugene, Corvallis, Drain, Monmouth, Weston and other cities to have schools for "higher edu cation" supported by the state, Van derburg thinks It would be good for every city. Hence his bill appropriat ing enough money to establish normal schools everywhere. Half a million in so good a cause ought not to be con sidered too much. The senate did not agree with Mr. A'anderburg, but a man i3 not necessarily In the wrong because a few in authority fail to agree with him. While these rapacious demands upon the treasury for the support of local There will be a very pretty row be fore many years if the British govern ment shall seek to maintain in prac tice the position in relation to the Nic aragua canal assumed in parliament yesterday. If that canal shall be built by the United States, the United States will control it, in time of peace and in time of war, and will take such meas ures of national defense, in Nlcaraguan territory and waters as well as in our own, as shall guarantee that control against all comers. The proper answer to the first hint of British assumption of joint interest or international con trol would be Instant appropriation of $100,000,000 for increase of our navy. Parlijfcment begins to concern Itself about Pacific cables, too. The next thing will be a suggestion to put the proposed American cable to Japan under international control. ton and Frank Beatyr of Salem, J. W. Pugh, of Shedd, and several other fruit men of Linn and Polk; also H. E. Hayes, master of the state grange, who spoke for the grange, E. Long, of Aumsville. and others, who ail said they wanted no board of horticulture. One gentleman aptly said: "We have gone beyond that, know how to take care of our trees and can go alone with what experience we have and the government publications and farm journals to keep us posted." S. A. CLARK. Revival of business depends largely on restoration of credit; and there will be no restoration of credit till the money standard shall be made secure; that his commercial salvation will not j ""tolled, the state press Is chronicling U It be settled beyond controversy depend upon borrowing money This is precisely the situation of the avoid the alternative. The onlv thine for him to do is so to manage his affairs schools for higher education are being General Schofleld was a good soldier, and is worthy of the promotion he has received. But the success of his mili tary career was due to the quick de cision and gallant action of Colonel Emerson Opdycke at the battle of Franklin. Opdycke commanded a brigade In Wood's division. Acting upon his own judgment at a critical time, when a terrible disaster was im pending, he threw forward his brigade in a charge never excelled in courage and vigor, saved the army from a rout and turned defeat Into victory. But for this gallant action Schofleld would have been ruined. - Every great reputa tion in war is built; largely on the serv ices of men comparatively unknown. "A CONTEST OF STANDARDS." PORTLAND, Feb. 14. (To the Editor.) You utter the keynote of the silver ques tion in yesterday's leader, entitled "One Standard or the Other." It is absolutely true, ad you say, that "In so far as there is a question about money, it is a con test of standards." This vital truth is largely overlooked by the empirics who quack of this great est Issue ot the world's history an issue involving countless billions to the property-holders of this nation and of the world. The density of the Ignorance of the vi tal truth you state may be shown by reference to a recent incident at the hear- further than a mere assertion. I am Yery ings of the house banking and currency ' much in doubt myself in the matter. For committee, as reported In The Oregonian instance, in the recent issue of the bonds December 16, 1S94. Mr. St. John, the free- for purchase of gold the syndicate sold silver banker of New York, was on the the gold to the government at the rate of stand being questioned by Representative $17,803 per ounce, and which when coined Sperry, of the state of Connecticut, tnat Dy tne government would be worth ?is.w jover his stores for the use of the sick free of charge, and spent a large sum of money in providing for the comfort of the wound ed and the sick. Ex-Senator Warren rarely takes a morning's walk around his Wyoming farm One reason is that it is six times as big as the state of Rhode Island and has on it 2000 horses, 15,000 cattle and 130,000 sheep. Mr. Henry Snow, a British sleeping-car manager, was arrested at Amiens, France, during the height of the excitement over Caslmir-Perier'3 resignation, being mis taken for the Duke of Orleans. The duke had been reported bound for France wear ing a gray felt hat and black coat with velvet collar, and as Mr. Snow was simi larly attired the officers jumped at the conclusion that he was the pretender. THE VALUE OF GOLD. POMEROY Wash.. Feb. 13, 1S95. (To the Editor.) Among the many disputed ques tions arising out of the present financial controversy Is this one: Are there actu ally $20 in a 520 gold piece, or is a portion of the piece fiat? Both the Oregonian and other papers have held that there was full intrinsic value in the piece, but this has never gone the fact that here and there in scores t douDt or cavil that there is to be no United States treasury. They who are In control of the government have al lowed its affairs to fall Into such state that there Is no alternative but bor rowing or bankruptcy. It matters not that the United States Is the richest nation on earth. Reckless legislation has cut off revenue by reducing the tariff till the receipts are from $5,000,000 to $10,000,000 per month less than the expenses. It matters not that the com mercial credit of the nation is the high est. A senseless congress has refused the treasury authority to make ordinary provision for an inevitable emergency at a time when it could have been done easily; refuses even now tq .authorize the secretary to make Joans at terms which would command money on ordi nary and reasonable rates. It matters not that repayment Is certain, since congress will not guarantee it in posi tive terms. The whole conduct of the gov ernment for the past two years has tended, first, to exhaust the resources of the treasury, and, second, to shut the government out from all ordinary and legitimate means of obtaining money on credit The result is exactly the samo as when a rich man, whose credit ordinarily Is unlimited, puts himself, by imprudent management of. his affairs, in a. state where he must-borrow a large sum of money or suspend. The United States is in just that condition. It must borrow a large amount of gold or suspend gold payment soon. Its ne cessities are known to everybody, and, when it goes into the market to bor row, hard terms are made, usurious in terest Is exacted, an enormous bonus is extorted. It must sell bonds for 104 which the buyers will immediately sell again abroad for 112, pocketing the differ ence. The government has put itself, by its own reckless Imprudence and ignorant stupidity, into the hands of the usurers, and it must pay the penalty. It doesn't help matters to call the lender a ras cal, when he has the opportunity to be so only because the borrower is a fool. of districts the common schools are closing for want of funds to run them. But that is no matter. We must have "higher education" at public expense for a few, even if the common schools for the many lock their doors and edu cation Is denied the masses. We must grind out alleged school-teachers, even if the schools they are supposed to teach are empty. We can not afford money enough to keep the public schools open everywhere in the state, but we have plenty with which to maintain a state university for the boys and girls of one city, and an agri cultural college for the youth of an other. It is the duty of the state to provide "higher education"; let him who wants a lower one get It if he can. substitution of an inferior standard for the better standard of money. Till men know, when they talk dollars, whether the dollar Is to be" 100 cents or 50 cents, there will be no restoration of credit, and, consequently, no revival of business. The Oregonian has received several additional letters on Thomas Paine; some by critics and opponents, others j by apologists and admirers. Surely it has already printed quite enough. The discussion here about Paine is out of all proportion to the man's place in his tory and literature. He has little or no relation even to the "free thought" of the present day, and he would quickly be forgotten but for the assaults on him by over-zealous pulpiteers. The report that Li Hung Chang is going to Japan with proposals of peace looks as if the Chinese had at last dis covered that the Japanese are not to be trifled with. It was entirely char acteristic of Chinese diplomacy to send envoys to Japan, ostensibly to make peace, but with no power to do anything but "talk it over" and protract negotia tions as long as might be, in reliance upon the occurrence of some lucky ac cident, or In belief that military opera tions would be suspended pending nego tiations, giving them more time to strengthen their defense. But every expectation of the Chinese was disap pointed. There were no happy acci dents, and hostilities did not stop. When their envoys, at once upon show ing their credentials, were ordered out of the country, they found out that it was of no use to undertake sham nego tiations. They have not thus far in duced the Japanese to suspend opera tions a single day, nor will they suc ceed in doing so by the dispatch of new envoys, even with Li Hung Chang at their head. It is in the last degree Im- centcr of American intelligence Representative Sperry Are we on a gold basis today? Mr. St. John Decidedly, yes. Sperry's question plainly indicated his ignorarce of the fact that the United States Jn 1S73 changed to the gold coinage standard, leading the way for all the other nations except England. Next day's dispatches reported members of that com mittee as busy revising their questions. In a copy of his printed testimony sent me by Mr. St. John I find Sperry's ques tion revised so as to read as follows: "Mr. Sperry: The country is now on a gold basis, I take it." My University Club lecture was devoted to this great question of the contest of the standards. It has been distributed among United States senators and mem bers. One senator writing me anent the lecture said: "What is needed is 'more light.' " The changed spirit toward free silver, shown in today's and yesterday's dispatches, indicates that this dense ig norance is being dispelled. Let me ask you a question: Since Amer ica had the silver coinage standard dur ing all of her history up to ib7J, why should we not return to it, as this experi mental gold coinage standard is attended with universal ruin? SYDNEY DELL. Because during the last 25 years the re lations of silver and gold throughout the world have radically changed; silver has fallen one-half, and we do not want an inferior money, or a degraded money standard; and, moreover, tho country will not have it. The man with an insane wife, who has been writing communications to The Oregonian, has got Senator Ban croft to Introduce a bill in the legis lature to help him to get rid of her. It has been read twice and sent to the judiciary committee. If it ever shall reappear, every decent member of the legislature will vote against It. If the committee Is made up of manly and humane men, it,never will reappear. A bill is beforerfcongress to remedy the inequality of -jjiaMn-the pbstal serv ice. Postal clerks receive $600 a year, and, no matter how long they remain or how efficient they become, they get no more until they are promoted to a higher position. , Their pay is little enough for a newiman in a position de manding intelligence and hard work, and certainly should be increased for more experienced clerks. As everybody expected It would, the house of representatives rejected the bill to authorize 3 per cent gold bonds, in place of the 4 per cent coin bonds probable that the Japanese army or just sojd, by a vote of 165 to 120. This navy will carry on the war any less , folly will increase the interest charge per ounce, according to the Oregonlan's press dispatches of the 9th. This would tend to prove that the intrinsic value of the $20 piece is short, computing according to weight and fineness established by law. JAS. F. BRADEN. Nevertheless, the gold, when coined, will bring full value in all parts of the world, not because it has the government stamp, but because this stamp testifies to a cer tain weight and fineness. Persons are willing to pay a trifle for this guarantee, which saves them carrying about scales and test tubes. This universal circulation is the test of Intrinsic value, not the price paid by the government in a sort of bar ter of bonds for gold, in which both may be somewhat undervalued. LOVE'S LABOR LOST. Thepropositlon to reform impecunious drunkards by law, through giving them the gold-cure treatment at public ex pense, is one of the vagaries of modern legislation. Practical men who have observed the effects of any of the so called "cures" for Inebriety are con vinced that, to be efficacious, they must be preceded by an earnest desire on the part of the inebriate to be "cured" of the liquor habit, and supplemented by a manly determination to eschew there after all forms of Intoxicating bever ages. To the extent that the "treat ment" serves as a tonic to the man whose entire system mental, moral and physical Is under the dominion of appetite. It Is beneficial, a sort of auxiliary, so to speak, to the "mind cure" that he Is working on himself, a prop to his feeble will. Beyond this it is useless, as the hundreds of back sliding graduates of -gold-cure Institu tions prove. The question is one of in dividual will, purpose and decency, which, being simplified, is: "To be or not to be a man?" That legislatures in various states, In cluding our own. are considering more or less seriously the proposition to in ject manly principle and purpose into the veins of Inebriates by means of a hypodermic needle Is only another proof of the tendency of modern legislation to give ear to visionary theories in the name of science or reform. Unless lawmakers can devise a self-acting statute, that will, on and after approval by the governor, cause liquor to flee the lips of the drunkard, as once, according to tradition, water fled the lips of Tan talus, they would better not Invade the domain of good Miss Wlllard and the women of the Women's Christian Tem perance Union with schemes for the ar bitrary reformation of the drunkard. Otherwise, ten chances to one, their ef forts will go on record as "love's labor lost." vigorously because a treaty of peace is under discussion, or will give the Chinese a respite of a day's truce on account of the negotiations. It is well known in the East that the Japanese do not wish for peace a't all, and will make it, before taking Peking, only under the strongest pressure from the Western powers. No such pressure can be applied until the Chinese abandon their Oriental policy and begin to deal honestly. The attempts of Senator McGinn to cut off the royal grants and bring the emoluments of officials of Multnomah county down to the basis of adequate pay for service actually rendered give fair promise of success. Members of the royal family, headed by the king of the county beneficiaries, the prosecuting attorney, and supported by the sheriff as next In rank, are naturally in a great flutter of excitement at the pros pect of losing their perquisites. Their attempt, singly and In concert, to pose as poor, defrauded public servants, with whom an ungrateful people, through their callous-hearted represen tatives, are trying to break faith, Is too ludicrous to enlist sympathy. If the salary bill and other measures look ing to a reasonable reduction of official expenses of Portland and Multnomah county become laws, there is still one recourse open to these royal blood suckers. They can resign and give bet ter men a chance to accept the new terms. The fact that this is a free country, and that no citizen is com pelled to enter its service, should not be lost sight of In this stress. on those bonds over $16,000,000, and ul timately add that amount to the na tional debt. Butliothing else was to be expected from this stupid and helpless congress. The salmon bill before our legislature, prepared after consultation with a committee of the legislature of Wash ington, seems to contain an incongru ity which should be rectified. The "close seasons" on the Columbia river and on the streams" that enter the ocean south of that river are different; yet the sixth section of the bill, pro hibiting transportation out of season, imposes a penalty for transporting cer tain fish at times when It Is lawful to catch them. That is, the bill, as drawn, does not distinguish the seasons in which different kinds may be trans ported, though it does distinguish the seasons when they may be caught. This conflict would render the law par tially inoperative. Again, the act might, in a similar way, prohibit the transport of fish through Oregon from The action of the republicans in this crisis of financial legislation is not commendable. By voting with the more honest and intelligent democrats, they could have passed either the original administration bond bill or the 3 per cent bond bill rejected yesterday. Most of them know that the principle of this legislation is sound, and most of them would vote for It if they were responsi ble for government. But they will not help the president to rescue the busi ness of the country and the national credit from the grave peril into which the recklessness and stupidity of the democratic party has plunged it. be cause they want the credit of making that rescue themselves when they re turn to power. This is a narrow par tisan view, and it may defeat itself. The national distress upon which the republicans depend to bring them back to power may become too serious to cure before they can get any credit out of It A bill prohibiting the marriage of the person at fault in a divorce case until the expiration of two years after the divorce has been granted passed the lower branch of the Oregon legislature by a large majority. The frequency and flagrancy with which the statute requiring; sis months to intervene be- HORTICULTURE AT LAKE CHEL.VX. Tills Letter Seems to Be Intended for Sarcasm. SALEM. Feb. 14. (To the Editor.)-I have never said that people at Lake Che lan, In Washington, did not know of the board of horticulture of Oregon there are always lusus naturae, we all know. I said there is ignorance of It In Oregon and in proof L offer the following from Hon. George W. Riddle to the Douglas county delegation, mailed to Mr. Blun dell. I will premise that Mr. Riddle is too well known to' need explanation. As a fruitgrower he is one of the most pro gressive, and made 100,000 pounds of very choice prunes in a county that grew half the prune crop ot .Oregon: ROSEBURG, Or., Feb. 2. 1S03. To the Senator and Representaives of Douglas County, in the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon Gentlemen: It is my opinion the fruitErowers Interest of the state of Orecon would the best be served by the abolishment of the horticultural commission and the creation of a state fruit inspector, with the power to ap point deputies in districts. The fruitgrowers ot this section have received no benefit from the horticultural commission, so far as I know. None of the commission have ever been seen in Douglas county since Mr. Whitman retired. Yours truly, GEO. W. RIDDLE. No horticulturist is better known In OrT egon than A. H. Carson, of Grant's Pass, who writes me, In a business letter, very strongly in favor of an inspector, as pro posed in the Lownsdale bill, instead of a board of commissioners. The best fruit men in Douglas do not know the name of the commissioner of that district. I make no personal war, and only say no commission can do good. There is only need of a law to abate nuisances and prevent introduction and spread of more pests. Such a law will protect every fruitgrower. If he needs it. A gentleman who has drawn a good salary for two years, as appointee of the board of horticulture, kindly strives to persuade me that I cannot afford to make this fight, tells me testimonials will be brought here to overwhelm me boycott me and leave me no shred of reputation. This is the sort of war they make. Mean time they have the field and no one has time or money to spare to lobby against them. I make no personal war, but say no such board can succeed. Mr. Dosch no doubt has done his best and seems to have accomplished something in Chelan that Is only 500 miles away. It Is a pity his work is not appreciated In Yamhill, only 30 miles away, where Mr. Lownsdale says and no one denies the county society has protested against the board of horticul ture. Yamhill, Clackamas, Washington and even Multnomah, had no visible represen tation at the late meeting of the State Horticultural Society, because the board and -the society have been one concern. They are tired of it, so repudiated both by their absence. I meant to say no more. I only sought tp place facts before the legislature. 1 have no fund to lobby with, and only for that letter from Chelan, and the threats alluded to. I should rest During half an hour yesterday at the capital and returning, I met Judge Wal- GIVE THE SPORTSMAN A SHOW. PORTLAND, Feb. 14. (To the Editor.) As a peculiar attempt at lawmaking, house bill No. 154, introduced by Mr. Barkley, entitled "An act to protect the Mongolian pheasant, the native pheasant, the native grouse, the native or valley quail, and the Bob-white quail," takes the persimmon. While no comment is necessary on the close season contemplated by this bill, the sections making it unlawful to hunt on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, or at any time to hunt with a dog or dog3, are a direct insult to the majority of the sportsmen of this state, and they should lose no time in seeing that these provisions are snowed under. The Sunday-shooting clause is appar ently aimed at the sportsmen of the larger cities, Portland in - .particular, a majority of whonf find no time to take a visit to the fields except on that day. This part of the bill Is especially ob noxious, and it is apparent that It will receive the fate it deserves defeat. As to the dog clause, It is stated on reliable authority that this is another measure to protect the "poor" farmer from the ravages of the "bird" dogs. The "bird" dogs referred to are chiefly of the "treeing" variety, whose chief merit lies in their ability to scare a bird into a tree, and keep him scared by continually barking until the so-called sportsman owning him arrives on the scene and pots the bird. These dogs have no conscience whatever, and would "tree" a sheep or a farmer's chicken just as quick as a game bird, and it is but natural that the farmer should kick. The bill shows conclusively that a good deal of ignorance still exists in the coun try as to the good qualities of the various kinds of well-bred hunting dogs, and I am sure that every true sportsman in the state will bear me out in the assertion that over one-half of the pleasure of upland shooting Is derived from seeing the dog at work, provided he knows his business; and I may also say that not a few of the boys are quite content to go out hunting, without guns, merely to see the dogs in the field, as evidenced by the fact that several of our sports men can be seen, with their dogs, on al most any fine Sunday, In search of the wary Mongolian pheasant, which is now quite plentiful in our Immediate vicinity. Give the sportsman a show, and the farmer a rest. SPORTSMAN. o PERSONS WORTH KNOWING ABOUT. The next royal marriage to take place is that of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and Princess Elsa of Wurtemburg. Miss Agnes Livingston, who died recent ly, aged 71, was, like her famous brother, for many years a misionary in Africa. Bloodgood H. Cutter, "the poet of Little Neck," L I., Is visiting Washington. It is rumored that he Is gathering materials for an epic poem in which the populists will figure largely. Dr. Joseph Zemp, the newly elected president of the Swiss republic, is 60 years old, a graduate of Heidelberg, an experi enced lawyer, and a member of the con servative Catholic party. James Paxton "Voorhees, son of Senator Voorhees, of Indiana, has just completed a bust of Richard Malcomb Johnson, of Kentucky, once vice-president, which will be placed in the senate chamber. Mrs. Carrie Lane Chapman-Catt, the Kansas woman suffrage agitator, was in troduced recently to a New Orleans audi ence as "one of the foremost women of the day and of the West; one woman who, though a suffragist, is adored by her husband." Rev. John McCIoud, of Remsen's Cor ners, is the oldest living clergyman in Ohio, and at the age of 95 is still preaching every Sunday. During the anti-slavery days he took part in the "underground railroad" movement. In politics he is a prohibitionist. Paderewski, who outraged English feel ings by refusing to play in one town on account of the low prices asked for the seats, has soothed the British heart by giving the whole receipts of his recital at Hanley to the fund for the relief of the sufferers by the Audley colliery disaster. Dr. Helen Webster, of Wellesley college, is the only woman who ever earned the title of doctor of philosophy. She went to Germany and literally won it by hard, unremitting labor. She is a calm mannered woman, with iron-gray hair and a face full of strength and determination. It is said that at the end of each month! after his election to the presidency of the French republic M Caslmlr-Perier was In the habit of distributing among the poor whatever remained of his allowance from the state. Besides this he gave away $30, 000 in charity out of his private income while he was chief of the state. The death Is recorded at Alexandria of Sir Constantlne George ZeroudachI, a Greek merchant who was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1SS3 in recognition Of his assistance to the British authorities after the bombardment of the city. He hanoed They All Have Certificates. PORTLAND, Feb. 12. (To the Editor.) In your issue of February 12, Mr. R. H. Miller has an article headed "Plumbing In Schools." If you will allow me, I wish to say something on the same subject. Mr. Miller very ably and forcibly describes some of the defective plumbing in this city. I can safely say that if the people knew the real conditicn of the plumbing in their homes and public buildings, and the value of sanitary plumbing, they would never allow such work to be put in. That is where the trouble is. The great majority of the people do nor understand the importance of this v, ork, and trust to the plumber who puts It In to make a good job. But Mr. Miller would lead the public to believe that good work has been done toward righting the evil by the board of examiners who examined the master plumbers. I think he is mistaken in that In the face of the fact that such "crim inally faulty" plumbing and "death-dealing traps" have been put in, these ex aminers have issued a certificate to every master plumber that applied for it Now, is the public going to be benefited by that? In my humble estimation it is the "bandit craftsman" who has no regard for the health of people, who will, for personal gain, allow s,u.;h work to be constructed. that Is going to be benefited. He now has a certificate to show that he is. as compe tent as any other, that the public can rely on him to do good work. Consequent ly, the master plumber who has regard for the public health, who would employ competent workmen and use good mate rial, being unable to compete with the former class, will be compelled to do like wise, or nothing at all, unless the people themselves see to it that they have good work-done. JOURNEYMAN PLUMBER. Why Gold la Hoarded. Chicago Tribune. The New York World wants to know what the banks mean by their excessive hoarding of gold. Those in the New York clearing-house system alone hold more than $81,000,000 of gold, for which they have no use. Why do they not turn it into the treasury in exchange for legal tender notes? Why do they not pay it out to merchants who have customs duties to meet so that it may replenish the govern ment reserve? Are they seriously expect ing gold to go to a premium, or are they and the banks all over the country in a tacit combine to compel repeated bond issues for their speculative profit? The World thinks the banks ought to answer these questions. But It hardly can ex pect them to do so, and probably if they did their statement would be to the effect that they have accumulated gold not in the hope of gaining a profit thereby, but to avoid a possible loss. It is also not unlikely they would assert that they would have had no apprehension of loss but for the hostile attitude of the free silver extremists, who have all along In sisted on a change which would debase the currency unit by fully 50 per cent Sup pose it were suggested that these silver extremists shall be required to say why they maintain such an attitude as to give the banks an excuse for hoarding up gold, which they certainly would not want to hoard if the silver maniacs would drop their contention. NEWS OF THE NORTHWEST. , " Oresrbn. " " Eugene has had another bite for her box: and basket factory bonus, Five hundred head or beef cattle have been sold in Coos and Curry counties the past two weeks. A 20-stamp mill will be erected on tho Champion mine, in the Bohemia district as soon as the roads are open. P. M. Kistner, an. old resident of Wamlc, died at that place Monday, 'aged 60 years. He leaves a widow and eight children. A petition has been presented to the Union county court for a new bridgq at Elgin, to take the place of the one recently washed away. W, M. Adams, father of John Adams, the young man sent to the penitentiary recently from Pendleton for perjury, haa commenced a1! effort to secure his pardon. The La Grande Athletic Club has elected the following trustees: J. H, Bobbins, J. O. Gulling. Dr. E. D. Stelncamp, William Erlcson, F. S. Stanley, A. V. Andrews, Thomas H Cox, Dr. R. L. Lincoln and A. C. Miller. The first number of the Lake County Rustler, published by J. C. Oliver and P, J. Baker, has been received. This paper is prirted from a portion of the Union County Farmer plant, which Messrs. Oliver & Baker removed from La Grande in the fall. Some young fellows who have no busi ness to own a revolver, were examining one in the process of trade at Sodavllle, Sunday, when It was discharged, and the bullet entered the leg of Mr. Craft just below the knee. Craft took possession of the weapon. At the city election in Long Creek last Tuesday the following persons were unan imously elected to the various offices for the ensuing year: Mayor, Lucian Everts; councilmen, E. N. Crockett, M. S. Keeney, C. H. Lee and E. O. Wcpdall; recorder, T. F. Hall; marshal, Gus Sloan; treasurer, George F. Ward, The Pendleton Commercial Association has negotiations pending for the estab lishment of a vinegar factory. The plant will co3t $1150, and will turn out from 100 to 300 gallons of high-grade vinegar per day. It is thought that grapes raised in the Milton neighborhood will supply suit able raw material. An Albany councilman talked rather loudly on the street a few days ago about the senatorial deadlock, and said that if he was a member of the legislature a senator would be elected, or he would know the reason why. That night he at tended a council meeting and, when it adjourned, there was a deadlock on the election of a night watchman. Washington. The Woodmen will build a hall at Gold endale. The stockmen of Klickitat county are considering the desirability of organizing a registry association. Walla Walla, will make an effort to se cure the tournament of the Oregon and Washington Firemen's Association next June. A 10-year-old daughter of Deputy Sheriff G. W. Cane, at Seattle, had her leg broken a few days ago while playing about an electric car. The second car from Pullman for the Nebraska sufferers has been shipped. It was all donated by the grain firm ot Charles Price Company. The Port Townsend chamber of com merce has sent a letter to Representative Doollttle soliciting his aid In an effort to have the military barracks, recently burned, rebuilt Albert Sherman, who opened the first loan office at Fairhaven, was a member of the legislature in 1S93, and became city attorney, resigning last year because of ill health, died at Ashtabula, Ohio, last week. Tdcoma has developed a man of unique intellect, who writes to the papers pro testijis"'agalnst 'restrictive .fleh legislation pn the .grpund that there are now too many salmon, and their numbers should be reduced so as to raise their price. Mrs. J. M. Robinson, of La Center, placed some wood in the oven to dry and when she opened the door to see how it was getting along, it burst into flames and set her clothing afire. She was badly burned before hr husband could extin guish the blaze. Samuel Kenny, one of the oldest and most highly respected citizens of Seattle, died In that city Wednesday, aged 65 years. He was born in Ireland in 1829, came to New York in 1851, to California in 1854, and to Seattle in 1863. He was a large real estate holder and mine owner. The Parrott Aerial Navigation Company has been incorporated with the following officers: President, D. Parrott; secretary, W. J. White; treasurer, Almon Baker. The capital Is $500,000, consisting of 500 shares worth $100. The headquarters of the company will be at Goldendale. The material for the trial machine is now on the way. Mr. Parrott thinks the first one will be completed In three months. Silver's Sliecn. Delusive. St Paul Pioneer Press. What the American people want today and all the time, above all other things, is men of courage. The man who stands tho best chance of being nominated and elected to the presidency is the man who is not afraid to declare what he thinks is right and stand by it let the lightning strike where it will. If there is anything that can fill the people with more intense disgust and wrath than that which they feel toward congress. It will be the spar ring between possible presidential candi dates to see who can get the advantage of position at the sacrifice of national in terests. Presidential aspirants who are fixing their eyes on the votes of the sil ver states are making advances to incal culable folly. What figure did the votes of those states cut In 1892? Where were they in 1S&4? The next election Is not go ing to be decided in the Rocky mountain region. It is not going to confer honors on a man who either has no opinion or dare not express it. Same as in 1802. Brooklyn Eagle. The machine democratic general com mittee, by resolutions, upheld the strikers and denounced the opposition to the crimes of which the strike became the cause or occasion. The executive com mittee of the reform democratic general committee in effect did the .same thing. Its words were smoother because its amanuensis was brainier, but they amounted to the same thing in effect. From neither democratic organisation has denunciation of violence been heard or in citement of authority to duty against the violence or encouragement of authority for even its minor measures of action against violence. This is a bad record. It will stand unless repudiated. It will hard ly be repudiated and it shall not be for gotten. & The Best None Too Good. DOT, Klickitat Co., Wash., Feb. 1L (To the Editor.) I have been a reader of your paper for 25 years, and, while not agreeing with you in politics, 1 heartily indorse your financial views. I like to see a man advocate in politics what he would practice in business It does me good to see you score seme of your political breth ren that seem to have lost sight of every thing but office, and in their scramble for It would seem willing to advocate any scheme or theory to- catch a vote. What the country i eeds is sound money and honest politics money that will bring its face in any part of the world. Good Judg ment ought to dictate that the very best money to be had is none too good for the people of the United States. WILLIAM TV, WHERRY. FARAGRAPHERS' PLEASANTRIES. Quizly Do the trolley cars stop for funeral processions? Bizly Stop for them? Man.allve, they make them. Philadelphia Inquirer. "The pleasantest way to take cod-liver oil," says an old gourmand, "is to fatten pigeons with It, and then eat the pigeons." Tit-Bits. "When the alligator closed Its jaws on you, did you give yourself up as lost?" "No; I remembered my folding-bed acci dent, and took courage." Puck. Briggs (emphatically) I tell you that fel low Strawber knows the value of a dollar. Griggs You must have been trying to borrow some money from him. Detroit Free Press. "Sayin' de right thing at de right time," said Uncle Eben, "am er great gif. But not sayin' anything at de right time am mos ez good an er heap mo' reli'ble." Washington Star. Shipwreck and war have I beheld. And many awful things; But worst of all was when I held Four jacks and saw four kings. New York Herald. Witherby When we get our new house I want to have a room by myself a room that no one else will think of entering. Mrs. Witherby That's easily arranged, my dear; I'll let you select the wall paper for it Puck. "If you must know, ma'am," said the doctor, "your husband won't live 24 hours longer." "Good gracious!" ejaculated the broken-hearted woman, "and .here you've gone and prescribed enough medicine for five days." Tit-Bits. Father I wish you'd cut the woman's page out of the Daily Bluster before giv ing the paper to our son. Mother Good ness me! Why? Father I don't want him to become tired and sick of women before he's old enough to marry. New York Weekly. The tall girl mused aloud: "What," said she. "can I do to bring the count to hia knees at my feet?" The short girl laughed a hollow, wan little laugh, with a dash of bitters in it "Suppose," said the short girl, "you drop a dime on the floor." Cin cinnati Tribune. Clerk Mr. Muldoon, we have an order for hard wood kindlings, but the hard wood is all gone. Mr. Muldoon (dealer) Slnd 'em saft wood. "They will notice the difference, because soft wood burns too fast" "Bejabers, thot's so. Wet it" New York Weekly. "Isn't it terrible about May Mark's en gagement?" "Yes, he's so dreadfully dis sipated. Why, they say he was half drunk when he proposed to her. I wonder how shecould have accepted him?" "Well, you know how It is. A woman will take any thing 50 per cent off." New York Record. "Won't you have another piece of pie, Mr. Claverly?" asked Tommie. "Thank you, Tommie," replied Mr. Claverely; "It'a very kfiid of you." "Oh, that's all right." returned Tommie with energy; "I'm a looking out for myself, too. Ma said if ft was necessary to cut another pie I couli have two pieces," Harlem Life,