U u 4 s TArni m Arjrr i n at. J . ; tv. r.rj : v js. :lt en Published TmmI it d Fmli ty . fcTAT E3X JL& JTIJHIikG LUHFA-M K- J. HEXtiU K3.Maaarer. ' HATES. -' Oo year, la arlvsaee .-.,..-,.......... fl htz tuoniLs. msJvuBct , -S Three months, ia MiM.i. .-i WW year, a Uaae ,... lJti Tbe S'ateaman b t-rn tatTih fr nem'ly fifty-two yr, sad it baa some . b-r who htv twreiwd it nearly tcl hob. el miit M bare tA it nr ft twm'. twwoe tneae object to baling to f-t rtaoDUuwtl at tae time of expirauon of to-ir itlt-r!ptwns. for tbe btaoeSt o( tbere, cl for ottier rawu we have concluded to iiCfrtit)Die Mb eripii n nlrh9abM W4ois. aU MiauarMtitt tra iownwin. or parto ta Mme, win j bare th beacfit ut tbe dollar rateJ Brit ti t-rT 3 OOt WT J r month, tbe n( iM ttl! ff-.f!?fi!?TrJI.P;wa1tl rnfM sta(M fot from . mfvmi wv )vrwBi wrw orndT t irn;i wry ' mm. j not c4 thm uone?, vita ih uuaetwLw- botilff to a friendly camp It will not K'SgZZtZlZ?? ifSenators eled this w,in - aintbt. la Older hat tbere saar N? m atima f and next are ponitively Instructed irtaa4iB. we wiil keep tats notice iutd.ii; to favor .the desired Constitutional at thySaoaia tbe paper. t jamn-Wna,lirUMrtar ? CIRCULATION (SWORN) OVER 4000 INSTUCT THE SENATOR. The .Oregon Iegisiatnre should de-i r i . . . . aisajn. ai worn, in zavor ot in favor of dfrect popUr ele.-tion of United States fa n the faftpel Th 1! be and hen it seemed the popular thing Senator, and it should follow up thi.? dlll&racefui enacted lotto shout with Bryan for free silver, perfunctory declaration by Joint reso- J, the c!ection of UnlteJ stats was himself shouting for sixteen-to- other, calling uionthe Senator to be ejected at this session to jTOte for 'an.,3"1 enforced by aetualactice. ac- amendment to th Federal Constitn- cording to tbe present duty, the more, tion to that end. This Is the only way In which -lhl reform can j be reached The Senate is onoosed to the chanee now. The states can change the Tavor- ing minority ' Into : a majority by in- strjctlng the Senators. . -j This Infrtru - non nas neen given tnis winter in thej cine coast states, where the change u ' is the time for action. j f jfopular. should follow suit. ; Not words, words, words, gentlemen! ocal government is more Import nt They have beconie istaie. and unprofit th;t National government ! It touches I ... . .. , - the Individual at more ami more vitlj Xfsri t. It Involves direct -'-taxation.' H nfjects the peice an J order, honesty and , lpticjr of the fommri'iitw jn which he livex. works and rdses ki finnily. It is A moristrcms injustice that locul gove--irtnt. state, county and J -taunifipil, should be pjiralyxeil. as it often !, w h!!e the energies of in Legilfituns are abrbel in a vain attempt to settle a 1)tft for a fsinrrle eat in the Coii greKH of the l:te1 States,"! I'erh Srj thia Is the most -ompeltiiig argument f aifcfor the fioplsr election of Snitor. It is uii'-Ttain to what extent th. v ff !ri - f II tak SeTttOrj.jl flections o-it of coittlxd of txsrje, who dominate sfnte conventions as ntih as they o Lefln larores. It is unertalfi tyhfther ior present schot of mere money -lieigs v-!it n le replaced by eua?ly jregrettlble dernaRf7ru. But th-re is ixi poaslble diJt that escape of the Iri!atrf- fr-mr th maligrri inf?t"ne f Kenat'sri- t-;in;pnsSrns wf'l release - thope lwji!e fr tb-r "3f r ij(e of norrrwtl f unctions.To this errl aUn tbe reform Hill le wfrth the trl.Me of the (ilanif. j : ; To us HrKther attractive v:cW ofj tfie STJb'c-.-t has always leen th--.t we shftuld fn hia -!Tie?rim:it to th- On?tlt:r'on fill iul' sten'with the evol-.ition of ep-f rwnUI I v prrvt rnment -wM-h pnt- mnr- out With the tpl ms time go'S on and lev-s l-ys in tlie ham) of Intermediary Mfejrnardst nd c!weks which had some Justification in ) the eio,-h of the French Kevo!ution, j bat whk-h our American hintory has pfwer fully dis rdited. Just us the Judiciary la more and more - elective Mr les and lens appointive; ' just a the je:-fl4 1-r-te.ul ft the elector-it eo;e4 e'.e-jj: te I'resident: jut as th-. A'tytrnli-in i.hl lot and res-jpiry law stre'iRthensj tbe olitical iwiourfeK Vf th - oplaeH ij.n'l weakens coercive . owers ofj the t"0"i e. wlii they improve the qutlit.y oJT thf electorate; Just as direct priifiarie urn", dc larations ft imlitieal cOnve.it;rnp widen the sciiw ot popular ojir.orj and letve less latitude to indvida!j. how ever forceful just so the ipUr "id' tlon of sn.itors will circumtcrll the rule of the machine and facilitate the advance of public sentiment to supreme control. f ,' Time has set the seal of unmistakable disapproval uin the. distrust in which the common people were held, by Ham ilton and Justified the hopes of;. Jefferson.'- The answer to Ird Macatilay gloomy 'picture of American I socialism is In Herbert Spencer's faith ,in e3uc tion. Time has shown us tht our In stitutions are in greater danger from the classes than from the masses! from the abuses of corporate wealth and arrrt gartice than "from the rabble! that was once our gravest fear, Scholarship has showTi us that the causes of bloody rev olutions lie not la the unreason of the mnh, but in the provocations of unwbe and unrighteous rulers. ; To give the people: 'their srty In the government is letter than to deny them, and thus to raise up a mutiny that will destroy tbe Government. , t s On high grounds of principle, there fore, as wcil aon considerations of eji-I-eiliency near at hand, may Iiriia tures everywhere be asked to further tlds additional step in enlargement of jopuLtr power. To reach this result It AC OIL t hare mide a most thorough trial of Ayer's Cherrr Pectoral and am prepared to say that for all dis eases of the larrjs.it nerer .disap points, J. E. Finley, I ronton, O. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral wont cure rheumatism; we never said it would. It won't cure dyspepsia; we never claimed it. j But it will cure coughs; and colds of all kinds. T Wc first said this sixty years ago ; we've been saying it ever since. t b-n tit h a i . If rrtf"i a ni t txke U. tt t tai- It. He'LiMrwa. I The first law of health Keep the bowels rcr.a!jir. Ayer's Tills arc gentlr ItxatiTC. One is a dose. J. C. AT C K CO LowelL Mass. J t Vasted maacies sail decajir bone. t: Wbalbs-roc! Scrofula, let tkne, Is capable of all thai. It is commonly marked by bunches in the neck. inflam mat ions In tbe eyes. dy3- puitOB bitterly, is shouting for Jils pepsia, catarrh, and renersl dehUity. i . . . - ' 'f iLtJJ alwsys radically and permanently eiectton. The .Astorta people tire J. cured by . "tunft against the Improvemnt of the Hood's Sarsaparilta Which excels all bufflon. cores an ennV. tioas, and boikis trp the whole systeiB. whether younger old. ? ; , . -....-.ir-., .v.-r-j,ir I. nanMnrr tn-tAnlv M'VwirT tn S The aboye Is from the Oregonian f yesterday. , Th principle it advocates is the correct and just one. But It is very far-fetched. The mem- tbera of the legislature have been In- strueted by 7S,00 Oregon voters, under the provisions or a Jaw now on the sUi- tue books, to put this principle Into ac- ! tual practice in this state. Let them act upon their Instructions and there M-ill, , ; Senators. An the more tWs principle likely will It spread to other states; and the sooner will the United Stales Con tution provide for the election of members of the upper house of Congress !j. direct vote. This is not the time for theorizing. It ..v.t., ...... -'is tn' v mi. tv.. all the talk and all the 'writing about how to elect United State3 Senators by direct vote of the people. , Begin to elect them in that way, or to make their election in that way bind ing. Not next time or the time after that, or some litre in the distant future, but NOW. ! A FEW W-ORDS A3 TO PARTY FEALTY. With an unbroken arty ; rvc-ord of thirty years, during which he has voted for every Republican Vandidate for ev ery ofhee, there are few women who are opposing the ratification of UK Geers election to the United States Senate by the people, because his party loyalty Is not up to their njuired standard. J : Passing for the moment the fact taat these questions were rarei uion by tbe j-eople last June it is to be remarked that Vonr-e of these men now supporting Fulton, to begin with, in 1893 decKiei for the silver standard along with Bry an, and lent their Influence to the bolt which resulted in the defeat of Mr. Dolph, w ho was the regular party nom inee. JJr. Fulton himself finally le-came- a candidate against Dolph and was vol el for. Tolph was defeated, and FulUm's opposition to him was opelily declured to be because he was not in accord with Bryan's silver policy. foljh was right on the money question. vas honest enough to say so, and must, therefore, be defeated. f : . In lS93lr. Corbett waa the eandi-Jite who should have been elected ITrirted States Senator but for tae opposition, headed by Mr. Fultoh, who finally agreel to go into a caucus and abide by the result; provided ai.'so that Mr. Cor bett should withdraw. Anybody but Corbett was the ultimatum. Any other man In the Republican party would do. but Corbett must be tabooed. J Senator Sianon was elected. j In 1901 Mr. Corbett at all times had a majority of the Republican members voting for him, but Fulton led the re fusal to go into a caucus, for the avow ed purpose of defeating him which, for the second time was successful. ; - These are facts known to every citi zen of Oregon, and one could not find a more sublime example of assurance, iwth child-like and bland, than that ol of the member "of the Ie jlslature who points to Fulton,' as the shining example of party tfteadfastnesa. :'', ,"hy, Governor Geer is the man who converted Fulton from his Ilrjiin silver faiXaciexr in hia campaign of i96. It had to be done. ASTORIA'S CANDIDATE. There Is bat one sentiment which actuates every Astorian. They are good iiple down there, but they will sacrifice' eerythingi else within - the bounds of "reason to whatever will further tbe interests of their town. No one blames them, for thia. but wher the growth of Astoria involves the thoaling of the Columbia river, from the town of Portland In order that it may become the seaport f ' Oregon. Astoria's interests must be. made sub servient to those of the rest i of tbe If the Columbia, river were allowed to shual from Iortland to Astoria so that ' nOrlorp sea vessd could come this 4d4 f that city. in J a forty foot channel were maintained across the bar. It would netreaslta'te the Unending of all the - immcMe bufinsa of Uw- entire country by rail, effect this Would have Tii- TnagH-al fta 'Astoria's ( growth is io well knov.n to rI more than a mere mention. Ami tod.i th'sj la the dream of evry Apfi m. And why shouldn't It be? In every contie-l verry between Pcttland and tbe Sound on the question of commercial inter ests.: tie Astoria, papers universally take sides against Portland. .The rea son IS plain, y " .- : -' ' . - - At this time ' every rAstorian, even those who tor ages have fought Mr. rtrer r 'ML there is universal in The i sentiment the belief that Astoria is the natural seaport for the 1t, nd that the effort to maintain Portland ruprerrjicy In tact regara of natural . is an arotirary im h-ji conditions. Everybody knows this. and so one knows It better; than the j . 4 i people of Portland. i j ,B to aU this Mr. Fulton says, -t - i-teAlr declared ray TC . f belief that the Columbia river should .beopenea to ineaea.- This ia ' true, -but how are we to know? There are Astoria's Interests, which all point the other way. and, so do all of Astoria's, people. There ''Is rwt an exception j Besides, we are' not sisre. ilr. Fulton; in . 1SS5. when the country was going all wrong on the money question, and when a few .Re publican leader were making hercu 1 trm t -kcr. thir nartr raieht. ! one, and he afterwards changed. In law ana again w TO n ai t to a caucus for choosing a candidate j for United States Senator, because- as he then said and now says, he was op posed to the man he knew would be selected. That was and is a sufficient reason. 'Personal -interests, personal preferences and personal prospects are, RUfRcient reason for personal changes. ": If free silver in 1895 was a. good eco-. homic doctrine which Ehould be adopt- i ed by the United States, to be aban doned in and if party caucuses are not to be considered In 3839 and in 3901. but are the proper agencies for finding; oat party preferences in 1803,' then thei policy of an open;" river, to the si njight be all right this year, but a ruinous one (to Astoria) to be pursued In the future. , O- We can't tell about these things. " Jurt tbe same, hoiever. a forty foot ehannf! across the: bar that .would easily admit the largest sea going ves sels that could come no further up the river ' would transfer Astoria to the head of the list as our commercial city. Xo mistake about that. FAIR PLAY, GOOD FAITH WITH ' THE PEOPLE, AND GOOD POLITICS. - ' The Statesman ia supporting :Mr4 fir, Geer for United States Senator of all because he complied with Mays law and has . the vole of 45,00i people of Oregon behind him. Thi is a sufficient reason without any. other. It is a reason that should bring to his support every Republican member of the Legislature. - The Statesman supports him because, also, he is the best equipped iftan in the state at this time for the position. Especially during the past ten ytjars his ability to disc ass before the people of the state tha great questions con fronting the country for settlement, has been recognized by men of all par ties.? ; Not a Republican in the state tan be found who has not many tim?s made this declaration.' His Ftand Judgment; in deciding, what to take on public matters of great concern has never gonie wrong, neither has he waited to see w here the public- drift might be. He has never taken a mistaken stand on great pub lic questions, directly affecting import ant interests, thereby leading the masses of his -party astray, and then been compelled to retrace and retract while those who remained steadfast were using every , effort " to repair the damage done. In a contest like this now-spending this counts for every thing .":' '": -I Mr. Geer would enter '-the United States Senate able to present the In terests of Oregon and to maintain its (Handing before that '. great : body In telligently and forcibly. Ills effective not to be considered in and n VjoI. Fixed during his campaign In; Ohio, where he worked side by side with r-uch men as Foraker, Hanna, Gover nor Nab and Governor Shaw of Iowa. Mr. Geer was the only speaker ' not a citizen of Ohio, who remained during tha entire campaign. , Mr. tieer Is a man of 'unquestioned Fifty - Ycss.fho Standard TTTiArr Arrsrdei . Wizhztt Koncrs tfofld' Filr UiZhnl tn!s U.S. Gai't ChemUt pfticc Ma eowocit co. i . CHICACO 1 1 1 rr . - 1X1 rrfi' Vsl fell i c : ... -ty wjjl Tg 1 a Ymr JfJWE? X T wlil find Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medlomt M fJ(gJAKI lY Jlflll adviser a sate &ulde to healthful living. . Thin great work is sent FREE on receipt of stamps to pay expense of mailing OXZ.Y. Send ,31 onccent stamps for tha clothbound volume, or only 21 stamps for tha book In paper covers. tt ... ability, cf- FountJ judgment, who came directly from the farm and took charge 'tt the state government as its chief executive, and Its present excellent condition attests his administrative bility as a public officer. ' bco political party ever committed a greater' blunder than was perpetrated "st April when the Republican State Convention was organized -against Mr, oWer and In favor of all his colleagues i the' state government- Results fpeak for themselves. The question now is. will . the Legis lature cc.nply4with the. expressed will of the people in the case of Mr.-Geer's an'didacy for the Sena torship or shall lb miscarriage of last spring be re- ated? If thfe- vote in June shall be onTpneq witn tnere win te no excuse t examinations or a policies to be inade by the member who ratify the expression of their people, but if other wise : . v THE DEADLY COFFEE BERRY. ;The world. Is Just learning from the pjefusal of artistically designed and lifappily'worded advertisements, e. o. d., tf.. n, t. p. r. m., that voffee. pure or .Adulterated inclusive of the kind that mother used t make is .i be bane of Human existence, and the 'basis of all ills, remarks a writer in the Anaconda Standard. While discovery of this kind is valuable, insuring as it does a greater degree of longevity. It Is impos sible for people entirely to separate themselves from a feeling of sadness which steals over them as they reflect upon what might have been had the deleterious effects of coffee upon the human system been discovered and properly exploited a quarter of a eentury ago. :i The oldest Inhabitant! You can ln agine him saying as he ejaculated so often in the pa$t: "Now. that reminds ie; it was Just fifty-five years ago comin next Chuesday, etc But he now sleeps In the quiet of the chart h- ard-a victim of the deadly effects of LOffoe. For years be drank of this poi- M vrorninfc mn and Eaterrt States, three tf them million nrsht he was wont t insert Into hi, airw. were rharg will, tki. piece of v. ,iu tu iwu ui ue tie Compound; -day after day. and year after year, wotting not of the terrible consequences, he was Introducing an ir-my inro aim tnoum w r.u n was In 4dtMtly Mealing away his life. What was tbe consequences? In the heyday of his youth the little brown berry a c--mplihel Its heinous work. At the tender age of 33. or thereabouts, he was cutoff a twc.Tifk-e to the aromatic lrew; 'for in th end It blteth like a Wlbag.and stingeth like a lef t fnwk on Ihe Jaw. Ilad be bat known but then le didn't-iand it Is useless W puir ?ce the urject"f arther. except 'to ex- n etsa th- hem, thar - " . , ', ' w " f"a fatal misuke. will go and do otlsrr-1 A FEW COMPARISONS. brought to be of interest to the 'members of thi Legitlalcre to study J the vote of the various counties cf the TTV ww W--H ft TT Aiid public Speakers everywhere are very often troubled with a cough or some throat irritatibn ; which may lead to graver complications" later on. : A cough neglected may pave the Way for the geiinso consump tion to enter the weakened . System. There is no better preventive against this dread disease nor more certain medicine to cure a cough and1, at the same time to act as a sustaining tonic to build up the entire system than Dr. Pierce's Gulden Medical Discov ery, which purifies and enriches the blood. It increases the activity of the blood-making process, so that the body is abundantly supplied with tlxe red corpuscles of health. ; A prominent uxhnan, uko is ery faiorabty known as an elocu tionist, girts ihe following testimony: v Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffabj N.' Y. : : - : "' - -' - . ; ' ' ' J Dear Sir1 I had a swollen gland in my neck which the doctor called Goitre. I had an opera tion performed which destroyed the goitre but 'left me with a cough and throat trouble. I have taken several .bottles of your; "Golden Medical Disco ven'," and find that . it has helped me won derfully. Doctors told j me that I had consumption, but I have no trace of that horrible disease to-day, and owe my present health to your valuable medicine. , 1 Mrs. MAY STENOCK, Elocutionist ! ' 176 Warren Avenue, Chicago, Ills. address Dr. R. t-tate as cast for the members who are now opposing Mr. Geer for United States Senator in their home counties, and also the votes cast in the same counties for Mr. Geer. It is found by a canvass of the official returns' that in nearly . all instances Mr. Geer re ceived a higher vote. than the members received who are opposing him, and t is also discovered that the large majority of members who received a higher number -of votes-at home than Mr. Geer received are supporting him for Senator. Below will be found the vote In a few prominent cases: " Columbia. Both, 763; Geer. 7S3. i -, Clackamas, Huntley, 2.G12; Geen 2337. Clackamas, Paulsen,' '-1.801; Geer. 2.337. - ' Clackamas, Webster, 1.722: Geer, 2.3S7. , - .. ('-: Coos. Herman.!, 1.132: Geer. 1.177. Josephine. Hale. 141; Geer, 87. Itne. Shelley, 1,477; Geer. 2. -Washington, Gault, 1.480;. Geer. 1,572. Washington. 1 lines. 1,563; Geer, 1.572. 1 Washington. Purdy 1,544; Gr. 1.572. Yamhill. Eddy, 1,364 ;Geer. l.49. Tillamook. Eddy, 05; Geer. 656. Morrow. Phelps. 559; Geer. 611. Umatilla. Phelp. 1,991; Geer. 1.994. Lane. Booth, 2.249; Geer. 2.498. Lane, Kuykendall, 2.408; Geer, 2.498 Jackson. Carter, 1.333; Geer. 1,631. . .i ..- THE CONGRESSIONAL GRAFT. The allowance of twelve hundred dol lars a year to each member of the Na tional Houee of l Representatives for t-lerk hire must be considered In the nature of a great graft. If all be true the Wat-hington correspondents say about it. Some of the members, it Is claimed, perform all their cbvn clerical work and pocket the allowance, while others appoint rome relative to the po sition of clerk and thus keep the money in the family. Others, It Is alleged, work on the co-operative plan that is, two or three or even more pool their issues and engage one clerk to act for alL Thus they can afford to pay the i clerk a.good salary and still Jiave some of thts tweve hutrfredjeft- Very re- cesitly four members from one f tha thrift and economy. TJiey denied the story, of course, but In looking up the case tbe fact was developed that even Yt they hadn't bten dnin-r . ih,r. many others who did. This joint secretary business may be all right legally, a.nd from a money making standpoint, w hich seems to be the main standiiit by which actions are resulaled these day. - But the question la urn U whether It Is right morally for a Congressman to pocket all or even a irt of the 'aliowattce that im made him for clerical service Home might be disposed to question his legal rignt even. Tbe allowance is made for la specific purjose that vt paying for cterk hire. Aud Jf ln cougreEsmaii uoesn t iteefl the services of a -c Jerk theu to come it would Seem'' thre is no occasion for any such ex-? r-en'iiture. Again -nd this Is the member s own funeral, so to freak there is the mat- Women V. PIERCE. Buffalo, A'. Y. ter of his constituency to conside-. Now.lri any number of country dis-t tricts-tw elve hundred dollars judkiouf ly distributed, might give one or two of a member's young constituency the chance to earn ja living off from the farm and at the I same time see sme thing of life In the Nation's capital, as will as learn a few things that would be useful later on la life-. ' So even If the co-operative or personl ai system be both legally and morally right, it looks kind of selfish for a mem ber jto be!hogging ever'thing in ight tnd.outting so nuany others out of the chance tq make a living. perhaps th'e numbers ho practice either of t!ies systems know thit and perhaps als- they are like thhotel man who. at ja. guest's complaint remarked that he of the rlze of the bill. knew it was" wrong' bsi ne "needed the money!. So far a is known. Mr. Geer has not endeavored to Influer the ote of -ingle member b'sj making uny kih i of a promise as to the bestowal of future patronage. He is relying altogether on the compliance of the Legislature wijh tbe popular yote. Reliance upon thej people may not win this time, but In the, long run It Willi triumph. The Wio-! pie' always winy when they become ' aroused. I The House of! Representatives is proving itself a very good - working body. The Senate, too. is gettlpg ; ahead -with -it business expeditiously' The llodse being T.h larger body, a. better workiug regime is necessary for It to accomplish as much business as the smaller branch numerically. . Perhaps the Federal push would not be so enthusiastic If its members un derstood that' their , jobs were being promised a way." several deep, to. mem bers of the Legislature In exchange for their Vofjes for ' Mr. ' Fultoni . ' But the -promises-will prove more empty titan a last year's bird's st. i ' 1 i : i .' The situation for Mr. Fulton Is grow ing desperate. All kinds of -threats and promises were made yesterday, and a goodly portion" of the Federal push was J In.thVcity last plight, laboring for Mr. Fulton. , : " ... i . The Willamette river Had Mr. Fulton reached their high water mark yester day. -.e;. "-'.,"-t --. Crowp "' The Jpeculiar cough which indicates croup fs usually j well known to the mot hers -of -roupy children. NoIme should be" lost In; the treatment of It, anl for this purpose no medicine has received nibre universal approval than Chamberlain's CougH Remedy. Do not wa?te valuable time "In experimenting with untried retiiedles, no matter " h.w bighly they may b recommended, tut givt this medicine as directed a rel f It simpioms i of croup will quickly Ustip pt r. For sale by Slnne'ii Drag Stre. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY -j Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. , ',,i?B'"t IT'T1 He "'Y Jt fall In ran V. tV Grove's signature is cn each box. - 25c