The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-07-18

bullion value is little more than $780,
O0O,OoO go at twice its actual CONNER
cial value. That is, it is forcing every
silver dollar, which as bullion is worth
only little more than so cents, pass
as full dollar in gold.
The death of Ex-Governor William
E. Russell, of Massachusetts, is loss
to the entire nation. There were few
brighter minds or more patriotic citi
zens in the United States than Gov.
Russell.
An exchange remarks that after the
| November election Brvan's name
will be Dennis O'Bryan." That may
be true, but there are whole lot of
voters who are sangnine in the belief
that'he will have the word 'president"
prefxed to his name, while Major Nc
Kinley may per chance be dubbed
"Michael"
1t is peculiar taste that Is exhibited
by some people who bolted the regular
nominee of the republican convention
and supported Judge Northup for con-
gress, to now come out and request
Jonathan Bourn to resign from the
position of secretary of the republican
state committee, because they antici-
pate that he may bolt Mckinley.
In the heat of the presidential cam
paign we should not lose sight of the
fact that there will be session of the
Oregon legislature held next January,
and the much needed legislation is
| needed: for instance, the enactment of
strict registration law, the abolish
| ing of all needless commissions, and
the re-enactment of the mortgage tax
law and exemption of Indebtedness
from taxation.
John P. Irish, one of California's
staunchest democrats, believes that
state is lost to democracy by the adopt
ion OF free silver platform, while the
Sacramento Bee, one of the most in.
fuential republican papers of the
Golden Gate state, says the adoption
of the gold standard plank at St. Louis
will cause California to be lost to
Mckinley by 1000 votes. Which is
to be believed?
The Oregon struck the nail on the
head when it said:
SIT is evident, since the national
treasury has long been running behind,
that there is not revenue enough to
meet the demand. The same is true
in our local affairs. But it is mistake
to call for an increase of revenue as the
only remedy. Expenditure should be
diminished. Government costs 100
much. The appropriations are too
large. In private affairs all men re-
trench. In public affairs, why keep
up the extravaganza and cry out.
More revenue'?n
The democrats have nominated a
free silver man on free silver plat.
form, and the republicans have nom.
mated a hitherto free-silver man on a
gold platform. In keeping with the
course it pursued in the last congress
sional ell ction, it would now be In
order for the Oregonian to insist upon
the nomination of an independent gold
candidate on solid gold platform. If
the Oregonian proposes to be thor
oughly consistent it can no more sup
port Mckinley than 1t could have sup
ported Ellis. Mckinley has record
of having voted for free coinage when
he was in congress.
The Telegram announces that Bryan !
is a weak man in his own state, and !
that he cannot even carry Nebraska /
this fall. AS 20 the consistency of this
statement we have but to refer to the |
vote OF Nebraska two years ago. By |
an arrangement OF the laws uf that
state the people have the privil ge OF
expressing their choice for u S. sena-
tor, and in the election of 1894 Bryan
received 80.371 votes, more than all /
the other candidates, but the legisla-
ture was republican. and John M.
Thurston, who received only 1855
was elected to the senate. If the
people of Nebraska have not changed
their mindi in the past two years,
II is rather tiresome to read some of
the editorials lauding Mckinley. He
is held up as a great statesman, one
who learned all about the intricate
business affairs of this great nation by
a few years service in congress, and as
a elimination of his services to the ma
tion as legislator created the tariff
law of 1890. This was indeed grand
stroke of craftsmanship and marked
example of financiering for it reduced
the revenues from customs duties from
1929, ,688. .5S5 in 1890 to Sl77. .452, 1854 in
1892. Then he is held up to gaze as
the great ruler of the state of Ohio for
four years, during which time the debt
of that state, was increased more than
100000.
Those who have had the manage
ment of loaning the state school funds
in Grant county evidently have been
most negligent in some Instances at
least. One piece of property on which
81, 500 were loaned has just been sold
under execution for S700. Besides the
principle, there was due on the loan
interest amounting to S1,U53 33. In
addition to the interest due, the taxes
unpaid and costs of collection amounted
20 S3S0.93, making the total indebted
ness $3934.28. so the state school
iund loses s3234.26 on the loan. If
here are many more loans of the fund
10 better secured than this seems to
,ave been, the 2,5OO,0 900 school fund
will soon disappear. ID
Who wins In the |
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