SATURDAY APRIL 19. 1S98
BEET SUGAR:
A few days since our dispatches an
nouuced that the steamer tTymphaea,
of 3,000 tons burden, bad arrived at
New Orleans with the machinery fcr
the beet sugar factory now under con
struction at Grand Island, Nebraska
She also brought fifty tons of beet
seeds. This factory and plant at Grand
Island will cost, completed, more than
$500,000, and will have a daily capao-
ity to work more than 4,000 tons of
beets. This brief piece of intelligence
is the text frooi which might be
preached one of the most powerful
of sermons to the agricultural political
economists. Our space is too limited
to permit more .than a few pointed re
marks. To begin with, capitalists do
not invest their money as freely as
this in visionary schemes. Mr. Sprock
ets has succeeded in this enterprising
industry in California, and the soil and
climate of Nebraska are even better
fitted for beet culture than those of the
former state.
Germany some time ago ceased to
be dependent on the world's summer
countries for her sugar supply. She
grows her own beets, her own factories
make them into sugar, her own deal
ers sell them to her population and she
exports a large surplus. The soils and
climate of our northwestern states of
Idaho, Oregon and Washington are
especially adapted to the growth of
8ucar beets, much more so than those
of Germany. It is a well known fast
that in skill our artisans are unsur
passed in the world. We now import
so large a percentage of our sugars
that a larger and richer home market
is eagerly waiting for an immense
- home product. And now we come to
the gist of. the whole matter. It is
this very diversification cf his indus
tries that is the one thing needful for
the American farmer. When he leerns
this fact and acts np6n it he will real
ize his hopes cf a high degree of pros
perity; not oaly in beet culture either,
for flix, hrmp, fruits, dairy products,
all and each of these are capable of
profitable and even indefinite exten
sion. Enj.lind is sure to extend the
icheat growing area of India, and the
Argentine Republic will gradually but
surely extend her corn product. Why
will not the American farmer grow
those products which nature indicates
as properly suited to the soil, climate
and the wants of the people products
with which India and South America
cannot compete and he must look to
his home market for his best custom
ers. Of one thing he may feel as
sured; he will find a home market for
all the sugar he can raise for many a
year to come.
TUB MONTANA MUDDLE.
The speech of Mr. Spooner in the
matter of the contested senatorial
seats seems to have raised some issues
in the case which will sadly puzzle the
Democrats althonrh thev will rlnnVit
less find it incumbent upon themselves
to attempt an answer. By a proper
interpetation of a statute relative to
- the qualifications of voters in the
territories it appears that by far the
greater portion of the Democrats -who
attempted to vote at Tunnell 34 in
Silver Bow county the precinct in
dispute were not legal voters of the
United States. The new view of the
matter from a strictly legal standpoint
is evidently very embarrassing to
the Democrats who doubtless feel
that the law as well the facts are all
on the Republican side of the
- 1 iL.i At Ml . 1
iw, uuu iuni mey win now not oe
able to change partisanship as they
hoped to be able to do. There is no
question but that the Republican con
testants will be admitted. The Re
publicans so far seem to have made it
- very clear that the Democrats having
the governor of the territory entered
into a conspiracy to secure two sena
tors by the use of that executive's cer
tificates of election in certain precincts
vhich they hoped to manipulate,
ni f . . .
jmey are cnagrinea, to put it in a
word, that the Republicans have on
masked their efforts to capture a state.
NOT INFALLIBLE.
We often find mistakes in proof
reading which are hardly excusable.
Yesteraay, Sunday's issue of one of
the papers published on the Sound
an able editorial on a psychological
subject, "Anti-natal Memory." And
even Oregon's great daily curiously
enough too on this same subject of
memory a few days since in quoting
the Virgilian line
Coe!um uudique et undique pontus
twice misspells "caelum", and then
furnishes this absurd translation: "the
sky and sea alike above us." A man
vi.h the sea above him would like
McGinty be very wet. The simple
literal translation can never be im
proved. "The sky everywhere, and
everywhere the sea."
WISCONSIN'S SCHOOL LAWS.
The intensely interesting and ex
citing discussion now going on all
over Wisconsin regarding the pro
priety of repealing the Bennett com
pulsory school law can be productive
of good and good only. The one
clause which invites the hostility of
those who fiht the bill is one which
makes all schools illegal unless certain
branches are taught in the English
language. As Governor Hoard Bays,
"the right of a state to ses that every
child receives the rudiments of an
education, and the right of every child
to receive such education are funda
mental American principles," and the
sooner this is thoroughly established
the better.
THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
The ronvention to name the winning
Sioraes in the great biennial single
d&sb which will come off Jane 2d.
Assembles next Wednesday. In spite
of the feeling in Multnomah previous
to the holding of the primaries, har
mony prevails and in all the list of
the possible names which have been
suggested for leading places on the
ticket there is not a single ineligible.
Pennoyer will no doubt be nomipated
against any Republican and with. as
little doubt he will as "he deserves
be soundly beaten.
THE HIIODE ISLAND ELECTION.
One of the most important of the
recent elections was held in the state
of Rhodrt Ialaud. It was in fact the
only one in which the state officers
were chosen. But that which in
terested the Dublic in the result was
not the candidates who were before
the people. It was rather the ques
tion whether the Australian system
of voting jrhich was on trial for the
first time in Rhode Island would
prove as successful there as it had in
Massachusetts. The two states had a
very ditfereut stalk upon which to
graft this hud of promise. Illiterates
were already practically deprived of
the ballot in Massachusetts. The
enemies of the new system have de
clared that it would surely deprive
many men of the franchise on account
of their want of education. The
Rhode Inland election seems to have
established one thing: the uninformed
and uneducated voters occasioned no
difficulty and scarcely any delay.
Sample ballots of a different color
from the regular official ballots were
prepared, by one of the parties at
least, with the names of the party
candidates already indicated by a
cross. No man not an idiot could
possibly fail to understand the situa
tion, or to vote intelligently, and
idiocy ought to disfranchise any man.
The Providence Journal condenses
the result into the following sentences:
"The reports from all parts of the state
indicate the absolute and complete
success of the Ruform Ballot Law in
facilitating convenient, unhampered
and even rapid voting. The annoy
ance of the usual gang of vote solic
itors, distributers and political workers
of every kind was done away with at
the polls." If the new system should
bring with it no compensation but this,
it more than pays.
.4 CONSTITUTION FOR BRAZIL.
The provisional government of Bra
zil has instructed its committee on
framing a constitution to follow
closely as possible the American model
A republic has an easy task to-day to
frame an organic law by which to live.
The men who blazed their way through
a terra incognita in the line of govern
mental needs, did their work so well
that all the world has learned. And
not only this, but the experience of a
centurv has added largely to the
a
ease with which the constitution
makers of to-dav may take their
work in hand. That the constitution
of the United States, creation rather
than development as it was, lacked
but a little of being complete, seems
indisputable from the fact that in
more than one hundred years we have
had but fifteen amendments. When
the committee has done its work it
will be submitted to the people for
their direct vote of approyal or dis
approval In one particular at least
they are ahead of us. While we are
groping in the direction of a compul
sory educaticn law they have gone
straight to the mark and have made
the ability to read and write a con
dition of citizenship.
OUR NAVY AND MERCHANT-
MARINE.
Not long since the hcuse of repre-
sentative passed a bill preventing
aliens from serving in the navy of the
United States. It was well and
wisely ordered that American seamen
should fight the battles of America.
But how are we to keep ourselves
supplied with able seamen from whom
to draw in recruiting the ranks of
those who wear Uncle Sam's blue uni
form. The merchant marine is the
nursery for American man-of-war's
men. A naval reserve must be com
posed of sailors who are generally
employed in the merchant service.
W e have not a merchant service in
such a state as it should be to supply
an ample contingent from which to
draw in time of need. The commit
tee on commerce and navigation have
approved a bill for granting subsidies
to ocean going steamers. Subsidies or
bounties, call, them whichever you
please, are necessary to maintain suc
cess and supremacy. With them we
must certainly take first place on the
aeas.
FALSE PROPHETS.
The fourteenth of April has come,
ud lik other days passed peacefully
away. It will be in order now for
the poor deluded fools who were weak
enough to listen to the vaporings of
the Oakland prognosticators to sneak
back from the mountains to their un
harmed abodes. If one were to invent
and disseminate ever so widely, some
prophecy of great good, some piece of
vaticination which foretold only the
bright and desirable, he would not
Uave a hearer or a convert But let
jonie ill-omened bird croak out a dole
ful tale of wide and swift rum and
Jesolation and his following become
extensive at once. Which goes to
ihow, we imagine, that the human
family is inclined rather to pessimism
than otherwise.
The Sun is mistaken when it says
hat the Republicans named the clerk,
sheriff, treasurer and coroner from
this city. The sheriff and clerk are
both from the country Mr. Cart-
wrght from Ten Mile and Mr. Gour-
lay from KingJer. The only officers
nominated from The Dalles are the
treasurer and coroner, and from the
nature of their business these could
not well reside in any other locality
tlun the county seat.
TARIFF A LA IRI8H.
The Alia Californian in its issue of
Sunday last attempts to ridicule the
McKinley tariff bill because it levies
a round duty upon many articles of
farm produce. The farming interests
were represented before the committee
by practical farmers who asked that
these import duties be fixed as they
have been. It is barely possible, is it
not, that they may know something
about what they want. Even if the
editor of the Alia is too ignorant or
too short sighted to know it, the day
is not far distant when the pampas of
South America notably in the Ar
eentine confederation will be dedi-
cated largely to the culture of corn,
With a system of peonage, there will
be no difficulty in their competing in
our markets with the farmer of Illi
nois. Iowa. Missouri and the other
prairie states, t-xcept the tariff. It
has never been Republican policy to
wait till the horse was stolen to lock
the stable door. Does the editor of
the Alia believe that the wheat fields
of India, tilled as they are by ryots
at wages of two cents a day, are not
a standing menace to our farmers, or
that but for the 20 per cent tariff on
wheat they would not try to secure a
market for a portion of their product
here? Mr. John P. Irish is the editor
of the Alia Californian. He is a
genial, whole hearted, brilliant, erratic
mistaken Democrat. Mr. Irish is the
gentleman who, it will be remembered,
came from California to "boss" the
last Democratic State Convention.
Immediately thereafter he undertook
to do missionary work in this state
for a couple of months. Many of our
readers will remember Sydney Smith's
famous article on taxes and English
men. Mr. Irish adopted this as
part of the speech he everywhere de
livered just changing the form suffi
ciently to fit the occasion. The result
of the campaign conducted by Mr.
Irish is yet freth in the minds of our
readers. It is however always to be
found at the office of the secretary of
state endorsed. -Vote of 1888, Re
publican majority 7400." Mr. Irish
sometimes in his remarks had too
much regard for truth to use it on
such ordinary occasions. And when
in the editorial above referred to he
re-iterates the threadbare yarn that
the tariff forces the consumer to pay a
tax of 47 per cent cn the necessities
which he buys, Mr. Irish knows no
one better that his statement is not
true. As before stated he is a man of
ability. But even a man of medioc
rity, or less, knows that everything
we purchase for- use to-day is lower.
far lower than ever before. And in
no line of purchases does it show more
clearly than in clothing and farming
tools. A suit of clothes, a horse rake,
a mower, a wagon or a plow com tar
less under a high tariff which has
prevailed nearly thirty years than
they did under any of the approaches
to free trade which at sundry times
have cursed the country. We allude
to these articles because Mr. Irish
selects them as a text from which to
preach. No, Mr. Irish yon are right:
the farmer will not be hoodwinked.
THE TICKET.
The nominations made in Portland
yesterday may be received with en
thusiasm in some portions of the state;
but not in Eastern Oregon. Mr.
Hermann for congress is a strong
candidate: but Hon. W. R. Ellis
would have been equally as acceptable.
We believe the Portland delegation
made a mistake when they placed the
name of Hon. D. P. Thompson at the
head of the state ticket. Mr. Thomp
son has been a yery good citizen, but
there are other requisites necessary
for the chief executive of the common
wealth than simply character. It is
true he has exhibited ability of a cer
tain kind in the accumulation of
money, starting in life as be did in a
blacksmith shop at Oregon City; bat
this should not be considered the
chief recommendation for official po
sition. It must be acknowledged that
Portland, in politics, the same as in
business, controls the state; but in
regard to this nomination Eastern
Oregon is almost wholly to blame.
The delegates, east of the Cascades
went to the convention deter
mined on having the state treasurer
from this portion of Oregon, and
nearly every county had one or more
candidates. This gave the Portland
ring an opportunity to accomplish its
desires, and the advantage was not
lost. The names of G. W. Mc-
Bride for secretary of state, P. Mets-
chan treasurer, E. B. McElroy super
intendent of public instruction, R. S.
Bean supreme judge and F. C. Baker,
state printer, are excellent and could
not be bettered. Each one of these
is peculiarly adapted to the position
for which he is named, and will carry
the full party strength in the state.
The joint representatives from this
and Sherman counties Hon. E. O.
McCoy and Mr. G. W. Johnston
are very popular men, and no doubt
will poll a large vote. Mr. McCoy
was a member of the last house from
this county, and made a good record,
and Mr. Johnston is a merchant at
Dufur, where he has lived for a num
ber of years. He is a yojng man of
most excellent character, and the
nomination was a well-merited recog
nition of his worth. The nomination
of Hon. W. il. Wilson tor prose
cuting attorney was expected, and the
convention in this regard voiced the
sentiments of the people of this dis
trict .
In looking over the ticket we can
but notice that Eastern Oregon is
almost completely ignored. Western
Oregon has every candidate except
one Mr. Metschan, of Grant county.
In the history of the state this portion
has been favored with only one sena
tor and two members of the lower
bouse in congress, while the Willam
ette valley baa had almost continuous
representation m . Washington City.
We do not know whether this same
policy will always continue, but pre
sume it will as loug as the party reins
are drawn tight, and voters bend
their backs to the lash.
THE PLATFORM.
The principles adopted by the Re
publican 6tate convention lately in
session in Portland are traditional of
the party, and, while platforms are
usually composed of empty utterances
which signify little or nothing, yet
when they follow the well-beaten
track of the history of the organization,
they become important as a truthful
exposition of the future intentions and
plans of party action. It is merely
reiterating the history of the past
quarter of a century to speak in glow
ing terms of the safe financial policy
adopted by the Republican party when
the heavy debt incurred by the civil
war threatened to oangrupt me na
tion. But not only on the financial
question, but on all others of interest
to the country the party has been
economical, patriotic and honest. The
Republicans of Oregon, could not do
less than enunciate these principles.
and the people at the ballot-box next
June will not fail to support them,
There is always more or less glitter in
all platforms, and this must be elim
inated before the pith and point can
be discerned. Ridding the instrument
of all glittering terms, and the plain
reading will find an endorsement in
the heart of every Republican. Safe
and economical administration of na
tional affairs, protection to American
industries, forfeiture of unearned land
grants and liberal appropriations for
public improvements have been the
distinguishing characteristics of the
party since its inception, and always
will be while it maintains its popu
larity with the American people. T
give a short and concise history of the
party for the past twenty-five years
will always make a good platform for
the future, and if the foreign growths
of bossism and machine rule could be
entirely eradicated from the parent
trunk, the organization would never
want followers or suffer defeat
The plank in favor of the Aus
tralian ballot system in the Republ
can platform adopted in Portland will
be endorsed by every patriotic Amer
ican citizeu. The purity of our in
stitutions is the greatest guaranty pf
their perpetuity, and the absolute
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freedom of the ballot should be care
fully watched. Politics should be
patriotism, and not a system of chi
canery and trickery to accomplish
personal ends. Our educational sys
tem is such that the elector has no
excuse for lack of intelligence, and if
he conscientiously exercises the priv
ilege of the elective franchise, the
voice of the people will be for the best
interests of the nation. The filth
which has accumulated in our political
system can be purified by a strict sur
veillance over the ballot-box, and we
do hope for the permanency of free
government that the Australian sys
tem will be adopted by every state of
the union.
The report is current that the end
of the railroad division will be re
moved to Umatilla on May 1st, and
this will cause the change of residence
of veiy many employes. The old O.
S. N. Co., or later O. R. & N. Co.,
have done very little for the develop
ment of Eastern Oregon, although
they have realized ten-fold on every
dollar invested. This city must de
pend on itself in the future for growth
and prosperity, and the quicker it
learns to walk alone and exercise its
own muscular strength for develop
ment the better. There can be no
excuse now for not putting on a line
of opposition boats, and a movement
in this direction should be made im
mediately. The Union Pacific is
transcontinental line, and cannot af
ford to let the fact become widespread
that a city of 5000 population, 200
miles in the interior, can control the
route to seaboard by the expenditure
of $30,000. We do not desire a con
flict with a great and wealthy corpo
ration; but the preservation of our
business interests demands action on
our part
The Democrats placed a full county
ticket in the field to-day, and the po
litical contest is now fairly inaugurated.
We know nothing against the charac
ter of any of the candidates, and if we
did should not consider the columns of
a newspaper the proper place to venti
late it Messrs. Gibons, Crossen, Cates
and Frozer are well kuown to our -citi
zens, and in some instances have filled
official positions before. While saying
this much for our opponents, we can
truly state that the names placed before
the people of Wasco last week by the
Republicans are citizens in every way
qualified for the positions named, and
a better ticket could mot have been
nominated.
The boat railway bill in the house
still sleeps, and we are fearful that
it will not be awakened during the
present session. Overcoming the ob
structions in the river above this point
is for the benefit of the whole north
west, and if there is a fair considera
tion for the interests of the people east
of the Cascades this measure will pass.
The petition to the Czar of Russia which
e publish in another column, has been
copied in nearly every paper in the United
State, and will receive the signature of
very many American citizens. Couobod in
friendly terms, and coming from a friendly
nation, it should have the desired effect of
impelling some effort at reform in the penal
system of the great empire.
The Boise BlaUtman talks in tbeToIIowing
very confident manner: "Among the certain
ties of the early future may be safely set
down the completion of the Oregon Pacific
railroad to this city. This is no myth, no
dream or idle boast. Ui course there may
be some doubts entertained as to what cor
poration will continue the construction of
the road and control it after it is completed;
bat if the Oregon Pacific has any real cause
of bninc or any rational future, these- can
only be made manifest and realised by fol
lowing oat the original plan, wbioh has never
been lost sight of or modified, of building to
Boise City.
TELEGRAPHIC.
HE SHOT AT A PRIEST.
Vahcoctkb, Washn April 15. The
town is greatly excited over a shooting
scrape which occurred about 4 o'clock
this afternoon, and came near being fatal
to more than one person. Dr. K. B.
O'Brien attempted to take the life of
Rev. F. A. Becker, president cf Holy
Angel's College, near his office on Main
street, near Fifth. O'Brien came here
trom California last winter wholly desti
tate, and applied to Father Becker for
support who, to assist him in getting on
bis feet engaged bun as professor of
chemistry at the college, and to make
him independent hired an office, put him
into decuot clothes and boarded bim, re -quiring
in return that O'Brien should at
tend any cases of sickness that might
occur at the college. O'Brien proved un
worthy of the kibdness bestowed. He
wag without ambition and inattentive to
hia duties professionally, and Iteing
wholly unable to manage the boys at the
college, Father Becker was obliged to let
lii in take his own coorce. Ho notified
O'Brien that he would no longer pay the
office rent and would return the furniture
rented for the office. O'Brien then
threatened the father with revenge, and
presented a bill ot $250 for professional
services, though this was fully offset by
board, lodging and other assistance given
him. He insisted on being paid. When
Father Becker came to see bim at the of
fice on Main street, being refused pay
ment be stripped for a fight and seeing
Father Becker avoid it and hasten down
stairs, pulled a revolver and fired, the ball
happily going through the crown of Rev.
Becker's bat. Father Becker, followed by
O'Brien in close pursuit, ran into Wagger
ner's book store, adjoining, where the sec
ond bullet came near bitting bim. He
rushed out on the steeet closely pursued
by O'Brien. The latter fired again, this
time bitting young Michael Win tier, a
militiaman working in the adjoining
store. The ball entered the scalp of the
forehead, grazing the skull and coming
out two inches furtner back. Dr. Staines,
who dressed the wound, apprehends no
serious danger. Men then rushed to the
scene and secured the would-be assassin,
who after the attempt to harm Father
Becker had failed, threw the murderous
weapon at him, but without touching
him. O'Brien was quicklv lodged in jail.
Partial insanity appears to be the only
accountable reason for bis action.
world's largest telescope.
Boston, April 15. An object-glass for
the forty-inch telescope to be mounted at
the university in Southern California, was
taken to Cambridge to day. It will be
the largest refractiug telescope ever con
structed. From its lofty position in San
Diego it will pierce further into the re
cesses of space than any instrument here
tofore designed by hand. The glass was
taken to the establishment of Clerk Bros ,
who will spend nearly two years upon it
before it will be ready for use. It came
from the establishment of Mantois, in
Pans.
It is the biggest piece of work of the
kind they have ever done, or which has
ever been done anywhere. It has a super
latively pure and beautiful circular plate
crown. The glass is 40 inches in diameter
or more than 10 feet in circumterence,
2 inches thick, and so clear that when
balanced upon its edge It is invisible. It
interposes no obstacle to the rays of light
which fall upon it, and tbey pass through
it absolutely unchanged. When com
pleted it will have an exact diamtter of
forty inches, with a maximum thickness
of about two inches. The curves of its
doable concave surfaces are not calculated.
Complimentary glass and the plates for
the convex lenses, which will be placed
about eight inches behind the object glass,
have not been cast. I he tube of the tel
escope will have a length of about sixty
feet, thus exceeding the Lick telescope in
length, as an object-glass, and also in
diameter.
HER HABTS ' IN FLAME.
Port Townsend, April 15. The steam
ship Michigan, from Portland, arrived
to-night and reported observing a two
masted schooner between Dungencss and
Smith's island afire. The jib sails were
set, and the vessel's masts enveloped in a
cloud ot smoke. A boat loaded with
people was observed leaving the schooner.
The steamer Sehome, for Victoria, had
passed the vessel and was .heading
away.
It is believed here that the vessel is a
schooner from the San Juan islands pre
sumably laden with lime. The Michigan
was several miles this side of the burning
yessel, and concluded that the Hetome bad
rendered assistance. Steamers arriving
up to 10 o'clock to-night report that no
burning vessel was in sight. She must
have burned and gone down.
CHARLESTON S GUNS HIT THE BULL 8 EYE.
Monterey, California, April 15. The
CAarUtton, at target practice to-day, with
a six-inch rifled cannon, at 1000 yards.
struck: the target ahree times. At 1500
yards she alto struck the target The
men drilled well. The ship made thir
teen knots an hour at bait steam from
San Francisco down. The torpedo guns
will oe tnea to-morrow.
A DRUNKEN SECTION MAN KILLED.
Walla Walla. April 15. Last night
at Wallula Patrick McKee, a section
man on the Hunt road, while crossing the
track, presumably in an inebriated condi
tion, fell, striking bis head and producing
unconsciousness. .Before be could be
rescued he was run over by an entire
train, catting off both legs below the
knees, from which injures he died at the
hospital here this morning. He never re
covered consciousness.
PALACE BURNED.
St. Petersburg, April 17. The im
perial palace at Oranienburg, tventy
miles west, has been burned by nihilists.
Seven servants were burned to death.
TRAGEDY IN LOW LIFE.
-rlACOMA. April 17. William Scott a
mulatto, was shot and killed a few min
utes before noon to-day by Mattie Scott,
bis mistress. The shooting occurred In a
room on the first floor of a bagnio kept
uy name Jones, liai u. street. Jealousy
was the cause. Scott who was familiarly
known as "Scotty," has been for several
months the piano- player at Cora Kirk's
bagnio, 1123 D street, next door to where
the shooting occurred. The woman, also
mulatto, was employed as chamber
maid in the establishment of Mamie
Jones. She and Scott claimed to have
been married. For several weeks tbey
have been quarreling almost continually.
STRANGE DEATH OF A SEATTLE BAKER.
Seattle, April 17. -Martin Voil. a
baker, died at police headquarters this
morning under circumstances that would
point to Tout play. Voil was found in
an alley early vesteiday morning in an
unconscious condition, with his body and
face badly bruised. He was taken to
police headquarters and given medical
attention, but ne did not regain con
sciousness, and finally died this morning.
Reports were circulated to-day that Voil
had been "doped" by members of the
Bakers' Union, with which organization
be bad bad trouble, but where the reports
originated "it is impossible to state.
Physicians are divided in their opinion
whether Voil fell and hurt himself while
drunk, or that the wounds were inflicted
by some assailant. The matter is being
luvesugaicu uy me ponce.
t .! ...a i . t i -
FctlUaa.
To Bit Imperial if "jet's, the Ctar cf all the
fiuuiat i
we wno petition vour Maiestv are
citizens of the United States of America.
We belong to a people who have lornr
oeen oounq oy me natural ties nt sym
pathy and gratitude to tbe great Russian
nation and to the Czars clothed with her
majesty, who wield ber power and shape
her destiny.
It is your ilKlestj's province to do for
itussia wnat we, in a certain sense, do for
ourselves; and though the methods of
governmental action are different, the aims
of good government aie tbe same: the
strength and true grandeur of tbe State
and the welfare and happiness of tbe
people.
For these things nations nre organized
and laws are decreed and executed : for
these things great Princes in tbe fear of
Ood exercise imperial sway, and Presidents
are appointed.
Diner though tbey may in outward form,
your government and our government are
brothers in their noblest duties.
Nor are our fraternal professions an
empty feeling; we remember, and we can
never forget bow the Czar, by his faith
In the stability of the American Union
and by the presence of Russian ships in
the harbor of New York, strengthened the
Republic when it was supposed, by less
far-sighted sovereigns and statesmen, to
be on the verge ot ruin. Our danger,
then, arose from au evil which your illus
trious father, Alexander II, by bis example
helped our illustrious President, Abraham
Lincoln, to remove: and the great Prince
who liberated the Russian serfs and the
great Citizen who freed the American
slaves, by kindred deeds of humanity,
linked their countries together by endur
ing ties.
Sharing, therefore, as tbe past lias
taught us te do, in the thoughts that
concern the glory and happiness ot our
people, wc have been moved to bring to
you, with good greetings, this petition:
That your Majesty will personally take
note of a widespread interest, among us.
in tbe workings and effects of the Siberian
exile system.
We do not forget the penal reforms
already accomplished in the Russian
empire. We are not blind to the mental
and physical sufferings that of necessity
are a part of any system of punishment
for crime against individuals, society, or
tbe State; nor are we unmindful ot tbe
need of reforms which are actively en
gaging the attention of philanthropists in
our own methods of dealing with convicts.
In this we are giving expression to tbe
feeling cf a friendly people, that in the
punishment of some of her subjects Russia,
whether from causes peculiar to her
people, or on account of ancient custom,
is not in harmony with the humanizing
sentiments of the age. It is our wish that
by tbe wisdom and power of the Czar and
and tbe favor of God, - Russia may grow
in tbe admiration and sympathy of the
American people and of tbe whole civil
ized world.
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
Tbe Republican party of Oregon in
state convention assembled, proud of its
record and past history, its devotion to
tbe principles of human liberty and
human right, its great and irr perishable
names which lend lustre and glory to the
American nation at home and among tbe
nations of tbe earth, and as an assurance
of its continued fidelity to tbe great prin
ciples for which it has contended in tbe
past in state and national affairs, does here
by make and affirm tbe following declar
ation oi its principles:
First That we favor honest, efficient
and economical administration of every
department of government, both state
and national.
Second Tbat we regard the free school
system of our state as tbe special care and
pride of tbe Republican party, to be
cherished as one of the bulwarks of tbe
liberities of the people.
Third That whereas the Republican
party had always contended for a pure
electoral system, in pursuance, of this
policy we favor tbe adoption of tbe
Australian ballot system, and we
pledge the Republican party to enact
aucb a law at tbe next session of the leg
islature, substantially upon tbe line and
of tbe character of the act as drafted by
tbe Ballot Reform league of Oregon.
Fourth That the Republicans of
Oregon send greetings and congratula
tions to their bretbern of Maine for hav
ing furnished Thomas R. Reed, an honest
and courageous statesman. who, as sneaker
of the house of representatives, has se
cured for tbe representatives of tbe peo
ple tbe right of tbe majority to govern,
and we denounce the fiction by which
Democratic members of congress attempt
to justify the technical defeat of tbe will
of the people and the majority of their
own body by refusing to vote, though in
fact present and in duty bound to do so.
PROTECTION UPHELD.
'Fifth That we rejoice in the fact tbat
in the last presidential election the Amer
ican people voted to sustain and uphold
the Republican doctrine of protection
which the Democratic party proposed to
destroy, .- end we are in favor of
the continuance of tbat system of pro
tection which has developed the manu
facturing and agricultural interests of our
country and protected American laboring
men from degrading competition with tbe
pauperized and poverty-stricken labor of
the Old World, and to this end
end we endorse tbe provisions of the bill
known as tbe McKinley tariff bill, now
pending before congress, and on behalf
of tbe wool growers and other industries
ot the Pacific Northwest we nrge upon
our representatives in congress to do all
In their power to secure tbe early passage
ot said bill.
Sixth Tbat recognizing the fact that
the United States is the greatest silver
producing country in the world, and tbat
both gold and silver were equally tbe
money of tbe constitution from the be
ginning of the republic until tbe hostile
legislation against silver, which unduly
contracted the circulating medium of tbe
country, and recognizing tbat tbe great
interests of tbe people demand more
money for use in tbe channels of trade
and commerce: therefore, we declare our-
selves in favor of tbe fiee and unlimited
coinage of silver, and denounce any at
tempt to discriminate against silver as
unwise and unjust.
PENSIONS FOB THE VETERANS.
Seventh Tbat tbe gratitude of the na
tion to the defenders of the Union cat.not
be measured by laws. Tbat tbe legisla
tion of congress should conform to the
pledges made by a loyal people, and be
o enlarged and extended as to pro v id
against tbe possibility tbat any man who
honorably wore the Federal uniform shall
Decome an inmate oi an almshouse or de
pendent noon private charity.
Eighth That we are in favor of a fair
and equal distribution of taxation, and
we believa that all Dronertv not now ex
empt by law should contribute its due
proportion in payment or. tbe legitimate
expenses of tbe government. That we
are in favor of the adoption of sucb
amendment to our assessment laws
will secure tbe equal and just assessment
and taxation of all property at its true
value.
Ninth Tbat we demand the imme
diate forfeiture by congress of tbe land
grant ef tbe Northern Pacific radroad
from Wallula to Portland.
Tenth That we are heartily in favor
of the passage through congress of the
bill providing for a boat railway at tbe
dalles of tbe Columbia river, which has
been passed in the senate by tbe efforts
of Senators Mitchell and Dolph ; tbat we
believe it to be tbe most practical plan
for the relief of the producers and for the
development of that vast territory of
country tributary to tbe great Columbia
nver.
Eleventh Tbat we favor tbe enact
ment of a law in tbe interest of tbe wage
earning classes in factories, mines, work
shops and public works, fixing eight
hours as a day's work, and we denounce
tbe convict labor system as unjust to tbe
honest labor of our state, and we believe
that all laws recognizing such system be
repealed ; tbat we are opposed to the
further immigration of Chinese laborers
to tbe United btates, and we demand
more stringent and effective measures for
carrying Into practical operation tbe
enactments ..of congress excluding tbe
Uhinese laborers irom American sou.
APPROPRIATIONS FOB IMPROVEMENTS.
'iweittb That we reiterate our ap
proval oi the policy or liberal appropria
tions tor internal improvements, es
pecially for our rivers and harbors; that
we favor the continuation of tbe policv
of using tbe public money for tbe public
welfare, believing tbat the improvement
ot our waterways will result in a mater
ial reduction of the rates of transporta
tion ; that we bold all corporations strict
ly responsible to their liabilities under
tbe law, and recognize tbe right of tbe
legislature to enact all reasonable limi
tations on cor poi ate power.
Thirteenth That we favor legislative
enactment by which there may be elected
or appointed a state inspector of weights
and measures, and also favor amend
ments to municipal charters which snail
require the appointment ef building and
sanitary inspectors in all cities of 10,000
or more inhabitant.
Fourteenth That we are In favor of aa
Children Cnrfor
early survey of nosurveyed public lands
in this state, tbat the same may be
claimed and occupied and tillers speedily
procured by bona fide settlers, under the
laws of the United States. We demand
liberal appropriations by congress to se
cure that end.
Fifteeath That while disclaiming tbe
right to interfere with tbe administra
tion of internal affairs of foreign nations,
we sincerely approve the efforts of Irish
and English statesmen to secure by peace
ful methods the American principle ol
borne rule far Ireland.
Sixteenth That we denounce all trustj
and combinations tbat hava lor their ob
ject tbe controlling of the market value
oi me necessities of life, and tlibt we ate
in favor of laws restraining and abolish
ing the same.
Harrison's administration indorsed.
Seventeenth That we congratulate tbe
country upon the success and tbe pros
perity that have marked tbe first year ol
President Harrison's administration ; that
we rejoice in tbe restoration of dignity,
vigor and statesmanship in the conduct
of foreign affairs, which have settled
grave international compilations upon a
basis which secures every American right,
and which, by friendly advances and hos
pitality, have strengthened the words of
sympathy and interest which join us t
tbe republics of the American continent,
paving the way to a policy of peace, ol
extended commerce, and of amity among
all the nations of tbe new world;
that we commend the present na
tional administration for applying tin
surplus funds to the payment of interest
paying bonds, as contracted with thi
Democratic policy of lending the surplut
to banks which retained their bonds and
collected interest thereon while using the
peupie s money, wnicn should have been
applied to the payment of said bonds.
NEW '-TO-OA. Y.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Laxd Omca at Thi Dallis. Oa.,
AnHl in i urn
Notice is hereby riren that the followMie named
settler has filed notice of bis intention to make
final proof in support ot his claim, and that said
proof will be made before the revintr and mmivm
of the U. S. land office at The Dalles, Or,, on June
A0, ACKV, VI.
John Byan,
Hd 1835 for the E NW aod SW lA NW XA Sec
He names the following;- witnesses to prove his
cuuuoudu renueDca upon ana cultivation or said
land, viz:
James Benson, Joel Q. Koonte, W. n. WJUains,
ueu. rattoraon, an or xne uaues, ur.
Anr person who desires to Drotest aratnst the & I
lowance of such proof, or who knows of any sub
stantial reason, under the law and the regrnlations of
the interior department, why men proof should not
be allowed, will be given an opportunity at the
above mentioned time and place to cross-examine the
witnesses of said clalmantAnd to offer evidence la re-
Dnttai of that submitted hy claimant.
apl9 JOHN W. LEWIS. Register.
County Treasurer's Notice.
A Lb COUNTY WARRANTS REGISTERED
XX. pnor to June 2, 1887 will be paid if presented
at my office.
Interest
from and after this
oate.
GEO. KUCH,
Treasurer Wasco Conntv.
The Dalles, April 18, 1890. aplw3t
ANNOUNCEMENT!
At THfi suggestion or many of tbk
voters of this eountv I berebv announue mv
wJuoroess and Intention to become an independent
euiaiaara lor tne omoe or vounty Clerk subject to
mw wwuee ui iu-j votera 01 ine county
pl8u&wtd JAMES II. HUNTINGTON.
F0TJTS & WILSON,
Dealers In
Wines, Liprs aid Cigars.
S10 AND 121 SECOND STREET.
"Med 1 Star
And other choice brands of Whisky.
Imported Wines
KEY WEST CIGARS.
' Also Wines and Beer, imported and domeeti.
d&w
AMERICAN MARKET.
T. 11. Hermans,
piALia 13
SALMON, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Fresh Salmon packed In lee for ihipfnent to any part
unitco outlet. aprz-osr
PRINCIPAL POINTS
EAST, WEST,
NORTH and SOUTK
AT
THE DALLES.
W. C. A1XAWAT. - Ticket AgeuU
LOCAL TIME TABLE,
UaUo Pavcine
Uajlway,
vlalM.
Pavrlfle m-
Binmouisn rami TBI balus.
"Express No. t leaves lMin,
Um.ted Fast Hail, No t, leaves 10:64 a. m.
"Freight No. ! leaves 1. 8:46 a, m.
- " a It-M p. m-
WESTBOUND FlOU Till UUU
"Express No. 1 leaves.. 4 p
United Fast Hall. No. S, leaves. t:40 a
Freiirht No. 27 leaves 8V a. m
zi iz:au p. m.
Main Line. Nos. 1 and I. 'The Overland Fiver.1
carry through Pullman Sleeper, Colonist ale per.
Free Chair Cars and Coaches, between Portland and
Denver, Omaha. Kansas City, fit. Louis, Su Paul or
Chicago.
Main Line. Nos. 9 and 4. "The Limited Fas
Mail," carry Pullman Dining and Sleeping Cars be
tween Portland ani cnieeiro.
fDailr.
NOTICE.
State Convention Union Party of Oretron. Oregon
City, Or., April 9th and 10th. (From stations in
Oretron.) U. JL. Muter, secretary, will sign oarun-
Paasenirers ravin? full (are g-oinr will be retained
at one-fifth fare on certificates siicaed by the Secre
tary of the meetuur.
UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY,
STEAMSHIPS.
Htus Fran el sr t Portland.
ATUI,, 1800,
To Portland Leaving Spear St. Wharf, Sao Franclseo,
at to A. M. a rouows:
State April 1
Oretron
Columbia 10
State " M
Oretron " 18
Columbia. it
State " M
Oregon "80
The company reserves the right to change steamers
or sailing days. ;:
OTNo freiirht will be xsosived on morning of sail-
ing. except Fruit and Vegetables, and these will not
be taken alter v a. m.
omen n saa rsjutenco.
General office. No. 10 Market street. Ticket
Offices. Nos. 1 and tH Montgomery street.
OOODALL, PERKINS 00, scents?
Fartlaasl te 8am aVraaelsca.
AFUL, 1800.
ToSaa rrandseo Leaving Steamahip Whan! tat
land, at 10 r. at., as louowe:
Columbia. AprJ
stau " T
Oregon f II
Columbia " IB
State " It
Oregon :. "
Columbia '. Iff
Baggage must be cheeked either at Ash street dar
ing the day, or by the V. O. V. T. Co. M us
checked baggags will be repaired on the steamers.
Ticket Office. First sad Oekstnete. Oeonre 3.
TavJor, Ticket Ageat.
O, S. MCJ.UUI, T. W. U&B.
Traffic Manager. Oca. Pass. Aft
RATES OF PASSAGE, (Including axs md berths
uaouu aio w BtearaBc, o u
Round Trip Unlimited, 9f 90
Pitcher's Castorla.
MTMets
SsQO jIi' TO ALTi
SMaauutoaaB
for Infanta
- "Ca4oTla, Is so wen adapted to chUdren that
I recommend it as superior to any prescription
evme." t A. ABCHxa. II n
1U 8o Oxford St, Brooklyn, n. Y.
THE DALLES LUMBERING CO.
dows, Mouldings, Fluted Casings and Rosettes, Turned Bannis
ters and Newel Posts, House Furnishings, Store Fronts, Office
Fittings, Counters and Shelving in the latest designs, Rough and
Dressed lumber of all grades, Cedar Shingles ami Fence Posts.
Special reduction to builders for the season of 1890.
Fish and Fruit Boxes and Packing Cases; Dry Fir, Pine, Oak
and Slab Wood. Cheapest in the city. Leave orders at office,
No. 67 Washington Street, Tackman's old stand. atf
oin ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation.' Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, its many excellent qualities
commend it to all. It is for sale in 0O0
and $1 bottles by all leading druggists.
Manufactured only by the
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
8AM FRANCISCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE. KY. MW YORK. H.K
BROKEN OUT !
Bow often do we see this on the faces
of children and, alas, of people who other
wise are healthy? What causes it? Bad
Blood. The thought is terrible; the
trouble is worse. No ordinary help can
remove it It requires something un
usual. Do not take cneap Barsapanuaa
or blood purifiers. You must have some
thing that has proven its power in both
Europe and America. General Wheat
croft Nelson, of London, says: "My
exnerience in the English army, as well
as in America, convinces me that nothing
so thoroughly purifies the blood, or adds
TO tne neaiin. vieor ana -me. aa
Arkor'n Kne-hsh Blood EHlir"
This grand Elbdr is sold by druggists
in all parts of America. It is a good,
pure, honest meaicwe,r zry to-aay.
. Imported English Shire Shll.'oa,
LORD HAH
Having; purchased tlx celebrated stallion, LORD I
hawke, be U1 mane tnc season at my larm on
Klgbt Nile crack, Wasco emroty, on Tbarsuays,
days and Saturdays, and at W. L. Ward s oa Mon
days, Tuesdays and Wednesdere.
Chujres lor the season, iAX
PEIMGnEE,
No. 142. LORD BAWKK (087). Brown, loeied
1SS3. Bred by air. Coward. Womeraler. Pontc-
traet, Yorkshire. Imported 1S88.
8ira, Kins; of tbe Valley (3174); be by Deronshlre
Laa(otK); no oy conqueror (arai; nc or ueruora
(1037); be by Honest Tom (102); be by Hertlord i
Dam by Waxwork (22SS); he by Waxwork (2272);
he by Black U1V
Grand uam by Honest Tom (1102V. be by Bnr.
land's Hero (768); he by Derbyshire Hero (&ttt); he by
VerDyahlrs (&80); be by Derbyshire inggDti sj.
Parties
visions; pastarain can be aeeominodated
at my farm or t
i or as want's larm lor reasonaoie cnanres.
The beet ot cars will be taken of animals, put no
resDonsiblHtr (or damaeos will be assumed.
LORD HAWKE won the 100 premium at Hexam
in March, 1888. The price paid lor LOUD HAWKK
w.e az,svu.
aprt-w A. J. StoHAXXT.
FOR SALE.
A farm known m the Harden nlaea, on the Col am-
bis. rirt thre miles east from Hosier station and
twelve miles west from Tbe Dslles, containing about I
300 acres au nnder leoce; nas two apple orcnaras in
full bear 1 07, from wrncn zuuu ooxes of apples nave
been gathered in one season. A young peach and
prune orchard came In bearing lart year; 00 peach
ptum trees plauted lt t-ll, with other peach, plum
and cherry trees eight and ten years old. There
are five never, failintr spiinci on the place, two of
which have a nearly perpendicular fail of 26J f-tet
and capable of tuinintr a who J of 4 -hoi se power
capacity. A large bouse, wiin veranoa. Having ten
rooms, wiin a luveiy new oi me uoiumbia river,
and thoroughly renovated lat year inside and out.
A frost-proof apple house of fOO-box capacity; lanre
and capacious barn with blacksmith and carpenter ,
shop, hen house, etc 800 feet of pipe conveys ,
water irom lite furinir to tne nouso. a em en n vmu
gallons per oayt ana iuuu (ee oc pips iaiu wr un
gating purposes. Terms, 42000 down; time on bal
ance to suit purcnaser. Jror terms, etc, aourjss
p. 6 8. HUbB ANUS, Moaier.
STRAYED.
One roan pacing pony, branded T on left hip. The
m 'as seea about threelnUes west of The
U1 W winter. A reward of V will be given to
any one delivering tbe pony at Hood s iIIQ
Sberar's Bridge. Or., April S, 1890. aprt-tf
J.O. MACK,
FRENCH'S BIVQCK.
Saoomd Stroet. . - Tne DaUes
EAST END SALOON.
Near the Old MUot Building, Second St,
Tbe Dalles, Or.
AIAya cm hamd h
Best Wines,
Liquors,
and Oigq-rs.
A Pleasant Evening Resort
Colombia Brewery and Imported lger Beet
Liquor Dealer
and Children.
Caatorta etmss OoHo, Oofjaxtpattoa,
Sour Stomach, DiarrfaOBa, Eructation.
Kills Worms, give sleep, aad prompts- d
I Without Injurious medicatioo.
Taa CnrrAua OoaPAMT, 77 Murray Street, N. T.
I gestioa.
Manufacture
Doors. Win
FOR SALE!
ALL COWS WARRANTED
Good Milkers.
INQUIRE OF
J. r. 3Xo,tloelr.
THREE KILE CREEK.
J.E LABSEN,
Dealer la all kinds ot
Hay, Grain and Feed,
At his old stand. Second street.
HAY AND GRAIN FOR SALE.
The highest Cash Prloe paU for Sheep pelts.
Mrs. C. L. Phillips.
Fashionable Milliner,
81 Third Street,
THE LATEST STYLES
OK
Bonnets. Trimmings, etc
L EORDEN & CO.
REMOVED TO-
VOGT BLOCK
Three doors west of the corner of
Second and Federal streets.
500 SAMPLES
IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC
I
FIRST-CLASS WORK
in . .
PERFECT FIT : GUARANTEED.
C. WYSS, Jrcrchant Tailor.
I Big G haagtvea anlmr
sal aatlsf action la tbo
eure of Gonorrhoea, and
UlMt. I presence 11 and
feel sals is recommend. -lac
It to all saflhrera.
A. 1. STORkK,
" Deeatar, III.
PBI0E.91.C9.
Bold by Dnicgiata, .
BNIPES K1KEB8LET, The Dalles.
THE OLD C8TABLUHFJ)
COLUMBIA BREWERY,
Second St., rt End,
AUGUST BUCHLER, PROP.
Has been netted throughout with the
LATEST IMPROVED MACHINERY
-And Is now I
nnfacturing
Best Keg and Bottled Beer
and Porter
la -Eastern Oregon.
Mr. Buchler always aims to adopt she latest brew
ing apparatus and will furnish his eustoniers bee
equal to any n h market: wtf
TO
HILL & CO.'S
SAMPLE ROOMS
Keepa oonstaatlr oa band tbetcbolcsat
Wines, Liquors, Cigars.
Corner of Union rod gieond 81.
Ths Dallas, Oregon.
WOOL EXCHANGE SALOON I
DAN. BAKER. Proprietor.
NEAR THE OLD MINT, SECOND 8T
THE DALLES, OR.
The Best of Wines, Liquors and Cigars
alwsyi ott band.
Fret) Lunch evry eTeaing.
CharleS F. Laupr,
Proprietor of too
Tfll alwajrs kcepoa sae
Puget Sound Fieb,
Chickens, Turkejp,
Alia, JWaUns, CenqJee, Tobacco
and Cfcrara,
Lean Tour orders, aa ther U1 receirs uomnt
tUntton. '
and Young Stock
EJ vrseelrkrje
F'VnMOaankilOs.