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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-01-14
AS OTHERS SEE US.

The city of The Dalles is in a fair
way to lose the trade that has built up
the city and made it the distributing
point for big portion of the Inland
Empire during the past 40 years. The
Columbia Southern railroad building
from Biggs has reached Moro and in
time will reach Antelope, with prob
ably q branch to Prineville. This
takes away the trade of that part of
Sherman county that has been
tributary to The Dalles, and the trade
of Crook county and Southeastern
Wasco will be lost to it. The pro-
jected railroad from Lyle to Golden
dale, il built, will take from the Dalles
most of the trade of Klickitat county
it now enjoys. The only hope for The
Dalles to retain her supremacy as the
chief city of the Inland Empire lies
in establishing mauufactories.-Hood
River Glacier.
When others see the dangers that
threaten US and warn US thereof, it is
time that we awake to the gravity of
the situation or do something to better
our condition. The Glacier is right in
saying the only way to retaiu our for
mer prestige is in establishing manu-
Industries. When we awake
to a full realization of this fact we will
begin to prosper as we never did even
In the palmiest days of the past.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-01-14
SUGAR BEET BOUNIIES.

Hon. Geo. W. Poebstel, joint sena-
tor for Union and Umatilla counties,
is to father the sugar beet bounty bill
in the legislature, and has gone to
Salem loaded with arguments in favor
of this scheme to compell the people
of the entire state to foster an industry
in Grande Ronde valley. He explains
that the "real reason for the payment
of the subsidy is that, with such law
passed. there could be secured heavy
immigration of certain class of
thrifty farmers who already under
stand the science of raising high per-
centage of sugar beets, and at the
same time the actual producers now
living in the Grande Ronde valley
would have simply what might be
called an educational fun1 that would
enable valuable and growing section
of country to bring to permanent
basis most valuable industry He
also insists that the bounty to be paid
would only be nominal sum, as there
was only little more than 5000 tons
of beets raised in the state last year.
This cuts little figure in the case,
for the principle remains the same
whether the amount to be paid is great
or small; it is the taking from one for
the benefit of another without COM
pensation. But the object of the
bounty is to encourage the industry,
else il would be utterly useless to the
state, therefore the sum to be paid
would be increased many fold another
year. Then he would have the bounty
to act as an Educational fund.-" to
teach the Grand Ropde farmers how
to grow beets. If there were any justice
in the claim, why not make it apply to
all industriess Give bounty on
wheat, that the wheat farmer might
learn how to make more wheat grow
upon an acre, or bounty on butter
that would teach the dairyman how to
make his cows give richer. milk. or
a bounty on eggs, so that hens might
be induced to lay two day?
The proposition of bounties is absurd,
unjust and unreasonable. Simply ne-
cause one class of people desires to
engage in a certain industry ia no
reason why all the people should be
taxed to support it. Giving bounties
ia nothing but legalizing robbery. and
should never be seriously considered
by any legislative body. The bill for
the benefit of the Grande Ronde beet
farmers should be promptly voted
down. s.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-01-14
EDI1ORLAL NOTES.

The peace treaty formulated at Paris
has been transmitted to the senate,
and will no doubt be ratified at an
early date.
The most interesting question iu
Pennsylvania politics at present is
whether Mat Quay is going back to the
senate or to the penitentiary.
Making up the jury list in Marion
county is proving quite interesting
work for the county court. The
election fraud case is cutting quite q
figure in the jury list.
Lord Wolseley pays tribute to the
American volunteers in the war with
Spain. Their work was equal to their
historic record and Wolseley knows
that no more need be said.
Gen. Shafter believes that the
Cubans would vote for annexation by
a large majority. They will have an
opportunity in due time to cast their
ballots for the splendid promotion
freerred 20.
The Roseburg Review issued a
splendid New Years edition that is
worthy of note and should be sent
broadcast by the residents of Douglas
county. for it is splendid advertise.
ment of the recources of Southern
Oregon.
The present cost of maintaining the.
regular army is $24, ,443, 4S0. The esti-
mated cost for the enlarged army as
provided in Representative Hull's bill
is SS2, ,053. 1856, an increase of $57, :, ,76l, los.
This increase is one of the luxuries we
will get from acquiring foreign ter
ritory.
That Governor Roosevelt will con
test for the nominstion for president
before the next republican astionsi
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-01-14

pansion, which threatens thus early
to become a watchword in the next
presidential campaign. This would
be unfortunate, for as soon as any
form of words becomes party cry in
political campaign all hopes OF
reasoning on the subject vanish.
"Why may not the course proposed
for the Philippines be as practicable
for them as for Cuba, where we are
bound to apply it, even SO much nearer
home, or break our most solemn
pledges?
1--WE should make no promises as to
the duration Of the protectorate which
we would establish and maintain over
these incipient nations, but leave 1t to
time and the evolution Of the peoples
o0ncernad ~
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-01-14
NOT d BAD IDEA.

Representative J. W. McCulloch, of
Marion county, will urge the passage
of bill by the legislature to cause
the state school fund to carry the in
surance on public school property.
Mr.. McCullock has made careful in
vestigation of the amounts paid an
nually for insurance premiums on
school property and also the losses
sustained by fire. He finds that the
annual premiums are SIS, ,OCO, while the
average annual loss is only $500, thus
his plan would save to the state
Sl5, 500 yearly.
His bill provides that the school sup
erintendent of each county shall yearly
make an inventory Of 1.-THE cash value
of all school property in his county
and forward certified copy thereof
to the superintendent of public in
struction. II there is loss by fire the
county superintendent shall forthwith
adjust the same and report TO the su.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-01-14

journment at the end of 80 days.
session.
"It will not be possible to do SO,
however, if the usual custom of in
Producing food of bills on ali con-
ceivable subjects is to be perpetuated.
The number of bills introduced at the
average regular session almost, if not
quite, equals the whole number of laws
on our statute books; and since few of
them are of an original nature it fol-
lows that, as a rule, they are simply at
tacks. in one form or another. on ex-
listing laws"
The governor then goes on to outline
some of the duties of legislators and
insisting that the work of the SESSION
can be accomplished in 80 days, he
calls the legislatures attention to the
clerkship abuses in the following Ian
guage:
"Allow me to say word here about
this matter of clerk hire. My legis-
lative experience reaches back to the
regular session Is years ago, and in
the meantime l have seen the most
meager employment of clerk hire grow
into an absolute public evil, whose
tenacity of life seems to successfully
defy the opposition Of campaign
pledges, platform denunciations and
even the public wrath itself. The
abuse of this privilege has developed
into public wrong, the continuance
of which is absolutely without justif-
cation, and its abatement, not at some
future session but at this one, involves
your reputation and mine for sincerity
in the matter of public promises to the
people of Oregon.
-"As a probable means of securing
relief to the people in this matter, 1
have, investigated the records suffic-
iently to discover that in 1880 there
were employed in the senate IA clerks,
and 10 in the house. There were 268
bills introduced in both houses, giving
an average of IL bills to each clerk.
In 1882 there were % clerks, all told.
with 292 bills, giving an average of 10
bills to each clerk. In the session of
1893 there were 153 clerks employed to
consider 607 bills, or one clerk to con-
slider every four bills. In 1895 there
were 155 clerks employed to properly
handle $50 bills, or an average of one
clerk to every four bills. To press
this question q little nearer home,
gentlemen. it becomes necessary to
say that while the character and
quantity of your work in the special
session was very commendable, you
in both houses ITO clerks to
take care of 1872 bills, or only one bill
and half to each clerk. The cost of
this service was $7457, or $61 for clerk
and S46 for each BILL"
This plain language raised the ire
Of some of the senators, especially
those who had served in former ses-
siOns, and called forth some rather
pointed criticisms from that source,
but none of them can deny that the
governor is right in his statements.
IF they will but heed his counsel, they
will merit the commentator of every
body except those who are looking
about for easy jobs.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-01-14

Professor Magnl Delivers an Address on
the Philippines.

Professor Magill Delivers an Address on
the Philippines.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 12.-President
E. n. Magill, of Swarthmore college,
delivered an address on the Philippines
before the Friends Association Mon.
day evening.
Professor Magjli discussed various
possible courses as to the Philippines,
and then said:
"Would it not be better for the
United Ststes to continue it's protec.
torate over these people, avoiding by
all means treating them as conquer
ed nation, but rather regarding them
as friends and allies and securing their
cooperation in establishing a system
of self government? Our protectorate
must be of such nature as to prevent
the other nations from interfering
with this interesting experiment in
training other peoples.
"By pursuing this course, too, we
should avoid the charge of national ex.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-01-14
DON'T COMPLAIN.

The governor, secretary of state and
state treasurer have determined that
the state tax levy for 1899 must be
7-10 mills, against 81 mills in 1898.
This increase in the levy is said to be
owing to the appropriations made by
the special session of the legislature,
which included an item of $41, 200
to pay the expenses of the legislature
Of 1897 that never organized and an
other of S33, 600 for the purchase of the
branch asylum site at Union, then
there Is still the item of something
like $4,000 interest on state expenses
that accrued because of the failure of
the legislature to convene in '97.
When the taxpayers are called upon
to bear the extra burden of taxation
they should enter no complaint: They
are getting what they voted for in
1896 and again in 1898. The party
that had been in the majority in the
legislature previous to those elections
had been wasteful, yet it was returned
to power. As result there was; no
session of the legislature in 1897, no ap-
preparation to pay state expenses, and
the state was run on credit until the
conyening of the special session last
August, and an interest charge of
some $75. 900 was builtup. Then again
last year the same party was retained
in power, and an appropriation Of S41,-
600 to pay the expenses Of those who
held up the legislature of 1897, togeth
er with the salaries of an army of
clerks, was freely made.
OA democrat or populist taxpayer
might have some grounds for COM
plaint at the increased taxation, but
those who voted the republican ticket
in 1897 and in 1898 should never MUIR
muir. They should take their medi-
cine like little men, pay their taxes
and look pleasant, for they
are getting what they voted for.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-01-14
THE HARoEsT.woRKED WOMAN
In the Land Is the Mistress of the
White House.

In the Land Is the Mistress of the
White House.
The author of series of letters, Civ
ing 'The Inner Experiences of Cab
met Members Wife," in the Ladies'
Home Journal, gives some new and ex-
ceedingly frank glimpses of Washing
ton official life. The letters are un-
dated, therefore the administration
cannot be identified. She says of a
presidents wife. in a letter to her sis
ter, to whom all the missives are in
dited: "The worst of living in the
white house is the lack of privacy and
room. The first lady of the land
is about the hardest-worked woman in
America in many ways. The present
lovely incumbent has more leisure than
most of those who have occupied the
place, because she knows no more
about the domestic arrangements than
if she lived in. a hotel. Everything is
turned over to housekeeper, who
does not even report to Mrs. President.
The presidents wife has not the lux
uries nor convenience of ordinary
rich people living in large cities. Her
quarters are circumscribed, and she
is bcsieged by reporters, especially dur
ing the first year, while the mere read
ing of her letters received every day is
heavy task. although she has secre-
tary to help her out. This Mrs. Pres
ident does not even receive the reports
of the head steward, the chief official
servant of the household. 1t is said
that he went to her not long ago to ask
her advice about getting rat poisonto
kill the numerous rat and mice occu-
pants of the white house (be it said in
shame of the nation), and she told him
his province was to keep everything
disagreeable hidden from her-fym
rats to ghosts. That settled Mr.. Stew
ardo
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-01-14
TO ABOLISH GRAND JURIES

Representative Ralph E. Moody, of
Multnomah county, has prepared a
bill that looks to the abolishing of
the grand jury system, and should
meet the approval of very large
majority OF citizens. It permits dis
trict attorneys to proceed on informa-
tion in criminal cases, instead of re-
quiring meeting of the grand jury,
and the finding of true bill of in
dictment, as under the present practice.
The state constitution permits the
grand jury system to either be abolish
ed or modified. Mr.. Moody considers
the abolition of the grand jury q
radical change, but be does favor a
modification along the lines of the bill
he will present. This would enable
courts to call in grand juries only
when necessary, and would prove
desirable change.
The grand jury has always been a
sort of fifth wheel" to the judicial de-
POL bLuCue VI tuo St6t0s IL udo always
entailed great expense upon the count
les. and its services, except in rare
cases, has been valueless. The in
vestigati0ns made by grand jury can
never be thorough. or complete. Its
findings seldom throw new light upon
a criminal case, hence it is useless
Criminal cases in al
most every instance had as we'll go
direct from the committing magistrate
to the trial court without the inter-
vention Of the grand jury, for the in
vestigations by the magistrate who
holds the preliminary examination can
be as thorough as those made by the
grand jury, and as rule consider
able expense could be avoided by dis.
pensing with the attendance OF wit
neses before grand juries. The bill
proposed by MIR. Moody is q good one
Ind should become a law.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-01-14

The high water mark in the national
debt was reached in 1855, when it
amounted to s2,773, .173. 1t gradu-
ally decreased until in 1893 when it hal
been cut down l,545, ,962, 1886. Since
then it has increased $43l. .4O3, ,O7S, the
greatest increase having been from
Jan. 1,.lS97, to Dec. 81, 1898, the in.
crease being little over $4,000.
Speaking of the debt, the Oregonian
takes occasion to remark that "a little
over half of this debt is in the straight
and honest form of interest-bearing
obligations. But an astonishingly
large part consists of demand obliga-
tions, drawing no interest, which the
treasury is liable for payment of at
any time they are presented, and
which it must also keep at equal and
uniform value"
These ''honest interest-bearing obli-
cations. are what the Oregonian would
have thrust upon the country in ex-
change for the entire public debt and
would have the interest burdens OF the
people increased $30.O00,0O0 to
$50, ,0OO,0 year for it objects
to the taking up of any por-
tion OF the bonded debt, and insists that
q portion of the surplus revenue of the
nation be applied to the retirement OF
non-interest bearing obligations, when
it says: "But the MISUNDERSTANDING
debt can be reduced, and should be.
Revenue from the war taxes is so large
that, in spite of heavy army and navy
expenditures, the treasury is Begin
ing to show a small surplus. The time
is opportune to set aside a portion of
the treasury's gold for exclusive use of
its issue and redemption functions; so
that more of the demand liabilities of
the government may be put on the
safe basis on which the gold certificates
rest"
:, The advice the Oregonian gives the
it would not accept in
the conducting of its own business,
nor would any sane manager of pri-
Yate business enterprise. Had the
an equal amount of obliga.
tions outstanding bearing interest and
not bearing interest it would certainly
apply its surplus money in taking up
that which bore interest in order to
stop the drain upon its resources and
leave its non-interest-bearin debt
stand. This would be only plain
business proposition, ,and as the govern
ment should be run on business
it should be the course pur-
sued by thu government.
+ At the beginning of the year the
treasury had cash on hand to the
amount of $3.50, ,431. 1851 as on Offset to
The national debt of nearly two billion
of this s2Sl, ,729, ,434 was gold. |
Since the law requires gold reserve
If only 800, 600, 900 kept on deposit,w why |
should not the remaining 1Sl, ,729, ,434
,f gold be applied to the redemption
If the interest-bearing debt, and also
! portion Of the surplus silver in the |
treasury be applied to this purpose?
t would, be the most sensible method
# dealing with the public debt and
common sense is what is needed more
han anything else applied to our pub
ic affairs.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-01-14
perintendent of public instructions. In

perintendent of public instructions. In
April and August each year the su-
perintendent of public instructions
shall make a list of all damages re-
ported to him and forward statement
thereof to the several county superin-
tendents and treasurers. Sixty per
cent of the loss sustained by any dis
trict shall be paid, and the proper
tional part each county shall pay on
each loss shall be in proportion to
the value of all the insurable school
property in the county compared with
the the value of all the insurable
school property in the state. Before
the county superintendent of schools
of any county in the state makes the
semi-annual apportionment of the
,unty school fund, he shall first set
aside the amount due from bis coun ty
to the several districts in this state
sustaining losses, as reported to him
by the last report of the superintend-
ent of public instruction. and shall
dsaw a warrant On the county treasur-
er of his county in favor of the district
sustaining the loss for the amount due
as indicated by the superintendent of
ublic instruction.
The measure possesses merits that
will readily recommend themselves to
the legislature. If the school districts
are paying annually $4,000 for insur-
ance and the average loss is but 50, 500,
they are expending too much for their
fire protection-too great commission
70 insurance companies. And if a
saving of SIS, 800 can be effected that
amount will pay for 344 more months
of teachers wages, estimating the
average salary of teachers in the state
is S45 a month. This would go long
way toward disseminating knowledge
among the youth of the state.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-01-14
GoHERNoR GEER is RIGHT


The people of Oregon, especially the
taxpayers, may well take off their hats
to Governor Geer. He is the first
chief executive Oregon has had for q
long time who had the courage to talk
plainly to legislators and tell them in
plain terms of their extravagances and
advise strict economy. It was prob
ably not diplomatic for the governor
to assume to dictate to the legislature,
but it is common sense, and even if it.
is disagreeable to some of the members
to be told of their extravaganza in
spending state funds, wasting their
time and introducing frivolous meas
ures, nevertheless it is just what they
deserve. We heartily command the
governor upon his courage and en-
dorse much of what he said in his in
augural message.
After stating that few charges in ex-
isting laws were need and compliment
ing the legislature upon its activity
during the special session, the govern.
or said: "The same industry shown
during the next 80 days would easily
meet all the demands of the people,
and it is therefore, earn estly hoped
that you will give them shorter ses-
sion than the constitutional limit of 40
days. Each day you are at the capital,
whether in session or not, costs the
state more than 81 900, and since your
own compensation is too small to offer
any inducement to remain longer than
the public interest actually requires,
it is hoped that the general wish for
IN early adjournment will be granted.
During the special session in October
you appropriated s2s, 900 for your own
expenses, besides $4,000 for q legisla-
tive abortion two years before, for
which the people did not receive SO
much as one cent in return. In view
of this it is hoped that We are not now
confronted by another appropriation
of $40, 600 for full forty days. session.
Asa rule, the best legislative results are
secured during the first few weeks of
session, and If any scheme. job or ILL
advised measure succeeds it is always
the product of the leisure time which
the longer session affords. am ex-
tremely anxious that this legislature
shall make q record that will meet the
appreciation OF the people, and there
fs not . taxpayer in the state who
~culd not speak spproyingly Of ~ 3D.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-01-14
STRICT BOARDING SCHOOL
Three Callers a Year at Twenty Min.
utes n Call for Girl Students.


Three Callers n Year at Twenty Min.
utes n Call for Girl students.
The young ladies' Of the normal
school in Winona were lately thrown
into a furry of excitement, says the St
Paul (iinn.) Dispatch. They were
called into one OF the recitation-rooms
and put through rigid examination
about the number of callers each had
and description of each caller. They
were told that it was highly improper
to receive a caller from out of the city
and that many of tie young men Of the
city were not proper persons with
whom to associate.
1t was also considered highly i'm.
proper to receive a call which was OF
more than 20 minutes duration. In all
over a dozen questions were required to
be answered, all of which were in regard
to the subject of gentlemen callers.
A number of rules were given to the
young ladies, which they were told they
must obey. Among them was one for.
bidding the same young men to call
upon them more than three times a
year, and then the call must be purely
formal and not exceed IS or 20 minutes
The young ladies were also requested
to furnish list of their callers and
their characters, and as to the general
subjects of conversation when calling
or riding, and if the landlady where
they boarded approved of the young
men.
Some of the young ladies are indig
nant, and say they will not submit to
such rules, while others believe they are
all right, and propose to follow them.