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SATURDAY .MAY 30, 1896
Democratic Ticket.
For Supreme Judge,
JOHN BURNETT.
For Congressman, Second District, -
' ALFRED S. BENNETT.
For Prosecuting Attorney, 7th District,
JOHN H. CRADLEBAUGH.
For Joint Senator Wasco, Sherman and
Gilliam. ,
B.
of'
DUFUR,
WASCO.
For Joint Senator, Wasco and Sherman,
J. W. ARMSWORTHY,
OP SHERMAN.
For County Judge,
GEO. C. BLAKELEY,
OF THE DALLES.
For Sheriff, x
H. F. WOODCOCK,
Of Wamic.
For County Clerk,
D. L. CATES,
OF CASCADES. .
For Treasurer -
G. A. LIEBE,
OF THE DALLES.
For Commissioner,
J. R. DOYLE,
OF EIGHT MILS.
For School Superintendent,
AARON FRAZIER,
OF DUFUB.
For Assessor,
GEORGE P. MORGAN,
OF CASCADES.
. t For Surveyor,
CHARLES SCHUTZ,
or THE DALLES,
For Coroner,
HENRY WILLIAMS,
OF EIGHT MILE.
- . Justice of the Peace, ThesDalles Dist.
J. M. FILLOON.
Constable, The Dalles Dist.,
--v- I FRANK HILL.' '
anything for Votes. : .
'The Tniis-RTouNTAnsEKB basVaV
ing this campaign, frequently stated
' that Congressman Ellis had no fixed
opinions on the flnanslal question, or
. in fact on any of the leading Issues
- before the people today; . that he is
such a devout party man, with opoin-
tons bo piiaDie as to oe warpea oy
. party declarations, whatever they may
- be, and further that he is out for the
V vote?, no matter how they are to be
secured And now Mr. Ellis comes to
our assistance arid adds his testimony
in proof of our statements. .
The Pendleton Tribune addressed a
- wner uj ijongresBman jluis, asiung:
"can you be depended upon to stand
upon the national platform of the re
publican party, which will be adopted
at the approaching national conven
tion, should it unequivocally declare
in favor of sound money?" To this,
under date of May 16, Mr. Ellis replied
in part:
"I, for one, have no desire other
. than to see our party successful,- and
. am perfectly willing to abide by the
decision made by that party in con
vention assembled, and no good re-
publican can do otherwise"
Commenting on this statement, the
. Tribune adds further proof to Mr.
jLuis- vacuiiating tendencies and bis
willingness to surrender all his former
views in order to insure his election.
It says:
"There is no ambiguity about this
. . letter.' To the answer, 'can you be de-
platform of the republican party,
which will be adopted at the approach
ing national convention, 'he clearly and
unmistakably declares: 'I am perfectly
willing to abide by the decision made
by the republican party in ' convention
assembled and adds 'that no good re-
Dublican mn An nth arm! a
"The Tribune is gratified to be en
abled to set at rest all concern as to
Congressman Ellis' republicanism.
' His silver views have not alineated
' him from the republican fold, and will
be found in the future, if not always in
the past, battling for the sound prin-
- ciples which his party will declare in
- favor of at its coming national conven
tion."' .
' Than fnm Tt. 1?lllaliibiii.t.
the endorsement riven him bv the
Tribune, which until recently has
oitieriy opposed nis reflection, we
must understand that wherever his
party .leads he will follow. If it de-
. clares for free Silver, he Is a silver man;
if for gold, he is a gold man; if for free
trade, he is a free trader. He, for one,
' "haB no other desire than to see his
party successful" and W. R. Ellis,
electedjto congress. He is plainly out
. for the votes, how he gets them is im-
. material; principle and everything
else is to be sacrificed . in order to se-
J cure his election.
If he is to "be found in the future
battling for the sound principles of his
party (which politicians concede will
be for a single gold standard after the
meeting of the St. Louis convention)
what assurance have the silver men in
his party that he can offer them any
'assistance in advocating the principles
they adopt? Can nhey place any leli-
aace In one who has been a friend to
silver in the past, but who says "he
desires nothing but the success of his
- i J tm.iu. . V .11... -
party, auu uujum uiiu suior imb go
to the "damnation bow-wows" if he can
ba elected?
their interest to support for congress
man. It is an insult to the intelli
gence of Eastern Oregon voters for
strangers to come among them, in the
interest of this or that candidate,
urging them to stand up for party
principles, vote the ticket straight,
and be counted as strict followers of
the commands of party leaders, at the
sacrifice of the very issue which is of
paramount importance to every farmer,
stockraiser and business man in the
Inland Empire, an issue in which all
have a common interest, a direct part
nership. With Coxey, Weaver and Davis, all
non-residents of the state, insisting
upon the election of Mr. Quinn; Dodd,
Hume and Geer advocating the elec
tion of Mr. Ellis; Spencer and Judge
Northup urging that the sound money
candidate is the only one who is fitted
to represent the second congressional
district in congress, the voter may be
come confused, and lead from an under
standing of where his real interests
are and who can best represent them.
But let us for a moment, before de
ciding whom we shall support for con
gress, inquire into the merits of the
different candidates, view them from
a business standpoint, and then deter
mine on which we can. place our re
liance, and who will serve our inter
ests best in the halls of congress.
Our common intereit is the open
ing of the Columbia river to free and
unimpeded navigation,- so that the
products of our farms, our pastures
and our flocks can float unobstructed
to the markets of the world. Which
of the different candidates 'will best
serve this common cause? 'Which has
the deepest personal interest in seeing
this great waterway opened to navigation?
Both Mr. Quinn and Judge Northup
are residents of Portland. Every in
terest they have is identified with that
city. Will it result to the benefit of
Portland, the home of these gentle
men, if all obstructions to the naviga
tion of the Columbia are removed, so
that the vast products of the Inland
Empire can float down its broad bosom
to Astoria, pass by the metropolis of
the northwest, and be shipped direct
from there to foreign ports? Will Mr.
Quinn and Judge Northup be zealous
workers for an enterprise that will
thus divert from their home city a
source of revenue it has enjoyed in the
past? No, a thousand times nol They
cannot, will not heartily support any
measure that will detract from the
commercial greatness of their home
city, however much it might benefit
the remainder of the district.
Mr. Ellis is a resident of Eastern
Oregon, and his heart should be in the
great work of giving the people of the
Inland Empire means of the freest
transportation for their products; but
he has had four years of trial, and dur
ing that time hundreds of thousands
of dollars have been squandered in a
pretended attempt to. remove the ob
structions to navigation at the Cas
cades, still the gates of the locks re
main closed, and Mr. Ellis has yet to
raise his voice to inquire the cause, or
court and investigation. He has been
weighed in the scale of experience and
found wanting.
Then to whom shall the people of
the Inland Empire, who have for years
paid extortionate freight rates on both
exports , .andiinport8, look for assist
ance? Who can they send as "repre
sentative to Washington to break. the
the seal that locks the gates, cf com
merce? 'To none other thai our fellow
townsman, A. j S. Bennett.. ,JEvery
property interest' he has is identified
with the people of Eastern Oregon,
his every interest is their interest;
his prosperity 'depends upon-. their
prosperity. He can be depended upon
to exert his entire energy to secure
that for which we have all waited these
twenty years an open river to the
sea. Therefore our duty, our interest,
is plain; we understand it without the
advice of the learned gentlemen from
Texas and Ohio, from Portland and
Salem. - It is to elect A. S. Bennett to
congress, '
THE MORE IMPORTANT ISSUE.
Both the money question and the
tariff are important issues in the com
ing election; but there is a question
vastly more Important to every voter
in Eastern Oregon than either of
these. It is the question of removing
obstructions to the navigation of the
Columbia river.
Whether the United States shall
adopt the free and unlimited coinage
of silver, or whether it will remain on
a gold basis, will by settled by congress
as a body, not by an individual mem'
ber. Whether the high protective
policy of McKinley is to be re-enacted,
or whether a mean between that and
the present tariff law, such as will pro
duce revenue and incidentally extend
equitable protection to various indus'
tries, is not a question for one member
of congress to determine, but will be
decided by a majority of both' houses.
But the Question, of whether or not
the obstructions to navigation of the
Columbia river be removed, must be
determined by the representative of
the second congressional district.
That is, upon his activity and labors
will depend the final consummation of
this work. It will devolve upon his
Individual efforts to see that proper
appropriations are made for this pur
pose, and the contracts are drawn for
prbsecuting the work so that they will
be binding and can be enforced. This
is and should be the issue with every
voter east of the Cascade mountains,
It is of more importance than all others.
This being the paramount issue,
who then of the different candidates in
this district is be9t able to secure the
end desired an open river from Lewis
ton to the Pacific ocean? That it is
an Eastern Oregon man is beyond
question, for we can expect little or
no help from one who is identified
with Western Oregon and especially
with Portland. Three of the candl
dates, Northup, Quinn andJMcKercher,
are Portlanders, and should either of
them be elected, Eastern Oregon can
expect little aid from them, therefore
the vote of Eastern Oregon, when
taking the open-civer question into
consideration ought to go to one of
the candidates from this section, either
Mr. Ellis or Judge Bennett.
The former has had occasion, during
his four years of service in congress.
to display his capability, and his effi
ciency and faithfulness as an advocate
of an open river is shown by the fact
that, although over $2,000,000 have
been expended at the Cascades, the
locks at that place remain closed. Be
it said to Mr. Ellis credit, he has
been active in securing appropria
tions for the locks, but he has been
unexcusably negligent in seeing that
the money appopriated was expended
in prosecuting the work for which it
was intended. Had he been otherwise
the locks would , today be opened.
Then Eastern Oregon must look to a
representative in congress who is more
active, one who will not only labor for
aypropriations, but who will see to it
that the appropriations are judiciously
expended, and that for every dollar
expended there is corresponding work
performed. Judge Bennett, both by
his private and public acts, has proven
himself happily adapted for the posi
tion. ' He is an indefatigable worker,
has ability to make his power felt, and
if elected will create such a stir in
congress and before the department,
that if there is a po8.sibli.ty of the river
ever being opened it will be done
through bis effofts . ; J
past sessions, a majority that enabled
it to dictate to every policy, whether
beneficial or pernicious. It abused
its power in both sessions, neglect
ing In every instance to enact
reforms or cut down expenses, but on
the contrary left a history that records
those sessions as being the most ex
travagant and reckless in appropriat
ing public funds of any since the
formation of the state. The extrava
gances of those two sessions are suffi
cient reasons why the- party that was
in power in 1893 and 1895 should not
again be entrusted with the manage
ment of state affairs.
It is the republican party, not the in
dividual members of the house and
senate, that was responsible for the
pernicious legislation of the past two
sessions. For the voters of the state
this year to support the nominees Of
that party is nothing short of an en
Qorseiuent of the acts of the last two
sessions. It is licensing the party to
again violate all of its pledges -for
reform, and to again go into the legis
lative halls at Salem and utterly dis
regard every promise it has made for a
economical state government. It is
saying to the members of the next
legislature, '-'we place no restraint up
on state expenditures: we do not de
mand the repeal of laws creating use
less and expensive commissions and
boards; we endorse a deadlock in the
senatorial contest and favor making
everything secondary to the election
of a United States senator."
We again appeal to the conserva
tive, fair-minded voters of this district,
not as republicans, democrats or pop
ulists, but as free and independent
American citizens, and ask if they are
willing by their votes to express them
selves as favoring the endorsement of
the past to sessions of the Oregon
legislature? Or will they as men and
citizens, stand up for their rights and
call a halt to past extravagances?
The legislative contest is not one
between mm as individuals. "Voting
against a legislative nominee is not
necessarily a rebuke to him or saying
that he is unfitted for the position he
seeks, but in this instance is the voic
ing of the approval or disapproval of
the acts for which the party to tfhich
he belongs is responsible.
Do you want a competent man in the as
sessor's office? If so vote for Qeo. P. Mor
gan. o
REBUKE EXTRA VAGANCE.
A competent man. in the sheriff's office
can save thousands of dollars to the tax
payers. H.F. Woodcock is competent
o
BE HOT DECEIVED.
A careful and obliging clerk is desired
by all who have business about the court
house. Can any one be found who is
better fitted for this office than D. L.Catesf
- "VOTE IT STRAIGHT-"
This advice is the stock in trade
with the republican candidates in Ore
gon today. They desire and implore
the dear people to stand by party, lay
aside personal individuality and -Inde
pendence, walk up to the polls, and
swallow the dose dished out to them by
the conventions. - Especially is this
the advice offered by the legislative
nominees. A Rutledge correspondent
to the Wasco News, in reporting the
speeches of Mr. MIchell and Mr. Hunt
ington at that place puts the situation
taken by those gentlemen thus:
'.'Mr. Michefi explained that he was
running against a democrat, and ' so
his speech was directed mainly against
the democrats. He claimed that all
our ills were caused by the tariff legis
lation of the democrats. He ad vises
republicans to vote the straight ticket
and the populists to scratch all demo'
crats.
"Mr. Huntington was
against a populist and gave
his attention to that party,
tributed the bad -condition
country to the agitation of the silver
question and advised republicans to
vote 'er straight and the democrats to
scratch all populists."
running
most of
He at
of the
To secure good roads, low taxes, econo
mical administration, support George C.
Blakely for county judge.
BENNETT GAINING GROUND
As time is given to the study of the
position of the several nominees for
congress in the second district and
their attitude oo the money question,
says the Baker City Democrat, the po
sition of Judge A. S. Bennett, demo
cratic candidate, is such as to command
respect and entitle him to the support
of all advocates of "free Bilver". from
principle, irrespective of party ties.
This support to his candidacy is grow
ing daily and the Democrat has it from
a source that has gathered the infor
mation from all over, the district that
Judge Bennett is very likely to be the
successful candidate when the poll
close. In addition to tne support ac
corded him by hia own party,- "sound
mqney" advocates say he is receiving
large accessions from the populist
ranks and many "free silver" republi
cans are leaving Ellis and going to
bun.
OUR DUTY IS PLAIN.
-No ghosts of dead issues and buried
hopes are required to instruct the
voters of Eastern Oregon, and spec
ially of Wasco 'oouoty, whom it is to 1
Mr. Huntington boldly asserts thta
he would deadlock the legislature be
fore he would sacrifice his man. Can
the voters send such a man to the leg
islature? Every thinking man will say
no. The man who will hold party
above principle is not worty of the
confidence of the people Wasco News.
Judge Northrup, now that he la a
candidate for congress, and is desirous
of securing the undivided endorsement
of the votes of Eastern Oregon, poses
as a staunch friend of an open river
from Lewiston to the sea. In fact he
is very enthusiastic about this matter
at the present time, and makes an
"open river" one of the planks of his
platform. It is very natural that
Judge Northup should wax eloquent
on this subject now, for it has dawied
upon him that the people of the In
land Empire are really in earnest
about wanting the Columbia river
opened to navigation, and are de
termined to make it one of the issues
on election day; but it is unaccount
able that -he should never have dis
covered this until he came up as a can
didate for congressional honors. He
endeavors too to impress on the minds
of the voters that Portland is - fully as
staunch a friend of an open river as
he, and the inference he would have
drawn is, that he being a Portland
man, nominated and made a candidate
at the behest of Portland's business
men, must of necessity, if elected, in
order to serve the creators of his con
gressional aspirations, break open the
barriers to navigation at the Cascades
and Dalles. ' ,
Every voter in the Inland Empire
no doubt enjoys listening to suoh
declarations from one who would re
present them in congress, for the
opening of the Columbia river is to
them a serious matter, but when they
look back over past events they are
somewhat skeptical as to the sincerity
of Portland and her pet candidate re
garding the question of an open river,
and they only have to look back a few
months to discover where Portland
neglected to lend her aid at a time
when she could have rendered valu
able assistance. Last March The
Dalles Commercial Club and the As
toria Board of Trade invited Portland
to act with them in securing the open
ing of the canal and locks at the Cas
cades, but Portland ignored the in
vitation. Even Judge Northup, who
is now such an enthusiast on the ques
tion of an open river, never either by
word or deed offered any assistance,
Judging his present convictions by
his past deeds, the people of the In
land Empire will not be deceived by
this recent convert to. their cause.
Two months ago, Judge Northup,
through the official position he holds,
could have rendered valuable assis
tance to the cause which he now asks
to be entrusted in .his hands, but he
neglected them, and we cannot but in
fer that he would prove equally
neglectful if sent to congress.
J. R. Doyle is the man for commissioner.
As a member of the county board he will
see that the people's money is not squan
dered. .
o "..
If the voters of Oregon are satisfied
with and approve the acts of the last
two sessions of the legislature, they
have but to express their approval by
supporting the nominees for the
legislature of the party that held the
majority in those sessions. Laying
all prejudice aside, the republican
party alone can be held responsible
for what was done in the sessions of
1893 and 1895. That party held a
working majority in both houses in
1893, and an overwhelming majority in
1895. Every act therefore, whether
good or bad, was the act of the party
to which the majority belonged. i
It may be argued that the nomi
nees of the republican party for legis
lative offices, are not the ones who
occupied seats in the last two sessions;
that the party has repudiated the in
dividual members' acts by turning
them down. The same thing was ar
gued prior to the" election of 1894.
New men were nominated and elected,
to the legislature, but they wereunder
fie Influence of tne same-old crowd',
and when they . assembled at Salem
could not, or at least did not,' break
away from the influence of the treasury
looters. They surrendered everything
to the taxeaters the same as did their
predecessors, and gave everything
over to the professional politicians and
bosses.
Should the people of Oregon endorse'
such corruption by again entrusting
the management of state affairs to the
party that in the past betrayed them?
Will they say by "their votes that they
endorse the employment of 1C0 clerks
in the legislature, that they approve
of creating and maintaining useless
and expensive commissions at the ex
pense of the people; that they favor
the apporiation of public moneys to
support private educational and
charitable institutions? If they will
then let them go to the polls on June
1 and support the nominees of the re-
republican party, for that party in
legislature assembled has forced these
things upon the people.
But if the voters of Oregon do
not approve of these flagrancies, let
them walk up to the polls on June
and, like free men, lay aside party
prejudice, refuse to allow the party
lash applied to their backs, and rebuke
the party that, by its extravagances
in the last legislature made a 4 8-10
mills state tax necessary. Let them
by their votes, denounce the jobbery of
the last two sessions of the Oregon
legislature. - '
WE REST THE CASE.
This is the last issue of the TrWES
Mountaixeer that will reach the
voters throughout the. county JSripv to
next Monday, when the citizens will
be called upon to act in the capacity of
a jury and decide upon the merits or
demerits of different candidates who
aspire to become public servants the
coming two years, and since the evi
dence is all in, we rest our case, feel
ing assurred that the vote of next Mon
day wUl be cast impartially and fairly,
and that the great mass of voters wjJJ
not allow, party prejudice .to" govern
their action's, but that' they will act
independently of party , lines, voting
for the'r inttrests and for such men as
they believe will serve them best in
official capacities.
True the TtMES-MoTNTAlNEEB
would feel a pride . in , seeing every
nominee of the . democratic party
elected, not; because they are democrats,
but because they are pledged by the
platform of their party to practice the
strictest economy in the administra
tion of county affairs, and that they
will redeem these pledges is guaranteed
by the democratic central -committee,
which will demand of them an ac
counting of their public stewardship.
If they cannot or will not effect a sav
ing to the taxpayers of the county thoy.
will be asked to resign and surrender
their positions to officials who will con
duct these offices more economically.
With these promises of candidates
and the assurance of the county cen
tral committee that the pledges will be
fulfilled, we feel that it is to the best
interests of the county that the entire
democratic ticket should receive a ma
jority vote at tne polls on Monday
next. However, to the voter we would
say, if there is a blemish upon the
character of any candidate on the
democratic ticket; if you believe he
will not be as good or better
official than bis opponent, that he will
refuse to redeem the pledges he and
his party have made, or will refuse to
turn his office over to one who will
effect the savings- promised, scratch
him from the ticket. But on the other
hand, if you have confidence in the
candidates, and that they will do as
they, agree, then it is to your interest
to give them your hearty support.
Remember the pledges of the demo
cratic county platform tfere not made
to catch votes, but to govern the acts
of officials after they-have been inaugu
rated into offl ;e; to force them to re'
gard public office a public trust, rather
thau a position for personal gain; to
insure that public service be rendered
at cost, and that the emoluments of
office shall not be incommensurate
with the service rendered.
With this assurance, accTwith the
evidence of the qualifications of the
various candidates, their honesty, in
tegrity and capability all plainly before
the voters, we submit the case to the
greatest of juries, the, free American
voter, feeling that each and every citi
zen owes first allegiance to his own
interests, which are paramount to
those of any party or candidate, and
that each and every voter will cast his
ballot for those he believes most com
petent to become his public servants,
regardless of political preference.
he can conduct the offico with the as
sistance of a deputy on a salary of $65
a month.
It is stated on good authority that
ex-Governor Pennoyer will under no
circumstances be a candidate before
the next legislature for U. S. senator,
no matter what party has a majority in
that body.
" What's the use trying to beat Ben
nett, anyway," said a prominent re
publican today; "if we beat him he
will take an appeal and win as he
always does when he gets set down on
in court."
Those who personally know Judge
Bennett, and those who do not are
scarco in the second congressional
district, will not believe the state
ment that he is acting the Dart cf a
derragogue in advocating a revenue
tariff on wool.
" Harvey -W. Scott, Joe Simon rnrt
their pang arc thieves and blaguarrs."
Wilson T. Hume. "Hume and com
pany are public leeches, eneraie- to
honesty and base scoundrels." Ore
gonian. There you have itf take j our
choice, and decide who is a liar.
Which would.be the greater ci! 'un
ity for this representative distrie;, to
elect two populists to the legislature.
ni tn onrlnrs thft ln.to lamented- niik-
lion-dollar legislature by electing two
republicans? Voters, consider these
two questions between now and elec-:
tion day. .
Thefo is no denying the fact that
Hon. Itolat. ' Mays is a i honorable
gentleman, and respected citizen, one
who has accumulated large property
interests in Wasco county, but has hp
had the experience required to fit hkn
for the offic9 of county judge? is; a
question that should be considered bJ
tne voters oi tne county.
TELEGRAPHIC.
APPAIXINiT"diSASTER.
St. Louis Struck by a Cyclone With Terrible
Keaults.
ST. Locis. May 2". Death and des
truction reigns supreme in St. Louis
and vicinity tonight, as a result of the
mostdisastero'is storm that ever visited
this section of the country. So wide
spread is the destruction "both in St.
Louis and East St. Louis that it is im
possible even to estimate the damag-e
ana loss or liro. iiundings or every!
description are in ruins, and as a re"
suit hundreds of people are reported
dead and injured, but until daylight
i-omes and order is restored, it will be
impossible to make definite state
ments. Reports are in circulation that seven
steamers lying at wharves both on this
and on the East St. Louis 6ide of the
river have been sunk, with all on
board. The city is nearly in darkness,
as electric lights and trolley wires are
down. With one or two exceptions all
the street-car lines ia the city are at a
standstill, and thousands of people are
compelled to remain down town or
walk.
SCENE OF GKIEC- AND DEATH.
Removing Bodies of Victims of the Vic
toria Disaster.
Victoria, May 27. Thousands of
sorrowful friends and relatives crowded
around the approaches to the bridge
where the terrible , accident occurred
f yesterday, which ost over 00 lives.
eagerly scanning each body as it was
brought to land. Mothers, crazed by
the loss of husbands or children, at
tempted to jump into the water in
their eagerness to rescue their loved
ones. As body after body was brought
to the shore crowds rushed forward to
5:30 the hurricane blew from the north
west. Then there came a lull and the
currents shifted. In the southwest
there came into existence a storm
cloud with the essential features of a
tornado, funnel shaped. The second
storm burst upon the city from the
southwest. It came in on South Lafay
ette park, struck the city hospital and
from there tore its way through the
city to the river by a northerly course.
It wrought havoc that wjll leave traces
in that part of the city which lies east
of Seventh and north of Cerre streets
to the Eada bridge. Boats were torn
from their moorings and capsized or
went adrift. The black cloud crossed
the river, demolished the upper work
at the east end of the bridge, then
wrecked its f u-y on East St. Louis.
snortiy alter e o'clock, wltu the sun
more than an hour high above the
western horizon, there settled upon
the city clouds so dens that daylight
quickly gave place to the darkness of
midnight.
Do you want the locks at the Cascades
opened? Then vote for A. S. Bennet.
There should be no party preference search each mangeled face, dreading
No criminal ever need expect to escape
punishment if J. H. Cradlebaugh is elected
district attorney. . - -,
THE LEGISLATIVE TICKET.
During the campaign which is now
growing to a close, this paper has
opposed the election of the republican
legislative 'nominees, not on partism
or personal grounds, but because we
believe it is not for the best interests
of the state at large to again give into
the hands of the republican party a
majority in the legislature. That
party had 4 large majority in the two
An assessor who possesses the clerical
ability to make up the assessment roll Mm
self will, tave money to the courity. There
is no better accountant in Wasco county
than' Geo. P. Morgan.
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MAKING GOOD ROADS.
Last year thirty-seven towns in Co a
necticut were ' engaged in improving
their roads, and now eighty towns are
reported, to have joined in the move
ment. The improvement made ;
thorough and scientific. The cost is
borne equally by the state, the county
and the municipality. The, movement
for better roads is rapidly extending
all over the country, and our people
are rapidly outgrowing the old fash
ioned idea that all that is necessary to
make them is for a few of the neigh
bors to meet with axes and spades, to
fill up chuck holes with pine brush and
shovel in a few handsf ul of sand on it
to keep it down, and thus "work out
the road tax." The cycle clubs are
now taking an active interest in the
maoter, and as the number of cyclists
increases, so does apparently the gen
eral interest in the road question. It
does seem a little strange, however,
that pleasure seekers should accom
plish for the country what the users of
roads for the actual business have
so long neglected, but it seems to be a
fact, that the man who has lost half a
day for himself and team digging out
a chuckhole his spoke-shattered wheel
only thinks to swear at the road over
seer, and leave the hole with malicious
satisfaction for the next team to fall
into. While the pleasure seekers on
wheels seeks to have it mended.
Prof. Aaron Frazier is one oj the ablest
educators in the county. As superinten
dent of public schools he would do much to
' advance the cause of education.
The election of Hon. Geo. A. Liebe,
to the office of county treasurer would
be a handsome compliment to a worthy
and respected citizen of Wasco county,
and would result in placing the public
funds in safe hands.
THE FARMER CANDIDATE
- The r.oampaiga-ia abput over, ..and
little remains bup to await the cour t
ing of the ballots'. . InEastern Oreson
the campaign has baen a clean one,
every party running on its merits and
backing its candidates with eloquent
speakers and solid arguments based
upon the facts as the different parties
viewed them. Yet it strikes us one
issue has not been made sufficiently'
prominent. That issue is simply the
interests of Eastern Oregon. Two
o:ily of the candidates for congress are
from Eastern Oregon and stlroly the
entire delegation in congress should
not be given to the western part of the
state. The specious promises of Judge
Northup concerning the opening of
the Columbia count for naught. Ho is
too recent a convert to be depended
upon and yet that very subject is of
more importance to us than either the
money or tanff questions. It is true,
it has been worn almost thread bare,
but its importance has not diminished.
We all believe that somewhere in the
management of the work at the Cas
cades influences are at work inimical
to the completion of the locks. . What
that influence is and. how applied has
heretofore been, and is now a mystery,
in the selection of county officers.
Men who are best suited to serve the
people faithfully and well are the ones
who should be chosen. The voter
who rises above party prejudice, and
votes for men who will administer
county affairs economically is the one
who serves the county best.
The Chronicle does Judge Bennett
an injustice in stating that he advo
cates free trade. No word oi his in
his speech here or at any other point
in the district during the present
campaign would indicate that he is a
free trader. He is not an advocate of
McKinleyisra, and a man does not
have to be a free trader to oppose the
pernicious tariff law of 1890. There is
a wide difference between a free trader
and one who advocates reasonable
tariff.
A leading populist the other day
said if he had an important case to try
before the United States supreme court
be would employ Judge Bennett as tit
attorney, because he knew him to be
honest, able and sincere. Eastern
Oregon has an important case to try
before the United States congress
the case of an open river. Why, then,
should not Judge Bennett be made
the attorney in the case by electing
him to represent the, second district?
During four years service as judge
of Wasco county Geo.C. Blakeley has
certainly become conversant with the
events of the people of the county and
is better qualified to conduct the af-
fairs the county than one who has
never filled the position. . The voters
of the county will certainly see that it
is to their interest to re-elect Judge
Blakeley-and thus derive the benefit
of his experience.
, All over this state the people have
been patiently waiting for relief in the
way of reduction in public expenditures
but it must be apparent to everyone
that relief will not come without an
effort on the part of the people. The
extravagance of the last session of the
legislature was a violation of pledges
for econemy, and it is certainly un
warranted assumption to think that
the people desire to return to the. leg-
l.ilatufe members or the party that is
responsible for that extravagance.
Tall Timothy Geer, the republican
sage of Marion county, who is stump
ing the second district in the interest
of Mr. Ellis, in a speech delivered at
Pendleton waxed eloquent and compli
mentary at the some. time. He said
the "republican party is opposed in
this election by populists, nihilirts,
Canadians and Zulus." ' He will think
it is opposed by an Eastern Oregon
sledgehammer and Texas cyclone after
Bennett and Davis get through with
him at the Weston picnic.
D. Solis Cohen, republican nominee
for mayor of Portland, presented
The number
the foot
Mr. tins, though lour years in con
gress has not solved it, nor do we be
lieve be can solve it. We believe
Judge Bennett can and will if elected
to the office.
He is recognized as one of the ablest
attorneys in the Northwest, an anti
corporation lawyer, a friend of the
people, tireless in the interests of his
clients. One who cannot be swerved
from his course by either fear or favor.
Such is A. S. Bennett and such is the
man who should be chosen to look
after the" interests of Eastern Oregon
in- congress. In the harvest fields of
Eastern Oregon, Judge Bennett as a
boy earned the money which paid his
way through college, and on the farm
he learned by hard exper.ence the con
dition of those who till the soil. Efe
knows the struggles of the farmer, not
as a fireside 'story gleaned from books.
but conned beneath, the sun of summer
in the blistering- hardest fields and
told again in the biting blasts of winter,
Wasco county should be proud of him,
and Wasco county farmers, and the
farmers of Eastern Oregon should give
him their unanimous support. All his
interests are in Eastern Oregon. Here
he has resided since his boyhood. He
has grown up amongst us, his lot is
ours. His property, his home, his
family, his friends, his all, all are here,
Our wants are his. Our desires are
his. Our interests are his. The
western part of the state, especially
Portland has paid but little attention
to Eastern Orecon except at election
times. Recently all this section was
clamoring for 6uch action by congress
as would insure the immediate com.
pletion of the canal and locks at the
Cascades, but the silence at Portland
was deadly in its significance. We
have never had 'any aid from Portland
in the 20 years the locks have been
building, is it probable weshowld get
any now? The party fences are all
down, and it behooves us to select ous
congressman, not for his politics, but
as we would an attorney to take charge
of our case. Let us measure the candi
dates by the rule of which can best
look after our interests, and if this is
done, A. S. Bennett will get such a
vote as' was never before given a
ongressional candidate.
( rather a ludicrous appearance a few
EDITORIAL NOTES.
A sheriff who can attend to the
clerical work of the office can save to
the taxpayers at least $40C a year, since.
evenings since when addressing a
Scandinavian club on' the beauties of
protecting American labor. Had he
addressed a body of American working
men on this subject it would have been
consistent, but to talk to a lot of
foreigners, who had scarcely recovered
from the sickness of their voyage over
from the bid country, about protect
ing American working men is a little
coarse.
Why should any change be made at
this lime in the office of county judge?
The present incumbent has been tried
for four, years, and has proven him
self a conservative, honest official, car
ing for the welfare of the county as he
would for his own business, permit
ting no needless expenditures, but at
the same time making -improvements
in the way of roads wherever the si me
were needed and would accommodate
the people generally. Judge Blakeley
is cautious and at the same time pro
gressive. Why then should he be
set aside for a new man?
the possibility, that it. might be that
of some one whom they hoped had es
caped from the death trap.
Twenty persons known to have been
on the bridge at the time of the acci
dent are missing, and it is supposed
that they have perished. The car reg
ister shows 90 fares, and it is probable
that over 125 people were on board.
On the surtace of Victoria arm strug
gling people fought to gain the shore.
Strong men and frail women battled
for their lives. Husbands emerged
from the wreckage, only to find that
their wives had gone down to death.
Children were carried down by those
who were stronger, and fathers who
had struggled from ' beneath the tim
bers and debris of the bridge and car
and carriages returned to their doom
in a vain endeavor to rescue their
babes. t
. The waters of the arm for yards
around were dyed red with blood, and
floating out to sea went corpse after
corpse, borne on by the tide.
The shrieks of men, the screams of
women and children filled the air and
nerved the crowds of rescuers on to
feats that endangered life and limb.
of carriages lost and
passengers carried down in
the wreck cannot be learned. It is
claimed by many that fully 200 persons
went down with the span, and that
more than half of them perished. The
accident occurred so quickly that no
body ba.i very clear recollection of
what transpired.
FBEMITJ3I OS GOLD BIBS.
Advisability of Making a reduction to be
V... .. .. . Considered. j
New yosk, May,"2T. The" director
of the mint is expected 'to 'visity this
city within & day or two with a view of j
conferring with the superintendent
of the assay offide regarding the ad'
visibility or reducing the premium on
gold bars from 3-13 to i per cent.
There has recently been a- disposi
tion at the treasury department favor
ing the export of gold bars, rather
than coin, owing to high premium on
bars. The stock of gold1 bars at the
acay office amounts to about $21,500,
UJ4J, and superintendent niason says
that of this amount $ 17,000,00a or $18,
000,000 is available for shipment. The
remainder of the bat's will be retained
for commercial purposes.
CUBANS WKUiS DEFEATED.
Tea Men Killed la a Battle . With
Spaniard.
Havana, May 27. The local guer
illa 'force of San Antonio de los Benes
has killed nine insurgents with side
arms, besides the leader uoiiaozo.
General Serafino has fought the insur
gents near San Cristobal, Pinar del
Rio. They had eight killed and
carried off many wounded.
The insurgent leader, Serafin Cocar-
ras, nephew or the leader Carlos, has
died of his wounds in Pinar del Rio.
There is assurance that the insurgent
leader, Regino Alfonso, the Cuban
bandit, was killed in a machete fray in
consequence of the dissensions among
the insurgents. ' .
JUDGEMENTS FILED-
Moses Mossback on ''Pollytiz.
Dear Mister Edditur:
I thot Ide rite yoo a fue lines tu let
yoo no I wuz enjoyin the blessins of
gude health, and I hope yoo arr havin
tlesame bless in.
I haint a very, gude hand at writln
fer the noozpepper, bukase in ray old
days I hev bin sufferin mightily with
roomaiix, su if I don't youse gude
dickshunnery, I hope yoo'U exkuse me.
But noez eleckshun iz a cummin on,
and evverybuddy else be tawkin polly
tix, I no yoo'll not slite a old settler
like me to air my sentiments upon
fue things whut I no tu be facka.
Mister Edditur, line a grct admirer
of Jedgo Benit. I seene by yoor val
looble pepper ez how he wuz a runnin
fer Kongriss and so I sed tu mvself,
sez I, Ime goin outand holler fer Jedge
Benit, roomatizer no roomatiz. Don
yoo no, I kin rekoleckt the Jedge whin
he wuz nuthin but a kid a going aroun
barfuted. And betwene yoo and inee,
Mister Edditur, he wuz the best feller
tu wurk on the farm that I ewer seed.
I rekolekt wunce whin I wantld sum
old stumps grubbed upp. fer tu youse
the ground fer plantin timuthy seede,
and mind yoo, he wud wurk hard awl
day a grubbin out stumps, and thin at
nite be wud set down by the fire place
and reede law bukes fur 3 hours at a
strech. Its a fack. And I sot tber a
whittlin on a stick and a lookin at
him, and sez to myself, He bett 2
booshels of Irish pertaties that thet
yung chapp'U bee Pressident sum day.
Yessur, The Jedge wuz a orful gude
farm hand; and in thrashing time yoo
kin bett he wuz hard to bete. He wuz
the handiest feller aroun a stack of
wheet on thrasbln day that you ewer
seed I tell yoo, we wuz awl prowd ov
yung Bcnit tbim days. He wuz the
faverit awl aroun our diggins. Hee
wurked and studdied orful hard. I kin
awlso rekollekt whin he wuz aeechin
skule in our deestrik. An yoo bett
the kids got a hole lot of booke larnin
whyle the Jedge was a teechin thim.
But now thin, thet verry self same
individgual, whut yoused to be - mie
trusty farm hand iz runnin fer Kon-'
griss. An the uther day an old ac
kwantance of mine what yused to be a
dimmykrat. but is now a vbtin with
the popps, he cums upp tu me, and
sez'ee, now Moses, I want yoo to kast
yoor vote fer Mister Kwinn ( I think
thet's hiz name); bekase Jedge Benit
iz a lawyer, and w&don't want no more
lawyer's back ther in ICongi-C6; ther
the rooin of our kintry. an(V ther's 300
ou them ther now. We want some
farmer back thr; whut'll luke after
the farmer's interest. So yoo vote fer
Mister Kwinn. Sez I, You darn fule,
whut du yoo take me fur. He bett yu
Jedge Benit nos more about farmin
now than faaff ov us farmers. Jedge
Benit he's the oily farmer kandydata
a runnin for Kon griss, an He bettl yu
six bits agenst tu sents and a haff that
Mister Kwinn don't no beens about
farmiu. Ho lives ia Portlund and
runns a nuzepepper and a laundry
waggun, and what duz he n about
farming?" And my old friend, sez'ee,
wail yoo've got me now, Moses, and he
. wintnff and newer wantid tu tawk
pollytix with me since thin. ' .
Inn konklushun, Mister Editor, Im
again to vote fer Jedge Benit, bekase
Ime a pore man, and the Jedge hez
allwus bin the verry best frind ov the
pore man. Whloevver a man gits
hurt on the ralerode, he goze to Jedge
Benit, and Jedge he mcks the rallrode
kumpany pay the pore man damajes,
So I want to see awl ov my old friends
joyn with mee nixt Munday, lett us go
up to the ballot, tugether, and let's
wun and awl say, Ez fer me, Ime agoln
to fite and vote fer Jedge Benit. Wish
in yu gude luctc ..lister Ji.dditur, 1 re-
mane your old frend,
Moses Mossback,
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Two Heavy Verdict Agalost the Northern
'Pacific Company.
Milwaukee, May 27. Judgements
have been filed in the United States
court against the Northern Pacific
Railway Company and in favor of the
Farmers' Loan & Trust Company, one
for 91,383,763 and the other for $2,133,
501. The former judgement was ob
tained in the United States court for
North Dakota and the latter In the
United States district court of Miune
sota. The papers do not state upon
what the judgements were obtained
but it is probable it is overclaims
against the lands of the Northern
Pacific Company.
"Cyclone" Davis, the oracle or pop-
ulism, exploded MrQuinn's theory of
prohibitive tariff. Mr. Davis de
clares that any tariff for the protection
of American industry is a myth so long
as American securities are held in Eu
rope. He made it very plain that
America cannot fix the price of her
commodities, either by adopting a
high or low tariff, so long as shejmust
pay Interest to bond -holders abroad
If Mr. Davis is correct in his conclu
sions. Mr. Quinn, with his ideas of a
tariff that would prohibit foreign im
portations, would be an unsafe congressman.
The election of a United States
senator is by no means the most im
portant duty for the legislature of 1897
to perform. In fact it is a matter of
secondary consideration when com
pared with abolishing the dozen or
more useless commissions and the cut
ting down of public expenses. No re
presentative or senator should be
elected who will agree to block legis
lation by -quibling over the senatorial
contest and for forty days voting for
the caucus nominee. Messrs. Dufur
and Armswortby, if elected to the state
senate, will not allow party prejudice
to govern their action in . this matter
if the senatorial contest threatens to
prevent needed legislation as it did
two years ago. They recognize the
rights of the people as greater than the
claims of any would-be senator.
THE MISSOURI CYCLONE
The
of
Lost of Life and Destruction
Property Wat Fearful.
St. Loms, May 23. When the sun
arose on St. Louis and vicinity this
morning it showed a scene of horrible
ruin and disaster. The wind, rain
and fire combined in a mission of de
struction. ' Two hundred lives were
lost in this city, and many more in
East St. Louis, while thousands were
injured, many so severely that they
cannot recover. The exact number
will not be known for many days,
perhaps never, for the debris of ruined
buildings all over the city covers
hundreds of human bodies. The dam'
age and destruction of property will
aggregate, many millions, but the
exact amount cannot be estimated
with any degree of certainty. The
terrible tornado that caused this de
struction struck the city yesterday
afternoon at 5:15 o'clock, and all par;s
of the city and East St. Louis felt the
effects. The greatest damage on this
side of the river was inflicted within a
three-mile strip along the mighty
stream. Many buildings totally col
lapsed, others were unroofed, while
very few escaped Injury. The storm
did little damage in . the business and
northern portions of the city, save
along the river front, where the dam
age cannot be estimated.
From a few minutes before 5 until
No taxable property will escape the vigi
lance of Geo. P. Morgan if he is elected
assessor.
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Struck It Blch.
Geo. W. Filloon, formerly of this
city, has evidently made a rich strike
over in British Columbia, and if re
ports are true, he will soon become one
of the millionaire mine owners. Mr. A.
C. Sanford is in receipt of a letter from
Mr. Filloon, under date of May 24,
saying that all the statements con
tained in the following Ainsworth dis
patch in reference to the mine of
which he is manager, are true:
"Undoubtedly the largest strike ever
made In the Ainsworth camp has ben
made on the Terminus, a claim owned
by Spokane parties, and under the
management of ' George W. Filloon
who is also one of the owners At the
end of a 200 foot tunnel a 40 foot ledge
was struck of high grade ore, averag
ing $147 per ton, gold and silver. The
property Is situated within' half a mile
of Lake Kootenay and opposite Pilot
Bay smelter, and will soon be counted
among tne great producting mines of
Kootenay district.-'
ftAIK-BBEADTU T8CAPE.
A Fralrle Schooner Containing a Family '
Struck by a Train.
An emigrant family, traveling In a
prairie schooner to Montana, narrowly
escaped instant death last, evening
by being struck by the west-bound
passenger, says the La Grande
Chronicle. It appears that three
prairie schooners, containing families',
were coming along the road where It
winds in close to the track, two miles
west of Perry. The driver of one of
these endeavored to make the road
crossing ahead of the train. Bis horses
became unmanageable and backed the
Vehicle on to the track and before he
could get out of the way the train
struck the rear portion, taking off a
wheel and injuring one of the women
of the party. Itwusat first reported
that she was seri n.sly hurt, but later
reports shoiv that she received only a
deep cut on the f.ireheai and with the
exception of tlight bruises received no
other injuries. It was a narrow escape,
however, from a shocking death.
D. L. Cafes, made a good sheriff and
will make as good a clerk as Wasco county
ever had.
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The portage road at the Cascades,
whice has made it possible to operate
the D. P. & A. N. line, has saved to
Eastern Oregon $150,000 a year since
it has been ia operation. We want
this saving increased by the opening
-of the canal and locks. The best, in
fact the only way to secure this is by
the election of an active, energetic
man to con ores, not one who will
allow himself "buncoed" by contrac
ctors and government engineers, but
one who will go to the bottom of the
thing and unearth the large colored
gentlemen who is ia the wood pile.
We can rely on A. S. Bennett to do
this if sent to Was i-gton.
Eastern Oregon wants a representative
in congrees to plead her cause for on open
river. Bennett wiU pleud her case and
win it.
The Dalle Bowler.
Following are the names and aver
ages of the members entitled to enter
the finals in the bowling contest be
tween the married and single mem
bers of the Commercial club :
!
MABBIED.
Kama Average
Ed. KUrtz 40 S
F. L. Houghton.. ..ft!
H. J. Muler SI
J. P. Mulnerny
E. Schunoo
W. O. KeiHH 29
II. F. LauKhlin ....28
J Boun, r t7
W. L. Bnxlshaw...an,
C. W. Dletzel 27
Bc&erve.
W. H. Moody S7!J
A. M. Kelsay 27
BISOH.
Kama Average
A. McOully.: S6H
CVMays S3
L. ScLanno 81
N. J. Bianott. 81
J. Maioaey...A....8lM
J. Hnnn. ir 8U
F. W. WUon 80
F. HIU 29
J. Ilurlnett S
II. H. Kludt-ll...k..a
Reserve.
i. T. Hampshire.. 17
C. Lord S7H
i yjift M-rtfvw liiwt mtyi7J &sft n .1 ml , . . am'
A. S. Bennett in congress.
Eighty School Children Perish. .
Kansas City. May 28. The train
dispatcher at the headquarters of the
Alton here has a report from thex
operator at Roodhouse that at Drake,
Illinois, just south of Roodhouse on
the Alton road, a tornado at a late hour
yesterday demolished the big school
bouse and that 80 children perished in
the ruins.
If you don't want a dead lock in the next
legislature vote for Dvfur and Armsworthy.
iwf iriiinurui ia t ir - -rfirr fum ni T
Is the making of a pie. The
making of a crisp crust depends
I largely upon the shortening. Use y
Cottolene, the new vegetable g
shortening, instead of lard, sjm m
sogginess will be an unknown gl
element in your pastry.
should always be economically
used two-thirds as much Cotto
lene as vou would ordinarily use
of lard or butter, being ample to?
produce tne most aesiraoia ra-i
nits. Tne saving in a year rep-1,
resents a considerable item, i
There are many imitations of
Cottolene; yon should therefore
be careful to get the genuine. -1
Sold sTsrrwhsrs ! tin, wnh trmds-mirfcs t
rCottoUmt" sad Kur't head isJ
wrxUA oa rrarr bo. MuUoalyD y
THE N. K. FWRBANK COWP'WT. St WW, f
w Hsrt, Sanaa. t
WHY DID YOU
come cut uwmui
Tlie frauds perpetrated at Cascade Locks
should be investigated. Bennett in con
gress would le an investigator.
Court Proceeding. .
State vs Joe Chapman, larceny; .plea
of guilty. Sentenced to one month
imprisonment in county jail.
Anna UrquhartvsCE Jones; argued
and submitted.
Solicitors Loan & Trust Co. vs Wm
Goodwin et al; confirmation granted.
You want good roads over which to haul
your produce to market. Then rt-eltct
Judge Blakeley.
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Kansas Town Destroyed.
Kansas City, May 23. Specials to
the Times state that 10 people were
killed in a tornado which struck the
village of Labaddie, Franklin county,
yesterday evening, and that the town
of Renicic, 10 miles from Moberly, in
Randolph county, was completely
wined out. Nothing definite from
either place can be learned.
By the request of many friends and
voters of this county, who believe like
myself that this free country should be
run by the people, and not by any fac
tion or political bosses of any party
that would down a man without any
cauie whatever.
Now, gontiomen,' I do not ask for
any more than others have had before
me, and have only done my duty or a
faithful custodian-of the iucdsof Ibis
cousty, auu niiall Cuutlnue to do to as
long as you say by your vote for me ta
stay in this office. Not favoring the)
rich any more than the man who tails
hard and long for bis bard eamied
dollar, J leave it for the voters of this
county to say it a tried man Is not us
good as an untried man in this respon
sible office.
WM. MICHELL.
County Treasurer.
POPULIST TICKET.
For Supreme Judge,
JOSEPH GASTON,
For Congressman, Second District,
MARTIN QUINN.
For Joint Representatives, Wasco and
Sherman Counties,
J. W. MESSINGER, L. HENRY.
For County Judge,
F. P. TAYLOR.
For Sheriff,
W. H. TAYLOR,
For Clerk.
L. H. HOWE.
For Trereurer.
SETH MORGAN,
For Commissioner,
GEO. PATTERSON.
For School Superintendent,
JESSIE HANSBURY. .
For Assessor,
D. MCCOY.
For Coroner,
A. F. ARNOLD.
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