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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 19, 1891)
Si n KoiTon. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1891. KDITOlt IAT. NOT1SS. Gkneiiai. Sherman died at New York on tlio evening of tho 11th inst. The democrats of-tho city of Philado! phia havo endorsed a colored repub lican for office and nominated two women to be school directors. Tiik Scout desires to return thanks to lion. J. A. Wright for a number of bills which ho has introdttccd in the house, among them tho Union city charter bill. Senator Stewart says ho considered Stanford's chances for the presidential nomination very good indeed, lie thinks if tho farmers' alliance indorse Stanford for tho presidency the ropul hcan party will accept him as their own candidate. Thk acting-secretary of tho treasury has issued a warrant for tho payment ot JjuAJUU.uiK) on account of pensions aggregating if 30.000,000, duo during tho quarter ending March 1. Tho lat tor amount represents tho available cash balance of tlio treasury ; so only the treasury surplus that wi'.l uxist after those payments shall havo been met will bo tho excess of tho receipts over tho other expenditures during that poriod, which is now cslinatcd at less than $10,000,000. SrOKANK, Seattle and Tacoma pub lished tho proposed now city charier in tho papers before submitting it to the legislature, in Oregon tilings aro dono differently. Thcro is probably not n half dozen citizens in Union who know anything ibout tho provisions of our now city charier which has just passed the houso and senate of tho leg islaturo. It is always customary and proper that any amendment to city charters should bo submitted to tho pcoplo, and n voto taken in order to find out tho sentimont of tho taxpayers in regard to any proposed change Hon, Jou.v McAmhtkk, in a letter to Mr. Curtis of la Grande says; ".My con stituents don't seem to know that 1 am in tho legislature, as thoy are daily cor responding with Wright, Snodgrass and Norval, and with few exceptions havo ignored mo altogether. This makes things vory unpleasant for ono in the minority, and tho more so becauso theso parties novor consult mo on any ques tion concerning my part of tho country. If tho people of La Grando think mo compotout to look after their 'business I will only bo too glad to' do so, but if they think not, 1 will only bo to glad to keep out of tho way of thoso whom thoy can trust." Tun Chomawa Indian school has boon long enough without an open rupture (a few weoks) so the super numerary has discharged tho camn'- -1 Mr, Phil. JJ. Wjlson . -.or, touohi" " i und tho music ..UBS Southwiok, for alleged "iuolllcionoy." Of course this is not tho cause. In Wilson's caso, Irwin expected him to do soiuo of his dirty work and Wilson isn't that sort of a man. Wilson is from Union county whero his reputation is 301) to 0 along Bido of Irwin'd. This fuss has gone long enough, Irwin should bo speedily dopoecd, Tho foregoing is tho way in which ono of tho local papora talk About Ilov. Irwin. Tho sooner a chango of mnn ugors is had at this school, tho more rapid will bo tho progress of tho school. Tho pcoplo of Union county know "Wilson and also knowIrwin. If Wil son were in Irwin's position things would niovo on bettor. It may bo early to nanio tho next democratic condidato for tho presidency but when nine out of ten democrats aro practically agreed upon that choieo it is hnrdly possible that any contingen cies will arise to chance matters. It is evident that if the national convention mot today Grovor Glovoland would bo nominated hyncolimation. There is a deep-rooted fouling that tho result of 1888 was n mistake tho Harrison ml ministration is n misornblo failure and piliablo in its weakness. Tho people can bow comparo tho twopurtios, thoir aims and their chosen leaders. That comparison makes brighter tho admin istration of Grovor Glovoland. Tho peaplo find in him u man who utters his convictions and is grounded in the , faith. It was Clovolund who iuaugu rated tho campaign of education, who rather Hutu drift into tho presidency upon no tangible policy differing tho two parties, promulgated a message lofty in its patriotism, logical in its ar gument and Bound in its conclusion. That message has re-united the demo omtio wrty upon a platform of prinoi plea that must become tho ruling forcu el American govornmtmt. Hose Jurjfltvkw. B. Chancby, OtJK SBW CIIUtiMS. The Scout nat last in receipt of tho Union charter bill, introduced in the houso by Keprcscnativo J. A. Wright. Space will not admit of our publishing tho bill in full, but wo will give our readers a synopsis of tho most impor tant provisions, which are as follows: ; Tho east and west boundary lines aro I changed so that the corpernte limit i will now be otic mile square, instead j of one by one-hall mile us before. Tho charter empowers th( ooilncil to levy and collect taxes upon all property made taxitble by law for county or statu purposes not exceeding 10 mills for gcnural purposes in any one year; provided, that no exemption or reduc tion shall be allowed in tho assessment of property within the limits of said city to any porson for indebtedness created or existing outaido of the limits of said city, lior for any indebtedness upon property not taxable therein, nor for any indebtedness to persons residing beyond the limits of said city. To provido a work house and house of correction, and to prescribe rules and regulations fur the government there of. To establish and regulate tho grade of streets, to define and lix the boun daries thereof, and to remove obstruc tions Iheiefrom and from tho side and crosswalks of said city; to provide for tho construction, inipro-'uinent, ropnir and cleaning of tho same and by ordi nance to compel the ownors of lots to make such improvements adjacent thereto at the cost of such ownors, to provido for tho sale of lots adjacent to which any public improvement has been made wherein the owner of such lot refutes to pay for the same and by ordinance to compel lot owners or oc cupiers thereof to build and keep the sidewalks in front of the same in good repair and cloar of obstruction. To rfpproprintc money for any pub ic improvement bonofioial to tho in habitants of said city, and to provido for tho payment of the debts and ex penses of tho city. To lay out, establish, vacato, widen, extend and open streets and alloys in the city and to appropriate privalo property for that purpose Tho pow ers hereby granted shall bo executed undor such rules and regulations as the common council shall establish, fo establish lire companies, to ap point liro wardens and prescribe thoir duties. I'o employ n city attornoy, surveyor and such night and day police as may bo necessary and to proscribe and de fine their duties. fo borrow money on tho faith of the city for municipal and other public purposes bonelioial to tho inhabitants thereof, and to issue bonds for 'such purposes in any sum not oxcoading the sum of .$20,000. To build, construct, own and keep n ropaira reservoir at tho head of Cath erine creek, running through said city, ml to tlrcilgo, fltmiuhloii ami I'loiul thn tU-t i ,i ,r..A. , .uvruuuons inoru.rum uom iiiu head of said creek to and through the limits of said city, and for r,uoh pur pose may go upon and Unough tho lands of privato persons tl trough whose lands said creek runs, doing no unnec essary damage thereto., anil inny leaso tho sumo in connection with any water works that muy bo established by said city lor a term of years. To appropriate so much of tho wntor of Catherine oreek as may bo neces sary for tho establishment o' water works and for tho storage and distribu tion of water for such water works and for any other purposo beneficial to the inhabitants of said city. Tho common council bhall havo tho powor to opon, improve and construct streets, side and crosswalks and public ways, and to establish and nltur tho grade of any street, and in case tho sanio shall be made ti charge against tho property of tho abutting owner of property on said street, ten days notice of tho contemplated iiupiovoment shall bo given to such owner or ownors. Tho improvement of all streets and public ways shall be made at tho expense of tho city, Tho oponing and ox tending of all stroots, public ways nud side walks shall be made by tho owners of property in tho manner provided in this soolion. All crosswalks and sew ers shall bo constructed and kupt in ropnir at the expense of tho city. In all cases where streets, public ways nud sidewalks tiro built or constructed at the expense of the abutting owner, tho same shall be done by or under tho supervision of tho street oommis tdonor of said city, and tho uo.Ms tlunv of reported to the oity recorder, giv ing tho cost of such improvement fronting on eauh piece of property whero tho same has been made, and it shall be the duty of the recorder to nvsuss against oaoh lot ths uot of such construction or improvement in front thereof, which astossment shall iinnu- diately become, duo and shall bucullec 'ed ly the city marshal in the manner provided for tho collection of other j taxos. I The common council shall, at tho I beginning of each year, invite proposals ( from tho proprietors of nil nowspapors ! published in said city, to do the city ; advertising and printing for thnensuing j year, and shall let the con tract for : men advertising and printing to the lowest binder. tiik aiA.jor.iTY aiusT uui.n. The republicans in congress claim to be contending for tho right of the inn j j1)rilv ,() n,je- In fa0 tlloy nrtJ reehl. I ing majority rule and endeavoring to perpetuate tho power of a discredited and meager minority. Tho policy which the sonato is striv ing to embody in law was submitted to tho people last year. Tho republicans of the houso had adopted it. The sen ate, though it passed theMoICinley tar iff, declined to pass the force bill, or to adopt a gag rule. Jt permitted the.-e questions to go to tho people. Repub lican conventions generally endorsed their party's policy. Tho democratic conventions ovorywhere condemned it. Tho issue was squarely joined upon the stump and in tho party press. In November the pcoplo give their verdict. It caused the most clem ly de lined and overwhelming political revo lution ever known in thohistoiy of our government. In the vote Of tho wholo country .for representatives in congress tho demo cratic majority over the total republi can voto w.-.H 80017(5. In a total vote of nearly 10,000,000 for representatives, the republican candidates were in n mi nority of 1,982,202, while tho regular democratic voto exceeded that of all other candidates republican, farmers, prohibition, independent and labor combined 2GS,0T)0. A republican majority "f 21 in tho present house was converted into a democratic majority of 157 in the next congress. In seventeen northern states Uio to tal vole cast was within less than 7 per cent, of tho presidential voto of 1888. And in theso states tho democratic gain in tho popular voto was over (102, 000! In 1888 the republicans carried every one of theso seven teen states. In 1800 tho democrats carried twelve of them. The house of representatives was made democratic by asafo woiking majority without counting a single, member from the south. By an antiquatod and uurepubliean arrangement of sessions tho new con gress will not moot in regular order un til December next, But it represents tho latest expression of tho popular will. In contending for obed ieneo to that will tho democrats in congress aro simply insisting that tho majority shall rule. Now York World. The wot Id makes a great misUke in regarding the cynic, o called as a'., unhappy individual. It would b,' im possible for him to be better satisfied with himself. He is llvj vainest of mortals in his conceiti ami i1Ugd hi,,,, self with gloo whoir the world thinks ho is gnashing .ns teeth with envy and spite. His exaggerated views of the uncharitMdonoss and hypocrisy of tho world aro two-thirds affection; ho does not believe it himself, but wants others to think so. Thoro is vanity and sol lishnoss ovon in sorrow and trouble as wo may judge from hearing certain classes of pooplo brag of tho trials through which thoy havo passed ; and tho oynio takes the samo pleasure in working up a little monoply of spleon. Union county has few men more ablo and none who, when once determined, will go further to seouro success, than A. H. Eaton of Union. Everybody will admit that tho failure of the Hunt road was not tho fault of .A. E. Eaton, Lou Rinohart orS. A. Ptirsol, Mr. Eaton has made a largo amount 6f money in Union and he fools like leaving a monu ment to his memory in his home city, and to do this he has determined to found a woolen mill ihcro, and has headed tho enterprise with $2fi,000. Tlio mill will empby SO people and if tho pooplo who aro ablo will stand by Mr. Eaton it will be built. Chronicle. Tin: trito aphorism, often heard from the lips of cynics nud solemn-faced murnliaers on the social and political problems of tho day, that "rich are growing richer and the poorer," stjems to hhine with a luster not its own in the face of tho vast projects made possible for great and combined wealth and iullueiiM under the republi can tariff laws. The monoply party iiupo- no ntriata)ng. Capital com-him-, wa-es jjo dawn nud prices come up. Witness tho American Sugar Kenuory Company, a trust, with ifiU.OuUOOO i preferred and common stuvk mid $10,00.' V00 in bonds. SANDl.ItS KXI 'I.AINS. Union, Or., February 10, 1891. Editor Okkgon Scout: A writer in last week's Scout, sign ing himself "Citizen," states that the city council of Union had appropriated J $100 to send tlio undersigned to Salem I to lobby for the paxsago of tho Union ch irter bill, nud asks for an explana tion. We will pass by his evident dis position to growl and make himtelf a bad citizen, and consider him n good citizen and a taxpapcr; and as such having a right to know how his public servant conducts himself, and how he uses the people's money. Therefore, I bog leave to submit this report for his consideration: I did go to Salem, but not to lobby away tho liberties of the people. I did not join the third houso at all but was given the privilege of a teat (but not a vote) in the houso of which Mr. Geer was speaker, along hide of honest John Mc- Alistcr. If it was a crime to go to Sal em then I am guilty as charged in the indictment. I was there; I can't deny it, but 1 saw lots of others there too. I saw ex-Senator Gcorgo Chandler, May or McCord, By Geer, Charles Duncan, et al, of Baker City, all good men. There was no pnrticuhu need for any of us to go who were not elected mem bers of the legislature. My old neigh bors at North Powder appealed to me to go to Salem and take their remon strance against being cut off from Un ion county and annexed to Baker county. About tho same time it was reported to Hon. J. A. Wright that n petition a yard or rod long, I don't know which, from North Powder and the panhandle asking to be imnexed to Baker county, was at Salem. Mr. Wright telegraphed tho fact and as the proposed line would cut both of us olfinto Baker county I decided at tho last moment to go with the remon strance, and consult with him as to the best means of defeating the scheme to take away Hip riche&t imrt of our county, When 1 arrived at Salom I found to my ghat satisfaction that the good people of Union county had put tho right men in the right places. All of our members, including Senator Baity of Umatilla, sioo 1 (irmly against divis ion, and worked zealously for every measure to benefit Union county and the slate at large. There were three or four measures of importance to Un- J ion county pending before the legisla ture and I felt, with others, a deep in terest in the legislation for the' whole state, and especially tho assessment and taxation bill which '1P8 puSeii tho house and is now in tho gemUo com. mil tec, before wl--om j W)ls rcqlIested to appear to 'jvu mv onin;ou ami ex perience. ow, as to tho appropriation of $100 "J the city council of Union, my un drstiindinp, of the matter was that tho new charier bill and tho municipal water bill, both of which measures woro of vory great importance to tho city of Union, had been introduced and they seemed to bo hold back and in danger of being lost. Tho council hold a spec ial meeting to tako action in the mat ter and decided to sond one of thoir members, or some ono else, to Salem to consult with our members from Union county, as to tho best means of push ing the bills to final passage, and mado an appropriation for tho necessary ex pense. After I had decided to go with tho romonstranco it was not deemed neces sary to send another to represent the council, and as tho oxponso of tho trip had been contributed by tho romon strators and other good citizens, tho ap propriation was not. used nnd will bo cancolled and returned to tho city treasury. If "Citizon" had really de sired tho information ho had asked for, any member of tho council would havo givon it to him. .Now, in conclusion, I desire to offr "Citizon" 60IHO nood advice: If ho is a good citizen and loyal to Union ho will not condemn ovory nicasuso un dertaken to improve tho town, but, on tho contrary, will oncourago his pub lic servants when thoy are trying to ad vance tho interests of the public. If he wants the credit of being a vigilant and trusty sentinel on guard over tho peo ple's money, ho must not shut ono cyo and allow his friends to get into the crib, while he is throwing mud at his enemies. Keep both oyes open broth er. If ho wants to become a livo citi zuu let him invest in a curry comb and hire an expert to scrapo tho mo.-s off of his back so that his Amer ican blood can circulate freely. His to be hoped that "Oituon" will continue to keep a watchful eye on public affairs and round the alarm from time to timu, to that no African can go to sleep in the wood pile. 1 hope that "GUuon" will accept this linal roport which is respectfully submitted. I. N. SANDERS.