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SATURDAY... ...... APRIL 25, 1896
Democratic Ticket
For Supreme Judge,
JOHN BURNETT.
For Congressman, Second District,
ALFRED S. BENNETT.
For Prosecuting Attorney, 7th District,
. JOHN H. CRADLEBAUGH.
"For Joint Senator Wasco, Sherman and
oiiuaui.
t :' . E. B. DUFUR,
; OF WASCO.
For Joint Senator, Wasco and Sherman,
- J. W. ARMSWORTHY,
'' OF SHERMAN.
For Joint Representatives Wasco and
-. . ' snerman.
, F. A. SEUFERT,
V. C. LEWIS,
OF WASCO.
For County Judge,
- GEO. C. BLAKELEY,
OF THE DALLES.
. For Sheriff,
, - . H. F. WOODCOCK,
. Of Wamic.
s "' 'For County Clerk, -
D. L. CATES,
. OF 1ASCADE8. '
. For Treasurer,
G. A. LIEBE,
" OF TBK DALLES.
For Commissioner,
; J. R. DOYLE,
OF EIGHT MILE. "
For School Superintendent, .
t v' AARON FRAZIER,
4. ;. .OF DCFUB.
' ' For Assessor,
GEORGE P. MORGAN, ;
OF CASCADES.
For Surveyor,
CHARLES SCHUTZ,
. ' " OF THE DALLES,
' - For Coroner,
: ' HENRY .WILLIAMS,
OR EIGHT MILE.
CONGRESS AND TEE NAVY.
Recent strained relations that have
existed between the United States and
some of the foreign powers, and the
- vigorous policy of the administration
in .asserting the time-honored doc
trinesof the government that 'no for
eign power shall enoroaoh upon Amer
ican soil, have brought congress to a
realization that the United - States
' must be prepared to back every such
declaration bv force if needs be. In
short, it is realized that a more effi
cient navy must be created in order
that the dignity of the nation shall be
maintained, ana this fact is shown by
the action of the senate committee on
, the navy bill, making the most liberal
appropriations for the new fleet. The
' measure carries an outlay, of 931,279,'
482. which.' is a reduction of less than
250,000 from the amount fixed by the
''house. ,
, Assuming, as we probably may, says
' the New York Sun, that the senate
will substantially confirm the action
either of its own committee or of the
house, we can, in the first place, count
: on four new battle ships of the Kear
sarge type. Next, we have ten second-
class torpedo boats assured, and also
a choice between five first-class 26-knot
boats and three of 30 knots each. Per-
haps the latter, which is the senate
committee's plan,' may be preferred,
.since 'the great speed of the newest
British torpedo-boat catchers has in
spired our navy with the wish to turn
out something to match them.
However, the senate committee does
not diminish the aggregate of torpedo
boats in the bill, as it adds two new
: Holland submarine craft. And the
house may consent to this provision.
; since it depends on a successful test
of the submarine boat now building.
: The extension of the time limit for
contracting for the ships authorized
from 90 to 120 days is commendable.
Again we find that the important ad
dition of 1,000 enlisted men to the
navy is concurred in; - and although
. the provision for 500 more marines is
stricken out, the senate committee's
actiorrts doubtless based on the fact
that Secretary Herbert did not, in his
report, ask for this latter increase.
We find preserved, too, the import
ant provisions for reserve guns and
projectiles for the navy and the auxil-
ary cruisers, and for addition torpedoes,
- and they are even suplemented by an
item of $50,000 for testing methods of
throwing high explosives from ordi
nary guns on board ships. .
: In brief, while in details the senate
committee has - made some changes,
the great result; is a substantial con
currence in the most important features
of The house bill already noted. Thus
. the most - liberal' contribution to the
navy since its reconstruction was be
gun, thirteen years ago, seems to be
assured, and the Fifty-fourth congress
win nave a record 01 wnicn it may
well be proud.
WOE TO CALAMITY EOWLEES
, The calamity howlers who recently
- have been sending up a wail that the
country had gone to the dogs, because
of the change in the tariff laws nearly
two years ago, and parading the fact of
an increase of business failures for the
past year as an argument. that prosper
ity can never again prevail until the
McKinley law is re-enacted, will find
but little comfort in the following from
R. G. Dun & Co's. weekly review dated
April 17.
"The sudden change from sleighing
to summer heat, with fair skies in
most cities, has tested the prevalent
idea that good weather only was needed
to bring general improvement in
business. Everywhere there hast been
more retail buying, and in some
branches better demand at wholesale.
There is no abatement of the almost
universal disposition to deal with un
usual conservatism and not to antici
pate future wants, and this has been
especially conspicuous where combin- j
ations have been formed or prices 1
1 am- 01
vanced. The comparative infrequency
serious fail u-o-i, with money less
disturbed since gold exports - began
than might have been expected, helps
to give encouragement, but does not
kindle speculative fires, and such im
provement as appears is mainly of a
healthy sort.
"Wheat rose about 5c last week, met
some reaction, but is a shade higher
than a week ago. Liter accounts
are more promising as to winter wheat
Western receipts in the two weeks of
April were 3,838,502 bushels, against
2,234,302 last year.
'After remaining- unchanged for
mvny days, rumors either way having
no effect, cotton rose l-16c on Thursday.
Heavy commercial and mill stocks
hiader most buyers, and possibilities
of iniurv to the cominz crop retard
sellers at current prices.
'Failures for the week have been
223 in the United States, against 241
List year."
STBAIGET VOTE DEMANDED.
Whatever other issues that may
arise in the coming congressional elec
tion in this district, it must be admit
ted that the money question will take
first place. This is a question on which
there can be no half-wav around. It
must be free silver or a single gold
standard. No candidate can "strad
dle " this question and hope to hold
the confidence of voters. The senti
ment of a large majority of the voters
of the district is very clearly expressed
in the following editorial which ap
peared in the Oregon ian of the 18th :
" Voters of the second district, who
wish to send to coneress a man who
will support free coinage Of silver, and
who, through his political association
and the help of a powerful party, will
be able to do something for free coin
age of silver, should vote for Bennett,
tbe democratic nominee.
"As for Ellis, the republican noroi
nee, though he is a free silver man, he
can do nothing for silver: since the
republican party is inflexibly opposed
to free coinage of silver, and Ellis at
Washington finds himself practically
alone. .The republican vote in the
house recently was 184 against silver,
to 25 for it. The republican party
therefore will do nothing for free coin
age of silver, and Ellis, in voting for
silver, is going against the policy and
purpose of his party.
" They who wish to bring about free
coinage 01 silver, tnereroM, snouia
vote for the candidate of a party that
is disposed to promote that measure.
The populists are too weak to do any
thing. . Their strength in congress is
really nothing. The only way, there
fore, by which the voter who desires
free coinage can contribute to that re
sult is through support of democrats
who are committed to the silver cause.
Every voter. toerefore,-of the sec
ond district, who thinks it important
that free coinage of silver be carried,
should vote for Bennett, the demo
cratic nominee. He alone is in posi
tion to render available service to that
cause. 1
" Likewise, every voter who opposes
free coinage of silver should refuse to
vote for Ellis, because Ellis supports
free coinage, as a demagogue, whan
his party is against it ; and it is time
measures were taken to enforce honest
dealing oa this all-important subject.
"Gold-standard men cannot vote for
Ellis, because they detest false pre
tenses, and know how im porta ot it is
that the attack in congress on the
money 'standard shall cease. Silver
standard men should not vote for
Ellis, because be can do their cause no
good, and they cannot wish to be
fooled and deceived. If they wish to
make their votes for silver effective.
Bennett Li their man.
"Honest and straightforward deal
ing in this matter, as in all others, is
the essential thing. Let us have an
end of pretenses, delusions and hum
bugs, so that, votes may be placed just
wherethey belong."
MEANS OF FliOSPERITT.
The tariff editor of the New York
Tribune lays down a democratic prin
ciple when be declares that "Ameri
cans ought by this time to know that
their prosperity always depeudiupon
the consuming power of the millions.
This is exactly what tbe advocates of
tariff reform have been saying for the
past 20 years. That the republicans
are now finding it out is encouraging,
as it shows that if given sufficient
time they may learn something more
than their old high tariff doctrines.
which taught that hiffh taxes and
dear goods made business prosperous.
However, in accepting this correct
theory of what produces prosperity,
tbe Tribune does not consider that its
views are inconsistent with its advo
cacy of a very high protective tariff.
The Tribune is a prominent, advocate
of the restoration of the McKinley
tariff law, with all of its crushing burl
dens on the American consumers. It
asserts that every depression of busi
ness is due to lower prices which rule
under the present tariff law, and for
temporary relief insists upon tbe pas
sage of the Dingley bill, which it
claims would result in higher .prices
and an increased volume of trade.
It is difficult to understand the reas
oning of the Tribune, when it argues
that prosperity always depends on the
consuming power of the millions," and
at the sa me time insists that the best
way to increase prosperity is to dimin
ish the power of the people to buy
comodities. 'For it is certain that tar
iff laws which raise prices make it
harder for the millions to get the things
they need. ' If goods are dearer tbe
consumers must buy less. W hen less
goods are sold fewer workers are em
ployed, and men out of work or with
irregular employment in turn buy less
of the product of other workers. The
result is what is called "overproduc
tion," with closed factories, idle em
ployes and bankrupt merchants, to
testify to the evil effects of decreasing
the ability of the people to buy large
quantities of goods.
It must not bo forgotten that the
consuming po-ver of the people is, un- 1
der lair conditions, practically un
limited, or limited only by their ability
to produce something to give in ex
change for the products of others.
With uncivilized people the greatest
barrier to prosperity is a lack of a de
sire for more than the bare necessities
of life. But the 63,000,000 progressive
and enlightened Americans want far
more of all kinds of wealth houses, fur
niture, books, clothing, etc. than they
now are able to buy, Henae tp tell
the people the way to get more of the
comforts of life is to maketbein dearer
is rank sarcasm. It will not be be
lieved by intelligent Americans who
learn from practical lessons what con
struction to put upon such logic.
The republicans of Tennessee, Mary
land, Connecticut have held their con
ventions and all have declared for a
gold standard, protection and reciproc-
made the paramount issue in each'
! the conventions.
IF YOU PLEASE, MR. VAY.
We were very much pleased with
the article in yesterday's Oregonian,
ou Cascade Locks. .
It throws sucli a flood of light on that
matter of the misappropriation of the
$20,000.
This word seems harsh, maybe, but
as it has been made so clear that con
gress and official red tape at Washing
ton impersonal objects to kick at -are
alone to blame, that even te
sensitive engineer department can
take no offense at the word.
But we are especially gratified that
Mr. I. N. Day. whose fine Italian hand
is recognized in the article, has so
kindly risen to explain, because while
he is on the witness stand we would
beg leave to ask him a few more ques
tions, and would respectfully request
him, in replying, not to use any signed
correspondence from Captain Fisk as
a wind up again,-because such signa
ture might prove misleading. We feel
assured that there was no such inten
tion in yesterday's article.
First we would ask him whether or
not tbere is a large amount of expen
sive sub-aqueous excavation yet to be
dune at the approaches to the canal
as rumored and if so how much, and
the amount required to fiuish this part
of the work?
Second, how much, if any, of the
a im appropriated for his contract has
been diverted, by order of the engin
eers, in guarJin? against the flood of
1894, and in anticipation of theehange-
li plans rendered necessary, according
to the report of the engineer board,
for future protection against floods ?
We do not intend by this to pry into
the amount of his claim against the
government, yet to be presented, for
nising the upper bulkhead in '94, as
it was understood that this work was
done with his own money, and it is
none of our business yet.
Wishing to be honest and straight
forward' in this matter, we will state
t'lat our object in asking these ques
tions is to find out why the monies
appropriated have been exhausted be
fore the work is completed. Was it
because the gentlemen, who are so
highly trained at the Nation's expense,
have made a common every day mis
take, or is it because as an ugly rumor
has it advantage has been taken of
that clause in the amended contract, 1
allowing pay each month for tbe work
done during the month, according to
measurement. Of course the sum total
of the monthly measurements should
tally with the final measurement, and
that final measurement with the first
measurement on which the appropria
tion was based. ' But does it? and if
not, why not?
Of course an explanation of this
whole matter may be in tbe answers to
our two questions, for if any 'great
amount of moner has been expended
outside of the contract,' it is obvious
why the cloth does not fit the pattern
now. But if such was not the case it
seems that an investigation is in order.
There is another disquieting rumor
which Mr. Day might set at rest by a
simple, plainly worded statement. It
is this, that the entire appropriation
in round figures of $1,500,000, is claimed
as earned by the contractors, even
including the ten per cent on that
amount intended to be witbeld for com
pletion of contract, and generally sup
posed to be available yet to hind over
to them when the work is accepted
and tnat this item forms the bulk of
the new
appropriation of $179,000,
1.)0,000 on the original contract
and other small amounts due since.
That as. a matter of fact the $179,000 so
txr as it will help in the work of
farther improving or completing the
locks, is a delusion, and thatour repre
sentatives in congress have full know
ledge of the fact, while still engaged
in making soft promises to our people
to keep them quiet until after June 1st.
Is there any foundation of fact for this
rumor, Mr. Day?
This canal question is very close to
the heart of our people, too close to be
made a political snare of, and it would
be well for all concerned to take quick
knowledge of that fact, we are all
united on the locks question.
NOT ENCOURAGING.
The sundry civil bill which has
recently been favorably reported by
the house com nitte. carries an ap
propriation of $174,579 to be used i
the completion of the canal and locks
at the Cascades of the Columbia. ' Thi
item in the bill will likely remain, and
when it pisses congress, and the
amount asked for by the engineers for
the completion of the locks will be ap
propriated. So far this appropriation
is good, but unless it is judiciously ex
pended, and m ide applicable for im
mediate use, there is not much en
couragement that the lock: will be
Opened to traffic at any near date. If.
it is tbe idea that this money is to be
expended for the purpose of rip-rapping
the banks next to tbe river, and also
to build' masonry walls between the
middle and lower locks, and that all
this work shall be completed before
the locks are to be operated, we can
expect that at least a year and probably
two years will elapse before tbe upper
and lower river are connected. This
additional work, if done by contract.
which it probably will be, it will re
quire at ieaat six month's to perfect the
contract, and from six to eighteen
months will be consumed in perform
ing the work, unless tbe contract Is
awarded under the most -binding re
strictions as to the time when the work
will be finished.
To be sure the appropriation, which
seems now to be assured, for the com
pletion of the canal and locks, is an
absolute necessity, if the opinions of
the government engineers are to be
accepted, sun it ts little encourage
ment to tbe belief that the river will
be open to navigation at an early date.
Judging tbe future by the past, it
W ould seem that the appropriation may
result in another long delay, since it
furnishes another nst egg for the
contractors and engineers to squabble
over.
A MATTER OF JUSTICE.
The TlviES-MotTNTADJNEEB has
been criticised somewhat severely by
some parties for paying apparently di
yerged from its advocacy of "tariff for
revenue only and stated that a 'rea
sonable tariff op wool would pot meet
with .oppposUioo froin tha democratic
party. In making this statement ha
Times-Mocntaineee does not swever
frpm its avowed principles in opposi
tion to (he high tariffs that were im
posed by tbe law of 1890, oor does it
recede from its belief that any prptec
tive law, do matter on what basis it is
ararranged will be detrimental to some
one, for it is an undisputed fact, that
where there is a gain to one alas or
one section there must be a loss or an
.unnecessary burden imposed upon
some other class or section, therefore
it Is as firm as ever in the belief that
no protective law can ever be enacted ;
that will be just to all. Therefore
that, justice be done to all. either at -solute
free trade or a tariff thtt will i
prohibit all imports is the ultimate
state that must prevail in this and
every other nation. However tne
Uunited States has not arrived at a
stage where it can adopteither of these
principles. Then the question of pro
tective tariff resolves itself into noth
ing b'lt a local issue. A section that
produces a commodity, the price of
which can be enhanced ty the levying
of a duty on i np irtsof that eommo lity,
wants that article protected, while so
far as its immediate interests are con
cerned all other articles may be ad
mitted free.
As a matter of justice to all indus
tries then it w bat right that protec
tion be extended as nearly as possible
to all alike, keeping in leiew at all
times the idea of placing duties upon
such articles as to produce the great
est amount of revenue and imposed in
such a manner as to be the least bur
densome to the consumer. With the
raising of wool one of the leading in
dustries of Eastern Oregon, it is only
natural that extending a reasonable
protection to that industry would meet
with favor in this section of the
state. It is asked as a matter of justice
to those engaged in that ' indus
try. And while a return to a duty of
11) and 12 cents a pound 01 raw wool
and From 40 to loO pur cent on manu
factured woolens, as was imposed by
the McKinley law, would be unneces
sarily burdensome to the consumer, the
establishing of a duty of 4 to 5 cents a
pound on raw wool would not be ob
jectiouable It would afford the pro
ducer of wool all the protection he can
reasonably ask. It is only a matter of
justice that so long as the manufacturer
of woolens is protected some protection
be et nded to tt.e prod-.icer of the raw
material. The TIMES-MoUNTATNEEK
has not deviated from its former views
on the tariff question, but it desires
t'lat justice be done all parties and 'all
i 1 teres ts, and if an industry of this
s action can be made more profitable by
extending a reasonable protection to
it, without becoming burdensome to
other industries, it shall not oppose
such a measure.
LET THEM BE WATCHED.
There is now little doubt that the
$174,000 contained in the sundry civil
bill for the completion of the' locks
will be appropriated; but whether this
amount shall b4 used for the purpose
for which it is intended or as another
dilatory measure to hinder the opening
of the canal, rests largely with the peo
ple who are directly interested therein.
If we sit idly in the future as we have
in the past, heed the vows of good faith
that will be made both by the engin
eers in charge and the contractors who
will secure the job of performing the
work, and do not interest ourselves in
seeing that the money is judiciously
expended, we may expert to see this
appropriation squandered in prolong-
, ian the work indefinitely.
There is an erroneous idea existing
j in the minds of many thatgovernment
engineers are a sort of divine indi- !
I viuals, whose will is law and who are .
' amenable to no higher authority; that '
I whenever they say work under their '
I supervision shall not progress their
edict is final. This idea was exploded ;
however when the work of construct- '
ins the jtty at the mouth of theColum-
bl 1 river was in progress. The enarin-
i eerA tnen attempted to adopt dilatory
I measures, and so soon as this was
! m-ide known to the 'people of Astoria
and Portland tbe matter was brought
to the attention of the war department
in such a forcible manner that orders
were issued cansing the work to be.
rushed as rapidly as men and money
could accomplish it. So persistent
were the people of Astoria that, at
their own expense, they investigated
the methods of the engineers, insisted
that every dollar was expended
judiciously, and as a result the work
was constructed within the limits of
the appropriation and also within the
time specifled in the estimates of the
engineers. The dry docks on Puget j
Sound furnished another illustration
of how government works can be con
structed in a short space of time when
the acts of engineers are closely
watched. This work required the ex
penditure of $1,500,000, and that it was
completed within the limits of the ap
propriation and also in the time speci
fled was largely due to the interest
manisest by the people who were
directly interested. To be sure there
were no outside influences brought to
bear for the ' purpose of retarding
operations on either of these works;
that is, there were no railroad corpo
rations whose interests were threat
ened, which made it possible for tbe
people to assume a quasi supervision
of the construction and prevent
dilatory measures.
Nevertheless the fear of incurring
the displeasure of tbe engineers in
charge need not prevent the people of
Eastern Oregon from exercising some
sort of supervision over affairs when
the time comes for expending this last
appropriation and work is agtin re
sumed at the Cascades. If The Dalles
alooe will take tbe matter in hand and
send some good business man there,
who will neither be corrupted nor
bluffed, to watch the work as it pro-
leeds and report the progress each
week to the war department, the en
gineers and contractors, whoever they
may be, will pot dare to squander the
appropriation or delay construction.
In the past the people who are inter,
ested in the opening of the locks have
been entirely two timid for their own
good. They have allowed matters to
drag along' at the will of those in
charge, and if frauds nave been per
petrated they have taken no vigorous
steps to show them up. But If they
will arouse frpm their pacific attitude,
refuse to be trifled with aqy longer.
they, can make themselves heard by
the war department, and the result will
be that the works at the Cascades will
be completed with the appropriation
that is now pending. If, on tbe other
band, they do PQt attempt to exercise
some sort of watchful care, they need
not hope to see the locks finished with
that appropriation, or with .many other
similar ones that will follow.
Tbe Oregonian has, evidently had
qoe of Us reporters "wined and dined"
by somebody in '.'authority" at the
Cascades, fqr it makes the announce
ment that ''as a matter of fact, the
locks, sq fa as the transportation of
vessels is concerned, la nowpompietea
Witbin Zi Dours' notice any steamejr
could pass through tbe canal and tbe
union between tbe lower and middle
Columbia rivers made complete." It
is surprising that a g?eat paper JJke
(.he Oregonian would allow itself thus
Imposed npop. . As a matter pf fact,
tbe looks are sot complete, ppr has
anybody here any Idea that they will
be until there is sent to congress a
representative who will not alow him
self "buncoed."
PARTY LINES WEAKENIXG
The eleert n in Oregon two yeiirs
ago wis one in rhich party lines were :
closely dr.iwi.; t he tariff was made the j
one and onlv i-isue in tbe campaign,
j and as a result, adherents to the prin
ciple of high protection were placed in
ofH e in almost every county in the
stite. Qualification for official duties
was not brought into question; that a
candidate was "right" on the tariff is
sue was in the m ijority of cases, the
only requisite nec-wsary to secure his
election either for an executive or leg
islative office. In short, the senatorial
contest was carried into the election to
that extent that it bad an effect upon
the selection of every officer from gov
ernor down to constable. The party
1 tsh was so vigorously applied that
whenever the friends of McKinley law
held a majority only men who were in
accord with that idea succeeded to office
Whether this result has been benefi
cial to the state can only be answered
by the record of the officials who have
served tbe stite and different counties
as public servants since July 1. 1894.
If the acts of the last session of the
legislature were such as to promote
the interest and welfare of the people
of Oregon, then it is advantageous to
elect to the legislature men who have
but a single idea, men who allow ques
tions of national importance to super
sede all matters of local importance,
f the extravagances that have been
indulg'd in in tbe managemens of
:iff .irs in every county in the state the
past two years have been to the inter
st of anybody but the office holders,
'hen it is well to elect professional
politicians to office. If the simple f ict
hat a candidate for office is a republi
can, democrat or populist qualifies him
fir an official position, then it is to the
interest of every voter tnd taxpayer t"
submit mePKly to the dictates of bis
party and support its nominees, re
gardless of qualification, honesty or
efficiency.
Past ex erience, we believe, has
tiught voters that self protection is of
greater importance to them than party
allegiance. They too have learned
that in the power wielded by the inde
pendent voter rests the -ecurity of our
institution". Hence it Is that the rule
of two years ago will be reversed this
year. Party prejudice will be laid
aside, and public servants will be
chosen on account of their special
adaptability for performing the duties
of their respective offices. Qualifica
tion, rather than party affiliation will
be made the test. Party lines are
weakening, and happily can never
again be drawn so tightly as they were
in the election of 1894. Voters have
awakened to the fact that they have
interests that are paramount to those
of political bosses, and will for ever in
the future exercise the right of choos
ing for themselves who shall be their
servants.
HAS FOUND A MOSES.
Ever since the adjournment of the
two state conventions that convened
in Portland on April 9th, the Oregon-
ian, as the mouthpiece of the gold-
standard element in the republican i
party, has been casting its lines to se
cure a candidate for congress in the
second district, who is a protection
ist and also sound on the money ques
ticvi, a Moses who would be acceptable
as he standard bearer of the bolters
and lead them to victory. Il was an
arduous task for the great daily, but it
was equal to the efnergencv, and a a
res ilt hoists the name of Hon. H. H.
Nortbrup, county judge of Multno;rah
county, as the one who is suited to till
the long-flt want. In lauding the
' judge the Oregonian gives him this
I recommendation:
"Judge Northup is a distinguished
citizen of Portland, a man of high
character, and widely known as a law-
yer.
He is an enterprising citizen, a
man of business
and affairs. He has
the record of a soldier, and is univer
sally known to bis comrades: be is
noted for his prudence, his judgment
and his public spirit, and he will be an
ideal sound-money candidate for con.
gress." ' .
These recommendations are good iu
deed, but tbrre are other qualities
which even the sound-money men of
the second district would like to in
quire into before they flock as a un
lit
to his support. What has Judge
Northup done during the time he has
occupied he office of Judge of Mult'
nomah county to convi ce the peopl
that he is anything but a tool of the
Simon element of his party? - What
has he done to show that be is now
has ever been, or will be in tbe future
free from tbe influences of what
known as ring politics that has held
sway in Oregon ever since J04 Simon
has assumed dictatorship? What as
surance have the people, beyond the
pledge of tbe Oregonian, that
elected to congress, he would be' any
thing else than tbe representative of
a few Portland corporations. There Is
no question as to Judge N irthup's pos
ition on tbe money question, but there
are other qualifications than that he
will support a gold standard, which even
tbe m st ard.ent sound-money advo
cates will require that be possess be
fore they will accept him as the Moses
tp lead them out of this financial
wilderness, .
EDITORIAL NOTES.
McKinley is highly gratified at the
action of tbe republican convention in
thfs state instructing national dele
gates to support him for the presi
dency. He would be indeed ungrate
ful if he did not appreciate such com
pliments.
The appropriation bills are all vir
tually disposed of and there Is nothing
left for congress tp do but adjourn
This will likely occur on May 18, and
t will be a relief, since the present
session is (ncapable of enacting any
needed legislation,
New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma
will have to wait until tbe next session
before they can hope to enter the
great Union of states, since the bill
for the admission of the latter cannot
pass unjetj (lie two former are ad
mitted, It has been several years since the
voters of Wasco oounfy have bad the
opportunity that is now extended to
them to select a competent and effici
ent assessor. Several prominent re
republloan have recently remarked to
the editor'of this paper that Mr. Geo.
P. Morgan is the most capable man
fhat has been nominated for the office 5
pf assessor Jn Jbis county tor a number
of years.
" The Salem Journal, which is one of
the most radical republican papers in
the state, passes the following' com
ment J"uppn the political situation;
"The Jo Simon ringsters, the Wall
street Flpgstejrs, toe omce-seeicing
rings ters, who have oombined to run
state and national politics and force
Dolpb upon the people -of Oregon
again, should be turned down in Port-
land, and every county in the t-tate.
Let the profusion il ofH ji-hohling
class quit dictating to the people, and
become the ser v.i nts of the people in
stead of their masters."
The populist candidate for congress
in this district, Marcus Quinn, has
opened his camp vign, having delivered
two speeches at Hippner. Ej advo
cates a tariff for the workini'nun, gov
ernment ownership of r.iilr.als and
ev.-rythi.ig else embodied in the
O.na' a plat form. As a cue for hard
ti nes and all evils that beset the
people he recommends the election -of
no ie but populists to office.
It is difficult to see where the A. P.
A. friends are going to get off in the
c iming presidential election unless
t iey bring out a candidate of their
own. They are bitterly opposed to
McKinley, who is almost sure to be
the republican nominee, and demo
cratic state conventions almost every
where are passing resolutions that are
not harmonious with the A. P. A.
idea, so they will have little choice but
to nominate a ticket of their own.
According to Spinish estiiniws
there are only 35,000 Cuban Insurgents
in arms, and many of them are mere
boys. If this is true it is so much more
to the glory of the patriots. When
3"i,000 patriots, and miny of them mere
boys, can so successfully cope with the
army of Spain, it is time that nation
was coning to a rdalizttion of the fact
that the spirit of independence will not
he crushed, and that Cuba must be a
free and independent nation.
Labor as he may to keep down ap
propriations, Speaker Ried has found
his iron will avails nothing, and it is
now assured that this will be another
billion-dollar congress. Already the
appropriations that will be made by
this session have piled up to more than
half a billion, and that much more
will be doled out during the next. It
se sms that whenever the republicans
get in power it is the same old story of
extravagance and disregard for the iu
erestsof the taxpayers.
Congressmen are noth ng more than
human beings, and sometimes tbey
display that pugnacious trait that pre
dominates in the race.
This was tbe
ph.a vpatArrifiv when Mnnev of Missis
sippi called Hall of Missouri a liar, and f assembled today. The platform adopt
the latter administered to him a thump- ed endorses the administration of
i lg which he deserved. It Is undigni- ; Grover Cleveland. It continues: "It
fidd for our congressmen to resort to
force, but it is no more of a stain upon
their dignity than it is to allow their
veracity questioned and not resent.
The Portland Telegram thinks the
only possible show for democratic suc
cess in the second congressional dis
trict is for Judge Bennett to withdraw
from the ticket and urge tbe substitu
tion of a sound money man. This
would indeed be a "brilliant move."
A sound-money man standing on the
platform adopted by tbe Portland con
vention . would be a beautiful hypo
crite, and would merit the rebuke
which be would certainly receive.
S ich a combination would place tbe
democratic party in exactly the condi
tion the republicans find themselves,
st -addli ig everything, and trying to
catch votes both comin' and goin'."
The "straddle" on the money ques
ti n male by the republican state con
vention just suits Senator Mitchell, as
everyone knew it would. He informs
t ie yOr.egtmians Washington ' corres
pondent that either the platform of the
Mi neajolis convention or the. plat
form of the recent Ohio convention
wouU suit him as' the financial plank
i 1 the national republican platform.
The senator does not seem to realize
that this is a year when parties must
be counted as "sheep or goats" and that
"straddles" will not suffice. His
party, as well as all others, must de
clare either for a gold standard or the
free coinage of silver.
The ta- iff question will be of second
ary consideration in'the coming elec
tion in Oregon Farmers all over the
state res ize that a return to the high
prices which prevailed under the Mc
Kinley law would be ruinous to them,
and will resent any candidate who ad
vocates tbe re-enactment of the 1890
tariff law. They also realize that the
wool industry has suffered to some ex
tent since the duty was removed in
1894, hence they will not oppose
the levying of a reasonable duty on
that article. - Tbe idea of placing a
light tariff on wool, both as a revenue
and protection measure, also meets the
approval of many who four years ago
were strong advocates of free wool
This idea, we believe, is acceptable to
a majority of the democratic candi
dates for the legislature from Eastern
Oregon as it is to the candidate for
congress, therefore, the tariff issue is
to a great extent eliminated.
PROVIDING FOB FOOB LO.
One
MUllon- Dollars o be Expended la
Supplies for Indiana.
Washington, April 23. One mil
lion dollars worth of supplies of all
sorts, for Indians under government
control, will be bought by tbe commls
sloner of Indian affairs at Chicago
next Tuesday.
The articles to be purchased Include
vast quantities of drugs, medicines,
meats,' corn, flour and bominy, and
oats in large quantities will be needed.
The hardwarei schedule includes car
penters' tools, be)ls, belting, bits,
polts, files and all other articles usu
ally classed 48 hardware, in large
quantities. For instance, 1,500 dozen
files are required, also more than 100,-
000 pounds of raw iron, and nearly
3JO,000 pounds of nails. The miscel
laneous schedule includes wooden ware,
Biddies, harness, leather, agricultural
Implements, wagons, shoves, tinware.
etc. On this schedule appears 8,000
boxes of shoe-blacking. The need of
this article In such quantities for the
pedskin shows the effect of civilization.
More than boo farm wagpns are in
cluded in the list.
The Indian commissioner will also
on next Tuesday, receive bids in
Chicago from raijway companies, for
transporting the supplies purchased
from New York, Chicago, Kansas City,
Omaha, Sioux City, St. Louis and St.
Paul, to the 143 Indian agencies in the
various states and territories. '
It is expected that the amount of
freight tp be transported will ipolude
2,500 tons of dry goods, clothing and
groceries, and 3,000 tons of bacon,
sugar and hardware.
After Brldce-Bvrnrrs.
La Grande, Or.. April 23-;-It Is re
ported that. Uniwd States Marshal
Grady. stepped off the east-bound pas
senger train at Wilbur, this morning,
to arrest a resident of 'that place for
jjpin g fwp bridges, which were burned
between North' Fork apd Juron some
time since. No particulars have been
obtained, but it is known that the O.
R.& Nr Co. has been investigating
these fires op some time, and, (hat de
fectives have been hunting up evidence
to convict the persons believed to have
had a hand in the destruction of the
company's propertf.
TELEGRAPHIC.
THIRTY MILLION'S MISSING.
Baltimore & Ohio Keorganliatlon Com
mittee Struck a Suaff.
Chicago, April 21. A special to the
Chronicle from Washington 9ays:
Tbe reorganization committee of the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad has struck
a snag. The sum of $.'I0,0;K,000 is miss
ing, and nobody is yet al.le to tell
wherj it has gone. The committee
cannot proceed any further in the
di-ection of getting that system out of
the hands of the receivers and courts
until the mystery of the disappearance
of this enormous amount of money is
cleared up. This statement is based
upon tbe authority of one of tbe most
prominent business men of Baltimore.
He had the information. be siatc-d,
from one of t' e members of the organ
ization committee, who went to hiin
for advice in tbe premises. The com
mittee, he alleges, discovered that from
1888 to the date of the election of
Cowan as president of the company,
fully $30,000.000of the Baltimore & Ohio
securities were disposed of without re
ports of the transaction or transactions
being made to tbe treasurer of tbe
company. Upon learning this state of
affairs, tbe members of the committee
decided that the whole truth must be
brouyht out and they have determinea
to sift tl.e matter to the bottom. .It is
stated that no one who is cognizant of
the committee s view of the matter be
lieves that ex-President Maher profited
to the extent of a dollar by what took
place as the result of the deals made,
or that he knew of what was going on.
Despite reports to the effect that there
is want of harmony between mf mbeis
of the New York committee and the
members of the Baltimore committee,
it can be stated that a perfect under
standing exists between the two reor
ganization committees, and that the
determination has been reached be
tween them and the Baltimore & Ohio
system is too valuable a property to be
allowed 10 become disintegrated, and
that it must be kept intact at all
hazards.
Rhode lslnd Fmvors Russell.
Providence, R. I., April 21. The
democratic convention to choose.eigbt
( riAlpcrAtea for t.tiA national nonirAnt.inn
t
is vital to tbe interests of our people
that there should be no departure
from the golu standard, to which all
money, whether gold or silver or
paper, should conform, and we are op
. posed to the free coinage of silver until
at least four of the great powers of tbe
western world shall come to an inter
national agreement."
Tbe platform commends "to the
delegates at the Chicago convention
one who will make an ideal president,
William E. Russell, of Massachusetts."
The mention of ex Governor Russell's
name called forth great demonstra
tions. 1
Tacoma's Mayoralty Mnddle.
TACOMA, Wash., April 21. A. V.'
Fawcett qualified as mayor without
opposition this morning, notwithstand
ing that E. S. Orr took the oath of tbe
same office last night. Orr will de
pend on the courts seating bim.
Mayor Fawcett's term of office began
in anything but an auspicious maDner.
The superior court enjoined him from
appointing a commission of public
works, the council refused to confirm
his other appointmenu, and his seat is
being contested for by the late Mayor
Orr.
. Aneta of Linn County Bank Hold.
Albany, Or., Apr. 21. The remain
ing assets of Linn 'County National
bank were sold at auction today by
Reciver BealL About $18,000 was
realized from the sale. This with
the $10,000 already collected by the
receiver, will pay the remaining 15 per
cent of the principal due depositors.
Mr. Bush says an assessment of 18 or
20 per cent will be levied upon -stock
holders to pay secured interest, which
will wind up the hank's affairs.
Boodlera W imu on" the Earth.
New Orleans, April 21, New Or
leans has wiped tbe boodlers off the
face of the earth, and, despite one of
the strongest ring organizations in tbe
country, tbe citizens' league has won
the fight by a majority of from 10,000
to l-i.OoO. The ring is denying tbe
count, but tbe league has armed volun
teers guarding the polls and boxes
and no trick will prevail.
Favor Free (tllver.
Montgomeky, Ala.. April 21. The
democratic state convention is in ses
sion. Tbe Johnston supporters, who
are in control, will adopt a platform in
favor of the free coinage of silver at 16
to 1, and instruot the delegation to
Chicago on the same line. The dele
gation slated for the state-at-large con
sists of Senators Morgan and Pugh.
Congressman Bankhead and General
Pott ins.
Omaha's National fcxpoiltlon .
Washington, April 21. The house ,
committee on ways and means decided
to report favorably tbb senate bill to !
give $200,000 for a government build
ing at the Trans-Mississippi and Inter
nationa exposition in Omaha in 198.
An amendment was added providing
that th exposition authorities must
raise an equal sutn.
llrkltat Cattle Sold. '
Golden dale, Wash., April 21. I
C. Pa' kland and Arthur Hale have
purchased from the cattle raisers of
Klickitat county about $5000 worth of
yeai-ling and two-year-old steers.
Tbe final payment will be:mabe May
10. Mr. Hale says he finds that most
of the money he has been distributing
will go to pay delinquent taxes.
Ja Willing to Han-. '
Wallace, Idaho, April 21. The
preliminary examination of J. E. Perry
for kilting his mother Saturday, was
held today. The defendant admitted
that he did tbe deed, but said that he
was out of bis bead at the time. He
was willing to nang. now that his
mother was gone, for she was his best
friend.
Tesaa Goldbnsa.
Dallas. Texas, Apr. 21. The Texa
democrats opposed to silver met in
State conference at Dallas today. Up
wards of 00 delegates' are present. It
looks as if a full state ticket, congres
sional candidates and possibly mem
bers of tbe legislature may be determ
ined on it tbe national convention
adopts an anti-silver platform.
CVOVS JNPeFKNPEtipE.
Insurgents Willing- to Purchase It From
Spain.
Chicago. April 22. A special to the
Tribune, from Washington, says;
In spite bl I'ofltoial denials tbe state
department, it is now admitted gener
ally that a note has been sent to Madrid
bv Secretary Olney. An additional re
port is now' in circulation to the effect j
east
that this note was a forerunner of a
proposition on the part of the preai-
dent that Cuba should be allowed to
purchase her independence from Spain,
and that Sen or Palma, who is to be
made mini-.ter of the Cuban govern
ment here as soon as his country's in
dependence is gained, suggested this
plan to Mr. Cleveland, telling him it
would be satisfactory to the Cubans.
The Cuban leaders laugh at the reports
ii'Din Spain of promised political re
forms for the island.
VETOED BY CLEVELAND.
I1U Signature Withheld From Two Fen.
ion Hills.
Washington, April 22. President
Cleveland -today sent to tbe senate
vetoes to two pension bills. The first
is in the case of Charles E. Jones, a
phot, grapher, who was injured while
taking photographs here no battle
was in actual progress. He was not
enlisted and not in tbe military service
of the United States.
"Aside from the question as to
whether his present and sad condition
is attri butable to the injuries sustained
it seems to me that an extension of
pension relief to such cases would open
t ie door to legislation hard to justify
a id impossible to restrain from abuse,"
says the president.
Tbe other veto was in the case of the
widow of Peter Allabach, who served
in ootn tne Mexican war and the war
of the rebellion. "It - is proposed
says the president, "by a special act.
now under consideration, to give this
widow a pension solely so far as dis
coverable, upon the ground that she is
poor and needs money, her husband's
death not having been caused by his
military -ervices. Her condition is
precisely covered by existing laws, and
if precedent is to be established by the
special legislation proposed, I do not
see how the same relief as is contained
in this bill can be denied to thousand
of widows in a similar situation."
SECTARIAN SCHOOLS.
The Question Fin sly Disposed of In tbe
Senate.
WASHINGTON, April 22. The
senate today disposed of the secta ian
school question by adopting a com
promise framed by Senator Cockrell,
of Missouri. The Indian bill, as it
came from the bouse, provided that
"no money herein appropriated shall
be paid for education in cer'aln
schools." This provision is struck
out by the Cockrell amendment,, as
adopted, and it is declared to be tbe
settled policy of tbe government to
make no appropriations for sectarian
schools after July 1, 1898, thus giving
two years for the abandonment of sec
tarian schoi Is, instead of an immediate
abandonment. The amendment was
adopted by the decisive vote of 38 to
24. The Indian bill was not completed
when the senate adjourned.
For tbe ttomt lullvif.
WASHLvarON, April 21 The sen
ate com nittee oa commerce now ex
pects to co lcUde Its consideration of
the river and harbor bill tomorrow, or.
at the least, Friday. The additions
made will increase the total outlay
provided for to tbe extent of about
$10,000,000, and that for the next year
i to almost $2,000,000. Among the
' more important additions made under
. tbe continuing system are:
About $2,00000 for the boat railway
at the dalles of tbe Columbia river in
, Oregon, with a small appropriation for
1 the next year; about $1,500,000 for a
canal between Lakes Union and Wash
ington . in Washington, with about
$100,000 for next year. '
Connecticut Republican Convention.
New Havana. Conn., April 22.
Ex-Congressman William E. Sim
monds was made permanent chairman
of the republican state convention to
day. On the currency question the
convention says:
"We are'unalterably opposed to the
issue or an unsecure papjr currency
either by tbe government or banks,
and the free coinage of silver at any
ratio, and favor a single standard value,
and that standard gold."
An ui;Ci4u Riot.
New Orleans, April 22. A dispatch
from St. John the Baptist parish states
that a crowd of negroes attempted to
steal tbe parish ballot boxes, five
WUites resisted and shooting followed
Several people were killed. The gov
ernor has ordered a company of Louis
lana field artillery to the scene of the
trouble. '
To Bon Agaiuat Judge Lowell.
Pendleton, Or., April 21. R. M
Turuer came out today as an indepen
dent candidate for circuit judge, to
succeed Judge Stephen A. Lowell
He will run on a free-silver platform.
f etitions in nis Denaii are being cir
culated all over Umatilla and Morrow
counties.
Slierpshearlug in Morrow,
Heppner, Or., April 22, The
weatber for the past tnree days has
been warm and clear, aheepsbeariug
is in full blast throughout the county.
'1 be most conservative sbeepraisers es
timate the loss of lambs u be fully 4J
per cent.
Dlax Will be Released.
Havana, April 22. Captain Gen
eral Weyler, it became kuown this
afternoon, has decided to release Rev.
Alberto Diaz and his brother Alfred
from custody, oa condition that they
will leave Cuba immediately.
AMNESTY PROCLAIMED. I
General Weyler's l-atest Move to End the
War In (.'aba.
Havana,' April 33.?-Captaln-Gen
eral Weyler has just Issued tbe foUow.
ing proclamation, called out by the
condition of affairs in Pinar del Rio.
After (he usual beading and preamble,
the proclamation says:
'It haying reached my knowledge
that rebel parties in tbe province of
Pinar del Rio are iu distress, through
the constant pursuit by the troops and
the Impossibility of breaking the mili
tary line between Mariel and Majanaj
and . through ether insurmountably
difficulties, and being fearful of sur?
rendering under the fear of the death
sentence, the certainty of which has
been falsely disseminated among tbem,
I proclaim and command:
First Tbe rebel leaders who sur
render within 20 days from this date,
with their firearms, will be at once
pardoned.
;?Secpnd-Thpse who are not leaders.
but who surrender under the same
conditions, with their firearms, will
also be pardoned.
"Third Those surrendering with
out arms will be likewise pardoned,
but the military authorities will desig
nate their plaoe of residence,
'Fourth The surrender must be
made to the military authorities of the
columns operatinir in the field."
For a Projectedtallroad.
Spokane, Wash., April 23. Presi
dent B. C. Cordln, 'of the Spokane &
Northern railroad, returned from the
today. He says that all the
money has been secured for the build
ing of the Columbia & Red Mountain
! For shcrtpnintT never use more I
& fr'tirm tvr-tV irrla n much CottO-
jf. 1 1 j f 1 1 ,1 runH
icne as you would 01 iu:u. wuvu
frying witn Coltulcne always put
these
1-1
1
it in a cold pan, heating it with
'i the pan. Coltolcue produces tne f
j best results when very hot, but hs J
j it reaches the cooking poiut much 1
' sooner tlinn Inrd, care should I -.:
taken not to let it burn when In-
2 enough, it will delicntely brown
a bit of bread in half a c-.iuuic
i Follow thcfe directions m
j Cotlolcne and laid will ncvci
3 again be permitted in your kitcb
5 er or iu your food.
. Genuine Cottolene is sold evi
where in tins with trade tnarkf
- Cottolene" and steer's head
jtlon-plant wreath m every 1
Made only by
M. K. FAiHdath orfrsHY.c. L. .
. u, Han ' r. r..t-, ' ""-..-v
trk.
railroad to Rosslatid, B. C. This road
is a branch of the Spokane & Northern, '
and will cross the Colville reservation,
and go to tbe Columbia river. Mr
Cordln says the company will probably
bridge the Colum'il 1 river. Tbe en
terprise wlllprohaMf cot $500,000. .
The Womeo Lost.
Cleveland, April 23. The proposi
tion to admit women as lay delegate
to the general conference f the Metho
dist Episcopal chur h has been de
feated by a narrow margin. The vote
of the North Dakota conference re
ceived today, was the last to be taken
on the proposition.
The total vote is 7,515 for the admis
sion of women and 2,529 against.
Three-fourths of an affirmative vote
was needed.
. The women lost by 18 votes.
Kalis Will Oo Up.
Chicago, April 23. Tbe two associ
ations of manufacturers of wire and cut
nails close I a three days conference In
Chicago today. Iu consequence of the
rise in the steel market, it was decided
to raise the price of both wire and cut
nails 15 cents per hundredweight, to
take effect May 1.
Improvement!! at Vancouver.
Washington, April 23. In the sen
ate committee, the appropriation for
improvements in the Columbia river
at Vancouver was increased to $67,000,
that being the full amount of the esti
mate of cost. ' '
Mason km inclined.
Portland, April 23. W. S. Mason
has declined to stand as candidate fo
mayor ou the anti-Simon ticket. His
declination is ba ed on private busi
ness relations. ' '
Would Mot Indorse Turner.
Pendleton, Or., April 22. The
populist campaign committee met to
day and refused to indorse B. M. Tur
ner, who yesterday announced himself
as an independent free-silver candidate
for circuit judge.
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