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WHICH rs DEMOCRACY?

President Harrlson's letter of ac-
ceptance is an honest statement of the
policy of the Republican party in the
past, and what it intends to do in the
future. This cannot be said of the
letter which emanated from Mr..
Cleveland a few days ago, signifying
his consent to become the candidate
Tor president on the Democratic ticket.
1t is evasive on every national issue,
and there is not single sentence that
is not susceptible of double meaning.
The position Of the Democracy on
public questions must be delusive to
be presentahie to the country, and
such has been its policy in every
presidential campaign for over thirty
years. On the tariff question the
English papers and other friends of
free-trade expected an unequivocal
stand-accordlng to the Chicago plat
forum opposition to Republican
protection; but In this all were disap-
pointed. If the policy pursued by the
administration and advocated in the
Republican platform Is unconstitu-
tlonal, then tariff reform is so like
wise. and the only tenable position for
any American patriot to take is abso-
lutte free-trade. But Mr.. Cleveland
evinces careful training by Tammany
in handling this plank, and uses the
following eauivocal language: "Tariff
reform does not mean the extermina-
tion of American industries, nor the
precipitation of real free-trade, nor
the ultimate adoption of that impossi-
BILE thing which protectionlsts hold up
as scare crow to frighten the voters.
Tariff reform does mean freer raw ma
terial for our manufacturers, and a
careful distribution of the necessary
tariff burdens, and gradual elimina-
ton of the defects of the present tariff;
gradual, in order that industries may
not be destroyed" If he means by
tariff reform such an adjustment of
existing duties as will suit New Eng
land manufacturers, then he repudI-
ates the tariff resolution in his plat
form which declares sit to be funda-
mental principle of the Democratic
party that the federal government has
no constitutional power to Impose and
collect tariff duties, except for the pur.
pose of revenue only" An unconsti-
tutional law is void in any and every
particular, and if the Democratic plat
form adopted at Chicago is correct,
then all duties of whatever kind-ex-
cept for revenue-are illegal and can
not be enforced. But Mr.. Cleveland
says the party does not intend the "ul-
innate adoption" of free-trade, which,
according to the national Democratic
platform, is the only constitutional
plan to follow. The logical conclusion
to be drawn from these two docu-
ments is, if the letter of Mr.. Cleveland
outlines the plans and purposes of the
Democratic party then the platform
does not, and if it is conclusive of
Democratic doctrine Or the tariff, then
Mr.. Cleveland is wrong in his views.
Which horn of the dilemma to grasp
we leave Senator Hill and Tammany
to decide.
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WAS Done onlx as a Blind.

OTTAWA, Ontario, Sept. a7.-It is reported
that the captain of one of the British Colum-
bia sealing vessels seized by Russia in Behr-
ing sea is here for the purpose of furnishing
the government with afidavits Of his seizure
and information as to others. Also he makes
the following statement: Having been in
the Baltic, he understands the Russian Ian
guage, and while prisoner on board the
Russian gunboat learned from the conversa-
ton and actions of the Russian officials that
they are instructed to make only pretense of
seizing the American vessels, the real object
being to assert such rights in Behring sea as
would materially assist the United States in
the approaching arbitration. Be this as it
may, cablegrams regarding these seizures are
passing daily between the British and Cana
dian governments, and the sending of a Brit
ish gunboat to the scene is regarded as omin-
Gus. The contingency is certainly contem-
plated of a war between Russia and England,
and if these seizures and the consequent vio-
lation of the treaty of 1926 between Russia
and England are regarded as a casus belli,
with the United States assisting Russia, the
possible consequences to Canada are very
serious
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THE MKLNLEY BILL.

The following are few facts upon
which free-traders may cogitate:
A lace curtain company at Aver
shire, Scotland, last month started
their entire machinery.-which had been
removed to Pennsylvania-upon the
manufacture of window lace, and are
making 1000 pairs of curtain a week,
and employ 800 hands. The men
earn, and are paid, $l5 week here,
instead of Sc week in Ayershire.
The wire nail business, thanks to
the protective tariff of 1880, is now
employing in this country 100000
Aands at an average of 50 day, and
the Wholesale price per keg has been
brought down from So to $1.75.
We once bought soft coal of Canada,
and paid duty. Reciprocity relieved
it while, but the price in Canada
went up Sl.50 a ton. We had to pay
$3.50 in Boston for each ton. The
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SPOKANE, Wash. Sept. 2S.-A little
child belonging to family named Raum,
residing 10 miles from the city, was
drowned yesterday In wash boiler, in
which there wa5 only four inches of cold
water. Mrs. Raum lay down on the bed
for few minutes. leaving the child play
ing around the room. Not hearing it
making any noise she got up and found
it lying face downward in the boiler i'd
sensible. She was badly frightened, and
instead of rolling the child to get the
water out of it, laid 1t on the bed on its
back and started to neIghbor's, mile
distant. for help. When the neighbors
arrived the child was dead. Had Mrs,
Raum not lost her presence of mind Its
life could have been saved, as it had not
been In the water five minutes when
found.
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The Oakesdale Case.

TACOMA, Wash, Sept. 29.-Another
chapter was added to the Helmer- Dana
elopement case to-day by the arrival
from Oakesdale of Mr.. Helmer, who says
he will do anything to save his daughter
from ruin. He says the marriage was
illegal under the law, it being less than
six months since Dana was divorced.
He separated the couple to-day, but the
daughter refused to go home to Oakes-
dale, whereupon Helmer promised to let
them marry ii Dana promised not to get
drunk for four months. Dana states this
evening that be accepted the proposition,
and will prove worthy of the rich mans
daughter.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

Peck's and Peelle's figures are Ban
quo's ghosts to Democratic exultation.
They will not down at.its bidding.
Mr.. Adlai E. Stevenson is electrl-
flying the south, perhaps on account of
his war record; but it will not have
that effect in the north.
Cleveland and free silver and Tam
many and civil service reform are mot
toes which the Democrats can use in
this campaign to attract mugwumps
and Populists.
General John Pope, one of the war
heroess, has PASSED TO the silent shore,
and now nearly all on the long list of
union generals have answered to the
final roll call.
In the possible event of Mr.. Cleve-
lands election to the presidential Office
he will intrust civil service reform to
committee from Tammany hall, and
then it will be reformed to Hills TASTE
In the city of Philadelphia there ore
100000 working men who own their
own homes This is the result of pro-
lection, and can the same hometown
ing ratio be shown in free-trade Eng
land2
Senator Hill talks well, and it is
cheering to Democracy to hear his
horeyed words; but how will he and
Tammany act in November is ques-
tlon to which the party cannot frame
an answer.
There is no reason why the district
fair next week should not be extern
sively patronlzed. We have fine prod
ucts of all kinds, and these annual
fairs are the places where they should
be exhibited.
Gen. Weaver complains that there
is no freedom of speech at the south.
The trouble is that Weaver was once
a Republican, and that is a crime that
is never forgotten south of Mason and
Dixon's line.
Hill and Tammany are relied upon
by Democrats to keep New York in
the ranks OF the Bourbons. The effect
iveness of their work can be passed
upon with better judgment after Nov
ember. Until the election very many
will doubt the sincerity of their work.
We have it from good Democratic
that the Lake Washington
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POLITICAL JUGGLERY.

The letter of Mr. Cleveland accept
ing the Democratic nomination for
president has at last been made pub
lie, and the anxiety of the people is
relieved. There is nothing remark
able in the document, except the
unmistakable evidence that the hero
of Democracy has submitted to the
discipline of Tammany and is now a
graduated politician. His utterances
of four years ago on questions In
which the public were interested were
not so carefully worded, and it is very
clear that he has been an apt pupil in
the school of politics. Elected to the
presidency in 1884 by aid OF the
dIscontented mugwumps and by reason
of his antagonism to ring methods, III
1888 he was defeated because of bis
reliance on this prestige. From this
experience he is attempting to profit
by adapting himself to the peculiar
methods of the New York ring, and
straddling the Chicago platform in
such way that he may suit all fac
tions Of the party.
On the tariff, while equivocally
adopting the platform that protection
is unconstitutional, he caJoles the New
England manufacturer by stating that
free raw material should be accorded
to them, and says that the party ICON
templates fair and careful dlstribu-
tion of the necessary tariff burdens
rather than the precipitation of free
trade" If this is not the duplicity of
the politician, and against the Waiter
son plank In the Chicago platform. we
are at loss to conjecture what could
be-
The Force bill must be mentioned
to placate Dana, of the San, and this
is done IN few lines of high-sound-
ing patriotic platitudes, which are
absolutely meaningless and are not up
to the level of argument.
If there was anything lacking to
demonstrate the fact of Mr.. Cleveland
being in harmony with Tammany his
attitude on the money question would
settle it beyond doubt. Four years ago
hewas urequivocally in favor of mono
metalIism; but now he is bi-metall-
ist, and says "every dollar put into
the hands of the people should be OF
the same purchasing power" This
will do away with either gold or silver
as standard, and is as wild scheme
as was ever advocated by John Law.
But Mr.. Cleveland must now be con-
sidered as the politician, and not as he
was four years ago.
The letter can be read and re-read,
and the only remarkable feature in it,
is the great transformation of the
author, and the hand of Hill is ap-
parent in every sentence. The test
will be had in November, whether the
people has the same confidence in
Grover Cleveland as he is or as he
was.
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United States put a duty on it, and
Americans went to mining coal, and in
o few years increased its use from TO-
900, 900 tons per annum to l03, 3,0OO,-
600 tons each year; and its price went
down to less than dollar ton. Last
year the Boston Gaslight Company
bought its coal for 81 cents ton.
Do such facts encourage padding
our own canoe2
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TELEGRAPHIC.
Rescued at Last,

MARsHFIELD, Or, Sept. 27-Captain
O'Brien and Watchman William Holmes
were taken off the wrecked whaleback
Wetnaore this afternoon, after being on
her ten days. Captain Bergman and the
Umpqua life saying crew were the rescu-
ers. The sea was not running SO high as
yesterday, but 1t was hard struggle for
the life-savers to get to the ship. They
worked hard, however, and managed TO
get line on board, which the two men
tied around their bodies and then jumped
overheard. They were hauled into the
lIfeboats with great difficulty and
brought ashore. The men were very
much worn out from exposure, and when
they saw the lifeboat upset Friday gave
up all hopes of ever getting ashore. but
Captain O'Brien had the lifeboat ready to
launch, with buoy, oil, ETC., attached, so
that if the worst would come he intended
to risk it on the raft. The men have had
hard time of it, and for the last five
days had only one meal day. This
morning they divided the last biscuit
they had for to days meal They suf-
fered much from cold, and had to stand
two days in water up 10 their knees. The
wharf was crowded with people to-day
when the men came ashore at Empire,
and the greatest interest in caring for
their wants is taken By the people of that
city. The weather side of the main cabin
of the Wetm0re is stove in, and, from
what has been experienced, it is not
probable that any men will hereafter be
put on the wreck to keep parties from
boarding her and claiming salvage.
Captain O'Brien had a kite already
made and was waiting for favorable
wind to send 1t over the government
works, and by this means get communi
cation with his friends on the shore. He
had a letter of instructions attached to
the kite. Captain O'Bnen is satisfied
from his past weeks experience on the
Wetmore that no other type of vessel
would stand such seas as the whaleback
has experienced during that time. The
only injury is to the cabin. The vessel
is no worse than when the attemps to
float her were suspended.
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Nobody Wants Them

LONDON, Sept. 2S.-The Cunard steam
ship line having grown tired of main
tanning immigrants from Hamburg at
boarding-houses in Liverpool, and seeing
no early prospect of being able to dispose
of them by transporting to America,
offered to return the amount of their
fares, but the majority refused the offer
The company then notified the keepers
of boarding houses that it would no
longer be responsible for their support.
Thereupon the landlords turned the emi-
grants out of doors. The emigrants ap-
piled to the authorities, but the latter de-
clined to admit the strangers to the work
house. The unfortunate foreigners are
wandering about the streets, the police
for sanitary reasons not wishing to arrest
them, and nobody wanting to have any
thing to do with them.
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MORE MONEY.

The Peoples party, like the rest of
tine human family in this quarter of
the globe, are anxious to secure all the
money they can, and have an idea that
the government can scatter the dollars
broadcast by passing free silver bill.
If the mints of the United States
were running day and night coming
bullion into money very little of it
would come into the pockets of the
farmers of Eastern Oregon without
there was good yield of wheat per
acre, and. it commanded high price
per bushel in the Liverpool market.
And the same is true in regard to the
mechanic and laborer. 1t is a we'll
defined principle of politltal economy,
which has never been controverted,
that labor is the basis of value, and
coin only convenient representative
OF value, or medium OF exchange. Ine
cost of coat, hat or pair of shoes is
governed by the amount of labor nee
essary for their manufacture, and the
price of that particular kind of labor
in the market. This latter ingredient
is not in any manner controlled by the
plentitude or scarcity of money, but
by the productive power of labor, and
the amount of competition. An easy
solution, we believe, of the present
hard times would be for the govern
ment to appropriate liberal sums for
public works, thus giving employment
to skilled and unsxilled labor, and
enact restrictive immigration laws,
which would keep out of the country
foreign pauper competition.
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Murdered Many Infants.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept, 27-The Eramiaer
this morning says that DIR. H. c. Beale,
charged with the murder of Mary Carroll,
and who has disappeared, committed long
series of murders in this city. according to the
story of Mrs. Montrose, whose house he
used as private hospital. In period of 10
months, Beale had about so patients, and no
fewer than 40 children were born alive in the
house, but not one of them was permitted 10
live. Beale, according to the woman's story,
either chloroformed, choked or cremated
them, or weighted the bodies and threw them
into the bay. From Superintendent of Police
CYRUS Small, of Boston, comes the intelli-
gence that Beale Is wanted there for crimes
of similar character to those which have
made him fugitive from justice here: He
was arrested in Cambridge, Mass, in 1888,
under the name of John Harper, but levanted
to Paris and forfeited his bail.
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TELEGRAPHIO NEWS.
E.oped With n Chinaman-

SALEM, Or, Sept. 29.-Theie IS d story
In circulation that Mary Kampb, the girl
who disappeared Tuesday, came to Salem
to meet Chinaman with whom she fell
in love while picking hops on piauta--
ton near her home. He IS salo to have
given her money and it is also SAID there
were witnesses to their engagement
When Mary lefG home she wore two
dre:s SIS. She had been to Salem Monday,
when she had ample opportunity to meet
and arrange plans fer escape with her
celestial lover, who is thought to have
met her in South Salem Tuesday evening.
This story is !oId by Chinaman who
visited the hopyard during the picking
keasOn.
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An Well at Fire Island

NEW YORK, Sept. 2S.-News from
both quarantine and the convalescent
camp at Fire island this morning is en-
couraging. At the former there are no
new cases, and patients are dong better.
All are we'll at Fire island. The Ill -fated
Nornaania, which has been quarantined
since the Sd inst, left for Southampton
this morning.
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E,xe More New Gases.

New YORK, Sept. 27.-Two new cases of
cholera were reported on the steamer Bohe-
mia this morning, the first in seven days.
The patients are two Bohemian children, aged
7 and s. The latter has since died. The
steerage passengers were to have been re-
moved from the vessel yesterday, but rough
weather prevented.
At noon three more cholera patients were
removed from the steamer Bohemia, Carl
Gassman and two children. First cabin pas
sengers of the Scandia and Bohemia arrived
at quarantine at noon on the tug Euarts, of
the Hamburg American line, en- route to the
company's dock at Hoboken. There are 2S
from the Sctrndia, and 10 from the Bohemia.
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A suspected Roslyn Roober.

TACOMA, WASH, Sept. 27.-Late this
afternoon man was arrested at Kent on sus-
picion of being one of the Roslyn bank rob-
bers. He was trying to dispose of horse.
AS his actions were suspicious, he was arres-
ted. Detective Sullivan says three men
passed through Snoqualmie pass Monday,
and that he has every reason to believe that
he will capture the right parties before long
He says he has three men under surveillance
in King county who, he thinks, will prove to
be the parties wanted.
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A Singular Accident.

ERIE, Pa, Sept 29.-Tbree young
men, Orrin Sweet, Charles Ketchum and
Charles Smith, while on their way home
from political gathering, at late hour
last night. met with singular and fatal
accident. Sweet was standing danger.
ously close to the track of the Lake Shore
q Michigan Southern railroad, on which
train was passing. Ketchum at
tempted to save his friend. Sweet was
hurled against Ketchum with such force
that he, too, was crushed to death. As
the two men fell they struck Smith,
crushing him so badly that his recovery
is not expected. Smith was nephew of
Ketchum. The men were all unmarried.
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foothills of Mount Stuart. They came
back to within six miles of the Swauk
mining camp and took northeast route
over the mountains toward the Wenat
chez valley. The posse loc-ted several
places where the baudits had camped
over night and met prospector on the
road, from whom the men had procured
some food, giving him $40 gold piece
in return. There is no question but that
these are the men wanted. A vigilant
watch is being kept In the Wenatchee
and Columbia river districts. 1t is
scarcely probable that the robbers will
get through without being apprehended."
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what the Hired Man Did.

LA GRANDE, Sept, 29.-When the
hired man of George W. Rushman, a
farmer living on the sand ridge, 10 miles
north of this city, entered the barn this
morning to feed his stock, his lantern ex-
ploded, setting fire to the hay and des-
troying both building and contents. The
loss was $4,000, with 5000 insurance.
The man was severely burned and barely
escaped with his life.
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Dangerous Editor to Tr.fie with .

JACKSON, Mich, sept. 2S.-Vlctor
Hamilton was stabbed and killed at
Durant to-day by j. K. Almon, editor of
the Durant Democrat, Hamilton was
drunk and insulting. Upon being or
dered out of the office he refused TO go,
aud when showed ou, be hit Almon in
the head with brick. Almon grabbed
a knife and cut Hamilton three times in
the breast. Hamilton was a newspaper
man and son of Colonel E. ]. Hamilton,
wealthy and prominent citizen of
Holmes county. Only last week Almon
shot and killed a desperate negro.
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Robbed a PostOffice.

WEST SoIo, Or, Sept. 29.-some time
during last night burglars obtained en.s
trance to j. S. Morris 6 Co.'s drugstore
in which is situated the postoffice. and
broke open and rif1ed the safe of its con-
tents. 1t is thought to be the work OF
professional safe-crackers. The amount
stolen was about $50 in cash and near
5000 In stamps.
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Germs Are in the Hotel.

The HAGUE, Sept. 2S.-Another occu-
pant of the hotel, from which drummer
suffering with cholera was removed Mon,
day, has been stricken with the disease.
After the discovery of the disease, the
occupants Of the hotel were isolated, but
the germs spread among them. This Is
the fourth person stopping at the hotel
who has been stricken.
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A MOUNT HOOD RAILWAY.

Supplemental articles of incorporation
OF the Bridal Veil laundering Company
were filed In the Office of the secretary of
state to day by L. G. Palmer. ]. NJ. Letter.
j. s. Bradley and Charles Brown, declar
ing as among the objects of the corpora
tion that of building railroad from
Bridal Veil TO a point near the base OF
Mount Hood.
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No Trace of Her.

SALEM. Or, Sept. 2s.-Although search
has been made all day for the missing
girl, Mary Kamph, who disappeared from
her home last night. no tidings of her can
be found here. She is aged 10, and wore
two dresses when she left home for no
apparent reason.
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Is Decreasing in Rnssia.

ST. PETERSBURG. Sept. 2S.-Tbere
were reported in this city yesterday IS
new cases of cholera, decrease of two
cases compared with Monday. There
were three deaths against two Monday.
Reports from the provinces show the
epidemic continues to decrease in viru-
lence.
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An Omcer Hurt at Vancouver.

VANCOUVER, WASH, Sept. 2s.-Cap-
tain Wheeler, of the Fourth cavalry,
while OF mounted drill this morning met
with a serious accident. His horse be-
came unmsnageable and broke into a
picket fence, the officer sustaining COM
pound fracture of the leg near the thigh.