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Prom .South Carol inn Will lie No
More I'litnl Thim the I'lrht
und Second.
PKI.SII)i:NT J AMI.S IIII.LTAI.K.4
(in politics, hallroads anil Steamship
Anulygi-s lniHirlitin'e of the New
Japan Line Wheat Advances
It. (HUM of New Market.
While In H.allle tin' other 'lay Presi
dent J J. Mill, of the ireat Northern
hallway, who waaon an Inspection trip,
over the line, with the members of hU
slatT, In an Interview with a reporter
of 1 ho Post Intelligencer, made mie
very pertinent remark on the trafllc of
the Pacific Coast ami the polities! lt
unilon of the day. When the reMirter
railed at car Vr. Mill was buy, but
aent word that bo would beat liberty In
a short time. The other member of the
president's party, consisting of W. H.
Newman, the second vice-president of
the road. Jamea N. Mill, vice president
of the Eastern .Minnesota railroad. J.
M. Ilarr. general superintendent of the
(Ireat Northern, and V. A. Itlton. su
perintendent of the Cascade dlvlalon.
were at dinner, but soon came Into the
otiservatlon end of the private car.
where they sat and discussed Seattle's
srowlh slnee the great lire of 1KS9. In
possibly fifteen mlnutea president Hill
came from another car and said to the
reporter: "Come with me; I am going
to my dinner and 1 can do two things
at once; rat and tulk."
When he was set..d and had been
served the Mir mllroad man said, in an
swer to a iiuentlnn: "No. my vlalt at
this time hiis nothing of any particular
slKiiinranre In It. I am making one of
my iK-rloillc.il trip over the rood and
chose this time on account of Mr. W.
M. Newman, the new second vice presi
dent of the rood, w ho deslr.it to make
the trip, and who Is paying hi flrat
visit to the roaM In tile official capacltr.
We left ft. fnul Thursday afternoon
and came directly here without stop
ping. "I haven't heard of any lawault
against the Ureal Northern by the mer
chants of Spokane. I did know of one
agulnst the Northern I'aclflc, and we
were fighting It together, bk of course,
we arc Jointly Interested In tha renu.lt.
If a Ri-pHinte one hits bevn tiled against
ua It Is newa to me.
"I also hoped to see the Yamaguchi
.Muni, but unless she arrives before the
time we had planned to leave we Khali
not wait for her. The steamer line
means much to Seattle. It means the
opening of a market for all the wheat
products of Washington and Oregon,
without any danger from competition
of the Kastern wheat fields or those of
Russia.
"Will the HuHsliin look for a market
In China and Japan?" repeated Mr. Hill.
"No, they will not; they cannot com
pete with Western Washington and Or
egon. If they tried It. it would menn
from the wheat growing belt of Huasla
a haul over the Siberian railway of D0;0
mllis at a rate of cents per ton per
mile. That would mean JU0 per ton
delivered at the seaboard. This country
gives the lowest railroad rates of any
In the world, our rate being S7 cents
per ton per b0 miles.
"The reason the (ireat Northern en
tered Into an arrangement w ith the Nip
pon Vusen Kalaha, Instead of putting
our own steamers on. Is that the Jap
anese company has practically a mo
nopoly on the coastwise business of
China and Japan and could create a
very strong competition with us and
practically dictate terms to us for the
foreign delivery. Consequently we
gather up the shipments and deliver
them to the Japanese steamers at this
point.
"Why has the price of wheat advanc
ed?" asked Mr. Hill. "It Is not a scar
city, but the opening of a new market.
A year ago It was quoted at from 20 to
30 cents; now It is 45 cents. After elec
tion It will be more."
When asked for an opinion on politics
Mr. Hill disclaimed a full knowledge of
affair in the far West, but as to the
East and the general result he was
positive: "McKlnley will be elected,"
said Mr. Hill, "and with a big majority.
People are not going to go crnxy either.
Tho American balonce wheel will adjust
things as It has before. This Is the third
time that a disturbance has been sent
across the country from South Carolina.
Once when President Jackson had to
send down word that he would hang
Calhoun unless there were certain con
ditions compiled with; once when they
dred on Fort Sumter, and last when
Tillman dictated tho Chicago platform.
The South Carolina disturbances swing
around In cycles about thirty years
apart, but people are not going to for
get tho blood and treasure wasted In
tho second. Everything Is going to be
all right."
BY 'PHONE TO NEW YOKK.
New York, October 9. Seated In Hen.
Osborn's oMlce at the Republican na
tional headquarters todny, VIce-Prel-dcntlal
Candidate Hobort listened to
the shouts and uproar of enthusiasm of
the great Republican parade at Chica
go. He could hoar the tumult coining
from the parade as plainly lis if It were
only a block away, llvlmri aei nn d de
limited at hearing his name chei rwl a
thousund inllrs away.
PIlKHIIiENT CLEVELAND.
is Solid on the Sound Mon-y League
Kb, hi.
Chicago. October ".Secretary of Ag
riculture J. Sterling Morton spoke at
the Auditorium tonight under the aus
pices of the sound money league.
Hefore beginning fecretary Morton
stated that the Invitation had been sent
!! I'residenl Cleveland requesting his
presence at the meeting. Mr. Morton
then read the president's letter r grct
tlng hi Inability to be pre.-nt. which
whs as follows:
"I am so mui h Interested In the work
which the Amerh'un Holiest Money
League has undertaken that I would be
glad to do anything Consistent I could
to aid Its efforts. I regret, therefore,
that I must decline your Invitation to
address the league on some date previ
ous l the approaching election. Even
if the pretisure of duty did not prevent,
I should hardly deem It consistent with
strict reciprocity to mingle actively In
the (lending campaign.
"While It is Impossible t hat any of
my fellow cltliens should have the least
doubt as to my sentiments on the vital
question which at this time absorbs so
Itugely the attention Of our people, the
work of advancing financial Ideas and
the labor of enforcing lessons of subtle
and private honesty and morality I feel
must he prosecuted without such par
ticipation on my part aa you suggest"
UCSTAV WILSON.
Out for McKlnley Does Not Like lie
pudlatlun. Portland. October . Oustav Wilson,
the ItUNsluii vbe-cousul, who has been
a resident of Oregon, for forty years
and who has always voted the Demo
cratic, ticket, announaes In a letter to
.Martin Johnson, prvs'ib nt of the Mc
Klnley and ltobart Club, of Astoria,
that be Intends to vote for McKlnley.
Mr. Wilson fays:
"At the coming election, for good and
syiricbj)! reason for jyeif, t am com
pelled to supKirt McKlnley and Hobart,
principally upon the vital Issue of the
financial Hlcy, that of the gold stand
ard, and not to repudiate, but to sus
tain the national credit of the United
State."
CiOVEKNOK McCONNELL.
Says Oregon Is Safe for McKlnley by i
Large Majority.
Portland, October S. Governor W. J.
McC'onnell. of Idaho, arrived in Port
land today from Gervais, Marlon coun
ty, where he sjMike last night. When
seen today the governor said he was
well satisfied with the outlook, and
added: "Every twenty-four hours sets
a large number of converts added to the
sound money standard, and, Judging
from the feeling 1 found In every town
and place I have visited, I think it safe
to say that McKlnley will carry Oregon
by a good and safe majority."
Governor McCotinell has Issued a
challenge to Senator Squire, of Wash
ington, to meet him in Joint debate at
Spokuiie.
CHICAGO DAY.
Cek-bratlon of the if.tti Anniversary of
... XT' I .
Special to the Astorian.
Chicago. October 9. Chicago Day, the
unnivcrsury of the great fire twenty
five years ago, was celebrated today
chiefly as a political holiday. The Re
publicans and Democrats celebrated
separately, each party having Its own
big street parade, as well as monster
gatherings Indoors. Practically every
factory and store In the city is closed;
also the board of trade and banks.
From early morning the streets were
Jammed with cheering thousands.
SENTENCED FOR LIFE.
San Francisco, October 9. Wm. Llne
han, thirty years old, was today sen
tenced by Judge Wallace to spend the
remainder of his life In the state prison
at San Quentln for robbery. He enticed
John Wllcome Into his rooms on Fourth
street. While they were in the room
together three masked men appeared
and robbed Wllcome of his watch and
chain and some money. The Judge said:
"The evidence in this case, including
your own account of yourself, charac
terizes you as a person not fit to be at
large in a community claiming to be
respectable. The considerations of safe
ty us well as decency suggest that you
be separated from good people, and
permanently."
CIRCUIT COURT.
The time of the circuit court yester
day was almost entirely occupied with
the case of the State vs. J. J. Kenney.
The examination of witnesses lasted
until 4:30 In the afternoon when court
adjourned until :S0 this morning, at
which time the arguments of counsel
will be heard.
James Henri, a native of Norway;
Daniel Hannula, a native of Russia,
and Owen J. Thomas, a native of Great
Britain, were admitted to cltisenshlp.
Meany Is the leading tailor, and pays
the highest cash price for fur skins.
THE REBEL YELL
IIEARDIX CANTON
IHuc and (iroy .March Arm In Arm
to the .Mchinlty Home at
Canton.
MEN OF SHENAMJOAII VALLEY
Pay the First Visit of ex-Confederate
Soldier to a Presidential Candidate
and Sing "We're Coming Father
McKlnley, 200,000 Strong."
Canton. Ohio, October 9. Of all the
enthusiastic demonstrations since the
St. Louis convention. Canton has never
een the like of today's doings. The
j'itebel yell" was heard for the first
'time on her streets. The visit of old
j Confederate warriors from the Shenan
'doah Valley brought thousands of peo
j t ie to tow n. Eighteen hundred Vlr
iglnlans were met by the Cnlon veterans
j of Canton, several hundred strong. They
came w ith badges Inscribed "No North,
'no South, no East, no West; union for
ever." Arm In arm with the old boys
In blue the veterans In gray were es
corted to the Tabernacle where the G.
A. R. and Woman's Relief Corps served
the dinner.
They had a new version of the old
song, and sang "We're Coming, Father
Mc Klnley, 200,000 Strong."
From the Tabernacle to the McKlnley
J home the streets w ere lined with peo
j tile. Three hundred Cleveland veterans
Joined In the escort. The bands played
'"Dixie." "America," and "Marching
Thro" Georgia."
Throngs of people on the way Joined
in the yells of the marchers as best
j they could. When the great crowd lined
I up about the home It filled the door
! yard and streets around about. This
'compelled McKlnley to speak from a
I small temporary stand covered with the
j national colors In order that he might
be heard.
I Editor F. H. Funkhouker. of the State
Republican, spoke on behalf of the del
egation in gaovcaJ, la eonclualatt tit his
felicitous address of greeting and assur
ance of support Mr. Funkhouser Intro
duced the Confederate general, John E.
Roller, who spoke on behalf of the sol
diers. After Major McKlnley had responded
to these addresses, ex-Mayor R. A. Cas
Idy, of Canton, presented the visitors
w 1th a magnificent banner by which to
remember their visit here. On one side
is represented clasped hands, indicating
the union of all soldiers. Above these
hands are the words "United we stand,"
and "McKlnley Club" In large gold let
ters. On the reverse side Is a large
American eagle, In gold, resting upon
a large shield. This side bears the In
scription, "Presented to the ex-Confederate
veterans of the Shenandoah Val
ley, Virginia, by the ex-Union veterans
of Canton, Ohio, October -9. 1S96."
In reply to General Roller. Major Mc
Klnley said in part:
"I welcome to my home the represen
tatives of the state of proud ancestral
memories. the state of Washingion,
Jefferson, Madison and Monroe.
"Thrice welcome, men of Virginia,
men of the Shenandoah Valley. Thrice
welcome, descendants of such noble
sires, to my heart and home. Patriotism
Is not bound by state, or class, or sec
tion lines. We are a re-unlted coun
try (cries of "Yes, yes, that's what we
are," and tremendous applause.)
"I think I may be pardoned if I say
that I have great pride and gratification
In this call of the ex-Confederate sol
diers. It has touched my heart pro
foundly; It is probably the first call of
Its kind that was ever made upon a
presidential candidate of the Republi
can party, or possibly of any party. I
regard It as another and most signifi
cant assurance that a complete recon
ciliation has come and that the South
and North, aa in the early lifetime of
the republic, are again together in
hearts as well as in name. It will
quicken every patriotic pulse from one
end of the country to the other. I am
honored to have witnessed this scene
and day, and I bid you soldiers of Grant
and soldiers of Lee 'at the shrine of
this re-unlon, dedicate your Uvea anew.'
"Rejoice, all of you, and thank God
that 'the cause of truth and human weal
Is transferred from the sword's appeal
to peace and love.' " (Vociferous cheer
ing.) ROBBERS ARRESTED.
Men Who Held Vp the Bank of Joseph
Brought to Justice.
La Grande, Or., October 9. Two more
arrests have been made of the parties
engaged in the robbery of the bank of
Joseph, Wallowa county, October 1.
Today John Martin and Ben Owenby
were examined before the justice at
Enterprise and held in $2000 bonds to
appear before the next grand Jury. Jas.
Tucker, the robber who was wounded at
the time of the robbery, has turned
state's evidence and it was through him
that the arrests were made. He says
the plan to rob the bank was hatched
In a saloon at Joseph, of w hich John
Martin Is proprietor, and that Martin
was the prime mover in the robbery. It
was planned to rob the bank during
Cashier Miller's absence In La Grande.
J. D. McCully, who acted as cashier In
Miller's plac e, also worked In the store
end only went to the bank at odd times.
It was arranged for Martin to take
McCully to the bank while Brown, Fltz
hugh and Tucker would be watching.
and at the proper time they would
hold McCully up and rob the bank.
Owenby was to glye the signal by walk
ing back and forth In front of the
bank. Tucker's story was corroborated
by the evidence of a number of wit
nesses and Martin and Owenby were
accordingly held.
Ollicers have gone after Geo. Smith,
the horse thief that was wounded In the
battle with the officers on Corral Creek
near Enterprise a few days since. As
soon as possible he will be brought in
and an examination will then be made.
Henry Smith Is now in Jail at Entu
prlse, but refuses to make any state
ment. Both are strang'.rs and It Is
not known where they are from.
REVIEW OF TRADE.
Encouraging Features Noted In the
Grain Market.
New York. October 9. R. O. Dun It
Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade tomor
row will say:
Distinctly better conditions of trade
have appeared of late and are reflected
in the somewhat larger employment of
labor, in the larger transactions and In
the continued buying of materials for
manufacture. A great part of the
change Is due to those Irresistible laws
of supply and demand which take wheat
where It Is wanted and gold where It Is
wanted. India Is waiting for cargoes
of wheat on the way from the Pacific
states, Just as Australia and South
America were not so long ago. The
surplus, usually available soon disap
pears and the surplus from Russia and
European countries Is reduced accord
ing to late estimate. 75.COO.O0O bushels.
Happily, this country has a supply
w hich official accounts have not correct
ly measured. If actual movements do
not mislead. The Atlantic exports are
not yet so large as to force prices up
ward, if European buying based on
European needs did not control our
markets. A feature of large Import
ance, too. Is the unusual demand for
corn, which Is rarely a falling sla-n of
deficient crops abroad where other
grains are used instead, when .wheat
becomes scarce and dear.
The failures were 2S8 in the United
States against 26S last year and 46 In
Canada against S3 last year.
GREAT TELEPHONE SERVICE.
Special to the Astorian.
Canton. October 9. Two unprecedent
ed features of the presidential campaign
distinguished this eventful day. One
w as the call of the Confederate veterans
of the Shenandoah Valley, of Virginia,
on the Republican presidential nominee;
another was the listening to the busi
nessmen's and trades demonstrations in
Chicago by Major McKlnley at his
home.
The Central Union telephone' placed
groups of half a dozen telephone ear
trumpets In the major's library and
Mrs. McKlnley's sitting room. These
were connected with the long distance
telephone wire from Chicago, where re
ceivers were located along tbe line of
parade. Major McKlnley showed great
pleasure at the volume of enthusiastic
sounds that reached him over 400 miles
of wire The music of bands and the
cheers of the crowd were plainly heard.
THE GEORGIA VOTE.
Populists Completly Routed In AH Con
gressional Districts.
Atlanta, Ga., October 9. One of the
features of the election is that every
congressional district In Georgia is
Democratic and will send Demo
cratic representatives to the next
congress. The Journal's estimate of
the vote by counties, corrected up to
date, places Atkinson's majority for
governor at S5.405.
THE MARKETS.
Liverpool, October 9. Wheat Spot,
firm; demand, moderate; No. t spring.
6s; No. 1 hard Manitoba, 6s 2Hd; No. 1
California, 6s 3d.
Hops At London, Pacific Coast. U.
Portland. October 9. Wheat Walla
Walla, 6960; Valley. 6364.
LEXINGTON RACES.
Lexington, Ky., October 9. Transyl
vania summary (unfinished yesterday):
Senator A. 1, 1. 1. 9, J. L 1.
Governor Strong 1, L 10, 3, 3.
Alcidalla-5, 12, 2, 2. 2.
Fred B. 4. 2, 3, 14, 5.
Time, 2:12; 2:104; 2:10; 2:1W; 2:11; 2:09.
SETTLE NOMINATED.
Frankfort, Ky.. October 9. Evan Set
tle was nominated on the fourth ballot
this evening for congress by the silver
Democratic convention of the Seventh
district. His opponent is W. C. P.
Breckenrldge, the fusion candidate.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report.
ABSOLUTELY PUKE
THE REPUBLICANS
AT0IADWELL
Enthusiastic Meeting and an Inter
esting Address hy Hon.
T. i. Clceton.
GOLD MEASURED BY LABOR
The Day's Labor in 173 Which Bought
a Dollar In Gold, in 192 Bought
11.47 Gold Has not Appre
ciated In Value.
The steamer Queen, which left the
I Fisher dock at 4:30 last evening, with
fifty or seventy-five members of tha
McKlnley clubs and drum corps of th
city, was met at Chadwell by a large
number of citizens of that precinct 'ho
I escorted their Astoria visitors to the
' school house where was held one of the
I most enthusiastic meetings of the cam
paign In Clatsop county. Mr. Cole acted
aa chairman of the meeting and about
lnO people, men, women and children,
jwere present After the rendition of
some music by the local quartet, the
1 chairman introduced the speaker of the
evening, Hon. T. J. Cleeton. At the
outset of his speech, Mr. Cleeton said
i there were doubtless some In the room
' who had different opinions, and that he
I would be pleased to answer any ques
tions which were propounded in good
faith, and was more than willing to re-
ceive Instruction himself. Mr. Cleeton'
'address was one of the best that bril
liant speaker has yet delivered, and
j contained many new and pertinent
points upon the Uve issues of the pres
ent contest. He said In part:
j "With reference to the so-called
crime of "73, that measure was one
which, from the records of congress,
Jwas advocated more particularly by
the silver men In the sliver mining
states than anyone else, and after
months of careful deliberation, waa
'voted for by all of the silver men In
the house.
"If the commercial ratio of silver and
gold is to be disregarded by the. gov
ernment, and only a coinage ratio con
sidered, why not make that ratio 1 to 1 '
Instead of 16 to 1? (In reply, a voice la
the house stated that the bulk of sil
jver was sixteen times the bulk of gold.)
It may be true that there is sixteen
times as much silver as gold in the
country, but because the bulk of straw
is 100 times as great as the bulk of
.wheat, does that have any bearing on
the price of wheat?" No; If you can
legislate a dollar into S3 cents' worth
of silver, why not legislate value Into
anything else? Would It not be better
, to legislate value into the farmers
wheat, which would certainly benefit a
( large class of people, rather than to
, legislate value tnot something that only
ithe silver miner produces, and which
, benefits only the few. Three quarters
,of the silver mines of the United States
,are owned by foreign syndicates, and
: the remaining one quarter is owend by
men in this country' whose wealth
ranges from twenty-five million dollars
to one dollar.
"History shows that every country
i w hich has had a coinage ratio different
( from the commercial ratio between sll-
ver and gold, is on a silver basis,
j "Every nation without gold in circu
; lation, Is on a silver monometallic basis
I "Every country that is on a gold
standard basts has more silver money
In circulation amongst the people than
the countries having no gold.
"The laboring man in a gold standard
country, everything being equal, re
ceives more for his money than does the
laboring man in the sliver country.
The question is often asked If gold
has not materially appreciated In the
past few years. I would ask what Is
the true standard of measure? Is It
not human labor? (Voice In the house
replied that It was, together with the
value of commodities.) In reply to the
gentleman who admits that labor la
partially the standard of measure, but
believes that gold has appreciated, I
will make this statement: If gold has
appreciated In value, It will take more
hours of labor now to get a dollar in
gold than It formerly did. If it takes
fewer hours of labor since 1873 to earn
a dollar In gold, then gold has not ap
preciated. Since 1873 the same day's la
bor which would buy 100 cents In gold
in 1892 would buy $1.47 In gold. The
day's labor which in 1860 would buy 100
cents In gold, will now buy 31.60 in gold.
"What determines the value of pro
ducts and commodities? Human labor.
All commodities which have been
cheapened since 1873, have been cheap
ened by the fact that It now takes less
labor to- produce them. The yard of
; calico which In 1873 cost 12V4 cents, now
i requires but one-third of the labor to
! produce It aa it did then, and the price
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