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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-09-04
A FAULTY SYSTEM.

The push, rush and scramble for
federal appointments in the state must
be assuming rather undignified pro-
portions when the Oregonian, which is
not noted for its cleanliness in politics.
is compelled to make such a statement
as the following:
"Whas a spectacle this scramble for
federal Office, this levee held at Port
land by dispensers of party swill. this
push of snouts for places at the public
trough, this virtual auction sale, held
openly and without shame for days
past-what spectacle it ISL
Beyond doubt the energy with which
some OF the place hunters are pushing
their claims before the Oregon delega.
ton is not dignifed; in fact, is really
disgraceful, savoring more of the
methods of the ward politician than of
the dignified campaign of people seek
ing positions OF honor and trust. But
these disgraceful scenes will be wit
messed so long as the system of filling
Offices. by appointmentp prevails. What
Is being enacted at Portland is more
the fault of this system than of the Of
.fice seekers -
II federal offices were elective, the
aspirant thereto would be compelled to
stand or fall, to some extent at least,
upon his worth and qualifications.
When they are filled by appointment
they are given out as rewards for party
fealty and service. They are handed
around like chrvmos to those who have
been faithful in the past and can rem
der service, that is, deliver votes to the
party dispensing patronage, at future
elections. Until the system is changed.
and all offices, except members Of the
cabinet and ministers to foreign coun-
tries, are made elective, such criticisms
as the above from the Oregonian may
he exDectad :.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-09-04
LABOR CONVENTION
Resolutions Committee Makes
a Sensational Report.
DAMAGED BY FROSTo
A Cold Wave Strikes Several North-
ern States lnjuring Crops to
Considerable Extent,
The s:ountess NJ. DeCanavarro Takes the
Buddhist Vowes-A Wheat Block
ads In San Erancisco-Two
More Victims.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 31.-The labor con-
vention was called to order at 10
o'clock this morning to listen to the
report of the committee on resolutions.
Mr.. Bergen in presenting the resolu-
tions said the report was the best the
committee could do under the circum-
stances. The report which is very
lengthy, starts off by saying:
The fears of the more watchful
athers of the republic have been justi-
fed and the Judiciary has become su.
preme with the republic PROSTATE at
the feet of judge appointed to ad-
mi lister the laws.
Under the cunning. farm OF iujunc-
ii ms. the courts have assumed to en-
&C criminal laws. and have repealed
ri yhts and denied the accused the
rig 1t of trial by jury. The exercise
of the commonest rights of freemen,
the right of assembly, and the right of
free speech have by legislation under
the form of iujunctiops, been made
CTlmt. hdfluS urdWu W IutuSoiNeS
all the powers of the federal govern
ment until congress and the president
may act only by judicial permission,
the federal judges have begun the SUBJ
| jugatiou of the sovereign states.
"Ihe pending strike of coal miners
who starved by reason OF the scant
wages paid for arduous and dangerous
toll, the pending strike for the right
to be fed enough to make labor pos
sible, has been prolific of judicial
usurpation, showing the willingness of
| judicial despots to resort to the most
shameless defiance of decency as we'll
as of the laws of humanity, in order. to
enable heartless avarice to drive it's
hungry serfs back to the mine to faint
and die at their drudgery, aud there
remains today not one guaranteed
right of American citizens unaffected
by these subversions of constitutional
liberty"
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-09-04
WILL ANNEX DAWSON
Government Officials Claim
1t for Uncle Sam.
THROUGH A BRIDGE
A Terrible Accident That Occurred
Near Portland in Which One
Man Was Killed.
Spanish Authorities sieze an American
Trading vesseI-Thc Hawaiian Treaty
Win be Ratifed-Nebraslxa Silver
Men Effect a Compromise.

PORT TOWNSEND, Sept. "A letter
just received from John U. Smith,
United States commissioner at Dyea
and Skaguay, intimates that govern.
ment officials now on the way to the
Upper Yukon may by their official acts
bring on serious international compli-
fcations with tho Dominion govern
ment. He says:
s'It is announced here by a deputy
United States marshal that the United
STATES government is to make claim
for a large portion of the Yukon gold
fields which have heretofore been sup.
posed to be in British territory, and
that the territory which is claimed as
being within Alaska includes Dawson
City.
"The basis of the claim to be made
by the United States officials to the
disputed territory is in the fac. that
the boundary line. has never been de-
termined, and that the United States
authorities claim to possess informa-
tion as to surveys made by the Cana
dian government that fixes Dawson
City and large portion of the district
in Alaska
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-09-04

will BE dislodged. Wien this statsis
ment is stripped of its clothing, what
does it mean? Simply this. Rather
than supplant gold with another money
metal, every leading product of the
country would be sacrificed.
The United States today can produce
more silver than any other country on
earth, and if given chance it would
be one of the leading products of the
country. In 1893, before the last fatal
blow was struck at silver. this country
produced 100000 900 TROY ounces of the
metal. This at the coinage value
would have been worth SIT ,4S7 900, but
on account of adverse legislation the
product of 1893 is worth little over $3O,-
600, 600, still the Oregonian aud kindred
| journals want to keep this great pro-
duct down to less than half the value it
would be if recognized as a money
metal. These papers know full well
that the principal commercial value OF
both gold and silver is on account OF
| their being used as money metals. De-
prive either of the office of q money
metal. and it falls in value as Is shown
by the decline in the price of silver.
Restore either or both to the standing
of money metals, and the price ad-
vances, hence it becomes unpatrlotic
for any American to gloat over the de-
moneization of silver, since it results
in the killing of one of Americas lead
ing industries.
The efforts, however, of the gold
press to prevent silver from being
recognized as a money metal, Illus
trates their Inconsistency as protec-
tionists and at the same time shows to
what straits they would resort to fur
ther the interests of their pet hobby
gold. They insist upon q protective
duty on wool to encourage the wool
industry; duty on sugar to create a
demand for sugar beets; a duty on
manufactured articles to encourage
manufacturing, etc. But they hope
L 1u0 oiNOi~LuouoSty WAL 10 iothOos 'o'
rather that silver will fall to such d
a low level that its production is:no
longer possible in order that the single
gold standard shall prevail. If these
same papers should find the production
of wheat, wool, iron, manufac-
TIRED goods or any other industry
threatened the gold standard, would
they not seek to strike them down the
same as they seek to strike down sill
YER? If they would kill one industry
for the benefit of gold. would they not
kill another? The more one becomes
acquainted with the animus of the
gold standard advocates, the more he
is convinced that everything else ia to
be made secondary to this one thing
gold must predominate regardless OF
who or what is made to suffer.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-09-04
UNJUSILY SEVERE.

There is no denying the fact that the
state treasurer. should make a semi-an-
nual report, or in fact better still, a
quarterly report of the moneys in his
keeping belonging to the state, and a
refusal to do so subjects him to severe
criticism, though such criticism as is
INDUCED in by the Salem Journal is
not justified. Until Mr.. Metschen is
proven to be defaulter, he should not
be accused OF being thiefs for as far
as is known he has never stolen any,
thing from the state, nor have his
bopdsmen been called upon to make
good any deficit that has occurred in
his office. The Journal makes an un-
just attack upon Mr.. Metschen when
it says:
"The public will not be disuaded
from demanding show down in the
Oregon state treasury by the furious
eontortions of a deputy nor the suave.
but unsatisfactory refusals of the
treasurer to take the public into his
confidence. The public will know
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-09-04
GREAT TIME FOR FARMERS

The Chicago Journal gave the fol.
lowing item which was republished in
the Oregonian of the 28th: ....,
"This has been a marvellous month
for the farmers.
Farmer Joseph Letter has made
s5Oo.OOO.
"Farmer Charles Pillsbury has made
$780, 600. ~ ..,f1 !.
"Farmer William T. Baker has
m lde $3.50, 200.
Farmer D. R. Francis has made
s3oo, 200.
= GARNER Geo. B. French has made
100000. :
"Farmer J. Pierpont Morgan has
male sl;0OO.OOO.
"There will be great doings at the
county fairs this fall" -
When one stops to consider what
branch of agriculture these FARMERS
are engaged in. he cannot but realize
who are the benefciaries of the pater-
nal systems of government that pre-
vail these days. Every one of these
farmers is an operator in stocks,
bonds. and trsasts..s. Each of them
"farms" the markets thoroughly and
piles up profits to his credit without
producing anything except more gold
in his pocket. When such FARMERS"
as these thrive most, is when the real
producers are suffering. When this
class of individuals makes money it is
by absorbing profits that should 60 to
the real producers of wealth. Indeed
the past month has been good one
for stock gamblers and dealers in
futures. zas4Swell as for those classes
who reully produce.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-09-04


some day what becomes of the public
money that is supposed to rest in the
state treasury for years at time. In
other states public moneys not in use
are let out to safe repositories on a low
rate of interest and bring in a revenue
to the state. Butin Oregon the people
neither know where their money is
kept, what use it is put to, nor what it
earns for those who manipulate it..
They never will know until the present
lministration of the state treasury is
retired and prevented from debating
its own successor. They may never
know anything about how much the
treasury is insolvent until a populist
treasurer is elected"
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-09-04
Love has a


health. They usually go together.
An observing man learns that woman
who is physically weak and nervous and in.
capable, is likely 10 be ill-natured too The
sweetest temper Is ruined by continual
sickness
racked and dragged by debilitating drains
and inflammation, cannot be genial com.
panion or happy wife and she is totally
unified to be mother.
These troubles prevail almost universally
among women largely because of careless.
them. DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is
positive specific for the weaknesses and
diseases of the feminine organism.
1t cures them radically and completely
It heals, strengthens and puri6es. 1t is the
only scientific remedy devised for this spe-
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motherhood easy and absolutely safe.
Miss I.auretta McNees, of Reno CP. o. Box 7zs)
Washoe Co., New, writes: II have discontinued
taking the Prescription and will not take
any more lat present) Last month had no
pain at all and worked every day without any
Inconvenience whatever. It was the first time
never had pain during that period. cannot
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let's know of lady who took oRe bottle of
was not sicl, like she was with her first baby
This was her second baby She thinks il
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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-09-04
A Compromise Erected.

LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. AT 2:30 this
morning the conference committee of
the three conventions adopted the fol-
lowing report:
I'VE recommend that the conven-
ventions meet separately and ballot
for a judge until one man receives a
majority of two conventions. The
regents shall be given to the two
parties which do not secure the Judge. Z"
The democrats and silver republi-
cans adopted the report of the confer
ence. AT 4:l5 the populists were still
debating the report OF the conference
and neither of the other conventions
had agreed upon plan of action. At
noon today the deadlock was broken
by the free silver republicans agreeing
upon ]. J. Sullivan, of Columbus, dem
ocrat. The populists then also agreed
upon Sullivan.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-09-04
EDITORIAL NOTES.


Canovas was assassinated August s.
and his murderer was executed August
20. In dealing with assassins Spain is
right up to date. Now let US hear
from Uragua.
Thirty thousand people in the coal
fields of Indiana are reported to be
starving, and are calling upon charity
to save them from death. Why cam
the operators divide bit of the addi-
tiOnal tariff on coal with their miners
so that they can keep the wolf from
the door?
President Mckinley expresses con-
fidence in the new tariff as a pros
perity maker. He probably has over
looked the fact that it has not brought
universal prosperity, especially in the
coal fields where it is announced that
10000 men, women and children
are on the verge of starvation, because
she men cannot earn to exceed three
dollars week.
Justice Field has broke the record
on the supreme bench. having exceeded
Chief Justice Marshall's time of thirty
five years. There are several repub-
licans who would be- glad if the vener-
able old jurist would hand down his
resignation as his final opinion. He
may decline to do so until Mr.. Mckin-
ley retlres or signifies his Willingness
to name the man he may select as his
own successor.
What blow it would be to Bryan
and free silverites if mexico should be
compelled to adopt the gold standard
says the patent editorial bureau of the
national committee in one of its ad-
vance sheets sentout to make editing
easy" The blow would not be severe
at all. 1t would simply be another
evidence that the gold power is ruling
the world, and is capable of contract
ing the volume of money at will.
Spain's, new Premier, it is said, is
satisfied with Weyler's management
of affairs. This shows that even ad-
versity teaches the. average Spanish
statesman nothing. Weyler hurts the
Spanish cause in two ways. By his
barbarities he strengthens the determ-
ination of the Cubans to accept moth
ing short Of. absolute independence,
and hedestroys all prospects for Spain
to retain the sympathy of the European
governments in her efforts to put down
the rebellion in her colony.
In these days of scramble for Office
the seeker cannot hope 60 be chooser.
Billy Jones affords an example for
others to contemplate. He was ap-
pointed commissioner at ST. Michaels,
but he wanted to go to Circle City, and
so telegraphed to the department at
Billy was little too |
fresh, and as result he won't get any
thing. He will have to be content |
with being high private in the rear
ranks all because he wanted to dictate |
as to what Office he should fill.
The total quantities of wheat avail
able for immediate distribution in
the United States and Canada, both
coasts, plus the quantity afloat from all
exporting countries added to available
stocks in Europe, were put down
August ], 1897, at 60. .340, 900 bushels,
as against Isl ,O'o. 900 bushels August /,
1893; 142.345. 900 bushels, August ],
1894; 1887 900 bushels. August ],
1895, and 81. .l3l 900 bushels, August l,
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-09-04
EDUCATION THE REMEDY.

The address of President Woolworth
on the occasion of the assembling of the
American Bar Association was an ex-
cellent one and showed master mind.
In closing he took special pains to point
out some of the characteristics and evils
of labor organizations. While, said he,
the wage earners are men OF like pas
sions as other men, no. better or 70
worse, yet they display a strangeand en-
thusiastic loyalty to their class: so that
if one section falls into trouble, those
who are at the moment less unfortun-
ate contribute relief from their poverty
with generosity. "The sympathetic
strike" continued he, lis the express
sion of this passion. In the next
place, the wage earners submit to a
discipline as rigid and severe as an
army in battle. Each abdicates
his free will, his jundment, his per-
sonal wishes and interests. He is
no longer an individual, but an
atom of a mass-the smallest part of a
machine driven by a power greater
than steam, and directed by the hand
of The engineer at his pleasure. What
this great body of citizenship, pos
sessed of political power, transported
by the enthusiasm of self sacrifice,
directed by relentless discipline, will
be when it becomes thoroughly satur-
ated with these doctrines, it is not hard
to divine. In that day, if it ever comes,
the federation of labor, their bat.
talions, enthusiastic, compact, dis
ciplined, organized, and moving with
one impulse at the word of command,
when launched upon institutions under
which they suppose themselves trodden
down, will sweep from tho face of the
earth, not corporations, syndicate 8.
trusts and aggregated capital only: but
the whole order of Industrial socie ty
as now organized"
There is more or less truth in these
statements. probably more than is
generally recognized, for the very peo.
pie who are undertaking to combat the
effects of trusts and combines are form.
ing one of the most gigantic trusts
ever known. 1hey seek to remedy a
wrong by creating another. IL is a
state of affairs that needs remedy, and
Mr.. Woolworth points out the remedy
as being education. But the education
he suggests is not the education to be
had in the public schools. It is an
education in practical events, arealiza-
tion of the right every citizen has to
demand recognition and justice at the
hands of his fellow man. This educa-
tion, Mr.. Woolworth claims, may be
largely had through the proceedings
of our courts and an Improvement in
the jury system, where men OF affairs,
men who earn living by labor, only
are qualified to act. When equities
are considered more than technical
law, those who are agrieved will have
more confidence in courts than they
have'now and will look upon them
more as an arbitrator than as vehicles
of chicanery and trickery. When our
courts are raised to a higher level, the
people will soon become. educated to
rely on the courts to settle their diff
ferences, and will not so readily resort
to force in order to right supposed
wrongs.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-09-04
HIGH PRICES WILL PREVILL

T. Probably consumers and producers
will not complain. of high prices so
! long asian increase in their earnings
l:counterbalences the increased prices
which they are called upon to meet
for what they consume; but when these
shall cease to be equalized, there will
be complaint, and inquiries will be
made as to the cause of high prices
and why there are classes so favored
that they are enabled to reap more
than reasonable profits for conducting
business. The Oregonian, which is,
in most things. far seeing, anticipates
this certain complaint that will come
sooner or later under the workings of
the new tariff law, and in advance ex-
plains why the price of certain CON-
modities will advance. 1t says:
CONSUMERS must pay the price of
protection, and they will make no COM
plant. so long as wages shall be good
and employment abundant. Mr.. II. @.
Havemeyer, of the sugar trust, an
nounces that the price of sugar will be
put up soon three-quarters of cent per
pound. The window-glass Industry,
to which the Dingley law is very
liberal, is engaged in-organizing q new
combination whose. purpose nn-
doubtedly is to put up prices. The
domestic glass trade of the country is
at present controlled practically by
two consolidated companies, the Pitts
burg Window Glass Company and the
Western Window Glass Company, with
half-dozen cooperating factories.
These organizations have worked in
harmony. regulating the price of labor
and duration of work and fixing the
prices of the product to jobbers and
consumers. But there has been enough
independent domestic manufacturing
uncontrolled to act as a che tx on prices,
while the competition furnished by
foreign manufacturers has served also
to keep prices within reasonable limits.
Now these two have combined, max
ing force strong enough to absorb
the others. The new trust, which is
to be known as the American Window
Glass Company, proposes to lease the
warehouses of each factory, all the
glass that passes into the warehouses
becoming the property of the American
Company. The manufacturer is to be
given cash or the company;s paper for
trifle over the cost of the glass, and
when the glass has been sold he is
to be given at the end of the season q .
pro rata share af the profits. This will
put an end to competition and remove
all check on rise of price, but the good
sense of the trust managers. They
can perpetuate the combination only
by reasonable dealing WITH the public.
Excessive profits by protected mo-
nopoly would not be endured for long"