THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1896.
The Weekly GhfoMek
BTATB OFFICIALS.
Governor W. P. Lord
Rcmrntni-e nf Rtata HR KinCHld
Treasurer ...Phillip Metschan
Bupt. of Public Instruction ti. M. irwin
k ttsrTev-tinprnl C. M. Idleman
. G. W. McBride
Senators ij. H. Mitchell
IB. Hermann
juugnMiueu )w d Ellis
State Printer W. U. Leeds
COUNTY. OFFICIALS.
County Judge. Robt. Mays
Sheriff. T. J. Driver
Clerk i A.M. Kelsay
Treasurer: , C. L. Phillips
Commissioners
I A. S. Blowers
ID. S. Kimsey
Assessor...:
ttn rv.vnr .
. W
H.Whipple
Superintendent of Fublic Schools. . .C. L. Gilbert
..J. U. IfGIS
coroner...
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN TICKET
For President,
WILLIAM M'KINLEY Ohio
For Vice-President,
GAEKET A. HOBART New Jersey
For Presidential Electors,
T. T. GEES Marion County
8. M. YORAN ..Lane
E. L- SMITH Wasco
J. F. CAPLES Multnomah
Never was s more grievous wrong clone
the farmers of our country than that so
unjustly Inflicted during: the past three
years upon the wool growers. Although
among: our most useful eitisensa their in
terests have been practically destroyed,
McKlnley's letter of acceptance.
BRYAN'S ABSURDITY.
At New London, Conn., Bryan
yesterday run across a Yankee who
' punctured his soap bubble as neatly
as it has ever been done. One of
his auditors inquired:
"Where will we be when we get
free silver?"
Bryan Are you in favor of
gold standard ?
Auditor I am.
Bryan Tell me why?
Auditor Because I believe it is
the best for the country. Every
nation will accept a gold dollar for
a dollar.
Bryan Why, I will tell you. Be
uause of its value. The reason the
gold dollar and bullion are worth
the same is because the law says you
can convert the bullion into a dollar
at 'the mint.
Now apply Bryan's answer to 412
grains of copper, iron or aluminum,
or all of these metals, and then
, would the world be rich indeed. If
you can make 412 grains of silver,
now worth 53 cents, worth 100 cents,
then can you make 412 grains of
copper, now worth less than two
cents, worth one dollar. If we can
do it with one, then can we with all
The whole argument reduces itself to
an absurdity.
No more absolute falsehood ever
passed the lips of a man than this
utterance of Mr. Bryan at Lynn,
Mass., on Monday: "Falling prices
mean hard times. Hard times never
have been advocated in a platform
by any party, although the Republi
can platform this year, without di
rectly saying so, promises to continue
the hard times and make them
harder." Mr.- Bryan knows that the
United States was the most prosper
oas nation on the globe from 1888
to 1892, and during that time it ex
perienced greater prosperity than at
any time in its history. If Mr,
Bryan were talking to a lot of peo
ple who knew absolutely nothing of
this nation's history, there .vould be
some excuse, upon the ground of the
"importance to himself of getting
there at any cost, for this kind of
talk ; but as it is, he will be believed
by none who are seeking the truth
Every man who listens to utterances
like the above with an unprejudiced
mind will vote against the man who
uttered them. We hope, for the
good of McKinley's cause, that
Bryan will talk on forever in the
same strain.
Yes, as Bryan says, "The people
are interested in the plank in otjb
platform which declares against what
is known as government by injunc
tion." The people are deeply in
terested in having the federal gov
ernment protect the United States
mails and inter-state commerce from
mob rule, just as it did during the
Chicago riots. They are deeply in
terested in having' a government
strong enough, and a man at its
head wise and courageous enough, to
resist social and political combus
tion, and see to it that sedition and
viclence do not gain ascendency.
The people should, and do. take a
great interest in the idea proniul
gated by the portion of the boy
orator's platform which he refers to.
FALSE IN FACT AND IN USE.
- We are told that the annual pro
duction of gold is insufficient to
meet the demands of the world for
coinage purposes; that tne toiai pro
duction of gold in the world in 1895
was $203,000,000; that only one-
third of this is devoted to coinage,
and the rapidly increasing popula
tion of the world is decreasing the
per capita of gold, and therefore en
hancing its value. The whole argu
ment is based upon the proposition
that the use of gold is consumption
of it ; that the demand for gold for
coinage purposes is the annihilation
of that amount of metal. The tact
is that about sixty per cent, accord
ing to United States treasury statis
tics, of gold is usedj for coinage.
A very small percentage of gold is
lost to the world by abrosion, etc.
The quantity of gold subject to com-
mercial and financial usage is in
creasing far more rapidly than the
population.
But the whole argument of the
silverite, built upon these quotations
of gold production, is misleading in
other ways than by misstatements,
They leave out of consideration en
tirely the extensive use of other
means of representing value. Thus,
for example, in the United States, as
in every country having a gold coin,
a large amount of silver is used with
gold. Improved means in banking
transaction and exchange are all the
time rendering the actual use of
money less and less necessary or con
venient. For ever' commercial
transaction involving a value of $1,
where coin or other money is used,
there are transactions by means of
checks, bills of exchange and drafts
involving hundreds of dollars in
value.
This statement about insufficiency
of gold to supply the monetary de
mand is false in fact, and more false
in the manner in which it is made by
the Popocrats.
For the past month or six weeks
the banks of this city were drained
of the silver which they at times
have been unable to dispose of. The
payment of small checks for fruit,
produce and wheat always requires
great amount of small change.
About a week ago the banks here
sent to the sub treasury at San Fran
cisco and received a large amount of
silver, the government delivering it,
without charge, at The Dalles. A
few days ago a wearer of a 16 to
badge stepped into the bank with a
check for $350. The cashier brought
to the counter . a tray containing
about that amount of silver. The
sixteen-to-oner's eyes started out
of their sockets as he exclaimed
"And have I got to take that ?" The
cashier, with a sober face, replied
that he supposed that was exactly
what was wanted. The $350
weighed a little over twenty pounds,
and Mr. Silverman begged for gold
"You cannot find a correct defini
tion of an honest dollar in the speech
of any of the advocates of the gold
standard." Bryan. Well, little boy
orator, here is one : An honest dol
lar is a dollar which, in all respects,
is equivalent to the dollar for which
it is exchanged; a dollar paid by a
debtor equivalent to the dollar re
ceived when the debt was contracted ;
dollar that bears with it value
equivalent to every other dollar A
dollar which is of less purchasing
power than the dollar we borrow to,-
day is a dishonest dollar when our
creditor is compelled by law to take
in payment of that borrowed
dollar.
The United States court has
finally decided that if sheep injure
the forests by being pastured in the
reservation, the owners should be en
joined from taking them there.
This settles the question adversely to
the sheepmen, . because the United
States courts will disregard all testi-
mony of people residing in the vicin
ity, and will undoubtedly be governed
by the reports of the special agents,
who during the summer have been
taking their recreation at the mount
ain resorts. ' The only hope for the
sheep owners is in a new administra
tion which believes that the' sheep
industry is entitled to some consid
eration. In this particular Bryan is
on record, and so is the Republican
party. In which will Eastern Ore
gon place its trust?
Our Populistic friends are deeply
concerned because " 'Boss' Hanna is
running so many free trains' into
Canton to get .crowds before Mr,
McKinlev." There is no need of
concern in that respect. 'Boss
Hanna is not. running trains, he is
manastnz a campaign, and' doing it
well. Besides, - no free trains are
running into Canton; the several
railroads leading thither have an
agreed excursion rate of a single fare
for the round trip. Again, crowds
do notiave to be gojtten to Mi . Mc
Kinley; they go because they want
to see and hear a statesman. They
have seen and heard enough of
Biyan, and they want to look further
before voting for him.
The silyer mints of Oregon, Wash
ington, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Ne
vada, Colorado and California, if
running at their full capacity, would
furnish employment for half as many
men as all the manufactures on the
Atlantic coast. These men would
receive better wages than do the ar
tisans in the mills of the East, hence
would become greater consumers.-
Mountaineer.
We never before heard . that Ore
gon, Washington, Idaho, Montana,
Utah or Colorado had any mints.
We thought the only mints west of
the Mississippi were at San Francisco
and Carson City. Our brother was
simply dreaming that Brj-an was
elected, and he was trying to coin
silver enough during his one admin
istration to take the place of the gold
which had gone out of circulation.
The tariff is an issue which we
must neither overlook nor abandon.
We, in Oregon, produce much wool;
we produce almost no silver. The
American consul at Bradford, Eng
land, has just furnished, in one of
his recent reports, statistics showing
that the amount of woolen goods
shipped from that place alone to the
United States during eleven months
under the Wilson law was 334,454
pounds, while during the correspond
ing period under the McKinley law
it was only 5108 pounds.
For the year's 1893-5 Russia's
average export of wheat was 112,
000,000 bushels, while India aver
aged 21,704,000 bushels, or about
one-fifth as much. The United States,
Russia and Aigentine together aver
aged 323,887,827 bushels, or almost
fifteen times as much as India, and
yet the Populists would have us
believe that England's coinage of
rupees fixes the price of wheat in
this country.
"The millions against the million
aires; the people against the bond
holders." This is all there is to
Bryan's speeches, and all he cares
for. His only hope is to win votes
through prejudice. If he were a
candidate in China, Japan or Mexico
this might work, but it never will in
the United States, "because the con
ditions here are so different."
The last administration of Presi
dent Harrison paid off $296,000,000
of the public dehj;, besides meeting
all the running expenses of the gov,
ernment, and turned ovei to the in
coming administration a surplus of
over $124,00'0,000. Then no oi
was urging free coinage outside
a few silver mine-owners.
The Popocrats, Democrats and
Republicrats of Idaho are having a
monkey and parrot time, while the
Republicans are . united and making
a splendid canvass. The result will
be that Idaho will cast her vote for
McKinley.
The old soldiers of the northern
armies are supporting McKinley;
the southern Democracy are greeting
Bryan whh the- rebel yell;' but the
North will have the aid in this con
test of a portion of the South, and
will again prevail.:'
ERNEST SEYD AND THE CRIME,
So many times has the "crime
been proven a myth, we supposed
our friends, the Popocrats, would
quit trying to fool us by the old cry,
But they keep at it; each lime try
ing to brace up the falsehood with
some new embellishment. A few
days ' ago the Mountaineer again
shouted "Crime of 1873!" and
quoted from the San Francisco
Chronicle of August, 1893, as fol
lows: Among other things Mr. Hooper said
(Congressional Record, April 9, 1873. p.
2034):
"Ernest Seyrl of London, a distin
guished writer and tmliionist, who is
now here and has given ytre&t attention
to the subject of mints and coinage,
after examining the first, draft of this
bill, made various sensible suggestions,
which the committee adopted and em
bodied in this bill."
' The Chronicle says no explanation
was made by Mr. Hooper why Mr. Seyd
was before tbe committee, "or how he
came to be in America, and all tbe in
formation it has of tbe reason of his
mission to America it gains from tbe
following, which appeared in the Au
gust, 1873, number of the Bankers'
Gazetta:
. "In 1872 silver was being demonetized
in France, Germany, England and Hol
land, a capital of 100,000 was raised
and Ernest Seyd of London was sent to
this country with this fund as the agent
of the foreign bond holders and capital
ists to effect the same object, which was
successful."
This is an old lie, many times re
futed. Ernest Seyd was sot in this
country at any time after 1870; he
was never before the committee ; he
did send a statement of his views
which was read before the comrrit
tee; he was a distinguished English
writer, banker and financier, but he
was then an ardent advocate of free
coinage of silver, and in his paper
called particular attention to the
dropping of ' the silver dollar from
the coins provided for by this bill
saying: "As this new bill presuma
bly repeals all previous enactments
I suppose that the total abolition of
the silver dollar is contemplated,
America, then, should hesitate to en
ter upon this course without a full
previous investigation of the im
mensely important . considerations
appertaining thereto." He then in
dicates how tbe bill should be
changed so as to provide for the sil
ver dollar coinage. His paper is a
very long and able argument for
silver; more learned and able than
any Bryan ever made or ever will
make. He criticises England's finan
cial policy severely, and in some re
spects talks much as Bryan does to
day about silver being the poor
man's money, etc. The paper
published in full at page 279, Coin
age Laws'of the United States.
The fact, is, the committee did not
adopt "the sensible suggestions" of
this silver advocate; the Bankers'
Gazette never published the state
ment accredited to it ; Seyd was the
last man in London whom English
bondholders would send to Ameiica
to influence legislation against silver.
If Seyd was ever employed to influ
ence legislation in this country it
certainly was by those interested in
silver coinage. At the time it is
claimed Seyd was here, he was in
London, and the Act of 1873 had
become a law. '
Had the Populists read this paper
before declaring that- its author was
hired by British gold, they would
have used it as a campaign document.
Four 3'ears hence Bryan will have
been forgotten ; the policies he is ad
vocating will be referred to as "the
silver craze," and thousands of his
present supporters will deny him
and his cause.
Mr. Harry Watkins made as strong
argument as can be. made for the
election of Bryan. He made no
argument, but amused his audience
telling stories.
Wheat is going up because Rus
sia's crop is small. Silver has not
yet "got a move on itself," although
thousands hear Bryan talk every day.
BRYAN. i
Dr. Geisendorfer of Arlington con
tributes the following to the Arlington
Record:
He secured the nomination
At the silver convocation
By the fervid agitation
Of his chili.
. He has traveled through the nation
And disturbed the population
By the loud vociferation
Of his lungs.
Since Vermont's late demonstration
He is making his migration
To his western reservation
On his ear.
With the whole conglomeration,
Popocratic aggregation,
Howling Dervish collocation,
Blowhard crank amalgamation,
He will view the situation,
At the campaign's termination,
On his back.
It's the difference in clothing that makes you such a
staunch friend to the K. N. & F. Co. gar
ments. The sewing is strong, the trimmings
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You're safe with this label
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A LARGE ASSORTMENT -
of this celebrated.
A. M. WILLIAMS
An Original Election Bet.
There ia apparently no end to the
"catch bets" devised by tbe wary for
the benefit of tbe unwary. The latest
in that line to reach Helena, says the
Independent, was one that W. E. Phil
lips had, and one that came near finding
takers of great odds.
"I will bet," said Mr. Phillips, "$25
that I can name twenty-five states that
McKinley will carry, and then I trill bet
$250 that we will carry half tbe re
mainder." Thomas Crahan is an ardent silver
man and one who doesn't mind taking
in a good thing when it cornea his way,
either. He heard tbe offer, and had bis
money up to take the first part of it
right sway, and was going down for
some more when a friend told him what
be was running up against, and he
withdrew.
Of course the man who makes both
wagers, has more solicitude for the larger
bet. He will name nearly all Bryan
states in the first twenty-five, expecting
to lose some of them, and it is a "cinch"
that oat of those remaining McKinley
will carry half.
The wager is ingenious, though, and
the opinion of psople who do not believe
it is wrong to gamble iB that the man
who invented it ia entitled to what be
can make for his originality.
Uufur's Big McKinley Club.
A big McKinley clnb was organized at
Dofnr last evening, seventy-five signing
the roll, which was increased by three
this morning. There were present Hon.
John Michell of Tbe Dalles and M. P.
Iaenberg of Hood River, who made en
thusiastic addresses.. The following
were chosen officers :
President T. H. Johnston?.
First Vice President M. J. Cocker-
line of Boyd.
Second Vice President Henry Hud
son of Nanaene.
Third Vice President W. H. H.
Dnfur of Ramsey.
Secretary Dr. A. Deitrick.
Executive Committee J. A. Gulll-
ford, W. H. Whipple and Henry
Menefee.
The clnb was organized in the M. E.
church and tbe edifice was crowded.
The speeches of Messrs. Micbell and
Iaenberg were productive of most fre
quent and enthusiastic applause.
Kingsley' McKinley clnb.
Kingsley, Sept., 28, 1S96.
Editor Chronicle : A McKinley
club organized htre on Saturday laet
with a large number of members en
rolled. I. D. Whit ten was elected presi
dent, E. Williams vice president, and
Jas Kelly secretary. The chairman ap
pointed E. Williams, C. Fraley and J.
Kelly an executive committee.
The HonCW. H. H. Dnfur, of Dufur,
addressed the meeting for over an hour
in bis usually, earnest, eloquent and im
pressive style.
The club will hold its meetings on
Wednesday evening of each week. On
next Wednesday evening, at 7 o'clock,
tbe citizens of Kingsley will be ad
dressed at the school bouse at 7 o'clock
by two or three eloquent speakers from
The Dalles. Everybody invited. Young
men bring out your best girls. We ex
pect the Dufur band to "attend.
W. A. K.
Deceased Persons' Estates.
1
The law provides that administrators
and executors shall make semi-annual
reports to the county court, and one of
these periods has now arrived from
October 1st to 10th. Judge Mays is in
town today for the purpose of receiving
these reports. In conversation with
him this morning a Chronicle reporter
was told that there has been a great
neglect generally by administrators and
executors in the matter of making out
and filing these reports. In this way
creditors have suffered on account of not
receiving their just due, and the widows
and orphans have been subjected to
Merely to
cover
a man..
Just like an umbrella
that's the way some
suits are made up, re
gardless of fit, finish
or fashion . .
make just received at
& CO., the dalles.
many deprivations and annoyances aris
ing from the neglect of these appointed
officers to 'settle up the business of de
ceased persons' estates in tbe shortest
convenient time. We are informed by
Mr. Mays that he is here not only for
the purpose of receiving these reports,
bat of insisting, by every lawful means,
that they be promptly made oat and re
turned. In some cases years have
elapsed without a report, to the great
detriment of tbe beneficiaries and cred
itors. Mr. Mays' efforts to this end are
commendable.
Notice.
In the County Court of the State of Oregon fo
Wasco County :
In the matter of the guardianship of Alice Al-
mira Udell and William Edward Udell (aUas
William Edward Austin), Minors.
Now on this 26th day of September, 1896, tha
regular September term of Court having
been, adjourned and continued to this
date, aud the Court being In regular
session, this cause name ou for hearing
upon the verified petition and application of
George Udell, gu radian of the persons nd es
tates of. Alice Almira Udell and William Edward
Udell (alias Willi, m Edward Austin), and the
court having read said petition and it appearing
to tbe satisfaction of the court from said peti
tion that it is necessary and would be benencial
to said wards that the real estate belonging to
said wards should be sold, and the court being
fully advUcd:
Thereupon It Is hero1 y ordered that tbe next
of kin of said wards, and all persona interested
in said estate of said wards, appear before this
court on Monday, the 2d day of November, 1896,
at the hour of 2 o clock p. in., at the county
courtroom in the courthouse in Dalles City, la
Wasco County, Oregon, to show cause, if any
exiBts, why a license should not be granted to
said guardian, George Udell, for the sale of real
estate belonging to said ward to wit: The
southeast quarter of Section SO, Township 1
North, Range 10 East, situated in Wasco County,
State of Oregon.
It is further ordered that this order shall be
served upon the next ol kin of aid wards and
all persons interested in said estate by publica
tion thereof in Dalles Chronicle, a newspaper
of ge eral circulation in this county, for three
successive weeks, beginning on the 3d day of
October, 18.
iJoct-u . ROBT. MAYS, Judge.
Citation.
In the County Court of the State of Oregon, for
the County of Wasco.
In the matter of (be estate of Mary M. Gordon,
deceased. Citation.
To Mary Gibson, Susie E. Blckford, Maggie A.
Gordon, Kate J. Stogsdlll, George B. Gordon,
Williams Gordon, heirs at law of said decessed,
and all other heirs at law and next of kin of
said deceased, known or unknown, greeting:
In the name of the State of Oregon, You are
hereby cited and required to appear in the
County Court of tbe State of Oregon v for the
County of Wasco at the Court ' Room thereof, at
Dalles City, in the County of Wasco on Monday,
the second day of November, 1896, at two o'clock
in the afternoon of that day, then and there to
annear and show cause, if any there be. why an
order should not be made, directing the admin
ceased, to sell the real estate belonging to said
estate, described in his petition, aud described
as follows, to-wit: Tbe South-west quarter of
Section Thirty-two (32) in Township Four f4)
South of. Range Thirteen (13) East of tbe Will
amette Meridian, in Wasco County, Oregon, for
istrator ot tne estate oi Marv M. Gordon, De
the Burpose of satisfying the debts aud claims
against said estate.
Witness, the Hon. Robert Mays, Judge of the
County Court ot the State ol Oregon, for
sial the County of Wasco with the Seal of
said Court affixed this first dsy of Octo
ber, A. D., 1896.
Attest: a. M. KELSAY, Clerk.
By HIMXOK Bolton, Deputy.
ocUii
Administrator's Sale.
Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of an
order made and eutered in the County Ceurt of
the State of Oregon for Wnsco county, in the
matter of the estate of Phoebe M. Dunham, de
ceased, directing me to sell the real property
belonging to said estate to satiny the unpaid
expenses of administration and claims against
the estate, I will, on the loth day of October.
1896, at the hour of 2 o'clock p. m. at the court
house door in Dalles City, Oregon, sell to the
highest bidder for cash in hand, that certain
parcel of laud described as follows: &.VA feet
wide and 100 fee t long off the east side of lot 11
in block 6 of Laughlln's Addition to Dalles City.
Oregon. A. K. THOMPSON,
Administrator of estate of Phoebe M. Dunham,
deceased. scpll2-li
Notice to Taxpayers.
The County Board of Equalization will meet
in the assessor's office on Monday, October Sth,
and continue in session one week, for tbe pur
pose of equalizing tbe assessment of Wasco
county for 1896. All taxpayers who have not
been Interviewed by the assessor will please call
at tbeollice on Thursdays, Fridays aud Satur
days, as all property must be assessed.
F. 11. WAKEFIELD.
Sept 13-fl , County Assessor.
Guardian Notice.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
has been duly appointed by the County Court
of the State of Oiegon for Wasco county, guar
dian of the person and estate of Albert Lehman,
n Insane person. All persons having claims
against said estate are hereby required to pre
sent them to me at my residence in Dalles City,
Oregon, with proper voucher..
GEORGE A. LIEBE,
Guardian of the person aud estate of Albert
Lehman, Insane.
Dated this 2Uth day of September, 1896.
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