THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1896.
The Weekly Ghroniele.
NOTICE.
fJSF" Ail eastern foreign advertisers are
referred to our representative, Mr. E.
Katz, 230-234 Temple Court, New York
City. Eastern advertising mast be con
tracted through him.
STATU OFFICIALS.
ajvenior ........W. P. Lord
Secretary of State H R Kincaid
Treasurer Phillip Metachan
Bupt. of Publlo Instruction .G. M. Irwin
Attorney-General C. M. Idteinan
u.w G- w- McBHde
Hmatora - j.h. Mitchell
IB. Hermann
Congressmen jw. R. Ellis
Btate Printer .. W. H. Leeds
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
Connty Judge. Eobt. Mays
Sheriff. T. J. Driver
Clerk A M. Kelsay
Treasurer J C. L. Hbilllps
- . . (A. S. Blowere
Commissioners jD 8 Kimsey
Assessor W. H. Whipple
Surveyor .....J. B. ;oit
Superintendent ot Public-Schools... C. L. Gilbert
Coroner W. H. Butts
THE TWO MEN.
In a general sense, of course, the
. present contest is one between op
posing parties, principles and poli
' cies. The candidates stand respect
ively for certain things that are to
be voted upon, and choice is to be
made of one 01 the other mainly by
reason of his identification in this
representative capacity with one or
the other set of general views and
poses. Nevertheless, practically
speaking, this fact is subject to some
modification. The personality of a
candidate counts for a good deal,
particularly in the case of the high
est office in the land, and voters are
bound to give more or less consider
ation to it in making up their minds
how to cast their ballots. A com
parison between McKinley and Bry
an as individuals is - unavoidable.
Aside from their political opinions
and affiliations, it is proper to take
account of their personal qualities as
related to their fitness for the great
position to which they aspire. The
functions of a president involve
many requirements or mind and
manners that do not directly pertain
to the enforcement of a given polit
ical policy ; and it is right that such
things should be carefully looked
After in the selection of the man who
is to exercise the authority of that
exalted cfHce in the eyes of a'l
-Jhe world.
It is to le said of both of these
two men that they have lived clean
and upright private lives, and that
no breath of scandal has touched
either of them through the searching
processes of the campaign. But
there are -differences between them
. all the same. McKinley is certainly
the supeiior of Bryan in dignity,
self-restraint and general propriety.
lie has more of the bearing of a
statesman, and suggests the idea of
greater solidity and safety. Bryan
is impulsive, emotional, and lacking
in discretion and discrimination.
He has made his canvass a kind of
show, thus depreciating ihe soberness
and importance of the matter; and
it is easy to see that he is largely
governed in his proceedings by ac
cidental circumstances,, instead of
sound and systematic methods of
thought and action. It is - hardly to
be doubted by any impartial ob
server that McKinley is preferable
in point of level-headed ness andfthe
faculty of avoiding slippery places;
and his long experience in public life
is in itself a qualification that gives
him a decided . advantage. ' The
country would never be apprehen
sive of any hasty or foolish conduct
on his part as president, wnereas
there would be constant fear about
Bryan in that respect. That fact is
worth considering in a serious way.
It has a positive bearing upon the
question of choosing between the
two men; and every good citizen
should include it in his thoughts with
regard to his duly as a voter.
VOTE RIGHT.
With this issue of The Chronicle
its campaign labor ceases, and ere
again its newsy columns are perused
the ballots will have been cast and
the next president of the United
States will have been elected. That
it will be William McKinley is not
only the earnest wishj but the honest
belief of The Chronicle. It be
lieves that the good ot all the people
will be served by the triumph of Re
publican principles; by the mainte
nance of the gold standard ; by the
eturn to the protective theory purej
and. simple, without discrimination.
and by the election of William Mc
Kinley, the champion of that theory,
It has believed sincerely ever since
the issues were made, timt business
would not get better until the elec
tion was over and McKinley elected
Capital is always conservative, always
tirrid, and for months the money of
the country has been tied up, await
ing the settlement of the question of
the basis upon which the business of
the country is to be done, and on
what financial sea its ships aie to be
sailed. Its believes that the imme
diate effect of Mr. McKinley's elec
tion will be the loosening of purse
strings and the beginning of an era
of business activity and general pros
perity, such as th country has not
seen for years.
For these reasons it has, to the
best of its ability, and at all times,
adyocated the election of McKinley.
The issues are, in its humble opinion,
the greatest the country ever faced,
and it asks its readers in all sincer
ity to ponder them well before cast
ing their voles tomorrow. Lay aside
party prejudice and political passion;
recollect that in .casting your ballots
you, and each of you, are giving a
decision as a judge as to j'tur opin
ion of the country's needs. Your
own interests aud those of your fel
low-citizens are at stake, and on your
decisions depend the future of our
common country.
IT IS ALL DONE.
The election Is over, and all that
remains is to count the votes and de
clare the result. It is a gtood thing
for the country that it is over. Busi
ness has been unsettled, and 50,000,
000 of people for the past two
months have had no subject of con
versation or matter for thought dis
connected from politics. Whatever
the result may be, (and we believe
there can be but one) the country
will be better off than when strug
gling along in the throe3 of doubt
and the agonies of uncertainty. In
a few days the country will settle
dowD to its regular business, and the
sound of the campaign speaker will
fade as the odor of a cut flower into
the vast domain of nothingness. A
Oliver Weudall Holmes puts it, "Si
lence like a poultice comes to heal
the blows of sound."
Let's all shake hands and say we
are emphatically glad of it.
HARD TO REALIZE.
It seems hardly credible that the
day of the opening of the Cascade
locks is at last at hand. For twenty
three years hope deferred hath made
many a Dalles heart sick, and now
that the long nightmare of doubt and
uncertainty is ended, it seems lm
possible to realize it. lhat it is a
work of the utmost importance to
Eastern Oregon, and particularlj' to
The Dalles, we all know, yet none of
us are prepared to peep into the
future and even guess at the results.
When the celebration is - over
when the toot of whistles that here
tofore have awakened the echoes
along the lower river, have come
ringing back from the basaltic walls
that mark the grand old Columbia;
when the speeches are over and the
parades and the celebration are all
things of the past, then we may be
gin soberly to look about us, and re
alize that a new era has begun.
Now that the election is over and
the locks practically opened, let all
Oregon and Washington unite in a
determined effort to overcome the
obstructions to navigatien between
this point and Celilo. Some of our
exchanges east of us have at differ
ent times asserted that The Dalles had
no interest in opening the river
above here. To refute this taunt we
ask the press of Eastern Oregon to
only equal our efforts in getting this
work begun and completed.
Just to lay aside politics for a
moment, we suggest that Col. Sum
mers, whose alleged picture appears
in yesterday's Oregonian, has a clear
case or criminal noei against that
paper. ' - '
The truth about the Republicans
who are going to vote for free silver
is that they have mostly been in the
habit of voting the Democratic
ticket. "
' THE RESULT.
Tomorrow the business men of
this nation, who include all the cap
itals, merchants, manufacturers, stock
raisers, prosperous farmers and skilled
.mechanics, will at the ballot box op
pose the silver mine-owners, the un-
prospcrous of all classes, and those
who never had anything, or who
have lost what they once had through
unwise investments or indolence,
These are the general classes opposed
to each other, the majorities on the
two sides. Every man .who wants to
do businpss and wants his neighbor
to do business, stands for the policy
of safe government and a safe and
stable currency. As the time for
balloting h s approached the lines
have been more and more distinctly
drawn between the
ne'er-do-wells
and
the business man of all classes
and callings. Before this week shall
have closed, the world will know
who has prevailed.
We predict a complete victory for
the Republican cause, not because
Mr. Hauna nas published an estimate
of Republican strength, which indi
cates the utmost of confidence; not
because the Republicans appear
everywhere to be confident; but be
cause we have the utmost confidence
in the wisdom and common sense of
the American people. Should Mc
Kinley be defeated ; should he not
have an overwhelming majority, we
shall be greatly surprised.
The time for boasting is past, and
we predict McKinley's election be
cause we believe, without a doubt,
he will be elected by larger popular
majorities than any prediction yet
made, and by an electoral vole so
large that there will be no contro
versy after the election, and no
second attempt to make the free
coinage of silver a national issue.
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A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE.
The following estimate was handed
us this morning. It was made by a
cool-headed, conservative Republi
can, and makes no exaggerated
claims:
I believe the following states are cer
tainly tor McKinley :
Connecticut 6 New Hampshire. 4
Delaware 3
New Jersey 10
New York 36
Ohio ....23
Oregon 4
Pennsylvania . . .32
Illinois 24
Indiana 15
Iowa ..13
Maine 6
Massachusetts ..15
Michigan 14
Minnesota 9
Rhode Island ... 4
Vermont 4
Wisconsin ..... .13
Total.
.236
The probabilities are that the follow
ing also will be Republican :
California 9 Nebraska 8
Kentucky ...13 West Virginia. . . 8
Maryland 8
Total f .46
There is a chance that the following
will a' bo be Republican :
North Carolina. .11 Tennessee 12
North Dakota... 3 Wyoming 3
Snuth Dakota ... 4 Kansas 10
Washington 4
Total 47
Mi. Reed states a great practical
truth when he says that the riches of
the country west of the Mississippi
river are worthless without money
to develop them ; and the money for
that purpose must necessarily be bor
rowed to a large extent Therefore,
credit is a very important thing to
the people of said section. They
cannot borrow unless somebodv i8
willing to lend; and nobody will
lend them 100c dollars when there is
the least danger that the debts thus
contracted will be paid in 50c dol
lars.
-The big Republican parade in
Jroitland Saturday night was a
scorcher. It is estimated that there
were at least 10,000 voters in the
parade, and it is certain that it was
the biggest thing of the kind ever
seen in Oregon. Multnomah county
will settle the result in this state if
the vote compares at all with the
parade.
The Ideal Panacea.
James L. Francis, Alderman, Chicago.
says: I regard Dr. Kings New Dis
covery as an Ideal Panacea for coughs,
cold 8 and Lung Complaints, having nsed
it in my family for the last five years,
to the exclusion of physician's prescrip
tions or other preparations."
Rev. John Burgus, Keoknk, Iowa,
writes : "I have been a Minister of the
Methodist Episcopal church for 50 years
or more, and have never found anything
so beneficial, or that gave me each speedy
relief as Dr. King's New Discovery."
Try this Ideal Congh Remedy now. Trial
bottles free at Blakeley & Houghton s,
Drng Store.
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IT'S ALL ONE WAY
3IcKinley Elected by Over
whelming Majorities.
VERY
TIGHT
RACE IN NEBRASKA
Maryland, Kentucky, New Jersey
and
Delaware- Captured from the
Democracy.
In order to give oar readers the bene
fit of the eler.tion returns we held the
weekly edition until Wednesday morn
ing, hence the apparent discrepancy of
the vote below being in Tuesday 'a paper.
The returns began coming in a scatter
ing way about 6 o'clock, but at 9 they
began to thicken and by a curious irony
of fate, coming at the rate of about 16 to
1 in favor of the gold . standard. Of
course, onlv estimates based on a
given number of precincts could be
given. -
At 10 o'clock the New York Journal,
Hearst's paper (dem.) gave Ohio to Mc
Kinley by 100,000 and Virginia by 15,
000. '
At the same hour Kentucky was given
to the gold men by 15,030. Maryland
figures were tangled, but showed it safe
for McKinley.
At 11 o'clock the bulletins showed the
result conclusively:
Virginia 175 products out of 1500
give Bryn 19,068, McKinley 16,061.
Missouri 40 precincts outside of St.
L-juis give McKinley 4793 ; Bryan 7044.
Iowa 94 precincts give McKinley
86,342; Bryan 10,460.
Indiana 80 precincts give McKinley
8377; Bryan 6984.
Montana 50 precincts give McKinley
1827 ; Bryan 8940.
Connecticut Bryan carries only 3 out
of 111 towns.
Kentucky 130 pracincts, Louisville,
McKinley 23,000; Bryan 14,000. In
24 precincts outside Louisville, McKin
ley gets 3752; Bryan 5443; and in the
7th congressional district, 47 ont of 485
precincts give McKinley 1441 ; Bryan
1343.
At this hoar the New York Tribune
gives McKinley 293 electoral votes sure.
Michigan McKinley carries Detroit
by 40,000, and the state by 25,000.
Maryland McKinley carries Balti
more by 15,000.
. Nebraska 115 piecincts give McKin
ley 3242; Bryan 1889.
At 12:30 the majorities kept crawling
steadily up, and the result was beyond
any question, the amount of the majori
ties alone remaining to be counted.
North Dakota became safe, ehowing
3362 for McKinley against 2199 for
Bryan.
Minnesota settled all question with
230 precincts ont of 2100, giving McKin
ley 29,277 against Bryan's 18,691.
Kentucky is claimed by Republicans
by 25,000, and with Louisville's vote has
33,000 to back its claim.
Illinois, outside of Cook connty, as far
as heard from, gave McKinley 86,651 ;
Bryan 57,381. Cook county, as far as
counted, had given McKinley 45,000, and
wonld add 20,000 more, giving the state
by probably 125,000.
Indiana, with 120 precincts counted,
gave McKinley 14,069; Bryan 10,860. '.:
Minneapolis gave McKinley 28,826 ;
Bryan 17,039. The state is sure of a
large majority.
Ohio 216 precincts, Cincinnati, give
McKinley 44,410; Bryan 30,000.
Black (rep.) is elected governor of New
York by 80,000.
Nebraska, with 154 precincts counted,
gave McKinley 17,956 ; Bryan 17,759.
Iowa 158 precincts give McKinley
27,428; Bryan 18,142.
Montana goes 3 to 1 for Bryan.
California is safe ; 275 precincts out
side of San Francisco giving McKinley
12,438; Bryan 10,782.
West Virginia returns show that Mc
Kinley will carry the state by 12,000.
New York and Pennsylvania give the
Republicans immense majorities.
The last bulletin, received at 2 :30 a.
ra., says that Oregon will give McKinley
5000 majority.
Wimo County.
The 'Dalles district,- counting Bigelow,
Trevitt and East and West Dalles gave
McKinley .142; West Hood River added
102; Erst Hood River gave 4; Cascade
Locks gave 10 ; Columbia 12.
Dufur and Nansene together gave
Brvan 16; Eight-mile added 12, and
Baldwin 7 more. This leaves McKinley
235, with Antelope, Wamic, Tygh and
Wapiniia, Rntledge, Deschutes and
Boyd to hear from, and will leave a total
majority of from 300 to 350.
CRA.' w ctrOtst vUTY.
The Darky Thought That the New Torker
Was Very Inconsiderate.
A Wall street man tells this story:
"I was making the trip from New Or
leans to Memphis in April by a Missis
sippi river steamboat. On the first day
out from New Orleans I felt the need of
the barber's services and learning' that
the Memphis Belle was tonsorially
equipped I sought out that office. " I
found a single barber in charge, a
rather pompous, tall person of color
with flowing Dundreary whiskers. He
was engaged in doing nothing at all
with that grace of execution peculiar to
the southern darky. I seated myself
in his chair and was soon wrapped in
thought upon some business I had be
gun in New Orleans. The barber began
liif. work leisurely, the while carrying
on a one-sided flow of talk to which 1
replied in monosyllables.
"The day was warm and I was almost
dozing away under the soft splashes o
his brush when another customer
entered. He was a nervous, fidgety sort
of man and as there were no newspa
pers in the room he amused himself in
looking at a few prints hung on the
walls, the attraction of which soon
palled upon him. Then he walked to
the door and looked down the deck
where a group of roustabouts were en
gaged in the game, of crops. Figaro
had by this time completed the lather
ing of one side of my face and roused me
by turning my head around. I inti
mated that life was short-, and I didn't
care about passing too much of it in be
ing shaved. He was evidently disgusted
with my taciturnity and replied with
great dignity, but with no haste either
of speech or action ; 'Cert'nly, sah, eer-
t'nly.'
"The stranger's curiosity had been
aroused by the gambling going on out
side, which was as usual accompanied
by the 'come sevens!' and shrieks of
'craps which attend that game.
" 'What game is that, barber?' he
demanded of Dundrearv. He of the
whiskers made one or two artistic plays
of his brush over my chin and answered
Lah, Gawd, mister, ain't yer ever
seen that game? That'scraps. ' Every-
boay plays it round this country.
The stranger admitted he had seen
it played before in the wharves and
streets, but snidhe had not discovered
any mental light from his observations.
A running exchange of queries and ex
planations followed between barber and
stranger, during which a not over keen
razor had begun its course down, my
right cheek. Both parties to the col
loquy were getting interested and I was
getting bored.
The nervous stranger appeared
somewhat obtuse, or, perhaps, the ver
nacular of the barber was inadequate
to convey the full meaning of the
technical details of craps. At any rate,
he pressed for further information. My
face had by that time been cleared of
beard as to my chin and part of ray
cheek. Fifteen minutes had been con
sumed in the process and my patience
was becoming threadbare.
"The barber had exhausted his powers
of description' and, turning to the
si ranger, he said:
" 'Well, sah, ef you really wants to
know how to shoot craps I kin show
you,' and placing the razor on the shelf
he opened a drawer and withdrew n
pair of greasy-looking dice. Then he
stepped over to a table and began to
give a practical, exposition of the mys
teries of the game. This was too much.
" 'Here!' I cried, raising myself in the
chair. 'Finish up this job before you
get to crap shooting."
" 'Certainly, sah,' he replied to me
and turning to the stranger he added:
'One minute an' I'll show youA
"It only took a few minutes to com
plete his work on me, and as I put on
my coat he and the stranger proceeded
with the game. As I left the room I
could hear him muttering about the
'hurry some people is in an' it is still
foh days 'fore we get to Memphis. "
N. Y. Sun.
The Wasco Warehouse Co. begs leav
to inform Farmers that they have STOR
AGE ROOM for 200,000 SACKS of
WHEAT and any one wishing to store
their wheat and hold for later market
can do so on usual terms. Also, they
will pav the HIGHEST CASH PRICE
for Wheat, Oats, Rye and Barley.
Standi at the Bead.
Aug. J.'Bogel, the leading druggist of
Shreveport, La., says: "Dr. King's
New Discovery is the only thing that
cures my cough, and it is the best seller
I have." J. F. Campbell, merchant of
Safford, Ariz., writes : "Dr. King's New
Discovery is all that is claimed for it ; it
never fails, and is a sure cure for Con
sumption, Coughs, and Colds. I cannot
say enough for its merits." Dr. King's
New . Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds is not an experiment.
It has been tried for a quarter of a cen
tury, and today stands at the head. It
never disappoints. Free trial bottles at
Blakeley & Houghton's drug store.
HIS CREDITORS FOUND HIM. i
Mr. Jonea Had Been enable to See Them
During a Long- Search.
George Washington Jones, a colored
gentleman, was mi, very sad. He was
a caloiminer when he had work to do,
eays Harper's Round Tabic, but, a he
expresses it:
"Dem dere white trash hab gone into
de trade, an' now Ise got no work to
do." But this was not what made him
sad. "Dis yere life," he said, "am not
wuth livin'."
"What's the matter, George?" in
quired his friend.
"Why, Ise got a little money on dat
last job, and Is went round to settle
de bills Ise owed." " .
"Didn't you attend to it all right?"
"Dar's de strange part of it De
butcher he wuz out, an' de grocer he
pay wuz out, an' den what'd I do but
lose dat money."
"Well, that was unlucky, and no mis
take; but still you showed your good
intentions, and no doubt they won't
pres3 their claims.".
'Tress d-ere claims! Yah. dat's de
trouble. When Ise got 'omc found .
ebery one of dem waitln' to press dere
claims, an' as Ise couldn't fix dem, dey
done an' fixed me."
LIQUOR FROM GAS BURNERS.
Device of a Portland. Me.. Hotel for
Evading the Prohibition Law.
Everybody who visits Maine has a i
different story to tell on his return of
his experience in getting drinks, says
the New York Sun. The champion
story is, perhaps, told by a well-known
traveling salesman. He says that when -
he asked for a drink at a Portland hotel,
lie was shown into a room, which ha3
nothing in it but table, on which, were
I a pitcher of water and several tumblers, .
end a few chairs.
Over the table was a chandelier, with
apparently half a dozen gas burners.
When the cocks were turned, however,
not gas, but liquor come out of the
burners, which were horizontal, on the
tips beiDg unscrewed. From one burner
came whisky; from another, rum; from
another, gin. L'ach burners supply pipe
connected with a cask of some one of
these liquors in the room above.
The man who tells this story says that
the indictment papers against the hotel
in question far selling liquor would All
a bushel basket, but none of them will
evci be brought to trial; at least, none
has been yet. Since adopting this de
vice, the hotel has evaded detection.
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THE BIGGEST CAT.
It Is
Thirty Inches Lone and Weigh
Twenty-Fonr Pound.
Just plain "Tom" is the unpretending
name of probabl3' the greatest domestic
cat in the world.
. Edward Simmons, a fish and oyster
dealer of New York, is th6 proud pos
sessor of "Tom." This giant of cats
is 39 inches in length, from his head to
the tip of his tail. He is a foot high,
and weighed last spring 24 pounds.
The recent hot weather has caused him
to drop a few pounds of flesh, but has
not impaired his health or happiness.
Thomas is black and white, and is
rather peculiarly marked. He has two
complete rings of white around his tail,
which makes him look like first cousin
to a raccoon.
Mr. Simmons picked up the cat two
years ago while-walking along South
street. Thomas was but a stray kitten
then, so that his pedigree has never
been ascertained, and it is not known
whether or not heredity has had any
thing to do with his enormous size.
F anted Nearly Two Years.
Dr. Tanner's famous fast of 40 days
is thrown into the background as a
starvation feat by the performances of
the big anaconda at the Philadelphia
zoological gardens, which was only re
cently tempted to eat a nice fat rabibt
after going hungry for 22 months. It
may have been even longer, but the
keepers have no record of the creature's
doings previous to its captivity, and so
can't tell. It is not very unusual for a
snake to abstain from food for several
months, at the end of which time death
generally results; but the anaconda
case is distinctly different from any
other. Its fast lasted more than twice
as long as any in. the history of the
"zoo," and during the whole of its con
tinuance there was no evidence of ill
health. The spell now seems to be en
tirely broken, and the anaconda calls
regularly for its meals.
DOLLY MADISON'S TACT.
How She Managed to Win Everybody's
Heart.
It was the tact and genuine kindli
ness of Dolly Madison that made her
one of the most prominent of American
women. Several episodes mentioned
in Mrs. Goodwin's "Life of Dolly Madi
son" are significant of this. At one of
her levees, her attention was drawn
to a rustic visitor, a youth who was
evidently suffering all the torments of
embarrassment. He had at last ven
tured to help himself to a cup of cof
fee, when Mrs. Madison walked up and
addressed him. In the surprise of the
moment, the lad dropped the saucer and
strove to crowd the cup into his pocket.-
His tactful hostess took no notice of the
nccident, except to observe that in such
a crowd no one could avoid being
jostled, and straightway turned the
conversation to the bov's family, and
ended by sending her regards to his
excellent motner, ana Diuaing tue serv
ant bring another cup of coffee. On
nuother occasion two old ladies from
(he country arrived at the white house
while the family were still at break
fast. To the surprise of the rural vis
itors, the woman they had come to see
appeared in a stuff dress of dark gray,
protected by a large housewifely white
apron, and with a linen kerchief pinned
about her neck. Her simplicity of
manner and attire completely swept,
away their awe, and before departing
one of them found courage to ask:
Perhaps you wouldn't mind if I kissed
trlll -sv 4a11 4ia f-illsa alwYiit.?'
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