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THE OREGON SCOUT.
AMOS K. JONKS
EMTOlt,
City and County Official Paper.
Friday, August 24., 1888,
EDITORIAL SOTES.
Tub Whangdoodlo lnournclh for its
tail leathern.
Tksm.skk and Kentucky gave in-
creased democratic majorities ast
wcoj.
TituGainsvillc, G:i., Emlc comes
asking to oxclunge.
"Vc comply wit
pleasure.
Sisck tho death of Gen. Sheridan
Gen. Schoficld , sonior major general
has been designated commander of the
nrmy by tho president.
Sk.vator Ciiahk has iutroduced
bill consolidatiug the third and fourth
classes of mail matter, and making tho
rate of pontage one cent for each two
ounces.
SttVBitAi. very interesting commu
mentions received this week are not
published for the reason that the
tho names of the writers do not accom-
pnny them.
Wantku. :i(XX) men to shake hands
with the great-grandchild of his great
grandfather. Faro for round trip am
expenses paid. Call at republican
headquarters.
Tub hardest shake Harmon has had
bo far, was handed in by tho Fedora
lions of labor at Indianapolis on tho
7th Inst. It made his political vertebra
rattle like a tambourine.
Tin-: San Francisco Examiner says
whenever you find a mitn that is profit
ing by a trust that is skinning tho peo
pie, you will find n man who is sup
lorting Harrison and Morton.
1 It nr. whisky or free wool full jails
or full stomachs Chinese lepers or
American laborers protection to tho
rich or protection to the poor Blaino
or Cleveland. Voters of Oregon, take
your choice.
Jay Go ri.i), Carnegie and the rest of
that ilk are all republicans, and the
way their hearts bleed for the laboring
man, and the way they pour out their
money to "protect" him, Is truly Im
mune and praiseworthy.
Ik you want to get rich, bribe the
assessor to increase your taxes. If
you want to get. over the fence, lift
yourself by tho seat of (he trousers.
Thef.o aro both republican recipes and
all who vole for llarri-ou should bo
liovc they are correct.
Jilt, iti.AiNK will not come to tins
coast in the interest of Harrison and
Morton. Ho intimates that if Califor
nia is not safoly republican that it will
bo useless to continue the fight. Then,
too, there isn't enough of him to go
'round, and he Is so badly needed
elsewhere.
A roi.-DO-itoi. story is U'ltig circula
ted in the prints that Levi P. Morton
oneo fitted out a phi) with provisions
for Ireland at a personal oxpense of
$50,000, The fact is thatcontiibutioiiH
from nil over the country fitted out the
ship and Morion and others had the
handling of the money only.
JJi.ainj: knew, and his friends were
iiwaro of the fact, that tho American
pooplo would not elect him president.
And yet the only hope of republicans
to-day is that tho influence of thowiley
Blaine will elect Harrison. It is a brit
tle reud to lean on. It reminds us of
tho blind trying to lead the blind.
Tjik Scoi'T is a complete epitome of
county news, tho happenings of nearly
every section being written up each
week by competent writers. Among
our large corps of correspondents are
ladies and gentlemen of extraordinary
literary abiliiy, whose letters aro looked
for and rend by hundreds with eagor
interest.
In tho Tipic-canoe ride now being
taken by the republicans, tlioy linve
evidently got into rough water and are
brooming seasick. Tnr. Mcout dislikes
to see suffering of nny kind, hut can
oil'er no advice to the weary mariner
.Gtlier than to let go the tiller and drift
iuvek into tho calm sea of common
seaee.
Wr. aro in receipt of letters from
ilifcivnt persons asking how to pro
MWdjWlion a newspaper 1r being sent
telliiut contrary to their wishes, as
is IhoSiKO now in this county. In
aiiswcrlwo will Fay: Put it hack in
tho post olllco and tell the postmaster
you will not rcccivo it. It will then
bo Ida duly to notify tho publisher to
stop 6cndint' it. H you tnko it out of
Oio office you aro hold, in law, as a
auhH;ribctv ami will bo muilo .to pay
IINil MINIMI
At last, after these many years,
there comes a ray of promise from
"Washington Ihal tho government will
deal justly with Oregon and her citi
7.cns, hy paying the ctpiitablo claims
due ever since the Indian wnr& of the
territorial period; alto reimburse to
the state the amount duo on the ac
count of ,thc civil "war a total of near
ly 100,00ti. Portland News,
Tin: Supreme court of Washington
Territory has declared the woman suf-
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j court sayH thiit the form of every word
j in the constitution wherein gciuhy is
' described, bhows that males only arc
intended, and that the meaning of the
word cilizon , wherever used for voting
purposes, applies to males only.
Tnr iTniii'Krptniiiil. nf tho I'nrllnnil
Mechanics' Fair has our lhanka for n
complimentary ticket and an invitation
to attend. The fair will open Octo
ber 1th and close October 27th. The
yearly exhibitions of this institution
arc a "rent fa'ctor in building up and!
making known the resources of our
wonderful state, and should have the
support of all.
Wi: would like to ask republican con
temporaries how it is thai hist year we
exported only about $100,000 worth of
woolon goods and imported '.M,000,
000 worth, and that too, undvr the
highest tarill'over known in this gov
ernment? How could foreigners pay
our high duties and undersell us in our
own markets? Why did wo not manu
facture these goods? Why at tho time
these goods were being imported wee
many of our factories shut up and our
laborers idlo?
Thb Republican tells tho truth when
it fays: "Capital is becoming more
and more alarmed by the tinkering of
the tariff." Yes, alarmed for fear it
shall be placed upon an equal footing
with labor. The marked force that
the republican nominees aro being so
oilmen ly supported iy capital, mo
nopolies, trusts and combines of every
nature is the most convincing argu
ment that can bo adduced, that the
republican party owes its life to them
and they theirs to it.
A t'HBAi' coat indicates :t cheap mini,
says Mr. Harrison, That is precisely
Mr. Harrison's idea of a man ; unless
he is 'dressed in broadcloth and wears
kid gloves, ho is a cheap creatine
about on a level with mules. It was
some of these "cheap men" Unit Mr.
Harrison was disposed to shoot
down in 1S77 for daring to as
sert their rights, and resist the oppres
sion of the railroad corporation, of
which Mr. Harrison was uttornoy. Hut
heap men have votes.
lint Republican savs: "lhe anti
labor press is without exception in fa
vor of freo trade. This fact ought to
set workingnicn to thinking. Take
the principal free trade organs in Xew
York tho New York Times, Herald,
Harper's Weekly, Evening Post, Puck
and vou will find that every ono is a
bitter enemy of labor." This is a dou
ble-jointed falsehood. Neither of the
journals mentioned are tho enemies
labor, nor do they advocate free
trade, and the e.pcctatin that the
statement will be believed carries with
it the presumption that the reader is a
fool,
nom.TATiNa it must bo to intelligent
republicans to have such a nonentity
iib Harrison for their prosidoKtial nom
inee. In tho extremity they aro now
reduced 'to, they rarely think of him
und look to him for no counsel or help,
hut turn for their only hope to Maine.
They inndo a mistake after nil Maine
should have been nominated. Late
events have demonstrated that if
Maine coujd not have succoedod there
is no chance for any other man in tho
party. And yet. Maine know that his
own chance for election was hopeless,
and wisely declined. It is mighty cold
comfort the republicans aro able to get
by reviewing tho situation.
: .. '
Tjik editor of tho H'icinydootuV is
still worrying along uudor tho antago
nnstie influences of his two hats. Last
week the Hallison lint had decidedly
the best of it. To tell tho truth about
the matter, we don't liko to bo outdone
in this way, and suggest to our friends
tho propriety of purchasing us n new
black silk tile we already have n pearl
tllcor so thnt wo may bo a bio to com
pete. Wo would then bo able to cov
er a larger area of ground, so to speak.
If our veracity should bo stretched
proportionately tho defect would doubt
less bo counterbalanced by our ingenu
ity in trying to innke black appear
white and white appear black. At auy
rate, if wo bocomo too obnoxioua, you
can tako llio hat away from us. If it
don't cost more than eight or ton dol
lars wo will bo satisfied, hut wo waut
it by" u wxt ,lk if cuuf vuieat. i
I IIIHI III! lllillHHnml,ITl,ilTrl,ilMTnirrftff Yi f mmiMml
TJIA T PRO Ml KENT
TIOX. ' '
Under the above head the E. O.
Rqiuhlknn of last week says:
Until the revelation wm made by Grover
Cleveland jlie people wore In hlNvful ignor
ance nf any pnrtfculur gitcwuice to them
arising i.ut of t)il eiirphii.
This is ccrltfinly a very glaring state
ment, equally devoid ot both sincerity
and truth. Head tho reports of the August 1st:
secretaries of the treason' from Slier- ! Kosolvcd. Flint we will help to defeat
man down . Head President Arthur's ! Vhcl'i!10 ta"T "" i,"n,iSratio,1
message to congross. Head the Mor- j Itcrolvi-ri, That It is the duty of every la-i-isnti
hill fun! ilu. snnnrlips nf rriirintjc. 1 hnr or labor party in this order, or
nson Dili anil Hie speeches 01 confess- . wmtcver order that bus labor for IH motto,
men in support thereof, Head the , to keep the Chinese from our door.
nl'ilfoi-nm of Imth (ho ilnnmcrnir -iiid I liesolved. That as the Labor party prefer
pi.uronm 01 Dolli tlio (tomouatio ana chcHI, foml am, ,.lotllM in preference to
republican parlies of 1881 and you cheap whUkv and tobacco, and this assem-
Will find this surplus pointed out. dis- XS;l&U
cussed and condonincd as the fruits of i Kcxbivcd. 'I hat this aseinblv will work
an unjust tax on the consumption of
the people.
i'''- wonder if tho prcsi
denL meant what he said in his last
message to congress, whon he charac
terized our monetarv svsteni as a
vicious, inequitable and illoirical source
of unnecessary taxation, which ought
to bo at once revised and amended, ' '
for he understood and meant just
what he said. You ask:
lias t lie government been immoral and
wicked In its lin;un:ial plana all these years
since rcbeldom Hew at its throat?
We r.nswci , yes, in its plans of tax
ation since 18G6. Since 1806 the gov
ernment has rested the whole burden
of national (axatiou on the consump
tion of the people and not one cent
on property or income. In lSGGprop
erlv. capital and income -paid over
8200.000,000 in national taxes. Since
then not a dollar. These taxes wcro
repealed as being "odious and in
quisitorial ," and the burden of pay
ing our billions of national debt left
as a tax on consumption. Ave the
dcmoci als alone in characterizing this
system as licious or unjust? Mr.
Sheiinan in tho Senate in 1872 said,
concerning ibis system:
The public mind is nut yet prepared to
apply the key to a genuine revenue reform.
A few years of further experience will con
vince the whole body of our peonlo that a
system of national 'taxes which rots the,
whole burden of taxation mi consumption
and not oneecnt on property or Income is
intrinsically unjust. While tho expenses
of ihe National (iovernment are largely
caused bv the protection of properly, it fs
but riuht to require property to contribute
to their payment. It will" not do to say
that eaeh.iicr.-on consumes in proportion to
his means, This is not true. Kvery one
must see thatthe consuinpl ion on tho rich
does not bear tho same relation to the con
atiinptioii of the poor as the income- of the
one doen to the wages (if the other. As
wealth ueiuwnulatos this injusliej in the
fundamental basis of our sjteni will be
felt and forced upon the attention of Con
gress. intrinsically unjust taxation is vi
cious and inequitable taxation. AVc
wonder if Sherman really meant what
he said, or was lie ignorant of tho
meaning of the terms ho used.
A VOICE FROM L'XULAXJ).
To show (he English idea of the
American protective tariff, we quote
a passage from a speech by Cladstone
to the manufacturers of Leeds:
I will say this, that as long as America
adherusto the protective c.vsiein our com
mercial primacy N secure. Nothing in tho
world can wrest it from you while Amerie.i
continue, to fetter her own strong hands
and arms, and with these fettered arms is
content to compete with you, who are free
in neutral markets, And as long as Ameri
ca follows tho doctrines now known as
those of fair trade, you are perfectly safe,
and you need not allow, any of you, even
your !ight"st slumbers to be distui bed by
fear thar America will take liom ou your
commercial primacy,
The foregoing from the speech of the
greatest statesman England has pro
duced, shows what F.ngland's smart
men think ol America's foolish system
of taxation, and it shows further that
should the Mills bill, placing raw ma
terial on the free list, become a law,
that American manufacturers would
drivo English goods from the markets
of tho world. If those lunkheads who
go around shouting that British free
trade will ruin tho workingmon, had
the intelligence to read and the hon
estv to tell the truth about what thev
do read, thoy would tell tho voters
that there is not a statesman in (heat
Britain to-day who is not in sympa
thy with the republican party in its
efforts to saddle on the American peo
ple a system of federal taxation that
is destined to entirely rob this nation
of its foreign commercial industry.
Thoy would also tell thorn that nino
tenths of the pretended clippings from
English papers favoring tho democrat
ic pulley of tax reduction are forgeries
and that tho ono tenth arc editorials
bought and paid for by republican's
money, wrung from tho protected
manufacturers of this country.
By placing raw materials on tho free
list and leaving a fair protection on
the manufactured articles, tho demo
crats proposo to place our manufac
turers on an equal footing with his
foreign competitors for commercial
ascendancy in foreign markets and at
tho samo time lcavo him sutliciont pro
tection at home to enable him to sup
ply his homo market without compe
tition, so long as Ic will do so at a
reasonable porcontago above cost of
production, and with but a moderate
duty on tho ninuufautured goods they
proposo to prevent tho osttiblNhinont
of combination? and trusts which rob
the consumers of iminufnoturod good?.
And this U what fools and IIhi'soUooso
to call "Dr-ltlsh free trade, ' ' 1
QUES- j ATTITUDE OF LABOR ORGA
l XJZATIOXS.
As an indication of the sentiment
among the working classes of the peo
ple, the action of the labor organiza
tions may be taken. Resolute As
sembly ZS'o. 1870, Knights of Labor,
of Portland, Oregon, parsed the fol-
lowing, among other resolutions on
hard for the election of CicvoianiKind Thur
i man next Novinibcr .o that "labor may
have a hearing and not be trod down by
railroad king').
This is as it should be, and .shows
that tho workingnicn of this State arc
! getting their eves opened rapidly.
There is no reason why the vote that
elected Gov. l'cnnoyer should not be
cast for Cleveland and Thurinan. The
issue is almost identical If the peo
ple look at it in that light, and wo do
not seo how they 'can fail to do so,
Oregon will go democratic.
The Calif oriiinus are also awakening
to a full realization of the situation.
At a monster mass meeting of anti
Chinese workingnicn held at the Me
tropolitan Temple in San Francisco on
the 10th insl. their expressions were
emphatic and not to be mistaken.
They declared for Cleveland nnd tariff
reform with groat enthusiasm. The
'meeting was addressed by numerous
speakers, among them Dennis Kear
ney, who promised to make things
"red hot" all over the Stale if he
could raise sufhVicnt money to defray
his traveling expenses. Ho said that
if Harrison had his way he would
have '-'50,000 pestifcrious Chinese
marching to the polls in November
and casting their votes for Harrison
and Morton. He concluded by saying
he was "chock full" of the subject
and would say something more on an
other occasion.
Speaking on this subjoct the Indian
apolis Labor Signal says:
We have on our exchange list more than
300 labor papers. Of this number less than
a dozen advocate a continuance of the pres
ent tarill, while about ono hundred and
thirty-live favor tariff reform. This is a
fair 'index to the sentiment of organized
labor on tho taritfissuc.
Tin: county elections in Tcnncsec
last week sottlcd two questions. In
every county party lines were closely
drawn, and the contest was hot, be
causo it was known that on the result
of these elections would hinge the re
sult of the legislative, state and na
tional elections this year. The repub
licans made a desperate effort to cap
ture the otlicc of sheriff, as in Tcnnc
sec the sheriff appoints all election
officers and and has control of the elec
tion machinery. Hut in every county
there were substantial democratic
gains. , In many counties a democrat
ic sheriff was elected for the first time
in 'Jf years. In Davidson county,
which went republican m 1880., tho
democrats had nearly 4,000 majority.
Shelby county, which once was close,
went overwhelmingly democratic.
It was a log cabin in his grandfather's
timo; now it is a Chinese wash house.
1 low we progress.
The death of Louis Hart, a farmer
living near North J'owdcr, occurred
last Monday. The illness of the de
ceased was of short duration and the
cause of death was cholera morbus.
He leaves a wife and six children to
mourn the loss of a good husband and
father. Ho was highly respected and
many friends in tho county Will be
pained to hear of his sudden demise.
Why buy from emigrating agents of
whom you know nothing, eitherof their
responsibility or the charecter of their
goods, when there are responsible deal
ers located near you, who carry full
and complete lines of all farm and mill
machinery and imnlements. nnd whoso
Miccess it is for your best interests to !
support with your patronage? Frank
Bros. Implement Co, of Island City
request vour consideration of their
I claim, and refer you to your neighbors
j who have had dealings with them. '.I
A Manufacturing City.
It would appear from an article in
j tho West Shore Miiyazino, Unit Port-
hind, Oiegou, is tho center of uiiinu
i fncturos for the great Columbia river
region, nnd possesses advantages cnl-
diluted to nmko it tho great manufac
turing point of tho Pacific coast. Tho
West Shorotsan illustrated niagazino,
j tho only one on tho Pacific coast, and
makes a specialty of describing and
, illustrating tho west in all its features.
I Artistically ami typographically, it is
j tho peer of any publication in tho Um
i ted Statos, aiul Its literary stnudard
' is a high one. As a family magiizino
; it has no superior , and as an exponent
' of the resources of tho west, no rival,
, Every one at all interested in Oregon
i and neighboring states and territories
should he constant readers of Its pa
' ges. Subscription price, S2.60 per
, venr, 25 cents for single copios. Pub
I hshed by L. Samuel, Portlaud' Oro
hri. The Mortgage Bank guarantees all
losses by tiro promptly paid in full on
all policiys prwureU by thwn.
J. L. ALBERSON,
-DEALHK
CORNUCOPIA. OREGON,
Carries a complete stock of everything re-
quired by the Miner, Farmer
and Stockman.
Call and examine goods and prices, and be convinced thai you can save
monev, and time by trading at home.
GIVE ME A TRIAL !
In connection will be found a
GOOD FEED AND LIVERY STABLE
Where all will find excellent accomodations for their teams.
f2gi Eigs at Reasonable Eates. gprjgS
J. Jj. ALBERSON, Cornucopia. Union County, Or.
Wilson
-Manufacturers
Sash. Doors anil
Mm
Keeps Constantly on hand a Large Supply of
Bedding, Desks, Office Furniture, etc.
All kinds of Furniture Made,
WILSON & MIIiLKK,
W. D. BEBDLEMAM, Proprietor.
Keens constantly on hand a full assortment of everytbini: in bis line, manufactured
of the best material obtainable. He is now
Best lot of saddles, at
ever offered in
LEAD HARNESS, HOUSE
Also a EULL ASSORTMENT of SITUS,
OIL. Etc., Etk., Etc., In fact everything
ass
OCal! and examine goodh.
mm mmm m km
(OPPOSITE CENTENNIAL HOTEL.)
Jo 3i
Everything Eirst Class. Terms Very Reasonable.
Buss to and Piom the Depot Making Connection with all Trains,
lassos ad Gpn,
Variety and Fancy hk
Hi hk and Station
Bg&jgOrders from
promptly attended to.
j UniYersity of Oregon.
EUGENE CITY.
Next session begins on Hondav the 17th
dnv of September,
Free !cholnrsliips from everv countv in
the state. Apply to your County Superin
tendent. Eour Courses: Classical. Scientific, Lit
erary nml a short English Course in which
u ere itno i.ann, ureeK, Krench orGormnn
The English Is pre-eminently n ltusincss
Course. J or catalojues or other informu-
iion.auiircss:
0-7-1I12.
J. W JOHNSON.
I'rcsldent.
Ik to Cove.
Leaves Union daily ut 2 p. in, arrives at
Cove at ti ;3fl p. m.
Leaves Cove at S n. in., arrives at Union
at 0:30 a. m.
Connections made with EUiotfi couches
running to the depot, carryini; liamuunn
for east and west bound tntiiu.
K.VTi:s for r A SS KN ft H 1 1 S , LUflOAOi:
Mid I HIilQHT, U15ASO.V.Y1ILH.
ROBIXSOX & LAYKB, - . - Pruprivtor.
IN
J
& Miller,
of and Dealers in-
Pailor ai Bel
room Sots,
and Uphoblcrinj;
done to order.
Main at.
Union, Or.
offering for sale the
lower prices than were
Eastern Oregon,
BLANKETS, CURRY COMBS,
WHIPS, AX LI
usually kept in a
Gil EASE
HARNESS
sta
O
Main Street, Union, Oregon.
Proprietor.
? raf ..j wm mm
BROTH
-Dealers In
all parts of the country
A. L. SAYLOU, M. D
Physician and Surgeon,
North Powder, Oregon.
Has permanently located nnd will attuud
nu protessional calls dnv or night.
Otllce:
itllce: Drug store building: residence,
t door west of Kodgers' hotel.
one
ii
AND SODA FACTORY,
Cor. Main and 11 sts. - - Union. Oregon,
SIIIMtMAXA: 11ALKY, 1'ropc.
Manufacturers and dealers in Soda Wa
ter, barsiiparilla, Ginger Ale, Cream Soda
und Champagne Cider, Syrups, etc. Or
ders promptly tilled.
ALPINE HOTELS
Cornucopia, Union county, Or.
R. C. WARINNER, J'rop'r.
The only llr.t ela house in the camp.
Ulo l ,M'r'", 10 ,unk,? uets coniforta-
Charges Reasonable..
Goiruncopia Letter.
Kontiiclcy. Liouor Store