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Daily Democrat From our regular sorreipondeot, WASHINGTON. Washington', Feb. nth, iSSS. Mr. Cleveland has removed Civil Service Commissioner Edgerton and nominated Hugh S. Thompson of South Carolina, to succeed him. Mr. Thompson is assistant Secretary ef the Treasury at present and a very warm friend of the President. Vhe removal of Mr. Edgerton was not a sur prise to anyone familiar with the workings of the Commission. It had several times been intimated to him that his resignation would be accepted, but he refused to take the hint, and finally when the President asked hiin in plain language to resign he declined to do so, and the removal follow ed. Mr. Edgerton is a good man, but hold ing the opinions he does he should never have accepted the office in the first place. The removal leaves only one Commissioner in office, and he is a republican. For that reason it is thought that tne Senate will probably confirm Mr. Thompson, as the law provides for a democrat on the board, and there is another vacancy into which Gen. Harrison can put a republican. Representative Springer thinks his'Om nibus" bill will yet get through in spite of the fact that the conferees have failed to agree upon it. He says that three, if not more, republican Senators will vote with the democratic Senators to admit New Mexico. I shall only believe it when they do it. The report of the Treasury experts on the tariff bill shows that outside of the in ternal revenue features the measure will nly make a reduction of from three to five millions of dollars. The House Ways and Means committee will report the bill this week, with a recommendation that it be re jected. Just what wilt follow if it be re jected it is difficult to say. The internal revenue features of the bill are satisfactory to quite a number of democrats in the House, and unless they can be satisfied that the Cowles bill, repealing the tobacco tax, now in the hands of Mr. Randall's committee, or a similar one will be imme diately reported to the House, I shall not be surprised to see the Senate bill adopted. And I believe that its adoption would create far more dissatisfaction among republicans than democrats. Senator Vest Is going to have same fun with the republican Senators when the Senate conferees on the Springer "Omni bus" bill make their report to the Senate . Mr. Vest will prove by the Record that in 1875, when New Mexico was thought to be republican, that many republicans now in the Senate voted in the House for the ad mission of that Territory along with Col orado. Now he wants to know why these same men oppose the admission of that territory. The inference is very plain to Senator Vest and everybody else. New Meilco is now democratic. What care these republican Senators for consistency when party interests are at stake. There is a movement here which is said to have the President's approval, to have Senator Kenna withdrawn from the con test in West Virginia. The idea is that it is impossible to have Senator Kenna re elected, and that some other democrat may be elected, thus saving the seat to the party. As a compensation it is proposed that the President shall nominate Mr. Kenna Inter State Commissioner, "Senatorial courtesy" making it certain that he would be Imme diately confirmed. Secretary Bayard has once more become a target forcrittcism. He has demanded the resignation of H. II. Sewcll.U. S. Con sul General to Samoa. Mr. Sewall has re cently been a witness before the foreign committees of the House and Senate, and in his testimony regarding Samoan matters he took occasion to express opinions criti. clsing the Department of State in a some' what severe manner. Whether Mr. Bay ard has done right or wrong in compelling him to resign at this time is a question, but like the rest of us, Mr. Bayard is human, and has punished his subordinate officer for indiscretion. Anybody else might have done the same thing under the same cir cumstances. So after the fourth of March Mr. Clcve land will resume the practice of law, In New York city. It is said that this is the preliminary step to his being sent to the Senate as successor to Senator Erarts whose term will expire in 1891. This is very probable If the democrats can succeed in capturing the legislature of New York as they expect to do. At any rate it is safe to say that a man of Grover Cleveland's experience, pluck and back-bone will not be allowed to remain in private life. Such men are too rare, and too badly needed In public life. The President has sent the bill making an Executive Department of the depart ment of Agriculture to the Attorney Gen eral for an opinion at to its constitutional! ty. This action has caused the circulation of the report that he was contemplating a veto of the measure. General Longstrect and Colonel Mosby are here presumably fixing up things to get something from Harrison. General Sherman is a long ways ahead of most Republican newspajiers and politicians. When he advocates dropping the word Union from soldiers homes and the admission of ex Confederates within their doors he will find him. self practically alone, so far as the men who hold the Republican party together are concern ed. It is the suggestion of a whole-he.irted old soldier who did his fighting when there was need of it, but he cannot hope for supjx)rt from men who only awok to the importance of the struggle twenty years after it had ceased. The liquor question troubles the Canadia n government but little less than it worries officials on this side of the line, and the charge is freely made against Sir John Macdonald that he wink, at the encroachments of the liquor interests very much as the Republican party does in the states. V cow. Apply to O. C. Olsen, Third street, tw b!ock seast of the ditch. NOTICE TO DEBTORS, All persons knowincr tllAmftAlVAa InrlohtAtl K late firm of K. Glass Son are requested to Cflllanrl SAttln ar. nnnA with R nia at Crawfordsville, either by cash 'or no'te. ah nccouuis on our leugar must be closed right away. January 29th, 1889. R. Glass & Son. 'V'OTICE. All person are notified not 1H to truafc m v wife. T f T nim account for I will not stand good for soy mug uumraccea oy oer. ocio, jan, sist, lass). a. F. Loxo. VNNUAL SCHOOL MEETING -Notice is hereby given to the legal voters of sctiool District No. 5. Linn county, Ore gon, that the regular annual school meet ing of said school district will be held on Monday, the 4th day of March, 1889, at the hcur ot 7 o'clock, p. mofsaid day, at the vuun. xiousv iu ma vuy 01 Aioauy, ur., for the purpose of hearlus the rermrunf the directors and clerk, and to levy a tax for the upprt 01 tne scnooi lor tueensuiug year. Also for the purpose of levying a tax for fhe purpose of paying interest on the bonds of said school district, and for the transaction of any other business that may legally come before the meeting. By order of the Board of Directors. L, Funn, Chairman Board of Directors, C. G, Burkbart, District Clerk. February 15th, 1889. CITY DRUG STORE. DRUGS, BRUSHES, PAINTS, BOOKS, OILS, ALABASTINE, ETC. I .1 A complete line of ARTISTS' MATERIALS. Prescriptions and Receipts Care fully Prepared, . GUISS & SON. GARDEN, Flower, Grass, from the celebrated seed house of A. B. Cleveland & Co. AlSO onion sets, at bedrock PRICES- Discounts to Gardners, WALLACE & THOMPSON. 1 NNUAL MEETING. Notice is here iV by given that the annual meeting of tne stockholders or tue Albany Burning Association will be held at the Opera House' in Albany on Monday, Mareu iHtn, 1889 at 7:30 p. m for the election of direc tors and such other business aa may come Deiore tne meeting Dated Feb. 19. b, 1889. V. F, Rbad, Secretary, W. C. Tweedals, President, CLOTHING For Fall and Winter NEW GOODS NEW SMYRNA RUGS AND PORTIERRES. NEW, TABLE COVERS. LINEN TABLE SETS, NAPKINS TO MATCH, A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF LINEN AND SILK HANDKERCHIEFS. FINE LACE HANDKERCHIEFS. TRUNKS AND VALISES. SILK DRESS PATTERNS. COLORED AND SILK WARP HENRIETTAS. SILK UMBRELLAS, Boot and Shoe Department. i-ADIES AND CENTS FANCY SLIPPERS. CENTS FINE SHOES. MISSES AND CHILDRENS FINE SHOES AND SLIPPERS, FELT SLIPPERS OF ALL KINDS. CROCKERY DEPARTMENT CHOICE NOVELTIES INiDECORATED GHINA TEA SETS. FRUIT PLATES AND SAUCERS. DECORATED BEDROOM SETS LAMPS, SALAD BOWLS FANCY PITCHERS FANCY CUSPADORES CAKE DISHES AND A LARCE ASSORTMENT OF NOVELTIES IN CHINA -AT- L E. BLAIN'S. Rubber Coats and Boots, Shoes OVERCO ATS,-FineAssrotm ent, Pea Jackets-Chinchilla. Astrachan Full Line of Duck Suitings, ALL GRADES WOOLEN OVER SHIRTS Big Stock Cardigan Jackets, HEAVY MERINO AND ALL WOOL UNDERWEAR. Winter Gloves and Mittens ALL WEIGHTS LEATHER BOOTS AND SHOES. UMBRELLAS, HATS, ETC. Laat but not leant Urge stock .of CLOTNINC AND FURNISHINGS Samuel E. Young. Albany, Oregon RE m MOVED George W. Smith, SUCCESSOR TO W H. MC.FARLAND, Has moved to the Senders & Sternberg corner opposite S. E. Young's, where he has the largest and finest stock ol Stoves and Tinware In the County JOBJWORK PROMPTLY DOlVK