The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-11-26
PLENTY IO KICK ABOUT.

The Times. Noun ntaineer says sit cos
the people of Oregon nearly $50, 900 t.
elect Joe Simon United States sena
tor" Admitting that it did, wha
difference does it make? Was the leg
islation enacted at the special session
of no value? Was the saving of inter
est on unpaid state warrants of no &C
count? Should Oregon be deprived O
her full representation in the coming
session OF congress when matters o
the greatest moment are to be acted
upon? And finally, what's the trouble
with you: have you absolutely nothing
OF, Importance to kick about? CAM
you find fault with the condition of the
U. S. treasury. the price of wool. cat
tie. sheep, or hops, the general pros
perity of the people, the result of the
war, The conduct OF our soldiers and
officers in that war, nor anything un.
der the sun except paltry $4,000 eX-
pended under the laws and constitu-
ton of the state of Oregon.-Prine.
vile journal.
Here's quite list of nonsensical
questions, such as none but hide
bound partisan would ask Aside from
the unnecessary expenditure of $780,
600 for the election of United States
senator, which was the sole purpose OF
convening the legislature in extra
session, there is abundance to kick
about. While the legislature did do a
little good work, for which the MEM
bers are to be commended, it was not
a paying Investment for the state. By
passing the general appropriation bill
it saved perhaps $4,000 interest, and
saved some $500 by abollshing the
railroad commission. This was all. so
the rest of the cost of the special ses-
sion may be charged up to the election
of Mr.. Simon.
AS to the other matters there is
plenty to complain of. The condition
Of the treasury for instance. 1t is
with millions of dollars placed
there by the unnecessary sale of bonds,
q scheme by which the interest bur-
dens of the people are increased S6,000,-
900 year, and by the collection of
some $4,000, GOO month from the in
ternal revenue tax. A condition if
continued for year will seriously
hamper business by the withdrawal of
money from the ordinary channels of
trade. Then there is the price of wool.
It is quoted at eight cents a pound in
San Francisco, eleven cents pound
In Boston, and nothing in The Dalles.
There are several million pounds of
this product in The Dalles' warehouses
today for which the owners can find
no offers. The price of wheat is also
to find fault with. Farmers
can get 81 cents bushel for this sta
pie article here. and on an average it
has cost them 40 cents bushel to pre-
pare it for the market. And who
among our people are really prosper
ous? A reference to the list of prop.
srty published in the tax sale notice of
,he sheriff of CROOK county in the
Prineville Journal will probably an
'wer the question. Then there is the
'esult of the war. We have an army
Of as fine men as ever bore arms, and
IS result, not of the war, but of the
of the administration,
3ne in ten of them is an invalid, while
1000 of them have died because of
his mismanagemert. The result off
he war was glorious, but The result
Algerism is disgrace.
Anybody but narrow minded par
isan can find all he wants to kick at;
n fact he can find little else. In
hort, few liberal minded persons, even
n the republican party justify the
alling of an extra session of the leg
stature to elect Joe Simon senator.
Let the Journal look around and see if |
t can't find something to kick at.