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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-05-20
Number 10.
Will Corbett be Seated2

The senate committee on privi-
leges and elections met on Tuesday
of this week to take up and consid-
er the claim of H. w. Corbett to
seat in that body oy appointment.
Mr.. Corbett has been in Wash
ington pressing his claim, in per-
son and through shrewd advocates,
since early in March. During this
period persistent and insistent work
has been done to create sentiment
in his favor with the senators and
in outside circles. Columns of ed
itorials have appeared in influential
papers in which specious pleas are
set forth in favor of Corbett's al
legged claim to a seat in the senate.
Interviews with ex-senators have
been widely published, and in each
interview the law and the prece-
dent are warped so as to give color
to the appointees claim. Back of
all this looms the shadow OF Cor
belts money, baneful and hate
full influence that is always at work,
That Corbett will be seated we
do not now doubt. He will be Civ
ell his seat in the name of party eX-
pediency, and in order 20 make a
partisan majority in the senate. 1t
is generally admitted that the Sell
ate committee will report favorably
upon Mr.. Corbett's claim, and that
the fight against it will be made on
the floor of the senate. We do not
believe that the fight there will be
of serious nature. Too many SEN
ators have shown themselves sus-
: ceptible to just such influences a:
Mr.. Corbett seems past master of
With Mr.. Corbett seated and thu
. federal patronage of the state turned
over to him, then the rape of th'
s. last legislature will be fully com
e pleted.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-05-20

Statistics compiled by the Ameri-
can Grocer shows that the con-
sumption of whiskey and other
spirits between 1892 and 1896
decreased from one and half gal
Ions to one gallon per capita. There
was large percentage in the de-
crease of wines, while the consump-
ton of beer remained stationary.
the average individual contenting
himself with about fifteen gallons
per year.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-05-20

The newspaper man has a pleas
ant life. He can say all the nice
things about man that is possible
to say for period of ten years and
then if the man does anything out
of the way and the newspaper tells
about it that man will go around
town swearing that the paper is a
lying sheet and its proprietors al
ways were stinkers, etc.-Ex.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-05-20

An exchange from Nebraska
raises its voice in rejoicing, that
although the Dingley bill promises
to raise the price on lumber, coal,
barbwire and sugar, yet dragons
blood and divi divi will be placed
on the free list. 1t urges all of its
farmer readers to buy no more
dragons blood or divi divi until
after the passage of the Dingley
bill.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-05-20

The farmers and ranchers should
not sell off their cattle, and especial
ly the young cattle, too closely.
There is shortage in the cattle
supply that will take from seven to
ten years to fill. During that time
the prices for cattle will be good,
and it behooves the farmers to keep
their stock cattle up.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-05-20
o%-NN-%

1t is said that President Mckinley
has given it out that there will be
no federal presidential appointments
in Oregon until the Legislature
elects a republican senator. This
decree, if final, will send the cold
chills chasing up and down the
spinal column of many Oregon
patriots who have their lightning
rods up for Office.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-05-20

What is the use of all this delay
over the tariff bill? 1.-THE Mckinley
law was good one and the Wilson
law was bad one, why not simply
repeal the Wilson law and re-enact
the Mckinley law. Why consume
months of time in formulating new
tariff schedules?
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-05-20

A letter received during the week
from Washington, d. c., states
that the application made to the
president, now on file in the trea-
sury department, asking for the
retention of Thomas J. Black as
collector of this customs district, is
a remarkable collection of letters.
They are written by many of the
prominent men of Oregon, without
regard to politics, and number
several hundred. The list includes
practically the representatives OF
every business interest in Portland,
and would be priced by any man.
In addition to the letters of business
and professional men, the leading
sound-money democrats of the state
also unite in asking for the retention
of Mr.. Black as collector, in recog'
milton of the effort made by hin
and them in saving Oregon from
being carried for Bryan and fret
silver. ."-Oregonian.
Tom Black ought to be one o
the first ones to go. He deserve
no recognition for anything. w
don't believe he influenced a hal
dozen men in Oregon to vote eithe
one way or the other. There is n
danger OF the administration allow
ing him to hold for another fou
years, and after Tom Black is OF
of this Office he will stay out {
office long time in Oregon.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-05-20

Here it is nearly June and con-
gress has been in session since the
middle of March, and the tariff bill
still drags. There seems to be no
hurry after all.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-05-20

1t takes time to make a new
tariff. Notice these facts: Walker
tariff bill debated in the senate IS
days. Mills tariff bill debated in
the senate al days. Mckinley bill
debated in the senate a. days.
Wilson bill debated in the senate
90 days. The Mckinley bill was
in conference about three weeks,
and the Wilson bill remained in
conference six weeks. 1t is ex-
pected that the Dingley bill, after
it passes the senate, will be in con-
ference about th.-Oregonian.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-05-20

The Albany Imprint, (populist)
discourses as follows: "When we
hear preacher continuously
preaching against lying, we do not
wish to trade horses with him,
because he will not tell the truth.
When he breaches great deal
about morality, watch him, and
when he says he is the only true
Christian, you may bet he is
hypocrite of the deepest dye. And
when a populist pretends to have
monopoly upon honesty, and that
all other people are dishonest and
traitors 10 the cause, watch him; he
is a high-protective-t ariff-gold-bug
plutocrat in the pay Of Mark Hanna.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-05-20

A duty of 80 per cent. is pro-
posed in the Dingley bill for tea.
This will afford the tea growers of
the United States, and particularly
of Oregon, ample protection.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-05-20

The Greek commanders must
have had we'll in mind the old
adage, that ''he who fights and
runs away, may live to fight another
day."
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-05-20
Toledo Lincoln County, Oregon, Thursday, May 1897.

The Cuban trouble has again
come to the front in the newspapers,
having been forced into retirement
tor a time by the struggle in Greece.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-05-20
CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES.

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH--Seryices
III at Toledo on the first and second Sabbath
Of each month, morning and evening; services
at Si!etz On Third and fourth sabbath OF each
month. Rev. W. Ii. NJ ERS, Pastor.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-12-15
the prompt Decentralization of

the prompt decentralization of
information relative to the con
dition Of crops at home and
abroad, and the actual and pros.
pectus status of the markets. He
recommends the prominent dis
play in rural post, Offices of brief
reports on the condition of the
staple crops and the prices ruling
in the principal markets, and on
the prospective requirements of
foreign countries.
The report concludes with the
urgent recommendation that the
statistical division be reorganiZed
as Il bureau, and estimates the
total expenses of such Il change
of status as not to exceed 5000
per aunum, the greater portion
of which would be saved ia other
directions.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-12-15
Kfltcd by a Freight.

Joe COrtney, colored, was in
.tantly killed Saturday afternoon
by the south bound freight train
on the O. r. & G.. Railroad. At
the inquest by coroner Young, it
was proved that Joe was subject
to epileptic fits and that he often
had them, and that when he felt
the fit coming on he would sit
down or lie down. Engineer
Metcalf testified that he saw the
object when he was about $50
yards away, but that he never dis.
covered that it was = man ell he
got nearer, and that the down
grade vas 90 heavy that it was
impossible to stop his train, and
the pilot struck him and killed
him at once. The accident oc-
cured near the 44th mile post in
MIR. j. Z. q. Caskey's field.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-12-15

The annual rcror, Of Lo 4,
ti,;ician of ihc Department Of Ag.
rlculuurc. Mr. John Ijvdn was i
sued a few davs 400. If devoted
mainly 'o criticisms offhe cum.
brors and unIusina.s Ike cron
reporting system that has been
in u-o in the Department Jurino
the last lew years and to recon
mendations looking toan improve.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-12-15

Now is 4 good time to put in
some telling work for the All
aucc.
The farmers are about through
gathering their crops, and have
more time to devote to the work
OF re organizing and building up
the Alliance. We know that the
low price of cotton have brought
hard times and consequently dis.
couragement TO many of our peo-
pie. and probably the future
looks dark and we say-and it is
a fact that we cannot make a liv-
ing by raising cotton at five cents
per pound. But then, when We
take time TO think we know that
we cannot stop raising cotton.
Tor 1T Is our money crop. Let us
try to make the best we can of
the situation. Raise as much as
possible Of the necessaries of life
and then ali the cotton we can.
l believe this is the only way that
the acreage can be reduced and
what we do plant let us give it
the best culture possible by Civ
ing plenty of fertilizers and that
of the very best kind. Now want
to say 70 the Alliance men that
you bought your fs.>ilizer. cheap
er through the State Exchange
than your local merchat can afford
TO sell them and it is your duty
to help your psighbor xnd at the
same time help the Alliance and
the Exchange by getting your
nelghbOr TO come into tho Ali
aice. The January meeting will
soon be here, and We hope TO
see a full meeting and large in
crease in this county. We want
every farmer that reads this to
20 and attach himself to some
sub Alliance and be ready TO en-
JOY the advantages of buying
through The State Exchange.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-12-15
son the square,

At n recent communication Of
Jackson Lodge A. r. NJ, the fol
lowing were elected officers:
b. j. Witherspoon, w. NJ.
j. s. Gladney, S. w.
II. III. Fairchild, j. w.
b. f. Miller, Treas.
+. g. Secrest, Secy.
The White Bluff Lodge elected
the following:
j. n. Estridge, w. M.
Il. i Jenkins, S. w.
u. M. Neal, j. w.
+. l.. Hinson, Treas.
j. +. Remington. Secy.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-12-15

\,,,,,l;,,r =, - ,nrr,.,,nl,,,
or,L, ,bio,ro Rooorl ,ha farm,
or. !, ,ar,o;n mart. Of Ird;o,,
will soon oniov some Of thn ,d
von,,gas b;tberto rosorvod .o
cities Farmers in Erorl,Ii,
Tovette and Dearborn COMMITTEES
are preparjnc 10 make fest or
co.onarotior ON vorr axtors;,
., ILL.,, IN 49,,
'''' - ,'' '",'' '''' o"'H
o"yihS rs Il hfih Dul lhe se!IinS
OF their products IN the same
manner. While there have been
a great MANY schemes of q coon.
or,,;va n,,uro o,,orrtod :, IT,
,:. - -, 49,, ,,
''' ''0'' ''", ''" Pi'"n." VII
Such q scaie' Farmers Will Dny
even their clothing by the lot and
and boots and shoes by the case.
Their household necass;,;as and
,,~,r;os u;,1 ho -oh,oa :, ,,o
.m
same way anu '"eS VIII sell 'helr
wheat, corn, oats, barley and
farm produce as one big company.
They sec MANY advantages which
, .cbane oftb;, hind nil, n,sso..
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-12-15

our town on account of the pres
ence in our midst of a case Of
what the physicians think is small
poX. The victim of the disease is
Julian, the l3-year-old son of j.
b. johnson, the druggist.
About the 18th of November he
went to Atlanta for the purpose
of having his eyes treated. lie
remained in the city two weeks
and three days, attending a circu,
during his stay. On.the Dist he
left and going to Spartanburg
staid there until the oath, when
he went to Charlotte. where he
remained until the morning OF
the 9th, when he returned to
his home, in fine health. On
Saturday last, December the 4th,
he complained OF feeling unwell
and was found to have some fever
This continued through Sunday
and Monday morning several
splotches appeared on his body.
His parents, reading in the news
papers that smallpox was prevail
ing in Atlanta, sent for their ply
sician, DIR. W. +. Strait, who re-
sponded. He found the boy with
some fever and slight sore
throat. The next day, Tuesday,
he called again and found several
suspicious pustules on the body.
He at once called in his partner,
DR.. 7. A. Crawford, hut the dis
ease had not progressed far
enough 10 warrant either n GER
t%in opinion as to its nature.
T Iesday morning there were other
pustules on the body and DR.. r..
Y. Murphy, Of Edgemoor, who
had treated smallpox cases in
kentucky, was invited to call and
he at once pronounced the disease
modified case of smallpox. In
the afternoon DR.. w. J. White,
who is also familiar with the dis
ease, was likewise invited to In
spect the case, and he confirmed
the diagnosis Of Dr. Murphy. BY
this time rumor had spread like
wildfire that there was q case OF
smallpox in town and many OF
our citizens became as much
alarmed as if an army had be.
/ seigcd the town. Everybody ap
peared on the streets and the
more the matter was discussed
the more alarmed the population
became. At night meeting OF
the board of health was held
when committee OF physicians
Dr.. w. j. White, }. T.. Massey
and j. a. Meldau, was appointed
to examine the patient the next
morning and report to the board
the nature of the disease.
The committee called the mex,
morning and reported that the
boy was afflicted with "A case o
smallpox, bat in their opinion il
modified form. In the meantim,
the family and servants oil Mr.
johnson, rs we'll as himScll anC
several childrcn who had viSitc,
the Johnson home, were quaran
tined in their respective homes
Mr.. johnson appreciated the ne.
cessity of such prccautlon auc
announced that he would cnforc,
the regulation on his premises
but as an extra precautiOn guard.
were placed in charge Of the yarC
and lot.
The little victim OF the diseas,
has been placed in a comfortable
house on the lot, about three hun
dred feet from any dwelling ,wher,
| he is being attended by Mr.. Porte
Castor, OF Fishing Creek, Cheste
county, who had smallpox while
in the army. The Johnson home
10. tI1un.l,1-
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-12-15

i've localities to twenty-one sal
aried state agents, who co ordl-
nate their reports and communi-
cate the result to the department
at Washington. at the same time
that this Is being done, $500
other persons are reporting to
2.4oO county correspondents, who
similarly coordinate their returns
aud report to the department.
The same mails that bring these
state and county reports to wash
lhgton carry also simiar reports
from 10000 correspondents, who
report each Tor his own township.
beat, ma&IStenal district, or voting
precinct, ana several times times
uaun@ the year the number Is
StlIi Inrlher increased by the al
dIuon OF l2,3Oo cotton correSpon
dents, l@,OOO mliI"rs, elevator
propnetors, and variable mum
Der oi individual farmers select
eel 'r"m a list oi Ii",OVo, there
beng thus by no means remote.
poSSIDIilty that nearly 2OO,oOo
persons may report SimH'jahe
ouS!y upon the condition oi Ger
tam selected crops. In additIo" to
these, 10 transportation compa-
mes make monthly returns OF cot
ton shipped over their respective
mes.
Ii would naturally be supposed
that with lorce outnnmberihg
'he ehLmera'orS OF the iederaI
census hve TO one a most com
plete ana accurate setting iorth
OF the agricultural condition OF
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o'hp'oyou' 'he s'a'istlclan recon
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Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-12-15
OUR SMALLPOX SCARE.

A Case of the Disease Said to be
I'm Our Midst-The Population
Loses Its Head-NO Fears of an
Outbreak HOweyer-The Pa
tieEt Isolated and the Inmates
of His Home Quarantined.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-21
Quick Work.

The expeditions manner in which the
tariff bill was put through the House
when it came from the committee OF
conference reflects great credit upon
the Republican majority of that body
and meets the emphatic approval of the
country 1t cannot be said talk IS
cheap when tariff debate costs TN
treasury about 100000 day. Silence Is
golden in the most practical sense, ana
Speaker Reed, Chairman DinGley ana
the solid Republican majority were de-
termined that the bill, which had been
amply discussed and thoroughly under
stood, should not be delayed upon It's
course by the senseless. dilatory spout
ing of Democratic wind manufacturers.
To reach a vote and pass the bill on
he same day it returned faom the con-
ference was a record breaking per-
Torrance and will stand as a monu-
ment to Republican fidelity to the trust
imposed upon the party.
The work of the Republican confer
ees in reporting back the bill was also
remarkably quick In 1894 it took the
Democrat conferees six weeks to agree
upon a bill-and such a bill! 1t was a
bill that has meant nothing but a
treasury deficit and hard times. The
IA D, no In "
enue with the wisest protection; and
though there Is the difficulty of the
overcome, it is estimated it will furnish
the government $75. 100000 a year more
than the present bill. Soon the country
under Republican rule will be paying
its debts instead of getting deeper and
deeper into debt as it has been under
Democratic miSrule.
The bill went to the Senate yesterday
and it is hoped the Democratic and
Populistic orators will not add further
injury and indebtedness to the country
by prolonging the debate. If the Re
publicans had a good working majority
there; the country would breathe easier,
and the bill would have been a law
some time ago. In the House the bill
had the vote of every Republican and
of five Democrats who had the cour-aga
of their convictions and refused to be
whipped into line by the free trade lash
of their party. 1t is thought the bill
will pass the Senate by about the same
vote as it did before, though the Popu-
listic and silver senators are uncertain
factors. They themselves do not know
where they are at.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-21
Better lines for Kansas.

More happy days are ahead for bleed
Populstic madness. Governor Nor
rll of Kansas. a native of Maine, says
that that state has one of the largest
crops in its history. The wheat crop
will turn out $4,000, 900 bushels and the
yield of corn is likely to reach 200. 900.
coo bushels. if no disaster overtakes
them. There ought to be-" he says, "a
very fair measure of prosperity in our
state. In fact, our people are in very
satisfactory conditions. They have
been paying off tremendous amount
Oh Indebtedness and have retrenched
their expenditures wonderfully. Politi-
cally, the state is in the hands of the
Populists, but that happened only by
reason of the free silver crusade. 1t
must be said that the Populists did not
enter OF any course of radical legisla-
ton directed against capital. as many
feared they would. With the restora-
ton of good times, there can be no
doubt of the extinction of the silver
agitation, and, when that is accom-
plished, Kansas will once more resume
its old position as one of the strongest
Republican states in the Union"
The Populist leaders of Kansas have
traded most successfully upon the mis-
fortunes of the people of that state
Much of the arid section of Kansas was
ton and with no preparation for irri-
eating it. The settlers ran in debt for
their lands, paying high rates of in
terest, and, with the first dry year, were
hopelessly involved in conditions from
which it has since been Impossible for
them to eXtricatc themselves. 1t was
but, natural that they should turn to
any party that offered them relief. even
if it came in the form of reputation of
their debts. In all parts of the West.
there have been for several years shor,
crops, and even when the crop has been
fairly good. the prices have been very
low. This has forced upon the people
the lesson of economy. hard lesson
to learn after profits have been abun-
dant and high prices have prevailed.
If, as Governor Morrill, says, they have
learned this lesson and have been
gradually reducing their Indebtedness
this years abundant harvest will he
the turning point of their misfortunes.
Populist arguments are only effective
in the calamity season. and, with a re-
turn of prosperity, will come a diminn-
tiol in Populist theories and vote.