The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-10-07
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able ii howl for them were raised all

II congress, In response TO the Qeiuand
would prepare measures looking in
| that direction.
President Kruger in lists that all
aliens shall become citizens bef re Il ey
can exercise the rights of sutf f.aye in
the Transvaal, and that is ab1ut the
only f.uIt wuicn Great Britain finds
with his government, and TOR this
reason she proposes To give the b.. r.
ii uruouing.
| BE tm'n Frankin, whose wisdom
was Ii u Il Y more IF rhe worldly aud
| prac ic4l than of tn" religious kiuG
| il the author nf JhIs sJaJenanL: IA
| bit le itn,l IL newspaper III every lnu-e,
tood school IN tvery districi-ali
i studied aud appreciated as lney de-
| -er0e-are the best support uf Virtue,
IN rulity aud liberty"
IL will cost less than $l2j.OOO,OOO to
| buIlu Jbe Nn.ara.s ua Canal, 81 SAY The
! commissioners who have re,.entiy
| mat t report of their tihdit - ;foer
| Il thorough SeXiuihdJiuu oi the .lJua.
| JiOn. IL III cost inJre than S'l2j, Co.,
tWu T.: subuue the tJl:p'nu-. Vi hlcn ot
| H. 80 AmerIc..u cuiLm rec aud ILdus.
| t
Secretary vi Agricui nre Wilson has
! his hands full. He opposes grazing
| upun The pubic Lana because he think.
| it will destroy the value of country
| that settlers need. and ut the same
| claim The .'handoned farms in New
EugIand. La ore cdse IL is 100 mauy
people. and ID The other too few.
Farmers. sheep rails RS and Cattle
mer of h .st, rn Oregon should ktei,
h -lr ey' open ~ The Necessity uf re
tnlLiug lne Ca-,.aue forest reserv.
south of White RIVER Is pasturage 70
their hOck- and herds. Ii the sneet
are exc uded from Jhe reserve tlIes
will make d uu-G Deu Of all toe prairl
iauJ ana Will drlv, other stock out q
hne EouhtTI. ans d H't"tcf III Nulct.
al, are alike Interested
The An. r,can spirit is rapid y enter
Ing III 10 I'll. aIf,ir- nf Tuba. Ia Havana
over tWe,ve tao i-aIi me are On :,
str X tor hlgnrr ways. WI tre mel
harve the Trrdo,u III strike" rqn.liG,
oi opportunity rx Il, ;lnd the frulC~ oI
Labor are III tiir mats 2hlfIerru IA. Lnus,
who lan0r vi ere. me-. nav not the
freedom Ia -Iai Il for tielr ri. GJs, or fu-
y"n viii tin1 -oVt'riiau~nt 10y tL. TEA.
for tile few. aud tile uIuss Ut men slaves
Ju class of men
Sir Walter Peace, aer Mt gen RAJ 70
the British roIony of Natal. stat,s t 9
South African situation with brutal
candor. but he speaks the urgarnished
truth. The time draws near when
Great Britain will "assume control
over the whole of South Africa " The
Beers in Transvaal and their brothers
in Orange FREQ State will lose their
national enemity. The handwriting Is
on the wall. and there can b. no other ,
ultimate solution.-Spokesma Re.
view. Yes the great European land
pirate will gobble up all the South
African countries in time. unless the
people At home tirs of neiny tsx d 70
k, ep up armies and refuse TO furnish
the sInews of war
The two principal cities of this state
and Astor a-are making
all kinds OF fools out of themselves ight-
ing eacn otrer over the deep sea pro-
position. Portland will always be the
jobbing town for Oregon and goody5
part or washington. while. nature has
endowed Astoria with natural advan-
tases that will make of il the great
shipping point for the Northwest.
These conditions cannot be changed
by the contentious of men, therefore
the only sensible thing for Portland
and Astoria. to do is to work together.
letting Portland have the commercial
business and Astoria be the great sea.
port of the state.
Wei, we wonld make pretty mess
of it," saia Dewey, when a reporter
reminded him that he aud Joe Wheel 1
er were mentioned as democratic
team for the presidential race in 1900. !
Il am not a politician. 1 am a sailor.
I know my business. or at least
should know it, and do not want 10
mix in the affairs of government. /
am perfectly satisfied to live and die
simple sailor In the same strain !
once spoke Andrew Jacks,r: do |:
they think l am such darned fool as i
to think myself fit for president of the |
United States? No, sir: / know what /
am ft fo". can command body /
of men in rough way, but 1 am not
fit TO be president. But Andrew /
Jackson became president andaheld /
that high position tor.two terms, and /
be was about as good one as the United I
States ever had. Might not George |
DC"Cy oC d oCCouu u ohChSVn. aO poo-
sesses many of the qualities of sold
Hickory
The New York World insists that
Dewey is the only man in
America who can beat the republican
1ominee for president IN 1900. 1t
advocates nominating him on the
democratic ticket no matter whar' his
politics or whether he has any, and
'unniug him strictly on his merits as
! man and the record he has made in
he navy. This might be called good
,olitics, that ia as viewed by some
O get there no matter how-but the
people want to know what man is
,oing to do after he is elected. They
'ant to know what policies he will
ollow. Dewey appears to be an
oneet man, one of firm will. and one
7ho woul not-be dictated To oy schem-
ng politicians, therefore he would be
n Improvement over the present in
um bent. As II last resort, rather
han suffer the re.electiOn OF McKIn-
~, it might be advisable to -un him
'ithout any platform or pledges, and
AXE chances on his honesty 80 give US
clean administration.
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