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THE CORVALLIS GAZETTE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, ISM.. WTO CTSKT WIMT JIOTGtCT BT 3Sis.itk: conovke. SUBSCRIPT JON RATES . Te,. - 00 Ki Mentha. 1 00 hrm UoWb. 75 SinirlB CnolMt --- Be r I oar men nn txua aa Bavsncej. v THE ELECTIONS. . JNothing decisive lias been ob tained by the result f Tuesday's erections, except that next year "will be one of the most hotly con tested presidential years ever wit nessed on the American continent. The result is practically a standoff, -with a light vote polled every wbere. "The election of McKinley in Ohio by 20,000 majority is a con cession that tin's state is safely re publican on national issues, and that the tariff as the issue has not lessened the republican prospects. Flower's majority in New York is largely due to local issues, and par tially on account of the small vote brought out. The republicans lost considerably in the" rural districts, and thus the democrats have secur ed control of the legislature. The democratic majority in New York stale this year will be about 40,- 00 or 45,000. Governor Boies .ias been re-elected by about 6,000 majority. Local issues, and espe ially the liquor question, are prin 'ipally the cause of this democratic victory. The election of Russell, democrat, governor of Massachu setts, may be regarded to a certain extent as a triumph for the demo cracy on the tariff question. Many the manufacturers of the Bay State are demanding free raw ma trials, and the platform of the democratic party promises favora bly to their demands; but no one doubts that this state will swing into line next year, and give the asual republican majority; Penn ;aylvania is republican 50,000 ma . Jority. This is quite a surprise to 11 parties, as reported local dis affections in the ranks of the repub licans, it was believed, would give -the state to the democrats. The 'farmers' alliance has lost' ground every where. -That party has been totally annihilated in Kansas, and 'evidences of its growing weakness -are indicated in every alliance lo cality of that state. Thus the re sult of Tuesday is known, and it only concedes the fact that party lines areJbeing tightly drawn for - the ensuing presidential contest and that the tariff question will flg re most conspicuously as the issue of the campaign- Christianity means persuasion rfcy amiable kindness. Did you vertry to argue a man into the possession of conscientious scruples -fright! Then the aim of your project has been a dead moral fail wre, and the world is no better in consequence of .your existence. Argument generally tickles with frigid anger a torrid temperament .It savors too much of flat contra ffictibn and reels and threatens the selfish instincts of our nature with 'fixed prejudices. You approach a meighbor "with kind approval, and ;yeu - do more to .advance moral ilaw than all the smooth-tongued '8areasms combined. To reproach .an individual for evil habits or ma licious conduct is an immediate eelaration of hostilities, and war Js the natural outcome. Love is ine ten commandments aDDrevi-. ftted. Christ is the author of love. JHe said if you love your neighbor -you would not think of killing him, or robbing him, or bearing Jalse witness against : him. The 4en commandments aro all right, "bnt Christ taught an easier, more seasonable, more practical way of . fulfilling them. The word "love" governs the whole subject. If you cultivate love you are carrying -ut the purposes of the Mosaic 3&w, attd you do not have to use a hole code to- cultivate obedience. .Someose has ventured the sug gestion , that - a steam laundry, -properly managed, would be a paying investment in this city. "TTelerieve almost any industrial -enterprise will pay in Corvallis, And , we -do not hesitate to lend encouragement to. all enterprising schemes projected. Spending -money in jour own town is in creasing the general wealth, and -you always enjoy fair compensa iaoniu the out coxae. . - - DARK SIDE OF LO'NDON. Writes Chauucey M. Depew: Having viewed so often the bril liant side of London's social life, it occurred to me that I would take a view of its dark side. One Sat urday morning in a garb which was a cross between that of a cos ter monger and a pickpocket, I traversed the Whflechapel district. It was a sight impossible to see anywhere else in the world. The streets were so crowded that it was almost impossible to wedge your way through. Every few feet was some merchant, male or female, selling cast-off clothes or- house hold furniture. I saw racs held up there for sale that nowhere in America would find any place ex cept in the ash barrel, and the ash man in picking it over would re fuse to carry them home-. Such poverty, such misery, such wretch edness, such a seething furnace of ignorance, and all that attends up on howelessness, I never saw before and never expect to Bee again. I felt that this great city, with its magnificent palaces, with every evidence in part of it of the largest wealth, the greatest luxury, the most liberal expenditure, rested upon a volcauo which only needed the force of civilization to bring upon it a catastrophe which would shock the world. Miserable as these people have always been, their misery has been intensified a thousand fold by pauper immi gration Great Britain has estab lished no barrier, as we have, and imposed no rules whatever. It is the dumping ground of all Eu rope for misery that must starve or go somewhere. It goes to Lon don and competes with a condition so much. better than its own, . that in the wages it accepts, in the work it does, it is reducing the British working men and women of the great cities to a dangerous point for the British peace and prosperity. It is a lesson for us to take to ourselves whether the bar riers we have already should not be increased, and whether notices should not be sent all - over the world that "We have sympathy. we have humanity; but keep -your paupers at home." The most interesting thin about the socialist congress that has lately been held in Erfurt, in Germany; was the victory of the moderate element in the congress, says BradstreetV That body showed unmistakably its aversion to the anarchistic views of some of the delegates, and the . most ex treme of these left the meeting. The congress declared against any change in tactics in the political field. One of its resolutions . af firmed that the principles of right, truth and morality should guide the members of the party in their dealings with each other and with all men of whatever race or relig ion. The growth of the socialist party in the last two decades has been remarkable. ' It numbered but a little over 100,000 voters in 1871, and in 1890 the socialist voters numbered 1,300,000. They had but-one deputy in 1871 and in 1890 they had thirty-six. Brother J. R. N. Bell is editor of one of the best papers in the Willamette valley the Indepen dence West Side. lie is no kicker or fault-finder in any sense of the terms, but he knows how to moral ize. In the last issue of his paper he says: "Every sidewalk and crosswalk in the incorporation should be examined carefully by the marshal, aud all defects should be remedied at once. There are half a dozen broken planks around the premises of J. R. N. Bell that ought to be fixed, and the editor of the West Side hereby complains, and demands that the 'Aforesaid gentleman fix his sidewalks.'1 Bro ther Bell reminds us very much of Socrates, but he hasn't that great breadth of whatever you-may-call-it that made Socrates great. - It is estimated that the entire net proceeds of the new -Russian loan will be required to meet the necessities of those of her people reduced to beggary by the famine this year. . As the net amount of the loan is $100,000,000, we thus have a luminous idea of the horri ble destitution that must prevail aver large areas. . 1-. Again ; we have been kindly requested-to define, or in some man ner account for the existence of the word "Mugwump." This word is said to be derived from the lan guage of the Algonquin Indians, among whom it meant a chief or person of importance. It came to be applied derisively to persons who exaggerated their wisdom and importance aud during the presi dential campaign ot 1884 it was used first by the New York Sun to designate' those republicans who refused to support Blaine. The name was adopted by these inde pendents who lost-sight of the re proach it had been intended to convey. Some day, doubtless, the moun tain-sides will be all -aglow with cultivation. When it becomes gen erally known throughout the world that the soil of the Willamette valley has all the elements of rich ness, then the people will rush from the four corners of the earth to this land of promise, and there won't be room in the valley for the settlers. They will naturally take for the mountains, which are rich with fertile soil. The moun tains and hills will some day be fields of luscious fruits, and thrift will" reign supreme. Barbara Fritchie's old home at Frederick, Maryland, is going to be onexhibition at the World's Columbian exposition, they say But some one has said there was no Barbara, and that Whittier's beautiful poem is only founded on the striking impulses ' of the imagination. If such is the case, it is simply too bad. We have been laboring these long years under the impression that the poem was drawn from truth, and that Jack son's raid through Frederick town was baffled by old Barbara's loyal display at the window sill. Germany is a paternal govern ment, Instead of confining its at tention to the preservation ot or der and the enforcement of justice, a paternal system descends to the regulation of the details in the life of an individual himself. As the term implies, it is fatherly care and supervision over the individ ual by the state. Germany is one of the strongest governments on the face of the earl h, for the peo pie there are- peculiarly adapted to the operation of such a system. The' gold discovery excitement in Corvallis,- of course, failed to pan out to meet the sanguine ex pectations of our citizens ; but the industrial movement. is exciting a real, genuine interest, and pro jected factories and regular metro politan improvements seem to be keeping pace with the common de velopments of the city. Evidences of progression are . indicated on every hand, aud before another year we anticipate many good things for Corrallis. The . Seattle Post-Intelligencer's critical talk on the public life of the late Henry W. Grady has called forth serious comment throughout the northwest. The truth is, Grady was a patriot in the strongest sense, of the term, and did more toward the exter minalion of sectional auimosities than any other man in the south ern states. "Honor to whom honor is due" is incontestable in order at all times. Edison, the inventor, promises us a new electric motor which will not require . a trolley, and will drive railway cars at the rate of 100 miles an hour. .Mr. Edison heretofore lias never promised anything which he did' not per form, however incredible it might seem when - first broached; and hence we are hopeful. that his hew invention will be all that he leads ns to expect from it. ' Blaine's nomination next year will no doubt depend upon .the condition of -his health. There is no question about his constantly growing popularity, and his .candi dacy would make republican suc cess almost a certainty. - Thb enterprising men of Corval lis will not lose money in speculat ing on home institutions. ; Profit able home institutions are what make home-profitable. To push is to advance. - : Chili's "dough-faced maneuver ing will have very little effect m this republic. They are a peculiar people down there in that country, but contrary to the Hebrew adage, they are not "zealous of good works," by any means. In war, they are brave soldiers, and they usually fight to a finish, but should they meet a Union force the finish would not be long. It will probably be a surprise to most people to learn that Post master-General Wanamaker's ex periment of free delivery in a farm ing district shows that the increase of revenue more than pays the in creased expense. The next for ward step to be taken by the American postal system will be free delivery in small towns and villages and thickly settled rural districts. , Italy has,abolished her prohi bition on American pork. It was believed for a time that the antag' onism induced by the federal government regarding the New Orleans massacre would prevent such a consummation; but the Italian government evidently does not let sentiment stand in the way of a far-reaching benefit to its peo ple. . '" " - The political campaign in Ohio was perhaps one of the freest from personalities ever conducted in any state in the Union. The warm personal friendship existing be tween Gov. Campbell and Major McKinley had, no doubt, consider able to do with this pleasant condi tion in tne ranks ot tne opposing parties, and it is a deserved credit to both of them. - One of the highest authorities in the London grain trade . esti mates that Europe will need to import, during the six months to elapse until next spring's crops come into' market, an average of 5,600,000 bushels per week. This will mean active business for our railroads and good prices for our farmers. The question of the constitution-, ality of the-McKinley law is soon to be decided upon by the supreme court. Attorney-General Miller has ho fears of a decision against it, but it is a matter that is begin ning to assume considerable inter est in political.circles in Washing ton. KEV.-C II. bPURGEON, Who W3S in . a critical condition of health some weeks ago, is now off on vacation trip. JHis large congrega-. :tion in the meantime will listen to an 'American-orthodox. The kind of a boom Corvallis is now eniovins is the kind that .. . makes great cities out of . smal towns. Be patient with a slow and steady growth. - North Dakota ' is being ham pered with the customary tem pests, and the harvest is not yet completed. -Much property was destroyed last week. WASHINGTON LETTER. From our Regular Correspondent. . . Washington, 0ct.t26, '91. The President is not a man whose wrath is easily stirred up: but it would have been difficult to find a more wrathful man than he was when he received official par ticulars of the deliberate insult of fered to the American flag by a Chilian mob in attacking a num- inoffensive and unarmed sailors belonging to the U. S. S, Baltimore, in the streets of Valpa- raiso, killing one man outright and wounding a number of others, several of whom it is thought will die. As if that were not enough, the Chilian authorities arrested and threw into prison those of the sailors who escaped the fury of the mob. ; The President called a con the Cabinet before which he read a dispatch . he had nrenared to be sent to Minister Eagan instructing him to demand an immediate and full apology, and a punishment of the leaders of the mob. An attempt is being made here by .those who are al ways opposed to seeing this gov ernment display anything like stalwart Americanism, to make it appear that, this case is similar; to the New. Orleans killing of - the Italian menibera of. the JLafiai but there is' not the slightest resem blance. ; 'In that case' the Italians left their own country and -were voluntarily living in the. United States upon the same footing as our own citizens; in this case the men were wearing the uniforms of the United States sailors and were I only temporarily absent trom their ship which was lying in the har bor, near at hand, flying the flag of the United States. Our naval force at present in the vicinity of Chili is unfortunately small, but if necessary we can soon mass a sufficient force there to teach these upstarts a lesson they will not soon forget The administration is determined that the fullest rep aration shall be made for this in sult. Senator Palmer, of Illinois, now in Washington, has a good deal to say about probable Democratic presidential candidates from" other states, but for some reason he does not have a word to say about Ihe centleman from his own state Hon. W. R. ("Horizontal Bill") Morrison who devotes that part of his time not taken up by his duties as a member of the Inter- Stale Commerce oommission. to imagining that he is in the field as a Democratic presidential candi date. Perhaps . Senator Palmer has not heard of this Illinois can didate. Hon. George S. Bachellor, of New York, U. S. Minister to. Port ugal and formerly assistant secre t'ary of the treasury, is in Wash ington conferring with the depart ment of state on the treaty which is beihe negotiated by him with Portugal. He goes to New York this week to take part in the cam paian. wnicn ne is connaem win result in the election of Fassett. Attorney-General Miller is just now puzzling his .brain to answer a question asked by the United States marshal at Pembina, North Dakota. Two Chinamen were or. dered to be returned to Canada, the country whence they came; the marshal took them to the Ca nadian border, but the Canadian official declined . to letem in un less they paid the head tax of $50 each which Canadian law imposes upon Chinese immigrants. This the Chinamen refuse to pay, and the marshal, still having them in - 9 , custody, telegraphed to the at tor ney- general for instructions. The trouble seems to have arisen from a diversity of decisions as to which is the country they should be sent back to, China or the last country thev come from when they, enter the United States. Secretary Blaine, looking the very picture of manly vigor, -en tered his office at the state depart ment today for the first time in nearly six months. During the time he remained in the office he was given no opportunity to do anything else but receive the con cratulations and good wishes of cp w . . the stream of callers, which em braced about all the prominent people of Washington. He called on the "President witnm nalt an hour of his return to Washington, and yesterday he spent severa hours with Mr. Harrison. The re lation between the two men is of the most cordial nature. Ex Speaker Keea stopped in Washington on. his way to Ohio, where he goes to speak for McKin ley. He reports the prospects for Republican success in Massachu setts, where he has been cam naiirning. to be excellent. He X O t thinks it is only a question of get ting out a full vote for the repub licans to carry the state by a handsome majority. Ex-Senator Ingalls was in Wash ington on his way to deliver a lec ture at Toledo, Ohio. He says the recent report of his illness was exaggerated. 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