The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-09-05
EDITORIAL NOTES.

standard country uses large amount
of silver as subsidiary coin, but no
| silver country uses any gold" Is this
| moi evidence that a country can get
| along without gold but must have
| silver? Or otherwise stated, silver
| alone can be the money of country
but gold cannot circulate by itself.
John p. Irish, once democrat, and
great even then on promises, as some
of US will remember, now promises the
vote of California, Oregon and Wash
ington fo!' Mckinley, coming from the
source it does this makes US smile.
Mr.. Irish now belongs to Hanna's
baby party, the swallow-tails. Con-
| gratnlations or condolences, one or
| the other, are now in order and due
the regular republicans on this valu-
able accession to their strength.
No wonder the republican press
want Bryan to get out of New York.
Too many people are going out to hear
the young orator speak, and he is
making too many converts in the
cnemy's camp. Only the other day
$1,000 people were out at . country
picnic to hear him peak on silver,
while on the same day less than
1900 availed themselves of the free
| excursion to Canton to hear the
beauties of gold lauded by Mr.. Nc
Kinley.
Judge NJ. L. Pipes, he who ran on
the democratic ticket for prosecuting
attorney of the fourth district last
spring, devotes half column in the
Oregonian to advocating Mr.. McKin-
ley's cause and winds up by saying he
does not believe "Cleveland's admin
istration needs any better vindication
than the election of Mckinley" By the
way, why didn't you find this out last
spring, Mr.. Pipes, when you were q
| candidate for office? What was the
| majority against you when you were
/ running on silver ticket? -.
What pretty duck the Hon. M. L.
Pipes, of Portland, is anyway. Last
spring he accepted the nomination for
prosecuting attorney in the fourth
district, one of the best paid offices in
| the state, on a "free coinage" plat
form. Then, if he could slide into
office on "silver PLATFORM" every
thing would be lovely, but he was not
elected. Now he says that on "prin-
ciple" he cannot support Mr.. Bryan,
because he is running on "free sill
yer platform" and wants to be left
free to vote for Mckinley. Wonder
what kind of "principle" he has that
would allow it to be thus warped?
Bob Ineersoll, expressing himself on
the coinage law of 1873, and the
present situation said: "For my part
do not ask any interference on the
part OF the government except to undo
the wrong it has done. I do not ask
that money be made out of nothing. 1
do not ask for prosperity born of paper,
but do ask for the reconciliation of
silver. Silver was demonetized by
fraud. 1t was an imposition upon
every solvent man, q fraud upon every
1t assasinated labor. 1t was done in
the interest of averice and greed,
and should be undone by honest men.
The New York Tribune tells US that
"eYer since the agitation for free coin,
age of silver in congress Europe has
taken alarm and has been sending
back annually upward of $500, 900, 900
worth of securities of the Un4ted
States" The agitation of the free
coinage of silver in congress began in
1878, when both Mr.. Mckinley and
DIR. Carlisle voted for the measure. If
the Tribune is correct, the agitation
of free coinage has reduea3 our foreign
debt So, 900. 100000. If the agitation"
has accomplished this much in eigh-
teen years toward reducing our debts,
what will the result of actual free coin
age be?
Now that the mud-slinging INDUCED
in so generally by Mark Hnnna's Or
ders has proven boomerang on his
cause, that great political manager has
taken another tack. Bryan must be
made fun of-not taken seriously.
Whom his speeches are reported by the
gold standard press it must be some
thing like this, (see today's Oregoniau.)
"Hired candidate for hired men still
working very hard" We may be mis-
taken, but yet we believe that our
friends will take Mr.. Bryan very seri-
ously before November and we also be- |
lieve that our respected adversaries |
are making votes now for Bryan by |
this method of campaigning.
A favorite campaign cry with our
friends is. select Mckinley |
and stop the necessity of issuing
bonds" Pray, how is this to be ac-
complished simply by prolonging the
present monetary systemg With over
$500. .00O, 900 OF sight drafts against the
treasury outstanding, redeamable in
gold at the option of the holder, how
10 Mr.. Mckinley going to get gold
with which to take them up, unless he
issues bonds? There is no provision
IN any tariff law requiring 62ties to
be paid in gold, nor is there any mAAa
ihood of congress passing law by
which the government will refuse to
Iccept any kind of money of authorized
ssue for taxes and duties due the gov
,rnment. So it matters not how much
money is collected, whenever gold is
leeded it will have to bought with
,onds. -o
An educational qualification has
lot usually been required by the courts
# this country in granting citizen {
hip to aliens, but from the following
D. c., dispatch it would
ppear that the courts of the national {
apital are euforcing the rules rigidly, {
he dispatch IS dated Aug. 20, and {
ays: A young German was barred G
itizenship today after a practical dem 1
nstratiou that che could not read i
he English language. Two Germans
pplied to Judge Cole. of the district
lpreme court. whose recent ruling in +
1e case of an Italian, that a knowledge
{ the constitution is essential to citi-
snship rights. created general inter- "
st. Both Germans said they could e
,ad English, aud were given news I,
aper as o test. One reached reading a