nutf Mauura t if ir BROHD-MXE 9SeSe040 r TiiiroirLrouik, E THE pROAD-AXE, t tim tm tb QmU rf I.Uk. THE BROAD-AXE, . Hw to thm Lis- Bry TIm. 'HEW TO TUB LINK, LET TUB CUim KALL WHEUE THEY MAT.' VOL. Ill EUGKNK, LANE COUNTY, O "HE. WEDNESDAY, 'APRIL J2, 1899. NO. 48. PAY8 THE PENALTY. , . . Claud Dranton will Hang ' Friday . 1.- ..iL A I mi 1414 u.j vi tmmjt Last Monday Judgo Hamilton rcaei itemed Itraiitnn l Imi hanged Friday the I'.th day of May. When it was known that sen tenc would l pronounced at 1 o'clock tlie'courthoiise nt thtt Iiour wan every inch occupied by mh1 to gi t what in probably the last glinitiiK) they will ever obtain of i what is consider! d una of the worn I criiniuaU known in the whole range of rrinyiiality in Ilia world's history. For col l blooded, heart less cruelty, llraiiton'it crime fti on a parallel with tlie murders com in i Iti-J ly tin) Renders, or llio committed iy Then Durrani. Tho Ik'ii dera .took tho liven of their inoffensive, unsuspecting vie t i nt h (or money . Claudn II ran ton killed hi friend I. inn whilo lying asleep, and burned his LikIv all for money. Tno conduct ul Durrani in killing tho girls was. .no moru hruul and flclidii.li III u n that u Ilrilliton. When the jiriMim r tiled into the rourthoUMt chained to the guard, Mr. John Holland, L'laudn rx liilc itcd thn na mo cool, stolid nerve which he has maintained Ifom lhe'!"Vr ,I"',"ry-PrL your soul." H'ginnitig. Wore thn aamn inrx 1 ! i Lftblau jiii.-cl i ii 1 1 i.; a 1 an.iW jwuliartPivcu tca-daya iu-whicb to Cla al. to lill It had ler n elated that Rraiito'u liad professed religion, and ia now reconciled to bin fate. We Bupw-e ilia hardly neocs sary to rtatn that Itranton Y'cxrcu- J the corioralioi oi only ia thia lion will take place in the jail!'" control of public coiiccnm, but yard in Kmfene, within a stockade ehajxj of vant corporate nted for thv urMe, mj as to.wmbinationa ami tiUxls it ia nio- prveut bring witnersed by the pii Mic, the law rnjuiring that not more than twelve men. aome doc- r ana prrnapa a lew newiipaper rrprrMiitativee shall be preaenl. That lUITalo ConfprfdCf. In another place in thia iraue will I acn notice of a o'itie4il con ierence that is to take place at ItufTilo, New I'ork from June 2Sth to July 4lh of the pnstnt year. Thia promine to 1 one of the iiKwt itiiMrtant xilitical gather inga ever held in this country. Whiie the confi-reuco is to lie po litical, it ia to be non-partiran in character,- rompowMl of prominent men of all panic, and educational and atrial itiMitiilionaof the union. We are not aufTicieHtly advised as to tho main objecta of the protosrd meeting, but we venture the in tention ia to make tae principle of direct Irgirlation and other kind red nubjecU the basis -of ita plat form. The movement has our earnest sympathy, aa some such inoveinent wems necetisary, in order In meet the united action ol the millions who favor a system of government, controlled by the cople and for the people. The Sentence of Ilmnton. Following is Judgo Hamilton' remarks in passing sentence upon CUndu Itranton: rotate of Oregon vs Claude Bran ton. Now at this time comes on thn above cauae to be heard and proceeded w ith in compliance with the mandato of the suprvme court of the state of Oregon, filed and entered in the journal of this court in said causo, and it duly appear ing to this court that the said de fendant Claudo Itranton was on tho 4tU day of November, 1898, duly convicted of the crime of murder in the first degree in this, that on tho 15th day of June 1898, the snid Claudo Itranton did pur posuly and of his dcliborato and premeditated malice kill John A. Linn, and on the 8th day of No vemlier, IS'.W, judgment of this court was duly pronounced in said causa by thia court that the said Claudo Itranton ba hanged by the neck until dead, and it fur the: ap jicuring from tho mandate of said supreme court of the state of Ore gon so filed and entered in this raiiso that said judgment is in all thing alllrmed by the said su preme court of the state of Oregon; nnd now the said defendant, Claud Itranton, Wing present in court, and nl.-o hi.- counsel, V. l Hide, and lining asked if had anything to say why sentence should not b pronounced Umiii him, answered: "That ha had nothing to any only that he hitd never' attempted to jump nut of the window." The Court: It ia therefore or dercd adjudged and decreed that he tho said Claude Itranton la guilty of unirdrr in the first degree in thit that on tho 1 5th day of June, 18'JH, in Iine county, utato of Oregon, he did iurMMi-ly and of hi deliberate and premeditated ma lieu kill John A. Linn, and that ho the said (Maude Itranton be kept in clone confinement until Friday, the 12fli day of May, l.TJ'J, and Uxn said day, between the hour of 10 a. in. and 2 p. in.,, thereof, lie, the saidlpreesion against labor, giving Claude liramon, Isa taken to 'a place to be prepared within" the iui lonure . of the jaif where he is confined in the presence of 12 bona fide electors of I.ane county, Or gon, to Ihj selected by the sheriff" of Lane county, and there on a.iid date, to-wit Friday the 12th, 189, between the hour of 10 a. ni. and 2 p. in. of said day, he the said Cluudo RranUin, Iks hanged by the neck until dead, and the state of Oregon recover from defendant its costs herein. And the court added iiv the sentence, "And may (iod Judge Halo asked for and wax bill of exception, The Fruit of I'rr-Jlrge. The great employe of lalxir. noMilixing the field of privato in duiitry, driving by its monstrous power all individual competition into the ranks of wagv-lalior-Machincry then supplant labor, and thia no longer becomes the essential fictor in production of which economists boast. The com otition between labor U-comes intense and the wages aid to it even when employed are the most meager. Thus labor-saving machinery comes tu mean to labor nothing clae but the reduction or deprivation of its means of liveli hood, while the corporation profits ty mechanical ' progress at the ex pense and to the oppre avion of labor." Is it, then, to lie wondered at that the coriioration ii becoming to labor an object of increasing dread? Labor feel that it. dues not get its rhare, that when with the aid of machinery it can. ac complish ao much, and when capital reaps therefrom enormous fortunes, the niggard wages meted out to it are, at best, an un just return, it foels that the con dition of things which, instead of giving to It any share ' in the world's, mechanical progress, con verts this into the means 'of its oppression j and deprivation, is unjust to the last degree and no longer to be tolerated. This feeling rises into nienanco in strikes and labor combinations; it produces sullen revolt against existing in stitutions, and is the parent of socialism and nihilism, demand ing their destruction. The fact is that labor docs not get its share; and why shouldjtT Between these vast corporations, whether in con trol of public or private enterprise, there is practically no such thing as competition, for thi employment of labor, whilo the competition between labor for employment crowded out as it is by machinery -is fierce enough, and it is only too glad to accept work upon any terms. lint chanco have the' employees of a railroad or other ' gigantic corporation to dic tate terms of wages to ita man agement?1 They cannot spare the time and have not the means to change their residence in search of work elsewhere, nor can they abandon the trained occupation of a lifetime; and even should they do so, the conditions else where and in other occupations are tho same. They must, however have employment, and have there fore no recourse but to aoccpt the wages offered. The utter help lencs of l.ibor, by ordinary incan to get any reasonable terms from these moiiHU'r employers, is awn in its deerate attempts to force them to belter terms by combin ations and strikes, but its inabil ity by even such methods to ol tain justice ha become only too notorious. Labor ia right in its resentment againM capital; it is right in its dread of the corporation, liy the fruitful instrumentality oly the corporation, capital is becoming more and more concentrated ad powerful, and is not onj TTppro prialing all the vast gains of mechanical Invention and the world's progress, but has con verted theae .into mear.a of op- it less relatively than before, and is inevitably depriving the toiling masses of the right to labor and to live. Not only do these privileges thus opprets and rob of its jut reward labor in all its forms, but in another sense, and as deeply, they affect every member ofso-' ciety as a consumer. The wages or profiu of all productive labor are determine"! by two conditions: Firt, tho actual money wages or returns received;- and, Secondly, the coft of living. The obj9Ct of the whulo utrugqle of - the mastics iV for subsintencc,--for existence; w hen the fa rnier. recci ves s-t jn any cnU p-r bui-liel or per pound for his pmductn, when the manufact urer ao much for his goods, the hiirtines man so many cents or dollars profit upon his scale," or when the laborer receives hi day's wage, the paramount consideration with each is how much of the nuccssariea or comforts of lifu this money will procure. .Now tliew privileges, while they reduce the actual money reward of productive labor, atKo, in turn, inerca.e the price of all article of use to con minor, production alone is not able lo iiear tneir burden. .Some times tho burden is greater upon production, .sometimes ujwn con sumption; but the candle of living is burnt at boll) ends. ) ' ' - - ' Social and Political Conference. "The National Social and Polit ical Conference" is to meet at Kuftalo June 23 to July 4 for "united and efficient action in im-important-directions." Kltwecd Pomeroy, of Newark, N. J., pre a ident of the National Direct Legis lation League, is secretary of the, committee having the movement in charge. Circular letters con taining the prospectus of the move ment have beeu sent broadcast through the country. In Michigan the governor himself has evidently furnished a list of men for the committee. Scores of politicians have received invitations to attend at Buffalo, and from the names and character of those receiving invitations it is evident that the list has bf en selected with great caro atid with an eye toward energetic organisation. The circular letter of announce ment of the new movement is in part as follows: "A meeting will be held at Buffalo, N. Y., from June 23 to July 3, 1899, of progressive men and women of various political and social beliefs, . to consider the present condition of American poli tics and economics and what is the next thing to do. "We are in the midst of Im portant changes in political issues and parties and social and indus trial conditions, and it is felt that a frank and friendly interchange of opinion on the part of thought ful and serious men may lead to united effort and efficient action in important directions. "This convention is purely a meeting for conference, no rson present to be bound by any resolu tion he does not vote for." The committee fathering this circular letter is as follows: & Hon Haten S Pingree, governor of Michigan; Geo I) Herron, pro fessor of applied Christianity at Iowa College, (Irinnell. Iowa; Hon William V Allen, United States Senator; Col Frank Purlin, editor the People's Messenger, Oklahoma, Miss; Richard T Lly, professor University of. WiHcoiisin; W 8 Morgan, editor Bute Haw, Hardy, Ark; Henry D Lloyd", author "Wealth vs Com monwealth," WinneUkenjjJIon Hichard KjMtigrey; United States Senator; Kug?TrtV Debs, Terra Haute, Ind; Hon Josiah Quincy, mayor, Boston, Mom, John U Woolly, Chicago; Hon James O Magulre, San FrancUco; Rev Ly man Abbott, I) D, editor the Out-J look, New York; Hon Marion Butler, United States Senator; Samuel Gomiers, president Amer ican Federation of Labor; Prof Graham Taylor, the Commons, Chicago; Milton Park, editor South ern Mercury, Dallas, Tex; Hon J M Owen, editor Farm, Stock and Home, Minneapolis; Hon J P Altgeld, ex-governor of Illinois; Dr K U Andrew.-!, superintendent public schools, Chicago; Col Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Cambridge, Mass; Rev Benjamin Fay Mill", Boston, Mass;' Edwin D Mead, editor New England ' Mag azine; tm O M Jones, mayor, Toledo, Ohio; N O Nelson, St Louis; James ' II Fertiss, 1 editor Daily News, Joliet, III; Fit weed Pomeroy, president National Direct Legisla tion League, Newark, N J. , Mix June Adiuns, Hull Houe-, Chicago; Henry Carter Adams, Professor Political Kconomy, L'ni ver ttity tjf M icfiig njllon- IPX Beutly, editor Wit Texas Sentinel, Abileue, Tex; Hon James II Barry, editor the Star, San Francisco; Pmf K P Bern is, Kanaa State Agricultural " College;" Rev "V D P Bli, President Reform League, 1a Angeles, Cul ; Hon John W KrciUcnthal, bank commissioner, Totx-ka, Kan; Hon J P Buchanan, ex-Governor of Tennessee, Way side, Tenu; Joseph R Buchanan, American Press Association, New York; ERA Seligman, prof essor political economy, Columbia. Col b"Re, New York; Herbert N Casson, editor tlrr-Coming Ration, Ruskin, Tenn; Prof Joln R Commons, Syrausjsc University; Hon Frank Doster, Supreme Court Judge, Topeka, Kansas; fMrs M 1) D Fry, editor Union Signal, national sec retary Woman's Christian Temper ance Union: W;S Carter, editor Firemen's Magzinc, organ Bro therhood of Locomotive Firemen, Peoria, 111; Dr George A Gates, professor Iowa College, Grinnell, Iowoj Rev" WashIngtonGradJen, Columbus, Ohio; Hon James II Lewis, Seattle, Wash. W II Harvey, author "Coins' Financial Shcool;" Hon John Mac- Vicker, mayor, Des Moines, Iowa; I'rof Frank Parsons, Boston, Mass; Charles B Spahr, associate editor Outlook; J W Sullivan, author "Direct Legislation," Typograph ical Union, New York; Dr. C F Taylor, editor of the . Medical World, Philadelphia, Pa; Hon Jerry Simpson, Medicine Lodge, Kans; Rev II W Thomas, I) D, Chicago; J Allen Smith, professor political economy, Washington University; Hon Thomas McEwan, Jr, Jersey City, N J; AM Thomp son, editor the New Era, chairman Union Reform Tarty, Springfield, Ohio; Ed P Farrell, president Typo graphic! Union, No 6 New York; Hon A M Todd, Kalaniaioo, M ich. Joseph B Reynolds, University Settlement, N Y: Booker T Wash ington, Tuskcgce, Ala; Hon O W Stewart, chairman of last Prohi bitionist national convention, Chi cngj; E J Wheeler, editor of the Voice and the Literary Digest, New York; Prof CharKs Zubin, Chicago University; Mrs L M N Stevens, national president Woman's Chris tian Temperance Union, Portland, Me, Hon John P St John, ex-governor of Kansas; Hon Joseph C Sibley, Franklin, Pa; Hon George Fred Williams, Dedh.im, Mass; John Brisbano Walker, editor Cos mopolitan; Willie J - Abbott," New York Journal, New York; William Deau Hjwells, New York. Han, Trade and Money. The common bond of society is the dependence of man upon man No man can produce by himself all he needs or all he wants. He must obtain from others wha he cannot produce. This he dors by exchanging his product or by Kilitical economy, rendering aervice. These ex changes are the only means where by men can exist in organized society. Every exchange ia a mutual gain. All improvement, the progress of civilixation, springs from these exchanges. The business of the world is in its elements only sn exchange of tiroducts or services Analyse the vast business of the country and it reduces to a transfer of com mod ities from producer to consumer. Taking ft comprehensive view of these facts we may consider all products in the market as forming a common slock from which all men supply their wants. The common stock is the accumulation of exchangeable things. The division of labor and the system of business that obtain among civilised people conceal the fact, but the truth remains that the whole -movement is the ex change of products and ervjces. WHY DOES MO.NET CIBCt'LATfc? ' These exchanges are ml direct. They are effected through the use of money. The philosophy of the use of money may be readily un derstood. For instance, a man sells hii crop. It goes into the common stock. He 'receives $300. This money represents his claim against theommonstock. With it he can complete the exchange. That is, having sold his crop for 1 500. he can now buy or withdraw from the common stock a share of equal value. In these transactions it is evident 1 that money ii only a medium of exchange, acting both as a receipt and an order, and that it can be used as such because it represent value in the common stock. Money circulates because it rep resents value in the common stock. . Whatever represents value in the common stock is money. And we" may note that whatever repre sents value but is not a claim against the common stock ia not money. Money is not part of the common stock. It is not designed for con sumption. It is essentially evi dence of value. Hence it can make no difference in the use of money whether it is made of one material or another. Money can have no effect upon the character of things exchanged. It can only represent their value. When we sell we receive money, and when we buy we part wtih it While in our possi-sion we can make no use of the properties of the material out of which the money is made, or if we do then we destroy the money. Bearing in mind that money represents value in the common stock, we may state the law as follows: Money circulates because it rep resents value. So long as man remains a producing agent and ex changes his prodncts, just so long will he require money as a medium of exchange. THE MONEY TltKOJfY OF THE WORLD This theory teaches : 1. That money must be made ot some material that is rare and and valuable. Hence gold and silver are used as money metals 3. That money must be equal in value to the things exchanged. s. that money is a measure and a standard ot value. 4. that money is used as a medium of exchange because it is valuable. This theory is all assumption There is nothing in the nature of things that warrants a single one of these four propositions. The whole theory is a relic of bar barism. "It is contrary to fact and to reason. The logic of events has ignored it Money i$n common medium of exchange which has the nature both of a receipt and an order. It is clear that a receipt is only good for the value expresed in it, and that it may be written on dear or cheap material, but this would have no bearing upon the nature of the receipt An order may like- wise be written on dear or cheap material, but this would have no cflcvt upon tlie, nature of the order. DISCOVERED- V The OrejronUn's ServUe Ador ation or Mckinley aa4 An tipathy of Dewey LI4 Bare. ; Portland, April 1. (To the Ed itorsBeing a man in the humble walks of life, and having given many years of service to the re publican party in its private ranks, I am surprised that The OregonLan has taken the stand it has against the nomination of Admiral George Dewey for president by the, re publican party and in favor of the renomination of McKinley. The Oregonian, by this act, it seems to me, bos gone over to the enemy the trusts and all the forces that work against the wel fare of common humanity. The renomination of McKinley, in the opinion of the writer, will be the defeat of the republican party. The hearts of millions of the great common people the bone and sinew of this great country are set upon George Dewey for presi dent, and you . ignore that fast and invite defeat from the start We will have no more of McKin ley! " The common people of this country niiea the ranks ol our army with privates that went forth to sustain the honor of our country, and were rewarded for their patriotism being poisoned with embalmed ' beef, and as a result hundreds are in premature graves who wese near and dear to Us who were left behind by the ties of nature. The two men wno are responsible for this are rewarded by McKinley one by being assigned to a life of ease and idleness fornix years on a fat salaiy, and the other by 6eTug retained in one of the most respon sible cabinet positions.; Think you, Mr. Editor, that we common people will vote for that roan for. president who rewards the men thaf poisoned our boys? Nit I No, sir! I and thousands of others of the comnum people who are not connected with cor- porated trusts will vote many times over for Colonel V. J. Bry an in preference to McKiuley, irrespective of what our past party affiliations have been. We believe that. 16 to 1- and - anti eipanbion talk will not be as great a ca lamity and disgrace to our country as has embalmed beef. Mr. Editor, the talk you make that Dewey would not accept the presidency is all rot (excuse our plain speech). Dewey is ft loyal patriot, and will serve faithfully with honor and distinction in any position in which he may be placed by the American people. If the republican party is to succeed, give as common people a chance to vote for Admiral Dew ey, and we will elect him have no fear on that score; but take warning in time, we will not help re-elect McKinley, although we are strong expansionists. Pikbcs Back. That's What the Troops Thoigkt - ia Cnba. . Some citisen of Eugene under the suggestive signature of "Bull Beef" writes the Oregonian as fol lows. , The writer has our hearty sympathy: "Eugene, Or., March 81. (To the Editor.) For God's sake give us a rest on the beef question. We have read nothing but bad beef, rotton beef, Alger and the investi gation on spoiled beef, for the past month or more. Bad beet for breakfast spoiled beef for dinner, embalmed beef for supper. Can not you think of anything else to write about but bad beef? Do you want to turn our stomachs? Give us hash. Give us Portland politics. Give us anything but bad beef. Give us a rest We have had enough of your spoiled beef.' Bull Bk. "Prosperity ' has struck our j friends of the Express-Advance, and they betray the evidence o( it b making their paper a neat semi weekly now. Boys, "Here's till jese."" Onr 8oac of rralsea. e Just to obey the mandate of Ira Campbell, member of the National Press Association, requiring all legitimate members of the Press Association of Oregon to sing praises to itself for having secured the meeting of the National AiMci atioa at Portland this year we are moved to sing, and we request all legitimate newspapers in the "Web foot" state not to fall backward, and join na. in our effort. Now, all sing. Gentlemen of the "National Press Association, we, the people of Oregon will welcome yon among us. We will endeavor to make you feel at hoaae. We will not be da ixle your eyes by the gaudy tinsel of Eastern manners to pro vent you seeing us as we are. All we ask is to tell your folks when you get back borne in plain language about our rivers, broad valleys, wide fields, ear orchards, our forests, streams and fishes, our snow capped mountains, and our mines and farm houses and barns, cities towns and villages, school houses and churches. Tell them of our climate and seasons etc, etc. Tell- them that we have lots of room here for men of means and muscle but not an inch to spare for hobos and tramps, and but small room lor tne common laborer the country being already orer crowded with these. We don't expect you to go back East and tell your people much about us, ss we rather fear your visit on the Pacific slope will - be more as an outing for a little rest than for the purpose of learning much con cerning our country and its re sources, or of Jour people and institutid-ns. If the former is your Ijjiirpoie you will not be dis appointed it the latter, it would be impossible for yon to do yourselves and our country justice. At all eventjtVe expect your visit to create in your minds pleasant impressions of us which will be as lasting as life, and a enduring as our hills. And now let us sins; a new version of an old fashioned doxol- Praise the press from which all blessings flow; praise it all creatures here below; praise it all ye Webfoot host, and save your hid from ft "vnmi Tnant" News Notes. Fraa Smtom Capital Jon null. New York, April 5. A special to the Herald from Washington says: Much interest is felt here in the proposition originating with the inhabitants of St Kitts in the Leeward islands, for the exchange of the Philippines for the British West Indies. There are strong arguments fn favor of such an exchange if Great Britain can be induced to part with her West Indian possestuons. and there is little doubt that if the people of the United SUtes had an opportunity to choose between the Philippines and the English pos sessions in the Carribean sea they would prefer the latter. . New York, April 5. A proposi tion is being agitated to trade off the Philippines for the British West Indies. The proposition is favored by the South but is oppos ed by the West because it would hurt the trade prospects of the western country. Fort Worth, Tex. April 5. Dr. Vllttl ICI . 1111 19, VI UV J . department of the United State array passed here today enroute to Washington. He oomes from the Philippines and says the reports of excellent health among the troops are false. Dr. Harris stated that many United. States soldiers, dis heartened over their physieal con dition, deliberately placed them selves up as a target for the rii mey's guns. Chicago, April V Carter II Har rison has been re-elected mayor of Chicago. He has a plurality --f 41,933, but has 6,300 less than a majority. Harrison has carried "t-l out of 34 wards, including his own ward, rhk-h Is nominally KrptiH liean; also the Tenth, a stn-m Republican ward and the home of t:. ...... i !...!... r..i.. M I O Vj'p'llVUt, HU. VBI1TI,