The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-06-29
EDITORIAL NOTES.

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for much political excitement. Even
silver men are trying to keep cool.
One faction of the California De-
mocracy is still in favor of free silver,
and the other is not. Both will come
together on a platform in favor of
honest bemitalism.
Nine teachers in the public schools
of Portland have been discharged be-
cause they were Catholics. The A. p.
| A. is very strong in that city, and this
is undoubtedly the result of it's infu-
ence.
A Washington dispatch says that
Chauncey NJ. Depew is going to marry
again, and that the lady is worth $S,-
200, 900 and an orphan. If the contract
| has been made, doesn't Mr.. Depew de-
| sire to sublet it? Almost any one
would give million dollars bonus.
American capitalists, who are nego-
tiating in China to secure the 200, ,OO0,-
900 taels bonds, stand very good
| chance of being successful. AS Cleve-
lands last bond sale was taken by
foreigners, it is simply ''getting even"
that our citizens secure investments
| elsewhere.
Good news is wired from Washing
ton. For the first time for many
months the receipts at the treasury
have been in excess of the eXpendi-
| lures, and this. Notwithstanding the
| fact that the income tax has been de-
| cided to be unconstitutional. Very
evidently business is reviving, and
better times may be expected.
Through the power of the pen more
than any other influence new commu-
mites are formed, latent resources are
developed and capital brought face to
| face with opportunity. The newspaper
is the forerunner of wealth, though
unfortunately wealth seldom runs
after newspaper, unless it has an ak
to grind or a grievance to ventilate.
The Mora claim on Spain is 81, $780,
/ 600. If Spain would give Uncle Sam a
warranty deed for the little island and
S500,000 in good silver dollars, it would
be go, and would in the end save
| Spain many millions. From this on
Cuba is going to be a costly luxury to
Spain. It has reached "the parting
of the ways" and Spain cannot turn
back the hands on the dial.
Some of the Democratic papers, even
of Ohio, are treating the candidacy of
John r. Mclean, of the Enquirer, as
"a joke" just why is not apparent.
Mclean would, as senator, be such q
Democratic improvement as to be not
able. He is man of business, always
successful; man of brains, man of
large integrity; modest, humane and
liberal giver to charity. He has not
| only not asked Office, but has modestly
declined when his friends have pushed
his name before the public, and de-
serves honest treatment.
Death may lurk in every passing
baeeze, or drive his chariot in the
storm. A pesky little blow fly in
Prescott, Ariz., made it's nest in the
! nose of man who had dislocated his
ankle, and was forced to remain in the
sun for several hours. Soon screw
worms developed in the nostril, and
! death resulted to the poor fellow in
the most horrible manner. Perhaps
! this man had faced the grim monster
in many terrible shapes, to be at last
conquered by little insect that could
be destroyed by stroke of the finger.
The Mazamas, the mountain climbers
of the northwest, will make the ascent
, of Adams on July 10th, and correct
measurement of the hight will be
taken. Prof. Lyman claims that it is
a thousand feet higher than Hood, and
Oregon must disprove this or her glory
will have departed. These warm days,
the cool sides of both of these peaks
look very inviting, and almost any one
would Join the Mazamus and be con-
tent to live in the region of perpetual
snow while the thermometer cavorts
around the 100 degree mark in lower
attitudes.
John L. Sullivan's benefit at Madi-
son Square Garden, New York, last
night, was financial success; but the
Metropolitan Job Printing Company,
who had an attachment against the
box Office receipts, was not successful |
in collecting its bill. John L. had |
sold the privilege of the show to .Par- |
son" Davies for $500. Sullivan, al |
though he has stopped slugging, is |
still true to the elements of his char
acter, and if he has quit beating men |
with his fists, he still cheats" them by !
means of legal quirks. The former is
the more reputable practice of the two.
Whether the Cuban struggle is mer-
itorious or not the fact cannot be de-
MED that the erevolutionists have many /
sympathisers in the United States.
Spain, in the treatment of her colo
MES, has never pursued liberal pol
icy, and Cuba is the only one in South
America that she now retains, when,
at the beginning of the century, her
flag foated over nearly half the conti-
nent. Cubans may not be proper per-
sons to govern themselves; but Span
iards are considered tyrannical, and
any opposition to that country will al
ways meet with favor with the Ameri-
can people.
Municipalities rarely appreciate
what they owe to brave firemen, who
risk their lives to save the
property of their neigh5ors. A case
in point happened in Minneapolis last
hight, when six of these brave fellows
went down to death in the flames of
burning building, while trying to get
control of the fire. The dispatch
states that several others were injured,
and there may be more dead in the
ruiEs. Minneapolis should erect a
monument to these heroes, and the
families of the unfortunates should
have substantial evidence of the graf
itude of the people.
The Democratic state convention at
Louisville has endorsed Mr.. Cleve-
and's and Mr.. Carlisle's views on the
money question, and the free silver
men have been badly defeated. From
LII appearances the silverites will not .
De received into the Democratic or
3epublican folds, and will be forced to
lily themselves with the Populists.
A few months ago they appeared in
and it was thought they
would have large following in both
but in every public
so far they have been ig- {
lored, and are very lonely outside the !
oopulist camp. This is an age of :
'rogress; but advancement is not in
he line of deprecated currency or a {
luctuating circulating medium. '
The committee on celebration have i
made all necessary arrangements, and Q
he 4th of July, 1895, will be grand
vent in the history of The Dalles. =
necessary to insure the en-
oyment of visitors have been done by
ha Oant1aman comnrieinO the conn