The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-07-25

right wrongs. The man who advocates
resorting 20 bullets to settle present
economic principles knows not what
ne is talking about.
1t is passing strange how conditions
change. or appear, to when the exigen-
cies of political campaign demand.
Less than year ago we wsre told by
the republican press of the state that
the only reason wool did not bring a
higher price was because the tariff had
been removed: now 1t Is because OF
the threat to debase our currency by
the remonetization of silver. Consist
ency, thou art a jewel seldom met with
in those peculiar times.
Even the great Oregonian will resort
to pleading the baby act when neces-
sity requires. It has been holding
Mckinley up as the great tsound-money
candidate, but has at last discovered
that he is little shaky on the question,
though it wants to see him elected and
says: SIT Is better to elect Mckinley
with silver congress. though McKin-
ley's money record makes this danger
Gus enough, than to elect Bryan with
a sound-money congress, pcwerless to
restrain him.
Mark Hanna, as manager OF McKin.
ley's campaign. is likely to be as heavy
stone about the neck of the Ohioan
as the s. F. Chronicle would make it
appear Sewall will be to Bryan. The
Trades and Labor Assembly Of Chicago
is now after Mr.. Hanna's scalp and de-
manding that be removed. A commit
tee from this organization has been
sent to wait upon the republican ma.
tional committee and request Hanna's
removal, and if this is not granted the
assembly will work to defeat McKin-
ley. Their grievance is that Hanna
has always opposed organized labor.
Even Matt Quay is getting scared
about the 'silver craze" in Pennsyl-
vania. The Spokane Chronicle is in
formed by prominent business man
of that city and an old friend Of fQuay's
that he is in receipt of letter from
the senator in which he says: 1.-THE
silver movement is sweeping the state
of Pennsylvania, and like huge tidal
wave, it is impossible to check its pro-
gress. From present indications
Bryan and the cause of silver may even
carry the state of Pennsylvania by an
overwhelming majority at the polls in
November"
The fact that wealth will not procure
health nor happiness was never more
fully demonstrated than in the case of
Cornelius Vanderbilt, the many-times
millionaire, who is lying i'll at his
mansion in New York city, and offers
81 100000 to any physician who will
restore him to health. Vanderbilt,
surrounded by every luxury that
wealth can buy, is really more uncom.
Portable than the poor man tossing
with burning fever on his humble
couch. He is faced now with the
realization that the accumulation Of
wealth is not all of this life.
One of the reasons why democrats
who favor the gold standard cannot
and will not support Mckinley is that
such men as Henry Clews, the Wall
street bond shark. who recently issued
threatening letter declaring that
Wall street was in position to set at
work conditions that would bankrupt
the nation If congress attempted to
pas free coinage law or if the voters
should express their preference for
Bryan, are all favoring McKinley's
election When men like Clews rise
up and attempt to force Americans to
support any particular candidate for
Office it causes the populace to REBEL,
and feel that they must resent the
dictates of the money power.
Hon. q. B. Miller, who recently re-
signed from the board Of regents of
the state agricultural college, aspires |
to be president of that institution. He
possesses no qualifications whatever |
for the position, never having had any |
experience as an educator. While it |
is not expected that the president of |
the o. A. G. shall devote his time to |
class work. as did Prof. B. l.. Alnold,
who raised the school from an academy |
to one of the leading educational in.
stitutions of the state, he should be |
able to do go if necessity required, and
at all events he ought to be one who |
is capable Of experimenting the educa-
tional departments. This qualification |
is not possessed by MIR. Miller, and
his appointment would simply be a
farce.
What lamentable(?) fact it is that
the democratic platform should con-
tain plank censuring the ''infallible"
U. s. supreme court. An exchange
sheds tears over the fact and sends up
this wall: "The democratic party
would seek to leeislate into Office
judges of the United States supreme
court who would render decisions ac-
cording to tenets of the party. One
Of the safeguards of constitutional gov
ernment would thus be destroyed"
While no such attempt as this is
outlined in the national platform, the
supreme court is certainly subject to
for its decision on the income
tax law, when one Of the justices
slept" until he learned that his vote
vas necessary to reverse the law, then
appeared. and lent his voice
20 repeal the most just legislation that
has been enacted in the past quarter
If century.
n IL Bad dreams dis