THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRO HI CLE. SA1VEV AT. SEPTEMBER 25. 1897.
The Weekly Chfoniele.
COUNTY OFFICIAL.!.
County Judge.....:. Robt. Mays
Sheriff. -. T.J. Driver
Clerk , A M. Kelsav
Treasurer C. L. fhiUips
Commissioner.....: tetgg
Aaaeaaor ". W.H. Whipple
Surveyor.' J. B. Holt
Superintendent of Public-Schools... C. L. Gilbert
Coroner W. H. Butts
BTATK OFFICIALS. J
8 jvernoi . . . s.. ........ W. P. lord
Beoretary of State . . .' H R Kincaid
Treasurer Phillip Metschan
Bupt-of Public Instruction G. M. Irwin
Attoraev-fieneral ...CM. Idleman
" . G. W. McBride
Senators U,H- Mitchell
IB Hermann
Congressmen . ..- jw. R. Ellis
State Printer. W. H. Leeds
GEER AND THE POLITICIANS.
Under the above caption the As
toria Evening . News publishes a
lengthy v editorial, from which' we
clip the following: ,.
"There are several reasons why Mr.
Geer should be satisfied with the de
cision of the delegation. It did the
best thing it could under existing
conditions.' It showed no desire to
turn him down. It gave him a
place that is just as desirable in the
eye of the public as the collectorship,
and that will serve his political am
bition far better. In the - land office
he would be free from many em
barrnssing and entangling political
alliances that would disturb his peace
of mind and employment, and he
would only come in contact with
the sturdy men with whom be has
been associated all bis life.
"Again, we arc , informed . that
when Mr. Geer took the stump for
the Republican party last Novembe
be did so foi a stipulated compensa
tion for his services; and having
been paid off, it is hardly probable
that the delegation feels under obli
gations to tender him an appoint
ment promised to another.
"There are some questions Mr.
Geei should ask himself. Who are
they who are so eager to have him
decline and snub the delegation?
Are they his friends? What pur
pose have thev in view his benefit
or his injury ?
"It is plain those who are eager to
have him decline are not his friends.
uor the friends of the delegation
and they care not what becomes of
Mr. Geer if they can use him to em
barrass the delegation. lnev are
simply using him as a tool, and his
honest nature as a trap for his un
doing. Because be is in a formida
ble position as a presidential elector,
they have singled him out as the
proper person to defy, gracefully
bulldoze and dictate to the delega
tion. He may learn later that this
is a dangerous thing to do.
"We are to have an election next
June. The men who have the say
on federal appointments are now or
ganizing their forces, making their
selections from the ablest timber in
practical politics. It is to be Mitch
11 and McBride on one side and
Simon and Scott on the other. These
men understand practical politics,
They know that the art of politics
depends on the constant principles
and motives of human self-interest
Its details they have learned from
history and experience. They know
that such material as they have must
be used, and that power gained by
certain ways must be maintained, if
at all, by corresponding means. The
battle is now-on, and we must not
be surprised if the scenes enacted at
the primaries in Portland nearly two
years ago are repeated. .
"Oregon has been disgraced by
dirty politics. It is time that the
career of H. W. Scott in the rcle ot
Calaban should be ended. Simon,
who has stood in with him, should be
turned down. Governor Lord, who
is deaf to the voice of reason and
the people's burdens, must be made
. to know that there are more potent
factors in the state than Simon, Scott
and Corbett. In the next .election
these men will read the sequel of the
late legislative crime. The people
are anxious to show them Waterloo."
Hon. C. B. Moores of Salem was
yesterday appointed register of the
land office at Oregon City in place
of Hon. T. T. Geer, who declined
the appointment as being several
sizes too small for him. Mr. Moores
will probably accept the place, and
do it gladly, and yet Mr. Moores is
perhaps as great a man, as goot'
man, and as good a Republican
Mr. Geer. Both of - the gentlemen
have been speaker of the house;
the Oregon legislature, but - Mr,
Moores has not been a prt sidential
elector. The truth is that Mrl Geer,
had he been left to hiscwnr judg
ment, would have been satisfied with
the appointment; but Mephistopheles
perched . on ;. his left thoulder and
whispered things into his sea shell
ears that he should not have- listened
to', and he has formed a too exalted
opinion of himself therefrom. There
are other pebbles on the beach, other
dumplings in the stew.
A -MOURNFUL DEATH.!
Legend and history tell us of the
rise and fall of empires and of races,
Persia commanded the world, yet to
day it is but a province. Macedonia
absorbed the territory surroundin
her like a mortgage, until her con
quering hosts swept across Asia, and
Alexander was master of the world
Rome sent her legions to-tbe con.
fines of the earth. The Saracens
swept up from the South, across the
Bosphorus. and planted the banner
of Mahomet, not only where' it floats
today, but in the heart of Spain. At-
tilla showed Europe the strength of
the barbarian hordes of Hungary, us
did Alaric. Spain ruled the seas, as
England does today.
Upon the decadence of one per
pie, another became virile. Upon
the fall of one nation, another gath
ered and bound up the shattered
remnants for itself. Yet one by one
each in turn went down, and of them
it may be said, as thousands of years
ago it was said of the ancient city
"Troy was!" Greece rose to the
zenith as a comet, and fell almost as
quickly as it rose, when its bead, Al
exander, died. Persia died of fatty
degeneration of the heart. Rome
lived to a ripe old age, continuing
her life as Ion? as she was able to
digest what she swallowed, but finally
perished from over-eating. Tur
key's power waned, because her re
ligion prevented her keeping 'pace
with the strides of modern civiliza
tion. Attllla and AUnc were lead
ers of savages, and savages cannot
exist in the fight with advancement
Atlantis, the fabled, died gloriously
in the height of her power, a victim
of a terrific convulsion of nature,
and Spain is moribund, toothless,
decrepit, querulous, senile, quarrel
ing with her children and with her
neighbors over them.
The last is the most mournful, and
at the same time the most trying to
the patience, of any end that could
come to her. But a few years and
her place amon? the nations of the
world will be but a story. She lin
gers long after the days of her use
fulness are over, a sore trial to her
children and an eyesore to their
friends. It is high time someone
kicked the bucket for her, and that
the last sad rites were performed.
TRUE TO BIS PARTY.
Replying to The Chronicle's
statement that senator Mitchell in
dorsed the national Republican plat
form, and in dozens of speeches
made during the last campaign he so
stated, the Oregonian of .Thursday
says:
There is but a word to say here.
Mr. Mitchell has always spoken in
the senate and voted in the senate
for free coinage of silver. Mr.
Ellis has done the same thing in the
house. Both Mr. Ellis and Mr,
Mitchell spoke for it and voted for
it in congress, on every possible oc
casion, down to the adoption of the
Republican national platform of 1896 ;
and, though both professed to "acqui
esce in the demands of their party,"
and both supported McEinley, both
have to this hour distinctly avoided
any declaration upon which they
could be held, that they would not
or will not speak and vote for free
coinage of silver hereafter as hereto
fore. Years before both declared
their acceptance of the Minneapolis
Republican national platform, which
was not a free silver platform, and
could not without dishonesty be con
strued as such. What now is the
declaration of such men worth, that
they accept the St Louis- platform?
They give platforms false interpreta
tms, and profess to "accept" them on
these interpretations; and then when
elected to congress to continue to
speak and vote for free coinage of
silver. Morever, when asked what
their course will be hereafter, and
distinctly whether they will continue
to speak and vote on silver as here
tofore, they refuse to answer, and
take refuge in ; generalities.- This
will not do, either for Mr. Mitchell
and for Mr. Ellis,' or for others who
may be candidates, "voters" who un
derstand this (subject and realize its
supreme importance will be juggled
with do longer.
The Oregonian's contention is that
Mr. Mitchell has never said that "he
would not. or will not," speak and
vote for free coinage of silver here
after as heretofore." Never said so?
Is not the statement, made publicly,
that he indorsed the platform a plain
and unequivocal assertion that if
elected to office he would . vote to
make the platform effective? True
to the urgent demands of his bitter
est enemy, the Oregonian, that be
explain to it, be made no reply: but
to the Republican party of the state
he answered fully and voluntarily.
Mr. Milchell was elected senator for
his last term in January, 1890.' In
the following June the Republican
state convention adopted a platform,
the financial plank of which, we have
been told (but know nothing of per
sonally) was written by Hon. H. W.
Scott Be that as it may, the finan
cial plank of the state platform of
1890 reads:
"Recognizing the fact that the
United States is the greatest silver
producing country in the world, and
that both gold and silver are equally
the money ct the constitution from
the beginning of the republic until
the hostile legislation against silver,
which unduly contracted the circu
lating medium of the country; and
recognizing that the great interests of
the people demand more money for
use in the channels of trade and
commerce; therefore, we declare
ourselves in favor of the free and
unlimited coinage of silver, and de
nounce any attempt to discriminate
against silver as unwise and unjust
This was the sentiment of i the
party that elected Senator Mitchell,
expressed within a few months after
that election. It was the instruc
tions given by the party to its
representatives in congress, and Sen
ator Mitchell, in season and out, bent
his energies and his talent to making
the desires of his constituents effect
lve. irom that time until leiJb no
Oregon Republican convention has
altered its instructions to its re pre
sentatives, except by a straddle that
means, and was intended to mean
anything. Senator Mitchell did not
construe, or misconstrue, platforms
for there was nothing to construe,
There was no ambiguity.
As for the sound money proposi
lion, the Oregonian is not now, nor
has it been since the '96 convention,
in accord with the Republican. plat
form ; but on the contrary has been
rabidly against it. The financial
plank in 1896, on which McKinley
was elected, reads "We are there
fore opposed to the free coin
age or silver except Dy in
ternational agreement with the
ing commercial nations of the
world, WHICH WE PLEDGE OURSELVES
to promote, and until such agree
ment can be obtained, the gold
standard must be preserved."
Senator Mitchell has asserted hun
dreds of times, publicly, that he in
dorsed that platform unequivocally,
Has the Oregonian done so, or will
it? We admit that the Oregonian's
statement that "voters who under
stand the question will be juggled
with no longer, is true, and suggest
that our contemporary cork up its
ug.
THE WHEAT MARKET..
Most of the traders the world over
are evidently inclined to look for
high prices for some time . to come,
Tbey have become accustomed to
seeing wheat in the 90s, and are in
clined to buy it on the weak spots,
in the same manner as they looked
for .strong spots to sell it on in years
past Old traders recall the time
when it was generally a sure thing to
buy wheat below $1. -Up to the
time that India became an exporting
country, the bulls bad no trouble in
buying wheat on the breaks, and
making good money on ' the bulges
that invariably followed - a decline
below $1. It was the development
of wheat growing in countries south
of the equator that forced prices be
low fifty cents. It took the trade a
long time to discover what the real
cause of the ' weakness abroad was
several years ago, as all their calcu
lations were out of line. Finally
they learned that -Argentina had be- j
come a competitor with America in
European markets. It sold enough
at first in a quiet way to make the
American holders uneasy, and when
they discovered that wheat was be
ing bought' in Argentina cheaper
than in America there was a steady
decline that was only checked by the
over-selling by bears. Heavy carry
ing charges were paid, and the bull
was handicapped in such a way that
he was unable to overcome ft.
' Now conditions have changed.
Countries south of the equator have
no surplus and are buying in America
to supply their wants until the first
of the year. Even Russia gives
promise of having less surplus wheat
for export than in many years. . This
leaves the condition of American
holders for the next four months the
strongest ever known. Commercial
Review.
The Oregon Press Ass jcialion
meets at Baker City October 14th
and will leave that Oregon Denver
on the afternoon of the 16th. The
weather being propitious, we venture
the assertion that Western Oregon
people will go home with a better
idea of the grandeur of the good old
state than they ever had before
They will get an idea, though but
faint one, of the vast mineral re
sources of .Baker county. ine
meeting, for this cause alone, will be
of incalculable benefit to the whole
state.
The latest reports from Skaguay
are to the effect that a new trail has
been completed to Lake Bennett and
that the struggling hundreds are now
arriving at the lakes. It is unfortu
nate that this is so, for while many
aro well supplied for the winter, the
other many are not, and so provi
sions will give ont and much suffer
ing ensue. It is a misfortune that
the Cbilcoot pass did not remain an
impassable, barrier to the whole
crowd. Hunger will soon take the
place of the present hardships.
The last authentic report received
from Professor Andree was brought
by a stool pigeon from Skaguay,
The bird carried a rrcss&ge done up
in a quill and tied to its ' breast. It
reads: "North Pole. Aug. 27th,
Have found the pole and built
pigeon house on it. Supply of
pigeons running, short, so will send
no more till the first hatching gets
ripe. Shall live on pigeon pies and
wait here for the relief party."
The dispatches state that many
college ' graduates are among the
crowds at Skaguay and Dyea. It is
seldom the college graduate discovers
what he is good for, hence we sug
gest that these young athletes, fresh
from Virgil and Homer, should be
able to translate anything they come
across, especially a short passage like
that from Skaguay to Lake Bennett,
A Fierce Array of Empty Barrels.
The Dalles Commercial and Athletic
Club has been in existence but about
two years, but in that time it baa done
much good. We regret exceedingly
that in tearing up and re-modeling its
quarters it is compelled to give away the
secrets of its inner workings. Yester
day and today mashing tubs to the num.
ber of a dozen and wine vata galore have
been hauled away from the cellars, and
piled on the sidewalk are more than 200
whiskey barrels. '
The gentlemen of the club always
seemed sober, and each of them whom
we have interviewed emphatically de
nies having eyer seen any malt, spirit-
oua or vinons liquors aoout tnecino
rooms. We are bound to believe them ;
bat if we do, how account for that over
powering display of empty barrels?
The ladiea bad possession of the club
rooms one day of the seven, and yet it
does not seem possible that they could
have gotten away with the contents of
all those barrels and vata.
It has been suggested that the outfit
belonged to the Columbia Packing Co.,
bnt this is fishy. We do not pretend to
draw any - inference- (or- anything else)
from these barrels, for they are empty,
and vet well the barrels are there.
For Kent.
The Doc Lee ranch on ' High Prairie,
Klickitat county.' 560 acres fenced and
250 acres in cultivation.' 'ATI 'capable of
cultivation. Will rent for" a '"term of
years on easy terms to the right party.
Call on or address, F. H. Rowe, The
Dalles, Oregon. " " a21-wtf.
Kefolator Line Notice.
The steamers of the Begulator line
will leave The Dalles at 7 :30 a. m com
mencing Thursday, Sept. 23d. Reduced
rates to Portland daring the exposition.
W.x;. Axlaway, uen. Agent.
RAN OVER BY A WORK TRAIN.
Willie. Wand Rolls Under the Wheels of
; the Work Train and la Badly
' Crippled. - '
Wednesday afternoon at Mosier.Willie
Waud, aged 6 years, was run over by
the work train and received probably
fatal injuries. ' . ;
He was living with hia grand parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Waud, who reside
at Hosier, hia father working at the
Johns' mill. With hia granomother be
bad been at the store and on the way
borne the work train passed them.
Willie ran op to the fence, which at
that point was built close to the track
and on the brink of a eteep bank. He
climbed on the fence to watch the. train
go by, and somehow lost his balance
and rolled under the care. ' Hia right
leg was broken -and inashed above tbe
knee,1 bis left shoulder broken and his
left foot badly cut, while his body was
pretty badly bruised.
Dr. Logan was telegraphed for, but
had a case on his handsjhejcoald not
leave. The railroad company offered to
send the boy here on a special, but tbe
grandparents objected, and Dr. Brosius
was summoned from Hood River. As
an amputation was judged necessary, he
had the boy brought here and at noon
Thursday .after consultation with Doctors
Logan and Hollister, the operation was
determined upon. The poor little fellow
was placed under the influence of anas
tbetlcs, and Dr. Hollister, assisted by
Doctors Brosina and Logan, amputated
the leg about five inches above tbe knee.
The chances are largely against tbe boy
surviving tbe shock, but he has a fight
ing chance for hia life.
ELECTRIC1LIGHTS.
It Is a
Question of Finances, and
. Flaaaeea Only.
It is quite certain that The Dalles is
not to have electric lights for its streets
this winter. The income of the city
will not justify it, and the charter prac
tically prohibits the creation of debt.
Instead of being a aurplua for tbe year,
a close computation shows that the ex
penditures have exceeded the income
by a few dollars. The only way to have
street lights ia to pay for them by a
special tax, and this property owners
will not consent to.
It is a bad state of affairs ; but The
Dalles has a condition confronting it and
must deny itself many thinga in order
to get out of debt. A sinking fund must
be provided to. meet the payment of
bonds, and this may, and probably will,
require a trifling advance in the tax
rate. In conversation with City Treas
urer Crandali this morning he stated
that there was no place where expenses
could be reduced, unless it . was by re
ducing the treasurer's salary, which is
now SSQ ner month. He savs h ia nn
Pennoyer, but if it is necessary for the
salvation of the city, be can stand a re-1
d action of one-half and throw off the
other. The city's income will run it so
long as expenses are not increased : but
that is all it will do.
The only solution of the matter we
See is that those who object to darkness
will have to go home early.
Mews Travels in a Circle.
A pretty romance ia told by the Bath,
Maine, Independent.. The steamer
Areata, of which Captain Albert Reed
of Woolwich, Me., is commander, was
steaming from 6an Francisco to Port
land, Or., when it was hailed by a row
boat, containing two anxious individ
uals. The Maine captain stopped and
took them in. They were stalwart
youth and pretty maid and this was
their story :
That their course ' of true love had
been ruffled by the maid's father and
they had determined to elope in this
curious manner. Then tbey asked tbe
captain from Maine to marry tbem, for
it seems there is a law permitting this
if tbe steamer is sufficiently far from
land. The captain said, "Marry yon?
Of course I will," and the bridal party
mounted the pilot house, and tbe fol
lowing ceremony was performed : "Do
you, John, take this girl, Mary, to be
your wedded' wife, to take care, of in
sickness and in health, whether richer
or poorer in sunshine and if it mows
great guns and the wind is dead ahead?"
John said he did. "And do you, Mary,''
the captain continued, "take this man
John, as your wedded husband, whether
treats you well or ill, in calm weather
and in equalls and to always behave
yourself like I should judge a trim
built clipper like you would, on the
square?" Mary blushed and said,
Yea." The captain, after a moment's
silence, sternly remarked: "Well,
that's all, you're married !"
Tbe gallant captain took the first kiss
for his fee and gave the young couple a
mighty jolly wedding trjp. '
STOCK-HOLDERS' MEETING.
Notice', is hereby given that the
annual meeting of. the stock-holders of
the Wasco Warehouse Company will be
held at the office of French & Co., The
Dalles, Or., on Tuesday, September 28,
1897, at 8:30 p. m., for. the purpose of
electing directors for the ensuing year,
and the transaction of such other busi
ness aa may come before it.
The Dalles, Or., Sept. 4, 1897.
' ' H. M. Bball,
Secv. Wasco Warehouse Co.
Try Schilling's Best tea and baking powder.
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
"Why is a strong man like you
ifound begging?" "Ah, madame, it is
the only profession in which a gentle
lean can address a beautiful lady with
out the formality of an introduction."
Tit-Bite.
"Do you think your mother would
let you have another piece of cake,
Willie?" "Oh, yes, ma'am. She told
me to be sure and get filled up while
I had the chance." Detroit Free Press.
"Isn't there any renWy for chronic
diunkenness?" asked McGuzzle of a
Dallas physician. "Certainly there is,.
Just you marry, one of these strong
minded women. She'll sober you up."
Texas Sifter.
Old Gentleman to Railway Porter
"Porter, the rain is dripping' in from thr;
lamp-hole all over , my trousers."
Porter "Xo, 6ir, it's quite water
tight, I assure you. It's only the oil
leaking a bit." Scran ton Truth.
"I knows er heap er men, said
Uncle Eben, "dat kain't re'lize dat it
ain' no mo' wuhk ter carry in wood or
coal foh money dan it is ter carry er
transparency in. a percession foh
nuffin." Washington Star.
Unable to Compare. He "Miss
Kitty, I've heard it said that a kiss with
out a mustache is like an, egi without
salt. Is that so?" She "Well, really,
I don't know I can't tell for in my
life I never " He "Now, now, Mis3
Kitty! " She "Never ate an egg with
out salt." Woonsocket Reporter.
Insufficient Data. "You are an ex
pert, are you not?" said the caller."
"Tea, sir." "Well, I wish you would
take these two papers and tell me
whether they were written by the same
person." "Is it a matter of litigation?"
"Very possibly." "Then, it would be
really impossible for me to comply with
your request; not until I have learned
upon which side I have been retained."
Washington Star.
before Vaccination.
' Before the introduction of vaccinar
tion, now admirably supplemented by
isolation, smallpox was never localized,
and it was always with us. No one was
safe from it, and there was a German
proverb to the effect that love and small
pox were the two things from which no
one could hope to escape. Trust
worthy estimates fix the annual death
rate from smallpox in England during
the latter part of the eigh
teenth century at the propor
tion of 3,000 to every 1,000,000 persons
living, which would mean, with our
present population, a death rate from
this cause alone approaching 100,000 a
year. Even if this estimate! is much
too large, there can be no question as to
the enormous difference between then
and now. It is going too far' to say
with Mr. Hutton that "smallpox, in
spite of all the fuss' made about it, is
pretty nearly as extinct as the plague,"
for though preventive measures keep it
within an extremely narrow compass,
we have seen how readily it may revive.
In the year 1890 there were only 16
deaths from this disease registered in
the whole of England. Westminster
! teTlew- '
The "Heathen Chinee."
I The Chinese are not always honora-
ble in their dealings, with foreigners.
Col. Jeff erds, of Texas, who has recent
ly returned from China, and is now in
Washington,, tells a remarkable story
of the manner in which he lost a big
contract through the duplicity of Mr.
Sheng, and a number of other gentle
men English, Germans and Ameri
cans are complaining of unjust treat
ment. The "heathen Chinee" can be
depended upon to look after his own
interests and take advantage of the in
nocence and trustfulness of others.
People who engage in trade with, him
must keep their eyes open, for he has
learned a lot ot tricks from Christiana
of Europe, and has a retentive memory,
-Chicago Record.
German Settlement in Indiana.
Four towns in two counties in In
diana make up a German settlement
where German customs prevail exclu
sively in the home habits of the people,
although all the inhabitants speak Eng
lish and the children learn English as
well as German. The towns are Ferdi
nand and St. Henry, in Dubois county,
and St.' Meinrad and Maria Hill, in
Spencer county. Ferdinand, the old
est of the towns, was founded by a mis
sionary priest. Father Kendrick, in 1840,
and was named in honor of Ferdinand I.
of Austria. There are no Americans in
it, and there are only two families of
Americans am St. Meinrad, which is the
seat of a Benedictine monastery.
' Need for Haate.
A nervous young lady called & physi
cian for a slight ailment, but one
whioh she magnified, in her own es
timation, into a serious one. "Run,"
said the doctor to a servant, giving him
a prescription, "to the nearest drug
store and bring back the medicine as
quickly- as you can."' "Ifl there much
danger?" replied the young lady, in
alarm. "Yes," said the doctor; "if your
servant is not quick it will be useless."
"Oh, doctor, shall I die?" gasped the pa
tient. "There is no danger of that,"
eaid the doctor, "but you may get well
before John returns." -'
Insanity In Ireland.
Insanity is Increasing in Ireland.
English statisticians say that one se
rious cause of lunacy is the abuse of
tea, another an overindulgence in al
cohol, st third the disappointment of
having tried emigration and failed.
special Bates to Portland.
From Sept. 22d until Oct. 1st the O.
R. & N. Co. will sell special roond trip
tickets from . The Dallea to Portland,
good until Oct 3d, at tbe rate of one fare
for the round trip, namely $3.45. Ad
mission to exposition free.
J. Ibeland, Agent.