The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-23

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man wretches, to whom the sufferings
of their fellow men do not appeal for
sympathy.
Money is seeking the eastern centers
and has become so plentiful in New
York and Boston that holders are
seeking loans at , per cent. 1t is
cheap because nobody sees profitable
Investments ahead, hence nobody
wants to borrow This'will have good
results in the future. Not being able
to loan their money, owners will seek
investments themselves. that is, rather
than let their wealth lay idle they will
invest it in business ventures, which
will result in a revival of trade.
Senator Mitchell may not succeed
himself: in fact it looks very probable
now that he will not. If he is defeated
he will get his razor out CT his boot
shortly after the 4th of March and will
take delight in chopping off the heads
of the friends of those who oppose him
when. they bow before McKinley's
throne and ask Tor federal appoint
ments. Beyond doubt he is the man
of all men who will say who shall and
who shall not fill the federal offices in
Oregon under the new administration.
Our republican friends boast that
Oregon WAS s.saved'' from being
classed among the ''populist states"
last Noyember, but whole lot of them
would be willing to trade off our re-
publican legislature for the populist
lawmakers of Washington. Over on
the other side of the Columbia the
legislature has been able to organize
and get down to business, but here in
the great state of Oregon where the
republicans have the full sway the
legislature-well, the less said about
it the better-is disappointing to say
the least.
Consistency, thou art indeed q jewel,
but are seldom met with these times.
For ten days the faithful" 90 have
been clamoring for the organization of
| the house, announcing from the house
tops that they wanted to organize in
| order that the business of the leg isia.
ture might-proceed. They were anx.
| ious to get down to work. Bat the
news fits over the wires today that-the
house adjourned at noon to Monday
next. Does this look like getting to
work? Two legislative days are al
lowed to pass and no business tran.
sacted.
The dispatch which appeared in the
| Sunday Oregonian, under the head oi
"a petition for Mr.. Jones" is to say
the least, misleading, and does an in.
justice to Senator Dufur, inasmuch as
he was not in The Dalles when the
petition in question was circulated
nor does he expect the land Office ap
pointment. In justice to Mr.. Dufur il
shohld be understood that he is demo
crat, and has no favors to ask of the
incoming republican administration
But this is little family quarrel il
| the republican household and excepl
the reflections cast upon the democrat:
mentioned in the dispatch, democrat:
generally have mo hand in the fight.
One argument that is urged in favor
of the election of Senator Mitchell i:
that he saved the state for Mckinley
From a republican standpoint, or per
haps from the standpoint of those who
believe public Office is q private snap
and should be dished out as q reward
for party fealty, this argument is pow
/ erful. But since the result.of the No
vember election was not such an over
whelming endorsement of Mckinley
his plurality being only 1872, it cannot
be considered as a command of the en-
tire people that Mr.. Mitchell should.bt
rewarded for the psrt he took in the
campaign. There were 46,739 voter,
in Oregon who opposed the election o
Mckinley, and the representatives O
those voters in the legislature probab
| ~ uO AOU COuSlucr ~ OuiiSdGOry -upOl
them to reward Mr.. Mitchell for op
/! posing their will.
The key to the hold-up at sSalem il
evidently in the hands of two Ten
Senator John Fl. Mitchell and Repre-
sentative Jonathan Bourne, whose
! personal ambitions are allowed te
! jeapordiZe the interests of the entire
state. If Senator Mitchell would with
draw from the senatorial contest, there
is little doubt the house would be or
ganized at once, and on the other hand
if Mr.. Bourne would surrender his
claims for the speakership, organiza
! tion could be effected Immediately
The duty these men owe to the citizen,
of Oregon demand that they withdraw
from the contest. There are fifty,
nine other legislators, any one of whom
could preside over the house. and there
re hundreds of able mep IN Oregon
who could acceptably fill the position
OF . s., senator. The personal am
bition of Mitchell and Bourne has
blocked legislation long enough. Il
! is time they be invited by their friends
1 to step aside.