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SILVER REPUBLICANS.
THE PEOPLE'S FRIEND.
CORVALLIS, OREGON, JULY 2, 1S96.
THE ONE GREAT QUESTION.
The advocates of free silver
are much in earnest in their fight
for the white metal. They form
a wonderfully strong army, and
for the most part are men of in
telligence, and many of them
men of great influence. They
are firm in the belief that the fi
nancial system is wrong and
that dull business is due to this
fact. They point to the govern
ment issuing bonds in time of
peace to pay expenses and de
clare Wall street and the Roth
schilds are in a conspiracy to rob
the country. They believe the
financial question is the one
burning issue, overshadowing
all others, and that with a solu
tion according to their interpre
tation the wheels of industry
will revolve at a quickened pace,
capital and labor will join hands
In new enterprises, and the coun
try will begin a new era of pros
perity. These men are earnest and
honest in their convictions, but
may they not be mistaken.
There has been no change of
values since 1892, and at that
time the country was prosper
ous, labor was employed . at re
munerative wages and there was
plenty of work for all who want
ed it. There was plenty of
money in the treasury to meet
the demands of the government
and it was not found necessary
in a time of universal peace to
sell bonds for money to pay for
government service.
As there has been no change
in values within the past three
or four years, how is it possible
to hold the financial system of
the country responsible for the
evils which have overtaken
since that time?
Is it not possible that there are
other causes? While the finan
cial system has remained the
The San Francisco Call has
some very sensible remarks on
the attitude of silver men to
ward the republican party. It
says:
"The Call is itself a staunch
advocate of the - remonetization
of silver, and as such can with a
full sympathy appeal to the sil
ver republicans to stand firmly
by the republican party at this 1
juncture. It is clear the main
issue of the campaign will be
that of protection to American
industry and American wages
against foreign competition. The
voice of the people in calling for
the nomination of McKinley
called for protection. There is
no appeal from that demand. We
cannot make an issue other than
that which the people have made.
Those who have suffered from the
hard times of the democratic de
pression need work and wages to
maintain their homes, and who
shall say they are wrong in put
ting that need first and foremost
before the country and forcing it
to an immediate issue ?
"There is in fact every induce
ment to the friends of silver to
stay with the republican party
and fight out the 'battle of pro
tection for workingmen in this
campaign. By such a course they
will have the protectionists with
them when the time comes for
them to settle the silver question
on its merits. L,et us fight one
battle at a time. Teller and his
friends will see their mistake be
fore long. Free silver can gain
nothing by an alliance with free
trade. Now is the time for all
Americans to stand by the party
which, as Senator Thurston said,
has 'a deathless loyalty to all that
is truly American and a patriot
ism eternal as the stars.' "
Brief Sketch of Senator Mitch
ell's Public Life at Wash-ington.
same, while we have the same
kind of money and every dol
lar, whether gold, silver or pa
per, has the purchasing power
of 100 cents, there has been a
change in the industrial system.
From a tariff which not only af
forded revenue, but protection
also, a change has been 'made to
a so-called tariff which does
neither. Under the McKinley
tariff law, the countries of the
old world were paying tribute in
gold at every seaport on our
coasts, and the revenues were
flowing in a golden stream into
the United States treasury. Re
ciprocity treaties with neighbor
ing countries were opening new
markets to American producers,
and the dream of the great states
man, Blaine, was being realized.
Then came Cleveland and
Wilson, and a revision of the
tariff. The result is a matter of
history, iust as it was in the
days of Buchanan and free trade,
an empty treasury, prostrated in
dustries and a ruined credit.
Reciprocity treaties were abro
gated, not because they were
not beneficial, but because they
originated with the republican
party. Under a reduced tariff,
England, Germany and other
eastern countries, backed by un
limited capital and ,pauper labor,
besran supplying: the people of
this country with articles tff all
kinds at prices too low to be met
by competition, while at the
same time the tariff was so low
that the revenue receipts fell be
low the necessary expenditures.
The result was a deficit month
after month, the gold going
abroad to pay the balance in
trade, until the country was'
compelled to borrow its own gold !
from European coffers to keep!
alive the government. Had it
not been for the ruinous tariff
policy of the . democratic party,
this country would have had
that gold without having to bor
row it, and in addition, would
have had a goodly sum, besides,
paid into the treasury, because
the balance of trade would have
been on our side.
Is not the industrial system
wrong rather than the financial
system, and would not the ques
' tion of finance be largely settled
by a return to the tariff policy of
the republican party along the
lines of the McKinley law?
Toledo Blade.
The Times suffers from per
verted imagination and says
"For two years the Gazette
has been a rampant 16-to-i free
silver paper. In the first place,
"rampant" is misused. Politi
cally, the adjective is exclusively
applicable to populism. In the
second place, the Gazette has
J'j never been a 16 to 1 or any other
kind of a free silver paper. It
has advocated more liberal treat
ment of the white metal, but
has never favored independent
financial experiments. It op
posed Dolph on account of his
machine affiiliations, not be
cause of his financial views, al
though their extreme conserva
tism might be
criticised. The
uncertain whether
Times is yet
it is to be "thumbs up" or
"thumbs down" on the finan
cial question, so it "wiggle wag
gles" and takes no position
The Albany Democrat hints
that the Oregon agricultural col
lege is in danger of becoming
a political instituion."
The
Democrat ought
to be more ex
plicit, for this is a matter in
which the whole state or Oregon
is interested. The college so far
has been signally free from any
thing; that would justify such
suspicion and if there is any
thing in the wind that would
tend to bring reproach upon the
institution. publicity would
doubtless .prevent it being ac
complished. Our institutions of
learning must not be made po
litical machines nor asylums for
superanuated politicians. The
board of regents should avoid
even the appearance of evil.
Teller is now the veiled
prophet. He wraps himself in
mystery and says neither he wil
nor he won't.
Seaside Excursion Tickets.
Summer excursion tickets to Yaquina Bay
nre now on sale by "the Oregon Central &
Eastern Kail load at Albany and Corvallis at
the usual reduced rates, viz., Albany to Ta
quina and return, f3.50; Corvallis to Yaqui
naand return, 3.25. In this connection
arrangements have been made whereby the
tug "Besoluta" has been placed in regular
service between Yaquina City and Newport
fur the accommodation of excursionists
The Resolute is one of the largest and most
commodious tugs on the Pacific Coast, an
will take fishing parties to sea and return
whenever dssired, the weather permitting
First-class accommodations at the seaside.
H. L. "Walden, agent. Albany, Or., H,
Lohman, agent, Corvallis, Orogon. .
EDWISf Stone,
Manager, C-jrvallis, Or.
Corvallis. Or., June 15, 1896.
'The efforts of Senator Mitchell
and those who labored with him
to secure one-cent postage were
not successful, but JLhey did much
to awaken sentiment throughout
the country, which will culminate
in its triumph with the return of
good times and a republican ad
ministration.
"Dearer to the senator's heart
perhaps, than one-cent postage, is
his projoct for postal savings de
positories. Mr. Mitchell will not
rest satisfied, if his lajnslative
career is completed before the pos
tal savings banks have become
one of the institutions of tlfis
countrv. He began the contest n
December, 1890, when he intro-
uced into the senate the follow
ing resolution:
"Resolved, that the committee
on post-offices and post roads be
and is hereby instructed to inquire
nto the feasibility and advisability
of the enactment of a law creat
ing postal savings banks in con
nection with all or certain classes
post-offices throughout the
country, and toj-eport by bill or
otherwise during the present ses
sion.' In the same session he made
speech on the subject brimful of
statistics showing , the beneficial
operation, of the postal-savings
ystems in other countries, and re
lerring to the recommendations of
umerous post-master generals in
their favor. After speaking of
these latter, he said:
" 'Notwithstanding these earnest
ecommendations, and notwith
standing the many cogent reasons
advanced favor of the proposi
tion, not the least convincing of
which is the magnificent success
that has attended the establisn-
ment of postal savings- banks in
Great Britain and her colonies, and
France, Austria, Belgium, the
Netherlands, Italy, Russia,- Swed-
n, Hungary, Hawaii, ana other
countries, the congress ot the Uni
ted States does not seem to awaken
to the importance ot the subject
or realize that in this one aspect,
among the many beneficial results
flowing from the postal system of
the country, the United btates is'
permitting itself by its apparent
indifference and inaction to be out-
tripped by nearly every European
nation. It would not perhaps be
ust to suggest that inasmuch as
the great benefits that would flow
from the establishment ot t)osiai
savings banks in the United States
would inure chiefly to the- people
of the country those of the rural
districts, including those of the I
small cities and towns, while a
comparatively small share of sach
benefits would be reaped by those
who toil in large cities that in
this fact is to be found the real
secret of hesitancy and delay on
the part of congress.
" 'Such a suggestion would be in
a measure a reneciion on tne in
tegrity of the congress of which
we are ell members, and yet it is
a fact, as the.history of the dis
cussion of this subject shows, that
whatever ot objection, whatever of
opposition, that have been urged
against the proposition, have in
variably come not from the press of
the small cities and towns of the
rural districts, but invariably from
the metropolitan press, and that of
other large cities where capital is
accumuMed in large amounts and
where the wants of the working
people who have either large or
small sums to deposit for safekeep
ing are met by private savings in
stitutions. It would be unjust,
however, and not in accordance
with the facts to say that the sen
timent of the large cities as ex
pressed through the public press,
is by any means united in opposi
tion to the establishment 01 postal
savings banks; but, on the contra-
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We will do what we can to make it pleas
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Stickney & Wm. Trent, proprietors.
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country I'
''Another great measure In which
Senator Mitchell has his whole
heart and soul, is the election of
senators by the people, Wlu'it t he
sentiment of the body of which lit?
is a member wns rtltnot over
whelming, in opposition to this re
form, Mr. Mitchell introduced a
constitutional amen' nient, provid
ing for it. Congress niter congress
he has re introduced it, until at
last he has succeeded in getting n
majority of the committee on priv
ileges and elections to report in its
favor. lhe house by enormous
majorities has twice passed a sim
ilar amendment. Mr. Mitchell (00
believes that a majority of the
senate will vote 111 its (avor, al
though it is doubtlul if the meas
ure can get the requisite two-thirds
vote. In his report, now waiting
for the consideration of the senate
he says:
"The tendency in the public
mind in the minds of the great
masses of the people is away
from any sort of vicarious repre
sentation in legislative functions;
away from every proposition that
deprives the people of the right to
be heard and heard directly on the
great questions pertaimn
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eminent, and in favor, in a word,
of 'a government (y the people
and for the people,' in the broade&t
and best sense of that oft-quoted I
declaration. The people demand
a voice iu the election of senators,
and such demand, in the judgment
of your committee, should be re
spected. So, whatever may be
said to the contrary, whatever may
be thought of the sanctity of the
constitution as ;t now stanls, it
must be admitted bv all that the
people are becoming restive under
its restraints on the right of those
entitled under the constitution and
the laws to exercise the elective
franchise.
" 'The times are changing as the
light of republican influence ex
pands and the spirit of true democ
racy is exalted, and with these
changes the voice of the people,
in their majesty as sovereigns, is
being heard throughout our land.
The movement of the people in
the interest of the people on this,
as on many other questions, is
stalwart and universal, and the
soonsr this great act is recognized
by the representatives of the peo
ple the better.
" 'But not only so. It is a fact
that must be apparent to ail, that
during recent years an impression
deep-seated and threatening,
whether well-founded or other
wise, has obtained in the Ameri
can mind and among the masses
of the American people to the ef
fect, that the senate of the United
ftr.ntns has hpmimfi a sort of aristo
cratic body too far removed from j to a "rm
tUa nonnlo Wnnil than reach. I lUOUSjclUU
k .1 rvj w. j
and with no especial interest in
their wellfare. The senate has in
He is a staunch republican of the
Abraham L:ncoln stamp; he keeps
in touch with the common people,
his pulse beats in unison with
theirs; audit is natural that he
to gov- should occupy a warm place in
their hearts."
Wells Items.
The lruit crop is very short this
year.
I Fall grain looks well and prom-
ises a go-d yield.
j Haying w ill commence in full
j force this week; ihs crop is good.
1 Seeins no items from this part
of the county, I will try and send
a few.
Albeit Vanderpool has complet
ed his warehouse and is ready to
handle the coming crop.
There were church services at
North Palistine conducted by Rev.
Thompson, of Albany, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Tomlinson.
who have been visiting friends ai:d
relatives in Kings" valley, returned
lmne Sunday. -
V. A. Cartor has commenced to
build his new ho ise, and will soon
bid his bachelor friends good bye.
Success to you Virgil.
P. E. Dodele has rented Clum
Read's farm for live years and wi 1
after this year farm it in cpnnec
lion with his own place.
. " .
Quite a number ot our young
folks attended the picnic at Hel-
lnick's grove last Saturday. They
report a very pleasant time.
W. L. Gaul horn has his new saw
mill started and is sawing oak lum
ber. He has sold the the lumber
in Portland lor $40 per
the past few years been assailed, i been visiting at Mr. Tomli neon's
as we believe causelessly, lrom for the past week, returned home
time to time, by many ot the lead
ing and most influential journals
of the country of both political
patties.
" 'The tendency of public opin
ion is to disparage the senate and
depreciate its dignity, its useful
nesses integrity, its power, it
there is anv cause for this tenden
cy in the public mind it should be
removed without delay. Altuougn
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the seriate Ot I lie U nnea Oiaies. snm)iv sacks and twine: are oreoared
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t 1 ttanllo Pliitiim lvrlr . fi T. TTt TTC
ry, some of the ablest champions
of the cause are to be found among
the leading and influential journals
of the country.'
'In his peroration, he said: 'It
is now a little more than thirty-one
years since, under the masterful
leadership of Mr. Gladstone, the
British parliament enacted a stat
ute providing for a system ot pos
tal savings depositories in Great
Britain. It was legislation not in
the interest of capital and capital
ists, not in the special interest of
banks and bankers, but ot the fru
gal masses of the country, as also
of the cities and towns of that
realm. And the success that has
attended the operation of the sys
tern has, as we have shown, more
than justified the experiment.
The system is not therefore exper
imental; it is not visionary; it is
practical. It is demanded by the
wage-workers, the daily laborers
men, women and children of this
country. There is no constitution
al barrier in the way. 7 Why, then,
may we not rise to the importance
ot the situation and lor once at
Miss Martha Cummins and Cora
Benedict, of Roseburs, who have
Wednesday
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Hodges, of
Albany, have been visiting around
Wells during the past week. We
understand that Jack intends
ing to San Francisco to enter the
dental college there. Success to
you Jack. Wells,
Wool 1 Wool 1 1 Wool 1 ! I
We pay the highest cash rate for wool;
All the latest novelties in Men's Shoes and the larg
est stock in the city. Our store is running over with
Straw Hats,
Gents' Furnishings, and everything usually kept iir
a first class clothing store.
If You Pay More
Than I charge for clothes and other merchandise,
you pay too much. If you pay less you get goods
that are worth less.
Corvallis,
Oregon.
4
pi)
F. L. MILLER,
The Leading Clothier,
Fop Good Groceries
AT
Reasonable Prices,
GO TO
A. HODES.
For Sale or Trade.
A ten-acre prune orchard near Corynllis,
trees six and seven years old, must bo sold
soon as owner desires to leave, or will trade
for residence property located in any pros
perous Willamette valley town. Address
"Orchard," care this paper.
WOOL WANTED.
Highest price paid by
W. A. WELIA
should be, and in fact is, the mo
dignified as well as the most im
portant legislative body in the
world, the tendency in public
journalism and in the popular
mind is in a large degree to de
tract from its importance, mini
mize its dignity and power, and
cast the spirit of obloquy over and
around it and its members. While
your committee are or tne opinion
that the impression which leads to
all this is to a very great extent at
least not well founded, yet it is a
fact that cannot be ignored that it
exists.
"'Therefore in the judgment of
your committee, .any movement
that looks to the right of the peo
ple to be heard directly in the elec
tion of senators cannot but result
beneficially to all concerned.
" 'The adoption of the proposed
amendment will in the judgment
of your committee, bring the sen
ate into more amicable relations
with the people. It will re
move prejudices now existing
which are rapidly becoming deep
ly and dangerously fastened upon
the public mind. It will invoke a
spirit of mutual forbearance and
respect, as between the senate and j
people which unfortunately not j
not exist now to that extent that is I
desirable. It will restore confi
dence. It will dissipate all cause, I
excuse, and pretext for unjust
criticism. It will tend to elevate 1
the character, advance the dignity,
increase the usefulness, extend the j
influence and justly magnify the'
power or llie senate ana at me
same time promote the welfare of
all the people of the republic'
"The course of the senat r on
the great public questions that oc- i
cupy the public mind is too well- j
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