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8ATURDAY.
..'.JUNE 2G. 1897
EDITING MADE EASY.
The republican national committee,
. with headquarters at Washington, d,
C. is verv considerate to the over
worked editors of the country presi
and has kindly consented to relieve
them of a great load of responsibility
and mental strain, offering to do their
- editorial work free of charge. We are
. ' in receiDt of a letter from the com
mittee that savs:
"The accompanying matter.prepared
by the editorial staff of thi9 committee
is being supplied to papers in a num
ber of the close states which have in
dicated a desire to make use of it in
whole or in part, as miscellany, Wash
ington correspondence, or suggestions
for the editorial page.
,. "Should you desire, it will be sent
you each week free of any. expense, to
gether with such documents as may be
issued from time to time, and you will
be at liberty to make use of such por
tions as you choose as your own matter.
If accepted by you It will be supplied
to no other -paper in your city."
' This is very considerate of the. re
publican committee, and no doubt the
.,pffer will be accepted by thousands of
editors throughput the country. As a
; result, the thought of a few scheming
politicians in Washington will be
yoiced throughout the land as though
an honest sentiment to the country
press. The "accompanying matter"
S mentioned in the letter, is by no means
"confined to facts, in evidence of which
we make a few quotations. Here is
' one of them:
"The silver mine-owners and their
political alies have resorted to a new
device to deceive the people, who are
. rapidly discovering the impositions
, they practiced during the late cam
paign. The dangerous characters who
were then hired to stir up dissatisfac
tion and sow seeds of anarchism and
riot in the cities, are now being sent
. through the country districts for the
same purpose. They travel in gaudily
painted wagons, bearing false or mis
. . leading quotations from distinguished
men, which are distorted into apparent
support of the free coinage of silver.
which is now worth' less- than one half
what it was when these utterances are
alleged to haye been made. To . con'
ceal their real purposes these men pro
fess to be obtaining subscribers to
free silver publication, with which
furnished a copy of a book by 'Coin
. Harvey, whose writings are now recog
nized as not only untruthful (and mis'
leading, but purposely and maliciously
- so and an imposition upon those before
whom they are placed. This attempt
. to distribute the seeds of distrust, an
archism and riot in the agricultural
communities for the purely selfish
. purpose of making a market for the
property of silver mine-owners and
placing a few politicians in office, de
serves the contempt of .those . upon
whom it is being imposed. It is of the
same, class as -that-by -which the tin
peddler wagons spread falsehood
- through the country in the congres
sional campaign of 1890, but is vastly
- more dangerous to the country from
the class of employed, the doctrines
. they disseminate and the desperate
schemes of those who support them in
. this performance."
Another paragraph says that the
"recent 'sllyer republican' conference
- is said to have had as its real object a
- plan to unload Mr. Bryan as the leader
of the silver cause. Mr. Bryan has
too many 'isms' and is too erratic to
suit the men who are putting up the
' money in behalf of the silver cause."
The '""accompanying matter" coa'
. tained enough copy to furnish editorial
for this paper for three or four days,
. and was all about on a line with the
. two extracts given above. Lazy editors
all over the country will accept and
publish the trash, and from now until
' 1900 we. may expect to be confronted
with this slush that is intended to
make editing easy.
A VOICE FROM WALL STREET
. Dimock & Co., the bankers and
brokers of New York City, write , to
their correspondents, under date of
June'12, as follows :
Natural conditions are favorable
throughout the country. Legislation
alone 1b maleficent. Great crops and
good prices have brought splendid re
turns to the nation. Justly distribut
ed,' these returns would have given
prosperity to the people, all of tbem,
beginning with the tiller of the soil.
and radiating outward through trans
portation, manufacturing,- and distrib
uting agencies, .until it peryaded the
entire community. The beneficent
operation 'of natural laws has been in-
"' terferred with by the people's servants
in "Washington, who have tampered
' with the returns, have cruelly robbed
. the laborer of half of his hard earn
ings, which. with prodigal hands they
have poured into the overflowing cof
fers of the protected trusts, in payment
of campaign debts, or, for reasons even
more directly personal. Masks have
been laid aside, and nearly every item
' in the Dingley bill, represents a bar
gain' of more than doubtful morality.
Taxation for plunder has been so en
grafted upon .our tariff, as to make
that system hopeless as a means of
" providing revenue for the government.
The greed of our legislators has blind
ed them -to obvious moral and eco
nomic principles, and the experience of
. nations is wasted upon them.
Cheap clothes make cheap men, said
Benjamin Harrison as be signed the
McKinley bill which forced all but the
wealthy to wear shoddy. There was
another Benjamin, one Franklin, who
as "Poor Richard" taught those les
sons of thrift and industry upon which
ll prosperity, national and individual,
is founded. Jbf maxims were - less
magnificent than his namesake's, but
if acted upon in congress they would
oon convert a deficiency Into a sur.
plus.
The McKinley-Gage administration
'has a project, it is announced, for the
.gradual retirement of the greenbacks,
And the substitution therefor of Na
tional bank notes. This is presuming
upon the ignorance of the people, who
will, however, never permit any such
idiotic performance. ' The very exist
ence of national bank notes is an . Im
pertinence. The governmental issue
f these notes on which the govern
ment pays interest, and for which it
provides security, is imbecility or
worse. The other great nations of the
earth are fighting for gold to take up
their paper tokens and strengthen
their reserves. This nation alone is
fighting to keep all its paper kites in
the air, although Its percentage of
reserve 1? only one-fifth of that of its
chief competitors. A temporarily fa
vorable trade balance stands between
it and the calamity which it invites.
The proposed paper policy of the ad
ministration is devilishly deyised to
drive gold from our shores, which must
then be brought back by means of
organized panics. It is forcing the na
tion to perform the task of Shisyphus
The tariff robbery has been credited to
the gold standard, and the people have
blindly sought to recoup tbelr losses
by diluting the currency. The gold
standard is doomed. The masses are
fighting it in their ignorance, the na
tional banks in their sellishncss and
the government in its indifference.
No wonder the London Times says:
"The government of the United States
appears to be running grave risks with
a wonderfully light heart." This na
tion must soon decide between the
stability of a silver standard and the
chaos of fiat paper tokens.
The statesman who comprehends the
crisis, and presents with clearness a
plan for an honest standard of silver,
or silver and gold alternatively, and
who does not seek to use silver simply
as a means of further diluting our pres
ent conglomerate currency, will be
elected president of the United States
in 1900, or, what is better, will deserve
to be elected.
LYNCHING AND THE LAW.
There is never any excuse for lynch
ing, says the New York World. Lynch
ing is a crime, and there is never any
excuse for crime.
But there may be an explanation,
and it Is always worth while to con
sider the explanation.
7 he horrible affair in Ohio was
only a conspicuous illustration of ten
dencies that are manifested in other
occurrences which the World groups
with it in a startling exposition of
truth today.
Fortunately this most horrible of
recent lynchings did not occur in the
South, where certain forms of crimes
by negroes are supposed to be re
garded with special abhorrence be-
causo of race prejudice. Fortunately
it did not occur in the half civilized
parts of the West, where intemperate
public opinion is accustomed thus to
assert itself. It occurred in President
McKinley's own state, where civili
zation has wrought its will for about
a century.
An occurrence of this kind means
something, as do all the other occur
rences which the World in its news
columns has grouped with it.
It means that the people are discon
tent with a law which does not make a
capital offense of the most infamous
crime that any man can commit.
It' means that the people are im
patient of the lawyers' devices for de
feating justice.
It mans that the criminal laws,
framed by criminal lawyers. In the in
terest of criminals, so far defeat justice
that the people the ultimate source of
all law are disposed upon occasion to
rise in their wrath and set aside the
law in behalf of justice. -
The remedy for all this is plain: The
laws of criminal procedure should be
made, not by lawyers accustomed to
defend criminals for hire, but by honest
men accustomed to regard crime with
abhorrence. The "law's delay?' should
be abridged. It should be the object
of the law to punish crime, not to ex
cuse It on technicalities, and until this
principal is embodied in law and. in
court practice we shall haye horrible
lynchings as incidents in our adminis
tration of justice.
So long as the most iufamoua crime
conceivable to the human mind is not
made capital, bo long as a man guilty
of that crime is offered freedom if he
can give a paltry ball of $1,000, as In
the case of the Ohio criminal, so long
will the ultimate lawmaking power
the people wrathfully assert its
authority to punish such crime by the
high hand.
We are not asserting or defending
the right of lynch law. We are not
apologizing fur its exercise. On the
contrary, we deplore and denounce it.
We are explaining it as a phenomenon
When law "'. prescribes adequate
punishment for infamous crime, and
when experience shall have taught the
people the courts may be depended
upon in spite of the wiles of the
lawyers to enforce laws, lynchings
will cease. Until that time shall come
we must expect such lawless outbreaks
as those recorded in the World's col
umns today.
HONOR TO THE PIONEERS.
At the recent reunion of the. Oregon
Pioneers in Portland, one of the speak
ers advanced the idea of erecting at
some point in the state a monument to
the p oaeerB. The suggestion was
well received, but ho steps were taken
by the pioneers to carry it out, nor
should there be any such move on the
part of the association. Tho present
generation owes toomuch to the pio-
uccrB wj peruiib Lueui tu erect wieir
own monument. We of tooay, we who
are enjoying the harvest from the
seeds sown by the pioneers are the
ones who should erect the monument.
and we should not . have waited for
them to remind us of our duty.
The TiMES-MqwaiTAiNEEB would
suggest that the Wsrtive Sons of Ore
gon, recently organized in Portland,
take this matter in hand, and create a
fund by popular subscription for erect'
ing a monument of granite to the pio
neers. .et every native oorn Oregon
ian over the age of 21 years contribute
one dollar to the monument fund, and
the memory of them who made Oregon
what it Is, who saved It from falling
into the British dominion, will be
perpetuated. It is the people of today
who owe a debt of gratitude to those
who payed the way-for civilization,
who laid tbe cornerstones of our pres
ent homes and prosperous common
wealth, and let ns erect the monument
to their memory.
The important report comes from
Washington that President McKinley
will no longer interpose his influence
against the passage by tbe house of
tbe Cuban belligerency resolution
which has already passed the senate.
It is said that the President defines
his position in regard to the resolution
by remarking: "Let the people have
their way." It may be taken for
granted that the recent course of
Spain in giving renewed approval to
the Canovas ministry, and its purpose
to permit Gen. Weyler to continue bis
policy of exterminating non-combats,
leaves our government without a hope
that real concessions will be offered to
Cuba, or the warfare against its people
conducted on civilized lines. -
WHO MADE POPULISTS?
iioth democrats and republicans
have time and again asserted that
there was no excuse for the formation
of the popuhat party, and po99ibly
there was not. In fact we believe
there was little excuse for the exis
tence of that party, for the reforms
that were sought could more readily
have been accomplished by righting
the evils that existed in the other par
ties, by taking the management out of
the bands of bosses, and placing it in
the hands of men less inclined to work
politics for personal aggrandizement.
Be that as it may, we cannot deny that
reformation was needed when the pop
ulist party sprung into existence, and
that need still exists. We must also
admit that, through the system of gov
ernment that has existed the past
thirty years, the people who formed
the populist party had been educated
to believe the government was a great
beneficent institution, capable of favor
ing certain classes, therefore capable
of extending favors to all.
Wo cannot, therefore, agree with
the Oregonian that the populists have
utterly no right to exist as a party,
or for their belief that individuals are
entitled to special favors from tbe gov
ernment, whether it be through the
workings of a protective tariff or the
direct loan of money to the needy.
But, on the contrary, insist that the
systems adopted by the republican
party, of which the Oregonian is a
strong advocate, are exactly what
planted the seeds of populism in this
country and are responsible for the ex
istence of the podulist party with all
its "isms."
In a tirade upon Governor Rogers,
of Washington, the Oregonian, after
declaring that he Is the Daniel of Pop
ulists, says:
He is of those who do all in their
power to encourage 'the Deople . to
give up effort in their own behalf and
to lie down on the government. A
leading part of this prenicious scheme
is denunciation of all those persons who
still insist on the old and well proven
principle that the man's tesources are
In himself, in his own calculated and
steady effort, and not in society or the
state. This time-honored principle
till recently was never questioned by
anybody. Every poor man was proud
in his independence and self-reliance.
But scurvy politicians and shabby dem
agogues have preached the doctrine
of personal dependence and un manli
ness, until not a few have surrendered
all pride of spirit, have accepted beg
gary as a profession, with a vague
hope of plunder or robbery as a pos
sible resource in addition, and are not
ashamed." "
But who first instituted these idaaa
into the minds of men? Was it not
those who, for thirty, years past, have
been demanding from the government
exactly what the most radical populist
is today, though in a different form?
The protectionist, when he demanded
protection to foster his individual in
dustry, said that the government was
a great beneficient institution, capable
of fostering his interests and placing
him in a position to rob the people,
whonre only the government. The
most radical populist today asks noth
ing more, when he demands a direct
loan from the government or asks that
an export bounty be paid upon his
products.
Had not the protectionists made just
such demands upon the federal govern
ment and received what they demand'
ed, populists would not -today be ask
ing the paternal assistance of the
nation. The populists have seen the
beneficiaries of protection thrive and
grow rich under its workings, and
they have been educated to believe
that like favors could be bestowed up
on them. They have been taught a
lesson In economies, that self-reliance
was not necessary to any individual
who could secure favors from the gov
ernment that would enhance his in
teresta. The system of protection
nas Deen a great educator in con
vincing people that this is a pater
nal form ' of government, and had
it not been for this education there
would be no such ideas advocated as a
direct loan to the people or many other
of the isms of the populists. Had the
government been conducted upon the
democratic principle of special privil
eges to none, there would today be
no populists, for the real seeds of. popu
lism were sown and nurtured by the
republicans.
BACK TO HIS FIRST LOVE.
For a number of years ex-Govern.or
Pennoyer has been vacilatlng between
the democrats and populists, and it Is
surprising that he was not at the head
of blmetalic union, such a pronounced
blmetalist is he. Notwithstanding
tho ex-governor's chameleon-like at-
titrde in the past, he has tired of
chasing after false gods, and is now
ready to return to the sweetheart of
his early days, and is once more
reconciled to become a democrat. In
fact he urges that all bimetatlsts rally
under the democratic banner, which is
really the most sensible thing they can
do. He defines his position, and offers
some reasonable suggestions in a letter
addressed to the editor of the Oregon
ian, from which the following extract
is taken:
I am above all else, in favor of the
restoration of silver as standard money,
which would be a most important
factor in the restoration of national
prosperity. As all know, I have held
devotion to that doctrine above fealty
to party obligations. Now, how can
that be best secured? Fusion
of different separate party organiza
tions is always dangerous and unsatis
factory. Is it not, therefore, the right
and effective way for all tree silver
men to unite together as individual
members of that organization which
gives the best promise of success? Is
that the bimetallic organization? That
is a local affair, and has no national
organization at its back. - Is it the
populist party? That party is freight
ing itself down with a multitude of
isms, and is most seriously handicapped j
with the revolutionary record of its
members-elect of the legislature in
their treasonable hold-up of the legis
lative assembly. Is it the democratic
party? That party is now and always
has been in favor of both gold and sil
ver as standard money, and opposed to
bank currency. That party has always
been true to the people, although it
elected a president who "was a traitor
to it and its principles, - It Is a well-
organized and a national party. Is not,
therefore the democratio party the
one to which all true and honest free
silver men should look to for victory?
These are questions freighted with the
greatest Importance, which every free,
man of Ore? on should consider, and on
the correct determination 'of which
may depend our victory next June and
in the next presidential election.''.
In his final conclusions the ex-gov
ernor is correct. Since the democratic
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the free coinage of silver and it is one
of the party declarations in this state,
the most logical thing for all advocates
of silver to do is to rally under the
democratic banner. In Oregon the
populists have polled more votes than
tbe democrats, and of the two are the
dominant party, but throughout the
nation they are decidedly in the minor
ity. In fact, in many states they have
fused with the republicans, while in
others they virtually haye no party
organization, therefore they cannot
expect in the next national campaign
to be the leaders of the silver forces.
As a national party hoping to succeed,
they must combine with some other,
then why should they not do as Pen
oyer has done,' cease tampering with
new affections and return to their first
love.
WHY OPPOSE THEM?
The Oregonian and Telegram are
greatly exercised over the proposed
immigration to Washington of Eugene
V. Debs and his coworkers into Wash
ington, and are denouncing it ad a
revolutionary .invasion of socialists.
While it is not desirable to turn the
reigns of government over to socialists
or to permit them to get control of any
state government, we fail to see the
danger to Washington or ny other
state that has undeveloped resources,
through the introduction of this colony
into Its territory.
.For years the Pacific coast states
have been inviting immigrants from
all countries. . They have expended
vast sums of money in advertising
their resources, in order to attract the
attention of houaeseekers. Now that a
colony that may possibly reach 100,000
is heading this way, why should the
Portland dailies raise such an ob
jection. Debs is not a deamnn that he' should
be feared, nor are those who will com
pose his colony cloven-footed orforked
tailed monster. They ure laboring
men of different trades, men skilled in
almost eyery industrial pursuit, men
who have been educated to earn their
living by the "sweat of the brow." ana
such men are the . kind who develop
tbe resources of any country." As to
their socialistic tendencies, they are
not altogether commendable, but even
these short-comings may be overbal
anced by the good effects the state of
Washington, may experience in
having its population increased by
100,000 able bodied, industrious men,
who will become producers and con
sumers. II tne Portland papers nave
been really in earnest in iuvitlng im
migration to tbe coast, they have no
reason for opposing the Debs colonists,
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Mr. Gladstone holds that the sultan
of Turkey Is the greatest assassin of
the age. The grand old man evident
ly has overlooked Weyler.
Governor fiudd says he will bring
mandamus proceedings against War
den Hale to compel him to hang Dur-
rant on the date now fixed, July 9i.b
This should, settle the fate of the girl
murderer.
The democrats-in- the senate will
agree to tne consideration xi a mone
tary commission bill at this session of
congress, and threaten to prolong the
tariff discussion indefinitely if the
money question la brought up. The
result is that there will probably be no
financial legislation until the regular
session.
There will be but two issues in the
coming Ohio election. One is the
money question and the other is Mark
Hanna. The republican state conven
tion has declared for the gold standard
and Hanna, two pretty heavy loads for
any party to carry these dull times.
Bryan is hated and denounced as a
demagogue by tbe "conservative"
press of the country. This is a good
sign that Bryan is telling some truths
to the people. Men who expose
wrongs usually are declared dema
gogues by tnosa wno profit by wrong
doing.
What's the matter with Tom Reed
and his little manaklns in the lower
house of congress? They are sitting
around doing nothing but wait for the
slow old senate to pass the tariff bill,
while they might as well be doing
something to redeem the promises
made by their party last November.
. The fate of Spain will soon be in the
hands of Minister Woodford. When
he reaches Madrid he will be elothed
with authority to make demands upon
Spain that mean freedom for Cuba,
and possibly annexation to the United
States. This may involve this govern
ment in war, but that is preferable to I
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permitting such butcheries to continue
as have been practiced in Cuba since
the war has been in progress.
That ex-Senator Mitchell still has
the ear of the administration is evi
denced by the appointment of J. W.
Ivey, of Portland, to be collector of
customs for Alaska. Ivey was one of
Mr. Mitchell's chief lieutenants at
Salem last winter.
The rain the first of tbe week was a
greater promoter of prosperity in
Eastern Oregon than any legislation
that will be enacted by the present
session of congress. With good crops,
which are now assured, and fair prices
farmers will be able live even under
the administration of "promised pros
perity and restored confidence."
That McKinley -prosperity which
was to flood the - country as soon as
confidence was restored is placing
many industries-in the hands of re
ceivers. That is probable what has
become of both prosperity and confi
dence says the Portland - Dispatch,
They should be put' into circulation
without further delay.
Princeton College has conferred up
on ex-President Cleveland the dtgree
of doctor of laws. It Is an empty honor,
but it displays the toadyism which
even our higher institutions of learn
ing are falling into. If Mr. Cleveland
had never been elevated to-office, the
college would never have thought of
conferring an honorary degree, upon
him.
The colored clergy are protesting
against the lynching of their people
for outraging defenseless women, and
demanding that more stringent laws
be enacted for the prevention of mob
violence. Their efforts to stop lynch
ings would be more effectual if devoted
toward raising the standard of morality
among their race. Let tbem prevent
ravishing and there will be no lyinch-
ing as a punishment for that offense.
"Prompt actioo on the tariff bill will
divert . many millions from private
pockets into tbe national treasury,"
says the Globe-Democrat. But that's
just wat'a the matter with some of the
senators. They have constituents who
want to secure the millions for them
selves before the tariff bill becomes a
law. There are 1 men in the senate
who have little concern about the
national treasury so long as those to
whom they owe their election are pro
vided for.
Senator Hanna is making a holy
show of himself in his efforts to secure
the endorsement of the Ohio republi
cans for re-election. ,.He was carried
from Cleveland to Toledo on a special
train, accompanied by 400 striker?, be
decked with red badges on which was
woven tl e picture of .the political boss,
There appears to be no opposition to
Hanna succeeding himself, but this
demonstration ought t3 so thoroughly
disgust the Buck Eye republicans as
to make them all turn against him.
Tbe damage done, by . the recent
earthquake in India .was so grate that
tbe money collected 3 pay tbe expen'
sea of celebrating the queen's jubilee
nas been used to. relieve tne sufferers,
and the jubilee was abandoned. Had
the money paid for wine in London
been used for the same purpose
it
would have done vastly more good
and would have been' a notable event
In the closing years of the venerable
queen's reign. '
Ex-Senator Hill began a speech in
Rochester last week with tbe remark
"I am here to say that I am not a pessi
mist. I believe that prosperity will
come to U3 In the future." Scarcely any
body in the nation but agrees with Mr.
Hill on his last proposition, but
tbey are divided as to dates.: Some
expect it under thepresentadmiDlstra-
tion. but the majority have put off tbe
date until after 1900. The alvance
agent having failed to bring the prom'
ised good times, mot people, now be
lieve that they will have t wait until
he is retired from office. N
The Oregonian says, people who
come from the East are "suprised to
find that '16 to 1' is still talked about
out here" and that the "absurdity of it
is so great that tbe phrase is scarcely
ever used in the Eastern States." ' In
deed the Oregonian's informants must
have come from some.. very -emote
quarter of the East, since a number of
the leading papers on the Atlantic
coast are still talking about free coin
age at 16 to 1, and in Ohio, only about
750 miles west of the Atlantic ocean,
it will be a leading issue in the coming
state election. Tbe Oregonian wants
the 16 to 1 issue to die buf it will not
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for the Coming" Struggle.
HANNA IN THE SADDLE
He Ride Over Everything in the Ohio
Republican Convention and Se
cured its Endorsement.
Bushnell Be-Nominated for Governor and
a Whole Hanna Ticket Fat up -The
Republican Bou Confident
of Victory.
Des Moines, la., June 23. About
1000 delegates were proses t when StMto
Chairman Healey called the demo
cratlc state convention to order. The
announcement that ex-Congressman
White, the leading candidate for gov
ernor, would preside as cnairman w is
greeted with cheers. A large picture
of W. J. Bryan was - unveiled at the
rear of the stage, --.i
White, in his address, said in part
"None but veritable demagoguesdis
sent from the - statement that condl
tions throughout the country are not
only unsatisfactory, but deplorable and
actually alarming. The cause of true
reform suffers because a great many
people rest secure in the belief that
their freedom remains unimpaired so
long as they are not actually sold npon
the block.
"We concede the natural superiority
of some men over others, but we never
concede that Rockefeller's brain is 20,
IKK) times bigger or zwO times more
active than other people's brains. Not
content with controlling the coal
fields, ore denosits, oil fields, timber
supplies, provision market, labor mar
ket, transportation lines, telegraphs
and telephones; not satisfied with own
ing the executive, judiciary, congress,
most of the state legislatures, and tbe
entire metropolitan press, these multl
millionaires have determined to possess
themselves of the vast additional power
of controlling the people's finances.
"The program is to utterly destroy
the use of silver for primary money
To make it artincally scarce so as to
mark the price of labor and its produces
down, and to legislate the value of the
gold dollar up, but the old democrat
ship is still afloat. This historic craft.
under temporary command of a tre.ich
erous captain, was recently anchored
In the. mud holes of republican landing
places. But the patriotic crew uncere
moniously j threw the captain over
board, thoroughly renovated tlie old
ship, and installed a new captain. He
immediately weighed anchor, quit the
foul waters of republican ports, and to
day William" J. Bryan' Is navigating
the proud craft upon the blue waters of
the high sea, with the aid of an old'
fashioned Jeffersonlan compass."
Tbe state central committee created
a conference committee to meet com
mittees of the populists and free-silver
republican conventions on the ticket
and other things.
Des Moines, June 23. The free sil
ver republican state convention opened
with 150 dolegates present. A confer
ence committee was appointed to met
a like committee or democrats and
populists. '
Des Moines, ' June 23. Four bun-;
dred delegates were present at the
populist state convention. C. V. Hoi-
ley was named for temporary chair
man, ills address was ior tne iree
coinage of silver at 16 to 1.
' CSDKB HANNA-8 COSTBuU
Tbe Nation! Chairman Had the ' Ohio
CODTantlon Under Hll Tnamb.
Toledo, O., June 23. With the
contest for chairmanship settled in
favor of Major Dicksflfnd the entire
Hanna slate, the republican state con'
ventlon proceeded today with tbe us
ual business. The report of the cred
entials committee was adopted without
opposition. Temporary organization.
with Grosvenor in tbe chair, was made
permanent
The committee on platform was in
session all night, trying to frame a
platform so as to prevent a contest
over the civil service, Cuban and other
resolutions. The platform rejoices
oyer the republican victory last fall
and the election of McKinley; endorses
every declaration 01 tne ot.. jlouis
platform; commends the president's
course in dealing with tbe Cuban ques
tion; endorses the annexation of Ha
wall; favors arbitration between -em
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ployers and employes; demands pro.
tection to wool growers, and endorses
M. A. Hanna for U. S. senator.
Hanna was called for. He said the
republicans had been warned that this
was a dangerous year. He joined in
accepting the challenge. The opposi
tion will rex ive free silver In Ohio,
but never again free wool. The sena
tor paid a high tribute to the presi
dent's efforts to bring about prosperity.
The following nominations were
made: Governor, Asa Bushnell; lieutenant-governor,
A. W. Jones; su
preme judge, J. F. Burkett; attorney-
general, Frank Monnett; treasurer,
Samuel Campbell.
A CYCLONE IM KANSAS.
Three Person Killed and at Leaat Fonr
injured. v -
Kansas City, June 24. A special to
the Star from Salina, Kan., says:
A terrible cyclone passed 15 miles
north of this city last night. So far as
heard three are dead and a number
dancreronsly injured. The dead are:
Mrs. Anna Geesey, aged 34. ':
Nola Geesey, 13.' - ,
Ida Geesey, 9.
. Four members of this family were
also badly hurt.
Mr.'.Geesey was away from home.
The remainder of tbe family had re
tired, and when the storm struck they
made for their cave.
Before they, had gotten out of the
houso the tornado had destroyed it.
The work of destruction was not
known till this morning, when neigh
bors found the dead and injured mem
bers of the family lying about in the
debris. Tbe three dead were found 50
feet east of the house, and near them
the body of a girl, alive, but buried to
her waist in dirt.
OUIO RKPCBLICANS.
They Convene At Toledo to Settle UUpatea
Set ween Boue.
Toledo, O., June 22. The repub
lican state convention begins here to
day. It will nominate a full state
ticket and indorses a candidate - for
United States senator. There is no
opposition to Senator Hanna. for both
the short and long terms, and none to
renomination of Governor Bushnell
and other state officers. .
The only contest has been from tbe
start for control of the central com'
mittee, elects the campaign chairman
Foraker, Bush nelland others have been
untiring In their efforts to retain
Chairman Kurtz, while Hanna and tbe
old following of McKinley and Secre
tary Sherman have supported Major
Dicks for tbe place. The fight has in
volved party leaders on one side or the
other, and is the most bitter contest
that has been waged within either
party for years.
Senator Hanna arrived from Cleve
land with a large escort shortly after
11a. m., and held a conference with
Major Dicks, who presented a ultima'
turn from Governor Bushnell. Bush
nell authorized Dicks to say to Hanna
that he would decline the renomlna
tion it Chairman Kurtz was not re
tained in charge nf state headquarters
Liberal' Cuban Policy.
New York, June 2r-A Herald dis
patch from Madrid says: Tbe avowed
and final Cuban policy of the liberal
party is now comple. It guarantees
autonomy, sincere and thorough, di
rected by a trustworthy and humane
civilian governor. The newspapers
are busy looking up tbe speech which
it is alleged General Woodford made
years ago favoring the Cuban rebels.
and drawing . inferences therefrom.
They also echo the statement pu bllshed
in an English paper that the Hawaiian
islands would be at the mercy of the
Spanish fleet in the event of an inter
national rupture.
Flehtlne Ended For the Season.
New Yoek. June 23. A letter that
was written by General Maximo Go
mez, dated May 17, has been received
by the Cuban junta. It states that the
rains having begun, and fighting is over
for the season. During the period of
inactivity the Cuban army is reduced
to 3000 men, but, writes Gomez, these
men are well-equipped, well-fed, sturdy
and efficient soldiers. The Spanish
army, the Cuban general describes as
ill-equipped and ill-fed.
Htlll on the Wool Question. ,
Washington, June 23. Senator
Quay today moved to restore the house
rate of 32 per cent ad valorem on third-
class wool, valued at 13 cents or less.
The Western senators combated it.
Quay also moved to lay on the table
the amendments of the finance com
mittee to parragraph 337 (wool), the
effect being to restore tbe house rates,
and the motion was loet by a vote of
19 to 11.
there has or can
secure Baker
BAKER DEPARTMENT 3
Consolidated Steel & Wire Co.
IT CREATED A BREEZE
Republican Senators Quarrel
Over Wool Schedule.
KING CARNIVAL REIGNS
The Entire City of London
Masquerade Attire.
is in
Ohio Brpabllcana Convene at Toledo to
Settle Disputes Between So tea
The Father of Charlie Kou
Dead Coal Company FaUa .
Washington, Juue 22. The wool
schedule was taken up in the senate to
day. The first contest came In a mo
tion to reduce the rate on first-class
wool from 11 to 10 cents a pound. It
was carried oy a vote of 65 to 13.
This result was followed by a mild
sensation on the republican side. Car
ter said the vone disclosed a purpose to
reduce tbe wool rates, and served
notice that a day of reckoning would
come, wnen a combination wonrd care
more about the matter. He suggested
a postponement of the wool rates. For
aiter vehemently reinforced Carter's
remarks and announced that unless
the agreement that he supposed had
been reached on wool was respected,
every senator must act for himself.
Allison endeavored to smooth mat
ters and mildly roseate? the suggestion
of a combination. Foraker, Allison
and Quay then proceeded to taunt each
other about combinations that had
been made, and come near disclosing
partyvgecreta that had better hav re
mained untold. The tilt between the
senators prevented any further action
on the wool schedule, and it went over
until tomorrow.
KINO CABMIVAL KEIGNS.
Entire City of London Is In Masquerade
Disguise.
New York, June 22. A Tribune
dispatch from London says:
King Carnival reigns in the queen'
capital. Old London is in masquerade
disguise and is unrecognizable except
at points where stately architecture
like that of the hou-es of parliament
and West Minister Abbey defies with
its noble sobriety the decorator's work,
The narrow streets, barricaded and
stalled for today's bewildering pageant,
are filled day and night with a rushing
torrent of sightseers.
Business has been at a standstill for
several days, and traffic in all tbe
leading thoroughfares is blocked for
hours at a time. Regulars and volun
teers have been marching into their
camping grounds all day, and with re
inforcements received during the
night and early this morning there will
be a temporary garrison of 50,000
soldiers parading and lining the
streets. Sideshows are lnumerabie
and the blare of trumpets and the rum
ble of drums can be heard at every
turn.
These jubilee scenes are heartly en
ioved bv the vastest holiday assemb
lage ever known. It is the even of
splendid fete of imperialism, and can
hardly fail to light up the English lm-
tnagination with a new glow of patri
otic pride. '
A Coal Company Falls.
New York, June 22. Henry S.
White and Elmer Stockton have been
appointed receivers for the Randolph
Coal & Coke Company, that operates
mines near Sparta, 111. The applica
tion was made by Francis GUette,
president of the company. It was
shown that the assets were only tl00,-
000, owing to depreciation of the com
pany's lauds, while the liabilities are
$717,000.
BEB KIUUl'S IN DAAG-B .
That is Use. Season Jap in Opposes Hs-
- wallan Annexation. -
Washington, June 24. The gist of
the protest of Japan against tbe annex
ation of Hawaii to the United States,
as read to the senate committee on
foreign relations yesterday, was as
follows:
"The acquisition of Hawaii by an
nexation to tbe United States would
deprive the resident Japanese in the
islands of the rights to wbich they are
entitled under the present treaty with
Hawaii. There are 25,000 Japanese in
the islands with large property rights,
and under present conditions they are
entitled to become citizens of Hawaii.
"In case of annexation these Japan
ese could not become citizens of the
United States, as decisions of the
Perfect Barb Wire.
H. J. McMANUS, manager. 3
United States circuit courts are to the
effect that no Aslatio can become a
citizen of the United States.
"By annexation the Japanese now
resident In Hawaii would be subject to
any measures that might be adopted by
the United States. Tbey would lose
tho right to become citizens and vote.
Large interests owned by Japanese
citizens in the islands would be great
ly jeopardized. Therefore the Japan
ese government must firmly protest
against the proposed annexation."
Charired With Cattle-Bastllng.
Pomerov, Wash., June 23. Sheriff
Baldwin, Deputy Russell and Chief of
Police Sherrill last night in this city
arrested William Jones, of Asotin
City; W. L. Keed and FJisha Blanken
ship, of Peola, in this county, for
cattle-rustling. They had the cattle
in their possession, and had made sale
of them to W. J. Rummons, of this
place, who suspected that they bad
been stolen, and "put tbe officer on.'
There seems to be an organized band
in the east end of this county and Aso
tin, where large numbers of fat cattle
have disappeared this spring and sum .
mer. .
Willamette Fishing season Over.
Oregon City, June 23. Fishings
operations on the Willamette are ended
for this season, practically all tbe fish
ermen having gone to the Lower Col
ombia. While the catch was not all'
that was desired, the business was a
great deal mora satisfactory here this
season than last year, and the men did
fairly well. More salmon went up tbe '.
Willamette over tbe falls than have
gone during the preceding five years, '
and tbe upper river ought to be pretty
well stocked. From now until the
close season begins, August 10, not
enough fish will be caught in the Wll
lamett to supply the market. '
Tbe bonded debt of New York City
Is $114,101,209; Brooklyn, $57,728,522;
boston, $43,774,548; Philadelphia, $34,
207,720; Cincinnati, $26,660,167; St .
Louis, $20,647,711; Chicago, $17,078,950 .
As the oonded debt of the cities and
country grows the opportunity for
coming generations to make a living
anl put aside "something for a rainy
day" will grow less and less. The
bonded debts, robbing men of oppor
tunities, will in time rob them of their
liberties and deny to the mass of them
the right of suffrage and the spirit
that pervades the Declaration of Inde
pendence, a spirit that is so necessary
to a land of the free. East Oregonian.
There are many evidences of the ap
proach of tbe ion? delayed gold stand
ard prosperity. The iron strikers -at,
Pittsburg have returned to work at
greatly reduced wages, the strikers st
Hudson, Mass., have given in and will
hereafter work at starvation wages,
and the employes of the cotton mills at
Fall River have decided to accept a
reduction in wages. Thus does pros
perity march steadily onward for the
rich manufacturer. But how is it
about tbe working man, don't be wish
now that be had voted for William J. '
Bryan?
A disinterested
and clear . headed .
judge doesn't al
low himself to be '
biased by pre jo-
dice. Superstition .
doesn't affect his
decisions. Mere
tradition has no
place in his reasoning-.
-Facts are
the only things
which he consid
ers. If the intelli
gent men and wo
men who make ud
this great country
of ours will simply
brills their reason
and common -sense
to bear on the
Sroblem ef curing
eir sickness, we
will soon be a na.
Hon most remarkable for health and longev
ity. The plain, on decorated tacts about Dr.
Pierce's Golden 'edical Discover are all
that is necessary to convince fair-minded
people of its transcendent merit. They
are as follows :
All diseases come from rerma. The s-erme
ret uito tbe blood, propagate and increase
in the blood, which carries them all over the
ooay. . When they hnd a weak spot, they
stick to the weak spot. It becomes dis
eased spot, and the disease is called by the
name corresponding to its location in the
body. The cause is the same for nearly all
diseases. All impurities are germs, or breed -perms.
Impure blood means germ filled
blood. Kill the germs, eliminate the im
purities, enrich the blood, and it will force
itself into the diseased spot and strengthen
it, and give it power to throw off the germs
that exist there. Dr. Pierce's Golden Med.
ical Discovery is designed to do this that'
is the theory. The facts are these tens of
thousands of people have used the "Dis
covery." It osed to be sold with the under
standing that if it didn't cure, it should be
returned, and the money refunded. No
body ever asked for the money, and so that
clause was dropped. Thousands of people
have written voluntary letters of thanks to
its discoverer. A few of these letters have
been included in Dr. Pierce's great thou
sand page book. Common Sense Medical
Adviser. It will be sent absolutely frtt on
receipt of sri one-cent stamna to nav for
mailing only. Address, with stamps, World's
Dispensary Medical Association, No. tJ
Uab Street, Buffalo, N. Y. .
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