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SATURDAY . . . .FEBRUARY 6, 1897
'THE CUBAN PROBLEM.
There can be no doubt about the
feeling of the people of the United
. States with regard to Cuba. They are
practically all of one mind in that re
spect. The insurgents have their
: hearty sympathy, and they hope to
see the island gain its indepeodance.
This prevailing sentiment was form
ally and distinctly expressed in the
platforms of all of the political parties
last summer. The republicans cited
the fact that "from the hour of achiev
ing their own independence" the
people of this country Vhave regarded
j with sympathy the struggles of other
American people to free themselves
' from European domination," asserted
a "deep and abiding interest in the
heroic battle the Cuban patriots
against cruelty and oppression." and
. declared that the government of Spain
'' having lost contol of Cuba, and being
' unable to protect the property or lives
of resident - American citizens, or to
comply with its treaty obligations,"we
believe that the government of the
United States should actively use its
;.' influence and good offices to restore
peace and give independence to the is
land." A similar plank was inserted
" in the democratic platform. "We ex
end our sympathy," it said, "to the
for liberty and independence." And
the populists declared, "we tender to
the oatriotio neoDle of Cuba our deep-
. tisu siuiuauij v iu Winn iiotuiw owiuck'w
... for political, freedom and indepen
dence, and we believe the time has
come when the United States, the
great republic of the world, should
recognize that Cuba .is and of right
ought to be a free and independent
, state.
m. 3 J t 1,
V J.nese views were enaorsea oy uii
citizens who voted either for Air. Mc
Kinley or Mr. Bryan last November,
and nphing has occurerd since to
change their minds, or justify any
modification of the impressiye demand
made by the people of America, though
their several platforms, that some
action be taken by this government to
terminate the war in Cuba and: bring
about the Independence of tge island.
The platform on which Mr. McKinley
was elected was the most emphatic of
.1 . .. r a t 1 il i il HTT St. J
tne tnree,it declaring mat tne uuiueu
States should actively use its influence
to restore peace and give independ
ence to the island," and since that
platform was endorsed by a majority
of the voters of this country, if can bn
viewed in no other light than a demand
that the acts of the incoming adminis
tration be guided thereby.
If Spain snail not subdue tne insur
gents before President McKinley is
inaugurated, there, can be no other
course for him to pursue than to pro
ceed as directed by the platform on
certainly as imperative as any other in
t.ria nlaffmn inof. qb Vi I rt rH n nr na t.fin
one declaring in fayor of the re-enactment
of a high protective policy, or
iiuu one aemauumg me cununuunuo ui
the present gold standard. . Notwith
standing the fact, that Senator Sher
man, who is to be secretary of state,
gives out that the policy of the new ad
ministration toward Cuba will be little
different from that' pursued by the
present administration, it is not prob
able Mr. McKinley will turn a deaf ear
to the instructions given him by a
majority, and . in fact by all ' the
voters of the land. If he heeds the
nnmmonila if fha rk1af.frtf.rn in wV, wt K 1m
was elected' he cannot neglect to
island independence," and when this
is done the Cuban problem will be
solved. Spain will never resent the
demand of this government that the
war in Cuba shall cease.
AFTER THE "FATS
Hj v ci jr unjr ui hue jtrgiaiairui tj uiiugs
1 1 1 . . , i i
forth some new scheme for looting the
treasury and increasing the burdens of
taxation, while the' measures intro
duced to 'cut down expenses are few.
Representatives of educational insti
tutions are clamoring as of old in their
demands for state aid, and in addition
to those schools that have already fed
at the public trough, two new ones
have sprung up calling for some of the
"fat.". A bill has been prepared to
create another agricultural college at
La Grande, and the Ashland college
asks to be made a state normal school,
with an appropriation of $15,000 for
current expenses.
The bill for the La Grande agricul-
ollege provides that the perma-
tion of the college is to be at
Jock," in La Grande, pro-
coining acres (includ-
Lbe secured at a cost
sceed $5,000. A
provided for,
cescribed at
ppropria-
pur-
re-
history pretty fast. Just read this
New York dispatch: . .
"After years of quiet but persistent
effort the clothing manufacturers of
the country have finally organized a
combine, to be known as the National
Clothiers' Association. The firms
pledged to the scheme have an annual
output of $350,000,000. The avowed
purposes of the combine are to do away
with long credits, excessive rating and
the cancellation of orders, and to pro
mote harmony where competition has
heretofore prevailed."
lent this refreshing to those 01 us
who are going around in winter wear;
ing our last year's summer suits? Isn't
it pleasing to know that a trust has
been formed to "promote harmony
where competition has heretofore, pre
vriled?" That is there will be no
more competition among dealers that
will give us clothing, at prices that do
not insure immense profits to the mem
bers of the trust. But just read the
next paragraph of the dispatch:
"The officers elected are as follows:
President, Samuel Rosenthal of Balti
more; first vice president, Alfred Pock
stater of ftew York; second vice presi
dent, Adolph Nathan of Chicago, treas
urer, Jacob Schur of Cincinnati."
Rosenthal, Hockstater, Nathan,
Schur! - and they call themselves a
"National Association." Seems to us
those names might have been familiar
in Israel, but are a little urcommon
'among native Americans. And these
are the gentlemen who have formed a
trust to prevent competition, and put
the price up on the clothes we wear.
"All they need to make their trust a
success is a little more tariff so that
we cannot buy abroad, but will have
to patronize this "National Associa
tion."
THIS IS OUR COUNTRY.
"I say it is not very much to ask that
we restore the American system, for
this is our country. It is nobody else's
but ours, and if we do not make it
what we want it, it's our fault. I think
the true policy of the people of this
country is to protect the men who owe
allegiance to that flag first (pointing
to the American flag) and who will
fight aye, die, if need be to preserve
it."
.Thus spoke William McKinley, presi
dent-elect of the United States, and
brave patriotic words indeed are they
But has Mr. McKinley the proper con
ception of what real protection to
the men who would fight and even die
for the flag of their country, really
mean? Is bis idea of protection such as
will protect those who have made up
the armies that have fought for the
Union? Will the kind of protection he
stands for benefit the men who stand
the brunt of battle in times of war, the
real bone and sinew of the country, or
will it serye to enable such as hire
substitutes to defend the nation's
honor in times of trouble to grind
down the wealth producers and the
rank and file of our armies?
fjWho are those who are ready to
sacrifice their lives on the nation's
alter? Who are most entitled to say
"this is our country?" The men who
delve in the fields and the forests, in
the mines and in the mills, or the no-
bobs who sit behind bank counters
and in counting rooms? If the latter,
then Mr. McKinley's idea of protect
ing the men who "owe allegiance to the
flag" is eorrect, for the systems he has
always advocated, and the ones he
stands for today are clearly in the in
terest of that class; but if the ones who
earn their living by the sweat of their
brow, the tailor?, the producers, the
farmers, mechanics and artisans are
best entitled to call this "their
country," then the president-elect has
a wrong conception of the means to be
adopted for. restoring American sys
tems, protecting the real defenders of
the nation. ..
The systems which Mr. McKinley
holds to be necessary to protect Ameri
can institutions are such as will benefit
two classes, the moneylenders and the
manufacturers. His. financial system
is one that will make money dearer,
hence will increase the profits of the
lender. His protective policy is one
that increases the price of the manu
facturer's products, or at least affords
him to exact from his consumers more
than the same product can be pur
chased for from some foreign producer.
But it does not tend to raise the price
of the laborer's wages, for it leaves
him in direct competition with im
ported laborers from every part of the
globe. It forces the farmer to pay ad
vanced prices for almost everything
he produces, but it has no provision
whereby the price of his wheat, his
oats, his corn, his hogs, cattle or horses
shall be advanced. No doubt Mr.
McKinley is honest in his expressions
and believes in protecting those who
owe allegiance to the flag, but like
many others whose associations have
always been with those who are bene
ficiaries of the government, he has a
wrong idea of those who are most en
titled to call this their country from
having been tne ones who have most
readily come to its defense in times of
trial, and from being the ones who pro
duce its wealth and make it possible
for the more favored ones to subsist.
FREER TRADE.
Everything now indicates that there
will be an extra session of congress
called soon after tho inauguration of
the new administration, and one of
the principal duties ' devolving upon
congress during the extra session will
be the revision cf the tariff. And
while it is generally accepted as a fact
.t thfi new tariff will ha fnimrlarl nn
sh protective plans, it is not im-
.oaDie tnat many extreme pro-
ists will be disappointed when
e law is 'finally enacted, for
growing sentiment in many
at trade with foreign
uld not be hampered, and
ibitive duties being
hould be so arranged
ign commerce.
should exist
the Bearer
Bfeelinjf
I be
be
the Dominion government. While the
fact that such menus Laurier and
Charlton are anxious for more inti
mate and friendly business and social
relations between the two countries
should operate to secure a more
friendly attitude toward Canadian in
terests by this government, congress
should not allow itself to be persuaded
into making concessions that will en
tail serious sacrifice of American in
terests. At the same time it will be admitted,
after a careful analysis of the condi
tions of trade, that a wider freedom of
mutual interchange would be advan
tageous to both countries. The United
States cannot object to freer inter
course with Canada on the ground that
it will make Canada richer, provided
such intercourse increases the wealth
of this country in an equal or greater
proportion.
It is believed by' those who have
studied tho trade relations of the two
countries that a reciprocal arrange
ment would open up new and expand
ing. markets for our Indian corn, which
would be used in Canada for stock
feeding and for other purposes. It is
claimed it would lead to an enormous
consumption of American pork among
Canadian lumbermen and the repeal of
the Canadian duty on flour and meal
would enable the United States to sup
ply Nora Scotia, New Brunswick and
Prince Edward's Island with bread
stuffs. It is also believed by many
who have investigated the subject that
the repeal of the duty of 60 cents on'
bituminous coal would crowd out the
use of Nova Scotia, coal in Canada
west of and including Montreal.
For the fiscal year ended June 30,
1895, the total exports of agricultural
products of the United States for that
year was $3,710,0C0. The total export
of Canadian animal products to the
United States sold to Canada during
the same period grain, flour meal and
garden seeds amounting to $4,800,000,
while the Canadian exports of lumber
to the United States reached the enor
mous sum of $12,482,000. It is very
evident that the United States did not
receive a just return for this serious
menace to our lumber interests under
the Wilson law.
Canada should be met in a friendly
and neighborly spirit, but with due re
gard for the interests of American con
sumers and producers. Congress
should be actuated by a desire to es
tablish the relation between Canada
and the United States on a mutual, ad
vantageous and friendly basis, and
should bring such statesmanship to
bear on this question as will promote
the peace and prosperity of the great
Anglo Saxon nations.
EDMUNDS AND THE TREATY
Ex Senator George F. Edmunds, who
has given seme attention to the arbi
tration treaty between England and the
United States, and who is an authority
on such questions, thinks the objec
tions which have been brought against
it are of very little weight.- The Mon
roe doctrine is not affected by the
treaty, he believes, nor are our rela
tions to the Nicaragua Canal endanger
ed by it. In regard to the imagined
peril to us in this power of a European
to name an umpire in settlement of
disputes in certain contingencies, he
remarks very truly that ' 'so far as our
considerable exnerience goes we have
never had occasion to complain ot any
sovereign in naming an umpire or in
deciding a controversy."
The three chief points of criticism
against the treaty are thus dealt with.
When submitted to intelligent un
biased examination, that is to say, the
objections to it are found to be not
formidable. Of course, some of the ob
jectors are against the treaty because
Cleveland favors it, and upon these
the ex-senator's arguments will have no
effect. Happily this obstructive ele
ment is small.
It is entirely safe to say that by the
vast majority of the senators the treaty
will be considered solely on its merits,
without any regard for its paternity,
or tor the particular individuals or
element to whom its ratification would
bring glory. In a matter of affecting
our relations with the rest of the world
there should be no partisanship or
petty factional prejudice. This is es
pecially imperative in dealing with a
question affecting the peace of the
country with the nation with which we
are brought in the closest contact, and
involving an agreement which would
be a memorable triumph of civilization
The senate will give the treaty the
careful consideration which its impor
tance demands, and will be guided in
its action by the duty which it owes to
the country and to humanity. Globe-
Democrat.
OUR ADVANTAGES.
i ne contest between cotton manu
facture in the South and in New Eng
land is a very interesting one. The
South has an advantage in nearness to
source of supply and cheaper labor
advantages which have recently made
themselves felt. Oregonian
This very item of nearness to source
of supply will some day prove to be an
advantage to the . woolen manu
facturers on the Pacific over those in
the Atlantic states, and in no place
will it be more fully felt than in The
Dalles, whenever it shall turn its at
tention to manufacturing woolen
goods. Here we are located almost at
the very door yard of the supply. The
wool raisers of the surrounding coun
try for hundreds of miles in every
direction oring tneir product to our
warehouses for shipment. It must be
brought here before it can be offered
for sale to the eastern factories, hence
the factories here would get their raw
material without any cost for freights,
an advantage that would be greatly in
their favor. And in addition to this
they would also be at the door of the
consumers.
As to the difference in the price of
labor here and on the Atlantic coast it
is. so slight that it would be overcome in
the saving of freights, and it is only a
Question of a few years when wages
all over the country will be equalized,
for wherever there is labor to perform,
aborers will come who are ready to
t situations at the salaries obtain-
Ise where. Hence . the wool
ocated in The Dalles.
ing directly from
ry and with a
rticles
'v
other by Thomas, of Multnomah. Of
tho two, "Som mors' "is least objection-
able, but neither can be considered
perfect. The most objectionable fea
ture in Thomas' bill is that it scatters
districts over too much territory, re
gardless of the interests to be reore
sented by the counties comprising
them. The second senatorial district
it composed of Marion, Crook, Harney
and Lake, a district reaching almost
across the state and comprised of
counties whose interests are by no
means identical. The fourth repre
sentative district is composed of Lane,
Klamath and Jajkson, counties by no
means closely related in interests, and
a long distance removed from each
other. It would be as reasonable to
put Clatsop and Wallowa in one dis
trict as it is to join Lane and Klamath
together, or Marion and Harney.
Evidently neither geography, conven
ience nor interest of the sections was
' considered by Mr. Thomas in the fram
ing of his bill. Had he been guided
by such ideas he could have formed his
reapportionment bill more in accord
with the present law so far as geo
graphical locations are considered.
Counties embraced in one district
should at least be contiguous, and not
be scattered at random all over the
state.
MAKING GOLD ODIOUS.
When it comes to reforming the
currency of the country it is found to
be as difficult and perplexing a job as
revising the tariff. The last campaign
was fought out on the money question
and the verdict of the people was that
the present gold standard should be
maintained until an agreement could
be reached with other nations, for in
ternational bimetalism. But the mean
ing of the verdict for gold, on proba
tion as it were, has been mistaken by
the class who profit by the sale of gov
ernment bonds, and thev ar making
their pet theory odious to some of the!
most ardent supporters, by insisting
that it can be maintained only by the
issuance of more bonds, and turning
over the control of credit currency to
the national banks. By their mothods
they have estranged such gold stand
ard advocates as the New York Sun
which in a recent issue passed this
comment upon their greed for bonds
In the last national campaign the
party pledged to honest money found
the strongest weapons in repudiation's
bands to be the statement that the
preservation of the gold standard
during a period of less than three
years had caused the sale of bonds to
the amount of $202,000,000. This false
hood was first put forward by the ad
ministration to conceal its failure in
tariff making; next it was taken by
the Bryanites as their leading argu
ment for wiping the gold standard out
of existence; and now it is the stalk-
horse of the would-be abolutionists of
the greenbacks.
These latter experts make the gold
standard more than twice as odious
and difficult to defend as it was made
either by Mr. Cleveland, in the first
moments of chargin over his tariff
failure, or by the late party of disorder
and anarchy. To the $262,000,000 which
the gold standard has cost the country
during Mr. Cleveland's present term,
say the bank-currency party, we must
add $466,000,000 more, the sum of
United States notes which must be re
deemable and abolished before the gold
standard will be secure and business
stable. Seven hundred aDd thirty-
eight million dollars, therefore is the
cash price to this country of honest
money and national honor, according
to their estimate. -' - ', . :
".' These fanatical libellers of the gold
standard, and most effective promtoers
of Bryan ism, never mention the im
portant facts that before the revenue
became deficient as much gold went
into the treasury as came out of it, the
greenbacks troubled nobody, and the
gold standard was not seriously as
sailed.
The greenback abolition crusade is
as crooked in its methods and almost
as inimical to. commercial prosperity
as the late crusade for disorder and re
pudiation.
PROBABLY A DEADLOCK.
Events at Salem seem to indicate
that there will be no permanent or
ganization of the house, and in conse
quence, there will be no session of the
legislature. The members of the Bon
son house appear to have a desire to
retaliate, and punish those who have
held out against organization by re
fusing to meet with them or enter into
a compromise. Should twenty-one of
those who went into the Benson house
refuse to co-operate with the "hold
outs," there could be no organization,
and since the object which apparently
they assembled for the re-election of
Senator Mitchell has been frustrated,
it is not impossible that they will re
tire from the state capitol and
let the legislative session go by
default. In some respects this would
be a serious proceedure, since there is
some legislation demanding attention;
the appropriation bill should be passed,
the commissions and state boards
abolished, and the assessment and
taxation laws should be amended; but
it is not altogether safe 'for the tax
payers to give the legislature a chance
to squander money as it is liable to
squander it in case an organization is
affected after such a bitter fight as has
been waged during the past month, so
it is probably as well that no session
be held.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Representative Gratko will hereafter
be known as a republican. He has de
livered himself, soul and body, over to
that party by his. vote for senator,
Democrats have no further use for him,
Wells, Fargo & Co. came out of the
Roseburg hold-up with a loss of only
$14.50 it is Baid. That's a whole lot
cheaper than the state of Oregon will
come out of the hold-up at Salem.
That populist legislature over in
Washington will not be 'such a bad
thing for the state after all if it keeps
up the record for economy- thus far
made. ' Numerous measures to cut
down expenses have been passed and
others are pending.
The Washington legislature has
done a creditable act in electing Judge
Geo. Turner, of Spokane, United
States senator. He is one of the brain
iest men in the Btate of Washington,
and will soon make his power felt in
national councils. He is a decided
ement upon Squire.
nt
the U. S. treasury at
has more gold than it
do with, but after con-
e will be plenty of
us cash. The ap-
will pass will
d a consider-
in the
Idaho, and thosa bodies experienced i
j no inconvenience' in organizing and
I little in selecting U. S. senators. In
Oregon it is different. It is unneces
sary to mention the "moral" this
teaches Voters will see the point on
the first Monday in June, 1898. .
Senator Palmer of Illinois 'predicts:
"The two wings of tho two old parties
will be united in the next campaign.
The sound money democrats and the
sound money republicans will form
one, and the silver democrats and the
silver republicans will constitute an
other party." Senator Palmer is very
nearly right.
And now that the coal prospecting
scheme is accomplished, the money for
the diamond drill all having been paid
in, the next proposition for Tho Dalles
to consider is the establishing of a wool
9couring and manufacturing plant in
the city. Since we have started on the
high road of progress we cannot afford
to allow these enterprises to lag.
The house of the .Washington legis
lature was treading on dangerous
grounds when it passed tho bill abol
ishing capital punishment iD the state.
Peaceable citizens are entitled to the
protection which capital puDishment
guarantees them. To remove this pro
tection would encourage assassins, for
the fear of death by hanging is the
only instrument that has terror - for
them.
In tendering Judge Joseph McKenna,
of California, the interior portfolio
President-elect McKinley has certainly
exercised good judgement. Besides
selecting a competent man for the
position, his location right The
business of the interior department is
principally with matters in the West
and by all means should be presided
over by a resident of the Pacific coast
states.
Senator Mitchell's goose iscertaiul
cooked. He stands no more show of
re-election than would a South bea
Islander. And since he is out of the
way, who will bo his successor? On
whom can the republicans center?
Hon. T. T. Geer, tall Timothy of
Marion, seems to be the most logical
candidate for Mr. Mitchell's senatorial
shoes, and it would be a credit to re
publicans of Oregon to send Farmer
Geer to the senate.
Representative Misner was the only
member of the Benson house who re
fused to take part in the ballot for
United States senator. Mr. Misner is
certainly pursuing the proper course
by refusing to settle the factional fight
between the republicans. All demo
crats in the legislature should keep
their records clear, and allow the re
publicans to settle the matter of select
ing a United States senator. They
have the majority in the legislature,
and upon them rests the responsibility,
of electing a senator.
By selecting Lyman J. Gage for sec-
reiary of the treasury, President-elect
McKinley is pursuing the course that
was expected of him, to connect as
closely as possible the banking inter
ests with his administration. Mr.
Gage is president of the First National
bank of Chicago, and closely connected
with the banking interests of the
nation.; However, be is a business
man of largo experience, and is not a
professional politician, having been a
sort of "free-lance" in politics, voting
for Cleveland in 1884, hence his ad
ministration of the treasury depart
ment will hardly be partisan.
Representative Jones,of this county,
has:been subjected to some rather
severe criticisms by bis republican
friends here for refusing to . go
into the Benson . 'house, and now
that Mr. Huntington has withdrawn
it will probably be in order to rake
him over the coaU. - Both these gentle
men evidently know what they are
about, and we withhold comment.
leaving to the republican brethren the
pleasant privilege of "roasting" their
representatives. .
senator JferKins, cr California, re
mained at his post of duty in Wash
ington while the California legis
lature., was organizing and con
eideriog the election of U. S. -senator,
He was re-elected on the first ballot.
Squire, of Washington, and Dubois, of
Idaho, came home to personally super
intend their campaigns, and both were
defeated. This should serve as an ob
ject lesson to senators who seek to be
re-elected, to stay at their posts of duty
in Washington attending to the inter
ests of their constituents while the
legislature is attending to the selection
of their successors.
A proposition is before the voters of
The Dalles school district to authorize
the issuance of $20,000 bonds-for the
purpose of paying off the floating debt
of tho district, amounting to some
$7,000, and to build a new eight-room
school bouse. . That another school
building is needed is beyond question,
but. the proposition to issue bonds
running twenty years is distasteful to
manyr since they consider it question
able policy to mortgage future genera
tions to pay for present improve
ments. - There are those who go on
the hypothesis that it is best to pay as
you go, and would prefer a sufficient
tax levied this and next year to pay
for the new building. '
Simon,. Journe and Mitchell are
coming in for a large share of abuse
for holding up the legislature, but they
do not merit - nearly so much con
demnation .as do the men elected to
the legislature.' ,They are the ones
who are to ' blame for the hold-up.
They were elected by the people to act
as independent and fearless legisla
tives, but instead of performing their
several duties, they stuck their heads
into the collars of a few bosses when
they got to Salem, and have allowed
themselves to be led around like so
many lambs. We cannot blame a boss
for leading so much as we can blame
those who are being led.
' Senate Proceedings.
Salem, Ore.. Feb. 4. Immediately
after opening of the senate today King
offered a resolution for an amendment
to the constitution allowing the legis
lature to fix the salaries of various
Btate officers.
The committee on judiciary reported
back with favorable recommendation
several bills. . All were of small im
portance and were designed mostly to
amend the code. ---
In the senate this afternoon the dis
cussion over the printing of bills was
renewed. Gesner moved v that 240
copies of bills on " second reading be
ordered printed. There was immed
iate objection. Dufur made an earnest
speech, saying it was needless to go to
the expense of printing bills unless
there was a prospect of the house or
ganizing. - He was supported by Smith
and other senators,, and the ' motion
was fos. ' -
r. Price's Crerri Baiclng Powder
worw ttlr Highest Aard.
BLAZE IN A CAPITOL
Pennsylvania State Building
is Badly Damaged.
THE TREATY SIGNED
Those Who Will Arbitrate the Ven
ezuelan Boundary Question
Clothed With Authority.
Vilas submits a Substitute For the Nic
aragua Canal Bill Shooting Scrape
at Medf oad Yerkes to be Ap
pointed Senator.
Harrisburg, Pa., Feb. 2 Fire
broke out in the senate wing of the
state capitol this afternoon, and at 1:30
the building seems to bo doomed, as
tho fire department is unable to con
trol tne names, lne lire originated in
the rooms of Lieutenant-Governor
Lyon, over the senate chamber. It
burned several minutes before it was
discovered. It had 6oon made such
headway that little could be saved in
the costly apartments of the lieutenant-
governor.
Across the hall are the rooms of
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Suhaffer, who was alone in his office
when the fire was discovered. He did
all he could to check the fire, but it
was not in his power. All he saved
was the appropriation books. Thou
sands of dollars worth of records were
lost..
As Representative G. W. Rhodes
and J. W. Doagy were leaving the
chamber a portion of the roof fell in.
Thiy were slightly injured.
2:30 P. M. The fire will be confined
to the capitol building. The entire
structure is now in flames in the in
terior. Both roofs fell in and soon the
great pillar at the main entrance will
fall. The walls are now cracking and
crumbling.
The loss is placed at $1,000,000; in
surance, $400,000. The loss of valuable
records is greaK They can never be
replaced. "
THIS IS THE KIKAL ACT. -
Arbitrators Chosen Aro Satis fartary to
- Both Countries.
Washington, Feb. 2. The treaty
of arbitration between Great Britain
and Venezuela will be signed at 5
o'clock this afternoon. The delay was
caused by difficulty in making up Ihe
personnel of tho arbitration commis
sion, not so much from objections to
persons nominated by either side as
from the trouble experienced in ar
ranging a tribunal so as to interfere as
little as possible with the- important
routine work of the superior courts of
the United States and Great Britain,
from which bodies the four arbitrators
are drawn. Notice, however, was re
ceived by cable this morning from
London that the privy council had
finally confirmed the selections made.
The four arbitrators, it is understood,
will be Chief Justice Fuller and Justice
Brewer, of the United States supreme
court, and Lord Herschell and Sir
Richard Henn Collins, knight justices
of her majesty's supreme court judic
iary. The fifth arbitor in case of need
will be named by King Oscar.
By the terms pf the treaty the agents
of Great Britain and Venezuela must
deliver complete cases at Paris, where
the arbitration tribunal will meet with
in eight months of the ratification of
the treaty, with the months additional
allowed for submission of counter
claims, so that the entire arbitration
will probably occupy a year and a half.
VILAS" SUBSTITUTE.
Provides for a Commission to Inspect the
Proposed Canal Routes.
Washington, Feb. 2 Senator Vilas
today presented a substitute for tho
Nicaragua canal bill, which he gave
notice he would offer at the proper
time. It provides for a commission
composed of one member of the engi
neer corps of the army, a - naval engi
neer and three other citizens of the
United states, to be nominated by the
president and confirmed by the senate,
which shall investigate the entire
question. The commission is to be
known as the inter-oceanic canal com
mission, and the members are to be
paid at the rate ' of $500 a month. The
board is required to visit and person
ally inspect the several lines or routes
projected, or which may seem to the
board to be sufficiently practicable to
demand an inquiry for an inter oceanic
canal to connect the Atlantic and Pa
cific oceans. - They are required to
make surveys, etc., to determine the
most feasible, practicable and econom
ical route Tor the canal, and to submit
plans, specifications, etc., for the same
The commission is instructed to make
complete estimates on the probable
cost of such work on the route selected
as well as such routes as are considered
competitive. For the purpose of the
bill, $1,000,000 is made available by ap
propriation.
THAT JOINT CONVENTION.
A Handful! of Legislators Met to Elect a
Senator.
Salem, Or., Feb. 3. There was an
attempt made to hpld a joint conven
tion of the two houses this morning
for the purpose of voting for a United
States senator, but only.3C answered
to roll call, though two members,
Senator Hughes and Representative
Lake, came in later, swelling the
number to 38. However, Senators
Haseltine and Reed refused to take a
hand in the proceedings and withdrew
from the convention, leaving only 36
tj proceed with the election of a sena
tor. After considerable debate as to
the legality of the convention, and the
possibility of its authority to elect
senator,' a motion to adjourn to 7:30 to
night prevailed.
Senator Mitchell was very much in
evidence about the capitol building,
and was occupied in persuading mem
bers to proceed with the convention.
The effort of his life will be made
when the convention re-assembles to
night, and if the attendance of 46 can
be secured he will insist upon a vote
being taken.
DANCERS SHOULD GO DRY
Protest Against Wines Belnjr, Served at
the Inaugural Ball.
New York, Feb. 3 The Young
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
has sent to the executive committee of
the national prohibition party the fol
lowing appeal: -"The
Young Woman's Christian Tem
perance Union stands for the principle
of individual total abstinence and na
tional sobriety. It believes that serv
ing wines or liquors of any kind at the
inaugural ball ha9 in the past been
productive of evil and has detracted
from what might otherwise have been
an Imposing ceremonial.
The society therefore comes before ,
you with its large representation of
young men and women, most earnestly
requesting that President-elect Mc
Kinley may be ushered into his sol
emn office by a sober people, without a
taiDt of dishonor attaching to any of
the civic functions relating to the oc
casion.
"Believing we shall thus be h lping
to attain that righteousness which ex
alteth a nation, we remain yours for
tho patriotism that guards public
morals and the integrity of the home
Frances J. Barnes aud Associates."
AXOTHKR FAILURE.
Only
Thirty-Two Legislators Attended
he Joint Convention.
Salem. Or., Feb. 4. Only 32 mem
bers answered to roll-call at the joint
convention that was attempted to be
held today. Huntington of, Wasco,
created a sensation by announcing
that he i id do. consider the house
properly organized, and that he would
withdraw until such a time as a legal
organization could be effected. Mit
chell, of Marion, aDd Hughes. of Wash
ington, also drew out of the conven
tion. Brown, Crawford, Taylor and
Craig asked to be released from all obr
ligations to Senator Mitchell. Tho
senator insisted that they remain in
the organization until Friday and all
but Crawford consented.
The members were in no humor to
take a vote or prolong the session, no
a motion to adjourn to 12 o'clock to
morrow prevailed.
MITCHELL IS DOOMED.
The Senate Refuses to go Into Joint Con,
ventlon.
Salem, Or., Feb. 2 The first ballot
for United States senator was taken in
the Benson house at 2:30 this after
noon, 30 members being present. The
vote was: Mitchell, 20; Geo. H. Wil
liams, 1. Gratke, democrat, voted for
Mitchell.
In tho senate a motion was made to
go into joint convention with the house
tomorrow, which was declared out of
order by President Simon. An appeal
was taken from the decision of the
chair. The chair was sustained by a
vote of 16 to 12.
NO ACTION WAS TAKEN.
Conference of House Railroads Committee
Regarding Harrison's Bllu
Washington, Feb. 3. The house
committee on Pacific railroads today
had a conference wiih Attorney-General
Harmon on the Harrison bill, for
a commission to settle the Pacific rail
road matter. The attorney-general
urged that broader authority should be
given his department to deal with the
matter. The committee adjourned
until Monday.
Representative Hubbard, of Missouri,
announced that parties stood ready to
make the government a better offer
for the Union Pacific than the one
made by the New York syndicate.
A Letter From Mark Twain.
Keokuk, la., Feb. 3. Orion Clem
ens, a brother of Mark Twain, has re
ceived a letter from the noted humor
ist, who is temporarily sojourning in
London, written in most cheerful and
encouraging style. The letter being
largely of -a personal nature, Clemens
refuses to make it public, but says his
brother does not even hint at anything
iike the desperate straits and deep
financial embarrassment mentioned in
recent 'cablegrams from the English
capital. On tho contrary, Mark Twain
wrote hopefully of the future and of
his family affairs.
, Over a Oarue of Cards.
Medfosd, Or., Fob. 2. Mr. Eaton
was shot in the left leg by John Ed
wards in C. J. Hall's saloon, In this
city, last night about 9 o'clock. They
had quarreled over a game of cards,
and Edwards pulleda gun. It is
thought he intended to fire into the
floor, but they had clinched, and just
as Edwards fired Eaton threw out his
left foot and the ball struck the leg just
above the knee. Edwards then left
the saloon and has not yet been appre
hended. Eaton jras taken to a phy
sician's office and his leg was dressed,
but the ball has not yet been taken
out. '
To Succeed Blackhurn.
Washington, Feb. 2. It is reported
at the capitol today, on what is be
lieved to be good authority, that Gov
ernor Bradley, cf Kentucky, has de
cided to appoint Mr. Yerkes as senator
from that state upon the retirement of
Senator Blackburn, in March, and not
to call the legislature in extra session
He takes the position, it is said, that
the appointment will be sustained oy
the senate because the legislature will
not be in session when the vacancy
occurs.
Bid For the O. B
AN.
New Yokk, Feb. 3. A dispatch last
night from Frankfort-on-the-Main says
a conditional hid has been received by
the Berlin committee of holders of
Oregon Railway & Navigation Com
pany 5 per cent bonds, from the North
ern Pacific and Great Northern rail
ways, for all the stock of the Oregon
Railway & Navigation Company rep
resented by them. It is understood
that the Union Pacific will also become
interested later in the purchase,
The Beuson Body.
Salem, Or., Feb.' 4. Speaker Ben
son did not call his bouse to order
this morning until one-half hour after
the appointed . time. The roll was
called, showing 29 members present.
Huntington and Misner were absent
Riddle was in bis seat, but did not
answer to his name. He was recorded
as Dresent.
Yesterday's journal wa3read and ap
proved. Six new bills were introduced
and read for the first time,
Amendments to Canal BUI.
Washington, Feb. 3. Senator Mor
gan, in charge of the Nicaraguan canal
bill, accepted the two amendments pro
posed by Teller, providing that a com
plete survey of the canal route shall be
submitted to the president and ap
proved before any bonds are guaranteed
or work done; also that if the survey
shows the cost will exceed 8150,000,000,
nothing shall be done without authority
of congress.
Destructive F:re at Salt Lake.
Salt Lake, Feb. 3. Fire last night
destroyed the Scott-Auerbach build
ing, on Main street, entailing a loss of
$2M,000, a little oyer half covered by
insurance. Besides the great financial
loss, there were several accidents that
narrowly escaped being latauties.
De Chtmay Is Free.
Charlekoi, Belgium, Feb. 2. The
Prince de Cbimay was today granted a
divorce from the Princess de Cbimay,
formerly Miss Clara-Ward, of Detroit,
owing to her misconduct with Janos
Rigo, the Hungarian gpsy musician,
with whom ane eloped last summer.
Arrived In San Francisco.
San Francisco, Feb. 2 Grorge Ed
ward Butler, alias Ashe, tbe murderer,
whose arrival on the ship Swanhilda
was so long expected, is ' now in the
San Francisco jaiL'
A PLACE FOR M'KENNA
The Interior Portfolio Goes to
" a Californian.
SICKELS ON CUBA.
He Would Recognize the Insurgents
and Furnish Them Arms and
Ammunition.
Senator Mlchell Introduces a Bill to In.
corporate luoro The Cascade Re.
serve Memorial Referred to a
Npicial Committee.
St. Louis, Feb. 3. A special to the
Globe-Democrat from Canton says:
Judge McKenna, of San Francisco,
has accepted the portfolio of secretary
of the interior in President McKinley's
cabinet.
Judge McKenna's first assistant will
probably be Major Warner, of Kansas
City.
This information was given by the
president-elect to a delegation who
called to urge the appointment of Judge
William Warner.
SICKLES WOULD AID CUBA.
lis Offers to Ship Arms to Cuban Insol
vents New York, Feb. 3 In an address on
the Cuban question last night before
the Brooklyn demociatio club in His
torical Hall, General Daniel E. Sickles
made the announcement, that he was
ready to personally take .charge- of a
consignment of arms for the Cuban
insurgents. "I will personally dis
patch them," he said, "and I will con
sign them to General Gomez. I will
defy all interference. I would be
ready to accept all the consequences of
my action. I make this statement
not in defiance of law and of the
authorities, but because I know that
such an act would be perfectly lawful
and in line with the uniform decisions
of our courts."
During tne course of his address
General Sickles declared that because
of our traditional position of not allow
ing any foreign power to interfere
with Spanish rule in Cuba this country
has assumed the responsibility for
whatever relief shall be giyen to Cuba
from the oppressiou under which it is
now suffering. He insisted that tho
United States owes it to civilization to
interfere. He was in favor of rec
ognizing the belligerency of the in
surgents and ridiculed the idea that
a war with Spain might result there
from. IN THE HEMAT3.
Routine Business Was Transacted at the
Morning Session,
Salem, Or., Feb. 3 When the sen
ate reconvened today Senators Dufur,
Daly and Johnson filed protests against
the ruling of President Simon yester
day in the case of the Brownell resolu
tion on voting for senator.
Hazeltine's joint memorial to con
gress to pension the Indian war vet
erans,' was passed. Aiuibreys concur
rent resolution for the modification of
the Cascade reserve was recommitted
to a special committee of three, con
sisting of Mulkey, McClung and Dufur.
King introduced two concurrent reso
lutions amending the state constitu
tion. Hnghes offered a petition for
the abolishment of all commissions.
Driver presented a petition amending
the Dawson game law.
The following new bills were intro
duced: Mich ell, incorporating the
city of More: Gowan, amending the
act incorporating the town of Long
Creek; Mulkey, providing for tho pas
sage of a registry law: Wade, to pro
hibit the use of railroad passes; Driver,
providing that if Any member elected
to the legislature fails to qualify with
in two days after the time for the meet
ing of the session his seat. shall be de
clared vacant.
8IONED BY THEjQDKBN.
Proposed Cnbu Reforms
Receive Royal
Suction.
Madrid, Feb. 4. The queen regent
today signed a plan for reforms in
Cuba. The text of the document will
be published on Saturday. The scheme
includes nume-ous and elaborate de
crees and will occupy several pages of
the official gazette.
It is understood the reforms consist
chiefly in the creation of an assembly
to be caller1 the council of administra
tion, composed of 35 members, ot whom
21 are to be elected by the people and
six by different corporations. The re
mainder will be one magistrate, one
university professor, one archbishop
and five former senators or deputies.
The council of administration is em
powered, firstly, to prepare a budget;
secondly, to examine into the fitness
of offlc'als appointed; third, they may
make a tariff, subject to the condition
that Spanish imports will have the ad
vantage over the general tariff.
The governor-general will represent
the home government, and have the
right to nominate officials who shall
be Cubans, or Spanish who v have re
sided two years in Cuba. Neverthe
less he may freely nominate high func
tionaries, such as magistrates, prefects,
etc."
Other decrees concern the organiza
tion of provisional municipalities
which are to be liberally representa
tive. The municipal councils general
will be empowered to elect their presi
dent and have exclusive control of the
public education.
According to another decree ve
government reserves to itself extra
ordinary powers in the event of any
disturbance of tho public order, and
Cuba will continue to elect senators
and deputies to tbecortes as at present.
Altogother the reforms are much
broader in the direction cf decentraliza
tion than those granted to Porto Rico.
The powers of Ih6 governor-general
are much extended, while tho council
of administration is fairly representa
tive of all parties and interests. The
Spanish government n 111 continue to
vote the budgets and treaties for the
colonies. Spanish products, according
to the reform scheme, will be allowed
a rebate of 40 per cent of the Cuban
tariff compared with other imports.
HANNA G1VKS IP
HOPE.
He No Longer Expects to Sueeeed Senator
H tier man.
Cleveland, O., Feb. 4. It can be
stated on unquestionable authority
that Mr Hanna has practically aban
doned all hope of securing an appoint
ment as United States senator to suc
ceed Sherman. A gentleman who 1
stands as close to Hanna as any person
In Cleveland said today mere was no
doubt Governor Bushnell would ap
point Lieutenant Governor Jones to
fill the unexpired term of Senator
Sherman, and that at the next session '
of the legislature, which convenes in
January, 1898, Governor Bushnolf
would himself be a candidate for a full
term.
It is further stated on the same
authority that the lieutenant-governor
has agreed not to be a candidate for a
full term li ODpositlon to Bushnll,
and the fight is between Bushnell and
Hanna. The gentleman who gave this
information and whose knowledge of
the subject can not be doubted, said
the fight between Hanna and Senator
Foraker would now be carried on to
the bitter end, and would, he said, not
be by any means confined to state
politics.
The report that Hanna is being
strongly urged to accept the postmaster-generalship
in McKinley's cabinet
is also verified, but thus far, it is
stated, he has steadily declined to enter
the cabinet in any sapaclty.
MAKES SLOW "pBOGRBAH,
French Officials Received Wolcott's Ad
vances Indifferently.
Paris, Feb. 4. Senator Wolcott, of
Colorado, who Is vNltlng Europe In
the Intel est of hiinotalism, had an
Interview yesterday with Premier
Meline. A corre pondont ot the As
sociated Press learn-t, on authority,
that his efforts so far have been with
out the result hoped for by the senator.
The Interview with President Faure
on Sunday was short and formal, and
afforded no encouragement to look for
tangible results.
M. Loubet, president of tho senate,
in his interview with Wolcott, is under
stood to have expressed himself en
thusiastically on the subject of bimet
alism, but on the other band, Premier
Meline was very guarded. He is. re
ported to Ijave said that however favor-
.kl. k. a U I. .' . . .
sought, nothing could be done unless
the consent of England and Germany
were previously obtained.
In official quarters little confidence
is felt in the ultimate su ecess of Wol
cott, although he seems to be sanguine
that England will take part in a bime
tallic movement.
Bogge Is Weakening.
Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 4. Georgo W.
Boggs, under six years' sentence to
the state penitentiary for crookedness
while city treasurer, today caused the
statement to be made in the superior
court that he would tell the truth
about the city warrants supposed to
have been once paid, but never can
celed. An effort is being made to have -them
paid again. Boggs says the
amount is between $500,000 and $300,
000. He will be given a chance in a
few days to tell what he knows.
Election in Utah.
Salt Lake, Feb. 4. Yesterday J.
L. Rawlins was elected United States
senator on the 63d ballot. Rawlins was
delegate from the territory of Utah
t . i tnj T-i .i it,
in LIIH 1 1 ,11 wn I II v nun. 1 I HUTIlHr Will
Contest Rawlins'ulection on the grouud ,
that coercion by church authorities
was resorteu to .to secure votes ior
Rawlins.
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