The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-04-18
EDITORIAL NOTES.


speech at POI IL ind, said: "The repub
lican party killed prosperity. threw
the corpse in the lap of the democracy
and then >ho It d murder" The gen
erals ver;lcity 4 this instance IS mol
questioned.
The candidate for the presidency
who once remarked that he would
rather be right than be president viii
he muchly quoted from now on tt
November. This candidate must .ha, {
been right as he never got to te
president.
The silver wave struck Missouri an6
Colorado democrats as forcibly as il
di those Of Oregon and Washington
The conventions in the former states
hoih declared for free coinage, In
both conventions the friends of the
white metal were largely in the ma.
jority.
| The Salem Journal remarks that Joe
| Simon is now completely retired
from Oregon politics" The jnurn;
'iOes not know Mr.. simon. He has
| met his match for once, and was turn,
'iown for a time. but will he in the
ring again long before election day.
Death is the only thing that will retil g
him from politics.
If the financial plank in the re-
publican platform adopted by the
Portland convention declares against
the free COMA re OF silver, how is Mr..
Ellis going tc consistently stand on it?
However, he may consider that plat
venienG vehicles on which to ride into
office.
A "straddle" in the republican plat
form, II free silver man nominated fer
congress in one district and gold
standard man in the other is difficult
combination even for the most radical
republican to endorse. Free silver
Outand-out is nothing to compare with
l.. Gentlemen. you have our sympathy
in these confining times.
The Pendleton Tribune thinks the
financial plank in the republican pl III
form declares for sound money. Some
very able statesmen in the republican
party have construed it differently.
They interpret it to mean free and un-
limited coinage of silver, and on its
declarations justify their vote for free
coinage. 1t is strange that great
minds should thus differ.
Politics in Multnomah county are
decidedly mixed. Two republican,
democratic, populist and taxpayers
league tickets in the field, there is no
telling what the result will be. At
least there is plenty of material on all
these tickets TO select from, and if
good men are not elected, it will not
bs for want of material. In such con-
tests, however, taxeaters are very
likely to come out on top.
Senator Mitchell's promises that
will be done for the. compile
tion of the Cascade Locks is rather
stale chestnut. People are getting
tired. of hearing it. He has had all
winter in which to look after this mat
ter, and his constituents in Eastern
Oregon would accept with better grace
a telegram announcing that an appro-
priation had been made than any
promise that something will be- done.
They are getting heartily tired of
promises.
Republican protection is robbery of
the many for the benefit of the few. re-
marks an exchange. 1t has been the
OF bui ding up great and power
full trusts. killing off small industries,
creating multimillionaires.an and concen- {
trating the accumu ulated wealth of the
in the hands of a very limited
and select circle of plutOcrats. This
is why the iron barons. under the lead
Of Millionaire Mark Hanna. are SO
anxious for McKinley's nomination.
The cong essional contest in this
district is coming down tn a REGULAR )
phase. Rcv Wilmot Whitfield, the
nominee for congress, has
and F. McKercher, who
poses as sound money man, has been
named in his stad. 1t is just possible
that McKercher will be endorsed by
,he sound money men of the district
.s the Moses to lead them to victory.
IN this event. he will have another
blank added to his platform, which
low declares siugly for prohibition.
There seems to be a pause in the
boom. Can it be that
combination is being formed against
he sham Napoleon of protection?
stands for nothing but ex-
RENE protection, which means the
'obbery of the few for the ben eft of
be many, and it would be national
for him TO become president
It the United States. But before win
ling that honor he has two things to
o-frst to win the republican nomina-
ion, and then to beat some good demo-
rat. Can he do both?
The indications now are that an in.
ependent candidate for congress in
his district will be named by the
adherents in the demo-
raric and republican parties. The
liver plank in the democratic platform
nd the nomination of Ellis leaves the
old men no choice between congress
Onal nominees. hence an effort is I
sing made to place candidate in the
eld on singie-standard platform. O
is not likely that such a candidate II
ould receive the support of all single s
andard advocates in either party, for o
lere are some who believe there are
her issues of as great Importance as
e question of finance, but the result
ould be very accurate test of the ;,
rength of the different factions in =
q district.
G.
Multnomah Democratic Ticket. L
PORTLAND, Apr. 16.-The democratic ol
unity convention met today for the Is
rpOse of nominating full ticket
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