THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE. SATURDAY. MARCH 24. 1000
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IT IS XOT A COXSTITUTIOXAL
QUEST! OX.
A contemporary takes The Chkhn
ici.k to tak for saying that tlie
Uniteil Suite is under no constitu
tional obligation to open our ports
to Hie free exchange of commodities
with our new possessions. Well,
this is a question to be determined
by reason and noi by abuse. It will
not suffice for au answer to quote
the provision of the constitution that
says that "all duties, imports and
excises shall be uniform throughout
the United States" unless it be first
showu that the constitution, of its
own force, and without any action of
congress, applies to the possessions
in question. Does it so apply ? Then
we have violated the constitution in
every territory that has come iato
our possession since the act of 1798
establishing a lerriloiial government
for Mississipi, down to the time of
the acquisition of Puerto Rico and
ttie Philippines. More than that.
We are now violating the constitu
tion in every territory, organized or
unorganized, in our possession. Cong
ress has invariably established prin
ciples in regard to our territories that
are utterly repugnant to the consti
tution. In what territory is the
federal judiciary established accord
ing to the terms of the constitution?
Why has Alaska no representation in
thf federal congress? How did we
govern Florida and Louisiana before
they became states? By what right
did we maintain special tariff laws in
Florida or establish Andrew Jackson,
himself, lu the territory as its gov
ernor, he being legislator, judiciary
and executive all in one? If the
constitution rules in Puerto Hico and
the Philippines why are they under
quasi military rule ? Why are they
not represented in the United States
congress? If they are a part of the
United States, in the sense of the con
stitution, why are they deprived of
the right to partake in the choice of
a president and vice-president? The
truth is our custom has always been
to pass such laws for our territories
as congress deemed suitable to their
condition and this right was never
dooied till John C. Calhoun, to fit
the case of slavery, invented the
doctrine that the constitution applies
of its own force, apart from congres
sional action, to all our possessions.
This doctrine Thomas II. Benton (no
bad Democrat in his day) calls "a
vagary of a diseased imagination"
and adds that "the constitution does
nothing of itself, not even in the
stales for which it was made. Every
part of it requites a law to put it in
operation. No part of it can reach
territory unless imparted to it by
act of congress." We repeat, there
fore, the doctrine that has called
down on Tiik Ciikomclk the iroputa
tion or "wearing Mark Ilanna's col
lar" and all the plutocratic parapher
nalia of diseased Bryanite concep
tion. The man who denies it is
ignorant of the history of his country
and ouht to have the grace of
silence till be is better informed.
000 in the contest, but Corbett nor
Simon nor the Oregonian will ever
tell us where Jonathan Bourne, who
was reputably bankrupt, got the
mocey to buy every Vojulist in the
legislature save one, as the Populist
leader, U'Ken, publicly owned, and
run a hotel at the same time for tho
grosser beasts, tilled with Portland
Cyprians and all the auxiliaries and
niinisirants of human lust. There is
not a well-informed man in Oregon
who does not believe that the bank
rupt Bourne executed the icheme of
the hold-i:p to accomplish Mitchell's
defeat; that Joo Simon furnished
the brains; that both pulled Corbelt's
leg, and finally, that Corbett sub
mitted to the operation because lie
expected tho usufruct that Simon
captured at a later stage of the
game. And there is not a word that
Simon has said, nor ft line that Cor
bett has written that throws a shadow
of doubt on this view. The editor
of this paper writes dispassionately
lie was never a Mitchell man in the
sense that he would or could have
voted for any man who believed in
the beresay of free silver. His record
as an original and consistent advo
cate of the single gold standard, in
its own small way, needs no apology,
but he never can cease to believe
that the measures adapted to defeat
Mr. Mitchell were rotten to the core
and in the highest degree un-American,
un-Kepublican and revolution-
T-
A dispatch that appears elsewhere
says that Germany stands ready with
1 1 oops to protect American mission
aries in Shan Tung province, China.
Not only that but she recently dis
patched an expiditionary force to
Ichon Fu for their protection. Not
only that but she has actually licked
a lot of hoodlums of an anti-missionary
riot and arrested and punished
the ring-leaders. This beats banagher.
What is the country coming to any
way ? What can Bryan and Sulzer
and Pettigrew be thinking of? If
this thing lasts and Bryan isn't
elected next fall we will have "secret
treaties" and friendly relations with
every country on the globe.
j A VER YERTER OF WORtS.
We are decidedly grateful, says
our Court street contemporary, that
Tho Chronicle takes the position
that tho constitution cf the United
Slates, that document on which the
union of stales was founded, stands
for nothing.
You are, are you ? When did Tiik
Ciikosici.k say anything that the
most perverted, Bryanite ingenuity
could ronslrifu in this maimer? Is
this your answer to Tim CiiUaNU'iVa
contention that tho constitution does
not, and never did, follow the flag of
its own fort e, and never went, in
whole or in part, to any territory of
tho United Slates till congress sent it
there? Tins Ciiuonhlk says "the
constitution stands for nothing,"
does it? Tiik CiutoNici.it says "damn
the constitution,' does it? Bo It
known to von. O vou pervcrtcr of
words you cannol answer, that Tim
CiiHoNii us has more revtrenco for
the constitution than any Bryanite
outside the domain of Pluto.
It is announced that Carlz Schuiz
will sunwit Hi van. Good! If
Bryan will survive that kind of
blow he may live to bo omjicror of
the Sulus.
Heath of llobsrt Jeasoa Slants.
Ibe present generation need not
concern, itself about the political
status of the inhabitants of our new
possessions. It will be time enough
to cross that bridge when we come
to it. The acts of annexation did
not make them citizens and tbey
may never be made citizens in the
sense that would permit tbem to
take part in the government of the
states. ne have governed New
Mexico as a territory for half a
century, n e may, if it be judged
Gt, govern our new possessions in
the same way for twice half a cen
tury. By that lime the entire
generation cf antis will have died
and gone to heaven, let us hope.
WASIIIXU DIRTY LIXEX.
Once more let us hope it is the
last time Ibe dirty linen of the leg
islative hold-up of 18'J7 has been
(lut through the public wash tub only
to come out of the soak as dirty as
ever, or more so. Il is all ancient
history, this nasty story of a nasty
business. Senator Simon charges
Senator Mitchell wilk directly caus
ing tho hold-up, when he knows
better; every intelligent man In Ore
gon knows belter. Mitchell had
everything to gain and nothing to
lose by the organization of the legis
lature. The Oregonian, with tardy
frankness, admits that "it did not
want the legislature to organize" be
cause, in that case, Mitchell would
have been elected. For the same
reason Simon did not wnnt the legis
lature to organize, and Simon, long
headed as he is, may have had other
reasons personal to himself. Mr.
Corbett snyj Mr. Mitchell spent JO,-
Democratic senators, It is said,
very much fear that the final result
of the Puerto Iiican difficulty will be
the passage of the government bill
with the tariff features left out. The
leaders would mu'.h prefer to vote
against the tariff and have the bill
passed wiih that feature retained.
They want campaign material and
tbey want it bad. This is Demo
cratic politics in the year of our
Lord 1900.
Dufur four years ago was red
hot center of the free si!ver mania.
Today, according to the report of
one who knows every man in the
precinct, two only are suspected of
clinging to the fallacy and of these
one is a socialist, and therefore not
responsible, while the other says
nothing and will, it is more than
probable, vote right when the time
comes.
n
Il is said that if the Prohibitionists j
of Oregon put a ticket in the field it
will have to be by petition, as under
the Oregon law they failed to cast
the necessary S per cent vote to en
title them to be considered a party
organization.
Died, Sunday, March IS, 1900. at the
residence nl Hon. II. II. I'ulur, ol
Rirujey precinct, Kjbert Jensen Stunts,
son of the late John G. Slli, a pioneer
resident of the Dufur neighborhood,
aged 27 tears. The deceased had suf
fered lone from consumption asu had
returned, a short time before bis demise,
from Pasadena, Calif., whither be had
gone in hope of relief. On hit return
he was taken to the home of Mr. Dufur
where all that medical skill and mother
ly care eoalJ do was tendered him till
the end came. He leaves two brothers,
W. II. and J. W. Staala, of Ramsey,
and Emma, an unmarried sister, resid
ing in Portland.
The funeral, which took place Monday,
was attended by the residents of the
neighborhood tor miles around, all the
business houses in Dufur were closed,
out of re-pect for the deceased, and even
the schools were closed 'for half the day.
K hert Jen sod btaata was a young
nun of bigli moral character and of
steady and iudustrlous habits. He had
the respect and esteem of all who knew
him.
T. J. Manpio, one of Hon. II. II.
Dnfur's rangers on the Bull Kan district,
writes to Mr. Dufur under date of March
20, saying that he had just been up Mt.
Hood a lar as the crater and that there
is very little snow on the mountains
this year, ami south of Mt. Hood hardly
aoyatall. Mr. Yorum, who lives at
Government Camp, told Mr. Maupin
that he has not seen as little snow In
the mountains at this time of the year
la 20 years. Wild flowers are In bloom
andthegrass is growing rapidly. One
week of good weather, Mr. Maupio
thinks, will take all the snow off the
Barlow road. At Government Camp
only 12 inches remained, while from the
toll gate to Laurel Hill was as dry as
timber. There is no snow on the Boll
Run reserve aad very little around It
Mr. Maupin expects the Barlow road to
be open for travel about the first of
April.
Everybody here knows of the kinder
garten school conducted by Miss
Anna Taylor in the vestry back of
the First Baptist church building. Irene
Poling, the litllo daughter of Rev. D. V
Poling, attends the school. She is 1
particularly bright and observant little
body ; smart as a whip and the cutest
kind of a chip off the old block. Miss
Taylor was explaining the other day to
the little folks the mysteries of the
American flag. She told them that
every star meant a state; that there
were 45 stars on the d ig and that for
every new state added to the original
thirteen, a new star was added to the
flijr. I rent's eyes brightened and her
little hand went np. "What is it
Irene?" askej the teacher. "Please
Miss Anna, wont we soon have a new
star on the flag?" "Why, my dear?'
asked Miss Taylor. "On account of
Mianiko," was the answer.
If anybody
SII0ULD COAL GIVE OUT.
ftlaaMrleal Knerar www Water!
rorrti Weald aapalr flealr
ut IStwer.
Are we utterly dependent upon coal,
so that the wheels cf Industry will atop'
and the forests lie consumed for fuel
when conl gives out? Of ruurennt. It
is an Idle fear. Already we have the be
ginnings of new met hod of utilising
tiaturul energy whlrh will prove enor
mously inure eftVctHe llinn coal ever
has liven, and will he prnclirully Inex
haustible lo whatever extent Industry
may expand, says tiunton'a Magasliir.
Electrical energy, developed h.v water
power, will run the world' industries,
furnish it light and heat, and he the
universal substitute for all foriui of
conilni'.tioli methods. Water niwer l
practically unlimited, and it will he util
ized more and more In proportion nthe
need for it arises and as it hevomea, nt
different places and at successive peri
od, cheaper than onal. The suhstitu
tlon will proceed gradually, until, when
the coal supply finally is exhausted, 110
biidy will have anything more than a
curious or academic Interent In the mat
ter, and probably not a ripple wilt he
produced In the steady onward flow of (
the world's industry. As the itte of wa
ter power to develop electrical energy 1
increases to the point of formidable
competition with coal, electrical stu-j
dentsand Inventors will doubtless bring,
out Improvements making It possible to'
tore the power or conduct It longdis-'
tames at small rout, until our factories, j
railroads and ships can tie operated by
It, our houses lighted and warmed and'
foot! prepared, all at even less expense
than is possible to-day with coal.
SPRUCE TIMBER SCARCE.
raaer-SSakers Mar He Drlvea the
I e at Soma other Waae ar
Material.
The forthcoming report of S. W.
Matthews, -oinmlsioner of latior for
the state of Maine, will contnin a chap
ter devoted to the pulp and paer man
ufarturlnfr of the state. A table will
be published showing the acreage of
apruce timber lands in Maine, the
amount of that wood used each year for
manufacturing piier and give other
data concerning the Imlustry. The
commissioner will alsn urge the adop
tion of some other material. If possible,
from which newa paper can be ma.le,
ays the New York Times.
Maine people are nuirh agitated over
the fust depletion of the slate forests
by paper makers, and it is possible that
n hill will lie introduced in the next
legislature prohibiting the cutting of
spruce for a term of years. It Is hned
that by this method the forests will
hare a chanre to gain lost ground In
season to prevent the complete ex-'
termination of that valuable tree. The'
iuiter-makcri are, therefore, doW
much thinking as to what course to
pursue, and it is likely thnt before long
they will substitute poplar or birch for
spruce timlier. I
An experiment now lieing made in
Missouri with cornstalks for making
paiier Is Wing watched with Interest
here. It Is said that thus far fair sue-1
cess hits ,,;r. made with that material
ami a good qualify of paper has been
made. Much of the tinil.. rent In Maine
govs to New Ifnmpshlre. where one mill
alone turns out 210 tons of paiier each
iiny irora spruce timlier. i
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A HIGH PRICED PIANO.
The faithful at Kugenc want to
hear Bryan but tbey arc informed
that that luxury will cost them 220.
Spellbinding cf the Bryan brand
comes high.
Paint your house with paints that are
fully guaranteed to last. Clarke A Falk
Lave tl.em.
has any lingering sus
plcion that this Eastern Oregon of ours
is only fit for tlorkMising or that It d es
not do a little (arming once in awhile on
the side, he ought to take a trip to the
country hack of the Rlalock larni in
Gilliam county. Y.x Governor Moody
weni up mere yesterday to look at a
piece of land he has owned for some
time, which he I as rented to Smith
Iiro. While there he saw In one field
If yon will the Smltli Bros. Willi eloven
ten-horse teams, cultivating' air seeding
snciiner fallow at the rate of ten acres a
day for each team, or one hundred and
ten acres s day for the eleven teams!
Think of it, yecnltivatora of two-ty four
wheat pate lies on the Willamette, and
ye, too, sut jcts of an effete civilization
In the far eas'. We're In the farming
business out here, I tell you. That's
what we are.
Fresh cracked Nebrahka corn at the
Wasco warehouse. Finest kind of
chicken feed, tncl:20-n
Una That Was Maa for Famaes
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A wonderful piano has been made by
Jan Van licers, the Itelg-ian artist,
whose portraits of beautiful women are
famous, t he painter owns one of the
most remarkable houses In 1'aris and
has given years to the study of interior
decoration, says the New York Com
mercial Advertiser, lie admits that
the exquisite instrument which .he Is
froing to exhibit at the exposition next
summer Is probably the most beauti
ful piano of ancient or modern times.
Of cour se, only the shell or case is his
work; whose make the Instrument
shall be will 1 determined by the pur
chaser. The body of the piano is of
natural wood, tinted green; the legs,
garlands, Cupids and all the ornamenta- J
lions are of bronze, gilded and chim lrd
ViV I ri ft h!i. . r 11 1 i.l na. i.t f i.t Hi..... f
bronzes In l'aris. The fine sketches HISIEY from fi.'ft to .tkl fr tallon. (i io lfi fears old.") "" 22".
which appear on the sides and on the IMPORTED COGNAC from $7.00 to 112.00 te rsllou. (II to W yearil.ld.7"
front of the piano are paintings by the CA LirOEIIA ERASDII 8 (-m I.V.'ft to n I (j r ,-sllon. (s to 11 year. old.
artist himself and represent the four - -
OBLY THE PUREST LIQUORS SOLD.
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Wholesale and Retail
Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
Agency tor the Greate American Liquor
Yellowstone Sour Mash Whiskey.
seasons, and a minuet danced in the
park In the days of Louis XV., all after
the manner of Watteau.
The dieslgner has tried as far as pos
sible toconvert those parts of the piano
which are ordinarily ungraceful and
awkward into something decorative
and harmonious. The pedals, whlrh
generally represent a lyre, are replaced
oy me owner's initin'.s. fine bronze1
Cupid, at the touch of a sprinir, offers'
his violoncello as a support fur the cover
when open. This cover is lined with
small plnipies of Ivory, eai-h surround
ed by a Louis Quine frnmr of l.r,,..-..
where some day distinguished musi
cians will write their names, using for
this purpose the sheath and arrow of a
Cupid at the left, which have been In-
gtiiioiiHly converted Into Inkstand and
pen. The music. rpHtinir on a .,.n
frame of bronze, which glides forward
upon a spring, Isliirhted bv lwo(t. !l,.i.
eieririo tiowc.rs. and th ,,,.!.. u-
niii.i left In an nereenhle iislf.l!.,!..
The total rost of the piano will not be
i ss man sz.'j.doo.
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Imported Alo and I'orter.
and Vat Wats and Olytnpia fleer In boti'j
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One span of mules, 6 years old. for
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Headquarters for Seed Grain of ail kind.
Headquarters for Feed Grain otrii tin
Headquarters for Rolled Grain, ail kind
u Headquarters for Bran. Shorts,
Headquarters fcr "Byers' Best" Pendle
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This Hour is manufactured eipressly for f'
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