The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-12-09
EDITORIAL NOTES.


The message of President Cleveland
has received many favorable comments
from the British press; but free trade
when inaugurated, will make the Brit
ish people more joyful than the papers
are now over the prospects in that di-
rection.
The extension of time in which tc
pay for the forfeited railroad lands il
another gracious act procured by oul
delegation in congress. Oregon's in
terests have never been neglected fol
a number of years past, and never
will while we have such indefatigable
workers in Washington City.
1t transpires that Prof. Tyndal''s dea tn
was caused by mistake on the part of his
wife, who gave him choral instead of sui
| phate of magnesia. This Is deplorabe
error that such a useful life should suffer
the penalty of an error. and should pass
from existence by blunder of his dearest
| friend.
1t is estimated that one province of
Asia Minor has suffered less of $15,-
100000 this year in trade owing to
the prevalence of cholera and to the
attempts to suppress this disease. But
the United States in time of unusual
health and bountiful crops has suffered
ten times as puch from the attempted
"refcrm" by political party.
If the makers of the national Dem
ocratic platform could have looked
ahead one year and seen the fool atti-
tude of the administration toward
Hawaii they never would have said,
as the platform does: "The Demo
cratic party is the only party that has
ever given the country foreign pol
icy consistent, vigorous, compelling re-
spect abroad, and inspiring confidence
at home"
There is some excitement in British
political circles over the action of the
Russian government in attempting to
make navlgable an arm of the Dan
ube, as this is interpreted to mean a
movement towards Constantinople.
This has been dream of the czars
since the time of Frederick the Great;
but it will not be accomplished while
England MAINTAINS her naval supremacy
and has statesman as premier.
The Washington correspondent of
the New York World is getting weak
in the back. Speaking of Blount's
report he says: "The publication of
it is followed by feeling of disap-
pointment, and more than one membe
of the cabinet is now satisfied that
his report was anything but reliable
guide for the formation of instructions
TO a minister" The administration
has not seen the end of it yet.
President Cleveland has hardly a
supporter of his Hawaiian policy
among his own partisans, and Senator
Hill, of New York, has used some
very plain words in reference to re-
seating the Kanaka queen on her
throne after the provisional government
was esta blished. 1t is very evident
that the president and his cabinet will
not inaagurate any very popular pol
icy with foreign nations, If the action
toward Hawaii is to be taken as an
example.
Washington has only one senator at
the national capital, and the papers of
that state are discussing the question
of convening special session of the
legislature to supply the deficiency. OF
course the Democratic press are not
very favorable to the proposition; but
if Governor McGraw considered the
best interests of his state this would
have been done long ago, and the reg
ular session would not have convened
last Monday without Washington hav.
ing full representation.
The president, in his message, says
there will be deficit of $2S,OOO,O
for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1894, and Democrats acknowledge that |
the Wilson bill will reduce the reve- |
aue of the government 50,00O,0O0 |
annually. From these deficiencies an
i'm portant question TO be considered is
How are the expenses to be met? If
IN income tax is to be the means, it
must levy $l00,000,000 tribute upon
he earnings of our citizens, and this
will not be borne patiently.
In his rulings on the trial of the
Indicted smugglers Judge Bellinger
irst decided that there could be no
on the evidence of accom-
lices without corroborative testimony.