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5 -fTrV-i iff . VOL. IV. THE DALLES. OREGON; FRIDAY; OCTOBER 7, 1892. NO. 9S; W. ,E. GARRETSOM, Leaning r. SULK AGENT F(lt THE J All Watch Work Warranted. Jewelry Made to Order. 138 Second St.. The Dalle. Or. Kranich and Bach Pianos. Recognised us Standards of the high est grade of manufacture. Jewele JUDGE NELSON'S DECISION. Speaking of patent medicines, the Judge says: "I wish to deal fairly and honorably with all, and when I find an article that will do what it is recom mended to do, I am not ashamed to say so. I am acquainted with Dr.. Vander .' pool (having been treated by him for cancer), and have used his blood niedi . ,ine,kDrwJ afthe S. B. Headache and - nv-.-ure, anT ie I am 75 years old, . -?nd ,h.ave used "k.uv pills and other J remedies for the; blo6iiyer and kid 1 neys, I must Say that fo,a kidney tonic in Brights disease, arid as'uj alterative for the blood, or to correct tie action of the stomach and bowels, it is a-.yery su- - - perior remedv, and beats anything I V ej-er tried, -- Ji B.-XEtsoN.-. ; Yakima, Wash. ' At 50 cents a bottle. It is the poor man's friend and family doctor. JOHN PASHEK, t - Tailor, Next door to Wasco Sun. Just Received, a fiue stock of Suitings, , Pants Patterns, etc., of all latest Styles, at Low PrteeB. Madison's Latest System used in cutting garments, and a fit guaranteed each time. , . " n, Repairing and Cleaning , Neatly and Quickly.'Done. CHAS. STUBL1X5. : lOWN -WILLIAMS. Stubling 8 Williams. The Gepmania, SECOND ST., THE DALLES, - OREGON 9Dealers in Wines, Liquors and Cigars. Milwaukee Beer on Draught. cri. H. Young, BlacKsmitn & wagon s&od General Blackamithing and Work done promptly, and all work Guaranteed. ! . V. , , flqrse Shoeeing a Speiality 9 TMrcl Street, opposite tne oil Lieoe Stand; JAe St. . Charles Hotel, PORTLAND, OREGON. This old, popular and reliable house has been entirely refurnished, and every room has been repapered and repainted and newly carpeted throughout. .,The house contains 170 rooms and is supplied with everymodern convenience Rates reasonable. - A good restaurant attached to the house. - Frer bus to and from all trains. C. W. KNOWLES, Prop. mercnan Clothing. 7p Our pall IJpe Of Clottiing and Furnistiing Goods is now complete. You. can 5aue Toiey By seeing our stock: before making your purchases. Id Mb Williaiiis & liy D RUGS Snipes &K THE LEADING- WH 3 XJ 3E3 ALSO ALL Patent (Dedieines and Druggists Sundries, HOUSE PAINTS. OILS AND GLASS Agents for Murphy's Fine Varnishes and the only agents in the City for The Sherwin, Williams Go.'s Paints. -WE The Largest Dealers in Wall Paper., : Finest Line of Imported Key . .. v Agent tor lansilis Punch. :'V 129 Second Street, , The Dalles, Oregon J O. FljiE WlNE domestic And KEY WEST CIGARS. FRENCH'S 171 SECOND STREET, WM. BUTLER & CO.. DEALERS IN , Building Material Lumber, Lime, Plaster, Hair and Cement. A liberal discount to the trade -6. 1 JEFFERSOi? STREET, between Second & "nr INERSLY. 33 Druggists. " THE. LEADING ARE- West and Domestic Cigars. and LIQUOR ' THE C E LEBRATED PABST BEER. BLOCK. THE DALLES, OR. i - , '''. Rougit and Dressed i in ail lines handled by us. w-j .w ,'.;.. t j and Railroad. THE DALLES, OR Dim SWAG K REPUBLICANS' NIGHT. Tie Cirt House the Scene of Elopent - . Addresses. . SINXOTT AND EDDY INTRODUCED, Who Spoke Eloquently and Well Upon Leading Issues. SEX. DOLl'HADDRESSES THE HOUSE Full Report of TUat Portion of His Speech Relating; 0 the Open - Ing; of the Colombia. Hon. J. 2. Dolph arrived in the city yesterday, and was met at" the court house last evening by a large audience among whom was quite a" nttoi ber of ladies. The brass band lead the procession and after the meeting was called to order by Mr. Huntington, the young men taking considerable part in the exercises, Mr. N. J. Sinnott was introduced and , made his first politica speech. "It was a very creditable effort, of which our young friend has just canse for. congratulations. Col.. J. B. Eddy was next called, and made a stirring speech. - Senator Dolph treated upon general topics, and was listened to attentively for over an hour, upon one topic, in which this community ia most interested, Mr, Dolph eaid :. . The resolution of the platform of the democratic party concerning river and harbor improvements is to say the least, a very peculiar one. The Mississippi river is deemed worthy of special men tion and is the only one so mentioned.! The other navigable waters referred to are under the head of other great water ways of tne country, it 13 in eflect a declaration against a general system of waterway improvements and a general river and harbor bill. ' IJnder the word ing of this resolution, all the improve ments -along our coast would be ex eluded,, and if we may judge, from the action of the present democratic house, the Columbia river is not in the estima tion of the party one of the great water ways 01 tne country. - The increases secured by me in, the senate committee on commerce - for the mouth of the Columbia river and the lower Columbia and Willamette, as well as for Siuslaw and Yaquina, were bit terly fought by the house conferees, and after a prolonged and bitter contest the provision placed by the republican sen ate in the river and harbor bill of last session for opening the Columbia at the dalles rapids was defeated. ' : The resolution of theChicago conven tion should be read in the light of the pocket veto of President Cleveland of river and harbor bill of 1887, by which the appropriations for the Oregon'works were defeated and the works delayed. There is not a state in the union, thanks to republican administrations, that has received greater consideration from congress or larger appropriations for rivers and harbors during my ser vice in the senate than Oregon. Our people complain at the progress being made with the work upon Oregon im provements ; but if they would examine a river and harbor appropriation bill they would find that there are usually 400 or more appropriated for, many of them quite as important as ours and many . of ' which have ' been longer unaer - way. . J.ne uregon improve ments which have 'been" so far andes- taken are, as compared with similar im provements elsewhere, in a most gratify ing condition. ' The.' .improvement at Cods : Bay "has' 'already .begun -to show beneficial results,' and fhei liberal appro priation just ; made for it will enable the work' ib "be prosecuted with new vigor. Commencement of the work at Siuslaw and Tillamook Bay has been provided for. One comparatively small appropria tion will complete the existing project for the improvement of Yaquina Bay. The work at the mouth of the Columbia river will be substantially completed with the present appropriation, and if any further' appropriation is required it will be insignificant. This improvement, for which I secured the' first appropria tion after I entered the Senate, has cost less than 'one-half the estimate and has already proved a success. A safe entrance and harbor of refuge has been secured, with nearly 30 feet of water at low tide.' Thanks to' the liberality and enterprise of the people of Portland, who are expending $500,000 to secure 25 feet of water from Portland to the sea, one more ordinary appropriation will proba- I bly complete the work of improving the j lower Columbia and Willamette, and i that improvement will b out of the way of others. j The construction of the canal and 1 locks at the cascades to completion, has been secured by the adoption for the work of the contract system. There has been a great deal of misunderstanding and misrepresentation about this system It was adopted by the senate committee on commerce two years ago for the new locks upon the Sautt Ste. Mario canal, Galveston harbor, and Philadelphia and Baltimore improvements. It was then considered to some extent experimental, and the committee did not dare to in crease the contract works for fear of defeating the bill. I was then promised by the leading members of the senate committee on commerce that in the next river and harbor bill, ' one of the Oregon works should ' be placed under the contract 6yslem. I said to the people of The Dalles in a public speech a year ago last July that I would in the next river and harbor appropriation bill secure such a provision for the cascade locks and, hope to induce the senate committee to treat the cascade canal and The Dalles improvement as one and to secure a similar provision for the boat railway. I should have succeeded in this, and bothworks would now have been provided for, and the speedy open ing of the Columbia assured if it had not been for obstructions and difficulties emanating from my own state. The contract system resulted in secur ing a contract for the construction of a new lock upon the Sault Ste. Marie and improvement of Hay Lake channel for more than a million dollars less than the estimate and in a great saving in the Philadelphia and Baltimore improve ments. Under such a provision contracts are let for the whole work, the contrac tor receiving in due time as a payment upon the work the appropriation already made, and receiving his future pay ments as appropriations are made by congress. The secretary " of war is au thorized to incur indebtedness -to the amount of the contract price and the ap propriations are thereafter made, not in the riverfand harbor bill, but in the sun dry civil appropriation bill, as appropria tions are made for all liquidated claims against' the government and will be made annually.' : :'- I have observed that it is supposed by Borne that there' will be difficulty in se curing a contract'for' the completion -of the canal and locks ;' but' I have no doubt that there will be bids from every qua'r-! ter of the Union and a contract ' will, be seeured for a price much below the'esti-: mates. To help' secure a responsible bidder for a. price within the estimate of the cost, the limit of the expenditure, "I secured in the east the names of all the bidders successful and unsuccessful for the Galveston harlwr, the locks on the Sault Ste. Marie canal, the Baltimore canal, the Baltimore and Philadelphia improvement, and brought them toMaj. Handbury, and had copies of notices of the letting of the work upon the cascade canal mailed to them. There has been complaint because the engineers have not1 proceeded with the appropriations "made in the last river and harbor bill.. I do'not think the secretary of war had authority to expend the money for work carried on under the government . engineers. As I have said, the appropriation is made to apply as the first payment on the contract price of the work. It nec essarily takes time to effect the ' change of the work from the old system to the contract system. . Official communica tion between the department and the local engineers was necessary in-order that the department could be fully in formed aa to the condition of the work and the local engineer could be fully ad vised as to the character and effect of the --new provisions concerning it. Careful working plans and specifications foirevery part of the work were required before the work was advertised. Ex tensive advertisement of the letting of the contract was required that contract ors in" all parts of the country might have an opportunity to bid and a reason able bid secured. .. But when these nec essary preliminaries have been attended to and the contract let, the work will proceed without delay until completed. ; Much that has been recently said, in the press concerning this work has been .Highest of all in Leavening Powers Latest U. S. Gov't Report. At " i'.VVi based upon insufficient information con cerning present conditions. There has been a most unaccountable effort from certain sources to place obstacles in the way of the delegation in congress and especially to weaken my influence in en deavoring" to secure an open river.. I am not in the habit of noticing personal ' attacks, especially attacks of which my official record is sufficient refutation; but I think I will embrace this oppor- " tunity to tay at this place and this time, J once for all, that if any one can show a single act, vote or speech of mine which was calculated to retard the opening of the. Columbia river, I. will put it in stronger terras, if any one will show where there, has been an opportunity to promote the opening' of the- Columbia river and to secure appropriations for that purpose which I have not improved with all the zeal, ability and persever ance I possess, I will at once resign from the United States senate. . I will say in this connection that in all that has been accomplished and all that baa been attempted - to secure an ' open river and for river and harbor ini provements in Oregon, Mr. Mitchell, ' since he entered the senate, has earnest ly cooperated with me, and all the Ore gon delegation have been energetic and diligent; and it one has accomplished more in this respect than another, it. has been because his opportunities, ber. M" inga member of a committee haying jurisdiction of rivers and harbors,, were better, ' -I will go farther; if any one can show.' that in my controversy between -the peo ple and corporations I have not exerted all my influence and cast my votes for every just and constitutional-measure in . the interest of the peopland for every measure-calculated to benefit the labor-; ing man, I will retire to private life."- , The senate committee cm ceinmerce, ' through my efforts after IenterecL.the . . 83naterwasehlargeitagive jae a place upon it. The first speech I fiver made in the senate-- was in favor -of the im-'. provement of th' Columbiriver, -have from ihe time t entered the"se&ate improved, every opportunity to secure .' appropriations for the work at the cas- cadee Being a new member and failing in committee to secure an increase of ; the appropriation for the canal and locks in the river and harhpr -bill of 1884; I made, notwithstanding I was a member of the committee and tacitly committed. i to support the reportof the committee, a motion in "the senate to" increase- the V ' -appropriation for the canal and locks ' $50,000 and supported it with - a speech. , It failed, lacking a few votes of a major ityv You will recollect that Senator Frye of Maine, spoke against it, saying that ' Oregon: was already liberally provided ' for. and that Iwas the greatest beggar foK -' my state 'in the committee. '.-. - - ., - I believe I have secured in every sijb- ' sequent river and harbor bill, except "the last, liberal increases for this work.. ."At the 51st Congress I in troduced and re- " ported from the Senate Committee on " Commerce and secured the passage . -through the Senate of a bill appropriat- ' ing the whole amount required for the ompletion of the . Cascade canal and locks. During the 52nd Congress I in troduced, reported and secured the pass age through the Senate of a similar bill appropriatingthewholeamountrequired .: for this work. I now recall no other case . where this has been done except the im provement at the mouth of the Missis sippi. ' Does this look much like a disposition on my part to retard the work or prevent the opening of the Columbia river? If so, let some of my Democratic ' ftiends indicate what else I could have done? ' . '- . T-have recently discussed the matter of the improvement at the dalles of the Columbia and I need not enlarge upon it here. ' My strenuous exertions to secure the commencement and speedy con struction of this work have .'brought " down upon my offending head the wrath -of all who were seeking to maintain the grasp of existing monopolies upon the commerce of the Columbia River Valley and the adverse criticism and misrepre- : sentation of the Democratic press; and. the strangest thing connected. with the matter is that the people who are seek ing to control .the ' river attack me by . alleging that I am seeking to perpetuite. the existing ironopoly. - - '. Continued on 2 page.) ; 1 ,