The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-08-04

It's tnal passage 1t is very douhtful II
the Washington senators will be able
to retain any considerable appropria-
tion for this project.
The Democratic tariff infant is
creating considerable commotion among
its godfathers and godmothers. Some
want diferential sugar and free iron
and coal; others think the child sweet
and heavy enough without tax on
these adjuncts to its existence, and SO
the conference committee have agreed
to disagree.
Directly the present railroad COM
mission has been al enormous expense
to the taxpayers of the state, but in
directly its cost to the general public
has been simply lin mmense, says the
Salem Statesman, occasioned by tie
Increased freight rates adopted iWme-
diately upon the organization of the
new commission and in force ever
since.
San Francisco is greatly excited
over suit brought by Mrs Gen. John
G. Fremont, to recover 81 100000 for
certain land in San Francisco, which
had been bought by Gen. Fremont and
was afterward taken by the govern
ment. Fremont abandoned the prop
erty when summoned TO Washington
at the outbreak of the rebellion. The
contest involves some very important
questions of law.
It is now feared that the affair at
Bluefelds, on the Niearaguan coast,
has given Great Britain foothold in
that country which may seriously in
terfere with the canal ,and in which the
Pacific. coast is so much interested.
Cur diplomats at Washington should
have studied the Monroe doctrine suf-
fciently to have stopped any foreign
power from gaining new possessions
on this continent.
Mr.. Samuel Gompers, the president
of the confederated trades union, ap-
pears more conservative than Presi-
dent Debs, of the Railway Union.
HIS statements are frequently quoted
by the corporation press, and he is
big man in the opinion Of railway
magnates. But Debs will live long in
the minds of laboring men, and the
strike that he inaugurated has done
more to curtail the influence of rail-
roads In legislative halls and at the
ballot box than anything that has hap
pened for the past fifty years.
The Hawaiians are still anxiously
awaiting recognition in their efforts at
self government frcm President Cleve-
land and the Democratic cabinet. 1t
is no time now to consider whether
the provisiona! government, which has
been in existence for over year, was
rightfully instituted The republic is
the de .facto government, ano that is
sufficient for friendly nations to know
to acknowledge it as sovereign state.
Queen Lil's star has set, and she must
be reIegated hereafter to s'innocuous
desuetude."
Appropriations for the Pacific coast
are not expected to receive much favor
from the present congress. The states
west of the Rocky mountains have
not been renowned for Democratic
majorltles, and more, politically, is
accomplished by attending to the
wants of the south. There are earn
est men at work for our interests In
Washington; but they can do but lit
tie where almost insurmountable OBJ
stacIes are to be overcome. There is
deficiency in the treasury, and rivers
and harbors must wait until the tariff
for-reyeuue policy has been thoroughly
tested.
The justice of the recent strike.
which has done so much injury to
business and kept so many wage
earners from following their usual Vol
cations, has nothing whatever to do
with the constitutional rights of the
contestants. If we desire a paternal
government, interference should be had
with everything that would injure
communities; but If we aim at free,
self government, as the signers of the
constitution intended, the rights of the
citizen should be protected In every
instance. To persuade man to act
provident and sensible is the duty of
every citizen and neighbor; to force
him to do so marks the monarch and
despot.
The present session of congress will
not go down in history as one that has
accomplished anything good or great
for the country. Coming into power
on distinctive economic policy the
members have completely failed to full
6l the expectations of the people who
elected them, and they may adjourn
any day without causing the least IN
jury to the nation. The opportunity
for great craftsmanship was present;
but Democracy was unequal to the
occasion and must bear the lasting
condemnation of all patriotic citizens
II the Wilsen bill is passed, with or
without the senate amendments, it
will lot remedy the ills now being
suffered, and the people must wait for
redress until another change is de-
creed at the polls, and national affairs
are placed under the management of
the Republican party.