ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY. ' -. '"' . BY ' ' " - A.. DOUTHIT, Publisher. SUBSCRIPTION KATKS. '' - DAILY ' One Year by mail. . Six Months...... Tins Mooaths WEEKLY One Year, by mail. Six months. ta.oo 8.00 1.60 fl.60 All Subscriptions Payable In Advance. SATURDAY.. .APRIL 18, 1896 MERIT VS. INCOMPETENCY. - . The financial question is the one V , - uppermost in the minds of the peopl today. This Is a year when candidates for legislative offices must stand up a . . - and bo counted either for Of against the free coinage of silver. ' The demo- ' crafts in state contention .recognize this fact, and a majority in the con mention favoring the free and unlimit ':.r ed coinage of silver,, the platform ,' adopted declares in unmistakable terms for that principle, hence there can be no mistake as to the views of the legis . lative nominees on this question. ' The - TlMES;MocrNTAlNEEB is not with the majority of the democratic party .Oregon on this issue, nevertheless admires their honesty and bravery in making an open declaration, of their .principles; and while it does not be ' lieve that the free and -unlimited coin- v age of silver by the United States safe, it recognizes that this is an issue that must be met fairly and squarely in. the coming election. On this issuo the democratic party of Oregon have placed themselves on record in terms - that cannot -be auestsooed, while tne republicans have dodged the question ost cowardly, especially in the matter ' of congressional nominations. -' In the" first congressional district - the republicans have placed in nomina- " tion Thomas Tongue, an avowed gold- -. standard- man, one whose views on this -- question cannot be mistaken; but in the second district, the nominee of . that party is W. R- Ellis, a man who has. time and again, gone on record as nnnnwd to a trold standard. In thier state platform they have declared neither for gold or silver, but have re- ' affirmed the declarations of the national Dlatform of 1892. Hence it is that the republican party of Oregon go before the people with no clearly defined principle on ' the money question. - Worse than tbis, their nominees for obngress are of directly opposite views on the financial question. -:. -.1 In the first congressional district, democrats who are opposed to the free ' coinage of silver,, and who consider this issue paramount to all others, may uJexercise their preference in the sup port of Mr. Tongue. But in the second district, they have no such option, " even if '- they believe the financial question is of greater importance that , tariff reform and economical adminis tration. -., ' . - With a "straddle" in the republican platform and an avowed free silver man in nomination for congress, the ; Intelligent voter is at sea as to where to find the republican party , in this dis trict, therefore the contention must center upon a question ol personal 'I merit on the part of the two congres sional nominees. One is a man who ' has served as representative in con gress four years, and during that time . has accomplished so little for the state which he represents that the press of - his own party in this district, with the "exception -of the Heppner Gazette and 'Long Creek Eagle, have-denounced him as incompetent and unworthy of sup port. : The other is a man of recognized ability as one of the leading lawyers of . the state, one who in congress would be the peer of any man on the floors of ' that great deliberative body, a friend of the masses, and an advocate' of the interests of the great state of Oregon. ' - With such odds in favor of the lab our public debt and high rate of taxa tion." - Official salaries in every, branch if government are out of proportion to earnings in private life. They are higher than a just compensation for the ser v ice ren dered. That they creal e an unjust burden upon the people in un questioned, and the party thatdemands their reduction is the one on whom the overtaxed people must rely for relief. - The creation of the numerous com missions in this state has developed into a system for robbing the pe pie for creating fat jobs for a favored clus. whose services to the state are not needed. The taxpayers of Oreeron will heartily endorse the declarations of the democratic party demanding the repeal of the laws creating them. The tenth plank, denouncing the extravagance of the last legislature, should have gone further and pledged the party to practice the strictest economy, to cut off all needless nx Dense, and conduct the business of the state on business principles. Still the declaration nan only be interpreted to meau that if the democrats shall se cure a majority in the legislature, the extravagances of the last session shall not be repeated. . - " ; ter, the Ttmes-Mottntaineer, being an independent democratic paper, whose aim is to advance principles which it believes are for the benefit of the greatest number, and believing the interests of the state of Oregon will be more carefully guarded with Judge Bennett in congress than they have been during the past four years with Mr. Ellis as our representative, heartily advocates his election, how ever widly it differs with him ana a majority of the democratic party of Oregon on the question of finance. . GOOD AND BAD. The platform adopted by the demo- cratlc state convention is by no means . . . perfect. It contains some objection '.' able ana some commendable features, yet it is perhaps as consistent a set of declarations as could have been se : cured under the circumstances, when the convention was composed largely of men who had but a single idea that of placing the party on record as un- i reservededly favoring the free and un limited coinage of silver. Aside from the free silver plank, the next most . .'. objectionable declaration is that con tained in the second article, demand ing the repeal of all " specific' contract laws. While this idea is popular with many, it is a principle that, if carried z into execution, would encroach upon '' '. individual privileges. It is not the province of the state to interfere with private contracts, to undertake to "stipulate by legislative enactment : whether a debtor shall pay his obliga tions in gold, silver or any other pro duct of his labor, hence the specific contract law is not burdensome, nor would its repeal be beneficial to the '- masses. But there are parts of. the platform which are commendable, and on which the democratic party can go before the people asking the support of the voters, ; with the assurance that if the manage- ;.- ment of state affairs is entrusted to their keeping, a more economical ad ministration will result than has pre vailed in past years. The most com - mendable features are the sixth, seventh and tenth planks, as follows: "We demand a reduction of all sal . aries, federal and state, commensurate -with the depressed condition of the country; that the compensation of all stats officers shall be kept strictly within the letter of the constitution that all laws now existing providing extra fees or compensation for any duty or service Imposed by law upon such offices shall be repealed." "We demand the repeal of the laws creating the railroad commission, and all other useless commissions." Y "We denounce the extravagant acts of the last legislature as coextensive with fraud, jobbery, and squandering of the people's money, and we censure and hold the republican majority res jonible for the present condition of A LOST OPPORTUNITY. Hardly hid the 1.1st session of the legislature adjiurnsd when the Ore gonian gave the following advice as to the wording ef the republican platform for 1896: "The logical thing for the next re publican platform would be a resolu tion indorsing . and approving' tne earnest and successful efforts of the late legislature against reduction of salaries, offices, fees arid taxes, and pledging the party to ' renewed efforts in that line. . "It may well be supposed that this matter will be duly attended to at the state republican convention, "rhich will be held in March or April, 1896. a little over a year henee. If the piri form is to aioord with, the policy and acts of the recent legislature, it should read something like this, to-wit: The republican party, both from principle and interest, believes in high tixation for the benefit of public of ficials. It pledges itself to stand firmly against all efforts to reduce the num ber of offices, or the salaries, fees and emoluments thereof. It insists that officials who have put up mo ley for campaign purposes to secure the suc cess of their p irty and their own. elec tion, are entitled to recoup from the taxpayers, and that . through their election a moral obligation is created which forbids offices to be cut off or salaries or emoluments to be reduced. We congratulate th people of the state on the defeat of the efforts made in the legislature of 1895 to cut off salaries, offices, emoluments and fees, and denounce . those efforts as the height of outrage and injustice: and we approve the large and liberal ex penditures for clerks in the legislature, and point with pride to the numerous items ard the grand total of the general appropriation bill." The republican stat" convention, however, did not see fit to. follow tbis advice of the Oregonian, nor did that paper see fit to refresh their minds on the subject just prior to the assembling of the delegates. Instead of following the advice of the great oracle of the party on the question of retrenchment. the convention made this declaration: "We pledge the republican party to rigid economy in the expenditure of public money, to the reduction of ex cessive salaries, and the abolish ment of the fee system' whereever possible, and of all useless commissions; and believe that no appropriation hould be made, to any .school or charitable institution not under the control of the slate; arid oppoje the in corporation bill of items for the ex penditure of public money not author ized by law.". Could the records' of the legislative session of 1895 be blotted out of history, this plank in the platform of the re publican.' party could be accepted by the voters of Oregon as meaning some thing, and would be consider- d as a pledge of that party to practice the strictest economy. But since those records are yet fresh in the minds of all, as are also the wording of the plat form of 1894, it would have been more consistent on the part of the fraraers of the platform this year to either have said nothing about retrenchment, or worded their plank on this subject after the fashion suggested by the Oregonian. Such a wording would have been more compatible with the acts of the legislature, and wbb such a declaration of principles, the voters would nave oeen assured or tne mean ing, but might have felt the assurance that, there was a possibility Of the pledge being broken, since so many former pledges have not been kept, and they might have hoped for some real economy being practiced. We believe the republican party has lost a golden opportunity of obtaining con trol of -the next legislature by not fol lowing the suggestions of the Oregon ian in this matter. In the light of the broken pledges of 1894, voters can only hope that their recent pledges of retrenchment will also be broken, and going on the hypothesis that such promises are made to be broken, might have interpreted a platf rm worded in accordance with that submitted by the Oregonian to re illy mean economy, and would therefore have given the party making the declarations their support. THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK. Neyer befo-ein the history of Oregon was there a more confused state of affairs existing in politics than-at pres ent. Especially is this true in the second congressional district. The financial question has overshadowed all other issues, and new lines by which individuals, not parties, are divided, have been drawn. The adop tion of a free silver plank in the dem o iratic platform was a s'l-'prna to the s mnd money elemont - in the p irty fr m which they h ive nm yet fully re c vred, and it is yet a question where so n of them will stand in the coming campiign. The nomination of Mr. Ellis how ever, was no less a surprise to the gold-standard adherents in the repub lican party. His nomination, secured as It was by a combine with one of the factions in the Multnomah delegation, becomes distastful to the opposing fac tion, and forces them to resent his election. To the honest sound monry republicans Mr. Ellis is objectionable, from the face that every vote he has cist in congress has been on the side of silver, and now for him to, stand as a nominee on what is claimed' to be a sound-money platform is so lnconsis tent that they cannot accept him as their standard bearer. Therefore the o ily logical course left for them to p irsue is to nominate an independent candidate on a straight gold platform. Neither can Mr. Ellis be entirely sat isfactory to the free silver contingency in the republican party. Posing as a friend of silver, yet standing on an avowed gold platform, he is, not in a p:isitjon to hold their confidence, nor c m he hope to secure their undivided support. With this view of the situation there can be but one logical conclusion. The contest will be between Judge Bennett, the regular nominee of the democratic party, and the independent candidate of the gold standard repub licans. Judge Bennett's nomination was secured without his solicitation. He was the unanimous choice of the convention after the adoption of a free silver' platform. His views on the financial question are heartily in accord with the platform, and were well un derstood when the nomination was tendered him. He stands squarely for the free and unlimited coinage of silver by the United States at the ratio of 16 to 1. On this irsue there can be no ques tion as to his position, while Mr. Ellis is hampered by the declaration's of an alleged gold standard platform. There- fore there can be but two prominent! candidates in the coming contest Judge Bennett and the independent nominee of the gold-standard republi cans. ' The issue will be on the finan cial question, and no candidate who is hampered in the least on this issue will be prominently before tbe people. practic I test of free coinage. The is s ie appears to be one that will not down, and it is well that the p-oule 1 e givea an opportunity of giving n presssion to their vL-ws on this imiM.r tiint question. If the restoration of silver will create prosperity and good times, then that is what is wanted. That a majority of the democrats- cf Oregon and Washington believe that it will, is shown by their expressions in the state conventions. This idea is so firmly fixed in their minds that nothing will remove it but a practu-u demonstration. Nothing butrheope i ing of our mints to the free coinage of silver, and the establishment of silver monometalisra will convince them of their error. This idea seems to per meate the air through the United States, and the sooner it is tried, and the financial question is settled finally, t ib better It will be for the entire country. wormy and Inferior fruit in this sta'e is nearing an end, ami it . will be l ut a short time when the retiowi.ed healthy. crb Oregon appl -s of twenty yeirs ago will h train be up to their former standard of rxcellence. EDITORIAL XOTES. TELEGRAPHIC. HIS ONE QUALIFICATION. ELLIS IS RESPONSIBLE. The Times-Mountaineer has no excuse to make for the' failure of Day Bro's., the contractors at the Cascade Locks, to complete . the government works at that fIaceon the date prom ised, or for their failure to more vigor ously prosecute the work of construc tion, so that the expectation of the j people, that the lock wo ild be opened 1 on the 1st of last March, might be re alized. For these failures the Day Bros, have earned the severest cen- sure. But they are not wholly respon sible for these delays. Those higher in 'authority than tbey. are the ones on whom the blame really rests. Either the Oregon delegation in congress or j the government engineers are the parti s responsible. Probably the later are the ones who have caused past delays, but if the last appropria tion of 120.000 is not applicable for the completion of the walls at the middle lock, it if the fault of Senator Mitchell and Representative Ellis, and more It is urged by some of the supporters of Hon. W. R. Ellis that he should he re-elected to congress for the reason that be win continue in tne luture as he has in the pist to cast a vote for a tariff on wool. This is pirade:) as his single and only qualification as a rep r -sentative of the second congressional district of Oregon. Admitting this to be true,, then Mr. Ellis is the represen tative of a sintrle interest, one which, though it is of considerable importance, is by no means the leading industry of the district. While wool raising is extensively engaged . in east of the Cascade mountains, there are other branches of agriculture that are of more importance even - in the great guzing region. The wheat crop of the Inland Empire is of vastly mor value than the wool product, and the wheat farmers are too entitled to some consideration at the bands of a mem ber of congress. The only favors they can ask at the hands of a congressman is that all obstructions to the naviga tion of the Columbia river be removed, so that the product of their farms can he carried to market at the least pos sible cost. There are three counties in the dis trict, Multnomah, Columbia and Clat sop, that have no wool industry, but every one of them is interested in the opening of the river from Lewiston to the Pacific ocean. Therefore there is at least one matter in which the entire second district is more interested than a tariff on wool. And what has Mr. Ellis done in reference to thii matter? What has he done to secure the com pletion of the canal and locks at the Cascades, or to advance the improve ment of the river between The Dalles and Cefilo? Virtually nothing. More than a year ago the government en gineers reported that an additional ap propriation of 9174,000 was needed to complete the work at the Cascades, but Mr. Ellis did not bestir himself to secure such an appropriation until he was petitioned to do so by the different commercial bodies in the cities along I tests. the river. ' Later his attention was called to the fact that money was needed to do certain additional work on the canal, so that the locks could be operated this season, and he secured the . passage through the bouse of a resolution appropriating $20,000 worth of no'.hing for that emergency. Pos sibly Mr. Ellis was honest in bis efforts in this matter, and imagined he was really doing something to further the completion of the locks; but if, after four years of service in eongress, he is so utterly stupid as to not know when an appropriation is made that it can not be made available when drawn against a fund that is - already ex hausted, he is too stupid to even claim recognition for bis one qualification, that of voting for a tariff on wool. General Weaver, the Populist, in speech at Poi tlind.said: 'Therdpub lican party killed prosperity, tlirew the corpse in tV l ip of the democracy and then choTt ! murder." The ten er.il s vera.utv l i this instance :s not questioned. The candidate for the . presidency who once remarked that he would rather be right. than be president will be muchly quoted from now on to No ember. This candidate must hae been right as he never got to be president. The silver wave struck Missouri and Colorado democrats as forcibly as it di I those of Oregon and Washington The conventions in the former states hoh declared for free coinage. In both conventions the friends of the white metal were largely in the ma jority. The Salem Journal remarks that Joe Simon- is now . "completely retired from Oregon politii-s." ' The junrm 1 toes nOt know Air. 'imon. He hs met his match for once, ar.d wastnrni d down for a time, but will he in the rng. again long before election day. Death is the only thing that will rethe him from politics. If the financial plank in the re publican platform adopted by the t'ortland convention, declares against the free coin a re of silver, how is Mr. Ellis going tf consistently stand on it? However, be may consider that plat forms are not to stand on, but are con venient vehicles on Which to ride into office. A "straddle" in the republican plat form, a free silver man nominated f r ongress in one district and a gold- standard man in the other is a difficult combination even for the most radical republican to endor.-e. Free- silver out-and-out is nothing to compare with Gentlemen, you have our sympathy ia these confining times. The Pendleton Tribune thinks the financial plank in the republican pi it- forra declares for sound money. Some very able statesmen in the tepublican party have construed it differently. Tbey interpret it to mean free and un limited coinage of silver, and on its declarations justify their vote for free coinage. It is strange that great minds should thus differ. ' Politics in Multnomah -county are decidedly mixed. Two republican, a democratic, populist and taxpayers' league tickets iu the fields there is no tilling what the result will be. At least there is plenty of material on all these tickets to select from, and if good men are not elected, it will not ba for want of material. In such con- j however, taxeaters ire very THE VKM-"'it.l,AX CASE. Cummr-luit M- .i lttt All Mcnibris I're-eut. Washington, April 14. The Vene Z lelau unujmUsiou int today after an adjournment of ten days, wilh all mem bers present. Some time was consumed in reading t-e reports from individual members upon the progress they are making wi h p.irtii-Hlar m ilters of i.iv.-sliga-ti mi entru ted to them. S-irujrgs. counsel for the Venezuelan government, submitted forty maps and charts and considerable other evi i e ice. ' Word has come from London to the e feet th.it the BrUisu )vjrn:nent is preparing a supplement to the' Blue Book, containing translations of, the dcuments generally referred to is the first volume, and which is expected to reach Washington soon: but saving that the present action of issuing the Blue Book, and even this cimj indi rectly by the British gove'nmont has so far failed to follow the example set by Venezuela and submit the coe for mally to the commission. and to accept a inyitatiou to be represented by counsel. TII.LMa.x !; IKS. Mis Words Have tun ( iiarHfterlstlc Ring. Denver Hears Ills Voice. DENVER, April 14. Senator Till man, uho has come here to address the democratic state convention . to morrow says: The outlook Is alto gether favorable for the democratic national convention to be controlled by the free silver wing." -" "I am a democrat," said Senator Tillman, "but if I may be permitted to offer a word of advice to the freeTiilver republicans of Colorado it is to send Senator Teller to the Kit. Louis conven tion as chairman of the delegation wilh instructions, which be will gladly obey, to lead his delegation from the con vention hall the moment McKinley or any other gold .bug is nominated for president; or any other platform than one demanding free silver without waiting for the consent of England." He con eluded : "The country is going to hell ; let us show the world we know it and we are determined to interfere." THK PLAVK-tiLASS TRUST. Spain and the Cuban insurgents w 11 result in the bringing about of nego tiations between lh rebel leaders and the Spanish government. At least, Spain shows signs of aci-eding to the ri'qui-st recently luade by I're.-ident I leveland for the acceptance if the j;oiid iilli:i-s of the United States. The negotiations are in the hands of Secretary Olney and Senor Dupuy de Lome, t: e Spanish minister at this capital. Senor de Lcme, ai-tirg under instructions fi cm hi. foif ti n cut. lias made certain lnqu ries lis to the met od which the president proprs-'s to follow. If the Spanish minister of foreign uuair.s nnaliy accepts the goon olnces of this government, General FitzLugh L"e, our new consul general at Ha vana, will oe instructed to sound the insurgent leaders as to their willing ness to accept reforms in Cuba, and on these being guaranteed, to lay down their arms. MlSSKt tui MARE. A Spectator to a -Sh tin? Serape Fatal'y AVouucled. . Albany, Or., April !". This ranrn- i ig. at Halsey, Owen Bonu and John P wrlq-iarreled. Peirl accusing Bid of bestowing ton much attention upon Mrs.- Allinghim. Pairl's ci:vig'iter. Tie mn h id a fi.'hr., and aftirwar.ls n et in Pearl's livery Rtahl and re ne ved the q't irrel. Pairl's son El mer, a-d his brother, Silas, were with him. Bond called to the city mar-hnl to protect him. At the same lime he drew a revolver and fired at John Pearl. As he did so, Pearl's son seized Bond's arm. The ball missed Pearl and struck. Ira Stroud, a cattle-buyer ,j of this cltyj who had at that moment entered tne stahle and Blighted from his horse. The ball entered the lower portion of the abdomen. It is be lieved Stroud will die. Bond and Pearl are under arrest, and a preliminary examination is be i.tg held ibis evening. ' Owen Bond waived examination, and was held in $I00; bonds. John Pearl was held in $800 bonds. Elmer and Silas Pearl were arrestfdas accessor ies in attempting to kill Bond, and will have an examination tomorrow. Stroud is still alive, hut cannot re covejv His intestines were severed by the ball in several places. THE ANTI-SIMO.N CROWD. It Will Force All of the Jobbers Oat of Business. Chicago. April 14. Every plate glass jobber in Chicago has received a letter from the plate-glass trust, notify ing him that the trust has withdrawn thepricelist for "stock sheets." ,The jobbers have been buying glass by the square foot in sheets and selling it to the trade in cut sizs. . The pricelist for cut sizes is left in force, but as the trust will sell to the consumer at the price it allows the jobber to make, the latter, it is said, will not sell any more glass after the present stocks are exhausted. The managers of the Pittsburg trust frankly state to the jobbers that they something will be done for thmnmplt- will tpe i up wai'houses in a short time in Chiuigo, New York, Philadel phia, Boston, St. Louis, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Minneapolis and perhaps other large cities, as the needs of the trade may demand. The trade of the whole country will be supplied from these depots. Rumors that something of this sort was contemplated were eireubjSTIkand denied for two months befoeS jper confirmed. Hannibal E. Hamlin-'was chosen ohair ua.i aud mUa a .spijjii in a Ivojuy of prjt--eUo:i aal "hfajst m Vjy." Ao the mention of RseJ's nam the cheer ing c.i itiaua), ever increasing i--. stronth f r fatly five miautxs. Hir bert W. Ue.ith, of "Augusta, chairm i of the committee on resolutions, re ported the platform. It savs the re publicans of Maine gliJly join will brethern of the other states in pre sentingtothe ropublic.ins of the na tiou for promotion to the presidenc the sp-ak ;r of t-he n itio i il house i rpr-s tnt-itives. Ill nee Is no pl.v form. H is opp ued to fie free an I unlimited coLnge of silver, exsept b international agreement, and unti 3t;h a'rcdin sits cm bs obttiued h b.-dieves 'the present gold standar should be m iltitsl-vH. ' . llllllIlllllllllll))llllllliUlllllllllillll,lllll.lllllllllllll!j TTY way likely to come but on top. Senator. Mitchell's promises that tion of the Cascade Locks is rather a stale chestnut. People are getting tired. of hearing it. He has had all winter in which to look after this mat ter, and his constituents in E;istern Oregon would accept with better grace a telegram announcing that an appro priation had -been made than any promise that something will be done. They are getting heartily tired of promises. Republican protection is robbery of the many for the benefit of the few. re marks' an- exchange. ' It has iieen the means Of bui ding up great and power . ful trusts, killing off email industries, I creating multimillionaires.and conccn Is something in which every resident in the second congressional district is especially the latter. He is the special ! 0,rec"y mteresieo.. w un iiiem it is a PUnH.ni.ii f rfiot i- ..iK ' matter that ; overshadows all -other vidi . m,uw w tax ivm au nuiuis JUDGE BENNRTT ACCEPTS. The nomination tendered Hon. A. S. Bennett, of this city, by the democrats of the second congressional district, has been formally accepted and Judge Bennett will enter the campaign as the standard-bearer of democracy in this district. .. As a candidate for congress, Judge Bennett stands before people as an advocate of the principles of the free coinage of silver at the present ratio, and as a representative of the people, free from the influences of any fac ion or slao. His attitude on the question of finance is identical with the views of a majority of those who composed the recent state convention and being a forceful debatorand logical reasoner, he will voice those sentiments clearly and in Uumiatnkable terms, On all other questions of vital impor tance, Judge Bennett is in close touch with the masses, and his determination to accept the nomination will be agree able to those even who do not agree with him on the financial question, for in him they recognize a man capable of representing the state as it should be represented, one who is honest in his convictions, and who has both the C3urage and the ability to defend what hi believes is risrht.-' the work is situated, and it was his duty, when the resolution was intro duced in the bouse, first to know that there was money available in the fund on which it was intended to draw, and second, to know how the the money would be expended, if appropriated. If Mr. Ellis neglected to ascertain these facts, he has been willfully neglectful of bis duty, and it is he who has .retarded the completion of the locks, the matter now of the greatest importance to the people of the dis trict he is supposed to epresent. If the $20,000 appropriated are not made available, it i& not the fault of the Days, but of Mr. Ellis. Whatever faultmay be found with the contractors for their inactivity, let the responsibil ity of work being suspended at the the locks now rest where it belongs, on the shoulders of the representative of the second congressional district, the Hon. W. R. Ellis. WE CANNOT STRADDLE. iAPSIrJN FKtriRIXO. Some, it Is Beported. Bsn BrgiD to Fish In the Lower River. -A si OBI A. Or., April 14. It was re ported from Ilwaco today that a num ber of the Baker's bav tramnen are Tl ,.m .u iu i ! i creaiuiK uiun.iuiiiiioiiairou.niiu coni-cn- The opening of the Columbia river , . ... , ,.u ... oreoarinsto fish, while some have al- ' country in the hands of a verv limited . rdua DeBun- lB and select virele of plutocrats. This is why the iron barons, under the lead of Millionaire Mark Hanna, are eo , anxious for McKinley ;s. nomination. issues today.. And the representative who trifles with this question, or allows himself "buncoed," as Mr. Ellis' friends must acknowledge he has been, or that he Is willfully dishonest, is not a competent representative of the peo ple. ' The sort of a representative the second district requires in the next congress is a man who is a representa tive of all interests, one who has more The cong essionul contest in this district is coming down to a peculiar phase. Rov Wilmot' Whitfield, the , prohibition nominee for congress, has i withdrawn, and F. McKercher, who poses as a sound money man, has been j named in bis stad. It is just possible ; that McKercher will be endorsed bv than a single qualification, one who ; the sound money men of the district can grasp the needs of the entire dis trict. A man with a single idea might represent Morrow county, the home of the honorable congressman, in the legislature,, but he can never become an efficient representative of the entire state in congress. Let us have a con gressman who will guard the interests of all a ike, the wool raiser, the wheat farmer, the merchant, the mechanic PROTECT .THE FBUIT. Fruitgrowing is rapidly becoming ! t 31 j a l l one oi tne jeaainganu most prouiaoMj , , honop ... hfta lnuustnes in tne state, dug oi lace There is at least one com nendable feature in the democratia platform. It is so plain on the money ggtttfoo, that "the wayfaring man, though a fooL" can read and understand Theso are times when any political party that hopes to succeed, or pre tends to be honest,- must come out squarely for the free and unlimited coinage of silver or for a single gold standard. A declaration that can be construed either me' way or the other, but still means nothing, will not be ac cepted by the people. A declaration either for or against silver is demand ed; no half-way grounds can be taken The question of finance must be met fairly and unequivocally. Concerning this question and the probable nomi nees of the democratic party, the East Oregonian makes this statement, which every clearheaded voter resognizes as the trute: "Carlisle will not run "for president on the democratic ticket unless the convention which nominates him will make - a gold standard platform. Neither will Whitney nor Russell. But there is Boise, of Iowa.-a verv in telligent and able man and one with a fine record. He is in favor of free silver and if the democratic party adopts a free silver plank in its plat form he will likely be the man to stand upon it. Rather than straddle the financial question the democratic party in its national convention had better declare itself in favor of free coinage. But if It hopes to remain true to its record it should declare" .for sound money of the gold standard kind, However, the action of the republican convention at St. Louis on the finan cial question will largely point out the way the democratic party will go. In any event it is to be hoped that a straddle will not be permitted." SILVER IN THE AIR. The silver element in the democratic state convention of Washington was fully as pronounced as it waa in the state convention of this state, and a platf jrm waa adopted demanding the free and unlimited coinage of sliver. The ring of silver seems to be in the air among the democrats of the coast, and nothing will satisfy them but a years orchards have been so infested, with different pests as to render the business of fruitgrowing less renumer atie than it would otherwise have been. But the members of the state board of horticulture are undertaking to overcome this impediment to the industry, and are preparing to in augurate a more vigorous campaign than ever before against fruit pests. This is indeed commendable, for this great and growing industry of the state deserves to have every reasonable protection and encouragement that can possibly be extended. Heretofore the board has not resorted to the harsh er methods with which they are em powered under the law, probably for the reason that orchard is ts were not in a condition -financially to bear the ex pense necessary to properly care ftr and improve their orchards, and the board have considerately waited for a ti ne wbeu fruit growers were bett r able to expend money in tbisdiie ti c . And too It was necessary, before en tering vigorously upon the work of ex terminating pests that public senti ment should become in sympathy with the move, that the owners of orchards hould be brought to realize that a few l ifested trees in a neighborhood are liable and almost certain to spread dis ease to all adjacent orchards, and there fore the efforts of those desirous to keep down pests in their orchards are useless so long as their neighbors are not alike enterprising. Since this is generally accepted by all orchardists. the board will and is receiving the hearty support of fruit growers every wherein their efforts to subdue the pests. The spirit of enterprise ts so univer sal among fruit growers all over the state that the worK or tne ooard is heartily endorsed, and those xho a short time ago resented all acts of the board to compel them to treat their trees, are now among tne neartiest supporters of the horticultural law. So earnest are ' fruit growers in this matter, and so efficient are the mem bers of the board, that the period of as the Moses to lead them to victory In this event, he will have another plank added to his platform, which now declares singly for prohibition There seems to be a pcuse in the McKinley boom. Can ' it be that a combination is being formed against the sham Napoleon of protection? McKinley stands for nothing but ex treme protection, which means the robbery of the few for the benefit of the many, and it would be a national calamity for him to become president of the United States. But before win- two things to do first to'in the republican nomina tion, and then to beat some good demo crat. Can he do both? . The indications now are that an in dependent candidate for congress in this district will be named by the sound-money adherents in the demo cratic and republican parties. ' - The silver plank In the democratic platform and the nomination of Ellis leaves the gold men no choice between congres sional nominees, hence an effort is being made to plac a candidate in the field on a single-standard platform. Ills not likely' that such a candidate would receive the support of all single- standard advocates in either party, for (here are some w6o believe there are other issues of as great importance as the question of finance, but the' result would be a very accurate test of the strength of the different- factions in the district. American Star canneries will pack whatever salmon art. taken in this manner. The gillnet men. who are s ipported in their stand for a 5-cent r ti by many of the trapmen, are iu different as to what action is taken by t'ie o.vners of trap-,' for the reason fiat, in the early part of the season, t ie catch by a!l devices other than gillnet is universally small, nnd can cut no material figure in the total pac r. H.ilfl a County Convention of Their Own, Legislative Ticket JVfimlnated. PORTLAND, Apr 1', 15. The anti Simon .republicans reconvened their county convention today and began the nomination of their full county and city ticket. . The follow irg legislative ticket was nominated this forenoon: For senator-i J E. Hnzeltine. A. H. Tanner, J. J. Fisher, VV. M. Killings- worth. Representatives H. A. Hogue,' W. E. Thomas, Jonathan Bourne, jr.. Van B. Delashmut, Charles E. -Drake, G. B. Tucker, Henry Wagner, Chas. j Cleveland, T. A. Marqnam. Electhtu In fcpala. Madrid. April 15. The election re turns to date show the parties are i divided as follows: Conservatives, 318; liberals, 87: dissenting conservatives, 5; independents, 11; Carlists, 10; and republicans, 3. ' Owing to. irregularities at Madrid, the presidents of the electoral bureau have been fined 100 pesatas. Fin"s have also been inflicted upon wire-pullers. The liberal elected at Madrid i think of rei-igning in connection with the suit for libel, against the Marquis of Cabriana, who was instrumental in exposing the alleged municipal corrup tion, bnd who is being prosecuted by . the municipal councilors. -The mar quis has been ordered to find bail, but ' it is believed he-will prefer to go to prison. . ' , ItTnsnreevsfnll Search. . Momence. 111.. April 15. For two days an unsuccessful search has been made, here for the body of Minnie Williams, said to have been murdered by H. H. Holmes, who is to be hanged in Philadelphia May 7 for the murder of B. F. Pie zeL The cabin of the Parma lee place, which is mentioned in Holmes'-concession as the place where tie body was burial, was ; thoroughly Investigated. Unless the j letters to Holmes and the sheriff of The union men remain firm in their Philadelphia county bring forth new position, and, as the strike progresses, the belief grows stronger that unless there Is a decided improvement in the market, the pack of 1800 will" prove the s n illest sincethe Inception of the fish ing industry. ' Arizona Stat hood ill II. Washington, April 14. At a spe cial meeting of the. bouse committee on territories today, the Arizona state hood bill was ordered reported favor ably to the house. The vote stood five in fivor and' two against. Those in the affirmative were: republicans, Scranton, Perkins, Lefevre, democrats, Turner and Cooper of Texas. Those against were; republicans, Hadley and Low. Avery was paired with Knox, and Harris was paired with Harrison. ' Owens of Kentucky was present but did not vote. The special meeting of the comn it tee, he said, had been called for the purpose of bearing ead ! the report or tne JSew information, the search will be aban doned. ' Had Weather For Sheep. HEPPNEB Or.. April 15. The weather for the past eight days , has been very rough, raining and snowing most of the time. Snow fell to a depth o'f 14 inches within nine miles of town. Yesterday it snowed and hailed most of the day and it was very cold today. That the sheep raisers will lose a large number of lambs is'a foregone conclusion. How great the loss will be cannot be told. It has been many years since they have had such weather at this time of the year to contend. with. ' ; -; V ' - Horned to Death While Drank. ' Salem, April 15. .Across thu. river in Polk county last night an old Lnch elor living alone, named Eugene Ne'y. ton. set his house on fire , and was burned to death in the building.; It is supposed that the accident was TUB CANiui.., UOTJNOART Attempts to Hive It DeQoltely Fixed. Washington, April 10. Che house commute on f.reigi affairs toda took action regarding the Canadiai boundary.' The matter was brought before the co'niiitted by Heatwole, who is endjivorij to brin about th settlement of the question of jurisdic tion over Hunter's Island. - v A resolution was -unanimously adopted reciting that the boundary be tween the UniteJ States and Canada, at ii any points, h id not been definitely settled, a id asking aa appropriation of $7).0.U for determining, under the existing treaties, the boundary at all necessary points between the St. Law rence river and Lake of the Woods. -The appointment of the commission and the details of negotiations will rest with the president if the proposi tion of the commi't. he id opted. . A Joiut j-o. . Held. - . Washington, April 16l The sul- comuiittee of the senate committee on judiciiry apKlnted to consider bi Is for the reorgonization of the Northern Pacific and the Atlantic & Pacific rail ways, under, foreclosure, held a joint meeting today to listen to arguments on behalf of thj bills. Attorney Brii- ton appeared for the Atlantic & Pa cific, and Mr, Moccowles, of New York, for the Northern Prcific; They directed their attention especially to the question of privileges to' be ex tended purchasers in connection with the stock and bond- of the roads. . To Settle tutur Debts. Washington, April 16. The con sideration of the bilk for the settling of the Pacific railway's'debts, at this session by the house seems assu ed At a meeting of the bouse committee today, Chairman Powers announced that Speaker Reed had promised that the bill should be Lrougbt up in the bouse within two weeks and all time necessary for its consideration be given. The For Seal Fisheries. Washington, April 1. The presi dent has Issued his annual fur-seal fisheries proclamation, reciting the law prohibiting the taking of teal bearing animals in Alaskan waters, an act passed to effect by the Paris arbi tration. It warus all persons not to Violate these laws under the penalty of arrest and punishment. To Investigate Mond Bales. Washington. April 16. At 2:35 p. M. the Peffer resolution for investigat ing bond sales was I lid before the sen ate and a hard struggle for precedence occurdJ. Cullora, Allison and Hale urged tak ing up the appropriation bills. It was flaally determined to consider the bond resolut on. Hill, of Ne r York, then took the floor to oppose the reso lution. '' . Aanlnst u, standard. , , v Denver,. April 16. Senator Teller and Representative Shafroth have de cided definitely that tbey will not be candidates for the election as dele gates to the national republican con vention. Both say they cannot sup port the gold standard candidates for presidency. . Army Blay be Increased. Washington, April ib. The sen ate committee on military .affairs to day agreed to report favorably Hau ley's bill for the reorganization of the armv. The bill increases the force to 30,000 enlisted men. Overcome ujr the Heat. , Patladelphia, April 16. Tie mercury went up to 84 yesterday. . It was one of the hottest April days on record in tbis city. George Sebela was overcome by the heat and died in the Germantown hnanltal f Wft 1 qmiTt of floor, 1 3 IIISUOOMIUI Nil, I Mall- poooful fcrounU nut mtf or cinnatuon. t rounding trMpoofifllia 3 mums po wutrr i usmorr. s Hfti i tires; too i cup 3 uigmr. l cup mile S tr- 3 poonniw jnwira i ei to Iras. Mir 1 dm Into f h flour- roll and cut 3 Into softM. Hav feat 3 Urn i full of Cotroleno f 1 jum 109 runt nei q oUnuMa. nd fry tb doughnuts 3 tt uxors For fryincr, Cottolenel i must be not, but don't 1 I let it get hot enough to 1 I smoke or it will bel I burned and spoiled. To I I find if it is hot enough, I test it by throwing into i P. it a single drop of water, i i When at just the Jieat, 1 I the water will pop. Get i I the genuine. E Tbe Cottolone trade-marks are "CM- a totene" uou a Msr's Aal in option 3 plant wrtatn. . THE N. K. FslRBANK C0MP1NT. 8t Louis, JLW llfi, frMitimiimtHHiiiiiiiiMiiiiKtiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimimmiiii?. ' In Favur ut tiolO. ' - Trenton, N. J., April 15. The re publican state convention today de clared id favor of the gold standard. Maltnoniah Democratic Ticket. Portland, Apr. 16. The democratic county con veu tion met today for the purpose of nominating a fall tick-it. The following nominations were made: State Senators, C. E. S. Wood, Paul Wessinger, R. D. Inman; S. B. Rijrgen Representatives, Charles E. Ladd.R. C. Johnson, A. E. Beanies, J. VV. Shat- tuck, R. J. Holmes, Cecil H. Bauer, T. H. Watts, A. Donnerberjv F. Fie- gel.' Clerk of the circuit court, D. J. Beaky. Recorder, Ivan Humason. . Clerk, J. C. Haverly. -Sheriff, A. D. Smith. . " Treasurer, John Keirnan. Ex-Governor jfennoyer was nom inated for the mayorality by acclama tion. : ' Mayor Orr Declared Defeated ' Tacoma, Wash., April 16. Mayor Ed S. Orr was declared defeated for re election by two votes and today began proceeding in court to prevent the inauguration of A. V. Pa wee tt, the successful candidate. ' . He charges the election officers with misconduct ia counting the ballots. Mexico state- hojJ bill. It was not proper that the , caused by bis heiner intoxicated. Arizona statehood measure should be taken up without wurnintr, and while the members who opposed it were ab sent. His request that tho matter go over until tbe next meetiner was re- fuser1, however, and be absented him self from the room while the vote was being taken. : : Ordinance to be Enforced. . Oaksdale. Wash., April 14. The new city marshal has served notice on the saloons that he will enforce tbe ordinances regarding Sunday closing, gambling and selling liquor to minors, The saloons at present are run wide open, and as soon as a new police judge is appointed arrests ill be made. Still In LKjubt. Tacoma. April 14. It is uncertain yet who was elected mayor of this city a week ago. The republicans cHim majority oi. tnree, ana tne citizens a majority of two. The city council is sitting as a return board today, can vassing the votes. It will not con elude its labors till late tonight. Explosion In an Alaska Mine. Seattle, April 14. The - steamer Willipa arrived from Alaska this morning, bringing news that on April 3 an explosion occurred in the tun' nel of the Tread well mine. Two miners were fatally Injured and sev eral othei seriously injured. MAT BK1R GOOD FBUIT, - Spain 8bows Slans of Accepting- Cleve land's Offer. Chicago. April 15. A special dis patch to the Times-Herald from Wash ington says: There is now hope that tbe efforts of the United States to mediate between England's Rebellious Subjects. London, April 15. A dispatch from Buluwayo says: The whole country is in the hands of the rebellious natives and tbey are moving in great force northward. It will require a large force of troops to dislodge them. . Charged With Cowardice Salem, April In. The democratic county convention reconvened today fur the nomination of a county ticket. The platform adopted condemns the republican party for cowardice in fail ing to express Itself on ' the money question." .. Paued Over I'lielr Vetoes. ALBANY. N. Y.. April 15. The greater New York bill was passed , by the senate today over the vetoes nf the mayors of New York and Brooklyn by a vote of 34 to 14. Mrs. Kll,Who shot HriM-lf. Died. Baker City. Or., April 15. Mrs. Thomas Ells, who shot herself Monday, died at her home near Express this morning. She was temporarily in sane. . . MAINE WANTS TOM REED. Speaker of the House strongly Supported by His Own State. Portland, Maine, April 16. With enthusiasm almost unequaled in the history of republican politics in this state, the convention for the nomina tion of delegates to tbe national con vention was held here today. Enthu siasm centered about tbe name or Thomas B. Reed, the unanimous choice of the convention as candidate for president. The slightest reference to Reed called forth demonstrations. mm THE DALLKS National Bank. .' V OP DALLES CITY, OR. Tkesidext. . ; . . . .Z. F. Mo VKjb pBvxTrrCdHAs; Hilton Cashier . . ' ...... M. ' A. Moody General Banking Business Transacted. Sight Exchanges Sold on New York, Chicago, San. Fran Cisco and Portland. . giiiiiiiHiiijmDrrrmmiiip A. A. iHOWA -Resj FULL ASSORTMENT JTAPLS ill MSI (HO PROVISDVa. Special Trices to Gash Euye s 170 8EOO-D t-TREET. 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