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Lfjrj A QUESTION. tontioii again Uou lolonaatlon Don Nl WUUt. tie I Iih Register publish" the fol lowing: The Ut'AHD, t certain tiroes, is very solicitous concerning the old soldiers, but they orltloil lie ,,tl rs' tickets- Where are the old got tiers on the fusion ticket?" The (ti Aun will briefly unswer tbUi Mr W F Gray, who was nomi ii ited unanimously for representa tive by the union convention, is Id old soldier of the civil war; is an honorable member nf Cottagotirove lVct, G A K; ln.B the respect of the pi ipla generally of the city in which he reside?, and has resided in Line county tor a number of year. Before moving to Cottajt Grove he resided on the Siuslaw It Hon Herbert Condon, who is so .W . 11 II 1 !ll l ktrioticaiiy mcuneu, win call on Mr Frank lleisuer, Com mander of tho G A 11 for t h- It it ot OragoOi ha ill learn more com mandatory inform ttion concern ing the gentleman. AJo we will inform Condon that ! . learn from nearly any ol the nil omrades of Kugene Post, t A K, how the organization has been treated by the GrOAKD and lit yi'-ttT. And wo are pleaded to ?ay, in advance, that the informa tion will not bo plaaatnt to his ears either, if we have b?en cor rectly informed. LATER. Hon H C Huston, Union nom ineo for 6tate senator ia als I an old ex soldier, being an Indian war veteran, having served throughout the Uogue river Indian war of 155 with credit. During tho two yean he received three severe wounds. What do you think now Condon? HO POLITICS OK SBL1OI0M. It seemi to be a very general im pression that the overwhelming majority of the 1245 soldiera who will leave Oregon tor the war-front, are Republicans; a fact that speaks in vibrating- tones for the patri o tism ol the party and that, of course, without prejudice to the loyalty of such citizens as do not happen to be in the guard. All the same it is a circumstance of genuine and justifiable pride to evory Ho publican in the state. Statesman. Suoh aolaim as the above, which is made clearly for political efTac, is not iu gooi taste, says the Salmi Journal. The word party or church does not enter into conver sation when the Spanish war is discussed. Politics and nligion cut no figure in the organization of the volunteers. Mr Bryan and his iollowers, nortjh, south, east and west, are a unite for the vigorous pressing tor ward to victory. The same is true ot Prohi'sand Mi.ldle-Uoaders. At the Silver jubilee celebration in honor of Archbishop Oross, juBt lirld at Portland, tho most patriotic and loyal spreches wore made by assembled Catholic prelates and priests, when their utterance are directed to the overthrowing of n government in which their church a .ai a 1 l- almost the government liaeii, Following is a New York telegram: At the regular annual meeting 0 the National Committee of the Catholic Young Men's National Uuijii hold in this city, the follow ing telegram was sent to President McKinley: "J'he National Committee of the Catholio Young Men's N itional Union express, on behall of oOOi'O young men, their fealty to the Hag and their determination to uphold by every possible meant your ad ministration in the upright and patriotic course it is pursuing." Let it now lie forgotten that the official report of chaplain of tin MuineBhows that out of 2G(i men on the Maine 190 were Catholics and that probably a majority were not Republicans. The Republican party of Mult- nomah county boa a wing with a t , r. .i novil designation. It goes on the . . .. ofbeial tiallot as an "Anti-Mnnu ticket, Mr Mitchi II belo.igs to the party. It is nwdless t aay Mr 8 oott ot tho Ortfonian does not. niK NAVAL AITRKNIICE. HoBMlun uud ngbtara are Mde For t .el, Mam's avy. BYC, U. MMin, YKOMAN.O.H. N. i ob uuiiaing letter fr.nn it wi ll known baneeoants boy will be read with interest, tnu war Paver of tba preneul tune rendeilng it purticularly in point "There are tally Wiy miliums of io- pie lu the United State who have never hem on i.uurd mi American-man of-Wir, Ud probably sixty million oe- I tbe Atlantic : ml rucitlo coast Put a year or more In the scatne.i gun that do practically nothing abuut the nera class, iie.ide. n varlad and meu il.ut ai - in esaary for '.he mati Ding of Ibe modern vaaeela; our modern ships are wonderful shells of stee', and armor, tilled with n.- and lluest g ins ayd iipplhmcts than ingenuity of nun can produce. It ii only during t I .4 l... l. in - "niij nullum me innv lew ycuiB that much inteies' has been taken in thalmpioieiueut of the uavy. One of fact the seaman gunner Is what our the most ellcctlvo steps toward the 1 Uew ahips need more than the old type proper manning of the Man-of-War of f "ailornian. The meclmulsm is so Hie future, was the establishment of,1,le nw, a person has to be well t lie appretn training system tor trained to operate them although tbey A iik i lean b lyi w bo ished to become are very siuiplo. Man-flf-War1! men. During the ft rat Tlie llrst descent into the lower re- n follow ii.g the lotroductiou , ul ho mi uppii utlces. their presence . w. agie itly opposed by the men and Office -; it being claimed tint they win not strong euouuh to do a man's work. It was found iu a short time that want of strength when hauling on rupee, or pulling an oar iu a boat w a amply made up by the appren tice boy's catlike activity aloft, and his ipiick way of picking up signalling and the use of the modern form of ordi- uauee. Tiie American boy between M and ID ytars of age is eligible for the naval Mrvice, providing he is pbyel tally and mentally quahlledand poo-1 0 iliaracler. When be llrst enters tba service he is provided free with a . ompleta oinilt fifclotlnm, bed dun;, and receive! ID 00 per mouth, and beta only allowed to draw $2 of Hi- . ..ml tlie remaining i is placed to Ids en ii!t on the l ooks until he bw- : age, Wben his term of eulist i. i pirn. Itesides be gets bis i Ula pay is increased lufld, 00 and i'-l 0.1 per month. On enlist ing he is u Si d t laM apprentice and as he gaiue a more familiar knowledge of what his duties are he is rated to a gnd elaat apprentice at $15 per mouth, and when he baa thoroughly mastered signalling and seamanship and ordi nance he i- rated to 1st class ami receives $1T per month. Upou the expiration of his eulistmeut, he can r..i a. 1 1 at ... 1 1 I . .. ..' iiinn n f a i ... t IV .ill I - ........ -..-.w T rV ' . . oaf s rations nl wiys reatiy lor nun. Plii.ro ia in. Ilil. - lo nrevenl. a title it boy who has bet 11 well behaved to secure a well paid position for life iu Iho 1' lilted (Slates naval service. 1'hu training station at Uoat Island, Cal, after the receiving ship, is where tlie boy receives bit first leisons In sea manship, gunnery, and what Is more tmportaut dlcipliue. fie Is taught that strict observance of all rules is a virtue on board a man-of-war and suoh vices as drinking luiuor aud smoking cigarettes are no permitted. Se jalor Oeorgo C I' : kins, of Cali fornia, lutrodueed a bill for an appro priiii inn to rebuild the old woodeu ship, Tetitacola, aud make a training ship out of her. It Is now completed and will be stationed at Uoat Island, In Ban Francisco bay, and accessible to Hie island for drill ground. The ship is fixed vt ry eouvenieutly, having a school room, where they study all kinds of school books, they have a library room and gymuaslum, where they can exercise, making a perfect borne for a boy. Perhaps a boy has his greatest trbls when he is 00 0 training sltlp where be la still treated as a boy though be may be able to pull an oar, reef a sail, or receive a message .villi Hags as well as his teacher. After finishing bis course at the traluiugsblp, he is sent to sea for a tew months making a cruise from Sun Francisco as far south as Han Diego end from there to Sandw ich islands, and trom there as fur north as Victoria und back to San l-raaclsco. the u a B Adams Is Used for this purpose sail ing most all of tbe time she Iseipilpi d wltb steam. Upon her return after a lew months cruise tlie apprentice are distributed among the vessels of our uavy. F.ve y one of our vissels has In her complement a certain number of ap prentlors of the first or soooud class, received from the training ships, tjome time tho uumt r allowed Is ex ceeded as was the ease in the Crack Battleship Oregon, a ill rl time ago w Inn instead of 40 alio I over sixty are needed to fill the sti if e of men. Si uie of these boys are o i Kiearsof age, but do a man's ik and are pioud of it Cai tain llurk r of t he Ou'gon com- plemeiited the apprentice ou his bat-, tie ship very highly the oiber day in ' lils report to the Secretary of the Navy Several years ago the Government became aware of the importance of having a corps ..r weiiinnnea men to band Is the modern sppllanesa on , ,, , , ,. ,, , board ship and e-tui ll-h.d epical , , i. .i V.tannrt It I and Washington, DC, Tbeae schools are re- aaaaaiawa) " , . served for the es-apprentlee. Upon the 1 expiration of bia term or enlistment ne o 1 can make appUaaN D t be Kent to these Warning to hoola ami lb Qovern ineut pay., all cipcuae. Al these place tbo apprentice becounaiprolloicut IB the use of modem gOBa, the manu facture und preparation of lorpadoa It in amazlug In what a short time a maa can get practical knowledge of several .object. In th. .hurt time al- 'wed at thts. training places. Ou all ' four ships the electric turret gear, the ever miming dynamos, the install.- HOB Of wires and liahts. the Portwdns. and the many other delicate coutrl- vaocee are managed by man who have useful accomplishmente, they can bead tt topsail or mend a rigging on a luK ship; they eau go down In a ail-tliv- '"If ut to examine damages to the bottom or recover a lost anchor, they aieablo to cook, waab and mend tlieir own idulluM 1ULU. ... own clothes. ",vi " uceouiu i l t lie stores In a satisfaetorv manner. In 8to"8 of 8 modern warship is likely to convince one that bualneu h .s been overdone; Hint there are too niuny i n glues, dyuamoH, pls, wires, flxini;s genetally, Tbaplpaaand tnbea and wires suggest the veins aud arteries in a human body. And they are as fa miliar t the ofllcers and trew as the veins and arteries of tbe body to a surgeon; more to because they are studied daily by the crew and their own paits which each Individual has to opsialu are thoroughly understood. All apprentices upou discharge do uot go lo tbe gun aer schools as the M 1009 un nUtioii there is too sins 1 1 for s many. Home prefer to re-eulist with tba guu force and before the eud of the first year, the boy wltb hie llrst enllst tneut stripes If ha baa show n proper pluck and zeal, perfrins the duty ami receives the pay of a petty olllcer. THE OFFICIAL BALLOT. The Controversy Over position Middlc-.f-thc-!toadirs on the Ticket. Tba Ralem Journal has tlie following lUOOlnct Comment ou the effort ofthe Middle-of-tbe-Koaders to get upou the oftleial ballot, with the exclusive tiame of the Peoples Party, tbe result of tlie boltimr 10 of tho Middlc-of the-Uoud u l i : All through this controversy Beero tary Klucaid ha takeu tbe position that it was his duty to eaable th Mid-dle-Holders to get their ticket on tlie official ballot iu a perfectly legal mati er. He has -hown no dispositlou to keep them ofT. But their damaud has been to go ou tbe ballat as 1L0 regular and only 'People's" parly entitled to put- up a ticket or call a coiiveutiou. The regular Peoples party convau tiou of 223 delegate put up a ticket tbat goes ou tba ballot, just as tbe Bry an electorial ticket went on two years ago, Peeple's-l)niocrat!c-tilver-Ke,iub-llcan." Another "People's" party state ticket would confuse the voters. Confusion is what the Republicans want. It I their oulv hope. They cannot meet a L'uiou of tbe Hilver and fteform forces sipiarcly as a matter of principle, on the Issue of, for or Against tlie gold stHiidard, and win iu Oregon. 1'hat is the secret of Judge Hewitt's I .n mnalderad mandamus decision j u WR8 , full of def-ctg tllut the attir neye for the stale did not care to aineno H oontradlotiona tor fear of improving ; i. standinir In court. Judge Hewitt' decision will never bear investigation ot the higher couils, as it would establish tlie precedent that number of delegates rejected by a state convention could put up a state ticket. As tbe matter stands the only can llHhtll prt by tlie Hewitt mandamus is Hewitt hlmseif Tbe lawyers for .Saotetary Kiucaid have won every point In the suit sa far and Middle Itoader have no one to blame but He witt. Student ti ddlers. Up to last night the following stu dents of the University of Oregon had enlisted as volunteers from Oregon A number of other will probably go also: J 0 Booth, '98, F 2ud, Albany. H Davis, 0 2d, Kugene. It I. Kuapp, F, 84, Albany. Pbilo Holbrook, 'M, U, 2d, Eugene. M I, Applegate, 0, Kugene. F K Aukeny.C, F.ugeue. A 0 Stubling, H, 1st, Portland. 0 KSauudets, (i,:tid, The Dal lei. L K Hooker, (', V.u-. e. K Crawford, (', Kugene. C McCornack, 0, Eugene. A (Jamber, F, Albany. Oregon JJrape Root. 60,000 pounds wanted. Will pay the highest market price for ail I can l)Uy H H Fkienulv. ANNUAL i a i r..ur..i I rs i . l It I '. AND KX II I III i s. I i ii. i lie Nil Condition County. ot .alio c un Annual eMMoMat of A a. faUersoi '."rn'wId.SKMaTV.ATB lam: ii'iMi ii m. al ,m iiaiKt October i-i. is:, c.tn m MMlvtd from Taxi ! isis.iv.' Keeelveil from Tae HM.0I II. ... i . . I it oui-iits iT Cert jflclltea) Ueeeiveil from llc.lt tuilions I'm Certificate-) Beeelvc.l from L'uuccllatloiia (Tsx CertitlenlcS) Bitot in issup if Ooi Wattaal by Clerk (cush) t'ss of roek erushrr uv i lty nf Kniienn Criislieil roek purelusni l C S. llonev reunion of pauper from Co. Jielne Bay Land to apply on lodgment wieklism v uoodiile, BtenOfxraphsr fees Transfer of Bah sml KSBM (uiel In Hkai xso HI. Ml W..V) .0 10.110 M.M general rumi ,11,1 - 1. irimiurmiu,,, W . :ii.:n :.:! MM. II I'OSIS on li'llniiM'lii if I-'. I Keen from Counly l leik lei a from Mivrlfl Paid line Counlv Wiirranla WIS.! lluluuee on liand MTV.M cocxtt miiooi. 1 1 mi Bal on hand OMober l-t. ivf, ROSLOI Receive.! from Bees MOM lleei i ed froiii lap. i t ill. met No. lift li.Ml Bi i i h sd from taxes ism mjo Beeelved iroas taaee iMl MiaOl MM.M raid eountv superintendents ordeia tirar. r.t Il.ll nil h ind ft.'al 1 1 ! BHM4 nan un aain fi no. H it. on liand O. t lat, av7. . . VH VI Uecelved from tinea .... M.m) I'ald nplcra of Co. court . . II .w M.JS ItJO Transferred in l.nne count)- fund Hal. ou hand nsiiiuiB rcsi. Hal. on hnml nctoher lit, IsnT.M.TS l!i i i ' I Im in I ii -inn i lulen l flit ni.no 1K7.-, ttal. un hand 11S.M - 1 III. IIOOL 1 I'M' Hal. on lianil iii tolier 1st, !!;, Mo.i'l rani i n. inperlntaadeat Order .... 7 IBM Tju.iw BOiS vvsd. Hal. on hand uetolier 1st, l" B.47 nut. oil hit ml raoioan aoi.nir.Ks ran. Hal. on hand October 1st, 18117, .. 9.C7 ll.il. on 1 1 in 1 H.I17 EXCKSS I IMI. Hal. on band October Is Received from sheriff. . . ILM M.Til Paid "o clerks orders. Hal. on hum! . m . I. SO r.s.7i SMI sracUbom anii si mioL uistiiict ran. Baealvad Paid out on band mt. ree'd Jlii7T.ll OTS.M ISM M iiKcieniHTiiiN. t 5 c o I o IW79JU A71SI.il ILM lis. 7.1 r,.i7 n.n7 6S.73 l.nne eountv fund t Ihik. Seliool I i n I liial'.'.iil SMI8.JI IISM..-.I 7S.7S 7.HI.O. Kiah ainl irauie fund Inaliliite fund lis. 71 7.I0.IM S.I7 U.S7 lll.irj Slate teboo land Itoad fund lndiueiit auldlera fund BTnnas fund . . . Special elty and aetiooi district fund 1.31. ist.i: HBIBUi 772.10 lJDI.M 1-J5l,ss7 tl71ST..7: siati nf Oregon, County uf l.nne. I, A. S. Patterson, ln hereliy certify that ttie foregolag la a true and enr reet atiiteuient of amounts received, paid out and remaining on hand tn the enunty treasury of said eoantv for six umnllia end Inir ou th Hal day ot March, A. II., s.w. Witness my hand tins Ittb duv of April, A. ii., lsas. a.s. PATnaaoH, County Tieasurar, Semi-annual Htatcuieiit of the iniiountof money and eountv warrant rooelvad for taxva, uud aiiimint of uionet paid to the eniinty troasnrer lv tin' sin riff nf I am cuuutv, Oregon, for the six ntOBtOS oniliug the ist day nf liareb, . t.. ISM. 'to amount received Oetnlier Is'iT iluilnix the miiulli n f November s'.l7 . y.,,. ilil Deoeinber isv; .lanuitry l.tw . . Keliruarv ISM Ma i eh lstis U0.U Jll.'HI LM i::ii:..'H ISsJS.W USUI Amount onotal received ib7 ... bund October l-t. total BMBMI amount pant .Inn-niiei ilarhiK IB nth of tletobor Is97 17W.M January Isss sii- March l-.a. II '"i 7.1 Ou baud April lat, 1S1N ... SSM.SS pmut State nf Oreifnu, i County of l.une. i I, A. J, Johnson, sheriff of aitld county, do hen Li n itlly thai thu fortaioing statement Is etini el alnl li nr. witness my band Hiis ttii 'lav of April, A. D,, ISM, A. J, Jolisaos, Sin i lit ot l.nne County. Seuil-iinnual report ol the County Clerk of I.aae county, state oCOrea ihowlngthe imiiiiiil ..f e I It I li I s ilMiiltil hV till County Coin I nf aalil enuntv. Im what ullnH l eil . ainnunt of warrants drawn and amount ol u nil iiiiim ii.itatiiriitini' unit iiiinaul from the 1st ilav of Octi.in i, I-''. n me mat nuy oi March, ls, both laclUllTS. Ain't. 'la Atu't.Wts. d r'u. IM3ll.il nasi i.no ISMM IKiJ.sa 71.7') Btf.H uat.so Msji mjo witu ioti.su isja MT.iai 0.SU7.O7 on what kOoWed. IIIM. Itoada J.'uilii.ll HridKi-a Miajj Boontle Kh' Puupera lSM.il Aaataaor se Wltueaaee "SI. ill Justices itl7.iil Jurors IBRM t.'Oliataliii SSS.S.I lUatrlet Attorney... M.M Mieilff ... Wi ll Surveyor 'inti.iu legal set vices 73..l Itlaoellioii niia . 'ii7.(ai Court boii-e S.7.U7 Kuriillnie. luel, Unlit unit WatW S7.MH Stutlnni i v. Puatagn etc. IM.I'i Prlniiua TJtUia Kxatnlnatlon teachers MJO Ulerk Union gaj i luperlatBSJdSBl xit.w Transurer BMiM t mnitv Jii'lge 4uo.nu Cnmuil--nineia Tti HI Soperrlsors I '-7 Insane Bail Inuneal JMu Ball its i nlfht-waMo SUM Tax refunded .17 tn CtlOUll court tU.OO I.l Ilea IMpM Hoi k crusher IKX.iJ Po.'.i'.J i '.-I ' IM.M 2M.no J. "i '. .!!!? 1 11 .lal 17. l jin.W) Itnllllelit anldlera... . 7S. 7s. is total smounl elalma allowed and drawn tUlOti lS 3:i:.l Total recelpM of clerk's ofllee from b os from In ilivnJuai., Including si: mi ('!,., , .. .ii it HUtll MM. II I I .1 cleliaca i.l ullli O iii'lii.lhiK mui'tMnriit rolli, nmu Me HUM llcccllla III Nl'rl) u( cxpc u see (11.11 WaifaaU outalandinii ii. i. im, layi ... s:i.;w Wan aula laaued from Oil . lal to April I, M KIM. IS K-llmatt d m i rui .1 In tereat SIMM Pin- contingent m 1 ol fund 17W.11 Pile lUll and K:llll " (ulld W.M Pile -HI I linnl . ll.T". Pile lonil fund J.IT Pile lndlK'-it anldlera fund .... M pne SXOM fund .. .. U.TJ Hue ell lea ulld aclinol dial i lei fund WMJI :.2t 30 W ,ii rant- ii.ild from i icC. I-I trj. lo Mareh ftNl 'in tMt.lt Caab in baad ol treasurer appUeabla to paiuaal of in nan aula . oim.iio I'aali In hand of Sheriff applicable t paymaai of i'o. warrants tiaO.10 Kallmated eountv MUU eolleetlble . ." MiatM Pile aenool, city uud epaelal fuada. t.'.i.i; Katlin.il.il Del Indebted- ueaa ol eouul v ... l.nra.00 '.i: I ;: i State of IHctfon, I Uottaly oi Lane, i. . t Jaaalaga, Conati Ctarh ofttie OouDtr ot Lane, Statu ol OrMon. do iieiet.v certlrjr inattbe foregolaa la a tnie Slid eorreel at.llemelit of the no omit of eiiiiina allowed liv the eounty I'ourl lor Hie als llioutlia endillK oil tile " III itllV ol Sep lenber, list, mi enat account and Ina it tut .i i t .1 H.ni.ini- or. in. inn si-o me I am. nun of wan inta nuiaianuina o on. 1 aim tll'll tin- loieuoini; wtiiumai i i- umiu- n froiii the aeeoaan ot Inn stierilfi ueaaurer and rieik and Is a eorreel tbowlag ot tbe aa alnot ll hy -alii icenllllla en A III l-t. I-'"-. lin.Oiciai eonillliou el l.nne ennui , . urn W one. a my hand ami nillcial M o tn... .'lal lay tit April. ISM. A. C. JBSataOS, sea'. i roaaty Clark, Two s ites to Paslou. Boom, April B6( 1888 BOITOI (if .inn: In an editorial of tbe SBd inst you say ' Fusion in ( lie gon is eonipU te, the gold d nioerats, or rather t lie Cleveland democrats ami the McKinley lepubhi-atis have (used nnil will support the ticket Domini ed nominal, al Astoria!" News Indeed. Kroin w in nee did you vet Jfoor Infor mation Inhumation that no one alsa possessed.' Again , w hen and Im did a certain "class ' ol deni"einla BOO a certain "class" of reptllilicnns filae? The nalioiinl dcuiocrats you designate "Cleveland democrats" disclaim any such bargain. Have you, Mr K.litor, heard one elulin any stit-u tiargnlu a you charge exists? I have e inverse. Wltb quite a number of national demc- crata during tlie t reai ut month ami have found on v olio w lioixpn ca it purpose to vote the Astoria ticket The position of national democrats seem unmistakably t be, that tbey will sell ct from tlie fusion ulld reptlth licau tickets ruoh men as theytlesire loMite for. for the respective nfllces And further, national democrats gen er.dly sipreM its mselvse aa favoring a mnjurily of the fusion candidates. Iiatl tho honor to occupy a sml In tlie state coiiveutiou of national demooratC at Portland April 18, and there many expressed llieir views rispectlng political parties uud political Issues ami, save one exception, thu McKinley admlulstrati ut was condemned and rather than vote for a oontlnuatlc oi such a policy und the perpetuation of Murk Hktilia repUOlloanlsm, they rO ferreil the success of the lectilar or Bryan demooratlo" organ leallou oue of the platform declarations of the aational democrats was as follows "We charge that the republican party locally and at large, Is now , as In Ibe past, tlie party of extravagance und corruption, it i. growing more nod more the party ol Wealth and -pecltd Interests, in I the pnrly of the pie BOd is accustoming the country to the wi olesale and hardly disguised pur chaae of sleotioni and public position And again, tlie mine plat for Ol declares "thai the icpublloau part has been grossly derelict In the matter of cur- rsney reform." Does this loo'; liko fusloir.' I think not. 1 wish furllnr 10 adtl that tiie decision of the national dsuiocratH to tiiuke no iiominatioiia was not in ti e Interests nf any patty lint simply ilial il would result In no practical good to the National Dame erats a" a party, ami Ihereloro no pc oultar obligation nsteil on the conven tion to make nominations. It is not BinlM for me to say that tlie hope was expressed on evety hand In the con venilon that ul iiodis'.uiit day ull dem ocrats inigbi unite on common gioumi ami light i" r tims-bonored democratic principles under one Hag. It wil. be noticed that the National Dsmeerata In Ihetr platform distinctly recognize the "Bryan Demooreta" as democrala. While It ia true that the National Democrats did nol deviate one lota on national questions from the platform adopted at Indianapolis in 1MM, tin hope was freely indulged tbat the money question would prove epfaemer. ai and be speedily Settled) mid that there might 0008 more bo a united de mocracy, lighting II. e batllM if tl.t . i a a. . .,.a,,il.. Matta. people llll'l "I in c inn inaiaai s-..... l",,g ; ment, as in days gone by. I my uu sus hsaitatlMlri Mr Bdltor, in the light of recent events In tin- Mate, youreditorlal is mlsleuding and uu.vlso, hncli Meiitlue ol" as you Xpreas ul t ly. not calculated to unite a parly. IJefore the enmpiilgn Budl I oils I -hull I - probably ask apace in .voor paper In present my views on tin- pullllMal al u ut lull. K K Mkii wokih All aluda i.i ' Crnk" presets Qrlffln Hardware to. i,t 1 1 i i. IRUTHIR obi HOLDIHI SintM viv terday we h ive learned of another old soldier that is a can didate on tlm Union ticket. We refer to Mr Frank Kirk, of Uioh ardinin prc inet, who is a candidate for representative. H i wors the kjray during the civil war, being a confederate mldier. After ne conllict w is over he came to ( lu g in aud h is since been OOOOf LOQI OOU l tys protniiieiitiiii l resja'cted citizens lie is a loyal oltiten and is prou 1 of Old I i lory. Thus it will be seen that thu Union ticket is composed of soldiers that were formerly in the Union, Confederate and Indian armies. It is a "reUnion tloket." All tbae men arc b mded together for one pur. i.-e. They are satisfied now to labor for tin enfranchisement of their bro'.hets fro ii tbe tioid plat oraoy. Hon Herbert, hy uot mum soni" of the old soldiers on the I - oalled Republican ticket. rHH is." I K i. PL IS I.-m-i Kef lew Tba republican state convention at Astoria hut aeek adopted tho following plauk: W'o ire in favor of 'In- maintenance I atandard. We .. .. Ujf opposed to the I'ree coiuuee i.i silver and lo all other scliiines looking to the ilelntseniciit of the currency ami the repudiation ol debt. We liellevc that Hie liest money in the world is none to good to bo assured ny the BOVerO' uient to tbe laborer as tlie Irui' of hie toil mil to the farmer as the price of ; crop. is platform was framed bf men who are bttlerlv oppomd to any ihiog Unit is not inuio-uiet.il-lism in the strictest sense, Judge M It Plpaa gold demo raij being one of the platform oommittae. It has tin merit of directness and dme not equivocate, making thu leaJing issuo of thu campaign so plain that no ouo need mis-anderstand it. Republioaolam simply means liiii.ii si'AMiAitn, and under UUI banner are arrayed all the followers of the money power. On the other sido are the common people in cluding nil who believe in tho money of the constitution gold, silver and paper. The masses do not desiro to see the Gage plan or currency "reform," meaning the re tirement of all legal lenders except national banks notes, coiisuin mated and fas en i upon 1Mb people. Oould iho issue he plainer? A UMIUM Mil. 1)1 KK. Cottage tirove Messenger: "W K Gray of Cottage Grove, nominee on the Union ticket for representa t ve, is the only candidate ou the legislative ticket who served in the Union army during our late un- pleaaantoeea, He voted lor Mc- Ivinl. v tWO yeirs ag ), but s.iys he can no longer follow a party which secured votes by deception and now leolarei absolutely for the single goltl standard. Mr G ray will get n large vote iu thil end of tho ouuty win M lie is well known." "Hob" Veatoh is making a veiy oomtni indable tleiarturu from u-tial catnpiigniii( methods, lie is pay ing u good deal of attention to out side precincts that seldom have en opportunity to hear political speak- nigs. And be is getting larg aud iences, i ifi croivd at Utimira yes terday was larger than mrny we hae seen assembled iu Kugene, even when men of stale and nati- ionul rocutatsoii.il occupied the font n. The Oregooian tjuotcs Calhoun asautliority on the financial quoO. tiou. Maybe Calhoun was no sounder on linancf than on the Hecession-siaverv r-Miio. Anyway ls3i was a long lime ago ar.tl tho conditions ol that urinative period in our national existence, compared with ii i- present, are as the child t the man. What might have answered then may not answer mw. Spain must let go her hold on Ouba, I ho handwriting is on tho wall. Orescent bicycles now t at F L t'HAMUKHS.