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thena, Oregon, July 14th, 1893.
EXTRA SESSIONS.
Many of our exc hanges especial
ly those of the republican faith
have been upbraiding President
Cleveland because ho did not call
an extra session of congress early
jn the summer. We do not think
Mr. Cleveland has been fieenliar in
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conservatism about calling an
, session of congress.
hen Abraham Lincoln was in-
rated
mhe rgtrofa gig-
war. ... mere was a lear
for an extra session of
41 ess 10 De cauea to meet as
i?ly as the first week in April.
because he did not follow his inaugu
ral address with a proclamation to
Assemble the houses within thirty
j. days. He paid no heed to the
racket. He consulted the wisest
of the statesmen around him, the
( ablest, financiers of the country;
'Telt the pulse of the intelligent
was
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I public, with that' most delicate
I touch for which he is now famous,
, , and patiently waited for the'mem-
-fcHisto get the cobwebs' out of
theirTi5a.ds;1,hat'btd been woven
by the spider of panic and com
promise. yinougn ho laced an
empty treasury and the credit of
the government was so low that
Londonasked an interest of 12 per
'7 cent, on short loans; though the
I A CoJrfedor'acy had been . organized
Y at Montgomery; though state after
I - V state seepdod; ' troops were called
X, outarmies were .organized; the
irst Bull Run was fought: many
ijbts in the West "occurred; there
s!ja vigorous campaign in. West
rginia; and yot congress was not
sembled until Aug 6th. When
vhouses met they were ready
' tlin sejEwtrr-huiiincss the situa
estcd. They would not
"k ready in April: would
i gJ rather in the way, an
4'fnotion to,, the natural march
Ventsyr-'
JrUleveland has this distin
guished precedent; and Cleveland
.. 'J ' was not committed to any date for
the meeting until ho called for it.
On June he stated to a re-rf3Mtfianfta-
Wir'-pnrposo td
caii4an extra session of congres8
"not earlier than the 1st. Nov. ror
later than the loth of September.
unless ' expected , contingencies
should necessitate an earlier meet
ing." Those who digest and assi
milate tho force of the last eight
words in tho above quotation, will
"Bee that the noisy newspapers and
other clamoror, have had no
. weight in the matter. The "un
t expected contingency" arose, when
TTiendjan council stopped free
silver coinage in that empire; the
date was changed to meet tho con-
k.tingencies, and the session called.
WHAT CONGRESS SHOULD DO,
Congress will meet Monday,
F Aug 7. That will be lour months
before the houno would assemble,
' by force of tho law, tho latter date
being December 4. .
Now, if Congress will elect a
speaker and other officers, organ
vje the committees, pass a bill re
oaluigJthe pilver purchase law,
' juufgo horn e giving tho country
and themselveaVty three months
to obseive the cfi'eet of tho repeal;
time to study out further legis
lation of a financial kind, it seems
! us congress will, so far, do the
wise thing. Such a course would
commit no member or party to
'' ny particular line of financial
policy, in the long session to be
gin in December; It would" pre
sent a tost of the , theory that the
purchase law is, the principal ag
gravating cause of the present con
dition of financial confusion,
frUI.t, suspicion and failure. If
confidence cauio promptly, as a
1 ulit of the repeal, congress would
l;: , - " r fynn 10 proceed with
the? remedies than it can-,. bo now. 1
If the reptfll had no appreciable
effect," or 'an ! adverse one, that
wiould 'provide "pointers'' for the
trial of some other expedient.
One thing at a time; and the one
thing the county is demanding of
eongf er 4-the stoppage of silver
purchase. The belief among finan
ciers and business men is universal,
that these purchases are "inching"
us toward the silver standard, the
adjustment to which would be
through a crash, Resides (which' the
existing pinch is serenity and phi-
nominal prosperity. This belief is
just as good as a fact, so far as the
effect it has is to be taken account
of; no matter if the belief be the
merest moonshine madness.
The expunging of the law would
speedily show whether the unan
imous voice of the business and fi
nancial classes were the voice of
wisdom or the chatter of folly.
Three months will be ample time
for a trial of the effect of such ac
tion at the President is certain to
recommend; and we hope his re
commendation will be followed.
' Congress should do its extra ses
sion do, in twenty working days,
and adjourn not later than Sep
temher lstA
IN 1873.
A number of republican news
papers, and especially the Pendle
ton Tribune, are trying very hard
to make it appear that the demo
cratic party is responsible for the
present financial disturbance.
In 1872 the republican party
achieved its most signal victory,
had nearly a round million ma
jority of he popular vote. In a
total eh total vote of 346 they
had 286 or more than three fourths
of the whole. Pursuant to this
triumph Gen, Grant was inaugur
ated president March 4, 1873,
Within three months of his inaug
uration, signs of commercial weak
ening began to appear at all the
centres of trade and industry.
Nine months from the day he took
the oath of office the country was
in the midst of the wildest panic it
had ever experienced; 1836-44
wasn't a marker; 1857 was com
pletely eclipsed. The pinch that
panic brought went on pinching
for nearly five years. All that
time the people were blessed with
republican rule. Considering the
facts of that case isn't it rather
absurd to charge the present pinch,
which began under a republican
administration, to a change o,
party control?
THE "BUZZARD" SQUAWK,
Hull, of tho Milton ; Eagle (n
tho Hull, we presume, of old Iroi
sides or even ot Detroit an
table-cloth fame) takes a quill
from the wing of his noble bird.
The Eagle points it with
brimstone fired with witticism;
and, giving free scope to that com
mendable qualification which he
says so admirably adapts us for
a journalistic career, proceeds to
give us a complete and gratuitous
"writo up," closing with the free
advice to ''wipe of our chin," be
cause we, supposing he made
"turning over" a speciality,
thought he was on the eve of per
forming the acrobatic feat of
"flopping his mighty wings on
the other side of tho political
fence, and advised him to "go
slow." We being inexperienced
wanted to see how the thing was
done.
Well, brother, before you
again undertake such a "write up"
of us, call and we will give you
Borne data concerning ourselves,
which will possibly prevent you
from having to make such liberal
use of that "cheerful disposition"
to which you allude.
We will state, howevor, should
future occasion require, you may
know," that we are personally ac
quainted with Mr. Powers; we are
not a "recent arrival from the
effete East;" our name is not
"John," and we are not of "Poca
hontas fame."
Now, Hull, "let us kindly ad
ise you in all sincerity," before
you attempt biography agaia just
pin your ears back and step into
a hole and then plug the hole.
... 'A SILLY THREAT.
The silver miners, it is said,
threaten to revolt against the
government of the United States.
Bless their; souls, they are too
little to create more than a good-siz
ed riot at the worst. The population
of the leading silver states, Cali
fornia, Colorado, Idaho. Mon
tana, 8 nd Nevada in only about
485,000. - These states have about
one thirty-second of the country's
population.- Besides their people
are not all fools; not all, by a
long shot, . aro .interested,, di rectly
in Bilv.cc mines. And if the whole
at theni; 'every, able, bodied . man,
were willing and anxious, to rebel,
they could not raise as 'many men
for war as could several single
states to meet them, They have
about one-half .the population of
Illinois or Ohio; less than one
third as many as New York, and
about one-third as many as Penn
sylvania. Those miners are ob
jects of sympathy in their situa
tion of idleness and lo3s; but they
are no more entitled to commiser
ation than many other single in
dustries, that have lost dollars
where the silver people have lost
pennies,, since the pinch began.
It is estimated that, the egg pro
duct of tho United States is five
times as valuable lis the silver
product. Cotton, corn, wheat,
hay, iron, coal these singly out
value the silver froaa. three to
thirty times over. ;The closing
of the Indian mints "to coinage on
private accounts, has hit them a
hard blow, and they t ought to have
sense enough to understand that,
for this, no American party or class
is in any degree responsible.
HELIX ITEMS.
Helix, June 12. Farmers are
busy preparing to reap their bounti
ful harvest which will bo ready
in two or three weeks. The count
ry h overrun with men hunting
for work -
Dr. Fuller has decided to locate
with us.
C. A. Davis and family with
Willie and Jimmie Isaac started
for the river with a load of fishing
tackle this morning. The trout
have our sympathy.
Two of Ike and Bona Atkinson's
brothers aro here from Seattle. Tho
boys have been with us before and
we are glad to see them again.
David Gordon was in from the
lower Juniper country yesterday
and purchased a header from the
W, C. F. Co. Mr. Gordon says
wheat looks well in his neighbor
hood. George V. Hamilton and J. D.
Israel are in town today, they say
the wheat prospect throughout the
country is very good.
ADAMS NOTtS.
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mi 1893. Mrs
winuam
McBride, returned Friday evening
from a two weeks visit with re
latives in Walla Walln, Dayton and
Weston.
Mrs. John Proffitt arrived
froM
Centralia Wash , last week. Mr,
Proffitt having decided to locate
here permanently.
L, M. W atrus went to the coun
ty seat Sunday, he being the de
fendant in a land contest case be
fore the court there. "
Farmer John Adams and wife,
were passengers on Sunday even
ing's No. 6 for Portland. Mr.
Adams having been subpoenaed as a
Federal court juror.
Hamilton & Rourke as well as
Killen & Taylor have a force of
men engaged in repairing their
wheat platforms and warehouse
preparatory to the, handling of the
immense wheat crops which will
soon be ready to move.
A well dressed stranger by the
name of Wilson, lately from the
east, in attempting to board Sat
urday night'slocal at.'this place in
tending to beat his way to Walla
Walla, missed his calculations and
fell between the cars of the train,
thereby sustaining a painful in
jury to his left foot, which later on
was amputated by surgeons of
Walla Walla. Tho train crew
picked him up and took him
there as a. matter of humanity.
Although tho weather the past
few days has been favorable as re
gards crops, a good rain would, we
think, go further toward "restoring
confidence" in this neck of the
woods, than any expected results
in the matter of financial legisla
tion to be brought about under
the orders of "His Hog Island Ma
jesty," Geo. Hamilton andF. F. Rourke
were here this week looking after
their interests in the way of ware
house and platform facilities.
They report Jain prospects good,
in the countu' adjacent to their
warehouses and will no doubt do a
large business this fall.
The Canyon City News tells of
a Fourth of July celebration in
that town along in the Ws, when
John C. Luce arose to read the
Declaration of Independence, and
read in a rich, dark brown voice
nearly half of the constitution of
the U"nited States before Hon. W.
Lair Hill pulled tho tail of John's
coat and found the right page for
him.
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Our new stock of XDxeSS
arrived from New York, and we will be pleased to '
show them Among the dress goods w 11 be the latest
patterns in Pointelles, Grendines, Sate ns, Chambrays
Cashmeres, Sublime, Summer Suitings , etc etc.
LATEST NOVELTIES IN
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V : edgingSj :-faricyjtieg,Grlove'Ct8, Handkerchiefs, etc.
, - if jV;: Entirely; ' hew; and eoinja ffie of Ribbons, ' unique
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all grades, and temembrtat we
HAVE , JUSTRECEItihHE LARGEST INVOICE
of Ladies, Gents, Misses, Boy's and Children's Shoes
ever brought to the city. They comprise the latest
styles and for neatness and elegance cannot be beat,' ':
and will be Eold at hard times
We would respectfully ask your inspection of these
goods, knowing you will be pleased, and it will be a
pleasure for us to show them to you. :
BERGEVIN BROS.,
Athena
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