THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15. 1896.
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A L03T OPPORTUNITY.
, Through all its years of blunder
ing stupidity the Democratic party
never made a greater mistake .than
in declaring for free silver as it did
at the Portland convention. The
course of the Republicans in nomin
sting Ellis, a free silver man, had
given to the Democrats an opportu
uity such as seldom comes. The
majority of voters in the Second dis
trict is opposed to the financial views
beld by Mr. Ellis, and had it not been
for the factional tight in Multnomah
county, he would have polled but
few votes in the convention. His
Domination was due to circum
stances extraordinary in their na
ture, and which overturned all cal
culations previously made.
Had the Democrats noted the feel-
Sag existing in Republican ranks atiDavand his staiwart sous.
the triumph of the free silver can
didate, and come to the front with a
sound money platform, honest in
statement and belief, it is by no
means sure but th&t enough sound
money Republicans would have
voted for the Democratic candidate
to have insured his election.
But blindness prevailed, and the
Democrats fell into the ditch, leav
ing their opponents upon the brink.
Their action has destroyed any hope
of success in the coming campaign,
and, wrapped up in the free silver
delusion, they will suffer a repetition
of former defeats.
From a Republican standpoint, in
the light of party advantage, the
action of the Democrats is all that
could be desired. Viewing the situ
ation from higher ground, it is dis
appointing that a body of intelligent
men should declare their belief in a
policy which by history and reason
is proved to be ruinous.
The Republican party can well
feci thankful for the magnanimity of
their opponents. It would have
been embarassing in the extreme
bad the Democrats declared for
sound money and nominated a can
didate with views in accordance with
such a platform. But now the two
candidates are alike in their beliefs
upon the coinage question, while the
Republican nominee has the advan
tage which his tariff views afford
him. -
While the Republican state plat
form does not in so many words de
clare in favcr of the gold standard,
' it is far from expressing favor for
the free coinage of silver. The
platform as adopted will meet with
general approval, though had the
action of the New York convention
been followed, and a similar plank
adopted, the pirty would be less
pen to the charge of equivocation.
However, outside of states repre
sented by the senators who held up
. the tariff bill, the sentiment of Re
publican leaders is in lavor of sound
money, and this is obtainable only
!y refusing to coin silver at the
jratio of 16 to 1. The Republican
party is against the free coinage of
silver, and when restored to power
Id Frits
MIST
M. HONYWILL
will place our coinage on a firm
basis. We think that, outside of a
small number who are needlessly
alarmed because everyone does not
believe as they do, the Republican
platform will commend itself.
THE ORACLE A FAKE.
'Colonel" J. G. Day, who just
now is in extreme disfavor with the
people of Eastern Oregon, took part
in a spiritualistic exhibition last
week m Portland. During the even
in glquestions were asked and "Colo
nel" Day, the hero of the Cascade
Locks, propounded this to the me
dium: ""Will I rejoice when the
locks are open ?" The answer came,
"You will, with everybody else."
No other evidence is needed that
the medium v is a fake, for an answer
further from the truth could not be
given. "Colonel" Day will not re
joice when the locks are open. In
the first place, it doesn't look as if
tke locks are to be open, and so Mr.
Day will have no occasion to rejoice ;
and secondly, the opening of the
locks, if it ever should come, will be an
event which- will bring sorrow to the
Colonel, since it will take away a
perennial source of income to Mr.
Will a
man rejoice when he is out of a job,
and a good one too? Well, hardly.
Soft snaps like the Days possess are
not to be found every day, and
when a man has once his grip fas
tened upon one, he doesn't rejoice
when compelled to let go. But,
Colonel, 3rou are safe for a good
while j7et, and you and the locks can
grow old together.
In this connection wc can say
that, as stated upon the local page,
there seems to be another disap
pointment in store for an exasperated
people. It is given out that Captain
Fisk, of the board of engineers, has
stated that the $20,000 appropria
tion, from which we hoped so much,
is not available for building the
walls in the inner lock, and is merely
for the use and accommodation of
the Days. This statement has every,
appearance of the truth, but steps
have been taken to confirm it. We
would not be surprised if it is so.
We believe the engineers and the
Days capable of going to almost any
extent in th waiting the wishes of
the people. Our delegation in con
gress may have been deceived as we
have been.
Until the reputed statement of
Capt. Fisk is verified further com
ment should be withheld; but this
much we are free to say, that the
history of the Cascade locks has been
a story of perfidy, broken promises,
and utter disregard of the people's
interests. From start to finish it is a
dismal tale, and the culmination
can only be termed a damnable cat
rage. THE SPIRIT OF COMPROMISE.
The recent Republican conven
tion in Portland was in many re
spects a memorable one. - Aside
from the intense feeling displayed by
the disputants for seats in the con
vention, the meeting had an histo
rical interest that impressed deeply
those who were familiar with the
events of the past thirty years.
Some of the scenes approached the
dramatic, especially when the white
haired statesman, Ex-Atty.-General
Williams, at the request of both
disputing factions, arose to state the
li Values.
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truth as he i&w it to be. Dramatic
all would call it who neard the man,
who not only in state, but in nation
affairs, bad received a full meas
ure of honor, point out the course
which it vas safe and wise for the
convention to follow. .
After serving the nation as sena
tor, as a member of the president's
cabinet, as one of the High Joint
Commission, which aided in settling
the most serious international ques
tion that has arisen between this and
a foreign country since the war
Judge Williams came into the con
vention to say what should be done,
and, as if justifying their faith, the
members of the convention did what
was told them.
Through all of Judge Williams'
speeches and acts could be detected
the spirit of compromise not the
base surrendering of any moral right,
but the disposition to meet half way,
to give and take allowing to both
sides the merits that were theirs.
Judge Williams' whole career has
been an exposition of the value of
compromise as a working theory.
Whether we admit it or not, it is the
only working theory where "many
men of many minds" all meet to
gether to decide upon a course of
action and there can possibly be but
one. Sometimes this theory does
not seem applicable to all phases of
a subject. Shall we send our army
by land or water? A half and half
project applied to transportation
would result in sending them into
a swamp; applied to the troops, half
of them taking the one route, the
remainder of 'them coming, perhaps
not so' quickly, by the other, avoid
ing some of the difficulties of the
first, are able to save the day for the
victorious general.
We are not forgetful of the posi
tion of the stump orator who said to
his would-be constituents, "I assure
you, my friends, you will always
find me steering a straight middle
course between right and wrong."
This is not the true spirit of com
promise; rather does It mean straight
hitting whenever it can be done;
when common sense says it cannot,
then do the next best thing possible.
Away back in the 50s Judge Will
iams delivered his views on this sub
ject of compromise in alecture on
that title, which he delivered in sev
eral of the valley towns. He worked
under this flag in the Reconstruction
period, at a time when any other
course would simply have let loose
the dogs of war again, when the
remnant that ha$ now grown to suh
a lusty manhood would have other
wise been still further torn and
wasted.
If this spirit taken in its true
interpretation not meaning the com
promise of good with evil, but the
accommodation that would adjust
the edges, which otherwise would not
come together could be extended
to the incidents of every-day life
and made a part of each man's code
of action, how much more smoothly
the affairs of life would glide.
The recent political convulsions
in the Republican party in Multno
mah county have settled, for a time
at least, any question of one-man
power, which has proven so disas
trous, both to good government and
party organization. Joe Simon has
been beaten in a contest, the warmth
of which has never been surpassed in
the political history of Oreson.
Simon haa been an uuattractive figure
in the political world. The species
of bossism which . he represents is in
imical to republican institutions, and
the fact that his hold upon tho po
litical affairs of Portland 'has been
broken is a cause of satisfaction.
The men who have secured the ad
vantage should guard, against the
boss evil. If they set one man up
on a pedestal and allow him the
power which the modern political
dictator covets, thev will enconnter
the same uprising .wuieh has over
taken l-iiuyn. People,-are getting
tired of cabals, elliyies and combina
tions, &ud (he d.-iy is surely' coming
when municipal "overnment will be
a matter of public concern, and not
private manipulation.
The politicians of the country are
combining against McKmley, which
will make him all the more the pop
ular candidate. The people want a
reenactment -of the protective policy
under which the country has pros
pered, and McKioley stands fore
most in connection with such a pol
icy. For this reason he is the logical
candidate, and .unless all signs fail,
will secure the prize. In every
state there is a strong sentiment for
McKinley, which will find expression
at the St. Louis convention despite
the efforts of the politicians to con
trol it.
bt. I'sut's Church.
At St. Paul's Sunday the same music
was rendered as on the Sunday pre
vious, with the exception of the Easter
anthem. Mr. Goes' sermon was from
the 21 et chapter of St. John, 4th verge.
"But when the morning was now come,
Jesus stood on the shore, but the disci
ples knew not that it was Jesus." The
rector gave a beautitul description of
that Ecene, likening it to this preeent
life of darkness and doubt (that seems to
some but a dream), which will end at
the awakening on that great morning
when Jesus will be standing on the eter
nal shore, ready to welcome those who
have been his faithful followers. Mr.
Gos8 drew some beautiful word -pictures,
and lu9 hearers could not but be bene
fited by his words of love and encourage
ment. Sunday School was also started, and
will hereafter be held each Sunday
morning at a quarter to ten o'clock. It
was a great satisfaction to the rector and
to all that there was such a large atten
dance at the Sunday School, after so long
a season without one.
fire Alarm System. .
The committee on tire and water of the
city council have decided they-will put
in a complete fire ularin system, if the
citizens take steps to procure the chem
ical engine. The engine will coet$l,425.
A fire alarm systepi is a system of divid1
ing the city into wards or districts, eo that
the locality of a fire aiay be indicated by
the strokes of the fire bell. If The
Dalles were subdivided into eay fifteen
districts, each would contain but a small
space, and the fire could be easily lo
cated. The bell would strike once, then
a pause, then five strokes, indicating the
number 15, if that was the district in
which was the fire. The corner houses
surrounding an alarm box are usually se
lected as the places for depositing keys,
so that but little time is lost in sound
ing an alarm. Mr. Jud Fish informs a
reporter that he is in correspondence
with the chemical engine company on
the price and expects a satisfactory an
swer daily.
Call It ja Craze.
AN ALARMING STATEMENT
CONCERNING WOMEN.
HOW BAD HABITS ARB FORMED.
The New York Tribune says : " The habit of
taking ' headache powders ' is increasing to an
alarming extent among a great number of wo
men throughout the country. These powders as
their name indicates, are claimed by the manu
facturers to be a positive and speedy cure for any
form of headache. In many cases their chief
ingredient is morphine, opium, cocaine or some
other equally injurious drug having a tendency
to deaden pain. The habit of taking them is
easily formed, but almost impossible to shake
off. Women usually begin taking them to re
lieve a raging headache and soon resort to the
powder to alleviate any little pain or ache they
may be subjected to, and finally like the mor
phine or opium fiend, get into the habit of taking
them regularly, imagining that they are in pain
If they happen to miss their regular dose."
In nine cases out of ten, the trouble is
in the stomach and liver. Take a simple
laxative and liver tonic and remove the
offending matter which deranges the
stomach and causes the headache. Dr.
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are composed
entirely of the purest, concentrated,
vegetable extracts. One Pellet is a
dose; sugar-coated; easily swallowed;
once used, always in favor. They posi
tively cure sick headache and remove
the disposition to it.
Mr. E. VARGASOX, of Oiler Lake, Lapeer Co.'.
jntct., writes :. " I not
infrequently have an at
tack of the headache.
It usually comes on in
the forenoon. At my
dinner I eat my regular
meal, and take one or
two of Doctor Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets imme
diately after, and in the
course of an. hour my
headache is cured and
no bad effects. I feel
better every way for
having taken them
not worse, as is usual
after taking other kinds
of pills. ' Pleasant Pel
lets ' are worth more
than their weight in
cold, if for nothing else
' E- Vargason. Esq. than to cure headache.''
m
is the
Wall of the.
People with Weak, Flabby Nerves are the Ones who
Suffer. They may be Relieved by Building up
iheir Nerves witka Nourishing Nerve Food.
.An Interesting Interview with A Prominent Phy
sician and a Case in Point Cited.
From the Journal, KirktvtUe, Mo.
- " What is this modern disease called ner
ivous prostration ?"
If this question had been asked a physi
cian in our grandfathers' time, he could not
have answered it The disease was not
known then. It is new, and is a prod net of
our American hustle and worry. Stated in
brief, nervous prostration is a complete col
lapse of the nervous system. It is brought
on by overwork, worry or disease, and the
patient can only be cured by rest and a
nrnnpr ftwlintr of thfl nerves.
Notice the dragged-out appearance of tlie
average mother. tne can scarcely uras ner
self around; her nerves and strength have
been overtaxed ; she has no reserve force.
She keeps up, but it is at the expense of her
nervous system. Finally she is overcome;
she can work no more , her nerves are ex
hausted ; the cares and worries of her life
have gotten the better of her, and it will re
quire weeks and months to recover.
Thoughtless people say: " How foolish to
work so hard and how foolish to worry."
That is very well, but how many thousands
of mothers there are who huve burdens
enough for a score, and whose poor, weak
little oodies endure uncomplainingly all the
burdens until finally they have to stop and
it is a question if they have not waited too
long.
In cases of this kind there is a food within
the reach of all, and it is always effective.
It is to the weakened nerves what bread and
beef are to the muscular system. It supplies
them all the properties necessary to ouild
them up, strengthen them and restore them
to a vigorous, healthy condition. This new
food is Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale
People. If space permitted, we could nil
pages of this paper with the heartfelt testi
monials of thousands who have found in
these nills their salvation.
We only give
Ana Xnf l.t.. nfhaM will Ka Tl 11 111 I i: Ii
hed that
will be read with much interest by anyone
suffering with weakened nerves as a result of
the season or otherwise.
No more deplorable condition of the hu
man body can be conceived than that of
nervous prostration, when every nerve in the
system seems to vie with the others to make
you miserable, when even the sunshine irri
tates you, when the happy prattle of the child
distracts the loving parent, when life is
haunted by a constant foreboding, when the
light of life seems to turn to a smoking,
smouldering flame of torture that's part of
nervous prostration, just a phase of this
many-sided disease. As its grasp upon you
strengthens you lose, perhaps, the power to
walk, to talk, to think, even the power to
love. Death would be welcome, but alas I ' it
comes not until the cup of suffering is full to
overflowing. Such has been the experience
of Mr. Henry Gehrke, whose story is best
told in his own words.
To show the results of this nerve food on a
special case, to prove the points above made,
our reporter made the following interview :
Henrv Gehrke is a thrifty and Drosperous
German farmer living four miles south of
Bullion, in this (Adair) county. Mo. Mr.
Gehrke has a valuable farm and he has been
a resident of the county for years. He is very
well-known hereabouts and well respected
wherever he is known. Last week a reporter
of the Joitr7Kii stopped at Mr. Gchrke's and
while there became mnch intcrested in Mrs.
Gehrke's account of the benefit she had not
long since experienced from the use ot Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. She
said she Vanted everybody to know what a
great medicine these pills are, but as so ninny
people are praising them now-a-days, she
modestly aoutnea wnetner ner lesuninn
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that o'l-publisheu testimonials concerning
Pink Pills werecenuine statements from the
lips of persons who have been benefited by
the use ot them, penking of her own in
teresting experience, Airs. Gehrke said :
" A little over a year ago I was completely
broken down. I had been takintc medicine
from a doctor but grewworseand worse un
til I could scarcely go about at all. The
least exertion or the mere bemling of my
body would cause me to have smothering
spells, and the suffering was terrible. I
thought it was caused by my heart. When
everything else had failed to relieve me and
I had given up ail hopes of ever being any
thing but a helpless invalid, I chanced to
read come testimonials in the Farm, Field
and, Fireside, also in the Chicago Inter-Ocean
and the sntieringof the people who made
the statements was so nearly like the suffer
ing I had endured that when I read that they
were so greatly benefited by the use of Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, 1 did
not hesitate to go at once end purchase two
boxes. I took them according to directions
and before the first box was used I felt a good
bit better. Really the first dose convinced
me that it was a great remedy. Uefore the
two boxes were used up I sent my husband
after three more boxes, so I would not be
without them. When I had used these
three boxes I felt like a different woman and
thoucht I was almost cured.
"Since that time I have been taking them
whenever I began to feel badly. When I
began tuking Ir. Williams' Pink Pills for
Pale People, I weighed only 113 pounds and
after I hnd been usingthe medicine forabout
six months I weighed 122 pounds. I have
had a good appetite ever since I commenced
taking Pink Pills and instead of mincing
along, picking such food as I could eat even
with an effort. I eat most anything that
conies on the table. I am not the invalid I
was. I do not have to be waited upon now
as if I was a helpless child, but I work all
the time, doing the housework and ironing
and working in the garden without that
dreadful feeling which comes over a person
when tney are atrom tney are going to nave
one of those spells that I used to have.
" Work don't hurt me any more. I hon
estly believe that had it not been for Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills I would now be in my
grave. I still have what the doctor calls bil
ious colic but the Pink Pills have made me
much better and the spells are not so freo uent
and are nothing like as painful as before I be
gan to use them. I would not be without the
Pink Pills for that disease alone under any
circumstances to say not hing ol the other dis
eases for which they are especially recom
mended. I take pleasure in telling my neigh
bors the benefits I have received from Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, and
know of several who have taken my advice
and have been greatly benefited by them."
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain, in a
condensed form, all the elements necessary
to give new life and richness to the blood
and restore shattered nerves. They are an
unfailing specific for such diseases as loco
motor ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus'
dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nerv
ous headache, the after effect of la grippe,
palpitation of the heart, pale and sallow
complexions, ull forms of weakness cither in
male or female, and all diseases resulting
from vitiated humors in the blood. Pink
Pills are sold by all dealers, or will be sent
post paid on receipt of price, 50 cents a box,
or six boxes for $2.50 (they are never sold
in bulk or by the 100) by addressing Dr.
Williams' Medicine Company, Schenea
tady, X.Y. . .
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