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75
. WONDERFUL SUGGESTIONS
President Scburmau, in his add
at the opening of the Scholastic year
of Cornell university the other cay
spoke at some length on the subject
of exDansion. . Just a year before he
argued strongly that we should not
take the Philippine islands f n m
Spain and now he"goes on tryii.i. to
give reasons for changing his opinion
Scburmao is as slippery as he Is un
reliable, and the president, imagining
thic h wnilded some influence -in the
East, thought it might be good policy
to buy him over with an office or
tickle his inordinate vanity with soup
distinction, so he made him president
of as useless a commission as the world
ever saw.
The United States having taken the
islands, what shall be done with
them? This he thinks is -'a grave
nnpsiinn." and after drawing several
T. '
thousand dollars to decide this verj
question, he comes back uuable to
give an answer further than to say
that this issue must be decided by the
m-esident and congress. This is what
every 'school boy, even if he hasn't
been in Manila, has been Baying for
the last six months The president
havicir taken this island and thai
without the authority of congress
surely must know what he intends to
do witn them. If a man undertakes
to bold up a train, and is caught and
foiled in the attempt, we cannot see
by what right he can appeal to tbe
well disposed part of the people and
ask them to help him out. He ought
to have known what he would do with
his plunder before he started in.
Imagine him saying.' "I undertook U
rob that train, but I have not been
able to succeed, pray what shall I do
now?" Or, put it this way: "I have
robbed that train; I am loaded down
with the plunder, and do not know
what to do with it; please tell me xhat
1 must do to save myself?" This in
just where Mr. McKinley stand.-) to
day. He has taken these islands.
Now let him tell us what be is going
to do with them. That's bis business
and not those who never approved ot
the act. What the people must cou
. aider is, what shall we do with the
men who led us into tbe trouble, who
have been piling up tbe burdens of tbe
people, pushing our young men to tbe
front to be slaughtered, starving them
with rotten beef and sending them to
die in miasmatic camp?? That is the
"grave issue they muse uecide." Shall
they re-elect these men to office and
power, or 8 hall they consign them to
igoomy and defeat for the balance cf
their lives?
Schurmaa says the "Filipinos sus
pect and fear us." He could have dis
covered this without traveling all tbe
way to Manila at the expense of the
taxpayers. And then he adds: "We
must allay their anxiety and suspicion
by a splendid Philippine service."
That's the remedy, then. . If this bad
bee a done at the beginning, there
would have been no war. If tbe presi
dent had given Agoncilla this assur
ance, our army might have been with
drawn. Had the treaty that recog
nized the independence of Cuba
recognized the independence of tl:e
Philippines at the same time, there
would baye been do shedding of inno
cent blood.
But Imagine McKinley inaugurating
a "splendid Philippine service." Why
Schurman knows, but he lacks the
courage to say it, that if he were to
attempt that there wouldn't be a
corrupt old party heck in the country
but would be sent down there with a
Cir pet-bag in bis hand. It would be
such men as W. Godfrey Hui ter, of
Kentucky; Alger, of Michigan; Eagan,
the slanderer; Carter, the robber,
Barney Sullivan, of South Dakota; or
- McCook, American consul at Dawson
City. These are the kind of men he.
has favored all along, and against tbe
protests of the respectable element of
bis party, and these are the kind of
' cattle be would send to Manila to give
the poor people "a splendid Filipino
service." Even his selection of Sehur
man as president of a Philippine com
mission shows bow he would proceed
to carry out that gentleman's idea.
Salem Independent.
IN HARD STRAITS.
Our Republican friends in Ohio are
in oretty bard straits for campaign
. funds, and ylew with alarm the proba
bility of McLean's election, if the fol
lowing special to the St. Louis Repub
lic from Chicago is true
Every postmaster and perhaps every
other Federal officeholder in Illinois
who is not specifically protected by
SATURDAY OCTOBER 14,
- civil service has received from W. F.
Burdell, chairman of tbe finance com
mittee of the Ohio republican state
central committe, a circular letter urg
ing the recipient to send a cash con
tribution to tbe Ohio republican cam
paign fund, on the ground that "tbe
defeat of tbe party in tbe president's
state would be heralded by the oppo
sition as a rebuke to his administra
tion."
"Copies of this daring 'sandbag' are
now in possession of officers of the
democratic State Central committee.
"Secretary Nelson today received
visits from at least twenty five demo
crats bailing from as many counties in
the Southern ani central parts of the
state, every one of whom mentioned
tbe Ohio circular and stated that
copies had been received by the post
masters of their towns. Several post
masters have forwarded letters to the
postmaster gene-al complaining of the
attempt to mulct them in the name of
the president.
"Tbe circular is a comprehensive
document. It was written on tbe 19th
of September, and says, among other
things:
'A democratic victory in Ohio this
fall would carry with it almost full con
trol of the political machinery, of the
state, thus enabling the opposition to
entrench itself for the opposition cam
paign of 1900. We bope you will be
able to contribute to the legitimate
expenses of tbe state central committee I
ia its efforts to maintain republican j
supremacy. On account of tbe 1m-
portant bearing which tbe result in
Ohio this year will have upon the . eral
greater contest In 1900, and because of j gexi
the face that the defeat of the party
in ibe president's home state would be
lieca'ded by the opposition as a rebuke
o bis administration, we hope you
ill aid us in-this contest by sending
as lihtral a contribution as you can
afford.
"It it known that the postmasters ct
MUjuri, Kansas, Ohio, Mk-higac, In
diana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, West
Virginia, Pennsylvania, New -York,
Tennessee, New Jersey, Delawa
and Oklahoma have been similarly
favored."
MO A1 El' AND PROSPERITY.
The controlling condition of pros
pority is found iu prices. When price
are rising industry and production are
stimulattd, giving employment and
wages to labor and a profit to all legi
timate enterprise. Under such aeon
dltion production moves towards
maximum, and if this condition be of
long duration it brings the entire
energies of a nation and people into
full play in the product on 3id riistri-
button of wealth. At such times
money is never to be found in idle
hoards at the great money centers, be
causa money is losing it power to com
mand other things in exchange and
cannot be profitably hoarded, while on
the other hand a profit is c-eriain if
money is prudently invested in lesfiti-
nite enterprise. But if prices are
falling enterprise becomes the uner
ring road to bankruptcy. If a period
of falling prices be long drawn out,
bankruptcies and failures will become
the rule and successful enterprise the
exception. Under these conditions
moaev will accumulate ia vast hordes
in the bank vaults at tbe money cen
ters. and although the rates of interest
may rule low, the. fall in prices ih'-out h
an increase of the purchasing power of
money itself will defeat its profitable
use in productive enterprise and gen
eral stagnation of business will be the
rule with labor unemployed and dis
tress universal among all classes, ex
cept bond holders, money lenders, and
salaried officios. At such times mort
gages eat up the equities of debtor:
while the burdens of taxation grow
more oppressive and burdensome.
There has never been in the world's
history a period during which the.
human race made advances in civili
zation and wealth, and the masses of
tbe people constantly rose from a lower
to a higher level, except when the
money supply was increasing. The
productiveness or non-productiveness
of tbe mines unerringly mark tbe
p-jriois of advancement or retrogres
sion among all the nations and peoples
as far back as we have records.
Money is tbe unit of price. Prices
are expressed in numerals and frac
tions of the money unit. Price io an
expression of tbe reiatioo-of the money
volume io the articles bought and
sold io tbe world's markets. The num
ber of money units that can be made
of gold ia dependent upon the quantity
of gold in existence. Tbe number of
additional money units that can be
added to tbe world's volume of money
each year depends upon the yearly
output of -the gold mines. The same
U true of silver. The only test of a
suffi :ie.ncy of money c an adequate
annual increase of money supply is
found in price levels. If in the ab
sence of wars that suspend production
and disarrange trade, or the absence
of famines or pestilence that likewise
create abnormal market conditions,
the general price level is falling, it is
evideoce that the uiouey supply is in
adequate and insufficient. If, on the
other hand, under normal conditions
the general level of price is firm or ad
vancing, no complaints will be heard
of an insufficiency of money or the in
adequateness of supply.
So great is tbe influence of money
supply that If all other conditions ex
1st favorably to the highest efficiency
in production and money supply is io
sufficient, falling prices, curtailed pro
duction, enforced idleness on the part
of labor, increased bankruptcies and
general bard times will be the prevail
ing conditions.
From time immemorial until 1873 all
the gold and silver that could be ex
traciea irom tbe mines went into uni
versal use as money. The fact that
gome nations made their coins of gold
alone and others coined only silver
caused no distrurbance whatever to
long as one or more commercial
nations freely coined both metals,
What the conditions have been since
1873 is fresh in the minds of all. Ar
gument should not be required to con
vince any reasonable mind that con
ditions would have been better bad
there been no curtailment in the
supply of money.
DANGER OF- MILITARISM.
It is plain that the miscarriage of
justice in the Dreyfus case was due to
the fact that tbe French army ha's
grown too powerful and is looked upon
as being a state within the state. Tbe
army authorities have assumed that
there is one legal rule of conduct for
the civilian and -another , for the
soldier, says tho Astoria Budget.
Tne people of the United States can
not be warned too often or too earnest
ly against allowing this form of mili
tarism to gain a foot "hold among us.
We are naturally prone to glorify
the military hero as onn who has
achieved a higher distinction thin is
possible "to a peaceful and useful in
dustry. A captain in the ai my of in
dustrial workers must bow in humble
admiration before the man who has
led a company to slaughter. When a
successful soldier wants a political
office we are expected to be dulv grate
ful and elect him without bein? an
impertinent as to inquire into his
fitness for tbe place. This nAy be a
comparatively harmless feature of the
hero-worship which is common among
us But if we eotr a policy of military
conquests there is great danger that be
there will grow up a distinct caf te, or
privileged class, like that in France,
wnose memters will point to their
uniforms as proof that tbey are a law
unto themselves and demand that
civilians shall stand uncovered in
their presence.
The same 200-yard six-cord spool
cotton that is sold to the American
nouse-wire at 4 cents ana in our
country towns at 6 cents cost 2 cents
in Great Britain. Linen thread eel
ling for 4 cents in this country costs
li cents abroad. The America-- com
modity is controlled by a trust and its
exorbitant selling price protected by
high tariff. In greater or less pro
portion the same condition prevails
with reference to almost every article
in common use in the United States.
The San Francisco milk inspector
recently made a tour of inspection and
found that some samples of water were
sadly adulterated with milk, which
leads th6 Wasp to remark if some of
the mi'k used In that city genuine sev-
California cows must be four-leg-j temper on the part of what he supposed
sprinkling carta. J was
WHAT A tiOVT CLaHKI
The i-rcuf, niiv.i.1 in-r- s. I'ewev,
SHi!-. rni .Samps'o:.. Iinv- I een wined
in dYnii. ,i. Iveti tetitii":? receptions,
anil h.'l very im-siiib; attention paid
them. Th".v h.r.e teen received by
i'i rt!ii:-e.-i!-.t:vtii unil :i'in;irir,g people,
and ite aitei.tions slion D them have
in uo inuriiii i- hei.-n slimed. Nobody
beer ud j.'1-s the honors bestows-.! upon
them, nor would anyone have one
word of v.ii-e. spoken in their favor
recalled. But there is pnother hero
that the SpanU b-American war has
brought into prominence, arid a little
recognition of his merits would not de
tract from the honors shown the
greater lights. We refer to vaptain
Clark, cOT.iuaniler of the battleship
Oregon. The parr, ho played ing 'he
war and the feats he iiccoiuplistied
were no less worthy of consideration
than those of D.:wey, Schley and
Sampson. He did what no other naval
officer has ever done, und probably
will never accomplish. He sailed his
ship 14,000 miles under forced pres
sure day and night, and brought it
and its crew into K- y West i i perfect
fighting trim. Within a few days,
and without lime for repair or rest be
took his place in the liti? of Admiral
S.inipsn-ii's fleet, and was foremost in
tho great battle of Sun-.'niro. Prob
ably there are ;ii her -ea captains who
could l.avei.ccoii-piish-. 1 the same feat,
but to Captain (--.ark was assigned tne
honor, and he executed every detail of
his duty without a hitch or blunder.
To tutu, t.n-ivfore, is due something
more than a passing notice. Tne
nation should give him-more than
ordinal y recognition, and especially
should Oregon, the state for wnom his
noble ship was nam d do honor to the
gallant captain.
too risfiioNMtr.
Hugh Wallfc. of Tacoma, former
democratic national coramit'.et man
from Washington, is out for Dewey
for President with both feet. Here is
the wav he ex .-res-"-s himse-1 .
There is one power that can pre
vent A-.iip ral IJewey Irons being we
next prv-aJenv -ays waiiiiee. i nan
is himeelf. No man has ever declined
the presidency, md admiral Dewey is,
too patriotic to r J so to take orders
from the people. The admiral's nomi
nation by the i.-nvmml.i" party will re
move ail war-t l tr -rencs, aiio unity
the forces. The, ud in his favor a HI
be so sweeping and overwhelming j
bat it won'd not surprise me if thn - j
uMicao convention ra' fil rh ex'-nr- j
nation. No democratic platl.iriu win
be necessary, because the American
people will abide by Dewey's judg
ment."
Mr. Wallace's enthusiasm seems to
be unbounded, but bis ideas are vision
ary. Were Dewey befcre the American
people today he probably might be
elected president without a platform,
but the national electioo is a yeac
hence, and it is not probable that tbe
enthusiasm for tbe gallant sea fighter
will be as warm a year hence as it is
nov. Besides there are issues before
the people that must- enter into the
coming national election o-i which th-i
admiral has not expressed an opinion.
More than this, nobody knows shetherv j
Dewey is a democrat or a republican. '
If he is a democrat and accept j in
sneral the declarations of the Chicago j
1 latform, is opposed to trusts and en- j
dorses the doctrine that the right to- j
govern must come from the consent of j
tl.3 governed, he would most likely be
the roost popular man the democratic I
party could nominate. But to say
that he could be elected without a
platform, Mr. Wallace draws strongly
upon imagination. Votes are neces
sary for the election of a president,
and voters must know where a man
stands before they give h'm their sup
port Tb? suopositfon that the rep"bl'can9
would ratify his nomination is alike
visionary. Mark Hanna and William
McKinley will not be scared out of
making a struggle for office by the
popularity of De.wey or any other ma.i.
They make politics a business. They
have b.en successful financially
while at tbe head of the government,
and do not propose to surrender to
any roan whom they cannot control.
If Dewey would consent to become a
tool in their hands and do their bid
ding, tbey uiiyut consent to his being
made president, otherwise they would
fight him as bitterly as they would W,
J. tiryan rr any otbor man wbo may
oppose them. But Dewey will not be
anybody's tool, therefore it will be
impassible for him to be a republican
nominee for president or for him to
receive the endorsement of the leaders
of that party.
In the selection of a candidate for
presiddnt, the democrats cannot af
ford to rely ou sentiment such as is
expressed by Mr. Wallace. They
must select a man who is known to be
on the side of tbe people on every im
portant measure. If Dewey is, if be is
an out-and-out democrat, be is tbe
most available candidate for president
in I9:.'0. but his convictions on the
L.'eat national issues must do made
known before he can receive tbe en
dorsement of the party.
SHORTAGE IN WHEAT.
The American Agriculturalist esti
mates the total wheat crop harvested
in the United States thii year will
amount to 565.350,000 bushels, a short
age cf 149,652.000' bushels as com oared
with last year' crop, and tho quality.
tbe conntrv over, is somewhat below
the standard of the crop of 1898. The
crop throughout the world is some
what better than for tbe past two years
but there will still be a shortage of
several hundred million bushels.
With such a shortage prices should
higher for wheat than they are now.
and for No. 1 will certainly range
higher within a few weeks than tbey
are at present. That prices will not
be lower is quite evident, ard farmers
will not lose anything, and stand
good show to make a fair profit, by
holding good wheat. But with infer
ior grades the situation is different.
There is an immense amount of dam
aged wheat all oyer , the Northwest
that is of little 'value except for feed,
and the supply is evidently greater
than the demand will be, bence our
advice to farmers ia to store and hold
their good wheat for a few months,
and to sell their damaged grain as
soon as they can get it to market.
A much abused Whitman county
man calls upon the law to rid him from
tbe galling chains of matrimonv.
Wedded life for him Las not been
what it is cracked up to be. He pro
nounces marriage a failure and as be
recalls tbe woes of Socrates And Zan-
the
tippe meekly but fervently murmurs
me, too. He alleges that a violent
fect
to be a better half has made life in j
for
its misery hardly worth the living.
Bodily c.hasti-em-?n:.s ha-" r.'. heen
inflV'etl upon tits person, Imr. oopro
brtou-i epithets h iving been hurled at
him mercilessly and that eats into his
soul more dieply ttian any form of cor
pora! punishment ever could. Blow9
ha iLii'ht enduri ; tongue lashing
never.
Great Britain is very generous to
ward the Boers, as she always is to
ward people over whom she would ride.
She says they can buy peace if Presi
dent Kruger will disarm his soldiers
and will pay England an indemnity of
1. 000,000 to defrav the expenses of
preparing for war. S'oe made some-such
offer to the Am rican colonies a little
over one hundred years ago.
MAHK HANA'AISM.
The St. Louis Republic draws a les
son from Mark Hanna's defense and
advocacy of the trusts that are com
bining billiotiS of dollars of capital
wuh which to control industrial and
manufacturing markets. The Repub
lic says:
''Mark Hanna is tot a pleasant fig
ure to contemplate iu American public
life. He stacds for all the evil dovel
opments in thct life Drought about by
the lowering of political standards con
stituting so deplorable a phase of
recent years. He is the antithesis of
tho American state'sman of this coun
try's better and purer days. The p-iu-ciple
controlling his public service is
that of .-elfish devotion to - he almighty
Collar. His real constituency is com
posed of multimillionaires and monop
olists desirous of increasing the num
br of their millions and strer.gtheu
i"g the i-rriso of their monopolies.
The corr mon people represent to Mark
Banna only the material out of which
to rqueese those things desired by tbe
syndicates.
'This man, however, is serving a
good purpose in American politics.
He is sickening the people of states
manship for the benefit of the rich at
t.e expense of the poor. He is eau
ing American gorges to rise at the de
voloQineiits possible to prn-itituted
politics Be is proving the danger
acid degradation inevitable to u party
which subordinates principle to peif.
When Mark Hanna retires from pub
lie life ho wilt bavr: bui'deil Vl-ter ihau
he knew. He will have made it im
P'j!i!'e for many ' ars to witnessa
r-peiition of tJannai-m us ih nn-
foiig factor i i a p-ir.y l which the
Hf)pie ha-! en! rus e lt ne management
of national affairs for the best interests
of a nation "
UIb.Y COLLECT J UIBUTE.
Exaction of outrageous prices, tar in
excess of legitimate earnings of capital
invested, by the trusts organized in
tbe United States is legalized robbery.
It is none the less robbery because the
tariff law of the land affords tile oppor
tunitv. savstbe Helena Independent.
Extortion is a moral crime, as a hold
up is a statutory crime.
The average protection afforded, by
the Dingley bill is 55 per cent. There
is no such difference in cost of produc
tion here and ebroad. The difference
is very slight, n,nd in many liiies tbe.-e
is no difference whatever, unless it be
in favor of production at tiome. -"r-
This is an illustration of the oppor
tunity of tbe ti'usl wLieb is a tuuuopoiy:
The foreigner can produce u necessary
article of bousthold ne for 90 cents;
the American manufacturer cou pro
duce it for $1; it would cost the for-
eigner five cents to ship his goods to
rhA TTnirett &:.a.t.es And i?fr. r.hem on rA i
market, in the retail stores, where
they would comoete with the home
article. A five per cent tariff would
give tbe heme manufacturer all the
protection required to put him on
even terms with the foreigner; a 15
per ceut taritf would give him 10 er
ceut advantage over the foreigner and
a special privilege giving that advan-
tage-wouid seem to be sufficient, iu all
reason. But no; the Dingley bill
giyes him a 55 per cent cinch on the
borne market; with tbe difference in
original cost not exceeding 10 percent,
and the foreigner compelled to pay
transportation charges across the
ocean io addition, it is seen that the
home trust has an advantage of from
40 to 45 per cent.
Now what has tbe home concerns
done siuce the enactment of the Ding
ley bill? They have formed trusts to
prevent competition and to kill oppo
sition. Having effected their trust or
ganizations, tbey began the work of
increasing prices, and the following
table shows how they have done It:
Increase of price duty.
Articles Per cent Per cent
Envelopes 40 2ufe35
Enamel ware B0 40
Builders' haidware 45 43
Iron beds 3565 45
Brooms 400 40
Chairs 2533!S 35
Furniture 25 3
Glassware 20 45&e0
.Rubber Large advance 30SJ35
Stoves 2533 45
Shoes 10325 -. 25
Tinware lOCSSUO 45
Wall paper 2584 25
Hams, increase of price, 3c per lb;
duty 5 c per lb Kuit wool, increase of
price $1 to $1.50 per dozen; duty 44c
per lb or 60 per cent. Soap, increase
of price, 25c a box; duty 15 cents per
lb, or 20 per cent.
Vhile this outrageous increase of
price to consumers has been going on
perhaps one-tenth of tbe employes of
trust plants have had their wages in
creased from five to 20 pr cent. But
in few, if any cases, are wages today
greater than they were in 1892, before
the panic. The o'ber nine-tenths of
the wage-earners of tbe land have had
no increase, nt earnings, but tbe entire
body of worltingmeo of the United
States have hud thuir living expenses
increased, as shown by the table above.
THE RESERVE PROBLEM.
There is no question of more impor
tance to the stock interest of Eastern
Oregon today than that of retaining
tbe Cascade mountains for grazing
purposes. The power delegated by
congress to the interior department to
at any time close the timber reserves
to the grazing of stock is one that
leaves the stockraisers of Oregon solely
at tbe mercy of that individual, there-
ore their business is made uncertain,
or may be said to rest with the caprice
of one official, for should the forest
ranges be closed stock raising on an
extensive Bcale will be a thing of the
past in this part of the state.
That there should ever have been an
attempt to close that portion of the re
serve soutn. oi tne warm ouring
gency. was a mistake, nod it is to be
hoped that the efforts being put forth
by the stockraisers will prevent any
order being issued closing it perma-
ently. The meeting held in Portland
Tuesday, between representatives of
are
Oregon Wool Growers Association
and the trustees of tbe Portland Cham
ber of Commerce will have a good ef
towards keeping the reserve open,
Portland's influence with tbe de-
TheQ
Opposite
Y - w ' 1 - - v -i :-
This elegmt vtmcvo ir stove, enamelad reservoir, 20-inoli
oven, nickel teakettle shelf and towel rod, nickel oven
she f, weight 360 pounds $22
Tliis elegant reservoir stove,
weight 275 pounds
partment will be greater man tnat oi
the stcikraisers.
Howeyer.the stockraisers should not
too mucu, auU Uu,u .u,clu; j
. T 1. r . . 1 1 r.
' OD31ur
demanding privileges for themselves.
They should not ask for that portion
of tbe reserve north of Warm Spri ng
agency, for that is cootigeous to a
large and thickly settled farming-
country that gets its water supply
from the Ca.-cade mountains as does
also the- city of The Dalles, and any
ntteimpt on the part of flo;-k owners to
make a sheep pasture of the section
drained by the creeks which furnish
the water supply for the farming com
munity and this city will be met with
opposition. The stockraisers are en
titled to the freedom of of a portion of
the reserve, and the interests of the
country demand that it be given tbem,
j but they re"ul erlHled 10 that p0"-
tfon north of tbe Indian agency, nor
should they seek to encroach upon tbe
rights of farmers or persons owning
land adjacent to the reserve.
IT SEES THE POINT.
ibe following Irom tne Uregoman
! scarcely requires comment. However
the Oregomau sues what effects as-
paign funds in Ohio, will have on
voters, and hastens to sound its disap
proval of the method. Tbe circular
referred to is the one printed in these
columns several days ago.
"Tbe Oregonian is in doubt how gen
erally the public looks with approval
upon the ue of a certain portion of
government salaries for support . of
political parties Avowed champion
ship of this application of money taken
from taxpayers for the sopport of tbe
government is, it is true, very infre
quent; but apathy on the subject is
widespread. If a postmaster took $10
out of a citizen's pocket to put into a
campaign fund, the action would be
denounced unsparingly. But when
the money comes out of the general
treasury, tne process is so indirect
that few persons have time to get ex
cited about it. When a democrat is
buying cigars or postage stamps, be
aoesn't stop to think that ia this way
he is puttit g up money for the post
master, when his salary comes round,
to send to Oaio to help elect Nash
governor and indorse Mr. Hanna s
ideas of politics.
"In another column-we print the lext
of a circular sent out by the republican
managers to postmasters. It explains
to the postmasters bow to violate tbe
ciyil service law with impunity. No
matter bow l.rge a coi-ruption fund
the federal office-holders raise, or to
what uses it is put in Ohio this year,
tbe law enacted to. purify our politics
will be observed, because the money
will go to republican managers instead
of republican office-holers. It shows
that tbe professions of the McKinley
machine for civil servtce reform are as
sincere as dicers oaths. It shows
that those wbo defeaded tbe recent
civil service order as a step in tbe
direction of reform assumed to speak
authoritatively whereof they knew
nothing It unmistakably shows that,
vith all tbe money, thay can raise in
Ohio, the uses they have planned for
it exceed the supply, and it certainly
indicates that the administration con
aiders its cause in danger. The coun
try will sympathize with the McKinley
machine in its hour of peril, for should
Ohio go democratic, we might be in
tbe unspeakable extremity of having
to put up with Dewey or Roosevelt in
the presidency."
IS GENERALLY RIGHT.
For one who speaks on all subjects
and expresses views on every issue,-
there are few men who are more gen
erally right than W. J. Bryan. His
ideas are liberal and broad, and when
sounded down to their true worth are
very nearly in accord with those of
the best minds of the cation who are
not prejudiced or warped by personal
interested on tbe question or trusts
tbe tariff, money and the rights and
privileges of citizens his statements
such that they are no., often suc
cessfully contradicted, and at Des
Moines the other day be was requested
to express his views concerning the
troubles, and if be would bave the
American army withdrawn from the J pension.
t Northern FUR
rea
Obar's Hotel
enameled 21-inch oven,
; $17.60
islands wuen he said:
j "I don't favor the withdrawal of our
troops. What I do believe and have
. J 1 ...
.rr!, annouocea, is that we
DoUU.u a. once ueciare our purpose tn
J unequivocal terms, so positive that the
; Filipinos cancot doubt it, to grant
! them full and complete.independence,
tbe moment they have established a
j stable government. I believe, if we
should make such an announcement
right now, the war would cease in a
very short time, and our troops could"
withdraw without laying down their
arms in the face of an enemy. Fur
thermore. I believe if we had come
out witn such an announcement in the
beginning, the war would never have
occurred. I am not unaware that a
few half-hearted efforts have been
made in that direction from time to
time, but they were made in such a
way as to raise strong questions of
their sincerity.
In this statement Mr. Bryan is cer
tainly correct, and his beliefs are gen
erally accepted. If a liberal govern
ment, that is absolute independence
should be offered the Filipinos they
would lay down their arms and become
our friends. In fact there would have
been uo war bad the United Suites
convinced them from tho start that
they should govern themselves, and
that peace with us did not mean a
change of masters.
EDUORIAL NOTES.
The judgment o? tbe Boers io at
tempting war with the strongest
nation on earth is not. commendable,
but their pluck is admirable, and the
ultimatum proclaimed by President
Kruger was about tbe nerviest act
that baa been performed for some
time.
The war in South Africa can have
but one termination that is the ulti
mate success of the British army.
J The Boers are not numerous eno igh to
' cope with England, but the sturdy
Dutchmen will die bard and will take a
lotcf Englishmen to the other shore
with thorn.
They are having a good deal of
trouble- in Chicago over the servant
girl question. The demand exceeds
the supply hy 40 per cent. A way to
remedy this difficulty has recently
been suggested by tbe mayor of Mar
sballtown, Iowa. He put a block i.-i
tbe way of his cook leaving him by
marrying her.
It is doubtful if the Klickitat farm
era who are storing their grain along
the railroad at Bigg9, Grants and
Kufus will profit thereby in the long
run. While prices are as good there
at present as they are in The Dalles,
when their wheat is all stored and
they get ready to sell, they will prob
ably find a considerable , difference in
price. When their wheat is stored on
the railroad it will have to be hauled
to market by rail, whereas if it were
stored in The Dalles tbey would have :
tha DitcBnt.rira nt lninnAl.inff linAa a nil I
jompeting buyers. i
Prof. Parson has a new theory. Be- J
cause one-tniriitn ot us were
clly
dwellers in 1790 and one third in 1890,
all of us will eventually live ia town.
More of us live in penitentiaries and
asylums than formerly. Therefore
tbe future will find us all jail birds and
lunatics. The age is big with theories.
To be called "Professor,"' and hatch
ideals in the holy name of science is
our crowning ambition. Healthy im
agination is one thing, and diseased
imagination another. There is dif
ference between thought-curbed night
mare with the bit between its teeth.
The Grand Army wants Evans re
moved. If he be derelict, remove him,
If he be conscientiously blocking
frauds retain him. There are a mil
lion pensioners. Pensions are asked
for everything. We do not believe in
pensioning a widow whose husband
-died of grief last monthtbecause he
was too old to go into tbe army when
tbe war began, nor in subsidizing a
"man wbo caugnt consumption in
-Canada during our -domestic fracas.
Tho Grand Army should lead tbe in
vestigation. No man who cannot
show his discharge should receive a
STOI
SO years in the lead.
Charter Oak Stover
Steel Ranges.
Slieval Dresser Suits.
Ash Antique Finish, dresser top
l'.ixit, German plate 17x30,
neat ly carved 15 00
Ash Suit, shaped dresser and com
mode tops, swing 0-en frame,
Frenrh mirrors, beveled edge,
18x40, h:ii;l ome carving 20 00
Solid Oak Tolislied suits, cast
bracs trimmings, Frenc h plate.
18x-10 $'3 50
Ash Antique finish Bed room suit,
full size bed, combination dres
eer a"d center table II" 50
Ash Antique finish Bed room suit,
three pieces, glass in dresser
18x24 ... J12 00
Ash Antigue finish Bed room suit,
three p;eces as per cut, glass,
beveled edge, 18x24, heavy
carved bed and dresser $14 00
Solid Oak Bed room suit, polished
antigue finish, French glass
24x30, elegantly carved $17 o0
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white ennmel iron beds,
ranging from S3.00 up.
CHRPETS
Ingraing
Ingrains, half wool
Ingriins. Extra heavy all wool. . .
Invr:ins, Kxtra snpr
Tliree-plv Extra h"avy
Iligg'ng Tapestry Brussels
Higgins Double Wire
High Rock Brussels? .
Roval Scotch Wilton Velvet
Charter Oak stael ranges
from S2S.OD up.
ATTRACTION SATURDAY NIGHT,
Bill's New and Novel Vanity fair At the
Voct.
Something distinctly new, novel and
startling is offered as an attraction in
tbe near future in Hill's travesty and
extra vaganzt, which will be one of the
principal attractions ' of the opeuing
season bere.
The title is ''Vanity Fair" the sup
porting company an excellent one it
id said will present a mixture of uni
que musical effects, farce skits, aero-
batism and high class vocalisra, making
a most delightful performance.
The gruesome and ponderous melo-
drama has had its day the so-called
farce comedy replete with horseplay
has been shelved only the best re
main to amuse the theater-goers, such
as high class comedy the play of
analysis the. tragedy of Shakespeare
and tbe ligbter-up-to-date extrava
ganzas. Among the last named will
be found pre-eminantly bright and
fresh Hill's "Vanity Fair" with all its
cosmopolitainism of artistic worth,
wbo have won high distinction in all
of the best theaters in America.
'Vanity Fair" will be seen here at t) e
Vogt opera house on Saturday night
Oct. 14th.
PL. IN Or TUB BOERS.
Will Act In Two Columns, From North to
South.
London, Oct. 12. All kinds of
rumors are telegraphed from South
Africa regarding tbe Boer movements.
Apart from the advance of the Volks-
rust and Vanreenan command, reports
having arrived of concentration of tbe
Utrechts aod Vrybeid commands to
ward tbe drifts along buffalo river east
of Dundee. Offici.il confirmation of
the annouocemont that the Orange
Free State burghers have entered
Natal by way of Vanreenan's pass is
at band. It leaves no futher room for
doubt that acts of war have already
been committed and tbe campaign has
begun.
News of invasion of the northern
border is also generally accepted as
reliable. It seems improbable, there
fore, that a clash between the forces
of Briton and Boers can longer be .
delayed if, indeed, it has not occured
already.
This morning dispatches furnished
a.nple details of tne situation on the
frontier and enable a clearer exposi
tion of the military status. It low
seems that tbe Boers intend to act in
two columns, those from Transvaal
working from tbe north, and those from
the Oraoge Free State working from 1
the west-, with the object of keeping
the British forces at Ladysmitb aod
Dnadee occupied, while parties of tbe
Boers slip past to destroy bridges along
the railway farming a fine of commun
ication between the Britisn and Dur
ban, Natal, the advance base at Pieter
marilzburg at the front.
Little Vt heat Moving;
Pendleton, Or. Oct. 12 There is
j no material change in the local wheat
market situation, although scattering
8Caies are made from day to day. Not-
withstanding the advanced stare of
tbe season, this time of year usually
witnessing heavy purchasing all along
the railroad lines in tbe Inland Empire,
the local market sees practically no
grain changing bands. It is well
settled that there will be larpe quanti
ties of wbratfit only for grinding j
into feed for livestock I
I
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Deafness Cannot be Cured
bv local (DDlIcatlons as thev cannot rpurh tho '
diseased portion of the ear. There if only one j
tional remedies. Deafness ia cause a by an in
flamed condition of the mucous lining cf tbe
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed
you bave a rumbling sound or Imperfect bear
ing, and when it is entirely closed, deamess is
the result, and unless the inflamation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
I
condition, hearing will be destroyed fo.erer;
nine cases out oi ten are causea Dy catarrh,
which Is nothing but an inflamed condition of
out
tne mocous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any !"kM..7oa "rone
case of deafness (causod by catarrb) that can.
in
not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars; free
and
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THE BOERS
IN NATAL
They Are Capturing"
Stategie Points.
London, Oct: 12. The Free State
Burghers, according to a private mes
sage just received, have crossed tbe
Orange river into Cane Colony and
have occupied Philippstowo. Their
object, it is supposed is to cut tho rail
way at De Eir Junction, which is con
sidered an important stategic polot.
According to a dispatch from Cate
Town It is asserted the Boers have ar
ranged with Chief LInchwe. a pro
minent chief on the oorthwestern
border, to take up arms against Great
Britain.
A dispatch from Mafeking today
says that Colonel Baden Powell has
sent a strong British force from Mafe
kiog towards the border with field
guns and ambulances, presumably
with a view to occupying advantageous
defensive high ground.
Dispatches from Durban confirm thr
report that the Free State authorities
bate seized a Natal train leaving
Ladysmith yesterday for Harrysraltb.
Tbey also stopDed a train due to leavo
HaTysmith in tho afternoon. It in
understood that telegraphic commu
mcatlon with tbe Transvaal ceased
punctually at 5 o'clock yesterday.
LORENZO, Marquez, Oct. 12 Infor
mation has reached bere that the Boers
have mined three pisrsof the bridge
at Komati, a port on the Komati river
London, Oct. 12. A special from
Ladysmitb, says:
"Tbe Boers occupied Laiog's Nek
the moment the ultimatum expired
Tbey are now pouring into 'Natal and
Inge.ro heights bave beeen occupied
Trouble hrad for Flllpoos.
Washington, Oct 12. Ths fol'ow
Ing dispatch has been received from
Manila:
"Schwan's column is moving on Sa-
pang and Dasmaricas today, where
some opposition is expected. A col
umn of five hundred men marched
from Imus to support Schwan. Young
has occupied Arayat and supplies are
being moved up the Rio Grande to
that point. Lawton will command
tbe column when the full concentra
tion has been effected. The Insurgents
attacted the Angeles lines, and' were
quickly repulsed. Six enlisted men
were slightly wounded
October Standard patterns at Pease
& Mays.
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NOTICE OF FINAL SET
TLEMENT. Notice Is hereby given thot tbe undersigned,
admLuLHirutor oi ibe partnership estate of Joha
tirookbouse, deoeased, aud J J. Brookhouse,
has tiled in the county court of Wasco county,
state of Oregon, bis final account m such aa.
mlnlstrator of said estate, and that Monday,
tbe 6tb day of November, A. 1. 1KW, at tbe hour
of 2 p. H.,ban been nxed by aald court aa tbe
time for bearing objection to said report,
and tbe settlement thereof
It. J.GORMAN,
Admtnl trator of tbe partnership estate of
Jobu lirookhouse, deceased and i. J. Brook
bouse. w6t
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
s been duly appointed by tne Hon. County
ouri.of tbe State of Oregon for Wasoo County,
administrator of tbe Estute of Antone Jerome,
deceased. All persons having claims against
aid deceased or bis estate are hereby nottned
to present the same, properly vanned, to me at
my office In Dalles -City, Oregon, within six
mouths from the date of this notice.
Dated this 31st day of August, 1K0.
K. F. GIBBONS,
Administrator of the estate ot Antone Jerome,
deceased.
NOTICE.
Notice Is hereby riven that tbe following pe
tition for a retail liquor license will be pre
sented to tbe County Court of Wrsro county,
Oregon on tbe 8th day of November, 1HW, at 10
o'clock a. m. of suld day
PETITION.
To the Honorable County Court of Wasoo
County, Oregon :
e, the undersigned legal voters of Falls
Precinct, Wasco County, Oregon, respectfully
petition your honorable board to grant to Wm.
Labky a license to sell spirituous, lnous
and mall liquors la less quantity than one
gallon, lor the term ot one year, at the Cas
cade Locks, Oregon :
CElettlck J Tot ton
C Huggolom Wm M Ash
Erik tiaggblom L L, Cates
G Wilson C Vascorl
Jobn Tbelson H O Hausen
John Anderson H Illtegard
B K Woods A FletHchner
Louey L,unyo A E Trust
F Anderson JohnWesnan
H Teusen Joe Schmidt Jr
T W Badder W l McCrary
J J Coyle Hen De
Alfred Collls Jobn V Trana
J F Stoat C Voorhees
D A Cheyney A G Hall
Joe Schmid A Wetsoq
A W King K muck
Andrew Truverro C A MoCrorr
G gyring N Nelson
r is ieavens f n Douglas
M C Martin F Kogoro
R O Connor A B Glazier
Tbad Gluzier H A Leavens
Wm Nestler U Martin
i-i P Harobam C J Carlson
Pa. Lahev Jobn Bass
G L Harpbam - J Johnson
n u weston Oregon vvasbtn.-n
OttoOUn Or-korg
S Malm H C i rank
K P Ash Win Tnzzeil
H Fltzrcois juu". Uortoa
UK HAS UitMl' UOPFS.
Archbishop Chappoila lie 1 teres He Cava
Bring Peace to the t'lilllpplnes.
New Okuea s, Oct. 12 Arch
bishop Cbappel -. ! al delegate to
tbe Philippines, ?tvd n-it his first
interview regu . 1 1,- his important
mission today.
"I have talk id over my mission
thoroughly with Presl. lent McKinley,"
he said, ''and v.i understand each
other. My en a.id is uou of pacifica
tion. I hope to ajo mpiish what the
army of tbe United States has failed to
do to bring peace to the islands. I
am burring the ui r.in.-ments for my
departure regard Ices- f all else, and
will leave at th-. unrhcst possible
opportunity. 1 i that I will be
sucessful in wbuf I an 401 ng to try to
accomplish.
Tne archbishop was usked as to what
would be done witn c jurcb property
la the Philippine-.
"This matter ' .- bjen discussed bv
me witn the auttf-riue In Washing
ton," he answered, aud we understand
each other. T.i : r. port that the
properties are joiu .iy tu-iJ in tbe name
of the church an I j ui is erooneous.
The properly boli"-i and have always
belonged to the i-(,u.cu. 1; will be a
simple question r provir-g title. I
bave received no ... ii:uaiion that con
fiscation is in
Clark & Falk !;' a fcrnplete line
of American art, i.uu-j paints
McKinle) u - iuu i polls,
Minneapolis, U President
McKinley and p.ny u: rived in this
today. The " . ' it and cabinet
B.EAyrc r-lj
Til!
officers and their .1 (.tn-.'-i-'iad officers
reviewed thd retrr volunteers of
the Thirteenth N i-M.t.-t regiment.
Aft?r the parade mv presidential party .
were driven to th : 1 i-m building
where was epreml . !-. -j-t f-.ir. the vol
unteers. At thu coni'K on of the
banquet Presidei t 'i.:KlnIey delivered
alenghty add res upon the world's
progress and history during tbe past
Large school sponges, 1 cent each.
Pencils, 6 cents per doz. Pens, slates s
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