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.TSSDT.D EVERY SATURDAY . BY . J. A. DOUTHIT, Publihr. SUBSCRIPTION BATES. DAILY On Year, by null. Six Months Thrw' Mooatns. . .. tf.OO t.OO 1.60 WEEKLY Oii Year, by mail........ Six mintns..... -' All Rnhwrlptionn Payable to Advances .so 7S -Saturday. .JUNE 20. 1S96 ... . if "MUS't-BE ; SETTLED.. ' '"T?'- Those who mo laboring: under the belief thatthe question of finance can "be relegated to the rear, or can .be i . .made tbe Issue of second Importance in the comlne campaign are illadvised. .."itomust be the main and.oniy- issue in. the selection of the next president and bouse of represehyatives. The money question must be settled bjsforejjusl--. ness will return to its nbrmal condl Jtiorii -- This is recog-nteed by the masses V- throughout the .nation, and they will r accept of no quibbling nor will they support any party that does not come - oub-rn urrmtBtakreabIe"erms on the question of . finance. This fall -must determine whether the United States .shall retain the single gold standard or whether it shall adopt silver as the measure of values. The twaddle and rot about bimetalism and international agreement is meaningless, and while " it has sufficed to catch votes in tne past, it will serve that purpose no ' longer. People demand of .the parties that they declare openly either for a gold or silver standard; 'in short they demand that the question be " settled "now, once and forever. The .'-.' record of the recent session of con- - gress indicates that'no revenue legisla V tion can be had until the money ques ; tion is disposed of; thatthe treasury will be left without revenue to pay the necessary expenses of gevernment until silver is either recognized as a standard of value or is made a second? ary money. . That the democratic party In national convention will wed itself to the free and unlimited coinage of silver is now . conceded beyond a doubt. The decla- - ationofthe Chicago, convention will 'be out spoken on this " question and will be in such unmistakable terms that it will not admit of a double construction. It will without reser . ration announce itself the party of free :.: " silver; and that the question come be . fore the American people for. final de : termination, the populist and other free silver contingencies ought to make "j. presidential nominations. Then if the . republicans at St. Louis declare for a gold standard, as it is generally be lieved they will, the issue can come - before the people between the two kinds of money, gold and silver. For the republican party to do otherwise would be cowardice", and would merit . contempt and insure defeat. The . . Oregonian takes the proper-view of . tSis" subject when it .says: "Cowardice now would be the un , . doing of the republican party. But the convention will meet the enter- gency -with'the-'declaration that the s-old standard is to be maintained. It relieve the "country of tbe Of its ent rate of Increase In the consump tion of this beverage, it will be but a short time until thy will outrival thft Germans as consumers of malt liquors. The brewers, who recently held their1 Inational - convention, directed atten tion to-the fact that they have a quarter of a billion dollars invested in plants for manufacturing- "beer, and that since 1876 their annual sales have Increased from $8,500,000 to $30,000,000. In further-evidence of the magnitude of the brewing business, the official re port of the treasury department shows the consumption of malt liquors in 1876 was 308,336,000 gallons; of 1886, 717,745,000 gallons; of.1895, 1,043,292,- 003 gallons. Thus in three decades the annual consumption of beer has tripled. Tho present enormous output of a thousand million gallons annually gives, a con' sumption officially stated at 14.95 gal Ions per head of population, against only 6.83 gallons per. head In 1876. Thus the consumption per head has a little more than doubled in the same time that the total consumption ' has trippled. . ' It Is Important to notice that during .this same period the annual consump tidn of distilled liquors has fallen from .1.33 gallons to 1.12 gallons a bead, while that of wines has. also fallen from 45 to 25 per cent of a gallon per head.. . ' - " ; " : PRESIDENTS AS LEADERS. ; party to . apprehension that the standard "ioney is to" be changed, or is Jn danger L of change," to an inferior basis. ;- The crisis? though of another kind, Is as momentous as that of i860, or that of ; 1864 It devolves on tbe republican party to meet it, and it will meet it." -Whether, however, after the repub licans have declared for gold, it shall . be successful before the people is in deed questionable. The preponder ance Of evidence Is that a majority of the masses favor the free coinage-of . silver. . Certain it is that in the South and West the advocates of silver are in the majority, and if tbe people vote . their sentiments on this Issue, there . is scarcely a state south of Pennsyl vania or west of Ohio that will give a majority for tbe gold standard candi date if there are but two in the field. Yet whatever the result, it is to be hoped that the issue will be so plainly made that -the question will ' be . ultimately settled at the November ' election, and that.- business may be allowed to adjust itself to whatever . . standard is adopted. . '' A VOICE FROM VIRGINIA. - George Wachlngton, whose unselfish patriotism established the precedent limiting the tenure of the presidential office to two terms in the caaet- of $ny Individual, and Thomas Jefferson, ." whose incomparable political wisdom and foresight accepted, that precedent - as a principle necessary to the perma nence of our free Institutions, were ' both sons of-Virginia. " ' " "- From the democrats of the state that gave to jhla; nation Washington and Jefferson, the state in which nearly one third of. all the presidents of the United States. have been born, comes - with peculiar appropriateness at tbe present time this affirmation of the un written law that .. there , shall be no . third term:- -- "- "It Is the unwritten law of this re. public, established by the custom and usage of one hundred years- and sanc tioned by the example of the greatest and wisest pf those who have founded and maintained pur government, that no man should be' eligible for a third term of tne presidential ormra. Some -leaders in the democratsc party, residing east of the Mississippi river, have faith in the power of President Cleveland to control the Chicago convention that id, they be lieve be can route the silver men, and thus be able to dictate the financial policy of the convention. While the president has a powerful influence with the eastern democrats, who agree with him on tbe money question, his influence does not extend to the West in .a degree that he would hope to dic tate to the policy of the convention and break down the silver sentiment that is sure to prevail. ' While Mr, Cleveland has been a leading factor in the three past campaigns in formu lating the policy uf the democratic party, it Is not probable that his power will be felt at Chicago next mOnth Besides it is contrary to precedent for a retiring president to lay down the rules for his party in the campaign following his term of office, and' Mr. Cleveland will not proye an exception. Few presidents have been real party leaders. General Jackson and Abra ham Lincoln were the mosi prominent aa a party leader of any of the presidents. No President was prominently identified with so many and such various issues and policies and partici pated in so many exciting personal contests as Jackson, and he was almost un iformally successful in all his en deavors. The only contest in which he was beaten was that which he waged to secure social recognition for "Peggie" O'Neill, the wife of his friend and secretary of war, John H. Eaton. He overthrew tbe United States bank, put down nullification, or at least voiced the spirit which induced it to take advantage of Clay's compromise tariff to retreat before it provoked ex tirpation; made Calhoun a local figure, and put Clay and all his other foes in the dust. . Some ot,the historians denv to Jackson the Qualities of doI- local leadershiD." but' h haA . In an eminent degree -the faculty of 1 articles in maxiug pouuca vpreTau. jso . otner president ever impressed his person V' -powerfully on politics as. did -A 'Jackson. "FresidtLlriolnrwas an adroit p5?ty leader, and - prior to bis first election, dictated to tEeTpolti party, but his delay in attaching slavery turned the radical element of his party against him, and even after the emancipation proclamation was issued a faction nominated John C. Fremont, against him in "1864. Fremont, how ever withdrew before the end of the canvass and Lincoln received, all- the republican and most of the war demo cratic, votes. A majority of Lincoln's party was against him on the state restoration, policy, but there is a possi bility that if he had lived some com mon ground for himself and the re publican party would have been reached. But the conditions now are not similar to those that, existed in Jack son's and Lincoln's time, nor is Cleve land situated as they were. He is con fronted with a strong opposition in his own party in a majority of the states, therefore bis influence will be limited, Were he to attempt to dic tate to the policy of the coming national convention he would meet with a rebuff and his counsel would be heeded ' no ' more .than that of the humblest citizen. Cleveland has for twelve years been a . strong party leader, but he has lost his prestige! and his influence will not be felt at Chicago. - - ' '. WOOL AND PROTECTION. There .are tolay stored in the ware houses of Tbe Dalles millions of pounds of wool, representing the labor of the sheepraisers of Eastern Oregon far the past year, which cannot be sold at any price, and the people who produced it are naturally, enquiring tbe cause. They want to know why It is that the product of their to'l is not in demand. They-knowthe people of the world must be clothed, and they believe that the wo61tuey have raised should be converted into clothes to supply the demand of the masses. Some of course claim that it is be cause the. tariff has been removed from wool, and the factories of merica are supplied from abroal because Australia and New Zeeland offer their wools at .less price than do the American wool growers; but this theory 19 exploded when it is taken into account that in both those countries today wool is quoted higher than it is in any of tbe markets of America. Then it cannot be that the removal of the tariff on' raw wool is entirely responsible for this lack of demand. Others argue that the cause is the reduction of the duty on manufactured woolens, which has closed, the mill?, they being; unable to compete with European manufacturers. This argu ment is fallacious for many reasons. The. woolen mills of America are not thrown in direct competition with European factories, for every class .of manufactured woolens ia protected by a duty of fromHO to 0 per cent, which is abundant to cover the difference in the cost of production. And it is not true that the American mills are closed down, though they are not running at their fullest capacity.' Last year the output of manufactured woolens from American mills was 80 per cent of the heaviest output in any previous year. Then why is it that the American wool does not find a ready market at tbe Same prices that prevail in London and Liverpool? The principal reason is that the demand has been decreased by the in ventive genius of American manufac turers. A cheaper commodity has taken its place and is converted into an article that has the appearance of pure wool. A large percentage of the alleged woolen goods produced in this country are composed of from one to two-thirds shoddy-rags that are im ported duty free, and are furnished the manufacturer, washed and ready for use, at from three to seven cents a pound, while washed wool cannot be had for less than 20 to 40 cents. So long as this state of affairs ia permitted to exist the American wool raiser vill find his wool a drujf In the market. So long as rags are admitted fre and are allowed to be' used in the manufacture of woolen cloths, any leg islation that makes pure wool- dearer, by placing an import duty upon it, will have tbe tendency to lessen the de mand, and thus bring it to the price of rags, or entirely stop its production. A limited duty on wool is perhaps necessary in order to hold tbe markets firm, but tnis would be of no avail to the wool producer while rags are itn-. ported free and are permitted to be manufactured. What is most needed to protect the domestic wool grower is a prohibitive duty on imported rags, to protect them from competition with tbe pauper rag-pickers of Europe, and a law requiring ail . manufactured wh IchAn virTi Ink- bunred1" raw material Is 'Used, to ba branded lshoddy toprotecc them from the rag ine'ustry" at hof'-e- " raMJlA--nseives ana tneir business more. by demanding of their represen tati veain eoaar resatha enact ment of such a law than they can by clamoring for the re establishment of the McKinley tariff on wool woolens. vision at the earliest practicable day, not later than July I, 1896, while for the year ending June 30, 1897, he might expend on the present contract schools not more than 50 per cent of this amount so used for the flseel year 1895, and even then only "at places where non-sectarian schools cannot be provided." It is no more than fair to the con tract schools, which have hereto fore done so useful a service in In dian education, and also only fair to the Indian youth, and finally to tbe Indian office, which must make ex tensive preparations, that a year should be given for this change of system. We may probably expect at least a part of the religious schools to keep on with their own funds; but the upshot of this year's legislation is that, after a little more than twelve months, the Government will cease to pay for any of-the Indian pupils educated in them. :'. " THE REPUBLICAN, NOMINEE The St. Louis convection did just what was expe ted; in fact, all it could consistently do in the matter of selecting a candidate fcr ' presi dent. McKinley, more than anyone else In the nation, represents tbe high protective policy of the republican party, and is by odds the most logical candidate that party .could have selected. His protective ideas are plainly illustrated in the tariff law of 1890, which was so prohibitive in its provisions that it reduced the rev enues of tho government- about $T)0,fOO,000 the first year after it was adopted, and resulted in stagnating trade broad cast over tho nation, to the extent that in 1892 it was .re pudiated by the people at the polls wben the election was held, in November of i that year. On the money question. McKinley, though in the past wavered between free coinage and a gold standard, now stands with his party, and if elected, could no doubt be relied upon to veto any free coinage bill that might pass congress. For this reason he can reasonably be expected to receive tbe undivided support of what is termed the sound money element in tbe re publican party, and would have re ceived many votes from the gold stand ard democrats bad not tbe St. Louis convention indulged in such ultra con demnation of President Cleveland and tbe democratic administration. But with ' such declarations in the re publican national platform, and tbe extreme1 protective policy it enunci ates, the gold democrcats, who might otherwise buve supported tbe republi can nominee for president, cannot but be alienated, and if they cannot sup port the nominee of t7e Chicago con vention, will simply hold aloof from voting. As to McKinley personally, if elected to the presidency, while he is in touch with the leaders of his party, his views, and the influences that will control his actions are at variance to the in terests of tbe masses. In the past he has "been too closely allied to the manufacturers and trust, to at this time discard their influence, and should he be successful at tbe election, his administration must to a great extent be influenced by that element. : before the people at every presiden tial election during the past twenty years. The platform is so worded that it ill drive the free coinage republi can" away from the nominees of the party," and has not a feature that will draw democrats to them. It leaves Mr. McKinley and Mr. Hobart to seek their support solely from tbe gold standard republicans. While the plat form is a strong one, those who formed it exhibited very poor politics. Contrary to expectations Judge. Ho bart, of New Jersey, received the nom ination for vice-president on the re publican ticket instead of Gov. Morton, of New York. . Little is known of Hobart except that be is immensely wealthy, and is able to contribute lib erally to the- campaign fund. This of course is a. nece.-sary qualification,, since the office of vice-president is largely honorary. A Washington correspondent to the New York Herald calculates that in the Chicago convention there will be 378 delegates favoring gold, 422 favoring silver, and 110 doubtful. Atnonjr those- classed as doubtful are the delegates from California, Neb raska and Ohio, most "of whom will favor silver, thus giving the silver men very'nearly a two-third majority. The Oregonian is boss of the repub lican party in Oregon, in its own imagination. It boasts that ''we wi 1 get a gold standard platform at St. Louis; then we. will liavo to put the silver sta-dard people" out of the state republican committee." This settles it. The "we" of the big Oregonian will tell Hirsch and Bourn to go and they will just get up and get, if they want to. " There is no time wasted in meting out justice in England. A man was hanged in London a few days ago for a murder committed in April and two other for murders committed in Feb ruary. If in San Francisco justice was like speedy the body of tbe brute Durrant would be molderins in the grave instead of lingering in jail awaiting an appeal to the supreme court. The dispatches announce that Cleve land, Carlisle and Reed contemplate forming a partnership for practicing law in New. York City. They would form rather a peculiar political com bination but as lawyers they would be pretty solid. They are unquestionably three of the brainiest men in tbe na tion, and ' tho reputation they have gained as statesmen would work to this advantage in business. ' No man, says the Philadelphia Rec ord, has ever seen a Quaker beggar. The members of this religious Bociety look after their own indigent quietly and- delicately, and none but the com mittee of relief knows the names of those assisted. The late Joseph Jeanes, a Quaker of Philadelphia, left $200,000 to be devoted to the charity that begins at home. Yet the Quakers are not behind any other sect in deeds of general benevolence. John M. Reynolds, acting secretary of tbe interior, has affirmed the decis- j sion of tbe commissioner of the general land office, to the effect that a placer claim may be taken up by legal subdi RKPUBLiCAN7 PLATFOHJ), It Declares for Gold, Protec- tion and Reciprocity. A SUGAR COATING The Old "Soldier Vote Bid for With a Plea for Exhor'uitant Pensions. . Taffy for th Women, the Snaar Planter antl tbe Wool Growers The iou ' rue Doctrine Lauded Mild C'leve laud Condemned. "The republicans of the Uniie'd States, assembled by their representa tives in national convention, appeal; nar for tbe popular and historic juslilica tion of their claims to tbe matchless achievements of 30 years of republican rule, earnestly and confidently address themselves to the awakened intelli gence, experience and conscience of their countrymen, in the follov.l.ig declaration of facts and principles: 'For the first time sin the civil war, the American ' people have wit nessed the calamitous consequences of full and unrestricted democratic coc trol of the government. It has been a record of unparalleled incapacity, dis honor and disaster. 'In administrative management, it . has ruthlessly sacririced indispensable revenue, eatailed an unceasing deficit, eked out ordinary current expenses with borrowed-money, piled up tho public debt by 4262.00J.OD0 in time of peace, forced an adverse balance of trade, kept a perpetual menace bang ing over the redemption fund, pawned American credit to alien syndicates, and reverned all the measures and results of successful republican rule. 'In the broad effect of its policy, it has precipitated panic, blighted in dustry and trade with prolonged de pression, closed factories, reduced work and wages, halted enterprise, and crippled American production while stimu?ating foreign production for tbe American market. Every con sideration of public safety and individ ual interest demands that the govern ment shall be rescued from the hands of those who have shown themselves incapable to conduct it without dis aster at home and dishonor abroad, and shall be restored to the party which for 30 years administered it with unequaled success and prosperity, and in this connection we heartily in dorse the wisdom, patriotism and suc cess of the administration of President Harrison. ''Wo renew and emphasize bur alle giance to the policy of protection as. the bulwark of American industrial independence and the foundation of American development and prosperity. This true American policy taxes for eign products, encourages borne in- j HnQrpTr nnri nnra t.Vi a" hn prion nf ritrAnnA ... on ioreign gooas; it secures tne Amer ican market for the American pro ducer; it upholds the Americau stand- TEE MARKETS . iVE LOSE. CONTRACT INDIAN SCHOOLS 'ON A FOOVS ERRAND. The First regiment, Oregon Nation al Guards, has been ordered to Astor ia to protect the property of cannery men and the lives of fishermen from the strikers. This has been done at the bebfcstbf the cannery men despite the protest of the sheriff of "Clatsop oounty that he is prepared to 'protect life and property without the assis tance of the militia. To a causnal ob server it would appear that the calling but of the. militia in this instance is liable to peruipitate troubles between - I the' caaneryaien -and fishermen, and v The, annmt ' mnmnt n 7iv.i resuis in more aamstre man u ine mat- has set this example to the democrats of ter were, left-to -the clvit autho-ities every other ata.te ia the Union, was for 'settlement. The striking fisher made nu-of-Tnen-iavorinir the pold nen r wild,, reckless class, who standard and of men favoring the in- he militia in contempt, and are enough government achools to take dependent free coinage of silver at the mreKeiy to do agravatea oy tne ratio of 16 to 1. The silver men out- Pence oi tne soiuiers to resort to lawlessness tnan to oeDe acarea into - After several months of controversy the senate and house settled the ques tion of denominational : schools for Indians by making July 1, 1897, the date on which these schools shall give up government aid. - . - - For many years it has been recog nized that government schools should, as soon aa practicable, supplant the religious institutions in which pupils are placed, for education by the Indian bureau, and paying for them so much per capita. But the task of building reservation scboolhouses and equip ping them has progressed slowly, and it was out of the question to cease using denominational schools until the government had provided adequate substitutes. . Over a year ago congress determined to institute the new system, and ac eordlngly cut down appropriations for contract schools to 80 per cent of what had been given them in previous years. This year tbe Indian bill, as originally reported, further reduced the amoun to 60 per cent, intending possibly the next year 40 per cent should be voted and 20 per cent the. following year, after which all . such appropriation should cease. But the house concluded to shut down the contract appropria' tioos aosolutely and forthwith. amended its bill by forbidding Secre tory Hoke Smith to- pay dollar to contract schools after . the coming June 30. This action was considered. too radi cal by the senate. It was believed in that body that the gradual reduction of 20 per cant a year was more just especially as some of the contract schools bad. expended large sums in erecting buildings on the faith of government aid that had been extended id the pas', so that it would be an in j istlco to cut off that aid without notice. urtner, . tnere were not Tha Committee of "American mer chants who are about , to visit South "America to .inquire into ita-tMa''3" gjjjiljtW-v--o- a- vexatious problem un der consideration. ' . Why, for instance, says the New Yoi kWorld. in an average" year should the Argentine "Republic buy $7,400,000 worth of American . j amuunt of English? Why should Brazil take $25,000,000 in English good9 and only $14,000,000in American? j Why should we bo able to sell Trazil only $14,000,000 a year when we are i buying $1 18.000,000 from her? j Our South American trade is in an ' eminently unsatisfactory condition. We ought to sell at least two-tbirds of tbe manufactured goods consumed in ! South America. Instead of doing so we pay ready money for South Ameri can products, " and the South Americans spend this ready money of ours for European manufactured goods, Bad politics and bad business methods ara equally responsiDle, Wi.en we get wholly beyond the idea that the American market is enough for Americans we shall undoubtedly do better. visions and does not need tabs staked ard of wae3 foP lhe American work- mgman; it puts ' tne lacory by tne side qftnfarm and makes the Ameri can farmer less dependent on foreign demand and..pnicef It diffuses general thrift and founds tbe strength of all on the strength of each. In its reason able .application it is just, fair and eQUjiilyliEEOsed to -foreign coirtrol and domesti 3 monopoly; to aetin.niai or mark d on the ground. The de cision is an important one, s it inter prets j,jia Law regarding the location of placer claims.pIir-Is held.jjiat the I" locator iart required ' toiark tbe ..bounjfflriejt r-bis ' cdainitf ben it is a cuaDeinjF-date ia lb tiine holding county and state"1""''"" i? desirabld-because it would reduce ex: penses. If Oregons elections were numbered the gold men by about three to one. ' There were, differences of opinion in the' Staunton .convention as to the financial platform; but not a single voice, so far, as can be ascer tained from the reports, was raised in opposition to the resolution against tiiri terms. . - Virginia leads. Let the Democracy of every state in which a democratic ' convention Is yet to be heldput Itself aj squarely la the right oa the third term question, whether 'the majority In its councils happens to be for gold or for silver. Now is the time for the demcracy to writ, in ineffaceable characters the unwritten law; now, and not ia some future presidential year, when perhaps a republican president, having held two terms of office, shall be Intriguing for a third term nomination, or actually standing as a candidate for a third election, and it shall become the patriotic duty of the democratic party to defeat and overthrow him. WE ABE SEER DRINKERS Americans are rapidly becoming a beer-drinking people, and at the pros- oat and voted for him. submission. The topography of the country along the lower river is such that the strikers can come to the river. do whatever depredations " they may wish, and skulk away unobserved by. the soldiers, hence the militia can be of little service in the protection of life or property. It would require a thousand soldiers to. patrol tbe river sufficiently to afford any protection, and the regiment that has been sent there will simply tend to agravate the strikers. ' ' Public sentiment at Astoria seems to be with the strikers,, and so long as this is the case tbe militia can do little toward restoring order. Peputy Sheriff Sam Goodman was a little too zealous for the success of his superior at the polls In Portland, and brought out the intoates of the jail, including an indicted murderer,to vote for Sears. As a result he is now an swering to a charge of violating the election laws. It is little wonder the decent voters of Multnomah sat down on Sears, who in order to secure his re-election allowed the thugs and mur derers in the county jail to be taken the place of - those under religious supervision. " ' Commisioner Brown ing, in a communication to Congress man Gamble of Feb. 15, 1896, had de clared that "if the contract school system were abolished, and the gov ern men t forced t3 care for the 4,030 children now boinar educated therein. it would require at least twenty board ing-school plants, with a capacity of 200 pupils each. To construct and equip these plants would cost not less than $60,000 each, or a total of $1,200, 0J0." As to the time required for making these preparations, "by put ting forth special effort it would take from two to three ye.irs." But tbe Jill as it came from the . house only proposed a small fraction of the amount required for these new Bchool houses, and, besides there was the question of the time for construction. After much discussion between the two houses, a conference committee agreed ou a formal declaration that it is tbe "settled policy of the govern ment o make "no appropriation what ever for the education of .Indian chil dren In any-sectarian - school just as soon as it is possible for provision to be made for their education other wise." Secretory Hoke Smith was further directed to "make such pro-' EDITORIAL, NOTES. The Oregonian seems anxious to know where Mitchell and Ellis will be after the St. Louis convention has adopted a gold platform. Those gen tlemen were similarly' solictious about where the Oregonian and Judge North up were after the recent election. ' It will take about all week to form- ruuiate the platform at St. Louis, and the question naturally' arises, wil it be a "gold bue," a "silver bug" or a "straddle bug?" Most likely the latter J if it is worded to suit Maior McKinley views. - ' The late do-nohlng congress did nothing with the bill for the election of senators by direct vote but to smoother it, and the gentlemen who performed the smothering act will soon come up for re-election .. Then it will be the people's turn to do a little smothering. The delegates to the St. Louis con vention would indeed have been un grateful bad they refused to nominate McKinley. He has born the blame of the error of 1890" the past- six years, and was entitled to the honors of the nomination. Reed though wouldhave been an abler man in the White House if elected. Since the republican national con. vention has declared for a gold stand ard, and it is a-foregone conclusion that the democrats at Chicago will adopt a free silver plank, if the popu lists and silver republicans will just keep their bands off when they meet at St. Louis on July 22, the question of finance can be settled once and for all at the election next November. The timber wealth of tbe United States gives a yearly product of over a billion dollars, or more than twice tho value of the entire output of all the mines. Yet nowhere on earth is the weaitn or me xorests wasted more wontonly than in thU country. Tre and forests are slashed down not only without consideration, but with some thing akin to contempt. The republican national ..plat form, which Is given in full else where in this Issup, requires no ex tended comment."" Except the money plank and that condemning the pres ent administratian in the severest and most uncalled for terms, it contains little outside the ordinary platform on which the republican party has gone held in November, on tbe day of the presidential election, the cost of one election every tow " years would be saved. There were 84,151 votes cast at the last general election. Two elections in a year means throwing ths-t number of men out of employment for one day, besides it costs tbe tax payers about $12,000 to conduct each general election. The preamble'of the republican na tional platform, adopted by the com mittee on resolutions, arraigns Presi dent Cleveland so severely that It will drive all democrats who favor.the gold standard away from the republican nominee for president. Cleveland is held in high esteem by a'l gold demo crats, and those who might otherwise have supported McKinley, because of tbe declarations In the platform for goia stanaara, win never ao so now, since the object of tbelr admiration has been thus severely criticised. Judge O'Day makes a fool of himself In urging that Penooyer should be nominatod for president at Chicago because he can carry Oregon. Possi bly the Chicago convention may be guilty of some very unwise acts, but it will- never nominate Sylvestor Pen noyer tor president. -Whoever gets the nomination must be a man who is identified with the democratic party, and not one who has gone off with tbe populists while holding an office cf honor and tru-t it the hands of the democrats. ing commercial nations of the world, which we pledge ourselves to promote, 'and unt.il such agreement ca i i e ob tained, the existing gold standard mast be preserved. All our silver anc paper currency now in circulation must be maintained at a purity with gold, and Vie favor all measures designed to maintain inviolable the obligations of the United States, and all our money, whether coin or paper, at the present standard, the standard of the most en lightenea nations of the earth." "The veterans of the Union armies deserve and should receive kind treat ment and generous recognition. When ever practicable they should be given the preference -in the matter of em ployment, and they are entitled to the enactment of such laws as are best calculated to secure tbe fulfillment of the pledges made to them in the dark days of the -countiy's peral. We de nounce the prartice in the pension bureau, so recklessly and unjustly car ried on by the present administration, of reducing pensions and arbitrarily dropping names from the rolls, as de serving the severest condemnation of the American people. '"Our foreign policy should be at all times, firm, vigorous ond dignified, and all our interests in the western hemis phere carefully watched and guarded. The Hawaiian island should be con trolled by the United States, and no foreign power shoul 1 be permitted to interfere with them; tbe Nicaragua canal ohould be built, owed, and operated by tbe United States and by the purchase of tbe Danish island we should secure the proper and much needed naval station in the West Indies. 'The massacres In Armenia have aroused the deep sympathy and just in dignation ef the American people, and we believe the United States should exert all the influence it can properly exert to bring these atrocities to an Cud. Ia Turkey American residents haye been exposed to the gravest dan gers and American property destroyed. There, as everywhere, American citi zens and American property must be absolutely protected 4t all hazards and at any cost. ,- "We reassert the Monroe doctrine in its fullest extent, and we reaffirm the right of the United States to give the doctrine effect, by responding to the appeals of any American state for friendly intervention in case of Euro pean encroachment. "We have not interfered and shall not interfere with the existing posses sions of any European power in this hemisphere, but those possessions must not, on any pretext, be extended. We hopefully look forward to the eventual withdrawal of the European powers from this hemisphere and to the ultimate union of all the English speaking parts or the continent by tbe free consent of its inhabitants. . From the hours of achieving their own independence, the psopla of the United States have regarded with sym-' pathy the struggles of our American people to free themselves from Euro pean domination. We watch with deep and abiding interest tbe hero! battle of the Cuban patriots Hgai. st cruelty and oppression, .and our best hopes go ut for the full success of tbeir determined contest for liberty. "The government of Spain, having (lost control of Cuba, and biner unable Vq protect the property or lives of rest- jllent American citizens, or to comply Vitb its treaty obligations, we . believe j tbe government of the United States ' should actively use its influence and good offices to restore perfce and give Qigui'iiuiuaLiou and. lLUivia- luiiepeuoeuct) to I tie l-t arrrar: ual favoritism. ' "Th peace and curity of the re- - "We denounce ' the present demo- public and the maintenance of its cratic tariff as sectional, injurious to rightful influence among th natioi s the public credit and destructive to j of the earth, demand a naval pow. r busines- enterprise. We demand such j conmensurate with its position and n an equitable tariff, on. such foreign im- ' sponsibility. We, therefore, favor the continued enlargement of the navy and a complete system of harbor and Although the Washington repub llcan state convention adopted a fCLt form favoring a single gold standard. Washington republicans are as badly divided on the money question as those of any other, of the "western states. Tbe Cheny Sentinel makes this state ment: '. A majority of the republican news papers of Washington have protested against the financial plauk adopted by the Everett convention and it is even claimed that the men who forced the gold stanoard declaration ' into the platform are beginning to realize that they made a stupendous blunder. We do not believe that 25 per cent, of the voters of Washington favor the main tenance of the gold standard." ' There is a diversity of opinion in Astoria as to the need of sending tbe state militia to that place to restore order. The Astorian has maintained the presence of the militia was neces sary, while the Budget" takes the oppi site view. It says: "The presence of over 500 of the Oregon militia in this city under arms at this time is nob agreeable to our pride or reason. .It signifies a partial suspension of the civil authority, and a confession to tbe balance of the good people of the state that we are unable to-cope with tbe exigencies growing out of the fisher men's strike. Tbe great majority cf our citizens and business men do not confess so much; they deny, that the situation has got beyond the control of tbe civil power, and i is their de sire that the citizen soldiery, be with drawn. They believe with tbe Budget thai an intelligent, -elMnterrst will ultimately bring the contending can ners and fishermen together and that the militia will not mend matters." Hay and grain for sale at Ward, Kerns & Robertson's stable, Fourth and Federal streets. - ports as come into competition with American products, as will not only furnish adequate revenue for the, neces-;try expenses of the government, but protect American labor from deg radation the wage level of other lands. "We are not pledged to any par ticular schedules. Tbe question of rates is a practical question, to be governed by tbe conditions of the time and of production; tbe ruling and uncompromising principle is the pro tection and development of American labor and industry. The country de mands a right settlement and then it wants rest. . "We believe the repeal of the recip rocity arrangements negotiated by the last republican administration was a national disgrace, and we de mand tbeir renewal and extension on such terms as will equalize our trade with other nations, remove the restric tions which now obstruct the sale of American products in the ports of otiher countries, and secure enlarged markets for the products of our farms, forests and factories.' "Protection and" reciprocity are the twin measures of republican policy, and go hand and hand. Democratic rule has recklessly struck down both, and both must be re-established. Pro tection, for what we produce; free ad missions for the necessaries of life which we do not produce; reciprocal agreements of mutual interests which gain open markets in return for our open markets to others. Protection builds up domestic industry and trade and secures our own market for our selves; reei-Iprocity builds up foreign, trade and finds an outlet for our sur plus. "We condemn the present adminis tration for not keeping faith with the j augur pruuueera ui mis country, xae republican party favors Buch protec tion us will lead to the production on American soil, of all the sugar which the American people use, and for which they pay other, countries more than $100,000,000 annually. To all of our. products to those of the mine and field, as well as those of the sheep and the factory to hemp, to wool, the product of tbe great in dustry of sheep husbandry, as well as to the finished woMens of the mill, we promise the most ample protection." "We favor restoring the early American policy of discriminating duties for the upbuilding of our mer chant marine, aud the protection of our shipping interests in the foreign Oirryltig trade, so American ships, tbe product of American labor, employed In American shipyards, Bulling, under tbe stars and stripes, and manned, of ficered, and owned by Americans, may regain the Cirryiug of our foreign commerce. "The republican party is unreserved ly for sound money. It caused the eiactmet t of fie law providing for ' resumption of specie payments in 1879; since then every dollar has been as good gold. We -are. unalterably opposed to every measure calculated to debase our currency or impair the credit of our country, We are therefore opposed to tbe free coinage of silver, except by interLational agreement with the lead-1 sea con st defenses. . ' For the protection cf tho quility of our American citizenship and the wages of our workingmen against the fatal competition of low-priced labor, we demand that the Immigration laws' be thoroughly enforced and so ex tended as to exclude from entrance to the United States those who can neither read nor write. "The civil service law was placed on the statue books by the republican party, which has. always sustained it, and we renew our repeated declarations that It shall be thoroughly and honest ly enforced and extended wherever practicable. "We demand that every citizen of the United States shall be allowed to cast one free and unrestricted ballot, and that such ballot be counted and re turned as cast. "We proclaim our .unqualified con demnation of the uncivilized and iur borous practice, well known as lynch ing, or killing of human beings sus pected or charged with crime, without process of law. "We favor the creation of-a national board of arbitration to settle and ad just differences which may arise be tween employers and employes in in terstate commerce. "We believe in an immediate re turn to the free homestead policy of the republican party, and urge the passage by congress of the satisfactory free-homestead measure, which has al ready passed the house and is now pending in tbe senate. We favor the adm ssion of the re maining territories at tbe earliest practicable date, having due regard to the interest of the territories and the United States. Ail tbe federal officers appointed for tbe territories should be selected from bona fide resi dents thereof, and the right of self government should be accorded as far as practicable. - "We believe the citizens of Alaska should have representation in the con gress of the United States, to the end that needful legislation may be intel ligently enacted. . "We sympathize with all wise and legitimate efforts to lessen and prevent the evils of intemperance and promote morality. "The republican party is mindful of the rights of women. Protection of American industries includes equal opportunities, equal pay for equal work and protection to the home. We favor the admission of women to wider spheres of usefulness, and welcome their co-operation in rescuing the country from democratic and popu list management and misrule "Such are tbe principles ai.d poli cies of the republican party. "By these principles we will abide, and these policies we will put into execution. We ask fur tbem the con siderate judgement of the American people confident alike, in tbe history of our great party, aud in the justice of our cause, we present our platform and our candidates in tbe-full assur ance tbat tbe election will bring vic tory to the republican party and pros perity to tbe people of tbe United States," I TELEGRAPHIC. PITCHED THKIR lTXT9. Militia In Comfortable Quarters Stationed at Attorla. Astoria, Or., June 1U The appear ance of th First regiment, O. N. G-, iu this city toJay was not received with unmixed satisfaction. Early in the morning the news spread through out the city tbat the military were on the way down the' river, but in some instances it was discredited. Many asked what they would ba doing here, or for what reason had Governor Lord been called upon to send them down, but a few hours after their arrival the novelty had worn off and' the citizens began to remark that no harm would be done, and that tbe boys in blue, would doubtless enjoy their picnic. At the dock tbey were met by a large crowd of citizens, principally fishermen, allot whom were good .natured and orderly, The military pitched their tents on the customhouse and courthouse yards. where tbeir movements were a source of interest to many until late in the evening. Their quarters will prove Comfortable, as long as tbe weather continues line. About an hour after they had disem barked, the following petition was cir culated and extensively signed: "Your Excellency. Governor Lord: We, the business men, merchants, taxpayers and peaceable citizens of Asioriit, would beg that you withdraw the state militia from our orderly city, as there is no trouble here." Rumors of attempts by the cannery men to bribe influential members of the union to aasisst in bringing about a compromise at 4 cents, were plentiful during the day. - As yet no boats have started out. but it is asset ted that 200 or 300 ni-sn will begin operations tomorrow or Thurs- l dav. The union men, when inter viewed, stated tbat the presence of the military would have no effect, and that few, if any, of their numbar desired to fish. This statement was to some ex tent confirmed by the xords "4i cents militia; 5 cents or no fish," written with chalk ar. frequent intervals on the sidewalks of several of the princi pal streets. LOUISIANA liK.-HOHRATS. Delegate! to Chicago Pledged to Tot for Frea Silver. Baton Rouge, L., June 16. The democratic state convention lite last night adopted a platform including the following: , " Resolved, We are In favor of the soundest and best money the ingenu ity of man can invent, and, as experi ence has demonstrated that this mooey consists of both gold and silver with equal rights of coinage and equal legal tender power on a basis of 16 ounces of silver to one of. goldr delegates from this convention to Chicago are hereby instructed to support a plank in the national platform declaring for the free coinage of silver at said ratio with full legal-tender power, and with no reference to the action of other na tions, and to support tbe candidacy be before said convention of only such men as are in full sympathy with said pi ink: and in order tbatour views may be more effectually enforced said dele gates are hereby instructed to vote us a unit." A MINIATURE JOHNSTOWN. Becervoir-In the Mountain Dear Batter City Break. , Baker City, June 18. Last night, about midnight,, the Goodrich reser- vo'p JiiaiJUialwin fcJit- and a great vol um a of water rushed Sown tho gulcb about four miles, where it jumped from Goodrich creek to Pine creek. About threa miles further the Hood' struck R. French's house and dashed it to pieces, drowning the family, consisting of the parents and fiye children, ages ranging from 3 to 12 years. The bodies were found scat tered along the creek a distance of two miles. The clothing was torn off and the bodies maogleJf, Large pine tyoe were carried n iles down the stream and fences and brl lyes were swept away. Grain fields are badly damaged 'I he reservoir was constructed i 1863 by the Auburn. Canal Company and bid been used since for mming purposes. a Bride's Awful Death. has been asked for and is expected shortly. It is feared that disasters to shipping must resulted from the tidal wave. ' A STEAMER WRECKED. Drnmmond Caitle Goa Down With All - on Board. Brest, France, June 17. The Brit, ish steamer Druromond Castle, Captain N. M. Pierie, from Cape Town, for London, collided at midnight with an unknown steamer and sank three min utes later with 144 passengers and 103 officers and crew on board. Two men were picked up floating on small wreckage, by fishermen off Ushant, at which . point the steamer went down. It is hoped that some of the passengers and the crew escaped in boats. Tbe Drummond Castle be longed to 'the famous Castle line ot steamships running betweeu Souih Africa and London. She was about 2.3 j0 tons register, and last heard of at Las Palmas, Canary islands, June 12. Tugs have been sentout from this port to the scene of the disaster in the hope nt nllnn nn.umnnl tho aYl,, t ,rr,.. The fate of tbe steamer with which ... 9 she collided is hot known. Whitney' Statement. New York, June 17. William C. Whitney has ire pare 1 a statement which may be submitted for publica tion before he swiU for Eirjpa today. He will say that he is not to be con sidered a candidate for the democratic no nination for president, and that he will not accept under any conditions. He will declare ia favor of a gold otan dur.l platform at Chicago; but will counsel harmony within the party at all hazards. . Sea itpr David B Hill spant several hours with Mr. Whitney yesterday. The ex-secretary of the navy prepared hi st icoineut after consultation with Mr. Hill. Thus was adduced further proof that the Clcveland-FH11 factious In this stun have been amalgamated. She Refued to Marry Illm. - Peoria. Ill .June 17. John Connors shot Mamie Mulligan three times In the head this morning, an i then shot himself through the right temnle. He Is dead. The girl Is not expected to . live. Tne deed was committed because the'girl would not murrv him. (en rols is 45 years old. Miss Mulligan isia. . - Tern). turned. . . Tacoma, Wiish.. June 13. The p in p housa of the North E ld Water Worn-, onrned at 5 o'clock this morn ing, Uaving that entire sectlou of the cl y without w .ter tjidy. It. I extx'ctfd tu nave the pumping machinery ii working order hy to morrow. Ao"inl m n"vl , tfiOJ. HUM i Should remember to use only i two-thirds as much Cotto- ! lene as they formerly used of t Baker City, June 18. While on the way to their future home on Snake river, W. W Wheaten and bride, who were married in this city last Wednes diV, met with a runaway accident which resulted In the deathjpf the bride. ' Tbey were in a cart and the horse ran away, down a grade, throwing the occupants . out. The lady's dress caught in a wheel andrbe was dragged 25 yards. ' Her skull was crushed and her body badly mangled. She ex pired last niht. Wheaten is a prom inent fruit grower on Snake river. Morion for Second Place. ST. Louis, June IS. At 12:30 this morning, a a result of much tele graphic negotiations between St. Louis aud Albany, it is definitely stated on good authority that Governor Morton has finally yielded to the solicitations of bis friends and has agreed to accept the . vice-presidency nomination, de spite the split in the New. York dele gation. He is now to be vigorously pressed for the nomination. EABTBQIAKK IN JAPAN. Over One Thousand Uvea Were Lolt The Island of Yeao Devaited. Yokohama. June 17. (Copyrighted, 1896, by tbe Associated Press.) News of a terrible earthquake, involving tbe loss of over a thousand lives, has reached here from the island of Yesso, which contains the northern provinces of Japan, including Shirebesse, Oskima, Furi, Hitaka, Tokachi, Ish ikari, Kirschio, Teshiwo, Kilami and Nemoro; All these sections of the island seem to he in a more cr less shaken condition. The- subterraneous disturbance lasted about 20 hours, and during that period tbe utmost terror prevailed. Ground rumblings are desciibed resembling tbe roar of distant cannon Shock followed shock almost in unin terrupted succession. In all It was es timated that 150 shocks occurred. It is impossible at present to give ac curate details of the disaster, as com munication between the mainland of Japan and the island Cf Yesso. from which the former is se prated by tho Straits of Tsugaru Saigarpi, is inter rupted, or more likely, ia the hands if the authorities. Tbe whole town of Kumaisbl, how ever, is reported as destroyed by a tidal wave, which accompanied the earthquake. The island of Yesso has in the past had several similar visita tions, and contains a number of active and extinct volcanoes. . Rumor has it tbat the number of lives lost and the damage is far in ex ess of the figures contained in the first dispatch. 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