The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-11-26

| or the country, and there Is no uhat'er
that would SO largely benefit Oregon
as good highways 10 the interior Suf
6clent attention has not been paid to
this subject in the state.
The long-continued strike at Home
stead has at last ended, and the men
are now at work. This will put a
stop to lengthy discussion of the old
question Of labor and capital, which Is
al ways brought into prominence every
time there is contest between en-
ployerS and employees 1t cannot be
expected that the strife will ever cease,
but for the peace of communities it is
always better to keep it below the
surface.
There appears to he an almost uni :
versal demand on the part of the Dem
ocracy for an extra session, and Mr..
Clevelrnd will not satisfy those who
elected him 10 the executive chair
without acceding to their wishes. If
the verdict rendered at the ballot-box
simply emphasized the doctrines of
the Chicago platform then the extra
session should be called as soon as
possible, and the principles of free
trade inaugurated.
Lieut.. Peary has the Arctic fever, land
is again eager to make a journey into
the frozen regions of the north. He
has made some discoveries, but only
enough to whet bis ambition to make
more. The people of the world are
ia as happy as if the open polar sea
could be made the scenes of summer
vacations. and some good and noble
men would have done more for their
fellows if the Arctic craze had died
out generations ago.
Tammany and the president will be
the principal factors in the admins
tration Of national affairs during the
next four years, and one of these will
be responsible at the next election for
the ca!amities under which the people
suffer. Mr.. Cleveland is ordinarily an
honest man; but, under obligations to
the most corrupt ring of politicians
who ever disgraced politics in any
country, he may sacrifice honor and
integrity at the behest of the bosses
II he does his administration will
demonstrates the fact, and if he adheres
to his ideas On national questions he
will no longer be Democrat.
The New York Herald is howling
about the Republicans who are "setz
ting trap" for President Elect Cleve
lard by urging him to call an extra
session of congress os soon as he gets
into the White House. 1t is rather
unfair in the New York Herald to try
to credit to Republicans the work of
the Chicago Herald, tie Atlanta Con-
ststaItioa, the Louisville Courier Jour
nal, the New York Eveniag Post, and
other earnest Democratic organs, and
to represent this as a trap for Cleve-
land. The Herald is too fresh for a
fresh convert to Democracy. Its
Chicago namesake should take it in
hand.
The letter from Denny, Rice q Co.,
the great wool dealers of Boston,
Mass, toMr. Joseph Sherar, of this
county, shows that the election of Mr..
Cleveland is already having its effects
upon the market. If the Chicago plat
form is carried out by legislation in
the next Democratic congress, the
sheep industry in the northwest will
be completely crippled, and those who
have thousands of dollars invested in
the business will be forced to look
elsew here. Protection has made the
country prosperous, but Democratic
free-trade in a little while will tear
down and wreck and ruin the indus
tries that have taken years to build up
by Republican policy.
1t is very probable that the Demo-
crats in congress will attempt the for
feiture of the Northern Pacific land
grant from Bismarck, Dakota, to Port
land, Oregon. This will work great
hardship upon many innocent pur-
chasers from the railroad, as the title
to large portion of this land In Da-
kota and Montana has been changed |
several times since the grant was made.
The forfeiture of the unearned grant |
was all that the people, ID justice, re-
quired, and this was done by Re |
publican congress years ago; but it is
rank injustice to cause the land to re-
vert to the government after the COM
pany has built the road and complied
with the conditions of the grant.
The interstate commerce commits |
sion has just rendered decision on
the long and short haul feature of the
law, says the Inter Ocean. That de-
cision expatiates at considerable length |
upon the subject in general, arriving
at the conclusion that the commission
itself is the proper authority to decide
given rate or scale conforms
to the intention of the law or not.
There seems to be no restriction upon
the power of the commission to au-
thorize greater charge on shorter
haul if satisfied from the facts pre-
sented that the interests of commerce
and common fairness to the carriers
require that an exception should be
made. This is in conformity to the
Pauline rule, 81 magnify mine office"