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WASHINGTON. Public Interest is Centered in Congress. BUZZING OF PRESIDENTIAL BEES The Farmers' Alliance Troubling the Politicians Elaine's Tactics. Washington, Xoy. 21, ISO). Editor Ohkkox Scoit: Washington may now truthfully claim to bo the head quarters of the politieal history. Never timing the last twenty-live years has there been more political activity displayed here than is now, and it is increasing every lay as the city fills up with men who control the destinies of the great politi cal parties of the country. Here will bo fought, this winter, tho preliminary skirmish of the great battle of '92, and a good many people are beginning to think that engagement will be a tri angular one, and if the combination between the labor organizations and tho Farmers' Alliance, that wonder ful organization which has frightened the professional politicians nearly out of their wits, can be perfected by that time, there are certainly squalls ahead for somebody. Public interest is centered in the final session of the Fifty-first Congress, which meets Monday, December 1, and conjecture its rife as to what will be done. Whatever is done the meth ods of doing it will be highly interest ing, because of the personnel of the republican House. Many of tho re publicans, particularly those that were nominated and defeated at tho late election, feel so sore that they would be willing to adopt the most radical political legislation that could possibly be proposed, and the Sneaker is gener al' supposed to bo ready to aid them in every way in his power, and those who watched the legislation in the House at the last session can form an idea of what that means. Hut there is another element in that party headed by Mr. Blaino that will attempt to steer a more conservative course. Tho matters which arc certain to come up during the three months of this short session, to say nothing of those that may unexpectedly bo brought up, will make it notable in Congressional history. The first thing to come up in tho Scnato will bo the Federal Election bill, and that it will bo fought to tho la3t extremity by tho democrats is a certainty. Neverthe less it is believed that it will be passed in a modified form. In the louse the first thing to be taken up will be an aportionment bill, and that will al so bo fought by tho democrats, but it will be certain to pass in the shape that will give tho republicans all tho ad vaugo possible it would bo just re versed were the democrats in the posi tion of the republicans. Tho game of politics is, get all you can. Tho question of free coinage of sil ver is going to make a rumpus too, and the general impression is that it will be adopted, although it is still op posed by Mr. Harrison and his Secre tary of tho Treasury. But it is whis pered that Mr. Blaino has mado up his mind to bring about free coinage at this session of Congress as a special concession to tho Farmers' Alliance, which ho is said to bo particularly anx ious to conciliate. There will not bo much difficulty in getting a bill through Congress, as tho Senato is al ready on record as favoring it, and it was charged that it was trickery that defeated it in the House at the last session. Another troublesome matter is that of pensions. It's bound to como up in some shapo or other. It is claimed that by tho end of tho next fiscal year tho annual payments for pensions will have reached $200,000,000, which ad ded to other expenses of tho govern ment will amount to considerably inoro than our receipts. What is to be done? Not a baker's dozen votes could bo secured for repealing any portion of tho pension laws, so that somo method of increasing our reve nues will have to bo found, if these claitnsprovo to be correct. But how? That's an interesting question. Somo answer it by proposing a graduated income tax, others by increasing the tax on whiskey. But wait until tho question comes up in congress, then you will hear somo interesting things. Tho speakership campaign, which gets warmer and warmer, will furnish Rome mighty interesting political nows before it is ended, and it is believod that it will also bo the means of deter mining to a certainty whothor Mr. Cleveland will bo at tho head of tho next National democratic ticket, at least that's tho way it looks now when tho Cleveland rand anti-Cleveland 1 j democrat are at daggers jwints. And j it wilt also have a great effect upon tho ehmioes of tho democratic party I in tint coming pi evidential election. The question of the head of the next republican presidential ticket will be j considered this winter by the leaders j of that party, and the wirepulling they will indulge in will add much interest ! to Washington political gossip. Just i now Mr. Blaine has it all his own way, but whether he can keep it that way, even if he desires tho nomination, is problematical. Mr. Harrison thinks himself entitled to a renomiuation ; Senator Sherman has not abandoned all hope; General Alger is still in tho field, and from tho Pacific slope conies the news that Senator Stanford has entered tho lists and that his platform will consist solely of his proposition to loan out government money to farm ers at 2 percent, per annum. It has also been strongly hinted by Farm- I ers' Alliance men here that Mr. Stan ford can have the support of that or ganization if ho wants, it. Take it all in all, tho prospect is for lots of very lively political news this winter. .). II. C. FROM ALBANY. Interesting Now3 Items Gathered by an Occasional Correspondent. Kmtoii Oni:oox Scout: After another overwhelming demo cratic victory a victory for right and justice 1 will try and address a few thoughts to your many readers. Politics aro about all one hears now, and wo suppose ono will not hear much else for several months to come, at east not until after the presidential election. Well as we are o politician we haye very little to say about it eith er way. This valley has jut been visited witli one of the most disastrous wrecks that has ever happened on theO. ifcC. It. K., namely, the train wreck at Lake La bish. Although only five persons wore killed, the list of injured was exceeding ly large. Tho State Railioad Commis sioners have just given their version of the cause of the accident, and it places tho blame just where wo thought it belonged all tho time on the road. It may bo tho cause of tho company repairing some of the their old trestles, and we aro sure that at least it will bo a very dear lesson for them. Tho Santiam and Calapooia mines are attracting a great deal of attention just at present. One Albany compa ny lias a mill in running order now and have already had ono clean up of a week's run. This mill is running steadily all the time and a number of other miners aro working I heir claims and developing them as fast as men and mono;, can do it. We hope before another year goes past to bo able to report as good paying mines as any in tho State. Another mill will bo put in as early in tho spring as possible. A largo immigration is ariving hero all tho time. Forty-six persons with their outfits arrived by ono train a short time ago. They all seem to bo tho better class of farmers and labor ing people, who aio willing and ready to do anything that comes along. We say let them come. "Tho' inoro the merrier," and there is always room for ono more. Albany is steadily improving do spito the tardiness of tho Oregon Pa cific railroad to start. A number of good substantial brick business houses have been oreeted as well as a good many handsome residences. A largo amount of building is already layed on" for 181)1. Our woolen mills are doing an ex cellent business have mora work ahead than tlioy can do for somo time. They aro turning out an excellent quality of goods, which aro command ing a good price and a ready markot. Our wife left us today. Vory sad those few words. But when you fully understand them in this case they arc not so sad. Sho wont to tho country to help kill hogs. Think of the back bones and hjmro-rihs wo willonjoy pick ing, on her return. If it wasn't for our noblo wives how would wo poor newspaper scribus make a living ami have a clean shirt for Sunday. Long livo tho noblo woman. "P." Great excitement prevailed on tho cast bound Oregon Short Lino train on Wednesday of lat week after leaving Poeatcllo, when it was diacovcrod thnt a man in one of tho coaches was Hick with smallpox. He had been on the train for tine time and the train men had passed and ropabsod through tho coach. Boide this there were twelve other pgfonger in the coach witli the sick man. Tho car has bu putasido at Bryan with the bwk man in it, and j the jMiHsciigi-M who rode with him wtru j Ula n tu (ireni Kiver in auotht-r ear to be ex itii i ti l ly the suriji- iii COVE CULLINGS. Severely lirnised ba Run away Team, SCARCITY OF WATER INI SPRINGS 1 i Tae Spring Fights Grand Ball to be Glv ! en Advertised Lstters. Mr. and .Mrs. M. B. Bees returned from their visit in the East last Thurs day. Rev. Mr. Trumbell is holding a ser ies of meetings at Frosty school house this week. Mr. Mel Campbell went to tho Sound this week and will look after real estate interests at Sehome. Mr. Frank Phy has returned to Cray's Harbor. Frank is a believer in the future importance of that port. Mr. Georgo MeDanicl started for the Wallowa last Monday. He expects to rido for stock in that region this win ter. Spring fights have commenced early this season. Some of our citizens look as though Sitting Bull had been swing ing them on tho corner in a ghost dance. There will be a ball in Wright's hall at Cove on Friday evening, December 12lh. Music will bo furnished by first class musicians and a good supper served. Tickets will be $2 00. Services are being held nightly at the Morrison church. Bevs. Driver and Morris, of Union, Kev. .HcCart, of Wallowa, and Bev. Johnson, of Cove, aro in attendance. It is said that several springs near town which, in the memory of tho old est inhabitant, have furnished an abun dance of water have gone dry in tho last few weeks. We may be called a village of church es in tho course of time. Both, tho Methodist and Baptist denominations aro contemplating building edifices and aro circulating papers for sub scriptions to the cause. While Mr. S. Burnough was return ing from La Grande Monday night his team ran away near Mr. Corpe's resi dence and overturned the wagon. Mr. B. sustained severe bruises which may confine him to his house for some time. Letters remaining uncalled for in the Cove postpllice : Mrs. MaryE. Carpen ter, T. Flynn, .1. M. Jones, E. O. Al ak in, Mrs. Lottie Pratt, Vince Beeves, Miss Eva Shirts, S. Stewberg, Mrs. Smith, (mother of Emmett Smith) Mr. Vantress, Martin Vernon. Jaspkic G. Stkvkns, P. M. Its Effects. The West Shore says: Ono of the beautiful workings of the system of de ductions for debt in listing property for taxation is shown by comparing tho tax rolls of the counties of Coos and Yamhill. Tho former has gross assessments of $2,8(13,365 while tho other has $0, 100,000, more than twieo tho former. Yot after tho deductions are made, Coos has still $2, 140,450, while Yamhill's has dwindled to 1)12,001, being $50,800 less than last year. Coos county pays Huto tax upon seventy-fivo per cent. No doubt oven greater discrepancies will bo re vealed when reports aro received from tho entiie state. This question isasido from that of unequal assessment of property, and under tho deduction sys tem it will never bo possible for tho burden of state support to bo homo by each county in proportion to its wealth, the richer counties shifting an undue proportion of the tax upon tho poorer ones. TEL0CASET. The Farmar3 Busy After a BearFencing tlie Railroad Traek. November 30, 1890. Mr. Win, Gates Has tho boss gates. What beautiful weather. Barloy quoted at $1.95 in Milwaukee. Many of Antelope's farmers aro harrowing in while winter barloy. Mr. Wallace Hinckley has sold his barley crop to Coupor, for 95 cents per. hundred. Several of our young bloods atten ded the ball at Union on Thanksgiving ovu., and roport having an onjoyablo time. Mrs. Win, Huffman is sick. It is to be hoped that tho ostimablo lady will oon recover her usual oxcollont health. Tho Union Pacific track is now fenced through Pyles canyon and Antelope valley, and tho fence build cm have moved on. Mr. John Lee of the Summit ranch, has returned to his former position as foreman on the section at Telocaset, for tho Union Pacific railroad compa ny. Mr. WilliampyFrazier made us a pleasant visit yesterday. He was ; around with a butcher knife about a foot long, and a gunny sack. He made an assault on a dead horse on tho hill side near by and intends feed ing a bear with it that i prowling I around his farm. Ho proposes to at-j tach a trap to tho incut, '.'and allows lie j will have "that ar bar or know the reason why. Suece;tto him. The great war ship, "Maine," tho largest and finest man-of-war ever built in the United States, was launched at the Brooklyn navy yard on the 18th inst. At the launching platform Miss Alice Wihnerding, the handsome 17-year-old daughter of Secretary Tra cy, took her position directly in front of the big cruiser's nose, in her hand a gaily decorated bottle of San Berna dino county, California chainpange, and, as the ship commenced to slide into tho water, Miss Wihnerding tim idly advanced and breaking tho bottle across tho big cruiser's nose, christened her tho "Maine." So the cruiser named for the eastmost State, was christened with champagne from tho westmost State. Let the good work goon, and soon Uncle Sam will have a navy that Ameiicans will not bo ashamed of. C. F. II. CORNUCOPIA. Tho Pino Creek Mines In a More Prosper ous Condition Than Ever. Tho Baker City Democrat reporter had the pleasure of meeting Mr. W. T. Burdette, a prominent mine owner of Cornucopia", and from him learned considerable of interest concerning tho camp. Mr. Burdetto said : Tho Oregon Gold Mining Company are running their 20-stanip mill night and day, and through tho scientific management of Mr. Fred Stein, super intendent of the mill, aro treating forty- ' fi t iiLi if nni nvitri t tirnti f ir.fstl i r linn ri up to eighty-five per cent, of tho assay value of the ore, bosidos saving two and one-half tons of sulphurets per day, that will average $150 to tho ton. Tho ore is from tho Red Jacket, and tho company estimates that there is sufficient ore in sight in the mino to keep tho mill running constantly for the next twelve months. The company have just finished a roaster of eight tons capacity tper day for tho purpose of reducing tho sul phurets to bullion, thus doing away with the necessity of shipping to Den ver or Salt Lake. Under tho present management, Mr. Burdette says tho Oregon Gold Mining Company is more successful than ever before known and tho camp is in a inoro prosperous condition than ever. Tho Huntington mill recently erected by Davis it Howard on tho.Union mino is treating from fivo to six tons of ore per day up to 90 per cent. In tho trial test of twenty-five tons, average ore, tho mill saved $35 to tho ton $10 free gold ; $25 in sulphurets. The Davis it Howard mill also treated several tons of oro from tho Last Chance mino, owned by Carey it Howard, with satisfactory results. Mr. Burdetto says that all develop ment work done shows a good outlook for the camp, and inoro confidence is expressed than over before Tho fail ures in the past can bo attributed to mistakes in tho treatment of tho ores. How to Buy a Farm. A method of buying farms which has been experimented somo upon in Whitman county, says an exchange, is that of giving a number of bushels of wheat per acre, tho payments extend iny over a series of years. This has generally been found to bo an exceed ingly easy and successful way for a man with but little moans, but strong muscle and a plucky heart, to acquire a homo and a fertile farm, though the plan has been decried by somo and as sertions in ado that it could not bo done. It can bo dftio and has been done. A case in point is that of It. McQueen, who throo years ago pur chased 100 acres near Colfax from Galland Bros, on this plan. lie was to pay for tho land in wheat raited uj on it, fifty bushels per aero, tho pay ments being extended over a period of fivo years, or ton bushels per acre per year. Last year and tho previous ono mado tho required payments. This year ho has paid the remaining thirty bushels jwr ncro and yet has wheat loft, and his farm clear. Instead of fivo years ho has paid for it in three from wheat that has grown upon it, and kept enough for his needs, VMthig cards, wcddliiK cards and ball program men, neutly executed at the Bcout job olllce. 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