The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-01-17
By NAIL AND TELEGRAPH.
Ga,fe.a dominated for the senate,

COLUMBUS, TO- Jan. ia republican seua-
toiial caucus WAS held tonight, and General
James A Garfield nominated for United
States senator by reclamation. Msjor Town
send cf Athens presented Glrtield's name
which Was seconded by Peter St-yker of Gin
cihnaii, who Withdrew the name of Stanley
Matthews in favor of Garfield Benjamin
Egglesten of Cincinnati withdrew the name
OF AlpaoEso Taft, and ex Governor William
Dennison sent note to he caucus withdra "
ing his own name. General Garfield is in
Cleveland.
EEwARK, On. ] JAM 6-Horace o. Pierce
and Edward Bloom, injured by the celuloid
works fire yesterday, have died. Insurance
on building and contents, $1,000.
Funeral of bishop Haven, at Boston.
BosroN, Jau e.-The funeral of Bishop
Haven took place to-day. Nearly every min
lister of the Methodist denomination in New
England was present The services were
very impressive.
River and Harbor improvements in Ore
gOn.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6-Senator Slater todd y
introduced bills proposing appropriations for
river and barbor improvements in Oregon as
follows: For the Columbia river canal at
the Cascades $500 600 Coos bay, $50 900 ;
Coquilie river, $4,000; Yaquina bay, -
thousand dollars.
Also, bills authorizing the Astoria and
Winnemucca railroad company to construct
bridges across Young's bay and Lewis and
Clark's rivers, and appropriating So 900 to
pay for losses of private property of officers
snd enlisted men and laundresses of the 81
regiment, artillery, by the wreck of the gov
eminent transport I0rreast at Cooks inlet,
Alaska in 1868.
An English Criticism OF FaFnell's Scheme
NEw YoRK, Jan. 6.-The telegram has five
column letter by cable from Earl Dunraven
On Parnell and bis mission, from which the
following extracts are taken: "0f all the
quack cures for hard times the patent Par
nell pill is the simL lest and most deleterious
in its consequences. 1t consists OF the max
inns, when hard up. don't pay your deb.s :
Pay your rent when it's convenient to do SO;
Il it's inconvenient to pay it, do not ; Unite
and you cannot be compelled TO pay. neither
;an you be turned out Robbery organized
on such scheme would, of course, be hard
70 deal with. and there would be some sense
in the idea if Irish tenant farmers were de-
void of all moral feelings But they are not.
Il is obvious that If tenant farmers paid no
rent they would be better off for little time
in the same way that they wcuid be better
otf if they did not pay for their clothes and
for the provisions they purchase. The pro.
ceedings of the ParDellites are peculiar. They
assert farmers cannot pay their rsnt in ba1
times. As remedy they propose that the
people should pay rent, and large SUN in
addition, to the government, for term of
.hirty-iye years. Are they eeltsin that there
will not come bad harvests in that period
Do they think the government would m AXE
statements or trouble their heads about the
condition of their tenants? The Parnellites
recon- mend the people that which is illegal,
out beg them to keep within the limits of the
law. They urge them to keep possession of
.he property, money Or land belonging to
others, and excite them to expressions OF
sentiments which imply determination
han pay debts due them, and ap-
parently fail to see that they are rec
ommending theft and eondoning murder
They claim to have the welfare of the Irish
people at heart, and endeayor TO prevent
Them from bettering their condition by emf
grafton If q company can only be formed
successfully in large holdings, you cannot
alter circumstances by changing the tenure
Of land. Emigration is powerless to deal
with immediate need, and relief must be OBJ
tanned from other sources. The government
appears to have wisely decided against grant
ing state aid to Ireland st present. State in
reference in such matters is usually injudi-
cious. 1t is essential that priva.e charities
should be carefully administered, and the
money judiciously employed, Ii large sums
are subscribed, tie money, after the present
pressing necessities of the country have been
relieved, can be spent with certainty Of profit
in one way, and that is By helping and en-
ccuraging emigration. An experiment in the
way OF peasant proprietorship mgat be
tried. Ii is hard 10 theor;ze in such ma tsrs
In very exceptional cases it might prove q
success-sn unusually pfuden. man might
succeed in getting and keeping his freehold.
and where farm contained large proportions
Of unimproved but improbable land, It's yield
| might keep pace for time with the increas-
ing number of human beings to be supported
by it. fear, however, that the experiment
would invariably prove lamentabie failure
Ireland ought to be fairly prosperous.
One such per!oi Of agitation, however,
by disturbing mems minds, by inducing
them to indulge in foolish dreams, by reduc-
ing values and destroying credit, by alenat,
ing English capital and producing in the
English mind feeling ef disgust in every
thing Irish-sets the country back years and
Yeas. Feeling this strongly as | do, and
seeing that Mr.. Parnell proposes to devote
the funds he may obtain in America TO 10
ment and keep up state of things fatal q
! the country, | do most sincerely hope that
! his success may be small. No mat would
/ more heartily wish success to his mission
/ than |, were this money TO be applied in any
/ practical manner that could benefit the peo-
1 pie"
| The earl conclude by saying that he look.
! in vain through all the speeches of ParneI
and his adherents for one little glimmer O
! practical common sense.
An Invitation to Parnell.
/ OMAHA, Jan. 6-An invitation has beer
sent 10 Parnell to make On aha visit on hi
way to California, In case he accepts he vii
be given big reception by Irish citizens, W he
/ meet to morrow to make preliminary arrang ge
| ment1.