The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-05-30

their interest to support for congress
man. 1t Is an insult to the intelli-
gence Of Eastern Oregon voters for
strangers to come among them, in the
interest OF this or that candidate,
urging them to stand up for party
principles, vote the ticket straight,
and be counted as strict followers of
the commands of party leaders, at the
sacrifice of the very issue which is Of
paramount Importance to every farmer,
stockraiser and business man in the
Inland Empire, an issue in which all
have a common interest, direct part
| nership.
With Coxey, Weaver and Davis, all
| non-residents of the state, insisting
upon the election of Mr.. Quinn; Dodd,
Hume and Geer advocating The elec.
tion of Mr.. Ellis; Spencer and Judge
Northup urging that the sound money
candidate is the only one who is fitted
to Represent the second congressional
district in congress, the voter may be-
come confused, and lead from an under
standing of where his real interests
are and who can best represent them.
But let US for q moment, before de-
Gliding whom we shall support for con-
gress, inquire into the merits of the
different candidates, view them from
a business standpoint, and then deter
mine on which we can place our re-
lance, and who will serve our inter-
ests best in the halls of congress.
Our common interest is the OPEN
ing of the Columbia river to free and
unimpeded navigation, 30 that the
products Of our farms, our pastures
and our flocks can float unobstructed
to the markets of the world. Which
of the different candidates will best
serve this common cause? which has
the deepest personal interest in seeing
this great waterway opened to naviga-
tion?
Both MIR. Quinn and Judge Northup
are residents of Portland. Every in
terest they have is identified with that
city. Will it result to the benefit of
Portland, the home of these gentle
men, if all Instructions to the naviga-
ton of the Columbia are removed, so
that the vast products of the Inland
Empire can float down its broad bosom
to Astoria, pass by the metropolis OF
the northwest, and be shipped direct
from there to foreign ports? VIII Mr..
Quinn and Judge Northup be Jealous
workers for an enterprise that will
thus divert from their home city a
source of revenue it has enjoyed in the
past? No, a thousand times mol They
cannot, will not heartily support any
measure that will detract from the
commercial greatness of their home
city, however much it might benefit
the remainder of the district.
Mr.. Ellis is a resident of Eastern
Oregon, and his heart should be in the !
great work of giving the people of the |
Inland Empire means of the freest |
transportation for their products; but |
he has had four years of trial, and dur
ing that time hundreds of thousands |
of dollars have been squandered in q |
pretended attempt to. remove the OBJ
to navigation at the Cas-
cades, still the gates of the locks re-
main closed, and Mr.. Ellis has yet to |
raise his voice to inquire the cause, or
court and investigation. He has been
in the scale of experience and
found wanting.
Then to whom shall the people of
the Inland Empire, who have for years
paid extortionate freightrates on both
exports and imports, look for assist
ance? Who can they send as repre-
sentative to Washington to break the
the seal that locks the gates CT COM
merce? To none other than our feIlow
towhsman, A. S. Bennett. Every
interest he has is ideptifed
with the people of Eastern Oregon,
mis- every interest is their interest;
MS prosperity depends upon. their
prosperity. He can be depended upon
20 exert his entire energy to secure
hat for which we have all waited these
wenty years-an open river to the
ea. Therefore our duty, our interest.
s plain; we understand it without the
Idvice Of the learned gentlemen from
Texas and Ohio, from Portland and
salem. 1t is to elect A. S. Bennett to
congress.