SATURDAY .
.MAY 18, 1895
" A PLAIN DUTY.
The convention of Republican clubs
in Portland, on the 22d inst, is an im
portant one, and the delegates have
a duty to perform which they cannot
shirk. At the meeting of the last leg
islature in Salem an effort was made to
wheel it into the free-silver phalanx,
but without success. The. effort to
elect s man in favor of the unlimited
coinage of silver completely failed, and,
although Mr. Dolph waa defeated by
. the perfidy of a few Republicans, the
man who was selected to succeed him
has sound and sensible views on the
question of finance. There are certain
newspapers in this state that are at
tempting to "boom" silver, and by
very possible means to warp public
sentiment in that direction. Their
. blatant editorials, filled with the worst
r kind of senseless . trash on the money
question, ' savors of the methods fol
lowed by mountebanks, charlatans and
the modern real estate "boomer," and
appeal almost exclusively to the emo
tions and not to the reasoning faculi
ties. The distress suffered during the
"past two years is used as an argument
- that a change is required in our mone
tary system, when the evils followed
directly the election of President
Cleveland on the free-trade platform,
and when the fact is well known that
there has been no deviation from the
single standard since 1873. These or
gans are attempting to influence the
Portland convention of Republicans to
support a free-silver resolution, and
thus place the party in Oregon in har
mony with Populism. But these silver
sided papers are not the mouth-pieces
of the organization, and some of them
are of a mushroom growth and will
wither and die in a short season.
On this question, the same as on
others of national importance, the
. Republican party has followed well-
established vrincioles, which have
been tested by long years of experi
ence, and during the operation, of
which the nation has enjoyed unexam
Died prosperity. A better system of
finance was never in operation in any
country. Silver money passes for its
face value, and the same is true of the
paper in circulation. If1 there ever
was a time when cheap money was ap
parently . a necessity was after the
great drain upon our resources at
' the close of the civil war, and
yet at such a time the finances
of the nation, managed by such able
and patriotic statesmen as Abraham
Lincoln, William EL Seward and John
- Sherman determined that the United
States should stand or fall on an hon
est money basis. Time has proved
the wisdom of their decision, and no
confusion has ever resulted under the
present system in commercial trans-
- actions. The country does not need
more money or cheaper money; but a
greater confidence in the stability and
soundness of the currency. If this
blatant demagogiem about free silver
were to cease money would creep out.
of its hiding places, and if the policy
of the nation were restored to the old
protective basis, capital would again
be invested in industrial enterprises.
But this cannot be expected while
these howling dervishes for the white
metal are alarming the people and
attempting to wreck the solid foun
dation of our financial fabric. Confi
dence is the pivot upon which all
branches of business rest, and this
must be re-established before prosper
ity will dawn upon the country.
During the repudiation mania, after
the war, the Republican party stood
solid in favor of redeeming the - na
tional promises in the honest money
of the world, and saved the country
from the vortex of wreck and ruin.
"Again during the greenback "craze'
it planted itself firmly on a sound
financial policy, and the clouds rolled
by without deluging the land with a
depreciated currency. And now- its
duty is plain regarding this latest
phase of political emotional insanity.
It must be true to the traditions of the
party, which have placed the finances
of the United States on the most solid
basis, and its ears must be deaf to the
song of the syrens, sing they ever so
sweetly. In this connection the Port
land convention must be faithful to the
party it represents, and the Republi
cans of Oregon must remain steadfast
to the principles of the monetary sys
tem advocated by Lincoln, Seward and
Sherman.
ARMENIAN OUTRAGES.
The commission which has been i a
vestigatingthe Turkish atrocities in
Armenia has seen sufficient evidence
of the outrages committed to verify
the most horrifying accounts that were
published in the American and British
press. : Pits were found in which the
victims of Turkish ferocity had been
thrown, and attempts had been made
to consume the bodies by pouring
petroleum on them; but the evidence
could not be obilite rated, and . was
r -i ja: r t- 1 J. - . i i a
elapsed. The policy that Turkey has
pursued toward her Christian subjects
for long years has been revolting to
modern civilization, and every invest!
gation made has. only added to the
knowledge of Turkish cruelties. If
Russia had been permitted she would
have punished the Moslems for their
atrocities long ago; but her ulterior
object would have been the acquisition
of territory and an outlet on the Med'
iterranean. Europe would not permit
this, and the public has been pacified
by treaties, in which the unspeakable
Turk has promised all sorts of reforma
tions., Nearly in every instance these
have been violated by the Ottoman
empire, and it does seem that the
Christian sentiment of the world, after
the recent outrages in Armenia, will no
longer be satisfied by Moslem promises.
J or a long time TurKey nas been con
sidered the "sick man of Europe," and
only permitted to exist because each
of the great nations was jealous that
the other would acquire a larger slice
of the map of the world than was con
sistent with that vague diplomatic
limit known as the"balance of power.
Mr. Gladstone, when the Bulgarian
massacres occured, before the Russo-
Turkish ' war was inaugurated,
proclaimed in parliament that the
unspeakable Turk .should not be per
mitted to retain any possessionsMn
Europe while it followed the cruel pol
icy towards Christians; but the Berlin
treaty, after that war, soothed and
quieted the public conscience, and Tur
key was permitted to remain as a pro
vince of Europe, because it was clear
that if absorption took place Russia
would , receive tha greater benefit
thereby. After the recent atrocietiea
became known, Mr. Gladstone spoke in
as strong language as he did on the
Bulgarian occasion, but the same con
ditions politically exist as formerly, i
and nothing will be" done to protect
Armenia other than another opportu
nity given Turkey to exhibit its well
known Punic faith regarding national
promises. -
THE MANIA SUBSIDING. '
The excitement about the unlimited
coinage of silver is rapidly dying down,
and very likely .by the time the cam
paign opens next year it," with other
wild notions, will be confined to the
Populist organization. It was first
caused by the silver mine owners in
the different states, who attempted . in
this manner to create an artificial mar
ket for their bullion at a higher price
than was prevailing in other countries,
and by means of a "boom" to direct
public jopfjiion in a direction that
would largely increase the value of
their mining property. Subservient
congressmen introduced bills into the
national legislature for this purpose;
but the cool judgment of the leaders
of both parties immediately descerned
the fallacy of the measures, and they met
a deserved defeat. Then a campaign
was begun among the masses, and they
were told by demagogues that all the
ills they had suffered could be traced to
the demonitizatiop of silver in 1873,
which was as false as false could be.
The people became excited for a while,
and free-silver clubs were formed all
over the land; but the enthusiasm is
cooling, and men are consulting their
judgment in the matter. This return
to reason is noticable in every part of
the union, and especially in the south.
The question is a local issue in Nevada,
Idaho, and Montana, and is popular
simjjly because silver is the largest ex
port in these states. Those who advo
cated the unlimited coinage do so on
the same principle that any community
supports its ov n local interests; and
they never give a thought to the conse
quences of making it a national policy.
In the south there has been almost a
complete reaction in favor of honest
bimetallism on the gold standard, and
the silver fallacy has only a meagre
following. The press of that portion
of the country use very plain language
in discussing the question, and the fol
lowing excerpt is from that staunch
old Democratic journal, the Louisville
Courier-Journal, Henry Watterson's
paper: -,
"Nobody in the United States is pro
posing to demonetize silver. Nearly
half our coin is silver, and the constant
aim of the United States has been not
to demonetize it, but to keep it as good
as our gold coin and better, as it has
kept it, than the silver- of any free
silver country on earth."
"There is no 'doubt that the Courier
ffournal has been the leading Dem
ocratic paper in Kentucky, Ten
nessee and other southern states for
over thirty years, and when it voices
its sentiments against the silver mania
it will have a large number of follow
ers. Then from Georgia comes words
of no uncertain meaning, as the follow
ing from the Savannah News:
"In 1873 there were no silver dollars
in circulation. At present there are
over six hundred millions of them and
silver certificates, and they, circulate
on a parity with gold dollars. Doesn't
this look as if silver had been given a
pretty fair showing?" - .........
This . shows the trend of public
opinion in the south, and in the north,
outside of a few silver-producing
states, there has never been any pre
ponderating popular sentiment in
favor of the depreciated metal. The
United States could not have a better
coinage system than the one now pre
vailing, and men who have studied
this subject north and south, east 'and
west, know that any change would re
suit disastrously. Democrats and Re
publicans have the welfare .--of the
country at heart, although they advo
cate different policies, and the leading
men of both organizations will not
countenance the departure from safe
and tried systems of finance.
But the free silver sun has passed
the zenith and is rapidly declining;
and in a little while this craze will
be numbered with others that have
excited the people for a time. Soon
after the financial criois in 1873 there
was a demand for more greenbacks;
but business soon revived, .and the
party that advocated an increase in
ine paper currency went down to a
dishonored grave. After the election
in 1892 a general depression in trade
took place, and desperate men looked
around for any remedy. The free-
silver craze sprang into existence, ran
its course for a time, and now is rap
idly sinking into a condition where it
will remain.
MORE FAVORITE SONS.
According to reports from the dif
ferent states which have, ambitious
sons, the number of entries on the Re
publican side for the presidential race
is likely to be full as large as appeared
in - any national convention within
the memory of the present generation,
sayS the St. Louis Globe Democrat.
Uutil a few months ago Reed, McKin
ley and Harrison were the only men
mentioned in connection with the
candidacy. Allison was then added to
the list, and subsequently Morton's
name was put on. Within the past
week or two stories have appeared
that Pennsylvania is going to press-.
Hastings, her governor, on the con
vention, while Minnesota will appeal
for votes for. her popular citizen, Sen
ator Davis, Wisconsin will Burport ex
Senator Spooner, and Illinois' dele
gation will vote for Cullom.
This would be about as large a list
of aspirants as appeared in 1876 or any
presidential year since. In the three
proceeding years 1864,. 1868 and 1872
only one man was conspiciously men
tioned for the candidacy, but in 1876
five men Blaine, Morton, Bristow,
Conkling and Hayes, taking them in
their order of strength on the first
ballot were prominent contestants,
while Pennsylvania supported Hart
ranf t, and Jewell received a few votes.
In 1880 there were, at the outset, three
conspicuous aspirants Grant, Blaine
and Sherman while Edmunds, Wash
burn and Windon also had supporters.
Garfield, who won the prize, did not
seem to be in the contest at all until
near the end. The race of 1884 had as
large a field of big men Blaine,
Arthur, Edmnds, Logan and Sher
man as appeared in 1876, and Hawley
and Lincoln also received votes. In
the convention of 1888 Sherman,
Gresham, Depew, Alger, Harrison,
Allison and half a dozen others receiv
ed votes, but the contest in 1892 was
between Harrison, Blaine and Mc
Kinley. These two circumstances the chance
that there will be a deadlock between
Reed, McKinley and Harrison, and the
strong probability that the candidate,
whoever he turns out to be, will be
elected can be relied on to bring a
large number of aspirants to the front
in 1896. In this contest no man will
be so far above his fellows as to dis
courage all rivalry. When three or
four men divide up a convention for a
few ballots without a chance for any of
them to dominate it, somebody else
not mentioned in connection with the
candidacy hitherto must be brought
forward. In this way Polk,Pierce and
Garfield carried off the prize for which
bigger men, beating each other, con
tended. Herein lies the encourage
ment for the local favorite sons and
the obscurer aspirants. Learning the
choice made by ' the Democratic con
ventions of 1844 and 1852, and by the
Republican convention of 1880, they
see that, in politics as in other fields,
the race is not always to the swift.
WHAT N&KTl
POLITICIANS.
Some politicians of the mostdespical
kind imagine that a free silver wave
will sweep over the country at the
next election, and that they will be
fortunate enough to ride into office on
the crest. This will be a vain hope for
those who may entertain such a no
tion, and after the votes are counted
they will be doomed to chew the bitter
cud of disappointment. . The two lead
ing parties will not change their posi
tion on the great issues upon which
they have heretofore fought . their
political battles in this county. It is
probable that the Populists will make
the backbone of their platform the
unlimited coinage of the white metal,
and may gain a few votes thereby; but
the free-silver mania has nearly ran
its time, and when November, 1896,
arrives it will have subsided. .. These
crazes have the effect of attracting the
weak-kneed of both organizations:'
but they have little influence with
those who follow party lines because of
the principles advocated. If any Ore
gon politicians are preparing to ride
the silver-crested wave they should ab
solve themselves from their old party
affliations and immediately join the
third one, for .neither of the old organ
izations will change their platforms on
monetary matters. The traditions of
the Republicans will not admit of it.
and the Democracy has tried the
scheme and failed to secure the neces
sary support in congress to make it
successful in the passage of a law.
These chronic politicians who are al
ways feeling the popular pulse to ascer
tain in what 'direction there is proba
ble success are parasites, and all honest
men should be suspicious of any course
they may adopt. They are Democrats
or Republicans only for office or reve
nue, and would join the silverites for
the same reason.
Judge Goff, of the United States
court, has enjoined the governor and
the election commissioners of South
Carolina from; calling the, projected
constitutional convention, . says : an
eastern exchange. The convention
was designed for the purpose of devis
ing measures whereby the colored vot
ers of the state could be more thor
oughly disfranchised than they are and
have been. But of this unaccom
plished intent the court could take . no
notice. The restraining order goes
upon the ground that the vote expres
sive of a demand for a convention was
cast in a manner contrary to the "pro
visions of the constitution' of the
United States, and as it was cast in
form and manner like to those which
have governed all recent elections for
congressmen and presidential electors,
it follows that the present congres
sional delegation from South Carolina
is illegally seated, and that the elec
tion of Cleveland was illegal, in so far
as it was accomplished by the vote of
South Carolina. These, however, are
but logical deductions, of which con
gress may take note at its next session.
The point now immediately of interest
is: What will the state authorities do
in regard to Judge Goff's restraining
order?
If they set it at naught, as they boast
that they will, it will be the duty of j
the judge to direct the United States
marshal to arrest them, and, if they
successfully resist the marshal, the
president may be asked to re-enforce
him. But it hardly is likely that the
officials of the state will provoke na
tional interference by resistance., It
is more, likely that they will submit to
arrest, give bail for appearance, and
trust to the kindly action of a friendly
jury. This will bring the matter be
fore congress if, as surely will be the
Jase, contest be made of the validity
if elections held in a form that a fed
apal judge has declared to be unconsti
utional. A more-serious complication
may arise if the next president shall
be elected by a majority so narrow as
to make the vote of South Carolina the
determining factor. It is a serious
question that arises as to what shall
be done when an unconstitutional
body of delegates from South Carolina
claims a place in the national college
of electors.
bigger bolt occurred in 1860, which beatl
the party in that election and in many
succeeding ones, but this did not end
the party's career.
Still, the situation for the Democ
racy is rather serious. If the silver
crusade be persisted in there will be
two Democratic tickets in the next
canvass, or else, what will hit the party
just as hard, most of the opponents of
that policy will join the Republicans.
Unless the silver faction makos an ab
ject surrender in the convention of
1896,that will be the most halycbn and
vociferous gathering which any party
has had since- . the Charleston
assemblage of 1860. It is true
men will not get so excited over ma
terial issues as they do over moral
issues, but the silver Democrats think
that their crusade- has one or two
moral aspects. It is designed to cor
rect the "crime of 1873," and at the
same time to overthrow the "money
power" and bring honesty and chivalry
back into politics.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
TELEQRAPHIC.
tBX ICE KING'S BREATH.
Arctlo Zephyrs Still Sweeps the Middle
Weit.
St. Louis, May 14. The signal office
reports a killing frost at Springfield,
111., and vicinity last night and a light
frost in this vicinity and throughout
Missouri, extending up into Iowa. It
is not thought serious damage to crops
resulted, except in the lowlands. A
dispatch received by the Missouri
state board of agriculture reports some
damage to crops by frost Saturday and
Sunday nights in the northwest and
north central sections of the state.
Beans and potatoes suffered particularly.
A May frost has damaged the grape
crop in the middle and western states;
but so far the Pacihc coast nas es
caped, as it usually does, these
phemonenal occurrences.
A British groom out of a job adver
tises in Philadelphia to teach the
"true English accent. " The people
are getting more of this than they
want from the White House and state
department.
At the athletic games today between
the Californias and Princetons at
the Princeton college grounds the
former won 61 points to the latter's 51,
and in the hurdle races won three out
of the six. This is good news for the
Pacific coast, as our boys are generally
successful in a fair competition with
those from the east.
The Japanese have felt the thrill of
victory through their veins, and are
not willing to give up auietly to the
concessions of the emperor. Of course
the people are slavishly loyal to their
ruler, and will eventually obey the
behests of the government; but they
will make considerable noise before
they succumb.
There is an urgent necessity for
good roads to and from this -city, and
the new grade on the Current creek
hill is a move in the right direction.
The people of every portion of the
county have a right to demand aid in
making feasible routes to market, and
the Current creek one is the only
road available to the cattle and sheep
men in the vicinity of Antelope.
. President Harrison paid off $296,-
000,000 of the public debt and turned'
over to Mr. Cleveland's administration
$124,000,000 surplus. There was not a
moment from the inauguration of Mr.
Harrison to the second inauguration
of Mr. Cleveland, Governor McKinley
says, in which we did not collect for
every day of every year sufficient rev
enues to pay every demand and obliga
tion of the government.
The news from Cuba is very conflict
ing, and from revolutionary sources it
is confidentally stated that the patriots
are constantly gaining ground, while
Spanish accounts say the island is
quiet, and the rebellion subdued.' To
arrive at a correct conclusion of the
situation it will -be necessary to ana
lyze the reports carefully and eliminate
the prejudices which will be naturally
injected into " them by interested
parties. -
Two apostles of free silver, General
Warner and Hon. Joseph C. Sibley,
are visiting the northwest, and are
electrifying audiences with their talks
on the benefits to bederived by the
unlimited coinage of 'the white metal.
If these gentlemen are not successful
in making- Populism popular General
Coxey should be brought here from
Ohio, and then the trio would be in
vincible. The New York World says that Sen
ator Allison has sent a representative
to Albany to urge Governor Morton to
enter the race for the presidency and
save the Empire State from Tom Reed.
There is probably as much truth in
this report as in this about Tom Piatt
holding a conference with Governor
McKinley's friend in Washington.
Senator Allison would much rather
have a united west back of him than
the Empire State. But he has shown
no inclination to run presidential
booms for eastern candidates, either
in New York or in Maine.
The convention at Salem of the socie
ties of "Christian Endeavor" will have
a stimulating effect upon the delegates.
They will return to their homes with
fresh courage in the battle against im-
8now Screen Inches Deep.
Chicago, May 14. A heavy frost
occurred this morning in Wisconsin,
Michigan, Illinois, Indiana and east
ern Minnesota, with seven inches of
snow in the central and northern part
of lower Michigan. The temperature
is 5 to 10 deg. lower this morning in
lower Michigan, the Ohio valley, Ten
nessee and Missouri.
Freezing Weather Predicted.
PlTTSBUKG, Pa., May 14. The weath
er here is cold and cloudy, with light
dashes of rain. The lowest tempera
ture reached was 39 deg., but freezing
weather is predicted by the weather
bureau tonight. The damage to fruit
and vegetables will be great.
Thick Ice Formed.
Galesbueg, 111., May 14. Every
thing was frozen stiff last night. Ice
a quarter of an inch was formed. The
grape and strawberry crop was killed.
It is feared fruit of all kinds is badly
injured. Corn was cut down.
Even the Gronnd is Frozen.
Oshkosh, Wis., May 14. There was
another heavy frost last night, and the
distruction of gardens, fruit and early
grain is almost complete. The ground
is frozen to a depth of nearly two
inches.
Snow in North Carolina.
Asheville, N. C, May 14. Snow
can plainly be seen for a distance of
several miles on the mountains in this
vicinity. Very little damage has been
done to vegetables in the valley.
Snow Still Falling.
Wapakoneta, O., May 14. It has
been snowing here all morning. The
thermometer registered 20 deg. The
damage to fruits and crops cannot be
estimated.
Cold In Mew Jersey.
Elizabethtown, N. J., May 14.
The mercury fell to 20 deg. at 5 A. M.
today. Fruits are blasted and foliage
is dropping. The ground is frozen
hard.
More Damage Last Night.
Whitehall, N. Y., May 14. There
was .a heavy frost throughout the
Champlain valley last night, doing
considerable damage to fruit, trees
and crops. .
Gardens Totally Destroyed.
Moweaqua, 111., May 14. Heavy
frost last night totally destroyed the
fruit and berry crop in this section.
Gardens are blackened to the grour.d.
Enormous Damage at Peoria.
PEORI4, 111., May 14. A very heavy
frost in this section last night did
enormous damage. - Grapes and veg
etables are all gone.
PEACE PIPE BROKEN.
Indians la Arizona on the Warpath .
Wilcox, Ariz., May 14. Sunday a
courier came in. stating that 12 armed
Indians were seen prowling around the
hills in the vicinity of Buckhorn basin,
where the mines are being worked,
Saturday last. The miners at once
left their claims after being notified,
and have congregated together for
protection to themselves and the few
scattered families. This locality is
near Fort Bowie, and some 20 miles
east of Wilcox. This morning respon
sible v reports from Graham county
state a band of 15 heavily armed In
dians were seen last evening at sun
down seven miles south of Clifton
rounding up the horses of citizens.
Much alarm is felt. Today a body of
citizens take up the trail. This morn
ing one troop of cavalry left Fort
Bayard, N. M., for the scene, but long
marches are necessary to reach the
place of reported danger. The citizens
are feeling very insecure. The Indians
are reported in distress from insuffi
cient rations, and trouble is predicted,
with no adequate military protection.
The only available troops which can
quickly reach the locality are at Fort
Grant, and under orders to move in-
BiiA tf a nroalr Ansa a nil a au-k wxnnAmit
t'r "" The abandonment of Fort Bowie
and Sunday school .work. But the
world was never revolutionized by
theorizing or preaching. It takes
practical examples to make men. better,
and a good man's life is worth more
than all the pamphlets and sermons
that were ever published by printing
presses or delivered from pulpits.
Justice Jackson has given his opinion
on the income tax cases and returned
to his home in the south. With his
vote the count stood 5 in favor of the
constitutionality of the law against 4
to :he contrary. This will make the
measure valid, and the tax collectors t
can proceed with their business and
replenish the treasury as quickly as
leaves the whole southern country open
to their ravages, and it would not sur
prise those who keep watch of the In
dians to see the present trouble from
the numerous small bands now off the
reservation, bent on rapine and
murder, end in a general outbreak.
"WENT OYER AN EMBANKMENT.'
A Passenger Train In Missouri - Fell
Twenty Feet.
St. Louis, May 14. A special from
Salix, Mo., to the Post-D&pateh, says
that at 8 a. M. the southbound passen
ger train on the St. Louis & Hannibal
railway was derailed by a broken rail,
two miles from here, and thrown from
a zo-loot embankment. The entire
THE DEMOCRACY.
The chivalry of old Spain must rec
ognize that of young -Cuba as it ap
pears in the manifesto of the Cuban
Revolutionary Committee: "The Cu
ban : salutes in death the Spaniard
whom the. conscription has torn from
his home that he may slay in other
souls the freedom to which he himself
aspires. But rather than salute him
at death, the revolution would like to
welcome him in life. In the bosom of
the son of the Antilles there is no
hatred. Steel will answer to steel, or
friendship to friendship."
Apparently the historic old Democ
racy is on the eve of another "cricis,"
says the Globe-Democrat. One faction
of the party, and that seemingly the
most numerous faction, declares that
it will carry a free silver resolution
through the national convention next
year and commit the party to that
policy, while the opposing faction,
which is less noisy, but is just as earn
est, appears determined to resist that
policy by all the resources at its com
mand, even if that resistance obliges
it to support the Republican ticket.
At least a few 'representative men of
the latter faction have made threats of
this sort, and there is no doubt at all
that many, if not the majority, of its
voters would take this course. More
over, this particular faction contains
the bulk of the brains and character of
the party.
The outlook, at present, is a little
gloomy for the Democracy, but the
man who is acquainted with the
party's history will not be in any hurry
to'write its obituary. In 1817-25 the
Democracy was on the point of disin
tegration because, like Alexander, it
had conquered all the enemies it had
met and no others were in sight. It
did, indeed, split in the latter part of
this period, and in fighting the seced
ing section it got enough excercise to
put it in good physical condition again.
On the nullification and United States
Bank deposits question in the early
'30s" there ' were many Democratic,
bolters, who went over to the Whigs,
but the unholy alliance hurt the Whigs
rather than helped them. A much
nosaihle for it oaAiv nmlii rnnro 1 r'uuu cuiuuk.iiicuu. j.uv enure
PJr' Tl??;?le track 'or a distance of 100 feet was torn
money. The Democratic administra
tion has been saved by a majority of
one; but the act wilt always remain in
the minds of the public as one of
doubtful expediency.
Next Tuesday is the time fixed for
the Smith law, regulating traffic be
tween this city and Celilo, to go into
effect, and an effort will be made to
enforce its provisions. This law pro
vides that goods and produce shall be
transported over the portage at a pro
rata charge, thus giving farmers and
shippers east of this point the advan
tages of cheap water transportation to
seaboard. The railroad claims if the
Oregon legislature has the power to
regulate prices betwean these two
points it may at other places, and it
virtually turns the railroad property
over to the state. This question will
undoubtedly go to the courts, and will
be a hard fought case.
The decision in the railroad commis
sioners case has-been rendered in favor
of the members holding their offices
until their successors are elected and
qualified, and, so far, this settles the
status of those useless salary-drawers
created by the legislature. It mav be
appealed to the supreme court; but this
is not at all nicely. .Both parties last
June were pledged, to the abolition of
these commissions, and the Republi
cans, by reason of the contest on the
senatorial question, did nothing. Un
der this decision it will make no dif
ference to them if the next legislature
are as inactive as the last one was.
They are all right, and they will draw
their salaries with the same equanimity
of temper as if they were elected by the
people, and had the most onerous du
ties to perform.
The next international question that
may interest the United States is the
boundary dispute betweem Great
Britain and Venzuela, and the secre
tary of state has made a thorough
study of the subject. It is a dispute
mat nas continued between the two
countries for a long time, and if the re
port is true Great Britian has continu
ously purloined territory from the little
republic, and is now attempting
to attacn 10 uritisn uuiana tne richest
portion of the country. It is a proper
matter for arbitration, and the good
offices of this country should be used
to protect the little state from any un
just appropriation of land by Great
Britain. There should be no jingo
policy pursued; but our state depart
ment should say what it means and
have everything in readiness to enforce
ate demand 1
up, some of the rails being thrown off
the right-of-way. Very few passengers
escaped injury.
The Boiler Exploded.
Detroit, May 14. A boiler explod
ed on the steamer Unique, in Lake St.
Clare, at 5:20 last evening, nine miles
from Belle Isle. George Robinson
the engineer, who was setting on the
port rail, was thrown overboard and
drowned. Anthony Case, a coalpasser,
was Killed outrignt, ana John Plant,
fireman, was frightfully burned. There
were about 40 passengers, who rushed
for the lifepreservers, but they quickly
became reassured, xne unique lay on
iaKe at. jiare anui z this morning
wnen a tug look ner in tow ana reach'
ed Detroit at J this morning.
15 miles from here, seven men were
killed. Their names are Claud English,
James Mowers, Eugene Merrick, Ly
man Perry, Charles Grover, Caleb Con
verse, Albert DeGrayey. Dell Gredley
will not survive.
FOUND IN HONOLULU.
Important Papers Bearing on the Ven
ezuela Trouble.
Washington, May 15. According
to advices received here important
British documents have been found at
Honolulu as to the pending British
Venezuela boundary question, in which
the United States has urged arbitra
tion as a means of settlement.
Assistant Surveyor-General Curtis
J. Lyons, of Hawaii, has examined
them and has made a map accompanied
by a statement which, it is said, sup
ports the Venezuelan contention, even
on evidence thus far presented by the
British.
The records brought to public atten
tion by Mr. Lyons were furnished
Hawaii by the British foreign office
when Hawaii was a monarchy, largely
under British control. They are on
file in the surveyor's office at Hono
lulu. Lyon was led to make an inves
tigation by the publication last month
of the British map of Guiana territory.
On comparing this with the map fur
nished by the foreign office 20 years
ago. he found the boundary line en
tirely changed. The first map gave
the line as Venezuela claims it should
be. The last map shifts the line far to
the westward, and includes as British
territory about 10.000 square miles
which the first map showed to be
clearly Venezuelan territory.
The old map was made by the Royal
Geographical Society, of England, and
thereafter given official approval and
sent out by the foreign office. It is
therefore considered of scientific as
well as of official value. Mr. Lyons
says: "The area thus taken in, as
shown on these maps themselves,
is 10,000 square miles or more, larger
than the area of either Massachusetts
or Vermont. What Venezuelans are
claiming we have not the means of
knowing, but it is very natural they
should claim at least that British Gui
ana should adhere to the original map.
ENGLAND TO HAW AIL
Rlckard and Walker Claimed as British
Subjects.
San Francisco, May 15. The
steamer Australia from Honolulu
brings the following advices dated
May 8: Though England is generally
reported as avoiding the question of
citizenship involved in the resent claims
for British protection by rebels in the
recent uprising, Earl Kimberly has
sent a deoison to the British commis
sioner : in the cases of Rickard and
Walker, both convicted of . treason.
The decison regards Rickard and
Walker as citizens of Great Britian,
and subject to the protection of that
country. This decision is interesting,
on account of a letter received from
Secretary Gresham, indicating a policy
directly opposed to that of Great
Britain. Rickard and Walker were
both naturalized Hawaiian citizens.
They swore they merely took oath of
allegiance, but their applications for
naturalization are on file in the
interior office. Earl Kimberly's de
cision was made without seeking evi
dence. While the dispatch of Kim
berly simply states that Rickard and
Walker must be protected as British
subjects, it makes no indication of fur
ther steps. The Hawaiian govern
ment will not admit that these men are
British subjects, and will accept the
consequences. It is willing to leave
the matter to arbitration as a final
resort, but will not yield in "any other :
way.
Minister Hatch has handed Minis- !
ter Willis his answer regarding Minsl- :
ter Thurston's recall, denying the ;
charges made against Thurston, whose .
s u. - .,-...)..
IS UpUWU ill OYCl J. pm UiViUlW .
Thurston will not return to Washing
ton, but his successor is unnamed. .
The government has - chartered a
steamer to patrol Hawaiian waters to
prevent the landing of arms for the
revolutionists.
TELEGRAPHIC.
THE CHEHALIS TRAGEDY.
A History of Wrong-Doing Back of tha
Crimes.
Chehalis, Wash.. May 15. It now
transpires there was a history behind
the tragedy at Centralia yesterday.
The name of the man who was killed was
Joe Cope. The woman was the wife
of M. E. Jones, of Hart's location, or
Glen station, N. H. Nine years ago
Cope was employed there as a nurse.
Jones was a wealthy lumberman. Cope
and the woman ran away, taking her
daughter, Kittie, now in the state re
form school. They lived together four
years at Winlock and three at Cen
tralia. Cope treated the woman bru
tally. She went on the streets and
finally went to Tacoma a year ago.
On her person last night was found a
note to the girl saying she. was home
less, penniless and friendless, and that
there was nothing left but to kill Cope,
who had ruined her life, and then her
self. Monday night she waited at the
door of the theater with a loaded re
volver, intending to kill him when he
came out, but her purpose was dis
covered, and she was prevented.
Judge
NO VACANCY EXISTS.
Hewitt Favors Railroad
mlssioners.
Com-
CENTRALIA TRAGEDY.
Logger Robinson Killed by a Woman
While Both Were Intoxicated.
Centralia, Wash., May 14. About
4 o'clock this afternoon a woman who
has been living with John Robinson
as his wife shot him, causing instant
death, and then shot herself. - The
tragedy took place near the top of
Seminary hill, just on the edge of the
city. Just what led to the shooting is
not positively known. Both parties
had been drinking for several days,
and this morning were seen, about 10
o clock, to ascend the mil toe-ether.
They were so much under the influence
of liquor that it was difficult for them
to climb the hill, which is quite steep,
ana they stopped several times to rest
on the way. They were up there from
morning till the time of the shooting.
They had been living in Centralia
about two years, but three or four
months ago the woman went-to Taco
ma, ana only returned a lew daysr ago.
Schnlze's Defalcations.
Tacoma, May 14. Facts have come
to lie-tit which indicate that the
late Paul Schulze's - defalcations
amount to nearly or ouite half a mil.
lion dollars, making his total embez
zlement the largest known on the Pa
cific coast. The new defalcations are
those in the accounts of the Northern
Land & Development company, of
South Bend, Wash., and the Olympia
Land & Investment company, which
owns the townsite of Ocosta, the ter
minus of the Gray's Harbor branch of
the Northern Pacific. South Bend is
the terminus of the branch to Villapa
harbor.
Seven
Wells vtlle,
Men Killed.
N. Y.. May 14. Bv
the explosion of a boiler in a sawmill.
Albany, Or., May 15. Judge Hew
itt today rendered -a decision in the
case of J. B. Eddy, one of Oregon's
railroad commissioners, vs. Harrison
R. Kincald, secretary of state. On
April 17 a writ of mandamus was issued
commanding the secretary to draw a
warrant on the state treasury in favor
of Eddy, for $245.55, the balance due
as salary as railroad commissioner for
the quarter ending March 31, 1895. To
this writ the defendant interposed a
general demurrer, presenting three
points of argument:
First That the law providing for
the election of railroad commissioners
by the legislature is unconstitutional
and void.
Second Conceding the authority of
the legislature to elect commissioners,
the failure to elect, at the last biennial
session created a vacancy.
Third That the offices of the com
missioners became vacant at the expi
ration of the last biennial term by
reason of the neglect of the commis
sioners to file a new oath of office.
After a lengthy argument, and cita
tion of authorities, including decisions
by Judges Lord and Strahan. while on
the supreme bench of Oregon, that the
appointing power is within the scope
of the legislature, Judge Hewitt holds
that no vacancy exists, the constitution
providing that all officers, except
members of the legislature, shall hold
their offices until their successors are
elected and qualified. He also holds
that their continuation in office is a
part of the original terms, and that no
new oath or Jbond is required. The
demurrer is accordingly overruled,
leaving the writ . requiring the secre
tary of state to pay the salary in force.
The case will probably go to the
supreme court for final decision
THE HAWAIIAN SITUATION.
A Crisis Expected as the People Prefer
a Monarchy.
San Francisco, May 16. Julius A.
Palmer, who went down to the Haw
aiian islands to investigate the state
of affairs there as special correspon
dent of the New York Evening Post
three months ago, arrived here on the
Australia. He believes that there will
soon be a crisis there and that the end
can only be the restoration of the mon
archical form of government. He says
there never will be harmony until the
monarchy is restored and Princess
Kaiulani placed on the throne. In
giving his reasons for this belief he
says:
''There are three main points of
danger to the government. The first
is that Secretary Gresham has decided
that Bowler is not an American citizen,
and Great Britain has decided that
Rickard and Walker are British sub
juuts. "The greatest fear of the Hawaiian
government is Japan, and they do not
scruple to say so. They are making
arrangements to get in 5000 Chinese
coolies and send away as many Japan
ese. The government, when the
Japanese coolies came in, gave an un
derstanding that if Japan would supply
them with coolies they would employ
them. Now Japan will probably bold
that this understanding is being
violated. .
"The third danger to the govern
ment party is in themselves. The
democracy, or American League, is
taking umbrage at the new importa
tion of Chinese.
"The financial condition is also one
of the things that will bring on a
crisis, May 1 the government adver
tised publicly that no bills must be
paid except in three and six months
credit.
"The loyalty of the natives to mon
archy was never as strong as now. and
it was the basis of the union of all par
ties in past years and there will never
be harmony until that monarchy is re
stored in Princess Kaiulani and that
would make peace at once."
Colonel Volney V. Ashford, attorney-general
of Hawaii, who arrived on
the same steamer, expresses similar
views:
"There is a perfect reign of terror
in the islands. Informers are every
where. People do not dare to speak in
their own nouses. There is every
where a feeling of uncertanty, doubt
and impending danger and ruin. -
"Those who favored, annexation
have made up their minds that it is im
possible. The missionaries, as we call
most of the political party in power,
have claimed to be in favor of annexa
tionist have never been really. The
real annexationists mistrust them
now.
"As for the future? Well, annexa
tion is an impossibility, and all are
agreed on that. Thurston has gone
back and it is publicly said that he is
going to propose the restoration of a
monarchy, with Kaiulani--on the
throne. " "
"A republic seems an impossibility,
such a large part of the population are
incapable of governing themselves.
As long as this so-called republic can
pay armed men to keep down rebel
lion, it will last, and no longer. What
they are talking of now, and want first,
is some sort of protectorate of - the
United States.
"They are afraid of Japan, and then
they want some protection against any
other foreign interference. Then, of
course, what is next wanted is a mon
archy. The natives are not all dis
couraged -by the failure of the last
movement. . They would gladly make
another attempt. I am not a royalist
in principal, but under all the con
ditions existing there, I think it the
only thing. - A monarchy would unite
all the natives and be respected by all
foreign powers."
HARD TO GET ACCURATE . NEWS.
Inform.
Government Censors 8nppress
tion From Cuba.
New York, May 15. A special to
the World from Santiago, Cuba, says:
It is almost impossible to get accu
rate news of the revolution to the
United States. Information sent by
mail and telegraph is suppressed by
government censors who are acting
under orders.
From news brought by men directly
from interior provinces, it appears
that all the eastern end of tire island,
with the exception of garrisoned towns,
is at the mercy of bands of insurgents.
They are prowling around within six
miles of the city of Santiago and the
Spanish soldiers are afraid of them.
The village of Cainey, only five miles
from here, has been attacked by a band
of rebels under the leadership of Vic
tjriano Garcoone. The inhabitants
fled in terror.
The government troops are now in
close pursuit of Maceo, who is contin
ually obliged to change his headquar
ters. He has just camped on a coffee
Elantation in the mountains between
ere and Guantanamo. He managed
to hold a conversation there with his.
first lieutenants and the representa
tives ef nearly 6000 armed followers.
He assigned them to duty, at different
parts of the province, but retained
2000 men to act under his own direction.
Recruits are coming in faster than he
can provide arms for them.
Maceo threatens to burn the towns
of San Luis, Songola and Christo, be
cause the Spaniards are using them as
the base of supplies. He seems to be
conducting his' campaign in small
towns along the line of the railways.
In these eruerilla skirmishes the Span
ish have' met with small losses so far.
The soldiers are persistent in their ef
forts to put down the rebellion.
THE INCOME-TAX LAW.
Ramon That it Will be Declared Un
constitutional. Washington, May 16. There is a
rumor in circulation today that the
income-tax law will be declared uncon
stitutional when the decision is ren
dered next Monday, either by a vote
of six to three or seven to two. Last
Monday, it will be recalled, there was
a rumor circulated that Justice Jack
son had decided - on Saturday last to
vote for its constitutionality, and that
his vote, with four others in favor of
it, would result in a decision bv a vote
of five to four in favor of the law. If
the actions 8f the treasury department
officials and those at the head of the
department of justice today can be
taken as an-indication, the probabili-
ties seem to be that they nave had an
inkling that the law is to be declared
unconstitutional on Monday. That
they were worried is apparent.
- While no one is able to speak au
thoritively, the general impression
is that the law will be declared un
constitutional and stricken from the
statute-books. Of course the whole
question hinges upon the vote of Jus
tice Jackson, and certain parties close
to this jurist assert positively that he
will decide against the law. They say
he has always been a federalist, and
that when this legislation was first
proposed in congress he openly ex
pressed his disapproval of it.
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