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MUST PAT TAXES.
The Attorney General of California De
cides that the Railroads Must Pay
Taxes on Unpatented Lands.
Claggett Presents His Credentials
Congress as Senator from Idaho
Interesting Proceedings.
jtAILAOAD lands.
to
Ueneral Hart of California Icr.iH. That
Railroads Hast Pay tuei on Them.
Sacbamkxto. Feb. 27. On a question
rained by the district attorney of Sieki
: you County as to whether lands sold by
' railroads 'are assessable, to the railroad
' companies. Purchasers from thorn hold
ing such lands conld not be assessed
because there has been no patent issued
for them by the government, attorney.
General Mart has decided against the rail
roads. Uuiess overruled this decision will
compel payment of taxes on ten million
acres of land in this state.
Congressional Proceedings.
Washington, Feb. 27. In the senate
a bill was passed amendatory of law pro
viding for the selection of' school lands.
The honse then went into a committee
bf 'the' whole j resuming consideration of
't the shipping bill.; : : : -"'
, In the senate papers presented in sup
port of the claim of W. H. Clagett to a
seat in the senate from Idaho, (for which
the credentials of Dubois-. were already
on file.) They were referred to the com
mittee on privileges and elections.
; ; Sherman stated that he was authorized
by the committee on foreign relations to
to"lay in view of the state of public busi
ness that the Nicaragua canal bill would
: not be pressed any further at this time
and might take its place on thecalamler.
The senate passed the legislative
. executive and judicial appropriation bill
' and agreed' to hake tip the pure food bill,
This makes it unfinished business. ' It
will have to give away however to the
. 'appropriation "bills." '' :
. ' , Consideration of the legislative appro
priatioh bill was resumed.
Conferes on bill for repeal of timber
' 'culture laws and amendatory land laws
; generally has practically reached an
agreement on an entirely new bill which
will be brought forward at the first op
portunity. The bill agreed upon will
change the general land system of the
government manner . of doing things.
, The bill firs repeals, the timber culture
?'act with' a reservation in favor of .bona
H de claims' heretofore instituted. .' p .:.
: i;,5rh$ President today transmitted to
the senate copies of papers relating to
reciprocity arrangements between the
United States and Brazil.
A VETO TO ' BE IGNORED.
.V The. Phre.Per --Cent.? 'volte land
V - '- Merely Held in Trust.'
Fund
Salem, Feb. 22. The "omnibus wagon
road bill" was not received by the gov
ernor in tune lor ms excellency to return
' it with his-veto ' before the legislature
Adjourned sine die. It was, however,
filed Saturday evening; in' the office .of
Ihe secretary of state. Following is the
veto :
. "I herewith leturn house bill 306 with
my dissent. This bill appropriates " 'out
of the 5 per cent, United States land
" sale fund of the state of Oregon the sum
of $127,000' ". to aid the county courts of
, - 'certain, counties "in the 'construction of
Vertain wagon roads specified in the bill.
- There is now m the-state treasury of the
fun above mentioned the sum of $6,389.
12. Section 3 of the bill provides "s that
whenever the county courts of any county
- named in section 2 of this act .shall cer
tify to ihe ieecretary - of state that the
' amount named in aid of such court has
'.- " been expended in the repairs or con
struction of the road or roads named for
said county, as provided in section 2, or
shall certify that any pertion-of the sum '
set apart for . Jthe repairs or . cpnstruc
' tion;-of' -any road , in - said couuty,
provided for in said section 2, has been ex
pended and applied as provided by this
:act, the said secretary of state, shall
draw his warrant itt favor of said county
ior the sum certified, provided the said
. fimount.shall in no instance., exceed the
saw set;apart in aid of the connty court
. ; lor the particular road certified, as pro
vided by section 2 of this act. It thus
' appears that the county court must first
" incur the indebtednes before the state
assumes it. This is plainly repugnant
to section 8, article 11, of the state con
.'..' jrtitution,' which expressly declares that,
" 'the state Shalt naver assume the debt
. . of any county town or other corporation
. whatever, unless such debts shall have
been created to repel invasion, suppress
5nsurrectioo.or defend the state in war.'.."
ti VThe bill is also 'repugnant to section 7' of
""'the same article, which limits the liabil
ities of the state to $50,000." "
This action of the governor will not
disconcert thtr wagon-road men in the
least. The organic act aumitting Qre
. gon into the Union provides that' the
' ' proceeds derived from 5 per cent, of - the
sale of public lands in the state, may .be
used for the building of public roads or
other internal improvements, as the leg
islature nay Jdirecti This bill, which
" the governor has just vetoed, is not an
appropriation of state money, in any
; sense, but inerely a direction of the leg
, islature how the land Received from the
.. L'nired States snail ! applied. Despite
the growing "Pennoyer boom," the gov
ernor is not' yet president, and can
. hardly hope at "the present time to veto
an act of congress. The bill did not
recognize the governor at . all, for the
. ...emergency .clause read that it "shall be
"in 'effect from and after - its passage."
" -The connty courts of Josephine and
- -Gurrv counties will test the soundness
.of this position immediately, -The road
down Rogue river will be built as soon
: i'os possible, and then the 'secretary of
istate will be called upon to draw his
warrant for $16,000 for the tVo counties.
" 'Shonld be refuse, -as he is quite likely to
do hnder the circumstances, juit will be
brought in the supreme court to compel
v him to issue the warrants, and it is confi
dently expected that the court will hold
that the governor has no power to direct
or interfere with the legislature in the
i disposition of this fund. .'The weakness
' jt the governor's position was 'pointed
by himself, it is claimed. When he
;ent his message to the legislature, urg
ing U to take steps to get the coihent of
congress ' to the" transference' tt this
money to the common school ranu
WHAT IV AS HIS FAITH?
Aaotltcir fetter From Father Shei
Regarding His Father's Belief.
erna
- yxw oek, el. so. borne time ujo
the Evening World quoted Rev. Thomas
E. Sherman,, as saying that his father,
yibt dead general,' was- not Catholic.'
The next day it printed an interview
I in which the priest said bis tutner naa
been baptized in the Catholic church,
married in the Catholic church, and had
expressed to him a belief that if there
was any true religion it was the Catholic.
The Timet now prints a letter of the Kev.
Mr. Sherpian, written in 1878 to Samuel
Reber, a kinsman of the faniilv, announc-
his intention of going abroad to study
for the priesthood, although his father
had educated him for the bar. savin cr:
"As with me alone rested the duty and
burden of choosing my path in life, so
with me alone rests the blame or praise
in having chosen the church instead of
the law. My tother, as you know, is not
a Catholic, and therefore the step I am
taking seems as startling and as strange
to him as I have no doubt it does to you,
my dear sir. I go without his approval,
sanction or consent ; in fact, in direct
opposition to his best wishes in my be
half, for he had formed other plans for
me, which are now defeated, and had
other hopes and other expectations in
my regard, which are necessarilv dashed
to the ground. Feeling infufly aware
that I have aggrieved and disappointed
mv father. I beK my friends and his, one
and all, of whatever religion they may be,
to spare him inquiries or comments of
any sort, for I cannot help feeling that
anything of the kind will be ill-timed
and inappropriate."
Congressional Proceedings.
Washington, Feb. 28. The president
made the following nominations. Thos.
N. Hart, postmaster at Boston ; W. F.
Fogerty, U. S, marshal for Massachues
etts. - .'' i i '
' In the senate the privilege 'of the "floor
was given to Claggett, claiming to be
senator elect from Idaho pending the
decision of his claim. '
House bill giving permission of a pen
sion of $2,500 a year to the widow of Ad
miral Porter was passed. . . ; ;
The senate agreed to house amend
ment to the direct tax bill. It now goes
to the president,
The house and senate have both
agreed to a conference report on the bills
to establish United States land courts
and define and. regulate jurisdiction
courts of the United States.' f -j
The house committee on reform in the
civil service today agreed to report a bill
to provide for a single civil service com
missioner with two deputies in place of
the present triple headed commission.
The committee on foreign affairs re
ported back the diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill with recommendation
All senate bills be agreed to with the
exception of an amendment providing
for a cable between San Francisco and
the Hawaiian islands. The recommenda
tion was concurred., in. Yeas 222, nays
none.. . . ,v v.
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The--.ftrrmian-. Empress ;' Safely Away
.- from Paris. .
: Pajus, Feb. '27. The Empress Freder
ick of Germany left here this moving.
No unpleasant incident marked her de
parture. The gravity of the situation
can lie judged from the fact that acting
under advice from high quarters,. 'the
empress change route through fear of
being insulted. .
New Mexico Legislature.
Santa; Fbj 5f. M;, Feb? 27. The legis
lature has adjourned. 'Among the bills
punsed during the session are the follow
ing : Free public school law, bill taxing
express companies on receipts, taxing
national bank shares, regulating express
charges, repealing exemption laws.
l To Impeach a Kansas Judge?"
TopbkA, Ks., Feb. 27. The committee
appointed to ' investigate the " charges
against Judge Bodkins submitted its
report to the house of representatives
this morning accompanied with a reso
lution that a like committee, be appointed
from the senate for an impeach men t trial.
High Water In Arizona.
Yunia, Ar.y Feb. 27. The water is
running over the piers of the bridge and
the river, is still rising.-.. People have
abandoned all the houses .and gone to
the hills. The telegraph office is now
operated from the Southern Pacific hotel
which stands'on the highest point.
Is Xot Keeelrer any Longer. -
Portland, "'Or., '. Feb! 2?.-4ln the
United States court today Judge Deady
ordered the discherge of Joseph Simon
from the receivership of the Oregon Im
provement company to wluch position
he was appointed , November 25, 1890.
The company is now in a position to
pay all claims against it.
The Flood in New Nork.
Albany N yV,"; Feb. "27. The con
dition of the New York Central & Hud
son river railroad north and south of
this place -owing to the flood is not im
proved. Several trains have been aban
doned, and others are late. . .
Got Six Cents for Libel.
Nkw York, Feb. 27. The trial of the
libel suit '. bf John ;HoD lander against
the cousul general Baiz of Guatamala
for the recovery of $20000 damages end
ed this afternoon by the jury, renderiug
the verdict of six cents for plaintiff.
' A Gallant Senator in Nebraska.
' 'Lincoln, Neb. Feb.' 27. Senator Col
lins this morniug introduced a bill con
ferring upon women the right to vote
for president and vice president of the
United States.
. UlTorce in High Life.
London, Feb. 27. Lady Russell, wife
of the Earl Russell has made application
for divorce. - The earl will stoutly con
test the granting of a separation. They
wedded but a short time ago. .
The Trouble Over in Ohio.
Cincinnati, O., Feb. 27. The river
continues to recede at the rate of an inch
an hour.' By Sundav at the latest all.'
the roads will resume the use of the
central depot.
Blair to Be Minister to China.
( Washington, Feb. 27. The president
today sent the senate the nomination of
Henry W. Blair, of New Hampshire, as
minister to China.
Lumber Firm Assigns.
Nashville, Feb. 27. The Duncan
Hughes, Harrison Lumber company of
Pittsburg,' assigned today." ,
LOST AT SKA.
The
Iowa" Supposed to Hare Collided
With an Iceberg.
New Yokk, Feb. 28. The captain of
the steamer Pennland reports that on
February 22d she sigh ted. the steamer
Iowa in a sinking condition. The Brit
ish steairJer Chester, for New York, was
taking the crew off the Iowa and will
bring them to this port. It it believed
they are all saved. It is thought the
Iowa collided with an iceberg. The
Iowa is valued at $250,000 and has
cargo worth $35,000. Tha amount of in
surance carried is not known.
THE WHISKEY TRUST.
A Chicago Grand Jury Finds Indict-
raents Against Its Ex-Secretary.
Chicago, tea. 28. The drand jury
this afternoon returned two indictments
against Gen. Gibson, ex-secretary of the
whiskey trust, and two against him
jointly Mith other persons whose names
are suppressed. In all cases the charges
are attempting to commit criminal arson
and feloniously procuring gun powder
and dynamite for unlawful purposes.
Is a Chestnut This Time.
San Francisco, Feb. 28. The Pacific
Coast Wood and. Iron, a local lumber
journal, has collected statistics in Ore
gon, Washington and California for the
year 1890. Washington produced one
billion eight hundred and twenty mil
lion one hundred and seventy-one thous
and feet, Oregon eight hundred and
twenty-nine million two hundred and
eighty-three thousand feet and California
eight hundred and sixty-four million
nine hundred and sixteen thousand feet.
Will Hold No Services Tomorrow.
Rkading, Pa., Feb 28. Owing to
fight between Bishop Bowman and the
town factions'of the Evangelical church
at Allentown, all churches of that de
nomination in this city are locked up
today and the announcement - made that
no services will be held tomorrow. The
closing of thechurches was decided upon
in order to prevent the opposing faction
taking possession. Some countrv
churches took a similar action.
WILL Villi) to the ska.
President Hill Comes Kack From Lon
don With Money for that Purpose.
New York, Feb. 28. President Hill of
the Great Northern railway arrived from
Europe on the north German steamer
Spree, yesterday. During his few weeks
in London he completed financial ar
rangements that will enable him to
push his road, the old Manitoba, through
to the Pacific ocean in very sliort order.
Horrille Sufi'ering Among Cherokee
Strip Settlers.
Arkansas City, Ks., Feb. 28. The
blizzard last night was the worst of the
season. People on the Cherokee strip
suffered terribly, men are coming in
from' the settlement on the Chicasaw
river and report several children per
ished from the cold, and women lying ill
in tents south of the city, will probably
die as a result of the exposure.
School Mistress Injured.
MoMinnville, Or., Feb. 28. At the
teachers examination last evening in
the court house a plaster ornament be
come detached from the ceiling and fell
25 feet on the desk and rebounded stirk
ing Miss Forsyth, of Newberg, on her
forehead, knocking her insensible. The
wound exposed the skull, but is not
dangerous.
Another Bad Mining Accident.
' Whitehall, Tenn., Feb. 28. A - cable
incline at the coal mine broke today as
the miners were going to work and the
car 'was dashed down the mountain.
Two men were killed instantly and
eleven seriously hurt, and others it is
thought will die from, injuries received.
Master - Workman McCarthy --Arrested.
Lynn, Mass., Feb. 28.' Master Work
man McCarthy of the national trade
assembly of Knights of Labor, which
embraces all organizations of leather
workers of this city, was arrested by the
police this morning for an alleged at
ttempt, with other persans, to unlaw
fully intimidate non-union workmen.
An Ex-Governor's Son Suicides.
. Chicago, Feb. 28. James Reynolds,
head city salesman of the hardware firm
of Kelly, Mans & Co., suicided this
morning. No cause m known for the
deed. Reynolds is a son of the ex-governor
of Rhode Island.
Heaviest Snow on Kecord.
Chattanooga, Feb. 28. This entire
section is enveloped in a blinding snow.
Three inches of snow cover the ground
and indications are that the fall will not
cease before night. It is the heaviest on
record in this section.
Democratic by Legislation.
St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 28. Congres
sional appointment committee of the
Arkansas legislature has agreed upon
measures providing for redistricting the
state. The bill makes all districts
democratic. .
The Strike at the Hub.
Boston, Feb. 28. The electrotypers
strike is assuming serious proportions.
The strike is sanctioned by the Interna
tional Typographical Union, which com
plicates matters very much. .
An Insane Act.
Pittsbdkg, Feb. 28. John Copeland,
a wealthy storekeeper, fatally shot his
wife this morning and then tried to kill
his two children and himself, but was
prevented. He is insane.'
A Modest New York Official.
New York, Feb. 28. Inspector
Byrnes has declined to accept the decor
ation sent to him by King Humbert of
ItaiV. ' . .
The Prohibition Law Will Stand. '
Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 28. The bill in
troduced in the house to repeal the pre
sent prohibition law was indefinitely
postponed today by a vote of 25 to 20.
San Francisco Market. .
. Saic Francisco, Cal. March 2. Wheat,
buyer '91, 1.48; season, J.45i".
ECHOES OF THE LEGISLATURE.
We are not, at present, concerned with
the character of the substitute bill which
Mr. Johnston palmed off on the com
mittee on public buildings and falsely
pretended to be the bill "the people of
The Dalles wanted." This may become
a proper subject for discussion, at
another time, and we shall not shirk the
responsibility. We are dealing with the
fact that Mr. Johnston deceived his com
mittee and misrepresented his constitu
ents. The people of The Dalles did not
"want" the substitute bill, unless his
honor the mayor, the ex-governor and
Senator Hilton are "the people of The
Dalles." Messrs. Johnson and McCoy
surely are not. On the contrary when
the "people of The Dalles" heard the
treachery of Mr. Johnston, ten of them,
chiefly members of .the board of
trade and common council, representing
i themselves an easy million dollars
worth of property, without delay put for
Salem, and demanded a conference with
Messrs. Johnston, McCoy and Hilton, in
the library of the state building. Before
this conference, however, was held, two
copies of a paper were printed by a type
writer, which it was intended as a last
resource, to have sent to tne speaKer
and have publicly read in the house,
One of these papers is now before us,
and after the usual preamble it submits
the following allegations :
A petition is presented urging the
passage of the bill, without amendment,
signed by the .representatives of fully
nine-tenths .of all . the real estate in
Dalles City.
A memorial is also presented from
tne Dalles City board of trade, urging
the passage of the bill without amend
ment.
"A resolution is also submitted of the
Dalles City common council, which,
without a dissenting vote, approved the
passage of the bill, with amendment.
A substitute bill was presented to the
committee on public buildings, to which
the bill was referred, and of which Mr.
G. W. Johnston is chairman, but no
member of said committee, except the
chairman, ever saw the bill introduced
in the house, nor the petition of DalleB
City tax-payers, nor the memorial of
Dalles City board of trade, nor the reso
lution of the common council of Dalles
City, although said petition, memorial
and resolution were in the hands of said
chairman, before said committee took
any action on the bill."
This document was read to the two
other members of Mr. Johnston's com
mittee. Both declared every word of it
was true, protested against the decep
tion of Mr. Johnston, and - expressed
their perfect willingness to expose his
duplicity on the floor of the house.
But "the people of The Dalles" were
unwilling to adopt this dernier retort un
til' a conference was had with Mr.
Johnston. Hence the meeting in the
library, already referred to. The full
delegation of representatives was present
and about fifteen persons from this
city. The people from The Dalles were
intensely in earnest, but we think it
cannot be justly said they were discour
teous. We speak this, of course from
the plane of a common citizen. We can
not possibly conceive what great men,
so much above us, might consider an
insult. We only mean't to be earnest.
They, perhaps thought us impertinent.
If so, we're sorry very. In our ignor
ance ot the ways ot representatives, we
thought that we honored one of them,
by voting for him. We don't think so
any more. He honors us by accepting
our vote. We used to think that repre
sentatives were elected to represent their
constituents. We'll never think so
again at least of Wasco county repre
sentatives, till we get a chance to elect a
new batch. But this is a degression. The
story of the conference is soon told. Mr.
Johnston was pressed to tell us why . he
changed the bill. The question was put
in different forms. He had one answer
and only one. He thought his bill was
"good onej" and of course it was,' for
Mr. Johnson thought so, and that was
enough. The "people of The Dalles"
had no right to think anything. He
was asked again if any persons from this
city supported his bill. - He said he had
letters." "From whom?" one person
was named Any "more?" "Yes others;"
bnt their names he refused to give at
that time. At last Mr. Johnson told
he would confer with Mr. McCoy,
and tell us what he proposed to do in
the course of an hour. (At this stage Sen
ator Hilton left' the conference. Mark
this, gentle reader. You may see the
reason anon.) .
. Soon after the conference scattered:
the representatives to an exgubernator
ial council, and we to lunch.. Less than
two hours after a . compromise was
afiected. That night a new bill was
framed, measurably satisfactory to The
Dalles contingent. They yielded some
thing, the mayoral and ex-gubernatorial
representatives yielded something, and
the next day the bill passed the house
without opposition... But and here the
great genius of Senator Hilton shines
ont in iridescent glory ; he vat not bound
to tvpport the bill, in the tenate: and he
didn't. - 1
PIETY A LAST RESOURCE.
A striking example of the tendency of
human nature to relegate all matters of
religious thought and feeling to the per
iod and circumstance of sickness and
death is afforded us by the deep interest
the newspapers of this country have
taken in locating ecclesiastically the late
General Sherman. When the general
was alive, as long as he never ran for
office, nobody cared to enquire what his
religion was or if he had any. Now that
he is dead the pious editorial fraternity
want to know all about it. That's all
right enough. Nobody finds fault with
it ; but why not have begun the inquiry
sooner? Why associate religion only
with sickness and death? Simply be
cause it is another illustration of the
truth of that well known couplet;
"When the Devil wssstck, tho Devil a saint
would be,
When the Devil got well, the devil a saint was
- - be.
ECHOES OF THE LEGISLATURE.
The people of The Dalles and of Wasco
county have a right to know the legisla
tive record of the men whom they have
selected to represent them. This record
is a legitimate subject for journalistic
comment and criticism. The representa
tives themselves are entitled to the full
benefit of the truth, the whole truth,
without malice and without envy. If a
truthful picture is galling to the subject
the fault is his and not ours. If it hurts
the cause of mere partisanship it is no
concern of the managers of this journal.
Truth has claims above partisanship and
the party that cannot stand the truth
has no right to existence, while the
journal or the man who fears to tell the
truth has no legitimate mission in a
world of lies and deception. With men's
motives, with the secret springs of
action and conduct we have nothing to
do. We are not their judges. Their
outward acts alone are ours. . These only
we have right to judge and approve or
condemn. We have alraady repelled the
baseless insinuation, that Senator Wat
kins was a party to the defeat of the
Dalles portage railway bill, but we have
not told all that might' be told in this
connection. We were present when he
gave instruction to the clerk of the joint
committee, of which he was chairman
as to the character of the report to be
submitted to the house. He was strictly
charged to report only on the "feasibility.
practicability, possibility and proba
bility" of concurrent action of the two
states. Nothing was to be said touching
the difficulties or cost of a road on the
Oregon side; and the senator gave for
his reason "Lest they should say' I had
done anything to defeatjthe bill," and
nothing was said. We remember well
the earnestness of the senator as he gave
these instructions to his clerk. His
language might not be that of the Sun
day school, but it was none the less
Vigorous and intense. Suffice it that no
member of the Oregon senate served his
constituents more honestly, more intelli
gently or more faithfully than did Sena
tor Watkms. His record needs neither
apology nor concealment.
It is well known that the Dalles City
council framed a new charter bill for the
city, and a bill to amend the water bill
that became a law two years ago. .Of the
merits of these bills we do not now
speak.. It is sufficient for our present
purpose to say that they were both care
fully submitted to the council, read sec
tion by pection and endorsed bvapprovnl
without a dissenting vote. The Dalles
board of trade unanimously memorial
ized the legislature on their behalf, and
the owners of all of three-fourths of all
the real estate of the city signed a peti
tion to the same effect. The charter bill
was entrusted to the care of Senator
Watkins, who introduced it in the senate.
Its story is soon told. It's dead, dead
as Hector, dead in the full vigor of its
young life, dead of no lingering sickness,
but by the hand of the assassin. Senator
Hilton killed it ! We saw him do it and
his be the glory or the shame. After in
troduction the bill was regularly referred
to ' the committee on corporations.
Hilton fought it in committee, fought it
bitterly and with all his might. He
knew better what was good for the peo
ple of The Dalles than they did them
selves. Certain features of the bill
would forsooth, hurt the saloons. So he
said, as if the bill was framed to hurt
anybody. In spite of everything the
bill was reported back favorably. In
due time it came up for final passage
when Senator Hilton moved that it be
referred to a committee of Wasco
senators. Senator . Watkins earnestly
protested, but in vain. The "skids
were greased" and the Joe Simon con
tingent helped Senator Hilton to lay it
in its little bed.
Thus did the joint senator from Gil
liam and Wasco, the man whose home
and estate is in Gilliam, the man who
does not pay a cent of taxes in The
Dalles nor in Wasco county, openly and
defiantly ignore- and contemn the wishes
of the vast majority of the taxpayers of
a city who helped to elect him to office.
but will never, never, while the grass
flourishes on the hill-tops of Gilliam,
elect him again.
ECHOES OF THE LEGISLATURE'
The Dalles water hill was begotten by
The Dalles common council. Its con
ception was legitimate and honorable,
but during the period of legislative ges
tation, by some occult process of genera
tion it assumed a new parentage and to
day it is questionable if its own mother
would know it. It has a poly-paternal
ancestry, of at least Representative
Johnston, Senator Hilton and his honor
the mayor. Who else may be responsible
for the metamorphosis, the walls of the
ex-gubernatorial mansion at Salem
alone can tell. The bill was entrusted
to the care of Mr. Johnston. It was for
convenience in a printed form, and was
in due time introduced in the house "by
request," as if Mr. Johnston was bound
to disown it from the beginning. It was
promptly referred, with exquisite pro
priety, to the committee jn - public
buildings ! As well have referred it to
the committee on portage railroads. It
had no business there ; but in the hands
of any other committee, outside mayoral
influence, it would have been fairly
treated, and this was not desired as the
sequel shows. After some . time the
board of trade sent down to' Salem, to
look after the bill, G. J. Farley and
Emile Schanno. Mr. Farley lost no time
in finding Mr. Johnston, and enquired
after its progress. Mr. Johnston said it
was "all right." It had been reported
favorably from the committee, and would
be called up for final passage in a short
time." Mr. Farley asked if any changes
had been made in the bill. Mr. Johnston
replied "I believe not." Two days after
wards the writer and Mr. Farley went to
the clerk of the house and asked to see
the bilL We didn't see it! We never
saw it! We never will see it! It was
gone ; and in its place was another,
falsely and surreptitiously numbered
"237" (for even the title was changed)
and written in the well-known hand of
a Dalles lady committee clerk, a guest of
the ex -gubernatorial mansion, with cor
rections and emraendations remarkably
like the chirograph y of the cashier of the
Dalles National bank. We don't say it
was his. It might have been Joe Simons',
It might have been Governer Pennoyer.
We only say it was lite his. That's all
An interview was immediately had with
the two members of the building com
mittee, Mr. Botkin and Mr. Myers. They
emphatically denied all knowledge of the
substitute bill. They only knew, so they
said, that Mr. Johnston had, in com
mittee, pulled from his pocket, the bill
they had subsequently approved, and
said: "This is the bill the people of
The Dalles want :" and of course this
was quite true, for "Brutus is an honora
ble man." These gentlemen were asked
if Mr. Johnston had shown them a reso
lution of The Dalles City council, approv
ing the bill and urging its passage, with
out amendment. .They replied. "No.'
They were asked if Mr. Johnston had
shown them a memorial of The Dalles
board of trade asking its passage, without
amendment. They replied. , "No.
They were asked if Mr. Johnston had
shown them a petition, signed by the
representatives of fully three-fourths of
all the tax-payers of Dalles City, recom
mending the passage of the bill, without
amendment. They replied. "No."
And yet, it is no truer that night follows
day, than it is true that Mr. Johnston
had all these documents in his possession
when the bill was in : the hands of the
committee.
. Thus did this representative of the peo
ple, whose friends had to lie for him,
during the last campaign, by assuring
the voters that he was not a "Moody
man," when in their hearts some of
them knew better, represent the people
of The Dalles, who honored him with
their suffrages.
We have no pleasure in writing thus,
of one whom we are feign to-believe to
be an honest and honorable man. A
happier lot were ours could we commend
and praise, instead of disapprove and
blame. If our words seem bitter, it is
but the bitterness of truth. We have
set down nothing in malice, and we
shall set down nothing. We have
written nothing that we do not know or
believe to be true, and we shall write
nothing. The people demand to know
the truth. They deserve to know the
truth. They shall know the truth, and
the tale is not yet told.
There is one lesson that the people of
Eastern Oregon ought to learn for all
time, namely, never send a man to
represent you in the legislature, who is
in any way, however remotely, con
nected with railroad corporations. He'll
sell you out and vote for' ; the railroad
just as sure as you send him. Select a
man whose great grandmother's grand
father was a railroad stockowner and the
result is the same. It runs in the blood,
and increases as the generations near
the original stock owner, like frequent
handlings of wheat over a portage rail
road, in "geometrical progression
Last June we selected a man for joint
representative of Wasco and Sherman,
who owned then and still owns a large
warehouse on the line of the Union Pa
cific. When a question came up in the
legislature involving, on the one hand
the interests of hundreds of thousands
of the farmers and producers of the In
land Empire, and on the other hand,
his own, he was true to his lineage, true
to himself, ' true ' to the railroads, but
false and traitorous to his constituents ;
and those of us who supported him by
voice and vote, feel like saying, as an
aged democrat once said in our hearing,
while apologizing for once in bis life hay
ing scratched his ticket, "If . the Lord
forgives us for that offense, ' we'll never
do it again."
SUNSHINE AHEAD.
The prospects for good and prosperous
times in the near future, for this city and
county, were never brighter than they
are at this moment. Sufficient rain and
snow have fallen on unfrozen ground to
thoroughly saturate the soil and give
promise of abundant harvests. The
mild winter has proved favorable to the
stockmen and wool growers aiid thereby
increased the profits of their coming crop.
The promise of freight competition
through the portage railroad will increase
the profits of the farmer and producer,
while an open river, with The Dalles as
the head of navigation and a great dis
tributing point, if not the new terminus
of a line of railroad to the coal fields of
Gilliam county, are bound to make this
city a profitable place for investment or
business. While The Dalles is neither a
boom town or a boomed town, we believe
a steady, solid, prosperous future awaits
it at no remote distance.
The good people of Astoria to the
number of nearly two hundred have
signed their names to a very flattering
address to Representative Welch, thank
ing him for the valuable services he
rendered them during the late session of
the legislature. The good people of
Wasco, Sherman county, complimented
our representatives, Messrs. McCoy and
Johnston, by burning them in effigy.
We are informed that they stuffed some
old clothes with straw and placed pow
der on the heads of the figures and as
the powder exploded in puffs, to each
puff was sung the refrain, "That's the
way they'll go up, that's the way they'll
go down."
Representative Hunsucker has intro
duced a bill in the Washington legisla
ture which, if it becomes a law, will
compel the Union Pacific to not only
operate the portage road on the Washing
ton side of the Cascade rapids, but will
force them to carry freight from oppo
sition boats, over the portage, at the
rate of 45 cents a ton. We devoutly
hope the bill may pass. The more ways
for competition with the present monop
oly, the better for the people.
JOHN WESLEY.
One hundred years ago today John
Wesley, the father and founder of
Methodism, died. His history needs no
relation here. It is known in every
corner of the earth where Christianity
has penetrated. The world was his
parish and the millions of souls, in
heaven and earth, made better by the
teaching of himself and the church he
founded are his epitaph.
Incidents of Vonng Editorial Life,
The editor of this journal is rapidly
acquiring all the characteristics of a
veteran. Five'daya ago he left his pala
tial mansion on the bluff, to assume,
for the first time, the editorial toga. As
he laid his hand upon the door of the
Chronicle office, he was grasped ab
ruptly by the shoulder, and a huge fist
was flourished in mid-air while a sten
torian voice exclaimed: "Come out
v i .. t ti
uciC dix, kuu yuu v-iin xinvo nuy biiiug
you want." ' The editor didn't want
anything. His cup was full. He was
going to be an editor.
Yesterday morning as he rested his
classic proportions upon his velvet
couch, in his palatial mansion, afore
said, his little niece crept up to him,
placing her hand upon his majestic
brow, and noticing that his huge brain
was pressing upward through his golden
locks, tenderly enquired, "Uncle, why
do you get so bare-headed?"
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store. Office hours 9 to Li A. M., 2 to S and 7 to
8 F. M.
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iii lice in Schanno's building, np stairs. The
Dalles, Oregon.
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R. G. C. ESHELSfAN Homikopathic Phy
sician and 8DROKOK. Otliee Hours: 9
to 12 a. H'i 1 to 4, and 7 to 8 P' M. Calls answered
promptly any or nignt omce; upstairs in i nap-
man BlucK' .
SIDDALL Dentist. Gas given for the
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A R. THOMPSON Attorney-at-law. Office
Jli In 0iera House Block, ashlngton Street, I
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Repairing and Cleaning
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Collections made at all points on fav
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We will pay the above reward for any case of
Liver Complaint. Vysnensia, Sick Headache, In
digestion, Constipation or Costiveness we cannot
cure with West's Vegetable Liver Pills, when the
directions are strictly complied, witd. xney are i
purely vegetable, and never fail to give satisfac-
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tations. The genuine manufactured only by
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175 Second St. The llalles. Or.
$20 KEWARD.
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leading to the conviction of parties cutting
the ropes or in any wav interfering with the
wires, poles or
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. H. GLENN,
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IT
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Abstracters,
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Insurance Agents.
Abstracts of, and Information Concern
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Land for Sale and Houses to Rent
Parties Looking for Homes in
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Agents for a Full Line of
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