The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-09-29
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The mugwump Democratic press ot
New York do not take Kindly to the
nomina tion of D. B. Hill for gov
ernor.
Portland is rapidly coming into
prominence. A highly sensational
double tragedy has been followed by q
million dollar fire.
This has been a year of phenomena.
Forest fires have devastated Mime
sofa and Wisconsin, and tornado ia
now raging in the south.
As the facts are becoming known
in regard to the battle of Yalu river
the victory of the Japanese is more
pronounced. 1t was Trafalgar de-
feat for the Chinese,
Brazil has given formal announce
ment of the abrogation of the treaty
existing between that country and
the United States. This is one of the
effects of the passage of the Wilson
bill.
The Democrats of Washington have
met in convention at North Yakima
and nominated ticket to lead the for
lorn hope in November. 1t is bad
year for Democracy in that state, the
same as in all others.
Yesterday President Cleveland
granted pardon and amnesty to all
Mormons, convicted of polygamy. This
is on condition that hereafter they will
obey the laws of the country as re-
CARDS the marriage relation.
The campaign in Washington is be-
coming interesting, and the Republi-
can ticket is expected to be elected by
large majority. This will insure the
election of two Republican senators,
and these are very much needed in the
upper branch of congress.
It is expected that other countries
will follow the action taken by Brazil,
and abrogate the existing reciprocity
treaties now in operation with the
United States. Thus the benefits of
free-trade are becoming apparent to
the people of the country.
The japanese have displayed good
generalship in the hatsles fought with
the Chinese, and the soldiers have
done goo6 lighting. Modern civiliza-
tion is far ahead of that which pre-
vailed in the middle ages. and Japan
is the opponent of Asiatic advance
ment.
Oregon's wheat crop is the largest
ever harvested, and the price is the
lowest ever offered. Grain in the
north west is rapidly accumulating at
every railroad station, and 1t is de-
bateable question with farmers
whether it will remunerate them to
dispose of it at the ruling price. A
great portion of it will be fed to hogs
and cattle.
Colorado bubbles like a pot with
the candidacy of Waite, says an ex-
change, the orators On both sides going
of like the cracking Of thorns under
it, illumining little save their own
emptiness and that of the bumptIous
and obstreperous donkey which they
respectively extoll and antagonize.
Some currents of political sense may
in time flow inte the territory, lift
ing and dissipating the fogs OF
Populism and other branding and
miasmatic heresies, but they do not as
yet seem to have set IN that direction.
A commonwealth tina. can tolerate a
Waite in the governors chair for one
year and seriously put him up for an
other. is IN particularly evil case, need
ing an immense influx of political en-
lightment and reformation.
The strength of the movement of
bolting Democrats in Louisiana ex-
ceejs expectations. The meeting held
in New Orleans on the 18th mum bered
some 1000 people, none of whom had
ever acted with the Republican
party. The leaders comprised some
of the leading citigans of the
state. Among the speakers was Mr..
Wilkinsoo, q brother of Mr.. Cleve-
lands collector of the port, and the
temporary chairman was Mr.. Kerno-
chan, collector of the port during
Cleveland's first term. Many of the
participants are men who were at the
front of the anti-lottery party, and
who drove that powerful octopus"
from the limits of the state. They
resolved to act with Republicans for
protection to American industry, and
to work in the coming election to send
delegation to congress on that basis
The Pendleton Tribune wants q
change in opponents, as the following,
cleaned from yesterdays issue, will de-
monstrate: "There is good field in
Pendleton for Democratic newspaper.
A large number of Democrats in the
city and county would literally sub
scribe to the establishment of such an
enterprise. A live newspaper man
conld do well conducting a clean