The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-05-07
EDITORIAL NOTES.

SciiOuo oioNuf foauCoo IL GuioPe, anu,
although the military was ready for
immediste action, there was no coca
sion to call upon its aid. Anarchy
was not very rampant, and kept itself
within legal limits. With the ex-
plosiyes now In use, great deal OF
mischief can be done by these malcon-
tents, and it is therefore necessary
that they should he closely watched.
The Democratic press are given to
quoting from each other any favorable
remarks regarding their candidates,
and if an Independent PAPER has
favorable word regarding one of their
political nominees it is published and
credited to "rabid Republican or
gan" Of course, this is not honest or.
fair; but it is politics according to the
dogmas of the Democratic creed, as
laid down by st. Tammany.
The instructions regarding the mo-
dus vivendi of the seals in Behring
sea are published in the dispatches to-
day. These are to be enforced by Great
Britain and the United States until
final settlement of the disputed ques-
tion by arbitration. This is another
success for the present administration,
and is illustrative of the craftsmanship
Of President Harrison and his cabinet.
The matter was very complicated at
first, and at one time threatened the
peace of the two great Anglo-Saxon
nations
Jay Gould still controls the business
of the Union Pacific, which he man
aged to secure at the late election of
directors by an adroit manipulation of
shares of stock owned by an English
syndicate. We have no doubt that
Mr.. Gould is an excellent railroad
manager-for his own interests; but
the people of the northwest are not
favorable to his management, which is
detrimental to the development of the
country. While he controls affairs
his railroad will do very little business
in Eastern Oregon, and the trade of
the Inland Empire will seek other
routes to seaboard.
A Portland Democratic exchange
reports the price of wool ranging from
8 to IA cents, and asks, with consider
able Bourbon enthusiasm: "And is
this the wonderful and beneficial
effects of McKinleyismp The Dalles
is the largest wool shipping point
direct from the producers-in the
state, and no prices have yet been
offered, as the product SO far received
has been some early clips which have
been consigned to San Francisco
houses. Nearly month will elapse
before the market will be fairly
opened and buyers will offer any
figures. 1t might be pertinent to ask
our esteemed free. trade cotemporary,
Does the custom house duties in Bos-
ton increase the shipments of Aus
tralian and Argentine wool to that
portl
The senate and house have reached
an agreement on the Chinese question,
and no further controversy on this
subject may be expected. As now
, presented the bill will continue the
exclusion act in force for ten years,
and at the end of that time some SOL
luton of this difficult problem may
present itself. That coolie labor on
the Pacific is an unfair competition
with American ge-earners no one
can doubt, and that these Asiatics can
never assimilate with our free institu-
tions is also well known fact. It
may be contrary to the spirit of free
institutions to restrict immigration;
but this country should in no wise be
constituted the dumping ground for
the refuse of the population of Europe,
and especially not for leperous Mon
golians.
An open river means wealth in
abundance for Portland, and the me-
tropolis is doing commendable work
for the locks at the Cascades, and
further improvements to the naviga-
tion of the Columbia. In last Sun
days issue the great daily of the
North Pacific coast, the. Oregoniam,
has this to say regarding the portage
road from The Dalles To Cello, for
which it should receive the unqualified
thanks Of the Inland Empire: "The
state of Oregon ought to put in por-
tage road at The Dalles. At the next
session of the legislature provision
ought to be made for this work and
the railroad should be built next year.
But this will not be the final solution.
Oregon and Washington ought to
press without ceasing their demands
upon the national government for
canals and locks at The Dalles. Till
this work can be completed portage
road will be help, and Oregon ought
to build this portage road at once"
TELEGRAPHIO NEWS.