The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-11-28

many American citizens firmly believe
that Mark Hanna was in league with
/ the other fellow.
Speculation is rife as to whether or
not the Pacific coast shall be recog-
'nized when -dcKinley's cabinet is
formed If it is both Ser ator Mitchell
and Senator Dolph will get their hats
off ready to catch the plum.
The big banquet to Mr.. Hirsch is
over, but Senator Mitchell did not in
his speech on that occasion answer the
question prepounded to him by the
| Oregonian correspondents as to how
he would vote on the silver question
in case of his re election to the senate.
General Weyler has slipped back to
bis comfortable quarters in Havana,
| and intimates that he will not chase
the insurgents any more this year.
This will give the Cubans show to
rearrange their forces, and start on
another vigorous campaign in the
| spring.
Some of the hard-hearted prophets
are now declaring that there will be
| no lady clerks employed at the next
session of the legislature. Iftheir pre-
dictions are true, we may expect to
hear of number of the legislators re-
signing. With no lady clerks the leg
islative halls xould haye little attrac-
| tious to some, and what would they
want to Assem- BILE there for?
Senator Mitchell and ex-senator
Dolph have been interviewed by the
Oregonian, and each declares he is not
candidate fer position in President
McKinley's cabinet. This Is TO be re-
gretted, since the West should be re-
presented in the cabinet. The secre-
tary OF the interior ought to be chosen
from some state west of the Rocky
Mountains, and either Dolph or
Mitchell would be good selection for
that position.
Prominent republicans. Hon. Nelson
Ringley among the number, express
the belief that it will he impossible to
pass the Dingley tariff bill through
| the senate at the coming session.
Since the treasury is in urgent need OF
more revenue, some other source for
raising money will be found necessary
if the Dingley bill cannot be passed,
and about the only measure pcs
sible seems to be to double the revenue
; tax on beer or levy on increased duty
On sugar, tea and coffee.
Congress will not have to do much
during the coming session If it leaves
things in shape to prevent the cal
ling If an extra session shortly after
Mr.. Mckinley is inaugurated. About
all that is necessary to do is to pass
dozen or more general appropriation
bills, reform the currency, increase the
revenue, do something for Cuba. set
tie the Hawaiian question and pass
lO,CO0 pension bills. If all this is done
in three months, Mckinley will have
clear sailing until December, 1897, but
II not, then what?
The Cuban insurgents have rescrted
to a system of warfare that, while 1t Is
barbarious, willsno doubt prove effect
ual They have employed number OF
Texas rangers to climb into tree trops
and shoot Spanish generals. putting a
price of 81 900 on each generals head,
and have offered 5000 TO the man who
. kills General Weyler. The rangers
Lare armed with rifles that weigh %
pounds and will throw ball five miles.
The Cubans evidently believe iu
fighting the devil with fire. and if
the Spanish generals are not devils
, there are none on this earth. =
Martin Luther Pipes was conspic..
uous at the republican banquet in
Portland last Saturday night, aid was
proud to say he was one OF the spa
triotic democrats" who bolted the reg
ular democratic ticket because the
platform declared for the free coinage
! of silver. Martin Luther ran on free
coinage platform last June, and
thought l. was awful unpatriotic be-
cause the democrats refused to walk up
and support him, nevertheless he was
one OF the "patriotie" democrats who
were instrumental in defeating the
democratic nominee for congress in
this district.
Predictions sometimes miscarry, es-
pecially predictions made just prior to
an election. Before the election we
were told that foreign capital would
not seek investment in any state that
cast its vote for Bryan or that elected
a populist legislature. Washington
did both, and still foreign capital is
seeking investment over th-re. and
the other day Clark county sold SILL
600 of bonds to Denver firm, and
Chicago firm took S119,OO0 of Kittitas
county bonds at par. Besides agents
of trust companies have been running
all oyer Klickitat county trying to loan
money on farm properly.
A number of clerks in the treasury
department. have been summarily dis
charged because they violated the
rules of the department by taking an
active part In the campaign for the
free coinage of silver. How the presi-
dent or Mr.. Carlisle can justify sucn
dismissals is not explained. Ifit was
a violation of the rules of the depart
ment for clerk to take an active part
in the campaign for free coinage, it
seems that it should also have been
violation for Secretary Carlisle to take
and active part for the gold standard.
If President Cleveland wants to be
consistent, he should remoye Mr.. Car.
Isle along with the other offensive
partisans."
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