The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-05-23
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Even the republican nominees for
senators and representatives do not
undertake-to excuse or apologize for
the extravagances of the last legisla'
ture, but they promise to do better
than their predecessors if elected. II
we mistake not, the same kind of prom
ises were made two years ago.
There is probably no more com
pete Mt surveyor and civil engineer in
Eastern Oregon than Charles Schultz,
the nominee of the democratic party
for the office of county surveyor.
Should Mr.. Schultz be elected, the
people will find in him an obliging
and efficient public servant, ever ready
to fulfill the duties of the Office.
1t is not so much Of question
whether John II. Mitchell or J. N.
Dolph shall be elected q. S. senator,
as it is whether the taxpayers shall be
protected from the rayages of the tax
eaters, when it comes to selecting leg
islators. If the taxpayers desire such
protection they must rebuke the party
that is responsible for the extrava-
gances Of the last session.
The controversy regarding the price
OF Wasco county warrants in 1892 has
been made almost as clear as mud by the
explanation offered in the Chronicle.
1t mentions 1892 warrants bought by
DR.. Logan at par, but those warrants
were bought in 1893, as the cancelled
checks the doctor holds show. What
we have said, and still maintain, is
that the warrants of Wasco county, is
sued for small amounts, the payment
of services rendered for the county by
individuals, jurors. witnesses, etc.,
were not at par in 1892.
1t is told Of Mr.. Kelsay and Mr.. Gil
bert, nominees for clerk and school
superintendent, that in this campaign
they got over into Sherman county and
met with excellent success with the
voters of Grass Valley, securing
pledges of support from all. Brother
Kelsay declares that he will buy a geo.
graphy and study it carefully before he
starts out on another campaign. Gill
bert has the laugh on Kelsay for he
had the excuse that he was looking up
boundaries on the joint school districts
but Kelsay don't see the fun in such
previous" work.
The friends of Mr.. W. H. Moore are
causing him to pose as a firm friend of
the farmers of Sherman county and
one who furthered the cause of the
building of the Rattlesnade road which
is the acknowledged salvation of the
Sherman county wheet growers. But
| there is a peculiar feature connected
with the Rattlesnake road question,
provided Mr.. Moore was such stauch
friend of the measure. Only $500
were subscribed in Moro to the Rattle
snake road fund, and Mr.. Moore's
name did not appear as one of the SUBJ
scribers.
The Pythias, the bright K. of P
paper, published at Portland, speaks
out very plainly, and says: The editor
of this paper disapproves anarchy and
rioting in any form, and denounces
the anarchistic meeting held in the A.
o. U. W. temple wherein socalled
republican ticket was nominated.
Pythian to denounce it. from the rost,
rum and at the polls. It is pleasure
to know that the worthy brothers who
were placed upon the ticket in order
to give it respeetability, denounce the
meeting in unmeasured terms.
Lady school. superintendents have
been ''knocked outp in Oregon by
decision of the state supreme court in
Linn county case and the various
female nominees in different parts of
the state have Withdrawn from the
contest in consequence. The Consti-
tuition of Oregon plainly says that no
person who is not qualified elector
can hold county Office, and yet in the
light OF this fact legislature was
found ignorant enough to attempt to
empower ladies to hold this office.
The Salem Journal, which is one of
the most radical republican papers in
the state passes the following COM
ment upon the political situation:
''The Joe Simon ringsters, the Wall
Street ringsters, the off1ce-seeking
ringsters, who have combined to run
state and national politics and force
Dolph upon the people of Oregon
again, should be turned down in Port
land and every county in the state.
Let the professional office holding
class quit debating to the people, and
instead of their masters"
The Moro Observer thinks it has
scored a point against J. H. Cradle
baugh and in favor of A. A. Jayne by
the discovery, which it proclaims
loudly, that he found time to edit the
Hood River Glacier while practicing
law, or found time to practice law
while editing the Glacier, we can
hardly determine which, from the al |
legged witticism. It's q strong point |
a knock down argument, and
proves if it proves anything that John
knows a little something. OF course |
we concede without argument that
Mr.. Jayne found plenty of time to
practice law while-while-Oh we'll! |
We give it up.
The Mazamas, a band of 125 moun-
tain climbers, are preparing to visit
Crater Lake this summer by way of
Ashland. The club derives its name
from the Spanish scientific term
'Mazama" or mountain goat, the most
inevitable climber known in the world.
The members of the club climbed the
summit of Mt. Hood, over 1900 feet
above the sea, and their trip to the
yreat sacred lake of the Indians in the
Cascade range of Southern Oregon
will throw considerable light upon
what is supposed to be the mouth of a
low extinct volcano, which if it took a
notion as Versuvius did in Italy some
800 years ago, would probably swamp
southern Oregon and Northern Cali
ornia in a bed of ashes and hot water.
The Mitchell Monitor Is undertake
ng the difficult task of convincing the
eople of Crook county that Hon. J. Fl.
has never practiced in
he courts of Oregon, is not lawyer,