The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-05-27
EDITORIAL NOTES.

because of a quarrel with General
Otis. Such a report cannot be credited.
Dewey is not the kind of man to be
scared because of a quarrel with fel-
low officer, and Otis is too good SOL
dier to quarrel with his associates.
The possibilities are that there has
been no disagreement between the ad'
miral and the general.
A Connecticut court has awarded
only SO damages for the death OF
railway workman who was killed by
the negligence of the railways agent.
This is not surprising, for the Con-
necticut courts don't place much
value on the life of man who
tolls for a living. A man must be
millionaire or government official 10
be of any conseeuen in that state.
Pendleton must have thrifty'set OF
city officials, judging from the follow
ing item that appeared in the East
Oregouian's news columns: None OF
the councilmen came around to at
tend the regular weekly meeting OF
the city council last night hence the
recorder closed up the books and went
his way to the Frazer opera house,
where he found the members listening
to the play La Tosca."
A postmaster down south has orig
mated an original idea. He has sub
scribed to telephone for his office
and advertises that when authorized
by patrons of the Office at distance
he will open their letters and read
them oyer the phone to those to whom
they are addressed without charge.
Why not our postmaster introduce
similar service in The Dalles office?
What say you, Mr.. Riddell?
And now the eastern woolen manu-
facturers who are beginning to pool
their interests are trying to gobble up
the wooden mills on this coast into q
trust 80 that they cannot compete With
the eastern factories. They are red
hot after the Thomas Kay mill at
Salem and other mills in the state.
When they get them. we will begin
paying tribute as we now pay to the
iron, steel, tin and other trusts.
Governor Rogers announcement
that he will be candidate for renom-
ination next year has developed the
fact that he has more strength among
the democrats than has been expected
says an exchange. He ought to have
strength among all property owners
in Washington, for he is the best gov
ernor the state has ever had even ii
he is populist. 1t matters little by
what name man is known so long as
he fills position as ably as Governor
Rogers has.
The house republican caucus CON-
mittee has agreed upon scheme for
fastening the gold standard little
more firmly upon the country. 1t is
to redeem all government obligations
in gold, reissue greenbacks only for
gold, permit national banks to issue
paper currency to the par value of
their government deposits and permit
national banks to incorporate with
capital of $25 200. The scheme is COM
promise measure, and does not meet
the approval of the administration.
Owners of wool that is held on con-
signment in Boston and New York are
pursuing wise course in ordering it
shipped to London and Liverpool
where they can realize better prices
for it than can be had in the United
States. By sending it abroad they
will diminish the supply here, and
possibly force the wool syndicate to
come up on prices. But the fact that
wool is being shipped out of the coun-
try to q free trade market does not
speak very we'll for the theory of pro-
lection.
A gentlemen from the east who was
in The Dalles a few days ago
remarked that he could not UNDER
stand why it is that this place is not
town, since it has all
the natural advantages of locality,
climate and raw materials. Many OF
the old residents express the same sur
prise, yet they cannot tell why we
have not factories, except it is that
The Dalles has always been such a
good trading point that it was not
necessary for people to turn their at
tention to manufacturing.
The senatorial contest in Michigan
Is assuming rather a disgusting as
oect. Russell A. Alger, of embalmed
beef fame, wants the legislature of
Michigan to vindicate his incom-
oetency and rascaiity by electing him
United States senator, while Senator
James Mcmillan thinks he is entitled |
% reelection. 1t is said McMillan's
is favored by President
while at the same time, the
,nly plan to relieve the president of
Alger is to make him senator. Nc
1inley mas two friends in the Michigan
race that are like millstones
bout his neck.