JUST AS THE DEVIL
WOULD DO THE ACT
John P. St John, He of Bleeding
Kansas, Has Hi's Fling. ;
PARODY ON "EDITOR" SHELDON
An Imitator Who Vainly Imagines That
He Could Run Matter and Things
Just as His Satantic Maj
esty Would Run Them.
The editor of the Atchison Cham
jlou concluded lie would have his pa
per ruu for a week as the devil would
run It and wrote to various prominent
men for their opinions as to how they
thought his Satanic Majesty wouiu
handle the Job. Among those who an
swered was ex-Goveruor John p. t,
' John, who said:
"I have received yours of the 20th
ult, asking me to give my opinion as
to 'How the devil would run a paper,'
and in reply thereto I desire llrst to
congratulate you on your excellent
Judgment in selecting me to answer
that question, for my familiarity with
his Satanic Majesty enables me to
Impart to you a lot of Information that
the ordinary pious man knows but lit
tie about
"Tho llrst thing the devtt would do
would be to write a salutatory. He
would give It an intense religious
toiio. He would shout for Old Olory,'
and scream for liberty, and pitch Into
the Mormons, but would not say a
word about tho thousands of slaves,
and our government salaried sultan
and his -seventeen wives under the
protection of the American flag on the
Island of Sulu. Ho would openly fa
vor bimetallism, and secretly work to
put the government on a single gold
standard. He would talk long and
loud about the 'people's money', but
place them at the mercy of the na
tional banks to get It. Ho -would de
clare that the Cubans 'were and of a
right ought to be free,' and then refuse
them their freedom. He would de
nounce fraud and then send word to
the canncrs of rotten beef to clean up
and get ready to bo whitewashed. He
would stand quietly by, and without
even a protest see the organized trusts
rob the people of hundreds of millions
annually and cnll It prosperity. He
would advocate the levying of a high
tariff tax on the poor mnn's food and
clothing and toll blin it was protec
tion. He would be as quiet' ns a
graveyard while we were burning ne
iiroi's at the stake, und punching their
eyes out with a red hot Iron, here In
our own country, but would make his
columns speak in thunder tones Hi' fa
vor of sending our soldiers eight thou
sand miles from home to shoot our
civilization and Milwaukee beer Into
the Filipinos. In a desperate frenzied
effort of a powerful monarchy which
has been a robber and oppressor of
weak nations, to crush by brute force
a brave people; In South Africa who
are struggling, as our forefathers
struggled four generations ago for the
right of self government, the devil
would bo. on the side of the monarchy,
and gloat over the downfall of the re
public. He would lnko hla position In
his newspaper that by the providence
of 13 oil, Porto Rico was the property of
the United Slates, and that her people
were our people, and by this same di
vine providence nud by cry of 'benev
olent assimilation' and to impress upon
the Porto Hlcnus the lesson, that
'Whom the Lord loveth he ehnstlseth,'
be would put a 15 per cent tariff on
the prducts of their labor. Ho would
indulge In long prayers for temper
ance and editorially wluk at the
Klondike Jolntisls to close up during
the dull season, but throw llielr doors
wide open again Just before the vet
erans' next pay day. He would stand
for McKlnloy nud bitterly denounce
Bryan, and llnnlly bis Satanic Majesty
would make a will, In which bo would
provide, that 111 case of his death or
removal from the United Slates, his
newspaper should be turned over to
Mark llniina."
THE CROWNING INFAMY.
An Extract Rouubliahod by tho
Orogonlan, Maroh 1 i ,
From every section of the Union Re
publicans have called upon their Re
publican representatives to undo the
groat wrong contained In the tarllT
provision of the I'ner.o Rleo bill.
We In the great West know that that
demand Is almost unanimous througa
out the Republican party In this sec
tion. But If that wrong Is persisted 111 If
the Republican party In Congress,
through false -pride or IN OBSTI
NATE SERVILITY TO Tllli MYSTIC-
RIOUS POWER BEHIND THE
HOUSE BILL, enacts Its Puerto Rleo
tariff Into law. It will become tho over
shadowing Issue in the l'rosiileiitnl
cnin.miru.
Wo do not know what they think In
Washington would be the result of
nrh a campaign. But hero In the
West Ave know that such n tidal wave
of popular Indignation would sweep
across the prairies that the Democrats
would capture the House or uopresen
tiitlvcs. even If they did not defeat
President .McKlnley. Chicago Times
Herald. Power Behind the Throne.
The sulilolnod extract from the New
York Independent was copied by the
Oregoiilnn, March. 17. 11KH), and there
by glvon Its endorsement:
What. then, is the secret of the ex
traordinary situation In Congress?
Evidently there Is a pressure of Inter
ests which know how to enforce their
demands. IT IS BKET SUGAR AND
CANE RUG All AND TOBACCO. It
will be a revelation to tho people of
the United States that the growers of
these crops have power suddenly to
revolutionize tho policy or a great par
ty, to bring recalcitrants swiftly Inlo
lluo, and to force an unpopular ineas
lire through both houses.
Has the Republican party, through
Its representatives In Congress, taken
tho contract to dig its own grave? In
effect, It Is working nt that Job with a
..,.wlHna n,wl aven U'lint RlII'kH Clllled
a "quadruiuanous" activity. Congress
every uay is matting muici-mi ii
Democratic campaign.
Whv shouldn't Puerto Rico be
treated like Hawaii? THE GREED
OF PROTECTED TRUSTS ON THE
ATLANTIC SEABOARD 18 THE OB-STACLE.'-Oregonlan,
Marfli 1st, 11)00.
Representative Tongue's defense of
the Puerto Rico tariff is Interesting
anil no doubt conclusive to him. The
measure's merit consists iu provision
for ilolnir away with the tariff It en
acts ns soon ns possible. Thin Is like
l he schoolboys defense or Chinese
highbinder wars, on the ground that
large numbers of oiijeci.onanie 0111
nese were thus destroyed and removed
from troubling us. If the tariff is Btich
a good tiling, why ask credit for
amending the law so as to uo away
with It? Oregoulnu, April a, luuu.
MORE SAD FACTS ABOUT
THE PORTO RICO TARIFF
A Few Republican Papers Opposing
the Crime and Exposing
It Bitterly.
List of Republican papers opposing
the Puerto Rico tariff lummy:
Boston Transcript.
Boston Advertiser.
Boston Journal.
Manchester (N. H.) Mirror.
Burlington (Vt.) Free Press.
Hartford Couraut.
Worcester Spy.
Tho U'hlladolphla) Ledger.
Tho North American (Philadelphia).
Tho livening Telegraph (Philadel
phia). -
The Inter Ocean.
Tho Times-Herald, Chicago.
Tim livening I'ost, Chicago.
The Cleveland Leader.
The Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Minneapolis Journal.
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Topeka Capital.
Balltiinore American.
Washington Star.
Snn Francisco Chronicle.
Snu Francisco Evening Post.
Spokane Spokesman-Review. .
Portland Telegram.
Portland Oregoniau.
The Hawaiian Gazette.
The Honolulu Star.
THOS. H. TONGUK HAS SERVED
TWO .T tilt MS IN CONGRESS AND
HAS NOT PASSED A SINGLE PUB
LIC BILL.
THE INFAMOUS PORTO RICO
TARIFF BILL RECENTLY
PASSED.
Thieving Meaiaro In Interest of
Sugar and Tobacco Trust.
"THE CAPITALIZATION OF
THE SUGAR TllUST IS 173,000,001).
THE CAPITALIZATION OL' THIS
TOBACCO TItllST IS $70,000,000.
CAMPAION FUNDS A KB NEED 101).
THE PEOPLE ALL OVEU Tllli
UNION AltB ASKING, AND ASK
ING LOUDLY: DO THESE AND
OTHER GIGANTIC TltUSTS ABSO
LUTELY CONTROL THE OOY-
GltESS AND Tllli PRESIDENT OF
HIM UNITED STATES V"
The excerpt printed above Is from
the Portland Telegram, one of the
leading Republican dally newspapers
of Oregon.
NO PENSION FOR THEM.
Indian War Veterans Must Wait Be
cause of Other Expenses.
Gov. T. T. Gecr, yesterday, received
a letter from George B. Cortelyou, sec
retary to the president, answering the
governor's letter respecting the Indian
War Veteran s pension bill. The let
ter simply acknowledges the receipt ol
I he communication.
Speaker D. B. Henderson also ac
knowledges tho receipt of the letter
addressed to him on the same stibjo'.'t,
saying:
I have given tho subject mutter of
your letter considerable thought. It is
a bad tluic to urge this at present
with our tremendous burdens ot ap
propriations, although something may
be done In this congress, if not at this
session." Salem Statesman.
("Something may bo done, but not
at this session," Is cold comfort for the
aged veterans, who redeemed Oregon
from the Indians. They must wall,
some of them In actual want, because
of the constantly piling up expenses of
I he army, navy and a horde of otllic
holders made necessary under the new
Imperialistic regime of the present
t lamia adinlnlsirat Ion. Editor.
MR. DALY AND MR. TONGUE.
A Distinction and a Difference
Most Emphatic.
Some ot our Republican friends are
shocked at the Impudence of the Dem
ocrats nominating a man born lit Ire
laud for congress. Well, as his oppo
nent was born In England, they come
to us from under the same crown.
There Is this difference between them:
Dr. Duly has the liberty-loving spirit
of n Patrick Henry and Mr. Tongue
the subnilssivencss of a subject of
King George. The former stands for
liberty for all down trodden people,
even the Boers; the hitler Is hand and
glove with the aristocracy of both
continents. Portland Dispatch.
Tllli . LEGISLATIVE CANDl
HATES OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PEOPLE'S PARTY ARE THE ONLY
ONES PLEDGED HY PLATFORM
TO Tllli SUPPORT OK THE INI
TIATIVE AND REFERENDUM.
It Is ald that one of the reasons
why "our plain duty" to Porto Rico
was ana'uloned was a statement that
free trade would Injure the tobacco-
growers of Connecticut. Yet the Hart
totd Couraut. a loading Republican pa
per, says the Porto Ulen tariff bill Is
both unnecessary and Impolitic. OX
NARD AND MY1UCK ARE ABOUT
ITS ONLY PROMOTERS. THE POW
ER OF SUCH MEN OVER CON
GRESS IS A MOST UNPLEASANT
REVELATION TO THE COUNTRY.
Orcgonlnn, March 20, 1000.
OLD INDIAN FIGHTERS
ARE AFTER TONGUE
Pioneers Who Defended Their
, Homes Against War Parties.
TONGUE UNFRIENDLY TO VETS
In the Oregon Indian War Issue an Ad'
dress of Inquiry to Speaker Hen
derson The Venerable Old He
roes Feel Deeply Aggrieved.
At a meeting of Bennett Camp No.
H of ludiun War Veterans of the North
Pacllic coast, held in the city of Sa
lem, Oregon, .May 5, 1000, the follow
ing address ami resolutions were
unanimously adopted:.
The Capital Journal was requested
to give publication of the proceedings
of the meeting, and all other papers
in sympathy with the cause of the
much neglected nud abused Indian
War Veterans.
The Veteran's Address.
Address of Captain Bennett Camp,
No. 8, of Indian War Veterans of the
North Pacific coast to their dear com
rades and friends. In 18K0, whea Col.
T. B. Walt was our llrst grand com
mnndor, he said in a speech before the
grand encampment: "That we must
organize and get every vote together
for our interest. It is now thirty
years since we went to our country's
rescue, and what have we received
Comimrntively nothing.
"You should show how many votes
we have. Knock somebody down that
Is In our way, and then they will want
to' know what the old fellows want
They think we are dead, or, if not
dead, wo have so little sense that they
can fool us a plenty. '
"If the Grand Army of the Republic
had not have had votes, and used
them, would there have been anything
said about their patriotism? When a
member of congress Is in political ac
cord with the house of representatives,
and does nothing for us, see that he
stays at home next time. Then, and
not until then, will you get what is
Justly your dues."
Though spoken fourteen years ago,
Comrades, we ask you, were not tho
words of our lust grand commander,
Col. T. B. W. Wait, prophetic words?
lave we received anything, and is
there any prospect that we will ever?
Every two years Just before election
we get a dose of Mr, Tongue's tatty,
spread on thick with Colonel "Wood's
eonlldeutial assurance mop. that In a
few months nt the furthest we will
lie looked after to our heart's content.
It Is now forty-four yars that we
have been seeking recognition In vain;
now let us nppeal to our comrades and
friends to stand by ns, and for snido
congressmen's scalps. Leave not a
stone unturned nor SV' vote uncast
against those do-nothing congressmen.
who think that with a little taffy Just
before election they can fool us until
wo have passed Into our graves, and
then the future historian will write:
Seven thousand Indian war veterans
of the Pacific Northwest, within fifty
years, all passed into their graves
without recognitions that very small
politicians might go to congress."
,T. II. ELGIN,
Captain Bennett Post, No. 8.
S. T. NORTHCUTT, .
Secretary.
Memorial to the Speaker.
The following resolutions addressed
to the speaker of the lower house of
congress were unanimously adopted:
Wherens. We have learned through
our representative in,, congress, Hon.
1 lionms li. Tongue, that the speaker
of Hie house of representatives of the
United States is opposed to any legis
lation tending toward the relief of
those old Indian war veterans who
served in the early Indian wars iu
Oregon, who for ninny years have
been asking to be placed on the pen
sion roll, or to receive at least some
recognition nt the hands of this our
government, and
Y herons, wo are Informed by our
representative in congress, Hon.
Thomas II. Tongue, that Speaker Hen
derson lias taken the same stand in
this matter as did the former speaker,
Thomas B. Reed, and
Whereas, We have been put off from
year to year with different explana
tions of this matter, and would like to
locate the source of the opposition to
our Just demands, therefore,
Bo It: Resolved, By the Indian war
veterans of Bennett camp, that we
hereby most respectfully call niton the
Hon. Speaker Henderson, of the house
of representatives of the United
Slates, to give his reasons for bo op
posing the legislation that we ask
Selein Capital Journal.
The Oregonlan'a Prophecy.
Representative Tongue Is reported in
saying that he Is more and more con
vinced that Puerto Rico ought not to
be admitted to free commercial Inter
course with the United States. This
means that in his opinion our new in
sular possessions should be held under
a system of Imperial government, and
not be perniltjcd to participate to full
extent iu the advantages of connec
tion with the sovereign country. THE
OllliGONlAN WILL TELL MR.
TONGUE THAT HE CANNOT BE
Rii-ELECTED ON THIS ISSUE Or-
cgoiiian, March 15, j'.HH).
Kincald is Cauetio.
The organs that denounced Tongue
for voting for the Puerto Rleo tariff
und said he could not be re-elected on
that Issue, are now barking on the
back track and declaring that Tongue
Is all right and can easily be rc-clecteii.
The party brand was slapped onto him
by ,11m Eddy nt McMlnuvllle nud that
makes Thomas a "horse of another
color." Whatever the party opposes
must be wrong. When the party log
rolls Us $100,000,000 ship subsidy steal
through congress and Hanna orders It
signed, the organs that arc now calling
it "colossal robbery, will say It Is all
right: -Oregon State Journal.
If Murk Hnnna bad read the Ore
gi ulaii he wonldu't have said, ''Then
are no trusts."
TONGUE AND MOODY
AND THEIR ATTITUDE
Upon
the Most Shamefaced
Steal of the Age.
WHY ARE THEY SILENT NOW?
The People, as Self Protection, Should
Send Men to Congress Who Will
Protect Them From the In
iquitous Trusts.
Ill 1S00 Congress passed a bill to set
aside certain lands in the State of
Washington as a public park known as
tho Mt. Rainier National l'urk, and
provided that the Northern Pacllic
Ruilroad Compauy might relinquish
tile laud granted to it within the pub
lic park to the government, and select
iu place of same any uou-niiueral pub
lic lands iu any stale Into which said
railroad ran.
In accordance therewith, the North
era Pacllic R. 11. Co., relinquished
thousands of acres of. land within said
park which was utterly worthless and
without value and not worth the taxes
paid on them, and arc now In this
state gobbling up all the best timber
lauds we have. Nearly 200,000 acres
have already been taken up by these
"laud grabbers" in the Oregon City
and Roseburg districts, many claims
right in Liuu county, and tho end is
not in sight.
The N. P. R. R. Co. has less than 50
miles of road in Oregon. It has no In
terest whatever in building up the
state, nud yet it lias been permitted
by a Republican congress to come to
our state and rob the people and houie
seckers who would settle upon these
lands nnd build homes for themselves.
Iu a short time all the lands of this
country will be iu the hands of rail
road corporations. The lauds owned
by Ihein within the public parks are
said to be without value and could not
be sold by the company at any price,
but by this act they are permitted to
acquire lands worth from $10.00 to
.$20.00 per acre. The railroad grants
were bad iu the beginning, but this
last piece of Republican legislation is
vicious in the extreme.- r .
And to show the extremes to which
these Republican legislators have gone
111 this bill, the company can select
nnd get patents at once for these tim
ber lands whether surveyed or unsur
veyed, a right which Is denied a settler
who Is seeking to pinke a home for
himself, and the further fact that no
proof of these lauds beiug non-mineral
iu character is required from the com
pany.
A poor settler must establish the
non-mineral character of his home by
proof. The rich corporation can- ac
quire lands without any proof what
ever. How long are tho people of Or -
ego., going to stand this treatment?
Thomas 11. Tongue is a party to this.
m V,'? W . . AOlTS0fn .t v"
Linn ( iii; tiiwiv nut. , uiv iu, j.k.uai
-Albany Herald.
The net of 1809 in the Interest of the
N. P. It. R. Co., is but a part of the
laud grabbing logib.ntion for the bene
fit of certain railroad and military wa
gon road companies. The first legisla
tion of the kind in favor of these com
panies was rue act ol June m.,, the ship will simply be nu additional
authorizing them to exchange any land, flt t0 ,ts own pald b the lubo,.
held by them iu the forest reserve, uonf t1. Pm.nrrv "-niwmii.in Ainvci, 1
matter of how little value the lnnd'
might be, for any other land of equal
acreage Hint they might select out of
the public domain. They were even
allowed to select unsurveyed lnnds
that could not be purchased by set
tlers. By the passage of the act the
value of their lauds in the forest re
serve was increased to three or four
times their original value.
THOS. II. TONGUE HAS SERVED
TWO TERMS IN CONGRESS AND
HAS NEVER PASSED A SINGLE
PUBLIC BILL.
A MOST COLOSSAL GRAFT
NOW BEING COOKED UP
The Outrageous Ship Subsidy Bill Now
Perldlng In Congress of the
United. States.
SHALL WE TELL THE SECRET
OF THE SUBSIDY BILL? Then It is
this: Ship construction Is booming.
Let us hurry up nud pass the subsidy
bill; THEN WE SHALL SAY TO
THE PEOPLE, BEHOLD WHAT
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS
DONE FOR OUR MERCHANT MA
RINE, WITH ITS SUBSIDIES! Vote
for McKinlcy aud all the rest of us
Republicans.
Then we can go before the Pro
tected Interests and say, Behold your
friends! Then we can go to the labor
veto and say, Behold your fortress and
high tower!
As to the subsidy bill, haste must he
made or It will be too late; for almost
every day the news conies of keels
laid, contracts signed, trans-Atlnntc
and trans-Pacific lines organized, war
ships building In American yards for
everywhere. To claim tills present ac
tivity for a bill to go into effect next
January will be a work of extreme
hardihood.
As to the labor vote, it Is doubtless
sufficiently Informed how Inrge a part
of the tariff goes Into Its wages, and
how much it achieves through Its
trades organizations. Then if we de
duct the labor vote that will go for
Debs as n socialist, and that that will
go for Bryan or McKlnley anyhow
through partisan predilection, the
game to be had through the Puerto
Rico trap is not very promising.
AS TO THE PROTECTED INTER
ESTS, THEY ARE. APPARENTLY.
WELL SERVED. AND HAVE NO
EXCI SE FOR DISPLEASURE. But
havo thev all the votes worth having?
-Oivgonian, April :!, 1900.
Mr. Wni. Schnlmerlch,
Mr. Win. Sohulmerlch. the Demo
cratic People s nominee for dairy nnl
fin d commissioner, li n resident of
Washlnct'.n county, where he hns been
engaged In the dairy business for a
number of years, conducting one of the
largest nud most successful dairies in
the state. He was born in Eldorado
county, California, and with his par-
ents came to Oregon In 1875. Mr. 8.
uas made a success ot the dairy busi
ness when others have fulled, because
he has .made a thorough study of It.
He has done much to advance the In
terests of the State Dairy Association,
and Is very active In bringing to public
notice all efforts of adulteration in it.
At present be is vice-president of the
suite association, and has a large ac
quaintnnce with . dairymen, all of
whom recognize his fitness to properly
administer the duties of the office to
which he aspires. Democratic Times,
"The revised ship subs.dy bill, of
which we have a full copy through our
correspondent at 'Washington, is little
improvement upon the original form,
If any nt all. It Is long aud cumbrous,
and what it means can only be ascer
tained through a rent deal of study.
Its authors profess to have kept In
view the design of reducing the sums
to be paid to high-speed ships, of th
class devoted to passenger service nt
the great Atlantic ferry; but why
should it be thought part of the duty
of the United States to furnish theso
luxurious ships for foreign travel?
In general, THIS IS A PROPOSI
TION TO PAY TO CERTAIN SHIP
OWNERS NINE MILLION DOL
LARS As YEAR FOR TWENTY
YEARS. THE SECRETARY OF
THE TREASURY IS AUTHORIZED
TO "CONTRACT" WITH CERTAIN
OWNERS FOR THAT PERIOD. OB
VIOUSLY, THE PURPOSE OF THIS
IS TO PREVENT REPEAL OF THE
LAW . FROM ENDING THE BOUN
TY. The authors of the scheme are
working for the "dead cinch." It is
all fixed In their favor. Builders are
to be allowed five years In which to
make a contract, accompanied by n
bond; and then they are to have five
years more In which to build the ships.
In other words, ships-built ten yenrs
hence may begin to receive the sub
sidy. Even then, If the ships are not
completed In the time stipulated, the
secretary is to have power to extend
the time for such period ns he may see
fit. The subsidy-seeker Is to have every
point In his own hands. But why any
subsidy for the ocean-carrying busi
ness, admittedly one of the most prof
itable lines of business in tht world?
Ship property Is good property; the
world over.- It is universally admit
ted that we ran the railroad subsidy to
an extreme.. Are we to enter unon n
similar policy in the ship bounty busi
ness?
No sufficient safeguard is provided
In the bill against evasion of the speed
requirement. Nor are the vessels re
ceiving the subsidy to be required to
carry American sailors to an extent or
proportion of more than one-fourth of
the necessary crew. Every advantage
Is to be left to the receiver of the
bounty. These things are not acci
dental. They are provisions deliber
ately planned, nnd their object is to
get money out of the treasury for hid I
i", , ,
' ' p rhV P""
servlcc- Bllt whel.0 or wllnt wlll be
tlle service? The prices of our pro-
ducts are made in foreign' countries
where they are sent for market, and
,he 8hins th(lt recelve bounty wlu not
carry for less than those which do not
because they will be under no neces
sity of doing so, nnd the law of trans
portto take all the traffic will bear-
will not be superseded. The bounty to
- innn
OXNARD "REVERSES" HIM.
Sad Plight of a Man Not Unlike
Tongne or Moody.
Representative Payne, of New York.
is chairman of the ways nnd means
committee. At first he was in favor of
free commercial intercourse between
Puerto Rico and the mainland of the
United States. BUT HE TELLS
PLAINLY HOW OXNARD, THE SU
GAR LOBBYIST, CAME ALONG
AND "REVERSED" HIM.
And if tills the Porto Rico tariff
bill goes through you wlll see what
plight the Republican party will be in
during the political campaign the com
ing fall. How will It answer the crit
icism of the Democratic campaigners
ON ITS SUBSERVIENCY TO THE
PROTCTED INTERESTS AND THE
TRUSTS?
IS THIS A GREAT COUNTRY, OR
A MERE POCKET BOROUGH, THE
PROPERTY OF TRUSTS, ADMIN
ISTERED THROUGH THEIR LOB
BY ?-Orcgonian, March 17, 1000.
Senator Simon's estimate of the ef
feet of the Puerto Rican mess upon
Oregon in November is perfectly cor
rect. And he might safely have In
cluded the election in June also. Ore
goulau, April 4, 1000.
If congress nnd tnc president per
sist In their present course nothing
can save the Republican party from
defeat next November. It will surely
cost them the house of representatives
and it mny cost them the presidency.
Chicago Times-Herald, (Republican).
It would be ns useless ns It would
be criminal to deny the peril of the
present situation. To the senators
and to the representatives who can
appreciate no higher consideration, let
tt be said that the wnole future of the
congressional campaign Is staked on
this Issue. In the West there arc 22
close congressional districts, and In
every one of these nil signs point to
sure Republican defeat unless the
present resentment of the people be
allayed by a complete repudiation of
the Puerto Rico monstrosity. Chicago
Inter Ocean, (Republican).
There Is one thing certain, friends,
we could hardly tnnke a worse mistake
than to return Mr. Tongue, who evej:
tiody knows has done absolutely noth
ing for the people, hut all he co'tll
for the railroads and other corpora
tions. The People's Press.
Attorney General Griggs Is con
vlnoed that the government cannot 111'
tcrfcre with trusts, aud the rest of us
arc convinced that the government Is
not trying to. The Tribune, Detroit
CHINESE AND JAPANESE V
FLOOD OF IMMIGRANTS
The Exclusion Act Expires Next
March and Danger Threatens.;
WORSE THAN BUBONIC PLAGUE
t is a Tenet of Democratic Talth and
- a Plank In the Democratic Platform ,
to Protect the American' La
borer From the Asiatic.
The followilll? rosnhlttnn wna imnitl.
mously adopted at the recent state
convention:
Whereas, The Chinese exclusion act
spires In March, lwl; be it .
Resolved. That nut cnmll,lnt..a -
congress be aud they are hereby ln-
ucicu to use tnelr utmost endeavors
hllVll Kllill lllW ru..l,lr.l.l nrltl. ....
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amendment Including Immigrants from
Japan.
The enactment: nf thn Chinuua
sion law was enforced by the reform
parties against the stubborn opposi
tion of a majority of the Republican-
lucuiwiH ut congress as a matter of
necessity for the nrotnctlnn nf ivhtt
laborers on tills coast In particular
from a ranidlv iucrcnsiiip- nr,,,,. f
coolie laborers. While this law will
expire Within a venr nnrnwlln. in it.,
limitation, it is a remarkable fact that
uo enort mis been made In congress to
renew or eytmwl ire nnii.niin.. a... i
, uauuu, AUU
at the same time Japanese laborers are
cuming into tue united states by thou
sands aud no effort is made to restrict
cueir immigration. We can sav with-
tlt cxnirircrnHmi Hm t-lw, nvi-n...
this undesirable Japanese immigration
Is nlnriiiinrr: and ver muni, ,...,..,.
wlll the condition become if the Chi
nese exclusion law be allowed to ex
pire and armies nf CM
anese laborers be allowed to luvade
iue uuueu states at the same time to
compete with our white labor? The
Situation ricmnnatrntoa Ilia ..Annai.i a
.....w iuw nvvaaiiy ol-
electing to congress from this state
mm uuu uuie men wno are free from
every suspicion of railroad and other
corprate Infiuenee and iu full sympa-
iuj nun iue mooring men und com
mon people.
Tacoma. Anril l)ln,.,ii '
offlcerliitBe Northern Pacific steam
ship Goodwin, over 10,000 Japanese
were booked for passage to this coast
in Kobe and Yokohama in the two
ivcuks preceding the sailing of the
Goodwin from .Tnnnn Of i Mo i
army of coolies, over 3400 arrived on:
me oouuu msiue or three days; the
Rlojuu Warn having 1300 nboard, tho.
German, steamer Mtln inu ...,.i i...
Goodwin. 1117, while the Brnemer Is
followlnir With 101(1 nf thorn ..
eral other shins clenrimr f,.' TJ,.ti.,.,.i
and other ports containing tho rcmniu-
m mis luiuy or coouo laborers.
This officer says that if something
Is not done soon to cheek the Influx of
Japanese, before the year Is out at
least 20,000 more of tlioin will bo
booked for tlm
.April 20th, 1000. ' '
EXPANSION VS. IMPERIALISM
GRAFTERS ARE OBSTRUCTING
.' 'i
Private Interests Must Give Way to
Public Weal or the Public Suffers -'
Most Unmercifully.
Exnansinn wilt nnl- lm nr,,,tii-. i
run into impcrialsm, for the AniercaJi,
peopie win not nave expansion on the
imperial oasis, xnat is, they will.
not have Colonies or flnnnnnn,lAa tn
be held nnd tnvixl mum ,iu Ai........
of dscrimination against their own luv
leiesis, or uenieu tne advantages of
free commercal iiitowniiiHMi with
United States. Congress has full pow-'
er to hold the new acquisitions Iu a ter
ritorial relation to the United States,
aud mav do this for nn !iwi.Hiiitn ,u.i-,
od, but the proposal to treat them as
uncus, in iue matter or commercial lu-.
r.ercourse, is a ruing tue people of the,
United States will never approve.
THERE WOULD BE NO SUGGES
TION OF SUCH A THING BUT
FOR THE INTRUSION OF THE SU
GAR AND TOBACCO LOBBY .AT,
WASHINGTON.
We have acquired all these 1.- lauds
by treaty, yet they are alien l.indnt:
Hns such stultification any pnrni.cl in',
the history of parties?
PETTY n'TTDTTfJlT tv'I'WVI. V
SELFISH, INTERESTS ARE DOINGr
mis wukja..
A powerful Amercan syndicate con-'
trols the plantations and products of
Hawaii, wants free trade, and gets It.'
THE SYNDICATE ON THE OTHER
SIDE HAVE HOME INTERESTS TO)
SUBSERVE, AND THEY RULE POR-'
TO RICO OUT. Congress yields , i
one argument in the one case and to'
the opposite argument in the other; yet
In each ease the argument comes from
the same source of protected greed.
It Is not the people of the United
Stntes who are demanding this dis
crimination nnd its exactions. IT 18 A
HANDFUL WHO ARE WORKING
THE "GRAFT OF PROTECTION"
FOR THEIR PRIVATE SCHEMES,
THROUGH THEIR- LOBBY- AT
WASHINGTON. Oregoulnu, March
24, 11)00.
Tho Oregonian and several other Re
publican newspapers are kept busy
"pointing with pride" to the achieve-'
ment of the Republican party In hav
ing "settled" the money question by
permanently adopting the gold stand-,
nnl and in calling upon the voters to'
assist them In winning a victory for7
the gold standard so that they can
keep on settling the financial question.
From the manner lu which 1 li Ore
goulnu attacks Senator Daly boeiuso
he favors free coinage one would think
that Scott was ever afraid bis party
would lose control of the United StaUis
Senate.
If the trusts persist In their way
warduess. Chicago will bold another;
trust conference, nnd hov will thoy
like Hint? Chicago Record. ': ''