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fcUGENE, .LANIS COUNTV, O HE. WEDNESDAY, ffcBTOUfct 15, 1899.
NO. 40.
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VOL. Ill
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An KCoitvfc,l'1or.turM r.t P.ccilV,
Ope'in Jlot'so- Letter cf'ltuv.
Waiter. '
Capitol toiiTiitil: "J no F UHioU
'tit ex-coiiykt, entertained nn an
lioncr of shout tw.i liun'ir -I M
Meed's opera hemee-litst"' night with
a slyry of -the ahuus practieM in
'the .Oregon state prison. The
speaker announced that he ln do
'frayed ih'u entire expanse ef hiring
the 0D0(a ribYtsewnd advertising ine
'meeting otlt 6f hi earnings at 110
-month' ton W farm east of fW'tn.
At the C-nclusIon ofliis leetdio ho
'ufTgwl arty on char.ce t dis
.puts my of his .hiteniPnts hut "no
'one dterid H Jlrrttest or denial.
JIo expressed regret 'Hint 'there
A HrKfrfrtifloB f.MW.
i
mutter, h ri ' Yr.rt tier if gTieral
. . iiiert to ft lur;; Hetlloinont !
Orejiw'iiaii: "('ilheiift wroc .!tim f tl o county tli; w n
opinions carry tho weight ol n;o.t vital principle invelvll, then
what is tha ir.tt r7 Who are the
-fr-M Of
lli-iiihtuliifi4- uro, III. out ex
caption, in favor Yf-w-t-mipiU'iit
niul carefully dcvl: ed registration
law! Tbi IxtiiiK true, it infi. irt i
r'iiiinia . tlml tint pnmnt legis
uture will enact ii;h a li. 1 11 -ti'lligrut
'reirMt'iilativc inoY) r
not liki-ly to ignore tlio Uinly
riri'nti wiilliva of , thfir cuit
MttliMiiry iu a in4tlr -vitxl to
hinit lfCtiiiK l ti I gV)U covitii-
miit. The Harmon tiki Uill l.ilU ' ''uBtd mik! IteRiHtt-r live not l--n
lutvo the merit of rtful c'u- "liuMird." Oh we foiK"t. U'hnt
tructiott, ftnil -wilt, no douM,lcn rrtel of ruouoly
rtriive the coiihi.l.ratlon due an orjjui? NoLlnng. ,
An tefamouB Bill.
The "Nil "tint h4 '.'Wt ln rt
KrU(l to Cl:gri y jhs 'Hou:--coinac'v
C'JiBlrfitti.' le n mo-t in
fmnotie iri'.mtiie. ' Ti c l.ruz'-n
or jMt'larl'y f itn nii'.!ior, is tiio-t
Ami ' wtouiiuiue and r.owH .t. ...ctf.-r
'.'ff.'i:lirr,y 'I it !.; county :o'jrt,
or tl.i; ISo jIIi Kc):-y '.uiiwi,
t n'li llift it f.r'nmTK ffiir?.
if.owl y? We h;ivo liwird of crr.teoirt for 'the li tcll-nr-c of
hiibKiiliVd jreiw, but tmly'-curjtbo" volcn of tl:e 'mtr'.iy. A
wiil:fiiorBriw hvo not 'Lifii j fropr title for thf ,:!! wonl-l 1
iolM,lii:.. We hve ,rd tl.ali"AMll lo .r(vo toN);-. v..rltj that,
there w nui:h thing -in th'. wjil.j'the 'Atnerican t;eir.j.!: arc
h. I.n.t iivn.fv. ul urlv the!':"iivictel loole. -vrf.n herein bu
tt: 'in y
impit'tHiit projiixiii ion fpn hoin-xt,
r-rri'iituti ve men. -Thin it to
IImom tionk, J'he Mihiwk river
hns for the i;iit fiftevn y'ur been
t'.nfl.K line, or 13.22 'grains f !re
C 'II, lihg tno cn-tnth f rt cf
tho
f-e-Jtion f j,rov!d? I
That r.J! ollittif.n cf 'te
L'nHed fe'taUe for the pni.enl of
h'J tllte.-cd it; to t!:nll; Util'tt othei
mnv Kif.ttiit.ly ' tliiliited, be
deenv-d end hulj to be pe.jahlo in
(?o!d ccin of the L'ni'ed S'.Kte. n
.lefin-d in the ctmidard nfomiii.
Tii'j fourth tcetion providi for
the re'Jerr tk-n of stiver dollani in
fluid, thug corjijiletlng; the H-truc-ti
in of filvtr en rnoi.ey me.ftl.
The bill gow further and euthor-
r 'the creation of a division of
Tlie rgonlan fo Oel'.ing Do wn cn
The i.rje ad Sccrta a fbitft
, ir. tte IntreH cf lie People.
growth of a tritetn of virtaal
ceffddta? ,
-Whut ! lha remedy? tnpH
fnoTdinte growth of . the? u
pertditarM in every direction, and,
do every&lnfe p'ostiHi 'to "redtti
thera to reasonable 'UmiU and to
hold "them down. It ia the leatk
frlt.fllAV -Vile . r.ii-A
leuderx of the country In jilur.der
them of thfclr prfcpeflj 4,nd ij)rive
thuir chilun-n or their bn TTingbt.' ithe Trcturv Department to Vv.
If th proposed nx-aMiru I ad rfell0wn a ti e ririsich of ici'U and
l-en the lw of the lan'l in IH3 f redemption a:.d eo arrnnees rn tt-
Wc iffc a careful teadlng 'tf the
f.Ijoring arUcle UVen from theVfpr rtAitf rfty nii eOuntrr, Vor
school dhrtrkt and read diatrUt
and for every divittion and ub.
d!vi'.on of public aditlnhlratieid.
That la tho we? to. aftp tho laeuo
Orcgtriiun. Eo!ko Wfcolawrne ad
ytco in offered to the voter that
should Le heeded. Ye ars ptl
o ii'ituerttiai a 'journal ai tle
OregotilAb has thrown its weight
4n the iwe on the side of ecotoirry 'mgwiieapiul on Jhe Inquiry
ia . prodacuf
.av tliut one of th.-in will prohahlv tJiwd an a iiavinl lo n iin for ' nothii-ff co'lld hve proventwl the teri that the burden
. , . . I ... ... ! . .1 ...J .i . . !
m fiiiitU'd into it luw, mid Uio
were uiniiy rnei'.ere no initent that ' Pinn ct on gon in ivon h khIo
'they CoUld not be d?..UPirt V-ilh jjuard of honest '1h lions ho Joirg
Sprupritty before a ublie atvlienre aithhcld ip the irrWePt if place
He contt!ret! the oi'ly re lei:iiiing hutitingiptiiilioin.ip.",
feature of the prleoh uisnafement Wo'ft.vor a iw',,itration lew l.y
to be tile "uiedt.-al 'dopsf'.n eitt I K- all riieatv. -Hitt, ttch a law v ill
der 'tor Philhrm'k. i!o rharf:es, hAe
that olxervatioii of the Sahlth fin olor'ta rm
at the prtfflii Is a iV.erc formal hy-f th ('..n!itution
porrysv. He fl.arifep that tLeNiualiilitalioMi tf the voter. 'Itni'.l
toiiiiiicri'iul purp!4f"aiid has i country
tniiili! audi by the citizens of 'throe of
tithing of .'the prlBoncre i ron
'ducted in an indecent inntu-r. 'fir
'cited litntaiKn' where convict
'were fiofnd foVcori:p1inini; ' that
! b rert cttlM-rvrt thrt the Kuprume
j frnnrliiiM) tu
LuitiK'r Co ();
he J'ooth
h;v olrd
Court line dtx-rnred in lheactf
White vi countyroiniijifici.ei i riiry
jlh.it u'Tli'.rtu rpfjririnf 'previotn
the bean wro":iour and that the JrRUtration, an a condition of x
teuard. eimlM' . Much incllt'idii nn ' eroirinc the richt to Vote, in I'llut
hanging a enrfvict wp'hy the artn:ftT-wrih-s & cinwtir'cwtitTi "uilili rt r" '".rm-'srreirm r.p-n
to enfore'dipcitiline. A mntro- to thopo ctH'oi.'ivti hv the' ronptitu-. the
Terif over taking a liptidn-t froiu a lion, and in llifn-fure.voiil.
'craty Indian who was K"'K to a' '' 11 c.ir-ful nair inution
8ao4t.nftlMtr convict. Tho etiard art i;f tho provinioTn of the
i.a! tiit'it !.. n.w. n.uit ! ..nr ii( ns'i wlii.-li tin. r..nr 'iv-itl-i-r (!( t or the
of maintain-
leirifF cnr.uU-d in the'inir a pold reserve for there-
revuii.:ion in thvt year, 'detnption cf tat:k.ncte"7the.ll be
Mihak;up.d btcpiiee under its provision the. thrown' upon' the United ?Sitcp
Wii'rtv.AP, The county court of rhuhine of the countrj- would have j rri-aury. It furth-jr provides for
l ane coui.ty ha leut-l paMjheeii brought to a Ktandptill, -the ! the continues etle of horde by
.Ireum for ninety ' years to the ' "orfrs cf 'the jccuil'.ry turret! ' the cvernment to procure goUiU:
ILpith-Kflhy LlnbtT '.', coi-.trrry I mlo tl.o etreet to starve, anU carry cut the provisions of the
.
Jarr.es anU his band cf
urdcrs and train . robbers never
Hmm-VUv- That w, the f iti nr '1 h cr.mo cf-y. i; wrs coir.mitt(i ; beh-ved that tho people liked to
.f Mohawk Vull-y in man niet-tini; in ti.e iarK.r I r.a people tia'i no te mnrdt-red or robbed; therefore
ar'yfilh-r on thcr.tday-T-l"tcfcqW!,rt' thatun e-snult wh to-le- th-rr adopted - meanr-to-TOTEfel
l''f co'vl-f ii the artion ol ujKin tlicui, an t tho con-;iheir victims to deliver up their
paid rouiitv t-wurt U. jr.-uUi5 taiJ!--'trivrs coit'Juci.-ii tr-err. , wora j mtr.ey.l Ley io realize, that
k;)lcvith jfrent oi.r.i.ing and secrecy ; there wa noxw: danger connected
verj-'nrflfully fian.ed i to th laws paMtd in lS'JU relative idehtir would hate been forced to bill,
rwat oMiHirlitiK with! to fratiehiirt of . unnavigablej "acrifice thir pocspi.nu to meet Jw
Jtion whieh define the 'plrenn-K ther-fore ho ' the dt'inai.ds of creditors murder
. . ... I . t . . . .I..;.: ! rrl...nf.rMA rTlk'tt tri.ii infrmilUrl 'li.liii..
and ha taken dlarui art the Con
dition of things Sentiments such
a art: held bv the $rgonian d'.ter
ed hy-srpopuUtt would be denoun
ced as an emphatic " calamity
liowh-
- Orcgonian : "The article 're
printed from The Dalles Times
Mountaineer cn the rush fbr in
terest beafiirir b-rids Or warrants,
and on the disinclination of capit
allot it inveH in prouc.ive in
dufitrv ia in acccrd with whit 'the
-.for 'iarejtmetH"
Industry. . .
Tats the wta Tax tl.
The tote'in xhe house Iaai vsjaJk
on tho morfgaga tm bill ftood a.
followa:
Ayes 'Blackaby, 'Bra'ttain.'B-h,
OurrimingS, ' Curtis, Donnelly,
FJagg. Fordney, Freehand, Greet,
Gray, 'flaws on, Jones, Hnigb),
Krcne, Ltrcson, lewis," Harsh,
Oreonian cften Raid and ureedJ 5Ias?:ngill, Mai well, HcAlistef,
C:j.t;!iy
i iiui' n.4 cf Mohan k Vaiii y.
id
'.pel detection. The in- with their enterDrise. that of hold-
fitinou aet of KeWruary 12 f that-ing up .eot!e and eorop! ling them
year - contain eiteen pag - df j'to- Sfrpre. - rt 'the piratical
It i. ea to see why the ' ca pit r list
want) thew cinch investments; KMt
why should the people and the
leiplfare p!ay into bis hand?
Why the continual demand for ex
travagance in public expenditure
which bondbuyers encocrage in
order that theyciay get invest
ments that are pluced beyond risk?
if the . Ureijot.ian coma utter a
thunder-word on "the' euh'ject so as
to rtfch '(he public ear it would be
Hi-ii viv That f.iid franchise inn'tor,' roletin- to everything in ; band that is demmding the passage ia t0 j0 ,0
of the ! will he eoniep'.rd by tlie citu ;is of ! co-.iii.-ction with the operations ofof this bill not only proposr to j -vi'' nat 'the
Ip.;'-. ! Mohawk and furthrrmort! wc t. ill ' a mint, for the ptirjw'so cf e'ndiiHj rlrrder and drive more people to ,... nj "e.T
rht of tln attention of Conpres? an 1 the, deatl) through etarvatioh rnd sui
wanted t ffiake -lat.-mwit
peopie
legislature
consider?
consider?.
wsnlen hYid all three thcu''d to liow an firLvtive Kia'i.tr.i'.iou l.nv
makeaure of ptinitihing the rifci:v frHmd that . will he
one. f)no man IopI hia ream !M1:l:iiUei lY t)lC h'iprcTiO c mri.
i f
line ' e..nn:rv irTi a single un
whi
ein r.ide each' vcar than all the train i
...t. l.l.. h.-K .Kn
Tim .I l.ir.'d v.ii.it i 1 1 lli.uilt-L.
it .r i. i .. ',;.t ii-..r ' th- rtai3irn nlver U.lUr wss robliera
I . . .1 . ! .1 . ......
unvrii. T:.at .aid county : oimuea iroin me ut i couip .cewturr. i.ut tev expect tnai me i
frourt hail im rifcl.t or jori-di' ti n.; Ai.d ler-l in perusing fr:h tn j j eop'o Who are te be plundered
'trtlv bver thridrm irni.tuM i. ...I 1., .1...' 'to i-rant saf! l.-anntiM f hi-k-i , umir.' bhu - en9'j.r. -mu ana murRcrea wm ui.nuy tne wnra
mrl.tK. fie n1'!inn- v.-rv timid i... .1 . i- . ... ..: , .. ':ron IVip.rt.)
w - 1 -. t iri.iidmi J - i . . w.. k iJ 11'. A3
Meeting an omcrr one rlav cou.iitt; , ,(;0i, uv that will hd 1
Hhrough a dir he mr'ud bark imfl K.Hd If peil l. aril if th- chu
Hhrew up hia hands. . tie wan tu-d f ur Convi!t".iion attain t.t.ind in
(The worst of this abuse lies 'ir the
McCourt, McQueen, KioboU,
Palmer, Platts, Sherwiri, Stcwarf,
Stillman, Stump, Thotapaoa
Clackamas, Topping, Virtu, "Wkli.
ner, Wilson, Wonacott, Yoan,
and Mr Speaker; 39, 32 Repub
licans, 17 Union, , .
CWKva:
JV'Tl't-J
TV. Ya-t-:.L.
Ciia'.rinan.
up in the chap.1 and fcivrh injUe a ay. hy lt us am.nd the j
lashe- and an OrrK.t Ihv. . pot .-riFtittinn.-ia.thtthFi.tfrf j
'onhirnandl k wh-i etit t; the c. M Huir.:i ph il! ne loupe- b- Ptulli-
and In a short time he eif:e! te b. ' f:,. fe,,,' l)Nrt ridd.-n l.y the
. ..... i
'dying. Jle was rarrnsi to the , .rh;Ilnl;,,H t,f C),rruj,t otpv,.
bathroom, his shirt soaked otr hi hunters
.. a i, i, i " r 1
M,k 1 VII U niMI vi'n'M, . -
flnah. Ho horrible was tho pi.ht ! About tin Mot lffaco In
Hhat one of the hardened convicts
Serin Notes.
We nt;ef "l.tt Uiitle Sam in
I st i m?:nh:?r n.:ht accid.-nlally 'aud give the criirinaU immunity
' j,n-Vvf,1heKiT7?;W 6fJt!5c-?l"Trr!.a' ke!.r.ce"ty 'legalizing - their
i.'.lar fr jm the list of coins', a i operaticps through a federal stat
I rovi-i.iii wa li.ttrtcd providing; uto
f..r u stiver u.Ur, a "tradrt dulNr' J To this class, of whom Secretary
i that th'. -ttont'on cf the render jG;ig? is the type, representative in
of the bill, oiilcv susK.-cfir.g foul the ndminiatratiou and epokeeman
Law
fainted. The man was declared in
sane, sent to the inane asylum it"
Srhere in a few days hediixl.
"The editor ol tho Journal doc
not believe the utibtipponed v.tate
rnsnt of an ex-convict hhould be
tweivedjiythe public as evidence'
in every detail iirilppw corroborated
'by coUttcTal testimony."
" Every now and then Vepoffji 61 a
-irailar character to the above gain
currency of treotrrent of inmates of
tome of the statu inPtitutions at
Ulem. For a whilo they Hre rp
in a blaze of rnomentar 'excite
ment nd indignation among the
jieople until the thing is snuff. d
out by thuhe officials who are re
sponsible and no. more is heard of
' it Rome three Veats Or more ago,
vlmllar reporta to that detailed of
Bogging the man who was sent to
be asylum and died from the ef
fect Off the lash, came out charging
kb Hendricka, superintendent of
the reforsa school with aHowing
' -owe or msr of the Htm hoy a of
that Institution beaten with tfce
..iah ontil their ahirU adhered to
their WVs fc6 that taihiiig 1n
Varm water was necessary before
the clothing old be remOVed.
Theae fad ere 'establikhed fey n
doobtod teeVi-onyv and yet no
thing wa done about it luatead
l Uandrwla being removed or
dishonored in any wwy in the
timaCM el those who put hint In
th praoe. he nil hewn promoted we
. believe and now hold, a responsi
ble federal appolrAinent simply as
reward tdt services . rendered In
j-liebalfot men who through cor
Vnpt meaVrs got In 4 positiou whore
they oonlii requite htm for his
. rJtrvicei .
T.'e ohicrVc that 'inc'Hfcopf'osetl
the re-iiiPtatement of
mortc;ice tax law tiepn es
..l.i.t I.... ll.-it ll... 1 ..n .rt'M I .i f--
1,1. .1 ,l..l ... .... ....... .
will not 'fall cn the holder of tin-
mortgage but-ipon "the borrot er.
who t. ill cotnpelled to pay the
tax in nddition t the interest,
n-1 . . ; .1... at I . .
llliiv ip, inm tho-ity iuhiu i .
may exact uwuery in oetianre ft ! .
law to coyer-any burden of tax-'
ation which the mortgage tax law
may involve. It thia be correct,
if the moniy hmner may withou"
icoliaint take advantage 61 the
nevpppitics of the hrtrroVer if he
may demand his pound flesh, and
there can be no law to restrain
hifrr, "Why then wo "have not
iM a great way from the days
when men were imprisoned for
debt, croptwd and branded for
rietty larceny, whipped i at the
whipping post for sWesring on
Sunday and burnt at the stake
for witchcraft.
and
Mohawk Baits Meeting.
InrttrA Themselves.
Seven hobos held high carnival
few nights ago In the oity jail at
Albany. Finding the rlcw tin-
.- looked thwjr Went in and built a
tirt And warmed theaiselvfe aud
' eWrhhkbttnk.
The iollon-irrg resolutions were
passed Feb. 3 by a mass meeting of
the citizens of Mohawk valley ex
prcssVve of their feelings and par
poses reetarding the rcoent action
of the connly couVt in leasing tho
Mohawk river to the Booth-Kelley
Mill Company.
' Mr C V Kvans, who acted as
fcccretarr of tho meeting, informs
us that there Were about Th persons
bsesent and thai thro sentiment of
thosw present was practically
linanlmuis in support of the
resolutions adopted. Mr Kvans
AW-mfiirms the Broad-Axe that
the hegipter first refused to publinh
the resolution, nJ Vhal Mr
Rowland 'eity editor evt tho Guard
Informed him when requpried to
publish them, thai he Mr Kvans
should be very cautious about
what he pullishcd.
1 We are at a loss IA explain why
tho!B papeTe are rc- rdi-v and
rr-t ti iiir supidies f.-or:i Australia for
hip am; y at the Philippine:' j.ict
now. llw nitidis tli'.s this help
'th Arnericau farmer for his
products?
Koxi'liur, vire. Feb. 7. An
of-ht 'ear old davfjhter of Alva
i Hrown was burned t-j eath last
one ,;!,, ..nr Ml, 1,11.. i-r".. L- 11. r
'1'itliing cauglit -firo at the lire
pl i. e
Orcgonian: T!ie presid.-nt's ;om
inp! i,''iii of K.hmu'p Miile 'cP, and
his repoilid de.-ire to humiliate j
ominous for the armv
I.pps se-rious
have madn
: I . . .
1UCIII-. ;
Sifas Ijiiio, i)!n of the oldest and
mot 3?pcctcd citizens of ,I.ane
county, died ut his home at Cottage
Grow last Tuesday. He was horn
in "Granger county, Tennespee SO
years ego. y In the spring '"d 1SS2,
with Mr Haselton, he started from
Mispo'.rri to Oregon with five teams,
mHiini; the trio in five mouths.
He and
tho founders of Cottafi
had followed farming for a liv
ing, llis wite is very wk and is
not expected to live. Tiev havo
but one son, Jackson G'L.me, now
KViiigat Deer IhIkc, Montana.
Lebanon, Feb 7. John Marshall,
aged. 05 years, died at his home,
large numbers cf the people for eh
lareement of every fnctionjf - the
goverr.cvrttal system, and for dis
covery e f new ways and methods of
makiug things free, which , means
creatiofi of new burdens for the
f boulders el thspsople.
The Or??onian 'la rerjentin
what it rpsVirt before; but it
w ould be-Iad 16 find-power " to
u.iimer the protest on the" public
ear till heed were given it as its im
portance and ra"vity demand.
"On one side the demand for in
creased Tcblic expenditure is.
incessant and insatiate. On the
other it ii encouraged by bond-,
buyer?, men 6i lare capital, whv
seek opportunities to make invest
ments that call for no exertion or
er.'.'?rr ri?e, and art absolutely with-'
who would favor such a mes-1 out risic. S-o long as tr.e people o
.. . . ..t
when, the votes were ccuf.tci o m xn-.a course oi creai:ng puouc
Clippings uHfl CbmmeaU. ;
Oregonian: "The federalisla
got fcp theJ3artford convention ik
18U did not stop the War with
England, but they . wrecked . theyr
political reputations for life and
damned themselves histdricallf for -
an tme. Ecrtator- nonr - an -
following will only be named to be
bioaed and cursed for many yeara
to come."
It h hardly fair to compart
"Senator Hoar and hia foilowuig"
play, in a'tiw way in connection J before this committee. There isn
f lieiewitli, might r adily overhnik j such thing as -presuming too much
the o:t.irvi-.n. Ifvt iut 5o in thij,Cp0n the ignorance of the people
measure that is now hrought nnd their blavithcess to part.
fC'rward. Th prcferit bill has the ' 1'he proposed measure could not
sanction of Secretary ' a ;e, wiiojhave received twenty votes in the
appeared t-ersimaliy Iwfo'e tho j contention that 'nominated J'resi
poinngo eoinniittee ,niu defended den,t Mckinley. If dunng' the
its proviions lin-. vivn lire. Icampnign he hid made known to
'The passage of this nva.-ure wih the American people that he would
constitute a lomr.-r Mei. toward the noi' lint a Secret.irv of t'n Xreas-
reaiintion of a g ..Id standard than :Hry
.mv lueasnTO i.ro'x i-il since IS:-', uri1
In,., ntttst-n.i;.. ..i,t:. ati:!i of the ' h .ni,t h iHIb h .iWk fo 1 d-lls and issuing bonds, the
money syndicates, witnnoiumg
their money from productive -enterprises,
will wait for these "sure
thicg, epponn pities. Augments
iion of great fortunes, without risk
is thus made easy, and little or
nothing is done by capital for
pTosotion of lyrcductive industry
l government are now payable in cover that he wSs a candidate be
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, - ilhe government, t il t'.e silver i Even vote that can be caun'.ea
I doi.ars now in ex.st.n.-o are lawiul j itK3ii. ii either blanch of. Congress,
money to pay all debt-', public and for t.n infamous uieas trc can be
private, equally with gold, except '-counted upon to vote for the cre
w herein . a stccif.C contiaet hab! ation cl a latgo Maf.dinc army.
bcen mado to pay gold. The
government of the United ..States,
under the law ss it now stands,
has the option to fay its bonds in! to protect itljfuv in possersion of
eiihcT gold or silver coin. Green- J their plunder. Those who favor
hacks and treasury n6ee 'of t?.c,lt.s to rcdeee the masses of enr
Ilaselton were practically ! Kovernment ttrc redeeTiMe at the; people to starvation in order that
iders of Cottare Grove. Hej option of the government in either they may increase their own gain,
gold or silver coin.' In fact, the realizo the necessity for soldiers to
The men who want laws enacted
to ersble them to rob and plunder The expense thus entailed on The
the ieoplt', naturally want soldiers
Yeticent "on tls Mobtwk frstchlsejhy Craft..
seven miles enst tf this city, Into
last nht from the effect of burns
received during the partial de
stiuction of his house by fire eaVly
Sunday morning. Marshall was
in i.cnaimn aluraay, ami it is
said that he drank considerably,
and also tUTchascd a quantity of
liquor and took it home w ith him.
He wna not seen again thst day.
Tito next morning John Craft, a
neighbor, called ai his place, and,
receiving no response to a knock,
opened the door , and Walked in.
He found Marshall in bed, with
hiH clothing almost entirely burneM
fT, his left side burned to a crisp,
and his head singed. The floor
was in ltanrc. and Craft ex
tinguished the fire. Medfcal aid
for the injured man was at once
summoned, but all efforts to save
.his life were futile, and he died
withw 38 hours after he was found
United States .government, on'.c'r
existing law, has Tio gold obliga
tions except tha t&standing gold
certificates which represent redd
held In the treasury for ( their
rtccific redemption.
The pending ill repeals the 1aT
under which all outstanding gov
ernment obligations vee created
and make ern payable in god
niaiatain the peace and compel
the starving populace ' to respect
the rights of property.
None el the ether nations that
have rJoeed their mints to silvtr
gone so far as is proposed in
biH. Should this weastire be-
rrmo a law and other nations
follow in its wake, the fall in prices
hsi
thi
rst mst enwe dnrimr." the next
ooin Only. 1 his includes all gov j twenty years will be far greater
crnment bonds a well as greyi-ithan any fall that has heretofore
Te-ks and tVetsry notes, lit j taken plaeo, and the concentration
provides Tor the retirement andj-sf the wealth of tho world into tho
caixjellalien ot all government hands of the lew will to or. at an
paper money', and authorizes the
banks to issue circulating notes
without limit. It fort her provide
that nil silver . dollars shall be
redeemable in gold. Silver cer
tificates will bo permitted to con
tinue in circulition for a time, to
lie redeemed in ailver dollar.
This is a t'cre blind, as the bill
it.-elf reduces silver to token
money on a level with paper.
The first section of tho bill
provides s follows: -';
That the standard unit of value
shall as now be the dollar, and
consist of 25.8 grain of rold, nine-
accelearated pace until there re
main only two classes, a small
class inordinately tich, while the
masse of the people are reduced
to a dependent tenantry, with all
vennes to future progress closed
against them'. Silver Khight
Watchman. .
property of the community, with
the excessive, taxation made
necessary by continually IfroVng
current expenditure, "rapidly dimin
ishes the valuo of property for all
property is mortgaged to the bond
holder, and Is taxed, besides, to
support the extravagant current
expense. The tendency of h all
is to eliminate the smaller proper
ties, to reduce the number of
persons of moderate means, and to
1 create a small class of very rich
and a larce class o! very poor. It
is so inevitably. Public expend!
ture in excess, wlh sale of bonis,
payment of interest and c tress of
taxation from which tne bond
holder is exempt, since there is no
possibility of reaching him, prc-
ces this result as surely as any
effect follows its cause; aiid it cuts
off the inducement and means of
employing labor iu productive un
dertakings,
"Another word. Thejrwho com
plain most of the grasping bond
holder are. for the most part, the
very men who crcaVi hia oportuui-
and pbl
. F Tou'ehclte, aged 39 years
died at Cottage Grove Tuesday
morning from cancer of the liver.
He moved frorn Wisconsin ten
years ago and ha been engaged in
the sawmill business. Ho leaves a
wife and a ten vear old ron.
to those old Hartford convention
sympathizers with "England. We
are not certain but thatthe minority
in th senate who voted egaaoit
ratifying the treaty,- repreeente "
the majorify of the people of' th
United States. The question witk
the people ie: What have we gdl
as a result of "that war? What
have we got for the . $20,000,000
we f r.v Spain lor the Philippines,
and for trie lives of our soldiers e .
pended in the , war we have had in
the Philippines? And what hav'i
sc got for all the live and money
spent ia Cube! What have We got
(o show for it? it looks to us like
we have heen out on a Don Quixot
ic errand, fighting windmills to de
fend the honor of tern. imrinary
he.n and been "lambasted for our
pains. Surely people who .annot
jcin in the prooeseiot. for conquest
on the other sidi of tho globe, and
lie demand for a large etkfi-fiag ,
- i.
army, an abrupt cepartjrre from
the settled policy of the -nation for
a hundred years should uot be
classed with those Hartford con
vention tones'. , k
We rise to give it 4s a Cur pri
vate opinion .publicly expressed.
that the removal of General Miles
from the command of the army. -
will v-ke Miles the most popular
man in America', possibly, except
ing Dewey. McKinley", Alger and ,
Eagan must take back, seat.
ftiterian : . "A demos ra tie ex
change temarks that the mass of
the farmers are opposed to ex.
pantlon. This X a huge mistake'.
The formers know it will make
more and better markets for their
products. The increased trad re
lations of the United States are of
vital interest to the farmers, and
in no . other way will they so
quickly and surely find favorable
markets for the prodacta ot tlieir
farms."
Oregonian: "Senator Grky Is 1
sound, consistent gedd democrat
is friendly to 'expansion, and there
are no other serious stations bei
fore us in the future. Why not
re-elect Senator Gray?"
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lira pub viio lvnu over iuvi , i-T-a7i T
wholrproplrly-orhniTate7lT-,tThe al-ov remark ol lha Ore
cwiutv or district into his hand's, ,'gonlan is eignffleant iM ahowin
If is th general Voter who doe. WW Knt are "Wtti
this business. Will be nol see broken and that the que-Uon
that he is bringir.e; hie ow'n w'flns'-ceand question. grow!-J ed
to the' grindstone", patting , f the Uu war will I tba -t:tnr
mortgage on the energies ! hU;" tasls ul tutilre Wf
posteiitv, end hKir., Indeed, tbejHfc-
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