The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-06-26
permitting such butcheries to continue
as have been practiced in Cuba siEce
the war has been in progress.

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the war has been in progress.
That ex-senator Mitchell still has
the ear of the administration is evil
denced by the appointment of J. W.
Ivey, of Portland, to be collector Of
customs for Alaska. Ivey was one of
Mr.. Mitchell's chief lieutenants at
Salem last winter.
The rain the first of the week was a
greater promoter of prosperity in
Eastern Oregon than any legislation
that will be enacted by the present
session OF congress. With good crops,
which are now assured, and fair prices
farmers will be able live even under
the administration of promised pros
perity and restored confidence"
That Mckinley prosperity which
was to flood the country as soon as
confidence was restored is placing
many Industries in the hands of re-
ceivers. That is probable what has
become of both prosperity and conf
dence says the Portland Dispatch.
They should be put into circulation
without further delay.
Princeton College has conferred up
on ex-President Cleveland the degree
of doctor of Laws. 1t is an empty honor,
but it displays the toadyism which
even our higher institutions of learn
ing are falling into. If Mr.. Cleveland
had never been elevated to- office, the
college would never have thought of
comforting an honorary degree upon
him.
The colored clergy are protesting
against the lynching of their people
for outraging defenseless women, and
demanding that more stringent laws
be enacted for the prevention of mob
violence. Their efforts to stop lynch
ings would be more effectual if devoted
toward raising the standard of morality
among their race. Let them prevent
ravishing and there will be no lynch
lug do sb uudU Ou6uSt.
'Prompt action on the tariff bill will |
divert many millions from private
pockets into the national treasury"
says the Globe. democrat. But that's |
just watts the matter with some of the |
senators. They have constituents who |
want to secure the millions for them
selves before the tariff bill becomes a
law. There are men in the senate |
who have little concern about the
national treasury so long as those to
whom they owe their election are pro-
vided for.
Senator Hanna is making holy
show of himself in his efforts to secure
the endorsement of the Ohio republi
cans for reelection. :. He was carried
from Cleveland to Toledo on special
train, accompanied by 400 strikers, be-
decked with red badges on which was
woven Il Q picture of the political boss.
There appears to be no opposition to
Hanna succeeding himself. but this
demonstration ought to so thoroughly
disgust the Buck Eye republicans as
to make them all turn against him.
The damage done by the recent
earthquake in India was so CRATE that
the money collected to pay the expen-
ses of celebrating the queens jubilee
has been used to relieve the sufferers,
and the jubilee was abandoned. Had
the money paid for, wine in London
been used for the same purpose it
would have done vastly more good,
and would have been a notable event
in the closing years of the venerable {
queens reign. s;
Ex-senator Hill began a speech in
Rochester last week with the remark:
II AN here to say that am not pessi-
mist. l believe that prosperity will
come to US in the future. y Scarcely any
body in the nation but agrees with Mr..
Hill on his last proposition, but
they are divided as to dates. Some
expect it under the present admipistra-
Jon. but the majority have put off the
late until after 1900. The advance
lgent having failed to bring the prom
sed good times, most people now be- C
ieve that they will have to wait until II
he is retired from office.
The Oregonian says people who u
,ome from the East are Surprised to o.
ind that 'l6 to 4 is still talked about o.
,ut here" and that the "absurdity of it W
8 so great that the phrase is scarcely p
,ver used In the Eastern States" In
Iced the Oregonian's informants must Sc
lave come from some very -emote pl
luarter of the East, since number of o.
he leading papers on the Atlantic re
oast are still talking about free coin ov
ge at l6 to /. and in Ohio, only about al
so miles west of the Atlantic ocean, Q,
t will be leading issue in the coming pl
tate election. The Oregonian wants &C
he 16 to issue to die but it will not I'll
own. lw