The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-05-11
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Japan has backed down from her
position regarding the terms of the
treaty with China. at the demands of
Russia, France and Germany. This
| will insure peace in the east: but it
| must be quite humilating for Japan
to make concessions to other powers
after receiving the full fruits of her
victory over China.
1t may seem strange that President
Cleveland is guarded by a squad of
policemen in this free country; but
| republics are as productive of "cranks'
| and fanatics as monarchies, and they
are equally as dangerous to men in
public life. They are opposed to all
| legally constituted authorities. and
are not in harmony with anything
that falls short of the widest anarchy.
| The business depression of the past
| few years has caused many men to lose
their heads, and desperation have rem
dered them unsafe to be at large.
In the Willamette district congress
sional nominees for 1896 are already
being named. 1t is stated that Mr..
Hofer, of the Salem Journal, and Col.
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| ination with Mr.. Herman. Of course,
it is early yet to talk about candidates,
| and before the convention meets some
new man will come to the surface and
secure the prize. Democracy may at
tempt to make the money question the
issue: but in this we do not believe it
will be successful, and very likely both
| congressional candidates will stand
squarely on the last Republican ma
tional platform.
1t is reported that President Cleve-
land, if not renominated in 1896, will
take vacation from public life by
making trip around the world. AS
the executive has borne the burdens of
official life for long years he has truly
earned rest, and no doubt it will be
enjoyed by him. His route would not
! be such triumphal one as that ac-
corded Gen. Grant, but it would un-
doubtedly create considerable excite
! for the high position he has held.
Queen Lii could not accord him that
hearty welcome which she would de-
sire; but other potentates would treat
him royalty, and the Golden club of
England would go wild with excite
ment over him.
Chicago was the scene of the great
riots last year of the Railway Union,
and this spring the steel workers have
begun defying the authorities. Per
| haps for some time the city will be the
scene of confusion and disturbance,
and business will be hampered and
trade injured. This point is the heart
| of the west, and it receives and sends
| forth the life currant of commerce
through large portion of the country.
| Labor and labor unions have a strong
following, and a strike there is usually
effective. In such place the
spirit of unrest will be more general
than at other points, and there is more
| liable to be conflicts between labor
and capital. 1t is hoped that the pres
| ent trouble will soon quiet down, and
| that trade will proceed in its usual
channels without any serious injury.
Twenty of crew of about twenty
eight of the schooner Geo. r. White
escaped to the shore after the vessel
was wrecked Easter Sunday along the
southeast coast of Alaska, but three
| were so great that only IL survived,
| The sufferings of these ship-wrecked
seamen were horrible, for they were
ashore on pitiless coast. with INSULT
cient clothing, and the thermometer
degrees below zero. When the sea
gives up it's dead the fate of some will
be known, who are now lost to home
and friends, and the missing pages of
the history OF many unfortunate be-
ings will be supplied. War, storms,
cyclones and the relentless ocean sup
ply constant harvest for death, and
this has continued for ages in the past,
and will for all time to come.
On May Sd destructive cyclone
passed through northwest Iowa,
spreading death and destruction in its
path. Several school houses were
wrecked, and two school teachers and
several children killed. Hardly sum-
mer passes that those cyclones do not
rage through the plains of the region
of country west OF the Mississippi,
causing damage to property and fre-
guard against this violent war of the
elements, and the Inhabitants must
satisfy themselves with the protection
afforded by cellars and dug outs. The
country west of the Rocky mountains
has been very free from such terrible
visitations, and, aside from being
blessed with healthful climate and
fruitful soil, our people are es-
pecially favored in the fact that the
elements are usually calm and not
given to outbursts of violence.
There is not the ''peace that passeth
understanding" in the family of Dem
ocratic office-holders in Oregon, and
frequently there are indications that
there is considerable discomfort in
reference to the manner in which the
administration 'loaves and fishes"
have been distributed in this state. A
few days since Surveyor General
Arnold was severely criticized because
he kept those in his office who were
not of his political household of
faith" and now Hon. 81. Blackman,
collector of customs, is being over
hauled by the press because he is try
ing to increase his revenue by keeping
ing one who held a position and ap-
pointing his wife to the vacancy. Mr..
Blackman has perfect right to dis
charge his subordinants; but he must
not forget that the party expects some
division of the fat things that have
fallen to his lot, and that Democrats
are renowned for having retentive
memories of acts of omission and COM
mission in this line.
The argument in the rehearing of
the income tax cases before the su-
preme court has ended, and decision
may be expected soon which will def
nitely settle this vexed question.
There is full bench, and the verdict
will be anxiously awaited by the peo-
pie. The law was passed by the Democ-
racy to supply the deficiency in the
revenue, made necessary by the free
trade experiment, and if it is declared |
it will be another |
backset for the Democratic party and |
a victory for protection. If, without |
duties on imports, the revenues of |
the government cannot be made |
sufficient to meet the expenses, it
furnishes almost conclusive argu-
ment for the policy pursued by Repub-
lican administrations. With the de-
preston in trade caused by tariff
the general distress of the
country from the same cause. and
treasury traced to the same
cause, protection and prosperity will
be the rallying cry for 1896.