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THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 13,' 1895. The Weekly Gbroniele T11K DALLES OSEGOM Entered at the postofflee at The Dalles, Oregon, as secona-ciass mail mailer. STATE OFFICIALS. Ojvernot 8. Pennoyer secretary 01 btaie ti K Kincaia Treasurer Phillip Metschan Bupt-of Public Instruction 6. M. Irwin Attorney-General CM. Idleman o (J. N. Dolnh oiaawn ) J. H. Mitchell - ( B. Hermann JUU6u.cu )W. K. Ellis State Printer W. H. Leeds COUNTY OFFICIALS. County Judge. Geo. C. Blakeley Sheriff. T. J. Driver Clerk A. M. Kelsay Treasurer wm. Micneu n .... 1 Frank Kincaid )A. 8. Blowers Assessor F. H. Wakefield Surveyor E. F. Sharp Superintendent of Public schools. . .Troy sneuey Coroner W. H. Butts WEED THEM OUT. TKe fight over the senatorship has withdrawn attention from other very important matters that will come be . fore the legislature at the coming ses sion. There is an urgent demand for economy in the management of the state affairs, and to this end the demand is almost nnanimous for the abolishing of a lot or useless and worse than useless commissions. Heading the list, as be ing the most useless of all. is the rail road commission. While the gentle men who compose it are perhaps as good as any that could be selected, there is no reason why they,- or any others, should be saddled as guests onto the railroad companies at a cost to the state of $12,000 a year. The fish commissioner is another of those useless and powerless offices that should be abolished. The sheriff?, con stables and citizens should, and cer tainly could do much better service, and indeed would do more to enforce the fish and game laws than the fish com missioner can were it not for the fact that ti.e knowledge that the state has this commissioner to look after that business prevents the citizen from mak ing it his business. The superintendent of public instruc tion is another office that never accom plished -any good except to the Hon. E. E. McElroy, and is of no more practical use to the state than an extra pair of leg 8 to a chicken. The state board of equalization is an other political wart that doesn't equalize anything except its salary, though prop erly conducted it would, perhaps, prove beneficial. If continued, however, it should be composed of the governor and other state 'officers, who would save the expense of the office, for the work instead of taking months as it does now when salaries lead to prolonging the job. Those officers, who had nothing to gam by nursing the job, would get through with it in less than a month Another point that is going to be watched closely is the expense the leg islature creates for itself in the shape of ' clerk hire, and legislators will hear from their constituents should the former shameless practices be followed. This legislature ones it to its party, as well as the state, to show how well and how economically the state can be gov erned with all its branches in the hands of the republican party. The interests of the state demand honest government, rigid economy, and the interests of the party demand that this legislature does not provide its enemies a club for its destruction. of the state in a condition requiring out-1 siae assistance to prevent a lammo, uuo would think the state had been afflicted enough. But the election of a railroad attorney to .the United States senate from that state is the most damnable blow that was ever dealt a country by the treacherous bands of its own citi zens. ' GOVERNOR PENNOYER. HAS NO PARALLEL. It may be safely said that the case of the state against Hall in North Carolina, in an opinion of the supreme court just filed, has had no parallel. Deputy Sheriff Hall, standing just on this side of the line, fired and killed Andrew Bob inson, a prisoner who was escaping into Tennessee. Hall was tried and convicted of murder in North Carolina. On his appeal it was reversed that "in contem plation of the law Hall was in Tenn essee when the killing was done." He was arrested and held as a fugitive from justice. " The governor of Tennessee sent for Hall on requisition. Hall applied for a discharge, but Judge Below refused to discharge him. He then applied to the supreme court, and the court by a majority of one, decided he must be dis charged, because not having been in. Tennessee at the time of the killing he cannot be a fugitive from justice. Judge McRaw joins in the dissent on the ground that if, ''in contemplation of the law Hall was in Tennessee at the time of the killing," so that he cannot be tried in the courts of North Carolina, in the same contemplation of the law, he must be a fugitive from justice, for he cannot now be found in Tennessee but in North Carolina. A PRECOCIOUS DEMOCRAT. An intelligent news-gatherer for the Associated Press telegraphs the astound ing announcement that the Jacksonian Club of Omaha, the leading democratic organization of the state, celebrated the 82d anniversary of the birth of its pa tron saint, General Jackson, yesterday. We always knew the democracy were behind the times, but did not think they were back more than twenty or thirty years. At any rate no one can accuse the old general and democratic president of being slow if, as the dis patch indicates, be fought the battle of New Orleans the day he was born. In a few days Sylvester Pennoyer, who has filled the governor's chair of this state for eight years, will turn over tfie office to his successor, Judge Lord, There is, perhaps, no man who ever held the office that has had as much abuse, as many flings made at him as Governor Pennoyer, and certainly ' none who de served them less. We may differ from him in political opinions, we may smile at some of his vagaries, and we may re gret some of his opinions concerning the courtesy due to those in high national authority; but when we pass the acts of the man in review for the past eight years, we may find much to awaken oar admiration, and much more that we may approve. , Pennover's administration has been a clean one, and he goes out of office with the respect of the people, regardless of politics. Some will find fault with bis exercise of the pardoning power, but an examination into that matter will dis close the fact that ia nearly every case the application for a pardon was signed by the judge, -prosecuting attorney or jurors who tried the case. His action at Corvallis when the Oregon Pacific was clamoring for troops endeared him to the hearts of the laboring classes, and his famous epigram, "Pay your men and you won't need any troops," will be remembered long after all of us have passed away. The newspapers, for lack of something else to vent their sarcasm on, have en couraged each other in trying to be witty at the governor's expense; but now that he is to step down and out, the people will recognize the fact that thej have lost an honest official, and a friend. Text-Book Question Settled. WHO KNOWS, "Man never is but always wants to be." and this trueism is made perfectly plain and apt in the present wild scram ble to get the country on a silver basis It may be possible the country will be better, that times will be better if the change is made, but we do not believe such will be the case. We do not pre' tend to be a prophet, or to be able to peer into the future and tell what effect the change of a monetary system by a nation of seventy millions of people will have on the world. We know that to day under our present system, every dollar of the country's money, whether gold or silver, oi paper, js worth one dollar. We know that in countries where the silver is coined as it is pro posed to be coined here, the dollars are not of equal value, but that the silver dollar is worth only its bullion value, and not a cent more. We believe, therefore, that the cause that has pro duced such effects in other countries, will produce the same effect here. What we have in the shape of a finan cial policy may not be perfect, but at least we know That it is. Our silver friends are much in the condition of those wounded Japaneses on the warships, after a recent naval battle, whom the physicians found hope lessly wounded. The poor fellows raised their heads and opened their mouths, with implicit faith in the skill of the phyeicians, only to receive a drop of hydro-cyanic acid and death. The old methods of sending undesira ble persons out for some other locality to cope with seems to be in vogue yet in some quarters. A Sacramento vigilance committee has been practicing such tac tics upon the tramp fraternity in that city. Perhaps other localities can better handle that class of individuals, but the general verdict will be that each locality has about as much of the tramp as they can well manage without having any more shoved upon them, and that the really proper couree would be for as earnest an effort as possible to be made to mitigate the tramp nuisance by efforts to change the tramps into, if necessarily enforced, resident workers of some kind. Albaftty Herald. The Oregonian yesterday makes the assertion that the Hon. Jonathan Bourne is the head and front of the silver move ment in this state, and we believe is per fectly correct in its assertion. In speak ing of Mr. Bourne's abilities as a politi cian and manager it further says that Bourne supplies the phrases and argu ments used by his puppets, furnishing the "sesquipedalian words of hazv meaning." The word sesquipedalian is of particularly happy choice in the con nection, since it denotes the giving to words, as Mr. Bourne would to silver, a measure much larger than belongs to them. . The fight against Budd and the at tempt to seat Estee as governor of Cali- fornor have been abandoned, and governor-elect Budd was sworn in today. It was a foolish contest in the first place, for the reason of Estee's unpopularity was the fact that he was supposed to be tooJriendly to the Southern Pacific rail road. That was what made Mr. Estee drag, along far in the rear of his ticket. There were lots of republicans who felt that a democratic governor was ' a smaller evil than having the railroad managers in charge of the Btate. The Portland exposition is no more. After trying Hardt to succeed, and changing the management a month ago without avail, the directors of the asso ciation grew disheartened when the ele ment turned against them and com pletely blocked all travel. The storm knocked it out, cooling even the fiery and hitherto unquenchable ardor of the energetic Van B. DeLasbmutt. OOUIIT TO STARVE. Jt.lm M. Tbnrston, general attorney f-i the Union Pacific Railroad Co.. hue len elided United States senator from Nesraska.v- The, republicans of that Hate deserve lo be downed again by the I'opulists and kept (limn until they )tirii the elements of common decency. With two years of populism and a fail ure of crops that has left a large portion We acknowledge the receipt of the fourth biennial report of 'the railroad commissioners. It has served to change our opinion concerning the nselesBness of the board. Its '402 pages, most of which are table work at double price for composition, convinces us that the board is really as good as a father to the state printer. t The vote on the adoption of school books has been taken as appears in the di!pai.cljp on the front paes of this paper. S iine changes have been made, but the American Book company are still to furnifli the larger portion of the books for iIih next fix yarp. SIcadaclio and Neuralgia cored by Dr. MILES' PAIN PILLS. "Ono cent a dose." Salem, Or., Jan. 8. The canvass of the vote of the several county school superintendents by trie state board of education, consisting of Governor Pen noyer, Secretary of State McBride and Superintendent of Public Instruction McElroy, for a series of textbooks to be used in the public schools of Oregon for a period of eix years, under the law, ex hibits the following results : First No textbook has received a ma jority of votes cast under the following topics: Orthography, spelling blanks, drawing, physical geography, rhetoric and composition and English literature, Second There has been no change in the following textbooks that are now in nee, and they have been readopted for use in all of the public Echools in the state, to-wit: Swinton's new word analysis, Barnes' new national readers, Spencerian system and copybooks, Fish's arithmetics, NoS. 1 and 3, Brooks' men tal arithmetic, Montieth's elementary and comprehensive geographies, Smith's series of primary textbooks in physiology and hygiene, Steele's physiology and hygiene for high school and advanced echools, Barnes' primary and brief his. tory of the United States, Loomi3 series of vocal music, Barnes' general history, Monteith's popular science, Robinson's algebra and geometry, Bryant & Strat- ton's system of bookkeeping, Steele's chemistry, botany, physics astronomy and geology. Third The textbooks that have been changed are as follows : Maxwell's first book in language, introduction to Eng lish grammar and advanced English grammar have been adopted instead of Barnes' language lessons ; Sill's English grammar and Clark's normal grammar; Peterman's civil government, Oregon edition, has been adopted instead of Young's classbook. Fourth The additional books adopted that may be used in all grades in the public schools are as follows : National number tablets, "Song Wave, Gow's morals and manners, Kidd's elementary and vocal culture, Johonnet's national history and historical series of text books for supplementary reading for primary and intermediate echools. For advanced school and high schools the following: Geographical reading, Ir ving's Sketch Book, Irving's Tales of a Traveler, Scott's Ivanhoe, Scott's Lady of the Lake, Scott's Abbott, Scott's Mar mion, Scott's Woodstock, Macaulay's Essay on Chatham, Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Twelfth Night, Merchant of Ven ice and Midsummer Night's Dream, Webster's Bunker Hill Orations, De- coverly Papers, Arnold's Sohab and Rustum. Most of these books are pub lished by the American Book Company. WASHINOTON5LETTER. Kiom our regular correspondent. ' Washington, Jan. 3, 1894 General confusion, general distrust and general disaster are now contending lor the control of the democratic major ity in congress and of the administra- tion.. Inetead oi returning from their holiday in a more united condition the democrats are, if such a thing be possi ble, wider apart on the financial ques tion than' they were when the recess ad journment was taken. Debate was re sumed in the house on the currency bill without any idea of what is to be the outcome. The men who onght t'o be the leaders of the democrats .are in doubt not only as to what they ought to do, but also as to what following they will have should they decide upon what to attempt. Some are advising the hold, ing or a caucus and others are eaying that a caucus will only aggravate the existing division. Mr. Cleveland has intimated quite Etrongly that he has a mind to send a special message to con gress, pleading for some patriotic, non partisan financial legislation, and his cabinet is understood to be divided as to the advisability .of such a course on his part. ' . , The situation has not been improved by the apparently well-grounded rumor that Mr. J. Pierpont .Morgan, a New York banker, had called upon Mr. Cleveland, as the representative of tbe syndicate of bankers which floated the last bond issue, and formally requested that Secretary Carlisle be dismissed from the head of the treasury depart ment, on the ground that he had .failed to keep faith with tbe bankers and that he lacks the capacity to successfully handle the financial affairs of the conn try. Of course no one expects this to re sult in the removal of Secretary Car lisle, but it has added another complica tion to a situation .that was already entirely too much complicated. "R. E. French and Eva Earl French with their excellent company opened a week's engagement at Cordray's theatre last evening to an army of their friends that filled the house up and down stairs. The opening play was the romantic five- act drama of "The Golden Giant,' written Dy Ulay .01. lireene. The en trance of both Mr. and Mrs. French were signals for a storm of applause that -left no doubt in the minds of I all present that . the stars of the svening continued great favorites.- Mrs. French was at home in the character of Bessie Fairflax and did some excellent comedy work that was well appreciated. Mr. French made a typical Jack Mason, in the strong dramatic passages eliciting a number of hearty rounds of applause as well as several curtain calls. Mr. frenennas a well balanced company ana trie perrormance last evening was smooth and even, without a hitch from first to last. Frank Lavarnie bad the heroic part of Alexander Fairflax, tbe Golden Giant, and gave a strong, manly representation of the Western hero. Miss Jessie La Seur was very effective in the character of Ethel Wayne, arous- leg the sympathies of the audience in tbe many - emotional passages of the play." Reserved seats for sale at Blake- ey & Houghton's. The Next Oregon Assembly. Republicans in. congress had no huid in making the present financial muddle and they do not consider it their duty to take any part in clearing up -matters. They are at present merely interested onlookers, waiting to see whether the democrats will be able to produce any thing tangible out of the chaos now pre vailing. At present although the Car lisle currency bill is nominally before the house for general debate there is no certainty that it may not without an hour's notice be succeeded by another bill of an entirely different nature. When the democrats have shown what sort of a bill they really intend to try to pass, if they ever . do, the republicans will be ready to meet it with a definite declaration, something that it is at present useless to make. Among the changes proposed to be made in the Carlisle currency bill is one for the is sue of $500,000,000 in 2 cent bonds, to be used for the retirement of the green backs and treasury notes. It is stated Mr. Cleveland has endorsed the idea, but be has not done so publicly. To School Boards. Summary of steps necessary to vote a special tax in school districts under law of 1893: 1. Directors should cal a special meeting, giving ten days notice, to be held as late in January as possible (say 26 to 28) and get result to county clerk by Feb. 1st. 2. Make application to the county clerk for amount of assessable property in your district, not earlier than January 1st, but early enough to insure his reply by the date of your meeting. 3. The clerk cannot give yon the assessment before the latter part of Jan uary, and you cannot vote until you get i t. 4. When the vote is made the result must be forwarded in writing to county clerk by Feb. 1st. (School laws 1893. pp. 62-64). As the time is limited, promptness in all your proceedings is absolutely nec essary. Troy Shelley, . School Supt. Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, thinks it very doubtful whether the Carlisle cur rency bill can be forced through the house and eays of its chance in tbe sen ate: "I do not see how it could get through the senate. The plans which have been presented so far are most un satisfactory and will require a thorough discussion of the best method of remedy ing existing conditions before any bill can be formulated that will . be satisfac tory, and there isn't time for that." When asked whether there would be an extra session of congress, the senator said : "Not unless the democrats force it. The republicans will do nothing to delay action. We will not even fight against the appropriation for the execu tion of the income tax. We believe that the tax is odious and ought not to be en forced, but as tbe democrats have placed it upon the statute books, it may, per haps, be a good thing to let the country see just how unpleasant it is. There will be speeches against it, but no fac tious opposition." The names given below not followed by the politics of the parties, are repub licans. MEMBERS OF TBE SENATE. Republicans 19 Democrats 8 Populists 3 Total 30 Baker and Malheur Will R King, populist. Benton and Lincoln Tolbert Carter. .Clackamas George C BrowneTl. Clackamas and Marion Alonzo Ges ner. Clatsop J H Smith, democrat. Coos, Curry and Josephine J A Van derberg, populist. Crook, Lake and Klamath C A Cogs well, democrat. Douglas Henry Beckley, democrat. Grant, Harney and Morrow A W Gowan. Jackson S H Holt, populist. Lane B F Alley, J H McClung. Linn S A Dawson, N J Johnson. Marion W H Holson, I L Patterson, Multnomah Bancroft, O N Denny, H E McGinn, Joseph Simon, C H Wood- ard. Polk N L Butler, democrat. Umatilla A R Price. Umatilla and Union J HRaley, dem ocrat. Union and Wallowa D A McAllister, democrat. Wasco and Gilliam W W Steiwer. Wasco and Sherman, J A Smith, dem Washington S B Huston, dem. Washington, Columbia, Tillamook J W Maxwell. Yamhill J F Calbreath. A Racking Cough Cured by Ayor'a Cherry Pectoral. Mrs. P. D. Hall, 217 Gcnessee St, Lockport, N. Y., says : " Over thirty years ago, I remember hearing my father describe the wonder ful curative effect of Ayer's Cherry Pertnrnl. During n recent attack of La Grippe, whii-li assumed the furm of a catarrh, soreness of the lungs, accom panied -hy nn aggravating cougb, I used various remedies anil prescriptions. While some of these medicines partially alleviated the conldng dunn.? the day, none of them a fforded mo any relief from that spasmodic anion of the lungs which would seize mo the moment I attempted to liedown at night.. After ten or twelve sneh nights. 1 wn.x ' fticariy in Despair, and had about derided to sit np all night In my easy chair, and procure what sleep I conld in that way. It then oc curred to me that I had a bottle of Ayer's Cherry Tectoral. . I took a spoonful of this preparation in a little water, and was nhla to lie: down without coughing. In a fi.w moments, I fell asleep, and nv..l;e In ;hr morning greatly rcfrosVci" better. I tool; a ! toral every niglii ! uallv decreased t': weeks my coii':h n-n Avar's Prepared hy Dr. Prompt '. d t-eV.r.- much of il:e Tec i eel:, then grad iine, and in two cured." rry Pectoral yrr ..l.c-i'cll,llass. v--.i,Gtocure De gret trouble wif dese times,' -said Erastus Pinkly, "am dat 'nuff folks doan' nn'stand'de ta'hiff question.' 'Dasso," replied his companion. "Foh instance, you an' me wants free ror material." "Does we?" "Sut'nv. Spose'n de 'ysters ar dey is brung fan de bay didn't cost nufgin.' Dah you'd hab de freest ki.n'ob rorest material, an' de intiah profit ob de 'ysler bus'ness ud go ter us gemmen wha does de shuckin." Washington Star. Electric Blttsrs. This remedy is becoming so well known and so popular as to need no special mention, All who use Electric Bitters sing the same song of praise. A purer medicine does not exist and it is guaranteed to do all that is claimed. Electric Bitters will cure all diseases of the liver and kidueys, will remove . pimples, boils, salt rheum and other affections caused by impure blood. W ill rtrivo mfllnpia fm f tin Dnefatn on) MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE. ... ...... UVi Republicans 53 Prvent as well as cure alf malarial Democrats 0 fevers. For cure of headache, consti- Populists.....'. 7 pation and indigestion try Electric Bit- Aotai oU Iters. Entire satisfaction Guaranteed or Baker J C Young, populist, money refunded. Price 50c and $1 Representative Russell of Connecticut, a republican member of the house com mittee on banking and currency, does not believe that the treasury can get any relief from financial legislation, no mat ter what its nature, until the tariff has been rearranged on the lines of protec tion and a sufficient revenue provided to meet the needs of the government. He recognizes, as do most unprejudiced students of the financial situation, that those two bond issues wonld have been made even if no treasury notes or green backs had ever been presented for re demption in gold. In short, that while those bond issues were nominally made to replenish the gold reserve they were in reality made to meet the deficit caused by the new tariff law. As to the finan cial bill now before ihe house, Mr. Rus sell believes that the administration can force it through the house, but has his doubts about, whether Mr. Cleveland will care to do so, now that he has had an opportunity to learn what the country thinks of it. Cas. Tbe Frenches at the Opera Douse. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. French will com mence a three nigtits engagement at the opera house, next Monday evening, in Clay M.Green's most successful work, The Golden Giant." This is what the Seattle Post-Intelligencer says of Mr. and Mrs. French and their company : Ben.ton F H Cooper, Benton and Lincoln John Daly, Clackamas C B Smith, FLMintie, G O Rihearson. Clatsop C J Curtis, C F Lester, Columbia TJCleeton. Coos Thos Buckman, populist. Coos and Curry Frank A Stewart, populist. Crook A R Lyle, Douglas J E Blundell, J T Bridges, C A Shelebrede. Gilliam J E David. " Grant and Harney Orin L Patterson Jackson George Dunn; J A Jeffrey, S M Nealon, populists. Josephine R G Smith. Klamath and Lake Virgil Conn Lane C H Baker, M J Hillegas, S L Moorhead. . Linn J H Scott, Flem Smith, W A Templeton. Malheur I W Hode. -Marion H G Barclay, J L Calvert, David Craig, E Hofer, C B Moores. Morrow J S Bopthby. Multnomah S C Beach, W E Burke, B P Cardwell, Clarence Cole, J M Long, J McCracken, George T Myers, E H Thompson, O F Paxton. Polk D L Keyt, Ira S Smith. Sherman and Wasco T R Coon, T H McGreer. Tillamook and Yamhill- Umatilla E J Davis, George Shurtrum Union C D Huffman Wright, Wallowa J A Burleigh, populist Washington H C Gates, Charles Ty gart, C P Yates. Yamhill J T Gowdy, Calvin Stanley. recapitulation. Senate Hae Total Republicans 19. 53 72 Democrats 8.. 0 8 Populists . 3 7 10 The regular subscription price of the Weekly Chronicle is $1.50 and the reiiitlar pi ice of the Weekly Orkoo.via.n is $1.50. Any one pnbi-cribing for The Cjiboxici.e and paying for one year in advance can get Klh Tits Chronicle and tbe Weekly Obegonian for $2 00. bottle at Snipes & Kinersly's. Sparhawk I thought the authorities in your city didn't allow prize-fighters to give exhibitions. Ringrope They don't. But since the fighters begun to kill each other the law hasn't been en- -forced, South Boston News. "This old fellow," said the teamster, fondly patting his horse on the neck, ".has been hauling for the city for 25 years." "Got a pall, 1 suppose," sneer r ed the mugwump gentleman. Indian apolis Journal. 'But didn't yon piomise when we were married that I Bhould smoke in tbe house whenever I pleased?" "Yes, but you never please by smoking in tbe house. You displease me.." New York Recorder. 'My husband and I never have the slightest trouble or misunderstanding about tbe suitability of our Christmas gifts." "Indeed 1 How do yoa man age?" "I always buy him a lovely new1 dress and he gives me a box of good cigars." Washington 8tar. ill J W Morton, (fljftl i, J S Gurdane, I J , populist; J A I wUJ For XnfJ&nts and Children. Castoria, promotes Digestion, and overcomes Flatulency, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, and Feverishness. Thus the child is rendered healthy and its Bleep natural, Caatoria contains no HorpMne or other narcotic property. . " Castorla is so well adapted to children that I recommend it as superior to any prescription known to roe." H. A. Abchkb, II. V.. Ill South Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. T. Far several rears I have recommeil3ed tout Chstoria,' and shall always continue to do so, i L..IJ.klHMMtlUIUll.llU,lll " Hit has inTariably produced beneficial results.'Vy jldwih r . r-jRDEB, m. v., 123th Street and 7th Ave., Mew fork City. A political orator, evideutly better ac quainted with Wet-tern geography than with the language of the Greekn, recent ly txe'aimed witli fervor that l.ii prii.- ciples should prevail "from Alpha to Omaha." "The use of 'Castorla U so universal and Its merits o well known that it teems a work of supererogation to endorse it. Few are the in tlltpent families who do not keep Caatoria within easy reach." CutKOS ILtirmt, D. D., New York City. Ths CsmBB Cokpakt, 77 Murray Street, K. Y, E