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KIXG CAUCUS.
The Portland Dim, audi comleiiuu the
nti-JHilpli element for U)Hij the
cnucu uomiimtiou. "Men of honor,
who wtioiwte in tt Mrtv emu-u,"
lavs the imti-li,"wouM have rnrried
out the verdirtof the nmjoritv, or re
fute to if. into tlie caucus." Thin may
beirnol ultl-timo d.miwrntio doctrine,
ml we rmuiii It i, coming as il
tloet from an ancient war-eagle of ante
lielluui dem.KT-Jcy, hut it d." not cor
respond t tlie i.iu.l.r.i ideas which pre
vail among 8elf-rviecting and independ
ent men of all political parties. The
tatement made hy tha veteran editor
of the Iipateli brands the bolters by
implication as not being "men of honor."
We do not accuse the Dispatch of flatly
saying this, it is too courteous to be so
croeslv brutal, but it is a lotficd inter
H... ItttiL'tiiiire used. The
nolitieid caucus like the joliticul con
veiitioii, ia simply ' aseiubh.iiO of
men of one common political belief as-
. eociafcd toother for the purse of
.lectins the most available man or pet
of men to act as their party's standard
bearers. Usually the minority acquiesces
in "the verdict of the majority, but
nnt nlwavs. The warns is pimply n
means to an end, and, w hen honorabh
conducted, its decisions should be
'i.i...i;n nmn the members. There i
no Question as to that.
Bat who shall be the judges as to
i.i.- imi-ii was fairly and
Wlll.t"ri ' -
honestly mauipnlated, except the uietu
hers participating in the proceeding?
If unscrupulons means are employed, if
the "machine" rides roughshod over
the wishes of the minority and forces
its' wav with a high hand, then the
minority have a moral right to revolt,
and they would not be honeet, inde
pendent and eelf-repectiiitf men if they
did otherwise. It frequently happens
IKat "men of honor" do just the op
jitjsite of the very thing that the Dls
pafch aays they slrould do.for to do other
wise would be sycophancy and coward
ice and they would be branded as desti
tute t the instincts of true manhood.
The deadlock at Salem is no funeral of
ours,. and it is not our intention to pose
aiau apologist for the minority, ex
'ceptthat very small minority known as
the democratic contingent. We speak
in general terms and oar remarks are
aimply in defense of the right of the
4'ilotmly iNMisidor the nviiioii. Of
oouitw the l'olk county delegati-m will
botoli.tlv nuainst any -,h movJ and
tlidr tntloenro cliouM control tue action
of that hodv. Tlie people of the Spring
Valley itvion hao nothing to gain by
aiinexatiit to Mai ion county. It would
ii.it 'ii taxation or In any way im
prove their TM1 facilities. They l
rvadv have the hem..' of a free iiridge
to the S;!o:u niarketH, and the ou'y ar
g.iuieut they can odVr in favor of their
pchenie ii that it would bring them
nearer to the county seat, but this Is
not sufficient grounds for annex UUw
There is nothing i: i'.
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Only a Scar Remains
At Imlopomionco.
lx our brief summary of tho presi
dent's mesaage last week we inadvertent-
IV said the first txiiid issue of tSDt w'a"
in November and the Fivond in January.
Of eonoe thi- phl of the pen ma le us
mty an alwurdity. The first issue was in
January and the second in Novemlier.
During the ten mouths intervening be
tween the two liond issues then wa
withdrawn from th'Vivas.iry JUVi.iW,
iKW, and from November to the date ol
he prsidunt's message there luid boon
withdrawn fH",iU).t.KX making a grand
total of $l72,ltt,'.VX) within the la-t
twelve months.
Now that the Orcgonia.1 lias made it
so plain, "a wayfaring man thoivh a
fool neitl not err then-in, "tliat the IIolos-s
and Bakers of the legislature "are light
ing something more formidable than a
senator, a nev.paier or the moiic
power." those factious and stupidly in
considerate gentlemen, ehou'd at least
have sense enough to see t'.ie iissinme
folly of their actions. "They are light
ing mitiiro," says the OregonUn. and if
this is po they are simply butting their
silly heads against an adamantine wait.
Sature lias no pity, not even for the
ignorant.
Tiiu legislative assembly over at
Salem, in its lucid moments; while rest
ing from the strain of the deadlock em
brace, should enact a practical load law.
The question of good roads is now bcinji
agit.Ued all over the country Jand public
sentiment largely favors an improved
roadsvstem. The Willamette valley i-
in need of good mids and we could have
them with very little extra expense
if the legislature would only act promptly
mid inteliiger.t'y in the matter.
The bank of France has accumulated
during the past year almost as much
gold as the United States has shipped
toEurope. The bank of England ranks
.o,.n,I i tlm Rrrmmilution of irold. It
is clearly apparent that the great, money
centers of Europe aro hoarding gold
European financiers are prepairing to
successfully meet the financial crisis
which appears to be inevitable in the
near future.
tcrvTula Cured -Glood Purified by
Hood" Saraaparllla.
.. .. . .. . I send. tMtlmonlw
Mwmlf wtuitllooa'a SarH.trlII hMlo...
.TJ ii -iter. It U a omlfal
an
m ha ll (,
am Med With Scrofula
1 .iitrh t
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mv entire stock of Boots
and Shoes.
Any pair of goods In my stock
nt first cost and freight.
riric aro all new and bought
... ,i .-oiiu-r It U a woadwful nillcm uwumji-"
, ,ct4fr mt Utoo hlitbl,. UnM. h 0WeSt npiCeS. N 0W IS
u tour, .a jroar. CI. hM becu ( tj .
11 IIIW tllllW -W
VnnA'fi Cures
It tad cured her ol dyspep111- j
' . . .. ..... ..Ul-.t aluMl oil Itlhooil. ill
Only ficar nomalnlna
u & trac of the drenJfu! .tUease. rrorlonl to
VeS.1 t'Ulv v n-...i t h - M
MauiaUbikkin. Xculi. IHiaol.
W. H. PATTERSON
A
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minority to a hearing, and against the gave to tne rac.nc m.iroau. ...
,antln that the desootie sway of .ion of 50 years time to pay Jt heir in
-r.-...hnnl.l ta naramonnt nn- debtedness to the government. The
der any and all circumstances. Our peopieoi meacim; WMta.0 ...
republican friends over at the legisla
ture have our sincere condolence, for
like our democratic brethren in con
gress, although overwhelmingly in the
majority, they know not what to do.
' Oca querulous contemporary, the
Dallas Observer, has been eating sour
grapes and set its teeth on edue. It
says ' "The Independence Eutekfbise
favors the McGinn bill, introduced at
the legislature, which regulates the pub
lication of all legal ' ada." in one paper,
selected by the county court and pub
lished at the county seat." Now the
sober trnth is we said no such thine,
and it is not possible for the ingenuity
of prevarication to torture our language
into something we did not eay. We
criticised the bill, but.as our language
was decorous and parliamentary it is not
surprising that our bilious contempo
rary construed our remarks into an in
dorsement. . All fair minded people
who may have read the article will
know better. But the Observer was
not content with misstating our position
it also went out of the way to ascribe
motives to ns which are as foreign to our
mind as the epirit of fairnrss an 1 can
dor is from its criticism of our remarks
on the McGinn bill. We mentioned
two serious objections to the bill, ai.d
rould have mentioned a dozen more, but
.-.did not consider it worth while to
do so, for there is little prot-abilitv of
senate bill No. lili ever bwnmiug a law.
In the future, if the Observer really
wants to score oint againat ns, il
should use argument iiiftea.i of innuen
do and state faes instead of (abvbou's.
Tm Salem Statesman very properly
eayf "The present boundary lines of
Tolk and Marion county should not bc
distnrbed." We presume the States
man has in mind the agitation going on
in the northeastern portion of this
county, where a few citizens are' asking
for annexation it!i Marion comity.
All of California is rejoicing over the
defeat of the Keilly Funding bill which
tiu:
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K. K
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(Observer.)
judao J. J. i'iy 'f.in
Francisco on l usimss una u.
tv,.. Qt.,,-1- U cindiicttii' revival
services at the M. h. cluirc..
.i.: . 'rim ineetuua
mis
largely attended.
tu .,rM,lUta .-ire sinilins at the
i.i;.. f.,,ilv rw that 18 being
n.rte.l at the legislature over tt;c
election of a senator.
rnnm. with a vengeance: li
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more clerkships given .t nlnwiy
than there were uunng
f the legislature.
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Jiipniy is ; ' J-,...... j 1 rI(
... .1 ,a ,,f n.forill . I -.1
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Kev. II. Lave, who will tc
rpmenibereJ as pastor of the
Christian church at Monniouui.
in the yfaw 'fS and o", wr
County Clerk Mulkey irm
fax, Iowa, that ins wne is n
mr hcn.lt i. ami that lie win i-
inove her back to Oregon.
Cl..ll.c imml am ;.
.uul llTt.U. ry kkhU ar U-
,..,. ,.. rv-r iHlon onrr.Ml
m,-Miyr.'tryi....ie.t.K-kwlyu
ju .l m-t ha" ""u f,,r ,"
mime motif)".
L'cptiirhxj neatly and
m-tt!l "
C T.. iM'KrKNI'KSTE, Ohkoos.
M. T. CR0W:
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Sash
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You cant
live wilhout
Eating
And you cnn.t cmI
wllhinit bread.
If vmi want the
BREAD
delivered at your
il.Mirevcrv itiorii
lug buy It l the
MFA RAKERY.
GEO. G. STRONG. Z
3sh I City : Feed : Stable.
J?& '
Doors
-i 1. 1 ?j cient sto k left in our
B4 VOrVIIIIII .U. will I .ll at-
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J; Horses fed bv the day,
week or month. Trail-"
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III I'll I
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";!l'rl(T ruttwnuble ami
work iniarBi.twl. reasonable
cndcl to. fhargi-s
Dr. Price's Cream Baklns Powder
World's Fair Highest Medal and Diploma.
I DRESSMAKING
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Miss Sophia Goff.
3Inill St..
IiideiH'iidcnoe.
TwoJD.uestipDS
Arpjut no w MglUtlnK '
i.,im1 t ' I'l'1'' " V"
iloH inlciir. Tli Mt Uf
Who will bo elected Senator?
Bargains In Groceries
alone will
1 lie ...
ri,i. lb.. Ilrsliiti' siioii. I i"
mo.i.'i i" I'"' ,,M,l.v "l"
l iilul by
DOUTY & LOCKE.;;
Th iMtrgaiii wo art vft r
inn Hitl'l l"i'B Mr ','M','
you'll lln'1 wiiv Intrt. aiitl
the kihhU cniiuil l
celle.1.
Headquurters for Strong's Bakery. ft
New Year's rrcielamation.
rf l'olk ri.tuit will
I tli' iioticf that ilurina h-
year 1M4 the II ANN hit tAII
iJHUt'KUY l'l lb iriic;iin with
lln griierrie "'l I"' I'fi-'
Thin year tiny liroiH to put a
Mill gri atrr iliotaiui wlrriiinnie
t.vm ami H fmip-titor. Tin y
wjU 'll gmaU at U'tlom jiricrn.
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Promptly ami
neatly done by
I ra.j: '".i.v Wo,
Lt.. . .. fin-
Has lately returned rom San
l'runcisco and in p epared to
give her patron t! e benefit
if a iew sy-lcni f
Iro ('uttliiff itiKFHUnsr.
for. Hnilrniid and D St.
ix:;r.rr.Ni)KNnK.'KKaox.
x H. A.
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The Cali Ulat knuith.
I-Iorseshociiit?
A Sj et'ialty.
INDKI'KNDKNCK.
R pew Pointers:
H
'p.
to Judge Maguire, more than to any
other man, for the defeat of this bill.
THE POLK COUNTY PKESS.
Xews Items and Editorial Ex
pressions.
(Itemizer.)
The Rock Creerers want a postal
route from Fall3 City through
their country to Jsorton on the
Northern Pacific.
Our John Woods i3 now a resi
dent of El Paso, Texas.
Hon. E. T. Hatch and T. J.
Graves, of McCoy,and John Cosper,
of Dallas, are holding down legis
lative clerkships.
A city ax of 5 mills has been lev
ied, which, tojc3 "r with the 2-mill
special sell ol tax and the 13-niill
state and e unty tax, makes 20
mills all toll for Dallas people.
Burchard Young has paid out
.$100 for slashing this winter and
had considerable done last winter.
He will use 1(X) pounds of orchard
grass thereon, and expects to sow
200 pounds next fall. It would hs
well for more farmers to follow hit,
example. Lewisville Cor.
DrJohnson has received a govern
ment appointment at Oklahoma,
:uid we will be minus a physician.
U'e have a good drug 6tore and this
i a fine point for Borne able prac
titioner to iscttle. Perrydale Cor.
(Transcript.)
We hear from good authority
'hat Dr. Stanley wi'U return home
in about two weeks. 'Twere ever
thus. When a man has once
lived in Oregon, you couldn't j;ct
him to etay away.
Rnrn Sundar. Januarv 2Gth.
ner T'allas, Or., to the wife of:
Ihos. Tatoni, a daughter.
Tho tonrls who had wheat in
i 1 -
the r,,kre,.ll mills al ttKitilurn-
3 br'"-: '
Right Arm Paralyzed!
Saved from St. Vitus Dcncc.
"Our daughter, Iilnriche. now flf
teen years of a?e. had been terribly
afflicted with nervoiisnf-ss, and h;;d
lot the entire use of her riirht arm.
We feared St. Vitus dance, and tried
the best phvsicians. with no benefit.
She ha? ta'ken three bctties of Ir.
Miles' Kcrviue and lias gaitied "l
pounds. H'-r nervousness and Byriir
t'jmsof St. Vitus dance are entirely
gone, she attends school regulariy,
and has recovered complete use Oi
her arm. her onpetite is splendid. "
Dr. Miles' Nervine
Cures.
Dr. Miles' Kervine H sold on a positive
iroirauu! thai the first bottlw will benefit.
All druggists uell it at $1. H boules for 15, or
It will l sent, prepaid, on receipt of p,rlce
by vtia Ur. Miles Jledical Co., Elktiart, liia.
PANIC SALE I
-OF ;
VAND VEKESS & WILLCO
r-ucccHKors to J. M. Vanihiyn, ' fo,
WILL CONTINUE ALL NEXT WEEK. I
AVK vtu ever nni(lfml that
the apiHarance of tho ta-
liunorv uhw! hv a Ininineotf mart
has a "great Ual t lo with the
$ opinictiH formed of him hy thtmo
witlt whom ho curreniH.ndn?
rf
You havedoubtless learned
lonvj ago that
Brains arc used
TAILORING.
A fine line of samples
uhvayi on hand
l select from.
SafsisfaefeiGn Guaranteed
T. HYTOH JEHKS,
Independence, Or.
Dress Goods
Trimming Silks
Selicias
Flannels
Muslins
(jiiigliairis
Calicos
hkhtii:-
Table 'Li ii'
Towels
Handkerchiefs
Corsets
Silk Mitten
Wool Mittens
Kid Gloves
Silk Alines
Ribbons
Ladies' Wool II oho
Misses' Wool Hose
( liililn nV in 1 I Ii h'
Men's Wi nl Ilos-e
Ladies' Cjidri v.eai
Ladies' t -niiiuatii i
To niako a good job of printing.
So in con science. A job made
without i-kill and honenty ii
good.
THE ENTERPRISE
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Mr c:
CITY LIVERY
aT v ,.H U-Kirn RTAIIT.F.S.
KEJXEY & ROY, Props.
8ucconi to A. W. Ixxjknteadc r. J jj
I'Mcn'B fancy
;d.
, the be
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I'll in Hi;- I.'", lo!
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MenV
viol in Rubbers
(Vtlen Pants
Umbrellas
1 li-tbinj.', I ..II"
Men's Underwear
Macintoches
Duck Coats
Gloves
H Rememberthat it Costs No More
line of
bouomwl White
t tit Turn-lZ'AKV-'An I J,ie V1"
place Saturday to see what they t'Kf-W'-9 O
iVj evening wear.
(jnuid dr. toward recovering tli-ir! oulg kj-ArJj': :
icVipaf After eonaidcrald (lis-1 . . , f
,,c,;.. h rr,i--r m.!K.intel a ' 'l turnouts for Commercial rx.en
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uur in ew oiock win uc in
complete by the first of g
March.
Ubard! i.rot14e the legifebtiire- matter,
ixii:rE!Di:xcE, oa
To have your wc rk dot-e here
than it does to haw it d. ne anv
ther place.
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The Enterprise also carries the
best line of Legal Blanks
in Polk county.
They are correct in every partic
ular. We solicit a trial order.
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