The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-04-16
OUR POSITION DEFINED.

| CITY lmpeueu.
OUR POSITION DEFINED.
The position Of the organ in this
city is that of Ishmael-whose hand
was against every man, and against
whom was every mans hand. This
situation cannot be attributed to the
present editor, as he is but the man
whom some one or more of the stock
holders or directors chose as mouth
piece. When the paper was started
Mr.. J. II. Cradlebaugh, now of Hood
River, was engaged as editor, and it is
q we'll known fact that he resigned his
position rather than become RESPONSE
BILE for a policy which consisted in
personal persecution and the publica-
tion of distorted facts and utter false
hoods. The water question was prob
ably one of the most potent factors
that stimulated into life and being the
Chronicle We always have and still
do believe that Mr.. Moody was honest
in the position he assumed. Almost
two years investigation had shown
it impossible to secure gravity water
outside the Thompson supply, and he
considered the purchase of the plant
uuwise at the price of $4,000. He
therefore announced himself in favor
of pumping from the Columbia river,
and on this platform was reelected,
defeating the strongest man in the
city who favored the purchase of the
old plant. After election he stood by
his opinion in spite of popular clamor
aroused by the misrepresentation of
those who, for personal reasons, wished
to accomplish the purchase. The de-
structive fire of last Septem Der,
the increased Indebtedness of $25, 900,
and the present and prospective con-
dition of the city's finances show that
his viewsswere sound and prudent.
For his adherence to his honest con-
vlctions he was subjected to outrageous
persecution, the Chronicle anxious to
convince the people that self interest
swayed Mr.. Moody's judgment. Not
content with the purchase of the water
plant, this paper has relentlessly
bounded Mr.. Moody ever since. and has
gone SO far as to denounce every pro-
nounced friend of his, an1 to assail the
integrity of men of the highest stand
ing in the community because they
did not join the hue and cry. Where
legal penalty forbade assertions.insln-
uations were made, and thus has the
matter gone on until any prominent
man who is not intimidated by the
organ is a shining mark for its Will
6cation.
The present attitude in regard to
the Republican ticket may be Gour-
lays own. If SO, the Republicans
who own stock in the paper should
free themselves from suspicion of dis
affection. Without an atom of reason
the Chronicle has chosen to take the
position that the Republican ticket
now in the field is a Moody ticket.
The fact is, as every one knows, that
it is a ticket which was made BY an
opposition on the part of Republicans
generally to the self-constituted bosses
who proposed debating all nomina-
tions with the full knowledge and con-
sent of the Chronicle. We are strong.
ly Of the opinion that jealousy and
consuming desire on the part of de-
feated candidates to oppose and beat
the ticket stimulated them to cast
about for an excuse for such oppos1-
tlon. The longtime plank of "Anti-
Moody" seemed to them the most
available, and, so with this narrow
platform they evidently propose to
slaughter ticket which from top to |
bottom is made up of men represent
ing all localities and varied interests.
If the Chronicle Publishing Company
approve of this course they should
lirect Mr.. Gourlay to come out and
state that the paper,for certain reasons
If its own, would not support the Re
publican ticket, abandoning the jnsin.
;ere pretext that such action was due
o Mr.. Moody's connection with it's
'eing placed in the field.
We shall support the ticket heartily
md let Mr.. Gourlay hammer away as
lis venom moves him, calmly confident
hat his spiteful inventions are harm.
ess and will return to plague their
INVENTOR and defeat his ends, as the
history of the past year has shown.