Tiilfi MORNING ASTORIA N FRIDAY AfOl'SJV 4, t(M. BT0R3 CLOSE3 AT 7 P. M. EXCEPT 8ATURDAT. New Neckwear For Women. We expect to do the business this fall, o have bought lavishly, and what a muhitud beauties we have. Come and see them. we Headquarter for Dry Oood on the Lower Columbia, BRYAN ADDRESSES THE POPULISTS (Continue! from page one.) dependent upon the seasons tut hU Income. 'When he plants his crop he knows not whether it will be blessed with rain or blighted with drought; he knows not whethor wind will blow it down, or hail destroy it, or insects de vour it. and the price of his crop is as uncertain as the quantity. It a private "monopoly can suspend production and fix the price of raw material as well as people, hut his recommendation met with no response. About twelve years later. General Weaver, then a memb?r cf conirress, tried to secure the passage of a resolution submitting such an amendment, but his efforts were futile. In ISM, the resolution recommended by President Johnson and urged by Congressman Weaver finally passed the house of representative, but It has not yet reached a vote In the senate, and now, after elght years more of public discussion, the proposition for the first time received the endorsement of th? national convention of one of the great parties. If the fusion forces win a victory this fall, we shall see this reform accomplished before the the price of the finished product, the farrmr. powerless to protect himself 'nC3tt residential election, and, wi:h its when he sells, is plundered when he purchases. Can any farmer hesitate to throw the influence of his ballot upon the side of those who desire to protect the public at large from monopolies The fact that the trusts support the republican party ought to be sufficient procf that they expect protection from it. The republican party cannot be re lied upon to extinguish the trusts as long as it draws its campaign contri butions from their overflowing vaults. "The prosperity argument which the republicans bring forward to answer all complaints against the administra tion will not deceive the farmer. He knows that two factors enter into his lncomet rtrst.the sie of his crop, sec ond, the price he receives for the same. lie does not return thanks to the party tn power for favorable weather and a bountiful harvest, and he knows that the republican party has no policy which insures a permanent increase in agricultural prices. Since he h?I!s his surplus In a foreign market he Is not a beneficiary of the tariff, and since he produces merchandise and not money he docs not profit by the appreciation of the dollar. He knows that the much vaunted prosperity, of which he has never had his share. Is on the wane in spite of the unusual stimulation which it has received during the last three years. He knows that each month of l?fO shows a larger number of failures than In the corresponding month of 10 and that there is already a marked tendency toward a decreased output of the factories. He also kno;rs that dis coveries of gold, famines abroad and war on thr?e continents have not been ahle to raise the price of farm proiucts ' as rapidly a trusts and combinations have raised th price of the things wbfch the farmer buys. "Our opponents have tried to make it aFPpear that we are Inconsistent when we desire a general rise In prices and yet oppie an arbitrary rise in protected manufactures of trust-made good. There is no conflict whatever between these two propositions. If a general rise In prices occurs because of a permanent increase In the volume of money, all things adjust themselves to the new level, and If the volume of money then Increases in proportion to the demand for money, the price level remains the same rmd business can be done with fairness to all. If. however, the rise is arbitrary, and only affects a part of the products of labor, those whose products do not participate In accomplishment, the people will And it easier to secure any remedial legisla tion they may desire. But how halit Ing has been the progress. "Holland has said: " 'Heaven is not gained by a single bound. We build the ladder by which we rise. From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies. And w? mount to Its summit round by rounl. "And so It Is with great social and political movements. Great probl-ms are solved slowly, but strupgling hu manity marches on. step by step, con tent if. at each nightfall, it can pitch its tent on a little ground. "I hav cal?od attention to the issues which brought the Democrats and Pop ulists together and Justify their co-operation during the last four years. Let me now invite your attention to new questions which would Justify co operation at this time, although we differed on all economic questions. It is not our fault that these new ques tions have been thrust Into the arena of politics. It is not our fault that the people have ben called upon to con sider questions of ever-increasing magnitude. In ISM the tariff question was the principal subject of discussion, and the Democratic party contended that the masses were carrying a burden of un just and unnecessary taxes. In 1S92 the tariff question was rtllt thej principal Issue between the Democratic and Republican parties, although In the West and Jn the South the money luestlon was assuming greater and greater proportions, and the Populists were contending that our monetary system was more responsible than the tariff laws for the depression In agri culture and the distress among the was- earners. In 1S96 the whole ques tion of taxation became of secondary Importance because of the Increased boldness of those who' opposed the gold and silver coinage of the constitution. When the Republicans declared at St. Louis that the restoration of btmela Hsra In this country, although desir able, wis Impossible without the aid of th lesdfng commercial nations of the old world, the Populists and silver Re publicans Joined with the Democrats In averting he right and duty of the American people to shape their finan cial system, regardless of the action of oth'r nations. The failure of the Re D'ibllcan party to secure International espousal cf the kept the money 'jues.ion in politics, but no economic question can compare ifi importance with a nuestlcn which concerns the principle and structure of government. Systems of taxation can be changed with less difficulty than financial sys tems, and financial systems can be altered w-th less danger and less dis turbance than the vital doctrines upon which free government rests. ' In the early '60s, when we were en gaged In a Tontest which was to deter mine whether we should have one re public or two. questions of finance were lost sight of. Silver was at a premium over gold, and both gold and silver the rise suffer because the purchasing jbimetalism. and Its open power of their Income Is decreased, gold standard still ke If a bad monetary system drags down the price of the farmer's product, while monopolies raise the price of what he buys, he burns the candle at both ends and must expect to suffer in compari son with those who belong to the classes more favortd by legislation. ''It Is sometimes urged by partisan Pipulists that four years more of Re publican misrule would so aggravate economic conditions as to make re forms easier. Xo one can afford to aid in making maters worse in the hope of bein able to make them bet ter afterwards, for In so doing he as sumes responsibilities which he may not be able to remedy. Xo Populist, however sanguine, believes it possible to elect a Populist president at this time, but the Populist party may be cble to determine whether a Democrat or a Republican will be elected. Mr. Chairman, the Populist convention which ydur committee represents thought It better to share with the Democrats in the honor of securing some of the. re toma desired by your party, than to bear the odium of re maining neutral in this great crisis, or ! of giving open or s?crt aid to the Re- j publican party which opposes all the reforms for which the Populists contend. 'Those who labsr to Improve the conditions which surround their fellow men are opt to become Impatient, but they niust remember that it takes time to work out jrreat reforms. Let me illustrate by calling your attention to the slow growth of public opinion In ui.port of a proposition to which there hfls. been jractictllly-IM). public iiw sition. President Johnson, in 1S63, rec ommended a constitutional amendment providing for the election of United States senators by direct vote of the perlallsm, for both are antagonistic to the principles which lVpullsts apply to other question. Looking at ques tions from the standpoint of a specu lator, the Populist recognltv In 'nlll tarism a constant and Increasing bur den. The army worm which occasion ally destroys a field of wheat I not nearly so danrxvHi an enemy to the farmer as a large standing army which Invades ewry hVld of Industry and exacts toll from every croj. If K-O.OH men are withdrawn from the ranks of the producers and placed as a burden on the backs of those who remain. It must be longer hours, hard er work and sreAter sacrifices for those wha toll, and the farmer, while he pays more than his share of the ex penses of the army, has no part In any contracts or developing of companies, and his sons are less likely to fill the life positions in the army than the Sons of those who, by reavin of wealth or political promlnenc. exert Influence at Washington, "Soon after the Republican leader began to suggest the propriety of a co lonial policy, the papers published an Interview given out from San Francis, co by a foreign consul residing at Ma- nlla. He declared th.it the people of the Vnlted States owed It to them selves, to other nations, and to the Fll iplnos, to hold the Philippine Islands permanently.' At the conclusion of this Interview there appeared a very signif icant statement that the gentleman was visiting the I'nlted Srates for the purpose of organising a company for the purpose -f developing the Philip pine islands. A few days later on his way East, he save out another Inter view In which he explains that the can pany which he Intended to organlie would establish banks at Manila and at other places throujhout the Islands, and build electric light plants, water plants, street car lines, railroads. fc- torl-s. etc. It seemed that the plan of his syndicate was to do all the develop ing and leave the rest of the American people nothing to do In the matter ex cept to furnish an army sufficient to hold the Filipinos in subjection while thjy were being developed. "At the present rate we will spend annually upon the armv approximate ly as much as we sp-nd for education In th? United States, and this immense sum is wrung from the taxpayers by system of taxation wMch overburden lhe poor and undertax the rich. "tn the presence of such an Issue as militarism It Is Impossible that any Populist should hesitate to do his duty. "But even the menace of militarism Is but a part of the question f Imperialism. The Doiicy contem plated by the Republican party nulli fies every principle set forth In the Peels rati :n of Independence, strikes a blow at popular government and robs the nation of Its moral prestige. Al ready the more advanced supporters of the colonial Idea point to the econ omy of a system of government which entrusts all powers to-an executive and does away with the necessity of legislation. "The Army and Navy Journal. In Its Issue of August 4. commends the Eng lish system and declares that as a re ult of this system a fifth of the world's area, containing a fifth of Its population, U ruled with an admini strative economy which Is an ad mlnl'tratlve marv:d and adds: '' 'Ono million, two hundred thous and dollars spent In London Is the price of administration over a colon ial rule whose total budg-ts aggregate Jl.724.3o4.S9G, nr 50 per cent more than our totai of federal, state, county and village expenditures for every possible purpose for which taxes are levied. In contrast to the results of this system of executive administration, the fact is cited that the American congress has spent an entire winter wrestling with the tariff, the taxation, the administra tion nnd the personal rights of two little Islands. The English executive Ib an Imperial executive. The British parliament Is an English legislature. To the same system we are coming by decree of circumstances as Inevi table as that of fate. If this be Im perialism, make the most of it. So far as citizenship Is concerned the British empire Is one. but beyond the limits of the United Kingdom, the citizen lives under a rule essentially mon archal and not restricted by the con stitutional limitations of the parlia mentary system.' 'Thus does Imperialism bear its sup porters backward, turning toward the dark ages. There Is no middle ground between the American policy and the European policy. If this nation re mains true to Its principles. Its tradi tions and Its history. It cannot hold colonies. If it enters upon a colonial Democratic and Imperial forma of gov ernment. In proroguing parliament few days, ago, she said: ', . "'Believing that the continued poli tical Independence of the republics would be constant danger to lhe peace of South Africa, I authorised the annexation of the Orange Free State.' "A republic is always a menace to n monarchy, just as truth Is always a menace to error. Solf-gvvermntnt, be ing the natural government, must nec essarily cteate dissatisfaction among the subjects of thm governments which build upon tne other founda tion than the content of the governed. What the Orang Fre State and re publics are to South Africa, our re public Is to ths world, and only our increasing strength and the wide At lantic have protected ua from the lnextlngulshabU hostility which must ever exist between those who support a throne and those who recognise the cltlxen as the sovereign. "Every step taken toward Imperialism by this natl-rn means more prompt and effective cncoura.ment from Eu rope. Lincoln pointed to the Interest which European nations nave In th abandonment here of the doctrine of equal rights. He said: " The principles of Jefferson are definition and axioms of free society. And yet they are denied and evaded with no small show of success. One dashingly calls th,m 'glittering gener alities. Another bluntly call them 'self evident lies.' And other Insld- meatis of long rubber tubes through which chloroform Is- forced, after the tube haf been Insetted through the canvas tent. The occupant of a many twelve tent have been robbed In this manner. The smnll-pox epidemic ha about ceased and when the Tacoma sailed ii'ily three or four case existed and no new c hud been reported for more than a month, The steamer Dir. Iko srrlved from Hkngwny tonight bringing 1M pns niter and one ton of gold from"lwiKn. STATE NORflAL SCHOOL MONnoUTII, OREGON. TKi.i:r,it.niKi;8 in tuocrlk. Mouther DIsiMitlstled With the Presi dent of the Order of Railway . Tcl grnpher. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. S3.-The Chronicle nay: "Trouble I brewing In the Order of Hallway Telegrapher, Th Immediate cause of the trouble Is the action of W. V, Puu ell, president of the ordr, In suspending George Etee. chairman of Division S3. For om tlm there has been much dissatisfaction among th telegrapher regarding the administration of err tain regulation which Mute to the Insurance benefit of the order, Presi dent Powell took a stand that wa dis tasteful tc the member. ein-lally to tiios of Plvlslnn K, and when Etee wa called on to execute the order Is sued by hi siiiwtlor he hetatd and Dually ref-.-rred th matter back to lonsly argue that they apply to 'superior I headquarter. The correspondence that rces. TNs expression, differing In Mowed did not contribute much to- form, are Identical In object and ef fectthe supplanting of the principle of free government and restoring those of rUtsslflcntlon, caste. nd legitimacy. They would delight a convocation of crowned head plotting against the people. They are the vanguard, the miners and sapp-rs of returning dts potlsm. We must repulse them or they will subjugate us.' . "tir opponents say that would laugh at us If we gh In-Iependonce to the Filipinos. Tes, kins would Isuxh. aristocrnts would Inush, and those would laugh who de nv the Innllenabte rights of men and despise the.humblr folk who 'along the cool sea-crested vale of life keep the noteless ten-r of their wny.' But let this nation stand erect and, spurn ing the bribes of walth and power, show that there Is a reality In the prin ciple which we pos: jet it show that there Is a difference between republic and a monarchy, and the op pressed of every land wll see your flag their deliverance anl, whether they are bleeding on the bitttefl-ld or groaning bneth a tyrant's lash, wll raise their eyes to heaven and breathe a fervent prayer or th safety of our Republic." ward the settlement of the misunder standing, and a few day ago, the edict of suspension Issued," A FEW INTERESTING the world C A PTC louid give rAv I o full Term opem Septrnil'rr 1Mb, Iti tudfitt of Hi Normal MMiwol ir pnp't' tn lkt lh Msto Crlllh w Immediately oil imtlu-(lln. ui I.I., lili'iiL ui. nniinnn urn i i . ii ill i hi.h i ; 1 1 Conducted by the Benedictine Fathers l0t J 40 mile Sonthof Portland. Wl Otis Vf III mml bmlthlnl and ltrnllv ixU of lb Willamette Vller. Tiu Iia I'tui ro Ytn-it llov. IW.ralury, ClaMk'sl, I'oromerclal tul rk ieotillo Cottr. Mnslo a Hpoclalty. For rrtlcnlr, Apply la tin Presl.lenl. - $ iii) 1 J iX5 I I $I4I1 m$TRUCTIOl$ MM ORCmt lOUCITll Mls Bertha Hartin's Decorative Art Room. Till lit of St eit Eubfold. r jr KitirUlt, Wttiali Specialty. Ckolci Scttcilo ul S'piig Dolgit Sttmfltg Neatly Doc;. Room 0 Deism Hull.llaf, ii n.la(iBa )., forUmd, Or. ( i 0 Svs) 3 JiJ 4$ 05 3 giV (ju3-wiftjT9 YlA A A an...!.. . . "-it- m a. i.'i-iiiiui!i over jsrenracK9 1 , . and hank not, but the oeor.le m,,M l"reer " mu" rePualal lot afford to divide over the money luesuon in tne pr?sence of a greater lssu. And. so todav. we m a controversy which will determine whether we are to have a renuhii in which the government derives its Just powers from the consent of the om-. or nn empire In which brute fore? is the only recognized power. "In a government where the people n-l. every wrong can be righted, and every evil rem?dl:-d, but when once the ioctrlne of self-government is Im pa'red and mlht is" substituted for right, there Is no certainty that any question will be settled rightly. "A colonial policy would so oci-unv the people with the consideration of the nation's foreign policy that domes tic questions would be neglected. TVho will haul down the f!ag?, or 'Stand by the president.' would be the prompt response tj every criticism of the ad. Hnletratlothani porrcprlon'and spec-' tai privilege would thrive under the cover of patriotism. "It is not strange that the Populists should oppose militarism and im. that governments derive their lust powers from the consent of the governed. "When such an Issue Is raised there can only te two parties the party, whatever Its name may be, which be lleves in a republic, and the rarty, whatever Its name, which believes In an empire; and the influence of every citizen Is, consciously or unconscious ly. Intentionally or unintentionally thrown upon one side or the other. "Where the divine right of kings Is recognized the monarch can grant dif ferent degrees of liberty to different subjects. The people of England can be ruled in one way, the people of Can ada in another; the people of Ireland in another, while the people of India may be governed according to still different forms. Eut there can be no variance In a republic. The doctrine of b. republic diff.ri from the doctrine of a monarchy as the day differs from nrerffghtraridBeTwee!i.tln"e" two ' doc trines there Is and ever must be, an ir repressible conflict "Queen Victoria has recognized this necessary antagonism between the DE WET RETREATS. Badly Demoralized. He Return to the Orange River Colony. LONDON. Aug. M.-Lord Roberts re ports to the war oillce under date of Pretoria. August -ii. a follows: "Kuller's division marched to Van Wyck's Vie!, 15 miles south of Relfnst, yesterday. His casualties were 21. "Pauet reports from Hammanskraal that P.Jden-Powe!I engaged Grobler' rear gu.trd all day yesterday. Grobler was driven back east of Plnaar's river. Raden-Powell occupied the railway sta tion of that name. During the fight, Badcn-Ponell' advance and that of the enemy galloped Into each other, the Rhodeflans losing Colonel Ppreckley and four men killed and seven wound ed. Many of the Bo?r were killed or wounded. They were at Cyferkuile this mirnlng. Plumer and Hickman were clcselv pursuing them. "It sems certain that De Wet, find ing It hopeless to make his way east ward, has reerossed the Magallesberg. with a few wounded, with the Intention of returning to the Orange River Col ony. Ho was In a very different condi tion from that when he left Retlilehem, with six or eight guns and Vto men. His guns have mostly br-en burled and his personal followers cannot be more than 300. "ft Is stated that Su-yn. with a inmll bodyguard, has crosed Plnar's River on his way to Join Kruger at Machado- dorp. "The Boer yesterday blew up the rxllway at Kotze' Drift, five miles north of Newcastle, and damaged the rails at a point 30 mile south of Near- castle." When peopl are contemmatln? trip, whether on builnesa or pleasure, they naturally want th beat rvlc obtainable a far a apeed, comfort and afety Is concerned. Employes of th WISCONSIN CENTRAL LINE8 ar paid to serve th public and our train are operated so as to make close coa nec'.ion with diverging lint at ail Junction point. Pullman Palace Sleeping and Chair i.ara on tnrougn train. Dining car ervlc unexcelled. Heals ervea . ia carte. In order to obtain th Ant-class asr. vice, aak th ticket. agent to Mil yott iicnei over,.... 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