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SATURDAY. ...FEBRUARY 18, 1899
TUB REMEDY.
.- The tax collector bill has been
traded through. Votes were given
and other tow promised by . the
majority of the Multnomah delegation
for every prodigal and profligate jot
in the general log rolling scheme that
was a search of votes. The result of
this and of jobs correlated with it will
be tbe biggest appropriation bill ever
passed at any session, and general con
demnation of the results of the session
by the people of Oregon. The state
tax, already In excess of any ' hitherto
known, will be higher still; and local
taxes, particularly in Multnomah,
where they now virtually confiscate
property, will be further advanced.
The Oregontan has endeavored to do
its duty in this whole matter,' and can
only regret, for the good of the state
and of the party responsible for the re
sults, that the effort is vain. This
legislature, which it was hoped would
bethe best the state has had in recent
( years, is proving the very jrorst. Jobj
of all kinds are being traaeatnrougn
it.. Everything that carries an appro
priation, or provides official places, Is
to go through, on the log rolling plan
The upheaval in the politics of the
frtte will come in time.'' But at the
present time no argument against tbe
greed of polltlcianss who want places,
or against the avarice of individuals
and of localities that demand ., ap
propriations, can avail.1 Oregonian.
. Daring the session of the legislature
just closeu the Oregonian'. has made a
good fight against the extravagances
that have been attempted, as bas
majority of the papers in the state, but
the orotests of the press have been
without avail. : One appropriation
after another has crept in potil in
the aggregate they are greater than
Y
ever before, and. the legislature that
" was pledged to economy and reform
will go down to history' as. the most
axtravannt session ever held in the
, state. : '
There are reasons for this that should
' bo apparent to every intelligent citizen
, in the state, and should certainly cause
a political revolution at the next gen
eral election. For a dumber of years
past one political party has bad con
trol of the legislature, and abuses
have steadily grown, though at each
; succeeding election that party would
; make renewed pledges that its repre-
sentatives would be more economical
in the future. These promises was
- never kept, and in tbe face of the fall
ure of that party to redeem Its pledges
the people have year after year en
trusted it with power. This has been
so long continued that politicians no
longer deem it necessary to keeo faitb
with their constituents, but labor un
. der the impression that they can.' do
whatever they choose when once in
office, and still be retained in power,
There is however a remedy,' and
''. that remedy lies in the people and in
their mouthpieces the . press of the
Ute. If the papers that are now con;
damning the extravance of tbe recent
legislature will keen up their cry for
; reform until tbe next general election
and keep the people aroused to the
' necessity of giving the control of the
legislature oyer to another party,
' thus rebuking their false friends, more
economical legislation will result.'
A TEAR THAT MADE HI8TOUY
' The past twelve months has seen a
deal of history made in the United
. States. Twelvemonths ago we were
at peace with the world, were pursu
ing tbe even tenor of our way, though
we were barrassed by the treatment
our neighbors were receiving In the
West Indias, and congress and the
. people were ready to avenge tbe
wrongs that were being heaped upon
the residents of Cuba. The adminis
tration was slow to move.however. and
probably could not bave been driven
Into taking up tbe cause of the Cubans
had it not been for the Incident that
occurred in Havana harbor on Feb
ruary 15, 1898, when one of our finest
battleships was blown ' up and, 216
brave Americans were burled into
eternity by tbe treacherous Spaniards.
-. This so - aroused America that the
administration could no longea check
the war spirit and thus February 15,
1898, lsagreatlandmarkinthenatson's
history. , It brought to a culmination
' a century of controversies between the
United States and Spain, and rendered
It Impossible in the future for any
further complications to arise between
these two countries in the Western
hemisphere'. The first disagreement
which arose between them was about
the navigation of tbe Mississippi, and
this lasted with only short intermis
sions, from tbe end of the war of in-
.. dependance, la 1783 on to the acquis!
tlon of Loulslanavin 1803. Tbn came
the trouble about Florida, which did
' not end until that regiou was ceded to
ns. in 1821. Cuba bas been cause of
serious disagreement between tbe two
countries often since the century be
gan, particularly during the Lopez
and Crittenden filibustering days.
from 1849 to 1852. ia the Black War
rior episode, in 1852, and at the time
of the Virgliiius outrage, ia 1863.
From Washington's administration
onward .to McKlnley's the United
States was often on the verge of war
with Spain for that country's arro
gance, blindness and wickedness. Tbe
war which the event of February 15,
1898, precipitated wiped out the
memory of a long list of outrages on
Americans by Spain, and removed all
chances of future disagreements be
tween the United States and that
oountry. '
-i Daring these twelve months the
United States bas not only vanquished
a hauty and. insolent foe, but it bas
proved to the world Its capability to
become the greatest paval power op
earth. I victories on the high seas
have been tha most decisive ever
known, and have oaased the world to
marvel at what this peaceable people
might do wbe aroused.
PRESIDENT LOUBET.
Fickle, versatile Franoe haseertajnly
acted wisely i electing .tara ofd M.
Emlla Loubet president of the repot
lie. At ft tine when there is such on
rest amear the people and such $
sentiment preveillngfor tbe overthrow
of tbe republic, It was hardly expected
that the national assembly- would dis
play such coolness and go about filling
the place made vacant by the sudden
death of President Faure.with so little
excitement. But tbe French people
eeoerally do tbe right thing at the
right time, and they have made no
mistake on this occasion.
A cool, deliberate man at the head
of the government Is needed at present,
and they have found such a man in
Vf. Loubet. He comes from the mid
dle class, and is a lawyer of consider
able renowo. As president of the
senate he displayed great tact as a
executive officer, being one who never
allows passion to get the better of his
judgment. Unlike most Frenchmen
in official life, Loubet cares nothing
for show or pomp, but is a plain, every
day man, just such a one as France
needs at the bead of the government
at P1"69611-
"INGRATITUDE."
Senator John L. Wilson is indeed an
object of pity just now, or at least
tblnks he is; that' is, he feels very
sorry for himself, and is not backward
about telling It whenever opportunity
affords. After being defeated for sen;
ator he started for Washington,, and
whenever he got a chance to be Inter
viewed by a newspaper reporter he
took advantage of it to relate bis tle
of woe. When he reached Minneapo
lis he stepped from tbe train, and of
course the first man he found was one
of those "persistent" reporters, and to
him, this statesman from the ever
green state said:- - '
"Republicans are said to be ungrate
ful; so are states. Mine is a .case in
point. H?retfpr the last 12 years, I
have been working for the good of my
state. ' I have built up its commerce,
cleaned out its rivers for navigation,
dredged Its harbors, built its light
houses and opened its Indian reserva
tionsonly to be relegated to private
life. The opposition to which I chief
lv owe my defeat came from tbe west
side of the state in the lumber districts
which were indebted to me for the ta
iff bill, in rthe passage of which I was
mostly instrumental."
What a pity it is to relegate such
great man to privete life. What
loss it is to tbe nation that tbe Hoc
John L. Wilson's voice will no longer
be heard in tho halls of the American
bouse of lords after tbe 4th of March
next. What a lot of ingrates the
Washington legislators must be.
Just think of what (in his own mind)
tbe treat John L. bas done for tbe
people of Washington. He has 'oull
no tbeir commerce, cleaned out their
rlyers, dredged their harbors, bull
their lighthouses and opened tbeir
Indian reservations" all, with that
mighty mind of his.' Were- people
ever more' ungrateful than when they
refused to return bim to the United
States senate? Was man's Inhuman
ty to man ever more plainly displayed
than when those Washington legisla
tors said to this great benefactor be
should no longer have an opportunity
of displaying his beneficence? ' The
just think of it, what a loss the natio
has sustained. Here is a man, who
by his own lips, tells who passed the
the Din trie? tariff bill, for be says "the
opposition to which I chiefly owe my
defeat come from the lumber districts.
t which were indebted to me for the
tariff -by Cin-the passage of which
was moSily iDBtrUmeDtal." Ye Gods
what a thsmfr id is to retire a man like
this. . Let the Washington legislature
reconsider the ' action by which
elected Mr. Foster, and replace bim
with the mighty John L. .The nation
cannot well-be deprived of his services
if he is really such a master mind.'
But was the senator such a necessity
to Che state of Washington, ,tov tbe
nation and.tb peaple generally? Did
bc&etusllydoali that he claims? And
was he so devoted to the interests
the dearpe6pieor was he the; repres
entative of the Northern Pacific Rail
road Co. in the , senate chamber?
Possibly if be would scan his tweive
years of service in the senate more
closely, he would learn the secrefof
Washington's ingratitude. Possibly
he would see wherein, while bo was
doing all he claims to baye done for
the state, be was performing double
service to the railroad company, and
then it will dawn upon bim why his
state was ungrateful. .
MADE THE MOSEY FLY.
The twentieth biennial session of
the legislature which came to a close
last Saturday, was not stingy in the
appropriatiou of state funds, and the
way money was permitted to be ex
pended, will cause this session to be
long remembered as tbe legislature
that pretended to economize, but did
not put its pretensions into prac
tlce. The general appropriation
bill carried appropriations amount
ing to 8693,945, while the special
appropriation bill that passed the
last day of the session distributed
8244,592.49, making a total appropria
tlon of $938,537.49. That much of this
amount was for unnecessary purposes,
even the legislators themselves will
not deny, and that at least oce-fourth
of it was a useless waste of state fuads
every intelligent citizen knows. Tbe
extravagance of tbe ' legislature was
unjustified, but it cannot be remedied,
hence must be endured. ' It Is a conso
lation, however, to know that Wasco
county's representatives in both
bouses, were generally on the right
side, and were found opposing need
less expenditures, therefore the most
of the burdens that have been .placed
upon the taxpayers of the state by
this extravagant session must be laid
to tbe door of the repersentatives of
other counties.
tne of the tittle grafts of member s
of tho legislature who are sent out on
junketing trips to. visit various state
institutions is to allow themselves
mileage from tbe capital to the point
visited and return. This would not
be objectionable were it not known
that every mother's son of them ride
on a free pass, hence are ont nothing
by being sent away from the capital.
If tbey had to pay railroad fare it
would be all right to collect it off the
state, but when they do not it is a sort
of petit larceny donation to them
selves. Tho scalp bounty bill introduced by
Williamson, of Crook county, making
tbe bounty on wild animals uniform
in all counties of tbe state, has passed
the house, and will no doubt become
a law. The bill was published in full
ia these columes some time since, and
is one of great importance to sheep
taUera throughout the state.
The legislature adjourned today and;
resume oi tne worx, aone win dis
close that it has done some good and
considerable bad work. It has been
extravagant beyond . exouse, and will
be known a the most expensive ses
sion ia the history of the state.
AN EFFECT ON. CHARACTER
A few days ago the agents of the
American Steel & Wire Company in
dustriously circulated the report that
the trust would advance the wages of
its employes. The fact that this was
told around freely several days before
hand Indicated that the rcoye was to
be made for advertising purposes as
an offset to the wholesale discbarges
of salesmen and clerks made possible
by the monopolization of the business.
The advHnce in wages was given out
by the trust as meaning an increase of
$600,000 or 9700,000 annually in ex
penses, but while the sum is no c oubt
a large one. few will credit that it
reaches such figures. However, no
matter what liberality it shows its
employes, this loss was more than
made up by tbe advance of 25 cents a
keg put on the price of nails this week.
This makes, we believe, the third ad-,
vance of the kind on nails since the
trust's formation, and indicates that
this gigantic syndicate is preparing to
emulate the example of the wire nail
tru3t, which had such a meteoric ca
reer in 1897. On wire the price was
put up f 2 a ton last week, and on barb
wire there was a S3 advance.
The action of the wire trust is also
conclusive proof that one of the prin
cipal objects of these Immense con
solidations ie to obtain added profits,
not by the reduction of expenses, but
by increasing tbe selling pries of their
products. When complete control of
the market has been secured, as is the
case in so many branches of manufac
ture now, the screw is very quickly ap
plied to the consumer. Undoubtedly
great economics can- be made in both
the manufacture and the sale of pro
ducts, but it is a much easier - and
more tempting method to put up the
selling price. Tpu9ts are never or
ganized for philanthropic purposes,
and few have resisted the opportunity
to make whatever advances are pos
sible. .
. The consumer's interest is not the
only one jeopardized. The American
Steel & Wire Company is one of the
many trusts controlling its peculiar
market. This, being the case, the
merchant bas no need of maintaining
tbe skilled and experienced buyer,
wb; had becomo a necessity when
there was competition- of sellers. A
trust has no competitors and not only
fixes the price but tbe quality of tbe
goods, so that the buye must take
anything that is offered. An order
clerk may therefore supply the place
of a heavily salaried buyer. So with
many other lines of help that are now
required, but may not be If these
monopolies continue to flourish. Tbe
merchant will then become, Instead of
an Independent tradesman, with every
incentive to individual exertion,
merely a factor of the trust, to prosper
or not, as his master is disposed. The
effect this will have ultimately upon
the character of a great commercial
cation it Is easy to imagine. ' Without
competition there is no chance for in
dividual development, no necessity
for improvement. Tbe great charac
teristics of American commercial life,
Inventiveness and readiness of resource
for every emergency, will in time be
destroyed, provided trusts are permit
ted to monopolize so many channels of
trade and industry. Courier Journal.
GJSNEBAL EAGAN1 8 REWARD
. Brigadier-General Chas. P. Eagao,
commissary general of tbe United
States army, bas just been suspended
from duty for a period of six years to
receive the full Day of his rank during
the entire term, which is $5,500 per
year. The extraordinary sentence im
posed upon General Eagan by the pres
ident justly causes people generally to
ask, Visit intended as a reward or a
'punishment?" Under the laws the
president has no authority to confer
a leave of absence for meritorious con
duct or for any other reason upon any
officer of the army and allow him full
pay during such leaye, for a longer
period than thirty days. After thirty
days have elapsed one-half pay can be
allowed wblch is the limit under tbe
law. Therefore, the only rational
conclusion that it is possible to draw
from the liberal and complimentary
sentence passed upon General Eagan
Is that under the guise of punisbmen
the president found the means of con
ferring upon bim a mark of esteem
and favor of an extraordinary , char
acter. , ;
The question will naturally suggest
itself what brilliant achievements on
the part of General E-igan has singled
him out for such extraordinary favor,
or what distinguished services to his
country has won for him a reprieve
from duty with full pay for a term that,
undr tbe statutes, the president could
not bave bestowed on Grant, Sheridan
or Sherman. ' '
When the answer -is received that
the term of six years' suspension from
service with full pay shal not been ac
corded to General Eagan as a favor,
but on the contrary is the sentence
pronounced upon him by tbe president
as punishment, in pursuance of a ver
diet rendered by a court-martial, which
found him guilty Of conduct unbecom
ing an officer and prejudicial to good
order and discipline In tbe army, it
becomes difficult for those not familiar
with the mysteries of the war depart
ment In the conduct of tbe war with
Spain to understand - its meaning,
That President McKinley should or
der a high ' official of the war 'depart
ment to be court-martialed for an of
fense, and after being tried,- duly con
victed, and bis' dismissal from service
recommended' by too- court, hV should
then pronounce such an extraordinary
sentence, is certainly one of the things
that is beyond the ken of ordinary
mortals to understand. The sound
mind and the 'enlightened conscience
of the American nation will not recog
nize this sentence as a punishment.
and will eagorally inquire further into
the whole matter in search of a ration
al explanation of this unseeming con
duct of their chief executive.
The question will naturally suggest
Itself, what was the offense or crime of
which General Eagan was convicted.
and for which he receives such an ex
traordinary sentence. . The offense
consisted in villifylng his superior
officer, namely, General Miles, the
head of the army, in his testimony be
fore the commission appointed by the
president to investigate the conduct
of tbe war, using low, vulgar bllings
gate as follows:
He lies in bis throat; be lies in bis
heart; he lies in every hair of bis head
and every pore of his body. He lies
wilfully, dellberality, intentionally
and malioiously."
In pronouueing the sentence the
president prefaces It with the follow
ing: "The accused, after a trial by court-
martial composed of offioe-s of high
rank and distinguished services, has
been found guilty of conduct on worthy
of an officer holding a commission of i
the United States and obnoxious to
the highest degree to the discipline
and good order of tbe military estab
lishment." ' Such a sentence, It would appear to
tbe rational mind, is calculated to im
pair in tbe highest degree the confi
dence of the people in the integrity of
their president. Such a sentence
savors more of a reward than punish
ment when it is considered that the
president bas conferred a favor upr.n
Genera! lagan, under the guise of a
punishment, greater than be would
haye the authority to confer upon him
as a reward of merit under the statutes
of the United States. Such a sen
tence pronounced as a punishment for
conduct which the president declares
to be unworthy of an officer holding a
commission of the government of tbe
United States and obnoxious in tho
highest degree to the- discipline and
good order of the military" establish
ment 'is "certainly a travesty upon jus
tice, and reduce tbe court proceedings
to tbe level of a farce mocxery. The
rational mind will pronounce this sen
tence a reward and not a punishment
for a crime. " When it is further under
stood that the six years' term will ex
pire a short time before General Eagun
reaches the age that tbe law specifies
for the retirement of army officers and
that upon the expiration of the term
of the sentence he again becomes a
brigadier-general of the army in time
to receive the benefits of the law that
gives re'tlred army officers three
fourths pay during . the' remainder of
their liyes,'it will be evidence to ra
tional mind, that in . this case if
the convict himself bad pronounced
bis own sentence be could-not have
more securely guarded every Individ
ual Interest.
The conclusion is irresistible that
the offense of General Eagan met with
the approval of the president, aud that
when driven in obedience to public
opinion to take official cognizance of
the offense as an outrage on decency,
a gross infraction of military ethics
and a subversion of military discipline
he prostituted the power vested in. him
by the constitution to pronounce a
sentence that in reality is a reward
rather than a punishment.
The late lamented legislature
saddled upon tbe state a bill of ex
pense that will stick to it like a
brother. We refer to the two little
normal school " down in Southern
Oregon one at Drain and the other
at Ashland. Tbey seem, on fir9t ac
quaintance, to be innocent little things,
only costing $7,500 a year each, but
they will become elephants before tbe
state is through with them. Having
got a taste of the milk that flows from
the state cow(the mooey in the
treasury) they will never be choked
off,- and as tbey grow older tbey will
ask for greater appropriations, just as
the Monmouth school has, and in
future will be an expense of some
$20,000 or $30,000 a year. Probably
each of these schools will graduate on
an average ten persons yearly who
will engage in school work. This
will be an expense, at the present rate
of appropriation, of $750 per teacher
the state will be required to pay,
simply for their education. If this is
not luxury, we are no judge.
"Dr. B. Daly, of Lake and Klamath
and Senator Smith. - of Baker and
Malheur, were among the ablest mem
bers In tbe late senate and made good
records. for themselves. Tbe same
may be said for Senators . Wade, of
Union. Dufur, of . Wasco Sherman
and Gilliam, and .Morrow,, of . Mor
row," . .says"-, the - Portland r Dls
patch. We are pleased to note that
the Dispatch can see a little good in.
sven a populist, although a year ago it
bad no use ' for them. Smith and
Wade are populists, and tbe Dispatch
must nbw admit that they are prefer
able to republicans as legislators. -
The farcical proceedings at Wash
ington, known as tbe Miles investiga
tion, is finding out some things that
the administration did not want to
know.- It is being developed that
General Miles told ths truth about the
'embalmed" beef and the canned roast
beef. that resembled sea weed. Of
course the commission will attempt to
give Alger and Eagan another coat of
wtittewasb and throw discredit on
brave old General Mi'es. That was
what it was appointed for, but ft will
find it a dffiicult matter to make
report that does not substantiate what
Miles has said. -
It is proposed by tbe Miles investi
gating committee to give Egan another
opportunity to vilify the commanding
general of tbe army, as he is to be
made a witness. It would seem that
common decency, if nothing else,
would prevent giving him any more
prominence. He has been sufficiently
awarded for his vliliany by being sus
pended on full pay, and should not be
paraded before the public any more.
There Is a limit to forbearance and if
the administration persists in bolster
ing up Alger : and attempting to
tear down Miles, that limit may be
found.
Governor Geer has vetoed two bills,
one toe Portland horse-shoeing bill,
intended to .' create a horses hoers
trust, and' the' other the Multnomah
county tax-collector bill, intended to
create a useless and expensive office.
The governor seems to have his bead
in the right place. He can render tbe
state good service by vetoing a few
more acts of the recent legislature.
A six-shooter in a man's pocket gets
many a fellow - into trouble. In tbe
heat of passion he pulls' the gun out
and sometimes uses it, when if he bad
no gun" he would keep out of trouble.
If men would leave . such foolish
weapons at Dome instead oi carrying
them around with tbem, ' there would
be fewer cases of homicide and of men
going around with bullets in their car
casses.
That ambition of the administration
to expand the nation over the isles of
tbe sea and whipa lot of mongrels In
to the Union whether they want' to
come or not, is being-satisfied with the
blood of brave men in the vicinity of
Manila every day. Every soldier that
falls is a martyr to tbe ambition of
Mr. McKinley.
Tbe rustlers before the legislature
for the sugar beet bounty bill feel sore
that their graft did not go through.
Our advice to them would be, jut wait
two years, then elect another
good republican legislature, and they
will stand a show to bave their "infant
industry" fostered at the expense of
the taxpayers.
Tbe lack of wisdom displayed by tha
state board in making tbe tax levy 5.7
mills bore fruit during; Abe recent
session of the legislature ia the en
ormous appropriation bills f hat passed.
It was ft case of giving the legislators
more to spend and tbey spent
- EDI7VRIAL-NOTES.
Tbe heavy property owners of Mult
nomah conoty very justly object to tbe
creation of the offiV-e of tax collector,
and about 200 of them have petitioned
Governor Qeer to veto the bill creat
ing the office. It is a petition that the
governor can not well ignore.
General Eagan was convicted by
court martial of conduct unbecoming,
an officer and a gentleman and given a
sentence wbich amounts to retirement
from the army on full pay. It Is not
often that a man convicted of a crime
gets off so handsomely.
The resolution introduced by Sen
ator Brownell and passed by tbe
legislature, requesting tbe Oregon
volunteers be discharged as soon as
their services iare no longer needed
in the Philippines,' meets the hearty
approval of all- -Oregonians, bat if
complied with' 111 not readily send
the boys to their" homes, for from the
presents outlook tbey will be needed
at Manila a good many years. Those
Filipinos connot be whipped into sub
jection in a day. --
The legislature at Salem has passed
a law making it a misdmeanor to point
a firearm at a human being. There are
more laws now than are enforced. To
cirry a; pistol 'is contrary to Oregon
law, but hundreds of men are carrying
them and seldom Is one of them ar
rested for thus .violating tbe law. Law
law, law, and nothing comes of it! The
fact is that the people would be - bene
fited more by delegislation than by
legislation. There are many laws that
could be wiped from the statute books
to tbe strengthening of respect for
both law and oader. East Oregonian,
The - monthly statement of the
treasury - department shows that In
J nury the public debt Increased $23,-
413,463; The cash in the treasury
decreased- during the same time $2,-
130,019. It would appear, therefore,
that tbe government "ran behind"
nearly. $44,000,000 in January. The
offiical statement further shows
that for tbe seven month of the
fiscal year ending January 31 the ex
pendltures were $380,604,802, being
$90,867,962 more than the receipts,
At this rate the increase of the public
debt for tbe year will be nearly $160,
000,000.
Tbe democrats in both houses of con
gress are almost unanimously opposed
to the annexation and permanent gov
ernment of the Philippines by tbe
Unlsed States. They stand by tbe
Declaration of Independence and tbe
constitution. Tbey respect the tra
ditional policy of the republic. They
are satisfied that the control of this
continent is -enough to satisfy any
reasonable ambition for glory. They
do not believe in tbe "assimilation
of 8,000,000,000 mongrels 10,000.000
miles away. Tbey do not favor a per
manent expenditure of $200,000,000 to
support a graft of. imperialism upon
the country. Jacksonville Times.
GENERAL GOMEZ
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IS HOPEFUL
Speaks Encouragingly About
. The Future of Cuba.
New York, Feb. 22. A dispatch to
the-. Herald ; fron Matanzas says:
General Gomez,""! n an interview, said:
Cuba'"must; decide its own future,
and X realize that tbe present problems
are quite as those' solved by force of
arms, and thit independence for which
blood has been so freely spilled might
be thrown away by a few acts of folly.
-"But the conduct of the real Cubans
since the protocol was signed by Spain
and the United States must challenge
the admiration of the world. Our
half of tbem -without sufficient nour
ishment, have kept the peace, and
compelled tbe camp followers, who
flocked to us when- victory was assured,
to observe the laws..
"Brigandage might have been ex
pected, but there-' has ' been none.
Some Spanish guerrillas recently be
gan "depredations, 'and the Cubans
have repressed tbem. No reprisals
have been levied on those who did not
favor our cause during the insurrec
tion. '.
"We now invite all classes to join us
in forgetting that war ever divided the
people of the island.' My greatest am
bitioo is to see Cuba free and inde
pendent, and its people united for
honest government peace and pros
perity. . This can -be accomplished
more easily than many think. The
Ingress to meet the Cubans half way.
xney are Deginning to learn tbat we
desire peace and protection for all.
"Since January 1, sentiment throug
out Cuba bas, changed materially. An
other two mooths will see all classes
iraterniztng. une year win do more
to blot out the feelings engendered by
the insurrection than ten did to recoo
die the people of the North and South
after the revolutionary war in the
United States. -
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Armor Plata
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Washington,1 Feb. 22. In the
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house umpaeker (refi- Ind.) called up
tbe contested election , case of Brown
vs. Swansen from the first Virginia
district, but the house declined to con
sider it. District Columbia business
was then taken up. .
; .Later the bouse topic up the naval
appropriation Mil, and an amendment
to . provide for a government armor
plate plant was ruled out of order.
Hopkios (111) moved to reduce tbe price
to be paid for armour plate from $545
to $445 per ton.
In the senate this morning a bill per
mitting volunteer regiments to retain
their colors and to deposit them ia
state capitals was passed. A senate
bill was passed providing for erection
of fences and buildings at Tongue
river Indian agency. Then the river
and harbor bill was taken up.
Balnforeemmts for Otis.
Washington, Deb. Z3. Tne war
department bas arranged to dispatch
further reinforcements to General
Otis. - The regiments selected are the
Ninth Infantry, now at New York,
and Sixth infantry, now at San An
tonio, Tex.. It is reported that the
transports taking them will be able to
leave San Francisco by March 13.
Votood thm Bill. .
Salem, Or.,' Feb. 23. Governor
Geer this afternoon vetoed the tax col
lector bill for Multnomah county.
The veto was due to the strong protest
made by the heaviest taxpayers of
Multnomah county who haye been
flooding tbe executive with petitions
and telegrams asking that the obnox
ious bill be vetoed.
CANNED BEEF WAS
UNWHOLESOME.
Col. Powell Before the
Miles Investigation.
Washington, Feb. LI. The session
of the Miles court of inquiry began
today with Colonel W." H. Powell, of
the "Seventb'Infantiy, on tbe stand.
This regimdnt went through tbe San
tiago campaign, and after the city was
capttfred be received requests from bis
men lor money "to buy stuff to eat.
He investigated -the so called canned
roast beef, and had some of it served
at bis own table. "I could not eat it,"
be continued. "It was a stringy, un
wholesome looking mass, more like
seaweed than anythine elsa I can think
of. The men were sick and debilitated
and could not keep it on their stom
achs. We had at. that time 152 sick.
Soon affor that the canned beef began
to arrive:,' and tbe men ate readily and
began to hick up in health.
"I would like to emphasize," said
Colonel Powell, "that the enlisted
men of the army are not in the habit
of complaining. Tbey seem to feel
in a campaign that tbe officers are
doing all that can be done for tbem,
and I can't say that I received any
thing that could be termed complaints.
Tbe officers discussed the matter freely
and the quality of the canned beef was
a matter of common talk."
Regarding the refrigerated beef
Colonel Powell said there was little to
be said against it, except that some of
it spoiled before it was received.
There was no facilities for cooking
while In the city, except a fire in the
gutter, and all food had to be boiled.
"You made no official report at the
time," said Colonel Davis. "Nor any
effort to ameliorate tbe condition of
the men as to their meat rations."
"No, sir; I made no official report
until. after returning to tbe States,
when I was ordered by the war de
partment to report on the canned
roast beef.'
- Cononel Davis then produced a re
port from witness, made from Gover
nor's island, September 20, in wbich
he condemned the canned roast beef,
saying it produced disorder of tbe
stomach. Cononel Powell said be bad
made that report on an order from the
adjutant-general's office, aod that It
was based on personal knowledge and
reports from his company commanders.
Cononel Powell concluded by re
viewing the decrease In sickness after
tbe Issue of fresh beef aod the removal
of the camp to the hills. Explaining
his expression, "want of nurtritive
value," he said tbe beef .'gave no
pleasure in eating nor was it a source
of strength to tbe body.
iH BAD FINANCIAL STRAITS.
Bavtlan Government Trying- to Borrow
Money.
New Yobk, Feb. 21. The Herald
correspondent at Port au Priuce,
Havtl, writes under date of January
26:
"The situation here is quiet at this
time. . but : the financial condition is
growing worse.. Exchange bas been
for some time at 150 per cent in favor
of gold. . This condition of things was
expected to be ameliorated by a loan
to be floated in tha United States, but
tbe project seems to have fallen
through.
''Now, in order to relieve this state
of affairs, the government proposes to
make a loan from local baukers of
$1,000,000,-retire that amount of paper
money and repay the loan by an in
crease of 25 per ceut in the import
duties, to take effect on Feb. 1."
IN THE NATIONAL CONGRESS.
Members Who
En anted Forfeited
TheU
' ' Seats. '
Washington, Feb. 21. Tbe house
bill to relieve mortgages and notes
from double taxation was passed, and
also the post-office appropriation bill,
after Butler's amendment to reduce
the appropriation for railroad trans
portation was defeated.
After consideration of a few impor-
portant bills. Henderson (rep., Ia.,)
chairman of the committee on judici
ary, which investigated the right of
General Wheeler, of Alabama, Rob
bins of Pennsylvania, Colson, of Ken
tucky, and Campbell, of Illinois, who
held commissions in tbe army and
members who served on several com
missions to continue to hold their scats
in thejhouse, formally presented tbe
report of tbe committee, which was in
favor of the view that the four mem
bers, who accepted military commis
sions, thereby vacated thel" seats In
tbe bouse. The report went upon the
calendar, and Dearmond (dem.. Mo.,)
and Parker (rep.. N. J.,) were given
leave to find a minority report.
New Democratic Committees.
Washington, Feb. 21. Chairman
Jones of tbe democratic national com
mittee has appointed an advisory com
mittee to tbe national campaign com
mittee, the object being to advance
the Interests of the democratic com
mittee along tbe lines' of tbe national
platform.. : The committee, of which
Jones himself is a member, Includes
Stephen M. White, of California; D. J.
Campau, of Michigan; Norman Mack,
of New York; John P. Altgeldt, of
Illinois, and George Fred Williams, of
Massachusetts. Headquarters will be
at Washington.
ONE OBEOON BUT KILLED.
Died on the Field of Battle In tho Philip
pine Islaaas.
Washington, Feb. 22. Otis has
cabled the war department of follows:
Maniiai Feb. 22. Tha following
casualties in the entrenchments were
caused yesterday by the men exposing
themselves to the enemy's fire:
First California Sergeant Frank N.
'lurton, wounded, slight; Private
James P. Cassidy killed.
The following were killed during a
reconnaissance this morning ia the
vicinity of San Pedro Maccartl; First
Washington Wounded slightly, com
pany E. Privates Joseph H. Carding-
ton. Christian E. Horn and H. D.
Hazard. Wounded seriously Company
H, Corporal W. B. Tucker.
Killed Private Edwin W. Hampton
company H, Second Oregon.
Tbe following casualties occurred in
a skirmish near the water works this
morning. -
First Nebraska Wounded, Private
John F. Alley, severe; Alooao Pike,
slight; Charles Govaick, slight.
Otis.
Edward W. Hampton, tbe first
Oragon soldier to bo killed Id action
at the Philippines, wae" a son of John
Hampton, a furniture mover, who
lives at 397 San Rafael street.
The deceased was 20 years old last
October, and had lived in Portland
since be . was 4 years of age. His
father moved here from Nebraska 16
years ago. and has raised bis family In
East Portland, where the dead soldier
was well known and very popular.
Young Hampton joined -company H
only a few days before it left for San
Francisco. He bas been employed for
three years in the . sash and door
factory of the Northwest Door Com
pany, where he is very highly spoKen
of by his employers.
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AMERICA.
The feople of Metros Islands SatlsSed
With This Government. ..
MANILA, r et), as. While tbe gnns
on the city wall' and Jhose 'on', board
the ships of Dewey's fleet In the bay
fired a salute In honor of Washington's
birthday, four commissioners from tbe
island of Negros had an lnteryiew
with Otis, and informed bim that the
American flag had already been raised
over that Island, and that its Inhabit
ants were ready, anxious, and willing
to accept any proposition Americans
might offer. The ' insurgents have
been driven from tbe island entirely
Although the Ho Ho rebels have
given the people of Negros much
trouble, ''especially in tbe matter of
financial assistance made by the rebel
leaders, the inhabitants of Negros
have persistently held aloof, and no
through the commissioners they an
nounce that tbey want the advice and
help of Otis.
Tbe latter assured them that tbe
Americans would provide an accept
ablo government,- and In the mean,
time he instructed tbem not to psy tbe
rebels anything. Tbe Negros com
mlssloners were delighted with the re
ception.
KILL BE A COMPROMISE.
Arranging; to Pass the Army Appropria
tion BUI.
Washington. Feb. 23 The sd
ministration and its representatives
in congress bave reached an agree
ment with the minority in congress
respecting the army reorganization
bill, which, it is believed, will be
satisfactory to all interests. It Is
probable that tbe formal ratification
of tbe agreement between the majority
and minority iil be had today.
xno compromise 18 based on an
army of 100,000, of which 35,000 will be
known as tbe provisional army, and
will he enlisted to serve until 1901.
The ptesident this morning had a
conference with Senators Allison
Hawley, Piatt (Conn.) Hanna, Spooner
and Carter on the compromise. It is
believed that the agreement reached
removes nearly all danger of an extra
session..
Candidates Are Many.
Washington, Feb. 22. In antici
pation of . tbe passage of a general
army reorganization bill, ' a great
number of civilian ' applications are
being filed in the war department for
appointments as second lieutenants in
the army. The Hull bill adds 382
second lieutenants to tbe regular army
and it la seml-officlally announced that
If it passes the appointments are to be
made from civil life on the basis of
about two appointments to each. coot
gressional districts.
.. HI Deal In Steers.
Ran Antonio, Tex. Feb. 22. The
largest transportation In young steers
that has been made in years in this
section- bas just been consummated.
The George B. Lovlngton Company
sold for Davidson & Fleming, of this
city, 8000 "twos" and 12,000 yearling
steers to D. Wagoner & Son, of North
Texas, for about $375,000. The bulk
t
dy
of tbe cattle are from tbe famous herd
of Richard King and John G. Kenne
of Neuces county.
Know Storms Raging-.
Omaha, Neb., Feb. 23. A furious
snowstorm Is raging throughout Ne
braska. In Omaha a terrific wind ac
companies the snow, but out in tbe
state there is not so much wind, and
tbe indications are that the fall will be
quite beneficial to stock and winter
heat. Several Inches of snow bave
fallen.
Reports from various towns in Kan
Bas show that a blizzard is raging in
that state.
: Colonel rife Kxonorated.
Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 32. Private
advices from Manila say that Lieu-
tenant-Cooonel Fife, of tbe Fln-t
Washington regiment, court-martial d
on charges of intoxication has been
acquitted on the charges proving
utterly without foundation.
When tbe charges against Fife were
refuted, tbe case against Captain
Ehrlick was immediately dropped, as
there was no evidence of his guilt or
of any reprehensible action.
Bad Fire In Chicago.
Chicago. Feb. 23. Fire destroyed
awiit at uo.-s pacxicg-bouse No. 7 at I
tbe . stockyards, causing a loss of
$200,000.
Fireman T. P. O'Neil was killed by
falling walls. The following were in
jured: Lieutenant Bernard McDono
hue, critical; Mathew Gaule, seriously;
Lieutenant Frank Walters, painfully;
E. Pauleon, right shoulder.
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As) Antl- Trust Bill.
Denver, Colo., Feb. 21. Governor
Thomas today sent a special message
to tbe legislature urging legislation to
prevent the consummation ot the con
templated smelter combine or forma
tlon of any trusts in Colorado. The
senate passed the anti-trust bill with
one dissenting vote.
New leather Combine.
Chicago, Feb, 21. A new leather
combine, with a capital of $60,000,000,
is being organized to take in tbe
tanneries outside of the United States
Leather Company. The name of the
new organization will be the Ameri
can Hide & Leat her Company.
; A Taeoma Fatality.
Tacoma, Feb. 21. Foreman O, La-
polnt of she Tacoma shoe manufactory
was crushed to death this morning by
being caught between tbe elevator
and upper floor beams while ascending
to the npper story. His death was
due to bis cwn carelessness.
an Koate to Havana,
Washiagton, Feb. 21. The advance
guard of the North Atlantic squadron,
composed of the flagship New York
and the battle ship Indiana, has ar
rived at tbe Bermudas today. The
squadron will proceed to Hayana.
Fay for Cuban Troop.
Washington, Feb. 21. It is said
Gomez is now arranging with General
Brooke for tbe distribution of the
83,000,000 which it is expected will be
paid to the Cuban troops within a very
short time.
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THESE ARE FACTS.
Those things that have so long been a dream have now become a
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you nave Deen patient, out tne time has arrived, and so have the S
goods, that will make every mother's heart leap for joy. ''. , 3
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In white, are the loveliest things you ever saw.
j Fancy Snffling
For shirt waistsAparty
dainty' in the eitrine. V . .-V,
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S: The most elaborate creations of the foreign man- i-
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These things herein mentioned are but a few of the
numerous things that are ready for the purchaser.
S Of oar Shoe Department is one
g-- evidence of the growing popularity
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