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Newspaper Page TextTHURSDAY, MAKCH 13. 1002. This Date lii History Maroli 13, ES3 Beltsnrlus, the last groat Roman Kn eral (of the eastern empire), died; born m. 1CS1 Birth of Esther JohnHon, noted un fortunately as Dean Swift's Stella; died 1722. 1741 Birth of Joseph 11., famous emperor of Oermnny.; died 1790. 1S57 Cession of Busslan America to the t'nlted States. The territory Is now known as Alaska. Kussla acquired It by virtue of the right of discovery. On July 18, 1741, Vitas Bering sighted the mountain .range of which St. Ellas is the crowning peak. Russian commer cial expeditions established traders there: 1S71 Mmo. Bonaparte Wyse. daughter of Luclen Bonaparte, died; born 1S01. 1SS1 Alexander II. of Russia assassinated ; horn ISIS; crowned 1S36. 1501 Benjamin Harrison, twenty-third president of the United States, died at Indianapolis; born 1S33. THE REPUBLICAN TICKET. The republicans, in county conven tion assembled, made a brief and pithy platform, nominated of fit man for state senator, named a fairly good county ticket and endorsed William J. Furnish for governor iu no falter ing voice. The convention was not a spirited one, but full of business. There was no windy expressions, no useless and empty appeals of eloquence, no fric tion and little disappointment. It was apparent that some niascter hand was steering the republican ship clear of rocks and shoals. The ma chine worked well, so nicely that even the county delegates had no ob jections to offer, but served as a crew faithfully to the finish, and the campaign will open without a desert er. Of course, the ticket is weak in some places.. That was to be expect ed. It will give certain democrats a better chance to be elected. If the republican ticket was without defect, the democrats would not have as much chance to defeat it. As things stand," they have a good opportunity to secure their share of the offices, and that is about all that the candi dates of either party are after. Office itch is prevalent, and here In Umatilla there is every reason for the statement that the disease has reached nearly an epidemic form, for nearly every man one meets is run ning after office of some kind. If the democrats should take the hint and nominate men best fitted for the office, choosing only those who who would treat a public office as a public trust, making the office seek the man, splendid results would fol- mi uu me ucmuuiugy womu ue en titled to the support of the voters. Otherwise to follow in the footsteps j of the republicans, offering no im provement over them, is to merit de feat. Excellence in administering of- flee would be appreciated by thespeo-' pie.- regardless of political belief, and If the democrats will put forth a tic ket that will insure greater excellence in the conduct of office tb.au the re publicans, then they may go before the ipeople certain that their cause will win. But, is this too much to expect? . ELECTION OF SENATORS The lower house of congress has again passed, practically without op position, a resolution to amend the constitution so as to admit of the election of senators by popular vote Although the sentiment in favor of the change is obviously growing stronger, the senators manifest no more disposition to consider it than they have shown on the three pre vious occasions when a similar reso lution passed the house. If the senators refuse the . fourth time to take action on this proposl tton it can only bo Inferred that they believe an overwhelming popular do niand for it exists and that they do not desire to yield to It. To secure the necessary amendment to the con Btitutlon, even ' though both houses unanimously favor it, will be a dlf. flcult matter. In their efforts to Protect the constitution from rash and 111 considered changes the au thors of that document rendored Its amendment extraordinarily dim cult. Two thirds of both houses must first approvo a resolution for omendmont, or elso the leelslatu two thlrds;orthp states must apply ta -"..KrcBB l0 can .a convention to pro- i'uno umunuments, Any amendment approved either by congress or by a constitutional I convention, must then bo ratified by I the legislatures of threo-forths of all the states. It is not to be supposed that the stnte legislatures would throw away their most valued privi leges lightly or without due consider ation of popular feeling. Iftho sen ators have any good reason for not submitting this question to the na tion they should hasten to make it public. The fact of the matter is, they have no reason, but they feel thai they have greater power under the present form of election than they would under a direct vote of the people. Jn short, they mistrust the people and feel that they must withhold from them for as great a time as possible the election of senators, for In doing so the senate, as now composed, hns its only chance of existence. When once the people have the election of senators by a direct vote the servants of mammon will not be so in evidence in that body. THE VITAL ISSUE. The vital issue before the Ameri can people is Uiis: "What shall be our permanent policy in the Philip pines?" It goes to the root of our institu tions. A greater qucario.i was never do bated among men, for upon its pro per determination depends the per petuity of the republic. The tariff, trusts, finance, building of the Isthmian canal and economy in the public expenses are al! important questions pressing for solution; but far-reaching and important as they are they in no wise involve tne ex istence of free government. Jingo jugglers volclferously and ve hemently insist that the overshadow ing question of our poliqy in the Orient was settled Irrevocably and de finitely by the last election. Not so, however. ,A multilllicltV Of iKRHPS rnntrUmforl to the result of the campaign of 1900. William AIcKinley's wonderful nor. sonal popularity . was a large per haps the decisive factor therein. Mr. McKinloy was many thousands of votes f'vngcr than his party. Many men who doubt the wisdom of our becoming an Asiatic power supported Mr. McKinley by reason of his unfailing amiability and his blameless private life. While believ ing him wrong they had implicit faith that at last he would come around all right. They knew that he had changed his mind on that ques tion radically once, swinging from the American doctrine that "forceable annexation is criminal aggression" to the un-American theory of "benevo lent assimilation." They hoped that he would exper ience another change of heart and re turn to his reasonable position. So far as his influence upon our destiny is concerned, it would have been far preferrable for Mr. McKin ley to have been a bad man with good politics rather than a good man with bad politics; for it is as true, to day as when Shakespeare wrote it that "The evil that men do live after them." Noiove -for liim, however intense; no admiration for his virtues, how ever sincere; no regret for his trag ic ilnitt. 1. . a U-.IHH, uuivercr urnmnmir nn eulogism upon his character, however fervid, can alter or palliate the fact that by recanting his first oninion and by throwing the weight of his great name in iavor or thq Philippine pr0pa' ganda, he involve! the country in ime iiimcuuies and placed our instl tutions In imminent deadly peril. or one hundred and twenty-six years we have vaunted ourselves as tno propagandists of the idea of trnv. ernment of the people, by the neonln and for the people. Now we are engag- u in rusnmg a people 7000 miles away, whose onlv offense is that they desire to practice the the- ory which we have preached from the Housetops. Nor have -we preached in vain, for following our example and harkenlncr to our voice, twenty-six nations have shaken off their royal masters, brok on their shackles and established for themselves governments modeled upon ours. At this very moment the Boers of South Africa, inspired by the words of Jefferson and the deeds of Wash ington, nro making the most .heroic fight for freedom recorded in the en tire annals of thohlstory of the human race. To our ineffable shame bo it said that while England has been murdering those bravo little republics we havo stood by consenting like Saul at the stoning of Stephen. Wherefore? Because wo are en gaged Jn the same sort of bloody business In the Philippines. Wo ap pear to havo entered into some sort of tactic agreement with John Bull that if ho will not interfere with our foreign conquests, wo will not raise our voice against his foreign con quests. Nor is ;lt,'truo. lOn tfio one Issue of permanently retaining the Philippines and ruling them by the sword, demo crats -would have Bwent the inmi fmm sea to sea, for lot It not bo forgotten thnt In moo It was In the east that WO I made substantial gains and it wns in the east that Imperialism was most exploited as the dominant Issno. a a The snmo per cent of gains spread all over the union would have given us the victory. If we hope to win we must ex necessitate rel secure re crultB from the republican ranks. That's plain as the nose on one's face. Are republicans n unit on this question? By no manner of menus. True that not long since "Uncle" Joe Cannon, chairman of the commltteo on appro priations, in the bent of debate, with frantic gesture, yelled nt the top of his voice: "We Intend to keep the Philippines forever and a day;" but It must be remembered that on that occasion "Uncle" was in a hole and fighting to get out. r Republicans are constutlonally unfit to successfully or economically administer coloninl affairs. Proronsnilnr government has been notoriously corrupt, unjust and ty ranical since the world bogan, 'and will continue so till the end of time. All history, sacred and profane, de monstrates the truth of that proposi tion. It matters not whether the Proconsuls are Romans, Britains, Spaniards or Americans. The cor. ruptlon, injustice and tyranny grow inevitably out of the Proconsular system. It is written that "Evil inventions return to plague the Inventors;" and the corruption, Injustice and tyranny that we inflict upon the Filipinos by our Prosonsular" government will at last be prncticed upon ourseives. We are progressing after the manner of the crab backward. Already one of our military satraps in the Philippines has said: "The constitution is played out. There Is no use to discuss it." Anothor has declared that men have been sent to pilson in the Philippines for such ut terances as those of Professor Scliurman in his Boston speech. Yet another has pronounced the Declaration of Independence to be a "damned incendiary document" which is precisely the opinion of It entertained by George the Third and Lord North. i Considered for military purposes the Philippines would bo a source or weakness just as they were to apain. were we engaged in a war with a great power as we may at any time be the Philippines would be the place of attack, and we would be compelled to do our fighting seven thousand miles from our base of sup piies, wnicn womu place us at a i great disadvantage, doubling the cost and quadrupling the chances of de-1 feat. I Why should we run such desperate risks when we have all to lose and nothing to gain? The basic principle of republics "Governments derive their just pow' ers from the consent of the govern ed" is true, or we, as a nation, have no raison d'etre. If that proposition is not true Washington and the other revolution ary heroes were rank traitors. If it is not true, John Hancock, old John Adams, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jef ferson and their compeers were pes tilent disturbers of the neace of George the Third. If it is not true, Theodore Roose velt is exercising powers usurped from King Edward the Seventh and the congress of the United States consists of 451 rebellious brawlers. This miserable Philippine business familiarizes the American people with the idea of a large standing army. Genoral Chaffee says that we will need fifty thousand soldiers in the Philippines alone for "five years. Judging tho future bythe past we will need that many there until the judg ment day. Wfe .are told that, waiving tho quantlam of the sin of subjugating a distant people, we must hold onto the Philippines because we want their trade. It is not denied that trade with the Filipinos and every other peopde is desirable. Democrats are as anxious for trade as are the jingoes, but they place lib- orty and good conscience above mon ey. Democrats do not believe that we must own a man to trade with him. Tho dollar argument Is tho most sordid of all, but let's take it up on that low basis and see how the mat ter stands. Tho Philippines, to say nothing of the loss of life and the huge pension load -we are fastening on our child ren's children, have up to date cost us nearly three millions in cold cash. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1901, wo expended in tho Philip pines nearly ninety million dollars. During the samo period our profits from trade with tho Philippines, al lowing for ourselves 20 per cent prom on nil we exported to and im ported from those islands, were only tho beggarly sum of $i;08G,511. Expending liinety million dollars a year to get ono dollar profit may bo solarwalk statesmanship, hut to a plain man who understands arithme tic it appears to he stark idiocy. The only reason bucIi an insane policy does not bankrupt tho United States Jb because tho United1 States Is so . rich. No other nation on oarth could stand, and we can't Stand it long without disastrous results Our -institutions woro indeed bought with n great price. Shall we now recklessly fc jeopardize thorn through greed or vainglorious ambl Uon for foreign conquests? I do not believe that tho American peoplo will so decide. It surely cannot be that the spirit of Seventy-Sis' is ontlroly dead in the American heart. .To that spirit and that heart domocrats confidently ap peal In this crisis of our country's fate". CHAMP CLARK. A merchant who had a store in each of two small neighboring towns recently tried an experiment. He put a bargain counter in each store, containing- tlie, same articles at exactly the same prices. Iu the- newspaper of one village he advertised his spec ial counter. In the paper of the other he did not advertise. He Bold goods amounting to $984. In tho store the samo month whore he did advortlse he sold goods amounting to $1,723. In commenting on the result of his experiment that merchant says: "The people who got the advertisement pass by one of my stores and drive miles to' the other for what they could -have gotten at the same price at my storo at their doors." Very little is known in this coun.ry of Canada, our big neighbor on the north. Canada is so big that there is yet eighteen unexplored areas In It each ranging from the bIzo of Ire land to one-half tho size of all Eu rope. Men who look much older thau they are never appear to such disad- vantage as with the wife who keeps her matronly beauty. The secret of health and the manly vigor which goes with health is nutrition. When the stomach and other or gans of digestion and nutrition are diseased there is loss of nutri tion, and correspond ing physical weakness. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cures diseases of the stomach and its allied organs, which prevent nutrition, and makes men healthy and vig orous. I was n great sufferer from dyspepsia for over two years, and was a com plete nhvsical wreck." writes air. Preston E. Feustermacher, ofRgypt, Lehich Co., Pa. "-I also suffered much with con stipation. I tried many different, medicines which were recommended to cure the trouble but these onlv made me worse. 1 had such a weakiand deb'illtated appearance that it seemed as if I had hardly any blood in my whole body. At last 1 came across an advertisement of Ur. Tierce's. I at once tried Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and 'Pleasant Pellets.' I used about eight vials of the" Pellets aud ten bottles of the 'Discovery which brought me back to my former state of health." Dr. Pierce's Pellets cures constipation. SEED! SEED! SEED! Beardless Barley I Sonora Wheat I Select Lots for Seeding at m it mills W. S. BYEHS, Prop. HARPER KENTUCKY WHISKEY for Gentlemen who cherish Ouality. Sold by JOHN BUUMIOT The Louvre Saloon fRKDLETON OREQOM Farmers Custom Mill Ptoi Walter, Proprietor. PV0fty, IfO batroU ft dy. Flour exohaiigod for wheat. Hlonr, Mill Feed, Obopped Feed, oto always on baud. I CATARRH Nothing but a local remeuy or ehnngo of cllmato will euro CATARRH. The Specific Is Ely's Cream Balm It Is quickly nbsorbed. (lives Itcllcf at onco. finAnn rml iitiinnung Allays Iullnmnintlon. COLD 'NHL AU Heals and protects tho Mcnibraiio, HestorM the Sense olTasto Mid Bmoll. No Mercury, no Injurious Drue. Regular iro 60c; Family Rise ''KMe St., New York. You get Good Beer.. When you drink Guaranteed not to cause headache or dizziness............ ........v v., . Ask for it. Scfaultz Brewing Go. BUY YOUR LUMBER AT THE Oregon Lumber Yard Alta St., opp. Court House. PRICES AS LOW AS THE LOWEST For All Kinds of Building Material, Including Doors - Windows Screen Doors t and Windows Building Paper Lime Cement Brick and Sand And Don't Forget Our Wood Clutters r-or Oarns and Dwellings ?4 AN ABSENT MINDED MAN May neglect to notice when his carriage or wa- h" ucua iuu.iiwiik, wuuu mere is a uou looie, ft hub or spoko sprung, r when the running ami in in uru in uveiuumiug. uiuu no meets with some uccldent on the rood or whore It will make double o.xpcnso to have It ropalred. Our churgea ure to reasonable that there 1b no reu son for delay. NEAGLE BROTHERS Water 3t., p. ar Main, Pendleton, Oregon The Time Sellers . Renters Buyers ; Servants Houses HAVE BEEN FOUND THROUGH AN ADLET IN. THE CLA88IFIKD COLUMNS OF THE EA8T OREGON IAN WHEN ALL OTUfr uriul 'HAVE FAILED. THESE ei. am7 FIED ADVERTISEMENTS BRING RE8ULT8 AND DO NOT COST BUT A TRIFLE; BUI TRY ONE. Smoke pride ,of .Umatilla ,ciBr, LOCAL mid CLIMATIC PILSNER iEER. Many's Planing Mffl and... j Liftnfce Yaii Buy their stock by the s carload lots and, then pet the benefit of tde discounts, whjch enn theni to sell at a very IF YOU NEED . . , Lumber, Building pJ - Lime, Cement, BrkJ ' aana lerra Uottal - or anything in thfej get our prices. Pendleton Planing Mill Lumber Yard, R. FORSTER, Proprietor KEEP YOU ' Mnf s BUT ON , 4 1 BYERS' GRO ADDITION TO PENDLETON. I still Have Farms for! N.BrkeM THE REAL ESTATE M Savings Bank Building, Pendletal pass a pleasant evoj ing playing Pool J Billiards at GoWenRttfe Pool and Biliy J. E. PLATTER, Prop 213 Court Street SO YEARS Mil - I RADE mnnl at XlFRIGNB 1 4.. . . . n v. i ........kin iMmmilB Unna atFln.nnii(MAi.H,i) II nnitltAiK fill VBl i-aienis iasun inruuun muira a. tptciai notice, without cbnrue, lu luo smtlfk Jittterlcat A hRnrfanmnlv Illustrated woeklr. fniiiif Ion nf nnv aiiiiif IHn inirrinl. miinrc X. I.n aoiuroaoway. nsjVV !U Two.,!. v t..'Wiwh 1 1 o mane space' ior new ...Now on Hand... AT COS This Week Only ..I a. . mr ...rtUCl( YY Ail I ladiea and gentlemen. One for . 1 I i . . 1 employment. Send for booklet .pflctlual guide to agents at once. 1 . 11. uan tun. ueneri Goodnough Bdgr., Portland) The East Cregonlan Ja Eastern it by their, liberal patron afl- n pitwi.i.BIu mvuiwin w .iii""