The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-05-11

bread being taken from their mouths
by vicious legislation, and they are to-
day on their knees, not granting hear
ings, but taking and obeying absolute
ly without question the orders of the
millionaire trusts, as to changes to be
made 10 the tariff bill. Mr.. Cleve-
land and Secretary Carlisle are up to
their necks in this filth, while those
democratic senators who are always
ready to obey the crack Of the party
whip are kept in ignorance of what is
going or; that have only to be told
that IL bill is party measure TO sup
port it. no matter what its nature NAV
be. Surely the workingmen will have
a long score to settle with the demo-
cratic party.
A warning to newspaper publishers
against lending their names and lntlu-
ence to be used in business of which
they know nothing and which they
cannot control, is contained in a bill
filed in court by William R. Hearst,
publisher of the San Francisco Exami-
ner. against John Wedderbnrn, man
ager of the "Press Claims Company,
and the ''Examlner Claims Bureau" of
Washington, asking for the appoint
ment of receiver. Mr.. Hearst says
he was a partner of Wedderburn's III
the EXAMINER Claims Bureau" and
that Wedderburn WAS under their con-
tract to furnish the capital and man
age the business. He charges We'd
derburn with organizing and maintain-
ing the Press Gains Company" with
money belonging to the Examiner
BIreau;" with other misrepresentation
OF funds, including the proc eds of
note for $4,000 signed BY the firm name
without authority; with creating large
Indebtedness; with refusing to return
money in accordance with contracts
with certain subscribers of the ST.
Paul Pioneer Press AMI the Omaha
Bee, aud with injuring the reputation
of the San Francisco Examiner by
general miSmanagement and by adver-
Using to give prizes for inventions.
Some drmocrat-loubtless an APP
p!icant for his of1ice-started a story
that Gen. James A. Dumont, who has
for many years been chief government
,, inspector of steamboats,, was contem-
plating retirement because of feeble
ness caused by old age 1t was cruel
lie. Gen. Dumont, in denying it said:
81 am just as lively and energetic as
was twenty years ago" There is only
one thing the matter with Gen. Du,
mont He is republican,
Senator Quay's friends are uneasy
about his conditiOn. HIS health has
not been good for year or two, but
it was not until recently that it began
to show signs OF ii permanent break
down. HIS absence just at this time
is very much felt by his republican
colleagues in the senate, aside from
the feeling of esteem for him which
makes his absence at any time il mat
ter of general regret.
Coxey's SO called army is in the Dis
t,lct of Columbia, and, barring some
unexpected happening, they will to-
morrow march through the streets of
Washington, but they will not be al
lowed to go up on the capitol grounds
as an on lganlzed body. Their camp
was visited yesterday by large num-
Der of curiously inclined Washington
l'ns, and great was the surprise OF
many to find such an insignificant col
lection of filthy and woe-begone hu-
manity dubbed an army, 1t is doubt
ful if ten per cent of the several hun
dred men composing the army could
he prevailed upon no matter, how great
,he inducement offered, to take a reg