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, 1877-10-20

SMALL BAIL-Morton, the Philadel-
phia tinancier, who issued several hundred
Thousand dollars worth of bogus street
rail stock, has been arrested and held To
hail ia the SUM of ten thousand dollars.
This seems to he lnoehery Of justice.
As well let prisoner of on his promise
to return for trial, as put him under boads
amounting to mere tritling ten per cent.
of the money realized by his offences. A
Philadelphia journal very justly con
demns this tritiins with the. law. "Of
Morton's criminality,' it says, there is
not an earthly doubt He sinned know
insly and wilfally, and if he is permitted
TO escape punishment it viii expose Phila-
delphia and Philadelphia justice to loath-
ing and contempt"
, 1877-10-20
CHICKENS COMING HOME TO RoosT

CHICKENS COMING HOME TO RoosT.-
Several years since when the radicals had
an overwhelming majority III Congress,
they passed a law that virtually gives the
clerk OF the House of Representatives au-
thority to pass upon the claims of mem
bers- That is, he makes up the list, and
only those whose names appear upon the
list are allowed to vote in the election OF
speaker and other officers. As a matter
OF course this is dangerous power to be
lodged in the hands of any one man, bat
ii is only since the radicals are out of
power that they discovered this fact, and
now they are fierce in their Remuneration
OF the clerk for exercising this discretion
airy authority IT is the old story of
chickens coming home to roost."
, 1877-10-20

BAD STATE Of AFFAIRS The further the
investigation proceeds into the affairs OF
Duncan's exploded savings bank, the worse
they are made to appear. There is prob
ability that net more than five cents on the
dollar, if so much, Will be realized to the
2,4GS depositers, ont Of the $, ,235, 40l paid
in. The robbers made almost n clean sweep,
| 1t doubtless occurred to them that after they
had once entered upon career Of crime the
disgrace would be no greater by stealing one
hundred thousand than one thousand dollars,
| while the chances to escape punishment have
always been in favor Of the big thief as against
the little one The first object of the guilty
parties vas to get out OF .he way To be IN
carcerated in a prison while awaiting trial,
whatever might be the circumstances there
after, was disagreeable alternative to men
of their cloth, who had been accustomed to
the largest freedom and the indulgence of
the greatest luxury. The losers of this large
sum, 1885, 40I, are deserving Of the great
est sympathy, as they belong mainly to the
working classes, and have had their accumu-
lations of years swept away. +. CaA.
, 1877-10-20
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

DEMOCRATIC CAUcUS-RASDALL REELECTED
SPEAKER.
WASHINGTON, Sept. l3-A large number
OF persons interested IN the results OF the
democratic caucus were in the lobbies OF the
house tonight. This afternoon the New
York delegation voted to withdraw the name
of S s. Cox as candidate for speaker, " Ills
anl Potter only voting IN the negative. Cox
was not at the meeting. This action letf put
three candidates, Randall, GoOde ami Sayier-
Shortly after the caucus was called 70 oruer
by Oymer, Stephens of Georgia nominated
Randall as candidate for speaker, and re-
ferred to his past record in public ahairs
and his qualifications for presiding oihcer OF
the house.
Goode of Virginia and Sayler OF Ohio were
then respectively placed III nomination, the
former by Douglas and the latter by Ewing,
but neither gentleman was at the caucus.
Sayler was in the lobby, Goode IN the room
OF the committee OF ways and means, and
Randall in that of the committee OF appro-
priations This room was crowded with
| friends and rs soon as seventy-seven votes
had been read out for him, friends rushed In
| with the news. Randall was congratulated.
Soon the result of the ballotlng was brought
Ill, Randall lU9, Goode 3D. Sayler II and
blank. Congratulations were renewed with
general shake of hands, Randall bowIngg
and smiling, and expressing his thanks. The
1 caucus made the nomination unanimous and
appointed Wood, Goode and Saylcr, to conn
municate the result and invite Randall into
the hall When he appeared he was greet
ed with hearty round of applause. Randall
said:
hIr. Chairman and Representatives;
thank YOU Your action tonight Is NOS
grateful to NE. | will, III administering til,
high Office to which | shall be called, en-
deavor to do my full duty to my country, be
leyina that IN such course | shall best pro
mote the interest and success of cur party
secure Your confidence and receive the ap
proval Of my countrymen. [Applayse.l
Sergeant at Arms Thompson was thel
nominated by arclamation for reelection.
Partridge, Of Georgia, nominated Col
Adams, present incumbent, for clerk, ant
Forney, of Alabama, Col Caldwell of tina
state. On the ballot Adams received 70 ant
Caldwell 50 votes, and the former was ehos
en- candidate.
Three ballots were had for doorsceper, tn,
last resulting: Col. Polk, of Missouri. l0l
Mccoy, of Maryland, 81 +; Barnum, of New
York, IS; Patterson, of New jersey, II
Polk was warmly congratulated.
J. NJ. Stewart, of Virginia, was nominated
for re election as postmaster of the house, re
eeiying 70 votes; Goodall, Of Illinois, 43
Snyder, Of New York, 30.
Rev. DIR. Poisal, of the Southern Methods
Episcopal church. wss nominated for chap
lain, receiving IS.
, 1877-10-20

NOTABLE CoSvIoTIoss.-Th conviction
of criminals i'll Washington for olfcEccs
against the Government has heretofore heer
an unusual thing, Oh which account the peo-
Die of that city are not little surprised that
+. A. Sawyer, formerly assistant secretary OF
the treasury, Mr. Haines. ex-oonmisslonei
OF customs and Frank W. Brpoks & Co.,
should have been found guilty by District
Of Columbia court, of conspiracy to dciraud
the government Mr.. Sawyer Is nova ruin
ell man, and if. in these modern times, cases
like his had not ceased tn be etiicacious fol
their example, his fall, and the canses lead
ing to it, might be studied with profit by
those who are placed in the way OF tempta'
tion.
, 1877-10-20

j. c. DUSc.N, the protector and real
owner of the San Francisco "Pioneer
Savings Bank" has decamped, leaving his
depositors out over 81 ,000, goo hard cash
This fellow Duncan in the early days of
San Francisco played the role of 4 swindler
and the only wonder is that any body was
foolish enough to trust him. The San
Francisco papers state that Duncan was a
very religious man, taught Sunday, school
and By this means led people to believe
that he was Just and upright.
, 1877-10-20

SPOTTED TAIL has fine sense of humor.
The president having advised the visiting
chiefs to quit war-dancing and live like
white men, Spotted Tail kindly acquiesces,
and requests his Great Father to supply
the furniture, including an overcoat and
trunk. If he had gone step farther
and asked for a stoye-pipe hat, a pair of
shoes, a cane and an eyeglass, he would
haYe risen to the sublime heights of ge-
niuS
, 1877-10-20

WHICH Is THE BEsT!-Polk county is
in debt, levies tax of II mills, and has
for years past been under the management
of the so-called independents. Linn coun-
ty is out of debt, has IS fine public build
ings as there are in the state, levies tax
of only IA mills, and has for twelve years
past been under democratic management.
Marion county is in debt and levies a tax
Of about % mills, and has for fifteen years
past been under republican management.
'.Ycn pays your money and You takes
YOUR cho;ce Albany Democrat.
, 1877-10-20
DlSCoNTENTED lMPLAC.gLEs

DlsCoNrENTED IMPLAC.ELEs. Previ-
ous TO the Inauguration of Hayes, the
number OF negroes killed each month in
the South for political reasons ran from
ten to Misunderstanding perhaps fifty.
Since the introduction of the policy Of
peace and friendship between the two
races there have been no negroes killed
Tor political reasons; and vet the impls--
cables are disappointed. What they de-
sire IS liberal destruction of blacks for
the good Of the cause of machine and
carpet-bas politics, and in order that they
may magnify themselves as champions of
the rights OF men" With the cessation of
neso-muriers the wind is all Knocked
out OF their sails, and they denOunee
Hayes for destroying their occupation.
, 1877-10-20
MARRIED.

HOLMES s-TURNER-At Boise city, Oct. 10,
Henry T. Holmes, Esq, of Walla Nalia, and
Miss Kate l.. Turner, of Wisconsin.
In this case the happy bride had started
across the continent to join her atiianeed, and
was met at Boise city, where the marriage
knot was tied. Our friend Holmes We know
to be most estimable young man, and We
certainly admire the pluck of the young lady
who has travelled so far to link her fortunes
with the man she loves With all our keart
We wish the young couple health and'high
fortune.
, 1877-10-20

New YoRk.-By the exercise OF Grdin-
ary sense and the avoiding of obvious er-
rors the democrats should have no trou-
BILE not merely in carrying it by such a
majority as to secure the Legislature and
with it the e-apportionment, which is by
far the most important measure involved
in the state canvass
, 1877-10-20

SMALLS, THE SOUTH CAROLINA ex-con-
gresham, who has been arrested on the
charge of having sold his vote while state
senator, made good record during the
late war 1t was he who ran the steamer
Planter over the Charleston bar and de-
livered her to the commander of the block
aiding squadron-a feat which attracted
so much attention at the TING.
, 1877-10-20

Fraudulent HAYES occupies the singu-
lar position of receiving praise from his
political opponents and ccnsure from his
party friends The policy which recon-
inends him to one, Is that which gives of
fence to the other. The country discovers
in the man and the officer an intention to
do right, and if he falls into occasional er-
ror of detail, the fair-minded man can
overlook this fault in the effort being
made 10 bring the civil service bacl. to the
purity it was designed it should possess
by the founders of the government. The
structure on his administration by politi-
cal leader like Senator Conkling are not
accepted rs public opinion, and he can af-
ford to overlook them in contemplation of
the pleasant things that are said about
him as well in obscure and remote parts
Of the country as in the commercial cen
tres, where selfish interest has a great deal
to do in the shaping of public opinion.
The rascally manner in which he REACHED
his high place, however, is the one great
stain that loads his name with infamv
, 1877-10-20

fHE RESULT IN ORIo,-Ohio has gone
democratic by majority over the repnb-
licans of from u, 900 to 5000 The leg
islature is democratic by sufficiently
large majority, but precisely how large Is
net known. This gives the democrats
another United States senator, California
HAVING contributed the first from the
doubtful states.
, 1877-10-20

THE SILVER QUErIoS.-In a very able
article on the silver question, in the current
number of the Baasrs' Magazine, Mr.. G- A
Butler sums up the subject in the following
admirable style:
!. That the Withdrawal of consent, or de-
mone.iza;ion as it called, reduces siifer
from all economic force TO comnhooity,
leaving it only such value as 1t may have as
commodity for hemanufacturers:
.. If demonstration continues, the dePre-
ciation OF silver viii be great, and this loss
of its value must fall upon the holders OF 1t,
which Will impair b such an extent theii
ability to purchase md pay for goods, as to
seriously affect The commerce and industry
of the world.
3. That the contraction of the medium OF
exchange which mus result from demoneti-
| zation will cause general fall IN prices
then-as it can not be diminished IN any
way except hy Iaynent-.he volume OF III
debte,lness will ISSUING larger proportions te
the property of ;he world than 1T had done
| before. This wsnli afford TO the holders OF
all kinds of maturing obligations the rgh'
| to demand and eceive greater value than
was given when the indebtedness was incur
red, thereby adding greatly to the burden O
the debtor class and increasing the wealth o.
the rich at the expense Of the poorer class.
l. That, with the enormous amount OF II
redeemable paper money now IN clrcuiatloI
the general resumption Of specie payments
even on the present basis of coin, must eaus'
such contraction of the medium of exchang
as to produce a very serious shrinkage Il
the price value of all kinds of property, an'
| that the furthcr contraction of the medium
of exchange which must result from the de
monetization Il silver will so aggravate an'
intensity this decline in values that bank
ruptey and reputation must inevitably foi
low.
If the evils aDove pointed out do not fol
| low decentralization, it will be becans
another evil neirly as great will come to thei
stead, viz: that paper money will take tn
place of discarded coin and the world wal
launch out intoan era of irredeemable pape
money. Resumption, which might now b
difficult, woule then be impossible, exeep
through the general ruin which sooner o
later must come to the world as the natura
outgrowth and result of such course
, 1877-10-20

The DIFFERENCE The nearest approx
;matinp to a definition Of the difference
between the democratic and republican
par,ies would be abont this: The demo
Gratis deny Mr. Hayes title to Office, but
have high opinion Of his policy the re-
publicans, on the other hand, have poor
opinion of his policy but pretend to have
n high one IF his title.
, 1877-10-20

THE SPEAKEEsHIp. The election of
Samuel J. Randall as speaker of the
Forty-ffth congress is unobjectionable
Mr.. Randall isa solid old-fashioaed demo-
crat, averse to show, ,cleanhanded in office,
and impartial as presiding officer: His
democracy is not of the cast-i iron order
which entities him to be classed as a Bour-
bon, but it is unclouded by any coquet-
tings with the republicans.
, 1877-10-20

ONE of the points of Senator Patter-
sons defense, on his writ of habeas corpus,
is that Wade Hampton and his Attorney
General are not legally elected officers of
South Carolina We shall hear what the
District of Columbia courts have to say on
that subject
, 1877-10-20

GENERAL BELKNArS season of mourn
ing is over. He is hobnobbin9 with the
boys again. He WAS 1T a gathering OF
soldiers at st. Paul recently. The Gener-
al did always like The soldiers. Living he
loved them, and dying he adored them.
Post-traders and tombstone-makers d.
lighted Ia do HIM honor He Is an honor
to the morality party, and Iowa republi-
cauism should hold him in attectinnate
remembrance
, 1877-10-20

SENATOR MORTON continues to sink, and
his physicians say that he viii never leave
his house a live man We have never
been an admirer of Morton, but stricken
with disease and wrestling with death in
his most terrible form, he certainly is al
object for commiseration.
, 1877-10-20

It's FUTURE. Never since 1896, when
Fremont was their candidate, have the
radicals OF the North been more seriously
exercised than they are at the present
time. They are not only asking outright
What viii be the future of the party,
but they are concerned to know whether
the party is to have any future
, 1877-10-20

THE night of the Sd and 4th of October
was one of great meteorological distur-
bance. 1t showed itself. in the East, in
great wind and rain storm, while in the
west it took the shape of polar wave:
The territory affected by the change was
immense.
, 1877-10-20

No MYsTEEy-"There is no mystery
about it at all, says the Indianapolis
Journal, referring to the means by which
Mr.. Hayes was declared president. There
was no mystery about it-nothing but the
plainest fraud, forgery and perjury.
, 1877-10-20

EARTHQUAKE. At ten minutes past
two o'clock Friday afternoon two distinct
shocks of an earthquake were senslhiy
felt in this city, oscillating from east t"
west. The supposition is that San Fran
cisco has rev sensation, to relieve the
monotony Of bursting banks, and escaping
stock gamblers. .-Astoridn.
, 1877-10-20

SPREAD OF THE EPIDEMIC -T'he cpl
demic of sayiags bank failures continues
to spread. These institutions are drop
ping on the right and on the left-some
because of mismanagement and raseality,
other because Of loss of confidence on
the part of depositors, who, by a with
draEal of their funds, compel suspension
From this latter cause, four of these
banks have recently closed their doors at
the Cape" in Massachusetts,.
, 1877-10-20
The Manac,cs Of the Tarif.

Horace White. in the GdtGry, says 1t may
be asked WHY is !. that Great britain, which
,p,oys free-trade, is, Ike ourselves, suffer-
mo from severe commercial depression :
What reason is there to suppose, looking at
her condition that we should be any better
OF il We too should adopt free-trade: Com
merciai crises come upon countries re-
less Of their tariffs OF their currencies- They
are the products Of Speculation, inflated
prices. miscalculation, erroneous comparison
Of the values Of things with the valne OF
money. When they come they upset nearly
al business arrangements whatsoever, cause
| nearly everybody to eeonomize, restrict the
1.uand for commodities - the narrowest
limits and throw people ogt of employment
| This NAV hap,en unde. :. high tariff or low
; one. or under no tariff at all. Bat when 1t
does happen, which country has the better
chance tor recovery-the one which IS re-
| strieted, as much Is the law can restrict IL,
| to home market of forty millions, or the
one which is encouraged and accustomed to
trade with every human being on earth: 1t
is needless to answer the question on PT1ori
Grounds. We are already informed offcially
that English pauperism is decreaslng-that
| it has decreased materially during the past
wear. Is any one bold enough to say that
ours has not increased during the same time
Yet the British Islands, scarcely larger IN
area than the states Of New York and Penn
sylrania. and not more richly endowed by
nature, though pestered by land monopoly
and many crippling old-time prejudiees that
We know nothing of, sustain population OF
th;rty-two millions of people-three- -fourths
that of our entire country. The tlm!dity
which protection breeds viii naturally ex
claim that Great Britain has already monop
olized the markets OF the world, and that i
is of 10 use for us to contest their possession
with her but with the example OF American
cotton goods selling ut Manchester eX
ample which protectionistsarci fond Of parad
In" as a vindicatiou of their theories-th,
public may reasonably conclude that We cal
compete with her lii Asia and South Amer
ca, or even In Iowa and Minnesota But tn
the advantages We seek are not merely thos
of successful competition with other coun
tries iii producing thesane thing which the.
produce Sill greater benefits are to be ob
tanned BY the free exchange OF eolnEoait,e
which We can produce at less eost-as fo
instance. the exchange of American cutlery
for East Indian iute, or American wagons TO
South American wool, or American sewing
machines for English tin, or American loco
motives for Russian hemp. Upon all or mos
of this species of trade, the manacles Of IT,,
tariff have likewise been loaded -whethe
ignora,tly or designedly makes no difference
, 1877-10-20

BROTHER HAYES finds III the South the
Kind OF party that suits HIM Il IS the dem
pcratic party. He has only iateiy pieyn.
aware Of its many good qualities, bot !. !.
now convinced that IT IS just such Is Il
should be. 1t is exactly Che party that j.
needed to take charge OF the country.
, 1877-10-20

IHE RUSSIANS are reported to have won
a victory After having been thrashed
over and over again, il was about time for
them 10 fight at least one successful bat
tie Like hen when she matches one
chicAen. the Russians most likely will
greatly rejoice over theft success. In the
meantime 1t is well TO remember that one
swallow don't make summer.
, 1877-10-20

WHAT tho people Of both sections now
want. and what they are AZ last III a tair
way Of getting, is J mon based on mu-
tual respect and confidence, not Oh Con
gressional interference aud federal steel
, 1877-10-20

The FRENcH ELECTION resulted favor
ably for the republicans The returns
show 314 republicans to 200 conservatives
A French resolution is now in order.
, 1877-10-20

THE House of Representatives stands l52
democrats, l39 republicans republican
from Colorado and one democrat from Mis-
sOuri omitted.
, 1877-10-20

AdministratO Notice.
Estate cr HENRY PETER MAUs, DECEASED
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN BY THE US.
~ dersigned, administrator of the Above named Es-
tate 10 the creditors Of and all persons having claims
against saM DECEASED, to exhibit the same With The
necessary vouchers, within one year from the first
publication OF this notice. TO the undesigned at his
tfice in the Court House, in Wslls Walla City.
JAMES B. THOMPSON,
Administrator
Walla wallz, October 20, 1877. iS-lm.
, 1877-10-20
TERRITORIAL ROAD.

DERSONS DESIRING TO CROSS SNAKE RIV.
L er will find it greatly TO their advantage TO trayrl
the TERRITORIAL ROAD and cross tie river ut
, 1877-11-03
Gine nahldiifac 0cber.

Ser Sale bat bic aroBe anoroueriu, Na-
tur, eine oreifdltise Nuf9abe ,uertbeilt. Sie
bllft BET Dem Se%roauungs Yroaeb, pirtt 'ais
Elm Slutidrbungs Diittel uno lit mejentllt
fir Die GusleerunsS : 6unftlon. Wenn Die
Sober iIarr miro, tritt i'm Diagen uno in bcn
@eodrmen %p01iaeSr Chaos Elm; pie Sole
miro in sroben Yaensen in ben Sfutumlauf
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uuueroaultdteit. Anf foleen Sdmerseu
inter Dem redten Shulterblatt ui,o ourh
Die redte Seite. &opiipeb, @lrre, @elbbeit
Der Saut, beleate 3unge nnb @fel9efiihl.
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felt nno Die fe besleitenoen 2etoen meroen
sdnslid beieitl9t purb s. ftetter's sc a.
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fir 80rperibudde, @e6ielfieber, Sarl- unb
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