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SATURHAY........ MARCH 21, 1896
DEMOCRACY'S " OPPORTUNITY
It now looks as if McKinley will be
' .the republican candidate for the presi
dency, and it also looks as if he will
. be nominated on a timid, hypocritical,
double-faced platform on the money
Question, says the Portland Telesram.
'. Those state conventions which have
selected solid McKinley . delegations
- to the national convention have like
wise indulged in financial declarations
which are almost exact copies of the
- meaningless shuffle adopted four years
ago at Minneapolis. It is reasonable
to presume that these equivocal planka
: ' these demaods for true "bimetalism,
with such restriction or under such pro-
. vision, to be determined by legislation,
as will secure the maintenance of the
parity of values of the two metals, etc, "
' have' been framed and adopted with
McKinley's sanction and represent his
attitude on the money issue. If they
do if the St. Louis convention in
' dorses them and nominates him the
democratic national convention,
- sembled three weeks later at Chicago
will have a chance to set up a standard
'.. that tens of thousands of republican
voters will flock to. A bold, outspoken
: and frank declaration for the present
. money standard and the retirement of
the greenbacks is absolutely essential
- to success at the polls next November,
; and the party that is most emphatic in
enunciating such a policy is the party
that will appeal most strongly to popu
lar sentiment. . t "'
President, Cleveland is reported to
have said to a member of his cabinet a
few days ago: "The democratic party
can win this year if it will declare un
equivocally for sound money no
' - straddle, no compromise. On a
straightout platform with a candidate
to match we can carry the country."
' ' If Mr. Cleveland said this he probably
- took his cue from the tendency of the
state republican conventions this year
to dodge the money issue just as the
' party's national convention dodged it
'-. four years ago. -One thing is certain
. the republican: party , will commit the
, . stellar blunder of its career by failing
. of an explicit announcement in favor
of sound money and making the cur
rency question the chief issue of the
campaign. The tariff may be set up
- as the main issue, but it will not be
. accepted as such. -Nine-tenths of the
people are convinced that the tariff
, question can wait until the country is
" relieved of the more imminent and de
.. struct! ve menace of a .revolution of
: money standards that that is the first
: and most important thing to be settled.
These people will vote to commit the
government first of all to the hands of
the party which will pledge itself die-
tinctly to make the final settlement of
- the money question its first duty..
- - There is a strong likelihood that
- McKinley will be the nominee and
' that the tariff will be set ahead of all
' other issues in the effort to elect him.
If the democratic leaders fail to profit
by the situation'' they will, not be de
serving of victory.
INCOME TAXES.
. A practical illustration of the work?
' ings of an income tax is being brought
under the observation of the people of
'. Oregon at the present- time, and so far
, it is found to be satisfactory at least to
those who are not directly, affected
thereby, and is not resulting in any
' hardship to those who bear the burden.
. Speaking of the law imposing a tax on
the incomes of insurance companies,
M. the Capital Journal says :
... : . 'f Some life and fire insurance com
panies are paying as high as $500 to
91000 as their tax on 10 months' busi-
ness' of last year, when the law went
" into effect that was enacted by the last
' legislature. It is a just law. Although
; hired newspapers said the law would
' compel the insurance companies to
raise the rate of insurance, and that
the people would pay the tax, the rates
of insurance in Oregon' are lower than
- before the passage of the gross premium
tax. This insurance tax will put $50,
000 to $100,000 a year into the state
. treasury, and hurt no-one.- These in-
' auraoce companies are foreign corpora
. tions. : They have little tangible prop
erty in the state. It is but fair they
. shall pay $2 on each $100 they take
. ' from the people. A similar tax should
be levied on ail such corporations, in-
- eluding railroads, express companies,
' telegraph and telephone companies,
. ' sleeping car lines, and any corporation
rendering a public service' tinder a
franchise,, and in" the nature of a
' iiionopolv.", ? ' ' .
If an income tax is found to be thus
beneficial In a state, it would be none
. the less beneficial if adopted by the
general government. It possesses the
; commendable features of throwing the
burden of the government upon those
who are best able to support it and
causes the property which receives the
; greatest benefits from government pro
' taction to pay the expenses of keeping
np that protection. The great corpor-
- ations operating transportation lines,
'manufacturing industries and large
- . mining properties have the greatest
' need of governmental protection; they
. receive the greatest benefit front inter
- nal improvements that develope the
-latent resources of the country; they
have the greatest need of foreign con
sulates, standing armies and efficient
navies, therefore a portion of their
. gross incomes should go toward paying
' government expenses in every branch.
AN INDUSTRY THREATENED
Two years ago the fishermen on the
lower Columbia got a hearing before
the different state conventions, and
sandwiched a plank into the platform
of each of the .three political parties,
demanding the passage of a' law by the
legislature prohibiting the use of traps
or wheels for taking salmon from the
different streams . in the state. The
object was presumably, to prevent the
wonton destruction of salmon, and to
'give them freer opportunity to propi-
gate, but practically it was a move . on
the part of the fishermen at the moui.h
of the river to prevent the taking of
fish above the Cascades, thus reducing
the output and increasing the demand
for their product, the only successful
method for taking fisfi from the upper
river being with traps and wheels.
It was urged by those working in the
interest of the fisherman on the lower
river that traps and wheels were de
structive to the salmon industry, but
the annual report of Fish and Game
Protector McGaire for the year 1895,
shows that only twenty:four per cent
of the fish taken from the Columbia
river during that year were caught in
traps and wheels, while seventy-two
per cent were caught with nets and
seins, therefore the argument that
traps and wheels are wantonously de
structive is without foundation. -
No doubt similar efforts will "be
made at the coming state conventions,
endeavoring to pledge nominees for
the legislature to abolish traps and
wheels; and since there is a possibility
of some of the ante-election pledges
being kept by the members who are to
be elected next June, it is well that
conventions be wary of committing
themselves on this subject. To abolish
wheels and trans on the upper river
would entirely destroy the fish industry
above the Cascades, and would make
valueless thousands of dollars worth
of property. It would make fishing on
the upper river profitless, and result
in the closing of every cannery in
Eastern Oreeon. This certainly no
fair-minded legislator would desire.
The present laws of Oregon, govern
inj the fishing industry, are probably
adequate to meet all demands and ex
tend all necessary protection to fish,
but since the coming legislature will
likely institute measures for retrench
ment and reform, and in so doing
will cut off . what are considered
needless officers, whose salaries are
burdensome to the people in general,
the office of fish and game protector
may be abolished, unless some means
is provided for paying the salary with
out drawing on - the generall fund of
the state treasury. That this may be
forstalled it might be to the interest
of the fishermen on the upper river to
insist UDon the passage of a bill sim
ilar to the one introduced by Mr. Stei
wer at the last session, providing for
licensing owners of wheels, traps, nets
and seins. and that the license thus
collected create a fund to pay the sal
ary of the fish protector, thus reliev
ing all others except those engaged in
the fish business from the burden of
maintaining that office. Or perhaps it
would be better to establish a seperate
office, a fish commissioner, whose duty
it shall be to enfore the laws relating
to food fish and prdsecute violators
thereof, and whose salary shall be paid
out of the proceeds of license that may
be imposed upon those engaged in the
fish business. .
HANDS OFF.
The lack of harmony in the republi
can party throughout the state, caused
by the diversion of opinion on the
silver and other questions that threaten
to dismember the party, has caused it
to be divided into factions in every
county, and each of these factions is
waging a battle royal for supremacy.
It is a matter of great importance to
each faction that they carry the pri
maries to be held soon, and thus secure
delegates to the 'county and state con
ventions who will be favorable to their
cause. ,To accomplish this,-it is possi
ble that an attempt will be made to
induce democrats to take part in re
publican primaries, in order to fur
ther the interests of this or that fac
tion. Democrats will likely be importuned-
to. enter republican pri
maries in order to advance the cause
of some personal friend who may de
sire to be a delegat or a cbnidate, and
unthoughtedly some may consent to
lend this assistance to a republican
friend. This no true democrat can
afford to do. However much he may
personally favor one or the other op
posing factions in the republican party
he cannot afford to take a hand in the
settling of what is only a "family quar
rel" in that party. He cannot afford
tostulify himself by undertaking to
settle differences that exist in the
camp of the opposition. .No democrat
has an interest n the nominations
that are to be made by the republican
conventions, nor should he lend his
influence to further the cause of this
or that faction, hence he should em
phatically refuse every invitation
to partake in their councils.' The
differences that exist between the dif
ferent factions . in ' the republican
party are no concern to democrats
Let them settle them among them
selves, and if the attempt at amicable
settlement shall result in disruption,
democrats have nothing to lose. The
legislature of this state has recognized
the right of adherents to different pol-
litical parties to conduct their several
conventions individually, and has
made it' a criminal offense for any one
to attempt to ..vote at the primary
elections of two or more parties. Let
democrats at : least recognize the
supremacy of this law are bold aloof
from taking part in republican meet
ings, called for the purpose of electing
delegates to the republican conven
tions by republican votes. ' Let the re
publicans settle their differences with
out the aid of democratic votes at the
primaries, then we can complacently
say to our friends, the enemy '"hands
off," in case we have a discenting
element in our councils. '
WARRING OVER HONORS
It is rather amusing to note how the
different candidates for the republican
nomination for president are waging
war against each other, and how they
are battling for the honor of supposed
creditable achievements acquired dur
ing that party's ascendency. Senator
Cullom, in his letter against McKinley,
recalls an episode in the framing of
the tariff bill bearing the latter's
name which many republicans appear
to have forgotten. His supporters
couple his name . with the so
called policy of reciprocity. But,
as Senator Cullom says, "the truth is
that McKinley 5 fought reciprocity
with all the force he had until forced
to surrender." The surrender was
occasioned by Secretary Blaine's
dramatic smashing of his hat on the
table of the committee-room, emphasiz
ing his declaration that the McKinley
bill as framed ''would not make a mar
ket for another bushel of American
grain or another pound of American
meat.". In his extreme and narrow
protectionism McKinley was opposed
to foreign trade, but the stronger will
of Blaine forced him to accept the rec
iprocity provision.
Our delegation in congress have
made excellent promises regarding
what they would do in reference to se
curing appropriations for completing
the locks at the Cascades, but the dis
patches fail to announce any activity
shown by these gentlemen, except
Senator Mitchell. Why -don't they
quit promising and begin doing some
thing? . Actual work is what their con
etituents in Eastern Oregon want
Promises will never give us an open
river to the sea,
LET CONGRESS TAKE HEED
The Kentucky state legislature ad
journed sine-die Tuesday night, after
having spent 6ixty days in a vain at
tempt to elect a United States senator.
All legislation was made of secondary
consideration to the senatorial contest,
and as a result little needed legislation
was enacted. The states finances are
in a deplorable state, but a measure to
save its financial reputation could not
be passed. In fact so far as any bene
fits to the state are concerned, the leg
islature had as well never have met.
Blame for this inaction can hardly be
laid to the door of any political party,
since neither had a ' majority in both
branches. The house was composed
of fifty-two democrats, forty-six re
publicans and two populists, aDd the
senate of sixteen democrats and
twenty-two " republicans. But the
members as Individuals are account
able for having allowed partisan preju
dice to prevail over duty, and cause
them to be rank obstructionists in
stead of legislators.
The iegislture of Kentucky is com
posed of 138 members. They receive
$5 per day salary, and their per diem
has cost the state $51,400, to say noth
ing of mileage, clerk hire and other
expenses of the session, which prob
ably do not fall short of $100,000, mak
an aggregate of over $150,00 that the
attempt to elect a U. S. senator has
caused the people of that state, to say
nothing of what they are damaged by
the failure to enact needed legislation.
This farce in Kentucky taken in con
nection with the fiasco enacted at the
capital of Oregon a little over a year
ago, is ample argument against our
bunglesome methods of electing sena
tors, and a strong plea for the election
of senators by direct vote, or the entire
abolition of the upper house of con
gress No more dangerous cr expensive
system of electing officers could be
adopted than their choice by a legis
lative body. It forces national issues
into our state legislatures, and detracts
the attention of members from matters
of local import, and from duties they
are elected to performs The sena
torial contest in the Oregon legislature
last year cost the state not less' than
$75,000, in the failure to enact reform
measures, and there is no assurance
that the same thing will not occur
next January, since the senatorial
fight will be fully as bitter in '97 as it
was in '95.
Congressmen who, in the face of
such occurrences as have been - wit
nessed in Oregon and Kentucky, op
pose the passage of the resolution call
ing for a constitutional amendment
providing for the election of U. S.
senators - by direct vote, will act
directly in opposition to the interests
of the nation. Such will be unworthy
of remaining in the halls of the national
legislature. They can well take heed
of the public sentiment pn this subject.
Especially can senators profit by heed-.
ing public sentiment on this question.
The senate has been guilty of enough
deviltry during the last few sessions of
congress to cause many to conclude
that it is not an absolute necessity,
and if the people are much longer de
prived of the privilege of choosing
senators, they will clamor for abolish
ing that body entirely. ;
SOURCES OF REVENUE.
This government heeds more reve
nue "with which to pay current ex
penses", construct internal improve
ments, build up an efficient nayy, and
pay the salaries of our high-priced
officials, which there is little hope of
reducing, and how to get thaeyrevenue
is a question that is puzzling the minds
of, a few statesmen, though it appar
ently is a matter of little concern
the average congressman. And those
who are bothering, their brains over
the problem see but one way of raising
money to tax the people upon con
sumption of necessities of life, clothing,
food, fuel and building material. None
of them seem to consider the advis
ability of placing a purely revenue tat
upon luxuries, which would furnish
abundance of money with which ' to
conduct the government. For instance
there are about 250,000. liquor dealers
in the United States. An addition
$5 to the internal-revenue license
of
of
each would yield $1,250,000 a year of
additional revenue.
There are 21,293,124 gallons of wine
and spirits consumed annually in the
country. An addition of 10 cents
gallon to the tax would yield a revenue
of $2,129,312.40 . . -
There are 1,036,319,222 gallons of
beer drunk in the United States every
year. An extra tax. of five cents a gal
lon, which wOuld not add at all to the
retail price, would yield a revenue of
$51,815,961 a year.
Such taxes would not lay a burden
upon consumption. They wopld not
add one cent to an- person's expendi
tures for necessariea of life. " They
would furnish revenue without levying
a tax upon what we must eat and wear,
Why should not congress quit hobnob
bing over the tariff and levy some
such taxes as these?
PROMP ACTION NEEDED
In another column we publish letters
from Senators Mitchell and McBride.
addressed to a committee of The Dalles
Commercial Club, pledging immediate
action to secure an appropriation for
the completion of the canal and locks
at the Cascades. This assurance on
the part of our honorable senators is
encouraging, and leads us to beleive
that they will exert proper energy to
secure the needed legislation, which
we must confess has been lacking, Res
pite the statement of Senator Mitchell
to the committee that "you may be as
sured that the Oregon delegation has
not been asleep in reference to the im
portance of doing every thing neces
sary to be done, and which it is possi
ble to do in order that the canal and
locks at the Cascades may be open to
traffic at the very earliest possible
moment." . -
We would not question the veracity
of Senator Mitchell, but we must say,
in view of the fact that the report of
the engineers, asking for an additional
appropriation, was made more
than a year ago, if the Oregon delega
tion have not been asleep in this mat
ter, they have not displayed a wakeful
activity in - waiting to be petitioned,
begged as it were, to take some action
to secure the necessary appropriation.
If they were really awake to the situa
tion, why was not this appropriation
embodied in the river and harbor, bill
of the last session? Had it been,' there
would have been none of this needless
delay in the completion of the locks.
However, if the delegation will now,
at this late day, secure an appropria
tion that will result in the speedy com
pletion of the works at the Cascades,
their constituency in Eastern Oregon
may forgive their derelictions in the
past. But let them no longer delay
action. Let them lay aside their
squabbles over the silver, currency and
tariff propositions, and if need be, de
vote less time to the campaigns they
are waging for re-election, and turn
their attention to a matter that is of
vital importance to the constituency
they are premsued to represent. Let
them, for a time, retire from the arena
as politicians and become efficient leg
islators. And let them act promptly.
ATTEND THE PRIMARIES.
The democratic primary meetings
are to be held in this county on Satur
day, April 4, and it is desirable that
these meetings be attended by every
democrat in each precinct, that a full
expression may be had upon who shall
be the choice of the party as nominees
for the different county offices. When
the delegates to the different county
conventions are elected, the voice of
the masses in the naming of candidates
ceases, hence it is necessary that
the primaries be well attended, and
that the most representative men in
each precinct be chosen as delegates,
'men who have the welfare of the county
and of the party at heart.
Democrats haye much to expect in
the coming election. The flagrant
mismanagement of state affairs as ad
ministered by republican officials dur
ing past years, has brought that party
into disrepute, and has caused the
masses to lose confidence in the ability
of that party to conduct the affairs of
the state, and especially to enact laws
in the interest of the people. The
broken pledges of 1894 are fresh in the
minds of all, and the people are loath
to bestow cenfidence in the party that
has once thus betrayed them. The
burdens of taxation under which
they are groaning have caused taxpay
ers to look for relief from some other
source, and they can look only to the
democratic party for such relief.
Therefore it is necessary that the best
men in the party be' nominated for
office, men whose integrity is above
suspicion and whose ability is beyond
question. Wi se counselmust prevail
in the conventions, hence it is of im
portance that they Decomposed of com
petent, cool-headed delegates, who are
broad enough to lay aside personal
feeling and labor for one common
cause, the nomination and subsequent
election of honest, efficient officers.
This will result if the democrats
throughout the county turn out in full
force to the primary meetings and
from their midst select their best
material as delegates.
AN EXPENSIVE LUXURY.
One of the most expensive luxuries
we have today is that august body, the
United States senate. The senate is
composed of 90 members, and they
have 353 employees to wait on them,
at a cost of about $482,000 a year. Each
senator, besides his salaay of $5,000 a
year, has attendance costing $5,355 an
nually. . There are 121 clerks to com
mittees in a body of ninety members;
fifty-two laborers, whose occupation or
necessity nobody has ever been able to
imagine; fifteen special policemen,
while the senate end of the capitol
building is amply guarded by the
capitol police. .
Senator Chandler has rendered a
public service by calling attention 'to
this monstrous extravagance. It is an
abuse of large proportions, and it is
made worse by the ierX that- most of
the money is paid to persons near to
the senators themselves for purely
nominal services. In other worde, the
senators are quartering their families
and dependents upon the country at an
annual expense of nearly half a million
dollars to the taxpayers.
Is it any wonder that the expendi
tures of the government exceed the re
ceipts when the highest law making
power in the nation permits and en
courages such needless extravagances?
When the members of this body create
offices for their relatives, the salaries
of which are to be paid by the people,
it seems that there is no hope of re
trenchment. No wonder the people-
are groaning under the 1 burdens of
taxation, and are beginning to look
upon the senate as a needless luxury.
" OLD HICKORY."
March 15th is a day that will not be
forgotten so long as there is -a demo
crat in America. Andrew Jackson's
birthday is an occasion when it is par
donable to go back to the yellow pages
of the . nation's history and trace the
life of the most unique character who
ever graced the White House. A
soldier of the reyolution before be was
fourteen years old; a leader in the con
stitutional convention of Tennessee at
twenty-nine; a congressman . in the
same year; a senator at thirty; a judge
of the supreme court of his state at
thirty-one; then a quiet life upon his
farm (varied by a duel or two and the
Aaron uurr episode) until the war
broke out in 1812; three years later, as
"Old Hickory," the victor of New Or
leans, the idol of the nation; leader of
the campaign against the Seminoles;
governor of Florida; senator again; a
defeated candidate for president; a
farmer once more; then for eight years
president of the United States in one
of the stormiest periods; and after it
all eight years of quiet life at the
Hermitage, ending a glorious career.
There will never be atrother like him.
He was a product of his own times, and
would be out of place today with his
brawls and duels, his uncontrolled
temper, his rough obstinacy and fierce
profanity; but would to heaven his
brains, his fearlessness, his. energy and
his candor might be infused in some
eminent statesmen of today. Spokane
Chronicle.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Congress has devoted a whole week
to discussing the Cuban situation, and
no definite conclusion has been ar
rived at. Since the congressmen can
do nothing for Cuba, it is time they be
gan devoting a little attention to the
needs of the home government.
According to the New , York Cham
ber of Commerce, silver is dead; but
the Manufacturers' Club of Philadel-
phia declares it is very much alive, and
will be a prominent issue in the com
ing campaign. Strange that two great
commercial bodies should so widely
differ In their views.
Taxes must be reduced, or citizens
will be sold out. "Are taxes likely to
be reduced by the Frank-Hume-Minto
combination. Oregonian. . And will
taxes be reduced if the next legislature
devotes its time to wrangling over the
respective claims of Dolph and Mitch
ell to represent Oregon in the United
States senate? The safest way to in
sure a reduction of taxes is to elect a
democratic legislature.
The council that has been hearing
the charges against Rev. Dr. Brown,
in San Francisco, has put a little white
wash on the gentleman's character, by
reporting that Mrs. Stockton is not a
woman whose testimony can be taken
for truth. The councilmen were bound
to save the doctor's character, oven if
they had to make the woman, on
whom he had been bestowing his affec
tions, out a liar.
Ohio republicans in their recent con.
vention got on the fence on the money
question, by declaring in favor of the
use of both gold and silver as standard
money under such restrictions as will
preserve the parity.- In its national
convention, however, that party will
have to climb down off the fence. The
'straddle" which the parties tried to
make on the money question in '92 will
not work this year.
A Methodist university for the states
of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and
Montana is to be established at some
point in' one of these states. Why
should not The Dalles be the point?
No more favored locality could be se
cured. The Times-Mountaineer, sug
gests that The Dalles Commercial
Club make inquiry as to What induce
ments will be required to secure the
location of the university, and that
steps be instituted to get it.
France has an income tax that cre
ates a revenue of $30,000,000 annually.
Had it not been for the decision of the
supreme court, the United States
would have had a similar law that
would have brought $40,000,000 into the
treasury every year. This would have
brought a balance on the right side in
the treasury account, and instead of a
deficit in the revenues of the govern
ment for the fiscal year there would
have been a surplus. .
The Kentucky legislators made con
summate fools of themselves last week,
in their wrangle over the senatorial
contest, and now Governor Bradley is
showing his antecedents to have been
from the long-eared race, by calling
out the state militia, presumably to
quell a riot, but actually to force the
legislators into submission. The mon
key and parrot time they are having at
Frankfort should disgust everybody
with our system of electing U S. sen
ators, and result in the adoption of
Senator Mitchell's resolution for an
amendment to the constitution allow
ing them to be elected by direct vote.
Tacoma is suffering from the effects
of too much officialism, or rather a rule
from officials that were in office solely
for revenue, and who have absorbed
the revenues of the city until there is
nothing left to absorb. The city is
now ' threatened to be left without
water or light, owing to the lack of
funds with which to. furnish them.
Tacoma has labored long in a vain ef
fort to support a regiment of high
priced officials and corrupt politicians,
but the burden has become too great,
and the only possible outcome seems
to be for the cit7 to go into bank
ruptcy. . " - ' -
Congress has been in session three
and one half months, and has not yet
made a successful attempt to provide
sufficient revenues for the government.
Unless it does something pretty soon
the deficit, which began during Presi
dent Harrison's administration, and
under the operations of the McKinley
law, will not be available for re
publican campaign purposes this fall.
By next November the people will be
fully convinced of the inability of the
republicans in congress to .provide
revenue by legislation) and they, are
already convinced of that party's abil
ity to deplete revenues by appropria
tions. "
Senator Mitchell has secured a favor
able report frOra the senate committee
on privileges and elections on his
joint resolution proposing an amend
ment to the constitution providing for
the election of senators by a direct
vote of the people. There is little
doubt that the resolution would pass
the house if that body were given-an
opportunity to vote on 'it, but its fate
in the senate is uncertain.' Too many
senators are not willing to rest their
cases to a direct vote when they come
up lor re election. .Experience has
taught many of them that their held
on office is more certain when it is the
gift of state-legislatures.
The primary conventions to -be held
throughout Wasco county today,
are strictly republican meetings, and
concern democrats but little. Evi
dence exists that there are dissensions
in the republican ranks which some of
the leaders may seek to overcome by
the aid of democratic votes at the
primaries, but this aid should not be
extended.' If the republicans cannot
harmonize, it is not the office of any
democrat to assist in patching up their
differences or advancing the cause of
any faction. - Let democrats attend
strictly to the affairs of their own
party and not meddle with the affairs
of the opposition..
TO VISIT THIS COAST.
Cornelias Tanderbilt and Chauncey Depew
. Start West.
New York, March 19. Cornelius
Vanderbilt and Chauncey M. Depew
will start for the Pacific coast in a pri
vate car Friday afternoon. With them
will go John Hone, jr., a Wall-street
broker, and Colonel George R. Fear"
ing, of Newport. No route of travel
has been determined upon- and only a
few of the details of the trip have been
decided upon.' The sudden departure
of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the executive
head of the great Vanderbilt system of
railroads, for the Pacific coast, will be
of interest to railroad men all over the
country. That he will be accompanied
by Mr. Depew is considered significant
by some in the light of recent rumors
concerning the reported desire of the
Vanderbilts to secure control of the
Pacific railroads in order to gain a
through line to the coast.
Hermann and Mitchell in Favor.
Ashland Or., March 19. At a
meeting of the Ashland Republican
Club tonight resolutions were passed
Indorsing the votes of Hermann and
Mitchell on the silverboud bill. There
were three negative votes. The reso
lution pledge the members of the club
to support both of these gentlemen for
their present positions. 'Resolutions
or adherence to toe republican na
tional platform of 1892 were also
. . Urgent Need for Troops. '
London, March 18. A dispatch t o
the Globe from Cairo says in the
opinion of the authorities more British
troops are urgently required in Egypt.
The dispatch adds strong hopes are
expressed everywhere that Great Bri
tain will rise properly to the emer
gency.
Contract Scrip Not a Debt. . ,
Baker City, Or., March 18. Cir
cuit Judge Eakin today rendered a
decision in the county warrant case,
virtually sustaining the demurrer to
the complaint, but allowing the de
fendants the privilege of again amend
ing. The court holds that contract
script only in excess of the $5000 limi
tation is not ft debt.
TELEGRAPHIC.
AGITATOKS MARK TROUBLE.
Striking: Tailors Led to Commit Acts of
Violence.
Baltimore, March 17. Under the
leadership of several agitators from
New York and Philadelphia, the strik
ing clothingmakers here have been
intimidating- and assaulting non
union workers. Monday a crowd of
desperate strikers, led by W. FratkiD,
went to the house of a nonunion work
men named Osiwich to prevent him
going to work. He blipped out the
back way and summoned the police,
A fight followed, in which Policeman
Miller was trampled upon, and Patrol
man Kain's clothing torn from his
body, and be was severely bruised
Fratkin and others were arrested.
Later in the day Christian Ecker
and his wife were held upon the street
and at the point of a pistol compelled
to give up a bundle of clothing they
had just finished. A squad of police
men charged the. mob with clubs, and
in the battle Patrolman Farnsworth's
head was cut open and Patrolman
Hobbs was also hurt.
A meeting of the cutters and trin:
mers will be held to take steps to com
pletely tie up all the manufactories
CAUGHT IN THE ACT.
Negro Burglar Covered by A Winchester
In a Store at La Grande.
La Gramde. Or., March 17. Last
night Harry Dunbar, colored, wiis
caught in the act of burglarizing
J. M. Berry's store. W. Berry, one
of the clerks, was sleeping in the
store, when he discovered the intruder.
He covered him with a Winchester
and compelled him to walk up to
where he could turn on the electric
light and fully identify Bed his prisoner.
The clerk then marched Dunbar
back to the rear of the store, and
raised a window to call for help.
Dunbar said: "I am going home, and
you can shoot me if you want to" and
walked toward the open window.
The clerk attempted to detain him,
but finding that it was useless, without
resorting to the use of his weapon.
allowed the prisoner to go. Marshal
Ardrey was immediately summoned,
and, in company with J. M. Berry,
went to Dunbar's house and took him
into custony. Dunbar was brought
before Recorder Williams this after
noon ' and waived examination. He
was held to await the grand jury, and
bail fixed at $1000, which he has not
vet been able to furnish.
ACQUITTED ON ONE CHARGE.
Partial Decision Reached by the Council
" Trying Dr. Brown.
San Francisco, March 17. The
council that is sitting in judgement on
the Rev. Dr. Brown has acquitted the
accused pastor on one charge, after a
long debate, in which the councilmen
came to the conclusion that Dr. Brown
was not guilty of any immoral conduct
with Mrs. M. A. Stockton. They
based their opinion on the following
facts: -
First That Mrs. Stockton was not a
woman whose testimony could be
taken for the truth.
Second That there was no evidence
introduced that was strong enough, in
a legal sense, to convict the" pastor.
Third rThat he had shown Mrs.
btocKton great kindness in the way
that a Christian' minister should, and
that she had taken advantage of that
kindness.
THE GOLD STANDARD.
England Wants no Change in .- Her Cur
rency System.
London, March, 17. It is stated
that the government will support the
Whitely bimetalic motion with the
qualification that the government does
not intend to depart in the slightest
degree from the gold standard.
The motion of Whitely recites it ' is
the opinion of the house that the insta
bility in the relative value of gold and
silver since the action of the Latin
union in 1873 has proved injurious to
the best interests of the country, and
it urges upon the government the ad
visability that it does its utmost to se
cure an international agreement.
The chancellor of the exchequer,
Sir Michael Hich-Beach, said that, al
though bimetalism was involved in the
motion, its adoption by the house did
not necessarily involve the adoption
of the bimetallic system by the United
Kingdom. ..
The Abyssinian War.
Rome, March 17. In the chamber of
deputies today the new premier, Mar
quis di Rudini, announced that the
government would continue hostilities
in Abyssinia until peace could be con
cluded on honorable terms agreeble to
Italy. -
The announcement was received with
cheers, and a credit of 140,000.000 lire
for expenses of the campaign in Af
rica was unanimously voted.
When the news came to be known
the populace cheered heartily for the
government and for the Italian sol
diery. - .
Cannot Take the Initiative.
Brussels, March 17. In the sen
ate today Premier P. De Smet de
Naleyer-reiterated the views he ex'
pressed in the chamber of deputies
March 13, when replying to a question
on the subject, he urged the re-estab
lishment of international bimetalism
and assured the chamber that the gov
ernment would acquiesce in any meas
ure Insuring, by international agree
ments, the stability of the monetary
exchange of gold and silver. He
added today, however, that Belgium
could not take the initiative..
For More BatUe-Ships.
Washington, March 17. The house
committee on naval affairs decided to
day to provide in the apprcpriation
bill for four new battle-ships and 15
torpedo-boats. - The battle-ships are
to be 11,000 tons and cost not more
than $3,750,000, exclusive of armor and
armament, ' Ten torpedo-boats are to
cost $800,000 each, and five $850,000
each. The proposition to build six
battle-ships was lost by a vote of 6 to 7,
only one republican voting for that
number. '
' The Test Satisfactory. 1
Washington, March 17. Reports
from Mare island navy-yard as to the
performance of the monitor Monadnock
on her trial trip are most gratifying to
the naval officials. With green fire
men and defective grate bars the en
gines developed easily 2,210 horse
power, and the boat ran at the rate of
11 knots. The steam pressure was 115
pounds, and with new grates it is ex
pected it will run up to 160, giving the
monitor 13 knots speed.
. Tailors- Strike in Chicago. .
Chicago, March 18. The garment-
workers' strike was given new life last
night by the order for a strike of all j
men employed in what is known as
"special-order" departments. The
men will quit work today. One hun
dred and fifty are involved.
Several more sma.l factories were
closed-and the strikers were busy hold
ing meetings and organizing. Several
of the nonunion cutters imported from
New York last week were sent home
by the strikers. Of the last lot of 19
only two are left, and tbey will leave
the city today. Transportation is fur
nished by the strikers.
HER CASK t-M'KNAULE.
England In the Wrong in the Venezuela
Dispute.
Chicago, March 18. A special from
Washington says:
The members of the Venezuela
boundary commission have informally
concluded that Great Britain's case
is untenable, and that Venezuela's
claim is just. Uniess some new facts
come to light, this will be the nature
of their decision.
In the negotiations which have been
going on between the Washington and
London governments, it is stated that
some weeks ago Lord Salisbury showed
a disposition to attempt a settlement
of the Venezuelan difficulty by negotia
tion with the United States. He had
already tried to make terms with
Venezuela on a money basis and
failed, President Crespo rejecting his
proposition.
Lord Salisbury then intimated to the
United States his willingness to per
mit the dispute to go to arbitration so
far as the boundary line is concerned,
but insisted that the question as to
what was to become of the interests of
British settlers in the disputed and
what is known as the "settled dis
tricts," was to be left as a subject of
further discussion. This proposal was
not accepted, however. President
Cleveland and Secretary Olney de
clined to recommend to Venezuela any
plan of arbitration which did not in
clude the whole suDject, and provide
for a settlement of all the'points at is
sue. This government replied with the
suggestion that Great Britain agree to
place before the arbitration tribunal
the whole question, so that in case the
verdict should be against England the
settlers and miners now operating un
der license from the British crown
would become subject to the laws of
Venezuela. ' President Cleveland was
firm in his insistence that if the terri
tory belonged to Venezuela all the
license,privileges and cont-ol belonged
to her also. To the suggestion that
the United States would recommend
arbitration on these terms, Lord
Salisbury has as yet made no reply.
The Venezuela . commission has
already made such progress that it is
able to form some idea as to the merits
of the subject with which they are
dealing. It can be stated that the
commission has come to the opinion,,
from the investigations already made,
that the British claim is untenable,
and that Venezuela's claim is a just
one. The British bluebook which was
so laboriously prepared by a commis
sion of distinguished lawyers is re
garded hrre not only as, extremely
weak, but as having 'been put to
gether in a careless and 'slipshod man
ner. ,
The conclusions drawn by persons
close to the president is that England
will ultimately yield her scruples on
the "settled districts," and that she
will arbitrate the matter before the
boundary commission makes its re
port. . ' ' .' .".
. BIMETALLISTS ENCOURAGED.
Debate in the Hoose of Commons Tues
day Satisfactory.
London, March 18. There waB a
big meeting this afternoon of the Bim
etallic league. It was determined to
continue active communications with
bimetallists in France, Germany, Aus
tria and Belgium in order to promote
a great campaign in the industrial cen
ters. Secretary McNeill, in conversa
tion with a representative of the As
sociated Press, said that bimetallists
generally were satisfied with the de
bate in the house of commons yester
day evening, as by its vote the house
unanimously declared bimetallism to
be a great benefit to Great Britain,
and an international agreement was
desirable. The gold party, he added,
had not tried to challenge either of
these points, and had not ventured to
move their amendment when the cru
cial moment arrived. McNeill - also
said Balfour's speech encouraged the
bimetallists by showing the govern
ment's desire for an international
agreement, and it would go to the ut
most length which publio opinion
would justify to promote that object.
ROBBER
V
WAS KILLED.
Attempted
Hold-up on the Southern
Pacific.
Visalia, Cal., March 19. For sev
eral days Sheriff Merritt has known
that a train-robbery was contemplated,
and yesterday received information
that train 20, going north, would be
held up between Tulare and Goshen.
He sent deputies Vic Reed and Earl
Daggett to . Goshen, and took two
others with him to Tulare, and wired
O. J. Mead, a special . officer of the
railroad company, who came south and
joined the officers at Tulare.
The officers left town quietly one at
a time, but were evidently watched, as
the gang at Goshen got word that the
officers had left. .
Daggett 'and Reed got on. the engine
of train 19 ar.d crouched down in the
coal, watching for signs of the robbers
on each side or the tracic. Aoout a
mile out of Goshen a man climbed over
the rear of the tender and covered the
engineer and firemen, with a rifle in
one hand and a revolver in the other,
ordering their hands up. -
As the officers turned he saw them
and opened fire with his revolver,
shooting both of them. They re
turned the fire, Daggett's shot taking
effect and killing the robber instantly,
Daggett loaded again but the rob
ber fell off the engine. The train ran
into Tulare and the wounded men were
taken off and cared for. '
Officers boarded No, 20 and at the
scene of the fight found the body of the
robber and brought it to town. The
dead robber was found to be Dan Mo-
Call, a laborer camped near here
chopping wood. - It appears that
when he found that the officers were
preparing to defend train 20 he re
solved to hold up the . other train, not
knowing the officers were on it. His
confederates deserted him-as he boarded
the train at Goshen. He is named
Obi Britt, or Brittain McBride.
The officers this morning arrested
Si Lover n, keeper of a notorious dead
fall, and Charles Ardell, a barkeeper,
and placed them in jail. John Hay
nes, a Salvation Army man, was ar
rested at his ranch, eight .miles north
of here, and it is supposed that one
other member of the gang is to be
taken. . - ' '
Reed's wound Is slight. The ball
1 Is AH J
I When, your cake is heavy,
i soggy, indigestible, it's a
; pretty sure sign that you
i didn't shorten it with Cotto-
i lene. When this great short-
ening is rightly used, the re- H
isult will surely satisiy tne
i most fastidious. Always re- U
: member that the quality of
: Cottolene makes a little of it g
i go a long w,ay. It's willful
j waste to use more than two
; thirds as much as you would
I of lard or butter. Always
iyour cake and pastry willl
! always dc iigutt wuuiouiuc, s
i delicious.
! Genuine COTTOLEWTS eoM ereirwnei g
in tins, wan irmae-mariie -vottoien- e
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3 CMaan B ni.rt, nrtuaa, imp i
passed through the fleshy part of his
left arm near the shoulder. Daggett
is seriously hurt.' The ball entered in
front passing through the seventh rib
on the left side, and was taken out of
his back. His left lung is injured.
The robber was killed with a shot
gun, both barrels taking efiect in his
abdomen. The shot passed through
his right pants pocket, shattering his
knife, entered the bowels, and ranged
up through his body.
'. Lovern, arrested as an accomplice,
is a notorious character, tt was in his
place that Assessor Frank Coffee wa8
killed two years ago.
Bradley Indorsed.'
Louisville, March 19. At a meet
ing of leading republicans represent
ing every congressional district in the
state, last night, - resolutions were
adopted indorsing the course of Gov
ernor Bradley, and pledging those
present to support his candidacy for
the presidency by sending an - in
structed Bradley delegation to St.
Louis. Missionaries will also be sent
into states which have doubtful or
uninstructed delegations.
Waller is Coming Home.
Washington, March 19. Ex-Consul
John E. Waller, who has been lib
erated from a French prison, will sail
for New York April 4. He will soon
appear before a congressional com
mitte which will .investigate the evi
dence whereby the state department
came to the conclusion that Waller
had no case, and accepted his dis
charge with no claims fdr damages
against the French government.
Diphtheria Cpidemic Hnbslded.
Eugene, March 19. The epidemio
of diphtheria, which has been preva
lent in the vicinity of Coburg, has
greatly subsided, and is thought now
to be under complete control.. There
are only two new cases, and they are
of a mild type. " There have been
about 30 cases, four of which have
proved fatal. V
Wanted to Slay Bis Family.
Napoleon, Ohio, March 19. Earl
Richard was brought here from Gerl-
ton yesterday a raving maniac. He
had been attending . religious meet)
ings for some time, for which he lost
his reason. He beleived that the
.Lord had commanded nim to kill his
wife and baby. While being prepared
for the insane asylum he labored under
the delusion that only his spirit was
being- taken and that his body re
mained here.
' Serlons Disturbance at' Beyront.
Paris, March 18. Cairo dispatches
today say serious disturbances are
made daily at Beyrout. It is added
that 15,000 armed Christians paraded
the streets, warning Moslems to be
ready to protect themselves against
aggression.
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take a list of all and any kind of real
estate for sale or exchange, whereby the
seller will have the undivided assistance
of the following
Real Estate Agents
organized as an association for the pur
pose of inducing immigration to Wasco
ana snerman counties, ana generally
stimulating the sale . of pioperty. .
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