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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1895-11-29

MAX LEVIN
Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-14
uorLD BENEFTT THIS COrtTRr.

The threatened European war may
not happen, though the Indications point
strongly to hostilities in the very near
future. The situation is complicated
while the powers appear to be
united in their determination to compel
Turkey to submit to their terms. the de-
lay Of the porte in making a definite
reply to the demands suggests that
hope is being held out from some quar-
ter, for the Turkish government is in
no condition to enter upon Il war and
would be speedily overwhelmed and
the empire dismembered in a conflict
with the combined powers which APP
pear to be arraycd against her. Under
the circumstances the indiSpOsitiOn of
the Turkish government to yield to the
wishes of Great Britain. France and
Russia, with which the nations in the
triple alliance seem to be in sympathy.
appears ineXplicablc. except upon the
theory of Salisbury that Providence has
something to do with it. Looking at it
in that way the "Sick man of Europe
may be III the verge of dissolution.
A European war. if it comes. will in
its first effect be beneficial to the United
States. 1t would make Il demand for
our brcadStutfs and provisions at higher
prices, and if it should promise to be
Il prolonged war Il great deal of Eu-
ropean capital would immediately be
sent here for investment in American
securities and enterprises. There would
probably also be Il demand for a con-
siderable quantity of munitions of war.
though this would not be for some time,
rs all the powers are now we'll pro-
vided. Oncc the fires of wal are lighted
in Europe no man is wise enough to
say how long they would burn or how
great would be the destruction, but it
is inevitable that this country would
derive benefit in the way indicated.
Americans, as a pcace-loving people,
hope that Il European war will be
averted, but if it must come they will
not reject whatever advantages it may
bring them.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-14

cvadc this question. With little delay
" should place before the president u
bill which will materially limit the
pcrnicious activity OF such combina-
tions in the future, will secure to Amcrl-
can laborers larger and more regular
employment and will give to American
consumers n better share of the
benefits which the rapid development
OF industries under protection should
insure The suggestion Is eminently
wise. The republican party. reinstatcd
in the confidence of the people. can do
nothing more certain to maintain that
position than by vigorously assailing
i%ntrenched monopoly in all its forms.
1t is the duty of the party TO do this
and none that cOnfronts it is of greater
to the welfare of the pco-
pie and the material progress and de
velopment of the nation.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-14
TREND or POPULATION.
striking Features In the Growth of
cities nnd the %ountry

'''F' ~
In each OF the states OF Iowa. Michigan.
Minnesota and Wisconsin a census was taken
this year. The constitutions Of these various
states provide FOR a census in the middle of
the decade. This count. following the federal
census taken at the beginning of each decade.
gives a census every five years. The expense
is not great. aud statistics Of population
ana material progress are furnished which are
instructive and valuable.
In these four states the total increase of
population is about $50, 900 since 1890. The
gain is much smaller than that which oc-
Cured during the seni-decade from 1885 to
1899. Tae falling off In the rate of increase
doubtless is due to the fact that European
immigration has decreased. but more so by
the fact that people. migrating from the
east to find western homes, have gone farther
west. to the newer states and to the Pacific
coast.
a striking feature of this years census
statistics. however, ia the disparity between
the estimated increase and the actual in
crease of population in the minor western
cities. The increase of urban population has
been much less than the gueases based upon
directory and school statistics had led the
public to suppose. In fact, the city increase
has been but little or no greater than the
increase in the farming districts. The growth
or the city population and the rural popula-
ton has proceeded along on substantially
parallel lines.
ms IaCt tends TO show that the farming
interest during the last five years has been
as prosperous as the commercial and manu-
featuring interests. The increase in popull-
tion is a test, and the best test. of general
prosperity. When the population stands still
it Is a sign Of business and industrial de-
preston. Increase of population is a sign
OF growth in all the interests of the people.
Prices of many farm products. especially
wheat and some other grains, have been very
low for the past four years. In 1894 IL an
peared as ii the lowest possible range of
prices had been reached. Fifty-cent wheat
was a phenomenon that appeared like an
omen of universal agricultural disaster and
decay.
Yet the evidences of agricultural prosperity
are numerous and everywhere displayed In
spite Of low prices at the markets, of high
prices for transportation. of the exactions
of middlemen and of all the "scalps'' and
profits, which arc gathered between pro-
ducera and consumers. the producers have
been increasing in wealth and numbers as
rapidly as any other class of population. The
country has grown as rapidly as the cities
results which industry and thrift produce.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-14
INCREASING IMMIGRATION.

Statistics of immigration at the port
of New York from Europe. for the eight
months from the opening of May to the
end of October, show an increase in the
number of immigrants over the corrc-
spending period of last year of nearly
10000. This indicates that for the cur
rent fiscal year, ending with Tune next,
the immigration will be higher than for
some years past and that the country
will regain II considerable proportion of
the population lost by emigration during
the two years of panic and industrial
depression, when it is estimated more
people returned to Europe than came
into the country from abroad.
The increased immigration is due, of
curse, to the improved industrial con
ditions here, ana its continued increase
will depend upon whether these CON
ditions continue to improve. 1t is evil
dent that people abroad are well in
formed regarding the state of industries
and business in the United States and
there are always thousands in the old
world ready to seize the first oppor-
tunity that offers to come to this coun-
try with Il view to lettering their con
dition. The increase during the last
eight months is greater, perhaps, than
was To have been expected so soon after
the general depression, and it seems to
indicate how many there are in the
crowded and taX-oppressed lands of Eu-
rope who are constantly looking hope
fully to this country for the chance to
better themselves.
AS to the character of the immigrants.
it is fair to assume that it is generally
good. since the anti-immigration organs
of the east are not finding any fault
with it. Doubtless some of it is not in
the highest degree desirable, but under
n strict enforcement of the laws, which
it appears we are having, the danger
of very undesirable people coming into
the country through the regular chan
nels is reduced to Il minimum. The
steamship companies have learned that
it Is Il very Improbable business TO
bring over persons who may not fully
Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-14

Washington Post; Every democrat one
meets lays It to the administration. SO does
every republican.
Boston Globe; II Detroit alone could elect
tho next president OF the United States, PIN
gree would be the man.
indianapolis News: MIR. Bayard was SUR
priscd at the result OF the elections. MIR.
Bayard is not alone in the experience Of this
sensation.
Chicago Tribune: A Chicago preacher has
nominated Theodore Roosevelt for president
He did not say Of what. but We presume
the Y. T. $. G. E. or the Y. NJ. c. A.
st. Louis Republic: The truth is ont at last.
Colonel Joseph II. McCullagh. editor Of ths
Globe-Democrat is a candidate for the United
States senatorship from the state Of Missouri
and everything seems to Indicate that Chaun-
cey |. Filley has taken the republican editor
under his wing.
indianapolis Journal: II was hardly neces-
sary for Senator Quay TO deny the charge
that he helped German, Brlce or Blackburn
in the recent campaign. The result speaks
for itself, and each Of the gentlemen named
is ready to swear, as he looks over the party
ruins, that nobody helped him very much.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-14
MUST DEAL WITH THE TRUSTS,

1t appears to be settled that the trusts
and combinations are not to be inter
fered with during the term of the
Cleveland administration. Notwith-
standing the declarations of Mr.. Clcvc-
land in his inaugural address condcm-
natpry of immense a~ggregations of
kindred enterprises and combinations
of business interests" which he char
acterized as Inconsistent with the fair
field which ought to be open to every
independent activity" no sincere and
earnest effort has been made by the
administration either to enforce the
antitrust law of 1880 or to test the
provision of the tariff law declaring
contrary to public policy, illegal and
void every combination, conspiracy.
trust, agreement or contract made by
or between w or more persons or cor
porations either of whom is engaged in
importing any article from any foreign
country into the United States. and
when such combination, conspiracy,
trust, agreement or contract is intended
10 operate in restraint of lawful trade.
VI IiNt 'Ollili'Nlli'h III ithiNl lI;itlt bI
commerce, or to Increase the market
price in any part of the United States
of any article or articles imported or
intended to be imported into the United
States, or of any manufacture into
which such imported article enters or
is intended to enter. This provision of
the tariff law was aimed at the sugar
trust, yet not the least attempt has
been made to apply it to that rapa-
ciouS combination. which continues to
flourish with impunity and to exact
what tribute it will from consumers.
while exercising an arbitrary and des-
potic control over the merchants who
handle its product. Only this month
the sugar refining monopoly has thrown
out of employment many men in order
to hold up the price of sugar as long
as possible to the cost of foreign sugar
after paying the duties. The neglect of
the administration TO take any action
looking to the enforcement of the anti
trust provision OF the democratic tariff
act may fairly be construed as evi-
dCnCe of Il compact with the sugar re-
filming combination. At any rate, its
failure TO proceed against this trust
ties its hands in respect to all the
others, more especially since Mr.. Cleve-
lands first attorney general, now Secre,
tary OF state, diScredited the antitrust
law of 1890, aud therefore nothing Is
to be expected hostile TO the trusts from
this administration.
The country must wait for a repub-
lican administration to deal with the
trusts, but in the meanwhile Il repub-
lican house of representatives may
wisely and properly put the party on
record by enacting legislation which, us
the New York Tribune says, twill treat
conspirators against the peoples welfare
as public enemies, and not as owners oS
the government" That paper urges
that 1.-THE coming congress, strongly re-
publican in the house, will not be able
nor will it have any proper motive to
Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-14
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

Some thirsty, envious scribe remarks that
Kentucky colonies view the returns with rye
faces.
The potato mayor of Detroit has uttered
an ultimatum on our foreign policy. That
settles it.
The police judge of San Francisco s~alivates
the buns in the morning and beats the saliva
ton drum in the evening.
The powers buster and threaten and
brandish carving knives, but the chasm be-
tween promise and performance does not per-
ceptibly decrease in Turkey.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton acknowledged that
she was so last Tuesday. For this and other
reasons she deserves to be classed as one
Of Americas grand old women.
The st. Louis Republic is perplexed for a
solution Of the question, who did help Cor
mani" At this distance it looks as if the
voters of Maryland helped him out.
Count Boni Castellane has invested nearly
81, 900, 600 Of Gould in Paris real estate.
While blowing his American haul, the titled
migrate speaks disrespectfully of Americans.
Sar Peladan, the head Of the Partisan Rosy
Cross society, which Nordau says is composed
of crazy people, and writer Of an endless
series of mystic novels, having found a rich
widow who will marry him, has shorn his
long locks and given up his eccentricities.
Photographs OF the Marlborough wedding,
before and after, sho% what a wonderful
change a ceremony will effect. The bride
was thr5e inches taller than the groom be-
fore marriage. Leslie's picture Of the march
from the alter represent the duke ahead Of
the bride. That is, he was not as short as
he used to be.
Ouida, according to a correspondent Of
Woman, leads a most retired life in the
neighborhoOd Of Nlllebuia, Italy. She never
receives now, but is occasionally to be seen
walking about the lanes escorted by her six
dogs. of whom she IS passionately fond.
More generally, though, she prefers to sit or
walk in her own grounds.
The sultan of Turkey has seven children,
three of them being daughters. bearing the
name of Maine. Fekie and Naile. He is now
SO years old, his youngest daughter Is II,
and his youngest son 10. The crown will
not be inherited by the eldest son, but by his
brother, Mehemmed-Reshad Effendi-the law
of succession being that the oldest living male
desCendent of Gilman, the founder Of the
empire, shall reign. He must be born in the
harem, but it does not matter whether he
is the son of a free woman or Of a slave.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-14
The Reccding silver Wave.
Philadelphia Record.

IHTHl'1pIIa RECORD.
In the election in Nebraska and in the
special election for congress in Illinois are
suilcient signs OF the decline of the silver
mania IN the west. Two years ago the silver
democrats outnutbered the sound money
democrats in Nebraska more than two to one.
In the election on Tuesday last the democrats
Of Nebraska werCs divided on the silver cues
ton and the sound money candidate for SUI
prime court Judge, although defeated by a
republican, distanced his free silver opnonent
The returns from the special election in iii
nois show that the democratic free silver
candidate was beaten in every county in The
district,
Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-14
wutr urLL rHr PRESIDENT no,

WHAT VIII THE PRESIDENT nos
What view OF the Pacific railroad
debt settlement will President Cleveland
take in his forthcoming message? win
he range himself with the government
directors whom he appointed or will
he endorse the plan of the rcorgauiza-
ton syndicate, which wants TO plaster
a S2Oo,noo,OO0 mortgage on the Union
Pacific road and sentence its patrons to
sweat blood under that blanket for the
next hundred years? This part
at least Of the presidents forth
coming message concerns the pros
perity of the people of this
section of the country more vitality than
anything he may have to say on any
other subject from Alaska to Venezuela.
Should President Cleveland take an
affirmative stand in favor of the pro-
gram mapped out by the government
directors. congress would be compelled
either to cnaCt II law in accord with
that plan of settlement by foreclosure
and consolidation of the Union and Cen
trail Pacific or leave the subject alone
and let the holders of the first mort
gage bonds buy the roads in at public
sale without Intervention of congress.
For the people who pay the freight the
shortest cut to foreclosure will be far
preferable. The sooner the road is put
on Il solid foundation with the water
wrung out and is operated on the basis
Of actual value the better for al con
cprupd.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-14

The st. Louis Republic makes the an
nouncement that j. b. McCullagh, the
able editor of the Globe-Democrat of
the same city, is an aspirant for sena-
torial honorsk Tbe Bee is reluctant to
believe that Che Republic speaks by au-
thority or that Mr.. McCullagh, who
has ut all tinIes denied entertaining
ambition to hold any office. is really
seeking POLITICAL prererment. But if
Missouri is to hive n republican scna.
tor and Mr.. McCullagh can be prevailed
upon to accept the position. that state
will be represented in the senate by a
man who will do his duty faithfully and
honestly by his constituents and in
whom the people of all classes will
justly take pride.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-14

At a recent meeting OF the officers OF
the Associated Charities the affairs of
the organization We're reported to be in
good working condition. The mild
weather so far this season has not di-
rected public attention to the necessity
of fortifying charitable organizations
against the demands of cold weather.
Minneapolis recently swelled its charity
fund by a successful ball, and is active
in the work of organization for the
winter. Omaha should move along the
same lines.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-14

answer to thr<pquiremcnts of the laws
and they t~6fse1ucntly exercise great
care in shipping cmigrants, while the
business Of soliciting emigrants has very
greatly falhn off during the past year
or two. 1t is quite possible that the in.
crcasing Immigration will have the cf-
feet to revive efforts in congress for
more restrictive legislation, but there
does not appear to be any reason TO
apprehend that such efforts will sue
coed or evYl that they will command
much support. Both the west and the
south want immigration, and with these
sections united in opposition to further
restrictions the neutrality-suspicious. will
have no chance of having their plans
adopted.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-14

position on tho saloon question and then al
lowing him to frame an answer with which to
catch the church vote, Please do not over.
look my claims when you distribute the
places for the coming administration Yours
for the cause. JACOn HAUCK.
Late Lecturer Of the late Personal Rights
League and Letter Writer Extraordinary to
W. ]. Broafch.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-14

The ugliest problem ahead of the new
board of county commissioners is the
rapidly a%ugmenting Judgment DEGREES
incident to the poor farm lot tiaSco.
The courts have decided that the county
government must reimburse purchasers
OF lots to which it could not give an
incontestible title, returning all moneys
paid and interest thereon. This judg-
ment fund therefore is drawing the
legal rate of interest, a higher rate than
the county pays on its bonded debt.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-14

Ever since Omaha could claim the
title of n city the people have made
periodic attempts to induce the rail
roads to provide proper depot facilities.
Overtures made We're usually met with
a request for n bond subsidy to be voted
by the city. An opportunity will soon
grand union passenger depot without
the bond subsidy attachment, and it
should be grasped with uneXampled
CELEBRITY.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-14

The inevitable trend of events in the
electric world points Enthusiastically to
lower telephone rentals. The Bell Ber-
liner case which will be tried by the
supreme Il is the pivot upon which
greatly reduced telephone rates will
turn. The Bell company has enjoyed
the exclusive right of its generic patents
for the full legal term and hopes to
have the supreme court of the United
States double that term. Every local
exchange is bound down by ironclad
contracts to pay e%Xorbitant tribute to
the parent company, and if the supreme
court shall decide the Bcrliner case adj
versely the field will be thrown open
to all kinds of telephones and rental
prices will fall at least 30 per cent.
The people of, Omaha will welcome
that day.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-14

Should the supreme court decide the
Platte river canal law to be valid the
judges of the district court will be
called upon to appoint canal commits
then. should the bond proposition carry,
the bench would have some soft bcrthS
to dispense. 1t is doubtful, however,
whether the people of this county will
be willing to vote any more mortgages
upon their property.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-14
RUFUS WINDY GIBSON.

Members of the Conference Committee
Gentlemen: In the distribution of the posi-
tions and clerkships under the coming adj
ministration | beg leave to remind you that
| do not want to be overlooked. l an anxious
to retain my present job in the county sur
veyor's Office or to get a snap equally as
easy in some other department of the city
or county government. / have only to re-
mind you, to show you my claim to a place,
that am the man who played stool pigeon
for Broatch in writing a letter asking his
Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-14

The Commercial club is planning a
accommodating tour into southwest Iowa
and northern Missouri, Il region unSur-
passed in fertility and varied resources.
The merchants of Omaha have never
made persistent efforts to draw trade
from western Iowa. What they re-
ceiyed simply came. A vast trade is
there awaiting conquest.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-14

All the new members of the legislature
Just elected TO fill vacancies caused by
the designations or removal Of repre-
sentatiycs are republicans. But as
there is no present prospect that they
will even be called upon to exercise the
duties of their offices, they will prob
ably have no opportunity to leave the
Impress of their party utilization on the
legislative records of Nebraska.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-14

IOUTaNHTV VUUTTtT-JOUIN lT.
Senator Jones Of Nevada thinks that there
will be a separate silver party in the field
next year. 1t looks as if there will have to
be II the advocates Of free silver are to have
a chance to vote for their hobby. Nothing in
politics is surers than that the democratic
party in 1896 will have nothing to do with
free silver, and the sentiment of the coun-
try on this issue. has become so manifest
that it is probable that the republican party
viii for once not attempt to straddle the
financial question.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-14

The new Overland fast mail service
will be IL marked Improvement on the
service the people along that route have
had recently, but it is by no means the
best that could be had on the short line
between Chicago and San Francisco.
The distance from Chicago to New
York, about LOCO miles, has been COW
cred by trains in from nineteen to
twenty-five hours. The distance from
Chicago to Omaha is 800 miles and the
time by the proposed fast mail train
will be fourteen hours, while from
Omaha to San Francisco, a distance of
1,I5O miles, the time will be fifty-one
hours, making in all sixty-fivc hours
for II distance of $3.50 miles. At the
speed prevailing on ordinary trains be
tween New York and Chicago the trip
could be made in fifty-six hours. At
limited express speed. or fifty miles an
hour, it could be made in forty-five
hours. While this speed may not be
practicable now it is bound to become
common at no distant day.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-14

One of the populist newspapers pub
lished in Custer county suggests that
Congressman KEN should resign. But
Congressman KEN won't resign any
more than will any other member of the
Nebraska congressional delegation, and
the pOpulist editor may therefore as
well save his wind.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-14

one good sugar beet season will
smooth all the troubled waters between
the beet grower and the sugar manu-
f%acturer and restore them to the most
friendly relations.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-14

Watch the council from now on until
January l. The time between election
day and the incoming Of the new coun-
cilmen is always the time for the in.
cubation and preparation of all kinds
of Jobs and StoalS.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-14

G. j. Phelps, the free silver demo-
cratic candidate for supreme judge,
may not have polled the votes that he
expected, but he has drawn a consola-
ton prize in the appointment as II of
the jury commissioners for the Hill
case that ought to be a measurable
SOlace for him.