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THE CORVALLIS GAZETTE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1893 oiMlts (Svelte, MaCBD EVRXT FHinsT MOaxlXS T E-A-3Sr"C CONOVEH, BuB30niPTION RATE3 r fear, 8-s. Monto, Tlarsa Months, C'nifle Oopis- I'm Voej- tUi Ht paid la advance... (3 00 1 00 Tl S Sf rETE COUNTY MAKING NMSAXCK California it seems has beefi af flicted with the county carving craze this winter, about as badly as Oregon. An extract from the Los Angeles Herald on the subject in dicates to what extent the vexa liou has been carried there. Its Suggestions are alao very appli cable; tho rebuke it carries justly pointed. It reads : It ia to be hoped that the lejjisUture wiH submit ait amendment to the constitution providing for a uuiform. Jaw to create new couuties. The great number of bills now before the legislature for carving mp the territory of old counties into a multiplicity of new oues has become a nuisance a growing evil --hich can be suppressed by a sensible general law authorizing new counties to be formed nnder cortain pre scribed conditions. A more pungent and expressive paragraph couldn't have been writ; ten bearing upon the Oregon sys tem. The whole business reeds tearing down and rebuilding on a modern plan. There should be a general law providing a foundation upon which counties should be formed and readjusted, delegating the force and authority of all changes to the voice of the people involved. Let those interested settle their own affairs by their vote. Then the time necessarily wasted in such squabbles would be their own loss and the bickerings and ill-will they engender would rest squarely upon their own shoulders. The county division schemes have become prolific of corrup tion and scandal. They waste the time of the legislature, at best. They tend to put corrupt measures through the houses, for the mem bers who are interested in divid ing a county vote for thieving bills to get the support of the members who profit by them. And often there is direct payment of money to legislatois. So far as the late contest this section was concerned charge of fund corruption crookedness is even hinted On the contrary the opinion in no or at. is generally expressed that it was conducted innocently of the pallu tion of moneyed barter. The Blaine county scheme does not bear an entirely spotless' rep utation. But be that as it may, in ei ther case the instrument was handy, the opportunity was operative and all the essential elements alive and working that in many cases have eonspired to produce the most un savory records. The formation of a new county means an average annual expense to the tax payers of $10,000 to $50,000 more than they are now paying, and about the same amount in a lump sum for county buildings. Oregon deals pretty liberally with taxeaters now. What she needs is not more of ficials, but more men who will go to work with their hands aud pro duce something. Tohx B. Eddy,, late reading clerk of the senate, has bean elevated to the position of rail road commissioner. The selection . is emmineutly correct. Especial ly will it he received with gratifi cation by the newspaper fraternity in whose ranks Mr. Eddy has long been an able and effective laborer. TT i I. i .1 ii.. : i r c j jllc una neiu bins yusmuu ui reiiu- ing clerk the past three sessions of the legislature per force of pure adaptability and is a whole-souled, genial, cheer begetting gentleman The latest "trust" is one that Bfcrike3 at the threshold of every home in Salem. There are ten meat markets iu . that' city that have entered into an agreement to a uniform raise in the price of all meat3. P. S. It is reasonable to suppose that this "plutocratic" combination will be wiped .out af ter the 4th of March as a "protec tion fraud." If not, the citizens of Salem ought to call upon Gover nor Pennoyer to veto- it. , i m were erected in the neighboring state . of Washington alone last year. - .vmu oiiu guuu niiiiic ui creation is out in the wet. THE END. The 17th biennial session of the Oregon legislative assembly ad journed last Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. It left 30 senate bills and 60 house bills to pass into the hands of the governor. This means, in all probability, that many of the large list will never become laws. The general appropriation bill was signed by tho governor Satur day. It foots up, as we glean trom the Statesman, about $2,000, 000. The general appropriations for all purposes two years ago were $1,200,000, from which it will be seen the increase this ses sion is about $800,000. Of this sum $600,000 is appropriated for the purchase oi lands for the use of tke slate, for public buildings, improvements, etc., showing that the increase is not due to extrava gance. Two years ago the gener al appropriation bill appropriated only $200,000 for buildings. Of the increase this session $600,000 is for public works and $200,000 on the general expense of the state, which sum is justified by the : growth of the state and the in- crease in the number of inmates in the. institutions. A bill was passed which ap propriates $25,000 for the effi ciency of the state deaf mute school. Tha measure places this institution directly under the con trol of the governor, secretary, and the school superintendent. Land is to be purchased and new buildings to be erected, the object being to make the institution as nearly self-supporting as possible. The general appropriation bill provides for the blind school. It gives thorn $12,000 for the pur cha3o of new lands, buildings, etc., and empowers the board of trust ees to sell the present property of this institution aud devote the proceeds of the sale to the school. It is provided, however, that should the present deaf mute school property be transferred to and for the use of the blind insti tule then the proceeds of the sale of the blind school property go to the deaf-mute school, to b3 used in the erection of new buildii At the close of the session the house paid a handsome compli ment to its late speaker, Hon. W, P. Keady, by adopting an expres sive resolution by a rising vote, The senate, it seems, had nothin to thank their presiding officer for, ALL REPUBLICAN ANYWAY. The first place in President Cleveland's cabinet will be given to Judge Gresham, and it is very probable that he will accept the position. Principles constitute the fabric of the republican organiza tion, and not men. -The defeat of Mr. Harrison last November was not the defeat of the doctrines that constitute the political party, These will live on and on forever, and whoever occupies jthe execu uve cnair win ioilow trie prece dents laid down by the republican administration. Mr. Gresham is a republican, and will so continue, notwithstanding that he will be the chief ..advisor of a democratic president. It may appear to some that his appointment is' a reward of party treachery; but Mr. Cleve land, measured bv the rules laid down by democratic leaders, is very little m sympathy with the foundation principles of his party, and undoubtedly he can act in narmony with his secretary of state, even if he is opposed to the Chicago platform. The enuuci- auons in uiai document were in tended simply to attract votes, and not as rules of administrative policy. Even the letter of accept ance of Mr. Cleveland was opposed to the principles laid down by the national convention, and he will violate no trust if he follows his own ideas and the tariff as contra distinguished from those of Mr. Wattersonand Mr. Hill. Demo cracy means nothing to 4 those ac quainted with American politics, except the most available means of securing success at the. polls. It has never placed itself on record in a single national measure, ex cept in "equitable adjustment" of the public debt and "horizontal reduction" on the tariff. The re publican party has made the his tory of the country for. the past tliirty years, and will continue to do so for as many more. In" the hands of Mr. Gresham the state de partment is safe, and no innova tion upon former policies may be expected. Tiaies-Pdountaineeiv NEWS GLEANINGS. The electric line between Port land aud Oregon. City was opened last week. Lillie Thomas of Hubbard, aged 16, is the latest patient commit ted to the insane asylum. Lane county has the mumps. One county commissioner and a college professor were off duty on account of the ''jaw yous" ailment at last report. Most of the Grand Ronde In dians are said to be in favor of opening the reservation. They are poor aud the money they would receive is the particular in ducement that influences them. Portland's bank clearings have picked up again. Last week they showed a gain of 17.5 per cent. As other Pacific coast cities also showed good gains, it is evidence that times are improving in this country. A gentleman who knows states that there are about fifty clerks at Salem who have hardly made a stroke with a pen since the session of the legislature opened, but they are paid good salaries right along. Some have done nothing, others have done a little work occasion ally. i rank Leslie's illustrated paper offered $200 to tho subscriber who would give the closest guess on election results. Mr. Blair For ward, of Willard, ex-sheriff of Marion county, guessed that Cleve land would get a plurality of 375- 000. He came within 5000 and received the money. Mr. For ward had 52,453 competitors. The Oregbnran says the follow ing is the "slate" that will be like lv to be successful in the Oregon offices: Collector internal rev enue, Henry Blackmail, of Hep- ner; collector of customs, Port land, T.J. Black, Halsey; marshal, Henrv Gradv, Pendleton; district attorney, Geo. Noland, Astoria; appraiser, Pat Powers, Portland It seems that there were two ap proprialions for the Oregon nation al guard at the hands ol this legis lature. lne Gullixson bill giving them $40,000 has passed both houses over the governor's veto. The Ford bill to give the national Guard $60,000 in lien of the mill tax also passed both houses. That: gives the slate militia a cool hundred thousand to operate with the coming two years. An effort was made to organize a farmer's alliance lodge in Ash land, but it was discovered that it was against the rules of the order to establish an alliance in an in corporated town. However, it has been arranged that Progress alliance No 50, of Talent, which is the most prosperous, active and wide-awake alliance in southern Oregon, and probably m the state, will hold two of its four monthly meetings in Ashland. A terrible sccident occured on the City and Surburban street railway line in upper Albina on the 15th in which three persons were almost instantly killed, and a numbea of others seriously in jured. The car was overloaded and going down a sharp grade got out of control and until it brought up with a crashing somersault at the bottom of the hill. A distres sing scene, lollowed with the me lee of struggling, crying people. J. O. Dennis and his 8-year-old son Bertran were instantly crush ed to death. Latb German papers received in Corvallis, express the deepest anxiety with regard to the pros pects of a cholera outbreak iu that country again m tne spring. Frost does not kill the germs of cholera, though it lessens their ac tivity and is unfavorable to their development. They may live through wintry weather in contam inated water, in garbage or in oth er kinds of infected material. The Asiatic cholera has frequently. been epidemic in times of severe cold. There is nearly as much danger of its being brought here from abroad at this season of the year, when the spirilla are com paratively .impassive, as in the spring and summer seasons, when they are quickened by. the heat; but there is ho doubt that it 1nay be brought here in periods of low temperature just the same. Tins Portland Welcome looks at it this . way: "The repeal ,of the indebtedness clause subjects to assessment nearly $17,000,000 worth of property owned by mil- lionairs and heretofore non-assessable. This enormous sum, even at 2 per cent, will furnish $340,- 000 "annually.1 In the past people ot Multnomah county have been robbed of this amount, now the capitalists will have to pay for protection like common people." And what is true of Multnomah is true, porfionately, in every1 county of Oregon - WASHINGTON LETTER. Washington, Feb'ry 13, 1893. Is the victorious democratic par ty on the eve of disruption? Demo crats of national promineuce in congress privately express the be lief that itis, aud predict that long before the end of the administra tion to begin next montu the sep aration between the wings will be open and nnni. lne principal cause of this belief is the wide gulf that exists "between Mr. Cleveland and the southern and western democrats on the silver-' question: a bulf which the failure of Mr. O. to force the repeal by congress of the present siiver law has widened and made apparently impassable. Notice has been publicly served on Mr. Cleveland by Representa tive Bland, the leader of the sil vor democrats in the house, that further attempts along this line would bring about a withdrawal of the silver men from the party. Tho forcefulness of Mr. Cleve land's character is so well known here, that the general c pinion is that he will continue his light against silver, by calling an early extra session of the fifty-third con gress, unless convinced that a bill tor the repeal ot the silver Jaw would be voted down in either the house or senate. In that case he would postpone calling an extra session until he had "coverted" a sufficient number to carry his point. The selection of Judge Walter Q. Gresham, as the head of the cabinet, which is accepted here as an accomplished fact, will also be a factor in bringing about a split in the democratic party. As rule the democrats in congress de cline to publicly discuss this selec tion,but privately they are showing their anger and disappointment The feeling among them may be judged by the fact that Senator Gorman, who is ordinarily the most indifferent of men to news paper stories printed of him, took spceial pains to go around among the Washington correspondents and contradict the published ru ruor that Gresham had been se lected on his advice. With the natural shrewdness of the tactful political wire puller Gorman lost no time in disavowing his respon 1 ! . n y t t - siDiiuy lor uresnam; lie liaa seen and noted the effect of the an nouncement oi ins selection upon his party associates m congress Senator Hill has been quietly sounding the democratic senators to asceraiu how many are willing to carry their opposition to Gres ham to the extent of voting against his confirmation as a mem bar of the cabkiet. If he can se cure the pledges of a sufficient number of senators to defeat the conlirmation he proposes to do it although it would be something never before attempted, as it has been considered one of Abe unwrit ten laws of tke senateto confirm cabinet nominations without question. Pressure is being brought to bear, to have Sergeant-at-Arms Yoder oi the house made commissioner of pensions, if the scheme of transferring that bureau to the war department aud sus pending the pensions of all widows married since 1870; of all men having an income in excess of $600 a year, 'and, except for total in capacity, of all alien non-residents, tails, as it will. The commis sionership is merely to be used as a stepping stone to the democratic nomination for Governor of Ohio, The claim is . made by Yoder's friends that his connection with the U. V. U. will enable him to get the votes of a sufficent number of old soldiers, heretofore republi cans, to anchor Ohio permanently in the democratic column. J. he house committee on ways 'and means is on a wild goose chase after a silly newspaper rumor at leging that Secretary Foster had agreed to sell $50,000,000 worth of bonds to a syndicate ot JMew zoik bankers for cold. Ihere is not a word of truth in the rumor, Secre tary Foster lias made no agree ment to sell bonds aftid has no in tention of making such an agree ment, and he has no such idea that the financial situation will be such during -this administration as to cause him to even take such a step into serious consideration. Besides, it is well known to those who enjoy the President's confi dence that he would, not permit an issue of bonds. The democrats in the house at tempted to railroad tjie proposed radical change in the pension laws through the house without debate, but they were hauled up short by the republicans, who told them they would filibuster . until the end of the session if the fullest de bate were not allowed. The de bate will go on this week. The president has fully made up his mind, and will it is thought this week, send a message to con gress favoring Hawaiian annexa tion.' A majority of. congress favor annexation, but some of the democrats' would prefer to post pone it until the next administra tion, and it is possible they may attempt to do so. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castorla.' So will your profits if you buy tested seeds. Our trial grounds are located i J4 miles east of our store. Come and see them. If your merchant does not handle our tested seeds, send to us direct and you will get your seed cheap if you mention his name. If he does handle them he will show you certificate from our trial grounds showing guaranteed per cent, of seed that will grow. SEEDS, It is really amusing to hear the democrats with their big majority in the house plead the baby act and try to charge the republicans with the responsibility for defeat ing Mr. Cleveland's wishes. 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