The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-09-07

ment and development, andwill array
herself on the side of that party which
offers the best protection.
Canada is anything but reasonable
in her bluster on the Behring see
question. The dispatches stated to-
day that there were great rejoicing
over the return Of the fishing schoon
ers to Victoria, which were captured
by the Rush and their cargoes o
sealskins taken. Uncle Sam vii
not stand this boys play mucl
longer, and will have sufficient wa
vessels in our northern waters to fully
enforce his rights.
The great army of Wi acrs in Lon
don are on strike, and several thou
sand idle men are parading the streets
The strikers number nearly 100000
and they are determined to bring th'
employers to terms. 1t is the old con
iict between labor and capital, which
will continue as long as the rich desire
to become richer, and in order to &C
complish this object will reduce wages
to the lowest price.
Chicago has entered the lists as can
didate for the international exposition
in 1892. New York, as the metrop
oils of the western continent, will
undoubtedly use every effort to have
the exposition held in that city !; but
Chicago has considerable business en-
terprise and will be lively competi-
tor. Already the leading papers in
these cities have sent out circulars
asking the press of the country to
voice their claims
The question ofwonan suffra ge
will be one of the leading issues in
the contest at the state election in
Washington. The friends of the
movement are determined to lose
sight of everything else, and enter the
campaign on this question alone. The
matter is left to the electors whether
suffrage is conferred upon all sexes or
not in the new constitution. Mrs.
Abigail Scott Duni~ay will enter the
political arena, and we may expect an
interesting contest.
The Canadians are injudicious in
their bluster about the Behring Sea
controversy. They will not, by their
loud talk and braggadocio, induce the
home government to seek a quarrel
with the United States, and without
her aid they are powerless. If they
had an army of well-drilled soldiers at
their command and fleet Of The most
powerful ships they could blow and
bluster about their rights; but until
then they must learn to be quiet and
behave themselves.
With the exception of the Demo-
cratic press constantly decrying pro-
lection as the robber tariff, and Re-
publican papers upholding the policy,
there is nothing political in Oregon
newspapers. After the campaign has
fairly commenced in Washington the
Oregon press may take some interest
i'll the political fight in the new state,
without they are bluffly told to attend
to their own business. But this is the
calm before the battle; for next season
we shall have lively fight.
The race war still continues in the
south, and colored and white men are
fighting each other. The elective
franchise was given the negroes for
protection, and this is the bone of
contention. If the government was
to deny these rights to the coIored
men of the south, the dominant race
would have everything their own way.
The amendments to the constitution
have been in force for several years,
and it is of the utmost Importance
that every right guaranteed by them
should be enforced.
This bosh about Republican pluto
Gratis is getting tiresome Let the
public examine the matter and see
who are the plutocfats of the country.
Jay Gould was the first to send con-
gratulations to Cleveland upon his
election in 1888; and the chairman of
the Democratic National mmittee is
Bryce, a man who has millions at his
disposal. Capitalists are not politicians
in the honest way of defining the
term. They are in favor of either
party that serves their ends, and the
Of New York or any other
city in the United States would attach
themselves to either organization if
they believed they could secure favors.
The clans are gathering in Walla
Walla, and the candidates are marshal
ing their forces. Hon. E. P. Ferry is
the most prominent nan mentioned
for governor, although Col. L. S. How
lett, of North Yakima, has some fol-
loving. For congress John L. Wilson
lakes the lead, although r. o. Dunbar,
IF Klickitat county, is looming into
prominence. North Yakima is head
ng off Ellensburgh in the race for the
capital of the new state, and undouLt-
sdly Olympia will be q formidable
OF course the convention
,as not crystalized yet, and it is diff
cult at this early day to determine |