The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-06-11
REAL HEROS

No more & sr: :; deco .Is ever done
than by Lieutenant Hobson and the
brave seamen who accompanied him
on that perilous trip with the Mer-
rimac into the harbor of Santiago.
Those men faced all the perils of war,
aud went on an expedition where
almost certain death seemed to stare
them in the face, yet not one f1inched
his duty, and hundreds of others were.
ready to volunteer. Happily they all
escaped alive, but this does not detract
from their They performed
their duty as soldiers, and good for
tune was with them. When the his
tory of the war of 1898 is written, their
names will occupy a prominent place
in its pages. Heros. are never for
gotten. - -.
The senate will finally be forced to
authorize the bond Issue provided for
in the house war revenue bill. The
bond sellers are determined to hold up
all other legislation until this is ac-
complished. They have a grasp on
the nations throat that cannot be
broken.
Secretary Gage recognizing the GER
tain need of more metallic money in
the country, has sent recommends
ton to congress that the mints be run
over time, and has condescended to
mention the necessity of coming some
silver. 1t is only question of time
when the most radical goldite must
come, like Secretary Gage, to the con-
clusion that silver is necessary.
There never was time in the his
tory of The Dallss when the people
were fuller of patriotism than at pres
emit. or when they we're more in the
mood to celebrate the anniversary of
American independ ence. Everybody
wants to celebrate, and those here
will inspire their visitors with en-
thusiasm, and, too, The Dalles will
display its customary hospitality on
this occasion. 1t will outdo all former
attempts at entertaining.
The Portland Tribune filled the mis-
sion for which it was established, that
is, it fought to reinstate Senator
Mitchell. and failing in that attempt,
turned up it's little toes and died. Thus
will all morning papers die that at
tempt to start in PORTLAND, unless they
ale backed by sufficient capital to
make them real newspapers. Any
paper started in Portland must be
equally as good as the Oregonian. 1t
must give al the news, and to do this
must haye plenty of money back OF it.
A paper cannot be run in Portland on
wind, and whoever attempts to estab.
lish one with less than $250,000 will
seek an early grave.
Had there been a full vote cast
throughout the state last Monday the
republican majority might not have
been so great, though of course this is
speculative. HoSever, it is quite GER.
tain that the stay-at-home vote was
not largely republican. The union OF
forces effected at Portland was not
agreeable to great many pronounced
silver men, consequently they refused
to go to the polls, whereas the repub-
licans were generally united on their
ticket and rallied to their support,
hence it is reasonable to suppose that
three-fourths of those who stayed at
home on election day were not re-
publicans. AS compared with the con-
gressional vote of 1896 in this county
there was a falling off of 1923. The
vote for congressman two years ago
was 371S, whereas the vote this year
was only 1896, and compared with the
presidential vote the decrease was
$50.