The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-02-17

10 Honduras, has in reality only moved
down, to Port Tampa, Fla, and has for
some months been doing fourishiDg
business. 1t has also leaked out that
the lottery Managers, working secretly
ald quistly in the last Legislature. so
amended the lottery law that the
authorities cannot oust them from
their place. Honduras is only "head-
quarters for drawing" The business
is done at Port Tampa, Fla. The lot
terry company claim that they do mo
printing or drawing of any lottery" in
Florida, and are no violators OF law.
Speaker Crisp has ruled that any
reference TO "cuckoos" is unpariamen-
tary in the house. Since this descrip-
ten of the blind followers of the pres
| ident originated in the senate of the
| United States, and with a distinguished
southern Democrat as the author, 1t
becomes simply a question between
| Democrats and southern men as to
what is parliamentary language and
what is not. The speaker is, however,
having great difficulty in protecting
the administration from unpleasant
criticism, and it is not surprising that
he should be driven to making fine
distinctions as to the use of parlia-
mentarv language.
The Wilson bill may pass the senate,
bat it will not be the measure that
oane from the house. Considerable
protection will be elected into it to
make it palatable to Repu blicans and
some Democrats. Democracy may be
ia the saddle, but it is very careful
hsw snd where it rides The last few
asnths of apprehension of free trade
has had such deplorabls effect on
trade that even the senate dare not
pass any bill which tends largely in
that direction. During the cam
paign of 1892 the untried Chicago
platform furnished the bases for many
forensic displays; hut it is less powerful
in Washington City now, with deficit
in the treasury, the business of the
country wrecked, and the public debt
increased Fifty millions
Democratic papers have stated thai
Ex-Governor Beaver, of Pennsylvania,
had made remark that the present
hard times were not the result of the
election of Democratic president and
congress. The home organ of ex-Gov
Beaver denies this in the following:
"Very many of the Democratic papers
throughout the state have been spread
ing consolation to their readers in the
shape of pretended interview with |
OK Governor Beaver, In which he is
made to say, that he doesn't believe
that the depression in business is the
result Of Democratic policy, that it
was coming anyhow, but happened to
catch the Democrats in power, and
lot more of such rot, to which the ex-
governor replies as follows: mo sir, 1
never expressed any such sentiments,
because I entertain none such. was
not interviewed by any reporter on
the subject, and if bad been l would
have said that the present depression
is due to tariff tinkering and want of
confidence in the present ad ninistra-
tion.'"
In 1892. as result of the passage
of the Mckinley bill, new textile mills
began to spring up all over the coun-
try says the San Francisco Chronicle.
Nsw wooden, cotton, silk and other
mills gave employment to an increased
NUN beref men, and prosperity reigned
throughout the land In Novem ber,
1892, Grover Cleveland was elected
on a distinctively frre-trade platform.
The success of Cleveland and mis- par ty
was the signal for the abandonment of
all new textile enterprises and the
clos ing up of many that had been sue
cessfully conducted for over a score of
years. Before Cleveland and his party
were in power six months tho wretched
condition of affairs that existed during
Buchanan's administration was par
alleled. This singular coincidence may
be attributable to other causes, but it
will be difficult to make the American
believe that the threat of
forcing free trade on the country is
not responsible for the present depres-
sion. They justly argue from observed
facts that the country was invariably
prosperous under protection, and that
he very shadow of UNLIMITED foreign
is sufficient to paralyze In
1ustry.