THE MORNING' OBEGONIAN, MONDAY; SEPTEMBER .17, 1900.
HERMANN'S SPEECH
Draws Significant Contrasts
in Conditions of Country.
RECORD OF THE PAST FOUR YEARS
Republicans So Pat the Dollar Be
fore ttUe SIkii, More Than. He Ever
Saw Before.
CORVAL,LIS. Or., Sept 16. The address
of Hon. BIngrer Hermann delivered last
night produced ja most favorable impres
sion. In part, Mr. Hermann sa'd:
"Never since the days of Lincoln has
there .teen as much evidence of prosperity
as exists today all over this country. Our
opponents attempt to create Issues -when
there Is no basis for them. They charge
us -with imperialism when there is no
such thing as imperialism in this proud
Hepublic of ours. There is no Democrat
or Populist -who is honest -who -will fal
sify his conscience -with the statement
that imperialism or militarism has bsen
Introduced by a Republican Administra
tion, for If they do we can remind them
that there was more militarism far back
in the beginning of the century; that
there was more militarism then than
there is now under the administration of
William McKinley. Statistics will show
us that there is now but one soldier to
every thousand people who make up the
population of this Republic There is a
smaller standing Army in this country
today in proportion to its population than
in any other country in the world.
-They claim that we favor expansion;
but there is no such issue at this time as
expansion that lias become an estab
lished fact The real issue today before the
people of the United States, plain and un
disguised, 1s. Are the principles of the Re
publican party to be approved, and under
a Republican Administration is there to
be a continuance of our present prosper
ity and- a maintenance of our National
honor? We are confronted with the ques
tion why, if the Democratic party was
hot wrong In 1S96, It is not wrong today?
."What is there that -makes the Democratic
party more nearly right in 1900 than It
was in 1S95, and why, if the Republican
party was right in 1896, is it not right now?
Four years ago a majority of the voters
approved of the policies of the Repub
lican party, and now the Administration
appeals to the same voters for a vindica
tion of Its Integrity In carrying out the
pledges made to the people four years
ago. It is not enough that we have good
laws, but we should have a cood Ad
ministration to enforce these laws. Every
pledge made by the Republican party to
the people four years ago has been re
deemed. Never since the days "of Grant
has a President been confronted by exi
gencies and cri---- so Important and o
delicate as has William McKinley. and
never has a chief magistrate mpt these
gravo responslb'lltles with more un
swerving fidelitv and noble. manly action
than has President McKinley. We mav
look at his 40 years of public career, and
we find not a single blemish. During the
administration of no othir President ao
we discover greater results than those
att-slncd by William McKlnloy."
.After paying a glowing tribute to lh
hlrh pergonal and official character a-d
to the mll'tarv record of Oivernor Roose
velt. "Mr. Hermann extollrd the record of
th "flepubll'-an narty. sarlng:
"Firty-f'nir years ago In Philadelphia
a nobl band of determ'ed c'tlzrns met
and ded'eated to this Nation the Repub
lican partv: a partv dedicated In turn to
freedom -f speech, freedom of th" -r-s
and freedom of men, and we And In all
its hlstorv a record of the jrreatct
progress this country has ever achieved.
There has been more advancement during
the 52 voir of Republican ascendency
than during all of th 10fl yer- preceding
it. We take especial pleasure In point
ing to the fact that the Republican party
hos never made a pledge that it has not
redeemed. When they talk of Imperial
ism, they forget that the Republican
party Is the party that has ever mad
free homes for the homeless all over this
country and was the party that struck
the shackles from over 3 000-000 slaves;
further, that It was the Republican party
that arose in Its might and rreserved
the Union from destruction; that it was
the Republican party that drove Impe
rialism fiom Mexico and saved that coun
try: that it was the Republican party
that saved Hawaii from a monarch's
rule and raised over that people th
Stars and Stripes, the emblem of liberty
that the Immediate predecessor of Wil
liam McKinley. as President, hauled
down, but which has again been raised
to the place -where now it proudly floats.
It was President McKinley and the "Re
publican party that removed Spanish
domination from Cuban oll, and it was
tinder a Republican Administration that
the old (lac was floated In remote lands
where until lately floated the emblem of
empire and rovaltv. Is such a party a
party of imperlallrm? Point, if you "can.
to a single President under a Republican
Administration who has failed to per
form the d ones imposed upon him. The
records speak for themselves. Along with
the record of the immortal Lincoln.
Grant, Hayes, Garfield and Harrison, we
point with pride to the statesman, diplo
mat and .-oldler William McKinley.
"When McKinley was inaugurated Pres
ident ho found the Treasury depleted,
the country bankrupt, smokeless factor
ies, armies of Idle men marching ovr
the country, with their families crying
for bread. Confronted with these condi
tions, he brought order out of chaos,
plenty out of want and brought the
country up to its present degree of pros
perity. It was necessary for him to take
up the thread where the Republican party
left it in 1892, and carry out the principles
and doctrines of Republicanism, and
again redeem the pledges of the Repub
lican party. The difficulties growing out
of the Spanish War were conducted with
diplomatic and military skill that will
cause the acts of the President to live
in the best history of the country.
Hardly had these trying difficulties been
adjusted when there arose the complica
tions with China. These complications
have been promptly met, and there is
promise of an early solution in a manner
befitting the exalted dignity and National
pride of the Nation. During the McKinley
Administration there has been a settle
ment of the Union Pacific railroad In
debtedness for an amount 20,000,000 mora
than that for which settlement was of
fered by the Cleveland Administration.
A settlement has been secured with the
Central Pacific road at 58.000,000, when
too people never expected that more
than 528,000.000 would be secured."
Mr. Hermann declared that the party's
pledge in 1E96 for international blmetalism
had been redeemed. He recited the facts
of the appointment by the President of
a committee of three distinguished Amer
icans, pho journeyed to Europe and there
conferred with leading nations on the
subject, of the answer this committee re
ceived, of its Teport, and finally of the
act of Congress, after failure of the en
terprise, in declaring for the single gold
standard. Concluding the point, he said:
"And if it is true today, as it is be
lieved to be, that the present prosperity
of this country is due to this action, I
trust it shall continue as long as the
Republic shall exist. It has increased the
volume of currency in this country, and
has been a blessing in many ways.
"The Democratic party has declared
for free coinage of silver. When I say
the Democratic party I do not refer to
the old Democratic party, when composed
of such men as Jefferson, Jackson and
Monroe. The party known as the Dem
ocratic party then was not the Democratic
party of today. -It is now but a conglom
erated mass of freo sllverites and Popu
listsa hodge-podge, one whose princi
ples is Bryanlsm or individualism, a
party which preaches toHauit the occa
sion. In New Tork they are preaching
antI4mperlallsm In Oregon they are
preaching anti-imperialism and free sil
ver; in the South they are preaching an
nexationIn fact, anything to suit the
time and place. They have changed their
position in the last four years. Tou don't
hear any mora about the crime of '73,
no more about the goldbug, and still less
about the bloated bondholder all theso
havo disappeared like the fabric of a
aream. We hear no more about the
banker. Four years ago the people were
down and the banker was on top; now the
banker is down and the other fellow la
on top. In 3S92 the. prices were too high
and the doctor prescribed free trade;1 In
ISM they said prices were too low, and
Dr. Bryan prescribed free silver; he said
Lthat as silver went up prices went up;
ne saia it was our. auty zo raise me price
of sliver In order to raise the price of
grain and other products. Now in 1900.lt
is Imperialism against American sover
eignty. Four years ago wewere told that
tho gold standards would, impoverish our
country and ruin our industries. Have,
these prophecies of Mr. Bryan come true?
Last yea? there was mined more copper,
gold and silver than In any other year
in the history of the country; our manu
factures exceeded three times the assets
of all the National banks of .the country;
and yet they told us that the gold stand
ard would Impoverish our industries. .In
1S9C we were a debtor Nation; today we
are a creditor Nation. Three years ago
there were three men for every job;' to
day, there are three jobs for every man.
Three years ago. there was much sad
ness; today there is much gladness.
Three years ago many people were talk
ing much without much thinking; today
many people are thinking much and talk
ing mtle.
"So, in order to catch the labor vote,
the Bryan party has in some of the states
Inserted a plank in their platforms for
shortening the hours of labor. We 'do not
deny that If Bryan is elected -that the
laborer's hours would be shortened. In
fact. a. Democratic Administration would
1 make the hours of the laborer ho short
that he would have no hours at all.
"They talk about the gold standard Im
poverishing our Industries. We are ex
porting 51,000,000 "worth of manufactures
every 24 hours, while in 1S91 we only ex
ported one-half 'that much. In all our
history we have never sold, as many man
ufactured articles as today. We never
bought so many as during the closing
hours of the Administration" of Grover
Cleveland. It would have' been better, If
wc had to have Mr. Bryan, to have elect
ed him in 1KW than' in 13C0. But now,
when the masniflcant temple of American
' Industries has been erected, we are asked
to rear aown tnis wonderrui monument
of our National prosperity.
"Are our condition?!, now better than
in Cleveland's Administration? T there
j any more money volume In circulation
than four years ago?. Is there not more
employment through the country than in
Bryan times four years ago? Are there
not fewer failures now than four1 years
ago? Never before was there more money
than now. Never before was the credit
of the country as good as today. When
It became necessary for Mr. McKinley to
i obtain a loan of 52O0.O00O00. all countries
1 came with loans and offered 51.300,000.000..
Wo havo. taken up 3 A, 5 and G per cent
bonded Indebtedness and funded it .at
2 per cent. There Is no government In
the world that enjoys ns low an Interest1
' rat as the United States.. England has
J become a borrower of us in the sum of
52S000O00. Never was t'ere more monsy
I or chearer money than now. Oregon has'
' reduced her legal interest from 8 per cent
to 6 per cent. During the Cleveland Ad
ministration a cow and calf could be
bought for what only the calf can be
bought for now. A few days ago I met
an Eastern Oregon sheepman, who told
me-that in the Cleveland Administration
he sold 5000 ewes at SI a head, and that
recently, under the present Administra
tion, he sold the same number of ewes at
$3 ppr head. Tho per capita of money in
the United States will soon reach $26. In
governmental affairs thrre are no defi
cits. We believe In surpluses.
"3Ir. Bryan says the Republican
party 'puts the 'dollnr 'before th
man,' and ivo trtlce him to nienn kt
he says. The Repnllicait Adminis
tration in tho Initt four years linn jitit
more dollars before the man than n,?
ever nn-tv before, and the bent phrt
of it is that when -xvc put that dollar
before the man thre is JOO centt lti
the dollar. One-fifth of the vrorla'j
Bold today is in the United States."
Mr. Hermann referred to the trusts
saying that the Republ'can party had de
nounced trusts In its National platform,
that it had enacted into law the first
measure agrainst trusts, and that the late.
Congress had enacted lcglrfit'on In re-'
stralnt of trusts, a measure which all the
Democrats but ilve voted against 'He
closed with a historical resume of the
Florida, Louisiana and other purcha'ses
as related to the acquisition of the PhU't
ipplnes.. He spoke for two hours, and
was liberally applauded. .
Crops of Benton County.
.MONROE, Or., Bept 1G. The picking
of prunes and hops has been temporarily
delayed on account of heavy rain. Hops
are reported to be in good condition, with
the exception of a little mold m a ,few
places. Prunes were not' Injured by' the
rains of last week, as had been expected
by growers. Should the weather be fa
vorable for a week longer the entire crop
will be under cover. ,' '
, Yesterday the last crop of grain in .this
vicinity was threshed a'nd the machinery
used is now in the shed. ' "
Jackrabbits are becoming very numer
ous In the upper end. of Benton "County'
Oregon Notes.
James Connelly; of "Mitchell County,
recently sold 700 lambs .for 52 10 per head.
The pioneers of Morrow County will
assemble in reunion at Heppner Satur
day. October 6.
Work has been commenced in Tilla
mook County, near Xetorts,' on what is
known as the Benschcidt road. Five
bridges are to be built.
Private contributions in the aggregate
sum of 5500 have been pledged to be ap
plied to the construction of a system of
waterworks for North Yamhill.
Rev. G. M. Irwin, ex-State Superin
tendent of Public Instruction, is now lo
cated at Juneau, Alaska, where, he is
pastor of the First Methodist Church.
""The Tillamook Board of Equalization,
composed of County Judge G. W. Sap
pington, County Clerk H. Mason artd
Assessor -S. Stephens, will meet' on Mon
day, October 1, and remain in .session
for a week. V a
Messrs. Straight and Johnson last week
bought 100 head of fine yearling steers
from Matlock &. Brown, ?of'Ix)ne Rock,
at $23 per head. Each steer will -est
about three-fourths of a ton of hay "be
tween now and Spring, and .then wlll'be
turned to market at about 53a " .
Fresh salmon are now 'brought to
Dallas "every Monday from Nestucca.
The man who sells them drives.rtlght arid
day in making the trip", changing -teams
three times along the route -His fish
are always fresh and he -finds a ready
sale for all he can bring out '
The west side is apjmrently becoming
one of the chief lines used, by-the South
ern Pacific for through freight, .says the
Corvallls Times. At present . about t &0
cars per week, loaded with grain and
other products, come '-up thewest side
and are transferred over the Coryatlls
& Eastern to the eaBt aide. 'The average
includes about 30 cars of lumber per
week, en route tp San Francisco. The
use of the west side and - Corvallls &
.Eastern is due to the fact that it costs
less to take a car from CorvalHs" to
Albany over the Corvallls-. & Eastern- than'
across the steol bridge at Portland. . ' -
The action of Carter's I4ttle Liver JPilJs
is pleasant mild and "natural They 'gen
tly stimulate the liver and egulatethcr
bowels, but do'not purge.
IT. WAS.; AM SUNDAY
RUSH TO GET THE! STATE FAIR
READY TO OPEN TODAY.
By Far the Finest Exhibits Erer rjtis.
played at the Oregon Show .
Specialty "of Flme atdca.
SAL-EM, Sept. 16.' No. "Sabbath" still
ness" pervaded the air at tho State' Fair
grounds today."- On " the " contrary, the
day was one of unwonted activity. From
freight cars -were discharged, carloads of
choice livestock, wagon loadafter wagon
load of hogs and sheep cme In 'and
tranrf erred cargo to 'the pens; horsemen
were active with"-- the racers; " women
were busy arranging -exhibits In the pa
vilion: more than a score of machinists
worked in 'the big shed; the secretary and
a big force of clerks were busy at their-
LAID TWO" CORNER-STONES
flaa ea uiuiAuiE-aiinuui i n-M'umwtaiH ihi iinitcgrasaMaa aaamiu i inni iMiuro
- ii. n. TMiEt.sr:x, guard master a. f. & a. m. "
SALEM"" Or., Sept. 16 Henry B. Thlslsen, rrand master of the Masonic Grand Lcdse
of Orejon, probably ho'da the record for lijln corner-Btonc, he having" laid two In one day.
Thspfc stones were laid 'at BaUT City, September 6, and Trill form the corners of the new,
Mascnls temple and ths new op-ra-house, ofthat place. The ceremonies were psrformed In
accosdance' with the forms of the Marcnlc Grand Lodge, the corner-stono for tho temple be
ing laid first, and the other Immediately afterward, the same audience attending at each
event.
Grand Mater Thlejarn has been a membor of tjio Masonic fraternity since- 1S74, In which
year he becams a member of Portland Lodge No. C5. Latr he transferred his member
ship to IUcl;ren.ll Lodce, No. 110, of which organisation he was a charter member and first
master. In JSIO he was clectei junior deacon of the grand lodjre, and was advanced one
chair each year, except In 1800, when he tsas ad anccd fvo chairs to th office of deputy
grand irastcr. At the session of the gra'-d lod ge this Summer he w as hono. ed with the pfilco
of grand master.
There are few men so well qual'fled fo- the work of presiding at lodge ceremonies as Is
Grand Master Thlelsen. His personal appearance and rraceful movements add dignity to
the most lmportantocea-Ions. His ever' gesture and modulation of voice Is In perfect har
mony with the sentiment! he expr s;s. thus mot forcibly impressing upon every heartrr tho
full meanlnrr of every word.' AVlth Mr. ThleU'en presiding at the cor.fe.rlng of a degree,
that ctsremony loes Its appearance of prescribed formality, and the Initiate becomes a rar
tlclpant'ln real proceedings, mthbr than an actor In a play. '
posts,, and superintendents of the 'various
departments hpd all they could do to
take care of vexhlblto:s whose "wants
wore urgent.
With half favorable weather the re
mainder of the we6k the fair managers
will ask no more. The exhibits already
speak for themselves. Not In 20" years
has -there been sonrio and so large, a
dlsp'.ay of Hyestock "as was to bes.ecn
today on the grounds;" and there la more
to come. Some time" during the v night
there will arrive from Sacramento "20
Cotswold sheep to compete with Oregon
productions; a carload of Shorthorn cat
tle and white Victoria swlno, whjeii have
been on exhibition" at the California Static
Fair' by, Davis'' Bros., of 'Indiana. Be
sides these! there will be"r30 Berkshire
swine. sent by Sessions '& Co., -of Los
Angeles, Cal.j to compete with W. M.
Ladd's" similar - exhibit, t which ' Includes
the Urtest .specimens ever 'shown "at a
state, fain -''"-
Every pen -ls't already filled, despite the
fact that4lC0 new stalls 'were built' this
Fall. .The pressure- for spce" still con
tinues, and -thif afternoon the old prse
stalls-) on the north1 side of -tho ground's
were converted -into " accommodation for
livestock. Said JC. Mosher. who has
charge of the grounds: .
"This is my fourteenth year at; the
Stnte Fair, and I never have known "so
larfre an exhibit -of cattle, sheep 'and
hogs, nor have I 'anywhere seen better
stock. There Isn't an animal on' the
grounds unworthy of a prize. ' -
"There are more fast trotters and thor
oughbred runners on the ground ' than
ever beforb known. Unless rain should
Intervene, the track will be in- fair con
dition tomorrow." . , , .
Wherever ones'goes he gets into a holl-r
day air. - Salem folks are enthusiastic,
and there promlser to be a very large
attendance from -all -Valley towns. '
It Is very evident that the fair, 'which
will opfcn tomorrow, will 'surpass in
every respect the most extravagant ex
pectations of the' officials who have it in
chrrge. All day long a throng 'of ex
hibitors fcas" been hurrying Into the
grounds, all .working zealously to, com
plete preparations tonight for the open
ing of the, fair tomorrow. Hundreds of
people who had not announced an in
tention of putting' their .products on ex
hibition - have "made entries today, thus
adding to "the beauty, and attractiveness
of every department of the exposition.
The articles placed on exhibition range
through the .whole list of - products, of
agriculture, - horticulture, floriculture,
stock-raising, - dairying, poultry-raising,
ifranufacturfng, ' art, science, lumbering,
fishing,' and mining. The 'displays in-the'
art -department,, under the "sup"arvl8lon
of Mrs. Edyth "Tozler Wetherred, were
the first 'to be "completed.". Pictures of all
Ulnds, oil paintings; -pen" drawings, pastel
tyork, photographs, crayon.- drawings,
pencil Tork, -h-fmmftred motal, etc., &re
hung' from., the 'wall, in 'tasteful 'ar
rangement,, that, has ' transf qrmed the art
rooih into afbowef ofbeautS. 'Jt'ls'oirery
noticeable to those.- who "have . attended
the, fair year af t'er year that a new, eta
has" dawned, upon the'art department-of
the fair. , The. old famlflar.pictufes , aro
no' more, 'to -be aeen. , New I productions,,
more cljojce jjelectlohs. finer effects, more
beautiful' conceptions, ' nte .everywhere,
presents to --please sthe-t casual- observer
and satisfy -.the most -, critical. ,- ' S . i
r ' i - ' - v
It; would seem, from the appearance, of,
the.fldwcr garden thlsevenfag that each
Individual exhibitor In that feature of tho
falr had made a special 'effort during the
past; year to produce something, t that
wbutd excel- In brightness " of color an'd
n;ovelty any, exhibition of flowers or, pot
ted;' plants that has ev,er been -shown be
fore. Flowers of-nearly every clime,-of.
eyery sjiade and color," of rarest -per-iUme
-and, mofit perfect structurp have
been brought "to the fair to be displayed
for the admiration otthe loveifs' of, na
ture's most beautiful, .products!
Ilve ,!cpunties ' aro contesting ""or the
distinction- of "being the banner, county of
Oregon in agricultural and manufac
tured products. Washington, Linn, Lane,
Benton and Marlon, have, their, djspjays
nearly. completed this afternoon, -and by
tomorrow morning the exhibits -prill be
opened ,to tho Inspection of crowds 'of
visitors, who never could be convinced
by any other means that they live In a
region of such vast resources. An im
mense amount of labor has been ex
pended in gathering and preparing thes'o
exhibits! Excellent taste is shown vln. ar
ranging the products so that they will ap
pear, at the best possible advantage. One
piece of -wbrk of extraordinary merit displayed-today
was a largo representation
of the seal of the State of Oregon made
of grains. This was a part of the .Wash
ington County exhibit The other coun
ties have special features that will not
be displayed until tomorrow morning.
Ther Washington County .exhibit has
been 'prepared by Mr. and Mrs, ,W. T
Jackson, of Forest Grove; tbe Linn
Counity exhibit by George L. Rees and R.
. Douglas, off Albany; H. L. French and
G.' A Robinson, of Corvallls, have looked
after. Benton County's Interests In this
xespeot;- Jasper Wllklns and W. E.. Wil
cox, 'of -Lane County, have made i a dls-
l,N ONE DAY.
play of products of their section, and
Clyde La Fohett, of Mission Bottom, Is
the- promoter of Marlon's display.
ClnckaniQ- County's Exhibit.
OREGON CITY, ScptT 16. County.-Judga
Ryan arid J. C. B.hoado? left for Salem
this morning with the Clackamas County
State Fair exhibit. Richard Scott o.
Mllwa'ukle, who also Is a member of the
Board of Trade exfliblt committee, accom
panied them and will "have on exhibition
26 head of thoroughbred sheep from hi
farm, and samples of Cotswold wool,
some of the fleeces being IS lndj.es in
length. The Clackamas County exhibit
will consist of a great variety offfrulti.
grasses, vegetables, flax. corn,t Tlth
stalks' 10 .feet In length; cheese from the
L,of-an factory, etc. i
, ' "MAT EXTEND RAILROAD;
Prospect of X. C.-& 0. Getting 25
"" ,,'Milcn Bfenrer "Lalce-vlew.
LAKEVIEW, Sept 16. Railroad , ru
ipors are: again rife since the, arrival at
Termb of. Moran Bros, from -New Tfork.'
d-A-aersof. Ihe Nevada, California .Ore
gon Railway. Termo Is the norfheYn ter
mlmisiof. the road, and is 120 'mile- south
of Lakeviow. A -Bleber, a Lakev'ew mer-
I chant, ,- traveled with these gentlemen
irom .Keno norm, ana rq-ii p-. no
could learn from their conVeraaUon he
thinks the road will be extended from Ter
mo to Likely, a distance of'-.feb'out 25
miles farther north. Like.'is;" ajtuatcd in
a fertile galley, and would he ar$fe feed
ing station for stock drlvenfrm Lake
County. The present termltqa lfga bar
fenvplaln.wlth no water oh feed for stock.
Water has to be hauled (hyf'the railroad
for the accommodation of, US patrfons. It
Is said that the compahy ,hasi ,pecome
alarmed at the movements of jEh-JaJles
1, whlchrils pfcij"eeted'''to
ooutnern itaiiroau,
Lakovlew.
The recent rains have started; the grass
in the '-hills of Lake CQunt'yV 3hd he
sheepmen are jubilant. trKefflh,eep "jylll
get fat before Winter seta "i, apd will
require less feed when thVsnaw e"omos.
'C. E. Sherlock, a local"; sheepman, pjir
chased 2800 mutton sheeptof JIl). Apple
gate In Klamath County; payings $3 "ier
head. ' - i $
Twelve Indian wagons'1 cantp I"T toay
from Klamath Indian Agency, after sup
plies. They will load with 7!6jw$' apples
and other supplies. The' Indian; have
plenty pt money, and come tp .Lftkevjew
e-very.Fjill for their Wlntpr .supplies. ,
.' EXPENSIVE SCHOOL BOOKS.
Wasb.lnsion'8 New Contract "Doe's Not
'-- Give Relief Prnii7. , t
'TACOMA, Sept 36. If the Expressions
of "J parent who have to bty'books for
chldren'.,la any criterion, thanew cpm
blqe. fdr,publlshlne the books fox the state
for the, hext Ave years Js givihg any
thlng" but, satisfaction, as the discarding
sp jinany of the text-books used test year
,1s , causing much complaint, particularly
fromThcads of families having tp "-supply
tseveral children with books. One man Tf ho
has-nve'chlldren attending publicschool
sajd" itrcost him $22 to get all the .school
shppllel .required for his children and that
the bpoks. they used last year were value
less,, as'the dealer cannot use them, hav
ing to 'send them out of the state. This
man Is a laborer In one at the "mills, and
earns only $1 50 a daV, so that the hav
ing' to,pay so much for books is',a very
hard business for him. '
.-(It was -generally understood when, tho
quea'tlon of Issuing the books used In the,
pjubllc- sphools of . this state was ,up "(hat
i having the booksV printed and published
tat homo would be a saving to" the par
ehts.j but j-such does not seeni- to be the
case,' , as, it costs more than $3 per -pupil
f6r school books alone. - '-
r'4 r -
Hopd's, Sarsaparllla is a constitutional
remedy. 1 1 o? catarrh. It permanently
cures. ' , ,
IDAHO STATE ELECTION
BOTH, REPUBLICANS AND FUSION
ISTS PREDICT VICTORY.
Statement of Situation by State
Chairmen Republicans" Chances
- Better Than in 1808.
BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 16. The success of
the Republican ticket at the coming state
election is assured by majorities" ranging
from. 30CO to 4(00. according to those in
charge of the campaign. The fusion forces
Democrats, Populists and Silver Repub
licansare equally confident of victory,
and lay claim to majorities as high as
10,000, and expect no candidate to have a
majority ..vote of less than 8000. The oppo
sition freely admits, however, that the
Republicans have a much better ojiance
of carylng the state than they had two
years ago. A great deal will depend ufon
the -votes of the Populists. The Silver
Republicans have ceased to be a separate
factor, and thos.o that are left are prac
tically' Democrats.
The' Mlddle-of-the-Road Populists have
called a convent'on for the 20, and it is
known that at least one regular Populist
nominee will hot recognize the recent fu
sion 'deal and withdraw in favor of the
Democratic candidate. Conservative
Judges credit the Mlddle-of-the-Rcaders
with a considerable following. It was due
tothis party that the state was carried
against the Republicans at the last elec-"
tlonvWlth this support withdrawn, Demo
cratic; chances have certainly depreciated,
while the outlook for the Republicans has
grown brighter.
Front a Republican Standpoint.
. Chairman Frank Fenn, of the Repub
lican State Central Committee, talked
freei-r to an Oregonlan representative re
garding the coming election. In his opin
ion, the great question cf the campaign
will be that of expansion, or "Imperial
ism.". Continuing, Mr. Fenn said: "The sil
ver que$t'on has been dropped, and 1; now
a' dead Issue. The Silver Republican par
ty has no considerable number of voters
over the state. The Republicans aro wag
ing a very active campaign, both by
speakers and by Hterature. Several ora
tors are In various parts of the state, and
the number will be materially increased
as" the campaign progresses.
v "The -dissensions among tho opposition,
due. to ,the action of .the several convention-
at Pocatello, hive r suited bene
ficially to the Republican party. The suc
cess of any ticket thatmay be named by
t'ie fusion party Is extremely doubtful.
The Republicans have a thorough organ
ization in every county in the state. Clubs
are being formed all over the state, and
the membership of these clubs Is such as
to.convince the -Republicans that the com
bination majority of four years ago will
be overcome-."
Vlerr of the Fnslonlsts.
'cal man K. I. Perkey. of the State
Democratic committee, gave out the fol
lowing statement for1 publication:
"The Fuslonlsts In Idaho will wage an
Aggressive campaign, and our state cen
tial committee Is acting on the theory
that; we have only to state the Issues
-plainly in order to win. Our adversaries
are attempting to make it appear In Idaho
that the silver question Is dead, and that
it will never be brought to life again. We
meet them by the declaration In our plat
form committing our party to the free
coinage .system upon the old ratio of 16 to
1. This is not the only Issue in this cam
paign." We will arraign the Republican
party at the bar of public opinion for
their surrender to the confederated syn
dicates who contributed their corruption
fund which placed them In power four
years ago. We .have the Republicans on
the defensive, on this question, and the
people realize their' weakness. The ques
tion oflimperlallsm is receiving more at
tention in Idaho than all others because
it is nfew. This question will be pushed
to the front by -the Fusionlsts.
! ""VTe .will cai-ry the state by from SOOO
to.ioiocb. The Fuslonlsts, nominated Fred
T. Dubois for the Senate, and he will be
triumphantly elpcted because he stands
for every principle advocated by Bryan,
and tlle'peqpre'-know him 'to be incorrupt
ible." The opinion and policy-outllned by Mr.
Perky Is heartily indorsed by,D. H. An
drews, chairman of the Populist State
Central Committee, and C. E. Arney.
state chairman of the Silver Republican
party. They attach no Importance to the
reports of great dlssati-faction'about the
comblnat'on" of the reform forces, and
cveji If such does exist there Is ample
time between .now andthe time of. elec
tion for the, employmen of pacific means.
'THE' DALLES WOOL MARKET.
Bnyers.Recede tot3 Cents, Growers
Artie -13 Cents.
THE DALLES, Or., 'Sept -16. Tho wool
market here for the-last three weeks
has-been at a standstill.- Nothing has
been sold' during that time, and no con
signments have been made. Dur'.ng the
latter "part of August buyers, who have
previously been willing to take choice
Eastern: Orcg6n wools at about 14 cents,
had their limits reduced to 13 cents. When
the .buyers were .willing to pay 14 cents,
growers' views were at least 1 cent above
th m'ax'lmum price offered. The addi
tional' drop In price apparently has no
effect on the grower. He still demands
15 cents for choice lots, or no trade. Rep
resentatives of the large Boston firms are
still here with every appearance of re
maining until after election, when the
grower hopes to realize his price.
'Recognizing that no trading can be done
while tho views of the buyers and sellers
are so far apart, new representatives from
Chicago and Boston houses have appeared
on the scene, presumably to -solicit con
signments. Their future has less encour
agement than that of the buyer, who
waits to buy 15-cent wool for 13 cents, as
consigning is generally tabooed In this
market The Dalles Ms acknowledged by
all wool buyers to be the best home mar
ket on the Coast. Growers have had the
fact confirmed several times by comparing
experimental consignments with others o
their neighbors returns on sales at The
Dalles before shipping. t
The scouring mill continues to run on
full time on stock purchased principally
In Washington, and there Is dufllclent
stock In sight to keep the mill In opera
tion for some time- to come.
.. ' PROGRESS AT BLUE RIVER.
A..NS-iv Strllce on the Lncky Boy
. '"Wagon Road to the District.
BLUE RIVER, Sept 14. Everything
points to -great activity In this camp this
Winter- Mora. development work has been
done"-tHls Summer than ever before' in the
History pt the camp, and preparations are
being 'made for 'a continuation of work
qri'many claims during the coming Wln
ter.r 'The Lucky B6y proprietors aro happy
ov.ejr,"the discovery of a new lead, richer
than any. heretofore found. Dr. Candlanl
s'tarted .up his small Bryan mill on the
Doctor claim"a 'short time ago. and has
groiind out several hundred dollars worth
of gold. Ho is weli pleased with results,
and is nov pushing work with a crew of
14 men,' who are getting out timbers and
grading a mlllslte for a Bryan mill of
lrge. pattern,. "which will be erected on
the Sunset claim " this Fall. Brasler Bros,
are pushing work on the Portland mine
and expect to have a Bryan mill In opera
tion this: Fall.
Some delay in getting machinery Into
the ..Quartz Creek district will probably
be-experienced, "owing to the controversy
over the Lucky Boy wagpn road. This
road 'yra.8 built at a'cost of several thou
sand .dollars,- but without the company
having first secured a right of way. An
attempt was made to have the road made
a (toll road, hut It foiled, and now -the
company has incorporated lor the purpose
of securing a franchlsa and building a,
macadamized road from the Blue River
bridge to the top of Gold Hill. If the
franchise be granted it will cover the pres
ent five and a half miles of road to the
Lucky Boy mine, and if extended to tha
top of Gold Hilt, will practically control
traffic from the Blue River side Into tha
heart of the district. The project is meet
ing with objection on the part of Gold
Hill miners, who have petitioned the
Lane County Court to make the Lucky
Boy road a county thoroughfare.
Some exceedingly- rich strikes have 'been
mado this season on the- Calapoola side,
and it Is likely that one or more mills
will be erected In that district next Spring.
Lane County people have become Inter
ested and propose building a wagon road
up the Calapoola from Brownsville. This
proposed road would, however, tap only
a small portion of the district proper, as
Gold Hill, Quartz Creek and the Upper
Blue River districts find a natural out
let over tho McKenzia wagon road to
Eugene.
NEWS OF THE CLACKAMAS COUNTY.
Jndge Fraxler Holds Court Exhibit
for State Fair Relief Fnnd.
OREGON CITY, Sept lfi.-Judge A. L.
Frazier, of Portland, held an adjourned
term of the Circuit Court yesterday af
ternoon for Judge T. A. McBride. who
was unable to reach the city today.
Motion for a new trial was argued in the
suit of Noblett & Co. vs. W. E. Carll, In
behalf of the defendant, and the plaintiff
was allowed three days -to file a bill of
exceptions. In the divorce suit of Sarah
E. Penny, formerly of Multnomah Coun
ty, against Cyrus Penny, a decree was
granted on the ground of -desertion, and
the summons was ordered published In
the divorce suit of Hattle M. vs. John
B. Henlnger.
J. W. Welch and Roy S. Wiles, of
Sllverton, filed a location on a quarts
mining claim today, designated as the
Rob Roy ledge, in the Pansy Basin min
ing district on the headwaters of the
Molalla River. E. F. Webb also flled a
olalm In the same district, designated as
the Ben Hur. These ledges are said to
contain gold, silver and copper.
The employes of the Willamette paper
mills raised ?S0 this afternoon for the re
lief of the Galveston sufferers, and "the
amount was telegraphed to the Mayor
of Houston, Tex., over the Postal Tele
graph Company's Jlne free of charge.
D. W. Brldenstine, of Currinsvllle, to
day states that the Oregon Telephone &
Telegraph Company Is now placing the
polej for the extension of the telephone
line' from Lents to Currinsvllle, a distance
of 25 miles. The line will pass through
Damascus and Eagle Creek. The work
of building the line from Oregon City
to Molalla has begun, the citizens along
the route having donated and delivered
the poles, while on the Lents-Currlnsvllle
route the company furnished its own
poles.
Mr. Brldenstine says that the hay yield
of that country was Immense thl3 Bea
son. especially of clover; also consider
able grain hay was cut. This will be
held until Spring, when It Is hoped there
will be a good demand for the output.
County Assessor Ell Williams and depu
ties are busy getting the assessment roll
ready for the County Board of Equaliza
tion, which convenes on October 8. An
examination of the rolls for several years
back reveals the fact that this year's
assessment will be unusually correct.
OREGON AND THE CANAL.
Statement of Our Resource- Asked
by -the National Commission.
SALEM, Sept. 16. Governor Geer yes
terday received a lotter from the Isth
mian Canal Commission, Washington, D.
C, In which itt Is stated that the mem
bers of the commission are "endeavoring
to acquaint themselves as fully as pos
sible with the resources of Oregon, In or
der that they may consider the effect
which the opeping of an Isthmian canal
would have" upon this state and its re
sources. The letter also asks for pub
lished Information regarding the agricul
tural. Industrial and commercial re
sources of Oregon. The pamphlet "Re
sources of Oregon," and The Oregonlan
Annual will be sent them.
Salem Is Just, at present flooded with
hobos and toughs that are giving the city
officials, some trouble. A number hayo
been arrested In the last, few days. Some
have been ordered . out of town, while
others were fined and Bet to work at C5U
Jobs about the City HalL Yesterday, Wy
lle Sweeney, a young man 'hailing from
Portland, In a Jit "of drunken bravado,
fired .several shots .from a revolver while
standing on the sidewalk on Court street.
He was arrested and will have a hearing
In Recorder Judah's court Monday. There
will be seven extra policemen on duty
during fair week. .
Rogers" Teleftrraph Account.
Olympian.
It Is believed by some of thet state offi
cers that the state has paid fo'r some of
Governor Rogers' private telegrams, and
after perusing the executive's last state
ment of his- official account with the local
telegraph office, almost anyone would be
forced to believe that such Is the case. .
The bill was presented 'to State Auditor
Choetham, and that gentleman at onco
made up his mind that the state's busi
ness did not require nearly so much use
of the wires during last month. Tho Aud
itor did not at once audit the account,
and started to ascertain the nature of tho
telegrams. Calling at the local telegraph
office, Mr. Cheetham made inquiries, but
the agent of the company is strictly for
bidden to give any Information as to the
nature of telegrams transmitted, and
would give the Auditor no information.
After seeking elsewhere for something to
substantiate his belief, Mr. Cheetham
finally decided that there was but one
way to settle tho question, and that would
be to formally subpena the recipients of
the telegrams and force them to testify.
This would, of course, necessitate a legal
scrap, and as the amount was not very
much. It was thought better to allow the
account, which Mr. Cheetham finally did,
and the bill was paid.
The Governor's official account with the
telegraph company usually does not ex
ceed 55 or JG per month. Last month, how
ever, the account ran up to over $20. Even
this might not have attracted so much
attention, but for the fact that most of
tho telegrams were sent or received en
August 23, Just prior to the fusion state
convention, and they were, almost with
out exception, to the executive's lieuten
ants, members of the "cabinet" and other-.
Alaska Fish and Linn .County Deer.
ALBANY. Or., Sept 16. William T.
Stevens and Samuel Webb, of this city;
E. C. Payne, of, Toledo, and Fielding
Goln, of Alsea, arrived In Albany yester
day from Cook Inlet. Alaska, by way
of San Francisco. They reported only a
fair run of salmon, the total output being
5000 cases. The average wages of the
fishermen was $450 for the season. Fish
ing there is very irregular, the salmon
coming In Immense numbers when they
do reaoh the inlet
Deer hunting in the Cascade Moun
tains in this county Is the most satisfac
tory this year for several seasons. Last
evening Peter Reutner, Dan and Harold
Rumbaugh, Samuel arid Clarence Strat
ton and Herman Brant returned from a
point seven miles this side of the San
tlam mines, where they killed IS. Clar
ence Stratton, a boy .of only 14, of the
party, killed four. It Is doubtful If any
other part of the Coast offers better op
portunities forsportsmen after big game.
"Washington Notes.
The new Seattle water system Is ex
pected to be completed by Thanksgiving.
The 'railroad collects a 10-cent fare be
tween Ocean Park and Nahcotta since the
change In management of .the road.
Cyrus F. Clapp, of Syracuse,- N. Y., a
large holder of realty ln'Seattle, will this
You will never find our Doc
tor out, He is here to give
advice without charge to those
who need him to those who
don't, sometimes. He doesn't
always recommend the Ayer
medicines, because the Ayer
medicines are not "cure-alls."
Perhaps if we tear a leaf
from his correspondence it will
show you what we mean. Here
is a letter which came last
March.
"D-eax Dit Ay-kx.;
I want your advice for my little boyi
He is getting very thin. He has no appe
tite. He is fifteen years old. When he
was four years old he had lung fever, hot
his health was good until two years ago.
Since then he is failing fast. The doctors
here say he has the bronchitis. He spits
alL the time awful bad. The spits are big,
thick, and white. Yours truly,
Mrs. Margaret Mur?hy,
March 30, 1900. Kinbrae, Minn."
And thisvis the way the Doc
tor answered Mrs. Murphy :
-Dear. Madam :
" We enclose our book on The Throat
and Lungs, in which we trust you will find
just the information you desire.
"You should begin at once the use of
this Cherry Pectoral for your son, giving
it in moderate doses. Then procure some
food preparation of cod-liver oil, as
cott's Emulsion, and give him that, as
well. Pay particular attention to his diet,
giving him such nourishing foods as rare
steak, lamb chop-, good milk, eggs, etc
Above all, keep him out of doors all that
the weather permits. There is nothing
that will do him more good than plenty of
fresh air. Let him live out of doors all
that is possible. By carrying out these,
general suggestions we shall hope to hear
soon that your son is improving in every
way. Very truly jrours,
April 5, 1900. J. C. Ayer.'
You see, it wasn't only the
Ayer medicines that we recom
mended. The first idea of the
Doctor was to cure that boy.
The result is told in this letter:
"Dear Dr. Ayer:
"My little boy has improved so much
since I received your advice that I want to
write and tell you how thankful I am.
"When I first wrote you, on March
30, he only weighed 50 pounds, .but now
he weighs 82 pounds; and all this gain
since the 8th of April, when I first began
to follow your directions.
" Please let me thank you again for what
you have done for my boy.
July 17, 1900. Margaret Murphy.
Perhaps it was the cod
liver oil; perhaps it was the
Cherry Pectoral. Probably it
was both. But, more than
either, it was the good, sound
advice the Doctor gave in the
first place- We are here to
serve you in just the same way,
and we will tell you the medi
cine for your case or tell you
what medicines to avoid.
Five out of ten of our cor
respondents need a doctor
rather than a prepared medi
cine, and wc tell them so. If
the doctors only knew it, we
are , working with them every
day.
J. C.Ayer. Company,
Practical ChemiitJ, Lowell, Man.
Ayer SanaparilU
Ayer' Pilh
Ayer't Ague Curs
Ayer' Hair Vigor
Ayer Cherry Pectoral
Ayer'a Comaton
week begin construction of a 343,000 brick
building In that city.
It now seems almost certain that Japa
nese will be employed by the Thackef
Wood & Manufacturing Company at
Olympla. to" cut wood. The company as
serts It Is unablo to secure white men.
John F. Dahlgren has brought action
against George S. Deeks and Georga
Decks, the contractors who are working
on the Great Northern bridge through
Spokane, for $5000, the amount of damages
sustained by explosion of a blast H
charges the contractors with negligence.
A hobo has sworn out a warrant at
Tekoa for the arrest of C. A. Gregory, a
brakeman. He complains that Gregory
assaulted him while he was stealing a
ride on the train between Spokane and
Starbuck. It Is said that a counter charge
will be brought against the hobo by tha
railroad company for breaking Into the
car. Ballrpad men say the records will
show that ,the car was sealed when it
went through Tekoa. If this can be proved
against the hobo it will send him to tho
penitentiary.
A Yakima party has just returned from
the Littla and Big Klickitat countries,
where they were making observations and
taking measurements of the streams for
a Government report upon the feasibility
of diverting the waters of the Little
Klickitat Into the Ahtanum. They be
came satisfied that the scheme Is not
practicable, for the stream carries less
water than the Sunnyside canal, and the
divide Is 5000 feet above it They believe,
however, that the water situation of the
Ahtanum can be Improved by building a
reservoir on the north fork.
The State Fair Commission has closed a
deal with the Yakima Indians for a grand
war dance on the fairgrounds at North
Yakima during the last days of the fair.
The dance -will be conducted by such
prominent leaders of the tribe as Chief
White Swan, Saponawox, Alexander and
Daltimshaw. They are old-time war
dancers, having been with Chief Moseo
In the wars of 1378, when many dances
were held. They have exacted a promise
from the commission that the dancers
will be protected from the Interference
of boys and "cultus" young Indians who
drink too much firewater.
Residence Burned at Elfcton.
.DRAIN, Sept. 1G. Tho residence of F. F.
Wells, fopr miles from Elkton burned at
1 o'clock Friday afternoon. Everything
was Tost but a little bedding and per
sonal effects. There was no Insurance
Luncheon
Is not complete without a bottle of
BLACK & TAN '"the American Porter"
product of the Anheuser-Busch Brewing
Ass'n that rivals and excels the best Eng
lish. Porter, Stout or 'alf and 'alf.