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SATURDAY.... SEPTEMBER 5, 1896
QUESTIONS TO BE CONSIDERED
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Never before in the history of the
nation were voters more intensely in
terested in the issues before. them than
V at nreaent. Never before has there
been so careful an analysis of the ques-
tions that enter into the contentions
between the "two exeat partiesas' is
' . now being mado by ;he common
. -' classes. Truly this is a campaign of
education for the people are going to
' the bottom of every proposition..." They
- are reasoning from cause to effect, and
endeavoring1 to ascertain for them
selves what is the cause of the present
' and mast deoressions. and trying to
- reconcile their reasoning to a solution
of what methods are advisable to adopt
' - : in order that conditions may be im-
: proved. "
-On the one hand they are presented
.. ' with a remedy, which is the adoption
of high protective tariff and the main-
tainance of a single gold standard,
i: This policy is urged by the republican
. party as the method which, if adopted,
will restore confidence, encourage
. " I - business and create general prosperity,
On the other hand a remedy is offered
' in the adoption of a moderate tariff, (a
' tariff for revenue) and the unrestricted
coinasre of silver by our mints.' The
, adoption of these principles,' the dem
ocratic party contends, will result in
general benefit to tho -producers, and
by making them prosperous will create
general business activity. The average
" voter is carefully considering these
'questions and devoting his energies
'"'. 9 he should to arrive, at a conclusion
as t. which is the surest to create
general prosperity, and it is meet that
' we all discuss such topics for the adop-
tion of such methods as will re
sult in the greatest good to the great-
- " - est number is what is to be desired;
and we all want to arrive at the conclu
sion, which of the methods presented
will bring about this result.
It is contended by the republicans
- . that all that is required is more rev
enue with which to pay the expenses
vof government, a tariff that will pro-
. tect all industries, and retaining a
financial system founded on a gold
basis. To accomplish thesejthree ends
they advocate the election of Mr. Mc-
' Kinleytothe presidency. But let us
see if all these are liable to result from
his election. First, can the revenues
' - Ka nniaoaarl n. a nAV AV fT law ri&flSed
',-... under his administration.' is is con-
ceced that the silver men will again
have control of the senate, and if so,
- will they not prevent any legislation
looking to the raising of additional
revenue that does not carry with ita
' . provision for the- freer and unrestricted
' . coinage of silver? "If their actions last
winter are to be taken as an index of
.''.' what, they will do in the next congress
; . It is safe to predict there will be no
tariff legislation during McKinley's
. administration in case he is ' elected.
Second, can he maintain a staple cur
rency on a gold basis while there is
-C-jmore outstanding paper currency re
deemable in gold than there is gold in
the treasury, or than there is a possi-
' bility of getting except by the issue of
bonds? Will not Mr. McKinloy be
7 ' placed in a worse condition in his en-
- deavors to maintain the parity of our
. ' currency than Mr. Cleveland has been?
and is there a possibility of restoring
confidence - and business prosperity
. ' . ; while he is so hampered as he will be
by a senate determined upon legisla-
tion that will result in free coinage?
" Then what will bo the conditions if
Mr: Bryan is elected? The senate is
already with him on the financial
' ; , question, and in case of his succeeding
at the coming election a majority of
the house will in all probability be
' favorable to silver; hence he will have
' a congress in harmony with his views,
therefore tariff and hnancial. legis
lation will.be insured. More than
, this, he will appoint as his secretary
of the treasury a man who will redeam
paper money , in coin, exercising bis
own option as to whether it be gold or
silver, thus removing the incentive
for holders of paper money to make
runs on the treasury in order to force
- the issuance of bonds. .
'.' Let the voter 'carefully consider
nnder which of these systems the coun
try is most likely to return to prosper
ity; nnder an administration whose
hands will be tied by a senate and
possibly a house who. oppose his
views and are ready to block all needed
legislation, o'r under an . administra-
tion in hearty accord with congress,
tinder whose guidance needed legisla
tion can be enacted. ' . .
the present tariff, far from being "free
trade," is as highly protective as any
tariff in the history of the country ex
cept that which bore his name and
which the people twice condemned.
So far from having "destroyed Amer
ican manufacturing," the Wilson tariff
has ezfabled our manufacturers to in
crease their exports from $158,000,000
in 1892 to $228,000,000 in 18D6. As for
waxes, Mr. McKioley no doubt rcmcm
bers that he was challenged in vain in
1892 to cite oho instance in' which the
wages in protected industries had been
advanced as the result of the increase
of duties in his bill.
When Mr. McKinley proposes to re
store his tariff to increase the reven
nes, the country remembers that the
avowed object of his bill increasing
the duties was to reudce the surplus,
And so effectively did it accomlish its
purpose that there was a deficiency in
the revenues in each of the last three
months of President Harrison's term
' The country wants a rest on tho
tariff until the present law shall have
had a fair trial under normal business
conditions.
A ROAD TO PROSPERITY.
Unquestionably The Dalles is the
most i favorable location for a woolen
mill of any city on the Pacific coast,
and. why one has not been established
hete in the pals is unexplainable, for
we have every natural facility, the raw
wool, favorable mill sites, pure water,
cheap fuel, competitive transportation,
an admirable climate and cheap living
for operatives in fact overything but
the mill. The fact that all efforts to
interest capital in manufacturing in'
dustrles in The Dalles hare failed in
the past need not, however, discourage
such efforts now.
The time is more propitious now for
the establishing of such an industry
than ever before. Prices of every
thing, labor, machinery and raw ma
terials are certainly down to the lowest
possible notch, but a change is near at
hand. Immediately after the election
there will eertainlv be a revival of
business in all. lines, and besides this
the opening of the locks at the cas
cades are certain to stimulate business
at this point, hence this is the time for
those who want profitable' investments
to get in on the ground floor.
In spite of the depressing times we
have gone through the past few years,
every woolen mill in the state is doing
a good business. A gentleman who is
engaged in the woolen mills, hence is
in a position to know, informs us that
there is not a mill in tho state but is
paying good dividends on the invest
ment and they have all been running
on short time the past year. An in
dustry that will pay good . returns
during such times as these is just what
The Dalles wants to make it prosper
ous. In fact this city must have some
thing more than its commerce if it
would ever be anything more than a
shipping point. We must have some
sort of industry that will furnish em
ployment for more people, in order
that more of our products shall be con
sumed at home, and also to enable us
to retain the advantages that an open
river will give us.
A prominent business man of the
city has taken in hand the proposition
for establishing a woolen mill hero,
and will within a short time be pre
pared to submit to those having capital
to invest, a plan by which a two-set
mill can be .established here within the
next six months. If the property
owners of The Dalles want to see the
city forge ahead and their city prop
erty doubled in value within the next
'five years" they ean adopt no surer
method than that of encouraging
manufacture. Let them look favor
ably upon a proposition that is a certain
road to prosperity. ..
200 ZEALOUS.
i
TARIFF IS DEAD. -
Major McKinley's bold tackling of
- the money question makes more deli
cate than ever the position of those far
Western republican trimmers who af,
feet to see no issue other than the tariff
In this campaign. When the daddy of
h igh protection virtually acknowledges
that it is of secondary importance,' his
followers cannot gracefully make a
"speciality of it." Portland Telegram
i The Telegram evidently , speaks
authoritatively, for it is under repub
lican management and to all intents
and purposes is a republican paper, so
- when it says anything concerning the
policies of that party we can rest as
- assured that its expressions are com
ing from the fountain head. If then the
' money question is to .supercede the
tariff as an issue, how are the Oregon
wool growers, who are clamoring for
protection, going to reconcile them-
selves with Mr. McKinley? Can they
expect any more favors at his hands
than they can from Mr. Bryan? - .The
platform on which Mr. Bryan is run
ning declares for a revenue tariff, and
since a revision of schedules , are
necessary in order 'to create more
revenve, is it not likely wool will re
ceive more consideration from him and
a congress in harmony with his views,
than from a republican congress and
,president.s -
FOOLISH CAMPAIGN TALK.
Mr. McKinley's speech to a visiting
delegation on Saturday showed how
hard it is for a candidate to .dismount
from his hobby, even in the face of an
.emergency -that, is obvious to every
body else, sayslhe New York World.
In bringing forward the old "freo-
trade" bugaboo the republican candi
date was equally uncandid and Impoli
tic. Upon this question it seems to be
moossible for Mr. McKinley to be
honest In discussion. Be knows that
Some of the papers that are advocat
ing Major McKinley's cause have been
a little too zealous, and have begun to
realize, after it is too late, that abuse
is poor argument. They seem to have
had the idea that all that was necessary
to convince people they were wrong
was to call them thieves and liars, and
now they are beginning to reap the
fruits of their folly. The Herald, pub
lished at Marshall, III., is shedding
tears of blood over Its rashness, and
the party it represents has been kept
busy the past two weeks endeavoring
to repair the damage done by the fol
lowing editorial:
"When you see a free silverite you
see a man who wouldn't earn a dollar
honestly if he could get it dishonestly
one who would let his wife take in
washing for a living while he held
down dry goods boxes; one who never
owned a pair of pants without a Cleve
land badge -on the seat; and one who
will steal before he will provide fpr his
own household; one who thinks he can
ride to glory in a political band wagon
one who sees a fat job in the future if
the thing wins; one who shuts his eyes
while somebody slips from 50 cents to
$5 into his hand for his vote; one who
has no more stamina, no more princi
ple, no more self respect than to be
bribed to commit any crime. This
may be a little harsh but it is true to
the letter." .
No sooner had this article appeared
in the Herald than silver republicans
began deserting the standard of Mc
Kinley and uniting with Bryan clubs,
and now they arc using their endeavors
to carry Illinois for the silver cham
pion. ' " -
A DISGRACE TO EUROPE.
Surrounded by Christian and sup
posed civilized nations, the Turks have
been permitted for the past two years
to "wage a most cruel religious war
against the defenseless Armenians.
Hundreds of thousands of innocent
beings have been tortured, put to the
sword, burned, shot and murdered by
all the horrible methods known to the
"dark ages," while ''civilized" Eorope
has looked on, and of course interposed
a mild protest, but nothing more.
How much longer will this be permit
ted? How long will the "civilized"
nations of Europe allow the Turks to
continue this slaughter? England,
Germany, France and Russia are heap
ing ;diegraoe. upon themselves every
day they permit this state of affairs to
exist. If ' the people of those nations
pretend to bV Christians, humanity
would demand that they put a stop to
the Slaughter at once. . Turkey, and in-
fact all the powers of Europe, hod
better be annihilated than permit such
cruelties to longer exist. Any one of
the 'leading powers of Europe could
easily put a stop to the slaughter were
it not afraid of the interference of
some other power, but the time has
come when jealousies between nations
should be laid aside for justice and hu
manity. If the powers of Europe can
not determine upon a combined action
to stop the murders, some one of them
should hasord incurring the displeas
ure of all others by interfering indi- :
yidually. J
REPUBLICAN AUTHORITY.
Hon. M. M. Esteo is making a vigor
ous campaign for the republican
national ticket in California, and is
submitting some "sledge hammer"
arguments to prove that the gold
standard is just the right thing to
create prosperity, maintain high prices
for farm products and restore business
confidence throughout the nation. In
a speech delivered at San Francisco a
few days ago Mr. Estee said many
things in an attempt to prove that the
free coinage of silver at this time
would not have the tendency to raise
the price of the products of the farm
or of labor, and undertook to show that
labor and farm products are higher
now, so far as purchasing power is
concerned, than ever before in the
history of the country.
Little more than a year ago, Mr,
Estee was of a decidedly different
opinion, for at San Jose, on Aug. If
of last year, he made a speech before
the farmers and business men at the
Normal school hall, when ho sulj
mitted the following table to prove
that the price of products and the
price of labor depended upon the price
of silver:
Bushels Pounds -Ounces.
Years Wheat. Cotton. Silver
io ai An is n ai
1873 .V.7.7.V.7." ..'.' 1 25 18 2 1 SJ?
1874 1 25 15 0 1 2'
1R7S 1 10 15 0 1
1 oil HQ 1 1;
lUrr I 17 118 1 8?!
1878 1 3C 11 1 11;
1879 107 9 9 11
188J t 25 US 11
1881 1 U 11 4 11
1882 1 19 10 8 1 1
1883 1 13 . 10 5 11
no, . nn in A 1 fiJ
I ' ................... t ', .V u - ' ,
1885 86 9 9 1 C
1888 86 95 - 9
1887 89 9 8 9?
1888 85 9 9 9J
1889 80 10 1 f
lmn 83 10 O 10
18!)l 85 8 7 9
1892 80 8 8 89
18U3 63 7 0 52
This table coming from. such high
republican authority will hardly be
denied by the most ardent gold advo
cate: and if it is based on ficts, it
proves beyond question the contention
of the free silver advocate, that tho
price of farm products has steadily de
ciined and kept pace with the price of
silver, since the contraction of cur
rency by the act of 1873. In further
substantiation of this position, Mr,
Estee. in his San Jose speech, on
Ausrnst 15, 1895, after reading the
above table, said:
"Money has thus become more and
more powerful as wealth is more and
more concentrated. The growtn oi
corporations and monometalisn has
silently advanced together. A single
gold standard tends to concentrate
money in the hands of the few. The
only hope is for the people to speak,
The American people are just,
and when aroused will be loyal to
truth by making the money of our con
stitution the money of our people; and
this can be accomplished only by the
free and unlimited coinage of both
gold and silver."
What higher authority is needed to
prove' that the people have not been bet
tered by the adoption of the gold stan
dard, and that they were in better con
dition when we had a system of bimet-
alisra 'prior to the act of 1S73? Estee
shows that two of the leading farm pro
ducts have gradually-fallen a3 the price
of silver went down, or the price of gold
went up. "
In 1866 we were
now we" are on
CARLISLE
IN EVIDENCE.
Secretary of the Treasury John G.
Carlisle stands ' today as one of the
most ardent advocates of a gold stand
ard, and is one of the prime movers
who brought about the Indianapolis
convention of the national democrats.
In his speeches and letters Secretary
Carlisle tells the world that a single
gold standard is desirable in the United
States because "gold is the recognized
money of civilization." Carlisle now
is a gold monometalist, pure and sim
ple. He wants gold to be the rec
ognized basic money of this and all
other countries. He says gold is the
money of civilization, silver the money
of barbarism. According to Carlisle
now, no country can be progressive
that is not on a gold basis. But
Carlisle was not always thus. When
bis official existence depended upon
the popular vote of the people he was
a bimetalist and termed the demoneti
zation of silyer a crime. On Febru
ary 21, 1878, Mr. Carlisle said;
"I shall not enter into an examinar
tion of the causes which have com
bined to depreciate the relative value
of silver and to appreciate the value
of gold since 1873, but I am one of
those who believe that they are trah
slent and temporary in their nature.
and that when they have passed away
or have been removed by the separate
or united actions of the nations most
deeply interested in the subject, the
old ratio of actual and relative value
will be re-established on a firmer
foundation than ever.
"I know that the world's stock of
precious metals is none too large, and
I see no reason to. apprehen4 that it
will eyer become so.
"Mankind will be fortunate, indeed
if the annual production of gold and
silver coin shall keep pace with the
annual increase of population, com
merce and industry. '
"According t) my view of the sub
ject, the conspiracy which seems to
have been formed here and in Europe
to destroy by legislation and other
wise from three-sevenths to one-half
of the metallic money of the world is
the most gigantic crime of this or any
other age.
"Xne consummation of such a
scheme would ultimately entail more
misery upon the human race than all
the wars, pestilence and famine that
have ever occurred in the history of
the world. The absolute and instan
taneous destruction of half the mov
able property of the world, including
horses, ships, railroads and all other
appliances for carrying on acomuierce.
while it would be felt more sensibly
at the moment, would not produce any
thing like the prolonged distress and
disorganization of society that must
ineyitably result from the permanent
annihilation of one-half of the metallic
money of the world,"
According to Mr. Carlisle, eighteen
years ago, the striking down of one
half the money of the world would
create "untold misery to the human
race, but now the remonetization of
that metal will cause bankruptcy, and
would be repudiation. ' The reasoning
of Mr. Carlisle is difficult to under
stand. If the annihilation of "-one-half
the mstajjc money would cause
disaster eighteen ysars ago, why will
its rehabilitation now cause bankr
ruptcy? - Mr. Carlisle is already in
evidence, and we leave the reader to
ud?e if his present theories and logi
cal.
DEBT AND COMMODITIES.
Our public debt in 1866 was $2,783,-
000,000. It could have been paid in
that year with 129,000,000 barrels of
beef. In 1890 it would take 236,666,937
barrels of beef to pay the same debt;
an increase by the lowering of prices
of 107,666,937 barrels,
on a greenback basis;
the gold standard.
Our public debt in 1866 was $2,783,
000,000. If the debt had been con
tracted to be paid in wheat it would
have taken just 1,007,000,000 bushels.
We have paid on principal 1,78,4C0,
000 bushels; as interest, 2,823,328,000
bashels; as premiums, 62,770,000 bush
els total, 4.(i52.5fi8,000 bushels. We
owed in 1S90, ' $1,1S3,334,688 which
would take to cancel the debt in wheat
1,958,339,984 bushels. This is due to
the lowering of prices caused by con
traction of the volume of money, the
retirement of greenbacks and the de
monetization of silver. "These are
figures for the farmers and the pro
ducers generally, to carefully consider
and closely study, as all their products
have fallen in a corresponding ratio.
The only thing that has appreciated
for 20 years is gold. If McKinley is
elected in November gold will con
tinue to appreciate in purchasing
power and tho fruits of labor and in
dustry will be completely absorbed by
monoy loanora and banks, who have
a completo corner on gold all over the
world. The election of Bryan will
save the people.
WHAT MITCHELL MAY SAY.
Senator John If. Mitchell has ar
ranged dates on which he will speak
at different points in the state during
October, in advocacy of tho election of
Major McKinley. Of course we can
all foretell what position the senator
will take on the tariff question and a
number of other important issues, but
are at a loss to conceive how he will
reconcile himself to the money plank
in the republican platform, since it is
directly opposite to his convictions,
and as be is an honest man, he will in
all probability advocate the election of
Major McKinley on the ground that
he too was once a free silverite, so he
will probably reproduce the following
speech which he delivered in the sen'
ate on the 30tn day of last January
"Mr. President, is it not about time
this great nation, these United States
of America, should assert its monetary
as well as its commercial indepond
ence? Are we, with our vast territory
our immeasurable resources, our model
government, our 70,000,000 of brave.
intelligent, aggresive, independent
people, to forever acknowledge our de
pendence on Great Britain, or any
other power on earth, in cither a mon
etary or any other sense? ' Must we,
while denying the right of any gov
ernment on the globe, republican or
monarchical, liberal or despotic, to
dictate to us as to the character of our
legislation upon any or all of the great
questions touching our industrial and
commercial interests, questions Involv
ing the right of expatriation, the char
acter of people we shall admit to our
shores, the encroachment of alien sys
terns, even to limits lar beyond our
national borders, but upon tho hemis
phere upon which we live, questions
involving our national honor, and
every conceivable subject pertaining
to our present and future welfare, and
the promotion and progress of our
civilization, save and except one that
relating to our monetary system and
as to that one must we be forever sub
servient to the will, and the wish, and
the dictation of Great Britain?
" Has the more than century of our
national life, with all the prestige,
and influence, and power, and glory
that have come to us in our unparal
lelcd progress as a nation, and in tho
development of a civilization than
which none so grand has ever existed
since the creation of man, still left us
a poor, weak dependent of the British
crown? Because England, since 1816,
has adhered to tho single gold stand
ard in the interest of tho gold brokers
of Lombard street, are we to forever
bend the supple knee, acknowledge
our impoteucy as a nation, and sur
render the prerogatives that ought
rightfully attach to a free and inde
pendent people?
"All seem to agree that bimetallism
would be a good thing if it could bo
brought about by international agree
ment; but there is not a senator ia
this chamber who has thoroughly
studied this subject and who fully un
derstands the history of the several
international monetary conferences
(hat we have had in the last thirty
years that does not know that such a
consummation is just as Impossible-
that is to say, one that will include
Great Britain, and so long as that
power stands, back, neither Germany,
nor Franoe, nor Itussia, nor any of the
great powers will come in- as it is to
expect that we will secure, either now
or hereafter, railroad connection be
tween here and the planet Mars.
"Most certainly so long as tb.6
United States defers, as we aro now
doing, to the wishes, tho interest and
the dictates of Great Britain thero is
no possible show. If any one thing
will tend to aid I1 bringing about such
international agreement, it will be it)
my judgment, a bold, agressive, inde
pendent monetary, as well as commer
cial policy upon our port. We must
cease to concede that, for any reason,
or for all reasons combined, London
must forever be the clearing house of
the world. Our policy should cease to
be one of dependence for any purpose
or to any extent either upon Great
Britain op any other power qn earth,
Our country is resourceful enough in
all that tends to constitute commercial
and monetary power and nationality
in the highest, most enlarged, and
best sense of the term to justify a vig
orous, uncompromising and independ
ent monetary, as well as commercial
policy." '
A FINANCIAL PUZZLE.
EDITORIAL NOTES,
Says John G. Carlisle -'every gold
standard country uses a large amount
of silver a3 subsidiary coin, but no
silver country uses any gold." Is this
not evidence that a couutry can get
along without gold but must have
silver? Or otherwise stated, silver
alone can bo tho money of a country
but gold cannot circulate by itself.
John i. Irish, onco a democrat, and
great oven' then on promises, as some
of us will remember, now promises the
vote of California, Oregon and Wash
ington fo: McKinley, coming from tho
source it does this makes us smile.
Mr. Irish now belongs to Hanna's
baby party, the swallow-tails. Con
gratulations or condolences, one or
the other, are now in order and due
the regular republicans on this valu
able accession to their strength.
No " wonder the republican press
want Bryan to get out of New York.
Too many people aro going out to hear
the young orator speak, and he is
making too many converts in the
enemy's camp. Only the other day
15,000 people were out at a country
picnic to hear him peak on silver,
while on tho same day less than
3,000 availed themselves of the free
excursion to Canton to hear the
beauties of gold ; lauded by Mr. Mc
Kinley. Judge M. L. Pipes, ho who ran on
the democratic ticket for prosecuting
attorney of tho fourth district last
spring, devotes a half column in the
Oregonian to advocating Mr. McKin
ley's cause and winds up by saying he
does not believe "Cleveland's admin
istration needs any better vindication
than the election of McKinley." By the
way, why didn't yqu find this out last
spring, Mr. Pipes,' when you wore a
candidate for office? What was the
majority against you when you were
i running on a suyer ticKet."
What a pretty duck the Hon. M. L.
Pipes, of Portland, is anyway. Last
spring he accepted tho nomination for
prosecuting attorney in the fourth
district, one of the best paid offices in
the state, on a "free coinage" plat
form. Then, if he could slide into
office on a "silver platform,," every
thing would be lovely, but he was not
elected. Now he says that on "prin
ciple" he cannot support Mr. Bryan,
because he is running on a "free sil
ver platform," and wants to be left
free to vote for McKinley. Wonder
what kind of "principle" ho has that
would allow it to be thus warped?
Bob Ingersoll, expressing himself on
the coinage law of 1873, anJ the
present situation said: "For my part
I do not ask Any interference on the
part of the government except to undo
the wrong it has done. I do not ask
that money be made out of nothing. I
do not ask for prosperity born of paper,
but I do ask for the remonetization of
silver. Silver was demonetized by
fraud. It was an imposition upon
every solvent man, a fraud upon every
honest debtor in the United States.
It assasinated labor. It was done in
the interest of averice and greed,
and should be undone by honest men,
The New York Tribune tells us that
"eyer since the agitation for free coin
age of silver in congress
TOHHSB JpjJBES
Org-anized by the Authorities
in Constantinople.
INDIAN POWWOW
They Want a Life for the Tribes
man Who was Lynched
at Asotin.
Minneapolis Is Thronged With Gallant
Knights Hoke Smith Down aul
Out MlnUter Call on 1.1
llaug Chang.
Republicans insist that the gold re
serve P)i)st be maintained. At the
same time they aencunoe fresiaeni
Cleveland for issuing bonds to main-,
tain it and denounoe Bryan for pro
posing to redeem the treasury notes
and greenbacks and other coin obli
gations in silver.
Will some ablo republican financier
tell the people how the. gold reserve is
to be maintained under our present
financial system without selling bonds
to buy gold or redeeming treasury
notes and greenbacks in silver?
No republican has' hinted to what
device a republican administration
would resort to keep the endless chain
rom doiDg its work on thegoid reserve
whenever Wall street wanted to make
a raid, without taking Mr. Cleveland's
way or Mr. Bryan's way, both of which
Jhe republicans havo condemned.
ScpatoF Snepman, me groat repuou-
nan financier, nas eareiuuy avoiqea
the question. Bourke Cockran did not,j
touch it in bis speed). "a.om . iteea.
with his usual sagacity, waiKeo around
it. nnd Senator Foraker. with all his
ignorance of the money question, was
wise enough to keep away from this
pitfall.
The republic yearns so to learn the
republican plan of handling the situa
tion that it will offer a prize a fine
picture of Mark Hanna, framed in gilt,
to any republican or quasi-republican
statesman who will solve the jmzzle.
St. Louis Republican.
taken alarm and has been sending
back annually upward of $200,000;
worth of securities of the
States." The 'agitation pfrifiie free
coinage of silver in congress began in
1878, when both Mr. McKinley and
Mr. Carlisle voted for the measure. If
the Tribune is correct, ,t!io agitation
of free coinage lias reducuu our foreign
debt $3,000,000,000. If the ' 'agitation' '
has accomplished this much in eigh
teen years toward reducing our debts,
what will the result of actual free coin
age be?
Now that the mud-slinging indulged
in so generally. by Mark Hanna's or
ders has proven a boomerang on his
cause, that great political manager has
taken another . tack. Bryan must be
made fun of not taken seriously.
Whon his speeches are reported by the
gold standard press it must be some
thing like this, (see today's Oregonian.)
Hired candidate for hired men still
working very hard." We may be mis
taken, but yet we believe that our
friends will take Mr. Bryan very seri
ously before November and we also be
lieve that our respected adversaries
are making votes now. for Bryan by
this method of campaigning.
A favorite campaign cry with our
republican friends is, 'Select McKinley
and stop the : necessity of issuing
bonds." Pray, how is this to be ac
complished simply by prolonging the
present monetary system? . With over
00,000,000 of sight drafts against the
treasury outstanding, redeamablo in
gold at the option of the holder, how
U Mr. McKinley going to get gold
with which to take them up, unless he
issues bonds? There is to provision
in any tariff law requiringsiities to
be paid in gold, nor is there any
lihood of congress passing a law by
which tho government will refuse to
accept any kind of money of authorized
igsue fpr taxes qnd duties due the gov
ernment. So it matters not bow much
money is collected, whenever gold is
needed it will nave to bought with
bonds. .....
An educational qualification has
ot usually been required by the courts
of this country in granting citizen
ship to aliens, but from the following:
Washington, D. C, dispatch it would
appear that tbe oounta of the national
capital are enforcing the rules rigidly,
The dispatch is dated Aug. 20, and
says; A young German was parrefl
citizenship today sifter' a" practical dem
onstration that ho Qould ' not read
the English language. Two Germans
applied to Judge'Cole, of the district
supreme court, whose recent ruling in
the case of an Italian, that a knowledge
of the constitution is essential to citi
zenship rights, created general inter
est. Both Germans said they could
read English, and yKe girep ft pews
papev as a test. One reached reading
requirements and was admitted to
citizenship, but the other made so poor
a showing that naturalization papers
were refused, the court holding that
no one is entitled to citizenship who
is unable to read English.
In another, column is published in
full the report pf the special committee,
at the Ggmmerclal Club appaintea by
that body to investigate the condition
of affairs at Cascade Looks. From the
report it appears that the government
officials are at present acting in good
faith and purpose completing the work
so that the canal can be operated by
Nov. 15th. The engineer, in charge
sajs nothing but "unforseen and un
avoidable delays" will prevent the
completion at that date. Similar
promises, of course, have been made,
in the past, but none o definite as
this, hence it would be 111 advised to
question Capt. Fisk's Integrity at this
time. However should there be ap
parent neglect in prosecuting the
work, his attention will be called
thereto. Although we have suffered
many disappointments in the past, let
us all hopo the engineer is in earnest
now; ax all events, let us not denounce
him until he has proven he has broken
faith with us, but rather, let us en- i
couragehls efforts.
Constantinople, Sept. 'l. Thero
is no longer nuy doubt that the massa
cres of Armenians were orgaiiiz.-d by
the Turkish authorities, and it has
been ascertained that orders were only
given to Bashi Bazouks to cette n-as-sacreing
Armenians after the bloody
work had been going on for 30 houro.
It is also a fact that hundreds of
Turks were brought over from the
Asiatic si Jo of the Bosphorous in order
to take part in the massacres, and
many Armenians wero put into boats
which were then taken out to sea.
Their fate is unknown, but there is
not the slightest doubt that they have
been drowned. Although it may be
true that the attack on the Ottoman
bank originated with the Armenian
revolutionary commission, it is admit
ted on all sides that the massacres
which followed were not justified, and
that 30.0U0 to 40.000 people lost their
lives in this city or in the suburbs
during the past week.
HOKE SMITH DOWN AND OUT.
t
Interior Department Secretary Concludes
His Labors.
Washington, Sept. 1. Secretary
Smith closed his administration of the
interior department today and retired
from- the cabinet. Today the secretary
devoted almost his entire time to tak
ing leave of his associates and em
ployes. When ex-Governor Francis
will arrive from Missouri is not yet
definitely known it is thought it will
be before the end of the week. Secre
tary Smith will loave for Atlanta this
evening -or tomorrow night, leaving
Assistant Secretary Reynolds in
charge. All important matters have
been disposed of, so Francis will have
a clear field to begin with.
The record of the volume of woi k
performed during the past three and a
half years is probably ahead of any
period in the history of the depart
ment. Secretary Smith has enforced
the strictest civil service rules, making
merit the sole ground for promotion.
Ho unhesitatingly discharged his own
appointees if their work was not well
done, and the force of the department
all'over the country has been brought
to a high state of proficiency.
In the general land office the work
i?. i, Is now praotionlly done up. This has
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involved not only the disposition of
CTaccumulatod work on band since
March 6. 1895.
BIG INDIAN POWWOW. :'
They " Want a Life for the Tribesman
Lynched at Asotin.
- La Grande, Or., Sept. 1. Tho
citUons of Euterprlsa a:id vicinity are
alarmed by reports that Indians are
gathering in Wallowa with theIqton
tion of massacring the inhabitants, to
avenge the death of the Indian re
cently lynched at Asotin for outraging
a young lady of Enterprise. . Miss
Olive Richardson, the young lady who
was outraged, ha.3 returned home. It
is rumored that tho Indians now en
camped in that vicinity are seeking
her life, and threaten to shoot her ou
sight. It is estimated that over 2000
Indians from the Nez Perce and Dma
tilla reservations are now encamped
in the Wallowa valley. Today the
Indians had a barbecue and powwow
at their camp at the mouth of Trout
creek, this being the time for celebrat
ing the death of the Indian recently
lynched. A number of prominent
Indians were present, besides tbe
family and relatives of the dead man.
The setMera have talcen necessary
precautions and warned everybody to
stay away from the meeting, as they
might thoughtlessly cause trouble, as
the Indians will no doubt be' worked
up to a great frenzy, and, with the
assistance of whisky, some of them
might resort to violence.
those persons who favor populism and
anarchy.
After Ex-Governor Flower's address
was concluded the roll was callol for
tbe names of various committees, then
a recess wr.s taken to 4 p. M.
When tho convention was called to
order at 4:30, Dr. Everett of Massach
v.setts was called on to mako a speech
while waiting for tho repvrl of the
committee on permanent oi'j.-auizatioD
l.-io committee on permursent or
ganization reported in favor of Sena
tor G'iiflery of Louisiaua, as chairman
Tho committee also reported in favor
of a permanent national organization
of tho party hore represented, and tho
report was accepted. At 5:50 the con
ven tion adjourned to 11 A. M. tomor
row. ' '
VETEKANS IN ICKVIEWJ
ltrllliaut Tarade of the Grand Army at
St. Panl.
St. PAtrr., Miun., Sept. 2. Nearly
40.0(H) veterans t ramped tho streets of
St. Paul for several hours today, re-
newinjj tho assuraneo of t'ieir youth
and feeling in their veins the martial
sririt that animated them in the old
days cf bitter sectional strife.
At 9:45 o'clock the commander-in-chief
and staff moved south on West
ern avenuo, and tho various 'divisions
fell into lino rapidly. It v. as just 11:30
o'clock when tho head of the parade
reached the grand reviewing stand at
Smith's Park, where General Walker
took his place on the platform, and
the first division, beaded by the veteran
signal corps, passed in review. It
was 2:35 this afternoon when the last
post in the big eighth division, con
taining Minnesota's veterans, bad
passed, and there was scarcely
noticeable break in the line, post
following post, and department com
ing after department, in almost end
less succession.
PALMER f ILLINOIS
National Democrats Nomi
nate Him for President.
In a Free Man.
Salem, Or., Sopt. 2. Malcolm
Church, who was serving 15 years in
the penitentiary for manslaughter com
mitted in Grant county, was granted
a full pardon today. Church was sen
tenced six years ago, but by the com
mutation of Governor Pennoyer his
term would haye expired December 1
1S96. His pardon granted today was
in recognition of faithful and valuable
services as assistant engineer at the
penitentiary.
Hundreds are Homeless.
Norfolk, Va., Sept. 3. Fire last
night destroyed the immense five-story
brick plow foundry and implemen
factory of S. R. White & Bros., at No
216 Water street, and the union stock
yards, on the ea3t side of Nebraska
street. A brisk wind scattered sparks
in every direction, and destroyed
number of dwellings. Hundreds of
families, white and colored, are made
homeless. Twenty-live houses were
destroyed. The total loss is $200,000,
A Speed Kecord Smashed.
Omaha, Sept. 1. The fast passenger
train service record in tbe West was
broken by the Union Pacific's over
land limited last night. The regular
schedule time of the train is over 50
miles an hour, including stops. Yes
terdur the train was an hour late at
GiMsland 150 miles from Omaha,
with 1G coaches. The time was fully
made up before the train reached
Omaha.
CKOWDS ur PYTH1ANS.
Minneapolis Is Thronged With Gallant
Knights.
fEAPOLIS, Sept. 1. (
roads blocTcaueU Uy bttcEl an immense
passenger traffic as has never before
been known in the Northwest, the
Knights of Pythias, hours behind
schedule time, continued to pour into
Minneapolis today singly, in divisions
and in battalllons, and from Illinois
and Iowa came solid brigades. At 4
o'clock this afternoon occurred the
ceremony of transferring the command
of the. camp from, Adjutant-General F.
B, Wheaton, of the executive commit
tee, to General Loper, of Iowa. Ad
dresses were delivered by Mayor Pratt,
Chairman William Eustice, of the local
oxeoutive committee, Colonel I. N.
Mitchell, of Minnesota, and the visit
ing brigadier generals, i,
THE GOLD CONTENTION.
Forty-One States Represented With 800
Delegates.
Indianapolis, Sep. 2. The con
vention was called to order at 12:17 by
G,enepai Palmer, The hall is taste
fully decorated with gold emblems,
flowers and goldenrod. The New York
delegates have goldenrod in their
button holes.
When the Florida delegation entered
the hall with, its Cleveland banner,
there was great cheering among the
delegates.
Pamer'g remark in his speech that
ho had the honor to preside for a time
over the only democratio convention
of 1806 caused great cheering, and
when he mentioned the name of Cleve
land there arose a storm of enthusiasm,
the delegates and audience rising to
their feet, cheering and waving their
hats and handkerchiefs.
The call for the convention was
then read, and as the names, of the
signers were read thoy were obeered
by the delegates,
The roll call of states showed that
41 states were represented. There
were also several delegates present
from the territories, making in all 800
delegates with their alternates.
After the roll of states, ex-Governor
Flower was nominated and elected
temporary chairman and as he ascended
tho platform he was greeted with
cheers. Flower said that the presence
of such a large delegation showed the
nature of true democrats as against
Grand Army Kncatn pment.
St. Paul, Sept. 1. The second day
qf tho Grand Army week opened
cloudy, which mado it more comfort
able lor the marching veterans, as
they tramped to quarters or partici
pated in the parade. The conserva
tive estimate of 130,000 visitors, based
on tho number of tickets sold and con
tracted last week, will be short of the
actual number present tomorrow,
when the grand parade starts.
Fusion Probable in Klickitat.
Goldendale, Wa3h., Sept. 2 Next
Saturday tbei e will be a meeting in
Goldendale of populists, democrats and
free silver republicans, and fusion is
expected to result. The nomination
of Judge Sol Smith for the electoral
college assures Klickitat for McKinley,
but many believe the fusion will place
the county in doubt far county and
state. .
The Northern Pacific
Tacoma, Sept. 1. The Northern Pa-
oific receivership, after an existenoe of
three years and a few days, was ended
at midnight last night, when all the
property of the former Northern Pa
elflo railroad company passed under
the management of tho new Northern
Pacific railway company. .'
More Gold to Come.
New Yoek, Sept. 3. Lazard Freres
has ordered $2,207,000 additional gold
in London, making the total amount
engagedy that firm $7,820,000. Of
d sold today tit London for ship
ment to this, oountry $2,000,000 is con
signed to the bank of British North
America, $500,000 for account of
Speyer & Co. '
The Vermont Election.
St. Albans, Vt., Sept. 2 Revised
returns of yesterday's election from
tho 14 counties of the state, give:
Grout, rep, 53,07,6; Jackson, dem, 13,
983; republican plurality, 30,093.
The Inflow of Gold, - '
New York.' Sept. 1 William H.
Crossman & Brothers have ordered
$1,000,000 of gold abroad, making $19,
uo,uuu since tne movement Degan.
BUCKNER FOR VICE
The' Kentucky Man Was Also Nom
inated on the First Eallot
Without Opposition.
The
Platsorm Declared Gold the Only
Metal for BtMo Money Credit
Currency Must be
Retired.
Indianapolis, Sopt. 3. Tho newly
organized gold-standard or national
democratic party of the UniU d States
today nominated Senator John M.
Palmer, of Illinois, to carry the stand
ard as its nomineo for the ollico of
president.
Senator Palmer was nominated upon
the first ballot, receiving 757t votes of
a total of 983. He was then declared
the nomineo of tho convention by
acclamation.
When the roll-call of states was made
for nominations for president, all
names were withdrawn except those of
General Eragg, of Wisconsin, and
Senator Palmer, of Illinois.
As soon as the result was announced,
General Bragg leapt upon a -chair and
led tho wild cheers for Palmer which
lasted for several minutes. When the
demonstration had partially subsided,
General Bragg made a motion to the
effect thaSenator Palmer ba declared
the nominee by acclamation, which
was carried with a whoop.
The roll-call of states was then
ordered for nominations for vice-president.
Browder, of Kentucky, took
the platform and presented the name
of General Buckaor. A wild demon
stration followed, at the close of which
General Buckner was nominated by
acclamation.
The conveptlon then adjourned slue
die.
THE PLATFOliM.
It Declares (or Gold as the -Basle Money
of tho Conntry.
The platform adoptod by the con
vention, after declaring the allegiance
of tho national democrats to the prin
ciples of tariff reform, economical ad
ministration, and arraigning the re
publican party for its class legislation,
treats on the money question as
follows:
"The experience of mankind has
shown that, by their natural qualities,
gold is .the necessary money of the
large affairs of commerce and business,
while silver is conveniently adapted to
minor transactions, and the most bene
ficial use of both together can be in
sured only by the adoption of the
former as the standard of monetary
measure and the maintenance of silver
at a parity with gold by its limited
coinage under such safeguards of law.
Thus is the largest possible enjoyment
of both metals gained, with the value
universally accepted throughout the
world, which constitutes the only
practical currency, assuring the most
stable standard, and especially the
best and safest money for all who earn
a livelihood by labor or the produce of
husbandry. They cannot suffer when
paid in the best money known to man
but are peculiar and most defenseless
victims of a debased and fluctuating
currency, which offers continued pro
fits to tbe money-changer, at their
cost. -r
'Realizing these truths, demonstra
ted by long public inconvenience and
loss, the democratio party, in the
interest of the masses and equal justice
to all, practically established by the
legislation of 1831 and 1853 thegoid
standard of monetary measurement,
and likewise entiroly divorced tbe
government from banking and cur
rency Issuos.
"But wa denounce also, further, tho
maintenance of ' tho present costly
patchwork system of national paper
currency as a constant source of injury
and peril. We assert the necessity
of such an intelligent currency system
as will confine the government to. its
legislative functions, completely
separated from the banking business
and afford to all sections of our
country a uniform, safe and electric
bank currency under a government
supervision measured in volume by tho
needs of business'
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Sisyphus
was the anci
ent hero con
demned by the
fods to push biff
uoyiqer op -hill
forever, lest it should
foil down and crush
him. When the myth-makers
got np that story they
must have been thinkine of
dyspepsia for there is certainly no other
trouble on earth that keeps yon so ever
lastingly struggling against being crushed
into utter despair. Anything that cures
dyspepsia lifts about half the weight of
misery that crashes mankind, and wo
mankind. The trouble with most of the so-called
dyspepsia cures, is that they don't cure.
They give only temporary relief. Jndiges.
tion usually extends all through the diges
tive tract, from the stomach dear down to
the large intestine ; the liver too is frequent
ly involved in the trouble being torpid and
inactive, " For a thorough, radical, per
manent cure you must have the whole di
gestive organism set right Not violently
stirred up, but regulated. Doctor Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets will do it They stimu
late the digestive juices of the stomach ;
invigorate the liver and help it to actively
secrete the bile ; and act gently on the
bowels to promote a regular healthy movo
ment This means a complete and last
ing cure of digestive troubles.
The " Pellets " are not a severe cathartic.
They act on the bowels naturally and com
fortably though surely. The dose can be
regulated to your needs, and when the
" Pellets " have done their work they can
be discontinued. You don't become a
slave to their use, as with other pills. f
the druggist suggest some griping pill that -gives
him more profit think what wiil
profit you tnpst.
Teller In Colorado.
Next to W. J. Bryan, Senator Teller
is attracting more attention than any
other man in the United States today,
as is evidencodby the receptions given
him wherever he goes. He visited
Colorado Springs last Monday and tbe
reception tendered him was an ovation
in which almost everybody regardless
of party affiliation, participated. A
special committee consisting of Irving
Howbert, ex-chairman of the Colorado
republican committee, J. C. Plum,
also a leading republican, C. B. Sel-
donridge, chairman of the democratic
state committee, B. F. Montgomery, a
leading populist, J. E. Rockwell, J. H.
Hutchinson and A. L. Lawton, was
sent to Palmer Lake to meet and con
duct the senator to the Springs. When
the train arrived the entire olty was
out to greet him, and the ovation was
such as was never before witnessed in
the aVate,.
, Fusion Is Effected.
Omaha, Sept.3. After a nearly all
night session of tho state central com
mittees of the democratic and populist
parties, without apparent friction
practically agreed upon the details of
a fusion on the electoral and state
tiokets, inoluding the indorsement by
the democrats of the state ticket
nominated by the populists, the ac
ceptance by the populists of the demo
cratic candidate for attorney-general
to fill the vacancy in the Hastings
ticket and the selection of four populist
electors jio will be nominated by tho
democrats. The democratio leaders
assert that tho fusion deal will be un
anlmonsly indorsed by the democratio
state convention.
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Notice is hereby riven tbst the undersler.sd
bus been duly appointed by the Hon. CouMy
Court of the State of Oreoon for Wasco Court .
as (he administrator of Peter Sherringer, Into
of Wasco County, Ore (too, and now deoesMt 1.
All nersons having claims acalnst said eMttj
are hereby notilled to present tbe same to me
at mv place of business In Cascade Loc a,
Wasco County. Oregon, properly verified, wit i-
ln six momns irom uieuaie oi mis notioe.
Dated this 1st uayor September, 1KK5.
T. C. BENSON," "
Administrator of the estate of Peter Khnr.
ringer, deceased. sepfl-d,, Jt
Administrator's Final Notice.
Notice Is hereby given that the onderslvrn. 1
administrator of the estate of Carl Harkentini.
deceased, hits filed in the County Court of ti,
County of Wasco, State of Oretron. his final it
count as such administrator of said estate, ar 1
that Monday, the ?d day of November, itM.
the hour of 2 o'clock P. M., has been fixed l.v
said court as tbe time for bearing of ohJecUoi. t
to sam report, anu me seuiumem uiereor.
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Administrator of tbe estate of Carl Uarke
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