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The advocate., 1889-11-15

The one great question Of supreme
Importance above every other ques-
ton before the American people
to-day is that relating
to the volume of the cir
culuting medium. Many Of the ills
Of which the people complain and for
which remedies are demanded, would
adjust themselves, il this one great
question was satisfactorily settled;
and this one great necessity Of the
people "a suffciency Of money were
supplied.
The advocate., 1889-11-15

pfDl pAo NAApk bAHhAN W y WpAA AWbW"
lated license system, and thereby pro-
vide a public revenue and Tighten tho
burdens Oi taxation. Why not con
troll larceny in the same emannert Why
not license a fow men 10 do all the
stealing that ia 10 be done and there
by provide additional revenue to re-
lievo the burdens of taHationi The
law 10 prohibit larceny fails 10 pro-
hibit and il the argument is good for
tho one law upon his account, it is
equally as good for the othor Do
our people really wish TO SEQ resto-
ration OF the saloon in KHnsns2 Is
this one Of the great questions which
80 intimately concern the welfare and
the material prosperity and the relief
OF our varied industries at the pres
emit timei Will tho people permit
their attention 10 be diverted from
the great economic questions OF tho
day by such nonsense as this2
The other question is scarcely more
important. The Mills bill as it pass
cd the House Of Representatives at
the last session Of Congress provided
for q reduction Of the tariff below the
existing schedule Of less than five
per cent. The United States Senate
proposed an equivalent reduction but
differed as TO the articles upon which
the reduction should be made. The
existing schedule provides tariff
averaging $47.10 q hundred on all inn
ported goods. Tho Mills bill propos-
cd a reduction TO an average Of $42G9.
The difference between tho House
and the Senate method OF providing
for this insignificant reduction con
stitutcd tho issue Ofthe last political
campaign. Mon howled themselves
hoarse upon this subject on both sides
to secure the supremacy Of the party,
each promising relief to the languish-
ing industries Of tho country as n re-
suit of the triumph OF their principles.
We we're all hoodwinked and deceiv-
cd, and voted, us usual at such times,
under the influence Of tho excitement
for the party with which we were
identified. "NVe voted the ticket
straight" Now, after the din Of the
battle has ceased, and the smoke has
cleared away, and the question involv-
ed in that contest is submitted to the
cool unbiased judgement Of the peo-
pie, is there any man Of either party
fool enough TO believe that q change
in the tariff schedule Of less than an
average Of five per cent, either by tho
House plan or the Senate plan would
afford the relief demanded to the
prostrated business interests of this
country And yet the great and
powerful partisan press Of America,
refuses even now to see any Of the
other questions which SO intimately
concern the material interests Of the
people.
Outside Of the comparatively few
reform papers OF the country, have
our readers ever seen any discussion
~ Tho cyIrrnNcu tho vo1nrna of kha
The advocate., 1889-11-15
a iPArtAan Press and tho Economic
Questions Of tho nay.


~ now receiving ono or more papers
tpt represent one or the other OF che
q great political parties ofthe coun-
py. We desire 10 ask each ono TO
examine these papers carefully every
week and every day, and 500 II you
and any allusion, immediate or remote
W any otthe great economic questions
that are now agitating the minds OF
sae people all over the land. Take
,he Knnsas City Times as an example
and a fair representation Of the dem
ocratic press. Outside OF the associ-
atod press dispatches the greater part
0t Us space 10 devoted 10 ro-submis-
elon In Kansas. IL any other topic is
iscassed Il is the tariff, and even
at favorite theme is second in inn
nortanco to the great interests OF tho
rum rover. The Times is but a type
IA itB class, aud the subjects 10 which
"A % devoted are the subjects that will
be found discussed in the columns OF
yory democratic newspaper in the
west
Knowing the subjects 10 which
he democratic press is devoted we
ava not at o loss 10 know what we
win 6nd IN Che columns OF the repub-
iispn press. We simply find the OPP
oslse side Of the same questions pre-
nted, and these subjects are re-hash-
fe-shaded and served to the
,oople week after week and month
aller month with very little variation.
Axe either Of these measures calcu-
iated 70 afford relief TO the prostrated
Industries Of the country Are the
eople Of Kansas Interested in tho re-
al Of the prOhibRtory law and the
establishment Of tbe saloonI Does
sy ono believe that this would afford
he ineaps 10 pay the mortgages on
ra1l farms, and lit the great bur
(, og debt from the shoulders Of the
saMtilsg ~ drunkenness and debauch-
gn evidence Of prosperity, or an
oati0n Of business successI Hour
tIAoIing men can now scarcely sup
1f their families upon the wages
,ey Receive, would they enjoy more
thc comforts Of life il large part
sheir earnings went TO the saloons
rs these gilded dens Of infamy an
iaenee OK the enlightenment, the
psality and the prosperity of any
N lplet
nv ID said that prohibition is q fail
because some men still obtain
nisly and drink il; and that there
ois the law should be repealed As
.sll might we say that every criminal
6slN II a failure because crime is still
hsnited, and therefore all criminal
iA should be repealed. They are
ssl laiIures because they do mot pre-
the crimes against which they
snacted. We are ready to Odmit
the use OF rum is nOtmppressed;
We are not ready TO admit that the
~ 6hibatory law 10 therefore failure.
IIV iliret Of Kansas does not know
. removal Of the open saloon
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-10-12
ANGRY TdCOHA.

The murder of Enoch Crosby ii
Tacoma has, in common with Other
crimes perpetra ted in the city of des-
tiny, aroused the citizens to such an
extent that thousand of them assem-
bled yesterday in mass meeting at the
Alpha Opera House-the chamber ol
commerce being too small for the
crowd. Resolutions were passed con-
deunatory of the mayor and city
council, protesting against any further
saloon license when majority of the
property holders in the vicinity are
adverse thereto, and demanding that
the police rid the city of all desperate
characters. Further resolutions de-
mand more and better lights. and the
raising of the license fee to $1,000.
When Mayor Wheeler attempted to
speak he was greeted with hisses, and,
as the Oregomian terms it, the meeting
became bowling mob. A committee
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thing must be done according to law,
which is so plain that there is no neces.
s:ty for mistaking it." This is
straightforward, manly, consistent,
right. We especially commend it to
those Democratic party leaders who
are SUBJECT to fierce attacks-inter-
mittent and spasmodic-of intense
affection for the soldier, and who now
effect great sympathy for the late
commissioner of pensions The pen
sion bureau needs at it's head cleal
brain and great business ability. II
the last commissioner failed in these
particulars, no matter how unswervins
his patriotism, unselfsh his devotion
or great his sacrifices the president;
duty was plain, and if. as we believe
Corporal Tanner retains the spirit
I which nearly thirty years ago sent hin
to the front he will sink personal in
terests out of sight for the sake Of
public good. "Our friends, the en-
emy," may rest assured that the new
commissioner, whoever lie may be
will have been one Of those "whc
young and foolish was whisked off his
base to where the hot blasts Of wal
played sad havoc with lives and for
| tunes"
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-10-12
CORPORATION REsPo Ns1BILIT1Es.

CORf'OHA1IOS fESIONolDILII LEO.
Every day or two we are confronted
in the columns of the dailies with a
gruesome chapter of horrors, accidents
by rail, or river, or sea. An observant
intelligent foreigner once said that If
a bomb shell which would hold fifteen
passengers were fired hourly from
New York to New Orleans with a
positive certainty that fourteen out OF
the fifteen would be killed and the
lucky fifteenth safely landed, SO care
less of danger were the Yankees that
the proprietor Of the line would be
overrun with applications. This may
not be true, but we are careless, very
careless and good natured to boot, or SO
many railway, steamboat and steam
ship lines could not slaughter people
as they do with impunity. 1t was a
fit of grim pleasantly that first sug-
gested that railway director shou d
be firmly strapped just under the
headlight of each locomotive. This is
hardly practicable, but it is practicable
to hold common carriers to SO strict an
accountability, that the loss of life
or limb will be rare event.
When the officials in high places are
made to know that swift condign pun
ishment will surely follow carelesness
there will be fewer half manned, poor
Iy built ships afoat or overworked
under paid employees ashore.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-10-12
AN OPPOR1UNE DELAY.

In the great commonwealth of New
York q man named GiLlin was re-
Gently sentenced to death for murder.
His attorneys by strong showing
succeeded in obtaining sixty days
respite from Gov. Hill. The strong
showing was, that one of the principal
witnesses against him had clearly
committed perjury. Facts subsequent
to those developed upon the trial prove
that the pistol with which the murder
was committed was not Giblin's, as
Was then asserted, but was picked up
By him from the floor and fred in self
defense. The perjurer, who is wom-
an, nearly Lecame a murderer herself
for her false witness almost caused the
death of an innocent man. No pun
ishment can be too swift or severe for
one who deliberately, for grudge or
gain, swears away the life of a fellow
being. It must be cause for congratu-
lation to tho court that the innocent
man was not executed by its mandate,
however righteous at the time, the
judgment may have seemed. Better
little delay, than that innocent blood
be shed.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-10-12

The o. r. Il n. Co. will run train
into Spokane Falls next Monday, and
that thriving city will have another
feeder. If other cities had exercised
the same degree CT enterprise they
they would rival Spokane to-day; but
their opportunities have slipped by un-
improved and they cannot be recalled.
When the business men considered a
new project a desirable factor of de-
velopmenc it was put into operation
without hesitation, and this is the
secret Of the growth of the city.
With such business men in the
lead its progress cannot be limited OR
checked,
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-10-12
4 TEMPEST IN 4 TEAPOT.

What an enormous hue-and-cry the
appointment of an educated Iegro to a
position in the Atlantr postoffice has
made. And now comes the Age- Her.
aid, of Birmingham, Ala, and reiter-
ats the sickening platitudes common
to such occasions, because a colored
man, who has passed his civil service
examination and beaten his white
competitors, has been appointed one
of the letter carriers at that place.
The Inter Ocean pertinently says that
if one man wished to send a note or
message to another in that city he
would doubtless employ negro, and
why should not the government do
what these intensely white gentlemen
do and consider the proper thing.
How intensely silly and puerile the
whole matter is But if the white
letter carriers can stand the loss of
$1,000 per year, which their resigna-
tion involves, we presume the U. S.
and the negro can.
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er, left the rails. Mr.. A. B. Cox, OF the
railway mail service, was thrown with
much force against the forward end of
the car and covered with bags of mail.
but managed to crawl up and find him.
self unlpjured.
Engineer McFadlen las been in the
employ of the company for the last nine
teen years. He has II wife and three
children living in Eas: Portland. He re-
turned there ON the engine local this
afternoon. He will be confined to his
bed for some .tiue, though he has no IN.
luries which with proper nursing can
prove fatal.
Ransome, the fireman, was unmarried.
though rumor has it that he was engaged
to young lady of Portland, and was to
have been married on the 18th inst. He
was quite popular among his fellows and
well liked by all who knew him. His
parents live in the east.
The wreck is very serious LOOKING
affair and was not cleared awav until
nearly noon to-day. 1t seems almost in
credible that so much damage to roIlino
stock could have been done and ONLY one
life lost. Railroad men say that the
wreck Is the worst that has ever occurred
in the history of rallroadlng on the Ore
gon & California.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-10-12
KdNTED-d POLICY.

Ever since the Waterloo which as
founded Mr.. Cleveland and his polit-
ical adherents last November, the
party has shown by all the usual signs,
that it is undergoing one of its period
ical transformations And these
changes are nothing, if they are not
natural. A party which is composed
of SO many differing elements which
will not fuse, which is utterly and
comically incongruous,and agreed upon
no one thing, except the wish that the
wicked fraudulent Republicans would
all die, must of necessity change with
every gustY flaw and veer in every
campaign until it has swept around the
whole face of the political compass
Men who opposed the war-very
many, and men who favored livery
few; men who are opposed to sump-
tuary legislation, and men, who under
the thin guise of prohibition, want
sumptuary laws; the few protection
lists, the tt riff reformers, and the out
and out free-traders need very large
platform upon which to stand if they
would avoid each others tender toes.
But there is one "policy" already fore
shadowed by Mr.. Congressman Mills
which can unite them all, and that is
obstruction. One section can yell
tariff reform, while another declares
against it. Look for a flaw in the
Protectionists policy and widen 1t all
you can; nurse spirit Of discomfort;
attack tie administration for daring
to remove AN incompetent man who
perhaps may have been a brave sol
der although ytu hate a soldier
yourself; sneer at the G. A. R.; ig-
more the fact that fer nearly thirty
years the country has prospered wide
ly and wonderfully, by following
course exactly opposite to that which
Democracy has prescri Ted, until it
challenges the worlds admiration;
threaten ruin, and make every body
believe if you can that Republicanism
means destruction. This will be in
exact line with the party spirit since
1860, aad like all their alleged policies
will share their common fate and lot.
I, Will net work.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-10-12
CONGRESSMAN SULLITdN.

There is possibility that one Of
the congressional districts of the proud
city of Boston may return that drunk.
ard, adulterer, ignoramus and coward,
John Lawrence Sullivan to the house
of representatives. We say possibil-
ity, advisedly, for we believe that, if
no other factor forbids this solution,
the pride of the Irish people, who
have an O'Neill, an Egan, Parnell,
an O'Reilly to refer to, will prevent
them from .blackening their record by
the election, to a post Of honor. of
such a reprobate as this fellow Sulli-
van has always shown himself to be.
1t is not without precedent that
prize fighter should wear forensic
honors as Figg was elevated to the
house of commons and our own John
Morrissay represented New York
constituency in congress for several
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-10-12
We are in receipt of a. letter fro

We are in receipt Of letter from
Mr.. O. J. Gale, of Brooklyn, N. Y,
enclosing half years subscription and
asking for information anent the north
western country and The Da!les in
particular. He says that one of our
townsmen forwarded him the New
Years's issue of the TIMES MOUNTAIN
EER. He also tells US that he has
accumulated something and wishes to
locate where he can be given a more
equal chance in the breadwinning
struggle. To our friends who do not
believe that it pays to advertise, this
is dedicated both as text and sermon.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-10-12

On the first page to-day we reprint
from the Inter- Ocean plain state
ment Of MIR. ". L. Scott's connection
with the great Spring Valley coal
mine troubles. Mr.. Scott's speeches
in congress do not read like Mr..
Scott's deeds in Illinois as reported
for the press. Forty thousand acres
Of coal land were more than he could
hope to work in lifetime. Why not
have bought 1000 acres like the phil
anthopist for which he posed, and
worked them? Because he wished to
control the northwestern coal market.
but this was not all nor the worst.
With about million of dollars in
vested, the democratic ex-chairman
resorts to watering devices and so in
creascs his stock from 81 100000 to
$2,500,O00 and then to secure his
dividends upon this watered stock
, reduces wages until half starved
miners can stand it no longer, where
upon he shuts down his mines, throws
$500 miners out Of work and CON-
mences series of evictions from
rented houses or property purchased
from him, (or which partial payments
have been made) in the expectation of
steady employment. He is worth
according to his own statement $780,
100000, can contribute half o million
dollars to the Cleveland campaign
fund and support a racing string
which has just won for him more than
100000, but he is too poor to furnish
remunerative employment to those
whose labors must feed and clothe and
bouse 10000 helpless ones, because
his margin of profit would be only
reasonable. Contrast the swelling
turgid periods in the house of repre-
sentarives On the 10th of May last
with this sordid grasping exhibition
and then count Mr.. Scott's philan-
thropY for just what it is worth.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-10-12
A MODERN ROMANCE.

PORT TowsEND, Wn., Oct. 9.-Charles
Miller, gamuler Ly latter day profes-
SION, died Sunday of lung fever. lie was
accompanied during his last intervals by
a handsome woman, introduced and
known as his wife. Frequently, during
delirlous moments, in the presence of Wis.
ltors, he would in most pathetic terms as k
forgiveness from some woman whom he
called Blanche, and refer to a child. Nc.
thing was thought of the circumstance
until after his death, when Sheriff De!an.-
ly received a telegram from Duluth,
Mimi, signed Blanche Miller, asking for
particulars concerning her husbands
death.
An old acquaintance of Miller's said a
few years ago Miller was respected,
industrious man employed in Duluth,
and became infatuated with q Young
woman of good family, whom he BETRAYED
and was compelled 10 marry. Leaving
Duluth on the day of the marriage, he
came West and plunged into reckles de.
bauchery, which ended by some one
shooting his arm off. Several months
ago he married a respectable GIL of Ia
coma, who was unaware of his gambling
profession. NIilef was handsome man.
of good family, and we'll known through
out the Northwest.
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The veterans Greed, Confession

The veterans Greed, Confession of
Faith and Thirty-nine Articles are all
comprised in the following pithy
definition of Secretary Mobiles position
from his own lips: "My own pension
policy may be very briefly summed up.
1 was soldier. I made my way up
from the ranks. 1 belong to the
Grand Army. want to see every
old soldier get pension who deserves
one under the law, and 1 want him to
get the amount allowed him by law;
and l want him to get it in the exact
order of time prescribed by the law.
And if am to stay where am, every
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-10-12

The diplomatic and courteous Ian
guage which the Chinese minister used
when he addressed President Harrison
must be taken in the spirit in which it
was intended. Of course, if China
could help herself, she has no very
pleasant feeling towards the United
States or the inhabitants. On several
occasions the subjects of the Celestial
empire have been brutally treated by
our citizens, and this must rankle in
the bosom of the diplomat; but Inter-
national courtesy must be preserved,
and the reigning executive must be as
sured of the great consideration in
which he is held. While this is true
it is no less fact, aside from the same
obligation of international courtesy, that
President Harrison cares little for
China or Cinnamon. 1t would cause
no pang of regret to Mongolians if,
by some convulsion of nature, our
country with its millions of inhabi-
tants were sunk under the waves of
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; and
as an Offset the people of the United
States would shed few tears if the
Mongolian empire were enguifed by
the angry waves of the ocean; but
must be practiced, and in
talking to the Hindoo, the Haytian,
Kanaka or Chinaman the same smooth
laudatory terms must be
used.
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the past twenty-five years it has op-
posed the measures advocated by the
Republican party, and has only given
up its opposition when experience has
proved them safe and sound. This
can be easily seen by reference to our
political history for the past quarter of
a centvrJ. The people are conversant
with these facts, and it is not at all
surprising that they should array
themselves against this lolg-continued
obstructive policy and the party which
followed it. These new common
wealths desire development of their
resources, and the citizans know that
the policy outlined by the Mills bill
would be detrimental instead of bene
fetal. Protection means everything
to the west and northwest, and free
trade is barren Of any good results.
The Dakotas, Montana and Washing
ton desire numerous industries estah-
lished and their only hope is in the
party of progress and protection.
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THE OLD WORLD And THE NEW.

The London Times of late has been
paying much attention to the Pan
American congress which has Just
convened at our national capital.
Between every line Of the editorial
utterances of the "Thunderer the
practiced eye can read the unmis-
taxable signs of dread lest our COM
mon lot, cast together upon two CONT
nents, separated by broad oceans from
the other peoples of the world, should
lead us to combine as one people prac-
tically for our own benefit. We have
no laws of primogeniture, no relics of
a feudal system of land tenure, and
when we depart most widely from the
old world systems of political economy
We prosper most. The Times pithilY
asks "What might not be done by
few subsidized lines of steamers plying
between New York and Rio, Buenos
Ayres and ValparaisoP We believe
that the present administration sees,
and that the incoming congress will
act upon the fact that the way to re-
vive our carrying trade and restore US
to our former place in the ranks of
the worlds maritime nations is by
judicious subsidy. No other nation
exercises the pitiful cheese pairing sys-
tenn of false economy in this direction
which disgraces us. Take a single
instance. The French steamer Bar
gundy of 1000 tons burden, net,
receives thirty cents per ton
rom the French government for
every thousand miles of travel. For
the round trip between New York
and Brest, 6O0O miles, the line to
which this vessel belongs receives
from wise people $4,000 in cash
besides liberal allowances for carrying
the mails. Let our conscript fathers
be wise in their day and generation,
offering liberal although judicious
sums for government service as we'll as
private ventures carried on exclusive
y in American bottoms and a few
years at the most will find onr flag
upon every sea in all the earth, and
We may be assured that our South
American neighbors will no longer
borrow, sell, or trade with continental
,r English houses or bankers in pre-
.erence to ours.