The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-04-04
EDITORIAL NOTES.

| EDI1OHJdL Il NOIES.
The Mail and Express is surprised
to find that ga greater quantity ot
steel is used annually in the pen max.
ing business than all the gun and
sword manufactures in the world
Quite likely. Nearly all modern wars
are fought with little steel pens.
The sentiment in favor of the elec.
tion of senators by direct vote of the
people has grown very rapidly in the
last few months, and proposition OF
that kind would probably receive a
majority of the popular vote in every
state as the case now stands.
The mule that worked the treadmill
of the old-fashioned threshing machine
| developed energy without enthusiasm
and locomotion without progress. On
these points, if not on others, he
greatly resembled the United States
senate in its zeal for the cause of Cuba.
The Oregonian declares that the re-
publican party must assert itself for a
gold standard or be beaten. Other
| smaller party organs are as confident
| that it must declare for free silver at
the ratio of 16 to or it is gone. And
thus is the position of the republican
party on the money question defined.
Where is the party at anyway?
Manitoba shows signs of deter mi
nation to secede from the Dominion
and take it's place as crown colony,
rather than submit to the school legis-
lation which the Canadian government
seeks to impose upon it. A further
| step would be to rap on the front door
| of the United States and invite ad-
| mission.
The republican county convention
last Saturday adjourned without adopt
ing any platform A very wise thing
to do. for they could have said nothing
unless it would have been to condemn
the last state legislature and the pres
ent congress, and this would have been
entirely out of place, since there are
both legislators and congressman to
elect at the coming election.
| A position on the state board of
railroad commission does not satisfy
the longings of Col. Jim Eddy. He
wants the domination for congress,
and wants it bad. Eddy has fed at the
public crib SO long, and has had so
many favors at the hands of his party,
that he begins to look upon Office as
his legitimate pray. He is fair sam
pie of that class of drone known as
professional politicians.
A heroic bronze statue of General
Grant is being constructed at Chico
pee, Mass. The Union League Club,
of Providence, has ordered the statue,
which it will place in front of its club
house. The total cost will be about
$4,000 when constructed. The piece.
will be thirty-two feet high, and will
have pedestal of Quincy granite.
The figure of General Grant will be
about sixteen feet high.
A sample of economy that is exer-
cised in the management of state af-
fairs is exhibited at Salem. 1t costs
only 81, 600 year to light the whole city
of Salem, while the state pays nearly
$4,000 year for lighting the insane
asylum, penitentiary and other state
institutions in the capital city. If this
is economy. we need bit of extrava-
gance-in cutting off the official heads
of those who saddled this expense on
the state.
The Portland Oregonian pointedly
asks this question: "What members
of the legislature last session took the
Frank-Hume Mimic Doodle and voted
against the bills for reduction of offices.
salaries, emoluments and taxes in
Multnomah? Will the people of
Marion, Washington, Lane. Umatilla
and other counties inquirer" Do the !
and senators in the |
legislature from this county desire to
answer this question?
The democratic primaries to be held
next Saturday should exercise the
precaution to elect as delegates only
residents of Oregon. We can certainly
attend to the duties of nominating a
ticket and electing delegates to the
state convention without the assistance
Of residents of other states. 1t is not
necessary that the advice of residents
If California, or any other state for
that matter, should be asked for in
,hosing ticket for Oregonians to
support. Let's have "home rule" if
nothing else. |,
The American Economist. one of the
most unreasonable and inconsistent
Idvocates of the Mckinley tariff, sheds
,reat crocodile tears because the re-
zeal of that law has closed the Angoria
voolen mills that employed 400 opera
ives. and parades this incident as a
'lea for the re-enactment of that law.
t would have the 10000, 900 people of I
america taxed 40 per cent on the
7oolens they ear in order to give
hese 400 operatives employment.
What rot! 1t would be cheaper to put
hese 400 operatives on the pension
ist.
A webfoot exchange announces it I,
as no preference as to whom its party r
hall nominate for Office, but when the :
icket is named it will support the o
anne from top to bottom. Such +
aper has no place in journalism. 1t +
party organ of the most dangerous y
ort, and it is the existence of just
lch organs that encourages corrup-
on in political parties. Whenever A
spirants for Office are assured of the
lpport of party organs. regardless of
leir competency, honesty or integrity, q,
ad and designing mer will manipulate Il
onventions to secure nominations, .
nd as result incompetent and dis !,
onest men are elevated to office. @
The Rev. Anna Shaw is indeed a N
Apply spirit. Her words act as a Il
,othing cordial to the nerves of the pl
mid men of California who fear the tt
lyent of the new woman. Thus she g
'nsoles them; some of the greatest hi