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Ta& Dalles Daily Chroniele. SUBSCRIPTION BATES. T MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, IM 1DTASCI. Weekly, 1 yefir 1 80 " 6 montha 0 75 g 0 60 Dally, 1 year. '. 6 00 " 6 months 8 00 per " 0 50 Address all communication to " THE CHRON ICLE," The Dalles. Oregon. TUESDAY MARCH 5, 1895 UNDER GOVERNMENT CONTROL. We have never believed in paternal ism on the part of the government, bnt have subscribed to the doctrine that that government governs beet that gov erns least. In other words, that the citizen should be allowed the fullest lib erty in all things consistent with the best interests of all. We have smiled at Bellamy's Utopian ideas, and have dismissed, as ' unworthy of serious con eideration the proposition that the gov ernment should take charge of the tele graph and railroad lines. We confess that onr opinions have undergone a de cided change on this latter subject, and hence have taken a long step towards Bell amy ism ; for if it once conceded that the government may manage the telegraph and railroad lines, the accept ance of the propriety of its assuming the management of the rolling mills to make it own rails and the mines to make its own iron, is a natural se quence. The railroad corporations have changed the opinions of many on these subjects within the past year, and are still rap idly making converts. If the govern ment can appoint receivers to take charge of and run the railroads in the interest of their stockholders, we .see no reason why it cannot do the same thing in the interest of the people. The ques tion of transportation would then be settled ; there would be no strikes, be cause the employes would be enlisted for a certain number of years, at fixed wages, and the roads . would only be compelled to earn enough to pay oper ating expenses and the cost of main tainance. This action upon the part of the government would be contrary to the ideas of the great majority of people, but if the railroads are to hide behind the robes of justice to shield themselves from her decrees, this'' result will finally be reached, as surely as that the law cannot be forever violated. The gov ernment now nas this very question to decide in the cases of the Union and Central Pacific roads. The Reilly funding bill provided that the roads should pay the principal of their debts, on the passage of the bill, and should be given fifty years to pay the balance, with 2 per cent interest a year until paid. Against this bill the people of California, Nevada, and the states through which the roads run are op in arms. They claim, and justly, that if the bill is passed, it simply turns the people over to the roads for fifty years steady and systematic plundering; and that they, and not the railroad companies, will have these millions to pay. This is largely true. What action will be taken in the mat ter it is bard to foresee, yet if the bill, or some similar one, is not passed, the government must either lose the $120, 000,000 the roads owe it, or take posses sion of them. We believe the latter course, under the circumstances, would be best, for it would furnish an oppor tunity to test the question as to whether the government can operate a railroad more cheaply than a private company. The experiment is worth trying. WASHINGTON LETTER. Fiom our regular correspondent. .' Washington, March 1, 1895. Senator Gorman was compelled to withdraw his amendment to the sundry civil appropriation bill, authorizing the secretary ot the treasury to iseue certifi cates of indebtedness to meet the deficit in the revenues, because of an agreement among opposing senators to talk away the rest of the session, if he didn't; but before doing so he made a speech in which were some remarkable charges against a democratic secretary of the treasury, to be made by a democratic senator. He said that the responses of the secretary of the treasury to inquiries of the eenate, as to whether this legisla tion was needed, were on their face mis leading; that there would be a deficit for. the fiscal year of $60,000,000 and for the calendar year of $30,000,000 ; that treasury officials had acknowledged to him (Gorman) personally that there was a mistake of $30,000,000 in Secretary Car lisle's figures of the amount of money now availablejjto meet government in debtedness ; that the expenditures had been underestimated by Secretary Car lisle to the extent of $40,000,000, and. he added : "The truth is, that they (treas ury officials) . made a mistake about a year ago in making up their' balances of $80,000,000, and they have been trying to adhere to it ever since." Mr. Gor man did not speak with any excitement, but with the calm deliberation of a man who bad personally gone over the figures of which he spoke, as he said he had ; also, that he was somewhat of a book keeper himself. It Is not strange that there should have been excitement on the floor of the senate to such an extent that the eervices of the sergeant-at-arms had to be called for by Vice President Stevenson to restore order, something that the oldest habitue of the senate does not remember to have ever before been done. Nor is it strange that men sav Secretary Carlisle should be impeached, either for incapacity or for violation of the oath of office. It seems that whenever some govern ment wants something said to another government that it does not care to say itself it calls on the United States to say it, and if Secretary Gresbam has de clined a single request of that sort the fact has been successfully kept from the public and buried in the archives of the department of state. So far nothing ser ious has come of Secretary Gresham's latest attempt to do the parrot act, but the incident is not yet closed. It was the insignificant government of San Domingo that made use of the ever-pliant Gresbam this time. It seems that in order to force a settlement of a long score against San Domingo, France sent three warships to the harbors of the little black republic. Now this was none of our business, yet Gresbam, when re quested by the government of San Do mingo, told France that no hostile dem onstration must be made. The French government took this interference much more good-naturedly than Japan did a similar one, and even went so far as to explain just what; it was trying to ac complish. But those warships were not withdrawn. Gresham then sent another communication to the French government intimating that those war ships wonld better be withdrawn. There the matter stands at present. One of Gresham's little schemes was too much even for the democratic house, He promised to pay the British govern ment $425,000 for damages sustained by Canadian sealers in Behring sea, but when an attempt was made to appropri ate the money the bouse, very properly, refused by a vote of 143 to 112 to do it, fifty democrats voting with 93 republi cans against the appropriation. Repre sentative Hitt, of Illinois, led the fight against the appropriation, and it was his showing from the official records, th&t all the claims for damages which have been filed by Canadian sealers aggregated only a little more than one third of the amount asked for by Gresh am, that -won the fight. ' C. A. S. Sommarj, Following is a summary of the weather at The Dalles for the month of February : Elevation above sea level, 116 feet. Mean temperature, 41 8' Departure from normal, above5.9 Maximum temperature, 61, date 27th. Minimum temperature, 21, date 10th. Mean of maximum temperature, 50, 2' Mean of minimum temperature, 33, 2' No. times minimum temperature 32 or below, 12. Total precipitation, .47 Departure from normal, below 1.68 inches. Total depth of unmelted snow, 1 inches. Prevailing direction of wind, west. No. cloudless days, 12. No. of partly cloudy days, 4. No. of cloudy days, 12. No. of days on which .01 of rain or snow fell, 4. Sam'l Li. Brooks, Observer. Notice of Special School Meeting. Notice is hereby given to the legal voters of school district No. 12 of Wasco county, Oregon, that the annual school meeting for the said school district for the election of director and clerk, will be held at the office of William Mivhell, on Third Street, The Dalles, Oregon, to begin at the hour of 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and continue until 6 o'clock in the afternoon of the 11th day of March, 1895. This meeting is called for the purpose of electing one director for said district, for the term of three years, and one clerk for the term of one year, said election to be by ballot and the polls will remain open from 2 o'clock p. m. until 6 o'clock p. m. of said 11th day of March, 1895. Q . H. S. Wilson, - Chairman Board Directors. Attest : E. Jacobsen, Clerk. MRS. FOWLER, Fashionable Dressmaker Newest styles and work neatly done. Use the Norman Taylor System, which took the gold medal at the Columbian Exposition. Dressmaking Parlors over Pease & Mays' dry goods store, room No. 1. - feb21-lmo. all druggists aell Dr. Idles' Pain Pilla. Mexican Mustang Liniment for Burns, Caked & Inflamed Udders. Piles, Rheumatic Pains, Bruises and Strains, Running Sores, Inflammations, Stiff joints, Harness & Saddle Sores, Sciatica, Lumbago, -Scalds, Blisters, Insect Bites, All Cattle Ailments, All Horse Ailments, All Sheep Ailments, Penetrates Muscle, Membrane and Tissue Quickly to the Very Seat of Pain and Ousts it in a Jiffy. Rub in Vigorously. Mustang Liniment conquers Fain, Makes flan or Beast well again. PERSONAL. MENTION. W. Boss Winans of Hood River is in the city. Wm. Staats, Andrew Douglas and James Nolin were in from Dufur yes terday. George Nolin of Dufur passed through yesterday on his way to Uanby, Clack a mas county. Both gates of the lower lock in the canal at the Cascades are in place, bnt not riveted. About 11,000 rivets will be required to complete the work, and this will take two weeks. The total number of school children in The Dalles public school diitrict, as given by Clerk Jacobsen are 1212 for the year of 1895, as to 1058 in 1894, this will give our district a good ''share of the county and state apportionment when made. Don't neglect that cough, it leads to consumption. One Minute Cough Cure possesses a double virtue. It cures and cures quickly. Snipes-Kinersly Drug Co. J. M. Huntington & Co. have moved their abstract and insurance office into the rooms formerly occupied by Hunt ington & Wilson, next to Dr. Logan's office. lwd&w Wood! Wood! We have yet on hand a complete stock of Dry Fir, Oak and Maple Cordwood, which will be sold at minimum prices. feb27. Maibr & Benton. Promptness is a commendable virtue, That's why we offer you One Minute Cough Core. It is prompt in relief and prompt in curing. That's what it is maae lor. ' snipes-.Kanersly Drug Uo. Rooms to rent, with or without board Apply Cor. Third and Morrison. tf 23 H !0 S Garden and Grass Seeds in Bulk, at J. H. Cross' Feed & Gro cery Store. .SK 12 I S MRS. RUSSELL, Fashionable Dressmaker "poff. Third and Lincoln Sts. All work promptly and neatly done. I s JbIm J 13 SEE I SEE WH'AT 9 C. F STEPHENS, If you want anything in the shape of CLOTH IN O , For Man or Woman, When the Train steps at THE DALLES, get off on the South Side A T TH fiEW COIiUjVlBlfl HOTELt. This targe and popular House aoes the principal hotel buslnesa, and is prepared to furnish the Best Accommodations of any House in the city, and at the low rate of $1.00 per Day. - pirst Qlass Teals, 25 Cerpts. Office for all Stage X.lnea leaving: The Dalles for all tolnts In Kastern Oregon and Eastern 'Washington, n this Hotel. Corner of Front and Union Bts. Successor to -DEALER IN- PAINTS OILS And the Most Complete and WALL PAPER. WALL PAPER. PEACTICAL PAINTER and PAPER HANGER. None but the best brands of J. W. MASURY'S PAINT8 nsed in all our work, and none but the most skilled workmen employed. Agents for Masury Liquid Paints. No chem- lcei comoination or soap mixture. A promptly attended to. Store and Faint Shou corner Third and lt There is a tide in the affairs leads on to fortune" The poet unquestionably had reference to the Kirtt Si 1 Frtorii & Garnets at CRANDALL Who are selling those goods MICHELBACH BRICK, Parley (Successors to L. lactuiers - pianu A General Line of Horse Furnishing Goods. Wholesale anil Retail Dealers in Harness, Bridles, WMns, Horse BMets, Etc. Full Assortment of Mexican Saddlery Plain or Stamped. SECOND STREET, - . New - Umatilla- House, THE DALLES. OREGON. SINIMOTT& Ticket and Baggage Office of the 17. P. Union Telegraph Office are in the Hotel. ' - Fire-Proof Safe for the Safety of all Valuables. LARGEST : AND : FINEST Boy, Girl or Baby. T. T. NICHOLAS, Propr. Paul Krelt & Co AND GLASS. Latest Patterns and Designs in nrst - ciass article in all colors. All orders Washington Sts.. The Dalles, Oreot of men which, taken at its flooa & BURGETS, out at greatly-reduced rates. - UNION ST. c? Fran f., D. Frank, deceased.) OIF AI1I1 0"F -Harnesses! . - THE DALLES. OR FISH, PROP'S. R. R. Company, and office of the Westers : HOTEL : IN : OREGON A Long String- of Fish Is not Carried up a Side Street. It's just about as important to let folks know that we've got extra fine Hams and Ba con,Eastern Buckwheat Flour, genuine Maple Syrup. The Finest Coffee in town. A fine lot of New Breakfast Foods. THAT ELEGANT DAIRY BUTTER (Dufur) For all those who call on us we have bargains in Fine Goods; for those who don't, sympathy. J. B. CROSSEN, Grocer. Ask Central for 62. Ladies' and Gentlemen's Gold and Silver Watches. Large Assortment to select from. L C. Nickelsen's. BUY YOUR GROCERIES We carry everything that is good to eat, and at such prices that we should have the trade of all hungry people. Try our Teas and Coffees. Can give you an excellent blend ed Coffee at 25 per pound. Ask for Halrvor Butter. Telephone No. 60. StuDiing Greennouse We wish to announce that we have made a specialty of Winter Blooming Bulbs. HYACINTHS and LILIIES, POTTED PLANTS of All Kinds. We are prepared to furnish on short notice cut flowers - for all occasions; also pot plants and wires. Hyacinths in . bloom A beautiful holiday gift. Get your Chrysanthemums at once to send East. tbx: Snipes-Kinersly Drug Co. - urugs, Paints, Wall Paper, . Window Glass. 129 Second St., THE DALLES, - - OR.