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"JLET THEM BE PUBLISHED.
When the idea was first conceived of
pensioning old or disabled soldiers it
was the Intention that the pension l'st
should be a roll of honor and that pen
Bions should be a reward, cheerfully
given by a grateful people, to those
who offered their lives to save the
nation from disunion and became dis
abled in the service. But this idea
has not been carried out. Designing
pension agents have so prostituted the
system that the pension list Is no
longer a roll of honor, and many a
really deserving old soldier is too
proud to be classed among the treasury
looters and refuses to apply for a pen
sion to which he is justly entitled.
It is asserted that one-third the pen
sions at present are fraudulent and
illegal, also that men are on the list
and drawing pensions that have been
dead for years. If these accusations
are true, it is indisputable evidence
that there is, to say the least, gross
negligence practiced in the pension
bureau. Frequent investigations have
been made, but they have beea so
whitewashed that no good has come
therefrom. But a most simple and in
expensive method could be adopted to
ferret out the frauds and eliminate from
the pension rolls all dead men and
fraudulent pensioners. Were the
government to publish each year in at
least one paper in each county the
names and postoffice addresses of all
pensioners in the county, the frauds
would in a short time be weeded out.
Id soldiers would co-operate-with the
' government in this matter, and would
. be the first to expose the frauds, for
they are far from willing to see the
government" robbed.
While no loyal citizen objects to
giving pensions to those who are de
serving, there is strong objection to
ying a single one who is not entitled
it, and besides the people have a
ight to know whom they are taxed to
support. No pensioner who is entitled
to the bounties of the government can
about fair promise or forbidding pros
pect not a moment except for hard
work and troubled sleep! Should we
wonder that such men often put down
the pick, the ax, the saw, the shovel
and fall into line with those who refuse
to work when thero is a chanco to
strike? I have watched these men go
to work in the early morning, only
half awake from a short night's rest
to the sawmill, to the bo. factory, to
the cabinet 6hop, to the wharfs, to the
stables, to the warehouses, to the
gravel pits: and I haye seen youDg
woman, sadlooking and dejected, go at
the same hour to the factories and
laundries as many as 125 at one time
to Fleischner, Mayer & Co.'s to en
gage in arduous, physical toil for ten
hours, or twelve hours, or fifteen hours
a dav. and wondered wherj the limit
of human endurance may be reached.
I have a profound pity for these people,
but only a deep-rooted and ineradicable
contempt for the system to which they
are alaves'."-
RISE ASD FALL OF LOTTERIES
object to having his name appear upon
le roil oi Honor, dus tnose receiving
the bounties of the government with
out earning them will raise an awful
howl. ' These, however, are the ones
who should be exposed and detected,
"Nf " hence their objections can be of little
' consequence. Let the list be published
by all means. ,
- The more that is seen of the failure
of parties to carry out the principles
enunciated : in their platforms, the
more one becomes convinced of the
growing tendency to gain power by
promising principles with no intention
of carrying them out. This is forcibly
illustrated by the policy of administra
tion toward Cuba. Presidont McKin
ley has reached the conclusion that
existing circumstances do not warrant
i interfering with Cuban affairs at pres
1 cat, yet affairs on that island have not
improved since the . platform on which
' he was elected was adopted.
"The government of Spain," says
the St. Louis platform, "haying lost
control of Cuba, and being unable to
protect the lives of resident American
, citizens, or to comply with its treaty
obligations, we -believe that the gov
ernment of the United States should
actively use its influence and good
- offices to restore peace and give inde
; ' pendence to the island."
' Again the St. . Louis platform says:
"We watch with deep and abiding in
terest the heroic battles of the Cuban
patriots against cruelty and oppres
sion, and our best hopes go out for the
full success of their determined con
test for liberty."
Not only is the administration doing
nothing to "give independence to
Cuba," but it has gone further, and
has a diplomatic understanding with
. Spain that it will keep its hands off
and give the new captain-general am
ple opportunity to put back the
shackles upon the Cuban patriots.
Had conditions in Cuba changed for
e better since the - republican
national convention " penned its dec
laration of principles, President Mc
Kinley would be justified in pursuing
his present course, but they have not.
In fact Spain is further today -from
subduing the insurgents than it has
ever been. It is incapable of estab
lishing any policy for the betterment
J-of the Cubans, and its only hope of
subduing them lies in extermination.
With this state of affairs existing, and
fin view of the declarationB of the plat
orm on which he was elected, the
president's acts can only be accounted
for in the supposition that the plank
in the nlatform referring to Cuba was
made only to catch vote.
V THJS LABORERS' LOT.
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About a week since the Supreme
Court of the United States rendered a
decision that the franchise of the
Frankfort Lottery of Kentucky, one of
the oldest and best-known lotteries in
the United States, was invalid. This
lottery was regularly chartered by the
State of Kentucky in 1838, and has
been in operation ever since; the new
constitution of Kentucky repealed all
lottery charters, but the owners of the
franchises claimed they had an in
violable contract, and the Frankfort
case was put forward as a test. The
United States Supreme Court, speak
ing through Justice Harlan, himself-a
Kentuckian, has now decided that a
lottery franchise is not a contract but
a privilege which can be repealed at
any time. This Soals the doom of the
last lotteries in the United States, and
assures the extinction of a great evil,
so far as laws can do it.
In this connection the Lonisville
Courier-Journal prints a history of
lotteries in Kentucky which shows the
march of public opinion in the course
of a century. In the latter part of the
eighteenth century and the earlier
portion of this century lotteries were
held in high esteem in all parts of the
country and employed all sorts of pur
poses. The New England Puritans
saw no wrong in them; they were run
to pay church debts; Harvard College
profited by a wheel of fortune; Yale
did tha same, and Princeton raised
$65,000 in the same way. In Kentucky
from 1792 till 1825 lotteries prevailed
without disapproval; from 1825 to 1871
they were tolerated; from 1871 to 1892
they were generally condemned, and
in the latter year they were outlawed.
This is a condensed history of moral
growth.
The first Kentucky lottery was char
tered in 1792 to raise $500 with which
to build a house for the worship of God
in the town of Lexington la after
years churches often received the
financial support of the lottery. In
1812 a Federal Judge, an ex-Governor
and an ex-United States Senator, re
ceived a lottery charter to enable
them to erect a union house of wor
ship in Frankfort. Industrial under
takings and municipal improve
ments oitan depend on this
prop. In 1801 there was a lead works
lottery to raise money to inaugurate
the manufacture of linnen. In 1818 a
single bill granting nineteen lottery
cbartor?, the purpose being such as
paving streets, building a Catholic
church, to build a hospital in Louis
ville, to erect . a bridge, to pay for a
public school,- to endow several
academies, etc. The grand lodere of
free masons received lottery aid to
the extent of $50,000 on one occasion,
and other Masonic lotteries were of
frequent occurrence. Medical schools,
colleges and public libraries were all
founded on lottery profits. One of the
most famous of the Kentucky lotteries
was the charter granted to Henry col
lege, which has been kept in operation
from 1850 up to date'. TheFrankford
lottery was established in 1833, the
original purpose - being to raise
$100,000. half of which was to go to
the public schools and half to the
creation of a city water works. .
The decline of the lotteries in Ken
tucky and elsewhere dates from about
1830, when the evils of their unchecked
prevalence were felt seriously. 1832
nine states bad prohibited lotteries,
and from that time on the advance of
public opinion was rapid. In the Ken
tucky constitutional convention - of
1849 a section was proposed to exclude
lotteries, but it was not adopted, the
time not being ripe for such action.
After a time the leading Kentucky
lottery charters were sold out to New
York speculators, who continued to
operate them under the old names;
but the knowledge that the privileges
were in the hands of professional
gamblers contributed to make them
unpopular and when the new constitu
tion of Kentucky was submitted, the
anti-lottery clause gained for it many
votes.
TO COME IN BROKEN DOSES
WILL BENEFIT ALL.
The Western Mining World makes
the following sensible remarks regard
ing the Klondike mining craze:
"In discouraging the insane rush to
the Klondike country the Western
Mining World is actuated only by a
desire to serve the deluded victims of
a craze, atd if possible, protect them
from the consequence of an artificial
boom. Those interested from any
cause in promoting the boom naturally
make the out-cry that an objection
raised is based on self-interest, and
that this periodical, for instance, is
governed by a desire to protect the
mining interests of Montana by'dis
suading people from investing in the
far north.
"If no humanitarian sentiments en
tered into the question, if it- were
right, to encourage men of limited
means and less common sense to en
gage in rainbow chasing, the World
would feel that the mining interests of
Montana could be best served by pro
moting the stampede that promises to
rival the crusades of antiquity. His
tory has demonstrated over and. over
again that a great mining excitement
m one locality always serves the gen
eral interests of the industry iu all
sections of "the country. That was
notably the case after the great Call
fornia excitement of 1849. The mining
industry, stimulated by the marvel
ous yield of gold, took on new' life
everywhere, with the result that the
inter-mountain region was successfully
prospected and wonderful producers of
wealth discovered. Cripple Creek,
British Columbia, and other discover
les have each in turn contributed,
general yigor to the mining industry
and led to a more active aud de
termined search for the precious
metals. The discoveries at Dawson
City will prove. no exception to the
rule. However rich the northland
may prove to be the inflow of people
will bo so utterly out of proportion to
the opportunities for success thatother
mining sections will profit from two
sources. First, the general interest
in mining created by the Klondike
boom will diffuse itself over -the
country to the advantage of every dis
trict of promise; and second, the re
action from the boom will lead to the
conservative investment of capital in
mining sections where speculation can
be tempered by the comfcrts of civil
ized life.
It is folly to suppose that all the
money seeking investment in mining
projects will strike the trail of the
mentally incoherent adventurers who
will go on missions of poverty to the
land of insects and ice. Capital will
go to Alaska not to demonstrate
mineral wealth, but to absorb it not
to hunt for gold fields.but to buy them.
It isn't in the prospecting business to
any overwhelming degree. That all
the capital seeking desirable invest
ments will fail to find them in that
part of the world goes without saying.
And yet capital set apart for invest
ment is not hankering for manufactur
ing enterprises, nor is it anxious to
engage in agricultural pursuits. The
mining fever is on; the Klohdyke ex
citement has deepened its intensity)
until capital is casting about Jo: every
mining state in the west' for the only
means whereby it can double itself
investment in reliable mining proper
ties. "The'greater the boo m in the north
the greater the volume of gold un
covered, the greater the advantage
that will be ultimately reaped --by
Montana and other mining states.
While this conclusion -is unavoidable
with' an intelligent observer of events,
it is nevertheless the duty of conserva
tive men to sail a halt upon the ex
oited thousands who contemplate rush
ing into Alaska to take pot-luck with
poverty and flirt with death, under the
delusion that a sun-crowned destipy.
will dispel the shadows and . lspd'tbem
to the wonderful Mecca of 'gold. 'j
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THBLE LINEN
50 inch Bleached Damask. .... $ .50 Special $ .44
58 " ".. " .75 ' ' " '
58 " " " , s.85 ," ..GO
70 " ' " . . 1.00 "' .70
72 " Satm ' " T.00 " - .82
72 " " 1.25 - " .06
72 " " " 1.50 '.' . .1.23
5-8 Bleached Napkins . .'. .80 .72
5-8 " " 1.00 -.70 .
5-8 " " . . . 1.25 .06
3-4- " " ..... 1.50 -1,23
3-4 " :. . . ITo" " 141
3-4 " " 2.50 1.00
3-4 " " . 3.00 - -"- 2.20
3-4 " " " 4.00 1 : " 2 08
3-4 " . .;..:-:5.ti0 " 4.07
7-S " " 7.00 " 5.10
. : rugs ' ;
SHOE DEPARTMENT
Gents' Black Velvet Embroidered Slippers ......
r.-.................... . . 75c grade for $ .50
Gents'-. Black Soft Kid Opera Slippers, .... . . ,'
. . : . ... .$1.25 grade for 1.00
Gents' Chocolate Stamped Alligator Slipper, -
very good values.. 1.25
Gents' Black Kid Turn Sole Slippers, extra tine
and easy 1.50
Gents' Wine l'ocket-hook Leather Slippers, hand-
some goods.
I Gents' Black Kid Turn Sole Pumps, for daneinc
parties .v. . . . ....... ... .
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Special Values for the Holidays in.rSniyrna, Axmin
ster, Moquette, Kwlistaii- riwi-Skiii Kugs.- ";
$ Jio yalues .
-l;25 values.
1.50 values
Ii75 values. ,
1.00".
1.25 .
1.35 :
$2..5Q values .
tjoj value's. .
4.o0...viiiues. .
.jp.OO value? , .
.$1 05
f 2.40
. 3.70
. 3.07
Leathei1: Turn Sole Pumps, very
Sole Felt Slip-
2.50
.50
1.00
pillows;
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A Beautiful Assortment-m. r LYE BIG .PILES
ut 22c, 45c, 00c, 80c aad 05cy ; ,Qur better grades of
Pillows up to .to.OO reduced in proportion.- -
Gents'- Patent
swell . V. .... . .; ........
LadieYPluslV Trinniied Leather
pers, -wrrth 75c, for . : . .... . . .-.
Ladies' lied, Pink and Black KuitSlippers; very
p'rettyTpTes'enfs. .'.' . . '
Ladies Extra Quality Turn Sole Felt Slippers,
." ' ;Black or Brown?. , , . . .... . . . . ,' ... . . : .'. . 1.35
Ladies? New. Grenette Turn Sole Felt Slippers,
the latest thing ontl;. .1.50
Also a fine line, of Felt Juliets, for :Ladies, Misses and
Children, and niiinevoiis other Holiday Goods.
Furnishing Goods.
A handsome assortment of Mufflers, Handkerchiefs,
Neckties, Hosiery, Etc. '
Gents' Neckties, just the tiling for everyday
wear .25
Gents' Neckties, especially good when you con
sider the price, . C?.. .50
Gents' Neckties, that will make, a homely man
look handsome .75
Gents' Neckwear, to suit the most fastidious and
exacting , .85c and 1.00
Gents' Neckties; the latest creations of Jin-desecle
conceptions $1.25 and 1.50
MUFFLERS
We have them for 50c that will keep you just as warm
as the very finesfc.
Fine Silk Mufflers, some handsome patterns $ .75
r ine mik .uutuiers, in large sizes. .
Fine Silk Mufflers, extra good values. .
Fine Silk Mufflers, superb in coloring. .$1.50 and
SILK HANDKERCHIEFS
Colored border or plain hemstitched . . ; .
Silk worked initials,, pure. white
In colors, a large variety to select fro
'In colors, heavy silk and large size 75c and
HOSIERY
Our Large Assortment of Fancy and Staple Hosiery
will make any man feel good from his toes up.
New Swell Plaids and Fancy SilkJIixtures.' $ .50
1.00
1.25
1.75
f -.25
.25
.35
1.00
ALL. GOODS MARKED N
PLAIN FIGURES
PEASE & HAYS
party is pledged to the maintaintmce
of the single , gold standard, any
change by it would require the issue
of bonds.' As the issue ,of bonds in
time of peace is " abhorrent to the
economic ideas of the ' people the re
publican, party can do nothing to re
form the currency.
TRUE TO HIS PROMISE. '
Despito to protests made by promi
nent officials and attorneys ot tno
coast and elsewhere to the elevation of
Joseph McKenna to the supreme j Ourselves.
Last Sat urday the pension appropria
tion bill passed 'the' house carrying
with it an appropriation of $141,263,880.
With the exception of the appropria
tipn bill of 18'93' ih.is is the largest ap
propriation for. pensions' yet" made
by congress. ". '' 1
: La Grande,. a;.-little place .half . the
size of The Dalles.., has met allrequire-.
ments in tha-wnyiOf bonus to secure a
beet sugar, factory.., ,,Jt will never do
for The Dalles- to;lat theseJittle, places
get away with it.. . .Let's get a move on
bench, President McKinley kept in
violate his promise to the attorney
ceneral and named him as associate
justice of the supreme court f the
United States to succeed Justice Field,
resigned.
There is probably no questiou but
the president promised Judge Mc- go; Oregoniau. i.
'Mr. Dingley asserts that by next
May the treasury receipts will be ex-;
ceedin'g the expenditures. Of course,
that settles it.. However, to make the
proof yet more incontrovertible, the
"republicans lorfdly- cheered." De
monstration could certainly no farther
ISSUED? BY GYMEZ
Words of Encouragement : to
- the Army.-.
CANADA TO BE LIBERAL
Regulations to Foreigners Entering
Klondike Will be Made As Lib-,
eral .as Possible. .
EDUCATIONAL SUFFRAGE.
'' That there is something out of joint
in the industrial system of the country
cannot be denied when the men who
. work hardest get the least of the com
j? forts and necessities of life, while those
ho labor least live in comparative
' ease and comfort. A writer in the
Sunday Welcome portrays the con-
; dition of the wage earner in rather a
- touching, though not overdrawn ar
ticle in which he says:
"I can't avoid the conclusion that
there is something wrong with the in
dustrial system of the country when I
see the plodding,stoop-skouldered, illy
clothed day-laborer going to his work
at 5:30 in the morning, with a scant
lunch in hind and a troubled face above
it, and meet him again at 7 in the
evening, tired and worn and dirty, on
his way home to bless his babies with
his presence and the assurance that he
has earned another dollar! There are
- five members of his family, perhaps,
who enjoy the comforts that a dollar a
a day will purchase, including 'rental
and wood and water and light, all of
' which cost twice as much as they
should. And yet he works at hard,
physical labor twice as many hours a
day as do the men who supply them.
Up at 5 in the morning, he finds it
difficult to close his days work at 9 in
the evening, labor hard and faithfully
as he may. Sixteen hours a day for
- one dollar! He enjoys no unusual
' comfort, can afford no luxuries, never
sees a show, seldom hears a sermon,
' has no time to read the newspapers,
ho spare moments for the Bible, no
hour for rollic and frollio with, his
children, no private chat with bis wife
Jt.
The plan of Secretary Gage for re
forming the currency is to not spring
the whole scheme .upon the people at
once, but to give it to them a' little at
a time. According to recent dispatches
Irom Washington, instead of embody
ing his views in one comprehensive
bill, that congress and the people mav
know just what to expect, he will cover
special subjects in special bills', giving
us a little reform at a time, so that we
will not feel the shock so suddenly,
.One. bill for refunding the public
debt, another reducing the tax on cir
culation, another to create small
national banks, and so oj through the
entire system, is tie program that is
'outlined.
Mr. Gage seems to adopt the policy
of the tariff reformers of a few years
ago who attempted a piece-meal plan.
and never accomplished anything. He
will probably meet with like failure.
The people are not byerly anxious for
currency reform on lines suggestedliy
Mr. Gage, but if they are to have it
they would prefer taking it all in one
dose, not having to accept it in broken
doses so that they will always be at a
loss to know just what the currency
laws of the nation are.
The nation weeps' with President
McKinley in his bereavement, yet one
cannot regret the peaceful and quiet
close of a well' spent life that has
passed the 88th milestone. Surround
ed with affectionate children, and
after htving seen her son elevated to
the highest position in the world, to
close he eyes to the busy cares of life
must have been a pleasure rather than
a regret to the one thus called to the
beyond. , ; -
Young, U'Ren and a few other popu
list leader's met in Portland last Satur
day and determined to hold an early
state convention. They issued an ad
dress to the people which tends to op
pose union .with any other party. -
It has been suggested in some of the
states that the election laws be
amended so that an educational test
shall determine the qualification of
voters. Among the tests proposed is
one requiring the correct writing of
section of the constitution. With th
free school system of the country i
operation for so many years, this re
quirement would appear to be not i
the least uareasonable. One of th
greatest blessings of the country
its free educational system . and
would seem but an act of patriotic
prudence to refuse the power to in
nuence oy ms oaliott any - manage
ment whatever of the go ernment by
those whose appreciation of its bless
ings are exhibited in their iguoi'ance
in addition, the primary object of the
free school system was to prepare tho
people, of the country for an inte'li
gent exercise of citizenship it would
seem to follow that those who refused
its advantages were willing to forego
the enjoyment of its rights and privi
leges in this respect. But before the
law is amended and such test applied
would it not be well to require that
the constitution .'be taught in .the
schools? . There . . ar . now many
branches taught at the public expense
which were not contemplated in the
original - system and which are un
necessary in tne qualifications re
quisite for the exercise of good citizen
ship. , There is every reason to believe
that if this plan had been' adopted at
the. beginning, much of the unwise
legislation that has1 burdened the
country would have been' avoided. It
is a well recognized fact that thi best
qualified men are hot always chosen
to make our laws, as many of them are
ignorant of the foundation upon which
the law must, stand. 'We think the
suggestion is a good one but the test
should be uniform in all states.
Keana that he would be elevated to
the supreme bench, in case of Justice
Field's resignation, when he. resigned
his place of the U: S. circuit bench to"'
accept a place in the cabinet, and it'l
was only just that the promise be ful-1
filled. This, however, does not excuse i takeQ up The Dy1(js? Tha vMp .g
the nresident.for ..having made such a- . , . . iV - ... ;
' AThat has become ' of the'' railroad
scheme of the inetrior and the en
couragement that was to be offered to
induce manufacturing industries that
were talked about so me" lime ago? Is
it hot about time these matters were
Bouse Judiciary Committee Preparing
Bankruptcy Bill Mother Mckinley
Laid to Rose -VeputySheri(T
Killed.
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promise before inquiring into the
XQ CURRENCY REFORM.
If Secretary Gage was really in
earnest in preparinga currency scheme
and believed that action on the ques
tion was intended by his party, per
haps be has learned by this time that
the banking business is only one of
the side shows in politics The party
has no desire to disturb the present
system or agreement by which the
banks sustain the party, and the party
in consideration of this service
pledges itself to maintain the gold
standard. There is danger in disturb
ing a currency system that has seryed
such excellent party purposes,' for the
reason that -no change or alteration
can bo made on the lice of. republican
party doctrine that would not make
the matter worse for the party. Pledg
ed as it is to the maintenance of the
gold standard the party has double the
ffdrt required to sustain' its position
than is necessary -to -justify and ad
vance the sentiment of sttreriooj nsge. -
Mr. Gage's political, leaders'-'knoir full
well that there is no remedy fbr-tbe i
evil of our currency systeio, but to
adopt the coi nage of silver, but as the
Qualifications ' of "'the"'- tnanr;'
supreme court should be composed
ofi the best talent in- the nation; no-second-rate
attorney should be ap
pointed to that place, and the presi
dent's wishes in the matter should not
be considered in the matter of con
firmation. If the senate finds Mc
Kenna lacking in the requirements for
a justice of the highest tribunal in the
land, it then becomes the duty of that
body to refuse to confirm him.
Precedent is not lacking where the
senate has refused to confirm the ap
pointment of an associate 'justice.
When President Cleveland appointed
Llornblower, of New York, the senate
was in accord with the president, still
his confirmation failed, and incom
petency was not charged against the j
appointee. It was more a personal :
crtnirio-A nf RnnntAr 'Rill limn .fl.nvt.hino'
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else that defeated his confirmation.
Evidently President McKinley does
not expect McKenna to be confirmed,
since be insists that McKenna does
not resign as attorney-general until
the senate takes action.. The appoint
ment was made only to redeem a pledge
made by the president, with little ex
pectation that it would receive favor
able action from the senate in the face
of the strong opposition presented.
; fading, and if anything in these lines
. j is to be done before '1898 there is no
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THE AMERICAN TRAMP.
Probably no other country in the
world is so beset with that class of in
dividuals known as the ''tramp" as is
the United States. All over the
country they are met with. They are
a migratory class oi individuals wno
as a rule have determined to live with
out work, and are ready to commit any
sort of crime rather than earn a living
by toil, yet there are exceptions to
this rule among them. Occasionally
there is among them men who are not
on the. road Irom cdoice, . put irem
necessity. These are men who. during
the past few years- of dull times were
unable to get work' to maintain them
selves in the large cities where they
bad been born or raised. and there was
-but one alternative for them to starve
at home or go on the road. They ac
cepted the latter, and many an honest
hard working man is today tramping
that would earn'1 an honest living if
given an opportunity. lney do not
beg until hunger driyes them to it, and
then hesitate to a3k for charity. But
there is a class among . the "profes
sional tourists," who arer'tramp3 from
hoice. They believe the world owes
them a living, and are' devoting their
nergies to'collecting it.1 "This class
is . ever persistent, and never ceases
to make itself obnoxious. It, is a dif
ficult matter tor pebple to distinguish
between the two classes, and often the
unworthy is fed while' the worthy is
sent away!' Taken as a class the Ameri
can tramp is a study and' dealing with
the army, that liye.s off those who toil is
becoming a serious problem, one that
is difficult fo dispose of. It i4 becom
ing a nuisance' that is becoming un
bearable, and if the tramp element is
not taken care of by the st'?te, It will
in time impoverish those who toil and
will convert all but a comparative fen
to a condition of pauperism.
If all is ..true of Portland that is
written; if it is a rendevous for thugs,
gamblers and firebugs, it is an unsafe
place to. invest capital. Then why not
capital that is there move a hundred
miles up the river to The. , Dalles, the
best regulated and most economically
administered city in the state?
. Hon. W.J. Bryan, is in Mexico in
vestigatipg business. and industry iu a
silver standard country. When he re
turns we may expect some reliable in
formation as to the condition of affairs
there. If Bryan-finds things in as do-
ploarblo a state in Mexico as some of
our gold friends would make them ap
pear,' he ho doubt will say so'.'-and will
advise' that silver' -agitation in the
United States cease. "
A party who has .been keeping cases
on the awplicants for , federal ofli
cessays there .are on an average 80
aspirants 'for every, otiice at the dis
posal of the. president. Seventynine
out of every 80. of,. these will be disr
appointed and will go to their homes
feeling that an injustice has been
done them. When another election
comes around many of them will real
ize the fact that? an injustice has been,
dono them, and ..will get their razors
out for the party tivat ailed to recog
nise their claims.-;;;,.;.
The fight that is1 being waged by the
Oregonian against the police force of
Portland comes at rather a late date
to have much effect" There is little
doubt that the potfde Jforceis"standing
in with the toughs and thugs for the
purpose of reyetfueV nor is there any
doubt that former' police forces have
done the same thing; and the fact that
the Oregonian has' just found it out,
would appear that its motives ar ac
tuated by some otber principle than
the desire for rigbtfhSj revail. Judg-ing-from
its fast eile'ner, one trould in
fer that it wa9 all "rtglt 'wiih tbe Ore
gonian so long vls Jbe' Simon's police
force was standing0 fri.' but when the
''hated -'Fenhoy'er'a''1 force 'does the
same thing-it is alF wrong. "
New York, Dec;. 14.-T..-Et.rad
Palma. representative of 4hjiCtib'am'
proyisionalgovernment, has received
from General Maximo Gomez, a copy
of a proclamation he has recently is
sued, rejecting autonomy. The docu
ment, which is addressed to the army
of liberation; reads: . -...
"Patriot soldiers,, ,wh6 arc fighting
for the emancipation of .the Cuban
people: ' General Blanco, the substi
tute for bloodthirsty .Weyler, who
threatens us, comes to establish new
features in this war. He says so in his
proclamation to the country and to the
army. But we do . not desire to mike
any changes, and the war will. be. car
ried oa .by us just the same as .Cjjcpin
menced it, since all our campaigns &?
carried on in accordance with the meth
ods of civilized warfare '
"Everything that helps the enemy
must be destroyed and everything that
seems to. harass him must bo accom
plished. This is our right.
"Our purposes have been well de
fined and sufficiently proclaimed to the
world. We aim at tbe independence
of our country; Cuba for the Cubans;
America for the Americans.
"To attain these hish aud honorable
results we rely on our pledged honor,
the possession, of the island and tbe
lapse of . time. Resources to carry on
the struggle will spring forth from our
resistance. The hopes of Spain to
eubduo us are already blasted. Gen.
Blanco represents her last and liual
resort.
A BANKRUPTCY BILL ASSURED.
D
o you'
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Gang
WALKING PLOW
OR HARROW . .
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They are GUARANTEED, to work successfully any where,
"v.". ..'.''They are Guaranteed to he Stronger Built, Lighter
Draft, and Easter . Handled than uny others. . .
Don't take our word, , but try one, as thousands of good
farmers have done, ard be convinced. ....
The
g.i.'t':jiv.r
Nw Superior Drills and Seeders
HAVE NO EQUAL
In buying these goods you can ALWAYS GET EXTRAS
for them at reasonable prices, which is a big item to farmers.
'bis i
Mr
stone of .a woman's
life: 'Her fondest'
hope .test upon., this
tender emotion her.
highest pride iffia Her .
capacity to awaken
the love which, makes
a happVj, wile ;. ..nf
noblest ambitibn is f.)
become . a lovod ani
loviin mother. .,
Any weacness -or
disease ..which jmca-ue
pacitates her to fulfill ,. t
the exalted' function
of motherhood is the
saddest blight which
can . come uppn . a wq-. ; rs
man s lile.
But there is no reaf--- -
son in nature why anv:..
hill 'ranrps nr 1 c-
rangeinents of this kind should'eontimie tt
exist. Ninety.-nme-UmeA m a hundred they
are completely .overcome in. a perfectly
natural and scientific way by the use of Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription, which eivea
healthy jHMver and capacity to the special
organs,; rein lorees ine nerve-centres, ana
makes natural," healthy motherhood possi
ble; safe and comparatively easy
It makes the coming of -baby almost free
from pain: gives strength and cheerfulness
to the mother, and constitutional vigof to
the child; It is the only medicine in the
worm devifea tor this one purpose bv an
educated physician, a skilled and cxneri'
nced specialist in this particular field of
- 41 V raTiiyt 1V Minilflrll'fn npgJun.'lunul.J
-ravorne irescnpnan, as it Has done me a world
pi good, ana nas, undoubtedly saved-my life,"
writes Mrs. Florence. Hunter, of -Corlev, Loan
Co.. Ark. ' I miscarried four times; cou'ltl get no
medicine tcrdo-meaoFEoed. . I concluded to trv
the 'Favorite Prescription ' arid .firr inL-ini
peveral bottles of it I made my husband a present
pf a fine girt. I think it is the besl medicine in
the world1
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets L fine is a
Jax,atjye, ,twj .a jnUdcalartic.
House Judiciary Committee Is Busy Pre
paring One.
Washington. Dec. 14 A national
bankruptcy bill, similar in its suDstan
tinT features to the HenderrOQ-Culber-
ni house bill of the last session, will
be roboried to the house- thia week by
the'judiciary committee.
The hill provides fdr both-voluntary'
and involuntary bankruptcy. s By Us
provisions any. one may go "into volun
tary bankruptcy except corporations.
The latter may be" forced' 'into U bub
not otherwise. Wage earners, laborers
and farmers cannot be forced -into it.'
All others are subject to; involuntary
bankruptcy for" certain desi-gnjated
caasea - In eeneral principles,' theTii-
voluntary causes relate Ur fraudulent
conduct on the part of the bankrupt.
Canada Likely to Ue Liberal.
. Ottawa, Dec. meeting of the
Yukon committee of ,tbecabinet was
held last night., - Although no report
has been adopted. by the committee, it
is understood thajt customs regulations
to. .foreigners, entering the Klondike
will be made as liberal as possible.
The members of the committee and
of the cabinet recognize and appre
ciate tbe handsome way iu which the
pnited States . government met the
wishes of .the. Canadian government in
Call and see these goods at
JOS. T.
PETERS
The
& CO.,
Dalles, CregDti
ran out of tbe building and command-1 UI Doom Pronounced.
.l 11 .1 . J. .
.iuC,OJCH,erHiurn!1utr. iwerey- SAN FRANnsm. Df!. l.V William
wetner attempted to raise his eun , rT ti,j T.. .
from his horse dead. . I oemned murderer of Blanche Lamont,
j was sentenced this morning by Super
ior Judge Bahrs for the fourth time to
' Laid Away to Repose.
Canton. Dec. 14. Today in the
presence of sorrowing relatives-and
sympathetic friends of the deceased,
all that was mortal of Mrs;- Nancy
Allison McKinley,- mother of the
president of the United -States; was
laid at rest with befitting ceremonies.
The services at the McKinley boine-
Btead were private being attended only
by relatives of the family and intimate
friends, including the unember. of the
cabinet, who. -have come from Wash
ington, and their., wives. After the
conclusion of this service the casket
containing'' Mother MuKinlev's re
mains was'-taken- to -the- church es
oorted by eortege of vast length, and
'here the public services were .heldi.
'' "' - A Terrifio Kaoaas Storm: . . ' !
Topeka, Kan., Dec. 13. People
living oh "the 'plains of Western
Kansas are" suffering' -' from a . ter
rific blizzard ' tonight. The 'storm . is
filling the air with show and sweeping
across the plains at the rate of 50 miles
an hour. Mariy people, living remote
from towns; are destitute of fuel and
serious results may follow. Thousands
of head of cattle wintering on the
prairies will doubtless perish.
-Gold Kear ly,
Port Townsend, Dec. 15. Charles
6. Warren, of this city, a returning
establishing customs pons at Dyeaand passenger on the steamer Al-Ki, re
Skagaway, to the great convenience of ports the discovery of rich diggings
all parties going to. the .Interior. In
many other ways the kindness of the
United States government is being
mentioned in this ceonection as the
work of . the ..committee is progressing.
Tho committee will recommend a
change in the size of claims, aud also
be grouping of alternate claims.
'. Oeputy Sheriff Killed.
Hamburg,.. Ark., Dec..J3. -Depu,y
Sheriff. Merevwether was - killed at
Parkdate last night. , -Merey wether
killed Dr. Oscar Lesekbart- near ivlof
rel, last April,, and escaped, hiding
himself in the -swamps. . Recently he
has .been heard .of at several points,
and Sheriff) Sullwell has had men
after him. Last night Mereyjyetlier.,
armed with a rifle apd,i two 44-calibre
pistols and accompanied by Bvvp men,.
also artned.heavily, rode into Parkdale.
near Dyea. He says there has been
a stampete from Dyea to the placers,
which are in the canyon six miles
above the town, and the discovery has
caused great excitement. News was
also brought down of a late discovery
on Dead wood creek, seven miles from
Dawson City, on the east side of the
Yukon. f .
Wheat Shortage Certain.
Chicago, Dec. 15. William T.
Baker, president of the board of trade,
says with reference to the unusual con
ditions in wheat: Cash wheat is at a
premium over future delivery here and
in all parts of the woi Id, because' more
has been sold than can be delivered.
Wheat is suftr.ca.all, oyer the world.
No.t enough -was. grown last year to
supply the demand. America has its
own-oppojciunLtyto moke its own price
the island. He reports that 22 of the
crew are missing. It Is supposed that
they took to the boats and were blown
out at sea.
Fanrtilly Mot A Traitor.
New york, Dec. 15. General Julio
San pu illy, instead of being a traitor, as
recent reports from Havana would
indicate, returns to the island at once
in obedience to the commands of bis
chief, General Gomez. This state
ment la made on the authority of a
physician, a Cuban, who stands high
among the members of the junta in
this country.
Sanguilly is in Washington, whero
it is said he will call on Secretary
Sherman and renounce bis American
citizenship in order to absolve himself
from the pledge be gave when tbe sec
retary secured bis release from a Span
ish prison, that h;,, would not again
take up arms against Spain.
Twlated Hli fequaw'a Meek.
Buffalo, N. Y., Dao 15. A special
to the News from Winnipeg says:
Jnjiao Agent Short has arrived here
the I frpm Berens river with particulars of
snfTer the extreme penalty of the law,
the date of his execution being set for
January 7 next. His attorneys made
a desperate effort to secure further do
lay an il pave the way for another ap
peal to tbe suDremo court, but Judgo
Bahrs was inexorable, and overruled
each and. every objection made to the
proceedings.
' Durrant was in court and carried
himself with bts customary coolness.
An immense crowd flocked to tho court
room and filled the corridor of th) city
j.lll.v-.r '' P.-; ;
The condemned man's attorneys will
at once renew tbe battle for his life
They intend to lay the foundation for
another apo?al to the supreme court of
the United States. In all probability
one of the lawyers for the defense will
proceed to Washington to mako tbe
final technical fight,' based on
question of federal and state law. ' The a horrible murder wbicb occurred
time foi action is short, however, and eight miles south of Berens river. An
even the defense doubts the success of
its new venture.
Mrs. Durrant visited her son yester
day. . Both were downcast, and seemed
to realize that the end was near.
CLEVELAND GOES DOWN.
The hi earner Lost on the Coast ot Vancou
ver iBlaud.
San Francisco, Dec. la. The Mer
chant's Exchange has received a tele
gram. from Nanaimo, in which the cap
tain of the missing steamer Clevelat d
says hU vessel has been wie -ked on
.the coast of Vancouver island. No
other details are given.
The Cleveland left here for Seattle
about 10 days, and it is known that
she encountered fierce gales. She
carried a crew of 30 men and about 12
passengers.
Tbe Cleveland was a large iron
steamer, and has bar) a series of mis
fortunes. She is owned by Charles
Mason, and was commanded by Cap
tain C. P. Hall.
' It is supposed the steamer's machin
ery became disabled, and that she wax
blown out of her course while under
sail. The steamer went ashore at Cann i
. r i
Indian woman was suffering from typ
hoi 1 fever and beccme insane. Her
husband thought she bad became a
wendigo and decided that she most be
killed at once to prevent her from eat
ing other members of her band. Grab
bing his wife around the body with one
arm, he grasped her hair with the
other band and twisted her bead un
til her neck was broken. The Indian
was taken intj custody on a charge of
murder.
The Chief Conaplrator.
Nen York, Dec. 16. The Herald
correspondent in Fio Janeiro tele
graphed that the government authori
ties have seized a letti.- Miitten by
Vice-President Pelrera which proves
beyond doubt that be was at the head
of the revolutionary move-sent which
led to the recent attempted assassina
tion of President Moras-.
Brazilllan authorities still have
causa to fear a revolution, and thA
government has requested Uruguay to
prevent the gathering of revolution
ary groups along her frontier.
Nomination Confirmed.
Washington, Dee. 18. The senate
today confirmed tbe following nomina-
One of the men entered a store afl&seti Jon fcbeatnJJlhlntc: this -country- al Bale, on the west coast of Vancouver Hons: Charles G. Dawes, of Illinois,
down his gunywhioh was immediately
seized by Deputy -Sheriff. B&rea, wbo-
reddyiB&s exported
of wheat, vi. y-.-ji. -.
mil.ion bushels I Island. The purser of the ship has ar-l "Z,?Z? l,.0ifnt cu-rency; John
rived at Nanaimo. having gone across ' pension agent at Rttsburg"''