The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-10-24


the supporters of Bryan with The eyi-
dence that they are loyal citizens, and
they too will display the national
colors on that day. Were occasion to
demand, Bryan and the so-called pope
crats' would be as ready to defend the
honor of the nation as would be the
II ost ardent supporters of MIR. Mckin-
ley. History shows that the com
mon" people haYe been the nations
defender in the past and they will
continue to be in the future.
If over production is the cause of
low prices anG hard times, as some OF
the Mckinley orators insist, then it Is
crime to be industrious aud thrifty,
and patriotic to be an idler.
The U. S. oniciais Murphy and
Grady, who caused the sheep raisers of
Wasco county so much trouble during
the summer over the forest reserve, ARE
now staunch supporters of Mckinley
Comment is unnecessary.
The New York World is wasting
time asking Major Mckinley what he
thinks of trusts. They speak for MIN.
There is scarcely a trust or monopoly
that is not working for the election Of
the Ohio man.
Since Carnegie, Depew, Vanderbilt
and Hanna have announced themselves
as the friends and champions OF the
farmers and laborers, the time seems
to have arrived when the latter mad
better take to the woods crying God
deliver US from our friends."
1t is to be hoped the date of celebrat-
ing the opening of the locks can be
fixed on Nov. 9Th, as that will bethe
time when we will celebrate the elec-
tion of Bryan. These two great events,
which are to be so beneficial to the
farmers OF Eastern Oregon had as well
be celebrated on the same day.
Instead of tramping, or rather riding
on free passes, advocating the election
of Mckinley, why is not Railroad
Commissioner Eddy attending to his
official duties, endeavoring to protect
the wheat farmers of Lane county
from the extorations of the Southern
Pacific railroad.
When the lion and the wolf pose as
the friend of the lamb, it is time for
the small sheep to climb to a high
elevation where he can observe the
acts of his uew-found friends" And
when Carnegie and Hanna take so
such profound interest in the welfare
of the laboring man,it is time for the
latter to keep his weather eye open.
Hon. Ben Butterworth, of Ohio, is
doing noble work for Bryan in this
state. A gentleman who is just up
from Portland says no less than 600
working men who heard Butterworth
speak in Portland have now deter
mined to vote for Bryan, whereas they
intended to vote for Mckinley before.
If Mr.. Schoonmaker is like successful
in turning votes we shall have no COM
plant to enter against the gold stand
ard people for having imported those
two abble speakers.
Last Saturday Gov. John P. Altgeld,
of Illinois. addressed an audience Of
10000 IN Cooper'sl Union, Now
York, and the Oregonian's telegraphic
report of the meeting is headed Herr
Most's Successor" Since Herr Most,
the leader of anarchism and socialism
in America, has taken the stump for
Mckinley, in the eyes of the Oregonian
and its ilk. he is a patriot. and it holds
up the governor of the great state of
Illinois, the state that ranks third in
population in the Union, as the sue
cessor of this foreign agitator.
Less tnan month ago the republi
can press of this section was heaping
abuse upon O. s. District Attorney
Murphy and U. S. Marshal Grady for
having caused the arrest of sheepmen
for herding their fiocks upon the Cas-.
cade forest reserve, stigmatizing their
acts as an exhibit of the unfriendliness
of democratic officials to the sheep in
dustry. But since those democratic"
officials, Murphy and Grady, have
come out in support of M ,Kinley we
have heard no more abuse. Has their
change of heart atoned for all their
sins?
The Oregon ian knows how campaign
funds have been raised in the past, un-
der the regime of Simon in Portland,
and suiting this knowledge to the
present, it declares that the Bryan
forces, who now have control of the |
city government, are levying an assess
nent upon the Chinese gamblers to
raise campaign funds. Who is liable
to know what truth there is In this !
statement, the Oregonian that bases
its assumption, on its knowledge of how
campaign funds were raised under the |
partisan rule of Simon, or Mayor Pen
noyer, who asserts that he is making |
the police aud fire departments of |
Portland non-partisan? /
1t is lamentable fact that even q
correspondent who pretends to give J
the "news" will warp facts to suit his
political prejudices. An instance of
this perversion of news comes under
direct observation in the report of
meeting in The Dalles tele-
graphed to the Oregonian, in which
the correspondent says: ".Around the
court house were gathered 300 people
who heard the 'piuchfork' senator de-
liver,a harangue against banks, pros
perity and a united country" The
facts are there was nearer 1000 than
300 people: the senator delivered no
1arangue against banks, scarcely mem
Toned them, and delivered a patriotic
appeal to people to unite in one coun-
ry as brothers of single family.
Many free man