SOUTHERN
OREGON
THE MAIL
IS THE OFFICIAL PAPER OF
THE FARMERS' ALLIANCE
AND PEOPLE'S PARTY OF
SOUTHERN OREGON.
ADVERTISERS
Do yen study your beat inter
com uud patronize tuts paper. It
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farmers, from whom you get trade.
A Paper Of, By and For the People!
VOL. IV.
MEDFORD: OREGON, FRIDAY, OCT. 7, 1802.
NO. 40.
SOCIETIES OF MEDFORD.
K. of P. Talisman lodge No. SI, meets Mon
day evening at 8 p. m. Visiting brothers al
ways welcome. H. W. Skeel, C C.
i. A. Whitmas, K. of K. & S.
A. O. U. W. Lodge No. 98, meets every see
and and fourth Tuesday in the month at 8 p. m.
in their hall in the opera block. Visiting
rothers Invited to attend.
j. A. Whiteside, W. M.
Q. F. Mebbwax, Recorder.
I. O. O. f. Lodge No. S3, meets In I. O. O. F.
ball every Saturday at at 8 p. m. Visiting
brothers always Welcome.
D. S. Yocnos, N. G.
A.C NlCHOLSOJf. Rec Sec.
I. O. O. F. Rogue River Encampment, Lodge
Wo. SO, meets in I. O. O. F. hall the second and
- aorta Wednesdays of each month at 8 p. m.
W. I. Vawter, C. P.
B. S. Webb, Scribe.
Olive Rebekah Lodge No. , meets in I. O.
O. F. hall first and third Tuesdays of each
Month. Visiting sisters Invited to attend.
Mrs. D. S. Yocnus, N.O.
. A. C Nicholson. Sec
A. F. A A. M. Meets first Friday on or be
fore full moon at 8p. m in A. O. TJ. W. hall.
N. L. Nakregan, W. M.
J. S. Howard,- Sec.
G. A. R. Chester A. Arthur Post No. 47,
meets in G. A. R. hall every second and fourth
Thursdays in each month at 7:30 p. M.
6. C Noble, Com.
1. H. Faris, Adjt.
F. A. L TJ. L. L. Polk lodf 5 No. as, meets
very Tuesday at 8 p. m.
G.'S. Briggs, Pres.
Epworth League meets each, Sunday even
ing at 8:30. TJ. T. Lawton, president, Julia
Fukie, secretarv.
Toung People's Literary meets Friday even
ing ef each week, under the auspices of the
Bpworth League.
W. C. T. TJ. Meets at Christian church every
Monday evening at 7 p. m.
Mas. A. A. Kellogg, Pres.
MM. R. P. Hammond, See'y.
T. M. C. A. Meets every Sunday at S p. m.
at If. E. church. w. S. Hallt, Pres.
M.E.RIGBT See.
Secretaries of above lodges will please attend
to corrections. Any society wishing to have a
place in this directory will please hand in nec
essary data.
CHURCHES OF MEDFORD.
Methodist Episcopal Church E. E. Phipps,
pastor. Services every Sabbath; morning,
II a. m.. evening. 7:30 p. m Prayer meeting at
7 -SO p. m. Thursday. Sunday school each Sun
day at 10 a. m. E. A. Johnson, superintend
ent. Epworth Literary Society, 7 JO p. m.,
Tuesdays. Class meetings every Sunday at
close of morning service.
Christian Church No pastor at present.
Preaching first and third Sundays in month,
aaorning and evening. Worship every Sunday
morning. Sunday e hoot at 10 a. m . Prayer
Meeting every Thursday evening.
Presbyterian Churcn F. J. Edmunds, pas
tor. Preaching at 11 s. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sun
day school at 10 a. m. Y. P. S. C. K, 6:15 p. m.
Baptist Church T. H. Stephens, pastor.
Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7:: p. m.
rrayer meeting every vteanesaay even
injg Sunday school at 10 a. m
The pastors of the different churches are re
quested to attend to corrections.
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B. PICKEL,
Physician and Surgeon '
Medford, Oregon.
Office : Rooms 2 & 3. I.O.O.F. Bldg
JB. WAIT,
Physician and Surgeon.
Medford, Oregon.
Office: In Childers' Block.
E,
P. GEARY,
1 Physician and Surgeon.
Medford, Oregon.
Office: Cor. C and 7th sts,
S. JONES,
Physician and Surgeon.
Office: Hamlin block, up stairs.
9
iR. O.F. DEMOREST,
Resident Dentist.
Makes a specialty of first-class
work at reasonable rates.
Office in opera house, . Medford.Or
TIOBT. A. MILLER-
Att'y and Counsellor-at-law.
Jacksonville, Oregon.
Will practice in all courts of the
State.
J
H. WHITMAN,
Abstractor and Attorney-
At-Law.
Medford, Oregon.
Office in bank building. Have the
most complete and reliable ab
stracts of title in Jackson county
IT7ILLARD CRANVFORD.
Attorney and Counbellor-
v -At-LawT
Medford, Oregon.
Office Jn Opera block.
I USTIJJ S. HAMMOND,
A t Attorney-At-Law.
, Medfofd, Oregon.
Office: I.Q.O.F, Biil4ing.
Davis & Pottenger,
-o Dealers Sn o-
GROCERIES, CROCKERY, GLASSWARE,
Claware, Wooflen & Willowiare.
GOOD GOODS AND LOW PIRECS.
GIVE TJS A. TRIAL
Free Delivery to Any Part of the City.
FIRST DOOR WEST OF FOSTOFFICE-
BROPHY & MATHES,
o dealers in o
FRESH AND CURED 1
BEEF, PORK, MUTTON AND VEAL
Constantly on hand! Sausages a Specialty.
MEDFORD. : : : : . OREGON"
artists' mm
Call and examine our new stock of ArtisU Material.
JPS. fl. SLI017 BR G0
DRUGGISTS OF MEDFORD.
Night Bell on Door Prescriptions Compounded.
STATIONERY" PERFUMES "A-DRUGS.
:ons &
-SUCCESSORS TO-
ADKINS & WEBB,
Dealers in
SHELF AND HEAVY HARWARE.
Stoves, Tin & Willow Warn. CYCOXE and HOOSIER PUMPS, Etc
Every article
Claren do iM
HOTEL.
Ul. G. COOPER, Pfop.,
Medford, - Oregon.
First-class Board liy tlie Day, Week or Mootli
Centrally Located, West
THE - MEDFORD - BRICK - YARDS,
G. W. PRIDDY, PROP.
140,000 Brick on Hand. First Class Quality- Larae and Small
Orders Promptly Filled,
Brick Wotfk of All Y&nds
Executed W!tj Satisfaction. Give Me a Call, .
IEATS.
IBLASCPOL BOOKS,
cathcart,
bears a guarantee.
Side of the S. P. R. R. Depot.
A. C.TAYLER,
SHOEMAKER,
ALSO THE
LATEST STYLES
Of Eastern Shoes.
REPAIRING PROMPTLY DONe.
OPPOSITE POSTOFFICK.
HID
W. GREEN.
Suits to Order, $24 and Up.
Pants to Order, $6 and Up.
Satisfaction Goaranleefl.
Corner of 7th and C St&.
MEDFORD, - - - OREGON.
S. ROSENTHAL
THE
R,
OF
MEDFORD, ORE.,
Has just received a large stock of
fine CLOTHING and GENT'S
FURNISHING GOODS
also a 6 nes toe k of
BOOTS and . SHOES
Which he will sell as low as can
be sold. Small profits and quick
gales will be his motto.
Call and
see for vourself.
S. CHILDERS
Having- Ixmghl out 'Frank Galloway
is now prepared to nil all order
promptly.
The Cheapest and Best Picket Fwnce
made. Correspondence Solicited. Ad
dress all orders to
S. CHILDERS,
Medford, - Oregon.
1.2 Mile East of Medferd.
Fruit Trees, Grape Vines and
Small Fruit.
Choice Stock. Reasonable Rates
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PltACTICAI. WATCHMAKERS,
Medford, - - Oregon.
Watches, Clocks, Jowolry and Specta
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SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.
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SM9 Cottage drove Avenue,
Chicago, Ills.
Goncral produce, eommtsslon merchauls and
shipper.
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tildes, foils. Tallow, tioney, uocswax. iiroom
Corn, foathcrs, Ginseng Root, Cider Vinegar,
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MEDFORD
NURSERY
ALLIANCE AND TARTY
ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT LOUCKS,
OF THE N. F. A. AND I. U.
It la the Iutjr at the Alliance to Vote
In Support of IU "I'oIUIcrI Views," lint
the Protective uml ICduculloual Orcuit
Imttlon Allist lie I'erptjtuated.
To the Members of the Fanners' Alli
ance and Industrial Cniou:
For years wo have been stndyiug po
litical economy "the science of gov
ernment'' from a strictly nonpartisan
standpoint, the only correct method of
arriving at the truth in politics. With
unparalleled unanimity and etithn6iasm
we have united on a series of demands
which have been adopted, affirmed and
reaffirmed by our supreme council, our
state, county and subordinate Alliances.
Last February at tt. Louis they were
indorsed by twenty-one other great la
bor organizations.
These demands are the result of many
years' patient study and discussion of
the labor problem. We believe they are
just aud essential. The time has now
arrived to test whether we are going to
be practical or not. The ouly way to
seenre the enactment of these demands
into law is through political action
legislation. We have passed through
the stages of discussion, resolutions and
demanding. These are all preliminary
and necessary to the final act of . voting.
Unless followed up by our ballots all
that we have done will have been in
vain. The difficult- that now confronts
as as an organization is that while we
are a unit on onr demands we are not
as to methods of securing them. We
all must agree on the common sense
proposition that the ouly way of secur
ing them is to vote for them. Unfortu
nately our partisanship in some caes
has proved stronger than our allegiance
to onr principles.
When we first made our political de
mands, we to that extent became a po
litical organization. In doing so we did
not become a political party, nor do I
think we, as a class, ever shonld. So
long as other classes and professions re
main orgauized as classes or professions
we, too, must perpetuate aud strengthen
our organization. But having, as an
organization, made certain political de
mands, there was an implied promise
that if they did we would support them;
if not, we would oppose them. We have
been met with the contention that this
would interfere with our political free
dom. Before taking the obligation we
were assured that it "will not conflict
with the freedom of your political or re
ligious views."
The Alliance has been an educator.
Our demauds are our "political views."
Instead of interfering with, we urge
our members to stand by and support
and vote for their political views. It is
the only honest aud consistent thing we
can do. If yon believe any other plat
form of principles of more importance
than ours, then they are yonr political
views, and it is your- dnty to support
them in preference to ours. Our de
mands can only be crystallized into law
through the medium of a political party.
1 lay down three common sense prop
ositions: I. It is always necessary to
follow np a political party, after tbey
have promised, to compel them to keep
their promises. 2. It is very improb
able that nuy political party will en
act onr demands into law unless they
first promise to do so. 3. It is ut
terly ridiculous to exect a political
party to enact onr demauds into law so
long as they are fighting them. The
man who has sufficient faith to believe
that they will has enough to remove
a monntain; but faith even of that kind
will never move a political party. They
live on and are moved by votes. Our
first duty as citizens is to examine well
the promises of all political parties as
contained in their platform of princi
ples, and to follow it up by their record
to learn which political party is our
party.
Oue political party having adopted
onr demands, it would bo in' direct con
flict with our obligation to ask you to
support a political party that has not
done so. Worse it would be asking yon
to vioiate the sacred right of franchise,
which should.be guarded as the ark of
our covenant. As an organization we
are in houor liound to snpport our prin
ciples. As citizens it is our duty to
voto our principles. Our order is . on
trial. We have reached a point where
we aro certain to lose some members,
and it is wise to consider the situation
carefully.
To push on aggressively and in earnest
we will lose Alioso who love their old
party bondage Letter than our principles.
To be weak or vacillating at this critical
time will insntre the loss of the earnest,
aggressive membership, who are honest
ly advocating our principles as of para
mount importance to that of any politi
cal party. No true Alliance mau can
hesitate which course to pursue. Ad
mitting a loss, which we must, which
method will insure us the greatest gain?
Unquestionably the honest, manly, con
sistent course of voting as wo talk, re
solve, demand and pledge. Experience
in the state elections, where we have
voted for our principles, has demon
strated that our gains have more than
balanced onr losses in numbers and
strengthened us immensely in prestige
and influence
A fow mny bo led away with the idea
that because a political party has adopt
ed our demauds our efforts should now
Ik) concentrated solely for the party.
This would be a grave mistake. We
must perpetuuto and strengthen our or
ganization as a bulwark of our princi
ples, present and prospective; a tower
of strength to aid the party adopting
our demands, uud a terror to the party
fighting them. In other words, we must
remaiu independent" of aud superior to
political parties,
Our ouly hope end safety is in perpet
uating and perfecting our orgauizution,
pressing forward consistently and per-
sistuutly uutil viotory is assured, Fra-.
ternnlly, H. L. Loucks,
Prwjtlpi't N, F, A. and I. U.
Weaver uud Field.
Where .ire-they? They are not at Loon
Lake or liuzzard's Bay lolling around in
luxuriant idleness with their mouths
hermetically sealed by a national com
mittee that is run by Wall street money
aud represents Wall street's interest.
No, indeed: no such useless tasks devolve
uiion them. They are fighting manfully
for the rights of the great common peo
ple who now feel the hand of oppression
in this country, and for the freedom of
a posterity that will have a right to hold
tho present generation responsible for
the lilK-rties bequeathed to them by the
revolutionary fathers. If every voter in
the nation could hear Weaver deliver one
speech, Cleveland and Harrison might
pool their issues and stay ft Loon Lake
and Buzzard's Bay all their lives if they
chose, because they would have no public
business to interfere with their lazy and
selfish occupation.
General Field, the gallant old soldier,
has one leg buried on tire battlefield of
Slaughters Monntain, on the 9th of Au
gust, He is kale aud hearty and
apparently in possession of all the fire
and vigor of the prime of lifeV He
makes his appointments at a long dis
tance every day, and stands on oue leg
for a 2J j hours' speech without fatigue.
He is a wonderful campaigner, and car
ries conviction to the hearts of his audi
ence by-his evident candor and sincer
ity, while he convinces their minds by
bis sound arguments and his great store
of facts and information. National
Economist.
Tired or Such Prosperity.
In a recent address delivered in Omaha
W. L. Green, of Kearney, Neb.,
"brought down tho house with the fol
lowing remarks:
in Iowa the mortgage indebtedness
has increased f3,UOO,000 per year. This
is prosperity, is it? McEiuley says that
a mortgage is an evidence of prosperity.
I bad one or two of these evidences of
prosperity, and I went home and told
my wife about it; bnt, do yon know, in
spite of all 1 say to my wife in spite of
McKinley's statements in spite of all
the Republican campaign literature I
have taken home, my wife insists that
she wants to get rid of that evidence of
prosperity? When McKinley was in
Nebraska he had said that he had a
mortgage on his house, but he was to
blame, as he put it there himself. A
highwayman meets you in adark alley,
and holding a revolver to your head
says. "Money or your life." You give
np yonr inouey. But you alone are to
blame. You did it yourself. Of course
yon put the mortgage there yourself.
You had to do it to preserve the lives
aud happiness of loved ones.
Fillioa- the Chasm.
In introducing General Weaver, the
chairman of an immense People's party
meeting at Dallas, said:
We are nearing a crisis that will put
to a crucial test the conservatism of
every man iu this nation. The capacity
of man for self government is on trial.
Yon today are confronted with 1.000,000
tramps begging for subsistence, 2.000,000
laborers on a strike, and five states in
this union in open revolt with militia in
the field to compel obedience to law.
There are causes for this. The war is
over; we are living in a period of pro
found peace. There ought not to be
any sectional hate, bnt as men and wom
en we ought to come together and work
for one great government. There ought
not to be a bloody chasm. We have
commenced to fill np that chasm. We
have put Ingalls in it and have put Sher
man in it. and by November, with God's
good grace, we will put Roger (j. Mills
iu it.
A Bis Chance In North Dakota.
A New York dispatch savs: "Senators
Hansbrongh aud Casey have been in
New York together two or three days
with Alexander McKenzie, of North Da
kota, aud have had "repeated conversa
tions with Chairman Carter and other
members of tho national Republican
committee regarding the campaign .in
North Dakota and other northwestern
states. McKenzie has promised the
committee that North Dakota will give
an old time majority not only for the
national, but tha( the state and legisla
tive tickets will be successful." It is
possible that Alex McKenzie can no
longer deliver North Dakota to whom
he pleases. There has been a big change
here, as Alex will see when the returns
are all in. North Dakota Independent.
Sick and Dejected.
Tho Jones crowd are sick and dejected
over present ills and future prospects.
They would like to uudo many things
which they have done and do many
things which they have refused to do.
There is no health in them. Twenty
counties iu Alabama can control the
state under tho present election law,
should tho probate judges, clerks and
sheriffs of those counties conspire to ac
complish that result. These counties
can count enough votes to defeat the re
mainder of the state in any election.
The little, petty despotism thus en
throned will have to tremble and fall to
pieces under the demand of the people
for their rights and liberties. Alabama
Alliance Herald.
Mr. lHalne "Indorses."
Mr. Blaine's letter followed fast upon
the lengthy deliverance of his late chief.
But the curious render will find therein
no word specifically commending Ben
jamin Harrison, candidate for re-election
to the presidency. One single sen
tence iu praise of the ticket of Harri
son and Reid would have outweighed,
in the iniud of the perturbed Chairman
Carter and his associates, all that the
ex-premier finds to say in praise of Mc
Kiuleyism as tempered by reciprocity.
Boston Globe.
Oet papers from the south if you wish
to learu about how the People's party is
dying iu that country, Weavor is
obliged to speak three and fonr times a
day in the some town to reach all the
people who desire to hear him. It is one
Fourth of July celebratiou all the time.
-O'Neill (Neb.) Tribune.
AN ALABAMA IIEV0LT.
HONEST. CITIZENS WILL ftliHT THE
JONES GANG'S METHODS. '
A Llfeloas; Democrat Denounces the
scoundrels Who Hare DIB-rmeed Ills.-' ,
Old Party Eight Uandred Sic Pledged
to See m r'alr Coont The War Orer.
A special correspondent of the New
York Press gave a graphic account of
the opening hours of the Alabama state
convention of the Jeffersonian Demo
crats and People's party, who met in
joint session at Birmingham. Follow
ing is a portion of the report: '
The joint convention of the People's
party and the Jeffersonian Democrats,
who supported Kolb in the recent elec
tion for governor,, met this morning
with between 700 and 800 delegates,
representing every county in the state.
There were not half a dozen colored
men among them. The wool hats, care
less dress, slouching gait and sunburned
faces indicated the Alabama farmer,
who tills his fields with his own labor.
Nine-tenths of them were representa
tives of the class from which came the
rank and file of the southern army dur
ing the rebellion. Many of them had
worn the gray uniform; some had empty
sleeves; others walked with a limping
step.
Like all new bodies they were slow
in getting down to business, and like
all southern crowds they wanted to hear
somebody make a speech. Weaver and
Field, the People's party candidates for
president and vice president, entertained
them in an open air meeting in the mid
dle of the day. One had worn the gray,
the other the bine. It was proof that
the war was over and that a new gener
ation had grown np with new interests.
The band played "Yankee Doodle" and '
'-Dixie" by turns, and Weaver was
cheered even louder than Field! Mrs.
Lease, of Kansas, also spoke.
Then the convention came together
again in the opera house and dainnan
Bowman was called upon for a speech.
He is a tall, broad shouldered, lean
waisted natiVe of the south, the born
leader of a popular movement, eloquent
in speech, handsome to look at and
quick on the trigger. He has three bal
let holes in him, and the reputation of
being ready to take chances on more. .
Much of his speech was devoted to local
issues. - "
He pointed ont that Democratic pol
itics in Alabama for twenty years had
consisted in keeping the same old ring
of politicians in office, who did nothing
and cared nothing for the interests of
the common people of the state. He
touched upon the incidents that led np
to the independent candidacy of Kolb
against Jones for governor, and showed
bow, even by the official count, which
was manipulated by the Jones men.
Kolb carried all bnt three or fonr of the
white counties in the -state.
Today," he thundered, "they have
Thomas G. Jones perched upon a stack
of stuffed ballot boxes from the black
belt counties and call him governor of
Alabama.
"The organized Democracy of Ala
bama have been caught with the stolen
goods in their possession, and they will
never be forgiven unless they acknowl
edge the theft and surrender the plun
der." He said four-fifths of the negro vote,
where it had a chance to be cast and
counted, was for Kolb. He declared
that Kolb had been elected by a tre
mendous majority, and challenged the
head of the Democratic ticket to cal
the election inspectors of five counties
into a room and ask them to tell the
truth about the count.
If it did not show that the ballot boxes
had been staffed and miscounted enough
in these counties alone to reverse the
whole majority claimed for the Jones
ticket, he would agree to withdraw all
contest! and accept the count. He de
ferred going into details of the election
frauds until later in the proceedings,
bnt mentioned one conscience smitten
election inspector who had' voluntarily
confessed to Captain Kolb in the presence
of witnesses that at his polling place,
which had been returned as giving Jones
400 majority, the vote had really been
355 for Kolb and 43 for Jones.
By such nefarious practices as these,
the chairman's speech' declared, the or
ganised Democracy had made enemies
ont of those who had once been their
brothers. They would beg no longer
that these things should not be done.
They would see to it that they could not
be done.
"There will be another election in
November," he cried, "and we will have
a full congressional and electoral ticket
in the field against that of the organ
ized Democracy. How many of you
will be willing to serve as United States
supervisors and deputy marshals to see
that it is not counted out? As many as
are willing stand up."
The delegates did not merely rise up
They sprang to their feet, S00 as on
man, waving their hands and shouting,
"1, 1, 1." After the tumult had subsided,
pointing his finger at a group of Demo- .
cratio politicians in the gallery, -he con
tinued: . "Take warning by what you
have seen. Heretofore you have had to
deal with poor, half blind negroes at the
polls on election day. These are white
men like yourselves. From now hence
forth and forever the free white men of
Alabama mean to throw off the shackles
of ballot bos stuff ers and election thieves.
"Let them try the old game in No
vember and they will be indicted under
the laws of the United States, and native
white southern citizens of Alabama will
go into the jury boxes and convict them."
Such a denunciation of election meth
ods in the south, such a menace to Dem
ocratic supremacy in Alabama was never
before thundered from the lips of one
who had been born and bred among
them and never voted a Republican
ticket in his life.
In the list of new papers given in
Newspaperuom for August there are S3
Democratic, 87 Republican and 47 Peo
ple's, The summary for the last three
months is. Democratic, $7; Republican,
3. and People's, 135.