The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-30

the people of Oregon that their indi
individual interests should block legis
lation. Their followers should drot
them and choose new leaders.
The senate will hardly recognize the
house as organized. According to ar
old scriptural saying, house divided
against itself must fall, and legisla
ture is no exception to the rule.
| What's the matter with the Eastern
Oregon legislators bringing out can.
didate for Z. S. senator? Certainly this
section of the state is entitled TO the
honor.
That the senate will never recognize
the Benson house as organized is evi.
dent. No business will be transacted
this session uatil the house can get q
constitutional quorum together.
We favor an amendment of the state
constitution providing that the legis-
lature meet only once in six years. 1t
is not that legislation is not needed,
but to save the state the disgrace
| which the biennial sessions heep upon
it.
The gold reserve in the treasury has
reached a pointabove SI40, ,0OO, ZOO. Nor
gan & Co. have their eyes an it how
ever, and when ever it is profitable to
do So will make raid on it through
the operation Of the endless chain.
Their appetite for government bonds
has not been satisfied, only allayed for
the time, but will sharpen again.
Those Legislators who organized the
house the other day took little wind
out of the sails of the opposition, who
have been posing as the only real re-
formers ard friends of economy, when
they passed resolution that all copies
of Hills code and session laws furn-
ished members should be retained as
the property of the state.
The organs or the corporations who
were clamoring loudly for the passage
of the funding bill have little to say
since it has been demonstrated that
the government has a guarantee of
S45, ,000,0 ,0C0 for its claims against the
Union Pacific. This certainly is better
than it would have been to fund the
loan at low rate of interest for 100
years.
Congress is doing little more for the
people than is the Oregon legislatures;
it is giving the country neither reform,
revenue nor rest. 1t is pursuing the
same old course of ignoring everything
Of benefit to the people, though it is
looking out for the members, a meas
are having been introduced to raise |
,he salary of congressman to $1,000 a |
year.
If the legislature will once get on a
solid foundation, so that the constitu-
,ionality of its organization cannot be-
Questioned, and then abolish all the
useless boards and commissions, pass
! registration law, re-enact the mort
rage tax law, pass the appropriation
ill and adjourn, it will have done
'nough. even though it does not elect
United States senator.
Oregon is suffering no great loss in
lot having two representatives in the
United States senate at the present
ime. Senator Mcbride appears to be
boxing after the welfare of the state
cry accoptably: then why should so
,uch stress be laid upoh the election
+ senator? Why not the legislature
cave that matter out of consideration
nd proceed to legislating for the state?
We are in receipt of the fourth BIZ
nnial report of the state board of
ortlcuiture, phamplet of 271 pages,
eatly printed and no doubt, replete
ith valuable information concerning
including very creditahle ,
ITS OF the mouth of the Columbia ,
nd Mt. Hood, also poem by James
7hitcomb Riley; but just what feature .
he pictures and the poem cut in :
we are unable to discover. :,
blessed are the peacemakers for y
ley shall inherit the kingdom of v
'aven." A good, reliable, all around t
one who has not as vet n
Hen heir to kingdom, is wanted at
llem where he can inherit q great =
al if he will just bring about q settle. E,
ent of the trouble between the rel
blican rivals for the United States a
nate. But not a single, solitary E.
acemaker is TO be undi-East Or.
oman. :,
II this session of the legislature can o.
We the taxpayers of Oregon $4,000, Sc
Is claimed by the Salem Statesman ii
d all that is preventing this being et
is the failure to organize O,
house, which is made impossible by 81
, senatorial contest, d it would be a ii
ID stroke of f1nanciering on the part go
the members to agree to vote Mr.. W;
'chell six years. salary as senator, de
ich would be only $50, 900, then pro. in
d to Iegislate with the understand
that no senator should be elected. .d
he Washington legislature is ad- Ec
just rebuke to Senator Gu
lire for deserving his duty at the gr
ional capital during the session of up
gress, by giving himcomparatively DR.,
support for reelection. Senators mi
run away from Washington just ass
he close of the session, when of all on
es their presence is required, show of
they hold their personal am billions the
e greater than the interest of the in
es which they represent. oal
ashiDgton gave majority for at
Hist platform and elected populist MI MI
officers and a populist legislature. the
doesn't it elect populist senator lati
have done with it?-Oregonian. sta
ron gave majority for republi-
platform and elected a republican I'm.
lature. Now why Doesn't that re- -
lean legislature get together and @