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HILLS BORO, WASHINGTOIC COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 23,1900.
No. 44
Vol. XXVII.
Mi
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B, I. YONOUB
X. tary I'ahlie.
THUS H. A E. . TOMil'K,
rrOHNEYH- AT-LA W,
HILLKHOltO, OKfcUON.
Orrics: Roonia3,4, 5, aba-gas
W. . BARKKTT,
jlTOKNEYH-AT-LAW,
HlMJTJUn.01 tOON
Ovnna: Central HU10S. Rooms and J.
Macros ..-.mb ...
Notary I'nblM,
HM1TII BOWMAS,
ATTORNEYS-AT LAW.
HILUWOIIO. OUWHN.
Onmm Uuou and ?. atorgas lUa.
II. T. BAULKY,
ATTOKNKY AND
1111 LhHOKO outoos.
Deputy Uiilrlrl AiMarney lor Weshli.g
ton iJoiinty
Orvica: Over Delta Prug Store,
JOII M. WALL,
jTTORNHY-AT LAW,
UlUJMiOlW), ORI.UON.
lt,tily Morgan Work, Km 1 A 2
. T. LlSaLATKK, . H. U.
pilYHICIAN AND HUUU KON
UH.I.HIIOKO. OKICOON. ,
' Ovrioa: al rusldenoe, east
House, where ba mil I lonnd el all nuuia
when But visiting patwuta.
J. P. TAMIKMF., M. I.,
o P,B, II. 8UROEON,
UILLHUOKO. OKKOON.
! Orrioa Ka7ot eorner Third
ad Ham Streets. Otltoe Honrs, M to -a
m., W and I W H p. n.. Telephone to
,aidenoe frou. ItrookAHela' Drugstore at
T honre. All aalla i-rompUy attended.
Sight or day.
y km IIULBY, M. I".
1IIY8ICIAN,K11:IXN AND
I AltXUCllKUU.
1 ' HILLSIKHtO. OKKOON.
Omna! In rharaiaoy. Ilnton Mock. Calls
atteudod to, niiibt or day. Kesidcuot.. 8. w.
Cor. Rase Line and Second "trwis.
N. II. llllMI-llltt.Y.
)N VKYANCI NO AND
AIWTIlACTlNd OK flTI.KK.
cr
XTT. MLI.HHOKO. OKKOON.
' Legal papers d swn and I .nans on Ileal
Mate negotiate. Husiiieas aitendfrd In
With promptness and dipntb
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TMOirSOM SON.
20 veara experience in littler Uirnl nun)
,..' teiial tnwtarxwiUil. lT.ij.urly
oC KitlatM and ImlivUluaU caied for.
ummatthellataar. Korcft (Inw, OrrRon
r. K. UV.IWKK,
ovi'ot'vri 10
rnvciicAN ANnsur.or.oN.
FOREST OHOVK OUKOON.
II
MiMvial attention vnA t Mr-llrnt and
?rIHV!f Women and t h.Mr. ..
and all chronic diiwawa
nai. .nd rwii.leiM. Hoarlhy nonar
Vaiiilic ara.. w"t of Korent lnTe lioU l
K. NIXON,
1KNTI8T,
Ki)UKHTinOVK,llKi: N
1tart. 1l.1l trrtlinperwt- e'""
hUinKa from f I up. Vllalurd ir for pa.n
Imari traction. . .
Uvnoai Ihraa d.wra north of Krio
aora. Otnoa honm from a.m. to4 P. 01.
J. F. AIklS.
.Dkntist,
iiii.Usiioko, : .
lrru a lloi ra: a. ni. to 4 :W i. m.
Ortica In Union MiH'k over IM.arnnry
Waal Tp paaJlUrli careaSlch iirad
ajrfcr imli alion an.l cimallpation. A
.Mwhthll lurh drink. HcmoriK all priijv
lion of the akin, prodnomr a perf.vt com
iileiion, or money pefnndcit. L eta. ami
to cU Th IVlta lriin SUiro.
rraka HrnlM Oil I til
pnwrvKllva of now Iwlh.
Situ 1 110 iiwi n-iii.. wi
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in suit pniWU. I'M
Eureka
Harness Gil
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will mm onlT !" llti-r Imt
kirr. SnfclrTMymh'lvIn emM ll
StMfmm half llnt In atrnikwa.
Mai. h, SUMH aL Mh
IIERVITA PILLS!
tRMtersa VITALITY.
11 rT VIGOR
)MO MANHOOD
Curea Impotencv. Night Kmlaalonaand
wasting disease, an enecia 01 a-u-
I abuse, or execaa ami muia
Icretion. A rere tonic and
Itlootl builder. Urines the
irnlnk dow to pale checka and
run, m tokmi'B,
l"t M
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II
n a aianal aV
liVJW reetorea the Bre of youth.
LnT mall ft per 0 ho1"'
for a'JO; with a wrltton RTiAran
tretorura or rrfiinrt thn inoiiov.
Bond for circular. Address,
NERVITA MEDICAL CO.
Cimton AJacaeon Sts CMICACO, IU.
For sule by Delta Drug Store.
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Prearntly the landlady cam back.
"J.ft the door oiMMi,"' aha aald. bus
tllng to ahut It, "but a darky will be
(larky and never carriea a head on hie
shoulder like other folka. Not III. I
hope, air?" a lie aald, looking; at Greg
ory when alio had ahut the bedroom
door.
."Who," asked Gregory, la In that
room?"
(ilad to hare a little Innocent piece of
Soaalp to relate aud aonie one willing
to ht;:r it, the landlady made the moat
of a little story aa ahe cleared the ta
ble, blx mom ha before a lady bad
come alone to the hotel In a wagon,
with only a colored leader and a driv
er. Eight daya after a little baby bad
been born. If Gregory atood up and
looked out at the window, be would
ace a blue gum tree In the graveyard.
Close by It waa a little grave. The ba
by waa burled there, a tiny thing, only
lived two hours, and the mother ber
elf almost went wltb It. After awhile
ahe waa better, but one day ahe got np
out of ImhI, dressed beraetf without
anylng a word to any one and went
out. It wna a drizzly day. A little
time after some one aaw ber sitting on
the wet ground under the blue gum
tree, with the rain dripping from her
hat and shawl. They went to feteb
her, but ahe would not come until ahe
chose. When ahe did, ahe had gone to
bed and had not risen again from It;
never would, the doctor aald.
She wna very pntlont, poor thlngl
When yon went In to ask ber how ahe
waa, she aald nlwaya "Better" or
"Nearly well" and lay still In the dark
ened room and never troubled any one.
The Mozamblrjuer took care of her,
and alio would not allow any one elae
to touch her; would not ao much aa al
low any one else to aee her foot uncov
ered. She waa strange In many waya,
but she paid well, poor thing! And
now the nlozambhiuer waa going, and
ahe would have to take up wltb aoine
one else.
Iteforo dinner be bad ridden out of
the town to where on a rise a number
of trntisort wagona were "outspan
ned." The Dutchman driver of one
wondered at the atrnnger'a eagerneaa
to free himself of his horses. Htolen
pcrhnps, but It waa worth his while to
buy them at ao low a price, ao the
horses chnnged innstera, and Gregory
Walked off with Ills saddlebags slung
across his arm. Once out of sight of
the wagona, he struck out of the road
and walked across the "veld," the dry,
flowering grassee waving everywhere
aliout him. Half way across the p.il:i
he came to a deep gully which the rain
torrents had washed out, but which
was now dry. Gregory sprang down
into its rod lied. It waa a safe place
and quiet. When he had looked about
him, he sat down under the shade of
an overhanging hanle and fanned him
self with his hat. for the afternoon
was hot, and he had walked fast At
his feet the dusty ants ran about, and
the high red bank liefore blm waa cov
ered by a network of roota and nliera
washed bare by the ralua. Above bla
head rose the dear blue African sky.
At his side were the saddlebaga full of
women's clothing. Gregory looked Up
half plaintively Into the blue sky.
"Am I. am I Gregory Naalanaen
KoseT" he aald.
It was all ao atrange, he sitting there
In that "aloof In that up country
plain strange as the fantnatlc, chang
ing shaea In a summer cloud. At last,
tired out, he fell asleep, with hla bead
against the bank. When he woke, the
ahadow had atretched acroaa the
"sloot," and the sun waa on the edge
of the plain. Now he must be np and
doing, lie drew from hla breast pock
rt a little sixpenny looking glasa and
hung It on one of the roota that stuck
out from the bank. Then he dressed
nimself In one of the old fashioned
gowns and a great pinked ont collar.
Then he took out a rnzor. Tuft by tuft
the soft brown beard fell down Into
the sand, and the little ants took It to
line their neata with. Then the glasa
showed a fnce anrrounded by a frilled
cap, white as a woman's, with a little
mouth, a very short upper lip and a
receding chin.'
rrcaontly a rather tall woman's flfr
lire was making Its way acroaa the
veld." Aa It passed a hollowed out
ant heap It knelt down and stuffed In
the saddlebags with the mau'8 cloth
Inir. closing up the ant hill with blta of
eround to look aa natural aa possible.
I.Ike a sinner hilling hla deed of Bin, th
hliler startid ouce snd looked round,
but yet there was no one near save a
"mecrkat." who bad lifted herself out
of her hole and ant on her hind lega
wal. ldng. lie" did not like that even
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SORENESS
STIFFNESS
Koihlnc ivlsn tram ami ajsaaa
a sidy prrfxct care like
St Jacobs Oil
BT
OLTV
BCJXRETjnCB.
A TALE OF LIFE IN THE
BOER REPUBLIC.
ahe ahould aee, and when he rose ahe
djyed away Into her bole. Then he
walked on leisurely, that the duak
might have reached the village streets
before he walked there. The Brat
house was the smith's, and before the
open door two bile urchins lolled. As
he hurried up the street In the gather
ing gloom he heard them laugh long
and loudly behind him. He glanced
round fearlngly and would almost nave
fled but that the atrange aklrta clung
about bla lega. Ami, after all. It was
only a spark that bad alighted on the
bend of one and not the strange Bgure
Uiey laughed at
The door of the hotel stood wide
open, and the light feU out Into the
street He knocked, and the landlady
came. She peered out to look for the
cart that had brought the traveler, but
Gregory's heart was brave now he was
so near the quiet room. He told ber
he had come with the transport wag
ons that stood outalde the town.
He had walked lit and wanted lodg
ings for the night
It wna a deliberate lie, glibly told.
He would have told fiO.. though the re
cording angel had atood In the next
room with his pen dipped In the ink.
What was It to biinT He remembered
that ahe lay there, anying always. "I
am better."
The landlady put hla supper In the
Utile parlor where he had sat In the
morning. When It was on the table.
she aat down- In the rocking chair, aa
her fashion wna, to knit and talk, that
she might gather news tor her custom
ers In the taproom. In the white face
under the queer, deep fringed cop she
aaw nothing of the morning's traveler.
he newcomer was communicative.
She waa a nurse by profession, ahe
said; had come to the Transvaal, bear
ing that good nuraea were needed
there. She bad not yet found work.
The landlady did not perhaps know
whether there would be any for ber in
that town?
The landlady put down ber knitting
and smote her fat bands together.
If It wasn't the very Anger of God s
providence, as though you aaw It bang
ing out of the sky, she said. Here was
a lady ill and needing a new nurse that
very day and not able to get oue to ner
mind, and now well. If It wasn't
enough to convert all the atheists and
freethinkers In the Transvaal sue
didn't knnwt
Then the landlady proceeded to de
tail facts.
I'm sure yon will suit ber," ahe add
ed. "You're Just the kind. Hlie bas
henna of money to pay you with, hae
everything thnt money can buy, ana 1
got a letter with a check In it for 50
the other day from some one who says
I'm to siend It for her sod not to let
her know. She Is asleep now, but I II
bike you In to look at her."
The landlady opened the door or the
next room, and Gregory followed her.
A table atood near the bed, and a lamp
burning low stood on It The bed waa
a great four poster with white cur
tains, and the quilt was or rich crim
son aatln, but Gregory stood just In
side the door, with his bead bent low,
and saw no farther.
Tome nearer! I'll turn the lamp np
x bit that you can have a look at ber.
A pretty thing. Isn't Itr said the land
lady.
Near the foot of the bed was a dent
In the crimson quilt and out of It Doss
.mall head and bright eyes looked
knowingly.
'Ree how the llpa move. She la In
pain," aald the landlady. Then Greg
ory looked up at what lay on the cush
ion, a little white, white face, trans
parent aa an angni's, with a cloth
bound round the forehead and with
soft short hair tossed about on the
pillow.
"We had to cnt It off," said the wo
man, touching It with her rorennger;
"soft aa ailk, like a wax doll's."
ltut Gregory'a heart waa bleeding.
"Never get np again, the doctor
saya," aald the landlady.
Gregory tittered one word. In an In
stant the beautiful eyes opened widely
ml looked round the room and Into the
dark corners.
'Who Is hereT Whom did I bear
speak T"
'Only this lady, ma'am, a nurse by
profession. She Is willing to atay and
take cam of yon If you can come to
terms with her."
l.yudnll raised herself on her el
bow ami cast one keen, scrutinising
glance over blm.
"Have I never seen yon before T" ahe
asked.
"No."
She fell back wearily.
"Perhaps you would like to arrange
the terms between yourselves," said
the landlady. "Here Is a chair. I wlU
be back presently."
Gregory sat down, with bent head
and quick breath. She did not speak
snd lay with half closed eyes, seeming.
to have forgotten him.
"Will you turn the lamp down a lit
tler she aald at last "I cannot bear
the light"
Then bla heart grew braver In the
shadow, and he spoke. Nursing was to
him, be said, his chosen life's work. He
wanted no money If She stopped
him.
"I take no service for which I do not
pay." ahe Bald. "What I gave to my
last nurse I will give to you. If you do
not like It rna may go."
And Gregnry muttered humbly be
would take It
Afterward she tried to turn herself.
He lined her. Ahl A shrunken little
body! He could feel Its weakness aa
be touched It Hla hands were to hint
glorified for what they had done.
"Thank you! That la so nice! Other
people hurt me when they touch me,"
she aald. Thank ynu!" Then after a
little while she repeated hurablyi
Thank yont They hort me so."
To Ba CoaTiacio.)
RECORD OF HON
ORABLE SERVICE
Defense of the Annexation
of the Hawaiian and
Philippines Islands.
AN AKUUMKNT FOB HOLD
EleeUea ef Patted Mates Heaatera by
the People.' Parity ef the
Jan Bes. The Wag-
ley law.
A abort time ago the Oregonlan ad
vocated the election of members of
the Senate aud house of representa
tive from Oregon who could voice the
seutluients of the state on the leading
polltl-al issues of the day. Congress
man Tongue, who Is comparatively a
new member, and has served but a
little over one term In conger sa, has
certainly complied wltb this requisite.
He has taken a Arm position on every
leading national Issue that baa come
before congress for action during hla
term of service. Iu hla utterances on
the fliiaucial question, the annexation
of Hawaii, the retention of the I'D II-
Innlue Islands and Tuerto Rico," the
election of United 8tatee aenators by
the people, aa well aa In bis support
of the administration in the prosecu-
lon of the war, be has been in accord
wltb the best sentiments of the beat
people of Oregon, regardleaa of party
affiliations.
The following are extracta from
aome of hla leading speeches In con
gress during his brief term of service:
THE FINANCIAL QUESTION. .
Mr. Tongue was Dominated as a
sound money man, In favor of the gold
standard, and opptswd to the free coin
age of silver. Mr. Macruin so stated
in placing his name before the conven
tion at Albany. He was nominated on
that Issue. The Oregouian In Its edi
torial the next morning, commenting
iiniii Mr. Tongue's nomination, said:
The Albany convention has done Its
work well. Mr. Tongue Is a man who
will represent the Intelligence of Ore
gon, who understands lta needs and Its
resources and who baa the energy
and ability to make Its Influence what
It should tie In the national house or
representatives. No man In Oregon
has expounded the principles or up
held the traditions of the republican
party more faithfully or more cogently
than has Mr. Tongue. He under
stands the essential principles of the
money question, and no telegram from
Washington would be needed to rur
nlsh assurance that the platform of
the St. Louis convention will be bis
platform."
Tbe free silver forces, consisting of
populists free silver republicans and
free silver democrats, recognised Mr.
Tongue's attitude on the money ques
tion, and made unusual and extraor
dinary efforts to accomplish bis de
feat Their leading Sieakers from all
over the United Mates were Imported
for that purpose. No such effort was
ever made to defeat a. candidate for
office upon a leading laaue aa was
made to defeat Mr. Tougues election
to congress In 1W0, under the leader
ship of Weaver, Sovereign, White
head, Cyclone Davis, Cator, and other
leading free silver advocates.
On the 31st day of January, iwn
while the resolution known as the Tel
ler resolution, declaring in favor of
the free coinage of of silver at the
ratio of 10 to I, for tbe purpose of pay
ing the principal and Interest of the
national debt. Mr. Tongue addressed
the house in opposition to the reao
tlon . Tbe following are extracta from
that speech:
"This resolution. If passed, would
not lie law. It la simply a declaration
that if the friends of this resolution
and the political organixatiim they rep
n-aent are Intrusted with political pow.
cr and the control of thla government
they will commit the United Htatea to
the free and unlimited coinage of silver
at the ratio of Id to 1. The reaaoa
given for thla policy la to enable -the
government to par its bonds. Tbe
bonded debt of the United Htatea Is
something over w 11 i.fs 10,01 . Perhaps
one half of these are held by men of
wealth. The total Indebtedness of the
people of the United States tbe total
amount of credits, national, etate.
mtiiitcinnl. corporate and private la
nearly fifty times thla amount. .
"Why make the bonded Indebtedness
the occasion for a national nnanciai
policy T Why atek to bring disturbance
Into our business arrangemeta, to in
flict severe Injury upon UW per cent of
the creditors of the United States In
order to strike a vicious blow at t per
cent? You ran aot coin a dollar for
the payment of bonds that will not be
used to pay labor, to pay pensions, to
pay insurance policies, to pay bank de
posits, and to pay the farmer for every
product he baa to sell. There ahould
he and ran he no misunderstanding
of the purpose and Intent of the
friends of thia resolution. It Is pro-
imaed to abandon tbe present monetary
standard of the United States, the
standard we have maintained for more
than flfty years, the standard of every
Intelligent, clvlllaed country, the stana
rd by which all our property baa beea
bought ami sold, by which all our bus
iness transact kma have been meas
nred. and to commit us to the standard
of seml-clvilisatlon and barbarism.
It nmnoaes to alxindon blmetallsm
in practice and In hualneaa for ailver
moiMimetallam. It proposes the moat
slniendena exnnet facto law ever con
ceived In the nrain or tbe wildeat
dreamer. It proposes that tbe stand
ard by which business transactions
ami hualneaa contracts amounting t
fto.taai.iaai.iaa) were measured at tbe
lime of tbe maklug shall be changed
at the time of the settlement and that
the settlement of these business trans
actions shall be measured by a stand
ard not contemplated by either party
It proposes aueh a stupendous revolu
tlon that It would atop busiuesa, para
lyse Industry, bind the bands of enter
prise, take from labor both its em
ployment aud Its reward, and precipi
tate national and Industrial bankrupt
cy." "Taxes for the support of the federal
government are contributed largely
by that class of citizens who clothe
their wives and daughters in imported
ailk. atteud fashionable balls aud re
ceptloua lu !mMrted broadcloths, who
rest their weary feet Umiu luiMirteil
carpets, who smoke foreign cigar
and drink foreign wines, and adorn
their persona with foreigu jewelry.
Ami ao the adopt iou of the policy con
teuiplated by thla resolution would
commit the great farming classes of
the United States to sell the national
bouor, stain the national name, brand
UMin the fair brow of the American
Republic the words "repudiation ami
dishonesty," for a paltry constdera
tlon of 1 per capita. They will have
subjected the people of tbe United
Statea to the acorn of all civilized peo
pie, the contempt of liotiiKt men and
women all over the world, now ami
hereafter, for thia paltry considera
tion. "As a business proposition we can
not afford It. Neither Individuals 1101
natlons can do profitable business
who do not possess unquestioned hull
or and unimpaired credit; who do not
measure aud perforin their obligations
by rules of right aud justice, rather
than technical rules of law. No ua
tlon can afford to do wrong. Rut who
bns commissioned the friends of this
resolution to barter away, to sell, or
destroy the honor of the Republic';
Once destroyed, who shall restore it V
It la not ours. It is a sacred beritage
from the heroic dead. It la as much
the property of future generations as
of this . Countless thousamls have
died to preserve It. The blond of he
roes, the tears of widows, the arm ot
courage, the Bufferings of lieauty have
nourished and preserved It. It Is the
fairest flower of all the earth. Where
Is the American cltizeu who does not
cherish it more than wealth or fame
or life?
Idly your vandal hands uH)ii this
and the patriotic dead will rise from
heir graves to cry nut against you.
Scenes that we have letirinil to recnll
and revere would lie changed. We
have delighted to recall the picture !'
the gallant Christian soldier, who.
feeling the approach of tlual dissolu
tion, aa the deuth damp gathers iiMin
bla brow, calls to his presence bin
stalwart son, taking from Its resting
place the sword which ho had wielded
in the time or youth, with which lie
had defended the national honor and
national life, commits It to the care
and keeping of his cherished child,
and enjoins upon him wlth dyluc
breath the dutlea of patriotism and de
fense of country.
"All this would be changed. Then
the one who had assisted in the pas
sage of the lawa contemplated by this
resolution, aa be felt his last hours ap
proaching, the Icy lingers of death
clutching at bis throat, knowing that
it was the last of earth, would can
around him the children of bis loins.
would take down the statute liook of
his country, lay liefore them the page
tion which this law should lie wnr
ten. and exclaim: 'Here Is the stain
upon the national honor which 1 as
sisted to make. Here Is the hint uiin
the fair name of my country which I
bellied to luserllic. I enjoin um.ii you.
as you love your country and your
Maker, aa you love honor and virtue
and right, as you love the memory of
your parent, lieud every energy 01
vmir nature, devote your time, your
attention, and the liest effort of your
mind and heart and hand to remov
ing thia stain from the name of the
American ItepulilU'.
"Mr. Speaker, what th country
needs now Is to be saved alike from
that class who are constantly threat
ening to debase our country, drive us
to the silver standard; ami, on me
other hand, from that class who are
coniinniillv Dllbllsbing to the world
that we are standing on the verge 01
a financial volcano ami on the eve of
another flnnnciill panic.
"In mv lodgement siMnker. 11
thla Congress, by any act, law, .or iiec
laratlon. could establish a monetary
standard of Mie United Statea ao that
it would remain a certainty for tne
coming century, ao that men engaged
In business enterprises. . maKing con
tracts, borrowing money . or lending
money, purchasing or Belling property
m-miM know la-voiid iiuestinn that up
on the day of settlement there would
be the aame atandard or value as 011
the day of contract, the United States
would enter upon an era or me gn-m-
nrosncrltv that It has ever known
"The work now before the Repub
lican party, which It must seek alsive
II others to aecomiuisii,. is 10
ibih this certainty. It must rid tne
business of the coniury of
t.irl.lnir threat tl.at lloW pervades It
u-huihur we are. to maintain inviolate
our present atandard. maintain stabil
ity In our Misiness anair. bhiiiiiui."-
businesa enterprises, ami ring in-...
business prosperity, or wlieiner v.r
are to go to a silver standard, disor
ganize everv business enterprise, dis
turb everv business relation, bankrupt
every business enterprise, and involve
the whole people of the 1 men maic
in financial mln, la now the Issue be
fore tbe people of the I nlteil mates.
Tnlll that Issue Is settled there
ahould lie no wavering, no equivoca
tlon. no relaxation of vlglanee. No
effort ahould be -pared, no patriotic
cltlsen of the United Stntea ahould
lenve hla post or neglect his polltlcnl
dntiea until thla question la settled
rightly, and aetiKil for nil time, in
vested of lta subtle phrailogy and
rntchlng words, thla resnlntHin de
II oca the political Issues for the com
big caniialgn. The contest Is on. Na
tlonnl and Individual honor, business
welfare and pnwrlty des-nd upon
the Issue, and the vhtory for their
defense and preservation must I"'
won."
Tlie foregoing speech attracted the
attention of the lenders of the Reptile
llcan party. Imring the congr. ashm.il
campaign of the congressional
committee puNlshed extracts from six
speeches made In the House of Rcpre
aentstivea on tbe .Teller resolution.
Tbe selections were made from the
remarks of
Hon. Nelson Dlnglcy. of .Maine.
Hon. Albert J. Hopkins, of Illinois.
Hon. TlM-maa II. Tongue, of Oregon
Hon. I. B. Henderson, of lows,
Hon. Cbas. II. Oroevenor, of Ohio.
HoauM. T. Dolllrvr. of Iowa.
Oa the 15lk of rS"t Itecember. when
th aooae bad under conaldcratlon the
but "W define and fix the standards
of value, to maintain tbe parity of all
forms of uioiiey Issued or coined by
the Uulted States aud for other pur
lme." Mr. Tongue again addressed
the house lu favor of the passage of
this bill. The h icech waa mainly a
historical review of the varioua atti
tudes of the m-mocratle party on the
money question, from Cleveland to
Itryau. After closing the review of
this history, Mr. Toiigue stated:
Hut what are the principal argu
ments against this hill? They are the
ones we have heard so often, invest
ed of rhetorical flourishes, they con
sist of three statements of alleged
facts:
First That since the so-called
"crime of 1S73" silver baa been de
moiictiiccd. Its use as money discour
aged and decreased in amount.
Kt-ciiud Thnt. owing tit thia alleged
decrease in the use of silver, gold has
Imi'H iiiHiittlclent to answer the mone
tary needs of the world aud bus appre
ciated ill value.
Third That growing out of this Im
aginary hostile legislation agaluat ail
ver tlusre has lieen a large decrease In
the amount of money lu use through
out the world, and esieclally In the
United States, ami that this lias de
creased the price of of all classes of
products.
Now, let us see, briefly, what the
actual facta lire facta that can be
proved by record and are lieyond dis
pute. First, as to the United Stated. From
the time the mints In the United
Slates were oiH'iied in 171 1 J until the
V.'th day of February, 1N7:1. a period
of eighty years, the total coinage of
all classes of ailver money by Un
united States amounted to fUlTi.TK!,-
:iiMi.7(l. This was an annual coinage
of $l.ia7.1.."VI. Of the amount of
silver thus col mil annually. H.(i:U.2:to
wns in dollar pieces aud of full legal-
tender vnlue. Since the 12th day of
February. 173. until the last day of
April, isiis, there had been coined In
the mints of the Uulted Statea of all
lassos of silver the sum of grWO.IKtO,-
'i:tu. or an annual coinage of f2.'t,lK5,-
:!:i.l.,ii. of this, tnere was ftai.lXCt,
712 In standard Suver dollars of full
legal-tender value. Thus, lu twenty-
five years aince the "crime of lKiJ'
we have coined more than four times
the amount of silver that we coined
in the eighty years prior to that time
and r.ftccn times aa much each year.
The coinage of silver at the mints of
the United States last year was $27,
71I..Vil.iiri. For the year 1H72 the to
tal amount of silver coined by the
United States was ,.ri(t4,-isa.rsl. In
round nniiiliors ten times as much per
annum after as In he year la'fore "the
crime." In 173 the entire amount of
sliver money In the United Stntea of
nil cbisscs was fil,l.rsl.(SNl. Not one
dollar of this was in standard dollars
of full legal-tender value.
On the 1st day of Itecember, 1SW.
the total amount of silver money In
the United States amounted to ."02,-
i:t2.72."i. In addition to thla there was
sliver bullion In the treasury agnirft
which pnier was IhkiuiI and in clicu
hi I ion to the amount of S5,iKj;,2SO
or a total amount of silver money of
ii.77.1.-i'.i.iHi5, or more than $lts of sil
ver in lstKt to every dollar of silver in
1S73. Of the amount of ailver money
in the United Statea ill 1!1, $571.-
irls.iiTii) was full legal tender for all
debts, public and private, except
otherwise spcclllcd in the contract
Now, let us see the conditions In the
n-st of the world. Accurate statistics
for all of the world In 1873 are not
obtainable, but we have accurate In
formation as to the United Slates.
Great Rritaln, France, Germany, Rus
sia, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Aus
tria Hungary, Australasia, Denmark,
and Sweden and Norway. -These em
brace the principal civilized countries
of the earth. At that time the total
slock of silver of these countries ag
gregate! $l,lCi7.tW."i,tssi. These aame
count rlea on the 1st of January, 1W.
had in circulation as silver $1.73UilO.
ImhI. Thla was au Increase of $720.-
Ul.'i.lHHI.
tin the 1st dav of January, lNtVi, the
stock of silver money of the entire
world was $4,07o,."sM.- si. On the 1st
dav of January. 1MI7. It was $1.2HH,-
liiMi.ism, or an Increase in two years
of Slll7.HNl.lSNl. Tills completely clis-
Ihihcs of the claim that the world is
using less silver than lonneny. tn
the contrary, the Increase of silver In
the civilized world, anil especially in
the United States, lias la-en much
more rapid since 173 than la-fore that
time. The greatest increase has lieen
In countries win-re the gold standard
is in full oMrnllou.
Now let us see as to the condition
f gold. In 173 the entire stock of
ic, .Id ill the United Slates was $135,
issi.issi. Tl ntlre stock of gold In
the United Statea on the 1st day of
lici einlier. In". Including gold million
In the treasury, attains! which certifi
cates are issued, amoiinteu to $1,015,
:iln.li2. Now let ns examine the rest of the
world. The principal civilized coun
tries of the world In 1"3 posseased an
entire slock of gold amounting to
I..'H!I.MNI.ISI,
On January I. 1.'. these same
ciinnlrles possessed gold coin amount
1. itr to Sl.iEll.7tKi.iaai. more than three
times the amount of gold coin In IHJIW
tluin they tescd in li.l.
In the whole civilised world In IWt
there was '.HI per cent more gold than
there was of Isith gold and silver In
173.
In the United Statea nlone we ha
over seven and a half tfmea aa mttc"
gold on IhfcmlMT 1. 1M. aa we bad
,if I with irolil and ailver In 173. I:'
we had no silver at all. we ahould have
more thnn seven and a half tlmea the
,1111.11111 of metallic money In ll tnat
we had in 173. N' one pretends
that the population has Increased at
any such rate.
n 173 the loMl coinage of the
United State of Isith gold and ailver
was Stll.ll7.74M.
In !!! the coinage of the United
Slates amounted to. In gold anil an
r..r tlx-, ms 7iKt.i'i. In addition to
.t.,.i we s..ld to foreign einintriea In
silver more than we imsrted, of the
vnlue of W5,5M,ii, r a total increase
of metallic wealth, based iiKn our
gold and silver prodiicll.nia In theyear
l"fli!t. amounting to $iril.45;t.r'23.li5.
From 170 to ! the annunl aver
nire gold production of the entire
world aiiiotititi-d to 11..issi.issi.
In Hi!l careful estimates place It at
:17.ikki.isk, much tnre than dnulaV.
In lst" tbe world'e production of gold
exceeded by :"..iKKi.ti the entire pro
,i,i. 1 1, m .f void and silver In 173.
It will Is- seen, therefore, that If all
our silver iimnev was ib-stroyed the
world would hnve much more metal
Im. nif.nev In proportion to Its popula
tion than !n 173. This Is .-specially
on. of the United States.
Let as examine this claim of scarc
ity of money from another standioint
In loil the entire amoiiut If money
iu the United States. Including bank
p;iier of uncertain value, amouuted
to $442,102,477.
In 17 It waa $7ti2,221..i7a. the larg
est amount of money that had ever
Is-eu lu circulation iu the Uulted
Statea at auy one time.
till the 1st of IHhviiiIht, l!Kt. the
total amount of money lu the United
Statea of all kinds was $2.7o7.24l.ll4.
lu 173 the thlrteeu principal coun
tries above referred to isissesscd a
total stock of money consisting of gold
and silver amounting to $2.2ti7.4.ViaNi
lu l!t7 these same countries pos
sensed a stock of gol.l and silver colli
amounting to $o.57ii.2ihi,inmi, more than
double the amount Mssessed III 173.
In 173 the world's prodii.-tiou of
gold ami silver was $t7i,KNi.iHNi,
11 !! the world'a production of
gold and silver amounted to $."sil,14
OlNI.
The price of productsfreqticiill.v falls
liecause of Increased power and 111
vent ion. Hryan himself stated that
accurately when he said:
You must attribute it to the inven
tive genius that has multiplied a
thousand limes, iu mauy Instances tin
strength of a single arm enabling us
to do with one mau what men
could not do fifty years ago. That Is
what has brought down prices in this
country and verywhere."
Prices of agricultural products are
affected by seasons of drought or
plenty iu this or other countries, by
the condition of industry, increasing
or diminishing demand, ltut the sur
est measure of the value of gold Is
human lalstr.
The supply of this is not greatly in
creased or diminished except as the,
demand Increases or diminishes. The
fact Is undeniable and beyond dispute
that measured by human lalsir, the
value of gold lias diminished more
than one-half since li0. In other
words, it will buy less than one hull
the human lalior It would buy In 140
It will buy less than onchalf the
human lalsir it would buy in lHtCi.
much less than It would purchase In
1S73. It needs only to be added that
practically the entire Increase of the
money of the world has hccii In the
countries that maintain the gold
standard. With the exception of Mex
Ico. the amount of money iu the silver-
standard countries has remained prac
tically stationary.
These figures show conclusively that
the maintenance of the gold standard
is In the Interest of Increase of money,
not decrease. No sliver standard couii
try has any gold In circulation as
money. Every country that baa free
coinage of silver at any ratio Is umiii
the silver standard. No silver sliind
ard country, practically, maintains In
circulation any paper money, while
the value of silver Is so completely
changing, so often fluctuating, the
whole civilized world recognise the
value of maintaining the gold stand
ard.
In 1)2 Austria-Hungary adopted
the gold standard. In 173 India
ceased to coin silver on private ao-
oimt and Is nmiuestloiiably alsmt to
adopt the gold atandard. In l!"i the
irolil atandard was adopted by Chile.
anil Russia, Japan and Vi xuela have
adopted the gold standard. China is
alMitit to be partitioned among the na
tions of the earth who have adopted
the gold standard. There la not a
civilized country 011 the face of the
earth, except Mexico, that has a mone
tary system not based upon the gout
standard. It Is the only money sys
tern that preserves the currency of a
country from rapid fluctuation. A
fluctuating currency endangers mist
ness, checks enterprise, ruins the
weak for the Item-tit of the strong.
who can take advantage of the change
In markets to All their own imckcts.
If the United Slates should not main
tain the gold atandard. It will stand
alone among the civilized tint Ions of
the earth.
ANNEXATION OF HAWAII.
On June 11, lwts, when the bouse
was considering t-e Joint resolution,
providing for the annexation of the
Hawaiian Islands to the United Statea.
Mr. Tongue tisik Arm ground in favor
of the annexation.
The following la an extract from his
sieech delivered on that subject:
The logic of events are proving un
answerable. They will lie ours, 01
they will pass Into the control of
some nation, powerful aa a commer
clii I rival In times of peace, or perhaps
dangerous as an enemy In time of
war.
The demand for the annexation of
Hawaii IS not based upon a desire to
aeouire more territory or to expand
nor alreadv lame domain. Even If
this were the only motive, mere is
nothing In our history or experience to
deter ua from passing this resolution.
There la not a alngle foot of territory
ever aciiulred by the United Statea, by
purchase or conquest, from I- lorhia 10
t'alifornla. that any patriotic cltl7.cn
would now willingly anrrciider. J n
wisdom of every acquisition has ls-cn
fully demonstrated. Those who nave
favored the expansion of our Ismnda
riea have met the approval and those
who have opHsed have received the
lasting condemnation of their country
men. The same fate awaits the
friends and the opsineiita of this res
olution.
But. Mr. SiH-aker, we need these
Islands to emible u to extend not our
territorial boundaries, but our trade:
not political but commercial empire,
an outlet not for gtowlng population.
lint for growing energlea. Increasing
productions, and expanding exports.
I need not recount ine marvcion -vclmimciit
of our resources, our nnpre
cedciitcd growth In wealth and prn-
iiiiclnir is-iwer. durum the present gen
eratlon. It la more than a "twa-e-told
tale." History records tin example of
any nntlon whose productive capacity
liaa attained aucli glganuc prosr
tlona. whose resoiircee have Is-en ao
rapidly devel.qsil. whose energies sn
s nnlsiiinded. sa those of the people
of the United Statea during the last
thirty Ave yeara. Hut thla tieveiop
m..i.t of our resources and our produc
tive capacity has but Just begun. We
are yet in our Industrial Infancy. The
rapidity and extent of our growtn not
..! ai,.nlahe the Old World, bill
surpasses our own comprehension,
During the present year our exports
l,.n averaired f 1IKI.IKKI.ISKI per month.
far Btirpaasing any otber period of our
history. Our aalea to foreign nations
vceml nnr ntirchaaea Troll! lliem near
1 tvifiiNi.iKMi monthly, and In round
nnmliera will be .nKi,iKi.otKi during
the fiscal year. I
A continuation of this ki1U y ror a
few yeara will rot only extinguish
our enormo is iii.t in. dn to foreign
countries, but ill make ua the credl
t..r nation of tbe world. But we
must have au outlet for our energlea,
ami a market not ouly for present, but
for vastly increasiug productions.
Fortuuately a remedy Is near, and
our fate or fortune la iu our own
hands. On the eastern shores of Asia
there are Sumkjo.uisj of eople whose
resources aud wauls are unknown
even to themselves. They art Just bo.
Kinniuii to luibiln the spirit of modern
' civilization aud moderu enterprise.
I They are waiting modern skill and
1110d. ru energy to develop and expand
their marvelous resources aud euable
...cm to supply their numerous wants.
These sHiple are uear ahorve that face
our owu. They ate naturally our cus
tomers. They are much uearer to na
than to Uuroie. 1 tiey know little of
F.uropc except as ancient euemlea.
They know much of us, aud regard ns
as Iriemls. Our trade with theltt now
is rapidly expanding, lu 18U5 our
sales to China and Japan alone were
.liil.H3; for ! they were $25,
l."si.s. This is but the Ik ginning. In the
coming centuries the most marked In
dustrial development of the. world
will be in the eastern part of Asia.
Her 1 hi. pie are awakening from tbe
sleep of eellt lilies. Au old but strong
Ki.iiit is Just real. zing Its strength. A
vast multitude, hungry and naked, are
calling iiHin us to feed aud clothe
t lu-iit. They need most what we bare
In greatest quantities aud can produce
In still greater abundance flour,
heat and cotton. Realizing their ig
norance, they art calling upou us to
cnlightcii and lead tliem. IahI by
American skill, American eiiterprle,
American Ingenuity, Inspired by Amer
ican energy, their growth and develop
ment will la' the marvel of the twen
tieth ceiitiu-y. During their Industrial
development it will lax our euergy, en
terprises and resources to the full ex
tent to minister to their wants and
supply their markets.
lihl World iHiwers, alert and awake
to their own interests, are seising 1m-
po-tant commercial siliits. preparing
o monoHilize th.s prosective trade
ami commerce, and are seeking to ap
propriate to themselves the advantages
Unit ought to lie and can tie ours.
Heretofore we hnve lieeu unmindful
of our biterests iu tills part of the
world. The M-ople of the East have
known little ami eared less about
them. We have left It to England to
hauiplnn oien ports aud freedom of
trade in that nrti.m of .the world.
We have left It to her to protect our
commercial relations. We were prac
tically jMiwerlcsa to protect them for
ourselves. Our ships hud no refuge
except 111 the liurlMirs of rival powers.
We vere without a single root or ter
ritory, a single harlsir. or a single na
val station west of our own shores.
Apparently there was no way open to
acquire them. Hut with nations, as
with Individuals
There's a divinity that shapes our ends.
Itougli hew them how we will.
At last, opHirtiiiiity, that comes to
all, has come, to ua. The events In our
previous history, that havo made for
our greatest advancement, were not
the result of our wisdom or fore
thought. Tlwy are not of our crea
tion. They came to ua. Wise states
manship saw their value, grasped and
used them for our Interest 'and ad
vancement. History Is reeatlng Itself. Erenta
that we could not have foreseen, that
we did nothing to produce, will prove ,
of inestimable value If we are equal
to the occasion. This war, entered In
to for the lH-ncUt of humanity and civ
ilization, without a thought of nation
al Interest or national aggrandize
neiit, has furnished the opportunity
that peace could not give. Shall we
seize it, or forever let It slip from ua.
never to return? There has lieen no
crisis like thla In our history. It la
useless to l.sik to the wisdom of Wash
ington for the guidance of the twen
tieth century. There are few fixed
rules for national more than ludivldual
conduct t'omliict wise yesterday Is
folly to-day. Wisdom In nations, as
lu individuals, consists In lieltig able
to grasp and proa-rly utilize their op-
liit unities aud rise equal to tne oc
casion. Opportunities come rarely to
a nation, as to an individual. They
must lie seized Slid used to lend to
fame or fortune. This war has brought
I he opportunities for thr development
of our trade relations and commercial
enterprise In the East. Shall we be
equal to the occasion? The conse
quences of our decision will be mo
mentous aud lasting?
There Is another subject to which I
desire to call attention for a moment.
I have said that the development of
this nation has scarcely lsgun, that
her enterprises are but In their Infan
cy. The possibilities for enormous ex
pansion lie In the West, and provla
ioiis should lie made for expanding In
dustries and Increasing productions to
come. The ieople of the East know
little of either the sissilillitlea. the re
sources, or the people of the West. The
fertility of our soil, the wealth of our
forests, the extent of our domain, the
enterprise and Intlllgetice of our peo
ple are not known In the Hast. Our
iMiumlless pralri.-B. our magnificent
forests, our vast mineral wealth, the
lieiilllifulnesa and salubrity of our cli
mate escus' your notice. Our people
are hut little Is'tter umlerstisxl. The
pioneer men nnd women who settled
the West were strong and ruggi-d In
health as ill character, full of energy,
courageous in enterprise, thoughtful,
and ambitious.
The people of the West are bound
but little by ancient prejudices. They
I.Nik little to the past; rather to the
present and the future. They prefer
yourself to your ancestry. They care
little for what yon have lieen or for
what you iMissesa, but much for what
you are and what you can do. In the
West honest work has never ceased
lo Is- honorable. With her rugged peo
ple the sweat of lalsir la a kingly
crown. Wealth ami nsltlon earned
by honest toll and laudable endeavor
are esteemed more tun 11 thise acquir
ed by the toil and effort of others. Aa
III tiie coming ceii.ary the great de
velopment of the Old World will tm on
the eastern shores of Asia, so the
greater growth snd devel.rptnent of
the New World will te on the shores
of the I'aclrte.
It will Is In a country of magnifi
cent scenery, where the tourist and
the scientist And Tpctual delight;
where thehtishan.lman never cultivates
the anil or tends his flocks in vain;
where snow-capls'it tnotintalna snr
pnss the eagle in Its flight; where the
wealth of forests !w linkhnustllilc. and ,
the valleys rxdSi-d lu richness the
golden sands of Africa: where neither
the strength nor energy of man or
Ms-anty of woman is destroyed by win
ter's chilly Masts or the fierce heat of
summer suns; -where cyclones and
sunstroke alike are unknown; where
no lingering fevers wear out tbe life;
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