THE DALLES WEEKLY CHTIONICLE. WEDNESDAY, JDLY 18. 1000.
The Weekly Chronicle.
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BOSSES AXO EOSSISM.
The work of t toss ism Logins n'. the
primary, for tin's is llio only pure
democracy that exists in our repre
sentative form of government, and
reformation shou'rt begin here, in
Oregon, as well as elsewhere. Tbs
legislature nest winter should pass a
primary election law, one th.it would
insure the choice of the individual
voter controlling the nominees of the
county, district and slate conven
tions. This would free the people,
in n measure, from the control of
iiarty bosses.
The American system of politics
has developed, or rather evolved a
class of creatures known as "bosses,"
and these wield a most despotic
sway over those who attach them
selves to either party for the personal
and pecuniary advantages to be de
rived. These cringing, subservient
beings, upon whom the boss depends
for success of his schemes, are time
servers in every regard, and would
constitute the servile population in
all countries. They would never
iiavc stood in the ranks at Kuriny
tnede to demand of King John and,
if necessary, die for Magna Charta
.liberties; the' would not have op
posed the Star chamber of Charles I.,
or signed the Declaration of Inde
pendence with the revolutionary
patriots.
The boss himself is generally a
creature of craft and cunning, and
studies more the art of treachery and
duplicity, fully illustrated in the
lialf-savnge races, than the higher
qualities of civilization and intelli
gence. He is not a statesman, but
simply a vulgar boss, who uses a club
against opponents and never argu
ment. He can never be a leader,
'besause he studies methods for con
trolling his satellites and never prin
ciples of government which will
better the masses and ameliorate
their condition.
Our country in theory is a govern
ment of the people, by the people
and for the people; but in fact it is
a government by the machine, of the
machine and for the machine; and
behind the machine is the little boss
and the big boss, .who puts all the
wheels in motion, greases the cogs,
vtnd then sets the apparatus moving
to grind out whomever or whatever
be wants in candidates or platforms
of principles. Then the party whip
is applied, and the boss-duped citizen
bares bis back and cringes under the
lash. This is not liberty. It Is
tyranny of the worst kind, and more
despicable, under the conditions,
than any that has ever disgraced the
sultan of Turkey or the czar of
Russia. Those are autocratic gov
ernments, and the one-man power
is fully understood and expected.
'Ho people can be free under such a
system, and patriotism loses " its
meaning.
The people are subservient to the
-slate-makers, and the slate-makers
are subservient to their own personal
desires and personal greeds. Every
party boss, or slate-maker as he may
bo properly termed, constitutes him
self ihe conscience of the people, and
if the public aro outraged in any
way, they must bear their chagrin
and disappointment in silence, and
must meet the petty tyrant with
smiles and kiss the hand that smote
them. What is patriotism and who
are the patriots under such circum
stances? The rule of bosses is not
patriotism, for they would trample
under foot every vestige of individ
ual liberty to accomplish their pur
poses. Tbcy must own their follow
ers, body and soul. Neither are the
Losses patriotic; for tbcy are fre
quently men not of the highest in
telligence or of the purest motives.
They are generally creatures of eraft
and cunning, who Lave studied the
arts of deception and duplicity, and
are usually adepts io the elements of
character that arc despised by honor
able and upright men. The people
,are not patriotic, who allow thetn-
j selves to be ruled and tyrannized by
these creatures of craft and greed,
and while this condition of affairs
exist true patriotism and true patri
ots ore lulled to sleep by false and
treacherous sire.is.
The delineation of bosses .and
bosisra is absolutely impersonal, and
may or may not be applicable to any
community from the Atlantic sea
board to the Pacific coast, or from
the great lakes to the gulf; and it
may be too highly or two lightly
colored to be artistic; or it may lack
in pose or outline to be a perfect
picture. It may be simply a sketch;
but we are satisfied that the Ameri
can mina is impresses wuii iuu
lineaments, that we are on the eve of
a mighty revolution, when the spirit
of patriotism shall be aroused mid
the people in their might, at tl.
ballot-box. shall sever the chains
that bind them to bosses ai.d boss is in
and be what the fathers of the re
public intended each citizen shoul
be, individually and inherently free
Then the voice of the pcop'o shall
bo the voice of liberty, and tyranny
of every kind shall be unknown in
the great republic of the western
continent
THE MONEY QUESTION.
Tho free-and-unlimited-coinage
of silver plank iu the Democratic
platform adopted in Kansas City is
as prominent as any one in that dec
larntion of principles, and it is a well
known fact that Mr. Bryan would
not have accepted the nomination
for president without the convention
unequivocally endorsed bis views on
the money question. This is a nut
for the gold Democrats to crack, for
as sure as they vote for Mr. Bryan
they endorse his unsound views on
finance, and if they swallow the pill
compounded by the Kansas City con
vention they swallow the 1 C to 1
coinage ratio the same as the anti
trust and anti-in-perialism ingredients
of the mixture. There is no mistak
ing this issue in the next campaign.
It has been forced to the front by
Democratic leaders, and it will be
kept there. Notwithstanding the
fact that by an overwhelming ma
jority the American people four
years ngo buried this fallacy, as it
was thought at that lime, beyond the
power of resurrection, it has been
dug out of its dishonored grave, and
now, with its grave clothes on, it is
pushed again into prominence to do
Its duty during the campaign and
meet its usual fate at the polls in
November.
If Democratic editors and Demo
cratic leaders are honest in their
assertions that Ibis is a dead issue
and that other questions of vital im
portance will be the leading ones in
the coming presidential campaign,
why was it incorporated in tho plat
form, and why was the apostle of
free silver, Mr. Bryan, chosen to
lead the hosts this fall? These
questions must be answered on the
stump, and it is advisable for all
gold standard Democrats who have
returned to the old party to consider,
if by voting for Bryan they aro not
stultifying themselves and support
ing a national candidate and a
national platform which are dia
metrically opposed to their honest,
conscientious opinions?
The condition of tho legations in
Pckin is still shrouded in mystery,
and those acquainted with the situa
tion expect when the gates of tho
capitol of China are opened to the
relieving forces of "Europeans and
Japanese, or when authentic news is
received, tho horrors of Cawnpore,
in comparison, will be mild ard
almost merciful. It is terrible to
think of the fate of the w omen and
children, left almost defenseless, to
the fury of these fanatical and merci
less Asiatics. There will be a terrible
reckoning with these Chinese; but
this will not assuage the grief of rela
tives and friends, or mitigate the
awful fate that befell mothers, wives
and daughters during the hellish
massacre.
and the most important one at pres
ent is tho relief of tho leg-uions at
IV Mi) and the punishment of the
Huxerj for their outrageous treat
ment of foreigners. As Americans
we respect our flijr, and desire its
protecting influenco over all citizens
wherever they may be. American
missionaries have been murdered,
and our minister at Pekin grossly
mistreated. Cliiua uiut make repara
tion for these outrages, and an
American army will see that this is
dono speedily. In this we have a
common cause with England, Ger-
inauy, France and other nations, and
when tho walls of Pekin aro scaled
American valor will be as conspicu
ous as that of anytther nation. We
may not believe in lann-graotun?,
but we do believe in the sacred im
munity of the life and property of
American citizens wherever they
may be.
THE CO UN TH Y I'RESS.
It is estimated that three-fourths
of the people of the United Stales
live in the country and the country
towns. To this fact is due the strong
hold the country press retains on the
American public, says the Review.
The weekly country paper is more
eagerly sought than the daily paper
from the city, because it comes borne
more closely to the people it serves.
It tells tbcm, more thoroughly than
the city paper can hope to do, of the
affairs and the happenings of their
environment.
Nor is the influence of the rural
weekly confined to the country.
Much the larger pert of the city pop
ulation comes from the farm. The
city merchant, banker and profession
al man cling to the old "home paper."
Many years after the old ties are
broken, you will find it upon their
desks. It is the remaining tie that
binds them to their boyhood home
and boyhood companions. , Week
after week it comes from the old
place, with its burden of news and
sentiment. It has a story of never-
ceasing interest. And no matter
what measure of fame or fortune the
game of life may bring to the
country-bred boy, the time never
comes when he loses all interest in its
chronicles. When the day's duties
are ended, and the household lias
grown quiet in the still watches of
the nig'it, he loves to sit by the fire
side, and reading the columns of the
old home paper, live over, in fancy,
the happy, heedless days of his
youth. It tells him a hundred
things of his old sweethearts, the
success of this companion, the failure
of that; tho rise of poor toys; the
downfall of one whose youth was
showered with the golden sunshine
of opportunity. To stronger eyes,
the little weekly from some distant
state seems dreary and commonplace;
but he reads between the lines; be
sees behind the scenes. Tho small
est item may carry a romance, and
even the advertisements unfold their
stories.
The country weekly Gils a want
common to every state in the union.
It is one of our American ' institu-
lions. How many newspapers,
think you, the single young state of
Washington supports? Two hun
dred and twenty-one, and a big
campaign crop in harvest, and all but
fifty or twenty of these are weeklies.
Oregon has 192; Montana, 92 ; Idaho,
0.
What a story these figures tell of
the country's expansion and the
growth of the population since tho
quiet colonial days when Ben Frank
lin's prudent father refused to help
him start a weekly paper, because
'there were already two newspapers
in America, and a third was not
wanted."
The Creok Couatjr Cloud ftur.l.
peaking of the cloudburst which oc
curred on Cherry creek, June 23d, anil
referred to in Friday's Chuomclk,
Mr. Shram says:
A funnel-shaped clou 1 appeared at the
head of the creek. Tbis clou J kept sway
ing from east to west like an enormous
balloon, from 9 o'clock in the morning
ootil about 11, when the mighty storm
borst. Calling to my sons I warned
tbean. The bora were just beginning to
cut the first crop of alfalfa on the lower
meadow, having gone about ten rounds.
The roar of tbe bail np the creek, t we've
allies away, coald tbea be beard, and
the wee left for shelter with the horses.
Io a shorter time than it takes to tell,
the avalanche of water, rocks and logs
struck tbe 6rit ranch, clearing out every,
tbing. Then on down the creek it came,
covering every alfalfa meadow u itb sand,
and all the other debris that comes with j
a flood. At 11 o'clock on tbe morning;
of June 23 J, I bad 500 tons of growing
alfalfa fit for tbe sickle. At 12 o'clock J
had nothing. About 3000 worth of hay,
several hundred bushels of apples, grapes
and other froit, all tbe potatoes and
garden truck, every pane of glass in four j
houses, a couple of wagons, a mowing-'
ujacbine, etc., went to join the grent '
uiaj jrity of flotsam and jetsam, that will I
strew the bank of tho John Diy and '
Columbia, from tho mouth of Cherry j
creek to tbe sea. j
Nor is Mr. Sliruin the ouly sufferer. '
James Wagner, Mrs. Good and James '
Connelly also have bad every vestige of
their crops destrojed, and tbe usual
damage done. Connelly iu particular
was badly damaged. He bad just
purchased a floe alfalfa ranch above his
home place from Pat Fagan, for $5000.
After tbe watery ruiu came, the place
could be valued at $25. Mr. Connelly's
home ranch, the finest to be found
amongst the many fertile bottoms
of the John Day, was also badly damaged,
covered with sand to a depth of three or
four feet. Curiously no dwelling-house
was swept away in the rush, although
Warnei 's had a narrow escape, the creek
bed being washed until it now forme a
bank twenty feet sheer, with the house
on the edge.
New Courte Added to High School
If the powers should partition
China, the United States may not
want any share of the territory ; but
our commercial interests should be
carefully guarded, and wo should
join with England in demanding an
open door for our products. It is
time enough to consider tbis question,
The New York World quotes "a
well known democratic banker who
declined to permit the use of his
name," as saying: 'I am offering to
bet three to one that Bryan will not
receive 4,000,000 votes this year, as
against 0,500,000 In 180(1. and I find
no takers." If that banker has any
r xistcnco beyond the fevered imagi
nation of the World reporter, ho is
talking nonsense. The country is
full of democratic money that would
jump at a chance to give him odds
of three to one on that estimate of
Bryan's vote.
At a recent meeting of the school
board it was decided to strengthen tbe
preeeut course of study iu the High
school, and the Koglieh course, which
requires three years, will bo as follows.
Those who euter at the middlo of the
year w ill require three years and a half
to complete this couree:
FIKST VB.VK.
First half Algebra, grammar, English
classics, physical geography.
Second half Algebra, rhetoric, Eng
lish history, botany.
SECOND YEAR.
First half Algebra, English classics,
Greek history, geology.
Second hall Geometry, English clas
sics, Roman history, political economy.
THIRD YEAR.
Firtt half Geometry, English litera
ture, American history, physics.
Second half High arithmetic, English
literature, American history, physics.
Rhetorical once each ball term.
A special course has also been Bdded,
which will give students an opportunity
to prepaie for the state university or
other similar institutions. This will re
quire four years, and is as follows.
FIRST YEAR.
First half Algebra, grammar, Ger
man, English classics, book-koeping
Second half Rhetoric, German, Eog
lish history, "book-keeping.
SECOND YEAR.
First half Algebra, English classics,
Latin, Greek history, physical geogra
phy. Second half Geometry, English clas
sics, Latin, Roman history, botany.
TUIRD YEAR.
First half Geometry, English clas
sics, Cicsar, mediii val history, geology.
Second half Geometry, English clas
sics, Cicsar, modern history, political
economy.
FOURTH YEAR.
First half High arithmetic, English
literature, Cicero, American history,
physics,
.Second half Review, English litera
lure, Cicero, American history, physics.
'Optional.
Kliuuld lie Invrntlgntrri.
Editor CmtoNici.E :
There are a number of questions re
Harding the morals of The Dalles, w hich
eeern to he entirely overlooked by the i
officers of our city, and one in par
ticular the people of the ' middle hill
fuel that the authorities should look into I
and, if their suspicions can he proven,!
put a stop to. I refer to the characters i
of a man and woman who it is believed i
are living in direct violation ol the law
of the laud, their abode being near the
garrison. Not only do we consider such
to bo the case ; but worse, 3oung girls
are continually enticed in companion
ship with them, which will undoubtedly
be their ruination.
Should not something be done to put
a stop to such proceedings?
As Ohskrvkr.
Ladies' tan oi fords
00 cents at tba New York Cash Store.
Ilelp Wanted.
Two girls, who are willing and comia
tent to help, can obtain work by apply
ing at the steam laundry, Nona Lnt
ir.es 3 to 5 only those who are worth the hiring need
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