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Corkllis Issued Every Friday ilornim; by The Gasotts Publishing Co. IfmNtOM f Editor nd . H. UHlioUlt, - t i'.uxines MiliiHger. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Fr Year 82 00 Six Mouths 1 00 Three Months - 75 OS Per Year, (when not jaU in advance), 2 50 CORVALLIS, OREGON, FEB. 21. 1805. DOLPH'S GOOD SENSE. Mr. Dolph may be the cold, uncongenial man that those who oppose him claim; he may be a prosy orator, but in foresight and in the exercise of good judg ment he is unapproachable. In these qualities he is the very an tithesis of Governor Lord. In the beginning of the late civil war calls for volunteers to save the Union were frequent and loud. So loud that Mr. Dolph heard them. So loud 'that W. P. Lord heard tliem there was no defect in Mr. Lord's hearinsr of them. Dolph 's ' prophetic soul's eye looked down- the coming years and saw himself as U. S. sena tor. He saw himself as the one and only man to represent the great state of Oregon in the councils of the nation. He rea lized the importance of safely preserving such a valuable ser vant to the people in good health and condition. No doubt his ev ery fibre thrilled with the thoughts of - war and that proud ambition urged him toward the battle field; but patriotism for bade him risking the life of one who was destined to become so great a public benefactor at a salary of 5, ooo a year. So Mr. Dolph mounted a gray mule and crossed the plains to Oregon be fore the draft. What admirable foresight, what unassuming, unselfish pa triotism! He is now before the legislature, sound in limb, with good eyesight and unexcelled hearing, begging that the repre sentatives of the people recog nize in him those admirable and essential qualities, physical and mental, that are the requisites of the ideal senator.. What a contrast was the reck less conduct of W. P. Lord. At the first call for volunteers, he rushed into the field, never stop ping to realize that an accident might disable him from properly filling some future public posi tion. He inarched and fought, suffering all the hardships that a soldier's life entails. The explo sion of a gun during an engage ment permanently impaired his hearing. The Oregonian very reluctantly made public this' fact last week and is greatly grieved that this defect prevents him from being an acceptable candi date for senator. He might miss, should he be sitting in the senate, some of Mills' rounded sentences or Quay's interjectory remarks. What a calamity that would be for Oregon! The Oregonian of the 15th, replying to James 'P. Braden, says "The gold, when coined, will bring full value in all parts of, the world, not because it has theSgovernment stamp, but be cause this stamp testifies to a cer tain weight and fineness." Ac cording to this sort of reasoning, the same amount of gold, if coin ed in the same shape, but having only the weight and fineness stamped thereon, would have the same universal circulation and value that the $20-piece has. We have always been taughtjjthat 23.22 grains of pure gold consti tuted a dollar, and that a $20 piece contained twenty times as much gold, or 464.4 grains. In addition to thisthere are 51.6 grains of alloy in each $20-piece which makes up its total weight of 516 grains. This being true there would be but $17. 23 worth of gold in a $2opiece, gold reck oned at $17,805 the price paid by the government to the syndi cate under the recent issue of bonds. If "universal circulation is the test of intrinsic value," as stated by the Oregonian, and not the amount of bullion in the coin, it is very evident that the stamp of the government is the prime factor in tts circulation. If the government can inject $2.77 into a $20-piece, by its stamp, where does its power stop in this direc tion ? This statement clearly disproves the idea that universal circulation is the test of intrinsic value, and plainly shows that the government stamp gives to a coin its recognized, value. . It also shows the the value of gold is not fixed and stable, as gold or gans attempt to" make it - appear. SENTIMENT NOT CHANGED. , The Oregonian says: "There are those who think that popular government would be consider ably more attractive and inter esting if new men. were sprink led somewhat more freely through its makeup. To their thought, or at least to their imagination, it would appear that they were having something more to do with their government, if its ad ministration were not always seen in the same old hands, or if, when they read the proceedings of conventions and note the nom inations, they should find a lib eral substitution of new names for those of the old professional bead-roll. This matter very much con cerns the republican party of Oregon. Professional officialism is not acceptable to the people. It gets stuck in its ruts, becomes unprogressive except in the di rection of expense, lets old abuses remain uncorrected, and arvmires a habit of mind that thinks of office as a personal; right. There is urgent need of a ; thorough shake-up and complete 1 renovation of 'every department of our public affairs: and the; people want men in every branch of the service who are fit for the work required. For this service a lifetime of political trading and office-seeking, a long period of professional officialism, devotion through tides of years to efforts to get and to hold official place, with no actual attention to or effort in any independent busi ness, are no recommendations just now, for the public temper is critical, irritable and unusally exacting. The person vho has lone held office, and still seeks office, as a rule should be let out. It is dangerous at this time to presume far on the public pa tience, and it is highly necessary for the republican party of Ore geo to put itself before the peo ple free from the dictation of political self-seeking and profes sional officialism." This expresses the Gazette's idea in regard to the election of senator at this time. The ex tract is from the issue of March, 26, 1894; It was intended as a call for a new deal in the nomina tion of state officials, and from the result of the convention and the election, the sentiment of the people was in accord with the tone of o that editorial. That sentiment has not changed. It has been strong enough to enable thirty honest legislators to with stand the strongest pressure known to party machinery, and caused them to vote against an old-time office-holder, although he was the caucus nominee of their party. Mr. Dolph has been in the senate so long that he has become saturated with the idea of his own importance to such an extent that he has lost any pres tige he might otherwise have had as a worker for the state. WHAT OF TODAY? Salem, Feb'y 20. (Special.) Two ballots were taken today for United States senator, but no change resulted in either; total cast 88. Dolph 41, Williams 29, scattering 18. There are several well-founded rumors afloat to the effect that Dolph will lose several votes tomorrow, at which time the opposition expect to be suc cessful in electing a senator. The above telegram indicates the defeat of Dolph." The tenor of the Oregonian' s Salem corres pondence yesterday signifies as much. Speaker Moores m a speech yesterday announced him self as willing to vote for any republican who stands on the republican platform, whenever the opposition signifies its serious intention of electing'such a man. That man will probably be Gov ernor W. P. Lord. The Orego nian' s Salen reporter said in yes terday's issue: "The only new thing in the senatorial situation tonight is the statement made by Lord's friends that on Thursday he . will be elected. Consultations on the part of opposition leaders with democratic senators and popu lists gives color to the statement. It is more clearly manifest ' than ever that the opposition leaders are bent upon Lord's election." The Oregonian favors the elec tion of Geo. H. Williams as sen ator. Now, what about the tacit pre-election understanding that Dolph was to be the nominee ? What about the "submission to the maioritv will ?' ' What about the "binding power of caucus?" If Williams, why not some other man ? If not Dolph, why not Lord? There will be exercises at the public school this afternoon appropriate to the observance of Washington's birthday. There will be no school tomorrow. WITH OUR LAWMAKERS. Doings at the Capitol During the Past Week.' Salem, Feb'y 19, 1895. 'At the close of work Thursday there had been 370 house bills introduced, be ing within six of the total number intro duced during the last session. Senator Raley's bill for an act to pro vide for the building of a branch insane asylum on the lands 'selected and pur chased by the state at Union, Union county, and appropriating money there for, which passed both houses last week, provides that within thirty days from the approval of the act, the governor, secre tary of state and state treasurer, acting in their capacity as a board of commis sioners of public buildings of the state of Oregon shall hire a competent archi tect, who shall, under the direction of the board, draw plans and prepare speci fications for a building suitable for an insane asylum building, together with the necessary outbuildings, bams, and fences upon the site heretofore selected and purchased by the board. Said build ing shall be capable of accommodating 400 patients and planned with a view to the future building of wings or additions, if necessary. The building shall be built of wood or stone, and shall be of the best materials and most appropriate mod ern style and arrangement. The board may appoint some' suitable person to act as superintendent of construction at a salary not to exceed ?6 per day for each day necessarily employed as such superin tendent. The board shall receive for their services no other comp ensation than their actual traveling expenses and other nec es9ary expenses incurred. The total cost of the building and all outbuildings, im provements, appurtenances, furniture, fixtures, and everything necessary to fully complete and equip said brancliasylum, together with the salaries and expenses of architect, superintendent, and board of building commissioners shall not ex ceed tlie sum of $140,000. Tke emer gency clause of the bill is as follows: Inasmuch as the Insane asylum at Salem is now tilled with patients, and as it is necessary that the said branch asylum be built immediately, this act shall.; take effect and be in force from and after its approval by the governor." One of the most important measures passed during the session was Represen tative Daly's lieu land bill. From its introduction in the hause to its final pas sage in the senate last Friday a vigorous war was waged against it. Almost every scheme possible was worked by the school land ring to defeat the measure, but they found a formidable opponent in Mr. Daly, who guarded and guided the bill through both houses in safety. The passage of this law will put' an end to the scandalous operations of the band of speculators which has been in control of the state school lands for years, to the enrichment of Its members through 'questionable means. By his persistent efforts in secur ing the passage of this bill in the face of so many obstacles, Mr. Daly has made a reputation for himself that is state-wide. The bill provides that the governor may appoint an agent to select all lands dona ted to the state by the United States, and to ascertain all losses sustained by the state by reason of the occupancy of sec tions 16 and 36, by or through the United States government, and when such losses have been ascertained then to select from the best timber, or other lands owned by the United States government, lands in lieu of sections 16 and 36, occupied by the government; said agent shall receive as compensation for such services a sum not exceeding $i,zco a year, and reason able traveling expenses, uuder the super vision of the governor. That all lands in lieu of sections 16 and 36 be and the same are hereby withdrawn from sale for a period of two years; that the board of state land commissioners proceed im mediately to ascertain all losses which the state has sustained by the reason of the occupancy of sections 16 and 36, by or through the United states government, and when such losses shall have been ascertained, then to select from the best timber and other lands owned by the United States government, lands to make good such losses, and to . perfect title to them to the state. No lands selected un der the provisions of the act shall be sold for a sum less than $2.50 per acre, and the board of commissioners for the sale of school and university lands, and for the investment of the funds arising there from, may sell any of said lands to the highest bidder. An emergency clause provides that inasmuch as a large quan tity of this land has been actually occu pied by the United States government as a forest reserve and requires immediate attention, and an emergency exists, the act shall go into effect immediately after its signature by the governor. Ex-Representative Jeffreys has been about the lobbies during the past week, but no one seems to know for what pur pose. He is seen to buttonhole members, walk them about the corridors and carry On conversation in subdued tones, and to all appearances is deeply interested in some legislation or appointment, but the Gazette man is unable to learn what the nature of his mission really is. The joint committee appointed to in vestigate the books of the retiring secre tary of state, Mr. McBride, has about completed its labors. Mr. Daly is chair man of this committee from the house, and Lee Beach is one of the two clerks engaged in the work. This committee has examined and checked 9,924 vouch ers. The books had been accurately and neatly kept and no discrepancies what ever were found. Everything pertaining to the affairs of the office was found in splendid condition, which certainly re flects great credit upon the businesslike administration of the retiring secretary. The fond hopes of Barney Martin have been blasted. He has been anxious for the passage of the bill to divide Linn county, in which event he hoped to serve the people of the new county in the capa city of judge. For days Barney has been flitting about the lobby, vainly endeavor ing to get the bill reconsidered; but his pet measure now sleeps the sleep of death in the senate where it was indefinitely postponed. . ' House bill No. 376, providing for an additional circuit judge of the second jucicial district, introduced by Sehlbrede, of Douglas, has passed to a second read ing and is now in the hands of the judi ciary committee, with leave to report at any time. The bill authorizes the gov ernor, within twenty days after its pas sage, to appoint a jndge, and that on next election in 1895, he shall be elected as other district officers, and shall act with the present circuit judge. House bill No. 374, by Hon. Thomas Cooper, should it become a law, is the result of Judge Hufford's legislative tour in the interests of His Honor, the aspir ing senator, Joseph N. Dolph, who will retire to his old law firm in Portland af ter this week. The bill will reduce Mr. Hufford's salary from $900 to $600. Mr. Craig's, of Marion, resolution, in tended to cnt off all 'appropriations for tha State University and Agricultural College, met with a very ludicrous fate this afternoon by being amended to in clude the state insane asylum, and then while the house was enjoying the fun, indefinitely postponed. The resolution also suggested that these institutions, including the asylum, charge a reasona ble tuition fee. The Portland Oregonian very truth fully says that "it is no special credit to it that every essential point in the presi dent's financial plan has been urged in its columns with perpetual iteration for the past two years." Nor is it either any special credit to it that the "plan"' pre sented finds favor neither with republi cans nor democrats in congress. Nor is it any credit to its republicanism, or, for that matter, clear-sightedness, that it constantly ignores the fact that the con dition of the treasury is due far more to the enactment of the sort of legislation it used to fiercely advocate than to all other causes. Obviously, Cleveland is the Oregonian's beau ideal of a states man, the essence of financial acuteness. The condition of the country after two years of his administration ought to be proof positive of that If the republi cans of Oregon elect a senator who will vote to saddle upon this country another billion and a quarter of gold liabilities, they ought to move to Europe and "join degang." Post-Intelligencer. FIsrittOTTTH IT2K3. Farmers are ' plowing, preparatory to owing their spring grain. Representative Cooper came np from Sa lem Saturday ami spent Sunday at his home. . The work in the legislature ia mak ing the representative somewhat poor. Stay with it, Tom! Several farm homes of I'lymounth were visited last Satnrday night hy a serenading party of young men. The boys think the did tine. They were treated to cake at one place and reached home, at four o'clock in the morning. Plymouth is being visited a great deal by sickness. . Grandpa Keys is quite ill. Miss Laura Bobannpn has just recovered from severe attack of lagrijiuo. 6. W, Cooper has been somewhat under tha weather the last weak and hi wife is just recoveriue from a two weeks siege of ear trouble. , Plymouth boys give a social next Saturday evening. The boys will furnish tha pro gram, make the baskets, cook toe sapper and eat with any lady who is willing to pay 25 cents for his basket. Hio. Corvallis needs a chemical fire-engine. Job's addition and other outlying districts are prac tically without protection from fire. The present council realizes the necessity of, in some way, improving the fire fighting ser vice of the city, but naturally hesitates about incurring addi tional indebtedness at this time. It is impossible to estimate in advance the value of apparatus in saving taxable property. The probable benefit to property hold ers in the reduction of insurance rates is more tangible, and should be considered. The purchase of a chemical engine would result in a beneficent reorganization of the fire department At present the H. & La Co. , is in very fair shape, but Young America com pany, while it contains a few good active firemen, is practi cally disbanded. The majority of business men consider that the purchase of a chemical engine would be an economical move. There is a somewhat amusing incongruity in the lamentation that Dolph has been here during a month past when the state needs him so' badly at Washing ton, and he could be so useful there, followed by the stout as sertion that he would be useless to the state if sent back for an other term. Oregonian. There is a more amusing incongruity in the claim that the state needs Dolph so badly at Washington, followed by the fact that he does not consider his presence at all necessary when so much impor tant legislation is under consideration.- Little Bryan McFadden is seriously ill from peritonetis. The many friends of J.the family hope for a favorable change. BI,01025TT VAX I, BY. The old bachelors have a respite from a special school tax. So said tho judges ol oar lyceuin. . The late warm days have done wonders for the late-sown grain. It could not have been better i f specially ordered, . A mock legislature is the programme foi next'Saturday night at our Ijceum. "W expect oratory to slop over. . There are many ups and downs in this world. For instanee, Scott King dropped from president to sergeant-nt-arma. John McDowell, of Turn Tm, ia visiting with Ike Norton. ' As Teddy O'Laherty would say, their 'hair-length escapes" dur ing army life, were discussed with bid-time vigor. ffm. Galway, in discussing the bachelor question got so mixed in his oratory that he called forth ths remark from one of our unmarried Dutchmen, "He gott one leg oil two sides the fence pi schure." "Jack," the Wood Creek itemizor for the Times, is evidently fearful that someone will not find out who he is. This senseless swagger makes one think that the append age that usually follows Jack should be attached to his cognomen. Oene Wood as president, Jim Wood as vice-president, Clyde Kiger as secretary, Miss Alleeu Blodgett as treasurer, and Scott King for sergeant-at-arms, are the officers that will grace the executive chairs of our lyceum for the next four consecutive week. We (lon't need another U. S. senator any how, this year. There will be a republican majority in th& Benate, and Cleveland will stand ready to veto any and everything that has a tendency to better the condition of the people or retard in any way the assinin ity of the democratic party." There will be a fine ball at John Skags' on February 22(1. Good music, good sapper and good order. . Plenty of ehulte.r for horses. A splendid good time is guaran teed. A'l for 61.C0 per conj!e, or 25 cents for supper. Everybody and their relatives are cordially invited. "On with the dance. Let joy be nuconfined." A good republican, while talking to yonr correspondent the other day, wondered why the Gazette was making r.ll its attacks on republicans. lie said, "Harvey Scott gets a weekly cudgeling; Davitson. 't id,' comes in for a dose of editorial bile, while Judge Hufford gels apummeliisg that would knock the enstard out of an ordinary democrat." Someone has evidently stolvn Niff Mc Dowell's bull. (See "Nick McDonald," of tha Times.) From accounts civea the par ties are known. S'lmecvK: should be made an example of, and the watchcry of thoso who have lost or are loning cattle should be, "Let no guilty man escape," Qui Vive. An agrseable Zarativo and Keuvb Tonxc Bold by Druggists or Bent by mail. 25ft, 6O0. and $1.00 per packag-a. Samples free. s Tho Favorite SOOTS EOWESB 1 f-ortks Teeth an-i Breath, 35c Sold by Graham & Velis. It Is sold on a sru&T-antse hy all drujr glsts. It euros incipient Consumption. Siid is tho best Cough and. Croup Cure r . Of a Church of England minister cured of a distressing: rash, by Ayer'a Sarsaparill'a. Mr. Eiciiard Birks, the well-known Druggist, 207 McGill st, Montreal, P. Q., says: I have sold Ayer'a Fan.ly Medicines for 40 years, and have heard nothing but good said of them. I know of many Wonderful ures performed by Ayer's Sarsaparilla, one in particular being that of a little daughter of a Church of England minis ter. The child was literally covered from head to foot with a rod and ex ceedingly troublesome rash, from which she had suffered for two or three years, in spite of the best medical treatment available. Her father was in great distress about the case, and, at my recommendation, at last began to adr minister Ayer's Sarsaparilla, two bot tles of which effected a complete euro, much to her relief and her father's delight. I am sure, were he here to-day, he would testify in the strongest terms as to the merits of . . Frepnred hy I J. C. Ayer S: Co., Eowe'il, Mass. Curesoth3rs,vyi!lcureyou K8SU3 dSMfl Wtfb Wif -ThQ Favorite SOOTS EOWESB , y f . mil I JPK K'fc sfjasri: ten I $L00Bottie."M s is aM I One cent a dosa. jS5WsUw--Ja jra a a e 9 ' 1 CECIL, s THE TdlLOK, ; Can Still be Found at the Old Stand, , Two Doors South of Postofice, And for the Next 80 Days will Make , Big Reductions in Prices" To make room for Spring Goods. Ho shtddy goods kept in stock, but fuitscan be made to order from samples from $16 up. What yon oan do now in buying T MSB' S. A full Line of Fruit Trees FREE OF PESTS, Number 1 ia Quality, aad at Hard Times Prices at The Taugent Pruue Nursery, OONSISTINO n Apple, Pear, Cherry, Prune, Plum, Peaches, Vines, Shrubs, Etc. Tho Lowest Prioea ever known. Remem ber, I will give the planter tho tree agent's profit. Prices on application. Send me a list of your wants. Correspondence solic ited. Direotto, M. L. FORSTER, Tancent, Oregon. MSON'S ESSENCE M COFFEE Gives body and strength, and saves money to the consumer. 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GIFFORD NASH, For one year a student of tke Leipxig Conservatory, and for two aad one kali years a student of Prof. Martin Jf. raise, also in Leipaig, is now prepared to take piano students. Stadio Cor. of Jefferaoa and Eighth, Corvallis. Tor terms apply by letter or peronal application. Ark Soap ft whole story HP HAiWR SOPA 1
