THE INDEPENDENT.
BATURDAY,
JUNE 21,
Protection-
Protection is a term when applied in
governmental affairs, where all are sup
posed to be equal before the laws and
bhare equally in the benefits arising
therefrom, which is at variance with the
spirit and genius of our institutions and
a libel upon the declaration that all are
freo and equal and entitled to the same
inalienable rights, It is a declaration
that there is something to protect; that
one portion of our citizens aro entitled
to benefits which are not common to us
all; that laws should be enacted for
their individual advantage and prefer
ment. This condition of affairs was
never intended by the founders of our
government.
Political economy teaches that a tar
iff framed upon the theory of protection
will necessarily impoverish tho many
for the enrichment of a few monopolies.
Twenty years' experience with tho pre a
t:ut rjsUm of protection has demon
strated the teaching of the best authors
upon tills subject. It has fostered and
built up monopolies and created mill
ionaires all over the land; it has de
stroyed our commerce; it has impov
erished our people; destroyed tfye pro
duct of farm labor and mortgaged the
soil which our farmeis til1; it has made
tba rich richer and the poor poorer and
at tie same time increased the price of
living on all the necessaries which we
consume. A ta-ifF for' any other pur
pose than that for raising revenue for
the support cf the government, is a
moral obliquity and at variance with
the best interests of the country, and
should b opposed by every citizen who
has the good of his country at heart.
This question is coming to be well un
derstood by the great masses of our
people and so soon as the great Demo
cratic party is able to convince the peo
ple that they hold to the faith of the
founders of the party on this question;
that to them and to them alone we must
look for reform on this important sub
ject, the people will trust them with
the administration of the government
In 1880 the Cincinnati convention
evaded an open and straight-forward
declaration on this question and Win
lield Scott Hancock, the nominee of the
party for the high office of president,
forfeited his chances of an election by
admitting the right of protection. In
1876 the St. Louis convention con
tained an open and straight-forward
declaration on this question and Tilden
and Hendricks swept the country by
half a million majority of the intelli
gent white voters.
The following is the plank on that
subject, contained in the St. Louis
platform:
"Reform is necessary in the sum and
mode of federal taxation, to the end
that capital may be set free from dis
trust and labor lightly burdened. We
'denounce the present tariff' laws upon
nearly four thousand articles, as a mas
ter p:ece of injustice, inequality and
false practice. It yields a dwindling,
not a yearly rising revenue. It has
impoverished many industries to subsi
dize a few. It prohibits imports that
purchase the products of American la
bor. It has degraded American com
merce from the first to an inferior
rank upon the high seas. It has cut
down tht sales of American manufac
tures at home and abroad, and depleted
the returns of American agriculture, an
industry followed by half our people.
It costs the people five times more than
it produces to the treasury, obstructs
the process of production and wastes
the fruits of labor. It promotes fraudsj
fosters smuggling, enriches dishonest
officials and bankrupts honest mer
chants. We demand that all custom
house taxation shall be only foi
revenue."'
The New York "Star" savs that W.
W. Kerr, the well known criminal law
yer of Philadelphia, a democrat and a
man of stainless reputation, who has no
motive, even if he had tho desire to
misstate facts, now plumply testifies
thit the prosecution of the star route
cases was deliberately conducted through
conspiration of President Arthur with
Col. George Bliss to debauch and stran
gle justice, so as to suppress essential
testimony, break down the cases on
technical grounds, and by hook or crook
secure the. acquittal of the accused.
We notice that a California exchange
comes to hand with the ticket thusly.
For President,
Jas. O. Blaine.
For Vice President, -Mulligan.
Evidently the telegraph had made a
mistake i.i making Logan into Mulligan,
hut the editor had an eye for the eter
nal fitness of things.
The next Oregon legislature will
sfand: Senate Republicans 16, Dem
ocrats 14; house Republicans 35,
Democrats 25. Republican majority on
joint ballot 12.
Elaine's Boom.
Since the Republican convention has
adjourned and Blaine has been nomi
nated and the whoop and hurrah has
died out and the tattooed man has taken
the place of the plumed knight, Repub
lican politicians and Republican jour
nals find it an uphill business booming
their candidates.
It is ever so with hired popularity.
When a boom without any foundation
or substance on which to stand readies
its zenith, it falls like a wet blanket
and casts a damper on the hopes it was
calculated to inspire.: This is fully ex
emplified in the case of the recent nom
inations. Blaine, who was known only
as a politician and a demagogue of tin)
worst type, was boomed by the place
hunters these jackalls in search of the
spoils, the outs who wanted in, whose
keen scent naturally led them to him
who is the fit representative of tho
spoils system, as the only sure founda
tion on which to build their hopes for
place ar.d spoils.
This was the element and spirit
which captured the Chicago convention
Dorsey, Piatt, Robinson, and Powp1
Clayton belong to the class of politi
cians thrown to the surface in the tu
mult of thft convention. These are the
kind of politicians who will fill the
offices i and managa the affairs of the
government, in the event of Blaine's
election. The star-route thieves of the
fraudulent Hayes administration, and
the whisky crooks of the old Grant
ring, will again come to the front and
occupy tho places of trust and profit.
The safety of our country demands that
all good citizens, irrespective of party,
raise in their might and rescue the
country from such a calamity.
J. M. Siglin, joint senator from Coos
and durry counties, has been re-elected
over A. Nasburg, rhe Republican can
didate. We, in common with many
others, censvfred the action of Mr. Sig
lin in'veting for J. II. Mitchell for the
United States senate, and believe vet
that it was not the pi per thing for a
Democrat to do, to vote, for a llepubli
can for that office. Mr. Siglin, at the
time claimed that in doing so he was
carrying out the will and wishes of the
people of his district. II ig election
in a Republican district over a stalwart
Republican, must be gratifying to Mr.
Siglin and taken as a vindication of his
i
course in the legislature, must be more
than gratifying. Since the legislature
is again Republican, if Mr. Siglin can
succeed m again bringing his favoiite
o the front and by that means defeat
Sol. Ilirsh for that place, it will prove
a godsend for Oregon.
The Republicans have . nominated
says an exchange, the monopoly mill
ionaire, James G. Blaine, for the presi
dency, on a platform that is, all in all,
a monopoly platform, and altogether on
the sido of the bondholders, capitalists
and monopoly manufacturers. There
is nothing at all in it, but the Anti
Chinese plank. In every thing else it is
all on the side of the rich man and
against ths poor maun. This is Blaine's
platform. He is cheek-by-jowl with
the railroad rings and monopolies, and
they promised him millions of dollars
for election purposes, and ho is their
man.!
Ben. Butler has, within the last
month, been nominated by more con
ventions for the high office of president
of these United States, than any single
candidate was ever before honored with.
He ha3 received the nominations of the
temperance, anti-monopoly, labor re
forra sand-lot, greenback and vera an
suffrage conventions. Strange to say
he has accepted them all and still lives,
and is a delegate to the Democratic
convention, which meets at Chicago on
the 8th of July, But then Ben. was
never knowu to decline and will take
anything from a silver ppoon to a
swarm of mosquitoes.
There is much consistency in lho3e
Republican journals which are now ad
vising the boycotting of Harper's
Weekly on account of the known op
position of that journal to Blaine. It
will be remembered that only a short
tijie ago these same syecphanfc journals
lauded, not only Harper's Weekly, but
also Nast, its great artist, when the
paper cartooned Tilden and other Dem
ocratic statesmen. But now it- is all
wrong to caricatuie a Republican can
didate. "Consistency thou art a jewel."
The Democratic members of Con
ress from (the State of California who
joined hand with Sam Randall and the
Republican party in opposition to the
Morrison tariff bill, have with a marked
unanimity, been retired to private citi
zenship by tho nominating convention
of their respective district.
The Standard may as well know one
time as another that the Pacific coast
delegate to the tiationa convention who
votes for the nomination of S. J. Field
for president, is a disgrace to his party
to the country und to tlie people.
The IText Senator.
Tiie Oregon Yidette published at Sa
em savs :
According to the returns now in, the
Republicans will have from 6 to 11
majority on joint ballot in the next leg
islature; and if they will all submit to
the caucus a Republican machine mo
nopoly Senator-would be the result. A
caucus of all the Republicans would
send Sol. Ilirsch to the United States
Senate. For these reasons Hirsch has
the organization of the party in his con
trol. Joo Simon, a brother Jew, is
Chairman of the State Central Commit
tee and State Senator fjom Multnomah.
Ilirsch is rich and perfectly unscrupu
lous as to buying up votes. Other, can.
didates would be restrained by their
conscience from corrupting the legisla
ture, but Hirsch has no such thing as
a conscience to bother him. He has
this great advantage over honest men
in dealing with Venal members of the
legislature. Besides this, candidates
like Judge Williams, Governor Gibbs,
Judge Boise, Carey Johnson, W. Dt
Hare, Lair Hill, Jno. F. Caples, and
Governor Moody have no money, and
being poor they must take a back seat
so that this rich man may take "the
highest seat in the synagogue."
To beat Hirsch, these other candi
dates must keep their friends out of
any senatorial caucus. And such men
as Senator Davenport, Voorhees, Wal
do, Lee, Warren, Hare and such repre
sentatives as Keadv, Gibson and Allen
must again assert their independence
of Portland ring dictation and Portland
money corruption, and smash the cau
cus. Ilirsch is a large owner in Villaad
railroad stocks, and if he was in the
United States Senate would stand in
with Dolph on the side of the rail
roads and all other monopolies. Be
sides that, the sympathy of Mr.
Hirsch is all with the moneyed class.
This is the predilection of his race ever
since Christ scourged the money
changers out of the temple. The peo
ple don't want any Hirsch in the
United States Senate, and the opposi
tion to him cannot bo organized a day
too soon.
A Washington special of June 1G
says: Secretary Teller has not yet deci
ded to give out the report of the gov
ernment experts who examined the
books of the Uuion Pacific Railroad
Company. He says the officials of the
road protest against it, as incomplete,
incorrect and unfair. Under the cir
cumstances he feels inclined to hold the
report for the present at least, and may
conclude to order a re-examination of
M'e accounts.
The coldness with which Boston
treated the delegates, especially the
Califo.inans, who were on a pilgrimage
to do homage at the feet ef Blaine, is
rather remarkable, from the fact that
Bostonians are noted for being enthu
siasts, but the inspiration did not take
hold of the "hub" this time. It speaks
a volume for Butler, as their homecanl
didate, and shows the lukewarm .less of
the Republican element. Those who
figure Massachusetts will do well to
put her in the Democratic column this
year. Yolo (Cal.) Democrat.
There are more self-sacrificing patri
ots in the Democratic party, who arc
willing to put aside their private bus
iness and serve tuo country as presi
dent, than was ever before heard ot.
The opposition to Blaine in the Repub
lican party has brought to tho surface
many aspirants in the Democratic
ranks, who otherwise would not be
heard of. Among so many candidates
the convention cannot do otherwise
than make us a good selection.
Public sentiment on the tariff ques
tion is not all ore way in the protected
State of Pennsylvania. At a meeting of
the Democratic and independent editors
at Harrisburg, May 29 th, over thirty
journals were represented. A revenue
reform press association was formed
and a constitution adopted containing
the following section: "To prepare and
publish such facts concerning the pres
ent war tariff taxes as will tend to a
better general understanding of their
monopolistic and other oppressive fea
tures, with a view to their ultimate re"
duction to a revenue basis." The feel
ing among those present was that the
present tariff is a grievous burden upon
the people; that reduction is seriously
needed for the relief of the working
men, the manufacturer and the people
jrenerallv, and that the Democratic na
tlonal convention should pronounce, not
for absolute free trade, but for tariff
reduction and reform. Standard.
The leading Republican journals of
New York, such as the Times, Post,
Herald, and Harpers Weekly have giv
en the black eye to the Republican can
didates and are making it tropical for
Blaine.
A Pepublican from the country was
inquiring the other day what was
meant by the famous Mulligan letteis.
Will some good Republican, give their
version of tha affair.
uyii-iYii FKm
OB
County
We arc in receipt of a new and choice lot of spring goods, of
. all t;Tids and suitable for all classes, making our stcok of
Gneial ; Merchandise
Slie Xt&rieest - and
OF AMY HOUSE SOSJT1S OF PORTLAND.
i ' ' '
yWe are determined to reduce our immcns3 stock of goods
order to do so liave Sreatly reduced1 our
- m every department and to show ycu
that we mcanS
' , ! . X oir goods and prices,
our store and examine Sv
i-i , i S. lina convince
winch will speak foi themselves
even the closest buyer that we mean whatv
say. We will send samples and prices on application
ABRAHAM, WHEELER AtfO.
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Ski jail
W. .Gv WOODWARD'
AND BUY A
amess or a Be,
One of t!i
e biggest and best stock of
nothing but tho host
RYTHIiO
Dont Fail
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Hoselfei?
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SHERIDAN BROTHERS, ROSEBURG, OR'GN.
They would announce that they have just received and now have on hand one of the
Largest Stocks of GeaoraT Hardaro
Ever broujzlit to Don .'la. jnd when ' ad .led to their STOVES OF ALL PAT
TKHNS and iiEADY UaDH TIN VV AH 1, they are prepared to declare thoy havw th
lu-si. eaj ply iu tuetr line oi a ay house in JSouuheru Oregon, which they propose
easfflSHS -CBMsmu ss&h ahy obi '
cn purchasa elsewhere.
In Aw shape of budding materials iJ- the ay c locke, butts, etc, we can offer
superior induceuieius to purchasers. Tiy us.
We tan ;ive you bargains in the ioV wing brands of stovrg, not equalled else
where Buck's, Bonanza, Farmer Utility. Dexter, Pacific, "A He West, Clareuuoi
Occidei Iron Kinjr, Empire City, and oilier stoves snr ra ores.
The best of workmen arc constantly employed m tin m aulacture ' mir Tin wart
and buyers should learn our prices.
We have also tarains to offer in guns, such as Wincheeter, b'harp and ther RU'ep,
P8 weH as in Shot-gans and I'isto's.
We aie also Agetns for th White Peerlea and New Home Serving Macl .u .wiik.i
we sell atlowest rates and warrant as coainle te in every respect, - .
We can alsv supply - " j
AvcFfil3 ami ESsibbrr IPaissfs,
'J I e best In th market, tt. lowest rates.
Give us a call, inspect ur stock, iuquire as tt onr pric b, and w promise to suit a1
if any one caa.
D a r T P GU17PTTV4 AT
(Successors to Thos. P. Sheridan)
DEALERS
EK3 IN HARDWARE, TINWARE, STOVES,
iVSS, CUTLERY, AND TINNERS iV&-
NISU1NU UOOUS.
TIN STORE, ROSEBURG, Or.
Having: secured the aoove business, we are pre
pared to keep up its former good name for work and
prices. We have the best of material and always a
fuil stock of goods on hand and it is our aim to fur
nish customers with first-class articles at live and let
live prices. A full stock of
Ii-on and Steel JTof Sulo.
Dealers from abroad will receive prompt at tout ion.
R. S. i J. C. SHERIDAN.
Opposite Metropolitan Hotel, Eoseburg.
Shaving and Hair Cutting in a
'Workmanlike Manner.
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Most , Complete
business, we ask you to call at
Tondo That
NEW SET OF
goods ever brought to town. I
leather and have got
use
IN THIS
to See Me!
gg, Or.
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JLiOUIS BELFILS,
WATCIOIAKEK& JEWELER
Hosehurcr, Oregon.
WHOLESALE AND EETAlL
DEALER TN WA rCHESr
CLOCKS, JEWELRY
A FINE ASSORTMENT OF SPEC
TACLES, OF ALL K INDS.
i
Call and examine our stock before
purchasing elsewhere. Don'fr forget
the old stand of j
. BELFILS.
UP
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SADDLES, WHIPS IN
fact everything
IN THAT
lU'JI! JJ.U.LMJfUKt
AND MUST BE
Sold Clieap for Casli.
Call and See me Befora
Buying- Elsewhere.
ALSO AGENT FOR
BEEHIIIS SELF BiHBES
AND MOWERS,
OLDS' WA.OOjST,
STEEL-WHEEL HAY RAKES,
JAMES DEAXIXiXNG.
OAK LAN D, OREG ON.
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FABMS
FOB
SALS,
The undersigned lias for sale
the following Ileal Prop;
erty in DougLis Coun
ty, State of Oregon:
A FIRST-CLASS GRAIN FARM If EAR THE
Town of Wilbur, eouta'riing 314 acres. Has a
gcod dwelling house and out-buildius, aud a fine or
chard; all well fenced and watered; 2o0 acres in grain.
A dcbiraUle home und very cheap.
ONE FARM CONTAINING 352 ACRES, 125 OF
which U plow land in cultivation, balance pas
ture; all fenced; well watered; good improvements
and orchard.
ONE SECTION OF LAND NEAR THE TOWN
of Scottsburg; 80 acres river bottom, balance lull
and timber land. -
A FARM NEAR WILBUR, CONTAINING 923
acres; 125 acres in grain, the balance splendid
grazing land. About 300 &creS level, well watered
and weil improved. The crop aud 500 head of f beep
wil! be sold ith the land if desired by purchaser, at
a bargain.
i FaRM NEAR KUSKBURO, CONTAINING 323
2. acres, ail under fence. Good farm or Sfraiiig
land.
A FINE STOCK FARM CONTAINING 643 ACRES
l. 12 mile from Roseburg; 125 acres of good grain
land, at a banrain.
AL ' RGE STOCK AND GRAIN FARM NEAR
Oakland, containing 3230 acres.. Abrut 700
acres plow land, well fenced and well watered.
A
STEAM SAWMILL AT DRAIN STATION ON
Railroad.
A
FLOURING KILL AT SCOTTSBCRG.
A NO. ONE FLOURING MILL FOUR MILE3
from Oakland, on Calipooia creek.
A
NUMBER OF TOWN LOTS IN THE CITY OF
Oakland.
I will sell the above real property on rea
sonable terms. For full particulars enquire
of J. C. HUTCHINSON,
Oakland, Douglas County, Oregon.
For Sale. I will sell a good Hanes
header, with two header beds, single
and doubletrees, very low. Apply to
S. B. Hendricks,
near the depot, Roseburg, Or.
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CLARK & B1KE1S PROPS.
HAVING PURCHASED TUB ABU v c. PtAJit.u
mills of E. Stephens and Co.,. we are now pro
pared to furnish auv amount of the best qtuhtyul .
ever offered to the public in Doug-lat county. We
will furnish at the mill at the following prices:
No. 1 roush lumber. .2 per M-
No. 1 flooring inch... lr M.
No. 1 flooring, -mch "f Y'
No. 1 finishing iumuer "v".V1t: ' ?T
No. 1 finishing lumber dressed on 2 Bide. .$24 per J
No. 1 finishing lumber dressed on 4 sides.. 23 ier M.
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LINE!
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This line Is now premred to carry passengers and
freight, being supplied with comfortable stages and
and careful drivera. Stasje leaves lloeeburg every
morning at six o'clock. Oilice ai "
HAMILTON'S DRtJG STORE.
Fare to Coos Ray $5.
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Tho Har&maa Piano,
A strictly firat-clasa instrument at
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Sole Agents for Pacific Coasr
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ALL KINDS OF
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7 And Flower Seeds,
FOR S AXE IN" PAPERS & BULK
o jsrioisr sets,
12 cents per pound, at
8 HAMILTON'S.
CONCRETE PIPE.
HENRY GTERMVN AND LOUI3 BELFILS
b ivc obtaiaod tho ri;rht for UouliS oouuty ine
laying
Continuous Concrete Pipe,
for ccvcyinir water, and IsmU BelPls and Georga
Prowmin have obtaiuel this 1;4ht f 'r Jas ;' line and
Curry counties, and will hcII f-,ruor inJiviJj.-il riHt
and l.. iiie at the civnst firaren. Any siza jroia
li to 22 inches farniahed. This pipe is ihuc'a ,
Cheaper than Wood, Ixii or Laid !
It U als i well salts 1 f jr Ir-: jitioi or M:nl.i.j purpose
andean be laid anyUsU-ic w.t'aout joints
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Notice of Final Settlement.
In the County Court of the State of Oregon for the
County of Pot'glai. Iu the matter of the estate o
James Quinn, deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT TIIE UX"
dersigned administrator of the estate nf Jag'
Quinn, deceased, has filed his fliwl account of hia
administration of said estate in the County Court of
Doutfla county. State of Oresjon. Thai said Court
by an order duly made and entered therein on Tues
day, the I5th day of April, &U, appointed Mon
day, July 7, 1884, at 10 o'clock A. M. of said day,
at the court room of said Court, in the court house in
Hoscburj,', a time and place for hearing' objections, if
any there be, to said final account and the settlement
of said estate Thi3 notice is published by Hon. J.
S. Fitzhugb, County Jude.
HKN KY LANDERS, Executor.
II. ABRAHAM.
K. A. IIIR9TEL.
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