THE OREGON SCOUT.
AMDS K. JOXKS
EDITOR,
City and County Official Paper.
Thursday, July 25, 1881).
KKAVKLY 8A1I) ANI WELL.
Ever since tlic idea tlmt men lmvc
rights ns men was ilrst conceived, pop
ular liberty lias had ceaselessly to de
fend itself against efforts to overthrow
and destroy it.
The instinct of despotic class privi
lege is always the same; its methods
and its instruments change with
changing conditions. In our timo
money is its weapon as in other times
the sword of the soldier, the intrigue
of tho diplomat, the malediction of tho
priest and the lash of the overseer
have been. The subjection of the
mass to tho will of the class has been
tho end sought always and is tho end
sought now.
This is tho ono fact of conscqucnco
in American politics to-day that class
privilege is actively necking to estab
lish itself in tho Republic by agency
of money Our one supreme concern
at the present should be to prevent
the gravely threatening setting up of
Plutocracy on tho pedestals from
which we have cast down our older
tyrannies.
The facts lie plainly before him who
chooses to open his eyes and look.
Tho senate of the United States has
become a millionaires' club. A con
siderable list of tho members of that
body could be made, every ono of
whom is a senator because ho had
money by tho millions, and because of
nothing clso whatever. Congress has
in its seats representatives of railroads,
banks, manufactories and other cor
porate or trust interests under tho
fiction that thoy aro representatives of
tho people. They arc elected by money
to save money for money. Tho vico
president of tho United States is many
times a millionaire, who was elected
for his placo oponly and shamelessly
to sccuro the use of his money and tho
mouoy of his rich friends in tho cam
paign. Tho ofllco of l'ostniaster-Oen-cral
was recognized as Air. Wanna
mnkcr's property as if by purchase the
moment Mr. Harrison's election was
known to havo been secured by tho
corruption fund to which tho pious
Fcnnsylvanian had so lavishly con
tributed. Every cllbrt to relievo tho people of
their burden is met and thwarted by
tho money power, which seeks and
sees its advantage in tho mainlenanco
of unjust and unequal taxation fat in
excess of tho treasury's ncod. Exam
ino tho situation in any way you will
tho fact appears that littlo by little
through organized cllbrt and tho per
version of our political machinery, a
Plutocracy is fastening itself upon tho
llopubliu with tho intent to siczo for a
elass the rights and powers that be
long to tho people.
Tho Republican party has passed
completely under control of tho mon
ey power, it is the mission of tho
domoeratio party to oppose and in tho
nanio of tho people conquer tho old
.enemy of liberty in its now form.
ft Ib no timo for paltering or com
promise or for tho consideration of
'What is called "good politics." Tho
only good politics there can bo now
Jor tho Democratic party is to sot and
ikeep itself right as tho representative
of popular liberty in tho content with
Plutocracy for tho mastery. New
York World.
TH1C CANADA T1IIKTMC.
A Canadian farmer expresses him
self as follows concerning that obsti
nate weed pest, tho Canada thistle:
Many systems aro advocated to de
stroy tho Canada thistle, but aftor a
long borics of experiments tho follow
ing has been found to bo oiloctivo;
Allow tho thistles to grow undisturbed
until thoy aro almost in full bloom,
hon hitch three horses to tho plow,
attach ono ond of a heavy chain to the
plow head, whilo tho other end should
bo fastened to tho double trco in such
n position that tho drawing chain will
draw every thistle completely under.
Now work tho surface with harrow
und moldcr until sulllcient mold is
obtained to ullow a gang plow to op
erate ; and just hero 1 desire to bo
very emphatic. Keep tho gang plow
going ; don't allow ono thistle to show
itself during tho season.
Finally, having thus extinguished
tho enemy, keep htm under; and this
can best bo done by heeding down
with clover in tho next crop if circum
stances aro favorable, 1 would nv
ommond that barley bo tho next crop
to seed with. First, because a hotter
catch is generally obtained; eeoond;
.tholinancial results from a crop of bar
ley from land treated as .love will
probably bo more satisfactory than
from any other grain. In conclusion,
why I recommend the gang plow is
simply because deep cultivation is not
so much required to exterminate this
pest as constant covering; consequent
ly a farmer could run over his fallow
twice with his gang for once with his
common plow, and during tho busy
season this is very important.
Tin: first number of the Huimncr
villo Annotator, published by Dovino
it Huffman, is on our table. Tt is a
neat live column quarto, and in its
editorial, local and mechanical depart
ments certainly creditable to the pub
lishers and the town of Suniinervillc.
It starts out with a fair advertising
patronage and every assurance of suc
cess. In fact we predict a brilliant
future for this paper. Being the first
established in a town which in the
very nature of things must soon grow
into one of tho most important cities
in this section of the state, it only re
quires pluck and energy on tho part of
its proprietorn to mako it a permanent
and paying business. Such a paper
as The Annotator will not lack sup
port in a community that puts up iffiO,
000 for the purposo of securing hotter
railroad facilities. May Stuumcrvillo
and its excellent paper livo long and
prosper. '
Thk La (Jrando Gazette says;
A parly of 0. It. t N. chiefs is ex
pected to arrive in La Grande this
week for the alleged purpose of inves
tigating certain matters pertaining to
tho railroad situation.
Well, let them investigate. Tho
"situation", is in plain sight.
i. 'iiiii mil Bin i in iii'mnirirn
Voi.ujik 1, No. .1, of Tho Daily Ea
glet, published at Milton, Umatilla
county, by Mr. and Mrs. Downier, is at
hand looking "loo onto for anything."
It is tho offspring of the old Milton
Englo and is quite a vigorous young
bird. Long may it lly.
WASHINGTON.
An IntorcHtliiB Lollur From Our Uoku
lav Ciirr'sionili!iit.
July 12, 1881).
Editor Qkhuon Scout:
Tho olimato of Washington has
again shamelessly disgraced ua all, the
thermometer recklessly plunging into
the nineties. With few exceptions,
tho capital has been during (lie past
week the hottest town in the United
Slates. Those ablo to go, havo made
haste to leavo the city. The President
is numbered among the unfortunate,
and will not bo ablo to join his family
at Deer Park beforo next week. Tho
number of ulla-fashionablo pcoplo in
official lifo that havo followed tho Har
risons to that charming mountain re
sort is surprising. Mrs. Commodore
this and. Mrs Roar-admiral that arc
there in full force. Tho Hiking family
carriage is drafted into the service of
Mrs. Harrison, and tho babies and
Hov. Mr. Scott her father, and tho
schemes that the naughty spoilsmen
havo concocted to got possession of tho
President when ho goes to Doer Park
aro deep laid. Tho seat of govern
ment will practically be in tho moun
tains for the next month.
During tho Sullivan-Kilrain light
this weok tho departments woro prac
tically deserted by employees and tho
(olograph bulletin boards became tho
confer of attraction for everyone, high
or low. Probably JfJ.fyKK) changed
hands hero on tho result, (hough no
heavy gambling was done. Authentic
news of the fight arrived about ilvo
o'clock in the afternoon. The excite
ment reminded one of that common a
few years ago in receiving election re
turns from tho October states. For
some reason tho White House tele
graph operator considerately remained
on duty all tho evening and his wire
being in direct connection with the
Western Union lino bearing tho news
of (ho battle, ho could not help re
ceiving the account. Uncle Jerry
Hunk innocently meandered over from
his lonely quarturs at tho Khhitt and
Secretary Tracy also found business at
tho Exocutivo Mansion. .Secretary
Noblo, though tho hour was rather
unusual for a cabinet mooting in time
of peace, somehow happened to drop
in, and was shocked to hear that his
colleagues were deep in the mysteries
of tho forty-fourth round. Postmaster
Gcneral Wannainaker was there, de
termined to sco what brute men can
make of themselves. In fact tho feel
ing throughout tho city wan ono of in
tense interest. Thoro was genural
satisfaction in tho ioult, although
Washington is so oloc to Baltimore
tlmt it was favorably iutluonoed by
the stories of lCilrain's wonderful lay
ing qualities and thereby lu.t a nout
sum of money.
CoinmibNiouor Tanner U tasting tho
bonowsof ollieiul lifo. The in wtaMe
i.r UiW.L.'j.v.iiJJ ij - !J.,ri
" reaction which follows a too pro
j nounced success has set in, and tho
commissioner's lifo is not a happy
j one. The removal of li is private secre- j
I tary by Secretary Noblo has been fol- j
lowed by an order from the Interior
department prohibiting the promiscu
ous making of claims "special." This, j
in its turn, was followed, during .Mr.
Tannor'fl ulwoneuon Monday, by the
discharge of three members of tho
medical corps of tho' Pension Bureau.
Commissioner Tanner refuses to ac
knowledge that his relations with the
secretary are strained or that these
discharges were intended as a rebuke.
Ono of the discharged employees, a
Dr. Carpenter, alleges that he was dis
charged because ho was too liberal in
allowing big rc-ratings of pensions.
He-rating, as a system, was dis
covered by General Black as' a very
neat means of showing that former
administrations had not dealt liberally
with the soldier. Theso re-ratings
were, however, not allowed to greatly
deplete the treasury by their size and
woro generally restricted to tho doubt
ful slates. Thoy attained their great
est number during the campaign last
fall. '
Corporal Tanner's accession to pow
er was regarded by a vast number of
ex-soldiers as an unalloyed blessing.
The cp; was "the old Hag and appro
priations." Thoro was to be enough
money for all, and ono would have but
to ask to receive. In tho Pension
13 urea u itself is a small but powerful
clique of pensioners whoso members
aro continually applying for increase.
An assistant chief of ono of tho divis
ions baa applied for increase seven
times in the last three years. This
cliquo saw a golden chance to obtain
re-ratings and in about tho time it
takes to tell it, a dozen of tho crowd
had mysteriously had their claims re
considered, obtaining thereby from
eight or nine hundred to thirty-five
hundicd dollars each. They literally
passed on the merits of each others
claims. Tho game finally attracted
tho attention of tho secretary, with the
result described.
Tho muttered threats heard against
the secretary, from a small circle of
theso people, ho does not heed.
J. H. C.
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