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VOL. Ill
KlKiKNK, LAK COUNTY, OHE. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1899.
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The N(truirgl for KxUtPiieo.
The doctrine of "Tho slrugirle l'r
existence," liorrowed (mm thu Urtite
kingdom, whcro life in suiituiiiod ly
tho warring uhmi and devouring of
each other, ill Kiltiylit to bu nilii'
to lint , (mm ihI llfn n man. Tlio
condition li( society - iU i I )' m : 1 ( y
niul miacry is said to lx doe
alone Ik tin' i t i 1 1 nf 111:111 in llicj
world, and to lie it wise nit-l
necessary provision f.r his develop
ment and prngrcsa. la tho bruin
kingdom tin lower forms of life
nte created for tha suatttnnnee of
tuo higlifr (orni; the clroiiKtr,
more ai'iivo nno mure riiiiiniiK i
. . . .
ruy Umiu und di'vuiir the wrakrr j ''ry nnd in drmand; the jrod'n
nud lea eapahl". Ilia' thu wilhjl'.v which it wriht'd from liiilllic j
them a atriiKglut for eii-ti'ni:e in j her etona va alow and ,rduoun, 1
whiidi the litti-t alone nurvive; the ;" itn i ouinrjtive m,ie"i'ily und .
Uer preserve it lifo lerai:i of it m arcity gave it almot tlm iliinity !
Iletiie.4a:i the lion, Imn uuh' of itn j
utrength; and this hohU true of all
other form of brute life. Ho, nlio,
( the conlitiiMi of man in the
ftlVflffB t.it. ulnrn liiri liiiMiiiiiMk i.
to war on hi fi-llown; tho lrollg.ht !
tribe or nation cruoh out th,,,l"o;injj at a'nYaihlno can do
waaaar ana acnirov Uiein. n. ,
then, tin dK'trinu Ite true u p
liol b prenl industrial . mx-irty,
tho millionairo acipiiri'ii hi vat
MHUK'ijiH l!aiim of liin aupcrior
litutmi, whil" ill" honest toiler, .uii-
.ii. i. i- i' f
nio in oniaill a iiVIIIL' Uliia ,
want l-vu,e of hi unlilue.-a to I
enrvivo in lli- truggle. j
Thi. d.Ktrina an.!..,,- that there ;
t? iioi Qviu enouKu in me . wonu ;
lor a:i; tint rumo mtitl iH-risti in
jrder that otlirn mav nurvive: and ' n:
thatiti. therefore right f. reach to r the product; ,t k U Us n-rviom 'n-U-nn not one whil nu.re indo
Wy hi Uturl iumiuct, and ; !' 't can, ami, receive it pay, . IlwlJcill t1:lll tl0 day-Uborer. His
prAKTVC In o o lila at whatever j
rout 'to hi fellows. ' Il maki ,
ivilirrd man, as lh brute or the I
i"vsg.
the natural prey of the
utroujcr aud more cunning. It i !
evea claimed that I" aioiil .hi
xscaL, or Id eitend tlieiti rharitv, i
-wW, a, ii VMn BooVy
with a rlas of being who are unfit
to cixL "
Whether judified -by thi die-
trine or not, certain it is that the
condition o( tlu uii uf Bocietyj
I that of a struggle fr esioteiice
Whether we lake the wage
worker, the (armor, the mechanic,
r businchs man, the poniiioii of market compels Uic laUircr to ac-
ach, ai.d his cxixtciHv'cven, in cept the terms of rapital, ami tako
ecured only by n iierco oinpcti- j Murving. if be cannot K t living,
tivo strugcle. .Not only i lhl,wK--- '1 how driver, out of in-
atrugglo Intense, but it i alo l'l'Wt -.v the of macl.iiury
precariou, as seen in tho condition
of the wage-laborer when he loses
employment, of tlio farmer wlitu,
unable to hold hi farm he loses it
under morlgag,s o, of tho mechanic
nnd merchant who fail iu bu.ineut
und are ruined. ,
Tho wsge-wniker, born into the
world portionless and with nothing
Itut his strong arm (or hi support,
enters this struggle. Tho son (
tho poor, be lis from i-ariiost
meant. Hi father, bom like him
self into the ranks of toil, has
rhaps been unable, even with
the bardost exertion, to support
himself and family fr.vi from debt,
or to make any provision sgsirst
tho sura npj roaen of age. Much
less, then, is lie abh to give his
children any itance at their
atart in lifo. Happy, indeed, is
the day-lahnrrr, if be has been pro
vided with tlie most common
education, and is strong of body
nnd litifti, anil, thus equipped, rnn
go forth into the world to toil for
bread s-ith any chain of succesf.
He sees around him broad acres
in country and city unoccupied,
nature bountiful, and the world's
lor-houses fulL Itut in all this
lirofusion he has no sh.ej the
world and its wealth bchnga to
(he mora fortunate than he. Ho
will, perhaps not atop to inquire
how or by what moans it hat come
into their scsion; tho fact alone
is sufficient for him. He must bo
up and doing, and tins no Urns to
arte (limit any auch question,
however much it may concern him.
One thing l knows full well,
1hal of all this wealth lio has no
Tight lo so mnrh as a crust of
lirrod to keep from htarving txccpi
Jio tain il by hia labor. ' Nor even
... ii.., I... I.. ... ;..!. roiiit
liytho eonset t of the owners of
skis wealth; for upon the s. il or
lO-finits a1! I..1.. must ! eMittd;
ln in nit hnvo tlio it of these, nnl
of machinery and tools, and must
filter thu i'liiliy of these owners,
who nre thus hi muster. 1 1 :i j t v
i lir if lio Hticcfcd in finding sm h
to servo; (r only lima run 1 10 hope
to -if-t.
Hot to find UK li master i be
coming i ! r-ifi n k I y difficult
tlic-ni :
niu rF iiiiiiit omrm lino llllilMll ,
.... ......... 1:1... I '.. If
engaged in Becking employ 'jit-nt,
that musters are Inird to find mimhi
any b-rin. ll nods, rliap r;m
reim-mber, of llio ti mo when the
UUir of man and beast were til
mini olely doM.tidod Uhii in all
the industric of life. Then labor,
I I.. ..... I. I . I I . . .. .. . ..
""K"i nrniiin, wuu inrri ;
of contract in lixiiig the term of
its mrv ii'ii. Itut now that lahor
stvini; mai'himry ha increaxed ii
1 MatT a hundrcil-folil, it i Imtoiu-
, ing lot and
i-K 7indiflion-.lt.le I
when one man, (r,rfii
child,!
the 1 ,
wur 01 uiiv, u Mnnas 10 reawni
that tho ow ners of the machine
. .
uinl inn term I can diHiienir withi , . ,
, . , , . ... ' recoure but to plunge into
the Ialr of fortv-nioe of ihcm; . , ,, . . . . i
. Vtiri.t. Ilu inuht Uo so in order to
uir i" i iiiai.iiiiicry maaea ni:
servant man HUperlluou. That
,i"i'ii ii lii'-. ii" v-ui nun unit -r y ia :
ki...i. it ir....i i.:
ll 1. tflt 4lli4'! lurii-li . mr v iy i
h If rv dent, (mm ,t laU.r.vii.p ,
U .r-d.K,,HH,g po.o r. That
Ul-r nharea no part Vf the gain
i rww v.,,..,
coiuiihmiuv, h n. nu
larl in the material, tlio machine, I
'
" i" .e ei"i bo ir as is
rneernd. That laUtr, however,
loen it emplovment i no Iih
certain; f.r if capital have a m w
wr vutU that cheaply ran do m
much, what folly it would bo to
employ the old! Id capital now
giveempUyuicbl to all the .labor !
1'iat offers itrelf," and the '"'world's '
nuiket are nliiH'e glutted '
Hence labor i tramping the)
j country vainly (or work, and daily
,,M"K "l'ymo oecaue no
; longer rcouired.
The
conw-iueni crowdci ami
drugged condition of the lular i
,..,., urn r or or mre, a....
will, mi long a manIuJM.1 anil pride '
remain, preier to work lor a
pittance than to leg et pe'iallv . an ;
' X f
;';t - 'R'"K ; is prtyaru.ua. They
will therefore oiler their services, it
,, , ... .
may well Im Btipooscd, for leis than
, ' , .
if rmidoyment were plentiful nnd
1 ' ,, . . .
assured. If any one of them is
. ...
without idiuiiy, no can nud wi i'f . .. , , . . , . . . ,
, , , , , ... r too laborer, into abject want
work lor less than heads of families .... i . . I
ran afford, and tly.se must give
Moreover tho fact of being
in employment enable tho laborer
to obtain credit; and thus by the
aorumulatrou of a doht-burd-m, he
may eko out a scant sulsistenoo on
wnges luss than in themselves
Hullicicnt to support life. The
necessitous condition of labor and
the crowded condition of the lalmr
market, gives tho laborer r.o owcr
of contract. He hears of a law of I
wages nhicl, Ull him that he will l
not consent to tako less than I
sufficient to support life; but any
timo when sc.ch law obtained, and
when be could o'tnin employment
under that independent attitude,
must seem to him a I'topian con
dition indeed. He knows full well
that whon ho is out of employment
he will accept the wages odcrcd,
and that his consent is never asktul
in fixing those; bo knows, too, that
tho wnges ho receives in employ
ment are not living wnges. Hence
labor is every w hero thbt-burdened,
thriftless and indigent.
I?"aW'C lubnrrr ir.ny fail to And
employment even on these terms;
or. having found it, may and does
loso it upon each recurring crisis.
Dcbt-burdciiod and thriftless nt
host, this lt hio sole means of
Minoort is cone, and he. together
with all tlmso dependent unon him
aro plunged into pauperism; hsv
ins no richl or plitce to LUr and
j cam tho moans to support life, ho
driven forth an outcast, broken
M1'1'1. "i-'rtut.c n rcpr-ach
and even a crime, coinellcd to live
upon charily or kink into a pau
or's grave. '
Tim fanner, liko the day-laborer,
i ((''"'Tally landli'HM and jmrlinn
IfMM when lit enter this struggle
(iir existence. Mid father, by year
j of stint and toil, nmy (crimps own
a, fur in nnd have it coinfortul.lv
.
ttpjcKl'l
1; or, ah ii more often the
t'.iKf, cannot rail fin aero of ground
hid ou 11 free from mortgage. Hut
in either caso the hoii hit hit own
fortune to make. Ilia father must
rear and tducule his family and
! hwvo aupport for himself In age;
and lvi'II UKifi Ina dralh thu shnre
. M ....
piiihj cni 11 ui It I H cliildreil ia
gi-iu rally trifling, and comc-ii late
in life. The farmer thu l:lera life
without aim re or )Mrtioii in the
world, except he wina it Ly the
alxr of hia hauda.
Itut tlie inrmer mut have land,
ftick, iiiipk-tiiciit", seed fr hi
1 crop, ami ruljfihleiico luring tlie
l tiri !& 1 11 fr dKiikfin 1 r n ...... 1... l..,.n
. . ,
1 11 iiiiiu money, or nc may pcraupa
!:.... .. .. t . I
have received a. Mii.ill patrimony.
Ilii inviiilri fliiu t.lil nu a riitu il in
, f ... . . , , ,
Il'itifullv inadinuatr. and ho has
engage in huMnrs ut all; he might
have toiled a lifetime and mill
- r . , . , ... .
' t.l(.f 0lXUiilUn, JlU.
e tll(.r,fl)ri) llortgilKe, . llilt
,Ut tU ,Krhnr and even
jmpien.pntg. Xo all
opjnar-
ifllli'rl ltlllctM'llilcllt III fniit!ini mwl
:i:..-.i,, , i i :
Irt-f in 111. i r i' it t.i lull li.i i . i...L'i.r.
in the day-laborer
debt aro hi master; they arc a
lirct lien upon his toil and stand
U'U'ien lii tit" and tho use of the
world and the world's wealth in
jirodueliou. Tho "hy-liborer in
hi employ may envy, his appar
ently indeMnt ponition; but Could
lhat laborer ee beneath th
surface the wc.iring anxiety to
make end meet, to pay interest
on this debt-burden, and keep up
expenses; could he see how diflicull
,; 1f rvp,
ill tro?perous times, i
and boir. wlicii rr.ux f.iil ur lli
, ., j
niarkets nre unfavorable
the
lu-
im.ht falls behind and other debts
accumulate; could the Liborer sec
the desperate efforts to avert-tuin
lo!.illg aKaiht hope ' that some
,ur in ,lU ftfr.lir wiM pomchoW
'xtHente him fron. his difficulties
,ft)J ,J(W ftt
the mortgages
sweep away his (arm, his stock and
! imiilcriientii- le-ivinft )iim liirtelifciil v
... , , ,,
1 11 Vfll I I'll ' rfllllil IliA I:llMir..r ii nil
lh. J(e vouM'
! , ... . ,
tion, of the two, i the more inde-
i . . ,- . ,, , ,
ipcii.fent in all but nume. rnm
,i . ,-, - , . , ,
this condition it is but a tep, and
... . .... ' ,
almcu-t a more inevitable one than
and w rttchednis.
Llerirofutrd.
. . .'mediately afterward there was a
Mrs Marth IMaoa was executed: ..... . ,
,v - i t i ti i- .Uuost oramattic episode.' General
ut New ork Monday. Tho first;' . , , ,
ahivk lasted four SconJs.
Mis Martha I'laivkillol her step
daughter, Ada I'laee, 22 years old
at their home in Brooklyn, Febru
ary ft, l.HiK A double murder had
been plannetl by the woman. Jhe
icilteil lu-r Hleii-4!niif.fiti.r w-lumi llw
. . ... ,ftl.rln natv
o - - - r 1
splitting her skull open with an ax
nnd ouring vitrol on her face and
in her mouth. '
Tho sanio evening tho woman lay
in wait for her hustand, William
M riuce in tho darkenetl hallway
of the house, and when ho eutered
she ttruck him in the faro w ilh the
ax and inflicted a serious wound.
ll managed to get ontsido the
front door and alarm tho neighbors
tn-fore he became unconscious.
Place's 3rst wii'o died six or sev
en yonrs ago and about 18 months
afterwards ho engaged thi 'Woman
wIki becamo his second wife as
housekeeper. Tho eiuso for tlie
crime is said to be jealousy of llm
stepdaughter.
Mrs Place's slory .4 the crimo
was that she had thrown carbolic
acid in he stepdaughter's face dur
ing a quarrel and then got (he
ax to defend herself from attack.
Road Stiorvior ICylec camo in
Thursday ami bought a nickk's
wnjth f the Axe.
Fijrhtlnff Vuier Dllcoltlei.
A rorrefjioiident of th A(oci'
ated I'reaa at Manila ay: ''An
army hua aeldora outralej. imdi r
harder condition! than iTr-ii bean
tho Ami lean.
The nautre of tlie country ia auch
that the enemy cannot bfl wen 100
fuel dirlanl. During the charges
llio Anir-ricans are Ignoraat as to
whether they are attacking a hun-1
dred or a thousand of rebels. A
pxiaoncr captured by the Ameii
cans says tlie leaders boiat that
hey can keep up thi 1".
1 1 1 - a ir m :
detndiiig uikjii the American
forces lieing weakened dally by 20
m-n killed wounded 01 invalided.
S.oino high officials think 10,XX) re
inforcement are needed as the
troojM now on tho island are hard
ly more thaji enough to maintain
thu line around Ms.aila.and ulice
tho city.
TaxfM on Farm Lands.
Dwners of farm lands In Snoho
mish county are seriously eiiibar
aMed by tho rhape which the
question of taxes aro asumiilg.
There is scarcely a place which
has any improvemcn ts on It thai
i not taxed in an amount exceed
ing the rental value of tlie land.
1'nder such conditions it iseany to ''
culculalo what the reuit will be if
relief is not realized in some way.
It murt be a proerty cf good pro
ductive value to be a bio to-pay;
taxes at a rate of from 3 to 4 per
cent. No farm property can long
j endure it, and the only means for
farmers to d oul of tlie predica
ment is to let the county have the
procrty and taoouie renters. But
s icli a state of alT.iirs must not be
allowed to exist. There uiukI cer
t linly le a war of bringing tlie tax
rate to a point whero farm prop
erty may be held profitably. The
attention of our county officials ia
reeictfirtly tailed to this matter.
Sultan Journal. :
The above from a Washington
pajKr is applicable to Lane county
in A preat mpriMir. I'nr i inchr.n.
., . .
me taxes on property in ' r.ugene
is :?J jicr cent, or f3.o() on the
hundred dollars of assessed value
uf the projicrty. The rental value
of average city property will - not
exceed .1 per cent. And so far as
knowledge extends the taxes in the
country on tho best of (arm land
will not exceed its rental value.
The Closing Scene.
With a view that our readers
shall see how speaker R?ed snuld
General Wheeler wo , rint the
follow ing, ns reported by tho as
sociated press dispatches of March
4.
RKEn SM'RS WHEtLCT.
I "At 11:45 the assistant door
! kee?r with a lonj; polo set back
the clock hands ten niinu'.es. Iru-
. IIWHI, nuu JCllUIIICV I1VU1
cisiug his privilege as a member
of the house, pending (ho deter
mination of the question as to his
right lo a scat, arose and loudly
asked for recognition, "Mr. Spak
er," he called.
Tho speaker looked , straight
ahead as if ho did not hear. '4
'ask unanimous consent to speak
five minutes," shouted the general,
but the speaker disregarded him.
Kvery eye was rivited upon the
dimunitivo figure of the griciled
old 'veteran 4 (wo warv The sit
uation was intensely dramatic, but
encountered by tho Awlcana-.u,,,
Payne tho floor leade of thcth
mnjoritv, Imrrua to the rescue,
He moved a reces of ten minutes.
"Pending (hat, I ai-k unanimous
consent to Sok three minutes,"
demanded W'boolor. Tlie speaker
turned t award him lor the first
time and looking straight into I be
grey eye of tho gsneral ignored
tho request completely, putting
tho motion of Payne, nnd dcvlaied
it carried."
Commenting on tlio chow tins
Yaquiua Tug says: "Tom R.xd's
long ami honorable career in
congress docs not girt him tho
moral right lio use his power s
speaker of the
lo house and deal out
in justice
to the nemlcrs who'
dare to opeuly eijT n opinion
not in bnony with hi own.
Ilia treatment of the gritiled old
confederate jretran and Hantiagoi
hero, General Joseph wheeler,!
during the clobinir mi nut "a of the
aeaaion might have btn hated
parliauientarr law, but it
j waa jut the time when a warm-! treaaure. It will coat us niort.
hearted and generous presiding ' Wa have butrhered some tbooaands
(officer would have atreUhed the!0' savapes. We will Initcher more.
sw A few tinla. eoociallv to I
(Tor a political otiponeot. But I
Tom Reed is becoming brutal in
bis old age, and should be turned
town. If b is again honored with
the speakership, it is earnely
r. 1 . ... - .
hoped that the republics n members
who arc responsible will Individ
ually and tcollectively encounter
his rsuidly developing bump of
meanness. In theeyes of. thous
ands of republicans Tom Reed is
timply an old shattered idol."
A cowsrd is always a tyrant
when he ran with impunity insult
a brave man. Speaker Reed would
no more attempt to snub Joe
Wheeler, where the ineu't could lie
rcnt'ntcd,as Reed insulted h!in at
the clone of the lust congress, than he
would Hikc his puritanic head to
the front when our army is in ac
tion before the foe. Wht-eler is a
great man by nature Reed has
hid greutiicss thrust upon him.
Olberraan Will Hanr
I,?
tho circuit court today J.
M. Oibern.an, convicted of the
murder, of J. X. Casket 1 on MyrtU
Creek, had the death tenteuce
passed upon him fjr the second
tiuie. 'Hit time set for his execu
tion having passed while his ap
peal was yet pending in the sup
reme court, the second iv.-nter.ee
was rendered nt-eessary. Olberr
from
man appeared in court pule
his long confinement, and thin in
flesh. He showtd no rrorc than
his usual netvousness while await
ing sentence. When the jury re-
the case of Wiles vs.
Chapman,-Judge- Hamilton called
the case of the state vs. Olberman,
and said:
"The prisoner will stand up!"
Olberman arose.
"Have you anything to say why
sentence should not be passed upon
you? asked the court.
"No sir, I have not," was the
answer distinct ana witnoul a
tremor. The prisoner stood with
hi hands rlased behind him and
his hcad thrown well buck.
The court then said: t
' I be seutence oi the court is
lhat on Friday, tl 2Sth day of
April, 1S9!), lhat you J. M. Olber
man, be taken from your place of
confinement, and within tho in
cisure of Ihe jail where you are
confined, and in the presence of
twelve bona fide electors of Douglas
county, Oregon, to be eekctcd by
the sheriff of said county, that you
b hanged by the neck until you
arc dead. May God have mercy
on your soul.
The sheriff will remove the
prisoner."
The coolness of tho prisoner du
ring the trying scene was re
marked upou by many who wit
nested it. '
Sunday's Oregonian: 'The re
fineinent of crae'ty as distilled by
the slow process of the law in
meeting out justice to criminals
is aetn in the case of Claude Bran
ton, the Lane county murderer.
Tho execution of this criminal ia
long overdue. Both justice and
humanity aro violated in keep
ing a human being upon
mental strain by deUvine
execution of penalty until
mind and body arc w recked.
The
that
Ifafcty of society demands
cold-blooded murderers
should,
upon proper convictionin, be exe
cuted; the good tiamo of civilisa
tion requires that execution should
follow conviction promptly.''
7. T Kryes of Grants Pass gave
this office a, pleasant call Wednes
day of U.-t week. Mr Kcyes in
forms ns that he is here with his
w ifo who is under treatment of the
dix-tora for sickness, who we nrcj,,, fiu-r or soul of grealneMi. How
phased to state is 'in tW way to Ljj.jj ho gove,u these dissimilar
recover. Mr Keyes was our millona? Troubla? Tons of it.
neighbor while we were a resident J
of Mitchell, Onccon, and was one
of too ruccrsfftil stock turn in that
l.vnlily.
fT loat VJ lo BJo1 Akd
Tirtatre mr Oar IHnt. . ..
Brann'a Ioonoclaat: We bought
l"B Philippine ioaurrection from
U...:.. Ti ... i
fjuell it. It has coat us some life
The t,v Iiting influence of the ;
Anglo-Haxon has begun aad tlie
stench of corpses rotting in a I
tropical sun smells to high heaven, i
Having purchased an annuity of :
blood, it ia our prpo to col lust
it to tb uttertcest drop. Having
obtained, for lJ,000,(XX), 10,000,.
OiJ worthless human beings at 12
a bead, we will fundla them, shoot
them or even wash them, aa plaasea
us. Are they not our chattels by
the right of money and the right
of might? Shall wa not handle
our own? Shall we. not improve
the markm.inship pf oar soldiers?
The moralists be damned! What
is ours is ocrs. That which wa
choofMs to do is right. ,
The treaty of Paris, by fair or
foul means, has been ratified.
The duty of the legislative, branch
of the government is clear.'' It
must furnbh the executive with
means to compel order in the
archipelago. Having done that
much, it should adjourn and go
home with all speed. Any mem-bc-r
of the present congress can
live cut his life in the conscious
ness that he once belonged- to
America's chief aggregation of idi
ots, 'blovialir.g jingoes and ras
cals. Having given the executive
tlie means to accomplish his end.
il shoujd keeD its grasping pawa
off tho army. It will not do this,
C4ur'et but this is what it oiujht
to do. it bas plunged the Amer
ican people into a sea of trouble to
deep" and wide that no man may
sound it, or view its further verg.
It appears to be the prevalent im
pression among our legislator
and' newspaper writers that we
have" the right aa well as the
powor to kill as many savages as
wb please for the greater glory of
God and tlie advancement of the
prosjierity of our commercial trusts
Hiding behind that which ia aptly
termed "the disordered geuius of
Mr. Kipling," we pr pose to take
up the white man's burden and
tote it across more than six
hundred islands, a Krag-Jorgensen
in oue hand and a copy of the
Revised Statutes of the United
States in the other. General
Merritt says that fighting is like
ly to continue. General Greene
views the future with doubtful eye.
It will continue. Thousands of
Americans, stiff and wasted in
death, will go to cumber that alien
and unfriendly soil. AguinalJo is
r.o fool. . His strongest ally and
our moot fearful foeman is disease.
He will retire to his brakes and
morasses and mountains and wait
while we die Trouble!
Until Congress shall establish
a form of stable government for
the Philippine Islands William
LcKinW, and the president who
come after him, willvbe the dic
tators of the subjects whom we
bought Hoar long will that bo?
Alaska waa purchased from Russia
nearly thirfy-two yean ago. Con
gress has not devised for that
territory a satisfactory, competent
system of government. The pres
ent Congress is on its hut legs
thank Godl It has done little
toward establishing a filling and
permanent government for Hawaii
Porto Rico is to be governed.
iior,Jt inefiUble, Cuba is U he
governed
Of all the
paiiisii
oounlrk-s wreslod frout tho i'ap
of pain William McKinley, as
commander-in-chief of the army,
is dictator. For once in the his
tory 4 the American rejvublio its
head has becuuie, nut an executive
inslruineul for the concretion of !thiscenaeoliHi: H's took in a poor
the jieople's will, but a "ruler'- girl laU wiuirr without clothe or
de facto end per se. Here is a:halter; withTsTsix months fr.iM
man unablo to jovcrn a couuty the tio we txk hur, hi-'iu -school.
Here is a man who lias clothed, fed aad t-.i i . i (a
iin uiat nolDiiw oi tun firengiu
Iu the vain hope to end speedily
the Kilippino rebellion, a stream
Jf Hue
is
crosirg tho ocean,
Tbejr kreoonK bert aiwl iUu,
but Ihey thaU break onaVr tto
long ttrain. Tltejr are haughty
creU that b!l be lowered by
tlw aiar of mortal akkoeja.
TI... ..I . 1. 1 T 1
become fool for (ha worm. F
: what? That "eoMtatW-aaay ba
'extended; that AaaeriaaA tpoiaapol
ista may bava othar kesVg to '
grind ; that UruT-protectad pra-
;ites nay laitad opoj aibar paple;
that tb World nay be carries!
into Strang kabitationa aad aVWUr
may be sold to illiterates at 1,001
pereent mora than
thir '.
Taa p lb bita
'a ba rlu?
Sura. ' li ' ft!
and bold lowf. VbaM, gaiw lava
a tendancy to jerk op slightly a
lb nutlet No mailer If tka
naked and Uaak, thaagk Uval
roos, foa that faoaa yow at tare
hundred yards ia aranad my vitk
a baraboo bowl Hold low!
ball you aa tho rod spot show
on the dark akin and know that
yon are doing yoor doty aa a
Christian and earuicy; your 113. &J
a month aa a patriot
llv.Uie WcaJth-Creatar l'arw
asW Present Ceadltiatta.
We take tha following from tha
Arena of Nor 1895, whidi ia aa
applicable today aa it waa tha day
it waa written, and ia perhaps Just
the ease with many of our readers
who bring to the markets of Eu
gene the products of their arms
for sale. Read:
1 "There ia a great deal of cant a
the present lime about tlie Cmsy
condition of these who own, their
land, and we hear much about the
improvidence of working men as
the chief cause of their eufleriiyj.
Ueoce I ihuik that the follosiug
extract from a personals letter, . in.-
I which the writ-r, who live in ena
of the western stales. rncloocU
throe dollars mi his auosciiptiou iw
the Arena, will be interesting;
oar readers. 1ms ntleiua
writes:
"I will give you . the history ui
the enclosed three dollais. Mrs R
employed a neignbor and his wn'e
and team to gainer twuri.-e:. oa.ncla
of peaches; u i avium a.u
man wore six hours gel'.mg taeiu
into his wagon ; he urWineiii lo ,
a distant towu next day and re
turned the jbUuwimj day. ' The
enclosed. is the gr.su return fur Uie '
two and a half days uf man and
learn and. the .- half day of the
women to gather them.' -- ' .
Mrs B saw a "man deliver a fuh
two-horse wagon toad of melons lu
torn for two cents each; ti.e
smallest of t&eiu weighed iijirtv-
five pounds "a'ud the largest iifty--
six pounds; the load brought fifty .
cents. 4Io had hauled these aev-
eral miies, hence the whole day
was consumed besides the labor of
raisint them, and be loaded thens
the night before so as lo g"t aa
early sUrt. .
"Now do von sfender that sh.
peonle do nt eepport liW-ral an4
j progressive publicatie.ia a we
thinx tnr shxuur in toe orst
place, they raaaat get the man- y;
aod iu theeeeead place, they are
in mack the eaerstaJ nd ehyasoal
eonartiosi that tha Itlaeks were ia
years past. Their gas is fixed on
the ground; their faces are iorne
downward; when they cease to toil
the brain is passive or dormant;
the boey is exhaasted aa well as
the brain lairt y, they wrs
j never trained fro n la-tH
think i e th" i V ' "V '
i in pro vein in. '
"This sam- g.itliia an, in-. '.
tho b tier, in speaking of wha.
uiigni oe aoae ii toe -jnivnuuaica
were treated kiaidly, iieourag'-
uplifted, ao4 educated, eays: Te
show what sa be done I shsB
state what has been dUue here
ia
wav of iij- ml :ir:- r s r.i rii.
e put h.-r i V a j. :.:-'.r .it
two d.Jlars jiev wek A hundred
iimriv ma ,uil nuira. aitk iirmiu
orgnnuation aui r ff.tr t onnlsl hive
been placid without that oaud-
i present g"diafu)v'
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