The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-11-11

lost the legislature and possibly the
lieutenant-governor. Had Jones been
out of the way, no doubt Nash would
have been defeated, for the vote on
lieutenant-eoyernor shows Jones with
his 100000 votes got support that
would have gone to Mclean, when the
result of the. election is fully analyzed
there is little comfort in it for the ad-
ministration.
It is conceded in the Associated
Press dispatches that Jones in Ohio
drew more strength from Mclean than
he did from Nash. Thisis reasonable,
for Jones' support came largely from
laboring men and people opposed to
Imperialism. Had Jones been out of
the wey. the endorsement of Presi.
dent Mckinley in Ohio would have
been less emphatic.
A wool securing plant should be es-
tablished In The Dalles during 1900.
This is the only way to retain for our
city its presedt position as the lead
ing wool market of the state. With a
united pull, It can be obtained. Other
wise as transportation lines are ex.
tended, q vast region hitherto and at
present tributary to The Dalles will be
cut off, and our city lose chief source
of income. -
According to Commissioner Her.
mann 3 report there are over 600, ,OO0,-
600 acres Of public lands unreserved
and unappropriated in the United
States. So long as this is true, it
hardly seems necessary to try to COB
BILE up the islands of the Pacific, that
are already more densely populated
than any section of this country, in
order to give our enterprising people
an opportunity TO expand.
1t is alleged that France, Germany
and Russia will offer the United States
slice of China If this government will
consent to the partition of the celes-
tial empire. This is reported as un-
satisfactory to the government at
Washington, which will demand its
existing rights to an ''open door" pol
ICY" in all treaty ports. What the
European governments will do about
this demand remains to be seen.
The result of the Jeffries. .Sharkey
fight will revive interest in puglistic
encounters i'm this country. There
will have to be another battle, because
the hackers of each will not be con-
vinced but their man is the best until |
one has been whipped. This brutish |
''sport" has gained a hold upon the
American people, that will not abate
until prize fighters all die off or find
their way into penitentiaries. It
however is no credit to the boasted
of the country.
Now that the elections in the east
are over the public will have rest un.
til the campaign opens up in Oregon
next spring. Oregon being the first
state to hold an election next year.
although there are only Two congress
men and supreme Judge, besides
county officers, to elect, will attract
attention, and the big guns Of
both parties will be sent here to round
up the voters. There will be "rag
town" time in this state from the frs
Of May until election day. |.
It is true that wages have been
-aiseG in nearly all the manufactur-
hg centers within the past two years,
ind it is also true that living expenses
have advanced In greater proportion
han wages, SO the laborer cannot see
exactly where he has been benefited. /,
And in the past year wheat, corn and
hops, three principal product of the
arm, have fallen 25 per cent, while
vhat the farmer has to buy has ad.
,anced from 10 to 300 per cent. Wherej
8 the farmers share of prosperity
coming in this year?
The TIMES. .MoUNTAINEER recogni- ,
es the fact that the citizens of The
)alles must take advantage of all the
Iatural resources tnat surround our {
ity to make it the great, prosperous
BUSINESS center it should be. We in.
end to urge unison of action along :
progressive lines until success crowns
ur efforts. Securing mills, wooden d
,ills, fruit canneries, additional -four. t
ng mills and other factories are be- s
oming absolutely necessary to retain b
be trade that has been the mainstay ?
The Dalles in the past.
1t is announced by President Nc q
.irley, after consulting with his Il
abinet, that he will urge upon conf +,
ress the passage ofa joint resolution r
it to be the intention of this p
oyernment to retain the Philippine n
lands. to suppress insurrection and "
grant the. broadcast kind of local -
to the islanders, un- =,
,r such forms as may be determined Il
expedient. This sounds well, but q