The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-02-09

Dolph simply because he is not q
free silver man. The forty three Re
pnblicans who have supported HIN
should continne to do so until the last
1 y of the session, and if Oregon has
only one senator in the next congress
the blame will res. on those boilers who
refused to carry out the wishes of the
people as expressed at the ballot box,
and broke their plighted faith with
the caucus of which they voluntarily
formed part.
Personal letters are written to the
boilers to bolster them up in the 90
struction tactics they are pursuing; but
strange TO say, although these ara pub
lished in the Democratic and Populist
press, under glaring headlines, the
names of the authors do not appear,
and it is impossible to determine their
political status. If they are Republi
cans they should not be ashamed to
make themselves known to the public;
but 1t is surmised and with good reason
that "Repnblican," "One of them,"
ETC., are simply cloaks to hide Demo-
Gratis and Populists who fought Dolph
and the Republican ticket last June,
and are still engaged in the same bnsi-
ness.
The bill of Mr. Boothby for an ap-
proptiation of 100000 for the con-
struction of portage road around the
distractions in the river above this
point is measure of great in portance
TO the producers of the inland EN- pire.
Within the next two years the Colum-
bia river will be open from The DaIles
to seaboard, and the portage road from
this point to Oelilo would give relief
to shippers east of this city until the
Dolph ship-rail lway is completed.
Western Oregon receives appropria-
tioDs at every session of the legislature
for the state university, insane asylum.
agricultural college, normal school,
penitentiary, and other institutions,
while the region east of the Cascades
is hardly recognized. The lawmakers
at Salem should consider the whole
state entitled to their consideration,
and should not discriminate IN favor
of one portion to the detriment of an
other. 1t is no waste of public funds
for them to be used iu improving the
highways of commerce, and tax payers
would willingly bear this increased
burden, if 1t ameliorated the condition
of the producers of Eastern Oregon.
The next issue of bonds by the Sec
retary of the treasury will be to the
amount of 800, ,000,0 and this may
be expected in few days. While one
reason for the deficit In the treasury is
because of the loss of revenue from
the passage of the Wilson tariff bill,
another cause is the loss of confidence
in the status of the finances of the
country by the continual agitation of
the silver question. If the constant
drain on the treasury continues much
longer the country will come to sin
gle standard, and the boarded gold
will be at premium. This will
make business lively for Wall street.
and the wild silverites who are
constantly bowling for unlimited coin
age are sowing rich crops for gold bugs.
If the monetary system of the country
we're firmly established upon the
basis of national and commercial hon.
esty public confidence would be re-
stored. money would freely enter the
channels of trade and business would
revive. This constant withdrawal of
gold from the treasury has no other
effect than to make it scarce as cir
medium, and give Wall street
n opportunity to charge premium for
its use.