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ATHENA.
.JULY 31,1896.
fob president:
WILLIAM J. BRYAN,
OF NEBRASKA.
FOR VICE president:
ARTHUR SE WALL,
OF
MAINE.
"No Crown' of Thorns,"
No Cross of Gold."
The man who cannot see that
the last two years have wrought
a tremendous change in American
politics, and that figures two years
ago throw virtually no light on the
present strength of parties, must
be as blind as an owl in the sun
shine. The lints of the democratic
party have been almost completely
re-formed, and there is a most seri
ous break in those of the republi
can party. Democrats talk of
bolting and have bolted. Repub
licans have bolted and are bolting
everyday. The difference is that
' in the democratic party the bolt is
by a few kid gloves, silk stockings
and plug hats, while in the repub
lican ranks seceders are of the rank
and file and vastly more numerous.
It is entirely sate to say that Mc-
Kinley will lose a million votes
that helped to Bwell the republican
figures" of two years ago. If the
democratic lines were unbroken
these votes thrown to , Mr. Bryan
would elect him beyond a doubt,
But there is some defection in his
party ' and therefore the result
would not bo quite so sure. But
convention has made his eleofii
about as certain as anything in
i politics can well be. There can be
no question that in the main the
- silver republicans will support nMr
Bryan. VMa they were general
ly anxiouftfr the nominhtion of
Mr. Teller bv the democracy, it
was mainly on the ground of ex
nediencv. and most of them have
no personal objection to Mr. Bryan,
Thov recognize his ability, and
they have perfect faith in his in
tegrity of. purpose. Republican
eilvor men are in this campaign to
win and they know that they can
win only by making the strongest
possible combinations. They are
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not foolish enough to refuse an
alliance with 5,000,000 democrats
who are in perfect accord with their
views on the monetary , question
and form a union with one-fourth
as many populists. In other
words, they are not going to sur
vendor tho chance of almost cortain
victory and throw themselves into
the chasm of absolutely certain do
feat. The money question is the
only one that the great body of the
people are thinking about, and an
issue is never ripe until the poople
are ready to deal with it.
The Union Republican suggests
that eome steps betaken by the
people of Eastern Oregon looking
to the removal of the capital from
Salem. To accomplish the best
and most effective results an organ
iation should be effectod and
systematic work done. While
there la a strong sentiment in
Eastern' and Southern Oregon
favorable to the removal of the
capital from tho sty of the "Salem
hog" yet unless they work together
very little can be accomplished
xhe "halcm hog" has not given up
its determination to defeat the
building of the branch asylum
and every other institution not Jo
oated under the shallow of the cop
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per dome, l he time is about ripe
'for some formal action that the
natter may be properly presented
(to tho legislature that meets next
winter. If the people ofthfa and
the southern part of the state arc
to obtain their rights in this mat
ter it is about time they were pre
paring for the fight. Public works
are being constructed right along
at Salem, there is plenty of money
for them but nothing can be done
outside of that town. It is about
time the tables wer being turned.
The Sacramento Bee, a republi
can paper of forty years standing
writes its valedictory to the modern
republican party. Among other
things it says: Standing thus as
a republican papei proud of its
past and conscientious of its pres
ent The Bee declares that "it will
not follow the republican party
into its house of bondage, into its
land of captivity, into its slavery
to the kings of Wall street. It will
not sacrifice its manhood and de
grade its honor it will not bas
tardize its republicanism by
bowing the knee to Mammon and
accepting as an article of iaith a
declaration of principle antagonis
tic to every interest of the people,
destructive to the welfare and cor
roding to the progress of the nation,
and beneficial only to those who
fatten and thrive upon the very
life blood of the masses. It will
not it cannot remain silent dur
ing the coming campaign, and not
point out the base use to which the
glorious republican party has been
put--an organization at whose
birth liberty herself smiled, trans
formed into a mere capper, for the
money jugglers and the gold
gamblers. v
Expert " v figurers place . the
amount of the deficit in the receipts
of th9 government treasury in the
twenty-two months that the pres
ent tariff law has been in effect at
$80,903,777. That is in the past
twenty-two months the expendi
tures have been that much greater
than the receipts. This is held up
aB the great "hoodo" of democratic
ascendency, the "unbusinesslike
democratic administration." But
those who are loudest in their cries
about the deficit are most quiet in
reference to the action of the repub
lican supreme court in depriving
the government of between $40t-
000,000 and , m ,WU a year in
revenue by declaring the income
tax unconstitutional. Had the'
supreme court not reversed a form
er decision of that body, there
would be no deficit today, and the
incomes Irora all sources would just
about meet the expenses. A ma
jority of the supreme court is re
publican, and if any party is
responsible for the shortage that
exists in the treasury, it is the
party who put those supreme
judges in office.
The Illustrated London News
tells an interesting story of the de
feat of Napoleon at Moscow, He
took with him on that expedition
the imperial robes he had worn in
1804 when crowned emperor of
France. It was his purpose to
have a similar ceremony after he
had conquered the ; Russians, at
which he would be declared "em
peror of the west, chief of the
European confederation and de-
fender of ithe Christian faith."
During the retreat this hnery was
placed in a vehicle escorted by a
cordon of cavalry. It fell a victim
to the Cossacks and was probably
burned, as were many similar
equipages. At the beginning of
the second empire a royal museum
was termed, and at that time an
effort was made to find all possible
relics of the emporor. Only a part
of the garments he had worn
December 2, 1804, were found, and
it was not until years after that
the truth became known. It was
then divulged by Trincess Pauline
Borehese, Napoloon'a favorite
sister.
The San Francisco Chronicle
takes a gloomy view of the situa
tion in the event of Bryan's elec
tion to tho presidency. It holds
that the only sound plank in the
platform on which he stands is the
one declaring for the free coinage
of silver, but insists that all the
advantages to accrue from the free
coinage of silver would be undone
by his administration being in
fluenced by bucIi men as Altgeld,
Tillman and Pennoyer. The
Chronicle takes the position that
he is under obligations to those
men for hia nomination, but how
it arrive? at this conclusion is not
explained. On the :ontrary, the
records of the Chicago convention
shows that Bryan really owes bis
nomination to no one. There
never has been a candidate for the
presidency whose nomination was
secured with less effort on the part
of bosses, or who goes before the
people with less of a stigma of be
ing a "mortgaged" candidate than
William J. Bryan. -
Matrimony and patience! It is
not always a perfect combination,
is it? In South Africa the savage
tribes have a peculiar ceremony
which, they put the matrimonial
candidate through previous to his
entering the holy state. His hands
are tied up in a bag containing fire
ants for two hours. If he bears
unmoved the torture of their stings
he is considered qualified to cope
with the nagging and daily jar and
Iret of married life. Such a man
would make an admirable hus
band. He would not be upset by
the thoughts of a spring bonnet or
grow irritable every time the steak
was oyerdone. The idea of having
patience trial for those about to
marry is one mat civilized people
might adopt. "
Yellow fever is raging m full
blast in Cuba, and doing much
toward making the Spanish 6ick of
their iob. This is the season of
the year theCubans have been
waiting for, It is easier to have
the Spanish removed by natural
causes tnan it is to ngnt in tne
open field, and then too it is far
cheaper. ' '
UMATILLA'S FINANCES.
The county of Umatilla, forvthe
year ending June rfu, loyiapom
more money than it received, in
short issued more scrip than it
called. The roads and bridges cost
$8,023.21;. the justice courts cost
$3,609.35; light, water and board
for prisoners cost $5357.28; the
paupers cos1972.42; the county
hospital 25yi.o; circuit court
$1362.10; circuit court grand jury
$2012.60; circuit court jury $2709.-
10; witnesses circuit court $1647.70;
treasurer's salary , $800; county
commissioners' salaries itoo.ou;
county judge's salary, $10C0; as
sessment of property $6572; district
attorney fees $432; school superin-
tonrlonf gnlarv nnrl dtnoncfifl
$967.45f" printing, stationery and J
books $3005: election supplies
$152.10; holding inquests cost
$206.55; examination fees for in.
sane $143.80; incidental account
$580.90; soldiers . indigent fund
$356.45; stock inspection, including
salary- stock inspector $699.96;
EherifTs office cost $9313.45; record
er's office cost $2700; the clerk'B
office cost $4735.02.
The receipts of the county have
not reached the sum of the expenses
and there is a deficit. That the
people are satisfied goes without
saying as they approved of the
present management of the county
affairs at the Polls in June. How-
ever, every eitort should oe made
to bring the expense of the county
down to a point under the receipts.
If this is not done within a few
years the condition of the finances
of the county will be remedy less
and repudiation of its scrip will be
next in order Counties are like
men: it they persist in spending,
more than they receive they will
eventually fail to pay and thoSse
who hold their obligation! are go
ing to lose. It is necessary to take.
a stitch in time. Better business.
methods are necessary and all
needs of the county Bhould be eupA
fdied under contract let to! the
owest responsible bidder. "
The debt of Umatilla county, in
cluding interest upon the debt is'
now in the vicinity ot ;:w,uw,
and interest on this amount at
eight pel cent, is no email item.
The countv has an asBet in the
form of a delinquent tax list with
which to meet this debt, but at the
outside there will not be realized
from the list more than $100,000,
bo the countv attairs neea 10 do
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handled now with closer attention
and wiser economy than ever be
fore. East Ortgonian.
Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local applications aa they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the tit.
There is only one way to cure deafness
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an inflamed con
dition of the mucous lining of the Eus
tachian Tube. When thUtube is in-
flamed you have a rumbling sound or
Imperfect hearing, and when it is entire
ly closod. deafness is the result, lend
uuIms tin lnrwmmauon can do lasen
oat and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed for
ever; nine css out of ten are caused by
catarrh, which ia nothing but an (inflam
ed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will dve One Hundred Dollars for
any case of deafness (cauead bT cMarrh)
that cannot he cured by Hall's , -rrh
Care. Send for circulars j free.
P. J. CnssEV & Co., Toledo, v.
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The Democratic Platform.
Tho platform which hi been heralded
to tho people of theae United SUtes by
the democratic party in convention as
semble, on which it is predicted the
brilli .nt Bryan will be swept to victory
by ft tidal wave is as follows :
We, the democrats of the United States,
In national convention assembled, do re
affirm oar allegiance to these great essen
tial principles of justice and liberty upon
which oar institutions are loonded, ana
which the democratic party bat main
tained from Jefferson's time to oar own
freedom of speech, freedom of the press,
freedom of conscience, the preservation
of personal rights, the equality of all
citizens before the law, and the faithful
observance of constitutional limitations..
Recognizing that the money qnestion
is paramount to all others at this time,
we invite attention to the fact that the
federal constitution names, silver and
eold together as the money metals of the
United States, and that the first coinage
law passed by congress under the coueti
tution made the silver dollar the unit of
valne and admitted gold to free coinage,
at a ratio measured by the silver dollar
unit.
We declare that the act of 1873 de
monetizing silver withont the knowledge
or approval of the American people has
resulted in the appreciation of gold and
g corresponding fall in the prices of
commodities produced by the people ; a
heavy increase in the burden of taxation,
and of all debts, public and private ; the
enrichment of the money-lending classes
at home and abroad ; paralysis of indus
tries and impoverishment of the people.
We are unalterably opposed to the sin
gle gold standard, which has locked fast
the prosperity of an industrious people
in the paralysis of hard times. Gold
monometallism is a British policy,
founded upon British greed for gain and
power, and its general adoption has
brought other nations into financial ser
vitude to London. It is not only un
American, but anti-American, and it can
be fastened upon the United States only
by the stifling of that indomitable spirit
and love of liberty which proclaimed our
political independence in 1776 and won
it in the war of the Revolution.
We demand the immediate restoration
of the free and unlimited coinage of gold
and silver at the present legal ratio of 16
to 1, without waiting for the aid or con
sent of any other nation. We demand
that the standard silver dollar shall be a
full legal tender, equally with gold, for
all debts, public and private, and we
favor such legislation as will prevent the
demonetization of any kind of legal
tender money by private contract. -We
are opposed to the policy and practice
of surrendering to holders of obligations of
the United estates any option reserved by
law to the government of redeeming such
obligations in either silver coin or gold
coin.
We are opposed to the issuing of
interest bearing bonds of the United
States in time of peace, and condemn
trafflcjng with banking syndicates which,
in exchange for bonds at an enormous
profit to themselves, supply the federal
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treasnry with gold to maintain a policy
of gold monometallism.
Congress alone has power to coin and
issue money and President Jackson
declared that this power could not be
delegated to. corporations or individuals.
We therefore demand that the power
to issue notes be taken from the banks
and that all paper shall be issued direct
ly by the treasury department. We
bold that tariff duties should be levied
solely for the purpose of revenue and
that taxation should be limited by
the needs of the government, honestly
and economically administered. We
denounce as disturbing to business
the republican threat to restore the Mc
Kfnley law, which hs twice been con
detuned by the people in national
elections, and which, enacted nnder the
false plea of protection to home industry,
proved a prolific breeder of trusts and
monopolies, enriching the few at the ex
pense of the many, restricted trade and
deprived the producers of the great Amer
ican staples of access to their natural
markets. Until the money question
is settled, we are opposed to any agitation
for f arther changes in our tariff laws ex
cept such as are necessary to make the
deficit in revenue, caused by the ad
verse decision of the supreme court
as to the income tax.
There would have been no deficit in
the federal revenue during the last two
vears but for the annulment by the
supreme court of the income tax law,
placed upon the statute books by a demo
cratic conzrees. Ibe obstruction to an
income tax, which the supreme court dis
covered in the constitution after it had
laid hidden for a hundred years, muBt be
removed, to the end that accumulated
wealth may be made to bear its just share
of the burden ol the government, we,
therefore, favor an amendment to the
federal constitution that will permit the
levy of an income tax. We hold that the
efficient way of protecting American
labor is to prevent the importation of
foreign pauper labor to compete with the
home market, and that the value of the
home market to our American farmers
and artisans is greatly reduced by a
vicious monetary system which depresses
the prices of their product below the cost
of production, and thus deprives them of
the means of satisfying their needs. We
denounce the profligate waste of the
money wrung from the people by oppreS'
give taxation and lavish appropriations
of recent republican congresses, which
have keDUaxea high, while the laborer
that nave them is unemployed, and pro
ducts of the people are depressed in price
nntil thev no loneer repay the cost of
production. We demand a return to that
simplicity and economy which best befits
a democratic government, and a reduc
tion in the number of useless offices, the
salaries of which drain the substance of
the people. Confiding in the justice of
our cause and the necessity of its success
ht the polls, we submit the foregoinn
declaration of principles and purposes to
the considerate judgment of the American
DBoDle. We invite the support of all
citizens who approve them and who de
sire to have them made effective through
legislation for the relief of the people
and the restoration of the country's
prosperity. ..
J. W. CHAPMAN, Athena.
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