THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 4. 1896.
The Weekly Gbi'oniele.
THI DALLES.
OREGON
OFFICIAL PAPER OF WASCO COUNTY.
Published in two
and Saturdays. .
parti, on Wednesdays
BOBSCEIPTION RATES.
BT KAIL, F08TAOI PEEPAID, IH ADVANCI.
One year... 11 60
Sir months 75
Three months 50
Advertising rates reasonable, and made known
on application.
Address all communications to "THE;CHBON
ICLE," The Dalles, Oregon.
Telephone No. 1.
LOCAL BRKVTT1KS.
Saturday's Dally.
Circoit court convenes in
The Dallea
on the 19th of November. -
An anti-gos9ip society has been start
ed by six young ladies of Pendleton.
They say nothing of anybody, unless
they can say something pood and pleas
ant. This is very nice. We hope they
will not become envious of each other.
The rhetorical exercises of the public
schools yesterday proved very' pleasur
able.' They comprised readings from Sir
Walter Scott's "Lady of the Lake," and
the field was covered so well that the
' entire plot waB reproduced. Twenty
one pupils took part in the entertaining
exercise.-
An exchange libels our city in the fol
lowine manner: A young man was
arrested recently in The Dalles charged
with kissing a woman against her will
in the public highway. The prisoner
pleaded that Bhe was in bloomers, and
that be mistook her for a long-lost
brother."
The Republican campaign will be
fittingly concluded in The Dalles Monday
night by two of the most finished orators
it has thus far been the pleasure of
Dalles audiences to bear. Hon. Rufus
Mallory and Hon. E. L. Smith will de
fend Republican principles on that
evening at the Vogt opera house. The
Republicans and all doubtful voters
should attend this meeting.
AH this talk about the gold standard
or the silver Standard is as sounding
brass here in Grant county, where we
see but little of either. Here we have to
content ourselves with doing business
under the potato standard or the cord
. wood standard, both these commodities
being legal tender and passing for money
of ultimate redemption for debts both
public and private. Canyon City News.
Monday's Daily.
French & Co. have had their bank
doors handsomely decorated today
Eleven carloads of sheep were shipped
from the Saltmarsbe yardB last night to
Tacoma.'
Re v. I. D. Driver filled the pulpit of
the Methodist chnrch at last evening's
services.
' County court met this morning and
has been busy all day examining into
probate matters.
Found A pair of eyeglasses. Owner
can have same by calling at this office
and paying for notice.
Owing to parties leaving town, an ele
gant new black walnut sideboard can be
purchased at half price by applying at
91 Rannnfl Qtrpef'.-
The sheep in PeaBe & Mays window is
perhaps the most appropriate of all the
decorations on Second street. Lamb
and pease always go together.
The sturgeon catch this fall has been
remarkably good. A fact that is made
most particularly apparent at this office,
the display being always visible.
All gold men who desire can get yel
low chrysanthemums at the Stubling
greenhouse, or by leaving orders for
them, at prices from 5 to 15 cents each
The regular session of the county
court, sitting as a board of commission'
era begins Wednesday. Bills against the
county to be acted on' this term, must
be filed with the clerk by tomorrow
night.
D. C. Herrin, grand lecturer for the
A. O. U. W., arrived home Saturday,
He is doing excellent work, and justify
ing the belief ot the members of the or
der here, that the grand lodge made no
mistake in selecting our fellow townsman
for the place.
What with flag day, election and. the
celebration of the opening of the locks at
the Cascades the Dalles citizen is having
an abundance of hilarity. The decora
tions now in place will be left until after
the celebration.
County Judge MayB desires us to
again say that the judges and clerks of
election, appointed last January and
who served at the June election, were
appointed for two years and conse
quently will act tomorrow.
The Regulator will make her first run
to Portland Friday. Thursday the
Dalles City will coiue through and re
main here Friday, commencing her regu
lar run Saturday. A boat has been
chartered to take the place of the Dalles
City on the run to Portland Thursday.
Among the other events of the cele
bration Thursday, will be a grand bar
becue in the evening. The spacious
dining room of the Umatilla House will
be thrown open to the public and the j
oxen and tbe other animals butchered
to make a rousing holiday, will be
dished o-p there.
Both the D. P. & A. N. and the O. R.
& N. have fixed the round trip fare to
the Locks Thursday at $1.50. The rate
may seem high, but as both companies
donate 50 cents to the. committee on
celebration for each ticket sold, the rate
is not higher than usual, and the fund
for celebration will be perceptibly en
larged. ,
The Democrats are somewhat disap
pointed today, they having depended on
hearing Hon. H. L. Barclay tonight.
When the local pulled in Barclay failed
to show up, and in his place came Mr.
Frank Clarno. It doesn't really make
any difference, for Wasco will give a
harfdsome Republican majority anyhow,
so the Democracy loses nothing.
The Bryanites . claim that Wasco
county will give only a very small ma
jority for McKinley, some of them even
going eo far as to insist that Bryan will
carry it. Conservative Republicans fix
the majority for McKinley between 300
and 500, but incline more to tbe first
named figures. That the majority will
not be less than that is beyond question.
The school board has decided that
school will be kept Thursday as usual
In reaching this conclusion tbe board
reasoned that the celebration would not
begin here until after school hours, and
that but few parents would care to take
their children to the Cascades. How
ever should any parents desire to take
their children to the Locks, no objec
Hons will be raised.
When on Saturday Mr. Brown was
completing arrangements for climbing
tbe flag pole at the corner of Second
and Court streets, a large crowd
gathered to watch the proceedings. Frank
Egan remarked to a bystander, "That's
another of them Mark Hanna schemes
"How so." said tbe person addressed.
"Why the dickens didn't they send up a
Republican instead of hiring Brown,"
replied Egan, as he watched that gen
tleman go up the pole. "The first
thing you know Bryan will lose a vote."
Bets on the election are not numerous,
caused largely by lack of faith in Bry
ans supporters or else lack of Bryan
money, as the odds offered on McKinley
are on an average three to one. The
other side has a good chance to. gather
in abundant shekels from the gold bugs
Truly tbe election betting business is
stagnant like all other businees from the
lack of confidence.
. Workmen are busy putting up a grand
arch across Court street, at the D. P. &
A. N. office. This will be, when com
pleted, a very handsome decoration
By Thursday afternoon the city, already
gay with bunting, will be in full boll
day attire, ready to greet her visitors
and to rejoice with them in the com
pletion of the great work at the Cas
cades. Quite a number of boats from
the lower river will be here, two at
least coming from Astoria.
Tuesday's. Dally
The election bulletins will be found
on the front page.
Flag bnnting in any quantity at A. M.
Williams & Co.'s.
One election bet was made yesterday
by a Dalles speculator, he putting up
$300 on Bryan on the general result,
against $900 on McKinley.
There is absolutely nothing doing to
day that will make an item ; nothing
bnt politics, and those so deep, so in
tent, so silent that an item cannot be
gathered from that source.
There was a party at Mr. and Mrs. N,
M. Lane's residence, at the west end of
Third street, last night, at which a num
ber of young people gave a hearty wel
come to tbe bride, and showered con
gratulations on Mr. Lane.
The invitations issued by tbe D. P. &
A. N. are very neat, bearing at their
bead a cut showing the steamer Dalles
City passing through the canyon below
the rapids. They will probably be kept
as souvenirs by those fortunate enough
to receive them.
The D. P. & A. N. Co. has issued in
vitations to the mayor and cbuncilmen
of The Dalles, the Transportation com
mittee and Cascade Locks committee of
the Commercial club and to the stock
holders of the company to visit the
locks Thursday.
The Dalles was lively enough last
night for anybody. By 7 o'clock the
streets along the line of the parade were
crowded with people waiting patiently
to eee tbe turnout. There bas been a
remarkably hot sentiment on both sides
in the election finished today.
Tbe O. R. & N. is still handling vast
quantities of wheat, but there are still
other large amounts to be handled. For
another month at least the big 40 car
trains '.will be kept rolling. Farmers
are ho'ding considerable grain waiting
for another rise, which they think, and
probably correctly, will soon come.
"Be them jellow flowers a token of a
gold man," said -a worthy Hibernian
friend to our reporter this morning.
Being assured that the wearers of tbe
yellow chrysanthemums could safely be
classed as gold men, he again -asked:
"And be yellow the gold men's colors to
day?" Again he was assured that he had
guessed right. "Then by the Powers,"
said he, "divil a gold vote has been cast
this day, for fanre I watched the boxes
and every blessed ticket that was voted
at all was white and the judges wouldn't
let any others be voted at all."
HON. BINGER HERMANN.
He Hade One of the Greatest
of the Campaign.
Speeohes
Hon. Binger Hermann delivered last
evening one of the most forcible Speeches
of the compaign. Though fhe audience
was not the largest that1 bas eo far
greeted Republican speakers, it was
wildly, enthusiastic, and as Mr. Her
mann warmed to his subject they par
took of something of bis wonderful fire
and defiance. The speaker was pleas
antly V introduced by Attorney W. H.
Wilson,' who made a few remarke of
great force and candor.
Mr. Hermann first commented upon
the near approach of the opening of the
locks, and took a share of the credit for
having enabled . them to be opened
earlier- by getting the government to
finish them by the contract system. He
said it was a . proud moment for bim
that he would be yet in congress when
the mammoth - job was disposed of.
Turning to tbe political campaign he
paid a compliment . to both candidates
by declaring they were personally with
out blemish. In congress he had ex
perienced pleasant relations with Wm.
iuciuniey ana w. J. .Bryan, six years
with the former and four with the latter.
He found them to be possessed of gentle
deportment, kind, courteous, obliging
and affable. ' But as to capacity there
was a wide difference. There is no evi
dence of tbe fitness of W. J. Bryan for
the high honor of being elected to th.e
presidency of tbe United States. He
then dwelt upon the great and match
less record of Hon. Wm. McKinley
He was the first to be mustered into the
service of the U. S. army during the war
and tbe last to be mustered out. He
had served fourteen years in congress
and while there formulated the match'
less McKinley bill. Elected governor
of
tbe great state of Ohio he was re-elected
to the same position. He declared that
the present issue was a Democratic
dodge to elect a president. There was
nothing said about it fonr years ago or
even two years ago. The cry of the
Democrats then was prosperity was de
pendent upon the advent of free trade,
i i . .
a. preBioem ana congress put suca a
policy in force, and the utmost disaster
following unexampled prosperity, the
Democratic party realized the hopeless
ness of again electing a president unless
some new cry was raised to distract the
attention of the people. They found it
in free silver and will now try to delude
the people again.
So they made a fusion; The Demo-
crauc party nas Deen swallowed in
Populism. I asd, where are our ancient
and honored opponents those foemen
we were once proud to meet and were
worthy of our steel? Where are they?
I reply that five autocrats sitting in tbe
city of Portland wiped out the work of
the party conventions, erased the names
of the presidential electors put forward
by them and substituted a new set, com
posed of two Popnlists, one Democrat
and one bimetalic Republican.
mr. aermann tnen entered into a
particular discussion of the financial
question, covering every point which
bas been touched npon heretofore by
Ihe Chronicle. He reaffirmed that
when there was a difference of but two
cents in tbe value of gold and silver the
dearer metal went into hiding; that the
act of 1873 was not done, as charged, by
stealth ; told of the enormous output of
silver dollars since 1873 which ought to
settle forever the claims against the Re
publican party for unfriendliness toward
silver; that while the Democratic party,
as represented by . Bryan, desires to in
crease tbe amonntof circulating medium
they make no provision for the circula
tion of that medium ; compared the per
capita of silver-using countries, assert
ing that India's was $3.64, China's
$1.75, while the United States was
$21.48.
He tnen tnrned to the protection
issue, upon which he devoted about an
hour and a half. When he concluded
there was no one present who doubted
mat tne tantt was a very important
lseue. During this part of bis address
he centured his eyes upon a certain in
dividual in the audience at his right,
personifying that individual as tbe em
bodiment ot the Populist or free silver
party. As he progressed he seemed to
become maddened at the party thus
personified, although with a certain
dogged courage the one addressed did
not seem to appear to feel the keen
shafts of ridicule which were directed at
With a supreme effort, the con
cluding peroration,, occupying a full
minute of time, was put directly at the
man, and, though the roof quaked with
the applause and laughter that tbe au
dience gave tbe speaker, tbe individual
addressed sat inert and unmoved, with
out emotion and without protest. ,
Ir. Hermann drove home in this
manner some great truths, constituting
his entire speech one of the most, if not
tlia most, forcible of the entire cam
paign. The City Decorated.
The city is very liberally decorated
with American flags and bunting today.
Many of tbe stores and a large share of
the residences are adorned with the na
tional colors. Second street throughout
its entire length is ablaze with color and
presents a patriotic appearance calcu
lated to inspire everv Republican heart.
There are several displays which are
unusually effective.
. Pease & Mays' center window pre-
? -:-' '
r Ho. 93.
3
t
I
o
s
t
This Label
aures Perfect Fit
; and Satisfaction
t
It stands
. Money
Produce.
2
$cti5rL(rc
eents a beautiful combination of colors
and in tbe window is placed a live
sheep. In the back ground are hung
cards, npon which are printed the past
expressed sentiments npon wool of both
presidential candidates. Bryan says:
"I am for free wool." McKinley says :
"Wool on the free list is a vicious and
indefensible blow at tbe entire agricul
tural interests of tbe country."
A. M. . Williams & Co. are most pro
fuse with the tri-colors, one' of their
mammoth show windows being entirely
devoted to flags and bunting. The
American eagle perches above the band
some lithographs of McKinley and
Hobart.
Mays & Crowe also express them
selves npon wool. A window is parti
ally filled with this raw material, with
the significant motto over it, "Sixteen
cents for one pound under protection.
A magr.mcent eagle forms a further a-
dornment.
Marders & Michelbacb, in addition to
the usual decorations, have placed a
live eagle upon a perch in front of the
saloon.
ttepuoiican Headquarters look gay
with flags flooating high, bunting every
where, portraits of the candidates and
political posters. -,
Mr. Donnell's drug store contains the
flag that was used in the ratification
meeting when Grant and Colfax were
elected in 1868. It is faded and worn.
but tbe occasion is not too important to
raise the old silken banner. Mrs. Don
nell was one of a number of . ladies who
made it in that year.
Saltmarshe exhibits a frayed sheep
nide with short wool and an old broom.
with a Bryan motto pinned to the hide,
The flags do not exactly indicate the
political complexion of those whodisplay
them, though the Republicans have
been by far the most liberal.
A Quiet Election.
The election today has been, in Tbe
Dalles at least, a remarkably quiet one.
Little knots and groups of men have
gathered to talk in subdued tones over
the situation, but there bas been less
hustling, less noise, less of apparent ef
fort to control or influence votes than at
any election for years previous. ' Both
sides seemed to realize that the work
was done, or such as there was yet to do
was to be done quietly and indoors.
Party lines, or rather policy .lines, have
been mote closely drawn than ever be
fore, and this is one reason why the
work is apparently less npon the streets.
Most voters were out of the doubtful list
and time would be wasted in attempting
to influence theai. At 9:15 a reporter
visited the polling places in Trevitt and
Bigelow precincts, and at, that hour
thirty-eight voles bad been cast in the
former and forty-three in the latter.
The day has been a beautiful one,
clear ami warm, and the vote promises
to he. the largest ever polled in the pre
cinct.
The Regulator Thursday.
On Thursday, Nov. 5th,lS96, the Reg
ulator will leave Tbe Dalles at 9 :30 a.
m. and will go down through the locks
and then return to The Dalles, leaving
Cascades about 3 p. m. Tbe Dalles
City will leave Portland at 7 a. m. and
come through to The Dalles. The Reg
ulator will make her first through trip
on Friday.
BORN.
In The Dalles, Oct. 30th, to the wife
of James White, a daughter.
In The Dalles, October 30th, to the
wife of J. L. Hollett, a eon.
,-. o
A Make of Clothing
That is worn probably by more
celebrated men than any other
in America is the one we are
offering over our counters every
day.
We have it because its the best.
on a Garment
for the beet
Can Bay or
PEASE cfi?
THE END OF THE BATTLE.
Bepablici
Dfl Close the Campaign
Blase of Fireworks.
la
At an early hour Monday evening
tbe sidewalks along Second Btreet were
filled with Dalles citizens anxious to see
the Republican and Democratic parades
and to gain, if possible, some idea of the
relative strength of the parties. The
Bryan club started from its headquar
ters on Union street first, but its line of
march brought it down Second street a
tail-ender to the McKinley gathering.
The McKinley parade was one of the
largest ever taking place in Tbe Dalles,
and Second street was a blaze of fire
works, as the army of torches gleamed
and flashed steadily down through the
muddy streets. Fortunately there was
no rain, but from tbe way tbe boys took
to the mud, it is safe to say that nothing
short of a deluge could have dampened
the ardor of that crowd. The ears, as
well as the eyes, were informed that
something was going on. A big dray,
handsomely draped with bnnting, con
tained a big bell that sent forth a con
tinuous clangor, while accompanying it
in its dire discord some kind of a Chi
nese scare-devil made a din that would
have proven the dominant seventh in
Pandemonium. Another dray similarly
draped vomited ureworks like a minia
ture volcano. Then there was a big fish
wheel from Senferts, mounted on a
wagon, and drawn by Winans Bros.
big six-horse team, and following this a
steam engine with a whistle l:ke a
calliope, and mixed and mingled in the
finish were carriages and horsemen, old
men and boys, women and girls, all en
thusiastic, all shouting ttiemselves
hoarse.
After them came tbe Bryan parade,
smaller in number, but as enthusiastic
as those who preceded them. - There
were fireworks, too, but not on so grand
a scale. Bat we . give "our friends, the
enemy" credit for doing some tall
shouting.
At the conclusion of the parades the
McKinlev followers filled the Vogt to
over flowing and were addressed by
Hens. E. L. Smith and Rufus Mallory.
The Bryan people wound np at the
Baldwin opera house and filled it to the
doors. There Mr. Frank Clarno ad-
fareesed them for an hour and a half,
and from the applause which greeted
them, be must have touched the right
spots. At tbe Vogt, round after round
of applause showed that the audience
appreciated the telling points made.
The Glee Club rendered the opening
song. After tne address by hi on. js. L.
Smith, the German singers gave a selec
tion that brought forth hearty applause.
At 11 o'clock the meeting adjourned
and thus ended as far as the speech
making was concerned, Ihe moH hotly
contested and important political cam
paign ever ionght in Oregon It is use
less to speculate on results, for they wi.l
be known definitely ere we go to press
again, nut comparing tne two parades
and judging the votn by the numbers
participating. The Dalles will give Mc
Kinley 350 majority.
The Jurors Drawn.
The jurors for the November term of
circuit court have been drawn and are
as follows :
R B Hood, T VanNorden, N Patter
son, Geo Ruch, J G Koontz, Geo An
derson, C E Cbrisman, Marshall Hill,
C E Bayard, W McCrum, Hans Hansen,
The Dalles ; L N Blowers, Wm . Slinger-
that tiMgltt Si&teW.SJ I e-Zr-t-i
.sua; mmmi
IkLJkrSTS.
o
land, E E Savage, Frank Chandler,
Simpson Copple, John Parker, F H
Stanton, H F Davidson, C G Roberts,
N C Evans, Hood River; A J McHaley,
Polk Butler, H E Moore, Nansene; F C
Sexton, G E Nolan, W H H Dufor,
John W Dickens, Willard M Taylor,
Dufur; J B Haverly, Boyd; Patrick
Bolton, Kingsley.
GRAND CELEBRATION
At The Dalles on tbe Opening; of th
Looks Thursday, Mot. B, 1896.
The reception committee will meet
the visitors at tbe Cascades, and after
the opening ot tbe locks will escort them
to The Dalles. Upon arriving at The
Dalles a grand procession will be formed,
ending at the Vogt opera house, were a
reception will be. held.
Hon. John Michell will deliver the
address of welcome, and responses will
be made by distinguished guests. At
the conclusion of the reception the
guests will be escorted to the Umatilla
House, where a barbecue will be served.
A ball will be given at the Baldwin
opera bouse free to all guests.
Died,
On Upper Mill creek, on Friday even
ing, at 3 :30 o'clock, Mrs. Laura A. Can
non, aged 40 years.
Mrs. Cannon was a pioneer of Lane
county, haviDg crossed the plains from
Missouri when a little child. She was
married to W. M. Kelsay in Lane county
in 1867. Widowed in 1873, she was mar
ried again in the same county to J. E.
Cannon. The family then removed to
Grant connty, and to Wasco county in
December, 1872. She leaves two child
ren by her first husband and seven by
the second. The funeral will occur at
1 o'clock tomorrow from the residence.
(Eugene papers please copy.)
The ladies of the Christian cbnrch
served dinner yesterday at rooms next
the land office to a large number of
guests. The room was tastefully draped
and the tables on one side covered with
white, the other with yellow table
cloths, a piece of delicate suggestion to
the political desires. Supper waa
served until 8 o'clock last evening.
The fair waitresses were tastefully
dressed, and wore aprons suited in color
to the political opinions on both sides.
Stray Notice.
One large, red steer, branded "LM"
on right hip. Came to my place about
Feb. loth last. Owner can have same
by calling at my place and paying
charges. S. R. Brooks,
Near Fairfield school bouse, Columbia
precinct. octl4-wlm
Awarded
Highest Honors World's Fair,
dold Medal, Midwinter Fair.
fulfill
Most Perfect Made. .
40 Years tbe Standard