Orego Scout HE VOL. V. UNION, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER (4, 188S. NO. The Oregon Scout. An independent weekly journal, Usued ev ery Ftiday morning bv JO S & CHANCEY, Publishers and Proprietors A.'K. Jo.ms, I lidttor. ) 11. CiiAxcr.Y, 1 Foreman. KATia or- stinscKinioj;! One copy, one year " ' Six months " Three montos Itivnrlulilv Casli In Ailvimco $1.50 75 If In rhnnrr subtcriptinut arc tint paid till end vj yrttr, two itounrs nun ue ennrgcu. Hate of Advertising made known on ap - plication. UarCorrcvpondcuce from all parts of the country solicited. Adre-s alJ connuunications to the Okego.v Scout, Union Oregon. UOKISSSIOIfAI.. It. IRAKIS, J. A. F.AKIX, Notary Public. J EAKIX, & BKOTIIEU, Attorneys at Law, Union, Oregon. HEtTPrompt Attention Paid to Collect.ons. JOHX It. CKITES, Attorney at Law. Collecting and probate practice special tics. Olliee, two doors south of post-ofliee, Union, Oregon. I. N. CROMWELL, 31. D. Phy sician ami Surgeon. Oflici!. one door south of .1. 15. Eaton's store, Union, Oregon. c. H. DAY, M. 1). HOMEPATHIC Physician Surgeon. ALL CALLS l'KOMI'TLY ATTEXMU) TO. Ofllce adjoining Jones liro's store. Can be found nights at residence in South west Union. J. W. Shelton. M. Caruoll. S1 iHElrON .V OA ItHOLb, ' Attorneys at Law. Office: Two doors south of post-olllce, Un ion, Oregon. Spciial attention given nil business en trusted to us. T. II. CUAWFOUD, Attorney at Law, Union, Oregon. Ofllce, one door south of Centennial ho tel. Jg J WILSON, Conveyancer and Abstracter. Abstracts to Itcal and Mining property furnished on short notice, at reasonable rates. ... Sales of Ileal and Mining property nego tiated. Collection business promptly at tended to. Olliee next door south of Post-othcc. Un ion, Oregon. A. L. SAY LOR, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, North Powder. Oregon. Uns permanently located and will attend all professional calls day or night. Oflice: Drug store building: residence, one door west of Uodgcrs' hotel. J W. STRANGE, DENTIST, La, Grande, Oregon. Will visit Union regularly on tho first Monday of each month. ALL WORK WARRANTED FIRST CLASS Cornucopia Saloon, Wm. Wilson, Tuov. The Finest of Wines, Liquors and Cigars always in stock. FIRST CLASS BILLIARD TABLE. Drop in and be sociable Shannon Marshall, the Practical Horse Trainer, Will always be found at Jlootue ifc Camp bell's livery stable. f Take your vicious horses to him and ho will break them. Charges reasonabb, Leaves Union daily at 2 p.m. arrives at Cove at :i:Jp. in. , . ,t i Leaven Cove at 8 a. in , arrivus at Union atil.IWn. m. Conncotioiu made with KHJott' ooache: running " the depot, currying passenger for east Hndftvtt. bound trains. H ATI'. for ltfeSlWniHUi,I.MOOAi: unit llfUlftHT, ItHAKON.lUU'.. KOWXtfOX LAYXK, Prdprlwur. ' to to Cove. Written for the Scot T.I ItSJNKATH Till: OLi) l-iN't: tup.k. Now shall I toil thee, my darling? What'' it by verse for thef.' fan we paint Mich dclieate pictures As Iiiand and the .spreading old tree? Yen think -o Alt, never! No Artist Could give you the eurve of her cheek! No crayon, nor colors, nor brushy Could thrill if .she happened to speak! The non. e'er it crreiis n'pr the lvures. Vi.i f.., ..t t, ,., ., 1 And the oyes of the poet would glimmer In thinking once more of her grace! j Her soft hand at eae was reclining And weaving a garland so neat. i It seemed as my heart-chords were twining I Amongst the fair (lowers at her feet. ! What, lovely? Can words tclljtho sweetness i 1 hat banned in her passionate eyes? Like the echoes of music enchanting Her voice seems to speed to tho skies I Her form, like the sculptured Madona, Was graceful; she treads o'er the grass Like a fairy of midnight, in visions. And her snille would an angel's surpass ! Hcrfingcrs? Ah, John, could I tell you How my soul in its ecstaey beats 1 gers, Just to tip with your hand those fair fin- Your fear in confusion retreats! lure, For it th'rills you and tills you with pleas- And the love that rebounds in your breast Seems to leap like a warrior in triumph, For the spoils, tho reward, and the rest! Her accents? Is niuMe a rapture? Is the song of the wild bird as free? If my poor mind can imagine, 'Twas heaven beneath the old pine treel For a harp, though its string be golden, Could never seem music again, For her voice lias wove strains in my hear That I listcu for others in vain! ing Was she kind? Can a lover be patient? Is the fawn on the mountain afraid? Her actions were graceful and loving! Her temper of loveliness made! To know that her soft eyes were beaming, And stealing a side glance at you, Would place you at the outposts of heaven Where happiness sparkles like dew I 15. W. Huffman. Written for Tin: Scout. T11K KMIfiKAXT'S C.KAVK. A pilgrim weeps, for his good wife sleeps The sleep of death that we all must know, In her earth abode, by she dusty road On the sage-brush plains of Idaho. A feeling of sadness o'er him thrills hills, As he looks around on the bare, brown On the distant peaks of the Sawtooth range, And with aching heart and quickening breath, He thinks of his partner cold in death. Oh cruel thought, he must leave her here Mid the solitude of the desert drear, Where the rabbits play o'er thasamlymound And the coyotes wail is the only sound That breaks the awful solitude, as it roams the plain in search of food. Silent the traveler passes by, With a thoughtful brow and an anxious He glances to the right and lat, eye And sorrows not for hearts bereft. Hut hopes in Oregon, fair and brave, For a better land beyond the grave. "Levi Tick." THE IMlKSinUXT'S MKSSAGK. TIio Tnrlll Kol)I)iry Again ICxposcil--Tlio tlovtirnincnt in J)niij;er-- Private Claim anil Interests Control Li'KlsIatloii--l''or-rlffii Affairs I'oii'.lonH Atfrlciilttiro UnllrorwlM, ICte. To tho Congress of the United States : As yon assemble for the discharge of tho duties yon havo assumed as tho repre sentatives of the free and generous people, your meeting is marked by an interesting and impressive incident. With tho expiration of tho present session of tho congress, tho first ceuttir ry of our constitutional existence a3 a nation will be completed. Our survi val for one hundred years is not suffi cient to assure us that we no longer have danger to fear in the maintain ence, with all its promised blessings, of a government founded on the free dom of the people. Tho time rather admonishes us to soberly inquire whether in the past wo havo always closely kept in tho course of safety, and whether wo havo before us a way plain and clear which leads to happiness and perpetuity. When the experiment of our gov ernment was undertaken, tho chart adopted for our guidance was the con stitution. Departure from the lines there laid down is an admission of its failure. It is only by a strict adher ence to tiio directions they indicated, and by restraint within the limitations they fixed, that wo can furnish proof to the world of tho fitness of the Amer ican pcoplo for self-government. Tho equal and exact justice of which wo boast as tho underlying principle of our institutions should not bo con fined to the relations of our citizeni to each othor. Tho government itself is under bond to tho American people that in tho exorciso of its functions and towers it will deal with tho body of our citizens in a manner scrupulous- , ly honofct and fair, and absolutely just. U has nfrtfod tliut American citizen ship shall be the only credential nec essary to justify tho claim of equality before the law, and that no condition in life shall give ri.o to discrimination in the trgtmeut of tho people by this government. The citizen of our Republic, in its early days', rigidly insisted upon full compliance with the letter of this bond, and saw stretching out before him a clear field for individual en deavor. His tribute to the support of his government was measured by the cost of its economical maintenance,0! and hujWas secure in the cujoyment of the rwniaiiiing recompense of his steady and contented toil. In thoso days the frugality of tho people was stamped upon their government, and was reinforced by tho free, thoughtful and intelligent sutlrago of the citizens. Combinations, monopolies and aggre gations of capital were then avoided, or sternly regulated or restrained. The pomp and glitter of government offered no temptation and presented no delusion to the plain people, who side by side in friendly competition, sought for the ennoblement and digni ty of the country, for the solution of the problem of free government incut, and for tho achievement of tho grand destiny awaiting the land which God had given them. THK lUNHKItS OK Till! I'KKSIDHNT. A century has passed. Our cities are the abiding place of w.ealth and luxury. Our manufactories yield for tunes never dreamed of by the fathers of the republic. Our business men are madly striving in the race for riches, and immense aggregations of capital outrun the imagination in tho magnitude of their undertakings. Wo I view with pride and satisfaction this bright picture of our country's, growth and prosperity. While only a closer scrutiny develops a somber shading, upon more careful inspection we find the wealth and luxury of our cities mingled with poverty and wretched ness and unremunerative toil. A crowded and constantly increasing urban population suggests the impov erishment of tho rural sections and discontent with agricultural pursuits. Tho farmer.s son, not satisfied with his father's simple and laborious life, joins tho eager chase for easily ac quired wealth. Wo discover that tho fortunes realized by our manufacturers are not measured solely by the re ward of sturdy industry and enlight ened foresight, but that they result from tho discriminating favor of tho government, and are largely built up on unduo exactions from the masses of tho people. The gulf . between the employers and the employed is con stantly widening, and classes are rap idly forming one comprising tho very rich and powerful, while in another are found the toiling poor. As we view the achievement of aggregated capital we discover the existence of trusts, combinations and monopolies, while the citizen is strug gling far in the rear, or i3 trampled to death beneath au iron heel. Tho cor porations, which should be carefully restrained creatures of the law and tho servants of the people, arc fast becom ing the people's masters. THK CITI.IiN'H DUTY. Still congratulating ourselves on tho wealth and prosperity of our coun try, and complacently contemplating every incident of change inseparable from these conditions, it is our duty as patriotic citizens to enquire at the present stage of our progress how tho bond of tho government made with tho people has been kept and performed. Instead of limiting tho tribute drawn from our citizens to the necessities of its economical administration, tho government persists in exacting from the substance of the people millions which, unapplied and useless, lio dor mant in its treasury. This flagrant injustice and this breach of faith and obligation add to extortion the danger attending diversion of tho currency of the country from tho legitimato chan nels of business. Under the same laws by which these dangers aro pro duced, the government permits many millions more to bo added to the cost of living of our peoplo and to bo taken from our consumers, which unreason ably swell the profits a small, but powerful minority. Tho pcoplo must be taxed for the support of the government under the operation of tariff laws, but to tho ox tent that tho mass of our citizens should not bu inordinately burdened beyond any useful public purpose and for tho benefit of a favored few. The government, under protest of an exercise of its taxing innwr, on tor gratuitously into partnership with those favorites, to their advantage and to the injury of a vast majority of our people. This is not equality be fore the law. The existing situation is injurious to tho health of our entire body politic. Itstillosin the favored class all tho patriotic glow of tho country, and substitutes in its place selfish greed and grasping avarice. Devotion to American citizenship for its own sako, as a motive to our nu tions's advancement and tho happi ness of all our people, is displaced by tho assumption that our government, instead of being the embodiment, of equality, is but the inrtruinentality through which especial and individual advances aro to gained. The arro gance of the assumption is uncon cealed. It appears in the fordid dis regard of alf but .persona! iutcrect, in the refusal to abate for tho benefit of others one iota of selfish advantage, and in combination to perpetuate such advantages through efforts to control legislation and improperly control tiic tut lira go of the people. ' 11I.IX1) TO TlUUIt 1NTK11K.STS. Tho giievancos of those not includ ed within tho circle of these beneficia ries, when fully realized, will surely arouse irritation and discontent. Our farmers, long, sufloring and patient, struggling in tho race of life with tho hardest and most unremitting toil, will not fail to see and estimate misrepre sentations and misleading fallacies, and to understand that they aro obliged to accept, such prices for their products as are -fixed in foreign mar kets, where they compete with the farmers of tho world, that their lands aio declining in value, while t'iieir debts increase, and that without com pensating labor they aro forced, by the action of tho government, topay for the benefit of others such en hanced prices for tho things they need that the scanty return's of their labor fail to furnish their support, or leave no margin for accumulation. Ourworkingmcu, enfranchised from all delusions, and no longer frightened by' the cry that their wages are en dangered by a just revicion of the tarifi' Jaws,' will reasonably demand through such revision steadier em ployment, cheaper means of living in their homes, freedom for themselves and their children from tho doom of perpetual servitude, and au open door to their advancement beyond the lim its of a laboring class. Others of our citizens, whose com forts and expenditures are' measured by moderate salaries and fixed in comes, will insist upon tho fairness and justness of cheapening tho cost of necessaries for themselves and their families. When, to llu) selfishness of tho ben eficiaries of unjust discrimination under our laws, there shall bo added to tho discontent of those who will Btifier from such discrimination, we shall realize the fact that tho benefi cent purposes of our government, do pendent upon tho patriotism and con tontmont of our people, aro endangered. Communism is a hateful thing and a menanco to peace and organized government. Hut tho communism of combined wealth and capital, the out growth of overweening cupidity and selfishness, which insiduously under mines the justice and integrity of freo institutions, is not loss dangerous than tho communism, and oppressed pov erty und toil, which exasperated by in injustico and dUcoutcut, attack with wild disorder the citadel of rule. IIo mocks tho people who propoes that the governmoiit shall protoct tho rich, und that they in turn will euro for tho laboring poor. Any interme diary between tho people and thoir government, or tho least relegation of tho caro and protection tho govern ment owes to tho humblest citizen in tho land, makes tho boast of free in stitutions a glittering delusion and the pretended boon of American citizen ship a blameless imposition. THK TAIUKF HHOUM) JIB JlKfc'JOKO. A Benbiblo revision of our tarifT laws should bo made for tho relief of those of our countrymen who sufier, under tho present conditions. Such a re vision should receive tho support of all who love that justico and equality duo to American citizenship; of all who realize that in this justice and equality our government finds its strength and its power to protect tho oitizon and his property; of ull who bollova that the content, comjwteuce ami comfort of I the nianv ncoord ln-tter with the si iril i i of cur institutions than colossal for tunt'i, unfahly gathered, in tho hands ofafovvjof nil who appreciate that the forbearance and fraternity among our people, which lecognize tho value of every American interest, are the surest guarantee of our national pro gress; and of all who desire to see the product of American skill and ingenu ity in every market of the world, with a resulting ittoration of American commerce. The necessity of a reduction of our revenue is so apparont as to be goner- ally conceded, but tho means by which thin end shull bo accomplished, and the sum of direct benefit which shall result to our citkyis present a contro versy of tho utmost importance Thero should be no scheme accepted as satisfactory by which the burden. of the proplo aro only apparently re moved. Extravagant appropriations of public monoy, with all their demor alising consonurncos. should not bo tolerated, cither as a means of reliev ing tho treasury, of present surplus, or as furnishing pretexts for resisting a proper reduction in tarifl' rates. Tho existing evils and injustices should bo honestly recognized, boldly met and effectively remedied. There should be no cestution of tho struggle until a plan is perfected, fair and conservative toward existing industries, b .t which will reduce tho cost to consumers of tho necessaries of life, while it provides for our manufactures the freer raw materials and permits .no injury to the interests of American labor. The cause for which the battle is waged is compiisod within linos clearly and dis lineUv defined. It should nover be compromise. Tt is the people's cause. PItlVATK t.VrnitHRTS CONTUOb CONdltKSH. It cannot bo denied that tho selfish and private interests winch are so prominently heard when ellbrts aro made to deal in a just and comprehen sive way with our tarill' laws, are rc luted to, if thoya-o not losponsiblo for, tho sentiment largely prevailing "among tllC pcoplo that tho general government iH tho fountain of indi vidunl and private aid; Unit it may bo 'expected to relievo with .patctnal cate the distress of citizens and communi ties, and that from tho fullness of its treasury it should, upon tho slightest possible pretext of promoting tho gen eral good, apply public funds to tho benetTt of localities and individuals. Nor can it be denied thot there is a growing assuination that as against tho government and in favor of pri vate claims and interests, tho usual rules and limitations of business prin ciples and just dealings should bo waived. Thoso ideas have been, un happily, much encouraged by., legisla tive acquiescence. Relief from con tracts made with tho government is too easily accorded in favor of the citizen; the failure to support claims against the government by proof, is often supplied by no better considera tion than tho wealth of tho govern ment and tho poverty of Uio claimant; gratuities in the form of pensions are granted upon no other real ground than the needy condition of tho appli cant, or for reasons loss valid ; and largo sums are expended for public buildings and other improvements upon representations not claimed to bo related to publio needs and necessi ties. Tho oxtont to which tho consid eration of such matters subordinates and postpones action upon subjects of groat public importance, but involving no special private or partisan interests, should arrcfet attention and lead to reformation. A mV n.MlftTKATIONH. Afovvoftha numerous illustrations of this condition may bo stated. Tho crowded condition of tho ealander of the supreme court, and tho delay to sui tors and the denial to justice resulting there-from has boon stongly urged up on the attention of tho congress, with a plan for the relief of tho situation ap proved by thoso able to judge of its mer its, While this subject remains with out effective consideration, many laws have been passod providing for tho hol ding of terms of inferior courts ut plarcs to suit the convenience of localities, or to lay tho foundation of an application for the erection of a now publio build, ing. Itupuatod recommendations havo beau submitted for tho amondment and chango of tho laws relating to our publie lauds, so that their spoliation and divvrtloii to 'other umm than for homos at honast Bottlers might bo pre vented, While a measure to meet this conced.-d necessity of reform re mains awaiting the action of congress many claims to public lands and ap plications for their donation in favor of states and individuals have been al lowed. Apian m aid of Indian management is rccominened by those well informed as containining valuable features in furtherance of tho solution of the In dian problem, has thus far failed of legislative sanction, whilo grants of doubtful expediency to railroad corpor ations, perniiting them to pass through Indian reservations , have greatly mul tiplied. Tho propriety and necessity of the erection of one or more prisons for tho confinement of United States convicts, and a post office building in the nation nl capitol are not desputed, but these needs yet leinain unanswered, while scores of of public buildings have been erected where the necessity of public purposes is not apparent. Revisions of our pension laws could be easily made which would rest upon just principles and provide for every worthy applicant, but whilo our gener al pension laws aro annually passed which are tho sources of unjust discri minations and popular demoralization. Appropriation bills for tho support of tho government are defaced by items and provisions to meet private ends and it is freely asserted by responsible and experienced parties that a bill ap propriating money for public improve ment would fail to meet with favor un less it contained more local and private advantage than for public benefit. These statements can bo much em phasized by ascertainment of tho proportion of federal legislation which cither bears upon its faco its piivato character, or which up on examination, dovelopes such a mo tivo power, and yet the peoplo wait and expect from their chosen representa tives such patriotic notion us will ad vance the welfare of tho entire country and this expectation can only bo an swered by the- performance of publio duty with an .unselfish purpose WHAT THK l'HOI'U: KXl'KCT. Our mission among tho nations of tho earth and our success in accom plishing good, has given tho American peoplo a desiro to require of those in trusted with the making and execu tion of our laws perfect devotion abovo all things to tho public good. The de votion will lead us strongly to resist all inipatiencoof constitutional limitations of federal power, and to pcrsistantly check tho increasing tendency to ex tend tho scope of federal legislation in to tho domain of state and local juris diction, upon tho plea of subserving tho public welfare. Tho preservation of tho partitions between proper sub ject of federal and local euro and regu lation is of such importune under tho constitution, which is the law of our very existence, that no consideration of expediency or sentiinont should tempt uh to outer upon doubtful ground. Having undertaken to discovor and proclaim tho richest blessings of a freo government, with tho constitution as our guido, lot us follow the way it points out, let us hopo it will not mislead us, and surely no one who has taken upon himself tho solemn obligations to sup port and preserve tho constitution can find justification or solaco for disloyal ty in tho cxciiBO that he wandered and disobeyed in search of a better way to reach tho public welfaro than tho publio afforded. What has been said is deemed not inappropriate at a timo when, from a century's height, wo view tho way already trod by tho American people, and attempt to discover their ftituro path. Tho sovoiith President of the United States, the soldier and statesman, and all tho time tho firm and bravo friend of tho pcoplo, said in vindidicalion Of his cMiirse, as tho protector of popular rights and the champion of truo Amer ican citizenship: "Tho ambition which leads me on is an anxious desire and a fixed determination to restoro to the people unimpaired tho sacred trust thoy havo confided to my chargo, to heal tho wounds of tho constitution and preserve it from further violation; to pursuado my countrymen so far as I may, that it is not in a splendid gov ernment supported by powerful mono polies und aristocratic establishments that thoy will find happiness and liber ty and protection, but in a plain sys tem void of pomp, prorecting all and granting favors to nono, dispensing its blessings like tho down of heaven, un seen and unfult, save in tho frethnecs CVad'mMf 0H (nit pnff