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About The Plaindealer. (Roseburg, Or.) 1870-190? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1896)
i fK REFORM DEMANDED. As the time is fast approaches for an election of members to tbe next biennial legialaturo tho Plaixukaijik feels called on aa a duty it owes to the people tho over-burdeucil Uixpaxcr to Bound tho alarm by calling -their attention lo the wasteful manner in which the legisla tures havo Wen lavishing lmnoy upon eleemosynary institutions ever since tho organization and arimissiou of the etate into the Union. No party that has had contn.1 of tho state cevernraent can claim au exwpliou, democrat or republi can; they arc each alike guilty as to the practice. There may havo boen differ ences auto the amounta unjustly diveited lo those purjiosea. Kvory legislature since the state was admitted to tho Union lias appropriated money from tho general fund of tho treasury to support institutions, which, iu justice, ought not to have been done. Wo mean for hfch schools, seminaries, colleges, normal schools, ota'.o fairs and Eomo pri vate or local charitable institutions con trolled exclusively by privatoor corpo rate individuals. All appropriations to the above named institutions, from their nature and location, practically inured to the benefit cf but a few, and that few, as a rule, were belter able to pay for those privileges than were a very large taxpayers, a portion of number of tho which went to the benefit of the few. The legislatures iu tbe superabundance of their liberality, but faleo philanthropy , appropriated money from the common treasury to support these institutions for the benefit of ouly a few. Wo claim that tho legislature has uo right to appropriate money derived from a general tax, lo any iastilutiou wha evcr that cannot be equally ei-joyed by overy taxpayer in tho state, no matter by what name it may be known. '' Taxation for the public school system is just, becuso the law which provides fo'rjraising the tax not only carries tho 61)jcct of the tax the school to the tax payer but it also takes tho tax money with it to pay for it. So the taxpayer practically keeps his school tax at homo and enjoys its benefits. Xot so when he is taxed to support a normal school, a college or university. The poor mii l-y reason of his poverty cannot avail himself of college priv ileges, lie is practically bared out be cause he cannot afford the incidental expenses of sending his son or daughter from home, 50, 60 or 150 miles, lo avail himself of a $1G to $23 tuition fee per! term. It is a fact that cannot be dis-! puted that the above state-aided insti tutions are chiefly for the well to do in life, and they principally enjoy them. It is true, and we do not attemnt tn deny it, a few poor boys and girls who lire near the localities of these state aided schools, are benefited by them. They arc but few, however, thus so sit uated, while thousands o: the taxpayers' sons and daughters are shut out by con ditions they cannot afford to comply with in order to derive any good from them. The same objections apply to sev eral other state-aided institutions. TYe trust the people will consider this ques tion and bring it before their candidates for the legislature. Because a custom or practica has been long in use la no argument for its continuance, if, in fact, those practices and customs prove to be lad or of a pernicious tendency. A hoary headed evil is an evil as much as anew born one. The evil here com plained of is no exception to tho rule. In the future we propose to give facta and figures that will ehow this evil in its true light for our readers contemplation before going to the polls. LITTLE LOCALS. Cleveland, it is pretty well understood, has determined to i3uo and sell another ?100,000,000 worth of bonds and allow a Xew York syndicate to handle Ihem, and, of course, make a profit on the negotiation. That is bad policy. If the government muEt soil bonds to keep up the reserve, let the people havo a chance to take them aud have the benefit, and not some rich syndicate. Butereat is the mystery of Cleveland-Carlisle finan ces. It is past finding out, except when the bonds are lobe paid; then we can perceiye where the money goes. President Cleveland's second adminis tration will go down in history as the sroattet national debt contracting era in America since the civil war. Another ?100,000,000 will soon be added to our national debt. Another term of Cleve land and our government will be bankrupt. Venezuela can rest easy for tome time. England will have all it can do to straighten out that little affair in the Transvaal. Telegram. Postal Service. Following is tho new schedule in tho Star mail routes from Canyonville lo Riddle and to 1'erdue : Route 03,296, Canyonville to Riddle trom April 1 to September 30 Leave t-anyonvillc Mondays, Tuesdays, Tbura days and Fridays at 5:30 p. ra and Wednesdays and Saturdays after arrival ot mail lrom l'erdue, arrive at Kiddle in iwo noure; leave Kiddle daily, except bunday, immediately after the arrival of the mail train from Portland, arrive at Canyonville in two hours. From Octo ber 1 to March 31 Leave Canyonville Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fri days at 4 p. in., and Wednesdays and Saturdays after arrival of mail from Per due, arrives at Riddle in two hours; levaes Kiddle daily, except Sunday, im mediately after arrivaf of mail train from Portland, arrive ot Canyonville in two hours. Route 73,927, Canyonville to Perdue Leave Canyonville Wednesdays and Sat urdays immediately after arrival of mail from Kiddle, but not later than 9:30 a. m., arrive at Perdue in five nours; leave Perdue "Wednesdays and Saturdays 30 minutes after arrival from Canyonville, arrive at Canyonville in From Friday'! Dally. Hugh Winn, S. Inglerode and Geo. P, Carson of Portland are registered at tho Van ilouten. J. F. Smith of Ashland is uwn our Btrcela today, admiring our city and its environments. J. Brooks returned last night from a trip to California. They uro having Hue weather there at present. James Denning of LookiuK Glass, G. A. Spooner and A. M. Werum of Oak land are legistered at the Van Ilouten. L. G, Dumbletcn of Winchester, S. G. Loug of Yoncalla, and N. E. Drill of Newburg ae registeied at the McClal len. I. F. Rico is having bis show windows decorated with tbo Great Northern Rail road's card for tho sale of tickets to all parts eaut. Fred MeCracken of Gardiner is iu tho city today. Ho reports Al Reed tho coming man for state senator. Gardiner is for hhn strong, James Lyle, of Johnson City, Tenn. a nophew of Mrs. D. F. Allison, arrived Now Year's morning and will be a citi- ren of Roasbarg for awhile. una. Hubbard ot Ktco Creek was trading In tho city today. Ho reports general good health aud reasonable pros perity iu his neighborhood. No tidings of Sam Brown, the escaped convici, uave Deen m-ani. ltiere ate several specials out scouring tho country to discorer, if possible, some trace of him. At Ih senate Billiard l'arlora may be found the best cigars and all kinds of temperance driuks, as well iw fine bill iard and pool tables. See new add in another column. Dr. J. W. Frazey yesterday inornin iruiic descending the lull on his wav from bu letidence to his cilice, slipped and fell inflicting severe cuts and bruises that has laid him up for repairs. loreemeuirom losatiania were in town last night. They report pleuty of money in circulation there at this time, and times were flourishing. They left for Portland on the overland this morn ing. uur reporter was tue recipient of a handsome pre eat from Geo. M. Brown mis wee, ior wnicii Hearty thanks are extended, and best wishes for hw enjoy ment of a prosperous and happy . Xew year. Mr. A. . Hart of Drain, an old veteran, who lost a leg before Petersburg. came up yetteruay to attend tho installa tion cf officers of.the Reno Post, made a pleasant business call on the Plals- dealkr today. In last Monday's issue in tbe notice of the death and burial of Huy Gay, a dead chinamen, by an oversight we said t . . . . . no wouia m ouneu in me Odd fellow's cemetery. It should have read, in the old Odd Fellow's cemetery. Patterson & Kern, the ornamental sign painters are putting the legend, "The Great Northern Ticket Office," on I. F. Rice & Co.'s real estate oBlce in tho Tayler and Wilson block, corner of Mala and Washington street. This morning at 9:30 tbe clouds rolled by and Old Sol came out in all his splendor till 12:30. when the clouds again rolled up from the northwest and with them the chilly winds from Alaskan seas came down upon us causinz the pedestrians to button up their overcoats. Uncle Aaron Rose was lamenting the lose ot bis old turkey uobier this morn ins. Some one not haying had a square meal for months appropriated tbe old gobler to his own use b stealthly walk ing off with it last night. We hope it will cause him tt gobble until he con fesses tho theft. We call tho attention of our readers to the telegraphic dispatches from tbe seat of war in Cuba and other telegrams in tho daily Plaisdzleb. We give these interesting items of news from one to three days earlier than does our con temporary, notwithstanding its boasted enterprise; and our local columns con tain all the daily happenings. The "greatest" camo out vesterdav with its holiday Issue as heralded for the last two months. Its cuts of some of Roseburg's proninent citizens reminds one of those in a detective's office. It is evident, notwithstanding all tho Review's blowing about its en terprise, that the cuts were executed in a cheapjohn establishment. As quite a number of the cuts are of republican sovernl local wheelmen took a turn with it, all of whom pronounce, a great success. 7. P. J. COLUMN. candidates for office it is thought by some to be a put up job of the Review to make them appear as repulsive as possible as an electioneering scheme. A restaurant keeper in Nassau street. New York, recently announced ibat his waitresses must wear bloomers, and had one dressed in that style as a eample. The other waitress refused to take part in tbo innovation and went on a strike. As a result, the street in front of the place was crowded, and for a day tho restaurant did a great trade. The pro prietor received columns upon columns of newspaper advertising in tho daily papers, all in choice position, and in serted as pure reading matter, without costing him a cent But a week later tho bloomer costume lhad disappeared. Printers' Ink. s. A. P, tectt. Principles of the A. P. A. An idea of tho principles of tho A. P. A. will doubtless bo a matter of interest to a largo body of American citizens at present unacquainted with them. Briefly, tho A. P. A. desires to urge every truo American, whother foreign or native born, to take an energetic and activopart in politics, belioving that those who do tho voting should havo a voice in selecting those they voto for. 1. Nationality is no bar to member- snip, o man is asked where he was born. . mo A. r. A. is opposed to any religions denomination, as a body, con trolling tho politics of the countrv Church and state must bo kept separate 3. Members of all religious sects should havo equal rights, but onoBhould not have greater privileges than others ; mid trifi the members of any church, representing onhi IS ver cent of the total population o; the United Stales, hold over GO per cent oj the offices of trust and profit, and even more in the large cities, wo protest. 1. Wo believe that the public schools established by tho ieople, should bo free from all soctarian influence. It is the proper place to educate children of all classes, aud wo shall oppose the ap propriation of money from the public treasury for tho use of any denomina tional school, believing that thechildren ol tho enemies of the public school should be wlucatel at tho expense of their parents, if educated at nil, and should not Ihj an additional bunleti on the public. Tho fundamental principle of the A. is loyalty to the Hag that pro all. (I. We look ujkjii that person as an unciuy to American institutions who forbids tho admission into his church of the Stars and Striiies. and its wnr worn defenders when wearing tlieirdistinctive oadse. 7. Wo ate in favor of laws taxinc all church property. S. He urc bittrrlv opposed to the holesalo importation of foroign paupers and criminals especially those brought from "darkest Knropo" und Asia at the rate of 000,000 annually. Labor as well as capita! must be protected. w. vo believe there should be an educational qualification to the election franchise that will require every "Ameri can citizen" to become Americanized. 10. We believo ft unwise and unsafe to appoint or elect to dyil political or miiitar) office in this countrr, men who owe bupreino alleciar.ee to any foreign K,0?t lotentato or ecclesiastical power and who are sworn to obev sucL power 11. We firmly believe that M convents nunneries nnd other places where indi- iduals are confined should bo at nil times open to public inspection. In the light which htetory sheds on these insli tutions it is Imperatively demanded. I t e interfere with no man's parti saa politics. lo. Yt e are in favor of tmttinir into office honest and true patriots who are best qualified to fill the position rezsrd less ot political parties. 14 Our mission is to awaken the people of free America from their lethargy indifference and over-confi uecce. .eternal vigilance is tho price ot liberty." et tbe protectants of this country navu ceased to be vigilant aud in conscious strength aro either intcntl chasing the mighty dollar or ouietlv doz ing while we BwilUv drift toward a mora tremendous and terrible crisis than this country has ever known. W o are willing to be Governed bv these principles in our future political action. We believe this platform broad enonirh mraii iruo Americans to stand on re gardless of their political bias. Outside the pnncij-.als laid down no attempt is made to control the vote of any membe II theso cannnt tw unlwrihefl in n ml voted far by any individnal. we do no want Um. A Race After Brown. Ono of the special deputy sheriffs now on tlio alert lor hin Brown pjiw Mr Pickthorn running alone the railroad track for exercise. earlv Ftiil.iv morning nnd mistook him for Brown, the escaped murderer and called out to Jam to iton. Mr. Pipktlinrn howover, kept on the even tenor of hi way, except to increase his pace, fearine mat Jus pursurer might catch and re lievo him of his valuables. So in a mo ment each was coming down the track avaHupac, me special fast gaming on Mr. Picktborn, and calling out at every jump, "stop, or I'll shoot 1" But Mr. J'ickthorn made the depot nnd lwlted in through the door before tin special camo up, all breathless with ex citement and fear of a hold up. The truth now dawned upon the Bnecial mind that ho had not found Brown for whom he was looking, and visions of the $300 reward vanished into thin air A Bicycle For Snow. Since the advent of tbo cold weathci-. with its accompanying rain and snow, bicyclists have moped about tho streetH on fool or horseback, says tho La Grando Chronicle. AH of this has been ororcomo by tbe invention of .'ay Van Buren of La Grande, who now has a bicycle that will run on snow at well as the beBt cut ter. Retaining the rear wheel and framn of his bicycle, he removed tbo front wheel and in its place he has a runner properly shaped and shod, and can ruin as though thero was no snow and the usual good roads prevailed. He was out tho other day trying the machino, and Seriously Hurt. Albert Laurence, a member of tha Orn goo Soldiers' Home, while splitting wood near (' . institution had tho miHfnrfnnn to m-e ith a very serious hurt. He had open., .i cut with an iron wedge and then looser .d the wedge with a wooden ono muclt larger than the first, called i "glut." As thu iron wedge was loose h poked his hand m to pull the wedco out wncn tho "glut" suddenly flow out the log closed and caught his hand, pain was so great that ho fainted. soon revived nnd called lustily for help. Wo oco hearing him ho finallv nriml lilm. Belf loec, but not until his hand m badly lacerated. 17r. Miller was called and dressed tho wounds and left him quito comfortable. Tho worst of tho mn. ter is that tho old gentlemau is badly crippiou in mo other hand, and leaves him in a had condition indeed. and Tho but this 1 his is the Place to Buy Groceries. A full and complete assortment of all goods usuallyfckept in a first class grocery. Everything offered for sale isfresh; and sold at very reasonable prices. We have a very choice stock of canned goods, includingjboth fruits and vegetables, to which we invite your special attention. Our line of Olives, Gherkins, Pick els, Sauces, etc., is also complete. We carry the largest stock of to baccos in Southern Oregon. C. W. PARKS & CO., Grocers. 7 - ' - 4 . flW GOODS ros.j30SS)tore. NEW GOODS JUST ARRIVED. M. JOSEPHSON'S New York Cash Store, ROSEBURG, OREGON. Alexander & Strong THE POPULAR HOWE FURNISHERS.... 3-JG and 328 Jackson St. Bet. Oak and Washington. Largest and Best Assortment ejtr brought to Southern Oregon, and WALL PAPER CARPETS. A Larxc and Elejant Line i eiei We call the attention of our friends to our beauti ful stock of Easy Rockers J Bed Room Sets aaaaJ Parlor and Dining Chairs i Rugs and Carpets And all Household Articles Our Stock is Unexcelled by Any House South of Portland. NO TROUBLE TO SHOW OOOOS. ALEXANDER X STRONG HOME FURXISUEB8 HOSKDURG, OREGON. A 5QUARE DEAL We are . 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