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About The Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1896)
six Issued Every Thurs lay Mornlii! liy the Gazette Publishing Go. ;.W. JOHNSON,- Sim.ri. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: fer Tear, .... S2 . .... 1 OO x Mouths. bree Months,... nele Oonies o;. 2 f it Year, (when not paid in Advance). . bORVALLIS. OUEGON. Vl'.'i. 13 1S9G. THE BOSS IS CUTE. Mr. Bensell introduces actual emres in provinsr the value of epresentative Hermann's servi- es to the state. iney snow onclusively that Mr. Herrmann pas not onlv a willing, but an fFective worker. Mr. Bensell ustly gives credit to Senator litchell and ex-Senator Dolph ar their success in having Her lann's appropriation bills run pe gauntlet in the senate. But It must not be forgotten that Or- gon has in the senate as. great a epresentation as the wealthiest nd most populous states, while er delegation in the lower house s but a tiny fraction of its mem- ers. Of course Mr. Hermann as not been as successful as he buld desire. It could not be Ixpected that all his bills, even ery deserving ones, could pass. But that he has done so well for b uninfluential a state with such small delegation, and indeed, ntil lately, with but one mem- er, is a credit to his ability as a gislator. Mr. Bensell writes clearly and bintedly, but he seemingly can- ot quite understand the:real peaning or the "new deal" povement. It was not a fight jgainst deserving office holders, ut against the Portland machine hat has been overriding the arty and dictating its policy and ominations. The fight against Ir. Dolph was not because of his lecord as a senator, but on ccount of his alliance with cor- upt politicians, who know no Politics but that of personal ain. Not that all Mr. Dolph' s upporters, or even perhaps a majority of them were of" this lass, but he was the machine andidate. Simon managed his ampaign, and Simonism and :orruption are synonotnous terms. The defeat of Dolph was a heavy slow to the machine. It was a ight against Dolph only as Dolph epresented the Simon idea and the Simon influence. It was a riumph of republican voters bver republican bosses. Dolph, ike old dog Tray, was in bad company. The "new deal" proposition poes not come from a mere fac tion of the party. It is the sen timent of the great body of republican voters of the state. It is the sentiment that dominat ed the last state convention and which will control the com ing one. The power of the ring has been prolcen but not destroyed. It is making a desperate struggle for txistence and republicans of the tate must look close after the primaries, for the serpent is very ply. If clean, honest, sensible, independent-minded republicans Jare sent as delegates to the vari ous county conventions, we can test assured that the after work Will be satisfactorily done. There is no doubt .but that Hermann has incurred the enmi ty of the machine. Hermann, hanthout doubt, is the choice ot a great majority of the voters of the first district The Portland gang has adopted an elaborately planned campaign against him. Candidates from the various parts of the district have been flattered into the belief that they have a splendid chance of succeeding Hermann. It is expected by the Simon coterie that the opposing candidates, of whom there are at least eicrht, will control the dele gates of their respective counties. Hermann, of course, being the strongest candidate, will be the target of the other aspirants' attack. In this way an animosity will be aroused that will prevent these delegates from going to Hermann when it is found that their men cannot be nominated. The power behind the throne, with accustomed skill, will then dictate the nomination of the man upon whom the Herman opponents can agree and upon whom the ring can rely. No letters appear in the Orego nian attacking Tongue, Miller, Ford. Geer. Brownell and the other aspirants for the nomina tion, and yet they are as active -candidates as Hermann. These gentlemen all have a perfect right to contest ior me nomination Some of them would make very good representatives. There is no doubt of the election of any one of them if they . secure the nomination, but it is ; poor poli tics and a rather dishonorable piece of business to attack a pop ular opposing candidate by anon ymous communications in un friendly newspapers. If they have no higher title to the nomi nation than the alleged delin quencies in Hermann s record, the people will hardly care to invest in them. Make a clean fight," gentlemen, upon your own merits and you will be entitled to more respect. The shower of arrows you let fly at Hermann's record do not damage, but rather burnish it. THE TIMES STRIKES OIL. The public school children of Corvallis have contributed $8.15 to the battleship testimonial fund and the Times has a glorious opportunity of having another fit. That paper may be some what disappointed to learn that the boys and girls were not held up and made to deliver, as in a recent editorial it professed to believe it was the intention of someone to do. Perhaps some poor, defenceless parents were unduly coerced and illegally overawed by their children into dragging forth a nickel from a not too plentiful store. It is not right that they suffer, and if the Times be really, a3 well as infer entially, the guardian of these highwaymaned parents, it can doubtless easily procure a return of the shekels. It must be reluctantly admit ted that some children were una ble to give as much as others, and that some, perhaps, could give nothing. The master mind of the Times sees herein a great danger. The seeds of envy are planted, and the child's moral nature warped. It wants to give and can't. The child is sorely grieved. A bright thought strikes it it will call on pa. But pa is financially bent and cannot respond. Pa is grieved, and the child, knowing that Johnnie Doe or Dick Roe have proudly con tributed their pennies, becomes wild with envy and hatred. He inveighs against fate and the aristocrats an anarchist is cre ated. The Times is right it is a dreadful picture. But. the Times should not stop at a mere onion patch. Since it has put its hands to the plow of reform, it should expect to till the whole garden. Difference in dress often causes pride on the one hand and envy on the other. Let the Times see to it that all children are placed on an equality. If some girl cannot afford new rib bons, make all the girls wear faded ones. If some boy cannot indulge in shoes, let all the boys go barefoot The Times has struck a noble field. Now, let it stop writing leaders designed for reprint 'in the Oregonian, and devote itself to its new mission. District Attorney Brown will probably be renominated by the republicans, aspirants in the other counties having expressed a willingness to stand back ior him this time. Should any other candidate from Douglas come in, however, they will enter the race and force Douglas to give up the district attArneyship since this county also has the circuit judge Rosebure Review. mere is some mistake about the other counties than Douglas standing back for Mr. Brown. Benton county republicans will present the name of W. E. Yates ior the office of district attorney, and they are counting on Douglas countv support on account of promises made in 1894. J X A. The recent. state "convention of republican clubs exercr' good judgment in the electioj Chas. H. Carey as r ' the state league for the ensuiugjat a valuation of $1,042 for the year. He is an intelligent, gen w . 11' A tleman, an able lawyer, witn a clean political record. He is not tainted with Simonism. 1 he clubs of Oregon have achieved a national reputation for their number and efficient work. The personnel of the new board of officers insures an increased pros perity. Benton county's eleven votes, represented by Thos. Sam uels, were the first called arid they were cast for Judge Carey. HERE is an item that ought to interest Oregon prune growers: For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894, under the McKinley tariff, 9,908,122 pounds of plums and prunes, grown in toreign countries, were marketed in the United States. The following year, under, the Gorman tariff, the above figures were increased to 14,352,057 pounds. Will hor ticulturists endorse the latter tariff policv bv their votes this 1 year ? County Court Notes. At the February term of the county court, bills were allowed as follows: Corvallis E. li. & P. Co. lights Jesse Caffin, bounty on 10 Gophers Irwin, Hudson & Co, supplies Simpson, Huston & Co, brdg sup James Long, bounty wildcot W T Bryan, drawing jury list Guy Frink W II Boles Graham & "Wells, stationery CorvnlH? Times, printing Corvallis Gazkttb, printing M W Wilkins, care insane "W A Buchanan, salary Mrs D Huggins, pauper acct - V E "Watlers, salary S L Kline, pauper sup Li IJ Moses, brdg sup J A Williamson, repairs to road I M Hunter, salary Graham & "VVells, stationery A Carlile, dep clerk salary T R Chandler, brdg lumber J R Smith, janitor, etc S H Horton, bridge lumber John Lemon, supervisor J C Irwin " M D Hodges " John C Wyatt A Worner ' Robert Hughes " Frank Buchanan " W F Miller $30 00 - 50 13 25 2 00 1 00 2 00 2 00 3 00 2 70 : 17 75 5 50 1 25 10 00 93 00 89 75 14 80 2 00 1 51 159 40 1 90 50 00 53 42 40 50 32 25 . 28 00 14 CO 16 00 20 00 24 00 12 00 20 00 24 00 14 00 24 00 277 16 10 00 1 00 55 00 1 65 50 95 1 50 80 00 10 00 8 00 R E Bohanan ' W D Piettyman " D A Oabttrn, salary, etc M O Wilkins, copy referee report Graham & Wells, stationery R F Holm, salary, etc J W Ingle & Co, bridge supplies Corvallis Lumber Co brdg lumber Corvallis Truck Co bridge work E Skipton, road supervisor F J Chambers, commissioner PRickard. .... The clerk was instructed to give notice by publication in the Gazette and Times for two weeks, asking for bids to furnish thirty cords of fir and fifty cords of oak grub wood, to be delivered at the courthouse, between June 1st and September 1st 1896. It was ordered that Frank Tor- tora be awarded the contract to. furnish and deliver 5,000 pieces of timber at $2 per hundred, said timber to be used , in corduroying the Card well hill road. An order was entered requiring road supervisors "claiming com pensation for additional time, to liereafter accompany their claims with affidavits setting forth the number of days for which com pensation is asked. In the matter of the applica tion of George O. Sawtell, to clear title to block 29 in Phelp's addition to the town of Newport, the application was rejected for the want of jurisdiction. A bill for $2. presenaed by A. B. Alexander, for serving papers upon Sheriff Osburn, in theWil- lam S. Parson s habeas corpus matter, was rejected. The following named persons were appointed road supervisors for the year 1896: NAME DIST. NO. 2 5 6 15 16 18 21 22 23 24 26 28 37 39 W D Prettyman -R C Kiger W S Locke Leslie Lilly Joseph Hill R L, Henkle James P McBee A O Bowersox William Parks N Winkle Reuben S Taylor D B Farley A G Robinson W F Miller Edward Pagenkoph 4i In the matter of segregation ot assessment of the heirs of F. M. Cooper, deceased, for the years 1893-4, xt was ordered that the sheriff cancel 17.44 of said tax, tor 1893, and accept the balance and issue receipt for tax on unde- vided y of 204 acres thereon described; and further that upon the delinquent " roll for 1894, $7.13 be canceled and receipt is sued as in the 1893 assessment, above mentioned. The sheriff was also instructed to assess- a certain 64-acre tract of land to """iL A. Cooper, Ida B. Cooper, X al F. Cooper. Etta K. Cooper , ' the estate of Cora A. Cooper year 1893 and $460 for 1894; and to the assessment for 1893 there should be added $3ofor two horses and $10 for two cows. In the matter of delinquent taxes assessed against the estate of W. C. Woodcock, deceased, for the years 1893-4. It was or dered that the administrator should pay the sheriff $56 for the year 1893, and J554.25 for the year 1094, the same to be re ceived in full satisfaction for all state, county and general school taxes for said years. This com promise was made on account of an error in description of proper ty. The roll for 1893 shows the property to have been assessed to the amount of $72 and for 1894, 149.35, 01 wnicu latter sum $77.60 was for special school pur poses Nolan on Laiianan will give away on April 1st one Fine Leather Chair; on May 2nd one & H ... ... Waverly Bicycle. Hermann's House J Appropria .V' . : - '- tions. :('-. The following letter from the pe'n of "Hon. R. A. JBensell -ap-? peared in the Oregonian of the 6th. It contains much valuable data in refutation of. the charges made by some irresponsible per sons, to the effect that Hermann had accomplished little for Ore gon and that his bills for im provements in this state are merely introduced for political effect: "Believing it a simple act of justice to an efficient public ser vant, I desire to offer a few fig ures taken from the official re cords of the war department, in rebuttal to the oft-repeated state ments made by correspondents and editors that Hon. B. Her mann has been introducing bills for "buncombe" or political ef fect. ' Mr. Hermann took his seat as a member of the house of representatives in 1885, hence all measures originating in the house from and after that year can properly be credited to his activi ty, and the long, but partial, list herewith appended, shows the force of Speaker Reed's remark that Hermann was a "great grab ber": For the Coquillo river Amount. Act of Aueust 5. 1886 20,000 Actof August 11, 1888 25,000 Act of Septi'mber 19, 1S90 30,000 Act of July 13. 1892 25.000 Act of August 17, 18'J4 20,000 Snagging rirer to Myrtle Point 5,000 Total f 120,000 (JOOS I5!1V Act of August 5, ISSfi ? 33,750 Act of August 11, 1888 C0.OG0 Act of September 19, 1890 125,000 Actof Julv 13, 18i2 - 210,000 Act of Aup-uft 17, 1S94 : 9."i,000 Harborof Cousbay, act Aug, 17,1894 13,000 Total 5320.C00 Umpqua river Act of August 11. 188S S 2.000 Act of September 19, 1BUJ - 9,000 Total 5 11,000 Siuslmv Bav Act of September 19, 1890 .8 50,000 Act of July 13, 1892 - 20.000 Act of August 18, 1894 25,000 Total .' Yaquinn Bay Act of August 5, 188(5 , Act of August 11,1888 Act of September 19, 1890.... Actof July 13, 1892..: Actof August 17, 1894.. , I 95,000 .... f 75,000 . 150,000 165.000 85,0ii0 50,000 Total" .8525.000 Improvements Mouth of Columbia river Actof August 5, 1SS6 $187,000 Actof July 13, 1S92....... 350,000 Total . .537,008 Survey of Columbia river from in ternational line to Rock island rapids ...8 10,000 Upper Columbia Act of August 5, 1886 f 10.000 Act of August 11, 18S8 10,000 Act of September 19, 1890 20,000 Actof July 13, 1892 ... 15,000 Act of August 17, 1894 5,000 Total f 60,000 Columbia river, between Vancouver and mouth of Willamette river Act of July 13, 1892 $ 33,000 Cascade Locks Act of July 13, 1892 $326,250 Columbia river below Portland Act of July 18, 1892. : .f 150,000 Willamette nvor above Portland ; .Z' Act of July 13, 1892 8 80,000 In this partial list we have" a grand total of over $2,500,000, and this does not include the building of a lighthouse tender, four lighthouses and a half dozen light saving stations and a light ship; nor does it include buoying of the navigable streams, bars and the coast, and sums appro priated for the survey and exam ination of many rivers and bars in Oregon. The Salem States man says Hermann always intro duced bills just before elections. Could he do otherwise? Con gress meets in December, and the election is in June. I would have less patience with a man who publishes such nonsense if he was not already in the reform school. All the above measures were introduced before an elec tion, became laws, and the peo ple's demand recognized. The money has been economically and advantageously expended. It must not be forgotteu that Sena tor Dolph in many cases raised Hermann's house appropriations, and was able to hold them by reason of his position on the con ference committee. We never failed to advance the interest of Oregon; so did Senator Mitchell Our delegation was the envy of California and Washington. The people are crazv over the idea of a "new deal." It started in the state convention two years ago; took possession of the last legis lature, and is now the watch word. The field is open, regard less of the state's great interests, to every ambitious politician Most of the talking is done by men who are fresh from other lands, knowing nothing of Ore gon's history or wants, and car ing very much less for either. A proper appreciation of a public service is due him, and the situ ation is not so desperate but what the truth can be told now as well as later on. R. A. B, Wanted. Several trustworthy gentlemen or ladies o travel in Orezon for established, reliable house. Salary $780 and expenses. Steady position. Enclose reference and self-address ed, stamped envelope. The Dominion Com pany, Third Floor, Omaha Bidg., Chicago, IU. - : ' Our Washington Letter. - Senator Mitchell's speech on the proposed bond issue is rightly regarded as the contribution of a master mind to the monetary. liter ature of the day. He began by sharply drawing the issue that was being made between the single gold standard attended by an unlimited increase of our public debt and the rehabilitation of sil ver to its place, under the consti tution, of primary money. He declared that the persistent effort to destroy bimetalismin this coun try is "not only a fatal stab at the best material interests of all our people, save and except the few who control the gold of this coun try, Out is moreover a dangerous and oppressive encroachment upon their constitutional liberties." He cited Daniel Webster to the effect that congress had not the legal power to demonetize either metal and showed that all our financial authorities of all political parties irom the framcrs of the constitu tion down to the war period agreed that the constitution requires the coinage of both metals. The sen ator compared the foreign debt contracted under bimetallism be - (ore the civil war, the loreign uebt . accumulated during the war and the four succeeding years, and the foreign debt since the practical adoption of the gold standard through the demonetization of silver at the .' commencement of the war our foreign debt was a bagatelle, substantially nothing. The costs of the war swelled it so that in 18G9 it had reached the enormous figure of $1,465,000,000. In the natural order of things it should have been gradually re duced tince that time but since ihe demoneikilion of silver our foreign debt tead of being reduced, lias swela ' until it has reached a startling and portentous figure, being variously estimated at from 13,535.000,000 to $5,55, 000,000 alter allowing all credits. "How is it," asked the senator. ii an impassioned period, "that this vast sum of debt has within the past 25 years been placed as a mortgage in favor of foreign cred itors nearly allof whom are cit izens of Great Britain, on the labor, the efforts, the resources, the homes yes, I might add, the liberties of the American people?" While he stated that, other causes contributed to the result he added that "110 one cause, najr, all other causes taken together were so potential a factor in this fearful work of riveting upon the necks of the American peopie the foreign chains of industrial, commercial and monetary slavery, as the sin gle one of the effort to- destroy bimetallism and sustain, uphold and perpetuate in the interest of Great Britain the single gold standard." s The senator declared that in his opinion there are two remedies to be applied to this deplorable con dition: First, the encouragement and upbuilding ot our merchant marine, and secondly, we must legislate to increase the value of our export commodities so as to enable ns to meet, reduce jind it possible wipe out the debt which today makes the people- of this country virtually slaves to the money lenders ot Great Britain. The senator called attention to the dire effects of the bond issuing policy, how it operates with espe cial hardship when the- gold is obtained from our people; because t thereby contracts our circulat ing medium, depresses prices, par alyzes business, and increase the public debt. He quoted lrom able political economists to show that bimetalism was the only true pol icy for an e"hlightened government looking 10 the best interests ot all its people. He excoriated the present secretary of the treasury for enforcing a gold policy far in advance of any ever entertained or practiced by any gold fatandard government on earth, by not exer cising his legitimate prerogative by refusing to honor demands 01 gold intended lor export in return for obligations expressly made payable in coin. The senator called attention to the danger to American industries and American labor lrom an inva sion ot oriental products as a result of differences in exchange and money standards. He pointed out the wonderful benefits Japan and China are deriving through the folly of our financial system, and how a competition, dangerous under natural conditions, is likely to be rendered absolutely ruinous to Pacific Coast interests because of the disparity in tiie purchasing and debt-paying power of gold and silver brought about by the enforcement of a monetary policy that makes gold, and gold alone, in our country, the measure of value; a threatened industrial invasion which no tariff, however high its rates, can protect against. With a protective tariff must be coupled with the abandonment of the single gold standard by this country, and the adoption of the double standard and true bimet allism. Calling upon the platform of the republican platform to sustain him the senator said: r "I - decline', to give further authority to:'the"sec retary of the. treasury to issue additional bonds in time of peace. First Because I deny, the neces sity of any such additional issue. Secondly Because I am unalter ably opposed to a further increase Third Because, in edcouraging additional bond issues at any rale of interest I believe we are.; instead of sustaining the public j credit, hastening the rapid ap- proachof bankruptcy, and. Fourth': Because I am a republican, and every republican convention of every state in the union which lm ; convened in the last year has con demned in emphatic terms the present administration for issuins: bonds and thus increa-ing the national indebtedness." In an excellent -peroration lh. . senator said that the country could never be made prosperous by con-"., tinuing in lima of peace a policy of borrowing money; prosperity cannot, be restored or ;naiiihin-i by issuing bonds sold oalensiblv I at public outcry, bur ovenniaily In y,.j- or r , ,,,im; T.ai n nn !r:.. ji. ... ,!.,,,, ifcn , i,,, ' w a dependent . on towu. It is true XUhI ml . nation, these United States America, should assert it uk tary as well as its comme; independence. F. A. Pei.tp.k-i Notice of Final Settlement. In the matter of the JEstati- of Jlm Omr' bell, deceased. Notice is hereby given to al! wIi.hm a may concern that E. U. Wiil has ti r i with the County Court of Benton Hontiiv. Oregon, his final account s imiioi.r:a.r of said estate, and the Swigf of aid Cuun Hon. W. S. Hufford, has tixerthe -':cmu day of March, 1896, it ine hour of 10 o'clock, A. M., as the time, and the county court room in court house in Corvallis.. Oregon, as the place -lor hii&iing obj"v;liLin to- snid finitl account if any there b. mirl for the i-ttlti 'lii-i: t tlt-i-i'i'. This notice is published iu tin C-irvniiS? Gnzette, a newspaper of general cireuttrUoii", !y the order of said Court. K IT. WILL. ' Administrator E-tato of Jrhr, CampHxill, dccuwrtl Dated Corvallis, Or., January , 28, 189(i; Money to Loan. I have money to loan- on improved farm )sns in Benton and: JUmn counties, in ;u.y sit8 of from 500 up to-yw.OOU, on very f'a vnrable terms. For particulars and biatik nptiesttons writeto- T. Gr. Bukkhakt, Albany, Oregon. You -will find it to your advautage to calll on Cecil- the Tailor; Speeial prices firr the next 3a days. American Gatfcolics and the A. P. A. By Patrick Henry Winston. The au trior of litis book is ;i Protest t it religion, a native !)5rn Ameiicfti tiiiz?n, ntl- ;t Je.-cemJ:e -f the great revolution ary patriot an!- ei at or. PatiiHc Henry. f Virginia. In politics fe is a lepublfean. iind whs ITnitfd Statw 'attorney tor the State, of Washington multr-President Llnrri.-snw. On Sale at (Jonover's Bookstore, Corvailis. Pritte by nuiiL d3; cents. iSgr5H5S jiiijtiy1 VPHPili1 3 e3 Unsurpassed, if Quality, Style arid Finish ESS 1- Gazette t T S 21 pen li Mrs. Kezia WestbrooH Manning, Mich. Commcn Ssnso Reasoning Hood's Sarsaparilla Had Cured Others, and It Cured Me. 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