The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-20


and coke production have been insured
their full amount of work for months
to Gomez" This will be the result
whenever trust goes to prices. In-
dustry in every line is retarded by the
operations of trusts and combiues.
while freedom to buy or sell at market
prices encourages those who live by
labor.
The New York delegation in con-
gress have no faith in international
bimetalism. They will try to talk the
bill for an international monetary con-
ference to death. and in all probability
it will never see light after the 4th of
March. The demand for an inter-
national agreement was only intended
for campaign purposes, and having
served its purpose the The New York
ers propose to let it drop.
Salem clergymen certainly are not
philantrophists. They have refused to
pray in either house Of the legislature
until both are organized. This is in
deed hard-hearteG act. If there ever
We're men who needed praying for
they are the senators and representa-.
tives in Salem. Their sins of omis-
sion are many, and more than ordinary
supplication will be needed to get
them forgiven.
What Mrs. Mckinley, who is soon
to become the first lady of the land,
will wear at the Inauguration of her
husband is of interest both to the lady
reader and the common. everyday
American citizen. The dispatches
state that her costume on the occasion
will be the mort elegant ever seen in
the White House, and further that she
has just ordered ten dresses in Chicago
that cost $4,000. Americans are evil
IDENTIFY adopting extravagant ways.
The wives of Washington, Adams and
Jefferson never required such fnery in
their day.
r T he courts of Missouri have demon
strated the fact that even a millionaire
may be brought to justice and be made
to suffer for his unlawful deeds. In
ST. Louis, On Feb. l3, 1894, Arthur
Duestrow murdered his wife and child,
and all the talent that money could
procure was brought into service to
save his neck, but without avail.
While money probably prolonged his
life for year by carrying the case
from the trial court to that of final re-
sort, it could do nothing more, and
yesterday ne paid the penalty with his
life.
Who has his thumb on Governor
Bushnell? is question that is worry
ing the minds of two prominent
Ohioans just now. President-elect
Mckinley thought he had, so selected
Senator Sherman for his secretary of
state, expecting of course. that Bush
nell would heed his command and ap-
point Mark Hanna for senator. But
Senator Foraker claims to have his
thumb pressed down pretty hard on
the governor, and having no particular
love for Hanna, objects to him for
companion. If wicked Foraker shall
insist, Bushnell will probably yield,
and Mckinley will be deprived OF
leader in the senate from his own
state,
The time is fast approaching
when campaign pledges will be
received with very great deeree
of suspicion. Voters of Oregon
have had little experience that has
SHAKEN their faith in promises made by
for office. Every one of the
thirty state senators pledged himself
to practice strict economy if elected,
but, the first thing that was done after
the senate organized was to appoint 81
clerks, when 10 would haye been
under any circumstances.
of these were chief
clerks, drawing S. day, whih the
other forty received s.. The-clerk
l>i.se7 e7of the senate was 800 q day, or
s., ,425 for the thirty-three days they
were employed.
The other night in St. Louis a man
took horse away from some boys
that were sleigh-riding, took it home
and killed it for food, and when ar
rested the man said his wife and child
had had no food for days. That was
In very rich st. Louis. II it was not
a call to the national government, to
the state governments, the municipal
governments, and even the govern
nents of the counties for closer
walk with the common people, for the
opening of opportunities for the COM
non people to work, why, then we do
not know what presentation could be
made that would arrest the lunacy that |
8 driving this country into the hands |
If few capitalists and making the |
masses of the people slaves.
When once a man becomes feeder |
It the public crib it is apparently i'm
possible for him to let go. Office hold
ng is a pleasant occupation. 30 long
Is there is a good salary attached, and |
zone know this better thah our own |
3inger. On the 4th of March he will
ose his job as congressman from the
irst Oregon district, but he hobbs up
erenely as candidate for a position
n the general land Office at Washing
on. He wants to be commissioner,
nd has fair chance to get the ap-
ointment. Outside of the fact that
hermann has always been an Office
older, there could possibly be no OBJ
ection TO his becoming commissioner
+ the general land office, but it does
eem that he has had soft place about
ong enough.