THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE. SATURDAY. NO VEMBER19, 1898 Ike Weekly Ghroniele. Advertising- Kate. - Fertnck. One Inch or less In Daily...... $1 60 O er two inches and under four inches. . ... I 00 f -r (nnr Inches and under twelve inches. . O rer twelve Inches . . . SO . .. DAILY Aa tUUT, One Inch or less, -per Inch $260 Over one inch and under four Inches 2 00 Over four inches and under twelve inches. . 1 SO Over twelve Inches ... 1 00 CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT a Demo of 5,557; Following the - general rule, the elections of 1898 would have gone heavilv asainst the Republicans. Dis- aflaPnnlinM i viHi r an amintefmtinn usually finds expression in the first concessional election after the in- nu 2 oration of the president on trial In 1862 the Democrats made a cam paign against the Lincoln administra tion on the conduct of the war. They reduced the Republican and Union membership In congress' from 135 to 102. and increased the Democratic membership from 48 to 75. Ne York eave a Democratic majority on the state ticket of 10,000; . Pennsyl vania, 3,500; New Jersey, 14,000 , Ohio, which had given Lincoln i majority of 20,000, gave cratic majority in 1862 Indiana, which had given Lincoln a r majority "of 23,000, gave cratic majority in 1862 of 9,543, and Illinois, which had given Lincoln nearly 12,000 majority in 1860, gave the Democratic candidate for state treasurer in 1862 a majority of 1C, 546. Had Lincoln been a candidate lor re election that rear he would have been defeated. In 1866, after Johnson had suc- . ceeded to the presidency, the un easiness or toe people was as to con gress. The danger then was from the executive, and, with their hope centered in congress, the people elected 143 Republicans to 49 Demo crats. Grant swept, the country in 1872, but the Republicans lost con trol of the hotiso in the oS year of 1874. In 1876, 140 Republicans were elected to 153 Democrats. : In 1 Q7Q 1 a T?AtinriKnaia lot tVia man ni a - v t J uj uuviivau Ataw uu a ut tv and had only 130 . members in. the bouse to 149 of the Democrats. In 1880 the Republicans practically re-' .-gaiued control of the. senate . and -elected 147 members of the house to .335 Democrats. - - : . Id 1882 there was dissension in the 'Republican ranks, and the Democrats elected 196 members of congress, and the Republicans only 118. In 1884 the Democrats -elected, the president and 182 members of con gress to 140 Republicans. In 1886 . 1 T. , 1 J . I - t ine iiepu oilcans secureu cuuiroi ui the senate and made gains in the bouse the membership standing 170 Democrats to 152 Republicans - : In 1888' the Republicans elected the president and regained control of the bouse by a majority of only five. -In 1890, the off year, there was . a Democratic landslide, and the house . had ?36 Democrats to - 88 Republi cans. Ir. the presidential year of 1892 Cleveland was elected president, and the house had 222 Democrats to 129 PnnnKlinotii Tn the fnnorrpsirnfil ...i.,""""""-" o- off year of 1894 there was a Republi can landslide. If Cleveland had been a candidate that year be would have been overwhelmed in defeat The Republicans carried nearly every Northern state by heavy majorities. and elected 244 members of congress to 104 Democrats. They did not maintain this phenomenal majority in the presidental year of 1896, the Fifty-Fifth or present congress hav in a membership of , 204 Republi cans, 123 Democrats, Z7 ropunsts, and 3 silver men. To break down this majority of fiftv-one the Democrats entered up on the same sort of a campaign in Ausrust last as was' waged against Lincoln in 1862. - They represented that the volunteers in Southern camps were being starved, thst the sick were dying through neglect, and that the army in Cuba was being decimat ed through incompetence .or neg ligence of government officials. . The Democrats were assisted in this des picable' work .by many Republican papers, which joined in the sensation al campaign to excite, alarm, and distress the people. - Wherever Republicans were united on the war Issue the results are very ensouraging. We r have lost : only one slate that gave its electoral vote to McKinley, and we have made gams in states like V Nebraska ' and Kansas, carried by Bryan. In Min nesota local issues and rivalries were thrown to the front, and more than usual disaffection prevailed on ac count of the alleged treatment of certain regimental of the" National guard sent to the front But in most of the states the paramount issue of McKinley 's policy was the one that appealed to voters. Hal MeKmley been a candidate for : president this year he would have, on the returns. received a larger electoral vote than in 1896." : - The fact that there is a Republi can maioritv in the house,' and that the complexion of the several legisla tures assures a Republican majority in the senate after the 4lh of March 1899, is most important to the future of the country. ". The bouse bas little to do with treaties.' but the senate ma'y modify or reject, and thus em barrass the executive. But in this election the expansion policy has been indorsed. A treaty of peace ap oroved bv the president is likely to have the required majority in the senate, and the country will not be halted- in its march toward - a higher destiny. Inter-Ocean. THE KEY TO THE PACIFIC. An eminent English engineer Archibald R. Colquboun, made thorough examination a few years aeo of the Nicaragua canal route. lie published an extended report of his investigations under the significant head of "The Key to the Pacific." In it he maintained that such a canal would render "greater service to the new world than the uez canal aoes to the old," adding: "It will bring Japan, Northern China, - Australasia, and part of Malaysia nearer to the Atlantic cities' of the. United States than they are now to England." For these reasons he held that the canal would be the key to the Pacific The developments of the last six., months have greatly emphasized the" truth oi Colquhoun'e words, and have given them an importance which could not have been foreseen before the an nexation of Hawaii and the battle . of Manila, says the Inter-Ocean. V The Forum of November contains paper on the Nicaragua " canal, written by ex Senator Warner Miller, in which some new facts are. given, besides a "restatement of many facts made fairly. familiar to the public by current discussion of the general sub ject." "One-half of the money wasted at Panama," he asserts, 'would have built the" Nicaragua canal." - This is a startling assertion, but Mr. Miller gives details in justification ' of it The waste at Panama is set down as $256,000,000, while Admiral Walker estimated the cost cf the. Nicaragua waterway at $125,000,000, and Pro- fessor Haupt at $90,000,000.- Mr. Miller's own figures are $100,000,000, and he asserts that, the woik could be (done in five years. If the house of representatives should riass next witer the senate bill, it would in ef fect insure the "completion of the canal early in 1904, at a maximum government guaranty of bonds to the amount of the sum named by Mr. Miller for the cost of the canal. -i Even if the $100,000,000 in ques tion" should cause an increase . of the national debt to the full amount, it would be a good investment. As General Tracy said in one of his re ports as secretary of the - navy, "the canal must be built or two independ ent navies maintained, one in the Atlantic and one in the Pacific, and the increased cost , of building the navy and maintaining . it -would be very much greater than the" cost of building the canal.?.. But there is no doubt that the canal would pay - the interest on the bonds and relieve the government of any . burden.-. The Suez canal pays from 18 to 20 - per. cent a year net profits on - its total cost.- Practically a government guaranty would not add a dollar to the government debt, and in 1 return for it, under the senate bill, the gov ernment would get a controlling in terest in the stock (70 per cent). The entire countrythe South and middle West with their- coal and." iron, the Atlantic seaboard with its manufac tures and commerce, and the Pacificl states . with theirmanifold unde veloped - resources would " share in the common benefits. - Mr. Miller gives some interesting figures in reply to the practical ques tions which the subject suggests. He takes Shanghai, the dividing point of the trade spheres of - the Suez and Nicaragua canals, as the base of highly interesting calculation. ; At the present time our commerce labors under the net disadvantage of 2,030 miles in vovascs to Shanghai," as compare! with that of Liverpool This is about three fourths the dis tance across the Atlantic. . But by the Nicaragua route this disadvantage would be wholly" overcome," with mall marsin in our favor. - With Yokohama as the base of calculation much the same results are " reached only "our advantage l would be still greater. An advantage of between 2.500 and 3.000 miles would accrue to our trade with all South American and Mexican points on the Pacific, and it is to be remembered that the Pacific commerce of the southern half of the new world is".' far larger than its Atlantic commerce. Tho truth is that ever r since the opening of the Suez canal, -in 1870, European commerce has bad a great advantage over the commerce of the United States. In.-., this respect Europe's advantage has been a seri ous handicap to the J commercial de velopment of this country." - CONCERN ABOUT AMERICA. It is clear Europe is far astray re garding the sort of influence which the United States is going to exert in the politics of the world.- This (act is brought out by expressions of some public men and newspapers on the other side of the Atlantic in the past two or ,.. three days. . Oddly enough, Premier - Salisbury, though unintentionally, is part'y responsible for this misapprehension. In a speech a few days ago the Premier remarked that this "is the first year .in, which the mighty force of - tho American republic has been introduced, among nations whose dominions are expand ing, and whose instruments, to a cer tain extent, are I '. war."- He added that he is not refusing sympathy to America "in the difficulties through which it has passed, but no one can deny that its appearance among factors Asiatic at all events, and pos sibly in European, diplomacy, is a grave and serious event, 'which may not conduce to the interests of peace, though I think in any event it is likely to conduce to the- interests of Great Britain." - , : i - : Throughout Europe, in and. out of England, it is plain that an Interpre tation has been put upon these words which their author did not have in mind when he uttered them. Some of the English papers say that the Premier's words in relation to the United States are "ill-advised" , and maladroit." - One of them, the -London Chronicle, says the entrance of the United States into the politics of the world wilj neither make for war nor be a partisan advantage o Great Britain. '. Outside of England the Premier's words are exciting "some alarm. ' Silvela,' the Spanish conser vative, chieftain, said receptly, in referring to these remarks and to the result of the American congressional elections last Tuesday, that America is determined to "extract the full pound o! flesh from "Spain.'' The diplomats of the various European countries who are stationed at Rome magme they see in the Salisbury speech indications that "an under standing exists between London and Washington." This feeling is voiced by many of the newspapers in France, Germany and Spain. ' As .the Lon don Spectator says, "the statesmen of the continent, fear the advent of the United States in European politics," they think there is "an Anglo-Saxon alliance," and they imagine this has "ail manner of menaces" to the peace of Europe."-... .' '.. . . ' All this is surprising to theUajted States. ? On both points covered - by continental Europe's forebodings the American people can make a very positive 7 disclaimer. - No alliance exists between the United ; States and Great Britain. The entrance of the United States in the politics of the world carries with it no., menace of war. It is possible that there ia an understanding between .'the govern ments of the two nations on certain matters of foreign politics, but it is safe to say that if any 6ucli agree ment exists it is in the vaguest and most general terms. It falls far short of what is understood m conti nental Europe by the term .alliance. The United States, would enter into no alliance except in actual war, and that compact would cover no exigen cies except those occurring during that struggle or directly, growing out of it. There is not the faintest prob ability that any conditions will arise at any time in - the near " future to make an alliance necessary or desire able. There is a certain sympathy and identity of interests existing be tween the two countries, and this fact being known to all the world an alli ance is not needed. -The influence of the United States wilt be for peace, providing Europe refrains from in terfering with American concerns. America, howeveriwill resent any attempt at coercion like that which continental Europe made'- against Japan after the war with China' By the exercise of her guardianship over the affairs of the New World for. the past three-quarters of a century the United States has done" more to maintain the peace among nations than any ether country." It has thus done a grand work for civilization, and in the future its services in the came cause will have a broader scope than in the past, and they will tend, unless there is European interference, to extend the blessings of peace throughout the world. Globe Demo crat. - - . :. BILLS ALLOWED. 8 75 3 00 1 75 132 25 11 95 13 05 9 50 . 43 20 -J 2 00 . 3 50 15 70 90 125 00 v 25 03 v 75 00 V'3 25 If 25 304 79 67 75 170 00 3 00 "1 32 12 00 . 2 00 3 00 v 17 15 .38 40 159 14 5 00 : 11 40 Fred Verbes, patting in wood .'.$ D YV Manger, work on bridge. . S J Brown, sawing wood..;...." Lewis & Dryden Co, records. . . . Hugh Glenn, book case circuit nidge a omce ..... Irwin-Hodson Co, supplies sher-. ifl's office. ... Irwin &Hodson,Bupplie8jclerk'8 onice. ...... Chas Wallace, constable fees John Beigan, - dent sheriff at election . A H Heekman, witness fees. . . Oregon .Telephone & Telegraph Co. messages and rent... L Rorden & Co, pitcher for court house . . . ........ 1 ....... . .. Lucas Blank, repairing and cleaning county iml ....... 15 00 Glass & Pradhome, supplies. . . . - 290 WH Whipple, assessor. . . . 208 00 Sutherland, witness tees. . . . 4 OO Ida,Wakefielk, wk on tax rolls . Josie Jenkins,. ...,- do ...... Scnueck& Beall, insurance pre mium. . .". . . .J. ......... . I C Nickelson, supplies. ....... . Dalles City Water Works, water rent.-. :t .".". .-- v. . . ... . Robert Kelly, board of prisoners Chronicle Publishing Co, print ing and publishing. ... Peter Godlrey.work on read. . : '.- LL McCartney, - co Van Luyn . sr Adams, supplies conntv road.. w. P H Meefter, labor on road.... -J A Campbell, - do . - i Marion-Hunt ; do -Mays & Crowesupplies. ....... Ward & Son, Umber for bridge J T Peters & Co, wood and lum ber v..... H H Tomlinson, balance-on bill J-B Goit. surveying.: '. . .... Wm Ba wson, viewing road . . . . . H. M Morgan, . do :: Bavid Stewart, ' do "-: D D Nelson, cbainman. . - JS Obnst do - D L Cates, jaror inquest Peter- eon t .A. ........... ... .. C H Trask, r r. do.;:-- ' John Trana .. . ' do - - A B Glazier,- : "do - . ' C Meuiri, . do """.".; " W H Glazier. do . . - Francis Conlin, witness. . . . . Jack McCamy, ; do -James Vasom, ' . do ' , Andrew Frasere, do , ., - W H Butts, coroner,." ... .. . .-. . Or M. F Shaw, attending pauper Mrs M S Noteman, caring tor pauper.-. . .'. ...... ... . .-; -. ; Williams A Broeius, medicine for pauper. .-; Cbas Chandler, assistance for J pauper. . ... ........ . .'.v.. . ; . . Dr B J Pilkington, assistance for pauper (not allowed) - Hoys and Girls Aid Society, keeping Waeco county chil dren.: . ...V. Mrs M Glisan, board and lodg ing paupers, v. ;. ............ . .- St Vincent Hospital, care pan-. pers;. '.. ...... . ' . B Goit, establishing section corner....... F C Brosius, services and medi cine for pan pers.. Dr O O Hollister, examining in- .. eane-and care for pauper. ... . L Klindt labor on road . v . . . . r : C E Bayard, fees justice of the peace ; F N Hill, fees conetable. . . ..... ; WITNESS FBES. "f , " . C W Deilxel....- 1 50 J LKelly ...... ...... 1 50 M Eandall ....... ... " 1 50 HH Bidden-.....,:.........:.1 1 50 C L Phillips. . . ;.. . . . . . . .... . . ... " 1 50 C F Latter, r: .. . . . .. . .ii. . -1 50 Geo A Meloy ...... " . 9 00 Jasper Ensley...... '. .8 60 L-Davia.-i.. lu... ...... . 8 60 H Pitman..-.........,....-..: 4 50 W Wilson.. : 1 50 C F Laner., .....r.. .......... . '1 50 Ah Chow. . . . . ............. ... . 1 60 W H Morris ...:...:..... . . , . ' 1 60 Monroe Drake. . .." ......... S 10 Mrs S J Drake. ...... . . .- 3 10 Mrs Lizzie Dufar. . ...... .' . . . . 6 00 ABDnfur......,.....: ... 6 00 Chas Sparling v... 6 00 Elmer Bouse. , v. ............... 6 00 ."BOUSTIKS ON WILD ANIMALS," " ' Calep Shortd. .7 .............. 1 00 Fred Wittle ; . . - 1 00 D J Cooper. ..... .V. . . . . . . . .-. 1 00 Otis Burford 1 00 Fred Wickman .r. ... . 2 00 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 00 00 00 00 00 00 50 "50 I 50 1 50 20 75 54 00 -16 00 10 95 12 50 13 50 1000 80 00 60 00 2 1 50 16 30 40 00 4 00 76 15 94 95 O L Walter...."...-. J F Smith. Ben Morgan . . W A B Campbell... C H Kope H F Wagonblast; M W Freeman .-. . . . . T J Brown Mrs J W Thomas. . . . H Snipes..:..;...'.., Balph Doyle.. . ..... FrankGable. .. . ... . W J Davidson:...-... T Wilson. vv.r.r.:... J W Ruasell.... ."...:. W C Gordian August Reese. . . . . ... Geo A Malory....... Calvin Dnrna'kin . . . A Y Marsh.. D A Turner OL Walters., .. .... E E Gustin A R Thorn psen. Clarence Dunsmore. . Peter Fleck.......... J L Confer ..... ... W FGuyton........ J F Smith ...... Angust Deckart J T Davenport. . . :. , J W Elton H F Woodcock ...... B Sellinger. . Robert Leaeure. .. A G McCarney . . . . . Henry Snipes'.'. :V. .. Frank Johnson Thompson (Indian).. Jesse Flemming Stockmen's Union '' ' W B Winans........ : 2 00 . 1 00 2 00 ' 52 00 1 CO 2 C3 1 00 r-- 1 00 : . i oo - 1 oo , 2 00 23 00 100 3 00 3 00 1 00 1 00 3 00 3 00 1 00 2 00 1 00 1 00 - 2 00 1 00 3 00 3 00 - 2 00 2 00 1 00 2 00 3 00 15 00 4 00 5 00 1 00 2 00 1 00 1 00 2 00 108 00 1 00 , ' - WITNESS FEES. William Allen.". ......:. 1 1 50 Arthur Clarke. ... . . . - 150 Rudolph Fiank 1 50 Allen Roberts ....... ..... . 5 50 Gerald Wysa.r.. 550 Chas Adams. ...... . 420 Joseph Hannah.;...'.-. ., j.. "4 20 Paul Schmidt 3 00 Mike Welsh.. 150 Henry Hanna 2 70 Jacob Whittle , . . ; . ... 2 90 C W Gott..r;.. :. 1 00 Joseph Bergeson... .. . 1 50 Walter Scott... . 150 R J Long.... ...;.....: . 1 50 M M Cnshing.keeping paupers. '-"-' 16 00 C L Gilbert, sundry bills.- 142 25 J A Doutbit, pub. and printing, not allowed. ............. 1215 G M Cornett, fare for prisoners from Antelope .4-..- : 12 00 E J Glisan, board for prisoners from Antelope ." .- 6 00 W H Butts coroner's fees....... 13 75 coeonee's jdby' - r ' ' DS Dnfur..., 1 2 60 Lcuie Alonteaillo. . v -1 60 C" Gosser. 1 00 W C Clark.. 1 00 Geo W Henderson, rebateon tax " 7 04 Mrs H W Gamble. . .-. . :. ; 13 00 J A Doutbit, printing and. pub- - -7 lishing 10 00 Dr B C Bjnehart, attendance on pauper, not allowed.;. ........ 25 00 Florence. Crittenden "Refuge Home appropriation-. ,. 60.00 W R Winans, ter vices snpervieor 20 00 M M Sill, witness fee. . . . . : - 1 60 Chas Delore, " " I.-; 1 60 J W Blakeney, conveying pauper to boat.-i'. . . - " 50 L" D Holgate, rebate taxes,c . . . . v 6 82 -Are Needing A sslataocfj, ""-- . A special edition has been issued by the Canyon City News devoted mainly to giving publicity to the fact that the people of that city who loet their homes, in fact all . they possessed on earth in a financial way, are in a pitiable condition. It says:- - . . "-."-" " - We must have assistance from the outside world and must have it quickly or misery and hardships will follow in the wake of the fire. On the eve of a cold and chillv winter lrt"h hnrtiarf nut of a comfortable home and fnrcpH nnt into the cold and cheerless world with hardly clothes enough to cover our backs, we would be heartless if we were not thankful for whatever favor granted. Think of home and children. Dalles people surely have had ex perience enough in this line to place them in a position to sympathize with and assist : their unfortunate neighbors. " While it seems to our citizens that everyday brings forth new avenues which call for -expenditures, yet certainly this is one which cannot be, nor would we seek to overlook. The smallest contribution will be gratefully received. Let us not forget the days of our own need, and thus we will be led to sympathize with those of oar neighbors. Beside, in a business way The Dalles bas received very substantial aid from the residents of that section. :- Whemt, and Other ThiDgK. The wheat outlook is still discourag ing, the price remaining at 51 cents. Re ports from exporting points everywhere are in the same tone. " '. . Oar local markets are asollows: Hay and grain Wheat, $10 a ton. Timothy,$12. Oats, $24. Barley, (rolled) $24. Bran and shorts, $14. Potatoes 45 cents a sack. Cabbage lucent a pound. Cauliflower 75 cents a dozen. Celery 40 cents a dozen. Onions $1.15 a sack. Carrots, beets, turnips and parsnips 1 cent a pound. Eggs Eastern, 22; Oregon, 25 cents. Butter Creamery, 55; dairy, 50 cents. Chickens $2.75 to $3 a dozen. ' Ducks $3.50 a dozen. " - Turkeys Alive, 9 cts; dressed, 11 cts. Special' Lecture, by Request, The ladies of The Dalles who have listened to Mrs. Read's lectures, realiz ing the necessity of a better understand ing of the human body and the laws of health governing it, have requested her to remain over and give a special lecture to mothers and daughters this Saturday afternoon. The lecture will be held in the small K. of P. ' Hal! and wiil begin promptly at 2:30 o'clock. At the close of the general-lecture there will, be a special talk to girls. Questions oral or written will be answered.' Admit sion free. Bacfclen'a Arinca salve. The best salve in the wor.d for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheumT fever sores, tetter, chapped bands,- chilblains, corns, and al? skin eruptions, and posi lively cuiea piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac tion, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Blakeley and Houghton, druggists. 5Vivy Jieux Iiine of No. No. No. 7 Woodland cook stove . .. 8- ." . ". " " , ... 8 Wood Garland, jr., cook stove. Just Received. ...f 7.50 8.50 .. 15.00 -No. 8 Wood Garland, jr., reservoir and base 25.00 No. 83ridal Garland ;........:.:................. 23.00 No. 8 Bridal Garland and reservoir ...7. .. 33.00 1 - No. 8 Home Garland cook stove 25.00 C No 8 Home Garland cook and reservoir. 35.00 1- No. 8 Home Garland range 40.00. No. o Home Garland range and reservoir.... 45.00 JNo. 8 .umpire Garland steel range ........... .... 4o.00 - Also a full line of -Cole's l'fr; Heaters just received. HoV Blast Air Tight Everybody knows that "Garland"- stoves and ranges are the : world's best. .They combine elegant finish, durability, and con venience, with economy of fuel, and in spite of all competition hold their station far in advance ol all others. We take pleasure in call- -ing attention to our list of stoves on hand. . Sold exclusively by .... The Dalies, Or. Hardware and Grocery Merchants Money Saved is Money Earned. i .ij 1." 1.. 'w'""n'" 1 Hrn ri n MM - Wishes to inform. the public that he is still in the - . - UNDERTAKING AND PICTURE-FRAME BUSINESS. ' " And persons needing anything in these lines can save money ; . . - , j by calling on him before dealing elaewhere. - Satisfactiorv Guaranteed. ' Third andWashmgton Sts