The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-04-10

How many more such demonstrations
will be required before congress will
adopt a resolution submitting such an
amendment to the states?
Turkey is too poor to send an am
bassador to Washington, hence that
country will be represented at our na
tional capitol by q minister, and cX-
Secretary Foster, ii he goes To Con-
stantinopie, will only ba accorded the
title OF minister, since Uncle Sam viii
send ou5 no ambassadors to nations
who are represent! hero by ministers.
The iron pudd!ecs of Pennsylvania
voted last fall for projection to
American. industries" that would raise
their wages. They have just received
a reduction OF fifty cents ton for pud-
ding, and have seen their places taken
by a lot OF foreigners because they re-
fused to accept the reduction in their
pay. To comment upon this al present
would be unkind.
1t was windy bluff the house under
took when it tackled onto the Dingley
bill section imposing duties that
might sometime lie fixed by act Of
congress on all imports after April /,
1t would have been fully as sensible TO
have added section requiring the
payment OF Mckinley duties on all
goods imported since that law was re-
pealed.
At last the senate has taken definite
action with reference to the Cuban
question, passing u resolution calling
upon the president to protest to The
Spanish government against violations
of the rules OF civilized warfare. The
resolution is indeed timely. for such Il
thing as butchering prisoners Of war,
whether they be rebels or foreigners,
should not be tolerated.
Advices fl ON Washington are that
the senate will not begin the consider
alton of the tariff bill until about the
middle OF May, and that it cannot pass
before the end of June. This will give
importers abundant time to stock up
on all the lines before it can 60 into
effect, and the importers will reap
harvest, for what they import now will
be sold at the same prices as if they
had paid duties.
Portland is putting forth an effort to
secure largo WOODEN mill, and when
Portland goes to work in earnest to
secure anything it generally succeeds.
The same should be true of The Dalles.
Here we have been talking ''woolen
mill' for years but that is all. During
the time we have been talking other
places have secured the mills, and
Portland will probably get one before
we do.
Il is sometimes said that hard times
make populists, but over in Washing
ton another method has been adopted.
A populist legislature and governor
were elected last November, and from
some cause, possibly economical admin
istration, the state is today in better
shape than since it discarded it's ter
ritorial swadling clothes, and its war;
rants, which have always been at
discount, are selling at a premium.
1t may be some encouragement to
temperance workers to note that the
internal revenue receipts from whisky
showed an increase Of only one per
cent for the last year, while the tax on
beer and other malt liquors increased
six per cent. Population is increasing
about two end one-half per cent year,
so it may be concluded that the Ameri-
can people are drinking mora but not
getting drunk so much as they used to.
1t was no small surprise to congress
when Representative Walker raised
his voice against appropriating money
to relieve the sufferers from the Miss
issippi food. In opposing the measure
Walker, said sit is not for congess to
take money from the people by taxa
tion and distribute it in charity" Yet
Mr.. Walker voted for the Dingley bill
which takes money from the people
and gives it to the protected classes,
and also favors bounties for the sugar
producers and steamship owners.
W. ]. Bryan was asked for his views
on the Ohio and Michigan elections.
'They indicate that confidence has net
been restored, and need no explara-
tion from me; they speak for them
selves" was his reply. And this is
perhaps the best explanation that
could be given of the landslide that
struck Ohio, Michigan and Chicago.
The promises of the advance agent of
prosperity have not been redeemed,
hence confidence has not been restored
with the voters.
The Massachusetts Reform Club of
Boston has commenced a systematic
movementfor currency reform. 1t has
recently passed formal resolutions de-
manding that congress shall adopt
some safe plan whereby our legal
tender paper and silver and our silver
certificates shall be slowly withdrawn.
and gold. gold certificates and bank
notes shall gradually take their
places" They further advocate "such
legislation as will encourage the es-
tablishment aud successful operation
of small banks with local capital and