The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-11-13

}Oregon is the next state to hold an
election, and it remains to be seen if
the administration of the plutocrats
{ will he endorsed or rejected, however
it is hight the reform elements begin
getting together so as to present an
unbroken front to the party of the
The signs of the times indicate that
the bosses are losing their grip on the
people. German was turned down in
Maryland and Platt in New York, and
the prospect is favorable that Hanna
will be sidetracked by the Ohio legis-
lature, Notwithstanding he has a
majority of five on Joint ballot.
General Miles insists that army Off
GERS be placed in charge, as agents, of
all Indian reservations. In scme in
stances this may be- good rule, but
generally civilians are the most sue
cessful agents. Where nothing but
discipline is required, army officers
make good agents, but on agencies
where the Indians are peaceable, men
more accustomed to business pursuits
are needed as agents.
The organization known as the
Sound Money League has appropriated
$1,000 to be used in spreading the doc
trine of financial error in Oregon.
The literature will have but little eff
feet except upon the narrow contracted
of the state, bankers, money loaners,
etc., who in reasoning are most
selfish, never thinking except for per-
sonal and present satisfaction. The
classes of tho state are for
and upon intelligence the
future of the country must depend if it
is to suryice as a republic.
Either by system of good counting
or by having majority of votes (the
reports do not make the matter plain
the republicans havel been able to
count in majority of five in the Ohio
legislature, consequently Mr.. Hanna
will be the next Ohio senator, provid-
ing of course, that the legislature is
not Oregonized; in other words,in case
the Ohioans have not learned the sys-
tenn of Oregon solons to prevent the |
of a legislative body |
fhen it is the purpose to institute a
}ne-man rule.
The Oregonian devoted column to |
isNroving its former admiration |
f SeE.ator Mcbride when he came out
Or the eNgold standard. 1t made weak
fort I'd disprove the statement of the
'imes-Mpuntaineer that it was incon.
istent in lauding Senator Mcbride
ne day an& denouacing him the next.
Iowever, itA Inconsistency is SO pal
able That tAis paper only OCCASION
lily refers to il in order that the many
ssertions made Wy the Oregonian may
e accepted with the small considera-
tion that is due theM
There is man in Ohi& who is max
,g a great, big fool of himsetf by seek
lg divorce from his wife on the
rounds that she hyppotized him prer
, the wedding ceremony. He is only
/ the same condition as every other
arried man in the country, for all of
lem will freely acknowledge that
leir sweethearts hypnotized or be-
itched them before marriage, and
,ly few of them have gotten over
le hypnotic spell since marriage. But
is Ohio idiot has evidently lost all
is susceptibility for the charms of the
irer creatures.
The great volume of business in this
'untry today is transacted on silver
oney. AS an instance of this the
ceipts of the Everett, WASH, custom
,use last month amounted to $1S,268
cry dollar of which was paid in sill
r. Gold is being cornered for specu-
tive purposes. 1t being the only
aterial recognized by law out of
which basic money can be made,
ere is no possibility of its falling be-
" the price fixed by the mints. AS
is gathered in the price of products
/. If silver was thrown into
mpetition with it the gold corner
,uld be broken the same as a wheat o
rner is broken by new crop going n
the market.-TeledhO Register. W
Having been on all sides of all ques- n n
ms, and having both advocated and al
nounced nearly every question of =.
blic policy and state and national pol N
cs in past years, the Oregonian finds IL
elf in deep water when it undertakes SC
square itself when accused of in ii
nsistency. Recently it wasted u ::
lole column of space trying to con- VI W
ace its readers that it was notan! ad- =,
rer of Senator Mcbride when he hs
me out and advocated the gold
.ndard, and last Saturday it used up m
other column trying to disprove the Re
,usation that in the past it supported -
, free coinage of silver, and this too L,
face of the fact that it supported the N,
tie republican platform of 1890 that IN
,Iared for the free coinage of silver hI fa
the ratio of 16 to /. -