The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-11-25
EDI1URLAL NOTES.

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the water supply of the British army
at Ladysmith by artillery lombard
ment.
The treasury department is daily
collecting in internal revenue taxes
about $1,000,000, and spending about
half the amount in the Philippines.
At this rate. how long will it take to
create financial panic?
Governor Bradley proposes to. seat
Taylor in the governors chair of
Kentucky If he has to burn powder
to do it. Governor Bradley's pluck is
all right but his judgement is faulty?
He might get "Goebled" up in the
fracas.
Some may think it is too early now
to begin the county campaign for
next year, but it is not. Now is the
time to begin looking about for men
who will conduct county affairs
economically and guarantee the re-
duction of taxes.
OolA.o PCOUAC aCCo hOu ~ oOi Ooo W
find fields for investment of capital.
The field is here at home and the in
industries that might be developed ere
numerous. All that is needed is to
start things moving, and good returns
on investments will be realized.
If Governor Geer will take no action
to clear himself of the charge of having
agreed for monetary consideration to
appoint certain man to Office, public
opinion should force him to resign.
By the way, the Oregonian seems TO
sation against Oregon's chief execu-
tive.
It is doubtful Il there is single re.
publican in the United States outside
of Mark Hanna and federal Office
holders who wants KcMinley for
president again, but they will give
him the nomination just the same.
He seems to be imam of destiny
destined we hope to defeat in Novem-
Der, 1900.
If it is true that Plummer gave Gov
ernor Geer $1,000 to appoint him su-
periDtendent of the penitentiary, and
that Geer returned the money that he
received together with another thous-
and, how much did Lee, the man who
got the appointment,pay for the Office?
This will be problem for the next
to solve if the governor
does not clear his skirts of the charge.
All eyes are now turned on Presi-
dent Mckinley wondering what sort of
financial legislation he will RECON-
mend in his message to congress.
Advocates to the gold standard and
bond interests insist that he will
something similar ito the
Gage bill, but more probable he will |
not make any recommendation what
aver. He hasn't had his ear to the
ground long enough.
The war department is in possession
If statistics showing that during the
past year over 1000, ,00O tons of exports
Ind imports. valued at S2O, ,OOO, 900, have
been carried by sea-going crafts be-
ween Portland and the mouth of the :
liver. Such traffic as this should i'm.
,ress upon congress the Importance of 9
he harbor, and make it an easy mat
er to secure appropriations for i'm
,roving the mouth of the river.
The Oregonian tells us that the )
eason wheat does not command
,etter prise now thsn it does. is that
armers refused to sell readily last =
ear, and held for better prices, which
iscouraged Portland sqeculators SO =
hat they would not charter vessels
his year. For this reason. the Ore :,
oman says farmers are being punish ;,
d. prosperity" papers may ever be
epended upon to furnise excuses for +
sverses.
Reaction from the temporary furry
aused by wars at home and abroad, p
bundant crops at home and blighted O.
rops abroad, must come sooner or lat d.
", In fact it has already set in. and Il