The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-02-18

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through the winter.
Some of our "finauciers," are plan
ming to pay of the Cuban army il
Spanish silver, that is worth abol
half price compared with our money
Thus they would rob the Cuban sol
diers, who fought for liberty. of hal
their scanty pay, yet, no doubt, the!
would charge the Cuban government
up with the full $3,0OO.000 advanced,
when final settleme Mt is made.
The Bates bill to create the office Of
tax collector for Multnomah has been
put to sleep in the house by vote tc
| reconsider, which sends it to the foot
of the calendar, from whence it will
hardly be resurrected. This is we'll,
for the people of Multnonah county
are sufficiently burdened with expen-
sive officers, and another one would
have made the load just that much
greater for the taxpayers to rry.
There is much talk of the legislative
session being continued another week,
owing to the fact that it will be imposi-
BILE to dispose nf all importa Mt bust
ness by Saturday night. If this he
true, it will be we'll to have another
week of suspense rather than hazard
another extra session, for there is no
telling how many appropriation bills
would go through if the legislature
were given another twenty days.
1t is Doodle senatorial fight that is
being waged in California and Pen
nsyivania, and should disgust all fair
minded people with the present system
of electing United States senators. In
future no legislature should vote for q
candidate for senator who will not
pledge himself in advance to support q
resolution for an amendment to the
constitution making senators elective
by direct vote.
There is no question but the Flip
mos will be perfectly chastised before
Otis, Miller ard Dewey ge. through
shooting at them. But the question
of what we are to do with them after
they haye been licked, ls becoming
serious. The senate has shown dis
inclination to anne the Philippine is
lands. SO if the Filipinos are neither to
become American citizens or allowed
to govern themselves, what is to be-
come of them? They will be some
thing like Topsy, fatherless ard
motherless, and won't hardly know
'where they are at"
Senators as rule do not favor the
proposition to make themselves cleo
tive by the people, for they know if
such were the rule majority of them
would be relegated to private life. A
few days ago Senator Alleh submitted
a resolution providing for ihe submit
tion to the legislatures of the several
states an amendment TO the constitu-
tion so that U. 8. Senators could be
elected by direct vote, and the resolu-
tiou was laid on the table. Our 'house
of lords" are not anxious to get near
the people in the manner of their elec
tion.
The act OF ofappropriating state money
to maintain the state fair was never
justified, vet it was done first at
time when legislators were running
wild over appropriatirg the peoples
but since better jude is
beginning tn prevail among lawmakers
1t should cease. And the appropri-
alton would probably have been cut
of had it not been for the active war
fare waged against it by Portland.
members began to look at 1t
Is war waged by Portland against
Salem, and the grafters of the latter
place appealed most to their SYM
pathy.
Congress as con ferred great honor !:
upon Helen Gould for her patriotic SER |
vices during the war, by voting her a
gold medal, to be presented to her by |
,be president in person. Miss Gould |
is worthy of this rare, and,
perhaps, unprecedented distinction. |
She not only generously opened her
purse for the benefit of the army. but
The accompanied the soldiers to Cuba,
where she nursed the sick and wound
ID with the spirit of Florence Night
ngale. She is the only one of her
lass who ever in the history of this
country abandoned the regal luxuries
# palatial home that she might care
or the sick In camp and the wounded
~ the battle field.
Representative Flagg. in advocating
lis bill prohibiting public exhibitions
# hypnotism, mesmerism and arti
icial sonambulism. before the legisla
ure did so, II is reported, "from the
Ugh plane of public decency and NOR
li.y," and in the course of his re-
marks asked the members ito put
heir wives and daughters in the posi-.
ion of the subjects of the quack pro-
1t will occur TO the average
mind that the wives aud daughters"
7onld be as safe under the influence
nd control of the hypnotisis as under
he influence and pay of the leyisla-
Drs as 'Iady clerks" as many of
hem are. Mr.. Flagg appears to be
at gnat while swallowing
full grown yellow dog.-East Ore
oman.
In the February number of Money
re several long articles answering the
"Should ereenbacks or bonds
g paid first?" 1t would seem that little
pace should be required to answer
lis question. If it were the case of
and successful business :,
ian be could answer it very readily.
ny one who had interest bearing and
on-interest bearing obligations out
anding would certainly take up ,,
lose that were bearing interest first,
'r by so doing be would lessen his /.
xpenses. Some rules that are are :,
oplied to business should be applicable
, the government. So long as green-
acks circulate at par with other
oney they are no expense to the
or the people who require :
lem for use as circulating medium, /.
bile the bonds ar, a continual ex-
snse, therefore the latter should Ger
Iinly be redeemed first.
What to do with the Philippines is :.
ally becoming u more serious uues.