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SATURDAY JANUARY 30, lfc&7
THE PENDLETON DEFA VLTER
The defalcation of Recorder Lash,
of Pendleton,who has been found short
In his accounts with the city, is one of
those cases which too often occur
where proper vigilance is not exer
blsed by superior officials over sub
ordinates. - While Yia shortcomings
are unexcusable, he . is not alone to
blame, for bad the mayor and city
council exercised due vigilance over
. the recorder and treasurer, Lash would
not have been able to have practiced
. . his robberies. , Lash's peculations, fo
. far discovered, continued over a period
of more than a year. They began early
in 1896 and continued until the recent
investigation made by the council.
Had the mayor and council exercised
proper supervision over the city's fin
ances, the recorder would never have
had an opportunity to handle any
funds belonging to the city except
fines, since the treasurer is made the
collector of all moneys paid in for
licenses.
The disclosures that have been made,
as published in the Pendleton papers,
indicate that the mayor, who served
during the year 1896, and who is the
present mayor, has at .least failed to
exercise that caution in watching the
interests of the city that is incumbent
upon him. A mayor that permits an
officer to handle funds of the city, of
which he is not custodian, and who
. neglects to see that such funds are
'""paid Intothetreasury, is derelict of
his dnty. - Had Mayor Furnish during
. his first year in office been watchful
over the finances of Pendleton, he
would have discovered the shortage in
Recorder Lash's accounts long since,
. and that duty would not have devolved
. upon Councilman Bas'sler, the populist
' member of the city council. But
. Mayor furnish is one of those very
honorable gentlemen, who had such
- : concern in the nation's-integrity that
- he could not support the nominee of
. his party for president because he
stood for "repudiation," and was so
busily engaged in national politics
that he could not attend to the duties
of mayor of his home city, but through
his neglect of duty, allowed it to be
robbed by the recorder, who is re
ported to have not executed an offioial
bond since 1895. Mayor Furnish, Bow-
- ever, is an honorable gentleman, has
wealth and influence, and his negli
gence in this matter probably should
..- not be condemned. At least It appears
this is the view taken by the Pendleton
papers, since neither of them have so
far seen fit to criticise his acts. It is
surprising to readers of the East Or
egonian that it has not been more out
spoken in this matter, since has always
been looked upon as a fearless and inde
pendent journal, ready at all times to
lay blame where it belongs, regardless
of whom it may affect.
banished from its councils, is left a
wanderer among man in the political
world. And in these times of bitter
partisan strife a man without a party,
especially one who has once been
prominent in political life, occupies
little more enviable position than did
Benedict Arnold.
One need not go far back into his
tory for illustrations. Compare the
position held by David B. Hill of New
York, with the esteem in which he is
held by his fellow partisans today.
.Only a few years ago he was the leader
of the New York democracy; he was
elevated to the highest position in the
gift of the people and was later made
their representative in the United
States senate. In that body, instead
of devoting his efforts to making the ad
ministration of his party a success, he
and villages of less than 3,000 popula-tion."
Oar present financial system is by
no means the best in the world and is
susceptible of improvement, but ro
formed on such lines as the national
board of trade suggests, would be asy
thing but an improvement. To place
the issuance of all credit currency in
tbe hands of one class would indeed
make it elastic, so elastic that it could
be made scarce or plentiful at the beck
and call of the bankers. But this is
not the most objectionable featur
The proposition to allow national
banks to issue currency on their assets
is most dangerous. It would be an in
centive to msnonesty tnat ban never
had a parallel. The numerous fail'
ures 01 national banks that have oc
curred within the past few months is
sufficient illustration of the dangers
ATnrd h!a ant.ira Anprcrtoa to makino-
it a failure. He "became a traitor to erlyifg such a system, and also
I his party; and as a reward, when he fcUi 7,BU lUD -'-
by the government is so lax that fraud
may bo perpetrated at any tima by the
making ud of false exhibits of assets',
heneo currency issued thereon would
be based on extremely flimsy security
And the reduction of the tax on circu-
lation would be aq incentive to bank
ers who were so disposed to make up
fictitious assets iu order that an in
creased volume of money might be se
cured on which to speculate. This re'
form would simply result in returning
to the times of the "wild cat" bunk
jog system, only its effects would be
more hazardous since the government
would be compelled to redeem all tbe
currency issued on questionable
securities.
became a candidate for governor in
181X3, he was defeated by over 150.000
votes. Today he is an outcast from
the democratic fold, and has not
'whereon to lay his head" politically,
The experience of this man, who
were once a leader, may well serve as a
warning to the several democratic
members of the Oregon legislature,
some of whom contemplate deserting
their party and supporting a reprbli
can for United States senator. No
su;er road to a political grave could be
chosen than to pursue the course they
are contemplating. If they would
choose to be men without a party in
the futjre, they have but to take this
one step to forever become political
outcasts. But one reason could be ad
vanced for taking this fatal step, and
that would be that the senatorial con
test had blocked all possibility of
needed legislation.
UNITE THE FORCES,
It
THEY WILL RETALIATE.
ON DANGEROUS GROUNDS.
It is charged by those who are in a
position to know that the Benson ele
v ment in the legislature secured the as
sistance of Representative Gratke, of
Clatsop county, in the organization of
.. the house upon the promise that Sena
tor Smith's bill, abolishing fish wheels
and traps on the Columbia, should
pass the house. If these accusations
are true, legislation in Oregon is as
' suming a dangerous aspect. The sen
atorial contest is overshadowing all
else, and legislation, whether good or
bad, must risk success or defeat upon
the stand taken by its advocates 'upon
the choice. of United States senator.
A representative's vote for senator is to
be secured by the promise that a bill
he favors, whether meritorious or not,
shall become a law. This is treading
on extremely dangerous grounds. It
is carrying the senatorial contest en
tirely too far.
While every patriotic citizen desires
to see the Oregon legislature duly or-
ganized, that it may proceed to attend
to its various duties, including the
election of a United States senator,
few, indeed, wish to see this accom
plished at the expense of any industry
or for the purpose of fostering another.
If the organization of the house is se
cured though the assurance that the
Smith bill shall become a law, it is at
A bill, bas been introduced in the
Washington legislature in which the
sheep raisers of Wasco county are di
rectly interested, and should it become
a law will result in their asking the
Oregon law makers to pass some retal
iatory measure. The bill provides that
all sheep entering Washington from
an adjoining state shall be quaran
tined for a period of sixty days before
being permitted to pass through the
state or be herded on the ranges there
of. The object of the measure is to
prevent Oregon sheep being taken in
to Washington for the purpose of sum
mering them in the mountain ranges
of that state. Should it become a law,
it will prove a great inconvenience to
many sheep raisers of Wasco county,
since large numbers of sheep owned
here are taken into Washington to
summer. If they were to be quaran
tined for sixty days after entering the
state they would virtually be ex
cluded therefrom, for no owner could
afford th6 expense of a quarantine of
his flocks for that length of time, es
pecially at a season of the year when
they should be ranging on green
mountain pasture. ;
Should the Washington legislature
enact such a law, it would certainlv
call for the passage of 'a retaliatory
measure being demanded by the sheep
raisers of Oregon. A similar law
would opererate greatly to the disad
vantage of the Washington sheepmen.
A 1 m . . .
a large numoer oi tneir saeep are
brought into Oregon to be shipped
and if they -. were compelled to submit
to a quarantine of "sixty days before
they could be shipped through the
state, the owners would be subjected
to a serious inconvenience. Either of
these measures would be most objec
tionable, for trade and commerce of
every nature should be perfectly free
antLunrestrlcted between neighboring
states, though if Washington shall in
sist upon enacting such a law, it un
doubtedly will be met with a similar
one in Oregon.
DIDN'T MEAN IT AT ALL.
In the last presidential election
there were hundreds of thousands of
conscientious bimetalists who sup
ported the republican nominees upon
the belief that the declaration of the
platform for international bimetalism
really meant what it said, and that bv
the restoration of the republican party
to power, a system of bimetalism would
be secured throughout the civilized
world, that would give an increased
volume of money, thereby reducing its
purchasing power and result in an
advance in the price of the products of
labor all over the universe. Those who
thus believed aro building great hopes
upon the result of Senator Wolcott's
misssion to Europe, and honestly be
lieve that through his efforts a mone
tary eongress will be called that will
The democrats, populists and silver
republicans have a common, cause in
furthering the interests of silver.
It is an issue on which all can harmon
ize in the future as they did in the
campaign of last year; and as it is cer
tain to be the dividing issue in all
future elections, unless the re
publican party shall be able to inaugu
rate a perfect system of bimetalism in
the United States within the next two
or four years, it becomes necessary
that the believers in the free coinage of
silver until in one solid party to buttle
for one cause. Other issues of smaller
importance on which tbeideojocrats,
populists and republicans cannot agree,
may be discarded for the present and
until the matter of finance has been
permanently settled.
The three parties in Iowa have united
on a plan that appears to be feasible,
which if carried out will result in the
formation of a party to whjch each can
lend its assistance, and would be
practcable in every state. A meeting
was recently held is Des Moines, com
posed of democrats, populists and silver
republicans, for the purpose of forming
a basis of operations in the next earn
paign and the following was adopted:
- "Profoundly convinced that there
can be neither business security nor
industrial prosperity until we return
to the unrestricted coinage of both
gold and silver at the established
ratio, and until we adopt for ourselves
an independent American system of
finance, we therefore unanimously
recommend:
'First That the union of the free
silver forces effected in the state cam
pain do declared permanent, upon
the basis recognized in that struggle.
"Second We further recommend
that our state organizations be main'
tained, and that in the future all con-
conventions of-said parties, state, dis
trict ana county, be called to meet at
the same time and place, and that they
agree upon the same candidates.
"Wefurther recommend the imme
diate formation of clubs in .every
township and voting precinct in the
state, y
"We Alio recommend the appoint
ment of a committee from each party
to prepare and publish an address to
the people of Iowa in accord with the
above views."
THEY ARE INCONSISTENT.
speedily revolutionize the monetary
system of the world, so that nil TAP drill
v- uo ouuro nan luuuttiry i ""no a pusibitin along witn gold as a
on the Columbia river above the mouth I money of ultimate redemption and as
m me wmameite river. It means a standard of values. But in this thev
uuuureus oi tnousanas oi dollars are destined to disappointment. The
invested in wheels and canneries on I platform was made only for ante-eleo
tne upper river snail be made useless, tion purposes, and Senator Wolcott's
shall virtually be dessroyed, and this
'simply to foster the interests of the
fishermen of Clatsop county.
If Mr. Mitchell's managers have
made such concessions to Mr. Gratke
and purpose carrying them into effect,
they have gone beyond the bounds of
fairness, and will meet the opposition
of members from this side of the
mountains who are at present favorable
to his re-election. It is asking too
much to demand that those engaged in
nuo . uau inuustry on tne . upper
river should sacrifice all tbe capital
they have invested simply to Insure
the election . of a senator. Senator
Mitchell has many warm supporters
among the fishermen and canners in
this section; but they are not ready to
sacrifice their entire business Interests
that he may succeed. If his election
can only be secured by the passage of
the Smith bill, and the destruction of
half a million dollars worth of property,
it is time to call a halt.
mission will be a failure. Read what
the New York Commercial' Advertiser,
a paper in close touch with those who
will dictate the policy of the next ad'
ministration, has to say on this subject:
considerable has been said about
the incidental reference in the repub
lican national platform to another in
ternational conference. No sensible
person was deceived by that portion of
tne platform. Everybody understood
its purely Pickwickian character. It
was intended chiefly to ease tbe wav
for republican candidates in the silver
mining states. The same platform
contained allusions to the Armenians.
to woman's rights, and to the evils of
Intemperance, but the republican
party has no intention of going to war
witn iurkey or of eipousing woman
suffrage and prohibition. People who
take such planks too seriously only
mane tnemseives laughing stocks."
The Oregonion and the Salem States
man, the two leading republican papers
of the state, have figured out that the
failure of tbe legislature to organize
and pasa the remedial legislation that
was promised fast June, will cost the
taxpayers of Oregon $810,000 during
the coming two years. If these
journals make no mistake in their cal
culations, and a saving of this vast
amount can be made by a harmoneous
organization of the legislature, they
certainly are pursuing a most incon
sistent course, so long as they pose as
the friends of the taxpayers.
Each of these papers has taken sides
with the factional fight that is going
on in Salem and which prevents or
ganization of the house. The Oregon
ian wants the legislature oro-anizprl
but unless it can be brought together
on lines that will defeat the election of
Mitchell it prefers no organization be
effected, and the people of Oregon can
suffer tbe consequences of paying $810,
000 to satisfy factional prejudice. On
the other hand, the Statesman is fully
as obstinate, and unless Mitchell can be
elected, l is willing the taxpayers
may go to the demnation bow-wows
Neither of the these great dailies has
advocated a compromise between the
factions. Neither is or has been will
ing to concede anything. If the Or
egonian and Statesman were consis
tent they would advise harmony instead
of persisting in the course of rule or
ruin.
SENATORIAL ECONOMY.
FINANCE "REFORM.
PEOPLE WITHOUT A PARTY.
When, by his own volition, Bene-v-
diet Arnold was banished from his na
tive land, and the remorse of .his own
conscience made it impossible for him
- to find a home in another country, it
seemed that severity could go no fur
ther. His cup of bitterness was over
full, and he, who was once the pride
of the. American army, the bravest
leader of brave men, the trusted com-panion-at-arms
of patriotic chieftains,
was doomed to die in a foreign land, to
fill an obscure grave, with not a sinele
friend to mourn his death. And thus
it has been with all traitors. Whether
traitors to their country or traitors to
their party, a like fate awaits them.
He who is a traitor to his country is an
outcast in the world, and is despised
by all men; and, too, he who is a trai
tor to his party, who betrays confi
dence reposed in him, who is not mind
ful of the duties devolving upon him,
through -having been elevated to posi
tions of trust by party organization, is
remain
The national board of trade at Wash
ington a few days ago adopted a plan
ior reiorming tbe finances of the
country that will be urged before con
gress. ine plan is all on the side of
the bankers, and outlines the system
which they will insist upon as soon as
their henchmen shall get full control
of the government. Briefly stated,
the plan is as follows: '
"first Gold coin shall
the standard money.
"Second Steps shall be taken to re
tire all United States notes in such a
way as not to disturb business rela
tions. National banks be allowed to
issue currency to the par value of their
bonds, the tax on the circulation shall
be reduced and the banks be allowed
to issue currency based on their assets,
unaer Bucn national supervision and
restrictions as will make it safe, elastic
and redeemable in gold at the bank of
Issue and at the city of New York.
"Third Such banks of issue, with a
capital of $20,000 .or more shall be
authorized to be established in towns
rhe Oregon senate has sixty legis
lative clerks under salary. There are
tnmy members of the senator The
senators also voted each of themselves
five dollars' worth of stamps, a dollars
worth of wrappers and ten dollars'
worth of Hill's annotated code.
The marvel is that the public neces
sities of the senators were so simple,
wo clerics and $16 worth of stamps
nrpi;rs uou coue to me man, pur-
cnased with public funds under threat
that they might be officially needed
suggests that the senators should also
have voted themselves each a bicycle
to ride between senatorial boardin?
houses and the capitol, a plug hat each
lor better vindicating the states and
senatorial dignity, a jumping jack for
each of the senatorial children at home,
ana-.a photograph gallerv to makfe
pictures of senators for free distribu
tion among an admiring people. If
the first items were needed, so were
the latter, and out of the 'spectacle
comes the conclusion that there is one
reason at least for the people to feel
thankful that the Oregon senate has
opportunity to be economical but
once in two years. Corvallis Times.
EDITORIAL NOIES.
Tbe farce that has been played at
Salem since the 11th of the month has
proceeded far enough. It is time the
personal ambitions of Mr. Bourne and
Mr. Mitchell be relegated to oblivion.
Neither of them have such claims upon
the people of Oregon that their ind
individual interests should b'ock legis
lation. Their followers should drop
them and choose new leaders.
Th senate will hardly recognize the
house as organized. According to an
old scriptural saying, a house divided
against itself must fall, and a legisla
ture is no exception to the rule.
What's tbo matter with the Eastern
Oregon legislators bringing out a can
didate for U. S. senator? Certainly this
section of the state is entitled to the
honor.
That the senate will never recognize
the Benson house as organized is evi
dent. No business will be transacted
this session uail tbe house can get
constitutional quorum together.
We favor an amendment of the state
constitution providing that the legis
lature meet only once in six years
is not that legislation is not needed
but to save the state the disgrace
which the biennial sessions heep upon
it.
The gold reserve in the treasury has
reached a point above $110,000,000. Mor
gan & Co. have their eyes on it how
ever, and when ever it is profitable to
do so will make a raid on it throuyh
the operation of the ecdledg chain
Their appetite far government bonds
has not been satisfied, eiily allayed for
the time, but wiil sharpen again.
Those legislators who organized the
house the other day took a littlo wind
out of the sails of tho opposition, who
have been posing as the only real re
formers acd friends of economy, when
they passed a resoiution that all copies
of Hill's coda and session laws furn
ished members should be retained as
tho property of thj state.
Tbe organs oi tne corporations who
were clamoring loudly for the passage
of tho funding bill have little to say
since it has been demonstrated that
the government has a guarantee of
$45,000,000 for its claims against the
Union Paoific. This certainly is better
than it would have been to fund the
loan at a low rate of interest for 100
years.
Congress is doing little more for the
people than is the Oregon legislature;
it is giving the country neither reform,
revenue nor rest. It is pursuing the
same old course of Ignoring everything
of benefit to the people, though it is
looking out for the members, a meas
ure having been introduced to raise
the salary of congressmen to $7000 a
year.
If the legislature will ouce get on a
solid foundation, so that the constitu
tionality of its organization cannot be
questioned, and then abolish all the
useless boards and commissions, pasa
a registration law, re-enact the mort
gage tax law,, pass the appropriation
bill and adjourn, it will have done
enough, even though it does not elect a
United States sonator.
Oregon is suffering no great loss in
not having two representatives in the
United States senate at the present
time. Senator McBride appears to be
looking after the welfare of the state
very accoptably; then why should so
much stress be laid upoa the election
of a senator? Why not the legislature
leave that matter out of consideration
and proceed to legislating for the state?
We are in receipt of the fourth bi
ennial report of the state board of
horticulture, a phamplet of 271 pages,
neatly printed and no doubt, replete
with valuable information concerning
horticulture, including very creditable
cuts of the mouth of tho Columbia
and Mt. Hood, also a poem by James
Whitcomb Riley; but just whatfeature
the pictures and the poem cut in
horticulture we are unable to discover,
lessed are the peacemakers for
they shall inherit the kimgdom of
heaven." A good, reliable, all around
peacemaser, one who has not as yet
fallen heir to a kingdom, is wanted at
Salem where .he can inherit a ,reat
deal if he will just bring about a settle
ment of the trouble between the re'
publican rivals for the United States
senate. But not a single, solitary
peacemaker is to be found! East Or
egonian.
If this session of the legislature oan
save the taxpayers of Oregon 8810,000,
as is claimed by the Salem Statesman
ana all that is preventing this being
accomplished is the failure to organize
the house, which is made impossible by
the senatorial contest, it would be a
good stroke of financiering on the part
of the members to agree to vote Mr.
Mitchell six years' salary as senator,
which would be only $30,000, then pro
ceed to legislate with the understand
ing that no senator should be elected.
.The Washington legislature is ad
ministering a just rebuke to Senator
Squire for deserting his duty at the
national capital during the session of
congress, by giving himcomparatively
no support for re-election. Senators
who run away from Washington just
at the close of the session, when of all
times their presence is required, show
that they hold their personal ambitions
to be greater than the interest of the
states which they represent.
Washington gave a majority for a
populist platform and elected populist
state officers and a populist legislature.
Why doesu't it elect a populist senator
and have done with it? Oregonian.
Oregon gave a majority for a republi
oan platform and elected a republican
legislature. Now why doesn't that re
publican legislature get together and
eiect a republican senator? Will the
Oregonian answer?
j.ne prospects of Wasco county
iarmers were never brighter that at
present. The winter thus far has
been favorable, crops are growing fine, j
on account of tne shortage of wheat in
other countries prices should be good
next fall, and to add to all this freiebt
rates will be lower than ever before.
All .1. : ,3 i t. .
uumga v-uusiuereu, , wasco is a
favored locality, and its real estate fur
nishes a basis for safe investment for
all home seekers.
By his presence in Salem ever since
the convening of tbe legislature
senator Mitchell bas demonstrated
the fact that he is not an absolute
necessity to the stato of Oregon as its
representative in Washington, and
has also shown that tho interests of tbe
state may be looked after by one sena
tor. Had he remained in Washington,
he would have served bis own cause
better than by coming to Oregon and
taking a hand in . the organization of
the legislature. .
President elect McKinley has sig
nified his intention to call an extra
session of congress soon after he shall
be inaugurated, in order that his pro
tective system can be enacted at once.
That there should be an early session
of congress is desirable for two reasons.
It has been promised that prosperity
can be created by legislation which
the republican congress proposes
to enact, and there . never was sa
time wheo prosperity was more gener-,
ally needed. Then the eopher tho
country is made aware .f tho policies
to be pursued by the incoming admins
tration the better, as business can tbe
sooner bo shaped to meet the new
system of government. By all means
let an extra session be called at an
early date.
Senator Gowan's bill for reducing
official salaries is a commendable
measure, for thero is scarcely one in
twenty public officers but is receiving
double the pay he could earn perform
ing tho same class of work as a private
citizen.
When our legislatures and congress
are composed oi men who arfi not pro
fessional politicians, the people may
look for remedial legislation and a re
duction of taxation. Little of benefit
to the people cau be expected so long
as our laws are made by men who have
made a life study of getting into office,
and have neglected the fundamental
principles of business. They have
little idea of how money is made, but
thoy ar experts at squandering i
the b:ll introduced by Senator
Michell appropriations $195,000 for the
construction of a portage road from
Tho Dalies to Celilo, id one of the
most important measures yet- brought
before legislpturo, and it meets the ap
proval of a large number of legislators
for tbe reason that, it proposes to in
stitute an improvement that will
directly benefit more people than any
measure carrying with it an appropria
tion that has come before tho legisla
ture in recent years.
in ni3 annual message to the city
council, issued only a few days ago.
Mayor J. W. Furnish complimented
the city of Pendleton that it was in
better- financial condition th.in for
many,, years past-, but a meddlesome
populist happened to get into the coun
cil and knocked all the poetry out of
the mayor's compliment by discover
ing that the recorder had robbed the
oity out of more than $2,000. And so a
populist has rendered a good service to
the oity of Pendleton.
The senatorial mudale in Idaho has
been settled by the election of Henry
Hcitfield, and now the legislature of
that state can got down to -business.
He is comparatively an unicuown.but
it is to be koped he will know enough
to profit by Dubois' experience, and if
tie wants to oe re-eiectea six years
hence, will stay at Washington attend
ing to bis business while the legisla
ture attends to electing a senator.
rDubois proved that he was not neces
sary to the state by coming to Idaho
while the senate was in eession.
At last proceedings have been begun
by the attorney-general to foreclose
the governments lien on the Union
Pacific railroad. Whatever may be
the result, whether the government
gets back tho money advanced on tho
U. P. bonds, or is forced to become the
purchaser of the road, is of little con
sequence. What is demanded is that the
obligations of tbe company be settled in
some manner. If the government is
forced to become the purchaser,
the question of government owner
ship of railroads will soon be de
termined, and that is a question that,
must be mot sooner or later in this
country. ; fc
i-asn, the defaulting recorder of
Pendleton, insists there were others
interested in his peculations besides
himself, but refuses to give their
names. This proves the saving that
there is honor among thieves, and
shows a eelf-sacrficing disposition on
the part of Lash that is commendable.
but it cast a reflection on those whose
duty it was to watch over the recorder's
actions. Unless they remove the sus
picion, by showing who tho other,
parties interested in the steal are, they
will ba suspected of guilt. It now de
volves upon the mayor and councilmen
to clear up the mystery in order to
protect thembelves.
A score or mjre of national demo
crats mot in Portland last Saturday
ior the purpose of capturing the demo
cratic party of Oregon. Resolutions
calling for permanent organization,
iDrmmg of clubs, etc, were adopted.
and preparations wore made to seize
the reins of tho party and drive the
old democratic mule in paths they may
select at next election. The promo
tion of Col. Wood to make it a gilt
edged party and "kick the silverites
out" met with applause, hence- we pre
sume that will be their mode of opera'
ti'a. rnt,-ll . . . . ,
uiuu. lueir proposition, reminds us
somewhat of tbe attempt ef the tail to
wag the dog, since the , gold-standard
democrats developed so little streno-th
m the last election in this state
Like all the rest of the gold standard
advocates, Controller of the Currency
n.ciel8 thinka the contraction of th
currency by the retirement of the
greenbacks will have no serious effect
upon the commerce of the country.
provided the national banks are per-
mittea to issue circulation upon, their
assets. Eckels says "banks conducted
on practical banking principles instead
of speculative enterprises, could satisfy
tne currency needs of business." Bat
in view of the increased number of
nana lanures, tbo people have snspi-
viuus iruiiu iiuey- are Dot au run on
"strictly banking principles" under
Mr. Fnlroli' ci,nu..;ni 1.
will object to allowing there to supply
t,uo tui rouujr ueeus unless tneir circu
jaiiuu ib oeuureu Dy something more
staoie man tneir assets.
TRIED TO DO BUSINESS
The
Benson House Made
Show of Activity.
a
HELP FOR TOE NEEDY
Chicagoans Responding' to tho De
mands For Charity Occasioned
by the Severe Cold.
Accident to a Frnniiylvaulit Plranure Party.
Twenty Seriously Injured Tho Co
ban Question In Congress lie.
voured by Flames.
oAL.n.3.1, Jan. o. lnirty-ono mem
bers responded to their name- when
tne Jbensou bouse was called to order
at 10 o'clock this morning. Bv direc
tion of tho speaker, tho cl:rk read
aloud the names of the absentees. The
journal ol yesterday was read full
Brown of Morrow and David i:f (.-illiam
presented petitions against tho licens
ing of saloons in college towns.
boraers presented a petition from
Brownsville, Linu county, asking that
tbe houe organize and enact certain
remedial legislation. "Wo aro ul-
leady organized," remarked Speaker
Benson.
Huntington of Wasco submitted a
numerously signed .ojal option petition.
v ecess or 1'oi.t introduced a concur
rent resolution for a joint committee
to examino tho books of tho state
treasurer. Brown moved that it bo
referred to a committee of three.
aomers objected, saying the motion
was out of order. It was so decided,
and then Brown moved to lay it on
me laoie. j. ne ayes and noes were
called for and the motion laid on tho
table, there being 22 "ayes, 9 noes.
So the motion prevailed. Its signifi
cance lies in the fact that the house
thus refused to attempt to renew rela
tions with the senate.
Twenty-five bills were presented, but
were not read in full or by title.
During the afternoon session Mis-
ner of Crook, one of the democrats who
assisted to organize, creaved u sensa
tion by saying:
T 1 . .
x uave oeen nere a wceK to repre
sent my people, and I want to eo to
work. I do not consider this house
legally organized. It 6eems to me
baby play, and I want to know who
can tell us how to organize. I do not
intend to remain in my seat longer
and fool away time. I am getting
tired of this."
Misner's speech caused a sensation,
but no reply was made to it.'
AIDING THK 6UFJTHKKS.
Chicago Supplying the Poor With Shelte
I-'nel and Food. - -
Chicago, Jan. 26. At 9 this morn
ing the . government thermometer
showed a temperature of 15 deg. below
zero, d deg. warmer than at the same
time yesterday.
The proclamation of Mayor Swift
met with a hearty response. Besides
over $13,000 in cash hundreds of toi-
of coal and an almost unlimited supply
pf provisions ' have been sent and
promptly distributed. Seven hundred
of the more desperate cases of destitu
tion have already been relieved, and
the work is being carried on without
cessation.
I; ully 2000 peoplo -vere civen shelter
last night at tho police stations and
Salvation Army barracks. The new
isclation hospital was thrown open to
day, thexsouncil having appropriated
$10,000 for the purpose, and it will bo
used for coses of contagious disease
among the poor. It will also relievo
the congested condition of ?ity and
county hospitals, which are so crowded
that not a case of contagious diseaso
has been taken in since Friday.
Eight hundred cases of families re
quiring immediate aid were reported
to the police today.
men, but he was in too great haste to
make any detailed statemeLt
It is learned that the express-car was
looted and burned, and the safe blown
open. No one was hurt, and the high
waymen esoaprd.
I our Were Miot.
Lexington, ICy., J.in. 27 A terrible
battle occurred Tuesday afternoon on
Green river, near Brownsville. Tho
combatants wcro Eugauo Carrier. J. J.
Carrier, Nathan Scaggs and Luther
Seaggs on enr; side, and O. V liazc
lip, Alfonso Hazelip. his son. on the
other. G. V. Ila.elip was shot iu the
groiu and baud and Alfonzo in the
breast, arm and side. Nathan Suaggs
was shot iu the shoulders, and Ben
Scaggs, a bystander, in tho arm. The
two Ilazelips will die. The trouble
occurred ever the alleged betrayal of
Carrier's sister. The Carrier brothers
are large merchants. G. W. Hazelip
is unel'j of State Treasurer Long. His
brother is president of the Grayson
county bank.
Llltlo ltoue iu the Senate.
SALEM, Or., Jan. 20. The session of
the senate was uneventful. Hazeltiuo
of Multnomah moved to exclude the
Oregonian reporter from the senate,
because ho had been criticised by that
paper, out tin motion did not meet
with a second.
For tho first time during the session
a bill made its appearance from a com
mittee. Govvan, of tho judiciary com
mittee, favorably reported Dufur's bill
relating to the terms of circuit court in
the seventh'judicial district, aud rec
ommended its final passage. Gowan
also reported favorably the senate res
olution asking the attorney-general
for his opinion as to whether the sal
aries of county officers can le reduced
during their term of oifice.
Coxey-s Proposed Purade.
St. Louis, Jan. 2S It is expected
that Coxey's call for a parade of the
unemployed on Washington's birth
day will be answered by the 20,000 idle
men in St. Louis. The central boJy
of the Knights of Libor has appointed
a committee to arrange for the parade.
It was stated that the Kniarhts of Labor
number 5000 in St. Louis and the Fed
eration of Labor claims 13,000 in tho
unions affiliated with it. Out of tho
total of 20,000 men belonging to the
unions, it is estimated that 2000 a-e
unemployed. Besides these, it is es
timated, there are oyer 15,000 unem
ployed clerks and unskilled laborers,
not connected with any organization.
Senators Wire Busy.
Washington, Jan. 26. The senate
had a busy session today. Cuba, the
proposed international monetary con
ference and the Nicaragua canal came
in for a share of attention. Mr. Turpie
closed his speach on the Cuban resolu
tion, urging that Spain had utterly
failed to quell tho outbreak, and that
the United States should intervene.
The Wolcott bill for an international
monetary conference was considered
for the first time. White, Cannon and
Daniel urged that the conference would
be futile, and was not intended as a
serious movement toward bimetalism.
Kan Down by a Train.
South Norwalk, Conn.. Jan. 27
Five men were killed this afternoon by
a freight train near East Norwalk sta-
ion.. It is supposed that whiie walk
ing upon the track they etepped from
ia'ront of the express train directly
in front of the freight. Tbe men were
engaged under tho direction of Fore
man Powers in work upon the road bed,
and stepped from ono track to avoid
the approaching express, to another
upon which the freight was bearing
JUST FOR ECONOMY
The Senate Will Not Publish
the Daily Calendar.
ONLY THIRTY LEFT
The Bsnson House Reduced to Less
Than a Majority of the Mem
bers Elect.
Wreck on the Soolhrrn PaciUc Fatal
Frail In Kentucky Una" Coil C! is Ex.
plosion ! Pennsylvania FIT
Trainmen Killed.
AT GBEGOBI SIDING.
Freleht
A Southern Pacific Southbound
Train Wrecked.
Ashland, Or., Jan. 27 The south
bound freight train on tbe Southern
Pacific, which loft Ashland at 9:15 this
morning, was wrecked at Gregory sid
ing, on the south -side of Siskiyou
mountain, . gust over the California
line, and 24 miles south of Ashland, at
noon today.; Fireman John S. Silsby
was seriously but not fatally Injured,
aryi George Smith, .of Medford, who
was working his passage south, was fa
tally injured, dying two.; hours after
the accident. The other trainmen es.
caped uninjured.' . . ? '
The train was going down the moun
tain at what is said to ' have been 12
miles an hour, with the engine and 13
loaded cars and a caboo-se, wheD, it is
supposed, the engine struck a defective
witch frog. -"The -engine and eighu
cars were seriously wrecked.
' OVER A . PRECIPICE.
Keller Work at St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 27. The headquar
ters and branches of the St. Louis Pri
yident Association continue to bo
thronged by an unusually Jarge num
ber of destitute persons whose suffer
ings have been increased by the in
tensely cold weather of tho. past few
days. As fast as possible provisions,
clothing and fuel are distributed. Con
tributions are beiug received and the
police are active in ferreting out cases
of destitution.
.Burglars iu A'ewben;.
Newbekg, Or.. Jan 27 Burglars
made another raid in town last night,
but were poorly rewarded. Joseph
Wilson's grocery, L. M. Parker's
clothing store and A. T. Hill's drug
store wore entered, by means of a
skeleton key, Parker lost $7 in cash
and Hill a few cigars. Two suspicious
looking characters, who were in town
yesterday, are supposed to have done
the work.
New Record For Chicago.
Chicago, Jan. 26 Almost 100 fires
were reported up to midnight for the
24 hours of Monday. The record of
last Fourth of July was passed, and a
new high-water mark was establinhed
in the history of Chicago's fire deport
ment for a winter day. On account of
the extreme cold, the firemen sull. ired
severely, anu many cases were re
ported of the men having their ecrs,
noses and haDds frozen.-
Salem, Jan. 27. The senate this
morning decided that ia the interest
of the taxpayers they could dispense
with the customary printel calender
showing tho status of different meas
ures before the senate.
Aftrr the tonat i had been formally
opened Dufur subiuittad a resolution
trial the chief clerk of the senate be
directed to have prepared fur the use
of the senate a calender sho.ving the
status of each bill and other measures
to be acted upon by the senato, and in
structing the Bergeant-at-arms to lay
upon each member's desk at tho open
ing each morning of the session a copy
of the same. -
Selling of Multnomah objected to
the resolution, as it would incur an un
necessary expense. Ho was here in
the interest of economy.
Dufur replied that he also was here
in the interest of economy, but he did
rot believe in being penny wise and
iound foolish. A calender was ab-st-liuely
necessary to "keep track of the
business.
Johnson closed the discussion by
moving that the resolution bo referred
to the committee ou printing to ascer
tain the cost. The motion was lost.
no it ana Mcuiung demanded a yea
and nay vote on Dufur's resolution
anu tbo resolution was lost by a vote
of 9 to 19.
Daly offered the following joint reso
lution proposing an amendment to the
state constitution:
'Resolved, That the following
-amendment be and the same is hereby
proposed to the constitution of the
state of Oregon: That section 17 of
-article 2 of tbe constitution of the state
of Oregon bo nmended eo as to read as
follows:
"Section 1' All tjualifi.-d electors
shall vote only in tho election precinct
where they have resided for the 60day
next preceding the election, and the
.legislative assembly may bv law re
quire fcuch elector to register before
being entitled to vote in such a pre
cinct."
lho resolution went to the stato
printer.
Dufur offered a petition signed by
150 residents of the town of Dufur
against the silo and manufacture of
cigarettes. Harmon offered a similar
resolution from the Presbyterian
tihurch of Ashland. A number of bills
were road the second time and referred.
MJ8KNKK W1TUDKAW. '
The Jlcnson Ilonse Left With Only Thirty
Members.
Salem, Or., Jan. 27. The Benson
house managed to kill nearly half an
hour this morning by the reading of
tho journal iu full. Tbirt one were
present at tho roll call, but Misener of
Orook withdrew immediately after. No
one raised the point of no quorum. A
cigarette petition was read, and also
one from Washington county to abolish
all commissions.
Crawford of Douglas here introduced
a resolution requiring the 29 unquali
fied members to appear and qualify at
noon on Thursday, January 28. The
Kergeant-at-arms was directed to servo
ihe delinquent members each with a
ropy of the resolution.
In explaining the resolution, Craw
ford said his purpose was simply to ex
haust every remedy known to tho con
stitution. If the members (ailed to ap
pear, then the house would have a
basis for future action. On rollcall
tbe resolution was adopted. Ayes, 27;
nays, 1; absent 3.
THE ABSENr-JKa NOTIFIED.
charges were made against It. -pro n
tative A. D. Warner, of Everott, tend
SenatorJPlummer president pro tern,
of the senate, this morning rose to a
question of personal privlledge. and
in a sensatii-nal speech, branded the
charges us boiog as falso as hell, nnd
asked that a committee be appointed
to investigate tho charges. Speaker
Cl-ne im:n:diiitely appointed a com
mittee of five to investigate tho
charges.
( Mny Km-reed Huntington.
San Fkaxcisoo, Jan. 2. The an
nual moetnig of the etockholJers of
tho Southern Pacific company will be
held in April, and it is rumored in rail
road circles that tbe event will be
markd by soverai Important changes
in the general offices of the company.
iwuiuors nave it mat tbero will bo a
change in tl.o board of directors of the
company, and that C. P. Huntington
will be succeeded by Thomas H. ilub-
btrj la the Iwpoi tint o3ice of president.
Fount! on the Beach.
Tacoma, Jan. if Mrs. John Hole-
ron, wife of :i rancher living at Olalla,
10 niiies from h.-rt , committedsuicide
Sunday night, whilo temporarily in
sane. She loft the bouse lu I er night
robe and jumpM into tbe Sound. Her
body was washed u on the beach
Tuesday morniug. She left a husband
and liye chil !ren.
Paradise Fur Sports.
Caksox, Kev., Jan. 281 he bill to
permit glove contests passed the sen
ate this morning by a vote of 9 to C;
and the town is all excitement In con
sequence. The bill was not enrolled
in time to be presented to tho governor
today, but it will reach him in tbe
morning. "
Itt-tt field Is Elected.
Boise, Idaho, Jan. 28 Henry Hcit
field has been elected United States
senator to succeed Dubois.
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BOSTON and all
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Or A D. CHARLTON, A9sistnt General Ps.
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ner I Third Street. Portluid. Oregon,
"The Regulator Line"
The!)! f, ortland and Astoria
Navigation Co.
THROUGH
FisiW sntl Passesser Lias
Until further notice the Steamer
Regulator will leave Tbe Dalles, Mon
day's, Wednesday's and Fridays at 7:30
A. M. Portland. Tuesday's. Thura.
day's and Saturday's at G:30 a. M. '
PASSENGER KATES
One way .12 00
Round trip 300
Freight Rates Reduced
Shipments for Portland received at
any time, day or night. Shipments for
way landings must be delivered before
5 p. in. Live stock shipment solic
ited. Call on or address. .
JflZ O HLLKJaTHY.
General Agent
THE - DALLES - OREGON.
Disease Is like
railroad train. It
has a regular way- of
comine and voanx
and keeps oa stead,
ily along a certain
track. You can al
most always tell how
a disease starts, and
where it will prob.
aDiy end. it won't
go ont of its way
10 oDiige you any
more than a locomo
tive will. Disease
usually begins when
the appetite gives
out that's the first
warning whistle.
Then the stomach
and nutritive organs
foil to supply good
blood. The circula
tion grows poor, thin
Terrible Accident to a Sledding Party In
Pennsylvania.
Altoona, Jan." 26. At 10 o'clock
last night a sledding party of 40 per
sons from Tyrone droye into a quarry
at'Pemberton, six miles below this
place.: The sled, horses and pleasure
seekers were precipitated 50 feet to tbo
bottom of the precipice, where thev
lay in a. great mass. .Twenty persons:
were badly injured. , As soon as tihe.
Cold Weather at Heppner.
Heppnee, Or., Jan. 26 The weather
which has been warm and pleasant for
the past two months, changed very
suddenly Saturday evening. Snow
fell all day Sunday and until Monday
noon, when it became too cold for snow.
Snow about three inches in depth cov
ers the ground. Last night it was 2
deg. below zero. At Allen's two miles
south of here, it was 14 below.
First Katloual Hank
and tainted. Instead of carrying-nourishment
u mc umereni nans of tne bodv it rarri
poison, which settles at some point and eats
away the tissues. Anvmlinirtnvlim it ea.
ties it is called liver or kidney or skin dis
ease scrofula, ervsinelas. eczema, or rnir.
ouuiyuun u n settles on the lungs, it is all
one trouble : tainted blood ; clear ont this
taint and build up the tissues with rich
blood and the disease ia stnnnerl
tracked : it can't tro inv farther. matt
what the name of a disease is if it's a blood
disease. Dr. Pierce's ttolden Medical r,.
covery will cure it by driving the poison out
of the circulation and creating- a new sup
ply of healthy, red. Kfe-eivine Mood rr re
vive and noomh the wasted tissues. - it
puts the digestion in order, invigorates the
blood -making .organs and builds firm
health T. flesh. - rnMitmntiim ia o
disease, Dont believe it can't be cured I
It J cured every day by Dr. Pierce's Golden
jucuunu uiscovery. - v
Dear Sir.l miw . - u ,1,
den Medical Discovery.". For two years my little
boy suffered with lunz trouble first taking i-
FnpP5: second intermittent fever: third, liinii
trouble.- For two yean he couched. The
of Olympla Clused.
Olympia, Wash.,-Jan. 26 Tho first
news reached Tyrone a special train. I , Q ... , t
was fitted out and all the doctors in. I . . f. .
. . , I notice was posted: ''Owing to nnex-
town conveyed to the place. . , . , .... , . -
made uo of! ' ...
Tne party was mostly made up
boys and girls. With arms and leg
broken and blood streaming from their
-wounds, they lay in drifts of snow..
The mercury"' etood at 3 deg. below
zero, adding- to the horror of the catas
trophe. ... -
A MEDJUGI1T HOLD-UP.
sician could An ha mj . .) u i .il -.
was told to try Dr. Pierce'
lousrh
s Gol
Idea Med-
leal Discovery. I did, and before he had taken
one bottle he beea to mend and could cat a
little. When he hat tnV. hr z
well and now is as stout as before. . &
specttuuy yours, -s
Proctor, Uorgaa Co, fo. ,
Southern Pacific Train In the Hands of
Highwaymen.
Grants Pass, Or., Jan. 28. The
north-bound overland duo at Roseburg
at 11:40 p. m. was held up two miles
west of Koseburg: tonight. The train
was in charge of Conductor Sam
Veatch and Engineer Morris. As
soon as possible after- tho hold-up b
pan, Fireman Hendricks), of the train
crew, slipped out of the engine ' and
ran on to Roseburg and gave the alarm.
Arming himself quickly, he started
back to the scene of the troublo.
Superintendent Fields who was at
loseburg, quiekly took a posse of a
dozen armed men and an engine and
started for the trouWe, and at the
present hour . has not returned.
Heayy explosions of dynamite or pow
der were distinctly heard at Boseburg
when the hold-up was in progress, and
a lifht of either txre or torch was seen
from the city bu'j just what occurred
wait not then kno-wn. ,
Fireman Henr" pricks stated that the
train was first C figged by the highway-
posits, tnis oanic is compelled to sus
pend until we can realize on our as
sets. Depositors will not lose a dollar.
"A. A. Phillips, president."
j.' Coal tiaa Exploded.
Uniontown, Pa., Jan. 27 An explo-
islon in the Smock mines, of Hurst &
Co. last night, killed two miners and
injured seven, three of whom will die.
All the Injured men were blastingtioal.
A large piece undermined by dynamite
released a pocket of gas and tbe explo
sion was caused by the miners' open
la.tnps.
It nt They Kef used to Coma In and go to
Work.
Salem, Or., Jan. 28. When the
Benson house convened at 11:30, the
galleries were filled by those who ex
pected some drastic action after the
sergount-at-arms had reported his suc
cess in serving notices on absent
members, as instructed yesterday. The
rollcall showed only 29 present, Mise
ner and Stanley being absent. Yester
day's journal was read and approved
This consumed about 20 minutes,
Stanley came in at this point and re
quested to be recorded as present,
Crawford inquired if the sergeant-al
arms had made a return to the clerk in
the matter of notifyiog absent mem
bers to appear at noon. The clerk
then read the return of the sergeant-at-
arms. He reported that he had served
notices on all tbe absent members, ex
cept Barkley, Bourne, Jones, Kruse,
Houser. Lee, Povey, Svlndseth and
Yoakam. He had been unable to find
the last, five named. The others had
refused to accept the notice.
After tbe appointment of a commit
tee to wait on the secretary of state
and ascertain if he had sworn in any of
the. absentees, the house adjourned till
tomorrow.
ECOSOMr THK WATCHWORD.
Movement In 6eaate looking to Reduc
tion t Expense.
Salem, Jan.- 28. Economy was the
star that guided the morning session
of the senate. Dufur gave notice that
tomorrow he would offer an amend
ment to the effect that no more bills
eo to tbe state printer until the bouse
gets into working order. Selling also LOW RatgS tO All Eastern Cltiej
crave notice uf an amendment to the
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. DeTOnred by Flames. j
Philadelphia, Jan. 20. The most
disastrous conflagration that has vis
ited this city in recent years broke out
shortly before 7 o'clock this morning
in the basement of the big grocery
store of Hanscomb Bros., at 1327 Mar
ket street. Property to the value of
$2,500,000 or more was destroyed.
Dvis Ilonse Met and Adjourned.
Salem, Jan. 20. The Davis house
was called to arder at 0:30 a. m. The
roll was called and an adjournment
taken till the usual hour tomorrow.
A Disastrous Fire.
Chicago, Jan. 26 Seven firemen
and two spectators were badly hurt
at a fire which this evening destroyed
the Williams block, extending from
196 to 202 Monroe street. .
rule providing that tbe state printer
shall print 250 copies. His amendment
provides that only 2-10 copies be
printed.
Haseltine offered a joint memorial
praying tbe national house of repre
sentatives to pas a bill pensioning tbe
Indian war veterans. Ho al&o intro
duced a joint resolution authorizing
the secretary of state to turu over to
the grand commander of tho Iudian
war veterans 300 copies of the early
history of Oregon.
On motion of Selling, it was ordered
that 240 copies of each bill already in
troduced be printed. A motion was
also adopted that only 240 copies of ail
bills introduced this forenoon be
printed.
A Sensation at Olympia.
Olympia, Wash., Jan. 28 A sensa
tion was caused ia the legislature this
morning by the charges made in tbe
Post-Intelligencer by Dr. J. B Cal
houn, late Squire manager. Specific
ocean
"STEAMERS leave
Bve days for
Portland every
SAfi FRCISCO. CAU.
For full detail call on tbe O. R. A N. Agent
at THK DALLES, or addresai
K. McNEILL, President and Manacer.
W. H. HURLBURT, Gen. Pass. Art.,
Portland, Oregon
New O. a. M. Schedule.
Train No. 1 arrives at Tha Dalles
4:45 a. M.. and leaves 4:50 a. m.
Train No. 2 arrives at The Dalles
10:15 p. m., and leaves 10:20 p. it.
Train No. 8 arrives at The Dalles
11:50 a. M., and west-bound train No. 7
leaves at 1 p. M.
Train 23 and 24 will carry nassenirnra
between The Dalles and Umatilla,
leaving Tbe Dalles at 1 p. M. dailv and
arriving at The Dalles at 1 p. M. dailv.
connecting with train Nos. 8 and 7
from Portland. E. E. Lytle.
Agent.
Blakelev & Houffhton cam a fn
line of Munyon a liomoeopathlo Remedies,