1 A Live Ccunty Paper. ITHE ARGUS HILLSBORO, WASHFUTON CO., OKE.. THUKSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 181)7. Subscribe for it and en- Intend at the Post-office at Hillsboro, ; Oregon, at Second class mail matter. longer prevail in a republican form of government. A man must be for one or the other both before and after the election if he expects after which financiers will gain a greater hold of governmental power. Bond holders can then more and more dictate our monetary law and it LUCIUS k. LONG, EDITOR. County Official Paper. tiJSUKD EVERY THURSDAY BY Til Argu Publishing Company. Subscription: One Dollar per Annum. Six Months, 00 cts; Three N.ontus, 85 cts. r election support Wolcott and j Chandler, two senators, will leave the party, and the rank and file of republicans who have been parti sans" because they believed the g. o. p. honestly represented the public view, will go with them to a party or parties which stand for some thing positive and are not ashamed to acknowledge policies. Opposed to Gold Mono metallism. Be lieve in the Bimetallic Standard. Thinks we Ought to Take Care of our wa People Before Annexing Hawaii. Has no nse for Marcus A. Hanna. THE WHEAT PROBLEM will be easier for them to clinch gold monometallism upon us. It must be quite gratifying to old veterans to see all the prominent McKinley organ crying against pensions, considering the solicitous welfare these same papers exhibited for them last fall. THE GREAT WEEKLY CRAWFISHES. MR. O AGE WILL STAY, Mr. Gage will not go out of the cab inet. . He is the roan selected by the money mongers who put up the 'stuff" to elect the president. The president has no policy on the mon ey question. He simply acquiesces, or rather, hss obligations to pay. ;He has no protest to make. Hav ing fooled ths republican bimetal jistt to vote his ticket the president allows those who control him to flaunt their folly in their faces. This is well. It will have its re 'salts. The people must expect' to pay the fiddler. ' Mr. Gage is the man for the place. He has the nerve to force the republican house, where a re publican secretary might have lis tened to policy and allowed finan cial matters to drift as they are. There are but two Bides to the mon ey question and a positive man at the head of the treasury is a jewel .to be admired. Either the people want the gold standard or the bi metallic. If the people would not listen to last year's repeated warn ings that the McKinley candidacy was backed by every syndicate in the land, when they knew this to be true, let them not complain if Secretary Gage gives them money so honest and enlightened that vul gar commerce will not see it. Bi metallists are glad Mr. Gage will remain He will not shuffle and that is one thing to his credit. He is not a hypocrite on the money qu -stion.' Dearer money is better for him and his class and he has the courage to espou.-e that which will redound to his own peculi benefit. A republican secretary would have faltered and beat around the bush. Secretary Gage will take and has taken such a position that Jhe issue of the future will not be Itefogged. He will make bimetal lie votes, to be true, but straight forwardness in this public officer' action is a shining parallel to the attitude of the president, who seek to hold bimetallic votes by dishon est pretentions and sham sympa thv. Wheat is lower to day than it was one year ago notwithstanding there is I he greatest known shortage in production and the smallest visible supply known to the wheat Bitua-' ed upon this in its attacks upon tion for vears. How it must hurt ! the late Senator Dolph, even going the average gold standard spell During the latter part of Mr. Cleve land's "reign' the Independent was editorially opposed to the r tiracy of greenbacks and other pa per money. It specifically eularg- binder to have this fact thrurt be fore himl For two years there has been for eign shortage, this year the foreign crop being even lees than last years. As drouth and shortage rarely fol low three years in succession, the next year's crop will doubtless prove a bountiful one and then we shall again get down to- the forty-five cent wheat basi3. Cotton now is even lower than it has been for years. Growers cannot keep up the business at the present scale of prices, and as for wheat raising, farmers cannot keep up improve ments on fortv-five or fifty cent wheat. With a constantly contrac ting system of currency we shall see still as low, if not lower, prices for our grain as in the last two or three years as soon as the supply again reaches the normal, point. The farmers, of course, can contin ue to hug the gold standard and hope against hope, but the sensible thing for him to do is to get into a movement that, as compared with the trend of the present age-means dearer product instead of cheaper product, or if he so wills it, "cheap er money instead of dearer money." He is numerically strong enough to more than hold his own, and as out of him must come the profits which build cities and pay municipal, state and county debts, it is time that he exercised his vote so as to leave him a margin for his toil. As it redounds to the betterment of those who have large money wealth to have money grow dearer, this percentage of betterment must nai, urally come out of those who have the production properties and com modules which must be measured against such money, this year those farmers who raised wheat have made a profit, but, in the past such shortages of the cereal have given $1.50 and $1.75 per bushel policy would reduce "from one half BREAKERS AHEAD. to two-thirds the price of everything Oregon had to sell." But the In dependent is conistent for once, that is, it is consistent in being in consistent! It has seen a light. It now falls into line and wants the greenbacks retired. It has arrived at the conclusion that, after all, Senator Dolph was right and that the farmers should have the price of their products decreased; they are getting rich altogether too fast; they are becoming monopolists and should be shown their proper place. if 4 iu r i i ii'" v i i ii ii" i 1 1 r 1 1 i I;'air Tr?Vv ' The Hillsboro Pharmacy The L:adinff Drug,- Housen Wl.,roPrulfH.M.Mll..ineN.r,.lntH. OlU.SiH.ntt.--. llrnHl, ami v Union Mock Main St. Dr. P. A. Itailey Proprietor. l.e prornrod tit pri.eM thai Minplv dHaiiron.ini.rlltti.i . THE DELTA 1)RU STOHK First Quality in livery Respect : : Special Attention Given to Uglily : : ami Accuracy in Dispensing. : : A lru!1 Supply 'f ToiU t Articles, 1'iifi in- try, Pntetil Mi-ilicilK'N, School Honks, Ktc. See Our Largo Stock of Fine Perfumes The Largest Ever Shown in tho City. THopliono from Store lo Oilier. TRYING TO UNITE. our store you will notice at a glance the magnitude of ear Fe!1 and Winter Clothing exhibit. Style and qualities were never so perfect. The choicest product t hesM aad tereiga snllU are wrought Into our K. N. ft F. Co. garneats. FlattM and trlmaMu with rare taste and elegance-priced with rare eatenrlae. tool You're safe with this uMke , It's guaranteed H WEHRUNU t SONS - - - HILLSBORO, OREGON THE PENSION QUESTION. The Mitchell republicans of Port and have, through the county cen. tral committee, sent a message to the Simon republicans, asking that the party unite fcr the Bpoils of the next election. The move is made in the interest of "harmony," this harmoi y meaning a deal that will give the John H. people control of the state party machine. It is ex pected that the Simon-Corbett peo ple will bite at the bait but they may not. It was a very politic move for the defeated senator lacks only Portland to give him unani mo"s support. Portland be must have, for Portland's strength thro'' out the state would defeat Ms as pirations. Every county outside of Portia m: will serd Mitchell delegations, but this is not enough. Portland must be corralled so if u bolt occurs Port land and her Oregouian cannot cause a sufficient defection to defeat the cause. Corbett people are rath er inclined to eye tho compromise with suspicion while tried and true goldites are noncommittal. It be gins to look as though a love feast is imminent and that the lion and lamb will lay down together but, as yet, no one can say if the lamb shall be within the capacious 'in nards" of the lion. ment? Patriots, especially those ing that the people shall decide who have no rwlltical ambition ex- what they want is tne proper bum cept to see their principals enacted into law, will therefore work to control representative government in the interests of the great masses. Self-sustaining institutions," as the Eiist Oregonian would say. who are not looking for office, will work with people in those ranks in life where common instinct demands a cessation of class legislation tor hankers aid foreign bond holders. The control of representative gov ernment at this hour would prevent the prostitution of our country to financial lust. To work to gain this control will in no way militate against working for direct legis- ttion. There are breakers ahead for Mr. McKinley. The president might ,havc expected this when he appoin ted a secretary of the treasury who was a Cleveland democrat from Tieel to crown. For three years err r since the repeal of the Sher v man law the republican papers of the south, west and . middle north Last fall, all throughout the cam paign, as well as this year pending the state elections, the gold press had nothing to say derogatory to the present pension system. As soon, however, as these elections were past, the great gold dailies, which supported Mr. McKinley, have been urging that the pension list must be published and pension frauds unearthed. While through out the campaigns you could not hear one word about pension abus es for fear they would diive away were condemning the Cleveland 6-, votes, these organs now fearlessly nancial policy, which embodied the retiracy of the greenbacks and oth er contracting ideas, in terms of no uncertain meaning. They these little sheets and big ones too "viewed with alarm the intent of Mr. Cleveland to turn the govern ment over to gold monometallism," aad they were sincere in their ex postulations! Mr. McKinley filled tbe treasury portfolio with an out and out goldite, and every move by him made has . tended towards monometallism. The ''internation al" plank ''caused these silver re publicans like the Inter-Ocean, of Chicago and the Independent and Hatchet of Oregon -to support Mc Kinley. They evidently knew that if McKinley favored international money he could get it all he had . to do was to inform England that . her co operation would be quite ; agreeable but if she withheld such, "we would go it alone. But history tells us that McKinley 's com mis sion had no more than reached London than the president sent to Congress a message clearly showing bi predilection for the gold basis thus slapping hie creature, the com mission, in the face. Now there is trouble roming. Republicans are pretend that the people are being robbed through a pension system unequal and unscientific. When Mr. Cleveland sought to correct the now acknowledged evils, the repub lican press jeered him; twitted him with having, sent a substitute to the service, and abused him tor a "southern sympathiser.'' . But now that these same papers are follow ing Mr. Cleveland's footsteps, we Bhould hear no complaint from the country republican press, The greatest scheme yet brought to the puWio.is the bill how being prepared to fund the entire pension list; that is to say, to compute what the average pensioner would receive during the supposed future of bis life, and then bond wherewith to pay him this in one lump sura This would let the Dingley bill sup ply sufficient revenue for the other needs of administration and pre vent an inevitable deficit under present conditions of law. This scheme at first blush would appear to be a very popular measure and it would put into circulation mil lions of dollars, but the great draw back would he that frauds would thrive under this measure as they Secretary Alger does n t wan the donated supplies of Portland for the Klondikers. He says the supplies shall be bought and sold Of course, Mr. Alger does not nec essarily desire to have the govern ment run t,liat company out business that company now sell ing goods in the Klondike. Alger Jr. is somewhat interested in that company. Consanguinity often covers a multitude of whys and wherefores. The Polk County Observer sayi that the democrats are p Hacking the Dingley bill, founded on false hood. This is rich! When a little two by four republican editor geta to telling the truth in a manner bo refreshing, then is yet some hope in a "republican form" of government. HILLSBORO CITY MEAT MARKET. 1. K HKKST. P"f Beef, Mutton, Veal and Pork Kept Constantly on Hand. Highest : Maiket : Trice : Paid : for : Fat : Cattle, : Slu-cp : mid : Hors Cash Paid for Poultry. MAIN STREET, MLLSWmO, OK lid ON. WILEY & DENNIS, ZC1TY LIVERY STABLE" GENERAL WEAVER Writes a Letter to the National Knight Watchman. of LET UB MAN THE PUMPS. . It necessaiily follows that he who understands what constitutes pop ular government is for direct legis lation. That the initiative .and referendum would he practice tend ing against the state being gov erned by monopolies is enough to recommend it. But there are some economic laws that can be enacted under a representative form of gov ernment, and which laws are im perative. We have had so much class legislation the last 30 years that one nearly despairs of righting about the ship of state- But every citizen zealous of th welfare of his country will work for one reform to he brought about at once the nationalization of the money ques tion. We can get the initiative and referendum only after consti tutional amendment. Shall we of citizen. It is with pleasure the following is published: Editor Argus: With all due respect for your favor of last week, December 22nl, the same appearing m ine locals, i woulil say that this might convey the Ulea to my populist brothers that 1 had abandoned all ideas of populist reform for the free and independent coinage of silver, alone. While I may have said that I was willing to accept any proposi tion that the people could be united up on against their common enemy (the goldites) whether that issue be the bi metallic or any other issue, or set of is sues that would point to good govern ment for the common people; let the conversation be what it may have beea I shall give Mr Long credit for stating it as he understood it, and that my posi tion may be clearly before the people, I beg to say, through your paper, that I have no proposition'to make the people in their interest, more than any other ordinary citizen. While I may "present my ideas in the form of resolutions at your conventions, his is the right of ev ery lawful voter and if he does not exer cise these rights it is his own fault, not mine. It matters not how my individ ual ideas m y suffer at the hands of the people, or their representatives assem bled in conventions, I shall respect their demands as supreme, and they shall have every effort in my power to bring their requests to a successful issue. Respect f..1t.. ....... r.-i-vr, lf W VlMDMf General James B. Weaver, who has Chairman Populist County Central Coin some intimate menus in riimiiom, ' mittee. Dated this Dec. 24th, 1897 and who has spoken twice at this point, recently wrote a letter to the silver Knight-Watchman, Senator Stewart's paper, and we give an ex tract below. General Weaver is one of the ablest economists of the age. He left the republican party of Iowa at a time when he was Ub state lender and when he could have received any h' nor from it he might have asked leit it because it would not openly espouse the cause of common justice. General Weaver, in his letter, said: The American people have already had a prolonged struggle against plutoc racy of more than a century in duration and this since the revolution iu which it was supposed we had gained a final vic tory over this vicious influence. This includes the thirty-two years battle to preserve the warscarred greenbacks. Mc Culloch opened fire upon them in 1865. Sherman led in the assault upon ilver soon after, and the contest has raged fiercely ever since. The ssault was really against the Constitution and free government. The Chicago convention of 1896 gave unmistakable evidence that the people had at last opened their eyes to the dangers which confronted them. The triple alliance between the Bryan Democrats, Populists, and Silver Repub lican:! which followed, inspired confi dence of ultimate success That we shall soon realize complete triumph is now the well-grounded faith and hope of the peo ple, i et us close up our lines and streng tl'.en this alliance in every precinct of the republic. The Ark of the Covenant of our fathers is in its 'keeping. There is neither time nor occasion Tor the slightest dissension la any quarter of the field. Let ns clasp each other s bands in brotherly affection "everywhere, and let party spirit perish, and give place to lofty and self-sacrificing effort. Our forcbearance, love of truth, andourgood judgment will all be fiercely tested in the Congressional struggle next year. We must have the next house of representa tives; and to secure it we must be united, bold, charitable, tactful and at all timet alert. Let every man remember that 1898 will witness the initial mobilization of out forces for the grand' engagement of 1900. I trust theire will not be a sin gle populist or other member oi the alli ance in hospital, or' absent .when the drum beats and the bugle calls. . Mean time let us hold np the bands of our great leader, , Bryan, by every means within our power. He is at war with tbe classes and the common people love him. His heart is as true as that of Old Hickory, and h's head is as clear as that of tbe immortal Jefferson. He will nei ther lower our standard, shrink from the post of danger, nor suffer his columns to retreat. Let ui close the nineteenth, cen tury, and open the twentieth as our fath ers closed the eighteenth and opened the nineteenth with a sublime and heroic effort for human rights which shall again set this old world ablaze with hope and courage." Cor. and and Washington Street It WHERE YOU WILL FIND THE BEST TEAMS THAT CAN BE HAD IN HILLSBORO EVERYTHING FIRST-CLASS. GOOD TEAMS, GOOD BUGGIES and DRIVERS Cor. 2d h Wash'lon ') J. NOKTHRUF, Newly Furnished and Renovated. THE GREAT Real Estate Transactions. John Armstrong to Jennie and Elizabeth Armstrong lot I and 2 blk 26 FGliooo Win Staiger and wife to Julius Estell lot 46 and 47Tuilatin Gardens, J60. J H Lambert to F H Gritzmacher tracts 38 and 40 Peachville, 6oo. The same to Elizabeth Oritsmacher tract 31 Beachville, $300. State of Oregon to Thos H Brinson lots 7, 8, 9, and 10 sec 4 t I s r 6 w, (200. Chas F Tigard and wife to C B Bunnell 43 a J h Hicklin a 1 c, $3250. Henry Watentnaker and wife to Sol Vtt- mier 20 a Edwin B Comfort d 1 c $750. Geo T Hollister and wife to Samuel D Clark s 11 e and 11 Yt s a sec 13 t 2 n r 4 w, $2425. Thomas Hollister and wife to Susan D Clark 15 a sec 13 t 2 n r 4 w, $75, A first-class table and all accommodations for the convenience of guests. . kG)" " Ni. P. DROWN STITDIO, ROOM 7 UNION lll.K, II II.I.HHOKd Q MUgIG fND ART 0 Lessons in Piano, Organ and Harmony. PENCIL CHARCOAL CRAVOtf PASrKI. INDIA INK DRAWING OIL POINTING .jftVl GOLD I SILVER COUNTRIES OF BRITISH ('(11,1'MHIA AND EAST Kit N OKKtiON ARE ALL REACHED VIA o R N TWO FOR ONE Send for free sample and judge thereby. II And No Change of Cars between ,...., . (BAKER CITY. FORTLAhP and ShortM Lin to SI'OKASK Connecting with ALL It All IIOVTE In ... Trail. Rolnnil, Marcus Nt'lnon, and all Ko'itmay Mining (Jumps. LOW RATES and THROUGH TICKETS l"nr I'llinphlrlH iiikI Delililftl Inftiriiiiitiiin, write to vv 11 iii'ri.ki'r:', Uoii'I I'hsu Agent Portland, Orciii, Or J. I. Knight, IllllHboro, Ore. Tomorrow will be n day of good resolutions. , ,AI1 persons indebted to the firm ofH. Wehrung & Boiir, by note or account, are requested to make settlement by December 1st, 1897. Bridge Notice. Both 0t K( Cash in Per Year P1 sfJU dvacne. Ti e Enquirer is a 9-column, 8 pfige paper, iysued each Thursday. Largest in size, clienpest in price, must reliable in newH.ull large type, plain print, good white paper. If our readers want another live paper the Enquirer is that paper. Call or send orders to The Argus Publishing Co ROBERT WAGNER , do under the present system. The 1 age premium money system fast- . ...... . . .- . tailing every wnere ana in tne cnieiest part ot this proposal, as it ! then sit idly by and allow a broker TM W we" a 111 other sec- loon-s up to many, :s to establish a ened on us, simply because we have There will be let to the lowest bidder on Wednesday Jan 5U1, 1898, at 2 o'clock p, m. at the county court room at the court house of Washington county, Oregon, a contract for building a bridge across! Dairy Creek at or near the Carstens Bros saw mill in said county. Specifications can be seen at the Clerk's ofhee on or af ter January 1st, 1898. The commission ers' court reserve the right to reject any or all bids. Dated this Dec 32nd, 1897. By order of commissioners' court. By B. P. CORNELIUS, County Judge. Has moved his boot and shoe repair shop into the buildinir one door went of the Pharmacy, on Main atreot, whore he will be pleased to do good work at Lowest Possible Prices. HILLSBORO, OREGON Administratrix Notice of Final Sattle meiit. Notice is hereby given that I. the under signed administratrix of the Kstate of John Foerster, deceased, have tiled in the County Court of the State of Oregon for Washington County, my final account as executrix oi said estate. And that said Court has set Monday the 10th day of January, 1898, at the hour of 10 A. M. of said day, a the time of hearing objec tions to said glial account, and the settle ment of said estate. Dated this 7th day of December, 1807. , LIMA FOKRSTKR. Administratrix of the estate of John Foer ster, deceased. Notice to the Public. Notice Is hereby given that the undersign ed farmers and residents at Mountaindale and vicinity will prosecute to the fuil ex tent of the law, for such offenses prescrib ed, ail persons who hunt, tlsn, or other. wise trespass upon the farms of said 1111- irsigneo. Dated at Mountaindale, Washington dersignei Dated Co. Ore., this 20th day of September. 1H97. H. Taylor Hill, 0. E. Shorey, John Smith ueo. Harms, 1. I. JNorthmp, J. u. uroeK WILLING THAT THE PEOPLE Shall Decide What They Want for Gorernment. George W. Kelley writes The Ah- OU8 a letter this week which is giv- 1 An ItalniV ttnil ,l,l.ilU ,tiniWnata ilia A wtlinw -Af rflnmlrtlf.V rAtl fin imrnotiial nntrapnmanl .Ink Hnaw n t . . m, . . ... NiMi hmv '..- K-fv.. Bv,,.i,iuiuiii uiiuci a icpimcumuvc wriii ui govern- (rue spirit, ine man whri is w er. M. M. Kowell, M. W. Hahi:, J. C. Laf- ferty, 8. J. Rallerty, C. B. Taylor, Geo. B. Armentrout, Johnlbaeh, A. C Wirtz, W. A. Montgomery and W. N. Haynam. Land Titles and Land Office liusinesa a Specialty. Robert A. Miller ATTORNEY-AT-LAW SHERIFF'S SALE. By virtue of an execution, decree und or dtr of sale, issued out of the Circuit Court of the Slate of Oregon, for Wash ington County, in favor of J. F. Hcbock and against Anton l'fuiiner, Samuel Hughes and A. Hinnian, Aisigneea of Anton Pfahner and Claus Jesse for the hii 111 of 16.00 costs, and lor the further sum of 13048.50, U. 8. gold coin, with interest thereon at the rate ot ten per cent per an num from the 22nd day of November, 1887 and the further sum oi $IUO.0u, with i lifer ent thereon at the rate ol eight per cent per annum from the 22nd day of November. 1807, Attorneys' fees and for the costs and nxoeuses of said sale and of said writ. Now. therefore, by virtue and in pursu ance of said judgment, decreeand ordernf sale, 1 will, on Aiounay ine win nay 01 January, 1808, at the south door of the Court House, in Hillsboro, Washington County, Oregon , at the hour of 10 o'clock A. M., of said day, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the follow inif described real property, to-wit: Commencing at the neuter post of Sec tion W. runninir thence west 011 half sec tion line 140 rods; thence north 80 rods; thence east 140 rods to M section lino; thence south 80 rods to place of beginning, containing 70 acres all in section 211 T. ii N R. 8 W. of Will. Mer. Also the following Commencing at quarter section post be tween sections W and aO running thence east on half section line 40chainsto center of section 20; thence south 40 chiiins to quarter section corner between sections 20 and 82: thence west on section line 10 chains to a point at south east corner of a j iract 01 lana soia Dy .1 . misnanu who in A. Unnis. thence north westerly to placo of beginning containing 100 anres nil of said land being in section A) T. 2 N. R 8 W of Will Mer., all situate in Washing ton County and Htate of Oregon; this de cree is for the sale of the 170 acres herein described to satisfy the horeinbefore nam ed sums, and for the costs and expense of said sale. Said property will be sold subject to re demption as per statue of Oregon. i Admitted to practice in all the Courts of i tneH? nalm 11,18 zzml "' 01 W. D. BRADFORD. Sheriff of Washington County, Oregon Fine Watch Repairing a Specially. E. S. BOOTH . . DICAI.Ktl IN . . Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Bicycles, Sewing Machines, Musical Instruments. MAIN BTItKIOT, OIM'OHITK RANK, llillslmro, . Oregon. Transact a (ionornl Hanking Business J. W. H I I'TK Mnniiime A. (!. KIIUTK Ashler Soil sight Kxolmnge and Telegraiihlo lnuisfers und issues Letters ol Credit available throughout tho United States. 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