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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 4, 1897)
ii HT ore t ire in allot of allot of cauw 't Mom:: noit iK Wed of. " stale we wlio 18 Loo: Hon to: the 57 To I. Fin- BY THE SENATE. ; dint Sim"" Declined to Beooe;nie the Benson Bouse. inhhv of the senate chamber in 1 u-.ia crowded Monday afternoon nticipation of action on the house ,rnt resolution to notify the gov- VOTi r0f the organization of the legis- Tlie resoiiuion luueu iu put in Wa ipearance, inn mu unwici wuc up itlier iorm on a iotuiuuuii in King, which was lost on u tie and subsequently by a decisive ,. President Simon, which was : M airainst recognition of the was m ulhise. Iinnieiliately after the ,i was called to order, President Ln announced that he had in his M tkr, tliOn a COIIUIIUUIUHLUMI AIUIU U1U pwary house. It had Deen sent in FriJiiv. but he had taken the lib it to withhold it, expecting the con- f'rtnt resloution also to be submitted. resolution whb not at nana, dui lie jpllt it proper now to present the mnnication. It was in brief the titulars of the Benson house organ- iion. and setting forth the unconsti- lionality of such action, stating that no time was a quorum present, ine ..nirntion was signed by H. b. ixkIt, temporary chief clerk. Xhesenate listened to the reading of tttomiimnication, but took no action the matter, and the regular order ol KinwJ lsiiies was resumed. After several lit had been introduced, King (Popu- L), of Baker county, asked unanimous Inient, to introduce a resolution. ere was no objection, ami King sent following to the clerk's desk: "H'hereas, There appears to be some hestion as to wnetner the House ol wesentatives, comprising the other lioch of this legislative assembly, has fcanized and is ready to proceed with mesa; that there is one organization inch house claiming to be the tem- lorary house, duly organized as such, Id one organization, claiming to be Irrmanent and duly organized; that the lenate has not been notified by resolu- iomor otherwise of such permanent insmzation; that this branch of the legislative assembly cannot perform zislative duties for which its mem- frre were elected without the concur- Uceof the house of representatives on 111 bills anil joint resolutions .passing Ihis body; that this branch of the legislative assembly has for two weeks wn organized nod ready for the trans- tion of buisness, and the cause of uch delay on the part of the house of lepresentatives has not been fully made Inown to this body; therefore, "Resolved, That a committee of ree members of the senate be appoint- M to examine into the conditions labove set forth and ascertain whether mot either of the two pretended or inizations of the house of representa- Jtives is a legally organized branch of jllne assembly, and, if so, which of the two is so organized, and report the con dition thereof to the senate at as nearly date as may be deemed practicable by taiil committee." This brought up the matter of the ions recognition in an unexpected form. A motion was made to lay the resolution on the table, but it did not any. After some debate a vote was taken, resulting in a tie, the resolution failing to be adopted. Shortly after this episode a messen- zerfrom the house was announced. He laid his message in front of President rtmon, who opened it and read it, and then said: "Die chair is in receipt of a com munication minorrtinir to be a message from the house stating that the house nag effected permanent organization by electing Hon. H. L. Benson as speaker, R. Hays ns chief clerk and other officers, and is ready for the transaction of business. The chair has already submitted to the senate a message from 'he temporary organization of the liouse, advising the' senate that such Permanent organization was effected in an irregular and unconstitutional man ner and without the presence of a quorum, and that such action was ille gal and void. The chair is of the "Pinion that no permanent organization ' the house has been effected and that toe pretended permanent organization, Without a qnourm mentioned in this wramunieation, is not valid or bind lr;g. and that the senate cannot recog nise such an alleged permanent organ- nation of the house. The chair, there fore, declines to entertain or receive IniscomMiunication, and rules that the same cannot be entered upon the jour nal Tl.j decision will stand as the lodgment of the senate, unless the sen ate will overrule the decision of tho chair." The president's ruling was received " silent by the senate, which ap peaml to think that it was entirely cor 't, and it would be useless to attempt ,0 set it aside, even if so disposed, - Senator Morgan'! Views. The following dispatch has been re vived by Bourne from Senator Mor gan, of Alabama: "Under the consti tution, as it is executed by the statute 'n accord with section 2, the house con "s of sixty members, and the senate Mneists of thirty members. A quorum 10 do business consist of two-thirds of ch house under article 13 of the con. titration, and this includes the perma nent organization. A quorum being in "tendance, business can be done; otherwise no organization can be made, pt to compel the attendance of ab nt members." TO REAPPORTION THE STAT? Representative mrn- Kill Ousiia of 1 sit.-,. Under the constitution, it is the duty of the present legislature to reap portion the Mate in senatorial and leg islative districts, based on the state census of 188-5; and to that end, Repre sentative Sonier .u f.an.ed a reappor tionment measure. The census figures were obtained by Somers from the sec retary of state. The ratioof apportion ment for senatorial districts is one sen ator for every 12,084 of population, and traction thereof exceeding one-half-and for representatives one for every 6,043 of population. For senators, the apportionment is ad follows: First district Marion county; two senators. Second Linn; one. Third Lane; one. Fourth Douglas; one. Fifth Coos, Curry and Josephine; one. Sixth Jackson; one. Seventh Gilliam, Crook and Klam ath; one. Eighth Lincoln, Benton and Lane; one. Ninth Polk; one. Tenth i'amhill; one. Eleventh Clackamas; two. Twelfth Washington; one. Thirtieth Linn and Marion; one. Fourteenth M ultnomah ; eight. Fifteenth Clatsop; one. Sixteenth Washington, Columbia and Tillamook; one. Seventeenth Wasco and Sherman; one. Eighteenth Morrow, Grant and TIarney; one. Nineteenth Umatilla; one. Twentieth Union and Wallowa; one. For the representative districts, the apportionment is as follows: First representative district Marion county; five representatives. Second Linn; three. Third Lane; three. Fourth Douglas; two. Fifth Coos; one. Sixth Douglas, Coos and Curry; one. Seventh Josephine; one. Eighth Jackson; two. Ninth Benton; one. Tenth Polk; two. Eleventh Lincoln and Tillamook; one. Twelfth Yamhill; two. Thirteenth Clackamas; four. Fourteenth Multnomah; fifteen. Fifteenth Washington; three. Sixteenth Clatsop; two. Seventeenth Columbia; one. Eighteenth Wasco; two. Nineteenth Gilliam, Sherman and Crook; one. Twentieth Morrow and Grant; one. Twenty-first Umatilla; two. Twenty-second Union; two. Twenty-third Baker and Malheur; one. Twenty-fourth Lake, Klamath and Harney; one. Twenty-fifth Wallowa; -one. Hold-over senators representing joint districts shall be considered senators for the new districts in which they reside. The most important change in the measure is the increase of the represen tation of Multnomah county. It gives fifteen representatives as against nine at present, and eight . senators as against five at present Multnomah has aobut one-fourth the state's popu lation. Senator Mulkey's road bill is for an amendment to the old law providing for taxing lands adjacent to the county roads for the purpose of improving them. It makes the territory affected to extend not more than two miles on each side of the proposed road, or to Mm iw.vt inli:icent narallel road, instead of three miles, as under the old law. It provides hat not less than one-fifth of the" tax shall he paid by the comity, the remaining four-fiftf to he paid by the taxpayers, provided that the coun ty court may determine for the county to pay more than one-fifth of the tax. The law, as it now exists, provides for the payment of the entire tax by the taxpayers residing within three miles of the road in question. Less than a majority of the taxpayers residing within the limits may petition the county court for such tax levy for the purpose of improving a county road. The court, ujion discretion, may order the levy upon petition of less than a majority. An effort is to be made to establish at La Grande, Union county, the "Eastern Oregon agricultural college," which shall receive one-half the an-1 nual government appropriation now made to the state agricultural college and experiment station at Corvallis. A bill has been prepared to that effect, ! and it is understood that it will be ohampioned by Kepresentative Stan-: ley, of Union. i Representative Langell has intro-; duced a bill to make Ashland college and normal school a state institution,, to be known as the "Southern Oregon normal school." A board of twelve, regents is appointed, and the general j policy of government is the same as for other normal schools. The bill carries a $15,000 appropriation. At the request of the Arlington Rod and Gun Club, Representative David has introducetd a bill to prevent night , hunting of wild ducks, geese, swan or ; other water fowl, on the islands of the Columbia river. ' SENATORS WERE BUSY. Monetary-ronf-rence Bin Con.ldered for the Kirnt Time. Washington, Jan. 2S. The senate had a busy session today, Cuba, the pro posed international monetary conference and the Nicaragua canal came in for a share of attention. Mr. Turpie closed hia speech on the Cuban resolution, urging that Spain had utterly failed to quell the outbreak, and that the United States should intervene. The Wolcott bill for nn international monetary conference was considered for the first time. White, Cannon and Daniel urged that the conference would be futile, and was not intended as a 6erious movement toward bimetalism. It wsa made evident, however, that the bill would meet little opposition heyond the contention of senators that the bill would accomplish nothing. Stewart offered an amendment providing that, in case the conference failed, the secre tary of the treasury should within thir ty days begin the free and unlimited coinage of both gold and silver. No final action on the bill was taken. The Nicarauga canal debate was resumed, Daniel speaking against the measure. Morgan submitted a letter from Presi dent Hitchcock, of the canal company, replying to the recent letter of Minister Roderiguez. Morgan also offered an amendment designed to meet the objec tions presented by Mr. Roderiguez. Indian Bill In the House. Washington, Jan. 28. -The house overrode another of President Cleve land's pension vetoes today by a vote of 137 to 52. The bill pensioned Jona than Scott, of the, Sixth Iowa cavalry, who is now living at Oswego, Kan., at the rate of $72 per month. Mr. Cleve land vetoed it on the ground that the disability for which the beneficiary was to be pensioned was not contracted in the service. The rest of the day was devoted to a continuation of the debate on the Indian appropriation bill. Only a few amend ments were adopted, and those were of minor importance. About twenty-five pages of the bill were covered. A bill to satisfy a peculiar claim was passed, on motion of Turner. It was the olaim of John F. McRae, a deputy United States marshal, for keeping thirty-six African slaves, landed by the ship Wanderer, at Savannah, Ga., in 1859, until they could be shipped back to their homes, in accordance with the provisions of the laws for the suppres sion of the slave traffic. The amount was $462. REDUCED TO ASHES. Two Million Dollars' Worth or Phila delphia Property Ientroyed Philadelphia, Jan. 28. A tiny spiral of smoke curled out of the cellar win dow of a big building on Market street at 6:50 o'clock this morning. A few hours later one of the most valuable blocks in the city had been consumed in raging flame. It was the block bounded by Market, Thirteenth, Fil bert and Juniper streets, in the very heart of the city. A few steps to the right looms the massive city hall; around the corner is the Pennsylvania terimnal, and directly across the way John Wanamaker's great store stretches from street to street. . So fierce was the flames and strong the wind, which aid ed their work, that even this building, distant the width of Market street, was saved almost by miracle from total destruction, and Mr. Wanamaker to night places his loss at $100,000. The total loss is variously estimated at from $1,000,000 to $3,500,000, but in the chaos and confusion now existing, it is all but impossible to secure accu rate figures. The losses are very gen erally covered by insurance. A CRAZY MAN'S DIED. W. W. White, or Polk County, Made a Full Coufeeslon. Independence, Or., Jan. 28. An at tempt at suicide and wholesale poison ing occurred on the Ben Mason ranch, a few miles south of town, last Sunday morning. W. W. White, a county charge, is stopping at Mrs. Mason's. He. is old and feeble, and in a fit of despondency, made an attempt to take his own life by swallowing a dose of strychnine. The Mason family are early rises, and about 5 o'clock Sunday morning they heard strange noises coming from the old man's room. An investigation showed tnat White was in great agony, and every indication pointed to a case of poisoning. A physician was called and relief administered. As soon as White could make himself intelligible he confessed to taking poison for the purpose of suicide, and also to having attempted to poison the whole family by putting strychnine into the well and the water pail. He further said that he had put poison in the water trough for the purpose of poisoning the stock. He said that he wanted them all to go together. The news spread rapidly over the neighborhood, and a large crowd of neighbors soon gathered at the home of the Masons. There is every evidence that White is partially insane. When in his nor mal mental condition he does not ap pear to have a vicious disposition, but lately he has suffered from fits of mental despondency. White is the witness who testified so damagingly against Pntnam in the Beardsley murder trial several yean ago. THE HEROD OF HAVANA. Senator Turpie So Characterized Cautaln lieneral Weyler. Washington, Jan. 27. In the senate today Turpie of Indiana, characterized Captain-General Weyler as "the Herod of Havana, the murderer of women and children," and as an indescribable diminutive reptile." These bittor words were incident to Turpie's speech of two hours on the Cameron Cuban resolution. The speech did not develop ! me criticism of the secretary of state which had been foreshadowed by Tur pie's remarks last week, as the senator confined himself largely to a careful analysis of the constitutional rights of congress, his conclusion being that con gress, as representing the people, had the primary and paramount authority to recognize new governments. Tur pie frequently turned aside from his arguments to pay a glowing tribute to the insurgent government and its lead ers. General Maceo was eulogized as a hero, whose memory would be hon ored by the people of Cuba libre as the American people honored the heroes of Revolutionary days. Ia connection with Maceo's death, the senator re ferred with bitter denunciation to Gen eral Weyler. In the Bouse. Washington, Jan. 27. After con suming most of the' time today in dis posing of District of Columbia business, the house took up the Indian appropria tion bill, and made fair progress with it before the hour for adjournment was reached. The bill carries $7,635,791, or $366,294 more than the current law, and $246,265 more than the estimate. Twenty of the Beventy pages of the bill were disposed of. The conference report on the immi gration bill waB presented., and Dan ford, who has charge of it, gave notice that he woitld call the report .up at an early date. A bill was passed calling on the war department for an estimate of the cost of a water route from Gal veston to Houston, Tex. Johnson of Indiana, took advantage of the latitude allowed in debate to read a speech in favor of an early re form of our banking and currency laws. He described the depressed condition which existed during the recent cam paign, and argued that unless the in coming Republican administration cor rected the evils, it would be swept out of power in 1900, and the country would suffer loss and disaster, which it would tako years to eradicate. He insisted that those who believed the enactment of a protective tariff would restore prosperity would be disappoint ed. Unless there was a thorough and adequate revision of our banking and currency laws, he said, there should be no lasting prosperity. He agreed with the president that tho greenbacks should be retired. He thought that with tho establishment of a broader banking system the banks should have the privilege of issuing notes against their assets. Curtis of Kansas, offered an amend ment to the Indian bill to permit mer chants to go into the Kickapoo reserva tion in KansaB to collect their accounts. It was explained that this year, for the first time, merchants had been excluded from this reservation. The amend ment was adopted. IN CHETCO MOUNTAINS. D. Bartman Shot aad Killed Near the Oregon Border. Grant's Pass, Jan. 27. Somewhat meagre particulars have reached this city of a murder committed in the Chetco mountains, about twenty-five miles north of Chetco, Cal., on the 21st inst. D. Hartman, an expert miner from Groveland, N. Y. , and a man named Janes had some difficulty, growing oat of a dogfight, when, without any other provocation than the mere disagree ment, Jones seized a Winohester and shot Ilartman, killing him instantly. Jones then left, and is supposed to be headed this way, though so far as known no effort is being made to cap ture him. The shooting occurred at a mining camp, and was witnessed by but one man, who had camped with Jones, and who, in company with P. Costello, the postmaster, at Smith River, Cal., took the body to Chetco, whore it is being embalmed for shipment East. Jones is described as a man 5 foet 8 inches in height, weighing 150 pounds, nearly bald-headed, with a sandy com plexion. The name of Jones is be lieved to be assumed. Decided Against the Sailors. Washington, Jan. 27. The United States supreme court today affirmed the judgment of the California district court in the case of Robert Robinson and four other seamen, arrested at San Francisco for refusing to obey the or ders of the master of the Aragona, after having entered into articles to make a voyage to Valparaiso. The constitu tionality of the law empowering a jus tice of the peace to arrest deserting sea men was involved; also the question as to whether their arrest violated the "Involuntary servitude" amendment to the federal constitution. Both points were decided against the sailors. Nelson, B. C, Jan. 28. Dngald Patterson, of Emmet, Mich., was killed here yesterday by a falling log. At the Trail creek smelter, George Braden, also an American, fell into a pot of molten slag and was frightfully burned. THE SUWANEE RIVER, - , Historical Sketch of ' the Rive of ontz: Leslie's Weekly tells this tnle of tho Suwanee Uiver, the river of song: Just how a river, a narrow little sand-bottomed, Iduo-wntei-ed rlver. that plays so small a pan In the map of the United Slates as does the Suwanee. could ever have become so famous In this wide world, does seem strange to one when he comes to think of it, all because of a mere song. But, after nil. It has a i-liarm all Its own, ami the average vis itor will find, when he once falls Into Its spell, that It will linger with him with surprising tenacity, and grow upon him like the shadow of some mysteri ous fascination. No doubt there was some such Inspiration behind the lines: Way down upon the S'wauee ribber, Far, far away; Dar's whar my heart am turnin' ebber, Dar's whar ile old folks Btay. Be that ns it may, no such Ideal pic ture book songs as this are ever heard on the Suwnuee River in real life, un less It be now and then, when some resident of this section chooses to hum a few lines of this same song In a spirit niuen the same ns that of the deacon lu cuuith who oaja "Amcu" when th preacher has finished the morning pruyer-slmply agreeing to what the author of this Immortal Bong has writ ten. But there are songs along the Suwa nee River that are characteristic and unique In all their plaintive melody, pathos and humor. The negroes who ' are found at work nlong the river, either on the little boats that haul tim ber up and down from the mills or phosphate from mines, or out In the lumber camps and fields along the river bank, seem to be all given to song. They go aliout their work In the morn ing with a song and sing nil the live long dny, crooning some plaintive air lu a monotonous fashion, or else joining In a chorus where there are several of them, and mnklng the woods around fairly reverberate with the echoes of their camp meeting hymns, such as this: Jes' look over yonder what I Bee Angels bid uie ter come See two angels eallin' at tne Augela bid mo ter come. Rise an' shine, mourner, Rise nn' shine, mourner, Rise an' shine, mourner, Fur de tingels hid 'er me ter comei How their rich, mellow voices do melt away In tho distance as they Join In this sweet old air, and how the plain tive strain seems to die away upon the sighing waters of the famed river! And wnen they get to the chorus how they swing around at their work und bear down on the loud pedul of their voices and throw the genuine old jubilee vigor of camp meeting Into the song. If they -are cutting logs for the saw mill nigh nt hand they nro apt to swing tholr axes In Hill time with the measure of the song, n nil this gives It all the more interest and peculiar pliarin. One of the lively "Jig songs" that are often heard In the lumber and phos phate camps along the Suwanee River runs something like this: Jnyhlrd up the su'gnr tree, Sparrow on de groun', Jayhird'shnke cle miKiir down, Sparrow puss it erouu'. Shoo, ladles, shoo. Shoo, Imlies, shoo. Shoo, ladies, shoo my Rill, I'm botiu' for Suunr Hill. Five cents 1m my pocket cliango Ten cents is my bill; If limes don' Kit hettiih licuh I'm bull ii ' for SiiKiir Hill. The music to this song is much In the fashion of the common negro songs, lively, yet full of pathos and plaintive melody. There Is that lu all negro songs that Is plaintive, even their most exasperating foot-shaking and soul-stlr-ring "Jig songs." True, typical negro songs rnrely ever show any particular effort nt prepara tion. They seem to Just boll right out of the darkey's heart and soul, and If by chance they manage to get a fairly good Jingle or rhyme to them. It Is by no spi-rlnl poetical painstaking on tho part of the author, and, iu fact, Is of hut little consequence to hltii. Such are the songs that one hears on the Suwanee River, In these modern days of progrvHH and material develop ment. Paper Cannons. To add to the number of astonishing things that are made of paper, Krupp, manufacturer of ennuons, has lately completed a number of paper llelil pleces for the use of the Uerman In fantry. Their caliber Is five centimeters, or a little less than two Indies; und tho pieces are so light that one soldier can easily carry one. But the resistance Is greater than thnt of a Held-plece of steel of the same cnllhcr. It Is not expected that these paper guns will replace thoso of steel. They are Intended for use In situations where the movement of Held artillery would be Impracticable. Paper artillery on tho field of battle seems a most extraordinary thlDg, but It Is hardly more so than paper wheels for freight cars on railways appeared when they were first Introduced or, fur that matter, than paper water palls were. I; 8 11 ii! V