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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-04-25
VETOED BY CLEVELAND.
His Signature Withheld From Two PEN
sion Bills.

WASHINGTON, April 22.-President
Cleveland today sent to the senate
vetoes TO two pension bills. The first
is in the case of Charles Z. Jones, a
taking photographs here no battle
was in actual progress. He was not
enlisted and not in the military service
of the United States.
'Aside from the question as to
whether his present and sad condition
is attributable to the injuries sustained.
it seems to me that an extension of
pension relief to such cases would open
the door to legislation hard to justify
and impossible to restrain from abuse, :"
says the president.
widow of Peter Allabach, who served
in both the Mexican war and the war
of the rebellion. SIT is proposed F"
says the president, "by a special act,
now under consideration, TO give this
widow pension solely so far as dis
coverable, upon the ground that she is
poor and needs money, her husbands
death not having been caused by his
military services. Her condition is
precisely covered byexisting laws, and
if precedent is to be csta ablished by the
special legislation proposed, 1 do not
see how the same relief as is contained
in this bill can be denied to thousands
of widows in a similar situation"
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-04-25
PARTY LINES WE1KENING.

The election in Oregon two years
ago was one in which party lines were
closely draw; The tariff was made the
one and only issue in the campaign.
and as a result, adherents to the prin-
ciple of high protection were placed in
OH .e in almost every county in the
st tie. Qualification for official duties
was not brought into question; that a
candidate WAS fright on the tariff is
sue was in the m ,jority of cases, the
only requisite necessary to secure his
election either for an executive or leg
15lative office. In short. the senatorial
contest was carried into the election to
that extent that it had an effect upon
the selection of every officer from gov
ernor down to constable. The party
Lash was so vigorously applied that
whenever the friends of Mckinley law
held a majority only men who were in
accord with that idea succeeded to office
Whether this result has been benefi-
cial to the state can only be answered
by the record of the officials who have
served the state and different counties
rs public servants since July l, 1894.
II the acts of the last session of the
legislature were such rs to promote
the interest and welfare of the people
of Greg on, then it is advantageous to
elect to the legislature men who have
but single idea, men who allow ques-
tions of national Importance to super
-ede all matters of local Importance.
If the extravaeances that have been
induig d in in the managemens of
aff .irs in every county in the state the
past two years have been to the inter,
st of anybody but the office holders.
then it is well to elect professional
politicians to Office. If the simple fact
hat a candidate for office is republi-
can. democrat or populist qualities him
fpr an official position, then it is TO the
interest of every voter md taxpayer tn
submit meeKly to the dictates of his
party and support its nominees. re-
gardless of qualification, honesty or
efficiency.
Past ex erience, we believe, has
taught voters that self protection is of
greater Importance to them than party
allegiance. They too have learned
that in the power welded by the inde-
pendent voter rests the -ecurity of our
institutions. Hence it is that the rule
of two years ago will be reversed this
year. Party prejudice will be laid
aside, and public servants will be
chosen on account of their special
adaptability for performing the duties
of their respective offices. Qualifica-
tion, rather than party aff1liation will
be made the test. Party lines are
weakening, and happily can never
again be drawn so tightly as they were
in the election of 1894. Voters have
awakened to the fact that they have
interests that are paramount to those
of political bosses, and will for ever in
the future exercise the right of choos-
ing for themselves who shall be their
servants.
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vaneed. The comparative infrequency
serious failures, with money less
disturbed since gold exports began
than might have been expected, helps
to give encouragement, hat does not
kindle speculative fires, and such i'm
provement as appears is mainly of
healthy sort.
"Wheat rose about &c last week, met
some reaction, but is shade higher
than week ago. Later accounts
are more promising as to winter wheat
Western receipts in the two weeks of
April we're 3,S3S,5O2 bushels, against
2, 234 1902 last year.
''After remaining unchanged for
m my days, rumors either way having
no effect, cotton rose 1-l6c on Thursday.
Heavy commercial and mill stocks
hinder most buyers. and possibilities
of injury to the coming crop retard
sellers at current prices.
| Failures for the week have been
223 in the United States, against 24l
| Last year."
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-04-25
MATTER OF JUSTICE.

The NES-MoUNTAINNEER has
been criticised somewhat severely by
some parties for haying apparently di-
yerged from its advocacy OF tariff for
revenue only" and stated that a ''rea-
sonable tariff on wool would not meet
with .oppposition from the democratic
party. In making this statement the
TINES S-MoUNTAINEER does not sweyer
from its avowed principles in opposi-
tion to the high tariffs that were i'm
posed by the law Of 1890, nor does it
recede from its belief that any protec
tive law, no matter on what basis it is
ararranged will be detrimental to some
one, for it is an undisputed fact. that
where there is gain to one class or
one section there must be loss or an
burden imposed upon
some other class or section, therefore
It is as firm as ever in the belief that
40 protective law can ever be enacted
=
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-04-25

that will be just to all. Therefore
that justice be done to all. either at
solute free trade or tariff that will
prohibit all imports is the ultimate
state that must prevail in this and
every other nation. However the
stage where it can adopt either of these
principles. Then the question of pro-
tective tariff resolves itself into moth
ing but local issue. A section that
produces commodity, the price of
which can be enhanced by the levying
of duty on Imports OF that commodity.
wants that article protected, while so
far as it's Immediate interests are con-
cerned all other articles may be ad-
mitted free.
AS d matter of justice to all indus
tries then it IS but right that protec-
tion be extended as nearly as possible
to all alike. keeping in view at all
times the idea Of placing duties upon
such articles as to produce the great
est amount of revenue and imposed in
such manner as to be the least bur-
densome to the consumer. With the
raising of wool one of the leading in
dustries of Eastern Oregon. it is only
natural that extending a reasonable
protection to that industry would meet
with favor in this section OF the
state. 1t is asked as G matter of justice
to those engaged in that indus
try. And while return to a duty OF
10 and II cents a pound OF raw wool
and From 40 to $50 per cent on manu-
factured woolens. as was imposed by
the Mckinley law. would be unneces-
establishing of duty of to 5 cents
pound on raw wool would not be Oh
iectionable 1t would afford the pro-
ducer of wool all the protection he can
reasonably ask. 1t is only matter OF
Justice that so long as the manufacturer
of woolens is protected some protection
be ext ,nded to tie producer OF the raw
material. The TINES S-MoUNTAINEER
has not deviated from its former views
on the tariff question, but it desires
t1at justice be done all parties and all
Interests, and if an industry of this
,ction can be made more profitable by
extending IL reasonable protection to
it, without becoming burdensome to
other industries, it shall not oppose
such measure.
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HAS FOUND A MOSES.

Ever since the adjournment of the
two state conventions that convened
in Portland on April 9th, the Oregon
ian, as the mouthpiece of the gold
standard element in the republican
party, has been casting its lines to Sc
cure candidate for congress in the
second district. who is protection-
ist and also sound on the money ques-
tiNn, Moses who would be acceptable
as The standard bearer of the boilers
and lead them to victory. It was an
arduous task for the great daily, but it
was equal to the emergency, and "a q
result hoists the name of Hon. H. H.
Northrup, county judge of Multnonah
county, as the one who is suited to I'LL
the long-fet want. In lauding the
judge the Oregonian gives him this
recommendation:
.'Judge Northup is distinguished
citizen of Portland, a man of high
character, and widely known as law
yer. He is an enterprising citizen. a
man of business and affairs. He has
the record of soldier. and is univer-
sally known to his comrades: he is
noted for his prudence, his judgment
and his public spirit, and he will be an
ideal sound. money candidate for con.
gress."
These recommendation are good in-
deed, but there are other qualities
which even the sound-money men of
the second district would like to in
quire into before they flock as a unit
to his support. What has Judge
Northup done during the time he has
occupied the Office of Judge of Multi
nomah county to convi ce the people
that he is anything but tool OF the
Simon element of his party2 What
has he done to show that he is now,
has ever been, or will be in the future
free from the influences of what is
known as ring politics that has held
sway in Oregon ever since Joe Simon
has assumed dictatorship? What as
surance have the people, beyond the
pledge of the Oregopiau, that if
elected to congress, he would be any
thing else than the representative of
a few Portland corporations. There is
no question as to Judge Northup's pos
ition on the money question, but there
are other qualifications than that he
will support gold standard. which even
the m st ardent sound-money advo-
Gates will require that he possess be-
fore they will accept him as the Moses |
TO lead them out of this financial
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Editorial NOTES.

Mckinley is highly gratified at the
action of the republican convention in
this state instructing national dele
gates to support him for the presi-
dency. He would be indeed migrate
full If he did not appreciate such COM
pliments.
The appropriation bills are all vir
tually disposed Of and there is nothing
left for congress TO do but adjourn.
This will likely occur on May IS. and
it will be relief, since the present
session is incapable Of enacting any
needed Legislation,
New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma
will have to wait until the next session
before they can hope to enter the
great Union of states, since the bill
for the admission of the latter cannot
pass unless the two former are ad-
mitted,
1t has been several years since the
voters of Wasco county have had the
opportunity that is now extended to
them to selecta competent and effici-
ent assessor. Several prominent re-
haEe reeently remarked to
the editor Of this paper Chat Mr.. Geo.
P. Morgan is the most capable man
tbat has been nominated for the office
Of assessor in this this county for number
Of years.
The Salem Journal, which is one OF
she most radical republican papers in
The state, passes the following conn
nent upon the political situation;
The Jo Simon rin2sters, the Wall
treet ripgsters, the onace-seeking |
ingsters, who have combined to run
tate and national politics and force
oolph upon the people OF Oregon
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NOT ENCOURAGING.

The sundry civil bill which has
recently been favorably reported by
the house com Mite. carries an ap-
preparation of SI74.579 to be used in
the completion of the canal and locks
at the Cascades of the Columbia. This
item in the bill will likely remain, and
when it passes congress, and the
amount asked for by the engineers for
the completion of the locks will be ap-
propriated. So far this appropriation
is good, but unless it is judiciously ex-
pended, and m .de applicable for i'm
mediate use, there is not much en-
couragement that the lock. will be
opened to traffi , at any near date. If.
it is the idea that this money is to be
expended for the purpose of rip-rapping
the banks next to the river, and also
to build masonry walls between the
middle and lower locks, and that all
this work shall be completed before
the locks are to be operated; we can
expect that at least year and probably
two years will elapse before the upper
and lower river are connected. This
additional work. if done by contract.
which it probably will be, it will re-
quire at least six months to perfect the
contract. and from six to eighteen
months will be consumed in perform
ing the work. unless the contract is
awarded under the most binding re
strictions as to the time when the work
will be finished.
To be sure the appropriation, which
seems now to be assured, for the COM
pletion of the canal and locks, is an
absolute necessity. If the opinions of
the government engineers are to be
accepted, still it Is little encourage
ment to the belief that the river will
be open to navigation at an early date.
Judging the future by the past, it
would seem that the appropriation may
result in another long delay. since it
furnishes another pest egg for the
and engineers to squabble
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-04-25
W0E TO CALAMITY HoWLERs

The calamity howlers who recently
have been sending up wall that the
country had gone to the dogs, because
of the change in the tariff laws nearly
two years ago, and parading the fact of
an increase of business failures for the
past year as an argument that prosper
ity can never again prevail until the
Mckinley law is re-enacted, will find
but little comfort in the following from
r. G. Dun & Co.'S. weekly review dated
April II.
ssThe sudden change from sleighing
to summer heat, with fair skies in
most cities, has tested the prevalent
idea that good weather only was needed
to bring general Improvement in
business. Everywhere there has been
more retail buying, and in some
branches better demand at wholesale.
There is no abatement of the almost
universal disposition to deal with un-
usual conservatism and not to antici-
pate future wants, and this has been
especially conspicuous where combin-
ations have been formed or prices ad-
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-04-25
STRAIGHT VOTE DEMANDED.

Whatever other issues that may
arise in the coming congressional elec-
ton in this district, it must be admit
ted that the money question will take
first place. This is question on which
there can be no halfway ground. 1t
must be free silver or single gold
standard. No candidate can "strad-
die" this question and hope to hold
the confidence of voters. The senti-
ment of large majority of the voters
of the district is very clearly expressed
in the following editorial which ap-
peared in the Oregonian of the 18th:
"Voters of the second district, who
wish to send to congress a man who
will support free coinage of silver, and
who, through his political associations
and the help of a powerful party, will
be able to do something for free coin
age of silver, should vote for Bennett.
the democratic nominee.
"As for Ellis. the republican nom1
nee, though he is free silver man, he
can do nothing for silver: since the
republican party is inflexibly opposed
to free coinage of silver, and Ellis at
Washington finds himself practically
alone. The republican vote in the
house recently was 1s4 against silver.
to 25 for it. The republican party
therefore will do nothing for free coin
age of silver, and Ellis, in voting for
silver. is going against the policy and
purpose of his party.
"They who wish to bring about free
coinage of silver, therefore, should
vote for the candidate of a party that
is disposed to promote thai measure.
The populists are too weak to do any
thing. Their strength in congress is
really nothing. The only way, there
fore, by which the voter who desires
free coinage can contribute to that re-
suit is through support of democrats
who are committed to the silver cause.
"Every voter. toerefore, of the Sec
ond district, who thinks it important
that free coinage of silver be carried,
should vote for Bennett, the demo-
cratic nominee. He alone is in posi-
ton to render available service to that
cause.
Likewise, every voter who opposes
free coinage of silver should refuse to
vote for Ellis, because Ellis supports
free coinage, as demagogue, when
his party is against it: aud it is time
measures were taken to enforce honest
dealing on this all-important subject.
"Gold-stapdard men cannot vote for
Ellis, because they detest false pre-
tenses, and know how important it is
that the attack in congress on the
money standard shall cease. Silver
standard men should not vote for
Ellis, because he can do their cause no
good. and they cannot wish to be
fooled and deceived. If they wish to
make their votes for silver effective.
Bennett is their man.
"Honest and straightforward deal
ing in this matter, as in all others, is
the essential thing. Let us have an
end of pretenses, delusions and hum
bugs, so that votes may be placed just
where they belong"
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-04-25
AMNESTY PROCLAIMED.
General weyler's Latest Move to End the
War In Cuba.

General weyIer's Latest Move to End the
War In Cuba.
HAVANA, April 23.-Captain-Gen-
eral Weyler has just issued the follow
ing proclamation, called out by the
condition of affairs in Pinar del Rio.
After the usual heading and preamble,
the proclamation says:
st hsying reached my knowledge
that rebel parties in the province OF
Pinar del Rio are in distress, through
the constant pursuit by the troops and
the impossibility of breaking the mill
tary line between Mariel and Majana,
and through ether insurmountable
difficulties, and being fearful of sur
rendering under the fear of the death
sentence, the certainty of which has
been falsely disseminated among them,
l proclaim and command:
"First-The rebel leaders who sur
render within 20 days from this date,
with their firearms, will be at once
pardoned.
..'Second.-ThOse who are not leaders,
but who surrender under the same
conditions, with their firearms, will
also be pardoned.
"Third-Those surrendering with
out arms will be likewise pardoned,
but the military authorities will desig-
nate their place of residence,
"Fourth-The surrender must be
made to the military authorities of the
operating In the field"
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CONGRESS- AND THE NAVY.

Recent strained relations that have
existed between the United States and
some of the foreign powers, and the
vigorous policy of the administration
in asserting the time-honored doc
trines. of the government that no for
lean soil. have brought congress to
realization that the United States
must be prepared to back every such
declaration by force if needs be. In
short, it is realized that q more ETH
cient navy must be created in order
that the dignity of the nation shall be
maintained, and this fact is shown by
the action of the senate committee on
the navy bill, making the most liberal
appropriations for the new feet. The
measure carries an outlay of S31, ,279,-
482. which is reduction of less than
$3.50, 900 from the amount fixed by the
house.
Assuming, as we probably may, says
the New York Sun, that the senate
will substantially confirm the action
either of its own committee or of the
house, we can, in the first place, count
on four new battle ships of the Kear-
sarge type. Next, we have ten second
class torpedo boats assured. and also
choice between five frst-class 26-knot
boats and three Of 30 knots each. Per-
haps the latter, which is the senate
committee's plan, may be preferred,
since the great speed of the newest
British torpedo-boat catchers has iu-
spired our navy with the wish to turn
out something to match them.
However, the senate committee does
not diminish the aggregate of torpedo
boats in the bill, as it adds two new
Holland submarine craft. And the
house may consent to this provision,
since it depends on a successful test |
OF the submarine boat now building.
The extension of the time limit for |
contracting for the ships authorized
from 80 to 120 days is commendable.
Again we find that the important ad-
dition of 1000 enlisted men to the |
navy is concurred in; and although |
the provision for 500 more marines is |
stricken out, the senate committees |
action is doubtless based on the fact |
that Secretary Herbert did not, in his
ask for this latter increase.
We find preserved, too, the import
ant provisions for reserve guns and |
proJectiles for the navy and the auxil-
ary cruisers, and for addition torpedoes,
and they are even supplemented by an
item of $4,000 for testing methods of
throwing high explosives from ordi-
nary guns on board ships.
In brief, while in details the senate
has made some changes,
the great result is substantial con-
currencein the mostimportantfea features
Of The house bill already noted. Thus
the most liberal contribution to the
navy since its reconstruction was be-
gun, thirteen years ago, seems to be
and the Fifty-fourth congress
will have record of which it may
we'll be proud.
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dent that Cuba should be allowed 20
purchase her indepe ndence from Spain,
and that Senor Palma, who is to be
made minister of the Cuban govern
menG here as soon as his country's in
dependence is gained, suggested this
plan to Mr.. Cleveland, telling him it
would be satisfactory to the Cubans.
The Cuban leaders laugh at the reports
from Spain of promised political re-
forms for the island.
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For the Boat hallway.

WASHINGTON, April 22.-The SEN
ate com nittee on commerce now ex-
poets TO co lclude its consideration of
the river and harbor bill tomorrow, or.
at the least, Friday. The additions
made will increase the total outlay
provided for to the extent of about
SlO,OOO,OO0, and that for the next year
to almost S2,000,000. Among the
more important additions made under
the continuing system are:
About s., ,0U0,e00 for the boat railway
at the dalles of the Columbia river in
Oregon, with small appropriation for
the next year; about Sl,500,OO0 for a
canal between Lakes Union and Wash
ington in Washington, with about
800, 900 for next year.
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The Oregonian has evidently had
one of its reporters "wined and dined''
by somebody in Hapthority' at the
Cascades, for it makes the announce
ment that las matter of fact. the
locks. SO far as the transportation of
vessels is concerned. Ia now completea.
Within "a hours notice any steamer
could pass through the canal and the
union between the lower and middle
Columbia rivers made complete" It
is surprising that 2 great paper like
the Oregonian would allow itself thus
imposed upon. As a matter of fact,
the locks are not complete, ppr has
anybody here any idea that they will
be until there is sent to congress
representative who Will not allow him
,elf "buncoed."