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THURSDAY. APRIL 9, 1891.
HIUTOUIAT NOTUS.
The National Democrat says : "Ben
jamin Harrison will be renomi
nated in 1892 by tho republicans and
beaten out of sight. Wo make this
prediction confidently, and with Joy
wo shall await tho fulfilment."
The Union correspondent of tho La
Grande Gazette seems to havo been
scrutinizing the columns of The Scout
very closely of late in order to find out
tho number of times tho editorial "wo"
has appeared under the present man
agement. We believe tho combined efforts of
the few who are laboring to prevent
any improvements being made in Un
ion will amount to nothing unless it bo
to stir our more progressive peoplo to
greater work. Republican.
Correct; but there scums to bo a diff
erence of opinion as to who thoso "few"
are. Time will toll.
Mns. Ai.Eit,our postmaster, reeoived
official notico on Sunday last that from
tho last report showing tho amount of
business done at this office, it would,
aftor April 1, 1891, be declared a third
clasH office, and from that date she
would receive an annual salary. This
is another evidence that Union's popu
lation is on tho increase.
No T v l t h 8TA N i ) I N o tho report by the
Union correspondent of tho La Giando
Gazette, that a largo nutnborof our cit
izens aro leaving town, there is a largor
number of actual residents in Union
today than at any timo in its history.
Our population is steadily on tho in
crease and where one goes out there is
at least two to take their placo.
A coiutESi'ONDENT writing to tho Ba
ker City Democrat claims that Baker
oounty is in debt $105,000, and pio
sonts tho facts and figures to substan
tiate his position. It is not to bo won
dered that a good many people in Ba
kor county can bo found who would bo
willing to annox a large portion of this
county to help them bear tho cross tin
ancially. La Grande Chronicle.
The democrats will havo 2J7 votes
at tho opening of tho next house o
congress, tho republicans 87 and tho
farmers' alliance 8. This will give tho
democrats a plurality of 150 over the
republicans and a majority of M2 over
all. Tho largest majority in tho house
in tho past twenty-two years, or since
tho close of tho reconstruction period
all tho states being represented, was
111 republican from 187!1 to 1875, ant
thu next largest was 81 democrats from
18SU to 1885.
Tho retirement of Mr. Jones from tho
editorship of this paper is no reason
why it should not continue in the same
bold and fearless manner which char
acterized it under his management
The Suout has always been tho peo
ploVpaporand will continue so Whon
over it sees anything that is not for tho
good of tho peoplo it will have no lies
itanuy in making tho fact known. This
was its mission under tho former and
will oo its mission under tho present
manugement.
Davis is not always silent as will be
seen from the following astounding
statement made last week:
Tho MoKinloy tariff bill is hero to
stay. Thoro will bo no now tariff law
passed this century.
Tho many friends of lqw tarilf
throughout the country will bo pained
to hoar of this. It was thought by
somo that tho noxt congress would on
doavor to ropoal this law, but sinco Da
vis has seen fit to issue tho above edict,
wo presume nothing will bo done.
The little statu of Dolowaro has met
tho tramp question in a way that will
bo quite agreeable to all except tho
members of that guild. Tho legisla
ture has enacted that the tramps, where
over found, may bo arrested and sot to
work breaking stone for the highways,
for tho period of sixty days, eight liouis
to bo a day's work, and for cases of
stubbornness, solitary confinement and
bread and water nro provided, While
it is probable no great amount of stone
will bo broken, that will bo ofl'sot bv
the absence of loiteriug trump.
j
Time will prove that Tin: Scout is
tho truest friend the city ever lmtl, arid
Unit the Bcpublicun is its worst enemy.
' We have everything to lose and noth
i ing to gain by tho schemes now on
! foot to impede the progress of tho town.
Davis has everything to gain and noth
ing to lose. Let the peoplo bear this
in mind.
Au. tho 'ype founders throughout
the country have formed a combined
trust, with a capital of $ 15,000,000,
having as its object the absolute con
trol of the entire output of typo in the
United States. Tho only firm, so far
known, that has refused to become a
party to tho compact is Barnhart Bros.,
& Spindlcr, of Chicago, who have
branch houses in Saint Louis, Kansas
City, Omaha and St. Paul.
The Baker City Democrat hits the
nail square on tho head in the follow
ing paragraph, which will apply to this
city as well: "Tho people are getting
right down to the bottom of the hinder
ances in the growth and prosperity of
tho city. It is time that the Augean
stables were cleaned. If there is any bus
iness man in the city working against
'tho best interests of tho oomnutnity in
the attempt to advance his own perso
nal ends temporarily ho should be sat
down upon. Tho interc3tof the whole
community is tho first thing to bo con
sidered." The Republican still persists in try
ing to misrepresent us. The editor of
that squirt gun should give tho reading
public credit of having somo sense.
Thoy aro capable, as a rule, of judging
whether or not The Scout is "throw
ing cold water on every proposed on
tcrprisc," or "is fighting every move
ment that is calculated to build up the
place." Such lying statements aio on
ly actuated by selfish motives. It
seems tho editor is in doubt himself as
to whether his readers will boliovo him
for ho continues to squirt tho samo
dose at them week aftor week.
CoNflitESSMAN Geauv, democrat, of
the first California district, has been
interviewed by a reporter of his homo
democratic newspaper in Santa Rosa,
on tho political situation and the ensu
ing presidential campaign. Ho thinks
that the tariff and the extravagance of
tho last bession of congress will consti
tute the issues of (ho campaign ; that
Cleveland will bo the nominee of tho
democratic party if he wants tho nom
ination; that Harrison will ask and re
oeivo tho republican nomination ; that
tho silver question will not bo a nation
al issue that it is merely sectional;
and that tho noxt congress will demand
tho payment of tho indebtedness of tho
Pacific overland railroads.
The only inference ono can draw
from tho roport of tho newly organized
"fanners' alliance" in Bakor county is
that it is an annex to tho democratic
party. Republican.
Tho domooratie party is not to blamo
if the farmers' alliance favor its main
principles. Tho alliance, at) a rulo, is
not in favor of a high protective tariff, ;
and thoro is no danger of them becom-
ing an "annex" to the republican par-
ty, which is causing a largo numbor of
republican papers to opposo this organ-
ization. Tho reason of their opposition
is very obvious. Tho MoKinloy bill
itself has settled tho caso with tho coun
try. By its operation it has made con
verts to tariir reform in every section of
tho land, and in tho Farmers' Allianco
alono, which is pretty near a unit on tho
subject, it has lust the republican party
probably a half million votes. These
will nover bo argued back into tho sup-
port of a high tariff policy. Tho Mc- !
Kinloy bill has been an object lesson
which has firmly fixed their views for
this generation and whoso effects will
bo remembered bovond it.
The daily papors aro filled with ru
mors of-war with Italy. This talk of
war is occasioned by the recall of Bar
on Fnva, the Italian minister to Wash
ington, by his home government. Tho
Italian government has taken this ac
tion becauso of its dissatisfaction with
tho way our government is acting in
the mattor of the lynching of tho Ital
ians of Now Orleans. Our prominent
statesmen do not think thero is anv
langor of war. Thoro is just ono thing
to do with this bloodthirsty organiza
tion of secret assassins, and tho time
for action is now. Tho Mafia must bo
torn up by tho roots and stamped to
death. It must bo absolutely and
permanently wiped off from American
soil, and the American peoplo entire
ly rogardloss of tto linos aro bound w
I.. ,!l ! . . .... . . I "
iu am in uio wors. The peoplo of
Now Orleans must bo supported by tho
full power of publlo eontiinont on this
continent in tho purpose which thoy
now have of ridding themselves of
thu Alalia terror forovcr, and the logis-
tition to this end should bo boaroh.
ing ii detail and sweeping In olfeot.
Tin: iiiLM()N'-i)iir,i.AK congukss.
The official ropublincan estimate of j
the appropriations made by the fifty
first congress is now before the public
in a special number of the Congress
ional Record. It foots up $988,410,
129.55, but as the appropriation for re
funding the direct tnr. unioiintini? to
over .$15,000,000, is entirely omitted,
and the indefinite appropriation for the
payment of sugar bounties is put at
about $3,000,000 less than will really
be required, the attempt to bring the
total within a thousand millions is a
palpable failure. Tho Billion-Dollar
congress has fairly earned tho title by
which it will go down to historv, and
any effort to shako off its honors will
be futile.
Moreover, tho fifty-first congress has
projected its extravaganco into tho fu
ture. It has passed numerous bills
whoso execution will require largo ap
propriations, but it has left the appro
priations for its successors to make.
Tho official statement, which, as wo
have shown, omits some important
items, exhibits a net increase over tho
appropriations of the last democratic
congress of $17O,-14G,209.75. That is
the smallest amount that the country
can bo said to havo paid for tho luxury
of two years of Rced-MoKinloy rule.
may bo said to havocostin round num
bers a million dollars apiece.
But tho excess is greater than it ap
pears on its face. Tho increase was all
in the annual appropriations. J lie
permanontappropriations remain about
the same. But there is really an in
crease of nearly $10,000,000 under this
head that does not appear in tho tab
les. The permanent appropriation re
quired to pay the interest on tho pub
lic debt has declined within the past
two years through the gradual redemp
tion of bonUs by $9,079,588.50 a year.
Tho fact that in spite of this there has
been no substantial decline in the esti
mated total of these appropriations
shows that thoro havo been increased
expenditures in other directions which
prevent us from getting the benefit of
tho saving interest. This conclusion
is correct. Tho sugar bounties arc
principally responsible for devouring
this $10,000,000.
In the ordinary appropriations the
first thing that strikes tho obsorvor is
that in most oases the amounts appro
priated run well up witli tho estimates.
Tho usual course is for the heads of de
partments to estimate how much thoy
can spend under existing laws, and
thou for congress to cut them down to
tho amounts thoy actually need. That
is what eongross is for. If it were ex
pected simply to endorse tho depart
ment estimates tho officials might as
well bo allowed to dip into tho treasury
and help themselves. But m the fifty
first congress things ran at tho lato
j session something like this : Tho secre
tary of agriculture estimated that ho
needed $2,812,003.50. The agricultur
al appropriation bill, as reported to tho
houso, carried $2,80 1,853.50. Tho house
raised tho amount to $2,Sli,S53.50. As
reported to the senate it was pegged up
to $3,018,153.50. Tho senate gave it
anothor lift to $3,008,153,50. It finally
boeaino a law at $3,028,153.50, or over
$200,000 abovo tho estimate It is a
comfort to know that tho final $3.50
was not disoardod through all its trans
formations.
xno oniy uiu tnat was reduced ma
terially bolow tho estimates was tho
ono that ought to havo been kopt up to
tho top figure tho Fortification bill
! That was cut down from tho $7,18 1,323
asked for to $3,70 1.S03. But in spito
of this reduction tho total ordinary ap-
propriations woro increased from the
estimated figures of $358,5 15,30 1, -10 to
$359,500,585.99. Whon tho depart
ments camo to congress with their re
quests, Mr. Reed gonially remarked:
"Don't bo so modest, gentlemen, tako a
little more."
Mr. Reed's genorosity has inado it
nocessary for futuro congresses to
scrimp to tho point, of parsimony to
avoid national bankruptcy. Exami
ner. WIIV .NOT?
Tho Boston Journal, whose editor is
a blind zealot in tho cause of protec
tionism, says :
In three weeks from tho present timo
we shall bo eating MoKinloy sugar,
and wo shall onjoy it tho moro bocauso
it will cost us two conts a pound loss
than we havo been in tho habit of pav
ing. Even tho smallest child
will realize the benefit of the ohango
in an uuoxpootod but grateful thicken
ing of the coating of niulmwee nnon hie
slice of broad, and if he knew what he
as about he would hymn the praises
Ul iUUIYIUIOy.
Then if it be such a blotted thing to
have untaxod sugar, why, in the namo
..I r.i:..i
of all that is reasonable, did not Mo
Kinloy givo us Bomo more of it? Why
not givo us froo lumber, salt, coal, tin,
binding twiue.jute sacks for grain, oto.
None of thoso protection paper answer
j this question except to 6ay that we can
not produce as much sugar in this
country as we use. Very well, wo do
not produce as much wool nor woolen
goods as we use, therefore wo should
havo free wool and woolens. We do
not produce as much tin as we use,
therefore we should have free tin. Yet
! tl,CC devotetJ3 of protectioni-m who
gave us free pugar, because we do not
produce all the country needs, gave us
highly taxed wool, woolen goods and
tin, becauso we do tiot produce all tho
country needs in these lines. What
logic. Tho truth is just like this: Mc
Kinloy sought to secure a purely sec-
Unal liWV wnd succeeded in doing it by
taking away about all the '-protection"
tho Fouth had, and increasing it in the
oast, north and west. But the legisla'
tion on the sugar tax was subjected to
just such jugglery by Mclvinlcy in fav
or of the refiners as to enable "corners"
and trusts to thrive and Ave predict that
this long-looked-for sweetness will not
materialize very soon. Albany Demo
crat. The Scout has, during the past few
weoks, prosonted to its readers as it be
lieves tho true situation of affairs as
thoy exist in this city. It now only
remains to be seen whether it was
right. No attompt has been made by
any member of the council or tho edi
tor of their organ to answer anything,
except occasionally when some mem
ber of tho council or the mayor finds a
crowd of a half dozen or o on the streot
corners who aro willing to listen. to the
plaintive cry of how "The Scout is op
posed to all improvements, and throws
cold water on every enterprise," etc.
The climax was reached last Thursday
morning, however, when tho Honora
ble Mayor Wright issued his proclama
tion, which was read by him in most
of tho business houses and on nearly
every streot corner in town. The
Scout would bo pleased to publish it
to the outside world that they might
know by what a literary genius the
city of Union is presided over. Still it
was not a dignified official paper and
somo who heard it aro mean enough to
say that tho argument was not convin
cing, and give it as their opinion that
the mayor has since become ashamed
of his humorous effort.
Asonta Wanted.
Our agents mnki'$100 to ."00 a month sel
ling our goods on their merits. We want
county and general agents, and will take
back all goods unsold if a count y agent fails
to clear iflOO and oxpenses after a thirty
day's trial, or a general agent less than $2."0.
AVo will send largo illustrated circulars and
letter with a speeial offer to suit territory
applied for, on receipt of time one cent
stamps. Apply at onee and get in on tho
boom. Address,
ltENXlilt MAXinwcruitixu Co.,
4-01y Pittsburgh. Pa.
Take Notico.
The annual meeting of the Union Come-
tory Sooioty will be hold at tho homo of
Mrs. K, A. Alger on Friday, April 10, 1891.
at 2 o'clock p. m. Husiness of importance
to transact. A full attendance is requested.
Miii. T. II. OiiAWroitD,
1-2-Ut Secretary.
Till: QUESTION SETTLED.
S3K? This cut is ft faithful
picture of tho we 1 known
establishment of Thomas
Price it Sou, nt fi24 Sacra
mento street, S. F, As tho
leading ch mists of the
west, they wero asked to
icttlo tho question as to what sarsaparillas wero
in fuct purely vegetable. Wo present their re
port. ' Wo havo mailo careful chemical analyses of
lavornl well known brands of mr?urm Mil, and
tiavo found them all with tho slnijlo exception of
Joy's to contain iodide of Potassium. As u result
ivo aro enabled to pronounce Joy's to tho only
purely vegetiiblohamipitrllla nowo.. tuo market,
which has come under our observation,"
Modoru mcdlcluo has proven that all ordinary
iaco eruptlous aro not caused by disease1 blood,
but by indigestion and bluggish circulation,
which call for vogotublo alteratives, instead of
mineral blood purifiers llko Iodldo of Potassium.
Joy's Vegetable Sursapnrilla boluff tho latest, Is
tho first to discard tho old no! ions cud proceed
under tho modern theory. Its euros attest tho
loundness of tho theory. It is tho talk of tho
hour.
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