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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-05-02
TELEGRAPHIC.
THE EXTREME PENALTY.
Jack Hammond and Coadjators Sen.
tenCei to Death.

Jack Hammond and Coadiators Sen.
tenoei to Death.
LONDON, april 2s.-The secrete ry
of state for the colonies, Joseph Cham
berlain, announced in the house Of
commons today that FIVE leaders of the
reform committee, at johannesburg, J.
II. Hammond, Francis Rhodes, Geo,
Ferrar, Lionell Phillips and Charles
Leonard, had been condemned to
death.
Chamberlain added that upon hear
ing the news he had cabled to the gov
ernor Of Cape Colong, Sir Hercules
Robinson, to communicate the follow
ing to President Kruger: "This gov
ernment has just learned that the
sentence of death has been passed up
on five leaders of the reform commit
lee. 1t feels no doubt that your honor
will commute the sentence and has as
sured parliament of its conviction that
this is your honor's Intention"
John Hays Hammond, one of the
reform committeeman condemned TO
death, is Californian.
The sentence of the reform commit
tee to death has produced great SEN
sation in London. In well-informed
circles, however. the sentence has
caused little surprise. It has been
long understood that very severe sen.
tence would be passed, in order that
the elemency which President Kruger
is certain to exercise might appear
greater.
1t is through probable that the SEN
tence of death will be committed to
short term of Imprisonment and a
big fine. unless Mr.. Chamberlain s
dispatch to President Kruger, read in
the house of commons, should irritate
the chief magistrate of the Transyaal
into greater severity than he would
otherwise exercise. Mr.. Chamber
lain's telegram is regarded here as be-
ing precipitate, and as leaving Presi-
dent Kruger no time to act on his own
account, and as having moreover the
ring of dictasion.
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There Is one rather peculiar and un
explainable feature in Senator Mich
eil's letter concerning the locks. 1t is
thissFhe senator says that about the
middle of March, there were between
$40, 600 and $50, 900 unexpended in the
fund against which the $4,000 app ro-
priation for completing the walls was
drawn, and by April 9th, when the
resolution was signed by the president,
it had all been expended. That sort
of statement would do all right In
Washington, but here, where the facts
are known, everybody is convinced
that no such sum was earned by work
performed at the Cascades during the
last two weeks of March and the first
week of April.
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LET US REASON TOGETHER

Already partisan papers through hout
the state are beginning to tighten
party lines by attempting to make the
election of q United States senator the
leading issue in the selection OF state
legislators. The Oregonian is fore
most in this move, and urges that "no
citizen who recognizes the Importance
of maintaining the standard Of sound
money should think Of voting for MEM
bers of the legislature who would send
q free silver man to congress-" Thus
the Oregonian and papers of that
strong party prejudice which it possess
es would subordinate everything else
to the election of Mr.. Dolph or some
other man OF his views on the financial
question. They would lose sight of
the questions Of good state govern.
mont, reduction OF expenses and the
adjustment of useless commissioners
and officers in order to secure the elec-
ton OF United States senator who
believes as they doom the money ques-
tion. In short, they would I'LL the
Oregon legislature with body of
men with single idea; they would re- |
enact the disgraceful farce of the eight
eenth biennial session.
In the election OF 1894 there was but
one issue raised. 1t was the question
of who should or should not represent
the state of Oregon in the United
States senate, and the demand was
hat he be an adherent to the doctrines
If high protective tariff. The result
vas, the party which advocated this
doctrine secured an overwhelming
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PLEDGED TO ECONOMY.

Voters and taxpayers of Wasco
county should bear In mind the fact
that every nominee of the democratic
party is personally pledged by the es-
olution adopted by the county conven-
ton to practice the strictest economy
in the management of county affairs
The resolution says:
''The county officers nominated by
this convention shall pledge them.
selves, if elected, to use all the en-.
deavors for clean, conservative and
economical administration, and that
they will report to the county central
committee, as soon as possible after
taking said Offices, statement of the
cost of said Offices for the past two
years, and when called upon by the
said county central committee, they
will furnish statement Of the affairs
of said offices, as conducted by them
respectively, and the saving that has
been made during their term of Office.
and any recommendations made by
uuO SOhpt "a CVAiu1geCOt 4OOhluk GOWdrQ
ecouomy, will receive proper consid.
eration."
This resolution means that II the
nominees of the democratic party are
elected every branch Of the county
government will be conducted at the
least possible cost to the taxpayers.
1t means that every possible saving to |
the county will be made, and that the |
duties Of every Office will be performed
for ths salary fixed by law. The nom.
lnees of the parry are all honorable
men, and each has pledged himself
individually TO abide by this resolution.
More than this, the county central
stands ready to enforce
every pledge Of the resolution, and any
,ficer refusing to comply with its
provisions will be forced to resign.
With such pledges as these the tax
ayers can be assured of clear ad.
II the democratic nomi.
lees are elected. j,
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Times-Munutaineer.
SATURDAY. MAY 2, 1896
HOW TRUSTS GROW.

Heretofore the Pacific coast has
been comparatively free from the in
fuences of local trusts, those that have
been formed having generally been
nipped in their infancy; but now we
are confronted with a mammoth trust
that has been organized by the leading
lumbermen from San Francisco to the
British possessions, and it is well that
the people begin realizing what this
will mean in case the plans of the
lumbermen are consummated, and they
begin fortifying themselves against
its influences ere it and other gigantic
combines are made for the purpose of
depressing the consumer. Trusts
are encouraged by the success of the
first that are formed, and what may be
the final result of the lumbermen's
combine may be anticipated by the
success of other like. organizations in
other lines. We may well profit by
needing the warning that comes from
the east, showing the effects on prices
that are possible under the formation
Of trusts, and might profitably learn
the pernicious effects that result from
the reorganization Of the steel trust
which are illustrated in the following
paragraphs from leading trade jour.
nal:
SIN view Of the agreement which has
been reached by manufacturers Of bill
cts advancing prices and looking to q
control Of the market, a disposition on
the part of manufacturers Of barbed
wire to act in concert Ia manifested.
With a view to reaching an under
standing meeting Of manufacturers
of plain and barbed wire was held at
Chicago, most Of the leading mills
being represented. AS resell of
their deliberations material advance
in price was determined upon. A call
has been issued for a meeting of rod
manufacturers. 1t is understood that
the object of the meeting is to effect,
an organization among the rod mills.
1.-THE wire manufactures met at Chi
cago last week and put up prices about
"a ton. It was simply gentlemen's
agreement. The immediste effect of
the billet pool has been 70 stiffen up
prices all along the line. The West
ern bar-iron manufacturers effected 8
reorganization Of the old association.
1t is stated that Be- par cent. of the
Western mill capacity participated in
this movement.p
Thus it IL that monopoly breeds
monopoly. and as one trust is formed
another follows. Tho only safeguard
to the consumer is to nip such organi-
zations in the bud by strictly enforcing
the anti-trust laws to their fullest ex-
tent, and when such combine is
made as that reported among the lum-
bermen of the Northwest, 1t is time
their methods are investig sted.
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THAT AWFUL DEFICIT.

The democrats have been in full con-
troll of the government for little
more than three years, for the first
time since the war. In few weeks
the third fiscal year of democratic sup
remacy will expire. The first year it
cost 0,O00, 900 more to run the gov
ernment than was received in taxes;
the second year, 100000. 900 more; the
third year, it will cost S25,000,0 900
more-Oregonian.
The first year, when the deficit
amounted to $4,000, 900. the admins
tration was struggling along trying to
make ends meet under the republican
revenue law of 1890, which law was not
repealed until after the first year of
Clevelard's administration had closed.
The second year the deficit was just
equal to the amount that would have
been raised by the income tax, which
was declared unconstitutional by de-
cision of the United States supreme
court, in direct opposition to former
decision of the court, showing that the
democratic tariff law, had it not been
for the intervention of the supreme
court. would have done Just what was
claimed for it-produced exactly
enough revenue to pay the running
expenses of the government. And
by strict economy in the administra-
tion of the government, the democratic
party has been able in the third year,
to keep the expenditures within $685.
100000 of the receipts, though deprived |
OF $40, ,00O, 900 of its estimated resources.
However it will be difficult matter for |
1t to keep the deficit even this low with |
q billion-dollar republican congress on |
its hands, passing every appropriation |
bill that is introduced.
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TREASURY DEFICIT Is LARGE.
Shortage for the Year WIN Not be Far
From saB,Ooo,ooo.

From saB 100000.
WASHINGTON, April 30.-The treas
ury' deficit for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1895, will be approximately
81, 100000. This is the opinion of Of
ficials and others best qualified to make
an intelligent estimate of the result of
the fiscal operations of the year. In
his annual estimates sent to congress
at the beginning of the present session,
the secretary of the treasury estimated
the receipts from customs during the
fiscal year at s172, 100000. So far, with
nearly ten months of the year gone,
the customs receipts have reached but
S137, 900, 900, with fair prospect of in.
creasing to sl65, 100000 by the close of
the year. The estimates of the re-
ceipts from internal revenue receipts
was sl5s, 100000. Up to this time they.
have reached s12o, ,oO0, 900, and it is ex.
pected that the figures for the com.
pleted year will be about sl46, ZOO, 900.
The receipts from miscellaneous
sources are expected slightly to exceed
the estimates of s15,OOOO, 900, making
the total receipts for the year about
s527, Oe,0O0. The secretary's esti-
mates of the years expenditures was
$685., ,000, 900, which, according to his
figures, would leave deficit of S17,. |
100000. The actual expenditures are
now thought will aggregate about
1852 ,o9o, 900, or slO,0OO,000 less than
Mr.. Carlisie,s estimate in December,
last, SO the deficit at the close OF the
year will not show any material change
from Saturdays figures, S25,is2. 423.
This makes the total deficit for the
'hree fiscal years ending June 80, 1895,
,139, ,S6I,S21.
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COxEY Is COMING
VIII Do Missionary Work in Oregon Dur.
ing This Campaign.

VIII Do Missionary Work in Oregon Dur
ing This Campaign.
PORTLAND, Abr. 2S.-Jacob S. Coxey,
of Massillion, Ohio, who headed the ia.
nous "Coxey Army" two years ago in
its march on Washington, Is coming to
Oregon to assist in carrying the state
for the populist party. He regards it OF
the greatest Importance that Oregon be
carried by the populists, as this state is
the first western state to hold an cleo
tion this year. Itis understood that he
made application to the populist state
committee for dates on which to speak,
but the committee did not take kindly
to his scheme and refused to fix the
dates. Coxey, however, is coming on
his own account. In the last issue of
Coxey's paper, published at Massillon,
there appears the following: "On May
Is Mr.. Coxey will start in on the line
of the o. R. g. N. Co., probably Hunt.
ington, or Baker City, and Continue
through to the coast, putting in two
full weeks.''
A well-known populist. speaking Of
Coxey's plans said: "If our friends in
the east want to really help US carry
Oregon next June, they can do bet
ter by sending US more money and
less jaw"
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TELEGRAPHIc.
BoERLAND JUSTICE.
What the Prisoners at Pretoria May
Expect.

Expect.
PRETORIA, South African Republic,
April 30.-tCopyrighted, 1896, by As
sociated Press. THE sensation caused
by the sentencing to death of Ham
mond, Rhodes, Phillips and Farrar,
and the subsequent communication of
their sentences, has not yet worn it.
self out. Burghers of influence are
aocking into the city and begging the
government to totally abolish the sen.
tence upon the so-called reformers.
1t is reported that the executive
court has decided TO impose sentences
of five years. penal servitude, and at
the expiration of that time Punishment
for life, upon the four men named.
In order to justify such severe treat
ment, the executive council refers to
the records of the trial. kilograms
were put in evidence which from the
cypher key discovered in Jameson's
baggage, proved beyond doubt the
completely of the British South Africa
Company with the Johannesburg re-
form leaders and with Jameson's raid.
Hammond was evidently opposed to
any breach of law, for in telegram
dated December 81, he condemned the
further prosecution of the contem-
plated movement.
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pounds per year, and the imports of
foreign raw wool are 160, 900, 900 pounds
annually. making 46O,OOO.0sO pounds
consumed by the American manufac-
turers. In addition to this there are
nearly 100,000,00O pounds OF rags i'm
ported annually from Europe, and are
used in the manufacture of our alleged
woolen fabrics.
Every pound of these rags is, for
manufacturing purposes, equal to one
pound of secured wool, or approximately
three pounds of wool in the grease.
These enter into the composition of
seven-tenths Of our manufactured
woolen products, making them less
valuable to the consomer, and are in
direct competitor with the prodect of
the American wool growers. These
rags are imported free of duty, and are
supplied to the manufacturer at an
average cost of ten cents per pound, az
against thirty cents for secured wools.
These 100,000,000 million pounds of
rags, are, as material for manufac-
turing purposes, equivalent to the en-
tire wool product of the United States.
since they take the place of 100, 900. 900
pounds of secured, or 300, ,O00, 900 pounds
of unsecured wool, thus diminishing
the demand for the latter article just
ohe-half.
The protection the American wool
grower needs is not so much a protec-
tion from the "pauper" wool raisers of
Australia as against competition with
the rags of the paupers of Europe. If a
duty of fifty cents pound were i'm
posed upon these rags, and law were
passed requiring all WOODEN goods in
which anything except pure wool We're
used to be branded "shoddy," requir-
ing all alleged wooden goods to be in
spected, and providing that anything
but the genuine article be coniscated,
the American wool growers would find
a source of protection that has never
been extended to them even under the
high tariff of the Mckinley law.
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majority in both houses Of the legis-
lature, and then began the most dis
graceful personal combat, lasting for
forty days, that has ever darkened the
fair name of the state. The members
had but one object in view, to either
elect or defeat Hon. ). N. Dolph.
They considered this their only, or at
least their chief duty. The interests
of the taxpayers and the state gener-
ally were lost sight of. Their pledges
for retrenchment and reform were
forgotten. Designing men were al
lowed, during the excitement OF the
senatorial contest, to get passed meas
ures, the only object of which was to
enrich themselves at the expense OF
the people. And today the people are
paying one-third higher taxes than
they would had the legislature given
less attention to the election of
senator and more to cutting down ex-
penses.
Very true, 1t is an important thing
to the people of Oregon that they be
represented at Washington by able
men, but,the election of those rep
representatives. is not the only duty
which legislators have to perform. The
people of Oregon are entitled to some
consideration at the hands of the legis-
lature. We want relief from the bur-
den of taxation that is heaped upon US
by needless, wasteful and hagrant ap-
propriations of public funds, from
which the people in general derive no
benefit. Can we expect such relief
when the only test of candidates
qualification for legislator is that he
will vote for this or that man for
senator? Can we expect any whole
some or remedial legislation from
body of men who are more closely
welded to the interests of some of the
different candidates for .. 5. Senator
than they are to the welfare of the state?
The experience of the last session of
the legislature, the high taxes with
which the people are now burdened,
the failure to abolish unjust laws and
cut down state expenses should be
sufficient reasons to convince every
voter in the state that the election of a
United States senator is a matter of
only secondary consideration, and
should not be an issue in the coming
election.
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TAKE NO CHANCES.

There never was time when the
second congressional district of Ore
gon was in greater need of active, able,
honest representation in congress than
now. Especially is that portion of the
district lying east of the Cascade
mountains in need Of capable repre-
sentative during the coming two years,
for upon the acts of our representative
depends the future welfare and pros
perity of the entire Inland Empire.
The bill appropriating 100000 for
boat railway around the dalles OF the
Columbia and authorizing contract
amounting to 50 2,064, 467 for the same,
will most likely become law this ses-
sion. Within the coming two years
the contract will be awarded. Whether
this contract shall be 80 awarded, that
it will require the completion of this
great internal improvement within
specified time and within the limits OF
the appropriation, or whether it shall
be repetition of the contract for con-
structing the canal and locks at the
Cascades, which was slip-shod agree
ment such as school boy would enter
into, depends largely upon the activity
and honesty of the representative OF
the second district in congress.
An active, wide-awake member of
congress- viii see to it that such con-
tract is awarded as will be binding,
and when entered into will result in
the work being completed. He
will insist that the government, and
not the contractors, will be the
party to have control Of and super
vision over the work. He will make it
his special duty to have the contract
30 drawn that it will be for the purpose
of building boat railway, and not for
the simple purpose of drawing money
out OF the treasury to enrich the con-
tractors.
With full knowledge of the careless
manner in which the locks contract
was drawn, and the still more careless
manner in which it has been inforced,
is there the slightest ray of hope that
Mr.. Ellis will ever be such represen-
tative as the times demand? Can the
people afford to take chances now,
when matter of so great Importance
will rest upon the representative, on
returning to congress man who has
been neglectful of their interests in
the past? The representative of this
district is virtually the attorney of the
people at Washington, and it is his
special duty to guard the interests of
his clients. If he has failed to do this
in the past, will he guard their inter-
ests in the future? If we as individuals
employed an attorney to transact pri-
vate business for US in Washington,
and he should have proven negligent
IN the past, would we take chances on
him again? Rulers that
apply to private business should apply |
to public affairs. People cannot afford |
to be less careful of one than the other.
How then can the people of Eastern
Oregon again take chances on return
ing Mr.. Ellis to congress at a time
when matters of such general impor-
lance are to be transacted?
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FOR SALE BY
BLAKELEY & HoUGHToN
rur DArrrc oprooN
REV. BROWN RESIGNS.
The San Francisco Preacher Gives Up
Long and Bitter right.

Tho San Francisco Preacher Gives Up .
Long and Bitter right.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 30.-Rev. C.
o. Brown has given up the fight and
resigns his pastorate of the First Con-
gregational church. A secret meeting
of the church members was held last
night to consider the action of the Bay
conference in suspending DR.. Brown.
Both factions of the church were we'll
represented, and long and bitter
fight was anticipated. Br. Brown,
however, made things easy, as far as
the ministry Of the First Congregation
al church was concerned, by Offering
his resignation. A vote was taken and
it was decided (l94 to 174) not to accept
his resignation. DR.. Brown thereupon
urged his congregation to permit his
retirement from the church. He said
he had received call from a church In
Iowa, which he desires to accept.
DIR. Brown was not satisfied with the
vote and urged his congregation to re-
reconsider. Another vote was taken.
which resulted ia in favor of accept
ing the resignation and IT'S against il.
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OFF THE TR4aK.

The Hood R;Fer Glacier seems infat-
-uzrsd VIII the Wilson tariff bill as a
declaration of principles for the demo-
cratic party, and considers 1t ss q full
fllment Of the democratic doctrine of
tariff for revenue, judging from it's
denunciations of a democrat who has
the temerity to not oppose the levy
ing of a duty on wool.
The Glacier is certainly slightly off
the track on this proposition. The
Wilson bill is not the democratic plat
form of today, nor was it fulfllment of
the national platform Of 1892, however
it does carry out President Cleveland's
idea of free raw material and taxed
manufactured articles. nevertheless it
does not meet needs of tariff reform as
accepted by majority of the demo-
cratic party. But suppose it was COM
patible with the platform of 1892,
another platform was adopted by the
democrats of Oregon a few days ago.
which says regarding the tariff:
"We are In favor of q tariff for rev.
enue only, 30 adjusted that it shall
affect alike our commerce, our agri-
culture, our labor and our manu-
factures."
This is the platform on which Judge
Bennett and every other democratic
nominee for legislative office in the
s0ate is standing today. And is there
anything in it that precludes tariff on
woolp The present tariff law, since the
income tax provision was knocked out
of it by the supreme court, has proven
insufficient as q revenue measure, and
since more. revenue is needed, why
should it not be raised by levying
duty of few cents per pound on wool,
since that is an agricultural product,
and Is as worthy of fostering care as
any other? If Judge Bennett, or any
other nominee on the democratic
ticket would advocate the restoration
of the Mckinley tariff on wool, winch
was altogether too high, he would be
leaving the principle of tariff reform,
but a limited duty on wool is no diver
gence from democratic principles.