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..MARCH 18, 1890
TAXATION.
Justly and wisely to lory taxes is a
problem only matched in difficulty,
perhaps, by the problem of spending
them honestly and effectively. Spec
mlatlon upon revenue by political
-economists seems chiefly to have re
sulted in demonstration by each of
errors made by others. The ideals set
up by students of taxation, even the
"guiding principles" seme prefer to
" speak of, are picked to pieces and ex
plained away by keen-eyed critics.
Snob is the elasticity and adaptabil
ity of human society that no tax, of
what ever kind or name, . continues for
any length of time to be what It appears
to be. Clap an additional tax of $1 a
barrel on beer, , and the barrel will
shrink In sice, and the farmer will get
a modicum less for his barley. Put a
high import , tax on the English tin
plate, and the next thing you know a
giant - trust grows np at borne, and
levies arbitrary tribute upon every
can of fish, fruit and vegetables. Tax
real estate, and the renter pays. Tax
factories, and the pay-roll Is cut down,
Tax railroads, and the shipper pays
It In the form of rates. Tax ships and
shlDoine materials, and a nation's
merchantman will vanish from the
,3
So easily and surely la the burden
shifted, that the effort to reach those
who ought to pay and to pass over the
needy has virtual) been abandoned
What we do bow is principally to ex
haust expedients to get revenue any
wav we can. What we ought to do is
levy the tans Miito interfere with
; trade and Industry In Jhe least degree
possible. When a man is doing a
rushing business he, will pay high
taxes cheerfully. When his efforts are
, restricted and hampered, the smallest
tax is agrevlous burden.
The fiscal dilemma In which. Great
Brltlen finds herself presents in many
ways the antithesis of our own. Taxes
are in each ease inadequate; but her
inadequacy is that of free trade, ours
i$ that of protection. In our case we
have taxed imports so long and so
persistently that their volume afford
too slender a basis. In her case free
trade has built up an empire of such
magnitude that its stated incomes are
no longer equal to its multiplied needs
of expenditure. In past times she grew
up to the position where protection
had nothing more it would do for her
and this, is the position up to which
we are now growing. Long ago she
'had to lay hold of the income tax.
. Soon we shall have to do the same.
Oregonian.' , v .
The fact that these arguments are
borrowed by the Oregonian from those
adduced by the democratic orators and
press for years past does not detract
from their truth. Recognising that
those who were making good returns
on their investments were most able
to bear government - expenses, and
were the greatest beneficiaries of the
government,, during Cleveland's : ad
ministration congress passed an In
come tax.. It was opposed by the party
which the Oregonian represents and
was declared unconstitutional by the
supreme court. ' . However, there are
many republican journals like the
Oregonian that are beginning to recog
nize the troth of tho democratic con
tention that a tariff tax is not sufficient
as a revenue measure; that It makes
trusts possible, and that it must ere
long he supplanted by a direct or in
come tax. , -
people of different virtues and con
ditions. "We therefore hold that a colonial
policy Is contrary to the theory of our
government and subversive of tboee
great principles we have been taught
to cherish. We believe with the
Declaration of Independence, that all
governments derive their just powers
from the consent of the governed, and
we are unalterably opposed to the es
tablishment of any government by the
Uniteo States without the consent of
the people to be governed, and in con
formity with these principles we in
struct the minority members of the
committee on foreign affairs to Intro
duce and urge the following resolution:
''Resolved, That the United Scales
hereby disclaim any disposition or in
intention to exercise permanent sov
ereignty, jurisdiction or control over
the Philippine Islands, and assert their
determination, when an independent
government shall have been erected
therein, to transfer to said govern
ment, upon terms - which shall be
reasonable and just, all rights secured
under the cession by Spain, and there
upon to leave the government and
control of the Islands to their people,
The adoption of these resolutions
had an effect upon some of those who
bold that the "stars and stripes should
never be hauled down from a place
over which - they have been once
waved," that the shaking of a red flag
ib the face of a mad bull has. Yet
those who revere the Declaration of
Independence and the provision s of
the national . constitution, can find
nothing objectionable in them. This
republic was found on the principles
that there is nothing in the divine
right of kings and no power should at
tempt to govern, without the consent
of the governed. Then if those are
the fundamental principles of our gov
ernment, we should not attempt to
hold the Philippine island in subjec'
tion or the people thereof as "subjects.
If we hold to the principle that self
government is right, then the attitude
of the administration toward the Filip
inos Is wrong. Therefore there is
noting in these declarations to which
a truly liberty-loving people can ob
ject, and if they are to be made the
principles on which - the democratic
party shall go before the people in
1900 they cannot but receive a hearty
endorsement.
LABELLING SHODDY.
One of the greatest frauds that has
been perpetrated upon the people is
that of offering for sale inferior at-
tides both of food and wearing apparel
. that are retommended. as genuine.
- though in reality are not what they
pretend to be. For Instance, oleomar
garine is labelled butter and eloth
that Is half cotton or shoddy Is sold as
all wool. Thus the purchaser Is mis
lead, and the producer of pure articles
is forced into competition with the
inferior. So flagrant has this abuse
.' beoome that it has caused producers
of pure articles to begin taking steps
to protect themselves. The wool
growers, who held their convention
in Pendleton, recognising that their
business is seriously interfered with
and Is put at a disadvantage by coming
in toootaot with shoddy ' and cotton
mixed goods, unanimously adopted
the following resolution:
' - "Resolved, That national legislation
. should require all manufacturers of
. cotton and shoddy oods mixed with
wool, to be labelled la a manner to
indicate the character of their compo
sition, before being placed on sale, for
the reason that a greater portion of
goods manufactured and sold as wool
ens, are, as a matter of fact, being sold
on false representations,! injurious
" alike to consumers of clothing and
producers of wool. And that, pending
: such national legislation, a committee
.be appointed by this convention to
draft and submit to the legislatures of
the several states represeuted, such
laws as may meet the existing condi
tions which seriously affect the wool
growing industry, by reason of the
Increasing use of shoddy and cotton
in the production of what are called
woolen goods."
The action oi tne -wool growers
should be heeded by the national con
gross, for there certainly is need of
legislation that will protect purchas
era against being imposed upon. If a
purceaser wants to wear goods made
partly out of shoddy or cotton it is bis
privelege, but if he wants all wool
articles he should be able to distin
guish them' by the brand from infer
ior goods.- -4v short -every piece of
goods should be branded just what it Is,
If it is part snoaay it snotua be so
labelled in order that the purchaser
may always know what he is getting,
MUTUAL INSURANCE.
There is no business in the United
States that Is a more perfect trust,
or that is more extortionate than the
fire insurance business. . So perfectly
are all the reliable companies united
in their insurance association that
there is absolutely no competition
for rate books are made up that no
agent dare deviate from, and the in'
aured has no option but to pay the
premium demanded. And since in
surance has become as much a necessity
to business as meat and bread are to
human life, the public has no choice
except accede to the demands, no mat
ter how extortionate, hence insurance
companies have a monopoly of a bus!
ness that under their perfect organi
zation can be made as prontabie as
they may desire.
The same .conditions prevailed with
reference to life insurance a few years
ago, when the old line companies were
the only means through which an in
dividual could provide protection for
bis beneficiaries after his' death,
and prices became so runious that
only those with stated salaries
and large Incomes could afford to
carry insnrance upon their lives. As
a result fraternal- beneficiary organi
sations were formed, that carried in
surance at actual cost, requiring mem
bers to pay premiums only when funds
were needed to pay losses. And while
entirely too many such societies have
been formed, they bae accomplished
the result of having brought life in
surance within the reach of almost
everybody.
The extortionate rates demanded by
fire insurance companies have neces
sitated the same move being taken
for protection against loss by fire, and
la several states organizations are
writing insurance or' preferred risks,
and are carrying insurance at actual
cost, collecting, besides a membership
fee, only such amounts as are neces
sary to pay losses as they fall due, and
create a reserve fund sufficient to
meet probable immediate demands,
By this method it has been demon
strated that insurance is carried at a
much less cost to the insured than In
the regular companies. This method
of insurance is as yet rather in an
experimental stage, but it is proving
successful, and as soon as it proves
itself to be . reliable, mutual fire in
surance founded on an assessment plan,
will become a universal system. Or
dinary insurance companies are mak
ing it a necessity, and the American
people can always be depended upon
to meet such exigencies.
CUBA'S MISTAKE.
The Cuban assembly has certainly
taken an unwise step in attempting to
throw discredit upon General Gomel
and in dismissing him from the army.
The charge is that Gomes is a "traitor
to Cuba," a most- absurd and ridicu
lous accusation. After haying spent
the better part of his life in fighting
for Cuban independence, to be thus ac
cused is a travesty upon patriotism.
Might as well accuse Washington of
being treacherous of America or Joan
ot Are of being a traitor toFranee.
The real animus of the accusations
against Gomez is that he did not get
more money out of the United States
with which to pay the Cuban soldiers,
and because hw failed in this he Is im
peached.
In their action the assembly have
created a grave error ia two ways.
The world will recognize in Gomez a
greater patriot than any member of
the assembly, henoe any attempt that
may be made to throw disgrace noon
him will not be well received abroad,
and in the hearts of the Cuban soldiers
and populace there is a warm place for
the grizzled old soldier, therefore he
has the backing of his nation while
the assembly has not. He is stronger
in every respect than the assembly,
and will be a general long after the
members of the assembly are forgotten.
But the contention that ha arisen be
tween him and the self constituted
rulers will result in no good to the
Cuban republic.
A WAR OF EXT1BMIN AVION
Last year the American republlo
engaged in what was then declared a
"war for humanity" against Spain, to
prevent that nation from further tor
lure of her colonists in Cuba. It met
with general approval not only at
home but abroad, for it was conceded
that a more just war never was waged.
But that war which was so popular
with all liberty loving people. ' has
changed into one of conquest and ex
tlrmatlon. An exchange that is im
bued with a considerable amount of
imperialism, and Is presumably con
versant with the plans of the adminis
tration, concludes a comment on the
progress of the war as follows:
"Otis will quickly break up Agul
naluo's army, capture bis main posi
tions, and then the war will degener
ate into the bunting down of dispersed
Filipinos, just as we hunted down
Apaches 25 years ago." .
What have the, Filipinos done that
they should be bunted like wild beasts?
That a price should be put upon their
head? And what is there to justify war
we are waging against them? What
excuse can we make to the world for
whipping them into subjection? - If
we would look back over the events
of the past year we could hardly ac
knowledge that we today are not prac
ticing as much tyranny towards those
people as were the Spaniards we oust
ed.
When we took up the cause of Cuba
we found the Filipinos engaged in a
war ith the mother country in which
national independence was the goal
they sought.. - Circumstances made it
necessary for the American squadron
to enter Manila bay and exterminate
the Spanish fleet there, also to take
temporary control. Later, peace was
declared and we agreed with Spain
that for a consideration of $20,000,000
she should transfer her title (which
was none too good) of the Philippine
islands to the United States, and with
it the bondage in which she held the
Filipinos.
We found the Filipinos in rebellion
against Spain; we bought Spain's
war against these people without
asking their consent, and have under
taken to set up a dictatorship over
them, not even outlining to them the
form of government we proposed to
give them, or what rights and privil
eges they might expect. It is a blight
upon the fair name of liberty loving
America to propose to hunt these
people down like fugitives from justice
And it is not to be wondered- at that
the Filipinos themselves revolt
against American domination under
such circumstances. '.. Nor is it to be
wondered at that there are persons in
the United States who protest against
this war of extermination.
It is a senoe of justice that has
caused such men as ex-Governor Bou
tell, of Massachusetts; ex-Sen tor
Edmunds, of Vermont; Senator Cof-
fery, of Lousiana; David Starr Jordan,
president of Stanford university; ex-
Secretary Carlisle and a score of other
prominent Americans to appeal to the
people of the United States in the
following preamble, in an attempt to
iuduce . the government to suspend
hostilities in the Philippines and treat
the people thereof as if they were
human beings: .
"First, that our goyevernment shall
take immediate steps toward a suspen
sion of hostilities in the Philippines
and a conference with the Philippine
leaders with a view to preventing
further bloodshed upon the basis of a
recognition of their freedom and inde
pendence as.joon as proper guaratntees
can be had of order and protection of
property.
''Second, that the government of the
United States shall tender an official
assurance to the inhabitants of the
Philippine Inlands that they will en
courage and assist in the organization
of such a government In the islands
as the people thereof shall prefer, and
that upon its organization in stable
manner the United States, in accord
ance with its traditional and preceptive
policy in such cases, will recognize the
independence of the Philippines and
its equality among nations and gradu
ally withdraw all naval and military
forces." ' .
from eeta-lDg its Juet Shared -the bur
den of government.
As a reckless squanderer of the sub
stance of the people, the republican
party, in the past two years, has gone
far beyond the most profligate of pre
ceding administrations. ' lis expendi
tures have eclipsed the most extrava
gant performances heretofore known
in the history of this country. Even
in war time, with expenditures out of
all reason, and with the masses of the
people paying far more taxes than
should be exacted of them, this re
publican party has stubbornly and
willfully refused to lay a light income
tax to raise revenue to meet Its waste
fullness, and to equalize, to some ex
tent, the burdens placed upon the peo
ple. It cannot shelter Itself behind
the decision of the supreme court
against the income tax of- the W.ilaon
law, for tn that Very decision the court
making it, practically concedes the
constitutional power to impose an in
come tax to raise means to carry on
war. ' , . .
The party of McKinley and Banna,
owing its elevation to power to .the
wealth of the land, has studiously
avoided every species of taxation not
sure to visit most heavily and unjustly
those least able to pay taxes. In these
two years of republicanism, trusts have
multiplied and waxed strong as never
before in the history of the human
race. In these two years has - arisen
and pressed upon the attention,
not only of the thoughtful and
observant, but even of the heed
less, the issue, whether the re
public shall throttle the-trusts, or
the trusts shall be permitted to un
dermine and ultimately destroy the re
public. In its two years' reign the republican
party has been one of expediency
rather than principle. It has shifted
with every breeze, it has no policy but
expediency, as its leaders scent ex
pediency from time to time. It has
done nothing , toward the redemption
of its pledges, except to pass the tariff
law, to which, without reason, it has
attributed satisfactory results wrought
by other agencies. It has fattened the
trusts and monopolies and made leaner
the plain people. It has made a bond
ed debt without necessity, and without
excuse has prepared the way for ad
ding to it soon and largely. It has en
tered upon a foreign policy without
sincerity and reckless of the conse
quence. It. has begun the crusade of
the tyrant at the expense of the patriot.
It has sown far and wide the seeds of
demoralization, and the harvest of
evil canno be far off. Favoritism
rather than merit has marked its' ap
pointments to office, and some of its
scandals are a stench in the public
nostrils. ...''.
Judging the future of the republican
party by the two years of its career
last past, it is some comfort, though a
sorry one to indulge the hope that
the coming two years hardly can be
worse, and for lack of substance upon
which to prey, may be better. It is
more comfort to cherish the belief,
that four years of McKinley and
Hanna will be more than enough, and
that an aroused and outraged people
wm be iuny convinced oy ivw mat a
change cannot be for worse, but must
be for better, and' being so convinced
by the hard logic bf bitter experience,
will make the change. '
If. unfair and excessive taxation,
unparalleled extravagance, broken
pledges, . growing and multiplying
trusts,triumpbant monoplles, hardship
for the poor and benefactions for the
rich, at their expense-if these' and"
many other things of ill-omen which
republicanism has exploited in the
first two years of the reign of McKin
ley and those with whom he has sur
rounded himself be not ' enough. 'to
nauseate the public and dstermlne it
to make a change at the next oppor
tunity', we shall be warranted in doubt
ing whether lessons ' learned in the
school of j experience are as valuable
as we.-bave been taugbt to believe
them to be.
mdiiobial.; n.ote&
(- - English commercial then are urging
that Great Britain demanded an open
door in China, and sine China, is
unable to resent, English goods will
no. doubt be admitted Into that country
free of duty7 -
Hawaii needs much more attention
than it is receiving. A bill providing
a form of government for the Islands
should have passed congress ere this.
Everything there is left in uncertain
ty and the business of., the islands
must suffer. . :.;.'.
The collapse of the 'Hannashlp
subsidy bill is due to Speaker Reed,
and for it be should be commended.
It would mainly band over large sub
sidies to existing lines of steamships
which already' receive considerable
sums for carrying the malls.- : .-
Dewey-V opinion as to the Philip-'
pines is said to be that there should
be a central government of the Islands
by .the United States, but all: local
government: to be absolutely in the
hands otthe natives.
'That self-constituted assembly of
Cuba must feel a little chagrin- i a hav
ing its order removing General Gomez
from the command of the Cuban army
ignored, by General Brooke. But the
treatment, it received was -merited.
Gomez has made a. record as a patriot
that cannot be blackened by the sim
ple declaration of a few aspirants for
positions that he is a traitor.' ; ";
The embalmed beef investigating
committee,' 'while holding a session
at Chicago Monday, found one witness
who testified that the beef furnished
the army was pure and -wholesome.
He was Edward Tilden, treasurer and
one offhe directors of the Llbby, Mc
Neil Sc Llbby Packing Co., one of the
concerns that furnished some Of the
beef complained of. ... - ('
And now there is a scheme- on - foot
for the government' to establish a
source of meat supply . in Alaska.
After the dismal failure of Alger to
get reindeer into Dawson it would seem
no more experiments would be made
by the administration, and that the
Alaska explorers would be left alone
to work out their own salvation. If
the government would just put the
meet supply , in the hands of Egan,
there would never be any famine in
Alaska, for one invoice of his em
balmed and canned roast beef would
last fot ever.
IMPROVEMENT IN GUNS.
- ! '
It is reported that the new French
rapid-fire gun invented by Colonel
Humbert giver no flash xte sign of fire .
If this be true, the French have made
an advance In artillery second only in
importance to that . which marked the
introductipn by them of smokeless
powder, i In the operations around
Santiago, ! the only means by Cwhich
our men could locate the positions of
an enemys piece -was the 'flash. If
this shouljl.be removed, the art of war,
especially. on land, will becomemore
difficult tjian ever, for a masked bat
tery and Cashless guns will be posi
tively ..uodlsooverable. '' The only
description of the gun that has. come
to hand ia rather obscure;. but it would
seem that, an attempt Is made to cool,
the larger , portion of the gases below
their flash point before they are al
lowed to i reach the open air. The
rate of five has reached a maximum of
twenty shots! per minute. To accom
modate the increased expenditure of
ammunition if Is proposed to reduce a
singg battery from five, to four guns
and increase . he , number of ammuni
tion wagons. ,-
SOME' HEAVY
i :
FIGHTING
General
'Wheatoii Dis-
EFFECT. OF : TRUSTS.
TWO TEARS' RECORD.
THE DEMOCRATIC POLICY.
-The democratic congressional caucus
recently held in Washington! enun
ciated and endorsed the following
principles la connection . with the
Philippine question, for guidance of
the party:
We hold that the constitution of
the United states was ordained and
established for an intelligent, liberty
. loving and self-governing people, and
.fMooft be neeefully applied to a
The total general expenditures of
the government in 1897 were 1365,000,-
000, while the appropriations made by
the last congress to cover the expense
of 1898 were 1700,000,000, or nearly
double that of the previous year, and
there will likely be several deficiencies
ia the different departments when all
accounts are in. This doubling of
general expense Is attributed to the
recent war with Spain and the un
pleasantness at the Philippines.'
These are tome of the fruits of im
perialism. ,
a summing up or tne acts oi tne re
publican administration is made as fol
lows by David A. DeArmond,in the St.
Louis Republic, and may be interest
ing to readers generally:
The republican party has had control
of the government for two years,
What are its performances and its
omissions? The Dingley tariff law
is the achievement of which it boasts
most. Whatever of prosperity, has
come to the country here and there, it
ascribes to that law, and wherever
times are hard something else Is said
to have caused the trouble. . The fall
ure of crops In foreign countries, the
abnormal demnad in this country for
everything required in war times, the
withdrawal of hundreds and thousands
of men from the peaceful pursuits of
life to camp and field and ocean all
the inevitable effects upon industry
and production and the markets of all
these things, and many more, are
placed by the republican politicians to
the credld of the Dingley tariff law,
But the Dingley bill has been a fail
ure as a revenue . producer. Republi
can expenditures have far outstripped
its receipts, supplemented by large in
eome3 from other ordinary and extra
ordinary sources. . . . . ' ' '.;
wnat else has the republican party
done in its two years of power? What
has it to add to its Dingley law? A
bankruptcy law, to help people out of
its abundant prosperity! .
It was to do much toward reforming
the finances, according to its professed
views. It either has had no confidence
in its theories or it has lacked the
honesty or the courage, or both, to ap
ply Its remedies.
It has turned a war for humanity
Into a war against humanity. It has
made a determined effort to increase
the regular army far beyond all need
or reasonable excuse for increase. It
has planned to hold on to Cuba against
our solemn declaration and at the
peril of our national honor and good
faith. It has given the country scandals
growing out of the war,, nauseating
beyond precedent. It baa veiled its
purposes in the Philippines until war
with the natives, lately our allies, is
upon us.
It contemplates colonial empire, but
lacks the courage to proclaim it,
preferring to shape events so that
they shall bring in their train the
manifold evils inseparable from an
abandonment of our traditional policy
of attending to our own business in
safety at home, instead of aping the
empires of the old world in conquering
and tyranizing over alien people. It
has devised new means of taxing pov
erty and toil that wealth and idleness
may be exempt. It baa made neces
ity it victim, while exempting ability
There is no agency which threatens
the welfare of the American people
and American commerce more than
trusts, and the rapidity with which
they are forming is more alarming
than anything with which we have to
deal. .The bad effect does not lie
alone in the centralization of business
in a few bands, by which products may
be limited and prices regulated, but in
over capitalization ana .watering or
stocks that is certain to bring disaster
to those who invest in the stocks of
such concerns. 1
In the formation of trusts that .con
trol manufacturing plants, almost in
every instance, there are large blocks
of watered stock on which dividends
will have to be paid,, the same as on
shares that represent actual invest
ments. The result will be a crash that
Is certain to come sooner or later, and
the loss of a portion.or all of the money
that small Investors have put into such
concerns, and It is not improbable
that the next financial panic will be
the result of inflation of stocks and
bonds of trust corporations. In this
event the managers and those at the
head of the corporations will be none
the loser, for they will fortify them
selves against loss by holding a suf
ficient amount of watered stock that
has cost them nothing, while the-small
holders, who have paid actual esefcfar
their stock will Use all or part of their
investment. , " ' '"
The first bad effect of trusts will be
to put up the price, -to consumers, of
commodities they control, because of
their ability to limit the product and
prevent competition, as the consumer
will be required to pay dividends on
all the capital invested as well as the
watered stock, and this too on plants
that are antiquated' and unfit for use;
and the second will be the loss to
those who buy stocks in such concerns
as investments whenever, it becomes
more profitable for the managers to
put the concern into the hands of re-.
ceivers than It Is to continue them in
operation. " ' '
Secretary Alger, as the head of the
War Department, has had to answer
at the bar of public opinion for the
sins of that department and they have
been many. It now turns out that he
was "more sinned against than Bin
ning;" That the real culprits lire
President McKinley and his pet, Ad
jutant-General Corbin. And chief
among the sinners Is the president for
both Corbin and Alger hold their of
ficial positions at the pleasure, of Mr.
McKinley.
lodges Two Thous
and Filipinos.
Manila, March 15. General Wnea-
ton, commanding the - United States
living column, attacked and defeated a
force of 3000 Eiliplnos at Pasig this
afternoon, 'inflicting heavy loss upon
them. The"-Americans captured 350
Filipinos.'. ' Many bodies of rebels
killed in the engagement are floating
down the river. The American loss
was alight. '
About 350! Filipinos surrendered at
the town of Taguigto the Washington
volunteers,, and 175 Filipinos were
captured at' Pasig by the Twentieth
infantry. , Our troops found 10C dead
Filipinos; and IUU new graves near
Pasig. The prisoners were unarmed,
and therefore it is presumed they
executed ' their threat of throwing
their arms into the river. '
THE-ID0LOFi3:,:
THE ARMY
Cuban Soldiers Still Hold
to Gomez.
New York, March 14. A dispatch
to the .Tribune from .Havana says:
The tea pot of Cuban politics has been
fairly boiling over again, rhe Gomez
and anti-Gomez factions of the revolu
tionary ..party are .vying witb each
other, tor fan .the . flames of '..discord
kindled on Saturday by the military
assembly's attempt to depose the
veteran"'' insurgent' chief from the
leadership of the army. . It' is Clear
that the' controlling element in' the
assembly could not have . measured
accurately the prestige and popularity
of that what some .nondescript body
before v plunging into the foolhardy
contest with .General Gomez which
Saturday's resolution of deposition bas
precipitated; .for with all the faults of
temper and. judgement which may be
charged against him, Gomez remains
the sole, military hero of the late
rebellion, the one figure which appeals
without reserve 'to the great mass of
Cubans' whose tacit rather than active
support made the maintenance of the
issurrection possible. " '
. Had Maceo or" even -Garcia lived,
there. might have been a rival - within
the army to- divide with Gomez the
honor ' of the struggle against Spain,
and to challenge now the expediency
of his political policy, but among the
generals of the military assembly
none,bas as yet so recommended him
self to Cuban opinion as to' attract a
distinct or devoted following. The
influence of the assembly as a whole is
not to be set for a moment against
the real chief of the army, who fought
its campaigns, and is now endeavor
ing, with apparent' disinterestedness,
to secure for it the only compensation
for its labors which it can reasonably
expect to receive. : '
. ADD1T10W8 TO. THE HAW.
Chief Kmval Constructor Be porta Firty-OM
Vessels Building.
. New York, March, 14. A dispatch
to the Herald from Washington says:
In order to provide the projected
third-class cruisers with as great a
radius of action as possible the, board
of construction referred to Rear-Ad
miral Hickborn today a proposition to
Increase the amount of coal to be car
ried by each . vessel from 500 to 800
tonsl As .. originally planned the
cruisers were to carry 450 tons each,
which would permit them to steam
7234 knots and. keep at sea 33 days
without recoallng. .. , .
Consideration has already been
given by the navy department to the
method to be pursued in assigning
officers to engineering duty. Rear-
Ad artraf Melville; Jt , is understood,
will "suggest that he be allowed to
continue ther pethod in vogue under
t hav. old r law p suggesting engineers
for engineeripg duty. ,. ;
: Arrangements are being made to
enlarge the gun shop at the Washing
ton navy-yard, so as to accommodate
machinery ' for the manufacture of
breech mechanism!
Washington, March 15. Otis
cables the following casuallties: ' '
March 13 Killed Twentle.h Kan
sas, Private jJames Kline; Twenty-sec
ond infantry, - Privates George Stew
art, t.Wlnn P. Munson and Wesley J.
Hennessey.,-;;
Wouaded-Twenty-second iafaatry,
Privates WllHam Rensbart. Willett
Herman, .WHHam O'Brien, John 1
bahille. Tfceotiore A. Misner, Dan
CarroL,Johp; Hoffman, David Mul
holland, Charles Simon, Thomas Mil
ler, Frank Wash, TV F. Piper, Lester
M. Folger, 'Charles Sharkey, Charles
Davis, Corporal Chris. H. Thompson,
Corporal Charles J. Usley.
Twentieth infantry Privates Wil
liam Sampson, Adolph Woepper, Peter
J. Phelan, Corporal J. E. Hoffman.
March 14 Killed First .Washing
ton, Company E, Private van Bus-
klrk. ' . "
WouDied Second Oregon Com
pany O. Private Alfred O. Garden,
chest (severe); Company F, W. D.'B,
Dodson, slightly; Company E, Charles
J. Olson, foot (severe); Company B,
Private Walter Ervin, foot (moder
ate). '
.'jTM: CAPTCKK -OF FAS IS." '
v . i r -V.t:.' ,
General Otis Bleporw Basalt of Km
.!' Fight..-,
Washington, March 14. The fol
lowing cablegram'' from Otis was re
ceived at the war department today:
, MAKniA.-MAcch, -14, Until yesterday
the field operations .here since the cap
ture of Csjlocan aadabeea of a - mieor
nature; ;.-cffislstiegot.drlviog, back
small bands of insurgents" with a con
siderable loss to the, latter. :.
Yesterday Generil Wheaton, with
the Twentieth and -Twenty-second in
fantry, Oregon and Washington troops,
a section of the Sixth artillery .and a
squadron of the Fourth cavalry, .at
tacked a 'large force -of the enemy,
drove them back and took the line of
the Pasig river which he now holds,
Two . improvised gunboats in. the
lake have captured considerable prop
erty. Tha insurant loan was hn&vv.
Our own killed f id wounded .aggre
gate 36, mostly slightly wounded. -The
insurgents made, no determined stand.
Otis.
WBC1TUM ADVANCING.
His Columns Hk-j Some Distance Beyond
; ' rule-.
Manila, March 14. Brigadier-Gen
eral Wh'eaton's column advanced to
day ' beyond Pasig to the shore of
Laguna de Bay, sweeping everything
before it. '; The enemy made a running
fight, and suffered severe loss. '
The rebels' avenue of communica
tion north and south is now closed, the
American cordon stretching over a
mile from the river to the lake. The
rebels are in force at Pateros and
Taguig. .
Two of yesterday's wounded, Private
Stewart, of the Twentieth infantry,
and Private Munson, of Twenty-second
infantry, are dead.
SERIOUS TKOCBLB AHEAD.
Arawd Italian Striken Prevent Other
1 .OMnere Brent Werklajr. ,
Lake City, Colo.. March 14. Arm
ed Italian strikers prevented other
miners from taking their places this
morning at the Hidden Treasure, Ute
and Ulay, mines- -The sheriff may call
on the government for troops to main
tain order. The strike was declared
on account oi an oroer requiring an
miners without families to take their
meals at the mine boarding-house.
Sheriff Beck, with one deputy, has
gone to tne mines to arrest iu or a
dozen of the strike leaders. The local
armory was broken into last night and
all the arms and ammunition - stolen .
It is presumed the theft was commit
ted by the strikers.
recognize General Gomez as . the rep j
resentative of theCubair-' people -until r
such time as the national assembly
shall be organized. He will be con
sulted -on all points relative td the
welfare of Cuba,' and General Brooke
will continue to show him the defer
ence due his position as the recog
nizedleader of the Cubsnf. .. -; -
LATEST CASUALTY LIST.
Hamea of Two Oregon Boys Among Those
Reported Wounded.
Washington, March . 16. Otis re
ports the following casualties:
n March 13 Wounded, Twelfth in
fantry, Sergeant Barkley; Sixth artil
lery, Prlvate.Fred.J..Kelley.
March 14 Killed, Founh cavalry
Saddler Samuel Jonef; wounded,
Fourth.cavalry, Captaln.Fred Wheeler,
Privates-' Mj.tobeJ 1.' oad'fitorace , S'..
Smith, George Parks, Ernest Wilcox;
Twenty-second "infantry,' Privates
Alfred Bebm,' Marshall -Comb. .
Second Oregon, company F, Private
Walter Duran, ' evebrow, slight. '
. . In jured First Washington, company
B, Private Rodney H. Church, powder
burn, slight.
March 15, ' near PaterOs, wounded,
Second Oregon, company E, Private
Edward Oesch, hip, slight.
-' TESIKON IS' SEVERE.
A Clash ,-Between--' Opposing Factions
Is Feared.
Havana, March 15. The report of
the resignation of Civil Governor Mora
is untrue. : A certain- nervous tention
and uneasy restlessness, especially dur
ing the evening, is noticable in the
vicinity of Central Park where the men
congregate and talk' politics. The
police do not allow groups to assemble,
and are dispersing them. Another
Gomez manifestation has been planned
for this afternoon, and it is said that
the Cuban " officers will organ lze
manifestation in favor of the Cuban
military assembly, which, if it takes
place.'will probably lead to a clash be
tween the opposing factions.. In fact,
some people declare such a conflict
cannot be avoided.
Ten Ships Lost. '
Nxw York, March 15. The Tribune
says" It is now practically-certain that
10 freight steamers have been lost on
the Atlantic in recent storms. This
involves the sacrifice of more than
300 lives and J2, 500,000 capital. Of
course, there yet remains a slim
chance that some of the crews may
have been picked up by slow going sail
ing vessels, bound for far distant
ports, or that one or two of the mis
sing ships may still be drifting dis
abled, far from ' the usual lanes of
ocean travel, but the probabilities are
heavily against tbat hope.
"Hope Deferred
i Maketh the Heart Sick."
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But the sight of our
Silk
Shirt Waists 1
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Will make every heart leap for joy.
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By express we have received our first installment of j
Silk Shirt Waists
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and for beauty, styleand workmanship they are perfect
gems. Another -important thing is there are not two j
will not be seen with your
alike, so that your neighbor
ZZ: waist on.
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The Drought Is Broken.
San Francisco, March ; 15. The
drought which was threatening the
loss of millions of dollars to the state
has been broken by a rain storm which
promises to continue for several days.
Nearly an Inch has already been dis
tributed over the Sacramento valley.
Reports show that . both grain and
fruit crops are tn excellent condition
throughout the big valley. It bas
been raining here . steadily for the
past 24 hours, and the storm has be
come general throughout the state,
Wyoming Lands Bold.
Cheyenne, Wyo., March 14. Spec
ial Master Day, of the United States
court, sold the. equity of the Union
Pacific Railway Company's coal lands
in Wyoming , at. publio , auction. The I
salelucluded lands' in Carbon, Sweet
water and Unltah counties. The total
price aggregated $1,235,000. They are
all bought by Vice-President Cornish
for the Uelon Pacific Railroad Com-
its Work at Chicago Done
Chicago, March 15. The court of
inquiry, investigating the - beef con
troversy held a secret executive ses
sion this afternoon, and determined to
leave tonight for Omaha. . Thence the
members will proceed to Kansas City.
It Is the expectation of the court to
return to Chicago by Tuesday of next
week, when the examination of wit
nesses will be proceeded with.
Strike Near the Oregon Line.
San Francisco, March 15. A letter
to the Examiner says that the resi
dents of the mining town of Hayden
Hill. Lasen county, in the extreme
northeastern portion of the state, are
greatly excited over an exceedingly I
rich strike of -gold ore. The vein is
about fifteen inches wide at 28 feet
from the surface, and it is said pros
pects from 82,000 to 112,000 per ton.
Beward for Lynchers.
Atlanta, Ga., March 16. Govern
or Chandler today Issued a proclama
tion offering a reward of $500 for the
apprehension and delivery of the first
member of the mob, and a further re
ward of $100 for each additional per
son implicated in the killing of the
four negros at Palmetto this morning.
Spain Effects a Loan.
Madrid, March 16. The Spanish
government bas concluded a loan of
30,000,000 pesetas with the banking
house of 'Urquno.' This money was
handed over yesterday and will be de
voted to paying arrears due to Span
ish troops who have served in Cuba.
Does This Strike. Tn t ( .....
Muddy complexions, nauseating
breath come from chronic consump-
l tion.- Karl's Glover Root Tea fiv an -absolute
cure and has been sold for I
fiftv vears on an absolute guarantee.
Price 25 cents and 50 cents, at Blake- I
ley & Houghton, druggists; " . "
ST . . Some of these inay be seen in our window on the 3
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corner of Second and Federal streets today. . ,'3
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ALL OOODS MARKED IN
' PLAIN FIGURES
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Did You Ever
Stop to think that this is the timo of year that
a merchant wants to sell off all bis heavy goods.
Well that is the case with. me. Come in before
the assortment is broken and get your choice of
the stock of Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots 'and
Shoes, Blankets, Furnishing Goods.
C. F. STEPHENS.
DRUGS
Wall
Paper.
Paints, Oils,
BRUSHES
WINDOW GLASS
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WILL BKCOOMIZB OOMEZ.
Only
Wants the
Ratified.
Republican legislatures are having
a bard - time electing senators tnis
year. Tne Deieware legislature, witn
a republican majority of seven, has
adjourned without electing a successor j
to Senator Gray, and California and
Pennsylvania are yet to bear from.
It seems the bosses are nnable to
agree on candidate.
Treaty
Madrid, March 14. Corresponden-
cia says the cabinet has advised the
queen regent -to ratify the treaty of
peace with the United States immedi
ately without awaiting the reassembl
ing of the cortes.
SJnattaffS) Stands bv flenses. ''
Washington, March 14. Senor
Quesda today received a cablegram
from Santiago which says: : .Tfae
people of Santiago disauthorize the
assembly, sustain Gomez and are pre
paring a public manifestation."
Wood, wood, wood, leave your or
ders or phone to No. 4 for dry fir wood
Maier&Beitoa'ie dlw.
General Brooke .Instrneted -to Trent
- Witn Gosms.
Chicago, Marco is. a special to
the Times-Herald irom Wasblngton
says: Discretionary authority bas been
given to Majot-General Brooke, gov
ernor-general of Cuba, to disolve the
Cuban assembly. . From the tone of
General Brooke's dispatches, officials
expect that he will immediately avail
himself of the authority invested In
him.
Such action will be the first interfer
ence Of the government of the United
States with the persons styling them
selves the representatives of the Cuban
people,' and If it occurs it will be en
tirely due to the illegal ana unjustifi
able acts of those persons.
Fnrtbcrmore, General Brook will
. . BnowBonnd Train Abandoned. .
Cheyenne, March 15. The snow
bound train on the Cheyenne & North
ern at Wheatland has been abandoned
bv the company officials, who will take
steps to rescue the passengers by
sleds. :
Pope Is 111 Aaisln.
London, March 14.-A special dis
patch from Borne announces that the
pope has suffered a renewal of faint
ing fits, but it is added that his physi
cians do not reeard bis condition as
serious.
Hajtlen Duties .Increased.
New YORK, March 16: A dispatch
to the Herald Irom fort au rnnce
says: An increase oi so per cent in
the duties on all imports went into ef
fect yes terday.
Pope Grows Weaker.
Rome, . March 16. The Messagro
today says the pope shows signs of in
creasing weakness and that his phy
sicians are very watchful.
Senatorial Ballots.
Pennsylvania, March 16. The
50th ballott resulted as follows: Quay
Jenks 71: Dalzell 14; remainder
scattering; necessary to choice 102.
To cut cord
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