The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-08-22

EDITORIAL NOTES.

The deaths from heat In New ork
| Brooklyn and suburban towns during
the last ten days number 63l. In all
the cities of the east the total num-
ber Of deaths from heat approximates
1,50O.
Bourke Cochran has entered the SER
vice of the Hanna syndicate, and be-
gan a campaign for Mckinley at
Madison Square gardens yesterday.
Wonder how much the syndicate has
paid him.
Sam Small, the evangelist. has de-
clared his intention of taking the
stump for Bryan and Sewall. 1t is
said he will have aseries Of joint de-
bates with ex-Congressman w. E.
Mason, of Chicago.
Bryan has carried the flag OF tie
people over the ramparts of the en-
trenc he'd power of gold supremacy.
1t only remains for the people to fol-
low their leader on to victory.-Ta-
coma Union.
With the wool grower, the wheat
raiser, the cotton planter and the
farmer who raises meets all prosper
Gus and doing we'll, the rest of the
community will certainly thrive. The
gold standard press assert that the
free coinage of silver will raise the
price Of all their products.
Josiah E. Kelly, for q years cashIer
of the First National bank of South
Bend, Ind, did the proper thing the
other day by killing himself after hav.
ing acknowledged that he had de-
frauded the bank out of $4,000. His
was more sensible course to pursue
than to skip to some foreign country.
The populists, democrats and Silver
puolicans did a, wise thing in COM
bining their issues and putting out a
fusion state ticket over in Washing
ton at the conventions held at Ellens.
burg. With nothing to divide them in
the state campaign, they can now
easily pool their issues in the presiden.
tial. election.
The only real producers of wealth in
the nation are the farmers and miners;
the rest Of us are only accumulators
and manipulators of the wealth they
create. Therefore if we would DO pros
porous we must first make the farmers
and miners prosperous. Will the free
coinage of silver make them prosper
Gus is about the only important ques.
tion in the present campaign?
Because Mckinley will not issue his
letter OF acceptance is causing the
Oregonian and its followers to become
quite impatient. Keep your clothes
on, gentlemen; when Hanna gets
through arranging the details of his
"business mems" campaign and has
fried a few millions more of fat out of |
the millionaires he will have time to
dictate the majors letter. then your |
awful suspense will be relieved.
If the votes OF the American people |
were to be bought up like 80 many
sheep, the republicans should succeed |
in the coming national election with |
their boasted sl5.c00.0oO campaign
fund, one-half of which is said to have
been contributed by Wall street, who
are putting out their millions, it is
said, for the benefit of the poor labor
ing men, to keep up the standard of
their wages. 80 that the profits of the
syndicates and trusts shall not be so
great.
We regret to announce that Mr..
Fred w. Wilson has retired from the
editorial management of The Dalles
Chronicle. Mr.. Wilson is bright,
pleasing writer. an atfable gentleman.
and the relations that have existed be-
tween Mir. Wilson and the writer
hereof during the past year, since we
have had control of the TINES NOUN
EER, have been of most friendly
nature. We trust, however, his retire.
ment from the editorial staff of the
Chronicle will only be temporary.
The opinion rendered by Attorney
General Idleman on the status OF af-
fairs at the Cascade portage Is such
jumbled up affair that no one can
draw a conclusion as to what the
rights of the state are. 1t utterly fills
to throw any light upon the subject,
and since it has been rendered we still
have no idea whether or not the state
has right to operate the portage in
opposition to the sweet will OF the
government contractors. F.
1t is claimed by the protectionists
that It Is the duty of the government
to foster and stimulate all our leading
industries. The way to stimulate any