THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1897.
The Weekly Chronicle
NOTICE.
All eastern foreign advertisers are
referred to onr representative, Mr.
Katz, 230 234 Temple Court, New York
City. Eastern advertising must De con
traded through him.
STATE OFFICIALS.
Sjrernoi W. P. Lord
Secretary of State HR Kincaid
Treasurer Phillip Metschan
Bapt. of ruDUO instruction u. m. irwia
Attorney-General C. M. Idlcman
u. 4G. W. McBride
; J. H. Mitchell
B Hermann
Congressmen. W. R. Ellis
Btate Printer W. H. Leeds
COtTtfTT OFFICIALS.
County Judge.... Eobt Maya
Sheriff... T. J. Driver
Clerk A M. Kelsay
Treasurer - C. l runups
. , i a. . mowers
w)uiiuiiuui:i. )D. H. Kimsev
Assessor ...'... W. H. Whipple
Surveyor B. noit
Superintendent of Public School. . .C. L. Gilbert
Coroner a. buim
HARDLY CONSISTENT.
It is amusing to read day. after
. dav the frantic tirades of the Orego-
niar and Telegram anent the soul
harrowing red rag "New Journal
ism ' Both of them talk themselves
out of breath in their pious wrath
against, this class of. newspapers.
They publish gleefully the slate
merit that the San Francisco Exam
iner has been refused admittance to
the public library. They launch
into fervid dissertations on the evils
of "sporting news" and burn the
midnight electricity searching their
mutual onoma'sticon for words of suf-
ficent length to express the wither
ing scorn, the virtuous indignation,
the superb contempt those family
journals have for everything low in
journalism.
The careful observer might con
elude that there is method in their
madness, that their objection to
hooking come from the fact that
their ox is getting hooked, and that
their fearsome diatribes are for the
object only of forcing the San Fian
Cisco paiiers out or circulation in
Oregon, and especially in Portland,
Their cases would be much stronger
if they practiced, eveu in a small
way, what they preach so volumin
ously. Do . they do this ? . Well,
hardly. If we may be pardoned by
them the slang, Nit. Last night's
Telegram's leader entitled "At the
Bottom of It," is devoted to apply
ing salve to its own sore spots by
abusing "new journalism." We clip
the following from amidships in that
editorial:
That is why the murder of a pros
titute by her male consort gets more
space than the extra session of con
gress. . That is why the uprising in
Crete is crowded out to make room
for the sayings and doings at Carson
City. That is why Gomez and Wey
ler and Cuba's fate are boiled down.
. while Corbett and Fitzsimmons and
the pugilistic championship are given
pages.
Isn't that One scorn ? Doesn't that
show the high moral plane upon
which the editor circulates? Doesn't
it send a cold chill over one just
from tbe contemplation of the ether
eal and 'arctic purity of that spiritual
news disseminator? But . hold!
There is another phase to this situa
tion. ' There are others. . In fact
there are just thirteen other notices
scattered through that same paper
that read as follows :
Tomorrow's Telegram will contain
a full account of the Corbett Fitz
simmons contest, and the other fights
at Carson.
It will be seen from this- that the
Telegram readily ascends to new
journalism when the mighty nickel
beckons thereto, and ihe only reason
the Portland papers are not new
journals is because it is a luxury that
comes high.
Senator Wilson of Washington is
' making an effort to secure the revo
cation of President Cleveland's order
establishing forest reserves. While
Wilson is attending to this, the Ore
gon delegation needs to get in and
have the Cascade reserve diminished.
The first slice to take from it should
be township one south ten east, which
, is ik aily all the very finest kind of
orchard land, and which, at the time
it was included in the reservation,
' hud thirty-two homesteads included
in it. These families that settled on j
t
the lunds in good faith are by this
law prevented from having neigh
bors, are shut off from schools, and
have a heavy burden of taxation to
keep up the roads. It was unjust
to the in in the first place, and the
injustice should -. be,. "remedied by
throwing the' township open to set
tlement. :- There is but little timber
on it, it lies ' well down . in Hood
River valley, and no good is accom
plished by keeijins it vithin the
reserve. '
SOME PLAIN FACTS.
The Telegram yesterday, as it
promised, indulged in "new journal
ism," and was the better for it. We
venture the assertion that it sold
more papers of last night's issue than
it has for months. Why?. The an
swer is simple; "Because the public
want that kind of news." Its all
very well to prate about scandal and
crime and all that sort of thicg being
snven prominent place in trie oxs
dailies, but the people want it, and
as4ong as they do, it is going to be
furnished them. The papers that
furnish it are going to get the circu
lation, and these' that do not ar
going to the wall.
These be the days of the spectacu
lar. The people demand novelties,
and press and pulpit rise to meet the
demand. We do not de.'end the
taste; we deprecate it, but what
would you ? As long as there is a
demand for liquor, there will be
saloons; as long as there are smokers,
there will be cigars and pipes : as
long as there are brutal instincts,
there will be brutal sports; as long
as there is lechery, there win be
means for its gratification ; as long as
there are Diomeds, there will be
Cressids ; as long as there are fools,'
there will be dialect stories; and just
as long as there Is money in supply
ing these demands, there will be an
abundance of. people ready to supply
them, even at the risk of imprison
ment for violating the laws.
We believe the wor'd would be
much better off without many thiDgs
that it has; but it wants them, and it
is going to have tbem. We have the
utmost contempt for the "holier than
thou" journalism, and we can lift our
hat to the promoter of a prize fight,
the-publisher of an off color news
paper, or, if you please, the pandar
to depraved public taste, with much
more sell respect left, than we can
to that Class of newspapers that
preach against prize fights, and pub
lish columns of lies to assist in hold
ing up a legislature;, that pean ho-
sannas over the action of an asinine
board pf directors of a public library,
and are as silent as the damned over
violated constitution and a coward
ly political assassination. We have
no patience with that Oriental mod
esty that compels the covering of
the female face, even though ic takes
all the clothes from the balance of
the body to do it.
New journalism, as the term is
understood, is far from perfect, j et
new journalism is what we need. A
new journalism that does not gag at
gnat and swallow a legislative
hold-up; a new journalism that dares
to tell the truth, regardless of effect
on parties or policies; a new journal
ism that is always for the right and
always against the wrong. We shall
have that kind of new journalism
when we get into Utopia not before.
Newspapers can run counter to pub
lic sentiment and public demand to
limited extent; beyond that they
perish of their own goodness. To
their credit be it said they are far in
advance of public morals now. They
will probably always remain in that
position; but until humanity is
created . with different tastes, differ
ent desires, higher aims and nobler
resolves, the "new journal" will live
acd thrive and prosper. Until that
time the newspapers that throw their
X rays on the vices and follies of
man will find greater circulation than
those which tell of the virtues that
most of us do not possess.
Through the kindness of W. C.
Alia way we have been permitted to
peiuse the initial number of the
"University of Oregon Monthly,''
published at Eugene, and as its name
implies, by the students of the uni
versity. We confess to a liking for
that kind of literature, not that the
ideas are always brilliant; not that
the' language is always the purest,
but because in the study of the liter
ary style of those drinking deep of
the spring, we may form - an idea of
what shall come after us. The uni
versity, faculty and students, may
well feel proud of its new paper, for
la a n-am ! Tlio (!t!o no era nnn taina
iv 19 a v. . . ---
a poem by Homer D. Angel, which
shows considerable poetical genius;
and from that to the back page the
little paper is filled . with matter in
teresting. instructive . and extraordi
narily well written.
There promises to be a long and
tiresome struggle over the Dingley
tariff bill on account of two proposed
amendments that are going to receive
btrong indorsement and bitter oppu-
air? nn nf tliPSA mpnd merits
was made by Elkins, proposing a
discriminating duty on all imports
coming to this country in 'American
ships. - The other was made by Petti-
grew, and is to the effect that any
impoiter who could prove that the
article ho wished to import was con
trolled in this country by a trust,
should be entitled to enter bis goods
free of - duty. It was thought the
first amendment would encourage
American shipping, but opponents of
the measure say it will only direct
shipping from United States td Cana
dian ports, and the goods will then
be brought in by rail.
Pettigrew's
amendment, of course, has all the
power of the trusts against it, but he
wi'l make a hard fight on it The
two amendments are liable to tlehy
action cn the Dingley bill, for some
time at least, if they do not finally
win in tnrne mnrllfipri fnrm
Eastern Oregon is deeply interest
ed in the present session of congress,
as her interests are at stake . in the
Dingley bill. If it passes, it means
several cents a pound to our wool
growers, and as one cent a pound
means, for the wool snipped rrom
this point alone, nearly $70,000, the
news of the passage of the bill is anx-
; T r a J rfu. a I.
luua.jr xuc jju-cq .u uC
senate are very evenly divided, and
a At? 1 Al - I
is uoiniDg less man a puuuc ca-
lamuy uiai oenaior jmicueu was uui
re-elected to assist us in our hour of
need. The woollen manufacturers
re ouseu , any var.u un wool,
and will make a vigorous fight against
:i ai.-a a :n a i i m
i, so iuui, IK ni wry irani m
the protective system to pass the
bill. Mitchell's election would have
made certain that which is now in
I
doubt.'
It seems to be the acsepted opin-
ion in Washington that Mr. Corbett
will not be seated. The dispatches
yesterday indicate, in fact, that the
committee will report adversely on
the proposition. Under other cir
cumstances a fight might be made,
but there is much work to be donp,
tariff legislation to be enacted, and
those who otherwise might indorse
Mr. Corbett's appointment, see that
it will lead to endless discussion and
create much bitterness. This, out
side' of. any merits in the case, and
the merits are not much. The pre
cedent established by acknowledging
the legality of his appointment
would be dangerous to all our insti-
ti tions, and would prcve. the enter-
ing wedge that would end in anarchy
or revolution.
It is probable that nine out of ten
Americans desired to see Corbett
whipped by Fitzsimmons. Not that
they were fascinated with Bob, but
thntthev werfl disansted w;th Jim
. ., ,. ', , . ..
. .1
ireaimeni or nis nrsi wue, ana nis
posing as a prize-ring humorist and
an all-around touh. created this
sentiment. He was Gentleman Jim
when he whipped Sullivan, and in
six months his conduct was such that
to call him a conyict would have en-
titled every jail bird in the country
to damages for slander. Fitzsim
mons will never take that road. He
, has no false ideas about the greatness
of the championship, and will be so
busily engaged in defending his title
that he won't have tirre to get the
swell head. :,
1
. Baltimore has a ladies' club, the
members whereof, by common, agree
ment, appeared on the first rainy day
in March in 6hort skirts that came
to within not less than five inches of
t, .i .-.a i ' L
. . .... .
irom it. ine suort sBirts proved a
great convenience, and the ladies as-
sert that they have come to stay,
The idea is a good one, but why
wear short skirts only on rainy days ?
The draggling of old cigar stubs and
dry filth is just as bad as the mud.
cut all the skirts on that
I nnttprn ?
i i
. It is with a feeling akin to joy that
we note the victory of i Fitzsimmons,
Not that we have any interest in the
big bruiser, but that the wifely de
votion of Mrs. Fitz, who put her
money on her husband, may meet
with its deserved reward. Thefe is
another reason also, and that is that
Pompadour Jim had attained that
degree of pride in himself and com
tempt for others that needed the
customary fall. He got it. an J he
Set8 no sympathy ith it.
Since the report that Weyler had
gone hunting for Gomez to sell the
island of . Cuba to the insurgents,
nothing has been heard of that gen
tleman nor the proposition. It is
more than probable the story was a
newspaper fake; but at least there
seems to be a cessation of hostilities.
It may be that Weyler's telegraph
operator is sick and unable to fight.
One of the good effects of McKin-
ley's election will be that this coun
try will have an American to repre
sent . it in London. Bayard, the
truckling toady, will return to that
level his flunkey tastes and shoe-kiss-
ing proclivities so eminently fit him
for. He should hie him to Buzzards
bay and weep with his ex-royal nibs
at that famous bird roost.
Among me nrsi oius introduced ai
this session was that venerable old
chestnut, the Nicaragua Canal bill
The old thing was not even shaved
before its introductidn, but went in
with all its hirsute appendages. It is
to be hoped that the bill will either
be passed and the canal built, or else
that it will he ignominiously kicked
out for all time.
w Dleased to note that the
E (Woman takes the same bosi-
tion regard t0 the much-talked-
of ne- Atmrn.K.m tilftt we An freat
minds run in the same channel, and
our large contemporaries in Portland
might ag weU come off their higll
moral lan where th are t to
freeze to death ftnd gefc jn the gwim
The dispatches announce that Cor-
bett and Fitzsimmons, and all the
.i . . i . ,
money crew oi sports ana gammers
have vanished with them. As the
Nevada legislature adjourned a few
day8 before the fight, and its mem
bers will now go to their homes, the
moral atmosphere of Nevada's capi
tal city will be much improved.
Fitzsimmons, like all the other
champions, has concluded to fight no
more. The battle at Carson un-
doubtedly developed rare, histrionic
powers, and Fitz will now, as his
illustrious predecessors have done,
do the star pans in a pathetic plav,
written especially for him.
St. Patrick's day is out; St. Fitz's
day is in.
SENATE BILL 88.
., of 8tem Tbnilber, Be.oon.ibie
for Damage by Fire.
In support of this bill, presented by
Senator Dufur in the late might-have-
been Oregon legislature, relative to run
ning steam threshing engines, and in
answer to tbeWasco News,' we have this
to say
' In the beginning, we claim the father
hood of the eame; having often witnessed
the dangers, not only to others, but our
own property. However, Senator Da
fnr's good judgment was bv no means
slow to "catch on" to the justice and
common sense contained in it. Now we
ask in all honesty, is there a shadow of
iujuetice in the act of making good that
which by common consent, or otherwise,
we have already agreed to do? Shall I
stand condemned because I aBk a eurety
on an account against a probaDie loss
from inability to pay? We have but to
consult the mortgage record,' both chat
tel and real, as to the result ot the prac
tice of our business 'men, to confirm onr
position. Has not the most insignificant
farmer the same right? Is he practicing
anything less than business principles
when he demands it? ; We contest for
the late utterancn that "the farmer is a
business man," and has as much right
ot Drotection as any one else; but we
make no demands that are not already
conceded to ns by the law of custom and
Practice. What we want is a surety
that they, with whom we deal, are re-
sponsible for their acts
Ia u iuja8tice that a pilot should be
supported with proper credentials of his
ability before he apply to a strange sea
captain to bring bis vessel into harbor?
As a matter of fact, it ia his business to
know to whom he is trusting his ehip
and cargo of lives and freight. Do we
not demand a certificate of .a common
Why not
JSIEW: WAREHOUSE
(Late Grader at Wasco "Warehouse)
Has leased the WINGATE BUILDING
f OW SEOOKTD STREET,
y And wilL handle Wool on storage or commission,
or will grade or bale it if desired. Thirty years' ex-'
perience as a Wool Grader.
Echool teacher as a surety along the
same lines? Haa the farmer any less
right to know if years of labor and future
livelihood is being jeopardized by an ir
responsible party? His interests com
pel him to employ as much as in either
Of the former cases. Perhaps you will
say it is a hardship placed upon this
class. We assert if their business is not
worth the small sum of $1 for making
out and filng a bond, they better not run
it. Ton may say it is not necessary.
they do so any way. So much the less
objection shonld be made to establishing
a responsibility.
Besides theee and many other points
in eapport of this bill for in fact there
are none againet it we say that the
man who employs, though he consider
not the risk he may assume to himself,
extends a risk to his neighbor's prop
erty linewiae. we nave seen this dein
onstrated.
Now, as to the "doing away with the
business altogether," we claim we are
establishing this business and will make
it more extensive by gmng an asenr
ance that destroys it most objectionable
teature. ,
In conclusion, let us say we do not be'
ueve the eood judgment usuallv ex
pressed by the News has been exercised in
careful thought, else his position would
not have been taken.
Very Respectfully,
C. W. B.
Tbe Becoming Color.
The choice of a color for a gown or
ribbon is more important than is gener
ally assumed, says the New York Even
ing Post. In looking over an assem
blage of expensively" dressed women re
cently it was noticed that a very small
percentage wore the colors that suited
them. A woman reads, or is told, that
shades of magenta or tints of green are
fashionably worn, and she forthwith
selects them, often with most trying re'
suits to her good looks. Colors match
ing the hair tint in some shade are safe.
A red-haired woman, one with the
bronze-red hair, looks her best in sables
and reddish browns; a golden-haired
blonde with blue eyes should select a
gown of .some shade of her hair with
bit of her eye blue at the throat. This,
intensifying the color of the eye by
throat bow pf its predominating shade,
is a hint to be remembered, particularly
by women whose eyes have lost some of
the youthful depth of color. Edmund
Rassell gives his formula -for artistic
dressing to be: "Match the ' hair as
nearly as possible for day and the eyes
for evening wear." French women,
it may be added, wear white in the
evening, after 40, almost invariably.
The Keport It Correct.
The Moro Observer this week says :
J. D. Wilcox of Kent has been in
formed by Judge Story that the reported
Veversal of tbe action against him and
Mr. Messincer was premature. In fact,
not a fact. The Observer found the re
port in The Dalles Chronicle.
The report was published in this
paper and is correct. Tbe decision was
rendered in the United States court of
appeals' at San Francisco February 23d.
Unlike tbe Oregon and California de
cision, in tbe Messinger case, there was
no dissenting opinion, tbe decision be
ing unanimous.
A Bteamahip Founder.
The dispatches today give an account
of tbe sinking of tbe. steamship Ste
Nazaire, which sailed from New York
for Port Au Prince, Hayti, March 6th,
by which eighty persons loat their lives.
The steamer sprung a leak, and as a vio
lent storm caught her, went to pieces.
The life boats were launched, four in
number, and passengers and crew all got
safely away. One of the boats only has
been picked np, and ont of thirty-eight
crowded into it, all bat four were dead,
and these are in a critical condition. It
is supposed , that . all the - balance
drowned, or died from exposure. .
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QUESTION' OF LUCK.
Citetloa That Clinched the Other Side of
the Argument.
"I hate to hear people say there's no
such thing as luck," remarked the
melancholy Mr. Dolittle.
, "I don't see why," his wife rejoined.
, "Because it isn't true," he returned,
with a-sperity. "A man can go on try
ing and trying, and never get along.
Aud some other person will go ahead
and tumble into good things without
making any effort whatever."
"Hiram, no great man has succeed
ed without hard work."
"That's the kind of talk you always
hear. But nine times out of ten it is
all owing to the opportunity that pre
sented itself. Fortune just seems to lie
in wait to kidnap some men. Look at
Sir Isaac Newton. His name is hand
ed down from generation to generation.
And why? Simpiy because he was sit
ting undeT a tree and an apple hap
pened to drop on him. You can't pre
tend that a man is in a position to claim
superior merit simply because, through
no action or preference of his own, he
gets hit in the head with an apple, can
you?" . '
'"No, Hiram."
"Then don't tell me about there not
being any such thing as luck."
"It seems to me that you've chosen a
poor example in support of your argu
ment. The case of Isaac Newton goes
to show that the difference is in the
people. If it had been some men that
I know of instead of Newton the first
?.hmg they would have done after the
apple fell would have been to go into
the house and moan for the arnica bot
tle; then they would have spent two
or three hours of precious time talking
about their bad luck." Washington
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