The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-12-31
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

FepuUl1Cdu paper, uculduuS tuuO IL
party suppress trusts. Might as vel
ask it to abandon the gold standard.
President Mckinley says we are tt
have the gold standard and the wa
tax for period of four years longer
The president probably forgets tina
there will be an election in 1900.
What has become of the argumen
of the contractionists that thu
volumne of money in circulation doe
not affect business? We have large
volumne of money in circulation than
for several years past and times art
better.
AS rule public officials labor from
9 a. m. to 4. p. IN. Employees in pri
vate establishments work from q. m
to g. p. m. The former gets better
pay than does the latter. Is it n won
der there is demand for reduction oi
officers salaries?
The death of Senator Morrill, re
moves one of the most familiar face:
from the halls of congress, he having
served there for nearly half century
During his long public service Senator
Morrill, kept his record pretty pure, he
never having been accused of trickery
in his official life.
And now Alger's whitewashing com.
mittee attempts to throw all the blame
of missmanagement of the war depart.
ment upon General Miles. This is a
foolish stroke of policy. for the old
general is a bad man to get riled. He
will cause an investigation to be made
that will fix the blame where it be.
longs.
The flag of Aguinaldo now flies over
Iloilo. where l. was raised by the re.
belious Filipinos, and it will probably
require the burning of some Ameri-
can powder to bring it down. Those
Filipinos are not a docile get, as our
soldiers will learn before they have
brought them into subjection.
A st. Paul dispatch announces that
100 packages of mail from Manila,
supposed to contain souvenirs from
the soldiers, are held by the postal
authorities of ST. Paul for the duty
which the treasury department. says
must be collected. Apparently the
"open door" policy has uot been ex-
tended to the soldiers who want to
send a few trinkets home to their
friends. ' Or ID
The senate committee on privileges
and elections is making haste very
slowly investigating the charges of
bribery against Senator Hanna. 1t
will probably report about the time
mis- term of Office expires. for there are
too many of the brethern, on whose
election there is q shadow, to permit
one of their fellow members to be in
vestigated thoroughly.
Already candidates for the different
Offices that will be at the disposal OF
Governor Geer after January 10th, are
to come into prominence in
such plentitude that there is no ques-
tion but the governor will find plenty
to fill all the positions. Despite the
good times, there are still men left
who. are willing to accept the insig-
nif1cant salaries in the states service.
Senior Sagasta laments the fate of
Spain and the loss of it's islands in
the Atlantic and Pacific. He speaks
Of the cruelty of America in taking
away Spain's possessions. Had he
thought of. this few years ago,
and insisted on his government
taxing less of the possessions of the
ISLANDERS things might have been diff
ierent. 1t was Spain's greed that
brought her to the present fate.
The Oregon BARRIERS want law
passed to protect themselves and their
against fakes. 1t is good
dea. A poor barber causes about as
much suffering in the world as poor
loctor, then why not require them to
it themselves before being turned
oose upon the public? Since the bar
oers propose to bear all the expense
If their examining board, the legis-
AZURE can find no reasonable grounds
or denying their request.
If q vote were taken upon the
question as to whether or not the
United States should hold the Phil
ppine islands, it would no doubt
receive the sanction of IS per cent
,f the American people. The cry that
he stars and stripes should never be
,auled down where once hoisted is
popular with the people, yet to keep
hem flying oyer the archipelago will
ost US thousands OLIVES and hundreds
# millions of dollars.
The civil service throughout the
United States in federal, state, county
md municipal positions has become
o great that their salaries are heavy
'urden upon the bread earners. To
'ay their salaries requires the labor of
very voter in the country FIVE days
ach year, whereas one hundred years
go it took the labor OF only two and a
alf days of each voter to pay officers.
> it not high time the number of offic- |
RS or the amount of salary be reduced?
Grande Ronde valley beet farmers
,ill ask the legislature to put bounty |
dollar ton on sugar beets. The
squest should be disposed of with but
tile discussion. To tax all the people
I Oregon for the benefit of few beet
Irmers in one section would be un-
lst; it would be taxing the few for the
enefit of the many. Besides If beet
Using cannot be made profitable with
1t bounty it is not desirable in
lstry, for Oregon has too many re-
,urces that do pay to justify the build
~ up of one that must be maintained
7 a bounty.
Dalles capitalists and property own
3 cannot longer be blind to the fact
at they must put forth some effort to
cate new industries here, or they
i'll live to see the time when their
'operty will rapidly diminish in value.
he railroads that are building and
Q liable to buildsinto the interior are
rtain to deprive US of our commerce
less something is done. Let all
rake to the situation, and put indus
les in operation that will counteract
e losses we will sustain by the loss