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SATURDAY : MAY :3. 1899
' THE BEEF WAS PULSUS.
That is the verdict of the commis-
sion appointed t lnvesticate the
charges made by General Mites.
The most important features of the re
' port, which was made public last Sun
day are:
That the charge of General Miles
that the refrigerated beef was treated
, w'th chemicals were not established;
that his allegations concerning the
canned fresh or canned roast beef
were sustained as to its unsuitabUity
- for food as used on the transports and
as a long continued field ration; cen
" sure of General Miles for erroi "' in
falling to promptly notify the secre
tary of war when be first formed the
opinion that the food was unfit; cen
sure of the commissary-general (then
General Eagan) lor the too extrusive
. purchase of the canned beef as an un-
'. tried ration; censure of Colonel Maus.
. of General Miles' staff; the finding
that the packers were not at fault, and
that the meats supplied to the army
were of the same quality as those bud
plied to the trade generally, and the
recommendation that no further pro-
. ceedincs will be taken in the premises.
Tbe conclusion of the court adverse
to further proceedings based upon tbe
- charges is as follows: -"It
has been developed in the course
of the inquiry, as recited in this re
' port, that in some instances some in
dividuals failed to perform tbe full
measure ot duty or to observe the
properties which dignified military
laws command; but the court is of the
opinion that the mere statement of
official facts developed meets the end
' of discipline, and that the interests of
, tbe service will be best subserved if
' further proceedings be not taken."
'.: The objects of tbe court bav evi-
dently been fulfilled. . Tbe evidence of
a dozen or so men who testified that
the meat was all right, hap outwe'ebed
that of several hundred who swore
that it was improper food, that it was
nauseating to the soldiers and pro
duced sickness. But the findings
could not have been otherwise. The
. beef had to be pronounced good, for it
never would have done to have taid
officially that the soldiers of this
- . nation were fed on unwholesome food.
It would have enraged the public, and
when the general reckoning is had in
1900 would have caused some who arc
holding high places in the nation to
. ; lose their jobs. 'Since the court
has said the beef was prime it must br
so. ' - . .
COOLIES INSTEAD OF MULES.
As a result of reports received at ti e
war department from tbe chief quarter
master and commissary officers in the
field in the Philippines, it has been de
cided by the Washington authorities
not to send for the present any ship
,." ment of horses and mules to Manila
Instructions have been forwarded to
: the chief quartermaster officer ap
proving of the employment of Chinese
coolies and the proposal to organize a
coolie corps. ' '
. The idea of the coolie corps is not a
: new one. The British in their recent
operations above Hong Kong,employed
' Chinese carriers and, according to
tbe leading British officers had coolie
corps been organized for the Abassinia,
Ashantee and Nile campaigns hund
reds of thousands of pounds would
have been saved.
Id the limited capacity in which
' Chinese have been employed to date irs
General Otis' army the quartermaster
officers find thata Chinaman will carry
about half a mule's load. The costo
feeding tbe Chinaman is less bulky.
Furthermore, not only is the cost of
getting the Chinaman to the scene oi
opperatioaa small compared with' tba
of a mule, but tbe Chinaman can be
eaallv reolaced and his loss rerrafunti
no pecuniary damage.
The quartermaster officers report
under the approval of General O is,
that In tbelr opinion tbe proposed
coolie corps will not be kept recruited
. to its full strengtb. There are large
- numbers of Chinese in the Philippines
, even now, and in tbe recent fighting
Chinese coolies have attended to the
wajts of the wounded and in , many
ways have proved of valuable assist-
ance.
- It is estimated tnat a coolie corps
numbering 3000 aen will meet ail the
requirements demanded by the present
campaign. The organization of the
corps acd its control will be left to tbe
quartermaster department. As that
"department is not over abundantly
supplied with officers, details will have
to be made from the line. A limited
number of officers of the rank of cap
tain and first lieutenant in tbe line
will, it Is said, be delegated to duty
with the coolie corpB.
LET US LEARN FROM OTHERS
Experience ia said to ha th heai
teacher, and this is unquestionably
true, therefore The Dalles can certain
ly profit by taking lessons from the
, experience of other cities that have
advanced their interests through a
display of a reasonable amount oi
enterprise.
- Only a few years ago Pendleton was
a place of only 2000 or 3000 inhabitants.
- eated far interior ana was not reached
by competing transportation lines
therefore, it had no advantages of low
freight rates. However it was sur-
. rounded by a productive country, and
had within Its confines some men who
were thoroughly enterprising and de
termined to build up the to?n for ail it
was worth. Tbey got to getber with
this end ia view, offered every induce
ment within their reach to encourage
tbe investment of outside and local
capital in manufacturing industries.
Tbe result was that several Important
industries were established and today
Pendleton is a thriving city of some
5000 inhabitants, all its business houses
are occuppied and dwelling houses to
rent are an unknow quantity. Wheat
may be low, wool a poor pride and live
stock a drug on tbe market, yet busi
ness goea right along io Pendleton
because it has a monthly pay roll of
several thousand dollars from its
manufacturing industries.
: La Grande is another town from
whose experience we may profit. It
bas do particular natural advantages
n. , k.l n r. a ii .n,, n A aA - hv lart 1 1
' .
fpU and good climate, jet Ia Grand
is forging ahead with its beet sugar
factory and other enterprises that have
been secured through the get up and
rustle of its citizens. .
Other places might be cited that
have worked against adverse circum
stances and yet accomplished much,
but further comparison is not neces
sary to arouse the enterprising citizens
of The Dalles. They are convinced
they have the best location in the
Northwest and they know that by a
little effort on their part they can
make this the best town in Oregon.
We have every advantage that could
be offered to the manufacturer but we
have been content with our superior
commercial advantages. Now let us
learn a lesson in enterprise from our
neighboring towns and forge to the
front as a manufacturing city. Let
everyone who has an interest in the
welfare of The Dalles attend the club
meeting Saturday night, and belo
demonstrate that we are awake, that
we are enterprising, and that we are
willing to put up money to advance
tbe town.
A WRONG IDEA.
General Mcrriam, who is in com
mand of the U S. forces io tbe Cour
a'Alene district recommends as a
safeguard against the repetition of
ontbreaks similar to the destruction of
the Bunker Hiil & Sullivan mill, that,
tbe state of Idaho enact a law prevent
ing the organization of labor unions in
the state.
General Merrlam's long service in
the army where the strictest di-cip
line Is required hardly fits him to be
an impartial judge in such cases as
tbe one now agitating public senti
ment in Idaho, hence the edverity of
bis suggestions. After tbe riot at
Wardner be no doubt looks upon union
miners all as criminals andisincapa
ble of discriminating between the
good and tbe bad. He like too many
others recognizes tbe powerful only as
theiones entitled to consideration,
while he would have tbe wage earner
placed in a position that he would have
no rights except to do the bidding of
his master, and accept whatever wage s
tbe employer might he generous
enough to give. Evidently this is bis
belief from the fact that be has called
a meeting o. the mine owners at Spo
kane to consider tbe labor question
and arrange details for self protection.
For Idaho to pa?s such a law as
General Merriam suggests would be to
encroach upon tbe rights of laborers
and place them at the mercy of the
e-nployers. It would leave them with
out means to organize forsel' advance
ment or tbe means of repelling any
oppressions employers might desire to
impose. The recent riot at Wardner
was an affair that roused law abiding
people with indignation, but io their
excitement they should not hasten to
inQict injustice upon those who are
not responsible for violations of the (
law. What Is needed o prevent a re
currence of such outrages is for the
civil authorities of llano, assisted by
the government troops, to hunt down
the leaders of the Wardner riot, con
vict them of murder and hang- them
the same as any other murderers
would be dealt with. Tnis clone, and
in the future even miners' unions will
not be ready to venture headlong into
violence for the purpose of rectifying
misunderstandings between them
selves and mine owners.
A GRAFT CUT OFF.
By the rendition of an opinion by
Attorney General Blackburn, at the
request of Secretary of State Dunbar,
it appears that the state will be saved
quite a large amount of annual ex
penditures. General Blackburne was
askod for advice relative to the secre
tary of state's duty in auditing claims
which have been presented and which
may yet be presented for prlntingdone
by the state printer for several differ
ent puclij institutions of ' tbe state,
and for boards which have been cre
ated by the legislative assembly, and
idyice as to whether or not the claims
should be audited and allowed by him,
and If so, against what funds the
warrants should be drawn . He holds
that the printing bills of the state
board of dental examiners, state board
f medical examloers, state board of
barbers' examloers, and state board of
pharmacy must be p ilJ by the boards
out of the fees which they are author
ized to collect and not by the state out
of the general fund appropriated by
the legislature for state printing. Tbe
printing bills of the state food and
dairy commissioner, state game and
forestry warden, Soldier's Home at
Roseburg, state fish commissioner,
penitentiary, insane asylum, reform
school, bund school and deal mute
school, it is bteld, must be paid out of
the appropriations made for their of
fice and general expense.
DID SOME GOOD.
Nobody expects the repors of the
beef court of inquiry to have tbe d
sired effect of removing Alger from
tbe head of tbe war department, but
tbe investigations that have been
made will have at least one good effect,
that of having the army ration adjusted
so as to be adapted to the tropical
climate and furnish the soldiers in
Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philip! nes
with food suited to those countries,
The investigation bas caused the fol
lowiog order to be issued from tbe war
department to the commanders of the
irmy io Cuba, Porto Rico and the
Philippines:
"To better enable the president to
determine what alterations, if any, in
tne estaonsneo ration wouu be con
ducive to tbe better health of the
troops serving in tropical climates, tbe
ictlng secretary of war directs you to
institute a board of three officers to
fully examine Into tbe subject of de
sired changes in rations for troops and
that you submit the substance of the
report by cable. Particularly should
experienced officers and enlisted men
of long service in the tropics receive
full consideration."
It has been oerronstrated that the
ration, of bread, coffee, bacon and
beans that is supplied the army here is
nnsuited to the tropics; something less
heating is required in the hot climate
4ud the investigation that has teen
ordered wiil no doubt result in tbe
soldiers being supplied with food bet
ter adapted to their use.
American people are 'beginning to
ealize what imperialism really means.
There are more than 30,000 soldiers in
tbe Philippines who have been fight
ing the insurgents for three months
on the island of Luzon, and while vic
tories have been won, the Filipinos
are no nearer whipped than they were
when tbe first gun was fired. General
Otis informs tbe war department that
more troops are - needed, so we can
rest assured if we ever hold tbe 9.000,-
000 Filipinos in subjection we must
have ao army of 100,000 men. To main
tain tbera io tbe field will be tbe cost
of imperialism.
UNDEMOCRATIC IDEAS.
Professor Bernard Moses, of the
California State university, is perhaps
one of the inost radical imperialists
that appears before tbe public as a
lecturer on the subject of imperialism,
and be takes hold of the question in
real Johnny Bull style, though bis
reasoning, however faulty, Is admirable
for its boldness. Recently be cellvered
a lecture in Los Angeles from which
tbe following extract is taken:
"As regards our principles, the war
has effected a revolution so funda
mental that as yet ft are unwilling to
acknowledge it. We are not willing
to say that it has set aside in our minds
the doctriue that 'governments derive
their just powers from the consent of
tbe governed. At the same time,
when we face tbe problem of controll
ing certain populations that have been
brought under our authority, we are
fully resolved to -et up and maintain a
government whether the governed
consent or not; and in this we are
changing in somt measure, the basis
of political philosophy. We are com
ing to recognize that if a government
secures the well being of tbe governed,
in the most perfect attainable form,
it has in that fact the ground and jus -tilicatioQ
of its existence. This is ihe
basis on which will rest tbe govern
ment we shall sat up in tbe West In
dias and the Phillipines. This chance
in our point of view is tbe immediate
and necessary result of the war. When
we see Havana, Manila or Santiago
wisely acd economically gore-ned un
der tbe stiong hand of appointed au
thority, we shall be disposed to u.-k
ourselves, atrain if results are not, after
all, a good criterion on which to es
timate the work of a government.
And if we get better results In these
island cities than in San Francisco or
New York, as it will be easy to do,
this fact itself wiil call in question the
policy of a strictly democratic rule in
our ersat centers of population."
When Prof. Moses assumes to state
that opinions have changed as to
"governments derivlnir their power
from the consent of tbe governed." he
assumes to speak for a limited number
only, and certainly not for the whole
people, for if such a change h..s taken
place then we are no longer fie to main
tain a democracy, but are ready to be
come a monarchy. The foundation of
our government rests upon that prin
ciple, and if we have discarded it then
the foundation of the republic has
fallen. This we are not ready to ad
mit. Again Prof. Moses has the wroDg
idea of our duties toward the people
who occupy tb islands formerly held
by Spain. We are not their keeper.
Whether we can better their condi
tion is not a question to be considered.
This government is not a world-wide
philanthropist, that it must start on a
tour of conquestaround the globe, and of industry lends to enhance the effi
whenever a government is found that ciency of the workman, for he must at-
is not so good as ours, lake possession
of it and make it a dependency of tbe
United States. Spain, France and
Great Britain undertook 'bat souie
2"0 years ago. and they were consider
ed tyrants. If Prof. Morse is right;,
that we are justified in taking charge
of the Philippines because we can give
them -A better government than tbey
can give themselves, then we would be
excusable for landing our armies in
China and taking charge of national
affairs. And since we have tbe best
government on earth, we should con
tinue our expansion until we bad
gobbled up all the nations of Doth
hemispheres. Imperialism is undemo
cratic; it is foreign to American prin
ciples, and cannot be justiled except
upon the plea that we are mighty and
able to govern other people, therefore
we should.
ALL ARE INTERESTED.
The opening of the Columbia to
navigation from 'Astoria to t hi head j
of navigable water is a mat ter in which !
every section of the Inland -Empire is j
directly interesed, for wh n this is I
accomplished all of Eastern Oregon ai;d J
Washington, also the northern p irt of
Idaho, wiil be ia closer touch with the
outside world through the operations
of a freight rate that will place them
oearer on an equality with the pro
ducers in more favo-ed localities. At
present the most serious obstruction
to navigation is the rapids between
Tbe Dalles aad Celilo. and when this
Is overcome the products of much of
the Inland Empire will float down, the
river or be carried by rail at a reduc
tion of 50 per cent from presenc rates.
How it when this obstruction is to
be overcome is a matter yet to be deter
mined. That the boat railway will
not be built is a foregone conclusion,
and it is a proposition that never
should have been considered because
of its impracticability, but now tnat it
has been discarded, tbe only means
possible is by canal and locks or a
port&ge road. To construct the former.
judging from the time consumed in
the building of the canal and locks at
Cascades, it would afford little relief to
the present generation to consider
sush an improvement. Then the most
feasible plan is to ask the government
to construct a portage road. Such an
improvement could be built within a
year and would afford the relief which
tbe farmers miners, stockraisers and
merchants of the upper country de
sire. "
In the construction of such an im
provement The Dalles io common
with all places to the east of here is
interested,, for whatever helps the
adjacent country helps this place.
Portland is alike interested in the
opening of the Columbia to navigation,
for tbe cheaper rates that are made
down tbe river the more trade will
come to that place. With so much to
be gained to the upper conn try through
the opening of the river it seems in
credible that it should have been so
long delayed, and it will certainly be
an easy matter to interest the con
gressmen from this state, those of
Idaho, and at least one of tbe Wash
ington representatives in the matter
of getting an appropriation for a
portage road.
SHALL THE DALLES GROW?
This is a question that will be placed
before the citizens of Tbe Dalles at the
meeting to be held in tbe club rooms
Saturday night. To every property
owner and every business man it is a
question of vital importance at this
particular time, and is one that should
be answered with a great, big "yes"
backed up by a liberal amount of cash.
Every phase of how to make Tbe Dalles
prosper will be discussed, and the pro
position will be made to raise a bonus
to be offered to encouraee manufactur
ing, and that ft will be cheerfully met
we firmly believe. We all recognize
tbe fact that The Dalles is the best
commercial point in Eastern Oregon;
that we have tbe best stores, largest
warehouses, most substantial banks,
tod most convenient faculties for
doing a commercial business to be
found east of the Cascade mountains;
but io building up our commercial In
terests we have neglected an import
ant factor that of keeping up tbe
growth of tbe town commensurate with
our commercial importance. We
haye overlooked the fact that we have
not enough people, that we have
not a population in keeping with our
other iuterests. Therefore we need
industries that will attract more people.
We need to offer employment to wage
earners, to persons who wiil become
consumers and customers of our various
business houses, who will eventually
become property owners and perma
nent residents.
How shall this be accomrlished? is
a question that now confronts us. It
is believed that manufacturing irdus
tries will solve the problem; that they
will offer employment to more people,
and that they will aid materially in
the growth of the city. How to secure
such industries then becomfs the
question for us to solve. If It can be
done by .'fffriag liberal cash induce
ments, we believe the people of The
Dalies siand ready to offer them. Our
people are too enterprising to let an
opportunity go by of bettering their
condition, and when they assemble in
conference at the club rooms they will
say emphatically that The Dalles
must gro, that it will not he for the
want of cash if manufacturing indus
tries are not created here.
OUGAS1ZED LABOR.
In Portland labor unions are. more
active than they have been for many
years, and an assembly of federated
trades in that city seeis to be Assured.
The Portland labor unions seem to bo
going about tbe organization in a
systematic and business like way that
bespeaks success, and their efforts, if
oarr-ied out on the plans they have
outlined, will have a salutary effect.
They propose to devise for submitting
all difficulties between employers and
employes to arbitration . by clear
headei, uninterested parties, thus, if
possible, preventing strikes and settl
ing difficulties fairly to both parties.
Labor leaders recognize more than
ever that there is little to be gained
by strikes, which result only In de
priving them of emoloymeat for the
time and also loss to employers which
the laboring man usually makes good
after the strike is settled and work re
sumed, therefore it is most iui ortant
that strikes be prevented if reasonable
wages may be maintained without
them, since they cause enforced idle
ness and result in little good.
Labor unions are advantageous in
eyery lire of Industry, if they are con
ducted for good ends, but like all bene
ficial institutions may be abused when
they are used to farther selfish or ua-
lawful puroo-es. A union in any line
tain a certain degree of proffi -iency be
fore be can become a member, and as
a rule ih employer gets better service
from the union artisan than from the
non-ui.ion man, therefore it is to tbe
iutere-t of the employer as well as the
employe th-.t unions be maintained.
Another beneficial result is the keep
ing up of a uniform scale of wages
which is alike of advantage to the
laborer and the one who employs
labor. The organization of. labor
unions is elevating to the membership
so long as they are conducted for good
purposes, and tnev should De man:-
tained in nil places where wage earn
ers are sufficiently numerous to make
them practicable.
A good many bad things are said
about the United ' States senate, and
justly too, for that body is becoming a
congregation of autocrats, but the
harshest thing lately uttered comes
from the lips of Senator Chandler, of
New Hampshire, when hesaid: "Most
of lis (meaning the senators) sympa
thize with Quay on account of the
persecutions to which he has been
subjected both in the senate and priv
ate life, and we would like very much
to have him with us or.ee again."
Then he goes on to say, because of
this sympathy, he believes Quay will
be seated. The-New Hampshire sena
tor would thus mike k app-ar that the
actton of the senate will not be actuated
by law, justice or pre.ie3ent, hrt by
sympathy, and that for a man lik)
Quay If the senate l as come to this
It had as well be abolished, for it bas
outlived its usefulness.
The last Oregon legislature passed a
strict law for tbe purpose of abolishing
slot aachioe", but it Is being ignored
There is also a strict gambling law on
the statute boosts, making it a mis
demeanor to gamble or even to rent
a building io which gambling ii- per
mitted, yet it is seldom enforced. Ii
fact it cannot be enforced successfully
Then why should such laws exist?
That gambling Is an eyil every ona
admits, but since it is not supressed
by the enforcement of laws, why should
it not be licensed and made pay for
supporting local governraen? If i
heavy license were placed on gamb
ling houses and gambling devices
there would be fewer of them, and
wha-. remained would help pay for tbe
trouble they crpate.
The people of Massachusetts have
come to a conclusion that tbe tele
phone business is a public service that
ought to be regulated by the public
and not by a monopoly. A Mil has
been introduced into the legislature of
that state giving the state gas and
electric commission tbe right to supei
vise it and fix telephone charges. The
result is tbe beneficiaries of tbe mono
poly are crying out that Massachu
setts is becom mi ng as "populistic" as
Kansas. . Tbe peoole are simply
awakening to their rights in all parts
of the country, recalling the Jeffer
sonian principle of equal rights to all
and special privileges to none. East
Oregonian.
There is no suspension of hostilities
in the Philipines. notwithstanding the
Filipinos have sued for a suspension
of fighting while they can assemble
their peoole and learn if tbey want to
accept the terms of peace proposed by
the commission. What does tbe ad
ministration propose to do with those
people anyway? Will it go on killing
them like dotrs, just because it bas
bought tbem from Spain? Ii begins
to idok as if we were more cruel mas
ters than were the Spaniards.
A. guilty conscience and fear of
punishment has driven tbe leaders of
tbe Wardner riot out of the state of
Idaho. Tbe fact of their getting away
is evidence against them and should
encourage the authorities to be that
much more diligent in hunting them
down. Their crime is an unexcusaple
one and until tbey are brought to jus
tice there will ba a blot on tbe name
of Idaho that will drive law abiding
citizens away.
ttTLL THEY EYPLAlM
The silly, imbecilic writer of editor
ial in the Orvgonian imagines that be
has propounded a series of questions
to unti-imperialists that are unanswer
able, and that will forever hus-h those
who are opposed to the idea of expand
ing tbe government of the United
States over the entire universe. Bis
questions are as follows:
"Will some acti-imperialist kindly
explain why American ascendency is
right in the Caribhean sea and wrong
in the Mal.y archipelago? Why will
conquest be harmless in Porto Rico
and suicidal in Luzon? Why is the
B-.iiT an einolem of right and order in
Cuba and of oppression and iniquity in
tne Philippines? Why is it constitu
tional to capture and bold San Juan
with army and navy, and unconstitu
tional to rapture acd hold Manila?
Why does tbe consent of the governed
apply to naked savages in Luzon and
not to the civilized t'hristians of Porto
Rico?"
ouch questions as these are so utterly
absurd, that did not they come from a
paper having the standing of the Or
egonian they would be unworthy of
consideration, but corning from a
journal of such wide circulation and
one that at least assumes to be credit
able, they are entitled to a passing
notice.
The first interrosation, "Will some
anti-imperialist explain why American
ascendency is right in the Caribbean
sea and wrons; in the Malay archiuel
ngo?" almcst answers itself, f r no
anti imperialist has ever held that
"American ascendancy in the Carib
bean sea'' is right, except by the con
sent of the people inhabiting the is
lands of that sea. But conceding that
it is right under present conditions
(though as to Cuba, even President
McKtnley, the chief of imperialists,
does not insist that American ascend
ency is to be pushed beyond assisting
the Cubans to establish a government;
for themselves) ihis ease is not analo
gous to that in tbe Philippines. Be
fore e went to war with Spain, Cuba
bad plead with tbe United States to
recognize her independence, and in
vited American intervention. Cubans
were willing then and are willing now
to recosnize American ascendancy to
the extent that they will turn thir
governmental affairs over .o the
United States until such a tine as
they can govern themselves, and, too,
there is a very large number of Cubans
who at this time favor annexation.
The Filipinos never asked us for help,
never signified a willingness to accept
onr good offices in driving i.he Spanish
army out of their country. We swooped
down upon them unawares, destroyed
the Spanish fl-.-et, then made theui our
allies to help take Manila. After this
was accomplished, without consulting
their wishes we undertook to bring
th-.-m under our subjection.
The oih"rquestioos are alike absurd.
In Porto Rico there is no war of con
quest. The Porto Ricans are wi'ling
and even anxious to become citizens of
tbe Uni rd Slates, while the Filipinos
are not. The Hag is an emblem of
light in uba because it was with the
consent and invitation of tbe Cubans
that it wa3 raised over them; it is an
emblem of oppression in the Philip
pines because t.be people there have
reiused to pledge it allegiance, and
never invited us to raise it over
them or .their country. Tbe consent;
. of the governed Is just as necassajy In
. vonsuan r-orio rtieo as it is in
i-"Savage Lueon," and tb9 fact that
this ''consent" was willingly given bv
the Porto Ricans and refused by the
Filipinos makes the
spreading of
the am ority of the United States
right io tbe former a?d wrong in tbe
latter Instance. .
Now will the Oregon ian or soma
other Imperialist explain why, when the
Filipinos were fighting against Span
ish oppression, they were patriots, and
when they opposed American domina
tion they suddenly became rebels?
Why th-y were made allies and were
armed when we needed their assistance
to drive the Soanish army out of
Manila, and then wee made our
I enemies as soon as the Spaniards were
suhdued? Why it was patriotism to
oppose Spanish oppression in the
Pn'lippines and is rebellion to resent
American tyratiy? And last, will they
exulain what business the United
States bas bad in the Philippines at
any time after the surrender of Manila?
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Free silver may be too small an issue
to make Bryan president, but and
imperialism and oppositlou to tbe
trusts is cot. Br an on a y ood. strong
platform cannot be beaten in 1900.
Alger is plotting: to be elected Sena
tor from Michigan. He has no doubt
raide enough out of tbe deals lor rotten
beef to buy bis way into tbe senate
hence bis election is within tbe range
of possibilities.
Tbe authorities at Wardner have
done a wise thing in arresting Sher
iff Yiung of Shushone county as one
of the conspirators io the recent riot;
Indications point to tbe fact that be is
one of the ring leaders.
Oregon cannot but take pride In the
fact that Owen Summers, colonel of tbe
Second Oregon, has been selected to
lead a brigade in the Philippines. It
is more evidence that Oregoniaos will
come to the front no matter where
their lot is cast. .
There is a suggestion ' to reproduce
tbe battle of M anlla at Portland on
July 4tb. If k is done tbe committee
in charge bad better get Dewey to
come over and conduct-the fight, for
amateurs might make a bad job of it.
and blow up the city.
Mr. Alger says "if some of the beef
was spoiled what of it?" That illus
trates what kind of a man is at tbe
bead of the war department. He is
very like our governor who is willing
to sacrifice tbe lives of ah the volun
teers to maintain tbe administration's
imperialism - '
And now it is announced that Col.
Fred Grant's daughter is to be wedded
to a Russian nobleman. It wou d
seem that tbe Grant family bad bad
enough of foreign noblemen. The
yount? !ady should take warning from
the sorrows of her aunt Nellie's mar
riage to a title.
The president is debating tbe advisa
bility of convening congress In special
session next October, for tbe purpose
of disposing of the currency measures.
In this he is taking most desperate
chances for if congress starts in to
monkey with tbe currency it will be
on lines that will likely send the presi
dent to bis official grave.
The fact that Tbe Dalles is losing
some trade because of new trading
points springing up in the interior
should stimulate property owners and
merchants to help along every move
that will advance tbe interests of the
citv. Manufacturing will do this, and
... ,
money offered as Inducements to for. j
eign capital to. invest in such enter
prises will be the best Investment they
ever made.
The Dalles cannot afford to go back
ward, but must keep going ahead. It
can be kept on the move tf every prop
erty owner will back up tbe club in its
commendable efforts to encourage
maLufacturlng. Let factional strifes
be forgotten, and everybody get right
into the harness to labor for tbe up
building of a common interest.
Durin? the war with Spain Commissary-General
Eagan bought 6,357,
114 pounds of canned roast beef for the
army. It must have been profitable
for somebody to invest so heavily in
this experimental ration. Wonder
how much of a 'Take off" Alger and
Eagan got out of the deal? Probably
the president will appoint a court of
inquiry to find out.
To Marcoci. an Italian, Is due the
credit of the introduction of a practical
system of wireless telegraphy, and
while Great Britain has the honor of
having first made an extensive use of
it, there is a stro g pobability that
the ingenious Yankees will be tbe first
to develop it, and make it a widespread
utility. Already enthusiastic experi
ments in this country promise much
in this direction.
In San Francisco the other day O'.in
M. Welborn, ex-collector of internal
revenue, was arrested. H was with a
Texas regiment, having enlisted as a
private soldier, but in that role be
could not escape detection. He is an
embezzler to tbe amount of $40,000
which he stole while in office His
capture, is renewed evidence of the
fact that crime cannot be concealed,
and that criminals will be brought to
justice sooner or later.
Shoe manufacturers in the United
States announce that they can save
840,000,000 a year by going into a tru-t,
but if they do tbe wearers of shoes will
not get any of it, for the price of shoes
will not come down. More likely the
prce will be raised so as to double the
savings by combination. The tariff on
snoes give tne manufacturers a mon
opoly of the market, and when they
have gone into a combine they may be
relied upon to put tbe price up to all
the tariff will stand.
A manufacturing industry that would
employ 150 men in Tbe Dalles would
make a demand for at least 75 more
bouses to rent; it would bring 500
more people here to b fed; it would
make a pay roll of $3,000 a month; It
would furnish a home market for more
farm produce; it would put more
money in ciiculation; and in time it
would hf; follnwd hv inncp tilrn Inrina.
! trie3 Ft)p wheoever Danufll0t.nP,n,
is begun here It will be found that this
is tbe most favored location lor inanu
facturingon the coast. People who
own ground to sell, have buildings to
rent or merchandise to sell, will make
a goo i investment by offering cash in
ducements for manufacturing indus
tries. TOLL OR FREE tiOADS
There is a considerable demand on
the part of people for free roads and
the doing away with toll road?) through
out the country, and In this demand is
included the toll roid lei-ding from
Long Hollow beyond Bakeoven, known
as Shearer road, many: insisting that
tnis road should he owned and main
tained by the connty.
While tbe principle of all roads
being free is correct, there are ex
ceptions, and the Shearer road is cer
tainly one of them. Deschutes canyon
is a mos difficult country over which
i to build a road, and to keep it in re
pair requires a considerable otulay of
money each year. The expense of
keeping it up would be a heavy tax up
on the county, and were it undertaken,
it is not unlikely that tbe road would
be imoaesable io a short time. So
long as that thoroughfare is a toll road
it will be kept in good repair, but
should It oecomo public property the
chances are favorable that it would
ere long become of little use. It would
be a fortunate thing to the traveling
public if all roads were free, but where
one is so expensive to keep up as this
road Is, it is better that it remain in
the possession of private pariies, for
thty will keep in tood repair because
it is a source of i evenue, and since it
is maintained at the expense of those
who use it, there is no great injustice
so lung as tolls are reasonable.
The trusts that are protected by tariff
duties could be shaken up badl , no
doubt, by the withdrawal of that pro
tection. They are numerous. The
trust that controls steel rails and bil
lets is one. It enjoys heavy protection
agaios' outside competition. Pis iron
is another protected article that has
been made the subject of a trust. Tin
plate, plate glass, wire nails, leather,
pulp, paper and many other products
are in tbe same position. Under tbe
higher protection given tbem by the
Dinsley tariff, prices have been ma
terially raised and combinations bsve
been formed to defeat competition at
home, regulate production and reduce
employment. Tbe tendeucy of prices
continues upward. Senator Pettigrew
offered ao amendment to the Dingley
oil) providing for the cessation of the
duty on any manufacture that should
enter into a combine, but it was voted
down. Since then the trusts have
multiplied Astoria Budget.
If the imperialist policy of the ad
ministration is to be cairied out and
tbe Pbillipine islands brought into
subjection, why does not President
McKinley call for the additional 35.000
troops authorized by the last congress,
send tbem to the Philippines and
strike a quick and decisive blow? Tbe
bushwhacking warfare that is being
kept up in the archipelago is becoming
tiresome. If tbe Filipinos must be
whipped it should be done up in
hurry. At the rate soldiers are being
sent there, it is only about enough to
ecruit the ranks and taki the place of
the men who are killed, wounded or
become disabled by disease. There is
no sense in making child's play of the
war. It ought to be done well or Dot
at all.
Dewey's Route :iome.
San Frai.cisco, May 10 Mayor
Phelan last night sent the following
cablegram to Admiral Dewey:
"San Francisco, To Admiral Dewey,
Manila: On behalf of ourcltlzene, we,
the mayors of western cities, cordially
invite you to roturn by way of San
Francisco across the great ocean which
was tbe sone of your victory and
which you have opened to American
influence and trade. Pacific coast
cities feel especially grateful for the
protection afforded them. Tbe Olym
pic was built in our yards, aud the
volunteers who answered your call are
from Western homes. We are all
eager to show our appreciation of your
patrlo'-lo services, and would be
. it. UUin) Ul (nii)riDWt VI lUlUIQOia UOfeJa
honored by your aocepUnce." aprU2-lia
MADE A BOLD
ADVANCE
Oregon Boys in a Fierce
Skirmish.
Manila, May 9.-6:35 P. M. A re
con noitering party from Lawton's
command, consisting of two companies
of the Minnesota regiment and two
companies of the Oregon regiment, un
der command of Major Diggles, of the
Minnesota regiment, advanced yester
day to a point near San Miguel, 12
miles north of Ballgnag. The Ameri
cans Treie met with a volley troina
force of rebels behind a trench.
Major Diggles was wounded in the
head, and a private, together with 10
typhoid patients, were brought by
-pecial train to Manila today.
The Don Jose, the last of the missing
steamers under the American Sag
which were detained by tbe insurgents
since the beginning of the war, was
found by the gunboat Manila at Batan-
gas, arrived here today.
MARTIAL 1AW
IN ID HO.
Union Miners
Cantiut be
Employed at
M mrclnrr.
Wardner, Idaho, May 9. The proc
lamation given to tbe press last night
was formally Issued today with some
modifications by Governor Stuenberg's
representative, State Auditor Sinclair,
witn the approval of General Merriam
This is the most radical blow yet
aimed at the criminal organizatioos of
this region, and all loyal citizens are
bopeful that it will prove an absolute
remedy. It is directed to the mine-
owners of this country, and denies
their employment of men belonging to
organizations proven to be criminal
during the continuance of martial law.
All miners applying for work w.ll be
required to get a permit from the
state, first denying their participation
in th recent riots, and secondly de
nouncing membership of any society
which has aoproved of said riots,
mineowners refusing to comply with
those conditions will be required to
close down their mines.
The state is building a pen l.r0 by
120 feet in size, with four rows of
bunks around it.
Tbe 'nquest is still progressing, and
may last several weeks yet.
HE WANT1 A REST.
Carnegie Kays That Is Why lie Sold His
Property.
NEW YORK, May 9 A dispatch to
the Tribune from London says: An
drew Carnegie, asked to give bis
reasons for selliog his vast interests
In the manufacture of iron and steel,
referred with indorsement to an in
terview with him printed in a London
paper today, In this interview Mr.
Carnegie was asked if be had sold from
fear or dislitte of the trusts, and was
quoted as replying:
"Tbe trusts have never frightened
me, and tbe Carnegie Steel Company
bas no occasion to he afraid of them,
as it is tbe greatest property of ; Its
kind the world bas ever seen or prob
ably evr-r will see. I did riot sell out
because business was not prosperous;
nor was its prospects ever so good. I
sold in pursuance of a policy deter
ined upon long ago not to spend my
old age in business, struggling for
more dollars. I believe in developing
a dignified and unselfish life after
60."
Mr. Carnegie's attention was called
to a paragraph io a Lot don paper
which referred to bis famous declara
tion, "That to be rich is to die dis
graced," and be was asked, what he
was going to do with tbe $100,000,000
he bad amassed. "Tell that editor,
replied Mr. Carnegie, "to watch and
see. I hope 1 shall not justify tbe defi
nition, sometimes deserved, of a phil
anthropist., as a man with a g-eat deal
of money, but very little sense
THKKK luminals
TRUSTS,
to Grow
Tbe Combines
Continue
ana
Flourish.
Munich, lad May 9. The state
ment is now positively made that the
mammoth window glass combine will
be completed during tbe next few days.
Glass men now regard tbe thing as
settled, and tbe American window
Glass Association, which goes out of
existence May 30, will be supplanted
promptly oy the big concern. The
new trust will be capitalized at $30,000,-
000. and will control absolutely more
than 90 per cent of the country's win
dow glass production. '
CHICAGO, May 9 Representatives
of more than a score of tbe leading
plow manufacturing concers of the
United States met today and virtually
completed organization into which it
is proposed ultimately to take all
manufacturers of Agricultural imple
ments. The capitalization of tbe new
combination is placed at over $65,-
000,000. i
CAICAGO, May 9. The Po today
says: A gigantic combination, gath
ering in all tbe Hour milling corpora
tions at tbe bead of tbe lakes, New
York City, Buffalo and Syracuse, bas
been effected, and tomorrow tbe score
or more of mills embraced in the deal
win oe turned oyer to tne new manage
ment. The consolidation is capitalized
at $40,000,000.
CARPET MANCrACTCBBKS COMBINE
They Will Form a Trust, With a Capital
of SO.OOO.OOO
New York. May 10 It is reported
that negotiations are io progress with
an excel Ten prospect of soon reaching
a suceesstul conclusion, toracorabtoa
tion of manufacturers of all grades of
carpets, in a corporation whiob will be
known as the National Carpet Com
paoy, and will be capitalized at be
tween $40,000,000 and $o0,000.000. Tbe
consolid ition is being promoted by
New York a'-d Boston capitalists. It
is said the National Carpet Company
will buy a manufacturers plant and
business for a sum agreed upon paying
one-half cash, to represent the invest
ment io real estate and machinery,
and one-half in common stock of the
new company. It will also .pay cash
for material on hand, manufactured
and unmanufactured. In particular
cases, the book accounts will also be
purchased If guaranteed. Tbe cash to
make these purchases will bo raised by
the sale of a 7 per ceut cumulative
preferred stock, which will be offered
to the concerns going-into the move
ment This carries a bonus of one
share of common stock for each two
shares of preferred, so that each con
corn can oecome an underwriter.
There are no commissions to be paid
to any underwriting syndicate.
For Sale.
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Volunteers in the Philip
pines Must Wait.
Washington, May It. Iu reply to
the cable of Adjutant-General Cor bin
last night In regard to the return of
volunteers, General Otis cabled this
morning:
"Manila, May 11. Adjutant-General,
Washington: Tbe volunteers
first to return are now at Negros, and
45 miles from Manila, at the front. , It
is expected-that-transports now ar
riving will take the returning volun
teers.
"Tbe volunteers understood that
tbey will begio to leave for the United
States the latter part of this month,
but they know the importance of their
presence here at this time, and accept
the sacrifice, which the United States'
interests make imperative. Tbe Han
cock is now entering the harbor.
Transports returning this week carry
sick and wounded men. The Penn
sylvan la and at. faul are not longer
needed io southern waters, where they
have been retained, hence I dispatch
transports. The Nelson and Cleve
land brought freight and returned
without cargo OTIS."
The B tncock, which General Otis
reports as entering the harbor, sailed
from San Frandisco April 18, carrying
the Twenty-first infantry, and ligbt
.battery E, First artillery, ia all 34
officers and HM enlisted men. Colonei
Jacob Cline, Twenty-First infantry,
commanding.
A later dispatch from General Otis
says:
"Manila, May 1J. Adjutant-General,
Washington: Tbe health con
ditions of the troops that arrived on
tbe Hancock are excellent, there being
but two deaths en route, those of Priv
ates Dieo E. Jones and Elmer H.
Chevalier, companies Land E Twenty
first Infantry, April 24 and 26.
Otis."
Will Vl.lt This Coast.
CaicaGO, May 11. A special to the
Times Herald from Washington says:
President McKinley proposes to make
a tour of the west during his summer
vacation. Arrangements for the trip
have not been perfected, but it is un
derstood he will go to San Francisco
by tbe Southern Pacific route, and re
turn to ibis city on board a special
train on tbe Northern Pacific, stopping
en rout? at tbe Yellowstone Park and
other points of interest He will leave
about tbe middle of July and be gone
probably six weeks. -
A Filipino Bluff.
New YORK. May 11. A dispatch to
the Herald from Manila says: "In an
interview, printed in Spanish, Senor
j Mabint, who is at tbe head of Ag
uinaldo's cabinet, says the insurgents
are very hopeful. Tbey will continue
fighting, relying upon European inter
vention. The insurgents in the prov
ince of Cavitb are preparing to make a
desperate resistance to the Ameri
cans." j - A Frenchman Assassinated.
! New York. May 11 A dispatch to
the Journal and Advertiser from
Manila says; Tbe insurgents have
assassinated M. Dumarals, a French
man who bas crossed their lines under
! a flag of truce. He was negotiating
with the Filipinos for the release of
, S&aoish prisoners. This action may
cause a demonstration by France.
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OF THE
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AN: ATTACK ON
SAN FERNANDO
Filipinos Were Repulsed
as Usual.
Manila, May 10. The Filipino
General Mascar lo's army, Inspired by
wine taken from tbe storehouse of
Bacolor and by tbe general's oratory
on Monday evening, attacked San Fer
nando. There was tremendous yelling
tfid great expenditure of cartridges by
the rebels, but very little result.
General Mascardo holds tbe outskirts
f Bacolor west of the railroad. In
front of his position are tbe Kansas
ind Montana regiments which occupy
renches that tbe Filipinos built in
inticipation of an attack from the sea.
During the afternoon of Monday, Gen--ral
Mascardo with a large retinue of
"fflcers, rode along the lines, freqnent
y stopping to harangue his warriors.
At dusk a detachment of rebels rushed
'.owarJ the outposts of tbe Montana
regiment, but were met by a hot fire
from the line. Insurgents from tbe
trenches nearly three miles long res
ponded. Afar an hour's fightiag,
during which one private soldier of the
Montana regiment was wounded,
the insurgents subsided. Prisoners
who were brought into the American
lines said that Mascardo distributed
barrels of. wine among the soldiers,
telll g them - he expected to capture
the city cf San Fernando.
General Luna is massing bis army
east of the railway, bringing up troops
by tralnloids In sight of the American
Hoes. The country between San Fer
nando and Calumolt Is filling up with
natives, who profess grett friendship
towards the Americans, but who are
susoected of sympathy with the insur
gents. Do you
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