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ATHENA OCTOBER 30, ... . 1896.
for president:
WILLIAM J. BRYAN,
OF NEBRASKA.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT!
ARTHUR SEWALL,
OF MAINE.
"No Crown, of Thorns,,
No Cross of Gold."
. In several parts of the country
. the attempt of the Cleveland dem
ocracy to pass itself off as the
"National Democracy" encounters
legal difficulties which are likely
to prove insuperable. Where the
Australian ballot is in use, the
names of thq presidential electors
have to bo officially printed under
the name of the party they repre
sent; and in more than one state
the officials refuse to allow the
name of the democratic party to be
thus employed by a faction which
rW.a not claim to have more than
a million votes, and which probab
ly will not poll half so many. It
ib n r.Wir a ciise of usurpation of
nn natnVilislifld name ns could be
presented. Yet the republican of
ficials in Oregon have acceded to
thfi demand of their friends who
follow the Indianapolis lead, ai
have put their electors on the of
ficial ticket as those of the Nation
al Democratic party. This is simp
ly making themselves accomplices
in a political fraud, and it is set
ting a precedent which the repub
Hcans mav have reason to rue in
the near future. In politics, what
ever may be called "fair," nothing
8 safe but fair play.
In the course of his speech at
Detroit recently Senator John M.
Palmer said, as reported in the
New York World, a goldbug paper:
''For myself I would prefer to live
under a righteous monarchy rather
than submit to such principles us
those declared by the Chicago con
vention." It is lucky for Senator Palmer
that ho is living under a govern
ment that permits froe speed);
.otherwise his remarks would be
considered treasonable and hostilo
to the government to which he
holds a high office and to which he
owes allegiance. Senator Talmer
should not be permitted to hold
his place in the United States Sen
ate a singlo day. When ho says
he prefers a monarchy rather than
to submit to the Chicago platform,
ho violates his allegiance to the
Constitution. lie should, be im
peached as soon as the senate
meets. A senator was once expell
ed for a similar but far less flagrant
offense.
I believe the struggle now going
on in this country and other coun
tries for a single gold standard
would, if successful, produco wide
spread disaster in and throughout
the commercial world. The des
truction ot silver as money and
establishment gold as the sole unit
of value must have a ruinous effect
upon all forms of property except
those investments which yield a
fixed return in money. James G.
Blaine in United States Benate
1880.
Behind the cry of the "honest
dollar" and expressed upprehen
sions about the "honor of the na
tion" will bo found the selfish in
terests of Wall street bankers and
others interested in the money
monopoly who have contributed a
corruption fund of $20,000,000 to
hire speakers, subsidizo newspapers
and flood the country with litera
ture creatine the impression that
there is a popular demand for the
single gold standard. If they suc-
ceed at the coming election it means
that every note thereafter taken
will contain a clause requiring
payment in gold alon. and four
years hence it will be impossible to
shake off the yoke. They will have other questions will be lost signt
the United States treasury ab30- of in the presence of the momen
lutely under control and can force toua one of the money standard.
bond issues at any time to any
amount, and can buy them at their
own price.
The Oregon State Journal, hith
erto a staunch republican paper,
edited by Secretary of State Kin
caid, presents the following ex
pressive picture of the financial sit
uation: "For some years the chry-
socratic press has been having
spasms oyer the loss of gold by
thin countrv. and predicting its
complete retirement if the agita-
tion for free coinage was not stop-
ncd in this country. Now on the
eve of the first presidential election
upon which the question is plainly
anhmitiorl tn the vnf.en of the neo-
pie. we see gold coming this
way by the millions and England
is having fits trying to hold enough
of the trisky metal to do business
with. If we vote McKinley in the
old process will be renewed and
orold will eo the other way, as it
did in 1891 and '92 under the old
McKinley tariff, and then we will
be the parties doing the squealing.
Like a narrow blanket on a bed
containing eix boys the supply
of gold is always uncovering one
portion or another. It ie a beauti-
i e ik.n,. ...Vv 1M,o if
IIow do the voters of German
descent like the following from the
Oregonian? No person of high or
low degree is exempt from the ill
bred epithets of the gold bug press,
and whtn men of even Bismark's
prominence are termed as 'old hum1
bug. no surprise need be experi
enced. The Oregonian says:
"Bismark wants the United States
to abandon the gold standard .and
to take the silver standard. But
Bismark caused his own country
to abandon the silver standard and
to take the sold standard. Bismark
would be very willing to see Ger
many prosper at the expence of the
United States. He desires his
country to receive assistance in its
work in the direction .of monetary
reform and financial stability on
the gold basis, and therefore recom
ends to our country what he has
repudiated for his own. Old Bis
marck, in his dotage, is an old
humbug."
The benefit of the United States
Weather Bureau and Signal Ser
vico was clearly outlined on Sept.
29 and 30 when the eastern part of
the United States was swept by a
storm almost equal to a hurricane.
The storm was reported first on the
lGth of Sept., as being in the Carri-
bean Sea ond moving northward,
By the 28 it was in the Gulf of
Mexico and warnings had been sent
to all ships about to leave south
ern ports. On the 29 it had came
as far as Georgia and was most
destructive in its naturo. Tele
graphic dispatches were 6ent all
through the country in the direc
tion it was traveling, and the loss
of life and property was much less
than would have been, had not the
weather Bureau done its duty.
Which is the best for the Amer
icans? To borrow gold from
and pay interest to England, or
dig needed money -from home
mines? To make a new home
market for manufactures and farm
products by employing idle labor
in developing western mines that
do not compete with any Ameri
can industry, or to help England
foster her South African, Austral
ian and Indian interests at our ex
pense? To legislate for Btarving
labor and bankrupt farmers, or for
Wall street? Briefly, is it best for
Americans to run the United States,
or permit Enelish bankers to
govern us.
Why not apply the spirit of the
Monroe doctrine to our present
financial situation? A few months
since we hotly resented English at
tempts to unjustly acquire a strip
of South American ewamp. Shall
we scrvilelv subiect the welfare of
70.000.000 Americans citizenu to
English capitalists? It that patri
otic?
When the 3rd of November shall
arrive thero will bo but two part
ies in tho country, those who arc
for saddling the single gold stand
ard permanently upon this coun
try and those who are for inde
pendent bimetallism. There can
be no halfway position and all
Party names will go for nothing,
and it will be the same with can
didates. Bryan will be recognized
only as the representative of a
great principle and McKinley s
former popularity will be sunk in
the cause for which he stands.
The La Grande Chronicle says
of Gen. Williams speech in that
city: "General Williams made no
votes for McKinley in La Grande
His abuse of the opposition was
entirely uncalled for, and only res
pect for his gray hairs prevented
an outburst among tne many ary
an men present, lhe people of La
Grande, regardless of politics, are
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always ready and willing to listen
to a fair discussion or tne issues
but when a public speaker heaps
abuse upon the opposition, as Mr.
Williams did last night, it only
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proves tnat ne is not up to tne
times and lacks the spirit of fair
ness that characterizes nearly all
public speakers of the day.
The Bland silver act of 1878 be
gan to be felt in 1880, and upheld
prices, as the act of 1890 averted
falling prices for a short time. But
the repeal of the Sherman law in
1893, and the order of the British
administration to cease coining sil
ver in India, broke the camel's backl
silver declined du per cent, in six
days! Who, in their senses, could
expect wool, or any other article of
production to hold its own, when
the very object was to reduce prices!
You might as well expect a man to
run faster by cutting off one of his
lees!
Another special reason inclin
ing the British to compel the clos
ing of the American mines is that
they are large producers of gold in
South Atnca and Australia, and
desire a profitable" market for its
use. Having no considerable de
posits of silver in their colonies
they forced its abandonment as a
money metal in order to give
monopoly to gold, lheir success
in these movements is largely due
to the lack ot appreciation among
the eastern people of the extent
and producing capacity of the
western mining section.
One of Oklahoma's fairest maid
ens has registered a vow and seal
ed it with a wager that if McKin
ley is elected the will ' never wed
The name of this cruel fair one is
Johnson, The Press is unable to
guess what luck will attend the
Oklahoma belle, but in theso days
of uncertainties we would advise
the Umatilla county- girls not to
mix their matrimonial affiliations
in any way with their judgemen
on the result of the presidentia
election. ' Its too uncertain.
McKinley is pledged to maintain
the existing gold standard. If you
are opposed to a continuance of
the present state of affairs, why
should you vote for him no mat
ter what your politics?
HERE'S TO BRYAN.
Tune, College Song "Drink it Down-"
Ob i here's to Billy Bryan,
Drink it down:
Oh ! Here' to Billy Brvan,
Drink it down;
Oh ! here's to Billy Bryan,
lie will win without ball trytn,'
Drink it down,
Drink it down,
Drink it down.
What'i the matter now with Hanna?
Do you say I
What's the matter now with Banna,
Do you ssy I
This is what does trouble Hanna,
He can't hoist the golden banna, '
Just to please the moneyed man, oh !
Next Tuesday.
Juat wait a few days longer
Then you'll see,
That our Bryan is much stronger
Than the G. O. P.
So hurra for Billy Bryan,
We will scud our colors flyln,'
And no votes we're after buy in.'
Silver's freel
For our Bryan we will shout
Hip, hip, hurra)
Sure he'll win without a doubt,
Hip, hip, hurra t
For the man who has no fears
For the gold bugs haughty geers ;
We will give three rousing cheers,
Hip, hip, hurra !
Cast your vote for Billy Bryan,
just tne same,
For free silver we've been cryln,'
And the day we'll gain.
We have bravely fought lhe fight,
So then work with all your might,
Nor courage wane.
Regular meeting of woodman circle
Wednesday, Nov, 4, at 1 :3J p. m Full
attendance for reception oSJnow members,
and important business.
Ida L. Gitus, clerk.
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snmnle will be mailed of the
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Nntirn nf Filinc Final Account.
In the County Court of the State of Ore
gon, Umatilla county, in inemausrui
the eBtate of PhilologUB Ely, deceas
ed. to hnrohv riven that Charles M.
an avopntnr nf tho Inst, wilt of rnllo-
logua Ely, deceased, has this day filed
with the clerk of the above named court
his final account and report in the above
named matter, and said court has fixed
on eleven o'clock in the forenoon of Sat
urday, November 21. 1896, as the time,
and the County uoun room in we wan
house of Umatilla county, Oregon, at
Pendleton, in said county, as the place,
when and where all. objections and ex
ceptions to said final account and report
will be heard and passed opon, and the
said account settled by said court.
Witness: The Hon. Wm. Martin,
judge of the said court, and the seal of
said court attached hereto, this 13th day
ot October, 1896, seal
By order of said Court,
Attest : B. 8. Bcrroughs,
County clerk
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Notice.
All accounts made with me in 1894 and
1895, must be settled at once, or costs
will be made for collection. lm
Ed.Taft.
Public Notice.
Nottoo Is hereby given that I will apply to
the mayor and common council of the city of
Athena, Oregon, at a meeting thereof to be
held on the Slst day of Oct. 1896, for a license
to sell splrltous, malt and vinous liquors In
luss quantities than one quart, said liquors to
be sold only in a building situated on the east
one-half of lot No. 8, in block No. 6, of said
city. Wili.'Weli.,
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Notice.
All knowing themselves indebted to the
estate of the late E. DePeatt, are request
ed to come forward without further delay
and settle.
Miumb L. DePeatt,
Administrator.
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I have been in the dairy business all
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for an hour before butter would appear,
so when I heard of a churn that would
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Every day for a week I used it, and not
only could I churn in a minute, but I got
more and better butter than with the
common churn. This is very important
information to butter makers. The churn
works easily, an J will churn an ordinery
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past month. Every butter maker that
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has bought one. You can obtain all de
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addressing J. F. Casey & Co., St. Louis,
and they will give you prompt and court
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The Democratic Platform.
The platform which has been heralded
to the people of these United States by
the democratic party in convention as
sembled, on which it ia predicted the
brilliant Bryan will be swept to victory
by a tidal wave is as follows :
We, the democrats of the United States,
in national convention assembled, do re
affirm our allegiance to theee great essen
tial principles of justice and liberty upon
which our institutions are founded, and
which the democratic part y has) main
nld S
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Represented.
J. W.
tained from Jefferson's time to our own
freedom of speech, freedom of the press,
freedom ot conscience, the reservation
of personal rights, the equality of all
citizens before the law, and the faithful
observance of constitutional limitations.
Recognising that the money question
is paramount to all others at this time,
we invite attention to tne lact tnat tne
federal constitution names silver and
gold together as tbe money metals of the
United States, and that the first coinage
law passed by congress under tbe consti
tution made the silver dollar the unit of
value 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 without the knowledge
or approval of tbe American people has
resulted in tne appreciation ot gold ond
a 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; tbe
enrichment of the money-lending classes
at home and abroad ; paralysis of indus
tries and impoverishment of the people.
We are unalterably opposed to tbe sin
gle gold standard, which has locked fast
the prosperity of an industrious people
in the paralysis of hard timee. tiold
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 tbe 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 tbe 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 Mates any option reserved by
law to tbe 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
trafficing with banking syndicates which,
in exchange for bonds at an enormous
profit to themselves, supply the federal
treasury with gold to maintain a policy
of gold monometallism.
CoDgress 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 tbe banks
and that all paper shall be issued direct
ly by the treasury department. We
hold that tariff duties should be levied
Bolely for the purpose of revenue and
that taxation should be limited by
the needs of tbe government, honestly
and economically administered. We
denounce as disturbing to business
the republican threat to restore the Mc
Kinley law, which has twice been con
demned by the people in national
elections, and which, enacted nnder tbe
false plea ot protection to home industry,
proved a prolific breeder of trusts and
monopolies, enriching the few at the ex
pen ee of the many, restricted trade and
deprived tne producers ot tne great Amer
ican staples of access to their natural
markeis. .Until the money . question
is settled, we are opposed to any agitation
for further 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 nave been no deficit in
the federal revenue during tbe last two
years but for the annulment by tbe
supreme court of the income tax law,
placed upon the statute books by a demo
cratic congress, lhe obstruction to an
income tax. which the supreme court dis
covered in the constitution after it had
laid hidden for a hundred years, must be
removed, to the end that accumulated
wealth may be made to bear its just share
of the burden of tbe government. V e,
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
sive taxation and lavish appropriations
of recent republican congresses, which
have kept taxes high, while tbe laborer
that pays them is nnemployed, and pro
ducts of tbe people are depressed in price
until they no longer repay the cost of
production. We demand a return to that
simplicity and economy which best befits
a democtratic governme&t, 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
at the polls, we submit the foregoing
declaration of principles and purposes to
the considerate judgment of the American
people. We invite the support of all
citizens who approve them and who de
sire to have them ma1 effective through
legislation for the relief of the people
and the restoration of the country's
prosperity.
SMITH, Athena, Oregon;
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LEADING FURNITURE DEALER
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November. 7 j. US'
at 10 o'clock, a. m., to the highest bid
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The Stock consists of Shelf and Heavy
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