The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-06-01
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Jim" Hill 1s Inc gre9test railroad
king of the northwest. He controls
the Northern Pacific, and may soon
have within his grasp other lines that
terminate on the coast. Mr.. Hill is
man of pluck and energy, and the peo-
pie always respect such.
The conviction of Mr.. James Lotan,
ex-collector of customs, on the testi-
mony of Nat. Blum, will not convince
every one that he is guilty of the
charges against him. OF course the
jury acted according to their best
judgment, and were no doubt conscien-
tious in rendering their verdict; but
the people generally place little conf
dence in the testimony OF an accom-
plice.
The people of Wasco are hopeful of
having rail communication with Biggs,
station on the o. r. & N. Co.'s line.
Sherman county has some of the best
wheat land in Eastern Oregon, and
quick and cheap means of transporta-
ton would be great factor of devel-
opment. More land would be planted
in grain, and the crop would be much
more profitable if there were available
means of reaching market.
Gov. Lord has been interviewed. and
he denies the statement credited to
him regarding the action of the con-
vention of Republican clubs on the
free-silver resolution. He is ambigu-
GUS and evasive on the silver question,
and says he has not studied the matter
sufficiently to be conversant with the
subject. 1t is very evident that if the
Republicans had to vote on him as a
candidate for governor in 1895 as they
did in 1894 he would not receive 10000
majority.
B1adstreet's reports show big in
crease in clearances, taking the whole
United States for one week, over the
corresponding one of last year. 1t is
to be noticed though that the increase
has not yet struck this coast. which
rather shows decrease, that of Port
land being 21 per cent, Seattle 21.S
per cent, San Francisco Ii per cent.
The largest increase is that of New
York, over so per cent. Spokane
shows an increase Of % per cent. and
Tacoma of 20.
Admiral Meade, who has borne hon.
orable service to the country in the
navy for forty years, saw proper re-
Gently in very blunt manner to crit
iciZe the administrations foreign pol
icy, and for this he has received
reprimand from the president, which is
equivalent to dismissal. 1t seems
strange that in republican form of
government man should not be per-
mitted to freely express his opinion
without being punished therefor; but
military discipline is the same in all
countries, whether monarchical or
Whatever the silver organs may say
the action of the convention
of Republican clubs recently held in
Portland these facts remain: Every |
delegate elected to the National |
League meeting at Cleveland was in |
favor OF the single standard and opposed |
to unlimited coinage, land a aresolutioni in |
favor of placing the Republican party
in Oregon as favoring the coinage of |
silver in the ratio of 16 to l, and MAX
ing it legal payment for all debts,
public and private, was laid on the
table. These are matters beyond dis
pute. and they are victories for those
who believe in sound, honest money.
The United States supreme court
mas denied the application OF Eugene
V. Debs, the strike-leader, for writ
If habeas corpus. This decision will
place limit on strikes hereafter, as
when they interfere with interstate
commerce the court gave unanimous
opinion that they became a proper
subject for judicial intervention. Per-
laps the supreme court has never made
! more important ruling, and one
which will be more far-reaching in it's
'fects. 1t virtually says to laborers
hat all means OF redress for wrongs
must be within prescribed limits, and
must in no way interfere with trade or
,e subversive of the edicts of courts.
The only autocratic branch of this
government is the judiciary, and this
ppears from many rulings, to
ave as full power as any arbitrary
monarch in Europe.
Says the New York Sun: ga pretty
lea, the first really novel one we
ave seen, for the Paris exhibition of
BOO, is that suggested by Jean Aicard,
ne poet, in LIE Figaro. 1t is to turn
ne beautiful garden of the Tuileries
1to children's paradise, to arrange
l it for them alone little exhibition
{ toys and gingerbread and puppet
lows and games of all nations, with
anoramas of fairy tales and galleries
the pictures they like, and a theatre
II pantomimes, and circus and /.
aces where authors shall tell them
ories. There would be days for free !