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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-05-21

to crt the levees. Serious trouble Is
thrr.senci a. Naucoki, II station on the
Cn,ca"n IS Alton road. three miles from
the RIVER wEeu 1t is ID It's chauuei.
Nameuki lies south OF the tracks. The
entire country north Of the town is flood
ed, and the railroad embankment is all
that saves II. Early this morning the
water began flowing over a low place in
the emhankmert between Nameokl and
East Madison, and soon flooded the lat
ter place. The citizens of East Madison
started to build levee TO protect them
selves. This would have thrown the
current through Venice. Although the
last place is under water, the Cit
iZens did not like to be placed between
two currents, as their houses would be
swept away. They turned out in force,
and threatened, unless the levee- building
was stopped, to cut the Chicago s. Alton
embsnkment and flood Madison. Venice
also has an armed guard protecting the
Brooklyn levee, which shields the town
from the waters that are pouring through
the village of Brooklyn. The people of
Brooklyn are anxious to cut the leyee, so
as to cause the water to flow some other
waV
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FREE-TRADE ROT"

The Union Scout has solved the en-
tire free-trade problem in the follow
ing:
How can any man raising surplus for
export and exchange, before realizing on
the product of his labor, be benefited by
tax on his exchange? When a farmer ex-
changes l0, 900 bushels of wheat, for which
there is no market in this country, for l0,-
600 yards of French silk, for which there
is market, where does the benefit to him
of the 80 per cent. tax on the silk come in?
Its benefit to the Paterson weaver is appar-
ent, but why should the farmer want the
tax imposed?
In the first place the farner in no
part of the United States raises g
'ssurplus" for "exohange," but for coin,
and those of Eastern Oregon received
from 70 to 80 cents bushel for their
"surplus" in Exchange" for
French silk, but principally in British
gold. If the agriculturists are suffi-
ciently wealthy to wear foreign silks
they should pay for them, the same as
they do when they indulge in clear
Havana cigar, or imported liquors or
wines. American goods, manufac-
tured by american looms, out of
American raw material and by Amer
ican labor is good enough for ordinary,
every day Americans; but if the farm
ers desire to wear foreign silks and
satins, and turn American wage-earn-
ers out OF employment the tax cannot
be too burdensome on them. But this
twaddle about our honest, hard working
cultivators of the soil having the least
desire to Exchange" their grain for
"French silk or any other kind of
silk, is the worst ''rot" that could be
published, and only shows to what
straits the Democratic party is driven
to support its foreign doctrine of free
trade with Americans who love their
country above any other.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-05-21

In accordance with Holy Writ it is
always well for one to fortify himself
with reasons for ":he hope that is
within him." and this is the way
Hon. B. F. Jones, of Pittsburg, de-
fends his position on the American
policy: 81 am protectionlst because
our country has prospered with pro-
lection ana langu,shed without. Be-
cause revenue can more easily, more
surely and with less objection be raised
by iudicious protective tariff law than
otherwise. Because protection diversi-
fes employment and largely relieves
wage earners from foreign competition,
thereby enabling them to be liberal
consumers as well as producers. Be-
cause, as has been demonstrated, the
effect of protection is the cheapening
of products. Because defense against
injurious Importation is as necessary
and jultifable as is an army and navy.
Because the theory of free trade be-
tween the nations is as fallacious,
impracticable and utterly absurd as is
that of free love between families"
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-05-21

Starr and Thomas, Like the San the
Chronicle Is published at Judge Ben
nett's home town, and our home papers
will be closely watched to determine
Judge Benefits attitude towards such
charges. It will be remembered that
the Sam of May 4tb, In advance OF the
Klllep, Starr IL Thomas card, depre-
Gated this mode of attack, using these
words: we sincerely hope and trust
that there is some mistake about this,
and that Judge Moore was entirely
blameless in the matter. We do not
know Judge Moore personally, but we
cannot believe that man who aspIres
to the exalted position of justice of the
supreme court can have been guilty OF
anything Ike double dealing with his
clients, or of improfessional conduct OF
any kind in his practice at the bar.
On the 9th the KIllen, Starr IL
Thomas card appeared, and of course
we had no apology to make"
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Stamped to Death.

HELENA, MAJ 17.-John Swendson
the victim of the most outrageous assault
in the history of this city. SVendson was
stranger in Helena, and Sunday night
late he was set upon by three footpads,
who knocked him down, took all his
money, some SIT, and then in cruel wan
tonness stamped the life out of the insen-
sible man, who was near so years of age
and not at ali rugged. Swendson lin
gered twenty -four hours, suffering ago
MES that cannot be realized One side
of his face had been crushed, but his
most terrible injuries were in his chest
and stomach, on which the toughs re
peatedly jumped with full weight. He
Jay lnsenslbie on the dark street for sew
eral hours, but was discovered about
daylight. After their assault on Swend-
son, the thugs came up town and robbed
guest in Main street lodging-house.
The alarm was given and the three men
caught. They started off peaceably
enough with the two officers, but when
near the corner of Broadway and Main,
one of them suddenly shot Officer Peter
Scarsenbose in the shoulder. Another
knocked the second officer down with his
pistol and the three bolted. Within the
next two minutes dozen shots were
fired and the most intense excitement
prevailed, but the three tootpads es-
capped. Search was at once begun. News
reached town this forenoon from two diff
ferent sources that three men answering
the descriptions of the men wanted had
been seen in the neighborhood of Canyon
Ferry, on the Missouri river, some fifteen
miles from town, and strong posse
armed with rifles were sent IN that direc.
ton.
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One of the speakers last night said
he was not ashamed of the record of
the Republican party from 1856 to
1892, and to-day we have heard it
charged on the street that the "bloody
shirt" was waved at the meeting. If
the "bloody shirt" is interpreted to
mean admiration for Abraham Lin
coin and the principles on which he
national affairs while he
was president; opposition to human
slavery, support of the homestead
law, of liberal appropriations by
congress to open up our great rivers
and protection to American industries,
then it will be waved by every true
American patriot from Maine to Ore
gon, ,and continue to wave while patri-
otism and love of liberty reign para
mount in the human breast.
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More Complications Arise.

CHEYENNE, Wo., May 1s.-An inter.
national affair may arise from the Wyom,
ing rustler war. One of the prisoners at
Fort Russell is w. B. Wallis, young
Englishman and loyal subject OF the
queen. He has been In America nine
years. Learning of the expedition by
accident, he Joined it without any clear
idea as to its purposes. He simply
wanted adventure. The young fellow
proved to be very game, and distinguished
himself by his GOODNESS under fire at the
I. A. ranch siege. The BrltIsher is will
ing to accept the consequence of his acts,
but his relatives and friends abroad are
urging him to plead his alienship. He
declares he will not do this, and adds
that he will take out naturalization
papers if he can get any one to voucn for
him. His fomily is wealthy and the
prisoner has plenty of ready money. He
is interested in horse farm near Long
mont, Colo.
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TELEGRAPHIC.
Earri.on's Advice oh the RIVER and
EBrbOr Measure.

Earri.on's Advice Sii the RIVER and
Earb0r Measure.
WASHINGTON, May 17.-An attack has
been made upon the rlver and harbor bill
from an unexpected quarter. 1t IS
claimed that notice has been received
from the White house by the Republican
members of the commerce committee, to
the effect that it would be better TO scale
down the present river and hsr6of bill 20
per cent. This backed up by assertions
from the secretary of the treasury, to the
effect that the probable revenues do not
seem liable to meet the actual cost of
conducting the government under the
present system of finance. The Republi-
can mem bers of the senate appropriation
committee have been notified that 1t
would be well to keep down sppropria
tions to as low limit as possible, yet it
is doubtful whether the commerce COM
mittee of the senate will! take much stock
in what President HARRISON proposed, he
cause many members of that committee
on the Republican side are not any too
than that, large volume made It's ap-
pearance IN the senate to-day, which is
the report of the committee on commerce
on the river and harbor bill. 1t contains
over 400 pages of printed matter and is
very complete in discussing every pro-
iect contained in the present river and
harbor bill and shows by facts and fig
ures, the necessity for the passage OF such
bill and of the vast benefits to accrue
to commerce on that account. 1t is be
lieved the committee viii not take the
back track and move to scale the bill
down. simply because the president Is
desirous of it. In view of the showing
made by the report 1t is doubtful if any
attempt will be made Dy the senate COM
merce committee TO scale down the bill.
One of the first suggestions by the ad-
mlnistration was that the contract system
should be stricken from the bill, but this
met with so much disfavor that 1t was
not pressed. In fact, the contract system
provided for future appropriations rather
than current expenditures.
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FREE-TRADE FALLACIES.

A frce-trade contemporary thus gives
vent to its grievances against the doc
trine of protection:
| l. The tariff gathers Its largest revenues
| from taxes on the necessar1es of life, thus
wronging the great mass OF the taxpayers
| by its unjnst placing of the burdens of goy
ernment.
2. The tariff puts some of its heayiest
duties on the materials OF industry. In do
ing this it lessons both the chances os en-
ployment and the wages of labor IN the
lines of industry OF which those materials
form the basis.
8. The tariff makes war upon trade,
seeking either to suppress it altogether or
to reduce it to minimum, except IN the
articles which do not interfere with the
private business and profits of those who
dictate our laws. 1t Is thus always eudan-
gering and making less profitable the
market .or our surplus products, which, as
we haye seen, is the reliance of our farmers
for prices and largely for sales.
Under the Mckinley hill sugar is
free, and no article is taxed that can
be raised in.this country to an advan-
tage.
The tariff on imported goods has
stimulated home industries, and given
employment to thousands Of laborers.
By levying duties on the importation
OF raw material it has stimulated the
development of natural resources, and
the wool, iron, tin and other industries
are examples of the beneficial effects
of protection. With free.trade these
factors of wealth would be dormant.
The Mckinley bill provides for rec
iprocity in matters of trade, and sew
eral favorable treaties with foreign
nations have been made under its pro-
visions. Our commerce to-day is in
better condition than it has been at
any time since rebel privateers drove
it from the oceap. The principal sur
plus products Are wheat, flour, fish
and lum Der, and the demand for these
will increase, as the supply in foreign
countries is constantly becoming ex-
hausted. We have yet large areas of
land not cultivated, unlimited quanui-
ties of fish in our streams, and almost !
boundless forests untouched.
1t Is rarely that one sees propo-
sitions so readily refuted as those |
quoted above, and almost every one
having the least knowledge of the
history of the country knows them to
be false.
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WASHINGTON, May I7.-Justice Harlan,
of the United States supreme court, and SEN
ator Morgan, of Alaska, who were selected
by the president as arbitrators on the part of
the United Statein the Behring Sea controversy,
have each accepted the appointment and agree
to serve. Justice Harlan said this afternoon
he would probably go abroad about the latter
part OF July. 1t will be next autumn at the
earliest before the commission assemblies, and
how long 1t will take them to conclude the
settlement of the controversy is still doubt
full problem.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-05-21

Our Democratic friend of the San
should not contradict proposition
that he cannot successfully refute, and
never attempt to attract attention
from plain statement of facts by
charging cotemporary with efforts to
"mislead" its readers. This is unfair,
and is the kind of sophistry that car
ries with it it's own fefutatlon. The
proposition we made was, that our
financial system was better than had
been adopted by any nation, and that
every Democratic paper in Oregon
was in favor of silver and change to
bimetallism. He published last week
a column of absolutely irrelevant mat
ter, and then acknowled that he was
unable to state any better system.
This week he follows a school. boys
idea of argument, and complains that
we desire him to name parallel cases."
If we wanted to argue the matter
logically with him we should have
forced him into closer corner than he
now is; but we take no delight in men,
tai or physical suffering, and therefore
dealt gently with him. After six
days hard work be found the Yamhill
Ledger-a paper we have never seen
or heard of-that said it supported
Cleveland and honest money. 1t
is we'll for our brother to under
stand that simply contradlcting
the general is
sue-is no refutation, and until he
can produce facts to prove an affirma-
tive statement false-the burden of
proof is on his side of the question
he better let it alone. Don't handle a
buzz saw while in motion, without you
can stop its velocity and not receive
injury.
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The dispatches contain the threat
that the Democrats in the house will
defeat the senate amendment to the
River and Harbor bill for $3.50, 900
for the commencement of the boat
railway between The Dalles and Ce-
lilo, and this opposition is not based
OF the proposition that the bill is too
liberal in its appropriations; but be-
cause the house favors portage rail-
way instead. This is the effect of the
letters of Gov. Pennoyer to the house
committee advocating the portage rail-
road as the permanent Improvement,
and If the bill is defeated in the house
the fault will lie with the Democrats,
and, as The dispatch intimates, with
the Democrats of Oregon as the first
cause. This fimsy excuse of por-
tage railroad in place of the boat rail-
way-as the necessary means to over
come the distractions in the river-as
q reason for defeating the appropria-
tion bill is too puerile for moments
serious consideration. Any one who
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our ne;obbor tbe Wosco Sam. !

Our neighbor, the Wasco Sam, the
Democratic exponent for this county,
is honest enough to discountenance
the cowardly attack on Judge Moore's
character, and in this regard has ex-
commendable in any newspaper:
We make the following extract from
its issne of Wednesday: "We are
sorry to see our neighbor, the Chrom-
acte, keeping up the fight on Judge F.
A. Moore, the Republican candidate
for supreme judge, on the same old
line, and threshing over the same old
straw, after the vlndicatIon of his pro-
ceedings in the will case by Killen,
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TELEGRAPHIo NEWS,
Nine We're KILLED

BUTTE, Mont. May 17.-It is now known
that nine miners were killed BY the cave.in at
the Anaconda mine near Butte, Mont. Four
teen were entombed and it was at first thought
that all were killed, but five have so far been
taken out alive, and it is positively known
that all the remainder are dead. They are
Jerry N. Harrington, Dan Sheehan Quinn
Leay, William Hyland, T. c. Murphy. Tobn
Smith, 5. Steward, William Clarke, and Iohn
Nordstrom. -Four of the bodies have been re-
covered, but 1t will be day or two yet before
the others are reached. Tens of thousands of
tons OF rock are strewn between the rescmers
and the bodies of their dead comrades. The
cause OF the accident is stated to be that an
unusually heavy blast was fired Just before the
cave-in occurred, and it is thought that il
loosened the rock which formed the roof of
the gallery.
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The delegation of Presbyterians
which passed through the city this
morning was composed of men of edu-
cation and of brains, and as they
represent great factor of advance
ment and civilization in this country
their deliberations will receive con-
siderable attention. Whether DR..
Briggs will be supported in his liberal
ideas of theology will be fully
discussed, and the position this
branch of the Christian church takes
on the question will determine its
status with thinking men. But aside
from the religious aspect of the assembly
in Portland, Oregonians should be of
one mind in according these clergymen
such courteous treatment that their
6rst visit to the state should impress
them favorably, and we are satisfied
that our little city will be kindly re-
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Great anxiety is felt in this commu-

Great anxiety is felt in this commu-
nifty regarding the matter of tieing up
the Dalles City, because of the in
ability, on her part, as it is claimed, to
reach the wharfboat at the foot of the
locks. Since the Cascades has thor
oughly tested the question of nav1-
eating the river at that point, it has
been generally conceded by our people
that boats could reach the wharf at
the terminus of the portage road at all
stages of water, and the present "tie-
up" is very unsatisfactory. Every
person who is interested in an open
river-and there is no resident of
Eastern Oregon who is not-is de-
sirous of seeing the opposition on the
middle and lower Columbia continue,
and feel anxious that it should be prac.
tlcally demonstrated to be feasible at
all seasons of the year. There is a
well grounded impression in the minds
of our people that the river can be
navigated at the present time, and the
effort should be made at imminent
risk. The farmers of Wasco, Sher-
man, Gillian and other counties are
more concerned in the success of this
enterprise than the business men of
The Dalles, for it liberates them from
the domination of railroad monopoly,
and the support of themselves and
families and the development of the
country depend upon cheap freights.
This scheme of opposition boats on the
Columbia river, advocated for so many
years by the TINES Es-MoUNTAINEER,
should not be for the heneit of the |
few. but for the many; for the poor as
well as the rich; for the farmer, the
producer, and the mechanic as we'll as
the merchant and shipper. The north
west has for years looked to this great
artery of commerce as the prime fac
tor of progress, and, now after the
state has spent 100000 for portage
road and the experiment of the Regas-
'ator and Dalles City has proved sue
,essful. these boats must not be
chained to the wharves because of a
rapid current for few hundred yards.
The best interests of the country de-
nand that the navigation of the Co
umbia be kept open, even at great
hazards.
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1t is somewhat surprising that Pres.
ident Harrison should have any etjec-
tions against liberal appropriations in
the River and Harbor bill, las he comes
from state which requests aid from
congress for public improvements. The
presidents who have heretofore been
antagonistic to this bill have been
from New York, and opposition might
be expected from New England or the
Middle states, as they have all the i'm
provements they desire; but such is
not the case with Indiana.
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has had the least experience in freight
traffic, especially of grain in burlap
sacks, knows that the least handling is
the better foe quantity. Every time a
sack of wheat, oats or barley is
changed from steamboat to a rail-
road, or vice versa, there is more or
less waste, and after the sack has been
handled four or FIVE times the loss is
considerable. The object of an open
river is that produce should not change
cargo; but be shipped without break
ing bulk from the highest nayigable
waters to seaboard. This cannot be
accomplished by portage road at the
dalles, for that will require two
changes of cargo in distance of thir-
teen miles. OF course, a portage road
would afford temporary relief by re-
ducing freight rates: but nothing in
comparison to what ship railway
would. The staue Is able and willing
to construct the portage, which will
pay for itself by the time the boat
railway is built by the government.
The people would not be satisfied if
the relief furnished by the portage
railway at the Cascades were the only
aid they would receive; but look for
ward anx,ously to the completion of
the locks. In the same manner, the
producers of the Inland Empire would
not be contented with railroad
around the dalles of the Columb bia if
they did not believe congress would
eventually remove the impediments to
by the construction of a
permanent boat railway.
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FAYETTEVILLE, N. c., May I7.-Yes.
terday seventeen miles below here, A. Gil.
more, notorious outlaw from South Carolina
entered tie house of Rev. William Brunt
and, finding no one but Miss Brunt there
forced her to prepare dinner for him at the
point OF a pistol. After eating heartily, he
leaped out of the window Miss Brunt seized
gun and shot Gilmore, thirteen bucksho
striking him. He died in few minutes. A
reward of $500 was out for him, to which
Miss Brunt becomes entitled.