The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-04-23
EDITORIAL NOTES.

the public credit of the United States
abroad as yet. In London Tuesday
United States As sold at 11S, however
Spanish As we're quoted only at 81. |
This is good index of the confidence |
the world has in the stability of this |
government.
Hon. A. A. Jayne was reuoninated |
by the republicans of this district for
prosecuting attorney, and Mr.. II. S.
Wilson was nominated for judge. Both
are good lawyers and are well known
throughout the district, especially Mr..
Jayne, who is now serving bis second
term as district attorney.
H. S. Lyman, union nominee for
superintendent of public instructions
is the one if elected who will
stand between the people and the
American Book Co. That company
has had its foot on the necks of the
people long enough, and it is high
time that its influence be eliminated
from the public school system.
1t will indeed be good thing for
the country VIXEN the Cuban contro-
versy is settled, for the war scare is
unsettling business and retarding all
kind. of Investments. Congress should
at once meet the inevitable and define
what the policy of the government is
to be- There is no use to wait longer
upon the whims of the president.
Everything is propitious for good
times in Oregon and Washington the
coming season. The war with Spain
and the supplies needed to feed and
clothe the Klondike miners will make
ready market at good prices for
everything the farmers of this section
will have to sell. This will evidently
be year when the producers can lay
away something for ''rainy day."
The Mitchell republicans find little
or n oth1ng to console them in the ac
tion of the recent convention at AS
toria. They have not a candidate on
the whole ticket that is of their fac
tion, and as one remarked the other
day, "Simon has made ticket, now
let him elect it, will be the policy of
a large number of those who were set
down on at Astoria.
There were just two little words of
difference between the two houses of
congress in the Cuban resolution that
caused delay of several days. They
were "are and" The senate wanted
to say the Cubans "are and" ought to
be free and Independent people, while
the house wanted only to say they
ought TO be. 1t is strange what little
things will divide great bodies.
Only few days since farmers and
stoekmen throughout Eastern Oregon
were wearing long faces because of
threatened drouth, but today their ex-
pressions have changed. The long
looked for rains have begun to fall,
refreshing the parched ranges and
withered fields, so that abundant GRO ps
may be expected. Truly it is favored
locality. When calamity seems GER
tain to overtake US, something always
occurs to bring the country out of the
"dumps."
Whatever may have been President
McKinley's motive for standing out
against the recognition of Cuba, he
will never be able to Q convince the
people that he was not catering to the
money power, because to recognize
Cuban independence was to invalidate
the interest bearing debt of the island
created by the Spaniards, and to in
validate this debt is certain to bring
loss to the bondholders on Wall street
who hold large blocks of those credits.
Everybody recognizes in T. T. Greer
very strong candidate for governor,
but if he should be elected, he will
prove very weak chief executive of
the state. Geer will be under the in
fluence of the same old clique that has
been in power for four years past.
Geer will simply be the tool of the
Portland bosses should he step into
Governor Lords shoes on January lst
of next year Should King be elected
he will be governor. he does not
wear the color of any boss, clique or
faction.
Eighteen months ago we we're look
ing to Europe as the battle ground of
the next great war, little thinking
then that this government would be
the first to try conclusions with for.
eign power. We sat In our supposed
'peace with all men" and saw Turkey
virtually defy the world, not dreaming
that the American eagle and Spanish
dragon would so soon be trying con-
clusions. But it has fallen to our lot
to engage in foreign war, so let every
American be patriot and if need he
become soldier.
We are told the troubles of 1S61-e5
have been buried and forgotten, but
the feeling the North has for the South
crops out occasionally when some