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SATURDAY. . . .DECEMBER 12, 1898
MORE WORRY AND FRET.
: The bundle of unparalled wisdom
and learning who edits the Chicago
Chronicle, that stanch est of stanch
Apostles of the goeoel'of gold, is sorely
perplexed, and has thrust upon him
an accumulation of causes for worry.
" 1 This country is decidedly in. need of
' fixing and the aforesaid editor is -the
" only man in it that can successfully do
the fixing. .-But tor tae -iirst time in
his life he does not know just how to
K9 about the task,. "aud,isiiH. there
. sponslbility is so terrible he is in an
i awful dilema. . J, ,. ?
-.' Some medleeome and degenerate
on of Adam, degenerate because he
is so far removed from his lllu&triqas
" ancestor, and who had an abundance
of time though very little conscience,
has fixed up a table showing tbe per
centage of foreign born persons in the
states that cast their vote forMcKIn
lev and in the- states that gave a
. majority for Bryan. .'; ,
The McKinley states reported 19.92
ner cent. foreign- born S whiie the
Bryan states show only 12.14 per cent.
Among the states which gave the
great majority for McKinley were
Massachusetts,- whose foreign, born
DODulation i" 29.35 per ..cent, of the
total; New York is 26.19 per cent and
Wisconsin, 30.98 per cent. Among
those giving the smallest McKinley
majorities were Indiana. 6.67 per cent.
foreign and Kentucky, 3.19 per cent
foreign. On the other hand the states
' which rolled up the biggest populist
majorities- were Georgia, with only
0.66 per cent foreign, born; Alabama,
0.98 per cent, and Mississippi, 0.62 per
cent. -
Not satisfied with? the devilment he
had done' in fixing up the table the
unregenerate statistician' had the tern'
erlty to Bend a copy of It to the Chicago
editot, knowing full well his unkindly
' feeling 'toward 'foreigners; - and also
recblectihg some of the ante-election
editorials that appeared in the Chron
icle to the effect that the foreign-born
itUens, influenced by Altgeld, would
-rote almost as a unit for Bryan. The
and reasonably unbaised inquiry into
the conditions prevailing in 1882, and
its conclusions were, on the whole, re-
Itseived' wllfi satisfaction by thecountry.
Congress did not treat thaC body quite
with the respect which it deserved.
Nevertheless, there was a trace of its
work in the bill which passed congress,
and which became the tariff of March
3, 1883. The necessity for framing a
tariff bill acceptable enough to the
country to have a reasonable chance
to stand for a long time with only
minor changes is more obvious and
urgent now than it was a dozen or a
score of years ago, for the country has
seen a good deal of the injurious effects
of frequent tariff tinkering in recent
years. This necessity will give the
proposition for a board of tariff experts
' plaining the,-to biro, unfortunate sbow-
. Ino nf thn tame, andhersu ths Wav
."Leaving out .' the: , mining-camp
o-miiTv. I.h a nmnnrHnn of fnreicn-born
o tri c r "
persons in the -Bryan states is very
small, and leaving out . those which
gave Bjball -majorities from the Mc-
. Kinley states, the percentage of "for-
. signers" la. very large.":. ' , .
.The truth i that while a portion
. oi our ioreign-oorn population may oe
. . . . . . ii. i i
BomewnaB'snaKjv. ?u iineir puuiauai
v- philosophy! they are more sound than
Americans on the money question,
and. the sons of foreigners are sounder
than .the c-randsons." .-.
- ' That was as far as he got. He stop-
'ped short, and ill fact the outlook was
; .awful enough to have stopped even a
' ; less Stout-hearted Individual, than the
learned Chicago scribe. Hcebuld not
. , bear to proceed Into future genera
tions and undertake to for tell ITow
they.-would yote .. Ol.a quit'
; -ItaC"importance to him ,ToXt
rauu.niUB. miw-r uunv uava uctru uuu-
' laminated by American Influences lor
three generations? What can he ex
pect when the great-grand-sbns of our
. foreign-born citizens .get a whack at
the ballet box? How can he then ex-
- . pect to hold the United States dow n to
. -i a : n
Evidently the learned quill shaver
: soli too uized tnusbv: "What chance
is there to keep up foreig a policies in
Uiis" country, anyway? What is to be
. done to keep it from adopting systems
of its own and going to the deminition
bow-wows? Immigration is. falling off
alarmingly right now when it is needed.
and here is a crtto of A merican babies
'-' coming on at an awful rate and grow-J
tno- nicner ana Dicker everv vear.
s .O ver two millions - of them last year,
' -and tha Lord onlv knows how manv
. there will be before this year shall
- pass into history" This is an awful
aspect for one who like' the editor of
' ' the Chicago Chronicle appears so op
posed to the voice of. foreign-born
citizens - in American politics, even
"going ';so. far-as to ' insist that", they
should be here twenty-one years before
r being allowed to vote, and at the same
time is so anxious to 143 tea upon
'. the. Americans -an English monetary
tnramm . ir. 10. hi ititii v kwiui En pnninmo
plate I No wonder be worries and frets.
CLEVELAND TO CONGRESS.
A NEEDED LAW.
Oregon has np;a' Lft. mo.1t: . VS?rifp(i'i
'President Cleveland has submitted
his last message to congress and it 19
an exhaustive resnine of almost; every
subject that has come before' the peo
ple within the past year. Almost every
feature of the message was anticipated
long since, since his s expression-on
most subjects at this time Js but a re
iteration of his recommendations and
suggestions in the past. . But that por
tion referring to Cuba is , disappoint
ing to those -whose sympathies are
with the suffering and oppressed peo
ple who have long contended for free
dom. The position 1 Cleveland had
taken with reference to the settlement
of the Venezuelan boundary dispute
had lead ' many to believe be would
show at least an aergreseive attitude to
ward Spain, and that he would crown
the last end of -his-administration with
an open declaration that this govern
ment should intervene between Spain
and the Cuban insurgents,' 5i'n"d insist
upon a speedy - termination iol the
butchery t,hat has been allowed to be
carried on too loner. But this he. has
not done. He deplores the conflict
that is devastating the Island that is
at our very door, and expresses a strong
sympathy for the Cubans; but insists
that this government has gone as far
as it legally can by offering to provide
any reasonable guarantee Spain may
require in case she decides to givo
borne rule to the island. The presi
dent appears to believe the time is not
yet ripe for intervention on the' part of
the United States: sufficent blood bas
not been spilt; sufficient property has
not been ' destroyed toyentitle this
nation to intervene. Btfffhe says:
' LhaVe deemed it hot . amiss to. re
mind the congress . that a time may
arrive when a correct policy and care
for our Interests, as well as regard for
the interests of other nations and their
citizens, joined by considerations of
humanity and a desire to see a rich
and fertile country, intimately related
to us, saved from complete devastation,
will constrain our government to such
action; will subserve the interests in
volved and at the same time promise
to Cuba and its inhabitants an oppor-
Alter, thus discussing the -Cuban
question, the president, goes ; into a
generalization of the different topics
concerning .the government' at home,
and gives a general resume of the
workings of the different departments',
submitting, recommendations for the
betterment of the postal service and
the financial systems. " : ' :
In reference to the reforms needed
to place - us upon . a firmer financial
basis, the president favors; the retire
ment of all credit 'currency; and-' if
necessary to do:' this he recommends
the issuance of long-time bonds. 'bear
iner a low rate of interest. "Even if
rtijIVTha United States notes' known
tf VI "v-"-'
I tne presiaenun nis message, -.' ibis
system of voting; Ori"e that'could hardfy.
be improved upon, as under the Aus
tralian ballot system' now in. , vogue,
there is little or no opportunity for
fraud at the polls, and the ballot is
about as nearly secret as is possible to
make it. But in order that there can be
no fraud in elections, that is, that cone
but those duly qualified shall . be . al
lowed to vote, a strict registration
law is required, and 'one should be
passed by the coming legislature.
The state constitution, ' however,
stands in the way of making regis
tration a necessary Qualification of
an election; but E.' W. Bingham
nf Portland, has drafted a bill
that will be presented to the next ses
sion, which it is believed will meet ail
requirements, and still be consti
tutional; -
After providing as to forms of regis
tration, blanks and books to be used
therefor, the bill proposes to make it
the duty of eve elector - In. the state
to register with the clerk of the county
in which he lives between . the first
Monday in January, 1898, and the loth.
day of May, 1898, and between the same
dates biennially thereafter,
Every elector may be registered
without charge by personally appear
ing at the office of the county clerk.
The elector must be sworn, and his
name must be entered In the general
county register, with date of registra
tion, the age of the elector, his busi
ness or occupation, his actual and pre
cise place of residence,; the country of
his nativity, and if naturalized, - the
time, place and court of naturalization.
Other minor details are prescribed for
such persons as are not the heads pr
proprietors of the houses .where they
live. - - : '
.If an elector is unablefbr any reason
to appear personally and register as
required ' above, he may ' register by.
using a blank as designated and de
scribed in the bill; which blank he
must fill ou, in the presence ' of 'two
witnesses, free holders of the county,
who shall certify to the qualifications
of the elector, and, " with the elector.
make oath to the same before some
officer authorized to administer and
certify oaths. This blank, so filled
and certified, must be filed with the
county clerk, and the entry must be
made by the clerk in the general regis
try of the county. Provision is made
to meet changes of residence, between
the time of registration and the time
of election. Prom the general regis
try o the sosnt reistry Js to be
maae up Dy tne cierK lor each precinct,
which shall jbe : in the hands of the
judges for use when the election is
held.
If the elector shall hot be registered
In the precinct in which he applies to
vote, be is to be considered as. chat
lenged, and tnus'. subscribe , and., swear
to particulars - furnished in another
blank or. form designated .by the act.
and in addition shall be required to
produce before twelve- free-holders. Of
the county tend have ahem' take and
subscribe to an. oath as to the qualifi
cations of the elector. This would be'.
in many cases, a 'serious; business, in
yoiying. much difficulty. ., The double
object is to cause the elector to regis
ter in the formal way; so as to avoid all
this trouble,-and at : the ' same time t '
meet the constitutional objection that
is made to registration as a,perequisite
0 voting.; That" is to say, the jac-
would . not., requires registration; it
would only require the elector to make.,
proof that, he ias .. possessed- of the
necessary qualifications of an; elector;
A POOR REMEDY.
Jjprne .pjLpei.'s.throughou t tbonn try
but the' proof required would be njuah '
probable that the treasury notes issued
in payment of silver purchases under
the act of July 14, 1890, now paid In
gold when demanded, would not Create
such disturbance, as they might from
time to time, when received in 1 the
treasury - by - redemption in . god or
otherwise, be gradually and prudently
replaced by silver coin. This plan of
issuing bonds for the purpose of ' re
demption certainly appears to be the
most effective and direct path to the
needed reform."
As. to the tariff, the president does
not favor any immediate action; and
thecertainty that he will not siern any
tariff bill that may bo passed seems to
be fully assured. He favors the ne of
morVeasily furnkhed by him' through
otherwise.' . t""
The bill seems ' to Ti.atre 'fe.w ; objec
tionable features, and sinae it does uot
make registration necessary, but tonly
the most convenient method, by , wh(c
the elector shall' provo 'hta' eligibility,
it does not appear to copflkt-.arithi WteJ
constitution.. Jt would be a good, law
to place upon the statute books,. and if
it or a feinllar' ahe cjlagct bo' passed ati
the iext. , session,' a. . resolution for a
constitutional . amendment - should be
adopted. ? '' ' -..V- '
are suggesting, that in ordertto .make
the house of congress a more represen
tative body, and also that the electoral
college be more equally distributed ac-.
cording to the-number of population,
in the different states, the membership
of the house be increased from. 357 to
600. This seems to vs an unwise sug
gestion. The house is already too
large, and Is to a great extent an un-.
wieldv body. Better-the number be.
decreased, than increased, so far as
legislative duties are concerned. It is
argued that if. the membership of the
house were increased. to 600 the more
populous states would get the greater
number of the added members, thus
giving them more voice both in legisla
tion and - in the choice of president,
since the additional members allowed
for the representatives would to some
extent equalize the. . two electors al
lowed each . of tho smaller states for
their senators.
. Ther6 is probably some justice in
this latter argument, for the 'larger
states have not equal - voice with the
smaller ones In the choice of president;
but this could be so easily overcome
by discarding the clumsy electoral col
lege and electing president by the by
direct, vote of the people, whereby
all sections would have equal say in
proportion to their number of votes,
that an attempt to increase the n umber
of congressmen in order to equalize
the electoral vote is poor argument.
The papers that are exerting their ef
forts to enlarge the house of represen
tatives for. this purpose are laboring
for a cause possessing .little merit.
The remedy they suggest would not
meet the end ,desird near so readily
as wpuld the election of presidents by
direct vote, and besides it would make
of the house of representatives a body
that would be out of proportion to its
requirements." '
LOOK TO TOUR INTERESTS
Already the fishermen in the lower
river have begun shaping th9 fight
which they p.'pposo making against
fishwbeels in the next session of the
legislature; and unless th6se interested
in tho fish industry on this side of the
mountains are awake to their own
interest, they may expect to see ti bill
pass both houses pext month abolish
ing fish wheels at all points on the
Columbia. In that event, the' fish
business above the Cascades would be
virtually at an end, for the only method
by which salmon can be taken from
these waters successfully Is by the use
of whc. To deprive the fishermen
above the Cascades' of t.h,is ethod of
operation would berto ruin their busi;
pegs; and why the people pn the lowep
river should desir this is . pnexplain
able, The limited number..of salmon
that succeed in escaping the numerous
n4ts and seins In the lower river and
wind their way through the falls are
beyond the reach of the gil-net fisher
men at the mouth of -the' river, hence
it is of little interest' to them. -whether
they arp caught or alio wpd to proceed
to the head waters of . the Columbia,
there to beat their lives out against
rocks and shoals. ' Nevertheless they
will make aa effort to hare fish wheels
abolished, and unless those Interested
do not look well to their interests this
may be accomplished
EDIIORIAL NOTES.
Gen. Weyler ought to hire another
jtress.jiprreppondeut to take the place
of the one who reported Maceo'sdeath.
Such" reports are liable to. bring the
Spanish general's yeracityJipto ques-
tion. . ' -
'fioA pxfp. the United States are going:;
to have another big "iron king." John
X. Rookfeller has gone' into the iron
business as a rival of Carnegie. . We
presume this will call for an addl-
'THE E VIL OF : CREDIT.
Dr. Charles Locke, in a sermon de
livered in Portland last Sunday, very
truly said: "The credit system is a
curse of "our age. It fosters financial
n thn'tKUMiw in nuv pantos and individual ruin. ' Ambition
runnlno- exnensew until such a time aa Jeadssome men U inbur indebtedness
TARIFF AND
BUSINESS.
. The favor with which the proposition
. for a tariff commission Is being re-
" ceived in all parts of the country, gives
; grounds to hope that the tariff ques-
.1 nn.A Iw 't.V. All, f
, national politics, and settled pn busi-
' 'ma.. nt.! n am TVia. fa ft ft ati luaaF
- .. WOW .UV..V-W. A..WL WA. " -WVUW.)
when considered from the standpoint
-"of protection, Is only a local Is-
. aue, hence the demand that it be ajr-
rangea ouisiue 01 paruaao lines is un
paritive, for in no other way can It
ever approach anything like an equit"
ahla ftYTintmnt. While delepattnir
; nowera of any kind- to commissions is
generally objectionable, it does seem a
- nonpartisan commission appointed
either by the president or by, the two
; Houses 01 congress, couia arrange tarin
schedules more equitably than con-
1 U .M. a T
rcBa urns nvcr uwu w. ' xu i cici -
kni.m j tti nnmihilitv'of n tariff mm.
mission, and the probab'lity of its do
ing effective work, the St. Louis Globe-
Democrat makes this comment:
"There is considerable prejudice
against bodies of this . sort. A large
on any proposition for the making of
new offices, even if the offices are only
temporary creations, while many con
gressmen would be apt to think that
. auch a board would interfere : in some
way with their prerogatives and func
tions. , The latter objection has very
little weight. : The authority of such a
body would be merely advisory. -It
would investlate the question of pro
duction, prices and duties deliberately
j and intelligently, and - give to the
country and ti congress the result of
innnin In the shaoe of recommenda-
t
tions for legislation., - Congress could
please itself as to whether to accept or
to reject these suggestions.
"President Arthur appointed a tariff
commission, which made thorough
a resumption or business snail result
in increasing the revenues under the
present law. : .
The closing paragraph of the message
probably contains the most wholesome
advice of the whole paper. It is as
follows:
"In concluding this communication;
its last words shall be an appeal to the
eougre&o for tho most ; rigid economy
in the expenditure "of the money it
holds Jn trust for the people. The way
to perplexing extravagances is easy.
bus-a return to frugality is difficult.
When, however, it is considered that
those who can bear the burdens of tax
ation have no guaranty -of honest care,
save in tne fidelity of.tneir public ser
vants, the duty of all possible retrench
ment is plainly manliest. Wnen our
differences, are forgotten and our son-
tests of political opinion are no longer
remembered, nothing in the retrospect
of our public service will be as fortu
nate and cdmfortingas the recollection
of official duty well performed, and. the
memory of a constant devotion Jto the
interests of . our confiding.
countrymen.-' --- ". .
Rather- discouraging reports come
from the factories that began opera
tions immediately after the election
They find themselves with a stock of
manufactured articles on hand . that
cannot be sold, simply because, the
people haye not the money with whjch
to buy. it begins to iook as it we
really began at the wrong end of. the
dilema to create prosperity. Had we
opened up our mines instead of our
factories, things might ' have been
different. ' i;
Cleveland probably has not been the
best president for the people, but he
has looked out for himself pretty well,
and will retire the richest president
who ever left the White House. He
will .have saved of; his presidential
salary for eight , years $300,000; Gray
Gables and other real .estate - is- worth
$428,000, and the Cleveland family own
stock and bonds to the amount of $600,-
000, making the total of his property
$1,028,000. . t
If seems as though the Oregonian
will never cease. .. vilifying Bryan.
Here is its latest thrust: .. "In a public
sense he is simply an incendiary and a
fool" Why? we would ask. Is it be
cause he advocates the free coinage of
silver?- Then what was the Oregonian
in 1890, . when it supported the
state' platform of its party that
declared for the same thing? . .
anxious to enlarge their opportunities,
they mortgage their future.. Extrava
gance in living leads' other people in to
this same blunder.' ' In .building and
decorating homes, in displayrin travel,
iq social functions, people rush head
long into debt; and often burden all
their, future, and sometimes 'bring
shame upon themselves by ihcurrih g
indebtedness."
Never before-was the truth of these
statements more fully realized by the
people-generally, than at present. : The
eredit system Certainly has' been and
is now the curse of ' this age." Its dis
astrous effects are being fully realized
more on the Pacific coast probably
than any other portion of the country.
since ten or' twenty years ago, "when
the country was being developed, times
were good, and people in all: walks of
ife- abused their credit. They acquired .
extravagant habits of living, believing
good times would last forever, and if
they were unable to meet their; obliga
tions ai the end of each year, they
looked forward; to better times the
fellow .next when they 'would beaMe to wipe
out ineir inaeoteaneas,
But the-expected better times never
came. On tne contrary, times . got
worse year alter year; tne price of
nearly every commodity fell, and .the
tional tariff duty on. ironv;'
Senator Call does not admire the pa
cific attitude of. the administration
.with reference to Cuba, and started the
ball rolling in congress by Introducing
a.resolutiuo for the recognition of the
Cuban republic as a free and . indepen
dent nation. :..-.
All the expectation of tariff--Iei8'a-
tion curing tnis session or congress
had as wel 1-be abandoned. Shortly the
Diogley bill pass the senate." It is
almost certain to 1 be yetoed bjLthe
president; judging from the sentiment
of "his message. -
The conservative business man when
his income is less than' his expenses
cuts down the latter. C&ngress could
profit by this lesson, and accept the
advice of the president to cut down the
expenses of the government7 in order
that they may come within' tf o limits
of its income. "- ' '
Tne resmc ot tne secona day's ces
sion of the house was the passage of
four bills, one of which was the pen
sion bill, carrying an appropriation of
$141,263,880. - At this rate of activity
it will, not take the house long to dis
pose of all matters before it and to de
plete the treasury..
The way the' public domain in this
country has- been bestowed uron cor
porations is really a disgrace. During
the past thirty years 114,000,000 acres
have been' given to railroad companies;
enough to furnish homes of 160 acres
each to over 700,000 families, to say
nothing -of what "has been given to
wagon road companies.
' The house has' got down to, actui 1
work while the' senators are amusing
themselves intro'ducingresolutlqns and
playing1 j around .. to -.see - what -the
they are elected expire. Only the
salary of a cabinet, officer, is. ,40. bo
'drw-bysuhr6M'c1ai;';''t '
Indiana congressmen are getting
down to a system that virtually makes
postmaBters electivj" officers. They
have 'notified" all applicants for post
offices that before any ononis recom
mended, 'a vote 'must bo. -taken, in
every town and precinct," and.;.tho pne
receiving the highest number of votes
shall have their endorsement. This
Would not be'a bad system to adopt
with reference to -all federal appoint
ments. ' " ' -; -
In his "message to congress, . Presi
dent Cleveland complains that trusts
and monopolies exists, and laments
that the Taws passed by congress have
not been or cannot be enforced. Pos
sibly if Mr. Cleveland' had stopped to
consider that the two men he has ap
pointed to the office of attorney-general
during his last term have .been
trust attorneys he could discover the
reason why the law- cannot be enforced...-
- If It is true that General Antonio
MaceO Ij'ns been killed, the cause of
Cuban independence ' has received a
most serious blow. While it is not
impossible that there are others in the
Cuban army as capable to lead as w is
Maceo, it will require time for the new
leader to gain the confidence of the
soldier?, and in the interim P'oyler
may strike 'such decisive blows as to
disorganize the forces Maceo had so
gallantly led and kept together.'
When the state levy for 1896 for 4.8
mills was" made last January il was
generally understood that the levy for
1897 would, be. at least one mill lighter,
but since the tax rolls haye all been
made up and probable estimates of
state expenses' for the next year- have
been taken 'into consideration, it is
given out from Salem that a larger
levy- will have to be made on this year's
assessment.- And so our hopes for re
lief from' the burdens of high taxation
are to be blighted. '
The silver question has been "wan
ing" so much," "dead" so often, and
always "fliirig," in the columns of the
republican press, thatiths just claims
to close relationship with the cat which
returned. i They -thought, they killed
it once and for all on Nov. 3d, but op
fjov, th the cat came back, sigbtly
disfigured,but still in the ring ad
smiling. This . cat and the poor we
haye alway. with us until tb.e gold
standard is destroyed, "-'
. .Whether Senator Mitchell shall or
shall not be re-elected Is not the most
Important question for thecom'ng leg
islature to. decide, though it appears to
be the burden of discussion in a good
many of the state papers. The choice
of a ynited-, States senator is in fact
ooe of the least duties of the legisla
ture, and, shVjnld bo disposed of viriog
the first week of the sessiqn. There
are plenty of good men in the state to
ohoose fromt hence no candidate's in,
terests ought to Interfere ith needed
legislation. Ivis of less importance to
the taxpayers of Qf egon who shall rep
resent them in. the senate than it is
that the state, expenses be reduced.
Therefore t)ie pertonal interests of
Mr: Mitchell t'r teny' pther Bandljjate
ought to be light y con'slderpdj
Y ... . POPULAR SCIENCE.
- Zola says0 that ideas pnly come to
him when, pen in hand, he is writing
that he could never evolve a single,
idea by sitting still in his chair and.
thinking,
A SEBIES- of - experiments are to be
made at Yale college to determine the
' relation of the nerves to the muscles of j pointed
tne jmmrjj.- . -jy, trrn test a new tneory
that stre-L.1!tov.p5nds less upon the
size of t"fTij"Jj"" -nprm the
BtTengthAie-'tiW "j ' -
Js vya'tefTlvi Which decaying- vege
tables, have, Uen infused the micro
scope discovers little animals so mi
nute that ten thousand of them .would
not exceed the bulk of a grain of mus
tard. Yet these creatures are supplied
.with organs as complicated as those of
a whale.. .
The thinnest part Of a soap bubble is
where the black; or rather gray, tint
appears just before it breaks. This
thickness has been calculated, by the
laws of optics to be less than one-one
hundred and fifty-six thousandth part
of an inch. From this minute amount
the thicknest . of the bubble may in
crease up to uite a perceptible- quan
tify. ., . - .
General Maceo' Falls Fighting
. For Cuba.
WOULD NOT CAUCUS
Silver Senators Refuse to Attend the
Republican. Caucus of to Servo
. on the Advisory Committee.
Fifty Men on a Strike at Seattle A Coin,
pany of Young Americans to En
ter the Cuban Service.
' Havana. Dec, 8. It Is stated . in
most positive terms by the Spanish au
thorities that Antonio Maceo. the
great insurgent leader, has been killed
in Havana province, after having ef
fected the passage of the western
trocha, near Mariel, at its northern
extremity. . With Maceo died the
youth Francisco Gomez, son of Maximo
Gomez, who accompanied the mulatto
general on his passage of the tro-.rba.
Most explicit details of the finding of
the corpse of the fallen leader of the
Cubans, and of tho faots relied upon
for the identification, are at hand
through the report of the Spanish com
mander, Major Cirujada, who contested
the passage of the trocha unsuccess
fully on December 4, with Maceo, and
who sustained another conflict yester
day with the forces under the insur
gent leader.
SUltTFIiS ABE OUT.
!x of tbe Silver Senators Refuui to At
tend the Caucus.
. Washington, Dec. 8. The most
noticeable feature of the republican
senatorial caucus today as seen' from
the outride, was the absence of the
men who bolted tho' nomination of Mc
Kinley because of -. the gold standard
platform. Those absent on this ac
count were: Dubois, Pettigrew, Mantle,
Cannon,. Squire and Teller.. All e-'
cept Teller were in the city and werp
invited to attend tho oavci
T'n.st their absence was intentional
was clearly shown by the following
letter read soon after the caucus was
called to order by Senator Sherman;
"Washington, D, C, Deo. 8. To
Hon, John Sherman, ohalrmnn of the
caucus of republican senators Sir: I
hereby respectfully present my resig
nation as secretary of the caucus of re
publican senators. I also resign my
position as member and secretary p.f
the republican advisory pr '(steering"
Cpmmittee of the Sflcato. Very truly
yours, . Frep T. DPPPI8,"
Dubois' vesjg-paiiaa was received
without oommont.'On motion of Logde,
Wilson, of Washington, was chosen
secretary. Shoup was placed on the
steering committee in the place vacated
by his colleague. This committee was
also enlarged by -the addition of Hans
brouh, of North Dakota.
Tfc Dingey tariff hill was referred
to the steering cpnynittee, with in
structions to investigate as to the like?
lihood of getting the bill through and
deyise means to that epd if possible,
The caucus also declared for an inter
national agreement on silver by agree,
ing to the following ratdiitlon- Intro:
dueed by Wolcott: ,
"Resolved, That a special committee
f five members jpt this caucusibe ap-
to recommend some plan
wherehy legislation may be had in this.
session of congress looking to an inr
ternatiopa eoijfer-enoe with the lead
ing commercial. nations of the world
on the promotion of bimetalism."
. wr 11 tijere is biawasJuMi la the cut-
TBkirts" Of Havana tbe'prosident will le
forced to intervene to " protect Ameri
can interests. It is rumored that Consul-General
Lee had intended to-' stay
here to appear before the congressional
committee on foreign affairs, but was
obliged to return to Havana in all
haste, owing to intimations received
from the assistant consul-general.
Cuban residents In this city have
stated all along that Weyler was being
led into a trap, and tbey now intimate
that the jaws are closing. It is not be?
lieved here that the insurgeut forces
led by Gomez could by any possibility
capture Havana without artillery, but
their presence in its immediate vicin
ity would undoubtedly create a reign
of terror in the city, and particularly
if Weyler is absent. Spaniards say
Weyler bas a perfect line of commu
nication by sea and cannot be cut -off,
but they admit that be may be in the
mountains and his return delayed tem
porarily through ignorance of the
movements of the insurgents. Cau
tious opinions are heard from other of
ficial sources that tbe least to be ex
pected is the failure of Weyler's cam
paign. .
TO KECOOMZE CUBA.
BAlIWIIIIIIISAIttif
Maceo Is in the Land of the
Living..
STRONG PLEA. FOR CUBA
Senator Cu Horn Wants the United
States to Intervene and Stop
Further Slaughter.
)
The 8enate Preparing- to Take Action on
the Silver Question A Bard nan to
Kill Rock In Bis Sknll Causes
Mo Inconvenience.
Two Radical
Resolutions
the Senate..
Introduced In
Washington, Dec. 0. Senator
Cameron (Pa.) today introduced the
following resolution:
''Resolved, By the senate and house
of representatives that the independ
ence of the republic of Cuba should be
and the same is hereby acknowledged
by the United States of America.
Resolved, That the United States
should use its friendly offices with the
the government of Spain to bring
about the close of tho war between
Spain and Cuba."
Mills (Tex.) followed the Cameron
resolution at once by the fallowing:
"Resolved, That the president of the
United States is hereby directed to
taka possession of the island ct Cuba
with the military and naval forces of
the United States and hold tho same
until the people of Cuba can organise
a government deriving its povvers from
the consent of the governed and arm
and equip such military and naval
forces as way become necessary to se
cure them against foreign invasion."
The Mills resolution was referred to
the foreign relations committee.
A BUCK IN BtS SKutL.
Bat rellx Gowltj Was Not Even Rendered
Unconscious.
Oakland, Cal., Dee. J0,-Felix
Gorsky, a labpreri had a piece of rook
driven into his skull by ablastat
Leoma Heights quarry this morning,
but was not even rendered unconscious
He was knocked down by the blow and
the fragment of rock pierced the bone
of his skull, but- he got up without help
and took a car down to the receiving
hospital, where he gob surgical atten
tion, '
His case is pronounced-one. of 'the
strangest ever treated at the hospital,
for it was deeded, almost impossible
for a jaan to bo hurt so without having
raised a fracture or suffering concus
sion of the brain. Gorsky laughed at
the idea of being hurt, and announced
that he nevor felt hotter and was going
ii k to worW at onoo, ':
St. Louis, Dec. .1.0. A special tothe
Republic from Dallas, Tex., says:
The head of the local Cuban com
mittee today received a dispatch from
Key West making absolute denial of
the Spanish reports from Havana of
the alleged killing of Antonio Maceo.
Tho dispatch states that at 9 o'clock
last night Maceo wus again in Pinar
del Kio province, and that his army
was making successful operations
against Weyler's forces; that since the
turning of Weyler's Jeft flank, Decem
ber 1, Maceo had captured more than
1200 stands of arms and immense quan
tities of ammunition, medicines and
commissary supplies.
The dispatch also stated that within
the next tlree days the Cubans are
likely to turn Weyler's flank and win
a decided victory.
The local committee says: "We know
that sensational and glorious news of
the patriots will come from Cuba on or
about December 15."
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PEOPLE.
Db. Hall, the state geologist of Kew
York, is over eighty years of age.
Sknatob Bcntoit, of Virginia, is now
in his seventy-second year, but is a
strong and active man,. ......
It is said-that on the flyleaf of an
odd volume of ' Emerson's works acci
dentally picked up by Prof. Tyndall at
an.ald book stalla volume which first
made him acquainted with the writings
of the New . ; tug-land, seer are in
scribed these words: "Purchased by
inspiration."
Thomas Welpos Stafford, of Mel
bourne, "Australia, ' was bequeathed
300,000 -by-: his brother, the late
Senator Lcland Stanford, of California,
but has made known to Mrs. "Stanford
his intention to transfer the entire
sum to the endowment fund of the Ice
land Stanford university. -
judoe enAnr.ES E. Vandesbubgh. of
St. Paul, closed a term of thirty-four
years of .continuous service on the
bench. D.cccmfecr 31. He' was elected
in 1859. when hut thirty years of age.
ana nas never, failed -of reelection.
When first chosen he bad to travel
over two thousand miles during the
year.;-. .
To Stop Convict Labor Competition.
-.San Francisco, Dec. 8. Oscar
Lewis, manager of the Manufacturers'
&v Producers' Association, will, this
morning present for approval, to the
code commissioners at Sacramento an
act which if passed hy the lcgielatui
will effectually prevent the com pet i
tlon of California ieual institutions
with free local labor and home Indus
tries. The essential feature of the
proposed law Is contained in the fol
lowing portion of tho bill:
"It shall be unlawful for any person
c:w fined or employe- in any penal in
stitutioh in the state of California to
engage or bo employed iq the man
ufaature of anything whatever that is
an article of commerce in this state
except jute bags and jute and broken
stone for roads and highways."
Strike In Seattle.
Seattle, Wash., Dec. 8. Fifty of
the mechanics embloyed by the Moran
Bros, ship builders of this city, struck
this morning, and will leave on the
next steamer for San Francisco.' The
men have been employed on two steam
ressols that the. Morans are building
for the government, the torpedo-boat
destroyer and a government tugboat
Moran Bros, announced last evening
that, on eccount of the inclement
leather, work ing hours for the present
would be reduced to 7i hours per day.
The men this morning said tbey would
strike unless tbey were given 10 hours'
pay for 7i hours work. The demand
was refused and th- men struck.
debts contracted when .times were
good became harder instead of easier
to pay. And ' today the "mortgage rec
ords of every- -county stand but in evl
dene'e of the bad effect, ofr the credit
system. Had people learned to live
within their means in seasons of pros
perity, had tbey adopted the plan of
buying nothing except what they could
pay for, had they practiced the theory
of "pay as you go," many .who are now
struggling to pay interest today would
be independent. Rut the credit sys
tem was in vogue in past days of pros
perity, and it was abused to the extent
that many and many a small fortune
bas been wrecked, and want and' mis
ery nas come . where., plenty should
exist... ' - ' -
Tbe man who Is anxious, and able to
work, though he may not be able to
secure it, is not a tramp. In "every
community there are a few men who
are not working simply because it is
an absolute impossibility for them
to secure any, yet they are none the
less esteemed for their predicament.
It is tbe class of lazy loafers who
would rather stumble over a stick in
their path than go to the trouble of
removing It, that -should be forced to
know St. Paul' Injunction: "If any
will not work neither shall be eat." :
chances are for passing .the Diogley
bill. Tbey .have no idea, of causing
that measure, but some of the n-want
to build lip arecord.for use before their
respective legislatures this winter,'
Martin Luther Pipes, the great Mc
Kinley. '.'democrat? of Portland is 'set
ting bis pegs pretty high lor a new
convert when he allows- his fi iends to
parade him for the U. S. senatorship.
Martin Luther ought to wait until he
is confirmed before he asks such a high
office f tbe party in which he has .so
recently been' baptized. ..-
Ambassador Bayard, though-! e baa
done a good many indiscrete things
since he has represented t the United
States at the court of -St. James,' has
shown good judgment in refusing to
accept a Christmas present fr im .
London newspaper as compliment to
his services in maintaining good feel-
ins- between "tun government .and
Great Britain. '
Representative Barrett,- of Massa
chusetts, has struck upon a novel idea
for selecting the president's cabinet
but it is not likely bis -idea will meet
with much favor. He bas introduced
a bill providing that the cabinet shall
be chosen from the senate or house
with the restriction that the secrets ,
of the treasury shall be chosen-from
the bouse, and tbe secretary of state
from the senate. They are to retain
their seats in congress and not' lose
their portfolio when the term to which
- women go on
heedlessly ignoring
:the dangers that li
right in the path ot
their thoughtless
Bess. They neglect
'lime warnings un
til tney get used te
uiem. . ine- warn
ings become loudei
and louder, and
still they do not
.heed them. , Theii
sickness increase!
like a snowball
rolling down hill.
The sickness comes
pn. gradually, and
they get used to il
gradually, but il
ruins their lives just
tne same, une we.
man in a hundred, perhaps, is perfectly
health v Somti tries her wMlcnMs re in.
berited, sometimes acquired by careless-
ness. ln-every case, care and lJr. Fierce 1
Favorite Prescription will; give her new
life and strength and vitality. It will fill
out the hollows in her cheeks, bring colot
to her lips, brighten her eyes, and makt
ner?reaiy ana truly a woman. The " Fa
vorite. 'Prescription is of inestimable
value at three stages in the lives of even
woman when the girl lecomes a woman,
when thtf woman becomes a mother, and
wnen -me mouier oecotnea incapable ol
maturnity. At these times it gives safety
anu Hirenirui.,-.ji is ue oruv medicine
nowbefore the public for. woman's pecu
liar ailments, adapted to her delicate or
ganization by-a regularly graduated phy
ncian -a tiuenencea tmu SKUiea sTi
cialist in these maladies. It cannot It
barm, in any condition of the system, it.
ales exceed the combined sales of aX
otbet medicines for women.
Every woman should have and read Dr
a ereat book of a thousand caeca. 010
f usely illustrated which will be sent fret ;
.on receipt of a I one-cent stamps, to paj
iur Buuiug vtuj. ntiuitw, woria ui
pensary Medical Association, No. 66
' , .nr . The Pla ;uo iu iodla. . .
BOMBAY, Dec. 8. Eight hundred
deaths are reported up to date from
the plague, but tbe number is believed
t be much hrer. . Crowds of panic-
stricken natives are fleeing from the
city Trade and travel are seriously
affected. The famine which threatened
the. whole of India has been partially
averted in certain districts by the re
cent rains. . :
Will I lt;ht f -r Cuba. '"
Kankakee, 111., Dec, 6. A corc-
p my of 20 young men went south last
uight over the Illinois Central railroad,
bound for New Orleans. There they
will be joined by 30 others from various
parts of the United States, and tbe en--
tire party will skip for Cuba on the
first outgoing vessel and will jointhe
insurgent?. ' ' ' v . .
Albany Woolen Mill.
The "Bm-ket-Shop" Affair.
Salem, Or., Dec. 9 Legal proceed
ings have not yet been' instituted in
the "bucket-shpp'r affair. D'Arcy &
Richardson are counsel for a number
of victims of the alleged fraud, but it
has not been made known what course
will hepursurd. . ;
There are different rumors as to tho
amount lost through deals within the
last few weeks. Tbe alleged losses so
far made known amount In the aggre
gate to about $6000. It is said other
claims are kept back from the public.
Talkicgton & Bottger, proprietors
of the business, claim patrons have
sustained no loss through investments
made upon mlninformatlon of "fake"
aispaUhos.
Dr, Powell's Discovery.
CoApMBIA. Mo., Dee. 9. Dr. Thos.
Powell, who confidently believes that
he has made a discovery in medicine
whereby the whole science and prac
tice of that profession will be revolu
tionized, bas left for Los Angeles,
Oal., where ho goes at tbe solicitation
and expense of several capitalists and
scientists, who are going to install the
doctor in a sanitarium and give his
theory a practical test. Dr. Powell is
reticent In regard to his discovery, and
aD?oiute!y refuses to aisciose tne na
ture of the remedy except to say that
it is physiological and constitutional
in character.
Two Fires keur La Grande.
La Grande, Or., Dec 9. The house
on B. F. Owsley's Ladd canyon ranch
burned this morning. The fire caught
from a defective flue. The building
was partially insured.
Mrs. iUizabetfi stools' barn, near
Imbler, burLed last night. A boy who
was carrying a lantern, stumbled and
fell, and the barn and its contents
were quickly enveloped in flames.
The insurance is $750.
Complete Official Betnrns.
sachamento, uec. . uinciai re
turns from all the California counties
on tbe election show that all the presi
dential electors on the republican
ticket were elected except Thomas C.
Flint, who received 144,768 votes. Es
timating on the hie-best votes cast for
the opposing presidential electors Cal
ifornia went republican by a plurality
of 1819.
Tbe Rnmor Flatly Denied. .-
New York, Dec. 9. The, World's
Key West special says:
Private Havana advices flatly deny
the Spanish report that Maceo has
been killed. The story was concocted
at the palace to counteract the . bad
effect of Maceo's success in crossinc
the trocha between two Spanish forts
near Canas without losing a man.
Fiinn, receiver of the Albany woolen
mills, returned today from San Fran
Cisco, where he secured sufficient con
tracts to justify Lim in starting the
mills. The factory, which has been
idle several weeks,'will be started In a
few days. -
MACF.O'S ABMY JOINS GOMEZ.
A Concerted
Havana Is
Advance Upon
Being Hade.
Washington, Dec. 8-7 -Diplomatic
and military attaches are. stirred up
over the dispatches just received from
Cuba. The ad vices stated that Maceo's
army bad executed' a brilliant flank
movement, crossed tbe trocha, practi
cally without difficulty, and was now
f.o-operatiDg with Gomez in the ad
vance on Havana.
It is admitted on all sides that the
situation is critical in the extreme,
' Australia's Grain Beqnlrensenta..
Vancouver, B. C, Dec. 9. J. S.
Larke, the Canadian trade commis
sioner in Australia, has furnished tbe
Vancouver board of trade with a state
ment as to the condition of the Aus
tralian crops." He states that that
country will have to import over
5,000,000 bushels of wheat this year.
It Rains at Taconia.
Taooma, Dec. 10. Since the 1st of
November 10 inches of rain has fallen
in this city, wntie out ot. incbes was
registered during tbe : previous 12
months. The downpour still continues.
Low-iylng districts 01 the city are
flooded, basements in several houses
being under water.
DTarrtson Not a Candidate.
Indianapolis, Dec. 9 Ex-Presi
dent Harrison today stated in an inter
view that be is not a candidate for the
United States senatorship and would
not accept the nomination.
Or. Price's Cream Baking Powdei
Awarded Cold Msds! Midwinter Fnr. Ssa rn
PREPARING THE WAY.
Progress of senate Movement Toward In
ternational Bimetal lana.
Washington, Deo. 10. Senator
Sherman, ohairman of the republican
caucus, today announced the member
ship committee - provided for under
Senator Wolcotl's resolution to pre
pare the way for an international
agreement on si'ver. Wolcott was
made chairman, and Senators Hoar,
Chandler and Gear appointed as the
other members.
Senator Wolcott said today be would
call tho committee together not later
than Monday next and proceed -in--
mediately to frame a bill with the hope
of securing legislation at the present
1 session of congress that would enable
MoKinley to succeed with his efforts
in behalf of silver immediately after
inauguration.'
CCLLO.U ON CUBA.
Stirring Appeal in the 8enate for Inter
vention Without Further Delay.
Washington, Dec. 10. Publlo In
terest in the Cuban . question was
shown today by 4 full attendance in
the galleries oi the senate to hear the
speeoh of Senator Culloin, ot which be
had given r.otloe. Before he was rec
ognised for a SDeeob, petitions for the
recognition of the independence of
Cuba were presented.
Cullom began by saying that while
he was not disposed to criticise Presi
dent Cleveland, he bad hoped for a
more positive expression, of the true
American continental policy from
him. Cullom spoke of the record of
Spain for cruelly and oppression, both
in the treatment of her own people at
home up to the present century and in
ner poucy toward trie provinces on
this continent.
Spain. -continued to be, he said, what
she had always been, a robber nation
The time had come, he declared, for
this nation to announce the speedy
termination of Spanish control of the
island at the gateway of the Mexican
gulf, necessary alike to tbe welfare of
these Islands and the people of the
United States. The Cubans could
never be conquered and the war of ex
termination must stop. .
Cuba Is already lost to Spain, Cullom
claimed. The American people .were
coining to consider the Cuban situation
aa a great political continental ques
tion. It was the duty of the United
States to use its power to declare that
no "charnel-house of ruin" shall be
continued in West Indian waters.
"we snail not claim uuoa as a re
ward for saving her from the slaugbt.
er," said Cullom, "but free Cuba is
tbe reward. Means must be found to
settlo the Cuban question speedily,
and if other meaas fail we may con
sider properly the fair purchase of
Cuba."
The senator received close attention
throughout. He offered a resolution
declaring that tbe "Extinction of
Spanish title and the termination of
Spanish control of the islands at the
gateway of the Gulf of Mexico are
necessary."
Rolling Hills Work wen Strike.
San Francisco, Dec. 10 A cut in
the wages of skilled workmen in the
Pacific rolling mills at tho Petrero has
caused a strike which has practically
suspended all operations in the big
iron manufactory. About 50 men
walked out and their action cuts off
the means of employment of about 50
others. It Is believed that some time
today a compromise will bo effected,
and the wheels of industry set In mo
tion again. . .
The most important factor In the
strike is that tbe men were informed
that they had been working for over a
week under anew schedule of rates
of which they were ignorant. There
are no indications of any trouble of a
violent nature. In the first place,
there are no iron-workers of this class
on the const, and the places of the
strikers could only be filled by an im
portation from tbe east. This Is not
likely to take placo, as the Eastern
workmen receive as good wages as the
men here did before tbe cut.
The strikers are looking forward to
an early settlement, because they un
derstand that the rolling mill has
contract to get out a large quanlty of
extra large street-car rail for a com
pany in Los Angles.
An Anti-Trust Bill.
Washington, Dec. 9. Senator
Shoup, of Idaho, presented a bill to
the senate today, prohibiting ' the for
mation of trusts in protected imported
articles, by placing of -such articles on
the free list, and also a bill to suspend
the further issuance of paper currency
of less denomination than $10. .
The Plague la Spreading,
Bombay, Dec. 9. The bubonic
plague is spreading everywhere. Tues
day there were 55 fresh esses and 37
deaths here. There have been, in all,
1126 cases and 804 deaths.
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