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1 he Democratic Party. Washington, March 24. One of the things discussed here by the Demo cratic members of Congress just before adjournment and since, and discussed with considerable solicitude, is the fu ture of the Democratic party. This, of course is interesting to all democrats and all good citizens, for two parties in this country are essential to the health of the republic. The Democratic party is immortal and will last as long as the republic endures. Many a time it has been shot at and bedeviled and defeated and all but wiped off the face of the earth, and the announcement has been solemnly made that the Democratic . party was dead, but when they came to bury it the corpse was not forthcom ing. The party defeated last fall under the name of the Democratic party was not the real Democratic party of this country. That party is still in good health, still undismayed, still militant, and its hosts are beginning to marshal in serried ranks under the banner of leaders who are honest to the core, who are honest with the people, who believe in the real reforms the people demand, who have nothing in common with the plutocracy and who will fight it with all their might,' and who will be found in the forefront of the battle in the next campaign leading on the Dem ocratic hosts; and waving on the firing line will be the plumes of those two warriors for the people rights, the Hon. William Jennings Bryan and the Hon. William Randolph Hearst. This is the honest consensus of opin ion here among some of the leading democrats. It has been formed delib erately after looking at the late disas trous defeat which followed at attempt on the part of the Wall Street Democ racy or more properly the plutocracy, to lead the Democratic leaders here be lieve it would be suicide indeed to al- ltw the same coalition to continue and attempt another campaign unaer tne same auBpices. The only thing to do ; then' is to depose the men who at ' present are at the head of the party ' and place the conduct of the party's affairs in the hands of the real leaders of the party In this , country. . The . . .. . .. . ..... . people believe in tne nonesty oi pur- pose of both Bryan andi Hearst,, and there are people in the state that think they will follow where they load. Mr. this county should not complain about Hearst says he is not a candidate for the state expenses. ,, : anything on the facflrof, the earth and; This county ranks eighth in assessed will not be again, but any one who valuation in the state but iB placed fifth doubts that he will be a formidable in the amount of the state tax levied factor in the next fight for the people, : againBt the counties. If our consti would better dispell such doubt right tution is worth anything, then evident now. With his pacers he iB every day ly this law providing for the state tax fighting the battles of the people and is in direct opposition to the constitu . he will continue until he is in at the tion. .death of unjust discriminations and It certainly is about time the; 'people riminnl trnttu. The Dartv cannot ex- ist half plutocratic and half democratic and the leaders hore think that the only thing to do is to make it all democratic the state. We are a progressive peo t , the earlieBt practicable moment, pie here and are willing to stand our They feol that the recruits from the ranks of the thousands of honeBt re- publicans who really f avor . reforms in f ilie interest of the people, will far out- number the desertions on the part of Eastorn plutocrats who will go into the republican party where they natur ally bolong and where they will find congonial company. Every man who believes in special privilege will finally got into the Repub- that the senators who are hostile to lican party, and every man who does railroad reform believe the public de not so bolieve will naturally gravitate mand for "such legislation will have to the Democratic party and ho will stay there. You cannot fool all the time. Charles A. Edwvrds. The Everla.ting Slaughter. From tho Monitor Magazine, Cincin- nati. Tho statesmanship of Europe is so wretched that it causes the everlasting slnughtor of tho poople in many ways, and their struggle for existence be comes almost unbearable, and millions of them leave thoir fatherland to find ti.imn. in nMini" html. Under tho plea of patriotism millions Of course the "campaign is not end of men nro drilled as soldiers, who at nd," but thoae "hostile senators" know i j p thni. ..nwrc will kill just as ovory other intelligent man thoir kin. Those groat armios aro not i ,ii,!rnin from tho noacoful in- dustrios but croato an cxponso that takes tho earnings from tho peoplo and i, ...,!- .,t,,yi f.,i. ovioinnnn so much harder. ThA nriivimnnta of the armies and ,lr..in thn wnulth of thoir coun- I.-:-., ron.mtuma nf HnhLi on which tho interest saps the savings of the people. And for what purpose? To slaughter one another for tho self aggrandizement of thoao who rule. From tho Kansas City Journal. Kickers always attract attention one class of them sells high on tho market. Tho highest-priced four-legged kicker is a hybrid creature, irritable and somowhnt unscripturnl. The chronic kicker is an amusing two-legged "animal," not bo dangerous, how ovcr. A ki:kcr never builds up. lie h great on tearing down. Tho world's happiness has been promoted more 1 y compliments than by curses, so, gix d reader, when you feel like kicking, junt roliro to the backyard and kick your self a few times rather than join tho kmckcrs' chorus. ' Why Taxes arc High. McMinnville T. R. Sec. 1, Art 9, of the state constitu tion provides that the legislative as sembly shall provide by law for uni form and equal rate of assessment and taxation. A comparison of the assessed valua tion of some of the different counties and the amount of the state taxes paid by them will show how well this has been carried out and also show the way in which Yamhill county is getting the worst of it. In 1901 the legislature provided an arbitrary method of levying the state tax by which each county should pay a certain per cent of the state tax and this per cent is to remain the same until 1910. The rate was based on the average assessed valuation lor tne i previous five vears. Bv this arrancre- ment, Yamhill county is required to pay 3.91 per cent of all the state tax. This . must be paid regardless of the assessed I valuation of the county at the present The valuation of this county at the present time is $5,568,223.00. Our ' state tax is approximately $39,100.00. come from headquarters. The assoei This requires a levy of 7.1 mills on the ated press reporters anxious- to be in1 valuation. In Clackamas county the the lead will havi. . rmnfta tnA valuation is $9,364,000.00 and they pay a state tax of approximately $33,600.00. i WT on'y T?m'. " .'T "l -D i Only about one half what is re- qu reu m xamn, . coun y. " PP- this is what the legislature understands by a uniform and equal rate of assess ment and taxation. As some persons may think this is only an isolated case we will give some of the other counties. Benton county has an assessed valuation of $4,467,840, . and pays a state tax of only $20,200; Lane county shows a valuation of $9, 298,690 and pays $46,200 state tax; Multnomah county has a valuation of $56,427,577 and pays a state tax of $jiki,3uu wnicn requires a levy oi o.o mills. Thus it goes all along the line, j Yumhill county being required to pay a ; greater state tax according to he valua- tion than any other county in the state, The average state levy in the state is 6.25 mills and the levy in this county is m 1 :n- w:t.t- i:,.: flrn:w. i.i muig. wim una cuuuiuuu , of this county begun to study the af- fairs of the state and demand that they receive fair treatment at the hands of share qf the legitimate expenses of the state but we are getting tired of having more than our share of the burdens thrust upon us. Masters of the People.' The Philadelphia North American Bava that intimations have been given i03t its fervor before autumn comes, nut the North American reminds these 'gontlomon that: "Tho day has come when the rail roads, creatures of the state, do' ac tually in many states control their cre ators; and thore is no hope for redress unless the people uso tho powers of thoir own government at Washington. This they are resolute to do. The mat- tor will not blow over. The campaign is not ended. The railroads, in one way or another, this year or next year, are going to bo put into the place of servants, instond of remaining masters of tho people, knows, that tho railroads or tho tru9ts, will not bo put "into tho place of ser- vants" so long as the poople oloct to ofllce candidates choaen by tho corpor- ations. Thoy know ..that those men will remain "masters of the people 80 lnS ns they nr0 masters of the peo- P'0'" representatives. I Tho North Amoricnn has mado some 'ng protests-betweon election days If it would make its unquestioned pow e.' felt, lot it employ its great ability during a political campaign ngainst the party that doiives its campaign funds from tho trusts and is therefore under plo U'O to carry out tho decrees of the trust magnate.1-. -Commoner. Ill a few days District Attorney Honey will again bo in Portland to at tend to the land fraud business, and it is probablo that thore will again be something doing to talk about. There may be more indictments and some will not bo indicted who have shown them selves as culpable as any who are under indictment. " Tho man who turns states evidenco has the added calumny of go ng back on his friends, and is there fore twice as bad as tho man indicted. There are people who would believe that John D. Rockefeller had horns on his liead if any one would declare that he had seen them. Mr. Rockefeller is talking of giving Chicago university an endowment fund of $50,000,000. That would mean about a dollar a gallon for coal oil. The Haroun divorce case at Eugene j3 an unfortunate one for any commun ity. It is to be regretted that the lives of any married people are of a nature to call for such things as have been re ported in connection with this case. Men who a few years ago could not toady enough to Senator Mitchell are now stabbing him in the back. That is the way a sinking ship is deserted the - - - wor" over. There are others in Ore- g" as guilty as senator Mitchell who nola tneir ""s as high as ever. For awhile the ajr wi be fuU of ta,k It will be well to t' k. rt,rmrt. ,th' I aat deal nf .n,..- fi, ta. on nothing but mmo,. The next state election is already be- ing fixed up though a long ways ahead. It givea people an 0pportunity to talk . . J . .. . and that is about all. Most of it mere guess work, offering items for denial. Half the men mentioned for . . . ' Q tning j If the treasurer of the state of Ore gon or any other state invests the- monev of the state in his hands, wait- ino. Davment of the state warrants, and. appr0priates the interest to himself, in the opinjon 0f the' Democrat he is as mucn of a thief the rtan who DreakB into B bank dymmutes the safe' and take the money found in it away. The money belongs to the state, and any ar(tuments that it is all right for the - . . ... . ... official to have the interest himself is the worst kind of twaddle. Candidates for President are already bobbing up and the present President has been inaugurated less than a month. It ought to be a criminal of fense to mention a person for President nearer than one year- to the. date of the election. It puts the Country, in a state of unrest and makes' k politics transcendent in government affairs. It has gotten to that place where men are more loyal to party than to the govern ment. Uncle Sam ought to be first Instead of that spoils have been placed at the head. At the present time the republican party is running the govern ment for the spoils in the job and hardly a measure is passed that has not the party more m view than the good of the people. This is not stated for political effect but for a fact as seen by passing events. A Reno, Nov., dispatch reads: C. A. Short, a prominent resident of Lincoln county, after a complete tour of his county, covering 16,000 square miles, has discovered the startling fact that nowhere in its confines is there such a thing as even a missionary house where the gospel is preached. Probably it is the greatest extent of country in the civilized world where a minister is not stationed or where re ligious services aro not held. There is a population of several thousand' people in this territory, including such well known towns ns Delamar, Pioche, Moapa and others.. The vast country coverB a greater area than Massachu Connecticut and Delaware combined. There is no record in any section of the county where religious services have been held for years. There is no explanation for this strange condition, for the country at present is more prosperous than at any time in its history, and new towns are springing up thore almost every day. Grafts. Truo love is implicit trust. Piety consists of doing, not of look ing. The more we put into life the more we get out of it. It takes more than dogma and creed to mako a Christian. We strengthen ourselves by tho ex erciso of lifting up others. Satan wastes no timo scheming to get hold of a heart full of hate. Tho happiest man is ho who makes tho best he can of the worst he gets. Some of our greatest joys are recall ing tho sorrows we havo outlived. It is impossible to make a mountain ' of dollars high enough to reach heaven, j The giving of a kind word often ac-1 complishes more than the gift of much , gold. Somo men train their consciences to approve of evil, and then enrmly insist that thoy aro doing right The greatest reformer and teacher i the world has ever known never car-! ried a "big stick", never swaggered, j never insured peace by preparing for. war and never posed. MAY FIFTH Set for Guglielmo to Hang. Portland, March 29, (Special.) Frank Guglielmo, convicted of murder ing his sweetheart, was today sen tenced to hang in the penitentiary at Salem on May 5th. The Leuth Case. Salem, March 29, (Special). The case of George Leuth, convicted of murdering Loretta Jones at Oregon City waaoeing argued before the Su preme court this afternoon. Proposed Fishing Monopoly. ' Ilwaco, WHv Mar. 29. Fishermen about the mouth of the Columbia are greatly excited over the report that the fishing industry is to be completely cornered by a syndicate and that Sand Island will be leased by the war depart ment to the highest bidder on April 3. This island has been used by, the fisher men of Baker's Bay from time im memorial as their headquarters in the fishing season and they have, gone to great expense in clearing away snags and drift wood and making necessary improvements for carrying, on the in ductry. Peace TalK. St. Petersburg, Mar 29i After a meeting of the Council of Ministers, positive information was given, out that Russia has outlined the terms under which she is prepared to negotiate peace. It was asserted that, thanks to the good offices of the United States and France, the question of bringing about the term of war had assumed tangible form; An Intermediary, LONDON. Mar. 28. A teleeram from a Northern European capital, received in L,onaon tnis aiternoon says: ! have just learned on reliables au thority that Russia has asked Dekaese to act as intermediary and open peace iii-guuauuiig wun japan. Russia fr'rlnhtenei, London, Mar. 29. The entire ab sence of private telegrams from tine front, together with a laconic message from. General Linievitoh tonight dated Harbin, and saying, "No reports from tne armies, evolves tears tnat com munication have been cut and that the Japanese have turned Russians flank. The Land Office. Washington, Mar. 28. Secretary Hitchcock is planning a careful inves tigation of the General Land Office. It will be begun as soon as the work of collecting the evidence in the Oregon land fraud cases is completed and other urgent matters are out of the way. In Memory of S. J. Sparks. . One more home is filled with sorrow,' All is dark and dreary now. Hearts that nearly brake with sorrow, And in grief the heads do bow. For a kind and loving husband Has departed from this earth, And his chair it now stands empty In the group around the hearth. It is hard for wife and mother, To give up their only one. He was such a kind, true husband, And his mother's only son. God has willed that he go first, And God knows what is best. Free from earthy care and troubles. He has found eternal rest. A Friend. Portland Doings. Portland, Mar. 28 District Attor ney Manning, sitting as a county jury is investigating the various city de1 partments, looking for stuffed payrolls and other irregularities of which per sistent rumors have been circulated since the grand jury finished its labors. It is charged that discharged men have been kept on the payroll and that dummies who never worked for the city have also been listed on the rolls and a thorough airing will be given by the investigation. A Portland syndicate composed of Victor A. Avery, of the Avery Hard ware Company, Louis G. Clarke, of the Woodward Clarke Company, Addison A, Lindsley and George H, Hill, of the Title Guarantee and Trust Company and Albert B. Mason, of Scaly Mason and Company, has purchased 2800 acres of oil land in Kyack, Alaska district for $8400. .. The lands are in two tracts ad joining opposite sides of the Cudahy ground where drilling operations are now being carried on. The syndicate is also figuring on taking over the titles to ten claims of oil lands amounting to 1600 acres in the Catallo district ad joining the extensive holdings of Finch and Campbell, of Spokane. A voung farmer, residing south of Albany, fell from his bicycle beyond the depot, this afternoon, and it was thought had broken his collar bone, but he continued towards home, walking. The Telegram reported that Prof. Richardson was negotiating for tne Eu gene Business College. The Professor states that the statement is absolutely erroneous. The Albany high school boys propose to have a good boys team in the field this year. Dick Landis has been elected manager and Wren Crews captain. The club is now composed of: Read c, Lan dis and Fortmiller p. White, Crews and Dooley basemen, Lewis ss, Neeley. Simpson and one of the pitchers field ers. I MISFITS. Albany's stores and residences are full. Peace in the east will be filled with bullets. The Ru3sian3 continue to retreat. B Please, we would like a good fruit crop this Lewis and Clark year. Millinery openings have blossomed out in a very pretty manner in Albany J The shrewd farmer will never buy an article of a" Btranger and give his note. Look out for all kinds of fakirs. There are numerous reports of ap proaching frauds. The r. f. d. is knocking out the coun try post offices. Mr. Herman will also be here to un tangle matters . Sunshine and shadow have been play nr a se-saw game today. " . Portland can't get too much religion. The field is enormous. I Portland is waking uj. The street 8 nasher i3 being punished. A man's religion is mighty small when it doesn't open his pocket-book Delaware is to be congratulated, is to have only one U. S. senator. ' It A T 4. u,.f In in a iciiLuii vuuuijr uuuuib kuiu.iaui session with Judge Harris on the bench. The Cottage Grove Commercial Club continues to resolve against, the rail roads. 1 The Eugene man who tries to carry water on several shoulders is now pretty well down and out. While attending the revival m Port land Dr. G. S. Wright of McMinnville, had an Elk's tooth stolen. The Attention of Dr. Chapman, is call- ed to the Oregonian's editorial writers, offering an imepse field for a revival, . " Mukden, will go down in history as one of the greatest battles of the urtiink mill noi aVivo f afcTrtlrirt on April 13. The Japs will shake the eartn. j .-. . . After seven years it has-been dis-. covered that the Maine was blown up by mistake. The man who did it, a fit- ibuster, thought he was blowing up a Spanish vessel. Truth will out-some- uines. . , , & ---- m : commercial classes of the-big cities ln- , , , .' .to politics. Senator Mitchell is now being sadly , neglected down in Portland. But he 1 Would Fix Russia, will soon receive plenty of attention as ; Paris, Mar. 26. It was stated in dis soon as Attorney Heney arrives, from plomatic quarters here-, today that Washington. , among the conditions of peace which 1 Japan might ask would be that Russia Buffalo Bill, whoriedtogetadlvorce. t0f more war" irum ins wue, uuiuineiery luueu, aiiu the world rejoices with his wife in her splendid vindication, while thousands of people a kick, ' An Albany teacher at Lebanon Sat- urday paid $1.B0 for a shirt waist which pleased her. Her fellow teachers re- membered that exact.lv the same waist SIlSX arithmetic followed all the way home. Among candidates for' the office of state treasurer the Oregonianmentions Claud Gatch. M. S. Woodcpck. J. W. Scriber E. V. Carter, T. k Ryan, R. htTS&&?. CWul sick on the republican ticket, and the state election is over two years away. A problem for students: A man wanted a ticket to a certain railway station and only had a 2 bill. th? bl" undi,PtW1Sd i0l $1.50. On his way back to the depot he met a friend to whom he sold the pawn ticket for $1.50. That gave nim $3. Now who's out the dollar? . NOTICE (IF APPOINTMENT Notice ia here by given that the un deteUned haa been dulv appointed ad niimstratnx ol int eaiate oi tsrtsoo a Stofflsbeam, deceased, by the Counly Oonrt of I. inn County, Oregon. Aft persons hsviog o'a ma against aid es tate ard hereb; notified to present them, duly verified a bv law required, to tne nudfwigDed at ber residence in Albanv, O egon, within six montha from the dat of this notice. Dated Enroll 31st, 1905. Mab ha J. Stukfleheam, Administratrix. T. J. Stitks and J. J. V. iiitnkv, Attorneys lor Administratrix. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Notice ia hereby given that tho rjnde aigned has been dulv. appointed by ti e CoantT Court of Linn Cooniv, Orewon, administrator of tie estate , of Nuny A. Starr, deceased. Ill Deraona hnvimr claim against eaid estate are hereby re qul'ed to present same to me at h,y residence No. 506 East Sixih St.. Albany, Oregon, wiih the proper vouchers within six montn iroin the date of tliisj noiiie uR-.-u jaarcn z-t, itruo. S. O. SlABS. L. L. Swan, Adminisircior Attorney lor Administrator. spienaia vinaicanon, wnue tnousanus oi n, pAa M ,it .m, t npnnle would like to iva the old bluffer USHU fASS, Mar. 27. The Japa people would line to give tne ow Diuner nes? have apparently withdrawn to the THE WOODMEN Have a Big Time in Portland. Portland, March 27. A thousand Woodmen were initiated here today with a big round up. Several thousand were in the parade. Elaborate cere monies were had making it the greatest fraternal success for several years. London, i March 28. (Special) -A riot almost occurred on the front banks of the Temps here. A crowd wanted to subscribe for bonds for a Japanese loan. Many persons hurt, and the police are called to keep order. North Port, Wn., March 28-(Special) George Davis today was convicted of wife beating and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. Oregon City, March 27. AssH Prosecuting Attorney Schubel says that if the prize fight is attempted to be pulled off at Milwaukee between Burns and Barry, warrants will be issued for the arrest of all concerned in anyway. Washington March 27. The Genera Land office has definitely decided that July 1st will be the date of the removal of the land office from Oregon City to Portland. Vancouver, Wn. Mar. 28. Whole sale desertions are reported from the Nineteenth Infantry which is soon to embark for the Philippines on the trans port Buford. Army officiers are being keptbusrwatching soldjorsjand the guard house, is overcrowded with captured de serters. Many of the troops are very averse to going to the Philippines and those that can make good their escape are doing so. Salem, Or. Mar. 28. The supreme Court yesterday denied the application for a retrial of Frank Guglielmo, the Italian who shot nnd lriltH hia l.iroo ' -1.1 XI 1. n.x, 1 1 , - om swecuieart in iroruana last autumn. I This destroys the last chance to save Guglielmo's life and he must hang next 'June. Another Strong Position. St. Petersburg, Mar. 27. A dis patch received from Sypmgai states that the Russian commander has suc ceeded in withdrawing all of his rear guard to a very strong position, where they will be able to withstand any at-. tack of the Japanese. The dispatch states that the spirits of the men is of the best and that thev are becoming' ' more'and more confident. A' Bomb Thrown. Warsaw, Mar. 26, -As. -bomb was TiZf SS w vo? j Nojjgn. Ch.ef.of Poof Warsaw, at ported that the Baron was severely . wounded, ' According to latest information, the attack on Baron von Nolken was the result of an elaborate conspiracy of the icuiuwuuj party. Trade kulned. St. Petersburg,, Mar. 27. A very significant and important feature in connection with the political situation is the fact 'that the disaster and ruin with which trade and industry are Where are the Japs. region south of the Russian fmnt Cossack patrols, which, have been mak- ing extensive reconnaissance southward found no Japanese within 35 miles. scoltin?Lrtief n? ? ? ?atchin scoutl18: Parties east and wostto guard Wle turning movement, I Ten Tears for Mrs. Chadwisk, 1 Cleveland, Mar.. 27. - Unless the higher court interferes, Mrs. Cassie L. S'?uWlck I"?1 spend V10 .greater part PetenHarv FZl?l State VSlSiotJSi Kyjerinthe I A Town Wiped Out. I St. Paul, Minn., Mar. 27. -A report reached this city tonight that the little T!3;U,f,Srg jn the extreme west- seven persons had been seriously ir -. jured. It was also stated that from two to sevea were killed I Another Coast Ro nd I New York,, Mar. 27.-Directors of ine inicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad plan extending the Pacific. t mal decision on this important enter prise will be reached within two months. ' ?-his a,Prspect that has been "agi- r"s. a" B.lreet 10r some time but i?!'5v.e ays been denials from the directors of any such possibility. E varielist Coming. Rev. Ralph Gillam, of Boston, Mass., the noted and successful evangelist is coming to Albany to conduct special evangelistic services at the Ccngregl ?LC.?ln',in?. Sunday SmoL Dr. Gi lain was for some time ass- ! prime of life. He possesses rare gift! ! is a strong preacher and has had marked success wherever he has been called I Married. Mr. A. S. Buchanan and Mrs. Sar;h both recenrlv r i . Copp, . were united in marrface th . fZ Clark Bowir near Parker. re3We ona farn