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blood that Is I'm our veins dances
with delight, and i'm fancy we see
the wild mountain home of our an
ccstry, and hear the iron rattle upon
many glorious field of battle.
Love of country is IL strong char
acteristic of the Scot Though force
of circumstances may Danish him
frem the land of his birth, 30 long as
life lasts he dwells with fond recol-
lection upon the hcather-clad hills
OF the "north countrie;" the sound
of the surf as IL beats upon the
rugged islet strewn coast Is ever in
his ears; he loves to picture in his
memory the placid mountain lakes,
and longs
"To feel tho breeze down Ettrlck break,
Although II chill his withered cheek"
In time he learns to transfer n
large portion of this inborn love of
country TO the land Of his adoption,
though time can never serve entirely
to obliterate the memory of his na-
tive land, and flashes of the old fire
may even be traced in his children
and his grandchildren.
American statesmen of the wiser
school have never sought to
quarrel with this trait of
character I'm the foreigner. Men
destitute of love of country are not
wanted in America, nor men capa-
BILE of shifting their patriotism as
they would their coat. Hence we
look with approval upon reunions
like that of the Culedonian society,
and can admire the enthusiasm OF
Engllshmen upon the queens birth
day, and respect the lrishman' S
fervor upon St. Patrick's day. We
do this without trace of doubt re-
specting their loyalty to American
institutions, because time and ma
tional crises have proved its exist
ence beyond question.
There Is much to admire In Scotch
character, much to venerate In Scot
lands history and literature. Her
people are courageous, devoid of os-
tentation, frugal in their habits,
and though n little given to stern
simplicity and firmness of charac-
ter, are not wanting in hospitality
and kindly impulses. They make
good American citizens, none bet
ter, and that Is about the highest
praise that an American can pay to
n foreigner, though as n matter of
fact we hardly look upon either
Scotchmen, Irishmen or English
mon in the light of forelpners.
, 1889-12-12

THE development of the West has
disclosed many remarkable advances
i'm real estate values. At Pcndleton,
Or, n few years ago, when the
townsite was cut Off the Umatilln
reservation and the lots and blocks
were sold at auction, one lot was
knocked down at 3 cents. Another
brought 25 cents, and was recently
sold for $40. The town of Cleelum
now contributes an instance that is
even more unique than those just
cited. A few years ago the owner
of corner lot In that town took n
fancy to dog owned by the present
city marshal of East Portland, and
offered him his real estate in eX-
change therefor. The trade was
made, and the owner of the lot lost
sight of his speculation. Not long
ago he went to Cleclum and learned
that his lot was worth $1,000, and
was steadily advancing i'm value.
These are q few of the wonders of
the West, and the hest feature of the
situation Is the fact that similar
opportunities are daily presenting
themselves.
, 1889-12-12
SCOTS IN AMERICA.


"Its i'll to break the bonds that God dc.
still Will we be the children OF the heather
and the wind.
Far away from home, It is still for you and
me
The broom IS blowing bonnie in the North
countrie."
To what reason shall we attribute
the American love for Scotch his
tory and Scotch literature? The
solution undoubtedly may be found
in the fact that "A large part of the
immigration of the past century, as
well as of the present, came from the
land of Scott and Burns. The boi-
dcrlund lying between the North
and the South was largely popu-
lated by this hardy class Of im,ni-
grafton, and they have placed an
indelible stamp upon our customs,
Our religion and our literature.
Scotch prudence and thrift have
been tempered by Irish impulsive-
meas, airiness of thought and wit,
and In the cross we have the basis
of American character ~ character
that bids fair to develop into the
ideal And so, when we forget tho
great world, and bury ourselves in
those masterpieces of Scottish litcrl-
turc-the works OF Scott, or Burns,
Or that later master of English style,
klobert Louis Stevenson, the Scotch
, 1889-12-12
WESTERN ENTERPRISE.

The rapid growth of the great
West Is phenomenal, and forms the
most interesting feature in the his
tory of the nations development. Ii
il the result of energy, wit, foresight
and practical common sense, COM
bined with wonderful natural re-
sources.
The men who have made the
West what II Is, and vino are laying
the foundations of it's future great
ness, have been and are men of brains
aud energy. Whatever else may
have been lacking I'm the make up
of many of them, they have all pos
sesscd these two characteristics;
that is, those who have succeeded.
With all the natural wealth of fer
tile prairies, rushing rivers and min
eral veins of fabulous wealth, 1t re-
qt,ires the same qualities, of
self-denial, activity, enterprise
and untiring effort to sue
ceed here, as In the East, but the
results are glorious, and those who
have come to stay, and who have
come in spirit of independence
and honesty, will not regret their
choice of II home.
In some parts of the East the
West has hard name. Vice and
crime have, perhaps, In the early
days been more rampant west Of the
Rockies than elsewhere, owing to
the Indicative state of the country,
its unsettled condition, the numer-
Gus avenues of escape and the
hordes oftoughs who have found here
more remunerative field for their
games against humanity than in
the more staid East.
But II Is gratifying to note that
educational and religious insti tutions
keep pace with the development
, 1889-12-12
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THE FARMERS CONVENTIONS.
Business Transacted Mt the Last Days
Session.

Sr. LOUIS, Dec. THE Farmers con-
vention adjourned to-day, to meet on
the second Tuesday In December, $780,
at Jacksonville, Fla. The day was de-
voted mainly to finishing the revision of
the constitution, aud for the hest means
for consolidation with the Northern Al
lance. The terms were finally agreed
upon nd Kansas and Southern Dukot
will go in at once, but 1t will defer
action until the matter is settled by
the separate state allowances. What
the terms of the consolidation are has
not been learned. The new constitution
is the same as the old, with the excep-
tion OF few verbal changes. One OF the
chief alterations is the striking out of
the word Country" before the phrase
mechanics" This will enable a large
number Of mechanics in the villages and
cities who are Knights of Labor to form
organizations.
II is provided that negroes may be
taken into the union at the option of
the state organizations, but they can not
be made delegates to the national con-
vention.
The name of the organization will be
changed to tho National TURNER'S Al
lance and Industrial Union. The head
quarters will be established at Washing
ton, where the first secretary and chair
man OF tho executive committee will
transact the business. A Judiciary COM
mittee, which is practically trial court,
was also appointed.
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SILVER AS MON EY.

Secretary Windows silver policy
as outlined in to-day's dispatches To
the REVIEW, falls far short of the
wishes of the West. 1t would, in
effect, be another long step in the
direction of the complete demoheti-
zation of silver. 1t would repeal the
compulsory coinage act, under which
q minimum of 80, 900, 600 Is monthly
added to the circulating medium.
This, under the control of the in
nuences that have long dominated
the administration of the treasury
department, would be n glorious vic
tory for the gold men Of Wall street,
for it would virtually puta stop to
silver coinage nj our mints.
The secretary's plan of issuing
bullion certificates would merely af-
ford means of conveniently storing
the commercial product ofthe mines,
and could have no possible bearing
upon the value of silver, one way or
the other. IT would no more affect
the price of silver than the issuance
of warehouse receipts affects the price
of wheat, or corn, or whisky, since
the government as well as the de-
positor would be entirely controlled
by the fiuctuating market value of
the metal.
In short, Secretary Window might
Just ns well have reduced his silver
proposition to the simple desire OF
Wall street.-The entire stoppage of
the coinage of silver.
This scheme will meet with Wig
, 1889-12-12
F FARMERS AND KNIGHTS
Basis of a Federation Agreed
Upon.
A CENTRAL COUNCIL PLANNED.
A Long List of Resolutions Adopt
Ell 'oy the National Alli-
ance.

ST. Louis, Dec. 6.-This morning Pow
derly, Wright and Beaumont, represent
ing the knights of Labor met the de-
nhands of the committee OF the Farmers
and Laborers' Union, and the basis OF a
federation was agreed upon. 1t was
agreed that the farmers should appoint
a legislative committee of two to act in
conjunction with the legislative
committee of the Knights at Washing
ton to secure legislation in accordance
with the views OF both bodies. The
officers of the two organizations will
form central council. The various
farmers bodies have agreed upon plan
of consideration, which WILL as soon as
the necessary references can be had to
tho vario.s state organizations, result in
bringing about an absolute union. II is
probable that in time the Knights will
also join the Farmers in an actual union.
THE FARMERS ALLIANCE
The National Farmers Alliance
adopted long series of resolutions fay
oring woman suffrage, the reservation of
public lands for actual settlers, against
the acquisition of lands by aliens, for the
rigid enforcement of the law against
railroad corporations not complying with
contracts us to the disposition of lands
calling for tho free coinage of gold and
silver, favorinS the Payment of the pub
lie debt as rapidly as possible, reiterat-
ing the argument against the
national bank system, and in favor of
the grcenback doctrines. Taxes on real
estate mortgages and Il graded income
tax are demanded. The LIQUOR traffic is
opposed in all forms. a deep horbor on
the gulf coast is endorsed. Congress Is
recommended to compel the Union and
Central Pacific railroads to pay their
debts, and objection Is made To any fur
ther extension oil time. The Australian
system of voting is enthusiastically en-
dorscd.
The resolution on tariff is as follows
Resolved, That we favor such q re-
vision and reduction of tho tariff that
the taxes may reS as lightly as possible
upon productive labor, and that its bur
dens may he imposed upon the luxuries
and removed from the neccssaries of
life, and in manner which will prevent
the continued accumulations of the
United States treasury surplus.
THE AMALGAMATioS.
The proceedings OF the days sessions
of the Farmers and l.aborars' Union
and Northern Alliance were devoted al
most exclusively to discussions of the
amalgamation and the revision of the
constitutions. Many conferences were
held between the committees of the
union and the Northern Alliance, and
with the representatives of the knights
of Labor. The result is the confederation
of the Farmers and Laborers' Union with
the knights of Labor and there will be
the union OF the Northern and Southern
bodies of farmers. The following otli-
GERS were elected this afternoon: Presi-
dent, L. l.. Polk of North Carolina; vice
president, ID. III. Glover of Kansas Sec
retary, j. ii. Turner of Georgia; treas
urer, William Hickman of Missouri; !;
national lecturer f. p. Benjamin Ter
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to the obscurity of the pigeon-hole.
There has been some question rs to
the constitutionality of q measure
which would virtually restrict
trade. Judge Barrett rendered
a decision, nearly II year ago against
the East River Sugar Refining
Company of New York, which was
merged into the great sugar trust,
i'm which he held that that trust
was conspiracy to control the sup
ply and raise the price of necessity
of life, which was contrary to pub
lie policy and i'm conflict with law.
As yet this decision has not been
passed upon by the court Of ap-
peals of that state. Inas,nuch as
the trust has millions of capital, +,
there Is but little doubt that it will
prosecute the case to the court of
last resort.
In the mea ntime, Senator Sher-
mans bill may become IL law and
check the impolitic combines
against the interests of the people.
During the Cleveland admins
tration all attempts to pass ma
tlonal law to control trusts were
smothered by the political powers
In control. When Mr.. Cleveland
vetoed the 5 cent fare bill passed
by the legislature In Now York In the
interest of the workingmen in New
York City, he disclosed his position
as to corporations and trusts. AS
soon ms he was elected president he
gathered about him q cabinet who
were personally interested in the
leading trusts of the United States.
Mr.. Whitney was an officer In the
great Standard Oil trust. His sec
retary of the treasury was banker,
who, during his term of Office, made
frequent visits to Wall street to as
certain the wishes of the money
kings. Mr.. Villas was railroad
inagnate and friend of the railroad
corporations. Mr.. Garland was
chief of the pan-elcctrlc combine,
and used his official position to de-
stroy the Bell corporation, with the
expectation of making his company
the monopoly Of the electric system.
Falling I'm this he now becomes IL
corporation attorney at a salary of
s2o 200 year. Under this state of
affairs the corporations and trusts
flourished and multiplied. 1t will
take years of expensive legislation
and litigation to restrain the combi-
nations which were established dur
ing the Cleveland administration
and to re-establish the property
rights of the people.
, 1889-12-12
FROM wALLA wALLA.

A Request to John Is. Allen for the
Procuring of United States BuiId-
ings.
WALLA WALLA, Dec 9.-The board of
trade has sent strong letter to j. b.
Allen, asking his influence in procuring
United States public buildings for this
city.
The Whitman County Farmers Alli-
ance has adopted memorial to the leg
islature as follows: I'VE believe that
the best interests of the state demand
that q sufficient sum be appropriated by
the legislature to establish plant for
the manufacture of grain sacks, and that
the sale of the same should be confined
to the state until its needs are supplied"
The new hotel company was organized
this morning by electing Miles G. Moore
president William Kirkman vice prcsi-
dent, w. +. Winans treasurer, Harry
kurtz secretary; committee on subscrip-
tions, Messrs. Blalock, Baumeister and
Small. 1t is the evident determination
to push this much-needed improvement
as soon as possible.
, 1889-12-12

flames tremendous headway
before the men really became
aware of their danger. The west
erly end of the dock was n burning
mass, and the dock laborcrs had to flee
for their lives. IL was thcn found that
most of them were injured. Those who
didn't escape at that time were over
powered by the smoke and fell senseless
and dying in the tracks.
Those Killed are; James Barry watch
man twhite), aged 50 Richard Johnson
tcolorcd) foreman, married; George
Booker (colored) longshoreman; James
Whalen (whitc). carpenter Six Others
were badly burned, and some of them IL
is supposed, can not recover. Besides
the above, who were taken to the hospi.
tai, there were half dozen or more who
were slightly burned about the face ana
hands. Among these were several fire
men. There is one person unacCountcd
for out of the 200 employed on the pier
an elevator boy, James Mcclure. The
loss will probably exceed S25, 900.
, 1889-12-12

orous resistance in congress. II will
be opposed by Western interests, ir-
respective OF party, since both the
democratic and the republican sec.
retares of the treasury have fol.
lowed identically the same line OF
general policy. In 1t we can only
observe another attempt to rob sill
YER of it's monetary quality, which II
has possessed, on equal terms with
gold, since man first began the coin
age of representation of value.
On this great question the inter
csts of the moneyed classes are In
sharp conflict with those Of the
masses. The West will watch with
deep interest the impending battle
in congress.
, 1889-12-12
in THE HOME FIELD.
A Terrific Explosion Near
Oregon City.
PROMINENT CITIZENS DROWNED.
The Trial of Gibbs at Portland
News Notes from Walla
Walla-Eto.

PORTLAND, Or, Dec. 10-To.day q
quantity OF giant powder, while being
thawed out in building near Oregon
City, caught fire. The man who was
engaged at the work fed and few mo-
ments later sixty-two large sticks of
powder exploded with terrific report.
Every building in town was
shaken. The building in which
the powder was stored was
blown into fragments. Fortunately no
ono was killed and no heavy damages to
property resulted. Two men were very
violently shaken up, but not seriously
hurt Much alarm was felt in town at
first, until the cause of the deaiening re-
port was known.
, 1889-12-12

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

NO character III AliieIlCdh iiHt'iN,
with the possible exception of Aaron
Burr, presents so remarkable
blending of good and eviln that of
Jefferson Davis, whose death has
terminated fitful and stormy life,
His was youth of pleasing promise;
his early manhood was rich in gal
liant and patriotic service to his
country; his speeches in the senate
Were tinctured with fervent eX-
pressions of love for the Union, and
his administration of the war port
folio in the cabinet of President
Pierce was able and beneficial to the
army. He early advocated the con-
struction of Pacific railway as Il
means of preserving the Pacific
coast to the Union, and as early as
1916, in speech In the United
States senate on the Oregon ques-
ton, spoke of the Glove Of Union
in our hearts"
If death had come to jefferson
Davis at this period of his career 1t
would have been well for his MEM
ory and his country. The good that
was in his heart had hitherto dJmi-
mated his actions and his utter
ances; but he lived, and the seeds of
state sovereignty, so quietly sown
in his fertile brain by the, founders
of the democratic party, trlumphed
over his youthful patriotism, and
brought forth the bitter fruit of
notification and ultimate secession
and rebellion against his country.
10 Is u task of little difficulty to
trace to its source the fearful respon-
sibility for the evil that was in the
life of jefferson Davis. The tyro in
American history, If he he un-
blinded by partisan bias, will in
vuriubly lay it at the doors of John
c. Calhoun and Thomas Jefier-
son. These are facts in Amer
lean history that admit
of no dispute. The early
patriotism OF Jefferson Davis. under
the tutelnge of Hamilton and Clay,
would have burned to the very
socket, and his name would now be
enrolled with those of Grant and
Lincoln, instead of ut the very head
of those who strove to destroy their
country.
To the memory of Davis must
ever attach the odium that properly
belongs to the traitor. The lmpul-
five veneration Of the ante-belltm
generation OF the south is rapidly
dying. The stern, just hand Of his
tory will ever point to him us "A
curse to his native land, man who
allowed ambition to stifie his love
for the Union, who staked all upon
the cruel hazard of war, and, losing
all, gave no token of gratitude
for the magnificent magnanimity
that spared him his forfeited life,
but went to his grave, as he lived, II
defiant rebel.
Although he has died without dis
playing token of repentance or re
gret, there is reason to believe that,
deep in his heart, there lurlked II
sense of his wrong, or, at least, "a
realization of the fact that his career
would not be justified by history.
In the dying days of the confederacy
he became n peevish, petulnnt man,
and since the war frequent spas
modic outbursts from his sharp pen
have shown his displeasure with the
drift of the Southern people, who,
while they wildly cheered his every
public appearance, steadfastly re-
r,,aoJ 10 feOrxy l;u IialnvoI axnrn nIa
, 1889-12-12
A DIsAsTROUs BLAZE.
Four Blackened Bodies Taken from
the Ruins.

New York Dec. 7,-The National Line
of Steamship Companys dock at Pier
80 North River, took fire this afternoon,
and burned nearly to the waters edge.
At least four blackened dead bodies were
taken from the ruins, and many more
people were badly burned, some Of
whom arc likely to die. 1t was the most
disastrous fire OH the river front for
some time.
For five hours the fire resisted the ef
forts Of the tiremen. Tho spread of the
fire before it was discovered and the con.
iidcnce of the dock laborers that
they could extinguish 1t without aid
from an outside apparatus gave the
, 1889-12-12

right Of franchise Is taken from this
disloyal combination, the greater part
of their power IL divested.
For many years the sect has been
n menace to decent morals and II
blot on our political institutions.
Our government In its generous
dealings with it's citizens has given
this class timely warning, with u
hope that they would voluntarily
avow allegiance to good morals and
the laws OF their country. BY per-
sistent rebellion they have forfeited
all respect for their so.called religious
belief, and row lose the privilege OF
franchise, the weapon and strong
hold of their supremacy.
, 1889-12-12
SPIRIT OF THE HOME PRESS.
A DISSERTATION ON MUD.

DISSERTATION ON MUD.
walla Walla Union: Tho muddy
streets of Walla Walla make walking a
task and forbid pleasure riding. But
thin and permcating as it is, it is moth
ing in depth or sticktoativencss to the
mud in the streets of the cities of Puget
sound. At Olympia the freshly gray
eled streets are passable for teams, but
the main street is ~ terror" Al Taco
ma tho mud is everywhere. IL flows
down the steep streets and covers the
crosswalks. while Pacific avenue, in its
unplanked parts, is hub deep, and the
newly laid planking carries from one to
four Inches of Shiny mud. AT Seattle
tie streets are nearly impassn-
bic, particularly In the burned dis
trIcts, where the sidewalks were de-
stroyed. The electric and cable cars
flow through the thick mud as though
the tracks were clean, while men and
women trudge through the mud to and
from the cars and along the INSIDE
walked streets and the broken cross
walks with the same indifference with
which Walla Walla people wade through
three or four inches of snow. Gum boots
or overshoes are worn by men and wo-
men, while the pants OF tho men and
the skirts OF the women are splushed
with mud. In Portland the mud Is
deep, but the crossings are kept reason
ably clean. Had our own Main street
been scraped after the iiIst rains 1t
would not appear as much like mortar
bed as II does. Is 1t too late to scrape It?
, 1889-12-12

seven miles. The two roads
are being constructed rs public
highways. The president and di-
rectors of the Washington ~ Idaho rail
road are citizens of Pennington. And
1t is supposed the right. of way across
hucncc of Earmingtonians which is
about correct. Because there Is no cry
for county seat, state capital or woolen
mill, it has been reported that there Is
no life in the town. This is mistake,
and to prove the same we make this us
scrtion, and will back the same. Farm,
ington does n larger wholesale and retail
trade i'm the general merchandise limo
than any other town (aside from Colfax)
in Whitman county, and we are sure
that Pennington gained this large trade
only through the energy of her citizens.
, 1889-12-12

THE Butte Inter-Mountain Is of
the opinion that the closing of the
gambling games in this city sis a
very sudden spasm of virtue, for
Spokane has long been notorious as
the home of more gamblers of high
and low degree than any other city
OH the continent. Skin games flour
ished there like watermelons in
Georgia, and there were more of
them,n
, 1889-12-12
THE PARTY OF TRUSTS.

Senator Sherman has introduced a
bill In the senate to regulate and
control trusts. This same bill was
introduced by him during the last
session, but us the policy of the ad-
ministration then in power was fa-
vorable to trusts, the fate of the pro-
posed reform measure was doomed