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THE MAIL IS THE OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE FARMERS' AUI.-UVCE ANl PEOPLE'S PARTY OK SOUTHERN OREGON. ADVERTISERS Do you study your best Inn-r esin ami patronize tut paper. It win nvicztAUsa oy an uie uei t urmcru, lrtm whom you gtsl trade. Paper Of, By and Foj1 the. People! VOL. IV. MEDFORD: OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1892. NO. 27. jfji. M- SOCIETIES OF MEDFORD. K. Of P. Talisman lodge No. 31. meets M a day evening at 8 p. m. Visiting brothers al ways welcome. c. I. Hutch isos, C. C. J. A. Whitman, K. of It. & S. A. O. U. W. LodRO No. 98. meets every sec ond and fourth Tuesday in the month at 8 p. in. in their hall in tho opera block. Visiting orothcrs invited to attend. - I. A. Webb, M. W. B. S. Webb, Sec. . I. O. O. F. Lodge No. S3, meets in I. O.'O. P. hall every Saturday at at & p. m. Visiting brothers always Welcome. D. S. YOCSCS, N. G. A C. Nichoi.sos. Eec. Sec I. O. O. F. Rotnie River Encampment. Lodge No. 30. meets in I. O. O. F. hail the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month at 8 p. m. . W. I. Vawtex, C. P. B. S. Webb, Scribe. Olive Rebckah Lodge No. 38. meets in I. O. O. F. hall first and third Tuesdays of each month. Visiting sisters invited to a'ttend. Mrs. D. S. Yocsgs, N.O. A. C Nichoios. Sec. A. F. A. M. Meets Brst Friday no or be fore fall moon at S p. m in A. O. U. W. hall. N. L. Narkegan, W. M. J. S. Ho-ward, Sec G. A. R. Chester A. Arthur Post No. -17. meets in 1. A. R. hall every second and fourth Thursdays in each month at 7:S0 p. M. G. C. Noble. Com. J. H. Farts, Adjt. F. A. & I. TJ. L. L. Polk lodge No. 263, meets every Tuesday atS p. m. J. V. Miller, Pres. G. S. Bbigos, Sec Epworth Leaque meets each Sunday even In? at 6:30. D. T. Lawton, president, Julia Fulde, secretary. . Yenns People's Lit -rary meets FrLlay even ing of each week, uuder the auspices of the Ei worth League. W. C. T. U- Meets at Christian church every Monday evening at 7 p. m. Mks. a. a. Kellogg, Pres. Mrs. E. P. Hammond, Secy. Y. M. C. A. Meets every Sunday at S p tn. at M. E. caurch. . V. S. Hally, Pres. AL E. Right, Sec Secretaries of above lodges will please attend to corrections. Any society wishinc; to have a place in this directory will please hind in nec essary data. CHURCHES OF f?1E0FQRD. Methodist Episcopal Church E. E. Thomp son, pastor. Services the second and fcurtii S6iattis; morning. II a. m.. cveniag,7:C0p.m Prayer mseiing uto p. m. Thursday. " Sunday school each Sunday as 10 a. m. A. E. Johsvu, superin ic n dent. Christian Church P. R. Burnett, pastor. Preaching first and third Sundays in momh. m-rnin? and evening. Worship every Sunday morniug. Sunday school at 10 a.m. Prayer meeting every Taursday evening. Presbyterian Chnrcn F. J. Kdmunds, pas tor. Preaching at 11 a. ra. and 7-.V0 p. m. Sun day school at 10 a. ra. Y. P. S. C. 6:15 p:ra. Baptist Church is at present without a" pas tor. Prayer meeting every Wednesday eves in?. Sunday school at. 10 a. m Furlii'er iiolice g;ven as son as yasuir i3 secured. The pastors of the different churches are re quested to attend to corrections. PIOTE lift E B. PICKEL. Physician axd Surgeon Medford, Oregon. OSce: Rooms 2 & 3. I O. O F. Bldg J B. WAIT, . Physician and Scrgkon. Medford, Oregon. OSce: In Childers Block. ". E P. GEARY, Physician and Surgeon. " Medford, Oregon. Office: Cor. C and 7th sts, I S. JONES, Physician and Suegson. Medford, Oregon. Office: Hamlin block, up stairs. D R. O. F. DEMOREST,. Resident Dentist. Makes : a specialty . of, first-class work at reasonable rates. Office in opera house, Medford.Or TIOBT. A. MILLER. n AttV and CoUl.ShLLOR-AT-I.AV. Jacksonville, Oregon. Will practice in all courts of the . ' , State. ' J, H. WHITMAN, Abstractor and Attokney- At-Law. Medford, Oregon. . Office in bank building. Have the most complete and reliable ab stracts of title in Jackson county f ILL ARD CRAWFORD. ' Attorney and Counsellor--At Law. Medford, Oregon. Office: In Opera block. AUSTIN S. HAMMOND, Attorney-At-Law. Medford, Oregon. QSfice: J O O F, Building. Mm!!' 1. in L i Weaver and Field Named on the First Ballot. VERT STRONG PLATFORM ADOPTED. Knights of Labor Resolution Gresham Declines Sood Feel ing: Throujrhout- Omaha, July 5. Thes afternoon ses sion of thj p;ople:s national convention yesterday aid not settle down to busi ness until nearly 3 o'clock. Tho firs:, business was thej report of the co r.mit tea on plittoi-m. Th s co.nrai-.to sub mitted the following, which was adopted: Ve demand u national currency, safe, sound s.ni flexible, isucd by tho gen eral government: a full l-"pal tender for all debts, public and pr:va;e, and that without beuikinsr cjrpoea 10 is; a just, equi;abK- and suBiei. nt aisti ibu 110a to' the people; a tax not to exceed 2 J er cer.t per snm in. to be provided as set forth in the subtreeasury plau of tne farmers' alliance, cr a better s; s tem; also by payment in the diichare of itj obligations for public improve ments. (a) We dsmand the fros and unlim ited eoinage of silver and cold at the present legal ratio of IS to 1. (b) We demand the amount of cir culating medium bee srecdily increased ti not less than 50 pjr capita. (c) We demand a graduated iccome tax. (J) We believe the monoy of the country should ba kept as much as pos sible in the bands of ihi people, ar.u hence demand all stale and national revenues shall be limited to the neces sary expenses of ths government, eco nomically and honestly administered. (e) We d Jinaud postal savings banks b3 established by the government for the saf j deposit of the earnings of the people and to faciiitata exchange. Transportation being the mans of exchange and a public necessity, the government should oivn and operate lh3 railroads in the interests of the pople. The U-U-graph aud telephone, liiie the pot; fiice system, b-ing a ne-e-'ssity for the transioiajion 01 nsws, should bi owned and operated by the government iu the interests of the pec d1. Lmd. iacluding n!l tho natural svjrc's of wealth, i-s 'ha htritsge of the peapi'', and should not b3 monopo lized for speculative purpoi.s, and alien owj rship of land sdo-i d be pro Li .j. ted. All la.d now held oy the rj.il roa. s and o'.he:- curpoi alio: s, in excess cf tten actual neeos, and ati lands ruw owned by aliens, should be reclaimed by the governing nt. and held for aetuui settlei s only. Af er th ? adoption of tiis p!alf-rm, a m.s.-ag9 wa3 r waived frjm V. vj. Gresham absalut ly d c'iaia ths nomina".io:i for presideaL. After dis cussion of th-; situation, the convention adjourned until 8 o'clock in the even ing. TKE EVEittXG S-ESSTCK. At ths evening session tho first ac tual business was the reading oi the following addition to the platform, rrhich was unanimously adopted: Whereas, Other questions having been pres nted lor our consideration, wo htreby submti the following, not 1 8 a part of tho piat.'orm of the itople"s part;, but as a resolution expressive of the sentiment of this convention:- We d 'inand a freo ballot and fair count in all eleclioni, and pledge ourselves t-j secure it to every ligul vo'er withoLt fel .ral intarven.ioc, throih theadop ti jn by state9 of the unpji-vortei Aus tealiaa cr 8 cret bailot syst.m. The revenue derived from a graduated in coaie lax should ie applied to the re duetion cf the burcen ct taxation no levi ;d upon the domestic industries ol the country. We pledge . suppoi t to fair and liberal p.nsions to ex-uniou soldiera and sailors. We eorulein j pro t c ing American Ubor under tho p.ses ei t system, which 0;jcns our pt,rs to the pauiier and criminal cias-.e oi the world, and crowds out our Wi.go earn ers, and we denounce the present in effective laws against contract labor, and demand a further restric tion of undesirable immigration. Vo cordialiy sympathize with the efforts of organized workingmcu to shortsn their hours of labor, and demand a rigid enforcement of the existing eight-hour law on government works, and ask a penalty clause be added to said law. We regard the maintenancs of the largo standing a. mies of-mercenaries, 4c town as the Piakertou system, as a ma.'acu to our liberties, and we condemn tho recent invasion of the territory of Wyoming by the hired assassins of plutocracy, assisted by Foderal oHicjrs. We com mend to tho thoughtful consideration of the people and tne reform press the legiilativo system known as iha init.ii tive and rofuroadum. We favor a con stitutional provision limiting the offices of preaid-nt and vice-president to one term, and providing for ihc election of senators for tho United States by tho direct vota of tho peo ple. We oppase any su'isiiy or na tional aid to any private corporation for any purpose . Hugh Cavanaugh, of Ohio, theu in troduced the following resolution, which was adopted: Resolved, That this convention 6ym pathiz -s with the Knights of Labor in their rigttious contest with the tyran nical combine of clothing manufactur ers cf Rochester, and declares it the duty of all who hate tyranny and op pression to refuse to purchasa goods' made by said manufacturers, or to .pat ronize any merchant who. soils such goods. Aftar adoptiirg the resolution, a roll of states was called for the pre sentation of candidates for tho presi dency. When Alabama was culled Delegate Planning placed in nomina tion General Jas. B. Weaver, of Iowa. Colorado yieldod to S. F. Norton, of HUM I Illinois, who placed Senator Kyle, of South Dakota, in nomination. Stephen H. Bashnr, of Illinois, nom inated Senator Van Wyck, of Ne braska. It was midnight when the balloting began. The result was as follows: Weaver P93 Kyle 275 Scattering 4 Morton of Illinois, moved to mnko the nomination unanimous, and Schill ing, of Wisconso!, seconded the nomi ation. It was carried with a hurrah and loud cheering, ending with calls for Weaver. Tho general was not present, and.a committee was appointed to escort him to the hall. FOR VICE-rRESlDEXT. With little delay the roll of states was calied for nomination for vice president. General P. Gaither, of Alabamr, presented tho nutno of Ben Terrell, of Texas, for th honor.- Delegate Reverely, of Arkansas, nominated General James G. Field, of Virginia, and the nomination was sec onded by a Colorado man. Final I r balloting was begun, and the first ballot resulted: Field, 733: Ter rell. 554. Weaver and Field each mada spirited addresses, ar.d at 3 s. m. tho conven tion adjourmed sine die. The Situation. Editor Ssutticra sircsor. Mail: It is so hard to pprsnade the average vcU-r of the magnitude, of the crisis that is upon us as 11 nation. This is r.ot so much -the want of intelligence as an innate desire of inaction; the dread tu launch out into new fens and to traverse the) unexplored. That the majority of the Peo ple's Party have the impending crisis not only in their heads, hut also in their heart., is now a dem onstrated fact, find newr before 111 our history, not even in the old slave days, have principles been studied ;.i:d comprehended Unit reb.te to our nation's vrc-lf.ire and existence as a republic as r.o.v. Never before have a people mo:c keenly felt that there is but two ways before them victory soon at the polls, or republican death wi.h all that means. The same furcis are nt work this day in our nation that have destroyed every nation of history, except those destroyed by subjuga tion ar.d'the ppeid with which we have approached this ui.-is lias never before been equaled, because cf the prolific soii in which and by which it has been propagated and nourished. . Vice has always been the sub ject of legislative icstrainls, but in this cvuntry vice, in a borrowed garment, has- legislated unto itself powers which belong only t-i virtue and ir.stead of being legislated against most sli legis!ai!on fi r the past '25 years has been in favor of vice, double distilled ar.d as per nicious as the '"baleful dews" i f Charim's dreary lake, and unices speedily restrained our republic will be destroyed. We are told that ' tho People's Paity wilt soon be a thing of the past." If so, then will also cur republic be a thing of the past; th-.-v live or die together. Just how the plutocratic forces will strengthen their forces, in the fmv days more "of respite granted them, will depend much upun the degree of moral degredation tu which they have arrived. .The pro verbial straw that broke the camel's back they have now in their power of use; will they lay it on or will telf pic? crvutinti (and nitli whom perhaps no higher motive can 1 o.-s.bly weigh) cause them to retain? To delay is a possible escape with their ill gotten g:;ins. Jo lay it 1111 loics an issue we dread. To even think if the results which cannot be less than their political and finauchil death and must be much more, which of the tivo ways all things considered is the better we opine not. Thirty millions of people are under the power and control of cipilal Will they continue to submit and pass the unremedied evils, down to coming generations, or for the good of their childre.i and the honor of a patriot' name, bid defiance., now to plutocratic itile? Stand up and be counted as men on the side of equal right to all and special privileges to none. As for myself i still have faith in the humanity of man. When once we get the people to see and under stand, then will come the victory. Oil Lord hasten the day. Ira Wakefield. Towilerty Will Ho There. There is a great work ahead: a plat form is erected: it is u uiaHMvo piece of workmanship, and is so constructed that to strengthen tho nation it should bo placed in Washington, where our law makers shonld stand on it. Neither the Democratic nor Republican parties will help transport it to Washington, for they have refused to give it transporta tion on their railroads, and the people arc leaving their work in field and shop to help push this platform on to Wash ington. Tho sidewalks are too narrow, and to land it at tho capita) we must nil walk iu tho middle of the road. When tho candidates for president and vico president aro nominated on the St. Louis platform, 1 expect to bo fonnd just behind them and right in tho mid dle of the road. T. V. Powderly in Knights of Labor Journal, PREAMBLE To trie Peoples Party Platform A Masterly Effort. Read and Icmembsr. "Assembled upon the HGth ennivcr sary of tho declaration of independ ence, the People's parly, invoking the blessing cf Almighty God, puts forth in tha uama of the popl s of the coun try the following preamblo and declar ation of principles: Wc .m ;et in tho midst of a nation brought to thj verge of moral, political and mat. rial ruin. Corruption domi nates tho ballot bjx, tha L-gisUuure, congivss, uud even .louche tho ormino of the bench. Tho peo ple are demoralised; most of the stat;s have been compelled to isolate voters at the polling places to prevent uni versal iulimiuatio;i or bribery. News papers are subsidized or muzzled; pub lic opinion silenced; business pros trated; our homes covered with mort gages; labor iuioverish -d: lands con cntraling in the hands cf capitalist?; urban workmen denied th j right 01 organization for s-df protection: im ported paup -riznl" !nb.r -bts down their wage; n hireling standing army, uuriCrtguiz.-U by law. is established iu .ho;)t tlKin down, and they arj rapidly dei'jneriiliii'T into lha Euronean condi tion: Ih j fruits of tho toil of millions! aro boldly stolen to build up colossi fortunes unprcc.xientod in thi iiis'.ory f maukiud, and tin possessors cf ihesj ia turn de-piso the n public and en dangjr liberty. From th sa:n - prolific womb of covcrnmont injustice we b.-ord two great classes, tramps and millionaires. The national power to create mon.-v is utiDroijrial-.d to enrich j bondcldets; tlu v;isl public debt, paya- oie in 1 gai tender, lias been lunU.-d into gold b aring toads, tber, by adding miiliotig to !i: buru-.-ns of the i.:cpl". Silver, which has .been accepted euia sis;ee the cn.vn of history, has been demOiKlued to add to the. pur chasing power cf gold, by ti.crea.-ii,g the vaa:e of ail fO:Cisof property, a well as human hvx.r. aud the Mtppiy of the currency is purpes .ly abridged to fatten the Ufurue, bankrupt eulerptise and enslave industry. A vast conspir aev against mankind has been orau iieu mi the two continents, cud n is raoiiily taking pjs:-.io:i of t-ie aorid. 1 not iv.et a;d orei tlin.wn at once, il forbades a l-.-rrihle s: cial convulsion, the des'ruc.:o;i of civUise.thm or the esiablishm.r.t of absoiu;e despotism. We have witnessed for 1:10.-0 than a quarter of a century lite struggle- oil two great Hiiticat parties for jk-v -r j and plunder, v.i.iie greviou wi-o::g-. h:vo ben i'.Mieted upon u s-.iteri;ig J p-e-o.d i. Wo charge the controlling iu- j ilueno-es. do:ni;:a-ing tolh cf l.vejcl I parties h.ive pcrua.'.-ed cs:s.im d .-1 jca'.cd con.ii.i-j.i u deve lou w ithcat a serious eiTcrt to prevent or restrain! them. Neither do they now promise; us a y iubs-.autial reforci. Tucy , agreed together to i;n-re ia the co.u- j ing campaign every is?ue bit mo. Tir-y j:t'j.ose to drown o.il tho cries of the piund.-ied pcnpl 1 with an uproar oi a htia bnUle over the taritT, sj tnal CRpi'.alis'.ic corporal tun . uat:onal liank rings, iriisis, watered stocks, dern-j' c tizaliou of Sliver and the o-'press'on of j all usuivrs may te lost sighi of. They pivjRiS tj siic. iiiee i,ur umiks, u- and children on t:i j a'.tar cf in v.nu!!!, to destroy the uv.i'lits.de iu o.-der to s cars co: i i.pt;ou funds for millionaires. escinbled on the aii'iivcrs.iry oi the birth of tho uaticii, ami fillc-d i;h th-f -j iritofour graudf ithe.rs. who Ci-tab-;i.-hcd our ieid.p . r.d.uce, wo s ::k to restore the gov.-ruiu ut of the r. public to tt.e hairos of te ""lain p-ii'i te. ' with whem it originated. We assert our purpose to be to fora more peif.ct us.ion, e.-tablish justice, insure domes tic tranquility, provide lor a co.iu.tor. defense, nromut ; g n.ral we'f;iro aud i secure the blessings cf libariv for our selves and po.it rity. We dcitirj thii republic can only endure as a fr. e gov enrnent u; on the love of the w hole people for each other and for the na tion; that itc;m:iol be pinned to cither by the bay on -t; that the ci.il war i- over. ui:d every passion and rest nt m -nt which grew out of it must die with it, and that wo must be in fe.ct art v.e tre in name, oa ) unit d broihcr- hox-d of fro. men. Our count: y liudsj u:o conn on-., u oy ceu:u.iun- n;i which there is 110 pivcedj t iu tho hiv lory of the world. Our agricultural productions nmouuts to biilions of dol lars, which must iu r. few weeks or months 'o exchanged for biliiinis of commodities consumed in th: ir pro duction. The exU'.ing enrroney sup ply is holly inadequate t'j male i this exchange. Tho results are falling prices, tho formation rf combines and rings' cud the impoverishment of the producing cluss. We pledge ourselves, if given power, to labor to correct these evils by wise aud reasonable legialatioa. We believe the poweis of the government shall be. expand d. as in the causa of the poj'.a! s.-rviee, rapidly, and o far as the good sense of an imelligent people and the teachings of experience shall justify, to tho end that o)iprcssion, injusiiea and poverty tdnill eventually coase In the land. "While our symnaties, us a party of reform, uro nalurully upon every sido of every proposition which will lend to make mon intelligent and tom porato, wj nevertheless regard thojo questions, as imjortint as they are, subordinat.; to great lsst:os n w press ing for solution, and upon which not; only individual prosp-rily, but tho very exist. ace of fico institutions dc penrt, and we ask all mon 11 ret to holp us dotonnino whethor we aro to have a republic to administer, beforo wo dif fer, as to conditions upon which it ia to b.s administered. Believing that the fore -is of reform, thU day s-.t in motion, will never ceaso to move forward until ovory wrong is remedied and equal privileg-n securely established fer all men and women, wo doclaro ihero foro: . First That the union of tho labor forces of tho United Suites, this data cousuraraated, shall bo pernmnont aud perpetual; muy its spirit cut ir into ail hearors foe tho salvation of tho reiiub- j lie and the uplifting of mankind. Second Wealth belongs to him who creat jd it, and every dollar takoti from industry, without equivalent, is rob bery. "If any man will uot work, neither shall 113 oat." The interosts of rural and civic labors are the same; their enemirs identical. Third We believe tb.3 time has come when railroad corporations must either own tho people or the people tha corporations, and should tha government enter up upon the work of owning and man aging any, or all, railroads, wo should favor an amendment of tho constitu tion that all employes upon such roads shall, for the lime boiug, forego the exercise of tneir right of suffrage, in accordance with tho precedent estab lished by the constitution as to tho inhabitants of the District of Columbia. TZI3 MEMOaiAL EXERCISES. In' Memory of Coloual Polk and Dr. Dolamater. Omaha. July 3. The vast assem blage which ultended the memorial exercises of the 1 ite Colonel Polk aiTorde.l a striking proof of tho respect in which bo was held by the sup porters of th ; movement of which ho was instrumental in founding. The session was devoted exclusively to the delivery of addresses eulogistic of the dead companion cf reform, and ex pressive of tho reverence in which his name is held. After prayer by Chap lain Di!T ;ulachor, tho opening ad-dr.-FS was delivered by LI. L. Leeks, of South Deikotx who has been s-jleeli a-, permanent chairman of the conven tion. One cf the sentiments which broke the painful stillness of the gathering, was the declaration, that th; peopli of ths nw movement looked to To'.k as tho "Lincoln" of the era of freedom. Editor MeCune fol lowed, r.nd Mrs. Todd, of Michigan, then paid a touching tribute to the deceased leader. - General Weaver wes the next speaker. lie gummed up bri-.-Hy. ia we!l-choson and pathetic words, the public lit 5 and de.eds of Cdotiel t'olk. A speech, every mrd of vehieh irn.s mivrk nl with solemnity and earnestness, was d divereJ by Mrs. L -n.se, of Kansas, r.nd followed by the most c'opu.-nl eulogy of the day," that of igr-auus Denneily. Ia closing, he sii.i: "A fitting epitaph ovir the loneb c f the uepe.rt- d leader wcu'd bo :':ie iiais cf the Quaker poet of 'ew EeighmJ.' I.r.ree t'mir.nt. ciarvd t yt- Sac-b as ie Shuil Kroher: XO'lcg ajx'. btf. Delegate Ciii .tt. of Iowa, speka of Mr. D.-iamnter, and Dunnii-g. of Wash ington. D. C. addinl to the tributes of Co.oncl Polk. T. V. Powderly also adu.-d his expression cf regret and praise, speaking of the leader as well :is Ueia-naVer. a scnscrapTiox orr.Kr.D. Delegate Dean, of New York, pro- pewa a re&mition to tne fct tact eoliicticn tvoxes be placed ia every alliance hnll throrgheut th3 coun'rv f ir teo parpuMS of receiving oceat sub;Hjri:'U;.-; to form a fund out of wh'.e'i the femi'.y cf Celoael I'olk should be jirot-eted and a roonttntes; erected to his memory ea the fassily 'ur n in North Carolina. Tho rvsohi tlri.i was stcoaJed by Ign.stius Don nelly and carried by acclaarjtion. Tomcrroiv the resolution wi:l lo fcrm a!!y presented to the cou vent ion. iMid (ho 'at LI.-. Delamator will probabiv b- ineiiitied. With the singing o' 'The S.rect Bye-ar.d-Eye" tha gither l:g dis!K-rs-ed. Till rruliiblllnn I'arjT. The !:idiinr.;x)lu Nauconformist has a:i tsiitnn.il 0:1 the l:idiaiui suite conven tion of the Prohibition party, ia which it icys: The platform adopted is one that we can coiiHuetul. and. other tilings being satisfactory, we could indorrw it. If iu this campaign any contest must ensue between us ami them it will not bo directed against their platform. Tho reason we rsanct go with that party is a belief that it hes not comprehend the re;il conditions aud that it docs uot pre sent the most efficient remoiies in proper order. The traRic in intoxicating liquors should ln fought politically from the economic ride. Any other presentation will prove fruitless at this time, and we cannot snlnirdinate the treineudoaa ia trwts of the people who are suffering from hydra headed monopoly to this o::o line cf attack. Chairman Dickey says that his party luur-t keep its skirts clear from any union with the People's party, and it looks like he will be succrssfuL It has the appearance or foolishness, but there is perhaps this consolation, that move voters will ba whittled off from the present dominant parties by this method, and so bring on the final col lapse sooner. I The lAlili-lst slid II U Fee Most lobbyists got their pay promptly, but one well known man, who had been promised $10.UCU for a job, collected it only after ustsig strategy. The parties for whom he worked claimed there was 110 visible evidence, that he was doing anything for thum, aud ho had been un able to couvinco them that ho had been of any service. So ho went to Senators Plumb and Ihgalis and said he was com ing iu to see thein with the interested people. Ilo was going to bluster around and lay the law down in a way that would mako his employers stare. The two senators agreed to tho joko. and tho lobbyist appeared beforo each of tho Kansas senators, lie stormed to Ingnlls aud gave orders to Plumb aliout what he wanted done. His employers stared in fear and surprise. Both Knnsans en tered into the spirit of the tiling and ap parently submitted ingloriously. Tho strangers were convinced that their man was a regular Mogul, and inside of a few honrs the lobbyist had his money. Kate Field's Washington. Tlilx Is tho Tear. Tho St. Louis Globe-Democrat is very much exercised because it fears tho Peo ple's party and Democrats will fuse this fall in seven western .states and thus completely knock out tho Republicans. To discourage such a step it assures tho Democrats that tho "Alliance men" aro over so much weaker, politically, this year than last, aud that while "they mpy recover soino of their old potency in or 180-1, they aro powerless to boom this year." Leaving fusion out of the ques tion altogether. Tho Globe-Democrat may discover 'that this is the year of special potency oa the part of the iado poudecU, BARGAINS! BARGAINS 1 BARGAINS 1 - DAVIS & POTTEflGE'S. WE WILL SELL FOR THE OF CROCKERY & GLASSWARE AT COST. COME EARLY AND GET A BARGAIN. We Will Also Give Away Ons of Oar Tea Sets. Obi CtansG for Each Dollar's Purchase cf GoDds. Dry Goods, Boots I Shoes, Grocrcies, and Crockery. Tha best goods at the lowest prices lor country BEDFORD, - M l SLOVHR i CO.. MEDFORD, ORE. PURE SRU8S AT COMB AND U1U.HH3. OTATiuXEitY. PK"f AND texclLS Brooxs ANI KL"SHr.S. Chamois, Sponges and a Full lies cf Toilet Preparations. PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED DAY AXD NIGHT. All orders aswerod wi;h ear and cisp-atch. Oar stock of Medicine i coiapleto, warrua'.ed tuii ef the bat qualitr. . - - - ADKINS & WEBB, Dealers in. SHELF AND HEAVY HARWARE. Stoves, Tin and Willow Ware. Cycone and Hoosier Pumps. jp niif in, V'4'',iS'a3riMu2;3t fjSTEvery article ITHE IHOTELJ UX. G. 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