try . - The Dalles Daily Chronicle. OFFICIAL PAPER OF DALLES CITY. AH9 WASCO COUNTY. Defeat of the Wilson Bill Getting to Be a Probability. SUBSCRIPTION KATES. BY MAIL, POSTAGE PEXPAID, IK ADVAMCE. Weekly, 1 year I I 1 6? 6 months.. 8 " - Dally, 1 year.....' " 6 months. . per " . Address all communication to ' tCXiE," The Pallet, Oregon. 0 75 0 50 00 8 00 j 0 50 THE CHRON- WEDNESDAY, - FEB. 28, 1894 FOE ELEMENTARY POLITICIANS : JToe effort is made in this article to adopt a style neither too difficult for a populist to understand nor yet too sim ple for the more advanced democrat. In the first place the beginner must under stand that the government does not sup Dort the people, but that the 'people sup- mnrt the government. The article will further explain what money is made of, who makes it, who owns it, etc.; etc. The lesson is suitable for all populists and the less advanced democrats. Silver is a product, and an article in the market worth just its market value and no more the same as wheat or beef or potatoes, and in no way different, viewed from a commercial standpoint Those who want unlimited free coinage of silver, and who do not own a silver mine, are not well informed as to what thev need. In the first place they ask to have 72 "cents worth of silver made into a legal tender dollar, and in the sec ond place they want it made for nothing; .'.. they want the government to con tribute to them the seigniorage, which mcsna the toll for making. This is the same as if a man would carry a bushel of wheat to mill and say to the miller "This bushel of wheat is mine ; I raised it and harvested it and threshed it, and brought it to mill ; this wheat is worth 72 cents ; I want you to grind and bolt it Into flour worth $1 and please don't take any toll out of it." This miller would be apt to say, "Mr. Populist, why do you ask this? Do you think that it cost me no time or money to build this mill?" "Perhaps it did. but that is not the question ; I am in favor of free millage I want my wheat ground, and I want all the flour that it makes. 'Down with the baron miller and up with the laborer,' is my motto." Yes, silver is a' product; it is also precious metal and can be coined into money. It has been called the dollar of our daddies, and we . are still in favor of it being, daddy's dollar, and mammy's dollar, and the children's dollar ; but we want it to be worth a hundred cents whosoever'a dollar it is. We want to make ten silver dollars worth as much 'as a golden eagle, and make any number of them a legal tender. We want money in the hands of a washerwoman to be worth as much as it is in the hands of a Rockefeller. We want the laborer that toils ten hours for a dollar and goes home and throws it into his wife's lap to have it ring, "I am peer to any dollar that is on this earth, and worth a hundred cents, and cannot be demonetized." We want a dollar that can walk up and down Wall street without being afraid to meet another dollar. In other words, ' we want a parity of value between the gold dollar and the Bilver dollar. The populist and first reader democrat thinks that the government makes mon ey. This is an error. The government cannot make money any more than a . erist'mill can make wheat. . Then how does the government get its money? It gets it from duties, specific and ad valor em, on imports (see Bay's arithmetic, part third) and from internal revenue taxes and from toll for coining money, it also derives money from the postoffices and from the disposal of public lands, but the government cannot create money ;., -' What is a greenback if it is not money ? A greenback is a note payable on de xnand. It has no intrinsic, value. It is a kind of a flsht draft and is called paper money by some, but it is not money. There is no money - but metallic money, and that metallic money belongs t-j the person who owns - the metal that it is made of, not neces earily the man who dug it out of the ground ; it may have been sold to other parties, - One of the grievances complained of in the Declaration of Independence against the mother country was that George III. would not hear the petitions of his subjects in America. Wonder if the Wilson bill democrats ever read that document. If thev have they must be George-the-Thirding it. WASHINGTON LETTER. From our Regular Correspondent Washington, Feb. 23, 1894. Republican senators are now begin ning to regard the defeat of the Cleve land tariff bill as possible, if not very probable. The objecting democratic senators, notwithstanding Mr, Clove land's attempt this week to silence t,hem, who will oppose the bill, unless given what. ..they demand, have grown numerous enough to have succeeded in banging up the. bill in the sub-com mittee. No democratic senator will now predict when the bill will be reported to the finance committee. The reason is plain. They do not dare to get the bill before the senate in the condition, in which Mr. Cleveland and the cuckoo senators wish it to be passed ; so it is being held back while fresh attempts are being made to harmonize , the con flicting interests represented by object ing democratic senators. SOME SHEEP STATISTICS. Figures Giving the Depreciation Sheep and Wool In tbe X.ast leap. of . Thk Dalles, Or., Feb. 27, 1894. , Editor Chronicle, The Dalles, Or.. Dear Sib : I beg leave, through your valuable paper, to offer some facts and figures for the benefit of .. all, but more especially our democratic sheep men of Eastern Oregon. According to the latest statistics received from the department of agriculture at Washington, which has been corrected Up to Jan. 1, 1894 : Number of sheep In U. 8..v.....t ...i. 45,048,017 Av. price Jan 1, 1893, 13.25. Av. price Jan 1, 1894, JL98 NO CHANCE TO BE PIOUS. A Mole-Drivinc Mountaineer's Reason for Never Attemlln Church. Already propositions have been made to the republicans to vote with the ob jecting democrats to have the bill re committed, should it be reported to the senate in anything like the condition in which it passed the house, but republi can senators are not making any prom ises at this stage of the game. They only need five votes, even granting that all the populists support the bill, to de feat it outright, and if there is. any chance to defeat the -bill they do not propose to throw it away for the tern porary triumph of having the bill re committed. The feeling between the free trade democratic senators and those who want protection for the industries of their own states daily grows more bitter, and Mr. Cleveland by putting his oar in stands a good . chance lose several of the staunchest supporters he has had in the senate. Difference in value of sheep Jan 1, 93 ana 94 . o This is the increased value we were promised by democratic '.speakers and newspapers before the election of Mr. Cleveland and the democratic party. Let us examine the facts and figures as I pertaining to our own state : The sheep and wool raisers of Oregon have lost, by depreciation in value, within the last year according to statistics above nien- tioped, in regard to pumber and value of sheep in this state, Jan. 1, 1894, the fol- lowing amounts : 2.529.759 sheen, average price Jan 1. ' J893,3.50 $8,864,112.50 2,529,759 sheep, average price Jan 1, XB91,fl.V9. ... . i ,4,S.W Difference in value of sheen. $4,420,739.50 17,000,000 lbs wool average price Jan 1, 1893, 13c 2,210,000.00 17.000.000 lbs wool average price Jan 1. 1894, ic. i,iyu,uuu.w Difference in value of wool. ...$146,406,055.25 89,186,110.00 . William Ewart Gladstone has occu pied a niche of his own in English poll' tics for more than a generation. He has always been the plain, matter-of- fact commoner, scorning all pretensions to title and desiring no other appella tion than Mr. Though he has failed to attain the labor of- his life, the cause of home rule, he has refined and purified the politics of England more than was possible for any other man of contem poraneous times, and as premier of Eng land has compelled a deference which could not be commanded by any other personage. The grand old man, now that he retires from a long and useful Tnhlic career, will probably rust out much in the same manner as that kind hearted old Frenchman Ferdinand' de Lesaepa, whose mind and physique has worn out simultaneously. Haworth, printer, 116 Court St. tf The republicans are jubilant over the unprecedented majority Pennsylvania eave ,Hon. Galusha A. Grow and the democrats are damning Mr. Cleveland because he compelled them to put up a candidate and expose the weakness of the party on the tariff question, which was the sole issue of the campaign. Speaking of the result, ex-Speaker Reed said: "When we get at these fellows next November, there won't be separate burials r they will be buried in trenches Representative Burrows, of Michigan, says: "The result is simply indicative of the wrath to come. It is the fore runner of an overwhelming victory this fall throughout the country, to be fol lowed by the complete triumph of the republican party in 1896." Mr. Cleveland undoubtedly lost pres tige in congress by the rejection of Peck- ham, although it resulted in the supreme court getting a much better man, in the person of Senator White of Louisiana than either Peckham or Hornblower, Hill stock has gone up about 100 per cent with democrats in congress. " " The republican members Of the senate committee in foreign affairs have signed the report on the Hawaiian investiga tion written by Senator Morgan, but the other democrats declined, to do so, and will submit. b minority report. The senate in ordering an investiga tion of tbe circumstances connected with the change of ' contractors for the publication of the Patent Office Gazette have frightened more people than those connected with this particular contract, and if the committee can succeed in get ting at the bottom, of this business a startling case of favoritism, if nothing worse, will certainly be exposed. It is charged that Mr. . Josiah Quincey, who was made assistant secretary of state for the sole purpose of dismissing re publican consuls and appointing demo crats in their places and who succeeded in demoralizing tbe .consular service to an extent that was not deemed possible before he was compelled to resign be cause of a disagreement with Secretary Gresham, is charged with having ma nipulated this contract and with having a money interest therein. The administration, through Attorney General Olney, struck the silver men in the house, who have been trying for more than two weeks to get a quorum to pass Mr. Bland's bill for the coinage of the seigniorage in the treasury and the issuing of silver certificates against it. as fast as coined, a blow below the belt by making pubbc an opinion said to have been given by tbe attorney gen eral at the request of Secretary Carlisle. Tbe opinion says that silver certificates are not lawful. While the opinion of the attorney general will not be accepted as law by anybody it will cast a doubt upon the silver certificates that will be calculated to injure silver, and that is what the silver men are charging that the opinion was intended to do. The senate has adopted a resolution calling for an official statement of facts con cerning the opinion from the attorney general. Cas. .. ..11,020,000.00 4,42U,7b-9.3U Total diff. in value sheep and wool $5,440,739.50 This represents the loss in value to the state of Oregon, in . this industry alone, as everyone is aware who has any knowledge of the sheep business, that the money received from the sale of sheep and wool is not ' to sent out other conn- tries, but is kept at home and put into circulation among our own people There are several sheep men, with whom I am well acquainted, voted the democratic ticket ; they offered to wager any reasonable sum that within twelve months after eloction, "if Mr. Cleveland was elected both sheep and wool would advance in price and times would be better than ever before in Eastern Ore gon." Mr. Cleveland was elected, and the democratic party successful in ob taining control of -the government. More than twelve months have rolled around. Now, how about the advance in tbe price .of sheep and wool, and where does the increased prosperity and better times exist? This can be answered by anv one, from tne numpie sneepneraer, who pursues bis lonely and solitary life in the mountains and on the deserts of Eastern ' Oregon, to the shrewdest and most intelligent capitalist or bank presi dent in our richest cities. They can all answer truthfully that it does not exist at all. Tbe herder or laborer can an swer intelligently from experience of his present condition of lower wages and that of being poorer fed and cared for, The capitalist can answer with . good reason, that under the present rondi tions of democratic rule and policy, it is unwise and ' unsafe to put his money anywhere except in tbe vaults of the banks, and not always safe there, would submit to the loss of interest rather than risk losing the principal. It seems to me that the voters of Oregon with their present sad experience and severe lessons now being taught them would vote to send to congress such a man as Mr. Ellis and others whom they know, The circuit rider in the West Virginia mountains one day" overtook a moun taineer driving a pair of mules along the road and engaged him in conversa tion, cs vras his wont, says the Detroit Frets T.i ess. 'T' ". "You will excuse me," said the good man, "but I am the preacher on this circuit, and I want to know the people wbO liTC Dere.; l suppose this is your neighborhood?" ... - - Yes, sir, I live down here on Ureasy, just beyant the forks," was the prompt response. - . " "I don t think I saw you at church last Sunday, did I?" ".o, sir; but I usually aim to get thar. Had a spell uv sickness last week an' was laid up." . I am glad to hear you are a church goer and I hope you are a member." 'Well, mister," and the native s face showed eome regret, "I hain't trot so f er along- as that yit. 'Bout the best I kin do is to go to meetin' and take chances on the balance." s 'But why don't you - become a mem ber?" : - ' "Case my business is agin it." . "What do you "3o?" ; ' ' I'm a teamster. Why, , that is no reason why you shouldn't join the church.'.' But I anve mules, mister, an atter ten yers at it I"m here to say that mule drivin' an' the Christian religion won't pee fer shucks, an' thar ain't no use tryin' to make 'em. I m just as g-lad to see you, thouffn, mister, anv-ivnoa, thar, whoa," he broke in on himself as his team went into a clauu hole, and before he got on to hard . ground again the preacher was convinced that the na tive was more than half right. HOW STREET URCHINS GAMBLE. M York Weekly Tribune -AND- Their Mysterious Game or'Crap" Briefly Described. Shooting craps" is the way.in which newsboys, bootblacks and street ur chins gamble with their small earn ings. The police break up these games when they see them, but in quiet cor ners the urchins enjoy, their sport un disturbed. The game is a curious one, and few people know exactly how it is managed. Among negroes it is a spe cial favorite, but few others but street gamins play it. The only paraphernalia required, says the New York Journal, are two or- dnary dice, which are shot or thrown from the hands of the players, instead of Irom dice-cups. The stakes are pen nies.. The player throws two dice, and the total of their faces is counted. If 2, 8 or 12 turns up, he loses a cent to his opponent. If 7 or . 11 he wins one from the other. In either contingency he continues to . shoot until the dice register one of the other six numbers. When one of these turns up, that is called his'"point," and he continues to throw for a repetition ol that count. If it comes he wins another cent, and starts fresh, as before. - Though lucky bef ore.af ter the "point" has been decid ed the number 7 becomes unlucky, and when it . is thrown the player "craps out." He loses a cent, and the dice are passed to his opponent. -The other scoring figures, a, ,-.n ana 12, ao not count when throwing to duplicate a "point." Sometimes a lucky shooter will keep the dice for some time. When the 'point" is decided his opponent is to be seen in the favorite and typical at titude of "crap" players. Bent over the dice, he will be seen snapping his fingers vigorously, and anxiously cry ing: "Come a seven! come a seven!" which he firmly believes will force his opponent to "crap out." , - Vnr'fhuir -nnflf-. rGmrrtn. wnnlrl defend And care for the interests of this state and 00171111011 .SnSG especially tnose oi eastern Oregon. . State op Ohio, City of Toledo, LUCAS Cotjxty. I Fkank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. 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