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.
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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