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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-07-04
THE ONE ISSUE.

The democratic national convention
will convene In Chicago on Tuesday
Of next week to enunciate the prin-
ciples Of the party, and nominate cam
didates for president and vice-presi-
dent. There can now be but little
doubt as to what the declaration of the
convention will be, on the leading is
sues of the day. The silver men will
have large majority, and if not the
necessary two-thirds to nominate, will
have sufficient power to enforce into
the platform declaration for the free
coinrge Of the white metal at the ratio
of 16 to /, then no gold standard ad-
vocate would accept q place on the
ticket, hence the nominees for presi-
dent and vice president will be silver
men of well defined standing in the
party. The tariff plank will likely
differ but little from that adopted in
1892, though it may be less radical,
and will likely declare for re-adjust-
ment of schedules, 80 as to produce
more revenue and at the same time |
afford incidental protection to such |
industries as are claimed to have suf-
fered under the present tariff law;
therefore on this topic there will, in
all probability, be but little discrep-
ancy between the St. Louis and
Chicago platforms, leaving the money +
question the one and only issue be-
tween the democratic and republican
parties.
Since the republican national con-
vention declared squareiy against free
coinage of silver, and the democratic
national convention will pronounce
for it, the money question can and
will be definitely settled, if other silver
parties who profess to believe this
issue paramount to all others, will
show their sincerity by refusing to
nominate q presidential ticket. With
but two candidates in the field, fair,
lull and honest expression OF the peo-
Die of the nation can be had. II on
his issue Mckinley is elected, the
,ilyer men should be satisfied to abide
~ the decision Of the majority and
orever drop their hobby On the
,ther hand, if he is beaten and silver
candidate Is elected, the advocates OF 3
ingle gold STANDARD must submit to
he inevitable, and prepare to adjust
heir business to silver standard.
It is, we believe, to the best interest
f all that the money question be made
he only issue In the next election. Its
citation in past years has done more
0 disturb business than anything else.
he suspense and uncertainty We have
assed through Is more detrimental 9
aan the adoption OF either a gold or +
liver standard could possibly be. 1
vhat the nation requires r the settl- .
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-07-04
A SPANISH VICTORY.
Insurgents Were Put to Right Wit
Heavy

Insurgents Were Put to Flight With
Heavy Loss.
HAVANA, July IA Bahia Honda
letter received here today gives the
details of an important engagement in
Pinar del Rio, near Cayo Redondo.
The rebel leader, Brigadier Franz and
his l3 followers were killed and many
wounded. They were carried from the
field. The insurgents were put to
fight. The coast steamer Trito brought
yesterday from Rahia Honda many
Spanish families. The feeling in Pinar
del Rio is now one of alarm.
Generals Gonzales, Munez and Null
nos arrived here from Pinar del Rio
last night to confer with the captain
general. Lieutenant-General Valdez
sailed from Havana today for Spain to
recuperate his health.
The insurgent chief, Aramaeo San.
chez, lighting under Maximo Gomez,
in the late battle of Najasa, was
wounded. Sanchez leg has since been
amputated.
Gomez is said to be now encamped
with only 800 men all mounted, 400 be
ing from Minas Point, known as Los
Estrapodes.
Four hundred rebels commanded by
Salvador Reves alta .ked, on the oath,
26th and 9th insts., the town Of Yara,
near Manzanillo. but were vigorously
repulsed with heavy loss. It is re-
ported the rebel chief, Perez, was en-
camped on the 9th at Manga Daraga,
near Santo Domingo. 1t is said he
came from the east. 1t was his inten-
tion to march to Vulta Jarada.
Santiago de Cuba advices report APO
cases of smallpox in that city. Two
sisters of Charity, belonging to the St.
Vincent de Paul Association, died of
yellow fever at Santa Clara hospital
while attending their patients.
The Inhabitants of Morgazo, in the
province of Santa Clara, on the night
Of June 28, were surprised by the pres
ence of rebels who had entered the
town without arousing the troops,
which were supposed to be defending
the place. The insurgents looted
store and killed clerk and cousin of
the owner. The garrison at length
learned of what was going on under
their noses, rushed to arms and at
tackled the invaders, who were. ac-
cording to the government reports,
compelled to retreat, with four killed
and II wounded.
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A Rare lnducemen.

The San Francisco Examiner will
give away at its next annual drawing
5000 premiums. agrregating in value
S145,0 900. Each subscriber also receives
fine picture worth in the market
more than the price of the paper.
These are splendid inducements, he
cause the Examiner is the best news
paper on the coast, and is well worth
alone the amount a year that it costs.
II you subscribe now you can get the.
TINES s-MoUNTAINEER and Weekly Ex-
aminer one year each for only $3.50.
The clubbing rate entities the subscri-
Der to ticket in the drawing and all
other special privileges.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-07-04
NEITHER GOLD NOR SILVER

The East Oregonian ordinarily is
on the right side of most questions,
and advances many ideas that are re-
plete with good judgment, but like all
o.her papers is liable to fall into er-
rors, or ruin the effect Of its good
ideas by coupling them with bad isms.
In the following editorial it takes the
position that metal money has out
lived its usefulness" which is possibly
correct, but it ought at all times serve
the capacity OF the base on which
money is issued. Though the paper
couples with this proposition the one
that the disfavor in which metal
money has fallen has created demand
for the abolishing of laws for the col
lectlon Of debt, which spoils its argu-
ment for paper or some other sort of
token currency. Itsays:
s'lf the cheaper money drvies the
dearer money out of circulation, and
1t does, because cheap money does
not encourage boarding or accumula-
tion of money itself so much as dear
money, it is no argument against the
cheaper money, but an argument for it.
A money system that especially enr
courages boarding and accumulation
Of money is wrong system, a per-
nicious system and one that does more
for privileged and idle aristocracy
and plutocracY Than anything else,
But free silver coinage does not come
under the head Of a cheap money. 1t
is only cheaper money as compared
to gold, but identicaily the same kind
of money and conductive to the
same results as gold if given the
same privileges, favors and powers.
1t will work the same ruin under mon
omeralism as gold Metal money has
outlived its usefulness, it bas become
the recognized enemy of the masses OF
the people and as time moves on the
popular declarations against it will be
more and more startling and confusion
more confounded until it's powers are
denied and its use forbidden. So far |
40 man has been able to establish |
and justice, SO far as he
strives 70 establish these, he has parted |
company with metal money and
created the necessity of abolishing
and repeating al laws for the collec-
tion Of debts"
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CHANCE FOn A FIGHT.
In the Matter of Selecting Temporary
Chairman,

Chairman.
CHICAGO, July 2:-It Is not yet de-
termined whether tht executive com.
mittee will resume the responsibility
of naming man for temporary chair
man of the democratic national con-
vention.
That matter is still under considera-
tion. A decision has been arrived at
not in defiance of the request of silver
men, but because 1t is in accordance
with precedents. There is no doubt II
the full national committee accept the
recommendation it will precipitate a
lively skirmish on the floor Of the con-
vention on the threshold of its pro-
proceedings.
II a gold man is selected the silver
minority of the national COMMITTEES
will bring in report recommending
silver man and the first contest will
be between gold and silver forces and
fought out there and then. 1t has
been intimated in case affairs reach
this stage Chairman Harrity will re-
fuse to order general roll call and
will arbitrararily seat the gold candi-
dates. The silver men refuse to be-
lieve he would pursue such a course.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-07-04
WE NEED AANUFACTURES

There never was time when the need
OF q wool securing and manufactur-
ing plant in The Dalles was more fully
illustrated than at the present. The
warehouses are filled with wool from
every section of Eastern Oregon, but
it remains in the warehouses unsought
by wool merchants. No sales of any
consequence have been made, because
the buyers hold there Is no demand
from the eastern manufacturers This
emphasizes the fact that market at
home should be created. We may we'll
learn of the advantages from securing
and manufacturing plants by the ex-
ample set by Pendleton. 1t has not
the natural transportation facilities
possessed by The Dalles. still by es-
tablishing a securing plant and woolen
mills it has created q market at home,
and as result the heaviest wool sales
made thus far this season have been
made ut that place, and without COM
petitive freight rates, Pendleton has
become the second largest wool market
in Eastern Oregon. =
The natural advantages for handling
freighss and with the benefits of river
transportation, The Dalles will ever
be the leading commercial city of the
Inland Empire, but it cannot live and
grow upon this resource alone. An in,
crease of population is necessary to
make of # q prosperous city, and this
can only be obtained-by Offering more
employment to operatives. To give
employment to more labor manufacture
ing industries must be established.
Had we manufacturing industries in
The Dalles that would give employ. |
mens to 1000 operatives, even at the |
low wages Of s1.25 day, it would |
create prosperity that has hitherto
been unknown. It would not only
furnish market for large amount of
raw material such rs wool. but the
,peratives would consume immense
,uantities of provisions, thus creating
! home market for the farmers pro-
Luce; they would require houses tol
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-07-04
The Democratic aavel.

CHICAGO, July l.-Ossian Guthrie,
of Chicago, will present to the national
democratic convention q gavel with a
peculiar history.
The head is made from a piece of
oak timber taken from the corner of
the old block-house at Fort Dearborn,
in lS46, by Ferdinand Jones. The
handle is constructed from the trunk
of tree found 20 feet below the sur
face Of the ground and below the
glacial drift, 1.-THE corner of Thirty
ninth street and Cottage Grove ave.
nue.. This wood Is believed to be 1000
years old.
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Times- g1Ionntaineer.
ALL FOR WESTERN OREGON


Those who have labored long and in
cessantly to keep the Third Regiment,
o. N. G., together and make it an eff
fective organization, and have seen it
reduced from regiment to a battalion,
begin to feel that their lsbors have
been In vain. They realize the fact
that it is discouraging and even next
TO impossible to keep militia COM
panies in good training unless there is
something. more attractive than ordi-
nary armory drills, and it is a source
of great. .disappointment to them that
they receive the intelligence that
Governor Lord has determined to con-
vert the funds that were intended to
defray the expenses of an encampment
at Hood River toward paying the ex-
penses Of the campaign of the first
regiment at Astoria.
In.lS91 the Third Regiment had an
encampment, and every year since
they have been promised another, but
it seems that such promises were made
only to be broken. This year they
had every reason to believe that their
encampment at Hood River would be
q great seccess and would result in
much good to the different companies
of the battalion in perfecting the men
in all discipline that is required to
make the efficient soldiers, but the
governor, by his decision, has
deprived them Of this. It begins to
look as If the appropriation for main
tanning the Oregon National Guard
was only intended to perpetuate the
organization in Western Oregon,
while the militia-men of Eastern Ore
gon should be thrown on their own re-
sources, to get along the best they can,
With no opportunity offered them to
perfect themselves in the science of
warfare. Naturally the militiamen on
this side of the mountains begin to
feel that they are unjustly dealt with,
and see but little encouragement to |
keep together, and pose as defenders
Of the state. If they are to be trified |
with in the future as they have in the |
past in reference to their annual en- |
it will not be surprising if |
q number of companies disband.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-07-04
SILVER DICK TALKS.
Makes Some Additional Remarks Upon
the silver Question.

Makes Some Additional Remarks Upon
the silver Question.
LEBANON, Mo-, July 1.-Richard P.
Blanc, Missouri's candidate for presi-
dent, has just returned from a confer
ence at st. Louis with those who are
working in his interest. When seen,
he interposed no objection to a brief
discussion of the political issues, and
particularly of that issue which is of
his own creating.
81 do not know thatI can add much to
my previous expressions on the subject
of silver" he added. "It is generally
known that urgently favor the re-
storation of silver as money and ad-
yocate its free, unlimited and unre-
!stricted coinage at ratio of l6 to j, to
be maintained in all respects at a mu-
tual party with gold.
81 think the immediate effect OF this
would be to improve the industria
and commercial condition, of the
country. believe the restoration of
free coinage would be the salvation of
this nation. If the United States were
to open its mints to the free and un-
limited coinage of silver, I think other
leading nations would promptly follow
the example.
''In case the other nations of the
Sorld do not follow this example, and
the United States had to maintain the
free coinage Of silver alone, I believe
no i'll effect will be experienced in the
financial centers. My idea is that re-
storation of free coinage would mean
the awakening of trade and allied in
terests, and prosperity would progress.
The feeling i. all one way. The silver
idea will dominate the democratic con-
vention and the silver candidates will
be victorious in the election.
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Iron Mills win Close.

YOUNGSTOWN, o.. June 30.-Every
mill in the Mahoning valley. includ-
ing Youngstown, Warren. Niles, Gil
rard and Struthers. will close today
pending the settlement of the rate per
ton for boiling. Manufacturers offer
to sign scale at "a per ton, while the
Amalgamated Association is holding
out for $3.50. Eight thousand FIVE
hundred mill workers will be out of
employment until a settlement is
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That 1wo-rn,ras kuIe.

CHICAGO, July Lit is not yet Ger.
tain whether there will be general
disposition in the convention to follow
the lead of the Illinois delegation for
the abrogation OF the two thirds rule.
There is unquestionably strong
faction who agree with Altgeld, that
the rule is undemocratic and would
like 70 see it cancelled upon general
principles. If, however, it be abro-
gated, the action will be due to the
difficulty of securing the necessary
two-thirds to nominate. with the rule
still in existence. This is one OF the
questions the silver committee will
probably consider.
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President Bios. Ia. Resigned.

President ]. M. Bloss, of the State
Agricultural college at Corvallis, has
rendered his resignation and it has
been accepted by the board of regents
and the board has appointed Hon. T.
J. Appersen. Gov. Lord and Benton
KILN committee to find q successor,
Prof. Bloss to remain in charge until a
successor is selected. The applicants
for the position of president are Prof.
E. B.McElroy, Hon. q. B. Miller and
Prof. E. Grimm.
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ing of this question. and If the popu-
lists aud silver republicans are sincere
in their protestatiOns they will allow
the question to be settled between two
candidates next November. If they
prevent this by nominating a ticket,
they will surely divide the silver vote.
elect Mckinley, and leave the question
of finance still unsettled for four
years. for it will be claimed after the
election that the silver vote was di-
vided, and that no expression of the
people was had, SO they will clamor
for re submission of the question in
1890.
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Thrown Upon a Saw.

GoLpENDALE, Wash, June 3d.
George Slocum, proprietor of the
Cedar Valley saw mill, brought news
here today of the awful death Of L. q.
Radcliff. at Cedar Valley, about 2
o'clock this afternoon. L. h. Rad
cliff was in the employ Of Mr.. Slocum
at the mill. and was engaged in ''off-
bearing" behind the saw. He was TAX
ing away slab that had just been cut,
but, instead OF rolling it down the
rolls, he picked it up and started to
pass 1t over the saw. Mr.. Slocum saw
it was going to strike the saw, and
yelled to him to look out. At that in
stant Radcliff was jerked upon the
saw, his body badly cut, and thrown
over the log that was on the carriage
to the floor of the mill. He made an
effort 70 rise, but fell back dead.
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Left for Gray Gables.

WASHINGTON, June 3O.-President
Cleveland left Washington this morn
ing over the Pennsylvania railroad,
accompanied by P ivate Secretary
Thurber. At Jersey City the presi-
dent will board the private yacht
Oneida and sail for Buzzard's bay. All
executive business will be transacted
at Gray Gables during the summer.
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in which one man was fatally stabbed

in which one man was fatally stabbed
and several others seriously hurt.
just how the trouble originated mo-
body knows, but as the congregation
was passing out John Moser and John
Jemerson, who have long been enemies,
were seen to be scuf3ing, when Jemer.
son drew knife and stabbed Moser
several times. Friends went to their
assistance and the fight became gen.
eral, clubs and pocket knives being
used. " hen the room was finally
cleared Moser was dead, William
Murphy had fractured skull, little
child of John Henderson had been ter
ribly bruised by being trampled upon,
and her mother was unconscious from
fright. Others of the congregation
were bruised
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RICHMOND, June 30.-The Confeder-
ate reunion opened today with charm
ing weather. An immense throng was
present. AS General Gordon showed
his face on the .rostrum this morning,
a mighty Confederate yell went up.
Governor O'Ferrall welcomed the vet
Grams. General Gordon is the orator
of the occasion.
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Cheyenpes ON the warpath.

CHICAGO. June SO.-A special to the
Record from Helena Mont, says:
The Cheyenne Indians have donned
their war paint and are holding pow
vows preparatory 20 general upris-
ing. Several troops of the tenth
cavalry have been ordered from Port
Custer to the Cheyenne agency at
Lame Deer. Custer county, Mont.
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A Popu,ist Opinion.

ST. LOUIS, June 30.-H. E. Tau
beneck, chairman Of the national ex-
ecutive committee Of the peoples party,
says: "In the light Of the last few
days, / think Bland's or Teller's nomi-
nation at Chicago is the only thing
that can head off aseparate ticket at
st. Louis"
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This is Exlraordinary.

PANAMA. July 1.-Horatio Guzman,
formerly Nicaraguan minister to the
United States, sails for Corinto tomor-
row. 1t is reported that he has been
returned as a liberal to congress, but
that he will refuse to go, being im-
pressed with the idea that he was not
fairly elected. DR.. PARA, liberal gov.
ernor of the department. of Tolima,
has resigned. DR.. Pinto has been ap-
pointed to succeed him.
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Admits His Guilt.

TACOMA, June 30.-County Commis-
sioner Holmes this afternoon admitted
the truth of the charges made by the
two janitors of the courthouse that
they were compelled to pay. him $40
per month to retain their positions.
The janitors are old soldiers, and the
G. A. r. will try to force Holmes out
of off3ca
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The Globe-Democrat figures out
that eighteen states-Connecticut,
Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa.
Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Minpesota, New Hampshire,
New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Penn.
sylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and
Wisconsin--are sure to go republican.
This will give the republicans 23s
votes, or IA in excess Of the
number needed for choice" The
Globe-Democrat Is Q pretty good fig.
urer, but it will find it Is decidedly in
error when the vote is counted next
provided there Is only one
,andidste in the race against McKin;
ey.
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still Running Behind.

WASHINGTON. June 30.-The indi-
cations now are that the excess Of the
government expenditures over the
receipts for the year ending today will
be about Sl5, 500, 900 as compared with
the deficit of about s43, 200, 900 for the
year 1895. The receipts for the pres
ent month will exceed the expendi-
lures by about 81, 100000.