.1 THE OREGON SCOUT. AMOS K. JONES EDITOIt, City and County Official Paper. Thursday, April 24, 1890. TIIK CONVENTIONS. The democratic county convention held in this city this weak, of which u full report is given elsewhere, was prob ably, the most harmonious convention ever held in the county and resulted in the nomination of a ticket that seems to give general satisfaction. There was an entire absence of local predjudiccs, or, if there were disturb ing elements of that kind they were too weak to make themselves felt. In coirscqucnco, taken as a whole, an ex tremely strong ticket was placed in the Held, with the ofllccs so judiciously distributed throughout the county that there can bo but little, if any, rea son for disapproval. Wo are well pleased with the way things wero managed and while not personally acquainted with somo of the candidates have no doubt that thoy were solccted, by tho convention, with a view to their litness for the positions thoy will bo called upon to fill, if elected, and are men whom tho convention believed would have- tho best interests of the county at heart. Wo cannot, truthful ly, say this of tho republican conven tion and wo beliovo thcro aro many republicans who will coincide with our views in this matter as considerable dissatisfaction exists among them at some of tho nominations made and at tho way in which their convention was manipulated. Tho schemers of La Grando with Snodgrass at their head managed to run things to suit them wolves. If tho cntiro republican ticket is elected, at least one-half tho officers will bo rcsidonts of La Grando or its immediate vicinity, and one-half of tho remainder will bo in full accon with anything La Grando proposes to do. Several prominent mon from that placo who wcro in attondonco at tho convention boldly asserted that "we intend to havo La Grande men for candidates. Tho county seat question is abovo ovory thing elso with us and if wo havo enough votes to give us tho county seat, wo havo enough votes to elect our men. If wo havo not enough votes to secure tho county seat wo don't caro a d n who gets tho oflices." That was tho spirit that ruled tho ro publican convention and wo do not beliovo it will bo endorsed by thopcoplo of Union county. It is but justice to say, howover, that thcro are soveral men on tho republican ticket who are entirely honest and conscientious and should not bo held responsible for tho jvetioiiH of tho eon volition. It may also bo said that, in all probabiliy, thero aro domoerats in La Grando, so blinded by local predjudiccs that thoy look upon the action of tho conventions in a nmnnor just tho roveso of what wo do. Tho tickets, howovor, aro bo foro the peoplo and their morits and the iituess and qualifications of tho respectivo candidates will bo bettor known and moro fully discussed later on. Thk figures, taken from tho tax roll, which wo gavo to our readers in our last issuo showing tho amount of taxes puid by La Grande and Union makes the Gazutto winco and it worries through nearly two columns trying to prove something to tho contrary. Tho figures aro on record, however, and cannot bo controverted. Tho Gazette says that in making a?flefment esti mates Tin: Scout omitted corpora tions and non-residents. Thk Scout omitted nothing hut the 0. R. & N. Co's property and that was also omitted in tho cstimuto of tho Union precinct, Tho reason for that was that tho 0. It. it N. Co's property is not assessed in the precincts, but is given in a lump. La Grando may count overy dollars worth of property in its precinct belong ing to residents, non-residents, tran sient men and corporations and tho fact will still remain that Union paya moro taxes by thousands of dollars. Bnowjuahh and Ulum,of La Grando, attended tho republican convention at linker City recently for tho purpose of seeing what could bo diyo about trading oil' the southern end of Union county to linker for its iulluonco in moving tho county seat to La Grande. Thoy want tho county sent as badly as u littlo boy over wanted n hobby horse and would give as unruattnmiblo u prico to got it. It takes two to umko a bargain, howovor, nud theo worthys will hardlv havo their desires gratified, linker City cannot deliver the hobby liorso. Subscribe for Th k Okkoox Scout. MUST WK l'AYJ .TUK TARIFF? When asked the ch"ect of tho pro posed lcdtietion in the duty on the sugar or beet-sugar industry of Cali fornia. John D. Spreckles replied : "It will kill it. If tho propozed bill passes we shall not put up tho machi nery for the second refinery, but will send it back to Germany." If any of our readers wlievc that tariff cheapens prices in this country or benefits the laboring or poorer classes, they should rolled well upon the above language. Tho sugar tariff tax is now over 05 per cent on the im ported i.rticlo. And that such men as Clause Spreckles may become mil lionaires we have been paying $100 for each dollars worth of sugar for the last twenty years. This tax falls upon the poor, the same as on the rich ; for every civilized family in tho county uses sugar. Thero aro those who defend the demandtfor a high protective tariff on sugar, and feed us on the grand hopo that sometime in the future we may have, pcrhapy, two or three sugar refineries to which a few farmers can sell a few sugar beets. It will be safe to add, that tho manufacturer will sot tho price on the beets as well as on tho sugar and that tho enterprise is for their own especial benefit. Must we, an intelligent reasoning people, continue to pay 100 cents for evory dollar's worth of sugar wo buy, that Spreckles and a few others may amass millions of dollars and in return give us only tho delusive hopo that in some way a few farmers may possibly make a littlo more money by raining sugar beets, than they now do at some oilier kind of agricultural industry? In 1SS7 wo imported $71, 000,000 worth of sugar, paid a duly ol .ot.,iJJi;,uiiu lo tho government and about $7,000,000 to tho home producers. Now for tho sake of protecting ufew sugar-planters, wo aro taxed sixty-live million dollars, and overy one who buys sugar, pays from 00 to 00 por cent moro for it than it should cost them. It would be better t let Spreckles ship his machinery back to Germany and put him on the pension roll, as it is much cheaper to feed and clothe his body, than to satiate his greed by tariff. Tho two processes of pensioning men are about the same. "VICNUKANCn OF IIUAVUN." A Jersey canal-boatman neglected to rescuo his drowning child when ho could easily havo ilono so. Shortly afterward an expicss train run over and mangled him to death. Tho San Francisco Chroniclo calls this "the vengeance of heaven." On which the Altn thus comments : While wo hearti ly approve tho killing of tho heartless canal boatman, wo object to this con fident assertion that heaven did it. Consider for a moment, if heaven can throw an express train at a man who deserves to dio, it can also pull out of tho canal an innocent child who de Borvcs to live. Wo are quite tirod of a heaven that seems to bo incorporated merely for tho purpose of acting as executioner to tho wicked, while it never is credited with lifting a finger to help tho good in extremity. This hangman notion of heaven is fatiguing. This wrath and vengeance business should not bo transacted at that place at all. It should run in and find Charley loss,and, if it is in the killing business, it should act in behalf of some women in extremity besot by a hellion, alone, by a dark hodgesido at night. Then is a timo wlion its policy powors aro needed, but wo know of no instance in which they have been on that beat at tho right moment. Seri ously it is unbecoming in a modern newpapor to feed tho Jlres of supeinti tion by any such ascription, which is unnecessary toenlivontho xonloftho religious and is really a drawback t intelligent piety. Itr.CKNT railroad information makes it plain that Mr. Hunt will in a very short time continue the building of his road from Union up throiijfh the southorn portion of tho eountv to Snako river, thence to the Seven Devil region thero to connect with a line to bo projected from Salt Lako City. Tho same proportion will hu mude to that city that was made to Portland, namely, to guarantee the iulorest on two million doll i rs bonds. Hunt hna only just commenced his work tu railroad builder. Thk Daily Oregon Hindu, published at Uaker City, has reached our table. It is as bright as a now dullur, pub lishes all the latest telegraph now, nud is entirely oreditnblo to tho city in which it is published. Wo wi.h it success. -u'al: I Or you lose it. If you want a cheap 1 101 in union, uiuhiiiiok or ymi ltc it. i 1 .11 t.mn di i tiv propeity now Call on Wilson & Uncki ff, iiiitnati-' il ud iy W i'- n A lUokelt, maua Union Roal Kstnto AiaouiftUoji. pi.- I'm-n K. ,d Kutu Assooiation. ilia republican state convention, recently hold in Portland, placed tho following ticket in nomination : iConcresmnn Dinger Herman, of Roecburg. Govornor David 1. Thompson, of Portland. Secretary of State George W. Mc 1 15ride,of St llolons. i Treasurer Phil Metchan, of Baker City. Supremo Judge It. S. Bean, of Eu gene City. Stnto Supoiintcndent of Public In struction E. 15. McEhoy, of Salem. Stato Printer Frank C. Baker, of Portland. Prosecuting Attorney Sixth Dis trict J. L. Itand. Circuit Judge Sixth District It. Eakin. THE COUNTY COUTvT HOUSE. Statement by Over Ono Hundred and Fifty of the Prominent citizens of Union Oonoornliig Its Praecnt Condition. To thi: I'Eon.B or U.vio.v Couvtv: The reported statement of tlio La Grando Gazette to the cited that the "Union coun ty court house U a dilapidated piece of ar chitecture : that it U not nor never was a safe buildiM?; that UN unlit and unsafe for court house purposo and that any one whose mind i- not stooped in stupidity ami whose judgment is unprejudiced, will ho forced to acknowledge these facts," cull for a stateiaeut from those who arc familiar with and know the facts. The present court house was completed in Ih'fi. Within about one vear after its completion tho foundation slightly settled, causing some small cracks In tho walls of the building. The county court, as a mat ter of precaution, caused u number of heavy iron rods to he run through the building oaeh way. with heavy iron bearings or washers on tho ends of the rods on tho outside of the walls, forming a complete brace and stay to any further opening of these cracks that might occur bv tho fur ther settling of the foundation. Since that time the foundation has not perceptibly settled, nor have these cracks become any larger, and the building is just as safe and secure to-day as jt was the day it was completed. Not one of tho circuit judges has at any time refused to hold court In this building, nor did one-half or any part of the western wall onvo in about six years ago, or at any other time, and we characterize these as sertions in the La Grando Gazette as wil fully, Knowingly and maliciously false and untrue. Tho only excuse for these asser tions by the La Grande Gazette is the fact that about the year 18S:! a portion of the court house roof on the west end was raised by a heavy whirlwind or tornado, causing a few brick from the top of tho wall to fall In on the court room lloor. This was just before tho eon voning of circuit court, and the court room being out of repair, circuit court for that term was held in tho Metho dist church. We further assert that overy taxpayer in and about Union bitterly oppose any and all elicits toward condemning the court house and erecting new county buildings at Union for the reason that tho present coun ty buildings aro perfectly safe and amply sulllcleut and In overy way commodious for county purposes and that they will fully meet all the necessities of the county In evory repect for many years to come. Dated this April l.', 1S!K). Jos Wright, William swlger, K. W. Davis, Thos Wilkinson, M Wilkinson, John A Groen, Warn Heiison,,! M Green, L U Itine hart, J II Whito, Goo Itaird, G 11 Dry, G V Hall, tL Hunter, JM Johnson, WF Mitch- ell, K 10 Foster, J C Summers, II D Drake, HChaucoy, WH Huffman, Kd K Cates, J J Odale, C K Kobius A M llonson, J It Thomson C Vincent, Win Wilson T 1' Fick lin, J A Galloway, D Gory, .1 T Jones, H C Kniory, Win llagtferty, It Kakin, T O lira- con, T II Cooper, Kit J'emlllard, 1 M Cof fin, l!d Jorvals. M M Hull. Louis Dupre, It II Parker, Win Haley, W K Hutchinson, W Sherman, SA Purse!, Duke Wood, M Heritage. Frank Haynes, D Y K Deering, Corwiu O Coilinberry, U H llrown, A Levy, II F Wilon, W D lSeidloinan, J W Keimo- dy, AX Gardner, T H Crawford, G W Rai ds. S i' Miller, Geo Wright, I G Gillillan, W T Wright, K 8 MeComas, S .1 Deering, K II Lewi, Samuel Trmdalo. J D Caivoll, II L Deneon Sr, It H Lloyd. M F Davis, W II Ostrnndor. FM Stocuiii, N Tarter, G W lteusou, J Spray, ICugeno t'lmse, Mark Ste vens, L. 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