THURSDAY, 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.
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fRKDLETON
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Hlonr, Mill Feed, Obopped Feed, oto always
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AT THE
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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
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LOCAL
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Buy their stock by the s
carload lots and, then
pet the benefit of tde
discounts, whjch enn
theni to sell at a very
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- Lime, Cement, BrkJ
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Lumber Yard,
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KEEP YOU
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4 1
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