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The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-05-24

do the wickedness; nnd the act is called
"dispossession;" and it is the family that
does not pay the rent that is rebuked
the criminal.
Let a company of capitalist exploiters
get together and boom a town for the
purpose Of gathering therein and entrsp-
ping, by the hesvenliest promises of
large wsges,a multitude Of honest miners,
TO dig mineral wealth for them out of
the earth; and then, by plundering them
Of their product and fighting them with
starvation, fill a cemetery with the dead
bodies Of women and babies, as GhRuncey
M. Depew, D. o. Mills, the Vanderbilts,
w. Il. and F. w.; F. r. Fairbank, John
l. Blair, VIM. L. Scott, d. P. Kimball,
and others by their agents did in Spring
Valley, Ill, a few years ago. Will the
state go into an ecstasy Of horror Of the
crime and have those mon arrested and
tried and executed to avenge the
slaughter Of those precious citizens? Not
much! The state will call those muir
derers our "solid," Substantial" and
foremost" citizens and glory in them.
And yet the slow dying of those babies
on their starving mothers breasts was an
Infinitely more fiendish and hellish crime
than the poisoning Of Helen Potts Harris.
But her death was called murder; their
deaths were merely "business." No; it is
only some forms of murder the state
takes cognizance of.
Let q structural steel company Of iron
hearted labor skirnsrs, or railroad COM
pany of American manhood crushers, de.
iberately combine and plot to lock out
several thousand Of their slaves in order
to withhold from them little more of
the means Of life, no Judge can be found
in the name of the locked-out to declare
the action conspiracy and violation of
the interstate commerce act. And if
those rich bRnditti send for poor bsnditti
Of mercensry cut-throats to coerce their
slaves by the terror of the slaughter of
some OF them, will the state rise up in
all the majesty Of the law and hunt alike
those rich and poor murderers to prison,
to judgment aud the scRffold for the afro
cious mRssacreP Has anybody up to
last quotations heard that the Frick
and Carnegie murderers, or the murder
ers OF the boy Broderick, in Buffalo,
have been caught yet? Nay; did not
Governor Pattison, of Pennsylvania, send
Brute Streator and gang Of 5000 shoot
ers and stickers, to protect the Carnegie
gang OF murderers, and if necessary to
help them commit moro murders? And
did not the Sweet Flower of Albany,
who gave 30 much of his anxious thought
and valuable time to a prsyerful con-
siderstion OF the solemn question Of
Harris guilt, and conscientiously deter
mined that In justice to the murdered
girl-wife, Harris must die-did he not, I
say, order out thousands of the militia
to go out on the double-quick trot to
help his railroad capitalist masters stsrve
their slaves, and to militsrily murder
them il necessary And yet the murder
of the boy Broderick was as infamous as
that of Helen Potts.
Why this distinction between murder
and murder? Why is wholesale murder,
such as militia shootingS, police club
hinRa. and cRnitRliat Rh. .IlaaRlA atarva.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-05-24

murder, he should be careful to commit
only the legal and respectable kind
F. SCrimshsw in The People IN. w., May
IA.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-03-29

present administration, will not be
converted into a club room, nor the
secretary or his employees be found
during business hours, or at any
other time, in besstly state of in
toxication. Can the Capital say as
much for the Bill Higgins adminis-
tration?
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-03-29
The Official Paper.

meeting IN 1917, designated as state OIL
cial paper the Topeka Capitals paper
which had held that position for a num-
Der Of years. The law provides that a
paper 80 designated shall continue as
such official paper for one year unless
certain contingencies shall arise making
it necessary for the council to designate
another paper. Although the position
is not very lucrative one, the publishers
Of the Capital seemed to hang on to it
with as much tenacity as do the railroad
commissioners and superin tOndent of
insurance. This was all right, for it
seems no one thought Of asking them to
resign.
But it appears that the manager Of the
official paper, about the adjournment Of
the legislature, becoming fearful that he
would not get his share Of the sppropri-
atoms, urged the secretary Of state to
hurry up the bills that had lately been
passed, SO that before the Capit0PS term
expired these bills might be published
in that sheet along with the numerous
libels, slanderous statements, and false
charges against state officers which it
contained from day to day. 1t also sp-
pears that while the said secretary Of
state was not alarmed about the mana
gers solicitation, he did rush in some Of
the most important bills, such as his
judgment told him ought to become laws
as early as possible, but further than to
do that he did not exert himself in the
least Why should he do so for the &C.
eommOdation of a company whose editor
and manager had never neglected an
opportunity to belittle and villify both
the state off i,ers and the people that
elected them? So after threatening sew
eral times to "roast" the secretary in case
he did not do as requested, and after hav-
ing carried out this threat, and finding
that it did not change matters, j. K.
Hudson, president Of the Capital COM
panY, sent to the governors office
short letter resigning the position which
the paper had held.
OF course no official notice was taken
of the resignation, as the council would
not have another meeting until the Goth,
the day on which they would be re-
quired by law to designate an official
paper. The same day this letter Of
resignation was filed the secretary of
state received request from the mayor
of Girard requesting the publication of
bill No. 444, relating to the Girard water
works. Mr.. Osborn sent the bill to the
Capital Office and received the following
reply:
Hon. Il. s. Osborn, Secretary of State:
DEAR SIR:-In view OF the resignation
OF the Capital as official state paper,
placed in the governors hands this after
noon, to take effect Immediately, l re-
turn you herewith copy for publication
just received. Yours truly,
DELL KEIzER, Business Manager.
The average citizen will certainly
smile out loud at this display of bravery
on the part Of the publishers Of the Off
cial paper who hang on till the last week
and then say in their letter Of resignR-
tion that they resign in order that an
other paper may be designated and the
laws published at once for the accommo.
dation of the people.
The haot Esto. ,olorra o,1 o,,lt;,,okov,
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-03-29
THE SENATE INVESTIGATION.

How the Gambling Fraternity Was Re.
lieved of It's Surplus Wealth--LegatC
and Leland Disclose Some Doodle Elk
perienCe,
The senate committee, which ad
journed on the 18th, met again on tho
2lst and proceeded with the taking oi
evidence until Wednesday noon, when il
adjourned to meet at the call OF the
chairman. During the session John
Mofitt, the Capital information bu.
resu," who had made sneak to Okla.
homs, telegrvphed from Ell Reno that he
could not afford to help purify the poll.
tics Of Kansas for nothing or on credit
and that some $50 would be necessary to
pay his expenses. If that amount was
forwarded him, he would come. The
committee, not having much faith in his
integrity, refused to send the money
Pat Coney, the other informer, returned
from Illinois next day after the adjourn
ment. Since that time, Representative
Burgard wired from Washington that he
would like to give some testimony. He
will probably be accommodated.
G. w. Mitchell, one Of the new Kansas
City police commissioners, was on the
stand, but knew nothing concerning the
charge of boodlelsm. The examination
Of two telegraph operators as to tele-
graphic communications between Legate
and his Kansas City friends brought out
nothing, and the same was true OF several
policy gamblers who were on the stand.
James F. Lsgate told most wonder
full story, but it was disappointment to
Hudson at whose instigstion the witness
was summoned. His defective memory
as to names had a psrslyzing effect on
the senators who subjected him to q
cross examination.
Cy Leland, the old-time political fixer
Of Doniphsn county, wanted to dispute
the evidence Of Mr.. McAleny given the
week before, and was given permission to
do 80. He said before the session began
he met Mr.. McAleny in Kansas City and
afterward at a hotel in Topeka. Later
he met him in q room in the Keith build
ing, and told him if he would vote for q
democrat for United States senator he
could get the patronage Of his county.
Witness had asked Mr.. Lillis If McAleny
could be bought, and Lillis answered
that he did not want to have anything to
do with money transaction. He (the
witness) did not mention Joe Hudson's
name to McAleny in talking with Nc
Aleny. He had known Burgard two
years ago whom the latter was acting as q
spy during the senatorial campaign, He
said Burgard came to republican head
quarters every night and reported what
had been done in the Populist csucuses.
S. B. Bradford, ex-sttorney general,
testified that in December he had agreed
with Pete Kline to draft q bill to be in
troduced in both houses for the protec-
tion Of his business. He prepared the
bill, but Kline said it would not do. Wit
ness had told Legate what he was to get
for the work, and Lsgste said he might
as we'll have had $500 or 200. Brad
ford knew nothing to substsntiste tho
charges the Capital had made.
Tx Hndann wna 70 nallad at hia own
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-03-29
THE ERROR IN HOUSE BILL NO. 2g2.

We have, IN the editorial comments
Of the Capital upon q clerical errol
in the above bill, another illustration
OF the fact that it his absolutely Inn
possible for that journal to be fair Oh
honorable upon any subject whatever
A copy of the bill was furnished by
the secretary of state to the Capital
and was published according to copy
After it's publication there was found
to be clerical error in the bill, the
effect of which is to impair the bonds
to which 1t relates. After the dis
covery of the error the Capital makes
one of it's characteristic assaults upon
the competency of the clerical force
IN the secretary of states office, from
which we clip the following as show
ing its unfairness and dishonesty:
II the secretary of state desired good SER
vice in his office il would have been the
proper course to retain at least one oompe-
tent clerk from the outgoing administra-
tion, but the reform pressure was so great
upon him that our noble little secretary
filed his Office at once with raw hands who
knew about as much Of the duties they were
appointed to perform as a TeXss steer
knows about aesthetics.
The Press will excuse Us for withdrawing
few minutes to smile at its explanation
that the secretary Of state was determined
not to send out copy until it was free from
errors. The Capital has never exposed the
frightful botchwork in Secretary Osborn's
copy for publication, but the Press break
justifies few remarks on that particular
matter. For the first time in the history of
the Capital the official copy for publication
Of laws has been 30 full Of errors Of the most
careless character, that for its own protec-
tion the Capital has saved every line Of copy
sent to it. This was fortunate, as it hap
pens, for only yesterday a question came up
as to vital error in H. B. 292, relating to
certain bonds issued by the town Of Argen-
tina. After the publication of the law a
gentleman took the bonds TO sell and it
was then discovered that the official publi-
cation described the bonds in 'series ]" as
numbered "from 1913 to 2O2 inclusive"
whereas the law as passed numbered them
properly from 1913 to 20S. The bonds could
not be sold and an effort was made to
fasten the error on the Capital. Our official
copy, however, exonerates US and throws the
blunder on the secretary Of state.
Now we have personally examined
the original copy of the bill which
was furnished to the secretary of
state bearing the signatures of the
officers of the legislature, and find
that the error is in this original bill,
and neither the secretary Of state or
any of the attaches of his Office are
in any way responsible for it. Fur
ther than this, we were present in the
Office Of the secretary of state when
the representative of the Capital was
shown the original bill, and heard
him acknowledge to the secretary
that neither he or his clerical force
were responsible for the error, and
yet no correction of the above unjust
charges appears in the Capital nor
will there. The people, if any re-
main who have a particle of conf
dence in anything they see in its
columns. are left to believe that this
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-03-29
emphstically repeated all the important
part Of his former statement:

OOO6 hLVOA OAo ARAl OA0SU4Ou pnoLO WINS
q conference in Topeka with reference to
the organization of the legislature.
Judge Webb and three or four others
were present. 1t was with reference to
bringing certain legislative contests be-
fore the supreme court [ thought it
very childish. They were political prob
lens to be taken before a court whose
political proclivities would lead it to de-
eide against it, From my knowledge Of
the canvass made up my mind that
there were six or seven Of those republi-
can members who were really counted
in. disagreed with Judge Webb and
the other lawyers as to the best way to
go at it to get control Of the legislature,
and concluded to run canvass Of my
own, nor did know at that time exactly
what was going to do. I thought it
best to see quite number Of Individual
members Of the legislature and canvass
the situation to see if we could not get
enough republicans to 60 in with us to
organize the house. That, Of course,
would take some money. Now, I don't
want you to think that $4,000 was all
that l spent. got 5000 from Ed. Shows
partner. | enlisted the assistance of
several republican gentlemen, who
started out over the state to visit men,
bers- elect. They were gone about a
week. went down to Kansas City,
where l was trying to make deal with
s. M. Ford for an interest in his paper,
the Kansas City Mail. 1 learned things
then and there that | did not know be-
fore. 1t was told me with all the appear
Rnce of truth that w. j. Buchan had
extorted from the whisky dealers of Kan
sas City, Mo-, from $4,000 to $4,000
annually for number Of years. In the
rounds l struck Pete Kline, who is in
terested in whisky, as we'll as the policy
business. His gambling is in the form
Of policy, which is conducted under q
charter issued by the secretary of state,
and Kline told nae that the secretary of
state, William Higgins, had regularly
drawn $500 month from him for issu-
ing that charter. He also said that the
gamblers had raised $4,000 a year and
given it to the republicans. l told Kline
that l wanted to buy the Kansas City
MGGI, and that if he would raise me
$1,000, which was enough to pay the
debt, would give him one-third inter
est as his security, Mr.. Ford to retain
one-third, and myself the other third.
"But to 20 on with my story about the
legislature. I learned that there were
probably eight republicans willing to
vote with the Populists in the leglsla-
ture. / wanted to get money to defrsy
the expenses of canvsssing the situation.
went to Pete Kline and said / wanted
$4,000, and that if he would raise it from
the whisky men, or could give me that
amount, if worse came to worse, would
intercede through the governor with the
police commissioners Of Kansas City and
guarantee that they should be no longer
blsckmailed by Buchsn's crowd. When
the legislature was about to assemble,
came to me at the Copeland
hotel and said that there were four men
who would not vote for Hoch and four
who would not vote for Douglass
ing eight who would go with US. The
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-03-29

The best lister, plows and cultivstors
in the world are the John Deere. Sold
by j. II. FOUGHT, North Topeka.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-05-25
A SUGGESTION.

The following unsigned effusion
was found stuffed in the keyhole Of
the office door one morning this
week:
Mr.. EDITOR:
I hear that the peoples party and
the democrats of Oregon are ar
ranging a match between Governor
Pennoyer and President Cleveland
to come off on or before September
Ist, 1898. I would suggest that
the place Of meeting be some quiet
place on Yaquina bay, near Toledo
There are several quiet hooks where
the men could meet and have their
scrap all over before the authorities
could get hold of them. l would
recommend bare knuckles and bald
heads.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-05-25
RIAL tSrArE TRANSFERS.

The following re the transfers of
real estate in Lincoln county, as
filed for recrod in the office of the
county clerk, for week ending to-
day:
Isabella Oakley to John l.. Iu-
gram, lots 5 and I3, in block s,
fourth addition to Toledo. Con-
Sidera,ion, 81.
Emma 7, Rohrcr to l.. o. Stock.
man, 100 acres land, consideration
$500.
J.. h, McElroy ald wife TO Fiducia
+. Howell, lot ;, in block IS, in
Seal Rock, consideration IS.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-05-25

1.-THE citizens ofToledo and vicini-
ty are awake to their interests they
will use every legitimate effort to
induce the party hunting a location
for a creamery to locate at this
point. The operation ofa creamery
here would be of untold advantage
to the farmer and ranchers contigu-
Gus to the town, river or railroad.
1t would afford them a cash market
for the product of their milk cows
and add materially to the income of
the people. With most of the
farmers the milk would be taken
from their very doors. They could
add to their number of cows until
they utilized their range. The
rough land would be made valu-
able.
For Sale.-A we'll improved
ranch of twenty acres, situated
about half way between Toledo and
Yaquina, about half tide land; has
good frame house of6 rooms, good
barn, and other outside improve
ments. Good orchard of over 100
trees just in bearing, good garden
land, we'll cultivated. Will be sold
at a decided bargain, and on good
terms. For further particulars call
at or address this office.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-05-25
Drift Creek Items.
Fine weather at present,

Fine weather at present.
Seeding and gardening are in full
blast.
The road viewers passed through
here the first ofthe week, most every
one seems to be we'll pleased with
the route they selected. They have
selected the route that will accom-
modate the greatest number of set
tiers, of any route that could have
been selected.
Lester Grant paid Drift creek a
short visit the first of the week.
B. f, Wilhoit killed fine black
bear the first of the week, from
which he got forty pounds of lard.
Arnold and Wilhoit are shearing
sheep this week. They intend to
move tnelr Sneep 10 the valley as
soon as they are sheared.
Professor Banks passed through
this country the first of the week
enroute to his school on Big Elk.
Miss Cora Grant of Big Elk is
visiting at Mr.. Curtis Browns this
week.
Mr.. Arthur Players pleasant Wis
age was seen i'll this part of the set
tlement Thursday. Mr.. Player
has fine place at the lower end of
this valley.
Mr.. IL. {. Wilhoit lost fine
mich COW from poison Wednesday.
Mr.. Bert Griffith left for San
Francisco Thursday.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-05-25
From Elk City.
The sun shines.

The sun shines.
News are a scarce article.
J, H. Blair, of your city, is with
us for a few days attending to some
work on his farm.
Mrs. J. H. Van Orden has return
ed from Los Angeles, California,
where she has been visiting her
daughter. Her son George came
back with her. They think that
Oregon with its rain is better than
Southern California
The potato crop will soon be
planted.
The wild pigeons have made
their appearance. and some are be-
ing trapped with nets.
E, Lilliard, the MECHANIC, is with
us once more; building a boat at
the present time.
A dance will be given at the Elk
City hotel Friday night, under the
supervision Of Lilliard brothers.
Music will be furnished by Profs.
+. o. Mays and c. P. Bevins.
DIR. Carter went to Albany on
the excursion and returned next
day.
"DIcTUM EST"
Elk City, May "a, 1898.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-05-25
SENATE BILL NO. 119.
Continued from first page.

Lincoln shall. be held at the county
seat on the first Monday of each
alternate month, beginning on the
first Monday of April, 1893.
Section 7. The said county of
Lincoln is hereby attached to the
second judicial district Tor judicial
purposes, and the terms of the cir
cult court for said county shall be
held at the county seat Of said
county on the third Monday Of May
and the fourth Monday of Novem-
Der of each year.
Section 8, Until otherwise pro-
vided for, the county judge of Lin
coin county shall receive an annual
salary Of $500 90, and the county
treasurer Of said county shall re-
ceive an annual salary of $4,000,
and the county stock inspector Of
said county shall receive an annual
salary of $40; the sheriff and coun-
ty clerk of said county shall receive
the same fees as are now allowed
by law to the sheriff and clerk of
Benton county.
Section g. The county treasurer
of Lincoln county shall, out Of the
first money collected from taxes,
pay over to the treasurer of Benton
county the full amount of state tax
on the assessment of 1892 due from
the citizens of Lincoln county.
Section 10. The county judge
of Lincoln county shall let by con-
tract TO the lowest responsible bid
der the work of transcribing all the
records of Benton county affecting
real estate situated in Lincoln coun-
ty, and when concluded they shall
be examined and certified to by the
clerk of Lincoln county, and shall
hereafter be recognized and ac-
knowledged as the official record of
Lincoln county; Provided that the
clerk of Lincoln county shall be al
lowed to bid on such work.
Section II, 1t shall be the duty
of the superintendent of schools for
Benton county, within sixty days
after the appointment of the super
intendent of schools of Lincoln
county, to make out and forward
to said superintendent of schools for
Lincoln county a true and correct
transcript or abstract of the annual
reports Of the clerks Of the various
school districts embraced within
said Lincoln county, and he shall
also, at the same time of making
the apportionments of the school
fund for the year 1893, apportion
to the various school districts with
i'll Lincoln county their pro rata
proportion of said school fund the
same as if said county had not been
created and organized.
Section IL. Inasmuch as the
early formation of Lincoln county
is much desired, this act shall take
effect and be in force from and after
its approval by the governor.
Filed i'll the office of secretary of
state, February 20, 1898.