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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12

TAE issue between the two parties is
more marked than at any time in the
history Of our country, both by the Sc
lection Of the candidates and the decla-
ration of the principles which they
represent.
Capital is directly ar?ayed against
labor The country has been drifting
to this issue for many years. Concen-
trated capital has thronged Tire lobbies
of our legislative halls, both state and
national, and with her seductive in
fuences has corrupted our legislators
and secured special laws for her ag-
grandizement, and has by this means
created monorolies that are more dan
ge.ous to the the liberties of our people
than an armed rebellion.
The Goulls, Vanderbilts, Hunting
tons and Crockers, emboldened by their
success and bloated with the possessions
of their millions, wrung from honest
toll, by unjust and discriminating laws
assume to rule this country and dictate
legislation, both state and national, for
onr people. 1t is for the people to say
if they will longer submit to the dicta-
tion of these Plutarchs, or assert thei1
independence and manhood by hurting
from power a party that has created
and fostcred these monopohes. 1t is
within the memory of many men now
living, when Astor and Vanderbilt
were the ouly persons in the United
States who could reckon their wealth
by the million. Within the last twenty
years millicnaires have sprung up in
every village and hamlet from the At
lantic to the Pacific, while the people,
they have correspondingIy grown
poorer and poorer every year Millions
of persons are working to build up
Vanderbilt's fortune which he uses to
impoverish and oppress those who are
building it up Tor him. This is but az
illustration Of the condition our coun-
try. is in. This fungus aristocracy
which has fastened itself upon the body
polite is Of a rank and rapid growth;
II threatens the very life of our govern.
meat and needs heroic treatment. The
party which has created and fostered
monopolies is not the friend Of the peo.
pie and can no longer he trusted. The
Democracy is naturally snd historically
the true anti-monopoly party Of the
United States; to it, and to it alone
must the people look fer relief. Their
policy is not to make an indiscrlminate
assault upon any OF our institutions, but
to control corporate abuses 10y just and
equal laws to break up ali monopo-
lies and allow all industries free and
equal advantages under the laws Of
trade and commerce.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12
Logan's Last Vote.
Old though the saying, worn even
threadbare it is nevertheless true that

Old though the saying, worn even
threadbare. it is nevertheless true that,
s.When the devil got sick,
The devil a saint would be;
Whenever the devil got well,
The devil a saint was he.'
This is particularly the situation of
Lo, the poor Logan. We have all
watched the action of Congress for the
past several years upon the Chinese
question. We have observed that upon
the different occasions it has been up,
the Democrats have stood squarely for
the interests of white labor in the
United States; just the opposite with
the Republicans. Their Presidents
have vetoed every remedial measure
that has been suggested. Until the
other day the Heathen Cninee never
had more ignorant, loud-nlouthed,
blatant champion than black Jack
Logan who is running with Blaine
for Vice President, an exalted position
for which he is utterly unworthy.
What change has come over the spirit
of his dreams On FRIDAY last the
Democrats in the Senate forced the
Henley anti-Chinese bill to vote.
This bill is far more stringent than any
ever presented, possessing every ot-
jectionable feature thai Logan had
boldly opposed and vituperatively re-
probated But when the roll was
called and the letter L was approached
Logan took reef in his moustache,
flung a full sail of hair to the breeze,
and when his name was reached, in a
voice that would have shivered the tim
bers in the wigwams of Sitting Ball,
beloved forth, "Yea p About this
time the devil was verv sick and there
fore sought the doctor. This is the
Logan, the unchangeable, the un-
daunted, the fellow who is like unto
the laws Of the Medes and Persians,
but he is awful sick. He seeks cure
in high rrefcrmeot and once secure
he can again cajole with his old friends
from lands celestial, and laugh at the
stupi lity of the American voter Out
Of respect FOR many intelligent Repnb-
licans we will cheorfnlly say that theirs
IS not kangaroo ticket; the brains are
in front and whenever it mods the head
the ponderously haired tail wags com
placently. Whilst Blaine is above
mediocre, he is not strong enough tc
pull along that caadal appendage
Poor Lo, the Indian, before he attalns
his present ambition will experience
more pains and suffering than thar wal
or womcn have.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12
a Change Needed.


Every day the news is heralded by
the telegraph cf the defalcation of
some Government employe who has
got away with large amount of Uncle
Sans money. To what extent this
peculation has gone, and the amount
Of money that has been stolen from the
public funds the people will never
know, until there is a complete
change in the Governmental affairs
Enough is known to show that the
amount stolen from the various de-
partlnents amounts to many millions of
money annually. This does not re
suit SO much from the fact that per-
sons who are employed in the public
offices are more dishonest than those in
other walks of life, as it does from the
system by which the public business is
conducted; the opportunities for pecu-
lation and the disposition of those in
high places to cover up and conceal
these robhelies, lest their party should
suffer from their notor!etv. In all the
frauds and robberies which have been
brought to light, the guilty parties have
been shielded by those in high places.
Grant pardoned the convicted whisky
thieves who hal fattened OFF the de
frauded internal revenue Hayes and
his party covered up and concealed the
star route thieves during his admins
istratior, and it was left for Arthur
| and those under him to render their
conviction impossible; and it is now
conclusive)y demonstrated that the ad-
ministration conuivcd ut the escape of
these criminals It would not do to
charge that Grant, Hayes and Arthur
shared in any of the bootr. Their ac-
ton is only attributable to desire to
save their party from the contumelv
which would naturally attach to it from
a conviction Of their appointees, These
facts show the necessity for change in
the administration of the public Offices
The founders Of our government had
this in view when they provided for the
recurring Hiennial and quadrennial
elections. 1t is by frequent change in
the offices that the greater number Of
our people become initiated in the mys.
teries of our Government The greater
the number Of citizens familiar with
the forms and administration Of the
| Government, the safer will be our in
stitntions. The people themselves are
the parties directly interested in the
protection Of the public moneys; it is
from their pockets 1t is taken for pub,
lie uses, and they should see to it tha :
it is applied for its legitimate purposes.
The public fund can be better guarded
d'id TIE puNllc interests O@ CtefSu bSefNet
By frequent charges in the administra-
ton. The accounts of the outg oins
officials viii he closer scrutinized bv
those of the opposite political party than
! by those who are interested in covering
up and conceal;ng their own defslca-
tons and shortcomings. II the people
will but ignore party for the good of
their COUNT V, and interest themselves
in the welfare of the reopte, INSTEAD OF
this or that 20 itical party, pcculatlon
in Office caA and will be made oderous
and the offender more frequently
brought to justice. The frequency
with which We are made acquainted
with these pubic robberies and defalca
tions shows The necessity for change
Of administra tion
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12
Right.

The position taken by our cotempo-
rary of last week upon unjust diserimi-
nation as to the railroad system Of
freightage has the sound of good metal.
We hope its republican subscribers will
read and preserve its leader. The idea
that jackson and Josephson shippers
should pay nearly double the amount
paid per hundred by merchants of
Yreka, Klamath and Linkville is most
unjust, and in the language of the
Plaindealer is ''damnable" Legisla-
tors Of Douglas county he as fair to the
people as your organ would suggest. 1t
is in your power to aid in redressing
these grievances and it is your absolute
duty to exercise that power in behalf
of light and Justice. In another place
in his paper Brother Hursh pleases us
Speaking of the change in railroad man
a.ement, he says: THE same officers
that held under tle Oregon and Trans
continental Company will retain :heir
positions under the new management,
and perhars General Manager Koehler
will not again have the efroatery to
come into court claiming to have no
connection with the management of the
road in whatever capacity" Those are,
and long have been our sentiments.
Stick to these, brother, and when weary,
rest upon our placid bosom, for there
is no guile in us.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12
Civil Service.

The present Republican administra-
ton IS reforming the Civil service
with a vengeance. Especially is this
noticeable in the Postofice Department.
Ny dear Hubhle's letters sink into in
significance compared with the present
method adopted by it for extortil 6
money from the employees to swell the
corruption fund. Instead Of notifying
them by letter (Which might get into
print) and allowing the empioyo to con
tribute Of his earnings or resign his po--
sition, as heretofore, the department
waits until months salary is due and
then deducts about twenty-five per
cent. of the salary OF each employe to
swell the corruption fund. The boys
on the various routes are then notified
by the agent Of the Government that
they are to stand this imposition until
after the presidential election or resign
their places, Such is the beauty of the
Civil Service Reform that the Repub-
licans prate so loudly about.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12
The MononolY Scheme. :

Respectfully dedicated to the Democratic National
Convention.l
It's very good scheme If it works, Mr.. Gould.
To have President, Judges and Congressmen pooled,
To have all the laws made and everything ruled
Fer tie millionaire few while the people are fooled.
Oh! It's very good scheme. if it works!
You have the Republicans solid, t!strue,
With bold Jimmy Blaine and his magnetic crew,
Who shout for the many, but work for the few,
Making laws which force al to pay tribute to YOU
It's a very good scheme. if it works
And now, it is sail, you have nice plan
BY which Democrats bold will adopt Gould man,
SO with best two in three you won't care a -
Which comes ahead; beth will bear the Gould ban
oh it's Il very good scheme, if it works
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12

Dsheilns G.. Blaine is what an ar
dent supporter, the Jewish Gazette OF
New York, calls the Republican candi-
date for President. Victory with such
name is worse than the bitterest kind
of bitter defeat.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12

The "Blaine Grand March is now
out, but there has been march for
some years familiar to the public which
more directly suggests hin and his his
tory than this latest one. 1t is called
s'The Mulligan Guards.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12

What IS the ,,se to buy trees from stran-
gers when you can secure better character
and quality from our fellow citizen Tim.
Ford. He guarantees what he sells and lie
is here and if we lind him false we can put
our hands on him.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12

LOGAN is said to "swear like a pi-
rate" when he gets mad. He will have
chance in November.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12

IL respect to revenue reform the
Democratic position is: Reformation,
not revolution.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12

BIsHAacR is ashast to learn that the
American pig incarnate was let loose at
Chicago.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12

Mr.. BLAINE didn'tfght in the late
war, but he bled, nevertheless bled
his country through bounty jumper.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12

*Gouid, FELL. Sage, Vanderbilt and Huntington
all satisfied with the nomination OF Gr. Blaine
-[Justicc-
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12

ectfully dedicated to the Democratic National
Convention.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12

They would announce that they have list re-
Largest Stocks O. General Hardware

Eye; Eye brought to Do3 md when al led to ho STOVES
sn Ply in tae Lac Soln
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12

Mrs. 4. BFAcKENRIpGE.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1884-07-30

engaged in murderous traffic can
boldly demand the privilege OF
managing our Government; but 1t
is doubly humiliating when our
leading statesmen court alliance
with them and make their inter
ests paramount to all others. The
two great political parties have by
their actions cordially invited the
liquor men of the country to occupy
seats on their platforms, help fight
their battles, and share the spoils
if victory comes. Secretly, no
doubt, the great majority of the
members Of these parties believe
the traffic to be a curse to politics
and the country,and yet they count
the curse as if it were blessing.
It is time for Christian Temperance
men at least to cease this fellow
lowship of the unfruitful works Of
darkness. To stand up for the
right may incur a little apparent
loss in the present. but it will be
more than made up in the future.
He that loseth his life for Christ's
sake and the Gospels shall find it..
Many sound temperance men are
doing but little practical work for
the cause on account of the pressure
of other business. They have nei-
ther time nor money to spend in
the interests of Prohibition. They
are just selfish and stingy enough
to withhold their aid, while others
not whit more able, spend their
time and strength in trying to &C.
complish the work. Our forefath-
ers found both time and money to
spend in defense of their liberties.
And surely freedom from the rum
traffic is as well worth fighting for.
Will not the bitter curse of the An
gel of the Lord fall upon those "who
come not up to the help Of the
Lord against the mighty"
Let the Temperance hosts of
West Virginia wake up and put on
their strength. Let them present
a brave and united front to the en-
envy and the victory will be sure,
easy, speedy and complete.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1884-07-30
Republican Convention.

AS we go to press, the city is full
of Republicans gathering for their
State Convention work of to-day.
Unusually large delegations are
pouring in from all quarters, and
the indications are a little blus-
terry, but the clouds are hardly as
dense and lowering as those that
burst upon the Democratic hosts a
week ago.
Our temperance mariners are
anxiously waiting and watching
tosee if the Submission" Bow of
Promise will brighten the political
skies when the elements subside.
May the storm never close till the
rainbow" appears.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1884-07-30
Fire and Whisky.

The hatelligencer gives an account
of the burning of Overholt & Co.'s
distillery at Connelsville, Pa, on
the night of July 23d, destroying
1000 barrels of whisky, valued
at s560,O00, together with buildings
and machinery worth $115,0O0,
The distillery was owned by Pitts
burg parties, while the greater part
of the whisky was owned by per-
sons in New York and Philadel-
phia. One warehouse with $50
barrels was saved, but all was
heavily insured.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1884-07-30
A Party with an Issue names Its
Ticket.

The National Prohibition Con.
vention in pittsburg last week,
put in nomination the following
NATIONAL PROHIBITION TICKET.
For PRESIDENT, John 2. st. John,
of Kansas,
For VICE PRESIDENT, William
Daniel, of Maryland.
NoTE. We come down from the
mountains too late to talk of this
grand Convention and it's work in
this issue. Well tell of it in our
next.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1884-07-30
FREE KANSAS.
How il FlOuriSheS Under Prob;
bitiOn.

ED. FREEMAN VIII a short
communication from the "far offs,
West be of any use to you? Kan.
sas is booming now. We have inst
harvested the finest wheat cron
ever raised in the State. The oap
crop is good and never have wa
had SO fine prospect for corn
Should the present favorable weatb.
er continue for a short time tho
crop wifi be very large-immense
Under the workings of our Pro-
hibition law our State is MOVING
on with increased prosperity NOT,
withstanding the thousand and one
predictions that it would ruin our
State by driving away many of our
citizens, and by preventing other
people from coming, still thew
come. Rut few are leaving, and
those who do on account of the
temperance law can be well SPAR
ed.
The public thoroughfares of trav.
ell are almost crowded by an excel
lent class of immigrants, fastening
to secure homes in this beautiful
State, with its healthful climate.
it's excellent water, it's fair, undul-
tating prairies, its fine educational
facilities, and its prohibitory laws.
Many who were, when the
Amendment was adopted, engaged
in the dishonorable business of
whisky selling, have converted
their saloons into places of honest
and legitimate business, and are
respected and honored.
Instead of prohibition being a
detriment to the progress of the
State, it has given it an impetus
that nothing else could.
w hile we do not claim our laws
pre- vent the sale of alcohol, or ar
dent spirits entirely, nor that it
prevents all men from drunken
ness, yet it closes the open, gilded
saloons which were inviting the
young to enter, and hence young
men are saved fron becoming
drunkards; for they will not crawl
around through some narrow I'M
derground passage into some little
dark, filthy room to learn the hab-
it of drinking. So if we can keep
the young men all right, when the
old topers are gone, drunkenness
goes too.
But many men have been made
sober by our wholesome laws. A nd
homes that were places of wretch
edness and misery have been con-
verified into places of peace and
plenty, and the wife and children
raised from woe to joy and comfort.
So far we regard prohibition
grand success. And so do the "an-
tbs" if we are to judge from their
actions. They are mad-fSghting
mad. They have been fined and
imprisoned their saloons abated as
nuisances. And now they are
mad and in their madness they
resort to secret revenge. Their
mode Of warfare is to- be secret.
They have already burned two
M. E. churohes-one. in Wichita
and one in Cawker City, and set on
fire Presbyterian church and have
done other acts of private injury,
such as destroying groves, &c.
Just a short time since an earnest
temperance man was shot at in Fit.
Scott, So the war is waging, and
the cause Of temperance is grow
ing in favor every day.
this is Of any use to you in
your glorious warfare for the home
in West Virginia you can use it as
you think best, and wait for
MORE ANON.
Kan, July Is, 'S4.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1884-07-30
IGNORED.

The FREEMAN has no interest in
political parties as such. 1t will
commend them when they do right
and freely criticise them when they
do wrong.
With the temperance people and
prohibitionists of West Virginia,
it has endeavored to sink all minor
considerations, ignore other issues
to large degree, and has been
willing to make any sacrifce/con-
sistent with honor and principle, in
order to secure single object
namely, the Submission Of the
Prohibition Amendment to vote
of the people.
The powers that be,in our State,
are now, and for years have been
Democratic. Naturally, therefore,
we have been looking to that par
ty for relief.
To respect the right of petition,
and to hear the cause Of the people
has always been considered emf
nently democratic. But how are
we treated?
Last week that party held it's
convention in Wheeling-the larg-
est convention of the kind ever
held in the State. Every county
was represented. The question of
Submission" was pressed upon the
attention Of the delegates. 1t was
discussed on every hand. The dali
ly papers Of both parties gave it
prominent mention, and it was
well known that the Chm. of the
State Temperance Executive Com
mittee was there in person beseech-
ing the convention to declare in IA
vor of granting the peoples re-
quest.
The question was argued before
the Committee on Resolutions, and
by that committee was voted down,
and the minority of the committee
requested for the sake of harmony
to make no minority report. The
Convention had previously voted
to refer all resolutions to the COM
mittee without debate. So the
great issue which is uppermost in
the minds of the people of the
State was entirely ignored.
Again, the Chicago platform was
endorsed, which declares that the
Democratic party is opposed to all
"sumptuary legislation" (Which
in reality means nothing, but was
put there to say to the liquor traf-
fic, eve are opposed to prohibitory
or restrictive LAVISH.
Following this refusal to recog-
nize those who are asking for "sub-
MISSION and after declaring that
the party is opposed to "sumptuary
legislation" Cprohibitory laws), a
gentleman was nominated for Gov
ernor, who is on record as having
spurned the petitions of the people
and voted against the Submission Of
the amendment, when Speaker of
the House OF Delegates in 1882.
These are the plain hard facts
The convention ought not to
have adjourned without indicating
what they expect prohibition Dem
ocrats are going to do about it.
Fire and Whisky.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1884-07-30
Local option.

Local Option is having a. fresh
boom in Maryland. Several eoun-
ties vote on Prohibition next
month, among them Garrett coun-
ty, embracing Mountain Lake
Park.
We are heart and soul for local
option, town option, county, or any
other sort of option that will give
US a miserable saloon less. We
bid our Maryland friends God speed
in their battle for Home.