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

EDITORIAL NOTES.
> Free.trade and free silver Democrats
are. political Siamese twins, and the
connecting link cannot be separated
without fatal Injury.
The two war ships. Baltimore and
Charleston, now in the river at Port
land, are source of pride to Ameri-
can citizens, and when the Neao York
and Oregon are afoat upon the ocean
they will have more reason for rejoic-
ing. In few years the United States
will have a navy second to none, and
these have become necessary to pro-
tect our commerce and insure the
exercise by our citizens of the same
privileges as those of the most favored
nation.
The conversion Of state rights
Democrat, like Gov. Pennoyer, to the
Peoples party, is creating considerable
Comment in the press of the Two po.
htical organizations. But any one
acquainted with the peculIarities of
Hon. Sylvester Pennoyer, should not
be surprised that he should step into
the ranks of the advocates of free sill
yer. 1t is not so long since Gov
Pennoyer, in his annual message, adj
vocated the supremacy of the legisla-
ture over the supreme court, and free
silver is not nearly SO far removed
from established principles as that.
The fact of the matter is, there is not
Democratic paper in the state that
does not believe in unlimited coinage;
but they do not possess the courage of
their convictions in the same degree
that Pennoyer does.
Some one recently asked Sir John
A. Mcdonald if there was any truth
in the Democratic slogan that "the
tariff is tax" and the Canadian pre-
mier replied: "It is tax, and I'll
prove it to you in a sentence. Sup
pose have 1000 bushels of barley on
this (the Oanadian) side which / desire
to sell in the United States. Under
the present law in America 1 must pay
Is cents per bushel, or $3.50 in all up
on my 1000 bushels, before l am per-
mitted to cross the line with my bar
lev, and when I do cross the line with
il how much do get for itl Why, l
get American price, the same that bar
ley is selling for over there. ! don't
add to that price the ID cents per
bushel that paid in at the customs
house. Therefore, the tariff is tax,
but unfortunately it is a tax upon our
people who ship their produce to the
United States"
The Dalles TIMES ,MoUNTAINEER has
been delving into history, and has dis
covered that the Republican platform of
1860 contained nearly as much humbug
and claptrap as the later ones.-Portsand
Telegram.
We referred to the Republican plat
form of 1860, in the article which has
aroused the ire of our esteemed CO.
temporary, simply to prove that the
party was then in favor of protection
as it is now; but our Democratic friend
can see very little in it but "humbug
and claptrap." Of course Democrats
have a right to their opinions; but it
is consoling to Republicans to know
that Abraham Lincoln was elected on
this platform of "humbug and clap
trap" and the martyred president
fully endorsed the principles contained
therein. OF course, free-trade Demo-
Gratis may consider the doctrine of pro-
tecticn in harmony with the. home
stead law, the transcontlnental rail-
road, appropriations by congress for
improving our harbors and opening up
our rivers, the union of the states and
opposition to human slavery, and if
they are inclined to think SO we shall
not attempt to change their opinion;
for on each one of these questions the
Republican party took a determined
stand in the platform of 1860, and
these constitute the "humbug and
clap-trap" that appears to worry our
cotemporary. If it would satisfy our
Democratic friend, we will acknow-
ledge that a majority of his party
bitterly opposed this platform of
"humbug and claptrap" upon which
Mr.. Lincoln was elected, and in the
support Of which his administration Of
national affairs was conducted until he
was killed by the hand Of an assassin.