THE DALIiES WEEKLY CHRONICLE WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 191898.
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The Weekly Chf oniele.
,TM only Republican Daily A'empapei
- .. Wateo County- -
KAIIOm REPUBLICAN TICKET.
For President, ; -
WILLIAM M'KJNLEY. . . . . : . .Ohio
, For Vice-President,
GARRET A. BOB ART ; . . .New Jersey
' . For Presidential Electors,
T. T. GKEB. ' . :.. : Marlon County
8. ST. YORAN- . : . . . Lane
- E. L? SM ITH Wasco
J. F. CAPLES. ....Multnomah
STATK OFFICIALS.
jrernor.'-. ..
Secretary of State
Treasurer i
Snptof Public Instruction..
Attorney-General....
Senators
Congressmen... . ,
State Printer ...... .
.... W. P. Lord
H R Kincaid
..Phillip Metschan
Q. M. Irwin
CM. Idleman
G. W. McBride
" )J.!H. MltcbeU
B. Hermann
" JW. E. EUls
W. H. Leeds
. COUNTY OFFICIALS.
' County Judge Eobt. Mays
..Sheriff. T.J. Driver
, Clerk...... A. M. Kelsav
. ' Treasurer C. L. Phillips
. Commissioners......
.- Assessor.... W. II. Whipple
. tturveyor. . J. B. ;olt
v Superintendent of Public Schools. . .C. I.. Gilbert
v roner W. H. Butts
MR. BRYAN EXPOSED.
Mr. Bryan ought to set up an es
- .'cutcheon, taking as emblematic the
ostrich which hid its head in the
sand and imagined its body was con
. cealed. Is the man actually so dull
as not to see that the wild rush of
Populists and anarchists to his sup
port tells .the whole story? Theie
is not a ranting fanatic irvthe coun
. try, nor a mad breaker of all lavs,
human or divine, who is not today
. willing to vote for Bryan. How
does all this come to pass? Is it be
cause these people know nothing
. about him? He has spent some
years as the agent, it may be chari
ly tably assumed as the salaried agent,
of the silver millionaires in stamping
- western and southern states, and the
-craziest cranks in all that region are
for Bryan. Does it make any differ-',-ence
to anybody whether he accepts
-a Populist nomination or declines it?
Says the New York Tribune: One
may assume that he will decline, or
. do ' something which he imagines
equivalent to a declination. Where
. is the use ? The trouble is that
though he is williDg to promise any
thing to anybody, or to refuse any
thing which would not pay, a con
vention of the most brainless and
. passionate creatures on this planei
have joyfully chosen him, in the
words pf one of them,' "as their
Moses." "When folks get into that
state of mind about a man, they
' think his ideas are their own. They
have, heard him talk, in multitudes
..' of speeches which have not been re-'
ported, fortunately for Mr. Bryan.
' They know what his underlying tem-
per is, and they get a great deal
more enthusiastic about the man
than they do about any statement of
their'own opinion that they are able
to frame.
This will not be the whole of the
" light, this year. Bryan would be a
i cheap third-class ranter, hired by
some . faction of his party at a mod
erate figure per week, in ' another
campaign. This time he is a candi
date for the most exalted office in
the gift of seventy million Americans,
. because some of them think he
means the same revolutionary things
which they mean. ' Possibly he talks
rtoo much, some of them say, with a
tone of apology, but he is against
-corporation being at the time a
. hired attorney for one of them.
; "Perhaps he is a wordy demagogue
with no principles at all," say others,
probably without justice. At bot
tom the trouble is that he mistakes
his own declamation for knowledge,
and his own metaphors for convic
tions. ' .,
. The impressive feature of his nom
y. ination , by the Populist convention
is that it gives better and stronger
testimony than any which Mr. Bryan
himself can possibly give, that he is
the kind of roan the fanatics-and re
. pndiatori want above all others. . It
will not do him a bit of good to say ,
that their platform is not his ; they
chose him from all the world to rep
resent y and execute that platform.
It would be a stupid waste of time
I for the man to say that he is in form
not a "Populist, but a: Democrat.
The .Populists had votes enough to
pitch Sewall into the" ocean which
washes the shores of Maine, but the
sime votes deliberately selected
Bryan to be their Moses. The
world; will certainly take him and
them at their word; He fished for
anarchists and repudiators in: his
speech at Chicago, and caught them.
But the whole tribe of them stuck to
him at St. Louis,' because they really
know him better than he probably
knows himself. - -
BY THEIR RIGHT NAMES.
Things are called by their right
names over in Washington. The
ticket nominated at Ellensburg goes
under the caption of the "People's
Party," a designation which is used
for Populists throughout the country.
Populism in Washington has swal
lowed up Democrats and a few free
silver Republicans. This is the end
to which events have been gravitat
ins for some time. It was idle to
talk of free silver Democrats, free
silver Republicans and Populists as
different beings. They are one and
the same, all committed to the
dangerous doctrines of free silver,
which is their shibboleth in this
campaign.
In other states things haven't set
tled down as they have in Washing
ington, but ' when the empty desig
nation of names is disregarded, these
parties stand upon the same issue.
Among the rank and file of the
Populist party are many honest men,
but the leaders those who control
and shape the party stand in a not
altogether favorable light before- the
countrv. Jones and Stewart of Ne
vada, Jerry Simpson, Candidate
Watson and Bryan since he is a
Populist as much as the others are
not names to conjure with. ;
The Populists clamor for debased
currency, for the government owner
ship of railways and telegraphs, for
the condemnation of the supreme
court. Their success in any one of
these means disaster to the country.
The success of the Populists means
also-that free trade will be the policy
of the administration. The record
ef Bryan ,is such that he can be
counted upon to veto any bill re
storing a protective tariff on wool.
Have you thought of that, free silver
Republican, who but a few months
ago was, along witn tne rest 01 us,
condemning the policy which had
brought destruction to our wool in
terests? '
A year ago the men who now have
left the Republican party, intending
to vote for Biyan, did not think they
would vote for a Democrat so soon
have the lessons of adversity been for
gotten. .. .
Wasco county has had enough of
Democracy. Let us hope our erring
brothers may return to the fold be
fore November. .
The large trade journals which
represent capital, of many millions of
dollars, are conducting an aggressive
campaign for sound money. One of
them has just published a series of
one thousand letters from retail mer
chants throughout the country, and
they are almost unanimusly in favor
of McKinley's election. A poll of
the business men of The Dalles would
undoubtedly show that a like propor
tion of them- favors McKinley. Un
der the present circumstances no one
is opposing'him who has the best in
terests of the country at heart.
' "When six, inches make a foot;
when : eight ounces make a pound,
and when sixteen quarts make a
bushel, then fifty cents will make a
dollar, ' Is the clear cut statement
which appears in large letters on the
board fence that incloses the ground
at the corner of Bioadway and Leo
nard streets, New. York, where a
large' insurance building is being
erected. ;.' -
. A spell of ; repentance mr,st have
overtaken the Oregonian. ; In yes
terday's issue it said that the open
ing of the Cascade locks might be a
good thing for the Inland Empire.
If ever they are opened .it won't be
the Oregonian's fault. ?.' - v .
; jy BROKER'S r. VIE WS.
. The semi-annual report v of Jacob
Wollner, wool broker1 and commis
sion merchant of Sau Francisco, after
detailing the demoralized condition
of the market, so far departed from
the usual trade comments, as to add
the following significant statements:
For four or five days after Mc
Kinley's nomination: it seemed as if
confidence had been . restored and
there . was more looking around for
wool, : but the Chicago Democratic
Convention and the platform they
adopted with . the nominations they
made, vas like a wet blanket thrown
over all trade and manufactures, es
pecially for wool, and the endorse-
j ment of their, nominee by the Popu-
listsj Anarchists, Socialists and free
silverites paralized the whole-trade
of the country. ,
We have no hope for better times
until the presidential election is over,
and we can : only hope that sound
money and protection will prevail.
The boast of the Democratic ora
tors and politicians four years ago,
that with free wool manufacturers
would enlarge their trade and the
sheepmen would realize more fof
their wool under, tree wool, has not
materialized. On August 1, 1892,
just four years ago, the "American
Wool and Cotton Reporter," the
leading exponent of textile manu
facturing, sheep husbandry, and the
the American cloth and clothing
trade, said : "There- has never been
a time in the history of this country
that so much woolen machinery has
been so well employed as it is at
present." "July 30th of this year,
the same paper says: "The past
tour weeks have been characterized
by extreme dullness in the wool
trade. The transactions have been
the smallest ever reported,1 and not
30 per cent of the woolen mills in
the whole United States are actively
employed."
The reason the importation of
wool in 1894 was so small was owing
to the delay in the passage of the
Wilson-Gorman tariff bill.. Besides,
since the passage of the fiee wool
bill, the larger importation of wool,
shoddies, waste, rags, etc.. has
amounted to - 20,000,!000 yearly.
This is owinii to the fact that" Euro
pean manufacturers have flooded the
country with cheap goods, in the
manufacture of which, although wool
is so low, a good deal pf shoddies,
waste and rags have been used, and
our manufacturers in self preserva
tion had to follow the example, and
therefore the inferior articles took
the place of at least 60,000,000
pounds wool. .
The importation, of manufactured
goods, which in 1892 amounted to
$35,000,000 is reported for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1896, at $57,r
559,923, and then it has to ' be taken
into consideration that imported
goods in 1892 were nearly 50 per
cent higher in valuation than in
1896, as then only high priced goods
were imported, while now all kinds
of trash is admitted to the country
in consequence of the low tariff, and
so instead oi manufacturers being
benefitted by . free wool, they not
only could not export manufactured
goods, but lost oyer $30,000,000 in
home trade.
The outlook for prices, and trade
for stock still on hand, and also for
fall wool, is very gloomy. Over
200,000; pounds of wool in the east-
hern markets, and nearly the whole
clip of Montana and Oregon which
will- amount to 30,000,000 pounds,
are in first hands yet. Woolen mills,
although stopped at present, have a
good stock of wools, mostly foreign,
on hand. With the money market
in such an-unseltled condition, fall
wools, even if salable, will, not com
mand very high prices.
1 would advise all my friends who
can keep their sheep in good condi
tion without shearing this fall, not to
shear, as I doubt if it will pay them
to do so. The only hope we have is
that the American people will come
to their senses, and will vole for
sound money and protection ia No
vember next. - Every sheepman or
party interested in sheej or wool
should try . his utmost to get all his
friends to Tote the right way. We
have had enough experience in two
years of free wool, which reduced the
production of wool irv the United
States not . less .than", .150,000,000
pounds, making paupers'of sheepmen.
A ' change has occured whereby
the present editorial management of
The Chronicle ceases. The three
months for which the writer assumed
the responsibilities and trials of jour
nalism have, lengthened into fifteen
and he feels that it is now time to
pay closer attention to other., pur
suits which he Las had in view. " Be
(ore the close he wishes to return
thanks for the .many kindnesses
which have been shown him during
his journalistic connection. With
out exception this includes the read
ing constituency of The Ciibonicle.
Fijei W. Wilson.
In proportion to the number of its
inhabitants Wasco . county . should
give the largest majority for Mc
Kiuley of any county in the state
lnese men who are standing upon
street corners shouting, for Bryan
should take a walk through our ware
houses and try a bit of reflection. If
McKinley js defeated , there will be
many business failures in The. Dalles
and bankruptcies in the county,
We have weathered the last four
years after a fashion, but we cannot
stand a repetition of the dose.
Wasco county should be honey
combed with Republican clubs.
Every precinct should have one. In
this way better than any other can
this county be carried for McKinley
with a Republican majority.
Fireman's Meeting.
At the meeting of the firemen Satur
day night A. Saudrock was chosen chair
man of a committee having in charge
the arrangements for the Astoria touma
merit, and H. Chrisman secretary.
Mr. Lauer stated that he had received
notice from the O. R. & K. that they
would make a round trip rate of 5, and
that the boat company had made a rate
of 13.50.
- Mr. R. B. Sinnott then read a telegram
he had just received from Mr. . . Ly
tie at the Locke, tbat the railroad com
pany would make a race of $3.25, if the
firemen would guarantee a passenger list
of forty persona. The matter was ar
gued or eome time, resulting in a motion
leing carried that the boat would be
need. Consequently the firemen will go
down the river on the Regulator Wednee
day. .- V . . ..
' A committee of two wag appointed to
interview all the fire companies to ascer
tain what arrangements had been made
to eend delegates to the firemen's con
vention which meets at Astoria during
the tournament. ' The president ap
pointed as such committee X. J. Sinnott
and G. A. Clarke.
T Inform the Voter.
At Republican League headquarters
the work of mailing literature is pro
gressing rapidly. The first installment
of 140,000 pieces has arrived and is be-
ng sent out. The various pamphleta
embraced ia the 140,000 pieces, are Mc
Cleary's speech, Babcock on money.
Reed on the tariff. Apeley on protection,
Republican platform, Blaine's reply to ;
Gladstone, Babcock's "Money and Sil
ver," and a uerman edition ot uaDcocK
on money. The special lists ot addresses
Secretary Wells has made arrangements
to secure in every precinct in the state
are coming in every day, and to these
Babcock on Money" is now being
mailed.' All who apply for literature in
bulk for their personal distribution are
also being supplied, as well as those
who ask for it tor their own information.
The tariff pamphlet, "Defender," is also
being mailed to all who aek for it. The
Oregonian announces that any person.
who will call at headquarters, room 627
Chamber of Commerce, Portland, will
be supplied with anything there is. on
hand which be may desire, in any quan
tity he will use to advantage.
A Dismal Night.
True heroism is rarely met with,
bnt
the little party which passed Thursday
night on the turbulent river, with the
wind blowing a gale and the waves
threatening every moment to swamp
their boat, were engaged in a heroic and
dangerous work. John Crate, .Al and
Walter Klindt, Richard Hassel, and the
brother of the deceased, worked until 2
o'clock dragging the river for the body
of Mark Vinbibber. The circumstances
were peculiarly dismal. The night was
of murky darkness, the waves were roll
ing high; the winds blew fiercely and
howled mournfully as if possessed with
the spirit of sorrow ; every moment the
searchers expected to bring to the sur
face the lifeless body of their former
companion and friend whom they loved.
It was a work as poignant with grief as
filled with danger. At - 2 o'clock they
desisted their labors to change appa
ratus, and when with break of day they
again resumed their search, their first
cast was successful. - '. "
Estray.
A black horse
branded HO on left
about 1100, came to
shoulder, weight
my place August 9th, with C. Schmidt's
horse. Owner can secure same by call
ing upon the undersigned. '
.-: y . J. A.Simonson,
18 wlm ' ; -y " i ' : Three-Mile. '
ffllilEpniiDP:
Scenes at Hatcher's Creek and
Petersburg Recalled.
John B. Scace Speaks to a Reporter of Stirring Scenes
Escaped witn a Slight Wound, but, Like Other Vet
erans, Has Suffered Since A Story that
Reads Like a Page from History.
From Pie Albany,
' . When onf tnrountera in print the life story
oi some scarred veteran of tiie citu war, a
feeling of admiration and sympathy is the
- certain rexult.. Accustomed though we are
to tales of heroism and saflcring in everyday
life, there is something peculiarly attractive
about these old war records, serving, as they
do, as a sacred pawport to. the heart of every
true American. Thousands found their rest
: on the field of carnage or in the hospital, but
their comrades, when the struggle was over
and the victory won, returned to their homes
and began anew the battle of life.
John B. Scace, the widely known coutrac-
. tor and building mover of Albany, -N. Y.,
has had an unusually interesting life, and
when seen by a reporter recently at his home,
No. 15 Bradford Street, told of his many ex
periences and adventures while serving
under the old flag in the late war. Although
having endured all the hardships and pri
vations of life in the ranks, Mr. scace bears
his more than half a century of years with
an elastic step and a keen mind, taking an
active interest in private and public affairs.,
While still a boy, his family moved from
Albany, his birthplace, to Pittsfield, Mass.,
and here he was educated. He mastered the
rarpenter's trade, became a member of Berk
shire Lodge, No. 52, I. O. O. F., and waa
entering upon a successful business life when
eame the call from Washington for men. All
over the country the word sped, and excite
mtmt ran high. All the old-time patriotism
that had made Massachusetts famous in
Revolutionary days was fired to its utmost.
Every town and village sent out its squad or
eompany. C
The company in which Mr. Scace enlisted
in September of 1862, as a private, became
Company A, Forty-ninth Regiment, Massa
chusetts Volunteer Infantry. Under the
common impression that the war would be
one of but short duration, the men were en
listed for nine months only. Scarcely were
they uniformed and armed before they were
ordered to the front. The regiment, which
at the time was under the command of Col.
W. V. Bartlett, served in the First Brigade,
First Division, Nineteenth Corps, and par
ticipated in some of the hottest battles of the
great rebellion.
Mr. Scace, at the time, was but twenty-two
years of age, and he remembers well with
what a beating heart he first fell in line. His
regiment was ordered South, directly through
the enemy's country, with Baton Bouge as
the objective point. After several months of
weary marches, during which Company A
passed through several lively scrimmages
with the enemy constantly hovering about
the flanks and rear, the capital city of
Louisiana was reached. An evacuation fol
lowed. Citizens and the rebel soldiery sta
tioned in the city fled like frightened sheep,
. bearing with them what goods they could
. carry and setting torch to the rest. The
beautiful capital building, which bad been
converted into a war prison, had also been
fired, and the boys in blue swarmed in, just
in time to save their captive comrades from
perishing in the flames. Mr. Scace, who
had been, while en route, promoted to cor-1
poralj was in the thickest of the melee, and
describes the scenes in a graphic manner.
Although the city had fallen almost without
a blow given or received, a fight was not fur
off, for word was received that a large force
of the enemy was fast approaching.
A bloody battle ensued at Plain Store, a
few days' march out of the capital, in which
Corporal Scace was severely wounded. A
minnie ball struck his left thigh and, grazing
the bone, narrowly missed the great artery.
He was retired to the camp at Baton Kougc,
but recuperated so rapidly that he entered,
soon after, again into active service. The
battles of Port Hudson and Donaldsonville
followed, with all their thrilling episodes.
it was not long aner tnis that, by reason
of the expiration of his term of enlistment.
he was honorably discharged. His respite
was not a long one, however, for he soon af
.terward re-enlisted, to serve for the remain
der of the war. Tor meritorious action he
bad been raised to the sergeant's stripes, and
,'as such served in Company A, Sixty-first
Tlecn merit. Mnjntahnneftji VnliiTltApr Infitntrv.
Wier C&WtyJJSsl$Oti' . DuruSiJ2.lcSPPani Ssheawtady. N. Y.
When yog aiaot to fray
Seed Wheat, Feed Wheat,
Rolled BarleyWhole Barley,
Oats, Rye, Bran, Shorts,
Or anything n the Feed Line, go to the .
WASCO : WAREHOUSE.
Our prices are low and onr goods are firt-class.
Agents for the celebrated WAISTBUEG "PEFRLES8" FLOUR.
Highest cash price paid for WHEAT. OATS and BARLEY.
ANHEUSER-BUSCH B
OXST BRiLUGHT
At Stubling
The above are Sole Agents in The Dalles for thir
celebrated Beer, both in "bottle and keg.
Anheuser-Busch Malt Nutrine, a non-alcoholic
beverage, nnequaled as a tonic, y
RUPERT & GABEL,
- -. ".Wholesale and retail manufacturers and dealers in
Harness, Saddles, Bridles, Collars,
TENTS and WAGON COVERS. . ,
REPAIRING PROMPTLY PONE. ; Adjoining E. J. Collins & Co.'s 'store.
X. Y., Journal.
term of his re-enlistment Sergeant Scace par
ticipaied in some of the hottest struggles a!
the war. Many a gray-haired veteran to
day recalls the scenes of Hatcher's Run, the
fall of Petersburg and the battle of Bailor's
Creek. ,
After his honorable discharge, June 4,
1S65, Mr. Scace returned to Albany and
settled down once again to bis business and,
social interests. ' He has resided in the city ,
ever since. It would seem that now, of all '
times, his peace and happiness would have
been uninterrupted. Such was not to be the
case, for four years ago, while engaged in.
suerintending the raising of the immense
smokestack of the Albany Electric power
house, the lever of a loosened winNass struck '
him a heavy blow across the back. Tha '
effect of the blow was not at first apparent,
he being able to leave his bed in a few days.
But the worst was to follow, for without
warning he was seized with sciatie rheuma
tism in all its virulence. Untold agony fol
lowed. .
Said Mr. Scace, " I could not sleep for the
pain. No one will know the tortures the
rheumatism gave me.. I don't know how I
lived during those days. I became little
more than skin and bones, and it seemed like
life didn't have anything but suffering in it.
Cures ? I tried every so-called rheumatio
cure that was ever invented. I gave all of
them a good trial before I stopped talcing
them. My friends and neighbors recom- '
mended remedy after remedy that they heard
of, but my rheumatism went on just the
same. Well, after I had almost had the life
tortured out of me, I came across a news
paper account of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills,
and I thought I might as well add another
name to the list as not, so I ordered some of
my druggist.
"I tell yon, I was glad in those days to
hear of anything that could give me any
hope at all. . Yes, I got them, and before t
had lakra two boxes that pain began to leave
me. Why. I couldn't understand it. I
couldn't imagine myself being cured. But .
before I had taken a half-dozen of those
boxes I tea cured. The suffering which had
made my life almost unbearable for so long
had disappeared. I waa a new man.
" I began to get strong. I picked np ia
flesh, and I went hack to my business with
all tne vigor and vim of a young man. I
think everyone who knows me will tell you
what it did for me. Pink Pills is the grandest .
medicine ever discovered, and if my recom
mendation will do it any good I want yon to
use it. I hope others will hear of it and be
benefited as I have been. Everyone should
hear of iL I cant say too much for them,"
Mr. Scace exclaimed enthusiastically in con
clusion. This is but one of thtfmany cases in which
Pink Pills have taken such a beneficent part
in the history of humanity.
Mr. Scaee is now enjoying the fruits ot an '
unusually large business, managed solely by
himself, and covering aliuoet the entire east
ern portion of the State. Mr. Scace is also
an ivory carver of marked ability, which ha
follows solely for his own pleasure. Many
little trinkets, carved by the light of the .'
camp-nre, auesi nis skiii in r,nis airecnoa-
Far from being solicited to recommend the
curative which had taken such a load of
misery from his lifet in his gratitude his
praise for it is unstinted and unceasing.
And from his own statements one may easily
see that when he does cease to sing its vir
tues, it will be to answer the last mustering
in.
Dr .Williams' Pink Pills contain, in a con- A
densed form, all the elements necessary to
give new life and richness to the blood and
restore shattered nerves. They are an un
failing specific for such diseases as locomotor
ataxia, partial paralysis, au Vitus' aance,
sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous
headache, the after effect of la grippe, palpi
tation of the heart, pale and sallow com
plexions, all forms of weakness either in
male or female. Pink Pills are sold by all
dealers, or will be sent post paid on receipt
of price, (60 cents a box, or six boxes for
$2.50 they are never sold in bulk or by the
100) by addressing Dr. Williams' Medians?
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