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THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1896.
The Weekly Gbfortele.
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same interest which Mr. Michell
evinced for the people of "Wasco
county in this regard he can be
counted to show for Sherman county
should be be chosen to a seat in the
state senate. . f f
From 1885 arid in the remaining
years in which The Dalles Board of
NO DODGING
Were .
the: issue.
AMtcm aU communication to " THB CHBON-
CLK," TM DaUO. urecon. .
BEPDBLIGBJI TICKET
.Supreme Judge,
It. S. BEAN.
Representative in Congress, 2d Dist.
W. E. ELLIS.
Prosecuting Attorney, 7th Dist.,
A. A, JAYNE.
Joint Senator, Wasco, Sherman and Gil
liam bounties,
W. H. MOORE.
Joint Senator, Wasco and Sherman
Conn tie?,
JOHN MICHELL.
Joint Representatives, Wasco and Sher
man counties,
B. S. HUNTINGTON.
F. N. JONES,
ton acted as its secretary. . During
that time he made a close and care
fui study of the needs of Eastern
Oregon - regarding this, important
question, and no one has a more in
telligent knowledge of , the situation
We believe there was not a water
wav convention held at which Mr.
Huntington was not present as a del
egate and took an active part in the
proceedings."
Both Mr.. Huntington and Mr,
Michell have been to the front in
the fight for an open riverx and in
seeurinsr the leaislaton that in all
probability will be asked for, these
two eeuilemen will be leaders in
the movement. They are peculiarly
fitted for the task, and with the as
sistance of their worthy associates
Mr. Moore and Mr. Jones, will
achieve much for an imprisoned
people.
THE FUSION IDEA.
County Jude,
ROBERT MAYS.
For Sheriff,
T. J. DRIVER.
For County Clerk,
A. M. KELSAY.
For Treasurer,
C. L. PHILLIPS.
For School Superintendent.
C. L. GILBERT.
For AsseBfor,
W. H. WHIPPLE.
For County Commissioner,
D. S. K.IMSEY.
For Surveyor,
J. B. GOIT.
For Coroner.
W. H. BUTTS.
Justice of the Peace, The Dalles DiBt.
G. J. FARLEY.
j For Constable, The Dalles Dist.,
JULIUS WILEY.
The Dalles Chronicle thinks there
is a scheme on root to Deal a rew
Republicans. If the Republican
party plays to win, why should not
the others ? Wasco News.
Correct. There is no reason why
any party should not play to win, but
it is wise not to make the play too
big. The fusion movement may
secure a few voteis more to tire Dem
ocratic and Populist legislative can
didates, but it will- not succeed in
defeating the Republican nominees.
Walter Moore, John Michell, B. S.
Huntington and F. N. Jones are the
men whom the people of Wasco and
sherman counties need to represent
them in the next legis'ature.
FITTED FOR THE WORK.
The Pendleton papers speak favor
ably of the plan 10 build a Portage
around the Celilo rapids and operate
an independent line or steamers
upon the upper river. The benefits
to be derived from the successful
operation of such an enterprise are
inestimable: but' we would call the
attention of our Eastern Oregon
brethren to the fact that the success
of the scheme depends upon the
The people of Sherman county completion of the Cascade locks.
are .making a commendable effort Until this work is done, any plan for
towards securing relief from exces- a portage east of here is hazardous.
sive railroad charges. Imitating the The locks are not completed, nor
example set by The Dalles business does any one know when they will
men when they instituted the Regu be. If the people east of here want
lator line of steamers between this to secure the benefits of river trans
city and Portland, some citizens of portation, let them lend their support
Sherman county have evolved a to the efforts that are being made to
plan for operating steamers on the open the locks. If this work could
upper Columbia in connection with be hnished, the benefits would ex-
portage railway around the Celilo tend as far. as the Snake and Colum-
rapids. A committee representing bia are navigable. An open river to
the promoters of the new enterprise the sea is the crying need of the In
has visited Pendleton, Walla Walla land Empire
and other cities with a view of elicit
ing interest in the project. It is yet
too soon for the results of this mis-
ion to be determined.
The Willamette valley is the gar
den spot it has Jbeen pictured, but
when it comes to raising fruit it will
Self help is the enlv kind that have to ive to the bunchgrass
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mounts to anything. The Dalles ,u"uuus "l
would yet be in the toils of a single Oregon.- The crop reports indicate
railway corporation had it depended that Sreat dama?e ht;8 been done to
for extrication unon nvon, the fruit crop west of the Cascades,
sistance. Sherman county has done
wisely in taking the initiative tow
ards .working out its own salvation.
Better means of ; transportation ParaDle climate, ana wim its produc
from , the country , east of The
while east of the mountains the pros
pect is very cheering. Nature has
endowed this section with an 'incom
Dalles to the sea must in some way
be secured. , The margin of profit,
if : there is ?ahy, in wheat raising is
so small that it will not bear the ex
cessive, freight charges that have
existed in the past.
tive soil the country on the eastern
slopes of the Cascades should. fur
nish happy homes for thousands who
leave the East because of its extremes
of heat and cold.
California will be the next state
to declare for McKinley. The gen-
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u ""u PMHi or is tiemen who have been rehearsing
urged to completion.it will proba- nominating speeches for Reed, Alii
uij iuuuu m-aur w ass me 80n et al will probably conclude to
state for aid in some manner or w their manuscripts on the shelf
. for four years more
jn mis connection we wisn call
. the attention of the, people of Sher
man county to the necessity of hav-
The nominees on the Republican
county ticket are men worthy of
ing in the legislature representatives hearty support. Everyone of them
who are fully alive to the necessities should be elected and everyone will
f the occasion, be if the Republicans support the
For fourteen years John Michell, ticket with their usual enthusiasm
while editor of the Times-Mcunt- There are no signs of any failure in
aillPPr '.: w.l.e on . nnnATnnrrtmioiTiiT ! til IS regard.
5 ..Hw uwwu.fs. wutwiug
friend and advocate for i an open
river. His pen was never 'idle in
setting . .forth . the needs of
it not for the peculiar con
ditions attendant, the campaign in
the Second congressional district
would be too one-sided to be inter
esting. Under normal circumstances
Mr. Ellis' plurality would be so over
whelming that the election- would
closely resemble a Republican rati
fication. As it is the result is un
certain. The candidacy of Judge
Northup has complicated matters till
the forlorn hope of the Democrats
has changed into a possibility of
success.
Aided by the Oregonian, the Dem
ocratic papers and campaigners are
seeking to cover up the true issue in
the campaign and divert public at
tention to .another question one
over which each of the great parties
is badly divided. If once they were
able to dispose of the tariff an d sim
mer the contest to the discussion of
the currency question, the weight
that hangs like a millstone around
the Democratic neck would be re
moved and the jaded party be reju
venated. But the tariff will not
down. Despite Democratic declara
tions to the contrary, it is the
great question before the American
people.
Four years ago, made reckless by
continued prosperity, the voters of
this country desired a cLange. With
all its resultant evils the J change has
come and brought untold disaster
and misery. By destroying the pro
tective policy under which the nation
had prospered, the Democratic party
paid homage to foreign nations and
gave what- rightfully belonged to
American laborers to toilers across
the sea. :
The people have been waiting to
right that great wrong; to vote into
power the party under whose rule
both the manufacturer and the
laborer, the capitalist and the farmer
prospered. Should the Democratic
party go before the country in de
fence of their ruinous policy, they
would not carry a slajte north of
Mason and Dixon's line, nor all of
those south of it. Knowing this full
well they seek to change the issue
and, bring to the front the currency
question, hoping again to mislead
the people as they did in 1892
Whether they do or not depends
upon the judgment and penetration
of the Republicans. Jf the dictates
the Oregonian be followed and
protection forced to the background
to give way to the financial question
defeat is a possibility. Otherwise
success is unquestioned.
The Republican party can be trust
ed'to settle the vexatious money ques
tion with the same wisdom as it has
others, just as vital, in the past. It
can be trusted now as it could in the
stormy years after the close of the
rebellion.
, Let the Republicans of the Second
d fstrict be careful how they act,
Northup cannot be elected. Bennett
must not be. The duty that re
mains is for the loyal voters to sup
port the regular nominee, and there
by insure the election of a Re
publican.
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in this season's favorites ?
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Mutual Admiration.'
A young man of The Dalies the other
better day speaking to a younglady hoped that
transportation facilities and opposing sne wd 8 " be.aTve.n- , Ya noI BPe
the greed of railway monopoly. . The then 1 never will see you again."
For some reason or other the Ore.
gonian, a paper published in Port
land under the authority and by the
sanction of a political clique, takes
every opportunity it can find to mis
represent the : people ' of Eastern
Oregon. Through false statements
and concealment of facts the Orego
nian .perverts the truth regaidiug the
Cascade Jocks, and in every manner
possible does what it can to hinder
the opening of the river. And it is
succeeding far too well.
The latest point in question is this
clipping from a brief inter wiew with
Governor Lord in yesterday's issue:
Governor Lord also took time to
pay a visit- to the Cascade locks, and
as far as completed, he was well sat
isfied with them. Their completion
would, he said, be a great boon to
the state, as, aside from the advan
tages as a waterway, the state- would
be saved the expense of maintaining
the portagft road, which at present is
a heavy burden on the taxpayers.
We do'ubt very much if Governor
Lord said these words attributed to
him. He has too strict a regard for
the truth to make a statement false
to core as thU one is. The portage
road at the Cascade Locks is not a
heavy burden ' on the taxpayers. It
is a self-supporting institution, which
is run in an economical manner and
derives a revenue exceeding its ex
penses. The commissioners of the
road have fixed 'rates of charges
which the D. P. & A. N. Co. as
practically the only shipper across
the portage, pays. These rates are
so adjusted that a sufficient revenue
is derived for paying the expenses of
the road. During the year ' just
past the D. P. & A. N. Co. paid to
the portage road approximately $5000
in payment of freight charges. This
sum easily exceeds the necessary ex
penses. If the contrary should
prove to be the case it is because
there is a rake-off going to' some one
which is far in excess of the ordi
nary divvy. A glanceNat the books
' of the boat companj will substanti
ate the statements we have made.
Governor Lord should be careful
when he talks to Oregonian report
ers. They are uncertain individuals
and work according to instructions,
which are to the effect that the in
terests of the corporations must be
served first, then the politicians; but
never a consideration for the people.
Such a statement as the one referred
to is apt to do much damage unless
corrected.
The state of Oregon did, it is trde,
assist the people of this section in
securing better freight rates, and for
such relief we are grateful; but to
say that the maintaining of the port
age road is a heavy burden on the
taxpayers is stating what is not true,
and doing it with malicious intent.
We dislike the Oregonian. Not
because of its expressions and course
regarding the political situation, for
it has every right to do and say
what it pleases. But its actions, or
rather its inaction concerning the
Cascade locks we do condemn. The
Oregonian is blind to the best inter
ests of the city in which it is pub
lished. Portland is losing trade on
all sides, and an open river, whereby
it may increase its business, is the
only salvation. And yet the Orego
nian stands in with the gang which
is working against the completion cf
the locks. If it does not, why these
falsifications, and,' worse than 1 that,
why this silence on the main issue ?
RUSSIA AS IT IS.
New Light
Thrown on
the Czar.
the Land of
HOT SHOT.
Goldendale Sentinel : If the Orego
nian really desires the election of Mr.
Northup.it ehouli use its influence, if
it haa any, in showing np the dirty work
a connection with the Uascade locks.
No vote in Eastern Oregon ehoald go for
the Oregonian candidate unless Portland
people show more interest in the Inland
Empire's future welfare.
As the strength of a building depends
upon the Bolidity of its fonndation, ' so
health depends' upon the condition of
the blood.' To ' expel impurities and
cause, the vital fluid to become vigorous
and life-giving, Ayer'a Sarsaparilla is
the most powerful and effective medicine
in use.
This community is indebted to Rev.
Mr. Wood and the ladies of the M. E.
church .for an entertainment out of the
ordinary line, which is in store tonight
for the knowledge-seekers, as well as
amusement-loving people of onr city.
Description of Russian life, habits, cus
toms and form of government .of the
Russian , people, by an' educated na
tive of the far-away land, of which we
have read so much, bnt regarding which
so few Americans have any personal
knowledge. We all know that during
the late war the staunch friendship of
that country had a very restraining in
fluence upon the French and English
view of the situation, and about the
splendidly equipped Russian fleet in the
harbor of New York .at a critical period
of those four years of national peril,
backing up in an effective way the ad
motion "Hands off!" never put in
words, but most fully understood by all
the nations of the earth. France and
England were anxious to recognize the
Southern Confederacy, and there can be
but little doubt that that desire would
have led to complications at a time when
our government was particularly desir
ous of avoiding anything of the kind
had it not been for the valuable services
o Alsxander II.
Dr. Gregory De Kannet, the distin
guished Russian traveler and journalist
who will entertain and instruct the peo
ple of Tne Dalles tonight at the M. E
church, regards Russia from the stand'
point of a patriot, and hence what he
has to say on the subject differs greatly
from what has been heretofore placed
before the thinking world by nihilistic
mediums or by George Kennan and
other fire breathing and sensation hunt
ing writers who, by' the way, knowing
our weak spot, our desire for everything
more or less sensational, are exaggerat
ing everything for the sake of the al
mighty dollar. Hence only the dark
eide of Russian life and institutions have
been ' hitherto ' presented, and Dr. De
Kannet proposes to lift the veil and
show the land of the czar as it really is
It ia unpardonable not to have a more
or less correct and absolutely right
knowledge of one of the greatest nations
of the 'world, its history, geographical
position, life, customs, habits, etc. - One
of the easiest and most pleasant ways to
obtain this know'edge is to attend Dr.
De Kannet's illustrated entertainment
and lecture tonight at the M. E. church.
Though yet a comparative young nan,
Dr. De Kennet has been a great trav
eler, having been already twice around
the world. ' He is a graduate of the Im
perial University of Moscow. Russia,
has a scholarly' command of English,
and is quite as fluent in four other lan
guages, besides Latin and Greek. One
great charm ' of his lectures, as wh'b ex
pressed by Professor Pratt of San Fran
cisco to a Chronicle reporter, is the en
tire absence of a striving after 'elocution
ary or anything stagey. His'entire in
tercourse with his hearers partakes more
of the nature of a familiar talk than
what is usually expressed by "lecture."
The Impertinent Days.
bnt the Days were so very vigilant over
his person that no one succeeded in hav
ing a private conversation with him,
apart from the presence , of either J.
G. or I. N.Day. 'The Times-Mountaineer
man saw the senior Day and a very
animated conversation ensued. .While
assuring him that they cared nothing
for the opinions of onr citizens, Mr.
Douthit in turn assured Mr. Day that
The Dalles people cared very little for
the Days, and that The Dalles papers
would continue the battle until the locks
were pounded open. It will take con
siderable more than the champagne in
Mr. Day's private locker to muzzle the
press of The Dalles. No satisfaction
was given the newspaper man whatever, ,
and all leading questions were avoided.
Mr. Day impertinently said, among
other -things, that . Eastern Oregon
needed no locks; she had nothing to
fh'xp when she got them.
J. G. and I. N. Day were up today in
their steam launch, the Sadie B. ' Their
attitude toward the people of The Dalles
was very offensive,' and they were es
pecially incensed at the action of The
Dalles papers.. With the contractors
was an individual named Percy, who it
was hinted is a government inspector.
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