4 Amos K Jonkh, ... Editou. THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1800. A COJU'AKISON. The La Grando Gazette in presenting the claims of its town for tlio county Ecat snj'B : "On the question of location and natural advantages thcro can bo no Wo gucsfl not. But they do, and will, look to Union and will not be dit-ap-pointed. What of thojnatural advantages of Union? They aro unlimited and uu Eurpagged. Situated ir. the exact cen ter of thu county, easy of access from all nuarUrs, witli abundance of pure water for domestic ueo and mnufaclur- XIIAT IXDMaiNITV BONO. ing purposes, its cliroato hoathful and salubrious be;.ond comparison, its groves 'and gardens make it a veritable JW(Tn"wTTich witorTileiiglTtto look upon doubt of La Grande's supremacy and TJ?. VlA1?, irea.8 it mav Ijo aruued for her also that no ! ure in their nicmoiy as a pleasant othor town in Union county has over ' reminder of Union county. These aro shown any of the business enterprise that has contributed so largely to the building up of La Grande. When the people of a county havo any favors to bestow, thoy should bo inclined to help that place which helps itself. Tho town that simply exists by virtuo of its situation and what little naturo may havo done for it, deserves no special aid from tho people. To g.vo aid to tho deserving place, to tho town whoso citizens aro adding, by their onlerpriso and business, materially to tho wealth of tho county, is only a matter of justice. Let us analyze this statement. On thu question of "location and natural advantages" what has La Grando to boast of? Absolutely nothing. Situa ted as it is in a remote corner of the county, shut in on three sides by rug ged inountajng, which will soon bo stripped of timber; located on a barren plateau where trees will not grow and wholesome water is a thing tho inhab itants long for but never enjoy, in full range of tho stormy winds which pre vail at times and continually enveloped in tho niiasnatio vapors from tho tulo swamps, it certainly cannot lay claim to "natural advantages" worth speak ing of. As to "artificial advantages," theso it has enjoyed to a certain extent, for soveral years past by reason of be ing tho shipping point for the lower end of tho valley and tho entire Wal lowa county, but what will bo tho re sult when tho branch lino to Elgin and tho Hunt road aro completed? Any man, howovci inexperienced, cau oaBily seo. Four-fifths of tho trade that La Grando has had hrrcioforo will bo diverted to other points, freight teams will no moro bo seen on it streets, stago lines will be discontinued and travel to and from tho town will almost ccaso. Tho fato that overlook Arlington will overtake La Grande, and in less than two years from this time it will not havo ono third of thu inhabitants it has to-day, and will bo tho least importent town in tho county. No Fophistry can cover up (lie true stato of affairs and this will bo tho re suit an suro as tho'days loll 'round, and whether La Grando is or is not tho county seat will not chaugo it in tho least. So much for La Grande's acquired advantages Tho Gazette says that no town in Union county has over shown any of tho business enterprise that La Grando has. Will tho Gazette tell tho people of this county what outerpriso La Grando has ever engaged in calcu lated to benefit tho county. It cannot point to a singlo ono. On tho contrary tho town has subsisted on tho patron age given it by tho 0. . & X. Co. (an organization that was itself an enemy of tho people) and whilo thus subsist ing tho only enterprise it engaged in was to concoct falsehoods, scheme for its own advancement, opposo tho pro gress of any other town in tho county, fight every measure for tho publio good, liguro to givo away tho best por tion of tho county for its own agran- diseiuent and rafco tho devil generally. Such is tho measure of La Grande's "enterprise." Tho Gazctto says, truly, "When tho people of a county have any favors to bestow thoy should be inclined to hulp that place which helps itsolf." Now let us consider what Union has douo in the way of enterprises, not par ticularly to bonoflt itself, but ifor tho good of tho whole county. Kirst wo may montiou tho building of the Hunt ruihimd and tho branch road from La Grando to Elgin. Neither of those roads would havo beon built if it had not been for tho outerpriso and tireless industry of tho people of Union, who, betides their work, put up !fS5,()0U in hard coin to mako tho outerpriso a success. Tho building of tho Cornu copia road may bo mentioned as an other ontorprino of Union's which has beon of incalculable benefit to tho peo ple and united firmly to us tho south crn ond of the county which La tho natural advantages of Union and should bo sufficient in themselves to cause ovoy man who linn a prido in his homo and county to vote for the county seat to remain wheio it is. Tho artificial or acquired advantages of Union aro numerous and will de velop rapidly. Tho motor line, virtu ally, places tho U. 1. railroad depot on Main street. Tho Hunt road will pass through tho town' on tho othor side, and will, also, be connected with the various portions of the town by tho motor line. Tims it is toen that two transcontinental railroad lines will'pasa through the .city,' radiating out in four directions, pnssing through every part of (ho county. The residents of Sandridgc, Indian valley, La Grande, North Powder, Eagle and Pino valleys, Sparta and Cornucopia, can step on board tho cars near their homos and without walking twenty slops be set down at the court house door in Union. Taxpayers, think of all this and judge whether Union should bo rewarded for bringing it about or La Grando tewarded for trying to thwart every beneficial movement and render them of no avail. IVIIOMUiOMn TJttJXIIS It is seldom that any thing like tho truth, politically, is enunciated by the Portland Oregouian, tho leading re publican paper of tho state, but oc casionally it gets down to solid facts, Read what it says : "Tho republican party has no ronson to bo proud of its legislative achieve ments in Lliis Bessiou of congress. For the first timo in fifteen years it has had entire control of all departments of the government. It has posescd com plolo power to legislate and incurred complete responsibility for legislativo results. Its uso of its power has .been a disappointment to its best friends, and tho woiglit of responsibility is likely to be a grevious burden for it in tho future. Judged by its performances so far, the republican party is distinctly less lit for the functions of government and legislation than it was whon it lost control of thu liiiiifiu in 187.1. Uy long odds the most important pub lic questions of the present session aie fiscal questions. The most vital legis lation with which t ho party in power has had to deal was that touching tho tarilf and tho currency. Tariff revision was imperatively domaudod, and tho conditions of tho coinage niado some modification of tho silver policy of tho country urgent. Tho republican party has attacked both problems. It is not premature to say that it has failed with both. Its tariff bill is a disappoint ment. It, uudortakes to ting about tho nwossary reduction of the revonuo by indirect and clumsy nethods, which diminish tho possible benefit to tho consumer. It shows a under oaro for tho interest of the manufacturing monopolist, and offers the rural consumer a jmtty tariff ou butter and eggs instead of a reduction upon manufactured goods ho has to buy. It takoa tho tax off tobacco, but does not materially increase the freo list. It adds to the cost of oamied goods by increasing tho duty ou tin plate, and stops tho ropoal of tho sugar duty just where it would begin to atlV-ct tho profiU of the sugar trust and hone fit tho consumer. It increases the duty on wool lM cause the wool growois are organised and powerful, but Laves hides on (he free list because the west ern ranchmen aro too poor mid scatter ed to rival the influence of tho Now Ar might have been expected, La Grande comes forward at this time and lilea with tho county clerk what pur ports to bo an indemnity bond, signed by a number of its citizens, by the terms of which it is agreed that in case of tho removal of the county scat to La Grando they will indemnify the taxpayers for the loss of county buil dings. Tho object of this bond is ap parent to every one and tho securing of this object is tho solo and only pur pose of its oxecution. La Grande is sorely in need of votes and this scheme it is hoped by thorn will influonco the taxpayers to support them and cause them as well to lose sight of other considerations which might influence their vote. Thoy seem to believe that if the taxpayer is indemnified against any loss resulting from a removal of tho county pe.it then ho is ready to vote with them. This may be true, but we doubt it. But let us sec about the validity of an instrument of this kind. Can it be enforced, and if so by whom? This instrument has one high contracting party, and one only, La Grande. Tt is a well and gener ally understood rulo of law that it takes two to make a contract that is binding. No one can enter into a con tract with himself. Tho editor of Tun Scoot might draw up a contract be tween himself and John Doe, but not until its terms has been mutually agreed upon is it binding between tho contracting parties. lu tho case of this bond La Grande has agreed with itself upon the terms of a contract purporting to be entered into with tho people of tho county, The terms of this contract or bond suits La Grando whether they suit anybody else or not, and thoy have taken the trouble and gono to tho expense of filing the' in strument with the custodian of all our precious documents of public purport, this instrument has no considerations expressed or is there any passing from one contracting party to tho othor, and a most oxccllont reason exists why there is none, for the fact is, there is only ono contracting party and it would bo an absurdity to talk about a consideration in such a case. It has been a rule of law from time immemo rial that most people are well acquain ted with, that a contract without a consideration passing is null and void. Such a contract could not bo enforced anywhere, not even among heathens. With proper parties, there must bo a consideration to mako a contract or bond valid, and it must not only bo I expressed in tho instrument but must actually pass in order to mako a good contract. A 113- contract or bond given or ontorod into which is against public policy, made so by its terms, is void and cannot be enforced. This bond or agreoment to indemnify taxpayers is against publio policy and cannot bo vlid. By tho terms of this instrument it is calculated to influonco votes through tho hope of pecuniary gain and is therefore indirectly if not di rectly an attompt at bribery and an attempt to tamper with tho fieedom of tho oleotivo franchise. Any con tract, bond or other contrivance which thus tends to influonco votes is void or the reason that it is against public policy. No court anywhere would en force a contract or bond of this char acter, and if a taxpayer should go into a court of law or equity anil attompt to enforce it, thus tainted with all tho element of bribery ho would havo no standing in court and would bo so 10 buked by the judgment of tho court that ho would bo glad to get out emp ty handed and freo from tho shackles of the criminal. This bond is void ami cunuot bo onforoed, for tho rea sons above et forth, via : First, be uauso there is only ono contracting party. Second, because there is no consideration, and third, because it is ftgaiust public policy, either onu of which reasons beiug sufficient to in validate it. The lawyer of La Grando who drafted this bond and the people thro geuerally know that it is void and cannot bo enforced. The making and executing of this contract or bond Mir grn in m 1 illli LA GRANDE -:- AND ISLAND CITY, OREGON. in 7. p CO C3 o in T3 r3 11 o a .0 o H S2 1 i S3 $p , . a to c CD -3 3 to t) 0 J Q) 6 u H u cd u hi o H rv CO S3 ("V hi H W U2 -J S" o 3 0? a o O - S3 O 3 a iWe are in the field with a much larger and hetter stock of goods than ever before, and can show more and greater im provements for the season of 1890 than any other house. Do not fail to call and sec for yourself. FRANK BROS. IMPLEMENT CO., La Grande and Island City. county whatever two disinterestcd(?) parties shall decide the county build ings at Union to bo worth. Simply proposing to put the county oven, with no county buildings. Or in other words the county can wipe out so far as buildings arc concerned and start in anew on fancy business principles. Tho taxpayer will then bo asked to go down into tho depths of his shining and silvery trousers' pocket and dig up .$75,000 or $100,000 for brand now county buildings such as will for ages anchor tho county seat at La Grande. So we can find no great solace in accepting tho terms of their littlo vo ting1 incubator, Wq still havo now buildings id erect besides sustaining a certain loss in tho appraisement of the property at Union. If La Grando can succeed in humbugging tho county at largo into accepting their overtures they can certainly manip"idrtto much casior tho appraising of .'niiiuings. Beware fellow citizens of this bond schemo which is simply a bait for oli' to bite at. Your vote is what they ar after and will do anything to secure it. They will make all manner of promises and givo bonds by tho wholesale and and any amount so long as they arc suro thoy will not have to comply with their terms. It is expected that La Grando will do this because thoy havo no argument to present justify ing a removal of tho county seat at the present timo and must buy votes if possible. Bartering and bribery will bo their stock in trade as they can not nope to win in any other way. Honesty justice and fair dealings aro not on their sido, and we feel confident that tho honest voters and taxpayers of this county will givo them a just rebuko tho second day of next month. The Gazctto says that "only twenty five thousand dollars" can be appro priated for county buildings in case the county seat is moved to La Grande. That kind of a constiuction may be put on the provisions of the enabling act but just let the county f.eat bo moved and see what the result will be. The $20,000 will bo used to lay the foundation for a structure that it will take $100,000 to complete, and, in time, it will be completed and the taxpayers may kick about it as much as they please. BJHasaaaaaatrprtrwsJi BMP" 1 Mb ON SALE 1TO s-oLiXj An honest vote on the county seat question will result in Union coining out at least five hundred ahead, and tho only hopes tho La Grando schemers can have is in bribery, fraud and such methods as were recently employed in tho city election there. Thoy may take warning right now, however, to not try any of that sort of thing on the good people of this county at tho olec tion ua Juno. Let them deal square ,'with the people and there will bo no complaints about tho result. Thk Gazctto calls in question tho veracity of several mon who signed tho statement that the court house is good and substantial building becauso thoy wero not residents of Union at tho timo. These men havo been resi dents of Union for a long timo and each ono of them is perfectly familiar with tho county premises, and sub scribed to what ho knew to bo tho truth, This recent discovery of tho La Grando agitators concerning tho court house, is tho thinnest thing yet and it looks like they would bo ashamed of them selves. But shame is something they evidently know nothing about. What it would take to canto a blush on tho checks of ono of them would cause the hair on tho jowls of a government inulo to turn gray. A .44... . UUIILIIUIILIIJIIM- I1I1L WMl IIIITHHI. Vn i'. urauuo mis neon so anxious to givo wm ot hov tho pflrly , Ul0 uvay. i no construction ot the motor campaign." lino from this city may aUo bo meil- ' mcmvaesrjmmt i nmra iot tionod which will redound to tho credit I Tub La Ura. !. have .wt ,-. and well being of the county. The tho building wr u. limit nud . , Presbyterian college is another enter- ; ty seat move," lor t.-me t.m , 1 prise which it took money to secure ' giving their entire attention to Woolen mills, factories and nmnufaet- cuunty curt hoiu.-. rhe li--. ih. y urers of various kinds aro needed in riie.il.uin,; about ;!.,-1- .d.:i. a tho county to-day and must bo built. , huddmg aro eu ui;e l..u, :tl, , l , Will tho people look to tho outerpriso ' thoso they ul.,i. ! ..u.ut th. of La Grando to wctiie tliosu things? , rual ul will be u., i'ui! Lngland leather manufactories. It and everything dono jn connection promises protection to tho American ' therewith i all for buncombe aniixof producer witli one voice ami whimpers ' such thin, guuay nature that tho inter I reciprocity treaties with Spanish Amer-' ligcut voters cannot fail to so through ica to the Laiitorn importer with an- the wholo business. Not a dollar other. It shifts and palters. tralll do the people of La Grande purpose and evados, double, hesitates and is pulling up for county buildings or to lot, It is n bill to catch rampa ;u pay f.u-t!u e 1 st bv removal of tho . It eunn'v teat, l'tie lies, niisrcpreeenta next ! tious and framU which they Imvo boon j guilty uf, reaebiuj; back to thoso per ' tratcd by them i i vetting kignaturus alb d ui the ent!i.ii ffir i be en Ming not, l"i "it i ili 'il . n 1 ii on i!u minds "I ih" i -' f iiii. c.umty and hum tint bti.'sory now it out of the question. m heme was mtiumeut Feii if tlii, iim I" elly !i ,i i.il, i.n h. i' 1 "i it. i i . .!.:. . lo bond M.I th. " 1 . : 'l i'.iikos to - II III' l.ir. U tke U) tllO So r.vn as tho county judge is con cerned it will bo admitted that ho should bo a man woll acquainted with the needs and requirements of tho peo ple, and the various sections through out tho county. Mr. Sandors, for this reason, wo do not think is as well quali fied for tho office as Mr Rinohart, who has been a resident of tho county for twonty-iivo years, and is well known by ovorybody. Wo havo never heard Mr. Rinohart express his opinions on local affairs, hut wo believe that ho is an honest man and will do justice to all if elected. Wo can ask no moro than that. Thk county court houso is a good and substantial building sufficient for all purposes for many years to come. This assertion is substantiated by tho sworn statement of a committee com posed of tho best mon in the county and the signatures of lf0 citizens of Union. Let no man bo deceived by lying reports to tho contrary. Union is also supplied with one of the best county jails in the state, safe and sub stantial in every respect. Dealer in all kinds of- PRICIPAL POUTS EAST, WEST, NORTH and SOUTH UNION, OREGON A. U. KI.I.IS, Ticket Agent. TIME TAI5LI3. Trains depart from Union daily as follows V' EAST liOl'ND. No 2 Express Itiflj A. No I Mail 7:J5 I'. M'.' WKST HOUND. No 1 Express 1:2.) A.M. No a Mail 1:55 f. M. Main Line, Nos. 1 and 2. "The Overland Flyer,'' carry through Pullman Sleepers, Colonist .Sleepers, Free Chair Cars and Coaches, between Portland and Denver, Omaha, Kansas City, tit. Louis, St. Paul or Chicago. Main Line, Nos, 3 and 4. "The Limited Fast Mail," carry Pullman Dining and Sleeping Cars between Portland and Chi cago. OCEAN DIVISION. The Union l'acili". will dispatch Steamers between San Francisco and Port land, as follows: At 10 p. m. State Oregon Columbia. State . .. Oregon. . Columbia. Stato Oregon. . ..May FROM SAN HI.At CISCO. I At 10 a. in. ' 1 Columbia .May 4 5 State " 8 !l Oregon '-12 l.'t Columbia l(i 17 State "20 21 Oregon "24 25 Columbia .... "28 2!) State ....June 1 The company reserves the right to change oi'-'iuiii-vs or .-aimig nays. Farm acmr&ery, UNION, OH EG ON. ' i' or reasonable terms ana low pneos call on mo and I will satisfy you. ' 'l-27-tf. Union and Cornucopia Quickest and Cheapest liouto to tho Pino Creek Mines. KATES : nion to Parle " Sanger " Cornucopia FAKE. $1 SO 3 00 (J 00 nutioiiT, Mo 2.0 rs. Iger, KATES OF PASSAGE: Cabin, - - iflO.OO Steerage - - $8,00 liound Trip Tickets, Unlimited - .f.'iO.OO Children, under 12 years - - Half Faro 5 years ... Eree InchuUny Meals and JScrths, 1 O. S. MULLEN, Oon'l Tralllc Manager, r. T T. W. LEE. Gen'l. Ticket Agt. A151JOTT, Agent. Union. 0.&W.T.R.R. "Tlio Hunt Line." Tin: county clerk's olllco of Union county is tho most systematic and well kept olllco in the stato, and in or der to havo it continue o, we believe the people should employ Mr. Turner Oliver as clork for the next two years. Ifo will 1 in vn imthimr to lmrn iiml in a man whom t ryUwly has the mot I mllOp If Hi AT Tin: jflwnppfpp wrap Keeps constantly on hand a com plete stock of fresh Candies, Stationery, Wire Goods, Brackets, AN I 1 -l i l i.- implieit ii;ili.!enco in. think th it a bt tt. r man looted. o do nut CKild lu h- j A 1 ire ot IlicittHl. Utensils. In Connection with tho NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILR'D Forms the Quickest and Best Route Itotwoen Eastern Oregon and Washington' anil Punot Sound points, as well as the Popular and Direct Lino to all POINTS EAST and SOUTHEAST PULLMAN SLEEPING CARS, SUPEHH DINING CARS, and FREE SECOND CLASS SLEEPERS'- Tlirousli to Chicago via thin I.lno. Passenger Trains of this Company arc run ning rcguiiiny uoiwoon DAYTON, WAITSHURG, WALLA WALLA, WAS If., nml PEN DLETON. OR., Making clogo connection at Htint's.Tunc tion with Northern Pacific train- for Taco ma, Seattle, Victoria, It. C, Ellensburg, North Yakima. Paten, Spnigue, Cheney, Davenport. Spok-iuo Falls, IJutto, Helena. St. Paul. Minneapolis, AND ALL POINTS EAST. Pnuenger Train, making above conncc tlOM team J'enUiuK.ii daily, at 3:16 p. in. Through Ticlu ts Sold m all Points East ut IN- 1 1 'Wot K.uus, W .ii'l I'i tl". G. F WAMSLEY, t .ih 1'i jir Aift. w . . WnlU, Wtth. 1U. I W HUNT. I'r. -i. n d..ii 4 .ni l Mtnuger. II. L. DEACON, Aeeiu, Union Or