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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-08

TOSpOS. March s.--A dispatch 20 The
Tines from Rene says. TIE poEA has
decided 20 send Mr.. Marry De- Val as
au,ost0lic delegate 10 Canada BY send
irx ons % closely attached 10 his person.
taa pope gives exceptional assGr2ace st
hIs special personal interest n the wei
fare II CarsdA
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We have a splendid sale on Chamber
lAin's Cough Remedy, ard our Customers
coming from far and rear. SPEAK q II IN
the highess terms. NAny have said that
their children wonld have died al Group II
ChsnshszlsIns Coaxh Remedy had not been
glven--hELLAA & OF EEEx, sezv.xw, Va
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seventh infantry EzS been trs-sferret
f-am sr.ty as acting Indian agent az .h.
Msscslero axsz1y. New Msxieo- % the
pTs.elo ard JtxcsrillA ssency. Sew Mexico.
4. r,.ne Of MAJ. J. Z. Bully. ordered 70
.ass clry. Capt c . Seostro-n. tenth cav
airy. has been dssslet % take the plaes
Of Lieut. ssottl4r az TIE Mescs&sro agency.
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r,.uru.nt.u.e Dynamite.

NEW YORK March s~-A special 70 ~.
Herald frorn Cxnea sayz. TIE insurgents
have attempted 20 blow Up Fort keratifti0.
near Murnisr. with dynamite profsci1ies.
hsst were ansHccessful. as the missiles
burst IN rr7Iaafr. The besieKsd Turk. Eslll
Am5 a rur
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speeches. and seemed somewhat amused
~ she hsrsh 1As1xs said co1ceTninx his
attitude In the Cretaa difficulties
Lord Twess1Enetzsh. Michael p.zssit ana
many osssr w@li-known members of par
1anerk listened 70 Ehe speeches.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-08

WARRINGTON. March I-2ep~esenta-
tive Robinson. secretary. has Gales eau
crs Of the Democrats OF TIE fttsy-aftn
c1-x-ax. 20 -n-.t a: oic5ock next Saturday
ss4.-ncon for the purpose of choosing
honorary csr6tcs .es for speaker and other
orcsr. OF The lower branch Of congress-
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Df~ralty os bTsathius and al the
Alarming Assnzsatic symptoms. car sarssy
- ress~ve4 and the disease cured with Dr.
D Javue,s Expecscrsnt- For nstlp2tioa.
Jzyne-s Pal.iess Ssnafixe FEtz.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-08
Prom william TO the C.ar.

NEW YORK. March s-A Special to the
Herald from ~. Petersburg says: Count
Won MoItk. has arrived here with sn auto
graph letter from Emperor William 70
the czar on the subject OF the Crefan
question.
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pa s~zrsux sewing machines Gs7fsft.
Is k-a.4r.1za street.
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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-12-18
His Doom Pronounced.

| SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 15.-Willian
Henry Theodore Durrant, the con
demned murderer OF Blanche Lamont
was sentenced this morning by Super
| ior Judge Bahrs for the fourth time tC
snffer the extreme penalty of the law
the date of his execution being set for
January next. His attorneys made
a desperate effort to secure further de
lay and pave the way for another APP
peal to the supreme court. but Judge
Bahrs was inexorable, and overruled
each and every objection made to the
proceedings
Durrant was in court and carried
himself with his customary GOODNESS.
An immense crowd 1ocked to the court
room and filled the corridor of thu city
Jail. g. R.!
The condemned mans attorneys will
atopce renew the battle for his life
They intend to lay the foundation for
another appeal to the supreme court of
the United States. In all probability
one of the lawyers for the defense will
proceed to Washington TO make the
final technical fight, based on the
question of federal and state law. The
time for action is short, however, and
even the defense doubts the success of
its new venture.
Mrs. Durrant visited her son yester-
day. Both were downcast, and seemed
to realize that the end was near.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-12-18
NO CURRENCY REFORM


If Secretary Gage was really in
earnest in preparing currency scheme
and believed that action on the ques-
tion was intended by his party, per-
haps be has learned by this time that
the banking business is only one OF
the side shows in politics The party
has no desire to disturb the present
system or agreement by which the
banks sustain the party, and the party
in consideration of this service
pledges itself to maintain the gold
standard. There is 6lnger in disturb
ing currency system that has served
such excellent party purposes, for the
reason that no change or alteration
can be made on the lire of republican
party doctrine that would not make
the matter worse for the party. Pledg.
ed as it is to the maintenance of the
gold standard the party has double the
effort required to sustain it's position
than is necessary to, justify and ad-
vance the sentiment of silveTeoinage.
Mr.. Cages political leaders know full
we'll that there is no remedy for-the-
evil of our currency system, but to
adopt the coinage of silver, but as the
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-12-18
EDUCATIONAL SUFFRAGE.

1t has been suggested in some of the
states that the election laws be
amended so that an educational test
shall determine the qualification of
voters. Among the tests proposed is
one requiring the correct writing of
section of the constitution. With the
free school system of the country in
operation for 80 many years, this re-
quirement would appear to be not in
the least unreasonable. One of the
greatest blessings of the country is
its free educational system and it
would seem but an act of patriotic
prudence to refuse the power to in
fuence by his BALLOT any manage
ment whatever of the gov ernment by
ings are exhibited in their ignorance.
In addition, the primary object of the
free school system was to prepare the
people of the country for an intelli-
gent exercise of citizenship it would
seem to follow that those who refused
its advantages were willing to forego
the enjoyment of it's rights and priyi-
leges in this respect. But before the
law is amended and such test applied,
would it not be we'll to require that
the constitution be taught in the
schools? There are now many
branches taught at the public expense
which were not contemplated in the
original system and which are un-
necessary in the qualifications re-
luisite for the exercise of good citizen.
hip. There is every reason to believe
hat if this plan had been adopted at
he beginning, much of the unwise
egislatien that has burdened the
ountry would have been avoided. 1t
) we'll recognized fact that tho best
ualified men are not always chosen
D make our laws, as many of them are
ynorant of the foundation upon which \
ne law must stand. We think the /
lggestion is a good one but the test
lould be uniform in all states.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-12-18
TRUE TO HIS PROMISE.

Despite to protests made by promi-
nent officials and attorneys of the
coast and elsewhere to the elevation OF
Joseph McKenna to the supreme
bench, President Mckinley kept in
violate his promise to the attorney
general and named him as associate
Justice of the supreme court of the
United States to succeed Justice Field,
resigned.
There is probably no question but
the president promised Judge Nc
;Kenna that he would be elevated to
the supreme bench, in case of Justice
Fields resignation, when he resigned
his place of the U. S. circuit bench to
accept place In the cabinet, and it
was only just that the promise be full
filed. This. however, does not excuse
the president for having made such a
promise before inquiring into the
qualifications of the man. The
supreme court should be composed
of.the best talent in the nation; no
second-rate attorney should be ap-
pointed to that place, and the pres1-
dents wishes in the matter should not
be considered in the matter of con-
ffrma zion. If the senate finds Nc
Kenna lacking in the requirements for
a justice Of the highest tribunal in the
land, it then becomes the duty of that
body to refuse to confirm him.
Precedent is not lacking where the
senate has refused to confirm the ap-
pointment of an associate justice.
When President Cleveland appoint ted
Horn blower, of New York, the senate
was in accord with the president, still
his confirmation failed, and incom-
potency was not charged against the
appointee. 1t was more q personal
grudge of Senator Hill than anything
else that defeated his confirmation.
Evidently President Mckinley does
not expcct McKenna to be nfrmed,
since he insists that McKenna does
not resign az encouragement until
the senate takes action. The appoint
ment was made only to redeem pledge
made by the president, with little ex-
pectation that it would receive favor
able action from the senate in the face
Of the strong opposition presented.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-12-18

about fair promise or forbidding pros
pect-not a moment except for hard
work and troubled sleep! Should we
wonder that such men often put down
the pick, the ak, the saw, the shovel
and fall into line with those who refuse
to work when there is chance to
strike? l have watched these men go
to work in the early morning, only
half awake from short nights rest
to the sawmill. to the box factory, to
the cabinet shop, to the wharfs, to the
stables, to the warehouses, to the
gravel pits: and l haye seen young
woman, sadlooking and detected, go at
the same hour to the factories and
laundrles-as many as 125 at one time
to Fleischner, Mayer & Co. 's-to ell
gage in arduous, physical toll for ten
hours, or twelve hours, or fifteen hours
a day, and wondered where the limit
of human endurance may be reached.
I have profound pity for these people,
but only adeep-rooted and ineradicable
contempt for the system to which they
are slaves:
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-12-18
LET THEM BE PUBLISHED.

When the idea was first conceived oi
pensioning old or disabled soldiers 1t
was the intention that the pension list
should be a roll of honor and that pen
sions should be a reward, cheerfully
given by a grateful people, to those
who offered their lives to save the
nation from disunion and became dis
abled in the service. But this idea
has not been carried out. Designing
pension agents have so prostituted the
system that the pension list is no
longer a roll of honor, and many u
really deserving old soldier is too
proud to be classed among the treasury
hooters and refuses to apply for pen
sion to which he is justly entitled.
1t is asserted that one-third the PEN
s;ons at present are fraudulent and
illegal, also that men are on the list
kand drawing pensions that have been
fdead for years. If these accusations
are true, it is indisputable evidence
/ that there is, to say the least, gross
negligence practiced in the pension
bureau. Frequent Investigations have
been made, but they have been SO
whitewashed that no good has come
therefrom. But most simple and in
expensive method could be adopted to
ferret out the frauds and eliminate from
the pension rolls all dead men and
fraudulent pensioners. Were the
government to publish each year in at
least one paper in each county the
names and postoffice addresses OF all
pensioners in the county, the frauds
would in short time be weeded out.
: Old soldiers would co-operate'with the
government in this matter. and would
be the first to expose the frauds, for
they are far from willing to see the
government robbed.
While no loyal citizen objects to
giving pensions to those who are de-
serving, there is strong objection to
paying single one who is not entitled
Is it, and besides the people have
right to know whom they are taxed to
support. No pensioner who is entitled
to the bounties of the government can
lobject to having his name appear upon
the roll OF honor, but those receiving
the bounties of the government with
out earning them will raise an awful
howl. These, however, are the ones
who should be exposed and detected,
hence their objections can be of little
consequence. Let the list be published
by all means.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-12-18
BROKEN PLEDGES.

The more that is seen of the failure
of parties to carry out the principles
enunciated in their platforms, the
more one becomes convinced of the
growing tendency to gain power by
promising principles with no intention
of carrying them out. This is forcibly
illustrated by the policy of administra-
ton toward Cuba. President McKin.
ley has reached the conclusion that
existing circumstances do not warrant
interfering with Cuban affairs at pres
: cnt, yet affairs on that island have not
improved since the platform on which
he was elected was adopted.
':The government of Spain," says
the st. Louis platform, "haying lost
control of Cuba, and being unable to
protect the lives of resident American
citizens, or to comply with its treaty
obligations, we believe that the gov
ernment of the United States should
actively use its influence and good
offices to restore peace and give inde-
pendence to the island
Again the st. Louis platform says:
"We watch with deep and abiding in
te~est the heroic battles of the Cuban
patriots against cruelty and oppres-
sion, and our best hopes 60 out for the
full success of their determined con-
test for liberty"
Not only is the administration doing
nothing to "give independence to
Cuba" but it hasI gone further, and
has diplomatic understanding with
Spain that it will keep its hands off
and give the new captain-general am
pie opportunity to put back the
shackles upon the Cuban patriots.
! Had conditions in Cuba changed for
me better since the republican
national convention penned its dec
laration of principles, President Nc
Kinley would be justified in pursuing
his present course, but they have not.
In fact Spain is further today from
subduing the insurgents than it has
ever been. 1t is incapable of estab-
fishing any policy for the betterment
Of the Cubans, and its only hope of
them lies in determination.
With this state of affairs existing, and
IN view of the'declarations of the plat |
orm on which he was elected, the |
residents acts can only be accounted |
or in the supposition that the plank |
n the platform referring to Cuba was
lade only to catch vote. /
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-12-18
THE LABORERS LOT.

That there is something out of joint
in the Industrial system of the country
cannot be denied when the men who
work hardest get the least of the COM
forts and necessities of life, while those
rho labor least live in comparative
ease and comfort. A writer in the
Sunday Welcome portrays the con-
/. dition of the wage Garner in rather a
touching, though not overdrawn ar
ticle in which he says:
81 can't avoid the conclusion that
there is something wrong with the in
dustrial system of the country when l
see the plodding, g,stoop-skouldered, lily
clothed day-labOrer going to his work
at $50 in the morning, with scant
lunch in hand and a troubled face above
1t, and meet him again at in the
evening, tired and worn and dirty, on
his way home to bless his babies with
his presence aud the assurance that he
has earned another dollar! There are
five members of his family, perhaps,
who enjoy the comforts that a dollar
a day will purchase, including rental
and wood and water and light, all of
which cost twice as much as they
should. And yet he works at hard,
physical labor twice as many hours a
day as do the men who supply them.
JJp at 5 in the morning, he finds it
difficult to close his days work at 9 in
the evening, labor hard and faithfully
as he may. Sixteen hours day for
one dollar. He enjoys no unusual
comfort, can afford no luxuries, never
sees a show. seldom hears sermon.
has no time to read the newspapers,
no spare moments for the Bible, no
hour for rollic and frollic with his
children, no private chat with his wife
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-12-18
ALL GOODS MARKED IN
PLAIN FIGURES

Last Saturday the pension appropria-
tion bill passed the house carrying
with it an appropriation of S141 ,263, $50.
With the exception Of the appropria-
tion bill of 1893 this is the largest ap-
preparation for, pensions yet made
/ by congress.
La Grande, a little place half the
size of The Dalles, has met all require
ments in the waylef bonus to secure a
! beet sugar, factory 1T will never do
for The Dalles' to, Let these little. places
get away with it. Let's get a move on
ourselves. -,
Mr.. Dingley asserts that by next
May the treasury receipts will be ex-
ceeding the expenditures. OF course,
that settles it,, However, to make the
proof yet more ,incontrovertible, the
Republicans loudly cheered." De-
monstration could certainly no farther
go.-Oregonian !.
What has become of the railroad
scheme of the inetrior and the en-
couragement that was to be offered to
induce manufacturing industries that
we're talked about some time ago? Is
it not about time these matters were
taken up by The Dalles? The year is.
fading, and if anything in these lines
is to be done before 1893 there is no
time to lose. '7''' :;
Hon. W. J. Bryan is in Mexico in
vestigating business and industry in
silver standard country. When he re-
turns we may expect some reliable in
formation as to the condition of affairs
there. If Bryan finds things in as de-
ploarble state in Mexico as some of
our gold friends would make them ap-
pear, he no doubt will say SOL and will
advise that silver agitation in the
United States cease.
A party who has been keeping cases
on the applicants for. federal Off
ces says there are on an average so
aspirants for every office at the dis
posal of the president. Seventy:nine
out of every 80 Of these will be dis
appointed and will go to their homes
feeling that an injustice has been
done them. When another election
comes around many of them will real-
ize the fact;thatf all, injustice has been.
done them, and will get their razors
out for the party that failed to recog-
niZe their claimsc,.4..
The fight that is being waged by the
against the police force of
Portland comes at rather q late date
to have much effect There is little |
doubt that the police 'forceis standing
in with the toughs and thugs for the |
purpose of reyenue,. nor is there any
doubt that former police forces have
done the same thing; and the fact that
the Oregonian has just found it out,
would appear that its motives ara ac-
tuated by some other principle than
the desire for right to v vrevail. Judg- +
ing from its asst Silence, one ould in
Ter that it was all erfgf with the Ore
gonian so long as Joe Simon's police
'orcewas standing in, but when the
hated Pennoyer'sf force does the
same. thing it is ALI wrong.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-12-18
70 COME IN BROKEN DOSES

The plan of Secretary Gage for re-
forming the currency is to not spring
the whole scheme upon the people at
| once, but to give it to them a little at
time. According to recen t dispatches
from Washington, instead of embody-
ing his views in one comprehensive
bill, that congress and the people may
know just what to expect, he will cover
special subjects in special bills, giving
US little reform at time, so that we
will not feel the shock so suddenly.
One bill for refunding the public
debt, another reducing the tax on cir
culation, another to create small
national banks, and so Oh through the
entire system, is the program that is
outlined.
Mr.. Gage seems to adopt the policy
of the tariff reformers of few years
ago who attempted piece-meal plan,
and never accomplished anything. He
will probably meet with like failure.
The people are not overly anxious for
currency reform on lines suggested by
Mr.. Gage, but if they are to have it
they would prefer taking it all in one
dose, not having to accept it in broken
doses so that they will always be at a |
loss to know just what the currency
avs of the nation are.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-12-18
Wheat Shortage Certain.

CHICAGO, Dec. 15.-Wi!liam T.
Baker. president of the board of trade,
says with reference to the unusual con-
ditions in wheat: Cash wheat is at a
premium oyer future delivery here and
in all parts Of the VOL Id, because more
has been sold than can be delivered.
Wheat is scarce all, oyer the world.
Not enough was grown last year to
supply the demand. America has its
own opportunity to moke its own price
fOn &heatsEI5think this ,couatry al
ready has exported million bushels
Of wheat. .i...iI....-.--
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-12-18
THE AMERICAN TRAMP.

Probably no other country in the
world is so beset with that class of in
! dividuals known as the "tramD" as is
the United States. All over the
country they are met with. They are
a migratory class of individuals who
as rule have determined to live with
out work, and are ready to commit any
sort of crime rather than earn living
by toll, yet there are exceptions to
this rule among them. Occasionally
there is among them men who are not.
on the road from choice, but from
necessity. These are men n.who during
the past few years of dull times were
unable to get work to maintain them
selves in the large cities where they
had been born or raised land there was
but one alternative for them-to starve
at home or go on the road. They ac-
cepted the latter, and many an honest,
hard working man is today tramping,
that would earn an honest living if
given an opportunity. They 90 not
beg until hunger drives them to it, and |
then hesitate to ask for charity. But
there is class among the 'profes-
sional tourists" who are; tramps from
choice. They believe the world owes.
them a living, and are detoting their
energies to collecting it. This class
is ever persistent, and never ceases
to make itself obnoxious. II is diff
fcuIt matter for people to distinguish
between the two classes, and often the
unworthy is fed while the worthy is
sent away. Taken as class the Ameri-
IAN tramp is study and dealing with
he army that lives off those who toll is
becoming a serious problem, one that
5 difficult 20 dispose of. 1t is becom-
ng nuisance that is becoming un-.
and if the tramp element is
lot taken care of by the state, it will
n time impoverish those who toll and
will convert all but a comparative few
o a condition of pauperism.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-12-18
SangtilIy Not A Traitor.

NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-General Julio
Sanguilly, instead OF being a traitor, as
recent reports from Havana would
indicate, returns to the island at once
in obedience to the commands Of his
chief, General Gomez. This state
ment is made on the authority of a
physician, Cuban. who stands high
among the members Of the junta in
this country.
Sanguilly is in Washington, whero
it is said he will call on Secretary
Sherman and renounce his American
citizenship in order to absolve himself
from The pledge he gave when the sec.
,retary secured his release from Span
ish prison, that h, would not again
take up arms against Spain.