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TIIIXSDU. ITT. 17, 1S78.
The Grot aha ckers.
Tho election of week !emcn- '
Mratea w hat wv have irt-vio:j.-t1y jrlict- ;
.1, that thy Kutiounl r Cio.-nbar-l:
1 arty in rapi.liy itssnnvlns a eomlitinn to '
divide tlit; , restive ci victory ti'on ,
vritli tLo Democrats anl Republicans, j
l ud it i quite lilic-Iy tl.nt they will hoM
the Lr.!.
grcsa bcf.v:
Tttf gi'e -i.i
t cached it.
il l
:' ;).r.v;;- i;: tL next Con
ii i'.iv iil historic pirties.
i-iii. ! lias cjrtaiiily not
zenith yet; as long as we
rut.; -'.nil i;oiu!.-noiin8 aiiKo
.11.1 V fll
courtin-r 'liine.o with it in uonblfnl
districts it. f.ivis tLo tlicory tlio reward
of ivsu ctful consideration, which will
iindonl-ttdly i :i:.:ii3Co its progress in
the future. Wo I
loses prontstl ir ji.i
Kortiou if j. n-ty jj
ink KepiibJieahism
ho o v it-zeal on 3 ns
: i arnnscs, who in-
i.st ti::.t it.- policy iuuks to the subver
sion of pau r i.:;iii:y, ail tl-u substitu
tion (;f coin vi'nsi ve!y, ivliich natu
rally exciter ti " fears of the anti-con-tractionists.
If the enemies of the Ile
I uhliean party can pnccessfully fasten
upon it, that it is in league with the
capitalists and bondholders to reduce
the vo'mii'i of National currency, it
will go to lite wall, and its doom is
sealed. We tliink llr-publican policy
should be clearly enunciated to be to
sanction the ispuar.ee of all the paper
money that the people desire, who can
back it with red eiv.pt ion al alue.
Tlioso who go so far as to claim un
limited i..s nance of liut money w ithout
taking into consideration the matter of
its redempl ion in .onitthing of stand
ard value, arj Juuatics on tvhom reason
and natural instinct have lost a foot
hold. There ai;: a thousand vagaries
of lir.ar.ee which arc being sown with
an industrious hand to pervert the Iion
C.t jt:u',:;:ent of tho masses, and w ho
are led to believe that wealth may be
created by the v-and of an enchnnlT
without the intervention of labor and
industry as heretofore; but the illusion
will vanish when those who dream
dreams are paid oiY in tho chimerical
currency of their neighbor, for work
done. This will at once convert the
most obstinate fro:n the mysticism of
the present iinaneialcrr.ze, and make him
as much a philosopher as tho balaico
of us who believe that for work done,
or article:sol,!, a on hi p o-jo of stand
ard and acknowledged value shall be
paid. Ilepublican theory
then is not
for a coin currency exclusively,
out lor
all tho paper money there shall bo de
mand for, to be issued after proper
equivalents are put up for it to guaran
tee its measure of value. Nothing
short of this will answer the demand of
the peo:lo, and the soonJ?r the bullion
element are suppressed..? in tolo the
healthier it Till be for the party.
Tho S.'a;i br'il iz sour at our abuse of
it for its abuse of Postmaster-General
Key, and kicks back. It is all the more
disgusted at Key because he is a Ke
publican, who was once so undisguised
a Democrat a-; to have been in arms
against tho Government. This, the
Stand n-d intimates, is the highest and
bolir test cf u Democrat, foha'.ebeen
antecedently a rcV.l. "YY'j admit all
this, but o::?e in n while a wayward
sinner turns fro: i the evil and wicked
paths he has hitherto trod, and regen
erated and disenthralled, stands forth
as a conspicuous example of a brand
saved from the hiiruitv,-. It is called
"being born again," and we thought
Tony knew all about it; but he is so
deeply, darkly, and obtusely Demo
cratic that if he were a mule with all
the obstinate stubbornness and per
verse spirit, which is tho mule's born
prerogatives, and it were given him to
exchange his long cars and tough con
science for tho milder and moro amia
ble disposition of tho horse, ho would
rather remain with that despised "race
which has " no prido of ancestry or
hope of hope of posterity."
Tho very prolonged storm of last
week, aud reaching until Monday in
this, has been the source of great dis
appointment to the managers and pat
rons of tho State Fair. Unless re
strained by moro powerful considera
tions than we are now aware of. the nn-
rc genc rate portion will be very apt to
talk in such a way to the clerk of the
weather as will greatly shock the sensi
bilities of that personage. We under
stand the lair management, as to the
necessity of a rousing timo this year,
are a good deal in the condition of the
boy digging for a chip-rami k he must
catch him, as there is no meat in the
house and owing to the bad outcome
of the fair last year, they must make a
success of this season or suffer bank
ruptcy. If we wtro at the ear of the
directory we should suggest adjourn,
and adjourn through the next six weeks,
until the fates smile more propitiously;
and if worse comes to worse, wo would
throw ourselves back on the resort of
the S.'u.idi'.rd and Sentinel: have Gov.
Thayer issue a proclamation for a day j
of prayer. We must get this obs.trep- j
crous individual down somehow, and up i
to this time, objurgation and cuss-words j
have had no effect.
The salmon bill has passed both
Houses. Pishing commences on tho
Columbia river on the 1st day of April,
and cnd3 cn the llr. t day of August, of
each year. The closed time is the
months of March, August and Septem
ber, and tho weekly closed time, from
G o'clock r. m. on Saturday to 0 o'clock
r. M. on tho following Sunday.
Heroism cUicr than InttimVliy
3Ion may eount it vaTor nnd undaunt
ed braverv to fro forth to fierht . on the
! Held of battle, and think it the-highest
j test of personal courage; Irat to our
, rniud the trncr heroes, aud those who
show a more exalted and unfa'tering
1 ravery, Hre those who, forsaking the
healthful vales of the Koilh; Lave lle
liherately proceeded to the hot-beds of
sickness and death in the fever-stricken
South, with the utmost certainty of
being themselves laid ; low J?thc fall
destroyer. Thousands of 'physicians
and curses, both rrerj and. '.women,'
with sublime conrage, have thus de7
parted, and yearly all have offered up
their lives as an earnest of their hu
manity commiseration of suTTering.
The world, or the ann ds of time, from
the creation forward, can not show a,
snblimer portrayal of self-sacrifice and
fe'f abnegation, fii offering up their livea
on the altar of philanthropy, than they !
have -Uw-i.MwjuntIy-eii4y'
the highest i2K)rtJ coijrage isviipJ; 'the j
heroes Thermopylae the "slam of
Marathon, the martyrs of vUamo or the
unflinching on any buttle field,-befe
the tension' of the nerves'are strnng by
the calm, quiet and sasriheing - spirit
like theirs which answers tt the higheet i
Heroism. .- ; .. -;"
So nigli is grandeur to our dust, .
Sf ni'ar Is (od to man, - .
When Duty w)iiirs low, thou must.
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Tho following from the Pendleton Tii
tl'peinhnil illuKtrat es "th other side'of
the story of 'wrongs-committed -in the
lndian country: - . -.-.-.
We learn of a grntiman3rir.Pike
Davenport, that an Indian: wavs killed
three miles from Pendleton on" tJatnr-J
tlav. il r. iJavenpOrt crosses! themoun-i
tains on Tuesday, bavin? examined the f
dead Indian at the UmafiniT'oifcTief :
lie states that tho Indian ,was alone,
when killed and was mnrdered by'white
men k-yuud doubt,- -and -tdiofc and
mangled in a mannexIndiaiibar.bansn:
could hardly xeeU Ooof ball - had
struck the riglir""wsf,"'which "'was'
broken. One had passed ' thfofigb the
left hand, one through the left knee
and one through the. JightCtlignf onei
striking tho right breast, . passing out
under thet left arm; one striking, tho
left breast and passing out tinder the
right arm; one shoe .passing directly
through the bod- from sule to side, and
one also through tho head, nnd a ver
dict was rerdered that,Uif5 inaalcSDie"tt5i.
his ueath by being shot. These occur
rences are truly - roprtifying to a com
munity who realize the trouble they are
inculcating. There must be a band of
white Indians in that country that jxis
tice has not yet predominated over."
Xow if the friends of this dead In
dian could quickly retaliate on the cut
throat whites who committed this das
tardly murder we should be glad of it,
for nothing but equal and exact justice
would bo dene; but a class' of Indian
exterminationists would be raised up
who would insist that, total extiuetiou
of the hated race would atone for it.
We believe the Federal army ought to:
be turned loose on a class of unscrupu
lous, dastardly white i in that section,
who have moro savage instinct in their
breasts than the accumulated deviltry
of all tho Indian tribes. If the Indian
could only be taught to mete his ven
geance on the actual transgressors, we
should like to see him let loose awhile.
t, x.r -r
During his recent Western tour Pres
ident Hayes made an address at theTri-
Srate Fair fn Toledo,,, Ohio, concern wg4
the causes of financial depression, and
the methods by which cjtjzgns rany aid.
in establishing better ' times. " He. aid
that one " simple acknowledged fact "is
that the war was the cause 'of 1 he hard
times. During the war business flour
ished for the time, b'4caasb- tho United
States Government bought of the peo
ple, and money was-nlade easily . - But
when tho needs of the Government de
creased, the " flush times V.of ilie wa,r
were followed by-hard' timoR-'-a ncces-5
sary result.' Ent curtailment of ex
penditures gradually cinqstLis trouble.'
Mr. Haj es remarked :
"When the war ended we bad a debt of
82,-100, 000,000 on ortr shoulders, upon
which we were paj-irig" seveii and three
tenths per cent, interest. Our. taxes
were raised to nearly $500,000,000 iq a
timo of profound peace. "Our currency'
wss worth sixty or seventy cents on the
dollar. In our foreign trade the bal:
auce was against us"Vieariy $100,000,000
a year. And now, how are re?The
debt is reducefl nearly a third 1 How
many a wise man shook his head at the
the close of the-war and said, 'The peo
ple can never pay that debt 1 -WTrf;
we have a third of it paid off already.'
Tho interest that you paid, that is re
duced from 8140,000,000 to &35,00(.P00.-
Wo no longer-. pay sevtu . and .thiie
tenths per cent, interest; vej can get
the money we war t at four percent.. .
As to our balance of trade: before the
panic that balance of trade wa3" sjainst
us 8100,000,000 a year; that is to say,
we bought abroad that much more than
we sold abroad. How is it to-day t? ,We
are selling more- produce than ever
before in our history: more' cofn.. more
wheat. We have even gone so far as to.
tauo watches made at Elgin, .Illinois,
and made in New England, and carry
them right over to the foot of the Alps,
where the people have been-making
watches for 300 years, and sell the
watches to those people. Now wo are
selling 8207,000,000 a year abroad more
than we are buj'ing abroad. . How does
that operate? As every man who sells
more than ho buys is getting rich, so it
is with the United States. Yon each of
you are getting out. of the panic; we
are all getting put of the panic: and
nothing but. our own unwisdom will get
us into it."
m tho course of h-s speech Mr.
nays enlarged upon, the-, f act that the
elements of success lav largelv in the
mntcrial wealth derivable from "onr soil
wealth of grain and"' wealth 'of min
erals. This issue closes volume XII. of the
E.NTEurnisE, and the third year under
the management of the present proprie
tor. Thankful for past favors, solicit
ing more for the future, and reminding
those indebted to come to the front wa
j will close for this volume. '
Another Key Tfote of Titupera-tion.
The Standard has been running a
muck of vituperation of late, and has
chosen D. P. Thoni2,son 'lS s lat vic
tim of attack. Happily the 'people of
the Pacific slope know Dave to be a
pqnare man, and one who never goes
back on his word; otkV l4sides beirig
-honorablen his dealings, Dave has a
little more shrewdness and natural
ability than most men, aud Tony would
doubtless " like, by dragging the afore
said, down, to rise to the level of the
ordinary by appropriating tho differ
ence. Tried by the yard stick of pub
lic opinion, Thompson measures com
plete; but the editor cf the Shnulard,
by the same test fails As an expert,
however, Tony looms up grandly; par
ticularly on tho measniement. of tho
public printing, ;when a committee of
his own party ann wui cg .that .Mart
Brown has taken over ,&8,000.'not his
own, but which the Standard man
practical expert on
b'SnffeWlial fan jgtfpjJ pJiquesP ;
Jioneu greatness ut course Mart will
rejuinl Jbe 8,000 (!). ' Tie can not
affoikf 4o-dHl out righteous indignation
gain8t the thieves und robbers cf the
Ipubhcan party while that SS.GOC
larges . .the Brown f s'fcter:U. ,-.w.
,000 en-
,wVu Id
otherwise be too- plain a case
of "f'tfio
devil rebuking tin
bwaray Laud.
- A ttalem correspondent of a Portland
paper gives, the fodowmgnr regard to
the swamp land swindle:
..- Tire transaction involvin-the f wen-
ty.per cent, on iC-'T.OOO acres 'ol'iand.
panionnting' to 33v),(KX, seems tol o
something like this: It." M. Walker 'or
whoever was the pnnciual acrent m it.
took t
ie filings, including the quasi
receipt for the monev, and tho receipt
made by the Secretary of State to par
ties in California for the purpose of
eelliBg-out- the job for a.greater sum,
and whatever the proceeds might bo
bevond. the 830.000 would be clear
protif, to be divided, among the persou
in interest. This is the interpretation
the , transaction bears npon' its' idep
IhouglCit may. on JJulJerexplanalion,
be susceptible of some other. But the
$3t,000 wns never "paid ?fo the State, and.)
it remains to bo seen whether thu Juiuls
Can bo'heXl uncj,ei snelvf rauilnderit; ljo
ceeding. -Novr that tlfe commitfee is
fairly on the track of the job, it ought
to get to the; bottom f the facts. Of
other transactions referred to, tbex
planation is more apparent. Various
persons, favorites of the board," seem to
have been designated- to select swamp
lands,-) were allowed exorbitant com
pensation for their services, and were
credited with the amount in paymentof
the twenty per cent, on lands selected
for themselves or their associate h. This
will explain Mr, Cann's stateun nt that,
' if a man had a bill against the- State,
he audited it and retained the money."
This can be characterized, ouly as a
scheme for swindling the State out of
twenty per cent. Such is exactly tho
effect of it For what actual and bou
est service J. N.v"D..ker,'brother-in-law
oX.Sccretarr Chad wick, allowed over
88,000 which tho committee fmd him
accredited with? A like question may
be asked in relation to others who were
paid great sums. The fact is undoubt
ed that the State administration during
the last eight years has been thoroughly
corrupt. It has converted into mer
chandise everything that could be sub
jected ' to venal transformation. The
Legislature is now on the track of some
of the' delinquents, l'lio people call
npon that body to make, thd '- investiga
tion thorough.
jt The Standard man has Tom. Cat-.' u
on the brain,
low felinesthat
Wo suppose it is a fel-
makesbim.lush to the
breach in a tremendous caterwaul in
honor of the Democratic nominee for,
delegate to Congress from Washington
Territory, but when, that other Tom.,
his, rival, closes in on .thopussy-lani-mons
Cat-on tho stump, if 'there is
anything left of him for reflection after
Uio" sanguinary, Kilkenny- engagement
that will ' eusne, it will be to mews on
the catastrophe that left him dangling
to Brent's belt, with this wemorabjo. in
scription ;on his cenotaph: '' Jiequies
Cat on, ) nce", - . .; ., ';. "V '. '"'
- Last' winter the Democratic House
ousted Judgo Belford; -of; Colorado,
from his seat, on the merest technipal
ity, and installed his Competitor, whom,
the people had elected to sny at home..
It was a little tho meanest partisan
business by the Confederate Brigadiers
since their installment in Washington.
Now the'-' people of the gallant J it Lie
State have rebuked thia piece f shame
lessness, and not only ret nrhed Jnd -o
Bel ford by a big majority, but have
elected a Ilepublican Legislature and
the entire Ilepublican , St. to ticket.
Colorado deserves a big tally.
; There is anotho' complication in ex
Governor Curlin's district in Pennsyl
vania. The Democratic -; Convention
wdiich nominated him for Congress
voted... ninety-one 'times, ' and then a
large minority refused to abide by the
result. This minority represented tho
Greenback Democrats opposed to Cur
tin's hard-money record. Beth. n. Yo
enm, Democrat, has been nominated by
the Greenbackers, and will make tho
race"- against Curtin as a Greenback
Democrat.
, Virginia is beginning"; to reap'' -the
fruits o ihe repudiation campaign' of a
portion of her population. The treas
ury is empty, there i? no money to run
the schools ,or to pay salaries, and of
course the bankers have buttoned their
pockets and locked their safes. Some
of the other States will do well to take
a good look at the picture,
The S. F. Chronicle says the tide of
emigration from the Atlantic States to
the Pacific coast has again set in oa a
large scale, almost equaling the great
rush of three years ago. The arrivals
bv overland railroad now average over
100 daily.. ,
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
'Tlic Stale Print iiis Steal.
r.KPOKT OF COMMITTEE ON STATE FEINT
ING, MADE OCT. liTH.
" Salem. Oct. 14th. 1S7S.
To ihe Ie'jisla'tce Assembly of the State
of Oreyoa: J
Your committee appointed to exam- ;
me , the work executed by the state
printer during the last two years, nnd
his charges therefor, beg leave to re
port that they have performed that du
ty as far as the short time allotted them
andjhe printed matter obtained would
permit. They appointed Mr. P. H. ,
D'Arcy, of this city, a practical prin
ter, to measure the work, and bis re
port is herwith transmitted. To verify
his measurement and estimates, we
caused a '.'art of the' work to be also
measured by Mr. Keadv. a-practical-printer,
hcrtofoio and now employed
upoa.state ,work,,and his measurement
corresponds with measurement made
by Mr. -"D'Arcy1. ' "'Other parties being
printers" rftea-snred parts of the work
with like results.- We: took ''the testi
mony of the state printer; Mi V. Drown,
Ar.Noltn'ar, printing expert, ex-Go'.
CnfdwtckAj Ll Stin'son; fort man of
the state printing office, and others,
jrinter& mainly, 'which ; testimony ac
companies this report. It will be seen
that Mr. .P'Arcy finds that, -'for the
work which ho was able to obtain cop-j-s
ofrpriuied between Sept. . 1.' 1S7G,
and frv?ft, 15 1S78, the state minter was
pai.f ''821,513 40, and that he was entitl
ed to receive for the same word cor
rectly measured 813,002 03; showing
.that for that work tho state printer ro-Cfivt-d
87,854 47 more than he was en
tiilL lu under the law." This meas
b. ( 1;UV existin jIr
Wns In 1871 a new
urement or. iur. u Arcy was made un-
. Drown
law was
tnaeled, changing in some respects the
niauner of executing the work. It is
clear that.it is in the1 power of the leg
islature to4 make such' changes during
tho the term of au eiectod printer, and
that in these particulars the work
should have been done and ihe meas
uvetrieut ;aado under the acl of 1874.
Your corrmittee are supported iu this
opiuion by members of the legal pro
fession -with ; wliom they have talked.
Tho testimony of Gov. Chad wick shows
that he has-the same' view of the law.
Computatipns..i,nj1e.rthis . law,. Mr.
D1.; Arcf estimates, would still further
ieduce the comensatiin to whioh the
state printer' was- enitled for compo
sition,, press work and paper on the
journals fully eleven: jer cent. Mr.
aite, sw ell ' know n book and job
finnter. wlio is now doing tho state
printing, estimate that the reduction
would be gi eater than that for work
that Mr. D'Arcy did not measure, not
being able to obtain copies of the same.
It is presumable that the overpayment
upon this work was not less than upon
that'meafliired and reported by D'Arcy.
House joint resolution No. 40, of the
session of 1872, provides that for
pamphlets and journals, paper, 21 by
38 inches in size shall be used. Tho
testimony of Mr. Keady and also of
Mr. Siirison, who was . forman of the
state printing office, shows that paper
of that Lze was actual used, but the
state was charged for paper ouly one
fomili that size, tlm printer makiii."
four vcatos of one. Tims, for a aH
of paper for which the law allowed teu
dollars and which cost about six dollars,
tlio printer obtained from tho state
about forty dollars. Presswork was
charged four pages to the form or sig
nature. The law- required that there
shall be eight pages, and the testimony
shows that nearly all. or ail, was print
ed eight pages to the form. Compo
sition on. one pag bills is invariably
Charged two pages. When it is remem
bered that there is a profit of full 400
pei cent, on this kind cf work counting
hut one page,-the grade of this doub
ling process is not overmatched by
that which made four reams of one.
The testimony lakeu by us show that
there was no custom warranting it.
The state printer was paid for 1,XX)
copfes of tho iv port of tho committee
to visit the penitentiary.1 The receipt
given him by the Sergeant-at-arms shows
that but 300 were printed. Oue thous
and copies of joint rules aud standing
committees of the senate are charged
and but'J 50 were printed; 1,000 copies
of reports of joint committees to visij
the state university were paid for. but
only 50Q were ,pr;nled; 300 copies of
rtp$rt$f eommjUe to visit agrie .ltn
ral college were printed and 1,000 paid
for. The law of 1871 provides for print
ing 500 copies of tho session l-tws, bv
order of tLe "seercJa'rv of sta
ate, and
1,000 copies were printed.
In 1S7G tho state paid 8017 for print
ing assessment rolls for al l the couuties.
There sctnis to .be no authority for
this. Tho state is charged with the
covering of 1,000 each of the message
and' accompanying documents. The
testimony of Governor Chad wick shows
that 300 were bound together in oue
volume, and therefore were not covered
at all. Including the governors mes
sage there 17 of these documents, which
makes a reduction on this item of 8705,
,1 lie measurement of our expert. M
f D'Arc.v. -does not enclndo this dednc
tion. Having no evidence as to the
number actually furnished, wo there
fore allowed for tho full number which
the law provides for and on which the
state printer charged. These are but
illustrations, and do not by any means
cover all abuses discovered in tho de
partment. Mr. Noltiier, the state print
ing expert,? testified that he did not
measure a page of the prjnting. though
he .certified to its correctness under
oath and charged the state foe six days'
service in measuring the work, lie
was he officer of the .state supposed to
stand between the btte and the printer,
and his conduct in certifying to the
woik, with or without examination,
was, most reprehensible and deserving
the Severest censure. Nor is the secre
tary of state blameless, for tho law
makes it his duty to examine tho s'ate
printing and call to his aid one export
for that purpose. Had either of ' thesa
officers performed their dnties, the
state would have been saved thousands
of dollars unlawfully taken from its
treasury. Under the head of "depart
ment printing" all sorts of work seem
toiave been done, even to the priuti g
of ornamental programmes of the daily
proceeding of the teacheis' institutes
and the free circulation cf the same
among the citizens of the towns where
held. There is no warraut of law for
much of the printing of reports. The
inferior state officers and everybody
connectedwilh the government makes
and prrrts'a report, except the janitor,
which comprise much unless matter of
no intero t to anybody, except possibly,
tliQ authors, and not half worth the
printing. This rapidly growing ought
in some way to be checked.
It will be seen that the stata printing
during the two years ending Sept. 1.
1878, was overpaid on work measured
by our expert, 87,854 47. Add 87C5
overpaid according to the testimony
of ex-Secretaryk Chadwio for covering
documents never covered, and the
amount is $9,019 47. To this should
be added a probable pro rata over pay
ment on 84.001 28 not measured which
makes such over payment amount to
more than 10,000, and this sum does
not include the 11 per cent, greater
reduction on house and senate journals
which measurements under the law of
1S74 would result in.
WM. GALLOWAY,
II. T. ST11ATTON,
Committee.
Taper Currency.
The demand that the paper currency
shall be issued by the government,
which is one of the chief planks of the
Greenback platform, says Hwper's
Weekly, seems plausible until it is examined.-
The actual greenbacks are a
currency of necessity. They were
issued because the government in dire
extremity had no other resource. They
were, in fact, a forced loan. The gov
erment authorized debtors to pay debts
with them, and itself promised to pay
honest dollars to every one who took
them. Their issue was justified by
the S.ipreme Court on the ground of
necessity. The government has now
provided for the redemption of its
promise on a specified day, but it has
confused its own action and thrown
suspicion upon its honor by providing
also that that the notes may be re-issued.
It is argued that if tho notes are
so convenient and so excellent, nnd if
tliev are so much better than bank
notes, tuey oueht to take the
tloo i
of bank-notes..andthegovernnientshould j
issue as mau v as Congress may think i
necessary for (he wants of the countrv.
The same argument would apply to the
management of railroads and of every
kind of trade and industry by the gov
ernment. The proposhilion is rsally that the
government shall go into the banking
business, and that Congress shall be a
board of directors with absolute pow
ers. Paper money properly represents
business transactions. Xt is issued by
banks which have capital to loan. But
the government has no capital to loan.
It is not trader. It is not a producer.
It has no money except that wbish it
collects in taxes and w hich it pays out
for its expenses at the lowest practi
cable amount. If it issues notes, it is
because it wishes to lend. If Congress
ij to authorize the issue of as mauy
paper promises to pay as it chooses,
what possible security can there be that
it will be governed by commercial and
not by political consideration? and if it
authorizes an issue larger than can be
redeemed, what is to prevent a stoppage
of payment and limitless inflation?
Money represents capital. But what
capital has the government? If the
the United States are to go into the
banking business, why not into other
business?
Indeed, tliis question touches the
difficulty. The real support of gov
ernment issue of papc currency is es
sentially communistic. It springs
from the feeling that all such tilings
would be better done by the govern
ment. It is a feeling that the govern
ment is a great organized motive power,
which can be turned in any direction
and applied to any purpose. It is the
confused conception of government as
something wholly distinct from tl.o
nation, as a kind of good genius which
we can set to drawing water and chop
ping wood and making lires. It is in
fact, communism, or tho doing by gov
ernment what each man ought to do for
for himself. It is wholly foreign to
the American instinct and the American
idea. The true American policy is to
redeem the promise made in the hours
of extremity, to withdraw the govern
ment from the banking business, and to
leave the amount of currency to be de
termined by tho legitimate wants of
trade, which cau properly manifest
themselves through demands upou the
banks, but can not possibly be known
in their constant variations by members
of Congress.
Secretary Sherman lias one prood de
fence against an- misrepresentation of
"his policy' regarding silver, viz.:
the difficulty of knowing what it is.
lie has just issued an order rcn-inning
the previous one directing the payment
of bilvcr for greenbacks. This makes
the fifth order he lias issued in attemp
ting to be "friendly to silver" since
July 13. JIo first directed certain
banks to be furnished with silver doll
ars on their application; but they were
to distribute it as currency, and not let
importers have it for customs duties.
The second (Sept. 3) directed silver to
be paid out in sums under 10,000 in
exchange for silver certificates; but it
was still to.be used as currency, and
tho importers were not to have any of
it. The third (Sept. 7) directed it to
J lo issued at Hie sub-treasuries to any-
body for greenbacks. The fourth
(Sept. 13) forbade such payment, on
accouut of doubts of its legality. The
fifth (Sept. 14) directs silver to be
furnished freo of expense to 1-0
national banks, on their application,
for general use, and directs United
States disbursing agents and paymast
ers to use silver dollars in their pay
ment as far as possible, and Govern
ment employes who desiro theni in pay
ment of their salaries may also have
them. Would it not bo a good plan to
get tho religious papers to recommend
tbem to th?ir subscribers as a good and
safe investment?
NEW TO-DAY.
SherifTs Sale.
BY VIRTUEOK AX EXECUTION ISSUED
out of the Circuit Court of the Slate of
Oregon, for t he County of Clackamas, to me,
as Sheriff of said county, Ui' pursuant
in a d'-erec of said Court, em . ::j September
2Slh. 1S7S, in a suii, wlitrein J. ; .'..u-. was
plaintiff, and 11. F. Stewart and Martha
Stewart were defendants, conimancinj.' me
to make sale of the real p'ipe:: hereinafter
described, I have levied upoi, and u II, on
Saturday. Xo vein her lOtli, 1S78,
At tho hour or 1 o'clock, p. r., at the Court
House door of said county, in Oregon Oitv
proceed to sell at public miction, to the high
est bidder, for gold coin in hand, to satisfy
said execution, the following-described real
cnate, Eimat.e in the Comity of Clacljamrs
a:i- Hi Mi-i oi Oreroe, to-n'ir.
liinni?at the -outnwe.-. corner of sec
t'on No. ')-, in town -nij Xo. ...dtji of ran'-o
one eat of Uie Will.ini' :- m--.. 'ian; run
ning thence ea.t it;) rocls ; , '.;c"i north ":7
rods; thence vest 10 rods; thence Miuth 137
roos ; incncu wesi i.j rods; ihonee south
HK4 j
rous l me piae.- ol oegn,iiag; also begin- i
Sherlir of rPh ' "3f;.. i
O?02On CltV. OSt 17th i&ZiZ
OREGON CITY MILLS.
--Jg-EEI ON HAND FOR SALE,
FLOUK, BRAN, SHOKTS,
MIDDLINGS,
CHOP FEED, OATS,
CHICK EX
FEED, ETC.
Parties iurebnsiiig feed must furnisn.
sacks. , , ,
Market price i.all at all tim'.'S for wheat.
12. II. C. T.VYLOH.
Agent at Poriliiiid.
JAS. I. MIM-I2K.
Oregon City. Oct. 17, lSTS-tf,
Administrator's Notice.
"VTOTICE m HEREBY JIVEN THAT THE
iN unUTsi!?nU administrator of the estate
of Marcus W. iSpaulUiiur. d.-c ns 'd, in pur
suar.c?of an order made ly the (.ounty Court
of Multnomah county, State of Orci, on
the 9th dav of Octolnr, 1S7S, will, on th 2M
dav of No'vembi r. 1HTS, at V) o'clock a. m., of
that da v, and at the frontdoor or the t ourt
House uf Clackamas county, in Oregon it y,
sell at public auction, to the highest, bidder,
lor cash (sold coin), the following-described
real estate, to-wit: Th undivided one-hall
int rest in Ihe east half of lxt No. three (.,
in Block No. two 2), in the tow n of Osucjro,
'lackamas county Oroiron. acordint' to the
i nl.nt. t hereof. W. W. rAUl.m.u,
Ad ministrator.
Oct. 17. 1S7S-5W.
DR. PAUL BOIGE, HI. D.
PHYSICIAN AXD SUHGEON,
NEW KKA OREGON,
(flRADPATE OF HAXOTKn, X. E.)
October 10th, IS78-ly.
SUTIKE TO DONATION CLAIMANTS.
1 U. S. T,AND OtFlCE. OlIK'JON CITY
I Oreiron. Oc tober 187S.
TX ACCORDANCE WITH IXSTrCflOXS
1 nm.vrii t'rniu tlio Him. Commissioner of
,.1,? iI
t net. under the provisions of th Act of Cr.n-
Kress approved September iTi h, lst, common
ly known as the ( )riv Urination Act, arid !'
the amendment t her.-to, wlios. claims were
located in advance of t ie- pn b!icstir-e s of t he
United Stat'-s and have not been definitely
located in connect ion wit h s cii surveys, are
herebv no; ifled to come fur.var.l v. ithin thirty
as from the date hereof and furrmh sucn a i
description of t'.ie particular tracts claimed
by them as will en:ibt their definite location !
on the plats of this otlU-:. j
The fattent ion of claimants is part iru!arly
directrd to the fnct that in default of such
notice their claims ar; liable to loi K-it lire un- j
der th provisions of tics :'.rd section ol th'i
Amendatory Jionation Act ol l.sjl, which to-
vides that 'nil persons claim in" donations
under this Act or t he Actsol whic.i it is amen
datory. shall jlive notice to the'1.
Surveyor General fr other duly' aut horiz -d
officers of the particular lands claimed as !
such donations within thirty days after befnff I
requested to do so by such oflieer; and failing I
such notice in either case, me ciaiinantor
claimants shall forfeit all rilit and claim
t hereto."
IVmat ion claimants and t hoso holding un
der them will best subserve their own inter
ests by siviin rompt fitu-ntion to this notice,
thereby nvoidinjr tie i os.-ibility uf having
their claims declared forfeited under the pro
visions of the Act above quoted.
Claimants who have not made their final
proof and obtained patent cer!iile-ies for
their claims are r-euested to furnish such
prouf and t ake t he necessary steps to obtain
their cert ificates without furt her delay.
Ii. T. HA I? IN. l: ter.
octlO-lw. T. I. HAKU1SOX. Kec iver.
Final Settlement.
i In County Court for the ce
tint.
of Clackamas,
j State of Oregon.
, In the iiin(tT of the estate of
deceased
W. C. Harvey,
j "vroTicrc rs iirhkby givf. x that
1 l'aniel Harvey, administrator of said is-
tale, has tiled his final account as such ad
1 ministrator in said Court; ami that, said
! Court has dulv appointed the nth day of
' XovemlMT, 1ST.-?, a day t'orth Mual s--t.l t-ment
of said estate, a nd lor hearing objections to
; said filial account. OANIKli HABVKY,
1 E. ij. Kastiiam, Atty lor esftti-. Admr.
! Oct. l'. 187S-1W.
S. Land Office, Okk;on- City,
Oregon, Oct. 1st, loTS.
I
10.VPr.AINT HAVING BEEN ENTEUEH
at
thifcoilice by Fratit'isS..i!insi:) :i:'t:st I
: l'.errv S. MeCtaken lor ab.md'oidm; his home- I
! stead entry No. Sh;!), dat -d February (,
j upon the .south half of southeast piartrot
j section 0, T. 6 S., K. i E., in Clr.ekam.i conn- (
i ty, Oregon , with a view tothe cancellation oi !
; said entry; the said parties are herel.y suin
I moned to appear it this i.iiiee on the -Uli day
; of XovcmlxT, 17S, at !0 oVIiK-kn. n. to re- j
Sxnd and furnish testimony concerning said j
; aneijeo auamionmeni.
I i. T lt.MHX, Be-ister.
I oct3 4w. T. It. IlAKKlSiiX. Keceivcr.
Sheriff Sale.
BY VIRTUE OF A WIHT OF EXECTTIOX
issued August olst, 1S7S. out ot t he Circuit
Court of t he .State of Oregon, lor Clackamas
county, to me, as Sheriff of said county,
directed pursuant to a decree entered April
2th, 1.STH, in a suit, wherein W. Emreiie
Dement is plain! iff, and T.J. Mat .oc , Ilopie
i. Matlock, John S. smi:h, Jam-sA. Wcs
j ton, S. H. Allen and C. H. Lewis, und- r the
. firm-name ol Allen & Iewis, are defendants,
j commanding me to make sale of ( lie property
j hiTeinalter descriiwd. to make the sum of
i five hundreil and lilty-tive and sixi--six liun
l iredths dcdlars (-r-Vi'i.W.) in gold coin, w ith in-
terest since April 'ith, lS7-, at twelve ercent. j
per annum, togeuier with ioriy-uur anu
seventy-live hundred! iis dollars Ull.7) costs
and disbursements, and fifty-five and fi:ty
six hundred hs dollars (S-V.;V) in like coin,
for attorneys fees, lK-aring interest at ten i-r
cent. ht annum, decreed iu favor of said
plaint iir, W. Kugeno Dement, and the further
sum of fourteen hundred and seventy-six
and sixteen hundredths dollars ($H76.Ki) in
gold coin, decreed in favor of defendant Theo
dore J. Matlock, against the defendants Sm it h
and Weston, I have levied this llth day of Sej
tomber, A. 1. 1S78, iipfin the following
described premises, situate In Clackamas
1 county, Oregon, to-wit :
! lock, bounded as follows
j .A plilr.'l lilt lll.ll.ll lull l liu.ll .'I l . rtl"
locK, bounded as ionows: beginning at a
point on the south line of said claim, twentv
chains from the east corner thereof; running
t long said line in a westerly direction sixty
j cimins, tho south c ran ot said claim ;
t hence, at .right angles, in a nort herl v diree-
i tion along tho west line of said claim twenty
! chains; thence, at right angles, in an easterly
'direction sixty chains; ! hence, at:iu:htan-
fiie. in ii NMinim.v iiireciion l wcni y chains,
to ttc plac of b.'ginning; containing uO
acres, mori! or less.
And, in pursu nce or said writ, I wili. on
Wedriesday.Oeiober i'id. A.l. l7S,at 1 o'clock
P. M., proceed to sell the same at public auc
tion, lor cash in gold coin, to me in hand paid
to the highest bklder, at the Court hous
door, in Oregon City, C lackamas count y. Ore
gon , to satisly the above-descrilied execution
costs and accruing costs and disbursements!
Said land will be sold in two separate par
cels, to-wit :
,s'- A part of the donation land claim of
W.I. Matlock, known as claim No. 37, in
township 2 soul h. range 2 east of Willamette
Meridian, hound, d as follows: iieginr:in" at
a roclc twenty chains soul It sixt v-cight"de-grees
west from the northea'-t corner of said
ciaim ; running thence south sixt v-ei" lit de
grees west twenty-four and 1 hirt v-nine huc-
urei us cnains; mcno north twtntv-two de
grees west one chain; thence sou't ii sixty
eight degrees west two and sixty-one hun
dredths chains ; thence north twenty-two de
! rees west nineteen chains; thence north
sfxtveight degrees east t went y-srven chains
thence south twenty-two degrees east twentv
chaius, to place of beginning ; containing .3.5.75
acres. "
1'nd. The remainder of 3.1 id i2) acre tract
J. U. FHd.SHUHY,
SherifT of Ci.ickams Co.. Ogn.
Oregon City, Oregon, S.-pt.-Q, I.v.-lw.
Johnson, JlcCowa i Mafruus, Alfys.
Administrator's Sale.
In Ihe County Couit of Clackamas county
Oregon, r'
In tha matter of the estate cf Adam Wc;:thrs
ton, deceased.
tx rrusuAXCE of ax oudek of said
.1. Court made in said matter on t he 2ltn dav
nfnnl UTJ . 1. 1 : . .... -
.uiu, me uiiuriMiiiru Will, on
nray tie autu lay cf Oct.. 1. D.
t.?.b..niadc known ftt Iat .purchas- :
eis eApense. J.T. Al i'KKSn.N,
ser,t.2i-4w.
Adnt'r of said estate.
FALL OPENING
J. F. D. VRIFilCLE a CO.'S.
itTE HAVE JUST nnfEIVEl) A I.AI'.O?
and eomp:- C; stocl: of o o Is suitn!,
tothisseasonof thoear. Our stock coasutj.,,.-
IHack bilk-.;,
lllitck Cashmeres,
Colorttl Ciisiimere:-,
IX NEW SHADES, SILKS TO MATCH.
Illnrk aiiil Colored
IJarflvCt Clotlit-,
lolittix ami
Camol's HairGoods.
A fine line of Xew Sty! - Isre?s Cood? sd U.
cents jcr yard.
A full line of i-adis
Cotton and Yo.!
Hosiery.
Corsets. Kid Gloves, Frinir.-s,
Embroideries.
Eaces, Kuchin?, Ribbons, etc.
A larff-? Stock of Felt Skirts from 75 ccnti
upwards.
A Ful' .Stock or
DOMESTIC GOOD.
We have very heavy Canton Flannel at 10c
per yard.
A heavy Shaker Flannel at 20c
A heavy Wool Flannel at..... ..... 25c
10x4 Uleached Sheeting at 25c
5.UO0 vd8 slightly damaged Sprague Prints 5c
per yard.
A Full Stock of Blanket 3, Bedspreads and
Comforters.
We have several Special lanes of Goods, in
which we are offering: Great Bargains, of
which we will make social mention later.
All we ask is an in.ection of our Stock, as
we know we are olle.-ins better inducements
than are offered elsewhere.
Orders from the country solicited, and
promptly filled.
Samples sent on application.
J. F. D. WRINKLE & CO.,
,iU Fiist St., cor. Shimon, Portland.
1S85.-FALL ST0CK--1878,
js 1 WlXfi RKTl'KXEO LATKLV FROM
tiau Francisco, with the best sel d
locli oi Goods,
I would cpII attention tothe
LATEST STYLES AND PATTERNS,
Which I will sell, for Cash at
I'OllTLAXH PRICES.
The same have been bought at Bankrupt
Sales, so I can give Inducements,
T IXVITE THE rUBLIC TO EXAMINE
1 before purchasing elsewhere.
The following can be had and I
DEFY COMPETITIOX:
Ury Cioods. ClotlUnj,
Winter Wear,
Hoots mid Shoes
Hals Hint I'mw,
G-o--is, ( rarkerj-,
Ilardnnre, blasimsrr,
Cutlery and Pl:ltl AVr,
Paints, Oiln,
WindoAVS, IJ'or.,
n lid l'.li.xls.
All kinds of produce bought and sold
Oregon city, S.'i 1. 10. 13TS-tf.
CLIFF
OlSSE.
on EG ox
T W
CITY, ORE CO
R HOSES,
Trii jisjeiit listRitt, SI to
SI to 5i
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fc. o
-! t.'O
Ninjile r-Ieal
t?.ii -5cr lVeek
I'd and l.oc? jn j-j- week
The Table wii." I
market a iTords.
supplied with the best the
Bail Sup;"rs furni
at reasonable terms.
.Nov. i:. 175 :tf
lied on short notice, and
II AS OI
m 'i : ;
low hous:
t3 tHx !
I iV.
WE GIVEN THIS Pori
All HOCSE
t horouLih re
novation trm cdbir l gar
ret, and propose to maK. it a iious.- s 'omil to
none in Oreg m, this sid" ot Portland.
Everything will he don. to advance the ooii!
loit r the guests. Th House is largo and
com modioli?.
IVtard and IMlghi; H-r wwk " OQ
I; i;iril cfk 4 IH
Mouls a utl Iteds, "
Free loarh t and from die i I j t I.
Oregon City. Aug. e, JS7.S-tf.
F. W. STEWART, l'rojiri-.-f or.
rilHIS WEM. KNOWN AXI POPCEAIi
B resort has Im-cu opened again by the un
ilersigned, who will ke.'p a well assorted slock
' WIVES. LIOtlORS, BEEU AND (IGAKS,
Free lunch daiiy front 9 o'clock p. ra.
BILLIARDS.
Txvers of this scientific game will find two
fine tables at their service.
Old as well as new patrons are invited to
"cn 11 and smile." F. W. STEWART.
Oregon City, October.!, 1S7S.
HERMAN KATLER,
73 First Street,
PORTLAND, OKLGO.V.
BILLIARDS AMD SAM?L ROOMS.
CAFifiBRSrJUS BEER.
rpiUS CEI.Fr.KATED BEVEKAtSE FROM
X I.. Feurer s r.rewery, at rortland, is con
stant ly kept on draught at
JACK TBEFiSATH'S SALCON.
It is t he best her in t he city, and we invito
the public to call and give it trial.
Oregon City, March I, lS7S-tf.
CHRIS ZAUNER,
T) K T-3T SAL O 0ST,
Opposite the Railroad Derot,
KEEPSTHK BEST It E Kit AXD CIGARS
in the City. Give him a call. jyo-tf.
LAND FOR SALE.
X IIAV2 205 ACRES OF XO. 1 IXI,
.5. which I wili sell at a bargain ; r.iiuated 9
miles from l'oi-tlatd. and H miles from
Clackamas Station. For further information
inquire of Bert Phillips at the p.jstoffice in
Orv.-.on City, or at Clackamas Station to
Oct. 3,78-tr. w. riiiEurs.
raotice
U. S. T.AN-n Offick, Oreoon- f"rrY,l
Oregon, Sept. 21th, 1$7$ f
CVOMPI.AIXT HAVINO I.EEX ENTERED
at tli is Otitee by Horace C Hrown against
Thomas J. hamberlain for abandoning his
homi stead entry Xo. SUM, dated January
tHh, 177. u;ion the nort h half of t he southeast
one-fourth of section Xo. 18, township 4 south,
range 4 east, in Clackamas county, Oregon,
wit h a view to the cancellation of said entry,
said parties are hereby summoned to appear
at th is office on the 25th day of tcto!er, 1S78,
at l'j o'clock a. M.,to respond and furnish tes
timony concerning said alleged abondon
lucnt.. I- T. n.MtlX. It.-gister,
T. It. HAHRISOX. Receiver.
Oregon Citi", Sept. 2, 1S7S-1W.
BEAXICSOF EVERY TUCSCrtirTIOX FOii
Sale at this oflice. .last ices of the i'caeo
can T?tanyt hi:i i:;tlif ir liae.
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