The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-02-01
that the free and unlimited coinage of

present Time, ana VINO, since Gne Sena-
tor has thus announced himself. will
most vigorously oppose the election of
legislators who are favorable to him.
The senator has stirred up a hornets
nest in his own party that will not
cease buzzing until after the June
election.
The Rogue River Courier sarcastic
ally remarks that "the republican
victories last fall have already caused
a raise in the price of wheat on this
coast by procuring failure of crops in
Australia and thus compelling the peo-
pie of the antipodes to look to Califor-
mia and Oregon for the shortage, which
amounts to over 100000 tons. Wheat
in California has went up to Sl.17 per
| hundred pounds and in the Willamette
valley to so cents bushel within the
past ten days"
The expenses of The Dalles average
about $63l.42 month. The expenses
| of Pendleton are more than this. Why?
The Dalles is as large town as Pendle-
ton and just as expensive to govern.
| Government in Pendleton should not
cost any more than government in
The Dalles. The East Oregonian
moves that those in authority in PEN
dleton ascertain where the difference
comes in so that the taxpayers may be
given the benefit of the knowledge.
East Oregonian.
1t is difficult to understand how the
papars who are demanding reduction
| OF state expenses to relieve people from
| the burdens of taxation can reconcile
this demand with that for an increase
| of the tariff taxes. If tariff tax will
make people prosperous, why will not
a direct tax accomplish the same end.
| And as to the adverse of this PROPOSE
ton; if too much direct tax is burden
some, is equivalent to confiscation of
property, is not too high an indirect
tax equally as burdensome?
It is now confessed by Re-
publican papers everywhere in the
state that the Republican majority
in the last legislature was too large
for public good, but in less than
six weeks they will be insisting
on the election of none other than Re-
publicans to that body. However they
are educating the people up to the be-
lief that it is unsafe to submit at all
times to the party lash, and the seeds
they are sowing will bear good fruit
on the first Monday in June.
A number of leading Republican
papers have begun to give up the idea
that the salvation of the country rests
alone in revision of the tariff. Among
them is the Oregoniao, which says:
sis there anything, after all, that can
show Dubois and the senators he
speaks for the truth about currency,
short of aaslump to the silver basis,
with all its attendant distress? Until
that truth is understood, there can be
no real prosperity. Until that issue is
settled, and settled rightly, there il. no
other issue"
The Mckinley Republican Club of
Brownsville, at a recent meeting, by
unanimous vote, resolved that "we
pledge ourselves not to vote for any
man who will not pledge himself to
lpport every measure, consistent with
public welfare, to reduce taxation"
This is, indeed. commendable resolu-
ton, but it is in effect the same resolu-
ton that was adopted by the Republi-
cans in state convention two years
ago, and how far the resolution was
carried out the annals Of the last legis-
lature tell.
s ince Governor Lord has wisely de-
cided to not call an extra session of
the legislature, such fellows as Hon.
Robert G. Smith, representative in the
last legislature from Josephine county,
have little campaign thunder left in
stock. He wanted special session 30
that the member might have chance
to redeem the platform pledges OF their
party and set themselves right before
the people, 30 as to secure reelection.
Mr.. Smith and his ilk being deprived
of his opportunity will result in no
great calamity to the state however.
They are too expensive to be absolute
necessities.
A great many so-called American
papers are wailing over the. death of
Prince Henry OF Battenberg, son-ln-
law of Queen Victoria, and denominat-
ing it livery, very sad affair" Death
is always sad, but the death Of Prince
Henry is no sadder than the death of
a1y other man, and not so sad as that
of some citizen who has, through his
own efforts, become useful to society.
The mere fact that Prince Henry's
birth had brought him into prominence
did not make his life any more neces-
sary to the welfare of the world than if
hs had been private citizen.
Postmaster Jehn C.. Hutchins, of
Cleveland, Ohio, proposes to bring the
postofices to the relief of the treasury
in maintaining the gold reserve. A
considerable amount of the receipts of
large postof1ces are in gold, and Mr..
Hutchins proposes that this -old, re-
ceived at the postoffices throughout
the country, which amounts to millions
of dollars annually, be placed in the |
United States treasury, and not depos-
tied in national banks, as il the Gus
tom at present. The plan is certainly |
a feasible one. and is said to meet the
Of Secretary Carlisle.
Wilson. of Washington, wants to loot
the treasury of $500, 900 for military
post at Spokane. There Is absolutely
no demand for such post, the soldiers
at Walla Walla being in sufficiently
close praximity to protect Spokane and
country from possible ra.
wages of what few Indians the are in
that section. His efforts in this line
are on parallel with those of other
who are endeavoring to
make themselves solid with their con-
'tituency by asking appropriations for
government buildings in every ham
ct in their respective states.
Mr.. J.'A. Van Eaton, Of Salem, does
not believe In "hiding his light under
i bushel," that is his brilliant light as
one especially fitted to serve the dear