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, 1890-05-29
CREED.S AND SUNDAY Pa
PERS


IL the general assembly Of the
Presbyterian church will devote Its
entire attention to the revision Of
the con iesslon Of faith and, drop the
report of the committee on Sabbath
Observance to the effect that Sunday
newspapers gro desecation Of the
day, the intelligence OF the world
will entertain loftier regard for the
church than 1t might otherwise pos
sess. When the Presbyterian church
qocs cunning after tho Sunday
newspa pers 1t Is after big game, and
II will he jutlicious for 1t first to
plant It's artillery upon solid ground,
and moi unon the ouicksands of a
a,,Ir,t,,o..,1
'"n',"s -" -, A.. pr.
~ y no' 'nc purPo9o VI 'n
VIEW 10 trent TINS ques,'on' ceru''n
, 1890-05-29
FREE HOMES.

Tf one wishes an ocular demon
stration of ihc rapid settlement OF
this state, and proof positive of the
disappearance of the public domain,
he has only to visit the land Office
In this city. Never in the history
of the office has so much business
been transacted as at present. The
rooms are thronged from the open
ing to the closing hour by home
seekers, aud the force at the Office Is
working in and out of hours to keep
pace with the Increased demand for
cheap and free homes.
This activity Is not confined to
the Spokane Falls land office. 1t Is
seen at every Office In the North
west. In fact the demand for public
lands Is greater west of the Cascade
mountains than In the Eastern en-
pire. 1t does not require IA profound
knowledge of mathematics to enable
one to grasp the apparent fact that
the public domain IL diminishing
with geometrical rapldlty, since the
demand is daily becoming greater,
and the supply, upon the other hand,
Is rapidly vanishing. Within few
years ut the furthest, mountain
and desert lands will be eagerly
sought by home-seckers from the
East, and lands now without value
will some day sell for twenty and
thirty dollars and even more per
acre, and the men who go In as pio-
neers will reap their reward.
While the best lands In the state
of Washington have been appropri-
atcd by the pioneers who came
ahead of the railroads, there yet
may he taken under the homestead
and pre-emption acts claims that
with cultivation and improvement
may be converted into comfortable
and productive homes. Too often
the fact II forgotten that with nll
Its generosity in the distribution Of
free homes, the United States gov
crnmcnt has never given lands to
home seekers that po, sessed any
considerat'e money value mt the
time Of disposal. When the first
settlers strarglcd into the fertile
West. they found a vast area OF
wild lands that required only
the crudcst cultivation to pro-
duce abundant crops, but at the
same time tho vnstness of the
public domain deprived tEose lands
of nearly all money yaltie. In the
, 1890-05-29
"AL-RL.p

A Cotton correspondent asks the
REVIEW TO explain the sipniticance
OF tho Indian word "Alki.u or "Al.
XII appearing upon the old terrific.
rial zeal OF Washington. AS nearly
as literal translation can be made,
the word means "By and by.p or
"rherc is hopo in the future.n A
motto more admirable or significant
could not have been devised by the
ploueers Of Washington, who came
to the forcst-crowned shores of
this ultlina thule at u period when
the extreme isolation OF tho terri.
tory precluded all hope of imme-
diate prosperity or glory. but those
fathers and mothers of this peerless
youug commonweaitbwerc eouinped
with nerves of steel and brave
hearts I'm which The fountain of
hone spranp eternal ont of the
gloom and tho lonellness of
their isolation thev Ind tho cour-
are and the faith to stand unon the
lonely strand. two Thousand miles
from the ou,posts of ciyilntion. to
lift the curtains of tho future and tn
choose for their motto n wor,l that
wos aIgrIacant az ,ha,r unI,o,ndaJ
s.s,,, -, - :" "e .oou'..u ~,
..n III 'no ui'iiia'o g,ory VI 'he
COMMONWEALTH tnat tney We're
, 1890-05-29

ROOM FOR LABOR.

ain spite Of this talk about there
being an excess Of laboring men In
the Northwest said u gentleman
who has had long experience in
railroad construction yesterday,
'the i,ct remains that the railroad
contractors ofthe North west are ex-
periencing much difficulty In the
employment Of sufficient forces to
carry out their contracts. Hun
drcds of men are being brought up
from California, and all the leading
newspapers of the Northwest carry
advertisements calling for both men
and teams. For the next two years
there will I've sufficient railroad
building In Washington, Idaho and
Oregon to give employment to all
the luboring men that are likely to
come out from the East within that
period. The area OF railroad build
ing has only fairly begun in this
state. There Is no telling where 1t
will end.'
There IL reason 10 believe that the
cry that has been sent out through
the East that there existed In this
state an excess of labor, and that
hundreds Of idle men were unable
to gain employment, is the work of
a few unprincipled agltators who
would willingly retard develop
ment, II thereby they could drive
corner on the labor market. These
men seldom or never are known to
labor themselves, and just why they
should seek to deprive others Of the
privilege is one OF those mysteries
for which the vagaries of the human
mind must be held responsible. Ex-
perlence has shown that where one
man found employment In the
Northwest ten years ago, Ave are
earning a. good II not better, wages.
The change has been wrought by
the arrival Of immigration and the
development Of natural resources.
Yet ten years ago agltators upon the
Pacific Coast, and right here In the
state Of Washington, were welded
to this samo fallacious and
selfish policy of shutting
out immigration Then, as
now, they sent up the cry that
the field OF labor here was over
crowded. Then, rs now, their false
alarm was unheeded. Immign-
tion continued TO pour into the
state, and II will now continue to
come In. Natural resources will he
developed, and where 100 men are
given employment to-day, within II
few years we shall sec demand for
1000.
IL Is strange that these profess
sional agitators should be needed,
even to an inconsldcrable degree,
by the industrious workingman.
The logic OF time has demon
strated as plain us the MONDAY sun
that he Is the greatest foe that IL
arrayed against labor, since his mar
row policy, II followed out, would
rctard the development of the great
West, and deprive labor OF n tiipu-
sand avenues Of employment.
THE MINING /NIE,REST,S
Mr.. Corbin's determination to cx-
, 1890-05-29
ORGANIzED LABOR.

The signs of the times point to
the decay and ultimate dissolution
of the Knights OF Labor. The only
wonder Is that the organization has
held together so long, and 1t would
not have done 20 had 1t not been
for the able and conservative man.
agement of Mr.. Powderly. The
aims Of the organization were COM
mendablc In the main, but the ele.
mcnts were SO incompatible that
long continued cohesion was out Of
the question.
On the other hand, the Feder-
ated Trades bids fair to increase In
numbers, effectiveness and useful
ness. II Is All admirable system of
organized labor, resting upon II
foundation of trade unions or guilds,
resembling in its general features
the union OF states that upholds
the government of the United
States. Its strikes are often ef.
fective, whereas the strikes inaugu.
rated by the Knights of Labor gen.
erally resulted in disaster to the or
ganization.
Looking back Mt the accomplish
inents of the Knights of Labor, II
is difficult to see where the organi-
zi,tion has been of the least practl-
cal benefit to the laboring men who
went into the movement. 1t has
cost them hundreds Of thousands of
dollars, aud has been the means Of
involving them in a number of dis
astrous conflicts with capital with.
out bringing any commensurate re-
wards.
In striking contrastare the achieve
ments of the Federated Trades.
Within the past year they have In.
augurated a lawful movement for
either an increase Of wages or q de-
crease In the number of working
hours, and even where they failed
to gain their demands. with good
goneralship they have contrivcd to
effect comprises satisfactory to both
themselves and their employers.
All fair-minded people will ap-
prove any orderly aud law-abiding
demand for the betterment OF the
condition of the workingmcn when
such demands are within the bounds
of reason and are not calculated to
cripple capital or tear down the In
dustries OF the country. Reason and
fairness upon the part Of labor surely
can not ask for more than this.
, 1890-05-29

sPARKs AND TIE 6fzNERS.

IT Representative Carter succeeds
In his attempt 10 induce the inte-
rior department TO revoke the order
Of x-Commissioner Sparks, refus-
ing miners and prospectors the priv
ilege Of cutting timber upon mining
land, no win deserve the thanks Of
every mining section in tho West.
With characteristic stupidity,
Sparks ruled that such timber could
only be taken by paying mines. A
conception more violently In con-
filct with the spirit Of the law
would be an impossibility. The
owners OF payiug mines can afford
70 buy their timbers. The purpose
Of congress was clearly to afford
assistance and encouragement to
the mining industry where 1t Is In
it, infancy.
This Is n case where the evil that
= man wrought lives after him. The
injurious effects Of Sparks adminis-
trntion OF tho general land Office
will keep cropping out for years.
The people Of the East can have no
Idea Of the irrepnrablc injury that
Mr., Sparks inflicted upon the pco-
pie Of the West His reckless rul-
ings carried hardshIps 10 innumer-
Rbic holmes, and retarded the settle
ment and development Of the West
10 an extent that only those familiar
with their effects can understand.
1.-The has n friend among the settlers
Of this part OF tho West, the writer
has never met him. The news OF
the commissioners removal by ex-
President Cleveland waseverywhere
hailed with satisfaction, and in
many cases with expressions of pos
tive delight.
The injury wrought by his auto
cratic and suspicious administration
of the land ofilco was not confined
10 his rulings on points of law. He
innugunnted a regime of delay and
obstruction by which the land laws
were deprived OF the greater portion
of their beneflcent influences. In
stead of holding the settler In the
regard Of a benefactor, the light in
which lie has always been held by
the government, Sparks set him
down NJ thief, an enemy of his
country, and refused to soften his
estimate until the settler had proved
his good faith and integrity. The
best that can be said of Sparks, the
utmost that Ia ever said, even by
the friends OF the Cleveland admin
- Ia AA ..t
, 1890-05-29
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ROBERT n. LEE.


IL the ex-confederates of Rich.
mond are not content with the mag
nanimity Of this government, then
indeed they arc n congregation Of
ingratcs. Looking hack at the his
tories ofgovernments and rebelllons,
can any ono recall an occasion
when q display of rebel colors like
that made Friday at Richmond
would not have been swiftly fol-
lowed by an oillolal investigation
and tho punishment Of the instlga-
tors? There must come moments
IN the lives OF tho unreconstructcd
rebels OF the South when tho cnor-
nifty of their attempt against the
very life of their country comes
home to them with startling dis
tinctness. Even the most bitter par
tisan In forced into the logical ad-
mission that his bloody hand was
raised against tho purcsl. the loft
lest, the niost magnanimous govern
nent upon the face Of the globe. II
was as though the blow had been
aimed at liberty ITSELF
The war OF secession was waged
under q false standard, from the
firlng on Fort Sumter to the surrcn-
der Of Lee, whom the Richmond
sstnte vainglorlously terms "Ameri-
cas- greatest man, IL was an un-
holy war for license In tho name Of
frccdom LICENSE IN ltpen the aim ck les
, 1890-05-29
CULLINGS.
A Palouse Farmers Serious
Loss by Fire.
A WAGON FACTORY FOR LA1AH
Tho Waterworlss at Cheney-Tho
Sons OF Veterans at
Sprague.

Tekoa Globe, Last Saturday the
house of Matt Fountain, one of thcfore-
most farmers In this section Of tho
country, living about four miles west of
this city, was totally destroyed by fire.
not an article OF household furniture
being saved. Mr.. Fountain was at work
in the field some distance from the
house. which had been left in the care Of
his little girl. Tho fire, the origin "
which Is unknown, was first discovered
by the little girl, who at once ran to the
field and informed her father. MI
Fountain reached the house Just in time
to save the baby, which had been len la
is cradle. The house and contents were
valued at about u, 100, no insurance.
MIR Fountain is very unfortunate, hay.
INK lost his wife few months since.
lie has tho sy mpathy OF the entire com.
munity.
, 1890-05-29
STANFORD'S N0S7R UM

Senator Stanford misinterpre,s the
sense OF tho public when he fires his
government loan hobby at them.
The people are no more desirous of
being taxed in order that the land
owner may be given cheap money
than they are OF submitting to tax
alton so that the masses may en-
joy the advantage of cheap bread
or cheap clothing.
IL Will be a sorry day for Ameri-
can spirit aud American inde-
pendence when the masses are
taught to look TO the government
for industrial and financial sup.
port, TO expect the government to
feed them pup with n spoon, instead
of working out their own financial
problems.
If this proposition had come from
a comnunistic or socialistic source,
there would have been no occasion
for surprise, but coming us 1t does
from the wcalthlest man on the
coast, there Is warrant to question
the sincerity Of it's author. Senator
Stanford, unless he has fallen into
his dotage, knows that his bill will
hardly win the support of II corpo-
rails guard In the senate. Where,
then, shall we look for his motive?
a presidential bee is buzzlng at u
lively rate In the senator's bonnet.
There Is no question that Stanford
has hls ambition set upon the pres
idency. He dreams of IL by night,
and hugs the deluslon to his breast
In his waking moments. All his
hopes aud aspirations, every move
ment and all his projects are bent
toward the consuumation OF this
exalted ambition. But an obstacle
has always loomed darkly between
himself and his goal-thc hostility
of the farmers and the work
ingmen. Senator Stanford In the
past has stood for the very inter-
eats that tho masses regard as
inimIcal to the welfare Of the gov
ernment. This obstacle had TO be
overcome, and In casting about him
for n means TO the end, he struck
upon this demagogic proposition,
through which he hopes to win
over the masses to his candidacy.
II Is cheap and more or less effec-
tive. Ii will never become IA law.
T,iis the senator realizes. IL Is not
his desiret that 1t should. He Ia after
votes, not laws, only 80 far rs they
may he the means ofbringing votes.
Senator Stanford is not u bad man
us the world goes. He Is not n rail-
road wrecker like Jay Gould. But
he Is Il corporation man, has been
all his life, has fought the battles Of
the Central Pacific In and out Of
congress-, aud 1t Is not likely that
the leopard will change Its spots al.
this late hour. A coolness has
sprung up between him aud Hunt
ingion, because, as Huntington de-
, 1890-05-29
WASHINGTON BEEF

Connoisseurs all agree that cattle
fattened on the bunchgrass of WASH
ington produce an article of beei
equal II not superior TO that Of
the famous bluegrass region OF
Kentucky. 1t Is, to say the
least, more succulent, nutri-
tlous and palatable than that
which Is shipped to this market
from distances ranging from thou
sand TO three thousand miles and
sold 10 consumers at fabulous prices,
although frequently half decom-
posed before reaching the table.
There are thousands OF acres of
this grass going TO waste every year,
TO say nothing of all the other thou
sands of acres susceptible of the
highest cultivation for winter feed
ing. Nature has endowed WASH
ington with nll the conditions
requisite for cattle-raising, leaving
nothing unsupplled save sufii-
cicnt number OF thrifty farmers OF
energy to utilize these materials
which arc offered practically as n
gift to all who are willing to accept
them.
Nevertheless. large part OF the
beef supplied the people Of Spokane
Falls and the surrounding towns,
from the butchcrs' block, Is trans
ported long distance In refrigera-
Tor carr, upon which no tax IL lew
led, and kept In so-called cold stor-
ngc often from one TO three months,
BY which time II has lost all It's orig
inal iiayor and Is really unfit for use.
This Is not the fault OF the dealers
in meats, the hotel keepers or the
iestauratcuIs. They are doing the
beef they can to supply the demand;
aud. since II Is impossible 10 procure
esaiilclent supply In the home mar
ket, thry are necessarily compelled
70 send nbroad, for the people must
have meat, or a makeshlft for meat,
At whatever coat.
With the settlement Of the vast
agricultural domain Of Eastern
Washington, this state OF affairs
Will be remcdled. In the meantime.
however. the farmers aiseady here
<lll nliar = great opportunity IL they
faii W exert all their energy in the
dIrvction OF supplying tho home
mnrkct with Homegrown beef,
, 1890-05-29

Latah Times: Mr., Henry Brown and
brother, q, +. Brown, with their fami-
lies are expected to arrive in LatAh to-
day. They have u lifelong experience
In the manufacture Of wagons, sleds,
etc. IN Canada. After looking over the
towns in this part OF the state, they de.
cided that l.atah is the most desirable
place TO locate. Tho prices obtained
here for wagons that are made In Wis
cons.n or other Eastern states would
warrant the success OF n home manu-.
factory, and our town offers splendid In.
ducements In the way of grounds for
buildings, shipping facilities, otc. be-
sides being the most desirable town In
which to make ones home, possessing
educational advantages, and being irea
from the degrading influences predomi.
mating IN so many places.
, 1890-05-29

tend the Spokane Il Northern rail
road into the Metalinc country IL q
matter of more than ordinary impor.
tance, since 1t will open up an un-
developed section, rich In large de-
posits OF low grade silver bearing ga
lena, This ore will have to be
smelted In Spokane Falls, because II
can not be carried to the Eastern
smelters and treated ut profit.
Ultimately the Spokane Falls Il
Northern will be extended into the
Metaline, the Okanogun, and the
Kootenai mining districts. Already
II has pierced the rich Colville
country, O section remarkable for
the variety of It's resources, When
these extensions shall have become
completed, and the adventurous
prospector shall open up the impe-
rial domain pierced by the new
lines, there Is no doubt that the
Spokane Falls & Northern railroad
will tap the richest and most extern
sive mineral region ON tho face of tho
globe. The output of this rich region
will come TO Spokane Falls, just Us
naturally and as inevitably M water
flows to the sea. Experience has
shown that when the citizens Of
Spokane raised 100000 to insure
the construction OF this line of rail-
way, they were acting with the
highest degree of wisdom, as we'll as
In the most commendable public
spirit. IL will do more to establish
Spokane Falls Us mining and
smelling center than any other SIM
gle stroke that has ever been made
by this city.
The hostility of the Canadian gov
ernment and the passage Of the tar.
Ill bill will combine to check the
proposed extension into Kootenai.
But at the same time those infiu-
ences will unqucstlonably hasten
the development Of the mineral re-
sources upon this side of the border.
American capital, instead of being
carried into the Kootcnni, will find
n field for investment in the Cnur
IL 'Alenes, the Okanogan and the
Metaline, and the Canadian mining
districts will be relinquished, to II
considerable degree, TO British cap
ital.
Tho immediate effect of the pass
age OF the Mckinley lead tariff, and
the barring of the Spokane Falls &
Northern from Canadian territory,
will be beneficial to the mining dis
trlcts upon this side of the border,
but II Is fair and reasonable TO be-
lieve that the adoption Of a policy
that would drain the dominion Of its
rich ores and reduce them upon
American soil would ultimately
result to the advantage Of
Spokane Falls and also the
entire mining region OF the
Northwest. At all events the fact
can not be concealed that the do
minion government is throwing
every possible obstacle In the way
of attempts in that direction.
This isa fair statement OF the min
ing interests as they will be affected
by the Mckinley tariff. And this
much Will at least be conceded by
all thoughtful and fair-minded men
upon both sides of the controversy.
Aside from this, there is reason to
congratulate the miners and mine
owners Of the Northwest upon the
probable exclusion OF the lead ores OF
Mexico, since the mining Of those
ores and their free admission place
the high.prlced labor of the United
States In direct competition with
the cheap labor of Mexico.
, 1890-05-29
An Illinois man saw an advertisement

An Illinois man saw an advertisement
several years ago calling for white
pennies and offering SIS a thousand for
them. Since then he has devoted n
large part of his time to the collection Of
such pennies, and now ho finds himself
with several thousand of them on his
hands and the advertisement lost He
ought to join hands with the Oregon
man who got an idea into his head that
tho United States government had Of
fcrcd a reward OF 500 for the planting Of
an American flag upon the summit Of
Mount Hood. Ho put the flag there at
the expense of several dollars, week Of
time and a heavy expenditure ofoncrgy.
Bu, the hoEoyenment would not pungle
up the 500
, 1890-05-29

clarcs, the senator Is cndeavoring to
employ tho railroad company In
politics. This means that Stanford
is bcudlng every resource to the
contamination OF his ambition,
since enough Is known Of the meth
ods Of Mr.. Huntington TO venture
the assertion that he Is not the boy
TO resist the employment of political
methods when those methods VIII
lead to the nggrandizemont OF his
own railroad Interests.
The effectiveness of Senator STAN
r DIS deinagogy remains to be
demonstrated by time.
, 1890-05-29

pioneers Of this state at the time
those gifts were made. The magic
West has not yet exhausted it's sur
prlses. The future will bring won
derhIl changes, perhaps more won
dcrflil than those of the past.
Lands now regarded ns worthless
will acquire new value with the
rolling years, and the adventurous
homeseekeB who now go out Into
the wilderness will find their re-
ward, just IA tho carly settlers Of the
state were rewarded by their pa
tiencc, with this distinction, that
they will not 10 required to walt so
long.
The present Is churllsh goddess.
Her prizes are bestowed with no
lavish hand. But the future IL gen.
erous to fault. II scatters It's re-
wards with lavishness that Is
prlnccly In extent. Yet the world
goes on In its laundering way court.
ing the fckle goddess, and leaving
to the few the rewards of the future.
, 1890-05-29

Cmur dAlene city Times; A gentle
man doing business In this city Is r.
ported by u travelling man rs favoring
change Of name for Cmur d. Alene. ine
principal reason advanced was that hs
Is opposed to a ID Indian title 10
publicly alludc to the stupidity oil our
nclghbors is somewhat painful ou'
such rank ioolishness and ignoranee
combined should bo exposed, u 'ns
word Cmur dAlene, instead
being French, was strictly lndisn
II would neither DO inappfv
pirate nor robbed in the ieas'
Of Its beauty. IT one stops to relies
upon the prosperous cities In this coum'
try bearing purely Indian namos II wiz
be seen how fnllacious AN attempt MM W
gument on that score would pfo'e
Crur d. Alcne, while not only plcasips
both in sound and appearance, is known
the world over. In referring TO mines
mountains, lakes and watering-piaceS
probably no one word Is so ircquen,v
quoted by tho press aud travelling pun.
rs Cmur d Alenc. To change 81 ~ ,n
least would be sncrilcgious act wnVa
need not be feared. IL would be Wen 20
bear in mind. however, that the. igno.1
ramuscs are not all dead and look nt'
tie out for innov ations that might prov
detrimental to future prosperity