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HIST II THE STATE.
may 12,1892
VOL. IV
THE SILVER QUESTION.
WHAT
IS ITS ORIGIN AND
WHAT
ITS STATUS.
A History of the Manner and the Reason
Why its Now a Political Leader. Will it
be an Issue?
•
What is the free silver question
which equally interests democrats and
republicans?
What was its origin, and what has
led to its present consequence? .
It will be the purpose of this article
to answer, as far as may be possible,
MOST BEAUTIFUL. PRACTICAL
the questions propounded above, tak­
AND EASY RIDING
ing no sides, but simply making a fair
and equitable statement of the case as
Two-wheeled Vehicle ever invented.
Descriptive Circular giving Price«,
it is understood by its opponents and
Testimonials. Etc.. Free.
its advocates. It is one of the most im­
portant questions before the country,
and
should be treated with perfect im­
VILL2\. FHJSTON Cuftt-TST-
partiality, and even justice
A Strictly High Grade Cart, finished as well as a buggy. The ADA CARTS
The best cart for the Money. Handsome, Strong and Easy The silver question had its rise in
are the finest ever brought to the State. Don't fail to see them before buying.
Riding. Two grades kept in stock.
two great causes—the necessity for
mare currency, for one thing, and the
\X7"e Have -¿Liso
desire to divide the republican party on
some issue that did not involve old-
time democratic issues, and had noth­
ing to do with the war or the tariff'.
Consequently, it may not improperly
be denominated a shrewd political
A STANDING ADVERTISEMENT.
question having its foundation in the
In fact we have the completest line of Carts, Road Wagons. Hacks, Buggies, etc., in the State outside of Portland, and want you to call desire of the west and south for an in­
their opinions or lax-n intim­
PETRIFIED PRICES.
that congress deemed it wise to changed
i
crease of our monetary facilities, and degree
'
and examine them and get our prices.
more currency for actual use among the go
1 a little further. Though the act of I idated by any cause front voting their Next Time he Sells a Body lie’s Doing
1878, introduced and pressed to pas- 1 real sentiments. But the conviction
to Get Market Prices.
people.
in the house by Mr. Bland, of 1 that the democratic party might lose
The question of resuming specie pay- sage
!
its
hold
in
New
England
and
seriously
was a democratic measure, I
We were sitting on the tavern veran­
ment was settled by the act of 1871. It Missouri,
•
That we pay no Jobber’s Profits, but are. in fact, jobbers ourselves, and buy our goods at jobber’s prices.
republicans were nyiwilling that i injure its standing in New Y’ork in­ da after supper for a smoke, w hen on
was made certain when the senate the
1
opponents should have all the 1 duced the men front the south and tlie old darky with a crooked leg came
passed Mr. Allison's bill and the house their
1
glory
and
political advantages that ac­ west to relinquish their personal prefer­ along and took oil his hat and said:
that of Mr. Bland, both looking to the 1
“Geni'len, I should like to ask yo'a
same end. When that bill or rather crued from the silver law of 1878, for in ' ences for the good of the democratic
party in tlie coming elections. It was few questions, please.”
1890
they
aided
the
democrats
to
pass
M
c
M
innville
the
joint
measure
became
a
law,
the
J D. BAKER,
Being told to go ahead, lie came up
paper dollar was perhaps one-third of a “the 54,000,000 ounce” law, or the act the opinion of some of the wisest heads
iu the democratic counsels, men like step, Ixiwed and scraped, anti observed:
authorizing
the
United
States
treasury
cent
under
par.
Resumption
had
•j
SURGEON AND HOMEOPATHIC
CARLIN & COULTER, Proprietors
about come of its own accord, as no­ to purchase in the open market that Gorntan, Jones of Arkansas, and Car- "1 lost my old woman doorin the
PHYSICIAN.
Goods of all descriptions moved and care­
body doubted the United States gov­ quantity of silver bullion each year, lise, that the chances of tlie party for wait, and she was buried on de gravel
ful handling guaranteed. Collections will
ernment
’s ability to pay its obligations and upon it to issue notes representing success were almost certain, and any­ ridge ol»er yore 'bout two miles. 1 dun
Office Upstairs in the Garrison Building. be made monthly Hauling of a.l kinds
THAT
the equivalent value of the bullion thing tliat weakened them or placed went and dug up de l*ody last week to
in coin of either metal, if was desired.
done cheap.
RAMSEY & FENTON,
The west especially was, to borrow a coined and deposited in tlie vaults of them in jeopardy to any degree must put it in a new place, and it was all
be avoided, no mater how strong per­ paralyzed to stun.”.
new but very expressive term, “boom­ the treasury.
Thus far, the silver movement had sonal opinion might l>e in favor of such
“You mean jietrifled.”
ing.
”
New
railways
were
being
con­
ATTORNEYS AT-LAW.
“Dot’s it, sali. Took fo’ men to git
structed—not to centers of population, met with favor generally from business a thing. It was a wise conclusion
McMinnville, , -
-
-
- Oregon.
but right through the wilderness, where men all over the country. In the south that determined upon thia course. It it out of de grave. Just turned into
The Ohio Improved Chester boar, Duke
Have the Largest Stock of
shows the homogeneity af tlie democ­ rock an looked as natural as life.
of
Yamhill,
No.
8466
property
of
Win.
B.
the
Indian war trail was almost fresh especially, the coinage idea was popu­
Office, Rooms 1 and 2 Union Block.
Turner, will be permitted a limited number
racy all over tne country, and tlie wil­ Seemed like 1 was talking to Die old
lar.
The
negro
laborer
knew
what
a
on the sand. Great masses of immi­
of sows this season. Can be seen at own­
lingness of its leaders to sacrifice per­ lady again.”
(“UALBREATH A GOUCHER,
er’s farm 6 miles southwest of McMinnville.
grants followed these new iron path­ silver dollar meant, for his earliest no­
sonal
views or inclinations to the gen­
FEE,
-
-
-
$2A0
tions
of
money
were
derived
from
the
“Yea.”
ways from civilization to the wilder­
day, when, as a boy, his old master had eral welfare and prospects of party suc­ “Site was lying <lar on Hie grass an
ness.
Railroads
were
built
and
the
PHYSICIANSAND SURGEONS,
cess. This is the true democratic spirit a feller druv up in a wagon an offered
In the valley outside of Portland.
people followed their trend. We al­ tossed him a “quarter” for some little
and witli such a feeling imbuing tlie me $5 fur de body. Do yo' reckon it
service.
It
was
bulky
to
be
sure,
but
M c M innville ,
-
•
-
O regon .
tered the usages of the older countries,
the colored laborer liked to feel his hearts of its leaders there will be non. was right to sell if.”
where
the
¡people
had
to
ask
a
corpora
­
(Office over Braly's Bank.)
TH2YT
Another Carload on the way from :
of the irreconcilable difficulties that
“Well, that’s according to your awn
tion to build a road before it came. The money's weight. Its ponderosity seem­
the factory!
ed to insure its value and gave it a dig­ threaten our opponents. Just now, the feelings.”
J C. MICHAUX,
American
reversed
old
conditions.
He
They - can and will sell tor CASH, or a reasonable length of time,
"Jest so. She was dont* dead.”
Sold at Strictly Eastern Prices:
built his road and the population fol­ nity that a bit of green paper could brainiest and most daring young men
cheaper than the public have ever been able to buy.
in the republican party are looking
never attain.
“Yes.”
after.
lowed
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
And Every Instrument
about for some one to nominate in the “An all turned to stunn.”
All this took enormous sums of mon­ It has been said that the silver coin­
place of Mr. Harrison, whom nobody
LAFAYETTE, OREGON-
THAT
“Yes.”
ey. It had to be cash for steel rails age act of 1890 was generally received
with favor among business men. But seems to want. With this feeling per­ “An so 1 reckoned it would'nt hurt
Jan.UI, ’88.
were
high
and
must
be
paid
for
on
de
­
This does not mean six months or one year, and then 10 per cent,
vading the ranks of the opposition, and nufiin. I got de money an de man
livery. The armies of laborers received when it was proposed to throw open
Music makes home pleasant and to our attorney for collection.
with tlie silver question for the present driv oft'. An’ now Uncle Jason tells
the
gates
and
pass
a
bill
for
the
free,
J. P. TURNEY,
their wages either every Saturday
remitted, democratic success seems me dat I got cheated. He says a par­
Cheerful, and when you can buy
night, or fortnightly. Everything in unlimited and unrestricted coinage of
more than reasonably sure.
THAT
silver
on
the
basis
of
sixteen
to
one
—
as
alyzed Ixidy am wutli
Kin yo*
y o n should
an
Organ
for
11
these great enterprises was conducted
SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN.
compased with gold—some of the ablest
tell
me
if
dat
’
s
so?
”
not deny the 0* J* * wife or child-
upon
a
ready
money
basis.
Here
was
It is a mistaken idea that goods can be sold as cheap on time as
YVe’re not waiting for tlie bats and
Specialty of surgery and diseases of women
the first call for more ready money. business men in the country, regardless moles, but for men and women who “You ought to have got at least |25."
ren the refining influence of music. for Cash.
of
party,
began
to
fear
that
were
going
“Hu! Ik'n I was cheated?”
U nion B lock - M c M innville . O r .
The democratic party was the first of
too far. They said if Europe would have eyes and use tlie, who have brains “It looks that way.”
A full assortment of
the
two
mighty
political
organizations
TH^T
and reason. There’s a new werld for
VIOLINS, BANJOS, GUITARS
to see the wisdom of endeavoring to take our silver as it did our gold, there them—suffering and sickly as they are •‘Jest beat right outer $26! Hu! Wall,
would
be
no
objection
to
making
as
AND ACCORDTANS.
dey «loan play dat trick on me agin.
The proposition is this: That CASH IS THE BASIS, and that meet this call in a practical, sensible
many silver dollars as the metal ottered —a new world created from the brain I'se got de market price now, an I
CHAS. GRISSEN.
way,
by
supplying
the
demand
for
those
who
allow
their
names
to
go
on
our
books
must
pay
from
5
to
10
of
a
skillful
physician
—
a
discovery
—
Carries the Best Line of Choice Meats in
knows what Agger to ask."
more money. The first movement in would turn out. But Europe, as yet, the “Golden Medical Discovery.”
the Citv. Game ami Fish in Season. Poul­
per cent, for that luxury.
2EŒAL I s ÆETSIT
try, hides, etc , bought for the highest mar­
this direction was made by Gov. Sey­ will not do this. The opponents of un­ Years ago Dr. Pierce found out tliat “But the body is already gone.”
ket price and casli paid for same
Y’our
“Yes, dat body; but 1 dun buried
mour, of New York. He made a speech limited coinage said we did not want tlie secret of nil scrofula, bronchial,
BURNS & DANIELS
attention is called to the fact that we al­
ways serve the best meats to he found.
as early as 1868, in which he expressed a circulating medium that nobody out­ throat and lung trouble lay—in the be­ two udder wives and three chilien on
Your patronage is solicited.
himself in favor of paying the interest side our own country would accept. ginning at least—in impure blood and that rfante grovel ridge, an when I get
1
BOND 4 CO.
on the United States bonded debt, and It is to reach some agreement with the weak tone of tlie system; tliat tlie 'em dug out dey is gwine to fetch mar­
J. W. COWLS, LEE LAUGHLIN E. CAPFERSON
the principal too, in greenbacks, the other nations, that an attempt is being way to remove these effects was to cure ket quotashunsor I'll tumble '«nt right
President.
Vice President.
Cashier
same money that had been current all made to have an international mone­ tho cause, tliat human nature lieing liaek in agin.”
through the war then so lately ended. tary conference called with a view of the same, tlie same results might be
ChlnrNe Rexpect to tirant.
The idea at once became popular. The reaching an understanding in regard looked for in nearly all cases. So con­
to
this
silver
question.
republican party tried to steal, but it
McMinnville, Oregon,
fident was he that the exceptions were The Chinese minister at Washing­
was so clearly a democratic measure When the present or Fifty-second uncommon, that he took the risk of ton was present at the ceremonies of
Paid up Capital, $50,000.
that on it Seymour carried the state of congress was organized, Mr. Bland, tlie giving tlie medicine to those it didn’t laying tlie cornerstone of the monu­
New York by a handsome demecratic author of the act of 1878, was appointed benefit for nothing and tlie results have ment to General Grant. IA Hung
Transacts a General Banking Business,
chairman of the committee on coinage,
majority.
Chang, tlie viceroy of China, contrib­
proved that he was right.
Deposits Received Subject to Check
The real and original purpose of the to which would be referred the bills
uted Sosoo to the monument fund. The
And
“
Golden
Medical
Discovery
”
is
I
Interest allowed on time deposits.
Fills? 2STOI I
relative to the coinage of the two met­
shrewder
democrats
was
served.
They
minister
above referrei’ to, Trui Kwo
the
remedy
for
I
lie
million!
Tlie
only
Sell sight exchange and telegraphic trans­ If you take pills it is because you have Points to Remember for 1892, in the purchase of Gro­
had raised an issue, wholly uncon­ als. There were a great many of them guaranteed liver, blood anil lung rem­ Y'in, journeys every Decoration day to
fers on Sew York, San Francisco anil Port­
never tried the
ceries.
land.
nected either with ante bellum politics introduced and so referred. From tlie edy. Y’our money back if it doesn’t New Y’ork anil places a bouquet upon
Collections made on all accessible points. S. B. Headache and Liver Cure
or
the war, that did split up the repub- mass of these bills Mr. Bland corajiosed help you.
the grave of Grant. These facts should
It works so nicely, cleansing the Liver Fully one-half of the People do not stop to consider
Office hours from 9 a. ni. to 4 p m.
licans
to a very great extent. The a bill incorporating into it such features
modify some notions we entertain of
anil Kidneys; acts as a mild physic without
the
money
they
can
save
during
the
year
in
purchasing
goods
of
a
of tlie bill referred to his committee as The death of Don Pedro, late empe­ the “heathen Chinee.”
causing pain or sickness, anil does not stop
“
greenback
”
idea
—
whatever
we
may
firm that pays strict attention to the selling of First Class Goods
you from eatiDg and working.
think of it now—3erved its purpose ex­ he thought were advantageous, which ror of Brazil, left a vacancy in the list
at a Small Profit.
To Try It Is to Become a Friend to it.
Louia Kossuth, who Is living at Tu­
cellently well. It raised a question in he reported to the house in the latter of (eight) foreign associates of the
For Sale by R ogers B ros .
rin,
SB years old. Several of his fel­
days
of
February.
It
provides
for
the
People usually go to the nearest place regardless of ■ which the war did not figure. The de­ free coinage of silver and gold at tlie Academic des Sciences, France, and it low is countrymen
Heuse, Sign, and Ornamental i’ainter
visited him recently.
mand
for
more
money
became
genera).
is
likely
to
be
filled
by
tlie
election
of
cost. We sell our goods cheap and deliver them at your door.
They
found
him
in gissi health, and
legal
ratio,
and
also
that
the
owner
of
The Only Sign Writer in the County.
You will be able find every thing in the grocery line in our store. It was held to be a democratic issue, either gold or silver shall be able to pre­ Lord Kelvin, who, as Sir William taking a keen interest in everything
and that partly made its first gains in
Homes fitted up in the Neatest and Most
Thomson, is known as the ‘"first phys­
going on in Hungary. Kossuth com­
Artistic Style.
in it—The Grocery Business; and we will al­ the east mainly on this issue. For th« sent it at any United States mint and icist” in the world.
Prompted by gratitude We are
plained of weakened eyesight, but his
Designs furnished for Decorations
ways give you the best goods in the city for the money. We give first time in years, the legislature of receive “coin notes”—such as was pro­
to Dr. DeFreye, the Euro­
voice was as sonorous and powerful as
In
plowing
an
acre
eight
inches
deep
vided
for
in
the
act
of
1890
—
which
shall
cash
or
trade
for
all
produce,
suit
yourself
in
the
matter.
Pennsylvania
was
democratic,
and
W.
Remember Paper Hanging and Inside Fur­
pean specialist, who has
in the distant years when his eloquence
your
horses
will
lift
over
1000
tons
of
be
a
legal
tender
for
all
debts,
public
or
nishing a Specialty.
W. Wallace and John Scott, both dem­
MILLSAP ¿c SOST. ocrats,
charmed.
Work taken by Contract or by the Day. Ex­ succeeded in curing me of
were elected to the United private. Finally, as a concession to the soil.
perienced men employed.
scientific bi-metallists of Frauce,which,
States senate.
chronic kidney, liver and
, up to this time has used about as much r
Third Street, McMinnville. Oregon.
Meantime
the
railways
had
got
into
gastric sickness, for the
the mighty ranges of the backbone of ■ silver in coinage as the United States,
treatment of which I had
the North American continent, the when that nation shall open its mints
DERBY & BOYER, consulted a number of
Rocky mountains. In Colorado, Utah, to free coinage at the rate of 15J to 1,
Proprietors of The McMinnville
other physicians, through
Nevada, New Mexico, Wyoming, in the United States will adopt that ratio,
fait about all the newly opened terri­ . too. This is the Bland bill, over which
which I was brough to the
TILE
tories vast deposits of silver were dis­ there has been so much discussion anil
verge
of
despair,
fearing
I
TILE
covered. It had long been known that difference of opinion in both parties.
never could be cured, I
Light, flaky and digestible pie crust and all kinds of
those territories were full of all sorts of It is not the purpose of this article to !
Situated at the Southwest corner of the consider it my duty to rec­
enter
into
any
discussion
of
the
merits
mineral wealth, but with no means of
Fair GrOnnds. All sizes of
fine pastry can be made with Dr. Price's Cream Baking Pow­
ommend him to my fellow I have enlarged my store and have combined a full and complete stock of transportation at hand it was impossi­ of the case. Unfortunately, for the sil­
First-Class Drain Tile
der without butter or with one half the usual portion, if pre­
citizens who may be afflict­ Sash, Doors. Mouldings. Glass, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Brushes, ble to develop any mining interest. ver question, the chairman of the ways
The greenbacker of 1868 became the and means committee, Mr. Spring, as
kept constantly on hand at lowest living ed.
W. K. WHITE.
And everything belonging to this class of goods
ferred, or with a small quantity of lard or other shortening
silver man of 1877 and the years later. titular leader of the democratic house,
prices.
DERBY
BOYER,
Whiteson, Yamhill Co.,
McMiinville, Oregon.
“Why here is basis for enlarging the made a great mistake. At a banquetj
Have also Combined a Line of Fishing Tackle & Guns amount of currency in circulation,” given by the New Y’ork chamber of
as desired. Pie crust made in this way is more wholesome
Oregon.
commerce
Mr.
Springer,
speaking
as
’
said
these
agitators
for
more
money.
This with my Immense Stock of
and digestible besides being more economical and easier pre­
Dr. DeFreye, corner of 1st and
“Let us utilize the products of our own leader of the house, stated that the pres-I
Local and Traveling.
Pine streets, rooms 6 and 7, can be
mines, and place gold and silver upon ent congress would not pass a free coin­
pared in addition to saving all the butter if desired. One-
To represent our well known counseled free on all chronic diseas­
age bill, and all that would be done by
an equality of value.”
house. You need no capital to es of both sexes. The cures of pri­
represent a firm that warrants
third the flour is also dispensed with, and the crust is rolled
ALTOGETHER MAKES A COMPLETE COMBINATION
The idea grew. Silver had always the house would be the adoption of a
nursery stock first-class ami true to name. vate diseases, such as Loss of Man­
been a favorite with Americans. It resolution providing for an internation­
As to stocks, but not with any other firm or men.
W ork all the Y ear . Sift) per month to hood, Impotency, Errors of Youth,
that much thinner, the raising qualities of Dr. Price’s Powder
the right man. Apply quick stating age.
Stricture, etc., (his principal spec­ I STILL RUN MY BUSINESS AT THE OLD STAND, WHERE PRICES was probably older in the world’s his­ al conference looking to an agreement
Nurserymen, Flor- L. L. MAY & CO..
tory
of
precious
metals
than
gold.
In
in
regard
to
the
coinage
of
silver
and
ists and Seedsmen.
ST. PAUL. MINN. ialties by dint of his European hos­
swelling it to the requisite thickness. Those who enjoy the
AND GOODS CAN’T BE BEAT.
the Bible, where the two are mention­ gold. Mr. Bland held that in making
pital experience), are never pub­
ed together, silver precedes gold. “Sil­ such a statement, at the time anil place
appetizing qualities of the delicious home made pie will
Call and see me before buying.
lished.
ver or gold |have I none,” says the where it was made, Mr. Springer had
Correspondence I’. 0. Lock Box
O. O. HODSON
T he ^ t S ower
has
Master, .“but such as I have give I trespassed on bis official rights as chair­
rejoice to know this secret.
329, Portland, Oregon.
No second C hance . a
I Good eenae My a make the moat of the fi rut. A
unto thee!”
man of the coinage committee. Mr.
Office hours from 10 a. m. to 4 p.
Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder is the only powder
/I ffV
A
J1 !
1 "’H'ertnke to briefly
As we have said, the sentiment grew Springer probably never thought of do­
< BIII I |,Mchunyfai'^'",’’lliP‘''‘l>‘r>“'iiof.iih.r
m. and from 8 to 3 o’clock in the xk
W
||»rx. who can read and write, and who,
in
favor
of
an
abundant
silver
coinage
ing
any
such
tiling,
but
the
speech
ilJ LJ U RJ IB"n"r ii>6«ruction,v.iU work iuduatrioutly
evening.
that contains the white of eggs
Vliowto cam Three Thousand Dollar* a
grew. Its first victory in the national aroused Mr. Bland to bitter resentment
'''•«■'•'■"theylive.I w ill also furnish
‘uat1'n «’«■rmploymeaMt w hich you can cam that amount
legislature was the passage in 1878 of which has done much to keep the feel­
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
So roourv for me u,riy«..u...-rrofu|..above. Easily .nd quietly
learned. I desire but one w orker from each diatriet or county I
’have made and kept Ferry’s Seed Business'
the Bland silver bill in the house, and ing between the silver and anti-silver
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria
have already taught and provided with employment a large
Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder is re­
the largest in the world—Meric Tells.
its equivalent, introduced by Mr. Alli­ men at its present tension.
When
she
became
Miss,
she
clung
to
Castoria.
E. < Al
rv" tu '
C- K. A,u™
Ferry’s Seed Annual for 1892
S-• ALLE j , llox 4-£o, Auguita, .Mulne.
ported by all authorities as free from Ammonia,
It may be interesting to consider the
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria. son, in the senate. This was the act
tells the whole Seed story—Sent free for the
that provided for the issue of our pres­ real cause, with so many memliers
asking. Don’t sow Seeds till you get it. ,
Alum, or any other adulterant. In fact, the
kD.M. FERRY & CO.,Detroit,MichJ
ent silver certificate, based on a deposit really favorable to silver legislation, <if
purity of this ideal powder has never been ques­
THIS
PAPER ’ou’ÄL'ä
of silver coin, which immediotely re­ the silver bill’s defeat. It was not that
J.’ÜTÄVEimöli'.
lieved the money stringency to such a the southern or western niemliers had
tioned.
PATENTED.
Thia Cart is conceded by all those who
have used or seen it to be the
The Nobbiest Road Wagons You Ever Saw!
MIND
UNION HARDWARE CO.,
M’MINNVILLE, OR.
TRUCK AND DRAY CO
Facts Worth Remembering
The Duke of Yamhill.
BURNS & DANIELS
Furniture, Wall Paper, Carpets, etc.,
ORGANS !
Guaranteed for Six Years
The People’s Market.
WE
WANT
YOUR
EYE
J. B. ROHR,
CARD OF THANKS,
Combination? Yes
O. O. HODSON
SS FACTORY
HAS MADE A BIG COMBINATION!
SALESMEN
HARDWARE, STOVES AND TINWARE
Pastry Without Butter