THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE SATURDAY, MARCH 211896.
The Weekly Gbyonicle.
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ICLE." Ths Dalle, Oregon.
STATE OFFICIALS.
"Governor W. P. Lord
Secretary of State H R Klncaid
Treasurer Phillip Metschan
BuDtof Public Instruction G. M. Irwin
......... .Is. IU. itiieuioii
Attorney-General. .
Senators.
JG. W. McBride
Congressmen.
State Printer.
Mitchell
B. Hermann
W. E. Ellis
.W. H. Leeds
County
Iff..
COUNT! OFFICIALS. ,
Judge. Geo. C. Blakeley
flherlff. T.J, Driver
Clerk : A. m. Keisay
Treasurer Wm. Michell
, , (Frank Klncaid
w"" (A. 8. Blowers
Annmuir .... F. H. Wakefield
Barveyor. . . . ; E. F. Sharp
Superintendent of Public Schools. . .TroyBneiiey
Coroner . W.H. Butts
whom certain work: could be delegated
It should be remembered that the Com
mercial' Club was organized upon
broader lines than those which consti
tute a club for social and athletic pur
poses:
GOV. MORTON'S WEAKNESS.
THE MAIN ISSUE.
(Carlisle and olney.
The declaration is made that Secre-
tary Carlisle will be the administration
candidate for the presidency. Since
Whitney's slatement that he would not
be a candidate and the fact made known
that Cleveland would not fly in the face
of precedent and try . and be a greater
man than George Washington, the con
test has narrowed to the two cabinet
officers. Carlisle and Olnev. . As the
latter was, at a meeting of his friends
placed in nomination for the presidency
and has, never denied the soft lusinua-
tlon, it is a reasonable conclusion that
he has no objection to being considered
as a presidential possibility.
Carlisle and Olney are the two mem'
bera of the present administration who
from the overtaking wreck and carnage
' have escaped with few bruises. Olney
made a good record as attorney-general
and succeeded to the state department
in time to save it from utter disgrace
Carlisle is really a greater man in public
estimation than when he left the senate
and entered Cleveland's council.
Upon the principle that it is better to
receive a nomination for the presidency.
even if it means defeat, than never to
have had such recognition, these two
"' men' may gather their forces. Neither
- would be feared by the Republicans,
" unless the latter should make the crimi-
nal mistake of not being perfectly hon
est and clear in its attitude towards
silver. If Carlisle were nominated he
could only - be so upon a sound money
platform, which, judging' from the feel-
ing displayed in Democratic gatherings,
mignt oe nara to oDtam.
If the Republicans do not meet the
issue squarely and declare against the
50-cent dollai craze, their correct posi'
tion upon the tariff may be neutralized
The Republican party has an opportu
nity such as is seldom presented. If
the St. Louis convention construct a
. platform, the foundation of which shall
be protection nd the superstructure a
declaration for sound money in other
words, against the free coinage of sil
ver the Democrats need make no nom
inations. : If the Republicans bungle
the money question, and the Democrats
nominate Carlisle, standing upon sound
money doctrine, a difficulty may be en
countered in carrying certain states
which otherwise would not exist. '
Protection first, and then a sound
financial system, is what the Republi
can platform should advocate, for with
the enactment of the first, the latter
would follow almost as a matter of con
sequence.
.'. The Jineos are out of a inh fnnfc now
Great Britain- has practically conceded
the demand of the United States for ar-
:; affair, while the students of Spain have
, : been told to attend to their books and
." leave off warlike demonstrations against
. this government. The belligerancy of
' Cuba is conceded, and an v opportunity
for the United State's to engage in a for
' eign war seems vanishing. At the same
."wmw Mruivaa auvu.u wag t iwavu UUUJ
' the events of the Tast winter and seek to
ineiease our fighting strength. The sub-
- i'sct 'U Ann nnfc frt hn rliflmtaaAil liorfif ltj
. xf . ;r i i . i ,
uuu a u mriu urn cannot oe passea mis
- session, no omer topic could better oc
- copy the attention of our congressmen
"- ' than that of coast fortification. The in-
.mmda rt ifir ormtr o n nnn-v Kaa (rpnvn
- lO Iro n necessity buu u wido jruvioiuu
': for the future demands that the govern
ment lay -aside its self sufficient policy
and', make such military and naval ad
vancement , that are necessary for its
V. nafotv.i
: mnot nnr tA trtrCfnT.TAn f.DAr. r.nn
': Commercial ,01ub of this city was or
ganized lor wyg iuryvoo ui nurauuiug iuo
- interests', of the town, as well as for
- social amusement.' 'In the latter re
spect the club- is proving' a great success,
- and it has also done some good work in
v the'other resDect. as its agitation about
..the locks will witness. . There are a
good many citizens who put their money
Jlrtu luu viommerciai uiuu wiw iuq iuca
" that the interests of The Dalles would
.be a' constant topic of consideration in
the; organization. Heaven knows that
v there are many questions of great im-
portance' to this cltv which could be
well considered and diecuBsed. We sug
' gest that regular meetings of the club be
held and committees Jie aDDointed to
The candidacy of Levi P. Morton,
while it is being pressed with vigor,
does not elicit the enthusiasm through
out the country that rightly is due to a
man whose record has been as good as
that of the New York governor. The
element that is lacking in the Morton
campaign is sincerity. - To the unprerJj'u
diced it looks as if Morton were being
need aB a means to an end. What that
end may be is known only to the coterie
of politicians who are creating the Mor
ton boom. The New York Tribune, the
most influential Republican paper in
the country, and one which is kept free
from the control of any faction, makes
the following very fair expressions re
gardlng Morton's candidacy :
"In the echoes that come back to as
from the western and southwestern
states of what may be called the Morton
boom there seems to be a distinct mis
understanding of Governor Morton's
candidacy. The prevailing apprehension
that Governor Morton represents merely
a boodle candidacy is entirely wrong.
That a reasonable basis has not been
prepared for it in the uncommon exer
tions made by active and influential per
sons, such as Mr. Anderson and Mr.
Simms and Mr. Thomas T. Fortune and
ex-Postmaster Van Cott, we are not pre
pared to deny. But these gentlemen
have been carrying on a canvass for
which they themselves are alone re-
sponsible. We do not permit ourselves
to believe that Governor Morton him-
Beif has advanced a dollar to pay either
the ordinary expenses of these gentle
men in going through the West and
Southwest presenting his claims to the
presidential nomination or the extraor
dinary expenses which are generally
understood to be incurred in that sort of
canvass. We prefer to believe tnat
whatever has been done in that regard
has been without consultation with him
and through the overzeal of persons who
are for one reason and another active ia
bis behalf. The fact remains, however,
that most of the activity in his behalf
has appeared to be due to the interest of
politicians, who, under the appearance
of loyalty and devotion to him, have
concealed ulterior personal purposes in
their own bebalt.
"And it is this prevalent impression
that has done more than anything else
to let what might be called the Morton
boom drop down to the general level of
all the booms for 'favorite sons.' The
resolution passed by an unanimous vote
of the last state convention, which
named Governor Morton as the candi
date of the Republican party of the
state of New York for president of the
United States, nndoubtedly expressed
the general sense of the Republican
party of the state. With some consider
able exceptions in the matter of his ap
pointments, due rather to his amiability
of disposition than to bis desire to fur
ther personal ambition, he had made for
at least one year a generally .satisfactory
administration. He had in several in
stances helped the cause of a good gov
ernment and municipal reform in a way
all his own, but in such a way as was
generally appreciated, and which made
all honest Republicans friendly to the
promotion of his ambition, if such it
was. Since then several things have
happened. Not least was the somewhat
famous dinner given by Mr. Depew, at
which ex-Senator Warner Miller, ex-
Senator Thomas C. Piatt, ex-Senator
Frank Hiscock and others were present,
where it was agreed to urge upon Gov
ernor Morton his acceptance of the can
didacy which had already been formally
put forth by the state convention. There
had been up to that time more or less
doubt as to Governor Morton's willing
ness to be a candidate. It has been
generally understood . since that time
that the urgency of these gentlemen
overcome his reluctance, and that he
has been from that date a willing candi
date. But only a willing candidate.
Not by any means a candidate who
seeks the great office in question by such
means as has been intimated in the re
ports that come to us from the western
and Eouthwestern states.
'In the general canvass now in progress
Governor Morton's relation to the event
ought not to be misunderstood. He is
the candidate of a majority of New York
state Republicans because of certain
things he has done in the advancement
of a cause which they believe in. He is
not a candidate of a great many New
York state Republicans because he has
not been great enough to rise above
faction and be the governor as well as
the presidential candidate of a whoje
party. That is all that ails Governor
Morton and his boom. It is all that
made necessary Mr. Depew's utterance
on Sunday. It is all that disturbs the
process of events that might make hiai j
the unanimous choice of the New York j
delegation at St. Louis.. . It is the weak-;
ness of amiability. And it is fatal." j
All declarations to the contrary, the
tariff, in the minds of most peopje, will
be the issue in the coming campaign.
When the Republican party suffered de
feat three years ago it did so because a
majority of the people,- especially the
ignorant vbters in the largo cities, had
been' misled regarding the operation of
the McKioley law and were won over to
the delusion that free trade meant
cheap goods and high wages. ' At that
time the Republican party decided to
stsnd upon, the principle, for which it
had suffered defeat and left its vindica
tion for succeeding years.
This vindication quickly and com
pletely came, for before a year had
passed the country waa plunged into a
panic that brought disaster to all parts
of the land. The prospect of free im
portation of goods from foreign coun
tries caused the manufacturers to close
down or reduce tbeir forces; threw labor
out of employment; caused securities to
dwindle, and brought ruin both to men
who had voted for the change and to
those who had voted against it.
These facts are uppermost in the
minds of the people, and it was reflec
tion upon them that convinced thous
ands who had voted the Democratic
ticket in 1892 that they bad committed
a grave error, and this conviction led to
the overwhelming Republican victories
since that time.
There is one issue that has been set
tled, for this generation, and that is the
tariff. The country is eager for a
chance to show its penitence and bring
about a restoration of a protective pol
icy. For the Republican party to place
any other issue foremost would be to
trifle with the cenfidence of tbe people
and subject, the party to righteous
blame.
ine majority ot Republicans are
againBt the free coinage of silver, but
every person in the party, and manv
who' are not, believe strongly in a pro
tective tariff. This latter must be the
rock upon which rests our faith. The
Republican party can be trusted to han
die the coinage question when once It is
in power, and the way toiget that power
is to go before the people with the tariff
issue in the foreground.
TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLAR
APPROPRIATION.
Senator Mitchell has proven that
when he starts in to d a thing he gen
erally accomplishes it. The passing of
the bill making $20,000 available for
immediate wort at tbe locks is just the
news that the people of Eastern Oregon
wished to hear. Whoever deserves the
crtdit for this success will receive it in
good measure when the circumstances
attending its passage are made known
In tbe meantime we will await tbe ac
tion of the house of representatives with
expectancy.
Mr. Ellis has an opportunity to dis
play his worth to the people of the sec
ond district. His success in having
this measure passed would be a neat
recommendation for him to carry into
the nominating convention.
The Chboxiclb has long believed that
our delegation in congress, including ex
Senator Dolph, has at all . times made
every endeavor to hasten the opening of
tbe locks. Our opinion is all the more
confirmed. The men whom we distrust
are tbe government engineers and the
contractors. Uur laitn in tnem is at a
low ebb. In the interest of a suffering
people it is to be hoped that if this
money is secured from congress it will
be so distributed that the purposes for
hich it was appropriated may be
served. "
For the efforts that have been made
in the senate we are grateful, and trust
that in other respects the future will not
be a repetition of tbe past.
The primaries which will be held in
the city and county tomorrow should be
attended by every Republican voter.
The selection of worthy men for dele
gates to the county convention is of par
amount importance. Tbe political bat
tle, which begins tomorrow, does not
end until November, and a good start is
often half tbe race. Let no one Btay
away from the polls with the consoling
reflection that there will be plenty of
others to vote. The effect of a large vote
at the primaries will be two-fold First,
better men will be apt to be chosen del
egates, and second, the reflex 'action
upon the rank and file of the party will
be to awaken any slumbering enthusi
asm. Tbe "polls open in the city at 12
noon and close at 7. During that lime
every Republican voter in Hiirt-ln.
Trevitt, West Dalles and Kc-i Italics
precincts should cast a v u- t.iri-uu un
delegates. -
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'Mr. Gonrlay's Lecture.
A large audience greeted Mr. Hugh
Gourlay last night to listen to his lec
ture on "Civil and Religious Liberty vs.
A. P. A. ism." Father Bronsgeest and
many Catholics were present, as well as
members of all or no denominations.
Taking up history and showing the car
nage oh the field of battle over religious
wars, he concluded with this climax
If the Catholic church had its St. Bar
tholomew, Protestants also had their
Scdithfield; if the Catholics had their
Torquemada, Protestantism also had its
Henry VIII." The speaker denied the
pope's , interference in politics, quoting
authorities as-far back as the Eighth
century. - Pope Gregory, Mr. Gourlay
claimed, speaking to the emperor of
Rome, claimed the state must not inter
fere in ecclesiastical, nor would the church
interfere in temporal affairs. Daniel
O'Connor of Ireland said : "We take our
religion from the church of Rome, but
no pope nor priest has the right to dic
tate our politics."
The following are some of Mr. Gonr
lay's statements crystalized :
If I thought the Catholics owed pri
mary allegiance to the pope, I would go
farther than the A. P. A. and deny
them even the franchise. ,
The civil or religious liberty of no
protectant was ever denied in any Amer
ican colony under Catholic jurisdiction.
No Catholic was ever a traitor to the
United States. , . "
Half of Geo. Washington's army were
Catholic.
Father Corby, chaplain of an Irish
Union regiment in the civil war, thus
addressed his command just before en
tering one of the bloodiest carnages of
the rebellion : "I sow grant absolution
to airwho fall fighting on the battle field
before us, and I deny absolution to
any one of the Catholic faith who shall
turn his back to the Stars and Stripes."
Mr. Gourlay also made the following
challenge: "I have $ 100 for the public
charities if any A. P. A. of this county
ill prove before a committee of three
lawyers of this city, selected as an arbi
tration committee, tbat the pope ever
recognized the . Southern Confederacy
other than the mere polite form of ad
dress in a letter to Jefferson Davie, "To
Jefferson Davis, president of the states
ol the Southern Confederacy."
The- lecturer spoke nearly three hours
and was frequently applauded. '
Chautauqua Circle.
The Chautauqua Circle was delight
fully entertained last evening by Mr.
and lilrs. B. F. Laugh! in. In "Some
Steps of Human Progress" the "Stone
Ait" of tbe primitive man was discussed
under tbe leadership of Mrs. Laughlin,
bringing out tbe methods by which the
stone implements of warfare and do
mestic use were manufactured.
The poet, Journalists Bryant, Whittier,
Piie, and. the early magazine writers
were brought out under the quiz of Mrs.
W. U. Biggs. Quotations from Whit-
and Poe's "Amabel Lee" by Miss
Hall, and Bryant's "O Fairest of Rural
Maids" by Mrs. Crandall, and Whittier's
Peace" by Miss Adams, 'followed by
wo papers, one on "uopper ana its
Uses'' by Miss Alma Taylor, the other
by Mrs. Donnell, "Manitoba and the
School Question," closed the lesson on
American Letters."
The C. L. S. C. might appropriately
be called a women's club, but last even
ing proved an exception. Evidently by
preconcerted plan the gentlemen arrived
1st Prize. Kimball Pisno, "Style 3," $ 603 00
2d Prize. Bicycle, for w.u or woman 75 00
3d Prize. Cash- 50 00
10 Cash Prizes, each $25 250 00
10 Cash Prizes, each $10 100 GO
60 Cash Prizes, each $2 120 CO
oanues 1,133 uu
Tbe first prize will be triven to the norson who constructs the lonireRt
entence in good Enffllah coutaining uo letter of the alphabet more tbnn three
times. It la not necessary to use every letter of the alphabet. The other prizes will
go In regular order to those competitors whose sentences are ne.vt lu length.
Every competitor whose sentence reaches forty-two letters will receive a paper
covered volume containing twelve of Wllkie Collins' novels whether he wins a prize
or not. This contest closes April 15. 1SU0. The prize winners will bo announced one
week later and tbe winning sentences published. Tn case two or more prize-win-nlns
sentences are of the same length preference will bo given to the best one.
Each competitor must construct his own sentence, and no purann will be allowed
to enter this contest more than once. Sentences an not be corrected or substituted
after they are received. Kesidents oZ Omaha are not permitted to compete,
directly or Indirectly.
t ' RULES FOR THE SEHTENCE (No Others Furnished.)
The length of a sentence Is to be measured by the number of li tters it contains,
but no letter can be used or oounted niore than three times. No word except "a'1
or "I" can be used more than once. Tbe sentence must consist of oomptete words
Bigns, figures, abbreviations or contractions, etc., must not be used. The pronoun
MI" and the article "a" will be accepted as complete words. Proper nouns cannot
be used. Each contestant must inchoate by figures at the end of bis sentenoe how .
many letters it contains.
This remarkably liberal offer Is made by the Wbeklt WOBLD-Bx&tLD, of which
the distinguished ex-congressman,
WILLIAM J. BRYAN. Is Editor.
and it Is required that each competing sentenoe be enclosed with one dollar for a
year's subscription. The Wbeklt Wubld-Hisilo is Issued In semi-weekly sec
tions, and hence is nearly as good as a daily. It Is the western champion of free
liver Coinage and the leading family newspaper of Nebraska.
auurtws,
lirtlrl.. lirtnt,l UnM Amxlln IT
ucrjMU Mui iu-noi aiu, uuidiid, ncu.
about 9 o'clock, much to the surprise of
the ladies. After a tenor solo by C. J.
Crandall, "Maid of Athens, Must We
Part?" Mr. Laughlin came in bearinc a
tray of fragrant coffee, steaming hot,
flanked by rich cream, cake, etc. Much
merriment and games were indulged in
until a late hour, when the circle dis
persed, tacitly voting the gentlemen in
as honorary members of. the C. L. S. C
MARKET REPORT.
March 21, 1896.
The market ruled dull the past week
and no important changes were made in
prices. Produce of all kinds are in good
supply. The prospects of early trade is
good. Teams from the interior are load
ing out freight. They report the roads
in good condition for the time of year.
Mutton sheep are in demand at fair
prices. e
The American Wool Reporter of March
12th, has this to say of Oregon wool in
Boston :
''Aside from the movement of a little
scoured wool at about the price for clean
territory, there is a very meager busi
ness in Eastern Oregon. It is only
rarely that one hears of a small lot of
staple wool being taken at rates which
are at a parity with whatever may be
paid for territory of similar grades. We
quote Eastern Oregon from heavy to
choice at 9 13c; average wool is worth
10llc; Valley Oregon, of which some
was sold this week, brings from 13 15c.
Floub Per bbl, $3.30.
Wheat 50 to 65 cents.
. Oats White, 75 cents per 100.
Barley 75 cents per 100.
Potatoes Per sack, 30 to 40 cts.
Butter Dairy choice, 40 to 50.
Hat Timothy, $10 to $11.50 per ton
bailed.
Wheat $9 to $10 per ton. ." '
Millstuffs Bran, $10 per ton; chop
$16. . . ' .
Poultry Chickens per doz, $2.50 to
$2.75. .
Eggs 9 cents per doz. .
Cheese Cream, 20 cents; cream,
15 cents. .
Vegetables Cabbage, 1 cent per lb.
Fresh Fruit Apples fancy, $1.25;
choice, 75 cts to $1 per box. ,
Hides Dry No. 1, 16 lbs and up
wards, 7 to 1 per lb; culls, 6 cents.
Pelts 6 cents per lb.
. Hogs Choice heavy, $2.75 to' $3;
light, $2.50.
Veal Small, 5 cents; large, to 4.
Mutton Gross, weathers, $3.00; '
ewes, $2.75.
Beef -Gross, top steers, $2.75 to $3.00 ;
cows. $2.52 to $2.50.
' Advertised Letters.
Following is the list of letters remain
ing in the postoffice at Jbe Dalles un
called for Marchl, 1896. Persons calling
for the same will give date on which
they were advertised :
Brown, Mrs C Ch Landes, Wm
Landet, Wm V
O'Neal, Mrs N E
Randall, John
Rickey, A D
. St Martin, P F
Sawwit, Tom
Stine, Lane
Tompbson, Joseph
J. A. Crossen, P. M.
Bradley, J P
Chapman, Jos (2)
Clark, Harov
Can field, J H
Chesholm, Jno
Davis, Grace
Down. Bud
Kile, Ernest
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