The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-03-09

Turkish soldiers were not exaggerated.
Armenia has suffered for some time
from Turkish misgovernment, and
ruthless butcheries have been of fire.
quent occurrence. II appears very
strange that the porte, kept in exist
ence by the other powers, should lie
permitted to carry out policy of the
worst cruelty against an inoffensive
people If there is not an accounting
had with Turkey regarding its treat
ment of Armenisns by the great Christ
ian powers it will be jus.ifiable on the
part of Russia, single handl' d, to chas
tise the unspeakable Turk.
A new public school house just COM
pleted in Philadelphia, named in honor
of the late George W. Childs, is on ex.
ample of the constant improvement in
the construction of such buildings. 1t
will ommodate over 1000 children
on its three toors Each floor has a
large assembly room, with sliding doors
separating it in five divisions, and also
sitting and dining rooms for the teach
ers. The upper story is gymnasium,
and the basement a playground for
rainy weather, one OF its rooms being
strewn with sea sand for the small
children, who occupy the first floor.
The kindergarten room ia carpeted,
has pictures on the walls, and an
aquarium and herbarium among the
furniture. What with the extension
of industrial trianing and other new
ideas in instruction the children of to-
day have advantages not enjoyed by
their parents, and, of course, they will
give correspondingly good account of
themselves.
Considerable space is given in the
dispatches today in the metropolitan
press to the marriage of Miss Gould
to French count. A full description
of the ceremony is given, and the de.
tails will he read with the greatest In
terest by Americans all over the land.
The young lady should not occupy
any higher position in the minds of
the people than the daughter of an
honest farmer. whose only dowry will
be good name, and who must depend
for future maintenance upon the in
dustry and thrift of herself and her
husband. Jay Gould's millions should
receive no sort of wership from free
people, and neither should the scion
of French nobility. But snobhery is
very prevalent in this country, and
while sncbs exists and are tolerated
titled nobility and boarded wealth will
cause the hinges of the knees to bend
in the most atjeot and despicable
alteration.
The tenor of political discussion is
on the sulj ject of the unlimited COIN
age of silver, and all other questions
receive little or no attention. No one
denies the disastrous depression in
business, and the necessity of some
remedy Before the Democratic VIC
tory in 1892, The question of silver or
gold did receive much discussion; hut
since erybody has suffered from the
depression, free coinage is considered
by some as the one act that will restore
business to normal condition where
it was under Republican administra-
tion. This is very falIacious, for the
monetary system of the government
has not varied since 1873; hut there
has been a change in the tariff policy,
and from this can be- traced all the ills
that are now being suffered by the peo-
pie. When protective tariff was in
operation the public treasury was full
to overhowlng, laborers received good
remunerat.ve wages, and the country
was prosperous. Financial stringency
and business stagnation followed close
upon the heels of Democratic victory,
and these have heen growing worse
since that party has been in power.
From this 1t is apparent that if the
old conditions were restrred, trade
would revive, and confidence would be
restored. Projection and prosperity
have always followed each other IN the
history of the republic,