THE DALLES WEEKLY CHROlftCLEV FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1892. WASHINGTON LETTER. ImnortancB of ibe Coming; June . Elec t tion in Onpi. THE EYES OF THE NATION UPON US. The Return of Hermann and Election of Ellis Counted Upon. VO MISTAKE IN ELECTING ELLIS. Opinions of Hermann by HI Collegues. The Faithful, Untiring Agent of the People. Special to The Chronicle. "Washington, May 17. The time is near at hand for the first practical move upon the political chess board in the grand game which is about to claim the attention of the American people. Poli ticians and statesmen have been agitat ing the question of the presidential sac cession for many months, and certain patriots have enthused in support of various possible and any number of ' improbable candidates. Nominating conventions have determined certain matters, in restricted localities, but it is given to Oregon to lead off in the race (the sweepstakes) of this eventful year. The eyes of the nation will he fixed upon your state nnd more or less pleas- ant uncertainty will disturb many minds until the results of the June tfec tion are . known and heralded to the world. The signs of the times indicate a decisive republican victory and the onlv Question advanced, here and now is the numbers of the majority. No doubt is entertained respecting the return of the Hon. Binger Hermann, and the election of the Hon. W. K. Ellis reckoned upon as a foregone conclusion. Whatever may exist of local and personal differences among your republican par tisans is lost sight of from this point of view and those best advised argue, from "the logic of the situation," that no other outcome of your campaign is pos sible. if the people of the state are true to themselves and their traditions. The Hon. W. R. Ellis is highly spoken of by all here who are acquainted with him. He will, beyond doubt, prove be a valuable afqusition to the house of representatives. The people of his dis trict will make no mistake by choosing him with an emphatic majority. That the republicans will be in the ascendancy in the fifty -third congress is quite prob able and a telling endorsement of any constituency is always of immense value to a new member of congress. By faithfully representing Uregon in all, her varied needs and desires the Hon. Binger Hermann was fully entitled to the spontaneous re-nomination, by acclamation which he-recentlv received, If any man merits, or ever did merit, re-election, he is that man. It would be superfluous, a work of supererogation to undertake a rehearsal, in detail, of what he has accom plished for the people. during the seven years he has been in congress, their servant, their faithful agent and untiring advocate. No new man could expect to easily fill the posi tion, if Hermann should, by any chance, vacate it. He appears to have been during his several terms, and all the while, winning golden opinions from all manner of men. He is a general favor ite without consideration of party ties and commands the respect of all his as sociates. With a desire to discover, if possible, bis exact status in the esteem of those with whom he is most frequently brought in contract, I have interviewed, or caused to be interviewed, his col leagues upon the committee on rivers . and harbors. It should be remembered that the vast business of congress mustbe attended to, in detail, by committees. Of these the committee on rivers and harbors is one of primary importance. The vast sums of money considered, and the immense extent of interests involved, place that body conspicuously liefofe the entire country. Representative Hermann is the only member of it from anv state wjgst' of the Rocky mountains. Besides the gentleman from Oregon there are fourteen other members of the. com mittee. The Hon. Newton C. Blanchard, of the fourth district of Louisiana, chairman of the committee, was asked, by the inter--viewer, without preliminary conversa tion:' "What is your opinion of Her mann of Oregon?" The ready, reply was : "I can not say too much in praise of Representative Hermann. . He is an excellent member of the committee on rivers and harbors. r In .all his efforts he is honorable, persistent, indefatiga ble. He is held in high esteem by all his associates "upon the committee, and commands the respect of the entire house." General Thomas C. Catchings, of the third district of Mississippi, sometimes designated, "the speaker's .lieutenant" because of his intimate political and personal relations with Mr. Crisp, said, most emphatically, of Mr. Hermann: "He is the best member in the. house ; at all events the best member for his constituents. He is very near a faultless .member. For him I have the highest possible respect for me to entertain for any member. You cannot say too much in his behalf, from me." This was de cidedly clever, coming as it did in such a hearty manner. Representative Weadock, of Michigan, another member of the committee, upon being told Gen eral Catchinir's views, said : "I endorse all that and desire to emphasize the idea that Hermann is one of the best , if not the best member of our committee. He is unwearying in everything he un dertakes and is especially earnest in be half of his own state- and the Pacific coast." Not onlv was this said but mach more of like import, and the gen tleman did not measure his words. Mr. Charles Stewart, of Texas, is of tall stature and commanding presence. However white his hair, his is a vigorous age. ile raised nis lorm prouaiy io ine full height of six feet four, and grasping the interviewer cordially by the hand testified earnestly and emphatically that Hermann was one of the most courteous and untiring men of his committee. He is superb in presenting the claims of his state and section. He enters heartily upon any matter he advocates and is irrepressible. ' There is but one way to stop him and that would be to choke him to death." Further- reports of other interviews, with other members of the committee, might be given in detail, but the sub stance of what all these democratic members (hereinbefore set forth) said, under this head, is quite sufficient, at this time, and to avoid repetition I shall content my6elf by closing with the kind expressions of only two republicans, of the number upon the committee. One of them was tte Hon. Samuel M. Steph enson, of the eleventh district of Michi gan, a man of few words but of vast in fluence within as well as beyond party lines ; he said : "If I was in Oregon and .was a farmers' alliance man, a green backer, or a democrat, and wanted a'man to represent my state, I would vote fob Hermann. I know him well, having been intimately associated with him in two congresses." Gen. Thomas J. Henderson, of Illi nois, said: "Hermann is honest. He is earnest and zealous in the highest degree." Ml this is very flattering but it is simply the truth and it may be as well for our people to know it. Perhaps it was because our representa tive from Oregon was upon this import ant committee, and had secured such a high place in the opinions of his asso ciates, that our state, of late years, has secured such liberal appropriations for the benefit of certain of her rivers and harbors,' and more recently that specific action which will in the near ' future make the superb Columbia an available artery for commence ; a grand channel connecting the vast wheat basins of the Inland Empire with the ocean highways of the world. Mac Hine. UNAttOIED PLKA8UKE. The Excursion 'to the Cascades on Satur day Last. The Regulator had about 160 passeng ers aboard when she started on the ex cursion trip to the Cascades last Satur day .morning. All were excursionists save, possibly, half a dozen persons who had other business on hands. Among these latter were Dr. Taylor, W. Wise man and C. E. Haight, who were bound retreating forehead of the Flathead. Besides v these Jour large graves, or rather, accumulations of bones, several places wre observed that had the ap pearahce of single, sunken graves. But the prevailing . method of burial evi dently was or is.to wrap the corpse in a blanket or other inclosure and lay it on the bones of its ancestors. In course of time the blanket rots and disappears and and nothing but the bones remain. It was a scene where the moralist might well linger and reflect on the vanity of all for Trout Lake on a week's fishing trip. A stiff up-river breeze met the Regulator earthly things, bnt there was no time to as she steamed down the river and the moralize, and after twenty minutes or air was cool and bracing, gradually dy- so, that seemed all too short, the whistle ing out and getting warmer till the noon warned us to the boat and we were hour when it became a perfect, typical, again soon safely steaming homeward. Eastern Oregon summer day. The Regu-1 Captain Michell who was on board, hav- lator band discoursed choice selections of ing relieved Captain McNulty for a little music at pleasing intervals till the arrival time the latter was conversing with ac- of the boat at the Cascades, when the quamtances in the. fore cabin, when happy crowd repaired, with well-filled Rev. O. D. Taylor, by a preconcerted baskets and whetted appetites to the arrangement, in a few well chosen grateful shade of the wide spreading words,moved a vote of thanks to Captain poplars that line the river's bank. Af- McNulty for the pleasure of the trip and ter a hearty lunch young and old scat tered in all directions, . the ubiquitous candidate (for we had several on 'board) to see that his fences were in good re pair and the majority, to inspect the the courtesy of having allowed the -passengers to - visit Memaluse Island. . A dozen voices seconded the motion and it was carried by a roar of "ayes" that rose . high above the locks and view the raging torrent as it sound of the rushing steam of the en- rushed madly over the falls of the las- gines. men Judge Bradshaw, waving cades in its haste to reach its mother J his hat overhead, called for three cheers ocean. xot a few walked the portage lor tne captain which were given with a to its western terminus where the big will but before they had died on the air state wharf boat surges and creaks I in a chorus of laughter the burly captain, against the piling as it lies half exposed blushing like a school girl, had rushed to the mighty down-pour of the seething from the cabin and was climbing the boiling torrent. Here it was found that stair to the wheel house. As the boat part of the government bulk head had been torn down so as to admit the wharf boat into the canal when- it may become necessary to do so, a time that is probably not far off as the river is ris ing rapidly under the hot sun. Re- put into the wharf three rousing cheers were given for the band that had so roy ally entertained us on a trip that every body united in pronouncing one of the pleasantest they had ever enjoyed. Not a single event happened to mar its turning to the boat through the govern- Pleasure ana never a -kicker was in inent grounds the reporter learned that Efi2TZ o 1 r 1 fill mon am nnw omnlnYron nn M.P i . i i . , w.. . j - I uuve uie pleasure oi HIGH WATER RECORD. 28. 29. 2tt. 27. 24. 25. 30. .25.9 .26.8 .25.8 !.34.0 Temperature and Status of the River in May. for Tears Past. ' The following table of the maximum temperature for the month of. May, for several years past, and the hight of the Columbia river at The Dalles, will be pe rused with interest : Dny. Year. Temperature. River. 187S tfZ 31 1882 92 18 ...1884 90 19 1884 92 5 1886 90 29 1885. . 90 2o 1886 Sl .. .1887 92 .. .1887 98 ...1889 90 I..1889 91 ..1891 02 . .1891. 90 . .1S91 .. May 21, 1892, the maximum tempera ture was 90, and the water stood even 20.0 feet. Today it stands 24.0. At the weather bureau in Portland no definite information can be gained rela tive to a probable flood. The reports in dicate a vast body of snow in the moun tains, and the rapidity .with which this snow melts depends of course upon the thermal condition. The weather bureau is expecting information which will soon be given out for publication, and then those interested can form their own opin ions. The present outlook, however, is favorable for high water, and people along the river front are making arrange ments to move exposed goods. In Port land, beginning this morning, there is a general move from lower docks. 26.0 Highest 26.6 Will Visit Oregon. Walla Walla, May 25. A San Fran Cisco dispatch says that a few editors, in attendance at Fresno, will visit Oregon and Washington, upon the invitation of B. Johnson and others, constituting an Oregon and .Washington -delegation for that purpose. . It is thought they will be royally entertained at Tacoma, and perhaps at rortland. Third Party Candidate. ' -Charlotte, N. C., May 24, The third party in convention has resolved to pre sent the name of L. L. Polk, . president of the farmers' alliance, to the national convention of the people's party at Omaha, as a candidate for . the presi dency of the United States. No one in ordinary health need be come bald or gray,! If he will iollow sensible treatment. We advise " clean liness of .the scalp and the use of -Hall's Hair Renewer. . . works, between 40 and 50 of them being employed in cutting stone. Meeting John Kennington, a warm hearted native of the Emerald Isle, who is jan itor ot the government bunk house, a cordial invitation was given to inspect the building. John is an old man, long past the prime of life, but it is due to him to say that everything under his charge is kept as neat and tidy as my lady's boudoir. The building has two floors, and covers an area of 44 by 250 feet. Everything up-stairs and down-stairs was as clean and sweet as pure air and the busy hands of the faithful old Irish man could make it. Mr. Kennington is known on the workB as the "Marquis of Waterford." He was born in Pilltown, countv Killkennv, many vearff ago, where his father had been blacksmith to the Marquis of Waterford, made famous by his eventful life and tragic death in a fox hunt, about the year 1858, and still more famous perhaps by his being the original "Webber" of Lever's .novel "Charley. O'Malley." Taking the re porter to his own quarters the -old man opened a trunk and took out a well worn bible, and, opening' the title page. pointed with pardonable pride to the inscription,- "Presented to John Ken nington by Lady Waterford, Jany. 25th, 1856." "I would not take $100 for that bible," said the old man, and every intonation of voice-and manner told that he meant every word he said. Salmon fishing is quite ; an iin portant industry at the Cascades, and not a few make a comfortable living at it. The Cascade Falls Fishing compa ny are taking out, with one fish wheel, located about a mile below the falls, from five to six tons a day. N. Nelson caught, the other day, in twenty-eix feet of. net, 200 fish at one haul, that weighed 1,000 pounds. . Nets are placed all around the wharf boat, since the Dalles City Btopped running, and hardy natives of the land of the midnight sun were navigating the rapids and eddies below the falls as -placidly as ever a land lubber, sat in a rock ing chair in his own parlor. . At 2 :30 p. m. the whistle of the Regu lator called the excursionists back to the boat and by 3 o'clock we were steaming back to The Dalles. A few miles below Memaluse Island a happy, thought sug gested itself to Mr. Allaway, the oblig- eniovine uianv such on. the Regulator before the shad- lows of the year lengthen out to a close. DEMOCRATIC RALLY. Speech on the hy Capt. G. W. Bell Tariff Last Might. A moderately well filled house greeted Captain G. W. Bell last night at the Court house. The gentleman discoursed in a quiet, easy and graceful manner, for fully two hours and a quarter on questions relating to the tariff. He was introduced by J. L. Story who said that while republicans were now- in great spirits he did not believe tbev would be heard from on the 6th of June. He claimed that the republican party, was to blame for the, delay in opening the Cascade locks and that it was a demo cratic governor who had forced the party in the last legislature to give' us tem porary relief through the Cascade port age. He thought the people should stand by the party that had stood by them. Captain' Bell, oil coming forward said he knew nothing-of the local politics of Uregon or of candidates. These were matters his hearers must judge for themselves. ' He wanted to reason with, not instruct, his hearers. They were the uncrowned kings of the greatest kingdom in the whole ' world. He was nit there to abuse any men or party, Life was too short for abuse. Only small men did that. He believed opin ions should come first, then party affilia tion. All wealth was the product of labor. The production of wealth was a great thing; its concentration was dan gerous. Thirty years ago we had no millionares, now 4,000 of them own the half of all the wealth in the United States, and all their millions were ac cumulated in the last thirty years. There were three ways of acquiring wealth ; first, by work, second, by in heritance, third, by appropriation of the fruit of other people's labor. Mill ionares were the privileged classes and their wealth was accumulated through class legislation. Instead of skill, toil and effort, it was combination and com petition that controlled the price of labor. God made the world on a free trade plan. Each should apply his labor, to what he can best produce and tariff that goes into the United States treasury ten dollars go into the pockets of the manufacturer.- The workingman pays the tax that the manufacturer may live in a palace. If lie could buy in a free market he could buy a dress for his wife instead of for another man's wife, mere were two sides to the question : the robber, and the robbed. If. the foreigner pays -the tax then how does the tariff protect. He had panes of glass in his cottage windows that cost him $24 each and the tariff amounted to $9 a pane. There was not a man in the country capable of writing an extended article on protec tion without damning the whole busi- i. No tariff can protect a commodity we export. The Dalles people knew nothing of corn but he hinted they were familiar with corn juice. . He raked the reciprocity clause of the KcKinley bill, fore and aft. The South American re publics exported the same things we ex port. If we send them farm machinery it is sold at from 17- to 37 per cent, cheaper than to the farmers of the United States. A great paper had said so. A law that says "You will not buy," says "You shall not sell." Farmers were taxed' $100 for each family. It is in protected centers where we have dis content and low wages. - There was not a tramp in the country thirty years ago. The' tramp is the product of protection. - The lowest, wages and the highest pro tection are found side by side. English manufacturers are content with this country's policy. It gives them the control of the commerce - of the world. There was not a ship on the ocean carrying the American flag. captain Bell then paid his respects to Carnegie and his millions, acquired, as he claimed, through the protective tariff on iron. We needed no protection for iron. England had to go down an aver age of 1,500 feet, into the bowels of the earth, for her iron. In the United States it was piled up in mountains that kissed the stars. The above is only the barest outlines of an able address, viewed from a free, traders stand point. It was frequently interrupted by applause and was ap parently well received by the democratic portion of the audience. . Shoeing; s Pauper's Horse. Murdered at a Picnic. Mahtsvillk, Cal.,'May-25. At an in quest held on the remains of Jesse G. Eoulk, who was shot at a picnic a week ago, the jury brought in a verdict charg ing W. R. Lane with murder, and La cian Dynelly, with being an accessory. Lane is now recovering from bis wound, and will be arrested. Dynelly is in jail " and makes light of his connection with the crime. DEjnOBQHTIC State, District aoiCoitj TICKET. For Supreme Judge Alfred S. Bennett. For Attorney General, G-eorge E. Chamberlain. For Member of Congress, 2d District - James H. Slater. t m , . For Circuit Judge, 7th District, W. L. Brad.sh.aw. " For Prosecuting Attorney, 7th District, J. F. Moore. For Member State Board Equalization 7th District, trade for what he cannot produce. In ing agent of the boat company, and the direct taxation was the most oppressive reporter was appointed a committee of ( of all taxation. The wavs and means one to put it in execution. Repairing committee conferslwith manufacturers as to the pantry where Captain McNulty was partaking of a hasty cup of coffee ; the suggestion was made that it would confer a great pleasure on the passengers if the boat was put in for a few minutes at Memaluse Island to allow those of us who...: had never , visited it . to see that, ancient burial place, where Vic Treyitt and so many aborigenes sleep their last sleep. The captain promptly replied. "I will see when I get up to the island and stop if it is pos sible to do so." Apd he was as good as his word, and a large number landed and clambered up the sand slopes that led to the Indian graves. ' They are four in number. Three are covered enclos ures made apparently out of "punch eons' or rived timbers, and covering a space.. each of. about ten feet square, covered-on : top. The "puncheons" of the fourth have rotted and fallen and the bones and skulls lie" exposed.- - In this last the reporter counted nearly 50 skulls ; that lay exposed while prob ably as many or more were covered up. Possible quite as many skulls were in each of the three other inclosures. The merest g lance at the skulls could distinguish two kinds," one the ordinary Indian skull and the other that of the to how much the people can bear. Then the manufacturers meet and regulate the output. There was no competition on wholesale prices, it was only among retailers. Prices were regulated by the tariff. The half a cent duty ' on refined sugar put - fifteen millions into the pockets of the sugar refiners. - Pro tection died m 18o7 and was rather decently interred, but a tariff was levied in 1861 "to save the Union." He had a deep conviction that the war en ded whdh Lee surrendered, but boys who' were then in their mother's lap seem to think the Union is not saved yet. The rich had a hearing in congress and the long ears of congress were laid back to listen to them. The' first pro tective law was framed 90 years ago. Manufacturers said : "Give us a chance for our infant .industries." Congress imposed a duty of 8 per cent. Then the infant grew and still the tax kept in creasing. ' He prayed the Immaculate God that the infant might never reach maturity, for then it i would - surely want a thousand per cent. ' No man can tell 'how much tax he pays. He would rather pay less tax and feel it. Indirect taxation was invented .by monarchy. For every dollar of the Kingsley, May 20, 1891. Editor Chronicle: In your last official report of the expenditures of the county there was an item that read, "Shoeing a pauper's horse. $2.50." Now some of the taxpayers out here would like to have a little light on this item. Are our paupers furnished with horses to ride around the country on, and are these horses shod at the county's expense? And if so, does it cost $2.50 to get a pau pers horse shod when a non-pauper can get it done for $1.50 to $2.00. Believing in the uniform fairness and honesty of The Chronicle, and that it will tell the truth, I ask for an explanation. - Taxpayer. The county has an orphan boy in' its charge who got bitten on the heel by a snake. The wound was neglected and when the lad came to the. poorhouse it was thought for a time his foot would have to be amputated to save his life. A successful effort was made to save the foot and as soon as the wound healed up, arrangements were made to send the lad to the public school in this city. As it was impossible for him to walk a dis tance of over three miles, he was fur nished with a horse which cost the county $20, and which is said to be worth the money at any time he is not needed. The horse had a pair of old shoes put on his fore feet on Feby. 4th, by Young & Kuss, and a full new set on April 19. The charge for the pair was 50 cents and for the set $2.00, the common charge for such work, everywhere. These are the facts in the case. Men will judge whether it was wiser or more humane to allow an orphan cripple to grow up in ignorance or furnish him with such ed ucation, in the onlv way it could be fur nished, as might fit him for earning his own living and thus be removed from the position of a county charge. Editor. Republicanism at Cascade Locks. Sher William . Hughes. For Joint Senator, 17th District, man and Wasco counties, . J. A.. Smith,. of Sherman.- For Joint Senator, ISth District, Gillian, Sherman and Wasco counties, . G. W. Rinehart, of Gilliam. For Joint Representatives,. 18th Reptv - tentative District, Sherman and Wasco counties, H. E. Moore, S. F.Blythe. .. For County Judge , GEORGE C. BLAKELEY. For Countv Clerk. JAMES B. CROSSEN. For Countv Sheriff, THOMAS A. WARD. For Countv Treasurer, ' WILLIAM K. CORSON. 1 For County Assessor, GEORGE T. PKATHER. ' For Countv Surveyor. P. P. UNDERWOOD. For School Superintendent, F. P. FITZGERALD. For Countv Commissioner, JAMES DARNIELLE. For Countv Coroner. . JOHN W.MOORE. 4-2it Cascaok Locks, Or., May ISth. Editor Chronicle: Last evening was spent in reorganiz ing our old club; starting anew under the name of the Young .Men's Republi can club. We were treated to a rousing speech bv C. F. Candiani a scion of one of the noble families of sunny Italy Fifty name were enrolled, those of our best and most prominent citizens. The following -"officers ' were elected. A. Watt, President; D. Callahan, Vice President; E. P. Ash, Secretary; W Day, II. A. Leavens and J. M. Mclsacca, Executive Committee. ' YonYosson. The vast facilities of J. C. Ayer Co., of Lowell, Mass., enables them to place the Superior Blood -purifier Ayer's Sarsa parilla within easy reach of the poorest invalid. Don't, be induced to. take a cheap" substitute. Always remember that the best is the cheapest. Overproduction of Leather. Johnstown, Pa., May 25. On account of the overstocked maket the tanneries of the United States have decided ' to close for sixty days, beginning on June 1st. This will take 2,500,000 skins out of the market.' The hardest wood known is said to .be cocus wood. Jt turns the edge of an ax, however well tempered, so it isjclaimed. QEPUBLICflU State, District and County TICKET. For Supreme Judge,' F. A. Moore. For Attorney General,. Lionel R. Webster. 1 For .Member of Congress, 2d District, W. R. Ellis. For Circuit Judge, 7th District, George . Watkins. ' For Prosecuting Attomev, 7th District, W. H. .Wilson.' For Member State Board Equalization? .7th District, John L. .Luckey. For Joint Senator, 17th District, consist- 1 ing of Sherman and asco Counties, H. S. McDaniels. For Joint Senator, 18th District, consist ing of Gilliam, bherman and Wasco Counties, W. W. Steiwer. For Joint Representatives, 18th Repre. sentative lhstrict, consisting ot . Sherman and Wasco Counties, E. N Chandler, T. R. Coon. " For Countv Judge, . C. N. THORNBURY. . . For Countv Clerk, -J. M. HUNTINGTON. For Countv Sheriff, C. P. BALCH. For Countv Commissioner, H. A." LEAVENS. For Countv Treasurer, WM. MICHELL. . For Countv Assessor JOEL WKOONTZ.. For Countv School Superintendent,. TROY SHELLEY. For Countv Surveyor, E. F. SHARP. . 4-16U For County Coroner, N. M. EASTWOOD.