THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 13 1898
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The Weekly GMoniele.
Te only Republican Daily Newtpapei .in
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. COUNTY OFFICIALS.
County Judge. Rout Mays
r. j. driver
A M. Kelnav
C. L. Phillips
( A. B. a lowers
I). 8. Kimsey
Aw-essor W. II. Whipple
surveyor d. h
Bupenniendent of Public Schools. . .C. L. Gilbert
Kj iruaer . fiuiu
Sueriff.
Clerk
Treasurer
Commissioners .
MISREPRESENTING PRESIDENT
If KIN LEY.
TVo weeks ago, when the presi
. lent asked for 50,000,000 for na
tionai defense, there was unanimous
approval in every quarter. Since
then, however, there has been a con
certed movement to create the im-
pression among the people that in the
Lour of trial the president has not
6hown the proper amount of deter
mination. The main responsibility, says the
Inter Ocean, for false, views of the
president's position reels with per-
, sons who have professed to speak by
authority. The traditions of his
Office, the conditions of the contro
versy between Spain and the United
States, the critical situation of affairs,
all compelled the president to be
silent. But there were men in the
cabinet, in congress and out of con
gress, eager in an over-officious waj'
to talk for the president, to make
explanations that were apologies or
misrepresentations, to prophesy what
-he would do and whai he would not
do, to insist that the president was
striving to secure peace at any price,
to insist that under no conditions
would any negotiations conducted
by his autUority lead up to war.
These explanations or apologies were
repeated and they gained emphasis
with repetition. The men who took
this courte seemed utterly oblivious
So the welfare of the resident of the
tiation. They played with the repu
tation of the president as if he were
a mere figurehead and they the di
rectors of policies.
The Inter Ocean pointed out at
the time that this xonrse was suicidal,
that it would injure the president,
matters relating to war. Where
diplomacy ends congressional re
sponsibility begins.
The constitution is perfectly ex
plicit: "Congress shall have power
to declare war." Then follow the
other military and naval provisions
all in harmony with the geneial prop
osition. . The president is com-mander-in
chief of the army and
navy, but he cannot draw the gword.
The boundary line between congres
sional and executive authority is
perfectly plain. From the very na
ture of the case it is the duty of
congress, not the president, to decide
when that line has been reached In
any given case, especially now that
the naval court of inquiry has re-!
ported on the destruction of the
Maine. ' There is no doubt how the
how the Maine came to be blown up
than how Sumter came to be fired
upon. Nobody asked then who fired
the gnns, and nobody cares now who
touched off the submarine mine. The
only question is, What shall be done
about it? Congress, and congress
alone, is competent, undes the wise
provision of our. government, to de
cide upon the answer.
tory. Under' any .'circumstances
Gladstone's death will call for the
attention and comment of the world
He has been an attractive personality,
and represents much of the better
order of things in English politics.
Ilia life hr-s been nearly coterminous
with the centurj', and he has had a
great pari to play in all the import
ant transactions of European state
craft. He will pass to his rest hon
ored as few men are.
PAY OF PARLIAMENTS;
Salaries of Legislators tha World
Over.
Statesmen of the Trsoirsal Receive
the Largest Salaries, But Oars
' Have the Beit Per--
Qnlsltes.
UNJUST CRITICISM.
Just what
ruin the party, and embarrass the
national government. Still it was
persisted in, some of the over-officious
friends of the president going
so far as to insinuate that were it
jnot for certain strong men always at
3and to support him, the president
fwould be carried off his feet. The
tendency of all that these men said
was to deprecate the president, to
carry false impressions as to his
strength of character, to impugn his
patriotism, and to question his sin
cerity. Jt will be remembered that in "61
Salmon P. P. Chase, secretary of the
treasury, could not for some time re
linquish the idea that he bad a special
mission of his own in the cabinet,
that he was a stronger man than the
president, and tbat ' he should' be
given a free hand in accordance with
bis abilities. In a year or two it be--catne
apparent to the people that the
.presideut was the master mind of his
cabinet and that . he was patiently
pursuing bis own policy He was
misunderstood and misrepresented
occasionally, but no effort could
mislead the .people. They trusted
.Abraham Lincoln. Is the history of
the past repeating itself? Is Presi
dent McKinley to be sacrificed tem
poranly to other men's ambitions and
.policies?
Of all men in the country no one
Is closer to the people than William
McKinley. Probably , no man in
public life understands the people so
well as he; no oue is more capable of
estimating the value of popular
. movements, and no one has a clearer
perception of the duties of a public
nan to, the people. Is it not time
for the over-officious gentlemen, who
have been pretending to speak for
-dim, to apologize for him when he
, reeded no apology, and to put their
: own interpretation upon his messages
and declarations, to . bridle their
tongues and retire to the rear? ' -
reason some senators
and repiesentatives niav have for
criticism of Presideut McKinley's
message is a little hard to sec. The
president undoubtedly remembers
that it is congress which has the
right and privilege to declare war,
and the executive at best can only
recommend. In his message the
president has made a full and correct
statement of the present situation,
and now congress Las the power to
declare war if it like. McKinley
has made laudable efforts to settle
the difficulty without resort to war.
Seemingly his labors in this direction
have been unavailing-, and the only
"'j thing remaining to do was to lay the
whole matter before congress and al
low it to take such action as it see
fit. The president has done this,
and congress is in control of the sit
uation. Upon the face it looks as if certain
senators and representatives see in
attacking the president's motives
their only opportunity to achieve
notoriety, and tbey eagerly grasp the
chance.- President McKinley has
not been direlect in his duty; he has
put the nation upon a war footing,
and while the diplomatic negotia
tions were going on, there was no
sloth in preparing means of defense
for the nation.
Let congress go ahead and declare
war; but let it also cease trying to
make political capital out of the
president's action when no wrong
can be found therein.
WAR POWER OF CONGRESS.
Ever since the Cuban question
reached the acute stage there has
been a disposition to belittle, subor
dinate, or ignore the authority of
congress. That body, and not the
cxecQtu-e, sits in judgment npon
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
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The president's message has gone
to congress, and by this time, no
doubt, congrecs has' committed itself
to considerations of war. The tem
per of our representatives is too well
known to admit of any. doubt as to
what course congress will eventqally
pursue.
The United States has been vic
torious in all its conflicts with other
nations, and she will be in this. Men
and treasury will be abundantly sup
plied to aid the administration in
carrying on the war. The latent
patriotism of the nation is aroused,
and the country is united now as it
never was before. " '
The mills of the gods grind slowly,
it is true, but they do their work
well at last. Spain has been a curse
to civilizition these recent j-ears,
and it is but just retribution sue is
about to receive. .
America has done many acts to
advance civilization in her century
of history, and she is about to add
another glorious chapter . to her
record. With Spain conquered and
Cuba free, the closing years of the
piesent century can be called worthy
ones.
The secretary of the interior has
sent a report to congress asking an
appropriation of $8,000,000 to sup
ply the deficiency in the amount of
money required for the payment of
this 3-ear's pensions. In 1890 the
list of pensioners contained 538,000
names. It now contains 1.000,000
names; at least, a month ago it ron
tiined with 400 of that number.
The appropriation for pensions in
1890 amounted to $72,000,000. For
the present year $U8,QOO,000 jvill be
required to pay the army aud navy
pensioners. The . increase in the
number of pensioners and in the
amount of the pension appropriation
since 1890 is about ninety per cent
in each case.
While the attention of the world
is being absorbed in the possibility of
a clash of arms between America
and Spam, we are apt to forget that
the greatest living statesman of the
nineteenth century is nearing the
line which divides the living from
the dead. W. E. Gladstone is dying
in England, and in a few days prob
ably will have taken his place in bis
1 President McKinley's desire to
settle the Spanish difficulty without
resort to arms has led him to be im
posed upon by the Madrid govern
ment. Spain's latest proposal for an
armistice is simply a ruse for gaining
time, but in this instance it will
avail nothing. The Rubicon has
been crossed, and nothing but a com
plete back-down upon the pait of
Spain will avert war. Which of two
evils, turmoil at home or strife
abroad, Spain may take is a matter
of conjecture yet; but it looks as if
nothing would do her but a severe
drubbing by this country, and she
will get it.
Those who are conversant with the
situation prophesy that the Simon
delegation from Multnomah county
will be seated in the district conveii
tion and the anti-Simon delegation
will be recognized in the state con
vention. Such a division as this
will be unfortunate for tbe party.
We trust the matter will be finally
settled this time one way or tbe
other, so that tbe same factional fight
will not come up again two years
from now. .
We have heard no candidates men
tioned for the legislature from this
district. This matter is one which
demands careful attention from the
nominating delegates. Let us have
men nominated and elected who are
opposed to "hold ups." No mem
ber who had anything to do with tbe
Simon-Populist combination should
receive a re-nomination. , .
Just Keeclved.
The Dont Optical and Jewelry Co. bas
just received a new up-to-date eye pro
tector. It weighs only two penny weight,
made of a composition which will not
offset the sight of the eye. It is carried
in tbe inside band of your hat, and is
always ready for nse. They retail at 25
cents. Call and see them.
We make a specialty of properly fit
ting children's eyes, aDd test each eye
separately. .
We carry a full line of framefl, gold,
allnminnm, nickel, bronze aud robber.
We are receiving new goods dailv, and
best of all we guarantee entire satisfac
tion. -
Rttaumatlf-m Cored.
My wife hat used Chamberlain's Pain
Balm for rbeamatiem with great relief,
and I can recommend it as a splendid
liniment for rheumatism ' and other
household use for which we bare fonnd
it valuable. W. J. Cuyler, Red Creek',
N. Y.
Mr. Cuyler is one of the leading mer
chants ot thi9 village and one of the
most prominent men in this vicinity
W. G. Pbippin, editor Red Creek Her
ald. For sale by Blakeley & Houghton.
Mrs. A. C. Stabling & Son have hy
brid and tea-roses, three and four years
old at 25 cents ; young rosea in . bad at
15 cents or two for 25 cents ; carnations,
at 15 cents, two for 25 cents ; white and
yellow marguerites; heliotropes, gera
niums and fuschiaa at 5 cents and up.
Pansies 25 eta. per dozen. '. : 4-wlmdlw
TILLETT & GALLIGAN,
WM. TILLETT. -H.
GALLIGAN.
Sole rroprletots of the CELEBRATED
XARIMA APPLE. .
Hood River
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TILLETT A GALLIGAN, Props.
irst-class Nursery Stock a Specialty
So far as payments in hard cash go.
the brawny burghers of the Transvaal
are decidedly the best off. Quite re
cently the Boer parliament increased
the salaries of its members to 50,000 a
year for each individual, as they can
very easily afford to do, when one re
members the big tax tolls which the
unfranchised Uitlanders are compelled
to pay. But jn actual emoluments the
United States senator probably receives
a better reward. lie gets mileage and
numerous minor fees and privileges,
w hich swell his annual income material
ly over its nominal $5,000.
Great Britain, as every student knows,
gives her meirbers of parliament Jio
salaries, although government officials
for the time being are royally paid.
The first lord of the treasury receives
$25,000, as also do the foreign, home,
colonial, Indian and war secretaries.
The lord chancellor receives $5u,CC0 per
annum. But for the M. P. who does
not hold office there is naught save
honor. Even the old privilege of not
being liable to arrest for debt while an
M. P. has been abolished. .
The British colonies, however, do not
follow the example cf the mother coun
try. Xew South Wales and Victoria al
low their M. P.'s $1,500 per annum, Can
ada and South Australia $1,000, with an
additional mileage rate for the former,
and Queensland $750, with mileage.
New Zealand i representatives get $1,
200. France gives its senators arid depu
ties $1,800, but -there is a "string"' to
this salary which might be tried else
where, in Vienna, for instance, with
good effect. Any member who is twice
oa'led to order dnring a sitting forfeits
half his salary for two weeks. Cases
exist where certain fiery French depu
ties have lost their entire year's allow
ances in this manner.
Belgium grants members of the rep
resentatives' chamber $800 a year and
passes on the railroads, but curiously
enongh makes its senators work for
nothing- and pay their own traveling-expenses.
In the realms of the little .quen of
Holland members of the upper house
are paid a sum equal to about $4.18 per
ciem for each session, but since they
meet only on 30 or 32 days in the year
they cannot be said to.clear much. In
the second chamber $830 per annum,
with a traveling .grant of 27 cents for
every honr spent on .the railroad, are
the allowances. -Absentee Dutch law
givers forfeit their salaries, whether
their absence be caused by illness or
not.
The' new Japanese' parliamentary con
stitution compels each member of the
national parliament to draw annuallyJ
from the treasury about $6l5. Any
member of the aristocratic classes refusing-
to accept this salary, through
pride or other reasons, is subject to fine
and dismissal, by the parliamentary
rules of 1S90.
Portngal is niggardly with its repre
sentatives, giving them only $320, and
Norway pays members from $350 to
$400. according to the length of the
session.
In Sweden members .of the upper
house serve absolutely for patriotism
and the lower chamber members get
only $335. Moreover, $2.75 per diem is
deducted for non-attendance. Even the
unpaid upper Mouse is fined for, ab
senteeism, although its members get
nothing not even train fares.
The Greek lawgiver is a $360 per an
num man, with additions for overtime
work (such as in the recent war). It
was suggested recently that these sal
aries should be "docked" slightly, so as
to help pay the Turkish indemnity, but
the idea was condemned promptly.
Switzerland gives her councillors some
thing less than five dollars a week, with
about six cents a day for traveling-expenses.
N. Y. Sun.
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has something pleasant to say, and is a
railway knight errant, ever ready to
succor a distressed maiden or an old
lady in difficulty.. He will atop the
train between stations, if be catches
sight of an old lady driving down the
road, suspected of wishing to board
the train, and will help her out of the
carriage, bundles and all, and say:
"This way, grandma, to the ladies'
car," find her a comfortable seat, and
inquire about the health of her entire
family. Then he jerks the bell for the
train to move on. He knows every
inmate of every farm or plantation on
his run. He calls the respectable-looking
old-time darkies "uncle" and
"mammy," and cracks a joke with them
about beinrr a runaway couple. The
"generals,". "judges," "colonels," and
"squires" receive particular attention,
and are for him when there is any pro
motion in the company to a man. Often
he is an old soldier, and runs up against
an old comrade, and then dire threats
are made about putting bim off the
train if he don't "hand out that ticket
right away." He will pop down along
side the prettiest girl on the train and
commence talking - about the. next pic
nic or county fair; always friendly,
pleasant, and provincial, but never vul
gar, he is a terror to the occasional
tough or drummer who gets noisy or
. loud, and is not afraid of anything that
wears clothes. If .there is a washout
and a delay he knows where there is
good fishing and offers to pilot the
passengers to the perch. If there is an
accident he has nerve,' sense and fore
thought, and comes out uncommonly
strong as an emergency man. He has
no cast-iron rules about tickets, pro
viding no fraud is evident, but he is as
smart as a whip in detecting the free
rider. Take him all in all, he is a dandy
as a conductor, and makes more friends
for the road in one trip than the other
kind do in a year.
A f septet Siugi,
WONDERFUL RECOVERY OF HISS HATTIE KING.
Stricken to tbe Bed and upon the Verge of Insanity She Finds a Remedy when Hope
bad Almost Fled Tbe Best Physicians Failed to da Anything for Her.
From the Ithacan, Ithaca, If. Y.
Miss Hattie King, of 94 Humboldt Street,
Ithaca, N. Y., who was recently so ill that
little hope was entertained of her recovery,
has entirely- regained her health.' Her cass
is one of unusual interest. Following is sub
stantially the lantmaze of. her stepfather.
Chas. M. Burnett, corroborated by that of
the mower, in a peak in? to a reporter oi the
ithacan:
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MISS HATTIE "SfSQr.
"Hattie is now seventeen years old. A
year ajjo last Autmot she began to complain
of dizziness, which became gradually worse.
She suffered excessive nausea and attacks of
vomitine. There were davs when she could
keep little or nothing on her stomach. She
also was troubled with kidney disease. Her
blood was so thin that the drop or two drawn
by the prick of a needle was almost as color
less as water. She had trouble with her
heart ami often fainted from the slightest
exertion, as npon rising from bed, or from
- cum.
" Another bad symptom was a cough, which
was so unremitting that it was the general
opinion of our friends that she was consume
tivo. She lost flesh rapidly. Sometimes she
would be confined to the bed for two or
three weeks, then be around again, but only
to suffer a relapse.
" She was not only a physical wreck, but
her mind was' affected, and at times she had
no realization of what she was doing. We
feared, in fact, a complete mental overthrow
and consequent removal to an asylum, for
although we had two of the best physicians
in the city, and had tried several proprietary
medicines, none benefited her.
"We had read considerable about Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, and
had also heard of some cases where they
had done good and we decided to give them
a trial. We purchased some at the drug
store of White & Burdick, of this city.
"Hattie began to- take the pills in the
early part of January of this year. Im
provement was noticeable after the first box
had been taken. The first hopeful sign that
I noticed was that she did not complain of
headache. The attacks of dizziness also be
gan to abate in frequency, and she ceased to
cough. One after another, the distressing
symptoms left her. She took, in all, nine
boxes of the pills. At the present time she
is in perfect health. The alteration in her
mind and body is almost past belief.
" I cannot say cnoutrh in nraise of Dr. Wil
liams' Pink Pills, for they saved the life of
our daughter."
(Signed) CHARLES M. BURNETT.
Subscribed and sworn to before me Mat
8th,18r.' C. R. WOLCOTT, Notary Public,
In and tor loiupkins County, N. Y.
Br. Williams' Pink Pilts for Pale Peonle
are sold by all dealers, or will be Bent post paid
on receipt of pries, 50 cents a box, or six boxen
for $2.50 (they are never sold m bulk or by
the 100) by addressing Dr. Williams' Mediciu
Co., Schenectady.. Y.
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Wasco Warehouse Company
Headquarters for Seed Grain of ail kinds.
Headquarters for Feed Grain of ail kinds.
Headquarters for Rolled Grain, ail kinds.
Headquarters for Bran. Shorts, tt"
Headquarters for "Byers Best" Pendle-
f(-T"l TJ,TfY1'lT This Floor is manufacture expressly for family
wVJJJi J. AVCIA. nee. every Rack is guaranteed to give satisfaction.
We sell oar eoods lower than any honee-in the trade, and if vou'don't think so
call and get oar prices and be convinced.
Highest Prices Paid for What, Barley and Oats.
has the best Dress Goods
has the best Shoes
' everything to be found' in a
; first-class Dry Goods Store.
C. F) STEPHENS.
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